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

Chapter 304
A group of people were stunned, and they directly excluded all the prince's party in front of everyone. Wasn't this a clear sign of not giving face?
This group of people suddenly became unhappy and started shouting one after another.

"What kind of imperial edict is this? It is impossible for His Majesty to issue such an edict."

"It must be you who corrected the edict."

"Yes, it must be an edict."

……

There was a commotion in front of the main hall, but Yang Guang sat firmly on Diaoyutai and was not in a hurry.

Seeing the commotion, the soldiers on the side drew their swords.

A cold light flashed through, and everyone's voices became quieter.

"What are you doing? Do you still want to kill me without an imperial edict? I am an official of the imperial court. This is rebellion."

Of course you can't kill people, just scare them.

Yang Guang had planned before he came that the officials from the Prince's East Palace must be driven out. These people were in absolute conflicts of interest with him. No matter how low he lowered his profile and granted benefits, it was unlikely that they would be used in his own name. And the grades of these are not low. They have been in Youzhou City for a long time and still have a lot of power. They must not stay.

One of the reasons why this group of people stayed in Youzhou for so long was because the prince was under house arrest rather than deposed. The emperor did not want to make things too big for the time being and had to pay attention to the influence of the royal family.

The second is that they have been fighting and have not yet replaced their players.

This time it happened that Yang Guang's hand was used to send everyone back. The father and son had discussed it before coming, otherwise Yang Guang would not have been so straightforward and decisive.

But he did not have an imperial edict, only oral instructions.

In the eyes of others, it was reasonable for the King of Jin to target the prince's subordinates.

At this time, a group of people outside the door clamored to see the imperial edict, but the eunuch could not give it, so they clamored to see King Jin.

After quarreling for a while, Yang Guang said to Qin Qiong: "Open the door for them and let them in. You and Lai Hu'er will protect me on the left and right."

"Yes, Your Highness."

As the door opened, a group of people walked in noisily. Naturally, these people were not stupid to be officials of the East Palace. They did not ask Yang Guang why he targeted them, but said: "Your Highness, King Jin, the door The prince outside the country secretly communicated the imperial edict, which is an insult to the emperor's grace. I still ask your highness to rectify it on the spot."

Yang Guang looked at the noisy crowd with a slight smile, and gently clapped his hands to signal them to quiet down.

After everyone was quiet, Yang Guang slowly spoke: "You are all subordinate officials of the East Palace, how is it appropriate to be so noisy? Doesn't this make people think that His Highness the Crown Prince does not know how to discipline?"

When Yang Guang's words were heard in everyone's ears, the group of East Palace officials looked very ugly. This meant that the real master was going to make things difficult for them. The former Youzhou officials and the generals of King Wei were watching the fun.

Everyone said that the King of Jin and the Crown Prince were fighting for power. Let them watch the excitement today, and they had to see clearly.

Understand which team to stand on in the future!
When a new official takes office, he must do something to establish his authority.

The prince came forward to wash his horse and said solemnly: "His Royal Highness, Prince Jin, we and other officials in the East Palace have been deeply taught by His Highness, so we know more about respecting Your Majesty. I believe that His Highness, Prince Jin, as the younger brother of His Highness, has also been taught by His Highness the Prince. Teach me, there are people who are spreading the imperial edict privately and pretending to be His Majesty’s will. Doesn’t His Highness the King of Jin care about it?”

"How dare you accuse me of being a mere horse-washer?!"

"The humble minister dare not. Someone violated the imperial power. The humble minister is filled with righteous indignation and speaks indiscriminately. Please don't blame me, Your Highness."

Yang Guang's expression did not change, he was calm and composed: "This is what I asked him to pass on. It is an oral message from my father. If you don't believe it, you should go back to Beijing and ask His Majesty."

That nonchalant attitude completely ignored them all.

"Your Highness the Prince of Jin, I'm afraid it's inappropriate to be so afraid. Your Highness the Crown Prince is your elder brother. We are His Highness the Crown Prince's East Palace ministers. You can transfer us just by saying a word. There are transfer orders for officials in the Sui Dynasty. What's more? Our rank is not low, if there is any transfer, His Majesty will definitely come with his decree."

"Then you suspect that I secretly conveyed the imperial edict."

"I don't dare, I'm just afraid that Your Highness will misunderstand His Majesty's will."

Yang Guang sneered and laughed contemptuously: "You are scolding me. You are all subordinates of the East Palace. Now the prince is no longer in Youzhou, but he has been staying in Youzhou and still holds the military power. This is what he needs to do What? Holding great power, waiting for an opportunity to rebel?"

Who doesn’t know how to wear a hat?

"His Royal Highness King Jin, we are loyal and have no second thoughts."

"Since you are so loyal, why don't you return to the capital to serve His Highness the Crown Prince?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has asked me to wait here for His Royal Highness's return."

"The prince can't come back!"

The words were silent, but everyone present was deafened when they heard him. He said so categorically that the prince would not come back. There were obviously two meanings in his words, which made the officials in the East Palace widen their eyes in shock.

Yang Guang then said to his subordinates in a tone that left no room for doubt: "Send all of you here back to Daxing City as quickly as possible without any mistakes."

"As ordered!"

The soldiers shouted out one after another and surrounded about twenty people.

"His Royal Highness King Jin, please take care of yourself!"

These people came in without weapons and were now helpless. Yang Guang did not show off in the city, but ordered people to stuff them into carriages and escort them out of the city directly under the watch of the army.

To avoid long nights and many dreams, they must be sent away directly. The group of soldiers under them, ordinary soldiers at the bottom, rushed into the Youzhou Army. Anyone with military rank was not used by Yang Guang. They were all sent to Guanzhong or other border passes.

Don't leave any hidden dangers for yourself.

This move is not actually Yang Guang's tolerance, but when the interest relationship is completely hostile, the tolerance is a bit naive. No one can guarantee whether he will stab you in the back at a critical moment. .

Everyone looked at Yang Guang's behavior. The original soldiers of Youzhou City and the Crown Prince's East Palace subordinate officers were not very happy. Now that all the East Palace subordinate officials were directly captured, it was naturally a good thing for them, but it was also Can't show any smile.

When King Jin first arrived here, he captured the prince's people with thunderous means. These people were the prince's back-up personnel deployed here.

His attitude showed two things. First, the prince should have really been captured. Otherwise, even if Yang Guang was so powerful, he would not dare to slap him in the face like this. What he slapped was the prince's face, that is, the emperor's face.

Second, Yang Guang is going to fight for power.

When it comes to direct descendants, elders, virtuous people, and abilities, there is no one who can surpass him.

The Yin Shishi who was present walked out first when he saw this situation and stepped forward to perform a military salute: "The humble minister Yin Shishi, please see His Highness King Jin." This is the advantage of having your own people. After the Yin Shishi stepped forward, others followed. Come up.

Yang Guang saw the people paying homage below and nodded with satisfaction in his heart: "Everyone, please excuse me. I was ordered to come to Youzhou City at the critical moment. In order to restore the decline of the war with Goguryeo, I found that the previous fighter plane was lost and the results of the war were lost. The morale of Goguryeo was upright. Sheng, and has a large number of firearms. You are all experienced generals who are good at fighting. I would like to ask you for advice today. Do you have any strategies to deal with the enemy?"

Everyone looked at each other in confusion. They didn't know King Jin's acting style and didn't dare to speak carelessly. In the past, the prince would rarely adopt their opinions and would be ridiculed if they disagreed. King Wei had his own staff and was responsible for Youzhou. The army's inquiries were mainly focused on understanding local military affairs, and their strategies were rarely used.

Although King Jin of Jin used thunderous means to clean up the prince's remnant party, this does not mean that Yang Guang is so wise, just because he is seizing power.

Seeing that everyone was hesitant to speak, Yang Guang said: "Where is Liu Gang, the cavalry general?"

A burly man walked out with a resolute face and a slovenly beard.

"General Liu, you are a subordinate of Uncle King Wei. We have met you at Yanmen Pass."

Liu Gang saluted respectfully: "Thank you very much for your thoughts, His Highness King Jin."

"Uncle King Wei, I often say that you and several generals are his right-hand men. Uncle King Wei has given me the gift of teaching military affairs, and I often miss Uncle King Wei. So before this trip, I discussed with my father, and finally my father The emperor is also filled with emotion. He has ordered that the establishment of the King's Guard Army be permanently preserved and that the important border towns must be guarded. You will temporarily take command."

Hearing this, Liu Gang, a man in his forties, his eyes were cloudy and his body was trembling slightly.

"My humble minister... my humble minister..."

"Needless to say, Uncle Wei Wang is still alive in heaven. He will be pleased to know that you old comrades who have followed him to resist foreign enemies can continue to preserve the establishment of King Wei's army."

At this time, the four generals belonging to King Wei in the crowd came out one after another, knelt on one knee and saluted: "General, thank you, His Highness King Jin."

"No need to be polite. We have fought together, so there are not so many false gifts. This is my responsibility. Next, I have to ask the generals to give me more advice. I am not as strange as Uncle Wei Wang. I am good at planning and making judgments, but my abilities are meager. I hope all the generals will not feel wronged by serving under me."

"In the end, I will definitely try my best."

The generals in Youzhou City nearby lamented that His Highness the King of Jin had completely different styles from the Crown Prince.

This behavior may seem like superficial work, but superficial work is also very necessary.

Winning the hearts of King Wei's subordinates is by no means so simple, but because we had a good relationship with King Wei's subordinates before, we had actually fought together, and they were acquaintances who were easy to talk to, so we promoted the first person under King Wei in disguise. The establishment has been retained, and now he is an acting commander. Once the battle is won, he may really become a commander. With such a goal, the other party will naturally work harder.

After briefly explaining a few words to Liu Gang, Yang Guang asked him to return to the queue first.

"Where is the Yinshi Master?"

Master Yinshi came out when he heard his name: "His Royal Highness King Jin, Wei Chen Yinshishi."

Yang Guang nodded: "General Yin Shou is well-known and has guarded Youzhou for many years. Little General Yin must be a man who is good at fighting."

"Wei Chen dare not boast, but if His Highness orders Wei Chen to charge forward, Wei Chen will never retreat."

"it is good!"

Yang Guang smiled: "Then from today on, I specially appoint you as the acting general manager of Yingzhou and act as my agent for frontline military affairs. What can you do?"

"Thanks to His Highness for attaching great importance to me, I will accept your order."

The two just said what they had discussed before in front of everyone. The former army members in Youzhou City were all surprised by the choice of their young general Yin. Master Yin was a little too submissive in front of Yang Guang. .

Of course, it's not that the people of the original Youzhou Army didn't intend to obey the command, it's just that the prince had bossed them around before, and they didn't know what kind of person this King of Jin was. Would he use them as a spearman again?
Yang Guang also knew that he would not be able to convince everyone in a short period of time. After all, he was an outsider, so he directly attracted Yin Shishi and let Yin Shishi command this group of people.

Fortunately, Master Yinshi is a person who cares about the overall situation. When it comes to the interests of Youzhou City, he is someone who can definitely be trusted.

"General Yin, please analyze the current situation between Goguryeo and our army with me first."

Master Yinshi took out the prepared Kanyu map and said: "Your Highness, King Jin, this is the Kanyu map of Youzhou and Goguryeo. The trends of mountains, rivers and rivers in parts of Goguryeo have not been updated for many years, but there should be no changes."

The map was spread out, and Yin Shishi began to explain: "This is Yingzhou, which is the closest big city to Goguryeo in our country. Further ahead is the small city of Liaozhong, which is located on the border and is governed by the Liao River."

"Our army has fought through the Liao River before, and the cavalry went straight to the opponent's Liaodong City. They used it as an outpost to transport supplies and recuperate. It was a success. It was a pity that they lost the city."

Yang Guang consoled him and said, "There is no need to talk about what is a foregone conclusion."

"Your Highness, we found that Goguryeo has learned the lessons from before and has accumulated heavy troops in the three places on the border [Liaodong City] [Anshi City] and [Shenyang City], with a total strength of nearly 15."

Upon hearing this number of troops, Yang Guang was stunned and asked: "Goguryeo, how many troops are there in total?"

"According to the spies' reports, the total military strength of Goguryeo should be around 30, including subordinate soldiers from various places."

Yang Guang thought to himself: "Nearly half of the troops have come to this border, but the troops defending the royal capital cannot be moved. This means that the troops in other parts of Goguryeo are now scarce."

Going straight for the back may be the way to go.

If Goguryeo was an inland place, it would be basically impossible for Yang Guang to go around and go straight to the back of Goguryeo. The march would be too difficult.

But Goguryeo is a coastal place.

In Yang Guang's eyes, Goguryeo on Kanyu's map is full of places that can be attacked by him. The Bohai Bay is relatively calm and the protruding Liaodong Peninsula belongs to us, and now is the time to take it back.

Half of the troops were gathered on the front line of the handover with the Sui Dynasty, which created good conditions for Yang Guang to attack by surprise.

Yang Guang immediately ordered: "Starting today, Master Yinshi, you will go to Yingzhou to rectify military affairs and fire artillery across the river every day."

Master Yinshi immediately asked: "Your Highness, if we fire artillery across the river, will Goguryeo think that we want to show off our power, and will it increase the other party's vigilance? This will be detrimental to our next tactics."

Yang Guang insisted on this: "You just obey my military orders."

Master Yin Shi was a little surprised by Yang Guang's tough and unquestionable attitude, but today the new official took office and burned one of the three fires, but there were still two left unburned, so he did not dare to ask more questions.

"Yes, Wei Chen obeys."

Others also complained when they saw this situation.

Yang Guang was helpless. He could not be sure whether there were enemy spies among these people. This was the disadvantage of parachuting an official. Many times, his measures could not be implemented because all the executors did not regard him as one of their own. .

Yang Guang can choose to divide his interests and slowly turn some of them into his cronies, but this is too slow.

(End of this chapter)