At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 468 Spring River Plumbing Duck Prophet

In the early summer of April, both sides of the Luoshui River are green and willows are sprouting, cruise ships and boats come and go frequently, and it is still a peaceful and prosperous scene, but the prices are a bit ridiculously expensive. It has already caught up with the year of Yang Xuangan's rebellion, and the people are complaining.

However, no matter how expensive the price is, it will not affect the lives of the nobles in the palace. Yang Guang still lives a luxurious life, full of wine and meat, drunk with money.

Moreover, Yang Guang is in a good mood recently, because Jiangdu County Prime Minister Wang Shichong is very powerful. Since he took over Yujuluo, the progress has been very smooth. Recently, Liu Yuanjin and Zhu Xie have been beheaded. The encirclement and suppression work has entered the final stage and is being cleaned up. Liu Yuanjin's remnants.

In fact, the reason why Wang Shichong's progress is so smooth is entirely due to the joining of tens of thousands of new troops.After all, Liu Yuanjin was besieged by Yu Juluo and Tu Wanxu for more than a year, and he was also exhausted. How could he resist Wang Shitong's tens of thousands of fresh troops?Therefore, Wang Shichong took advantage of Yu Juluo to a large extent.

However, Yang Guang only looked at the curative effect and not the process. You Yujuluo couldn’t handle it after more than a year. As a result, Wang Shichong killed Liu Yuanjin and Zhu Xie in less than half a year after taking over. So if you Yujuluo is not incompetent , That is to deliberately raise the bandits' self-respect.

Because Yu Ju Luo Mu had double pupils and was said to be the face of the emperor, Yang Guang suspected him in his early years, so he dismissed his official position. In the past two years, due to the urgent need for employment, he was appointed again. Now this happened , In addition, Wang Shichong can completely replace Yu Juluo, so Yang Guang feels that there is no need to keep Yu Juluo anymore.

Dali Sizhi Liang Jingzhen obviously figured out Yang Guang's intentions, so he made up the charges, saying that Yu Juluo had collude with Liu Yuanjin, deliberately defeated the battle, and let the soldiers under his command die in vain. In the end, Yang Guangda sentenced Yu Juluo to behead In this way, Yu Juluo, a fierce general of a generation, was beheaded at Caishikou, and even his sons were not able to escape this catastrophe.

Another fierce general, Tu Wanxu, was lucky enough to save his life, but he was also dismissed and exiled to Jian'an. He is now on the coast of Fujian Province, and died of depression not long after.

On this day, Yang Guang received another good news from Duan Da who stayed behind in Zhuo County.

According to Duan Da's victory report, he defeated the [-] Mantian Army, recaptured Gaoyang County, beheaded thousands of people, captured tens of thousands of people, killed a general Ruijin, and captured a general Jumu alive. A great victory.

After Yang Guang read the good news, he was both happy and surprised. Thirty thousand rebels were defeated in just one battle. How many people did Wang Xuba, the rebel, have under his command?Are the current rebels so powerful?up
It's no wonder that Yang Guang was surprised. Yu Shiji, Yu Wenshu and other close officials deliberately concealed many things in order to create a peaceful situation in the world. Yang Guang always thought that those rebels were just sporadic cases of scabies. Now seeing Duan Da's good news Can't help being surprised by the number of people on board.

Of course, Yang Guang didn't take it too seriously, he already won the battle anyway, and it doesn't matter if there are more rebels, as long as he doesn't endanger his throne as emperor.

It is said that Duan Da's victory report is written very skillfully. While amplifying his own achievements, he also briefly writes about the extraordinary part. Duan Da cheated with this trick?What's more, you, Duan Da, haven't achieved any results in recent years, but Gao Bufan won a big victory as soon as he arrived. Even a fool can see that there is something tricky in it.

However, Yang Guang didn't expose it, and wrote an imperial decree to praise Duan Da, encouraging him to make persistent efforts, to trust young people, and strive to wipe out Wang Xuba and his gang of rebels as soon as possible.

Duan Da received this imperial decree from Yang Guang, which was only a verbal award, and couldn't help but blushed. He was an old man in the officialdom, so he naturally understood what Yang Guang meant, and then became more honest, and began to give Gao Bufan more power, except Gao Bufan was allowed to mobilize his direct troops.

This meant that the military operation to encircle and suppress Wang Xuba was completely handed over to Gao Bufan, while Duan Da retreated to the second line and became the nominal leader of the "cold bench".

Over the next month or so, news of success came continuously from Hejian County, Wang Xuba and his gang were forced to retreat to Boye County, and their Generals Houtu and Raging Fire were beheaded by Yingyang's army one after another.

After Yang Guang received these good news, he couldn't help sighing secretly: "Gao Changqing, could it be that you are really a star?"

Just when Yang Guang finished sighing and put down the good news in his hand, a slim green figure walked into the hall, with bright eyes like washes, covered in green gauze, slim and graceful, shoulders cut like a knife, it was Yang Qingruo.

"Qingruo pays homage to the emperor." Yang Qingruo walked to the throne and saluted, her voice was like the sound of heaven.

Yang Guang smiled and said: "Waiting for courtesy and peace, Qingruo is looking for something?"

Yang Qingruo stood up and said: "Master has left the customs today, Qingruo came to inform the emperor."

Hearing this, Yang Guang was overjoyed and said: "The old fairy has left the customs, call him to see me quickly, no, I will go in person." After speaking, he stood up, ordered Empress Xiao to come, and then set up the Yuqing Xuantan together.

Yuqing Xuantan is a Taoist temple built by Yang Guang for Wang Yuanzhi in the palace. In recent years, Wang Yuanzhi has been practicing in Yuqing Xuantan, which shows the prosperity of his holy family.

Let's say that Yang Guang brought Empress Xiao to the Yuqing Xuantan excitedly, and the Taoist leader Wang Yuanzhi seemed to be able to pinch and count, and he had already led all his disciples to wait in front of the Taoist gate, and the handsome Pan Shizheng was there.

There is a gourd-shaped bronze censer in front of the gate of Yuqing Xuantan. At this time, sandalwood is wafting. It smells very good, and it makes people feel very refreshed. It is probably added with refreshing spices such as mint.

Yang Guang smelled the immortal energy, and felt refreshed all over his body!

"The Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, the holy car is here, and the poor Taoist is welcome!" Wang Yuanzhi smiled and saluted: "The poor Taoist has met the emperor and empress!"

Yang Guang said with a smile: "The old god doesn't need to be too polite."

Empress Xiao quickly returned the salute with a blessing, very respectful and pious!
Wang Yuanzhi is more than 80 years old this year. Although his hair is as white as frost and snow, his complexion is ruddy and shiny, his eyes are full of brilliance, his voice is loud, his movements are quick, and he doesn't look old at all. Yang Guang is heartbroken when he sees this.

More than 80 years old is really not a big deal in later generations, and there are not a few centenarians today, but in the Sui Dynasty a thousand more than 400 years ago, it is very impressive to be able to live to more than 80 years old. What's more, Wang Yuanzhi's condition is still so good, it is possible to say that he can live another [-] or [-] years, no wonder Yang Guang is like an old fairy.

Let’s say that Wang Yuanzhi welcomed Yang Guang and Empress Xiao into the Xuantan of Yuqing. After a while, the former presented a bottle of elixir, and said that this elixir has the effect of strengthening the foundation, strengthening the vitality, and prolonging life.
Yang Guang was overjoyed, and immediately rewarded Wang Yuanzhi with a batch of gold and silver utensils.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid Pindao will bid farewell to you." Wang Yuanzhi said suddenly.

Yang Guangwei was startled, and hurriedly asked: "But I've been waiting too long, old god?"

Wang Yuanzhi shook his head and said: "That's not the case. Pindao has been in seclusion in the palace for three years. He is very quiet and wants to move. He plans to go out for a while and go back to the mountain gate by the way."

Yang Guang said with relief: "So that's the case, then I don't dare to force the old fairy to stay, but I don't know when I will see the old fairy again?"

Wang Yuanzhi stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Pindao can live another 20 years. If there is a chance, I will meet your Majesty."

Yang Guang jokingly said: "The old god might as well do the math, how many years can I live?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's breathing became tight, including Pan Shizheng and Yang Qingruo.Empress Xiao hurriedly took Yang Guang's arm to smooth things over and said, "Your Majesty, stop joking."

Wang Yuanzhi smiled and said: "The emperor is the son of destiny, how can he be a poor man who can measure the life span, it is a sin!"

Yang Guang was a little disappointed, but he still laughed and said, "I'm just joking, the old god doesn't have to take it seriously."

"When is Master going to leave? The disciple will send you off." Yang Qingruo interrupted the Circus very cleverly.

Wang Yuanzhi smiled and said: "Alright, tomorrow is suitable for traveling, as a teacher, I will leave tomorrow."

Yang Qingruo was stunned for a moment, nodded and said: "Okay, I will make arrangements later, disciple."

For some reason, when Yang Guang learned that Wang Yuanzhi was leaving, his mood became dull, and he drove away after sitting around for a while. Yang Qingruo also went back to arrange work for Fei Yuwei.

In the quiet room, Wang Yuanzhi and Pan Shizheng sat cross-legged, the latter opened his mouth and hesitated to speak.

Wang Yuanzhi opened his eyes and said, "Why don't you speak up?"

"Master is going to leave suddenly, but it is predicted that the Sui Dynasty will collapse?" Pan Shizheng said in a low voice.

Wang Yuanzhi answered the wrong question: "Among all the brothers and sisters, your senior brother is the most gifted, and your junior brother has the best comprehension, and the attainments in astrology and arithmetic are especially superior to that of a teacher. It's a pity that he went astray."

Master Pan lowered his head and remained silent!
Wang Yuanzhi sighed and said: "Recently, the emperor's star has moved to the south, and it is estimated that the emperor will travel to the south within a year. You may have a calamity, if you are young, you should stay and help her. I want to walk alone as a teacher, and then return to the mountain gate on my own. .”

Master Pan nodded and said, "Disciple will obey Master's orders."

Wang Yuanzhi waved his hand, and the latter stood up and retreated quietly.

(End of this chapter)