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

Chapter 345
After the murderer was discovered, the emperor was furious.

When Yang Guang told the emperor the news that the murderers were Kong Sheng and Kong Bo, the emperor first confirmed it again to ensure that Yang Guang was not mistaken, and then ordered the annihilation of those related to the Kong family. However, because of the Kong family After all, his status was special, so the emperor did not make a big show of the Yi people, but basically killed all the people in Kong Sheng and Kong Bo's house.

As a result, the assassination of the prince in Daxing City has come to an end for the time being.

Yang Guang's body recovered well. He lay on the rocking chair and sighed softly: "It's a pity that this incident didn't have a big impact on Yang Xiu. It's really thanks to the fourth sister-in-law, the eldest Sun, and the clan members she invited. Women are all knowledgeable women. When Li Yuan went to the house, he did almost nothing wrong, otherwise there would be evidence. Now if we catch a small mistake and miss the crime, we, the East Palace, will be worried about it. "

Li Jing sat opposite Yang Guang and played chess. He looked at the chessboard carefully and took up Yang Guang's words: "But this time he unexpectedly broke the arrogance and lewdness of His Majesty the King of Qin, which made His Majesty very angry, so he revoked His Majesty the King of Qin's arrogance." Having all the positions can be considered an unexpected bonus.”

"Yes, I thought that the third brother was just a simple arrogant and licentious person. I didn't expect him to be so arrogant and licentious. Those 56 women at one time, and the scenes of King Zhou of Shang's wine pool and meat forest were just like that. They were also divided into different age groups, even widows. Yes, it’s really unheard of.”

Yang Guang smiled slightly: "The third brother's style is really even worse than that of the eldest brother."

"The Queen hates the prince's arrogance and extravagance the most. His Highness King Qin's move is tantamount to digging his own grave. Even the Holy One feels that His Highness King Qin is hopeless."

"It's an unexpected surprise, but it also makes Yang Xiu the sole leader in the Southern Expedition. With greater power, the Southern Expedition will be launched soon. Li Jing, what do you think we should do now?"

"Your Highness, you should practice it for His Highness the King of Shu. During his expedition ceremony, you should practice it for him in the name of your brother and the prince."

"rational."

Half a month later will be the Southern Expedition Ceremony. The prince's assassination case was solved and Daxing City returned to its former prosperity. Yang Jian paid special attention to the expedition to Nanchen, so he prepared a grand expedition ceremony for Yang Xiu.

Yang Guang went to court on the first day after resting for a long time, entered the palace, came to the two saints and saluted respectfully: "My son, I pay my respects to my father, the emperor and my mother."

"Amo, I see you have recovered your energy and energy, but you are actually a little fatter."

"Mother, if you eat a lot every day and move less, you will naturally gain weight. But don't worry, my son will lose weight as soon as possible."

The emperor nodded: "Well, it's good to be rich, but you are a young man now and you should have a youthful spirit. Have your wounds recovered?"

"You can't move a lot. Normal things are fine. You should be able to fully recover in another half a month."

The emperor stroked his beard with satisfaction: "Mr. Sun's medical skills have really reached the highest level. The wound you made with a knife was terrifying to me when I saw it for the first time."

"It makes my father worried."

"As long as it's okay, what happened to your third brother this time really disappoints me."

Yang Guang begged appropriately: "Father, my third brother is still young and is tempted to do extravagant things by others. After all, it is excusable. The people around him should be replaced. As for the Third brother, I ask my father to give me a lighter punishment."

"He should be taught a good lesson. As an elder brother, it is very good that you have such a thoughtful attitude. Among my children, only you and the fourth child can help me share some of my burdens now. Alas..."

"Father, the fourth brother will definitely come back victorious this time on his expedition."

"I heard that you asked the firearms workshop to speed up the production of artillery for use in this southern expedition. You did a good job and looked like a prince of the Sui Dynasty."

"This is what a son should do."

After Yang Guang was promoted to prince, Yang Jian did feel a lot more relaxed, and Yang Guang would help him share many things.

Yang Jian patted him on the shoulder and said, "Prince, the King of Shu will be your right arm in the future."

"My fourth brother is a virtuous man, so I should help him more. This time my fourth brother goes on an expedition, I have prepared some gifts for him."

"Oh? What is it?"

"Father, you will know later."

Yang Guang also gave up a little bit.

When the sun rose in the east, the palace door opened, and hundreds of civil and military officials lined up on both sides.

The morning light filled the air, and the golden light scattered. A black horse walked slowly at the entrance of the palace. Yang Xiu, wearing golden armor, majestic and majestic as a young general, holding the Sui army flag, walked toward the palace.

A group of personal guards, each riding a horse and wearing iron armor, the sound of hoofbeats sounded majestic and solemn.

The bullish spirit reaches the sky, and the majestic wind penetrates Taixu.

Seeing this situation, Yang Guang couldn't help but think of the time when he went to conquer the Turks. The appearance of such a young general was the highest pursuit of young men in China throughout the ages.

Yang Xiu rode up to the steps, dismounted, and strode up the steps to the emperor. At this time, the eunuch's voice sounded.

"Yang Xiu, King of Shu in the Great Sui Dynasty, is dignified in appearance, intelligent and astute. He is now canonized as the Grand Marshal of the Southern Expedition of the Great Sui Dynasty. He will take charge of the military affairs of the Southern Expedition of the Great Sui Dynasty. He will set off today to conquer the Chen Dynasty in the south, unify the Central Plains, and bring about the Sui Dynasty!"

Yang Xiu immediately knelt down and said, "My son, take your orders."

The emperor stretched out his hand to help Yang Xiu up. The eunuch beside him was kneeling on the ground and holding a knife in both hands. Yang Jian handed the knife to Yang Xiu and smiled loudly: "The King of Shu can conquer. I wish you victory this time and take down Nanchen as soon as possible." , this sword is called Bingzi Jiaolin, it is my sword, I give it to you today, order the whole army to march directly to Nanchen, and strengthen the power of the Sui Kingdom."

Yang Xiu excitedly took over Bingzi Jiaolin, which was Yang Jian's sword that symbolized imperial power. Even the former prince Yang Yong and the former prince Yang Guang had never taken this sword, but now Yang Jian has handed over all the swords. In his own hands.

Yang Guang understood that this symbolized Yang Jian's determination to unify the Central Plains. This ambitious and ambitious emperor took the last and most critical step to dominate the world at this moment.

Yang Guang had imagined countless times that he was the one fighting this battle, but something went wrong and things went against his wishes. As the prince, he stood next to the emperor like a civil servant and watched his younger brother lead the troops. Go to war.

"My son, Yang Xiu, take the order."

The emperor continued: "Prince, didn't you say you had a surprise for the fourth child?"

Yang Xiu looked at Yang Guang in surprise, and Yang Guang walked up to him and said to Yang Xiu: "Fourth brother, you went to war for the country. As an elder brother, I am not feeling well right now and I can't do anything to help you. "

"Brother Emperor, you are in ill health. How dare I bother you? Brother Emperor, please rest assured and wait for your brother's triumphant return."

"Fourth brother, I have prepared three gifts for you."

"The first thing, fourth brother, look at it."

Following Yang Guang's finger, Yang Xiu looked toward the palace entrance. At this time, a horse neighed at the palace entrance, and all the civil and military officials couldn't help but look in that direction.

Under the gaze of everyone, Qin Qiong rode in on a red-maned horse.

The horse is tall and straight, with smooth and shiny hair and strong muscles. Its eyes are firm and bright, exuding confidence and perseverance.The red hair shone in the sun, as if it were on fire.

Yang Guang introduced Yang Xiu: "This horse was purchased from the Turks. It is worth a thousand gold. It burns like a flame under the afterglow of the setting sun. Its hair is soft and it can travel thousands of miles in a day. I named him Crimson Storm. From now on, It’s yours.”

It shouldn't be too shabby to give it away to someone and in public. This horse was indeed purchased at a high price. It cost a lot of money, and I feel sad for it.

Seeing the red-maned horse, Yang Xiu also smiled. Among the celebrities and dignitaries in Daxing City, the women competed with each other in jewelry and clothing, while the men were more complicated. They competed with everything. Among them, horses, calligraphy and painting were the most popular, one Wen, one Wu.

Therefore, the price of horses, especially excellent horses, has been soaring in Daxing City in recent years. The famous families in Daxing City have become unable to survive without horses.

They also created a ranking list of famous horses, among which Yang Guang's red-maned horse topped the list.

In fact, this was not done by Yang Guang himself, but by Hasayaqi. She liked riding horses and had excellent riding skills, so Yang Guang bought her this expensive horse with a wave of his hand.

Now that Yang Guang's injury was healed, and Hasayaqi's riding skills had been put to good use, he first borrowed the horse to offer flowers to the Buddha.

Yang Xiuxi smiled brightly: "Thank you, Brother Huang."

"Then comes the second gift."

Yang Guang still pointed in the direction of the palace gate. Along with everyone's attention, the neighing sounds of several horses were heard again. But this time, the horses coming slowly were not top-notch horses like red-maned horses, but ordinary horses. , but they all carry a small artillery and a soldier behind them.

Yang Xiu and everyone else didn't understand what this was.

"Father, fourth brother, this is the latest small artillery vehicle I asked the firearms battalion to develop for Nanchen."

"Once we attack Nanchen, we have warships and large artillery, which will be advantageous for attacking the city. However, Nanchen is mountainous and it is difficult for large artillery to be transported, and warships cannot be driven up. So I believe that in addition to large cities, we will attack many Small cities in the mountains need small artillery vehicles that are fast, light, and can be operated by one or two people."

Yang Guang continued: "Small artillery vehicles of this kind are naturally not as powerful as large artillery vehicles, but the city wall defense of small and medium-sized cities cannot be compared with that of large cities. I believe that this kind of fast-moving light artillery vehicles can help to a certain extent. .”

The emperor smiled and said: "Very good, very good."

He could see that Yang Guang sincerely and fully supported the Southern Expedition.

Yang Guang then said: "Fourth brother, there is one last gift. Do you want to guess what it is?"

"Brother Imperial, my younger brother is too stupid to guess."

"The weapons I gave you just now are weapons for attacking small cities. The capital city of Nanchen is a giant city as famous as Daxing City. Capturing it will not happen overnight. I have prepared some things for this."

Everyone also looked at the entrance to the imperial city. At this time, everyone was so close that they felt the ground shaking. Yang Guang said to the emperor: "Father, come to the entrance of the palace and take a look."

"What is such a big movement?"

"Father, let's go to the palace and have a look."

Yang Guang took Yang Jian, Yang Xiu, and all the civil and military officials to the palace city. When they looked outside the palace, everyone was stunned.

Three huge cannons that had never been seen before appeared on Suzaku Street. The barrels of the cannons were enough to hold two people.

Just putting such a big artillery there is scary enough. People who have seen the power of artillery have already begun to imagine the overwhelming power of this artillery when they see this big barrel.

Yang Guang originally wanted to build a more powerful artillery, but due to limitations of current technology and his ignorance of real modern artillery, he could only start in another direction.

That's a pile of materials.

Big is better, and more is beautiful.

Li Chun and other craftsmen created this super cannon in order to meet Yang Guang's vision of a siege cannon.

After testing, it was found that the power of this giant cannon is indeed very great, but its bombardment distance is not very far. It is very troublesome to load, unload and use. It takes a long time to fire one round, and the landing direction of the artillery cannot be accurately controlled.

Li Chun and others were originally quite disappointed, but after seeing it, Yang Guang felt that it was okay. This kind of power does not exist for the current city gate.

Human social experience tells us that as long as you are rough enough, all problems will be solved.

These weapons were all ordered to be built by Yang Guang for his southern expedition, but they were not used. Since he could not use them, he might as well set a good example. Today was Yang Xiu's expedition ceremony, but he was the one who stole the show, and the emperor treated him more Satisfied.

Seeing such a huge cannon, the soldiers present felt that the capture of Nanchen was just around the corner.

This is the benefit of the military parade. This only shows a few weapons. If all the weapons are pulled out and inspected one by one, the morale will be even higher.

The emperor smiled happily. It was rare to see him smile so heartily.

"Good, good, good, good, well done."

All the ministers shouted: "Hail your majesty, long blessings your prince."

At this time, Yang Xiucai, who had just received Yang Guang's gift, realized that he had prepared the expedition ceremony, but the ministers began to praise Yang Guang, and unknowingly attracted everyone's attention to Yang Guang. .

But he couldn't grab it because the prince was so generous and gave him three great gifts.

After seeing the giant cannons and other things, will the ministers think that even if they conquer Nanchen in the future, most of the credit will actually be due to the firearms tinkered by the prince.

This made Yang Xiu very angry.

"Father, my sons and ministers will go out to war immediately. It is determined that the father will go south to unify the world."

Yang Xiu couldn't wait to lead his troops on the expedition, so as not to know whether Yang Guang would have other methods next.

Just as the emperor was about to give the order for the expedition, the eunuch next to him hurriedly came up and whispered: "Your Majesty, thousands of miles away, hurry up!"

The emperor glanced at him. He was the most powerful eunuch around him. Logically speaking, he shouldn't have known that at times like this, he had to wait for any news.

Seeing his extremely anxious look, Yang Jian still asked with a little doubt and dissatisfaction: "What's the matter? Tell me quickly."

"Your Majesty, Nan Chen has surrendered!!"

(End of this chapter)