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Cheng Yanjin was originally just a smuggler in Shandong, but he took advantage of his youth to fight with Zhang Xutuo, so he became a general. Later, after Zhang Xutuo's death, he was asked by Yuming from Yang Guang, and was highly used, becoming the chief general of the Tabai Army, one of the six armies of the Liaodong Army, and was regarded as the core leading general of the Liaodong Army. Now Yuming rebelled, if he succeeded in the end, then he must also be the founder of the country, and then there will be less fame and fortune for him, and it will be inevitable to worship the prime minister and the marquis, so that not only can he live in the world, but his grandson can also enjoy the blessings.

Yu Ming shook his head after hearing this: "You are in a hurry to bite the gold!" If it weren't for Yang Guang to attack me, Ben Shuai would not have chosen this time to start an incident at all. For the time being, we only notified our subordinate troops to mobilize troops and horses to strictly prevent the Sui army from attacking. But don't raise the banner of rebellion yet. As long as Yang Guang has not clearly declared the world for a day and called our Liaodong Army an anti-thief, then we will not create an anti-banner for a day. ”

"Why is that?" After hearing this, Luo Shixin was very puzzled.

He said with some anger: "Marshal, the world of the Great Sui has long been unsaved, when I followed General Zhang, I already saw that the saint only knows pleasure and conquest everywhere, and never cares about the life and death of soldiers and surnames, so no wonder so many people in the world will oppose him." Since we want to rebel, it is time to raise an official banner and vigorously oppose this Yang Guang. When the marshal ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, everyone will be a founding hero. Wouldn't it be very happy for the brothers to pay homage to the marquis one by one? ”

Qin Qiong saw that Luo Shixin was a little rude when he spoke, so he hurriedly pulled him to the side and reprimanded: "Shixin is rude, since the marshal has decided to do so, he must have considered it carefully." Since we are a whole and serve the marshal as the lord, we naturally have to act according to the commander's orders, and you should stop talking nonsense. ”

After hearing this, Yuming smiled and said disapprerovingly: "Shubao don't worry so much, we are all brothers who have experienced life and death battles together, although we are now superiors and subordinates, but we are also friends." How could I possibly take these words to heart? And there is some truth in Shixin's words. There is also a reason why I proposed not to use my own banner for the time being and still serve Yang Guang as the mainstay......"

At this time, he said what he had discussed with Eldest Sun Wuji on the ship, and then continued to explain: "The most urgent thing for us to do at present is to control Liaodong and consolidate our territory. As long as we can control Liaodong, the grasslands of northern Liaoning, and the Korean Peninsula, it doesn't matter whether we fight the banner or not. Because we want tangible benefits, not a superficial national name. ”

"For the time being, I won't pick a banner, in order to deal with Yang Guang first, so as to avoid angering Yang Guang's dragon beard, and forcing him to pour troops from all over the country to attack Liaodong. Now that the imperial court is preparing to start a war with the Eastern Turks, as long as we give in a little soft, no matter what conditions he prescribes, as long as it does not touch our actual interests and allows us to firmly control the fertile land of Liaodong, then we don't care. We can't let Yang Guangshedong Turks come to attack Liaodong, we must first straighten out all the internal problems of Liaodong, accumulate enough strength, and then find a suitable time to send troops to the Central Plains. "Yu Ming is colorful.

After Hu Sizheng heard this, he also nodded again and again: "The marshal is right, let's take a look at the bandits in various parts of the Central Plains!" Countless rebel army leaders with a little strength can't wait to call themselves kings and emperors and establish their own country. But in the past five years, these peasant rebels have become more and more ineffective. On the contrary, the Wagang Army, which did not declare the name of self-reliance, became the strongest rebel army. This is of course related to Zhai Rang's lack of ambition and Li Mi's scheming, but it also fully illustrates the importance of building high walls, accumulating grain, and slowing down the king. We are going to replace the Great Sui as a new dynasty, but we are not going to settle the account for a few days with the emperor's and princes' addiction. At present, although the number of Great Sui Qi has been exhausted, the time has not yet come completely. Yang Xuangan, who was loyal to Hu before, made such short-sighted mistakes, which led to his defeat. You must not ruin the marshal's future inheritance because you are greedy for a momentary fame. ”

Hu Sizheng's words deeply touched those who were impatient, and they also felt that it was the best policy not to play the banner for the time being.

At this time, Yu Ming said solemnly: "Everyone, I want to send someone to negotiate with the imperial court, so that we will not be in a state of war with the imperial court so soon, and have a buffer time to recuperate." I don't know what you think? ”

After Wei Zheng heard this, he smiled slightly and said: "Marshal, there is actually no need to send someone to the Eastern Capital for this matter, because the imperial court sent Yu Shiji to Liaodong before to negotiate with us, but because you didn't come back, we have been dragging it with him." Now that the marshal intends to live in peace with the imperial court, it is better to summon this Lord Yu to discuss the details! ”

"Good! Just let Yu Shiji in! He's an old acquaintance, too! Yu Ming laughed.

Not long after, Yu Shiji was summoned to the hall, and he couldn't help but rejoice in his heart, secretly thinking that after staying in Liaodong for so long, he could finally see Yuming, otherwise, he didn't know how to go back to make a deal with Yang Guang.

Of course, he didn't know that Yuming had just rushed back to Liaodong.

"Lord Yu, don't come unharmed!" Yu Ming said lightly.

"I didn't expect the marshal to be able to evade Li Yuan's pursuit and return to Liaodong safely, it's really gratifying!" Yu Shiji made a series, he didn't have much to do with Yuming, but the relationship with Yuming's grandfather Yushu and father Yuhua was really bad. Therefore, I don't know if I can convince Yuming.

Yu Ming secretly thought in his heart, you don't know that I actually went to the Eastern Capital on the way. At that moment, he didn't say anything, but continued: "Lord Yu, we won't talk more about the past grievances and grievances. I have done my best for the Great Sui, defeated Goryeo, destroyed Ji, subdued the steppe tribes, befriended the Turks, and made countless contributions. But Your Majesty only believed what Pei Ju and Pei Yun said, and he had to replace me with Chen Ling, and even ordered me to be arrested, so he could only force me to stand on my own......"

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and then continued: "However, although I support the army and stand on my own, I am still willing to be loyal to the Great Sui, but I don't want to return to the Eastern Capital to be persecuted by traitors in the court!" I also know that Your Majesty wants to deal with the Turks and deal with the great enemy who has been invading the northern border of the Great Sui. Ben Shuai is also willing to do his part in the conquest of the Turks, but I hope that the imperial court will not guard against me as much as it does against the rebels......"

After that, Yu Ming put forward the conditions he and the eldest grandson Wuji discussed on the ship, and asked Yu Shiji if he agreed.

After Yu Shiji heard this, his face suddenly became embarrassed, because many of the conditions proposed by Yu Ming were not the right for him to be the master.

"This ...... Marshal Yu, although I am very sympathetic to your plight, but after all, I am only a minister of His Majesty, and I am completely unable to make you king, have full authority to govern Liaodong, and appoint local officials and army generals. I will not be able to give you an answer until I return to the Eastern Capital and report to Your Majesty!" Yu Shiji said in a deep voice.

"Alright! I will send Du Ruhui back to the Eastern Capital with you to discuss this matter! Yu Ming said lightly.

After Yu Shiji heard this, he was overjoyed, if Liaodong sent someone back together, it would show that Yuming was really sincere.

Therefore, he even said that he would leave early tomorrow morning and return to the Eastern Capital to report to the Holy Lord.

A month later, Du Ruhui and Yu Shiji returned to the Eastern Capital and met Yang Guang.

Du Ruhui's arrival surprised the courtiers, and Pei Ju, an insidious and treacherous person, did not expect that Yuming would send someone to negotiate when the two sides had already publicly torn their faces, and expressed their willingness to continue to be loyal to the Great Sui Imperial Court, and Yongzhen Liaodong region to become the northeast barrier of the Great Sui.

Moreover, the conditions offered by Yuming are also very superior, so that the imperial court, which is currently in a state of turmoil for the rebellion of bandits in various places, cannot refuse.

Du Ruhui, who came on behalf of Yuming, said that the Liaodong Army agreed to return Liaoxi County to the imperial court, and was willing to recognize the six counties of Liaodong as the subordinate domain of the Great Sui, and would also protect the normal trade of the Great Sui merchants. At the same time, Liaodong could also pay a tax of 100,000 copper coins to the imperial court every year. If they hadn't received so much copper money that year, the Liaodong Army would have used war horses, cattle and sheep, timber and other things to offset it, and would never have made the imperial court suffer.

Of course, this is also mutually beneficial, and there will be gains and losses. It is also impossible for the Liaodong Army to give benefits to the imperial court in vain.

Du Ruhui's demand on behalf of the Liaodong Army was that the imperial court needed to pardon the crimes of all the generals of the Liaodong Army and return the families of the Liaodong Army generals who had been arrested and imprisoned to the Liaodong side. At the same time, it was recognized that the Liaodong Xingying had its own right to appoint the following officials and generals (of course, in view of the influence, this condition could be written into the secret agreement and not made public).

On behalf of Yuming and the Liaodong army and people, Du Ruhui also made a solemn promise that if the Great Sui was invaded by foreign enemies such as Turkic or Tibetan, the Liaodong side would unconditionally send troops to the rescue, and there was no need for the Great Sui to pull out grain, grass, horses, and weapons. And for the Great Sui to conquer those surrounding barbarians who are not subject to the teachings of the Great Sui.

These conditions are tempting. Although Yang Guang hated Yuming to the bone and was jealous, he was also very moved by the fact that the Liaodong Army was nominally subservient to him. After hesitating for a long time, he ordered Pei Ju, Pei Yun, Yu Shiji, Wei Xuan, Fan Gai and others to summon his imperial study to discuss secretly. Discuss whether to agree to Yuming's request.

However, as soon as the secret discussion began, something unexpected happened to Yang Guang. For the pardon of Yu Ming's crimes, Liaodong was placed in the position of a vassal who listened to the tune and did not listen to the announcement, and the people who expressed strong opposition turned out to be Wei Xuan and Fan Gai, two ministers who had a good relationship with the Yu family, not the Pei Ju brothers and Yu Shiji, who had always been at odds with Yu Ming's ancestors and grandchildren.

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