Sui Dynasty: I, Yang Guang, am both scrupulous and stable

Chapter 286 From the Dragon's Power
In the Jin Palace, Yang Guang was not aware of what was happening in the palace. He summoned many generals to the Jin Palace. Basically all the generals who were going to attack Nanchen in the capital were present.

After convening the people, Yang Guang said to Li Jing: "Li Jing, next you tell everyone our strategy for attacking Nanchen."

At this moment, someone immediately stood up and said: "Your Highness, this is not a good time to discuss the strategy against Nanchen. The battlefield in the northeast is still fierce. Although our army is invincible, the consumption of military resources is huge, and there is nothing on the southern front. In the case of major events, it is better to focus on stability.”

"The general seconded the suggestion. Our Sui Dynasty has already entered into peace talks with Goguryeo. It is better to wait for the results of the peace talks before launching the attack on Nanchen. Only by uniting as one can we get twice the result with half the effort."

Almost everyone has the same opinion, including Yang Su.

Yang Su also persuaded: "Your Highness, now is indeed not a good time."

Yang Guang stood up slowly and said: "Some of you know, some of you may not know, this morning my royal brother, His Royal Highness, returned to Beijing from the front line and is now in the palace."

Most of the generals knew the news. Of course, many of them were called here by Yang Guang before they received the news. This kind of news would naturally be known to the whole capital within a day.

For a while, everyone was talking about it.

But what does this have to do with their current discussion about Zhengnan Chen?

Yang Guang let them talk for a while, then stood up and said: "The commander is out and returns without an edict. The emperor and his ministers are suspicious, and the generals are at odds. The war with Goguryeo has been going on for more than half a year. Indeed, our army has achieved a lot of results. But if the peace talks are successful now, the war will be over. If Goguryeo discovers that the Sui Prince has returned to Beijing and the morale of the army is unstable, it is not impossible to take the opportunity to fight back."

Yang Guang walked to the sand table and pulled up the flag of Goguryeo on the map: "No matter how the war with Goguryeo is, it should be over within the year, and both sides should be very restrained in a short period of time."

"But Your Highness, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is back in the northeast, and His Royal Highness King Wei is in charge, so there is no danger."

Yang Guang looked directly at the person who asked the question and asked: "If we are fighting on the front line, and I, as the commander-in-chief of the three armies, return to Daxing City alone without saying a word, leaving the front army alone, let me ask you, can you stabilize the panic of the army? ?"

The man swallowed and shook his head.

Yang Guang continued: "Yes, even if Uncle Wei Wang does have astonishing talents, if the commander behaves like this, the morale of the army will definitely be messed up. All of you here are generals who have been on the battlefield for a long time. I don't need to explain the consequences of the morale of the army being messed up." Just tell me."

Many people sighed. In the battle of Goguryeo, from the very beginning when King Wei led the cavalry on a winter expedition, to the capture of the city, to the successive advancements, everyone was full of praise. Moreover, this was the main force of the Sui Dynasty in the true sense. In the national war after the introduction of firearms, many tactics and tactics were temporarily modified by King Wei based on the actual situation.

It has great inspiration and reference significance for those who march and fight, so everyone pays special attention to it.

Now the morale of the troops on the Goguryeo battlefield is in chaos, but with King Wei here, Yang Guang feels that he may not be able to continue to succeed, but it should not be a big problem to hold on to the current results. It would be even better if Goguryeo sends something more during the peace talks.

"So the battlefield in Goguryeo should be over within this year. The battle against Nanchen is the most important battle in our Sui Dynasty."

Yang Guang was like an orator in front of everyone: "Since Sima rebelled against the country, Wuhu disrupted China, and Yi Guan traveled south, the Central Plains has been divided for hundreds of years. The general trend of the world will inevitably unite and divide for a long time. Now there are only We, Sui Dynasty and Nanchen, live separately in the north and south, so the trend of unifying the world has already been established, and we will take advantage of this opportunity and take advantage of it."

The matter of unifying the world has been discussed many times by people in the past. The generals do not think that this is an easily achievable goal, or that it is an ambitious goal for them to strive for.

Because in this era, most people don’t have such strong feelings about unity. People who grew up in an era of division, especially those who grew up under this kind of division that has lasted for hundreds of years, even think that this kind of war is between countries. It's just a normal war between the two countries. What they want from each other is interests, not some unified ideology.

At this time, Yang Guang discovered that using unified thinking to communicate with the people below seemed useless and could not stimulate everyone's inner passion.

For this kind of thing, the troops must be united and have the same goal.

At this time, the youngest Li Jing walked to the sand table, took out a pole and pointed at Nanchen's map and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince returned to Beijing without an edict and violated military law. I don't know how His Majesty will punish His Highness the Crown Prince, and I don't know either. I dare to guess, but if it were me, I would be very disappointed in my son."

Yang Su instantly understood what Li Jing meant. Seeing Yang Guang's expression become strange, he finally understood what Yang Guang meant by calling this group of people today to conquer Nanchen.

Yang Su immediately stood up and said: "Li Jing, although the prince has lost his virtue, we should not talk about the prince's virtue. Today I will only talk about today's matters and my own matters."

Although Yang Su blamed Li Jing on the surface, his words about the prince's immorality made everyone wake up. The prince's immorality makes it difficult for others to be a king.

Everyone knows to some extent that the Second Saint, especially the Queen, is quite dissatisfied because of the stupid things the Prince did. This time something like this happened again, and many people got wind of it during the previous investigation of the East Palace.

There are even some rumors circulating among the people.

If the crown prince really changes hands, who will be the crown prince?
Undoubtedly, it is His Highness the King of Jin who is in front of him now. Today, the King of Jin summoned them to discuss the conquest of Nanchen. This is not a conquest of Nanchen. This is a swearing-in meeting to help the King of Jin ascend to the throne of the prince. This is their The road to heaven that goes up.

To put it ten thousand steps back, the emperor would not abolish the crown prince, nor would he make the King of Jin the crown prince.

But Yang Yong is acting so arrogant now. If Yang Guang really beats Nan Chen, not necessarily all of them, but some of them, and comes back with a big victory, then the power of the two people cannot be compared.

How to choose between the son who helps you conquer the world and the son who is useless, the son who controls the military and the son who abandons the army?Could Yang Jian have made the wrong choice?

If you make the wrong choice, you will see the real seal in front of Xuanwu Gate.

With the general trend of the world, a great position can be expected.

And the people who help him can be said to be the ministers of Qiandi Conglong, and their relationship is unparalleled by others.

At this time, Li Yuan, who had been silent before, stood up and said: "Li Yuan, a humble minister, His Highness the King of Jin is the only one who is following his lead and is willing to help His Highness unify the world!"

"At the end of the day, His Highness the King of Jin is the only one who is following the lead and is willing to help His Highness unify the world!"

At this time, everyone present stood up and expressed their opinions.

Compared with being half-held hostage by subordinates after they have made great achievements in the future, and they are told to seize the throne, otherwise they will be informed of the direction of struggle and possible rewards for future success earlier, and they will be more motivated and consider the overall future when doing things. sex.

As long as they draw one stroke of this pie, they will figure out the rest by themselves.No matter what happened this time, the emperor would see the huge gap between his two sons, like clouds and mud, comparable to a chasm.

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Early the next morning, during the morning court, the ministers present saw for the first time that the emperor was listless, even mentally depressed.

In the past few years, unless he was ill, Yang Jian always faced every court meeting in high spirits, always looking full of energy and vitality.

He knew that he was no longer young, and even in the past two years, he had gradually become unable to review memorials at night. However, everyone hoped that their leader would be energetic. If the leader of a country had to be supported when walking and stumbled when climbing stairs, Don't the ministers feel that their monarch is old and weak?

So he always strives to be energetic every morning.

It is precisely because of this that today's malaise makes the ministers feel even more abrupt and strange.

Seeing that something was wrong, Gao Xi stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the weather in the Sui Dynasty has been going smoothly in recent days, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and everything reported in various places is not urgent. After reading this, I feel that there has never been such a smooth time, and it is really the best thing for all the people in the world." Fu, why don't you ask Your Majesty to dismiss today's court meeting early, so that the ministers and others can be lazy and have a day of rest."

When serving in the court, if you know how to figure out the holy will, you will be more than half successful.

Gao Xi's words obviously satisfied Yang Jian, and he was about to give the order, but someone who didn't know what to do stood up.

Yang Su, Duke of Qinghe County, stepped out from the ranks of his ministers and strode towards the center of the hall: "Your Majesty, I have something to report to you."

Yang Su naturally knew that standing up at this time would arouse the emperor's disgust, but after all, someone had to do this, and someone had to take on this unfortunate task.

Since the pressure was on Yang Guang, he would go for it that time.

Gao Xi gave Yang Su a look and signaled him to stop talking, but Yang Suquan pretended not to notice and spoke immediately.

"Your Majesty, yesterday I received a report from Frontline Di. It seems that a Buddhist organization called [Yi Ye Tan Buddha Kingdom] has appeared near Youzhou. It has gathered a large number of followers. The local officials feel that this Buddhist organization does not seem to be a good person. After questioning Shuozhou before During the war with the Turks, there was a branch of this organization colluding with the mountain bandits in the pass. I would also like to ask Your Majesty to pay attention to this matter and send Youzhou troops to suppress the bandits."

Naturally, Yang Su couldn't directly talk about the prince's affairs. Yesterday, they discussed the conquest of Nanchen. By coincidence, they discussed the intelligence on Youzhou and the Northeast. After summarizing the intelligence in the past three months, they discovered some Among the matters that may require the use of troops in Youzhou, [Yi Ye Tan Buddha Kingdom], an organization that originated in Zhuojun, has shown signs of growing in Youzhou recently.

As things went by, we started talking naturally.

After Yang Su finished speaking, another official stood up at the right time and said righteously: "Your Majesty, I think this matter is inappropriate. The Youzhou Army is at war with Goguryeo. Although it is time for peace talks, but We can’t slack off, it’s just a small church, not worth mentioning, so don’t worry too much, the Youzhou Army should go all out to face Goguryeo to ensure nothing goes wrong.”

Yang Su immediately said: "This is wrong. Youzhou's army is strong and powerful, while Goguryeo is nothing more than a weakling. It is no match for our army. However, these churches deceive people and can easily cause unrest. These evil sects and crooked religions can cause trouble and cause trouble." Not just once or twice, but every time they leave, a group of believers are very fanatical and can only be quelled by killing many people. Now that there are signs, troops should be sent to quell it. We cannot sit back and watch its expansion. We only need less than [-] elite soldiers to respond. It will calm down.”

"To put it lightly, this kind of organization is the most difficult to find. It goes deep into the people. It takes more than a year and a half to get to the root of it. I am afraid that it will be difficult to mobilize so many troops in the current war. In the end, it may be useless. I dare to ask this if As a result, the war with Goguryeo was delayed and the results of the front line were lost. Can you bear this responsibility, Lord?"

Yang Su pointed at the man angrily and said, "You!! You are deceiving the public with your evil words. I said I wanted to destroy the evil sect. Your reaction was so big. Could it be that you have colluded with that evil man?"

"Hmph, please don't slander anyone. I think the Duke has a lot of assets in Zhuo County. He may be using the army to protect his private property."

"The war situation in Goguryeo went wrong. Can you take responsibility?"

"If the demon sect grows bigger, can you be responsible for it?"

The argument in the court suddenly turned into a quarrel.

The emperor had a dull look on his face, listening to their quarrel. Although he didn't say anything about the prince, he mentioned the war situation in Goguryeo in a few words. The emperor thought of the prince who returned to Beijing privately and left the army alone.

The louder it gets, the more upset it becomes.

Gao Jiong naturally knew about the prince's return to the capital, but he didn't know what happened. At this time, this group of people repeatedly mentioned the battlefield of Goguryeo to constantly remind the prince of the return to the capital.

Seeing that the quarrel was getting more intense, Gao Jiao stepped forward and stopped the two of them.

"You two! You two! The court is a place for discussion, not a place for scolding each other. Please take a break."

Yang Su angrily said: "If you don't have enough strategy, you will cause harm to the country and chaos to the government."

After the quarrel subsided, Gao Jiong once again smoothed things over: "Your Majesty, regarding the demon cult in Zhuo County, I still allow Wei Chen to send someone to investigate first and come to a conclusion before making a conclusion."

Yang Jian had no intention of discussing government affairs at this time. How to deal with the prince's affairs gave him a headache. However, he could not discuss this matter with Gao Jiong, whom he trusted most, because his daughter was also a good example of the prince, but she was not favored. , from the moment the Queen began to investigate this matter, she arranged for Gao Liangxun to return to her parents' home temporarily to avoid the storm.

Gao Liangxun also had an indifferent temperament and didn't care about things, so Gao Jiong couldn't get any information from her.
We could only guess from the emperor's sad expression that things must be extremely bad.

When the morning dynasty began, a fast horse drove in quickly from the south gate. Soldiers on horseback, wrapped in white mourning cloths, rushed all the way to the palace gate.

When they arrived at the palace gate, the border newspaper was delivered one by one by the eunuchs to the quarreling court.

When Gao Jiong put the quarrel to rest, and before he could say anything more, the newspaper was delivered to the main hall.

Because the matter was urgent, no one dared to delay, so they went directly to Datian to listen.

The eunuch who reported the report was trembling and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, it is urgent to report from the border that His Highness the King of Wei... His Highness the King of Wei... His Highness has passed away."

(End of this chapter)