At dawn the next day, Yang Gao issued a holy decree, transferring Lu Mengzheng, a new science and technology jinshi, to be the Lingnan Taishou, and Yu Qian, a member of the Ministry of Officials, was the governor of Lingnan Province, leading people and horses to escort a batch of grain and grass baggage to Lingnan to replace Yang Gao's army and govern Lingnan, which was devastated by Hong Xiuquan's rebellion.

At the moment of the holy decree, Lu Mengzheng and Yu Qian, who had been appointed, were overjoyed, thanked Tian's grace, and immediately set off for Lingnan, vowing to make some political achievements to repay Yang Gao's kindness to them.

And Dai Guan, the leader of the new imperial examination, was appointed by Yang Gao as the squire of the Criminal Department because he was deeply familiar with the law and upright. Tanhualang Zhang Liang was criticized by Su Wei, Cen Wenwen and other ministers because he was born in Wagang and once defected to Li Yuan.

Yang Gao thought that Zhang Liang's stay in the DPRK as an official would inevitably be difficult. Therefore, he rewarded him with the position of a general who joined the army and let him go to Jiangling to serve in the army under Li Jing's account.

And the four-dimensional abilities of the two were also detected by Yang Gao on the day when the new science and technology entered the temple to face the saint. Among them, Dai Guan's four-dimensional abilities are 73 for commanders, 68 for force, 92 for intelligence, and 94 for politics. And Zhang Liang is the commander 91, the military force 78, the intelligence 93, and the politics 85.

After arranging the affairs of Lingnan, Yang Gao finally had a few days of leisure, and several concubines in the harem played with dragons and phoenixes, singing songs every night, and finally enjoyed the happiness of the emperor.

On this day, the sun is three poles. Yang Gao reluctantly got up from Lin Daiyu's bed, dressed neatly under the service of this talented woman, and stroked the handsome face of this delicate beauty a few times, and then walked out of the dormitory satisfied.

As soon as he left the dormitory, he saw Shen Guang, the general of the internal guard, coming over angrily, kneeling down to Yang Gao and saluting: "Your Majesty, that pseudo-Tang envoy Liu Wenjing is so rude, he led dozens of entourages to the palace gate early this morning, claiming that he will see His Majesty today. Weichen was worried that the two countries would not come to war, and tolerated him in every way, but who expected him to gain an inch, and actually led the crowd to break into the palace gate. ”

Liu Wenjing?

Hearing this name, Yang Gao was slightly stunned, and suddenly remembered Chai Shao, Li Yuanji and other senior prisoners of war of the Tang Army who were still locked up in Jiangdu.

At the beginning, when Liu Wenjing led the crowd to Jiangdu, Yang Gao decided to hang Liu Wenjing for a while in order to express his dissatisfaction with the Tang Dynasty's tearing up of the agreement. As a result, because of Princess Yicheng and the war in Lingnan, Yang Gao forgot about these people in a hurry.

"But this Liu Wenjing is really impatient, and he even dares to do things that force his way into the palace, no wonder he will be killed by Pei Lin in history."

Yang Gao secretly complained about Liu Wenjing in his heart, shook his head helplessly, and said to Shen Guang: "Take a few of them to my imperial study!" ”

"Yes!"

Shen Guang replied, and immediately turned to leave, while Yang Gao also walked slowly to the imperial study under the guidance of several eunuchs and palace maids.

Not long after Yang Gao sat down in the imperial study, Liu Wenjing, who was dressed in a dark purple official robe, walked in quickly, but the person next to him kept his head down, not daring to look at Yang Gao. It is Yang Gao's brother-in-law at the beginning, and the current Tang Dynasty military department squire Lang Yu Wenshi.

In fact, Yu Wenshi and himself did not want to come to Jiangdu. Li Yuan thought that his wife, Princess Nanyang, was Yang Gao's own sister, and now she stayed in Jiangdu and accompanied Empress Dowager Xiao, so he thought that he could take advantage of this relationship.

But he didn't know that as early as when Yu Wenshi fled Jiangdu, Princess Nanyang angrily broke off the relationship with him, claiming that he had nothing to do with him in this life.

But the holy order is difficult to disobey, Yu Wenshi and can only follow Liu Wenjing to Jiangdu, at this moment to see the former brother-in-law, the current Great Sui Emperor, Yu Wenshi and his heart is terrified, and he followed behind Liu Wenjing in fear, not even daring to breathe.

"Foreign Minister Liu Wenjing see His Majesty the Great Sui Emperor!"

Just when Yu Wenshi and his heart were frightened, Liu Wenjing had already strode to Yang Gao's table, bent his waist slightly, and bowed.

"Test Liu Wenjing's four-dimensional ability for me."

Yang Gao's face was like a torch, and he sent instructions to the system intently.

"Dingdong, the detection detection system is being executed, please wait patiently for the host......"

"Ding Dong, the test is complete, the test subject Liu Wenjing, the current four-dimensional ability has reached the peak level, the commander is 83, the military force is 62, the intelligence is 95, and the politics is 78."

"94 points of intelligence, 78 points of politics, what a biased imbecile!"

After listening to the system's test, Yang Gao secretly defined Liu Wenjing in his heart, the corners of his mouth hooked slightly, and he said casually: "I don't know why the Lord of Tang Kingdom Li Yuan sent Your Excellency here?" ”

Hearing that Yang Gao actually called the Tang Dynasty the Tang Dynasty and called Li Yuan the lord of the country, Liu Wenjing was annoyed in his heart. But he had no choice but to ask for help at this moment, he could only suppress the anger in his heart, and said: "Emperor Qi, the last time our army and your army accidentally had some conflicts in the border land, the horse Chai Shao and Qi Wang Yuanji and other civil and military forces accidentally fell into the hands of your army, and the next official was sent to Jiangdu by His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, hoping that His Majesty could release a few people!" ”

Liu Wenjing deliberately accentuated the words of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to express his dissatisfaction.

Yang Gao sneered and said, "Lord Liu is too simple. If I remember correctly, Chai Shao was captured in Jinchuan County, and Li Yuanji was captured alive in Mengjin, this doesn't seem to be the border between the Great Sui and the Tang Kingdom, right? ”

"Your Majesty, actually... Liu Wenjing hurriedly opened his mouth to argue, but Yang Gao had already interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and said with a slight smile: "The soldiers under my command have also paid a lot of price because of these battles, and they took Chai Shao, Li Yuanji and others away with a few words from Mr. Liu, how can I explain to the soldiers?" ”

Liu Wenjing immediately understood Yang Gao's meaning, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this matter is easy!" My Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is willing to take out 300,000 stone military rations and 100,000 taels of silver for His Majesty's army. ”

"300,000 stone grain, 100,000 taels of silver, less, right? You must know that because of your country's actions, I have mobilized at least 300,000 troops! ”

Yang Gao played with the jade jue in his hand, and glanced at Liu Wenjing playfully.

The 300,000 army of fart, the main force of the Sui army was dragged to death by Dou Jiande in the Central Plains at that time, where did the 300,000 army come from for you to mobilize?

Liu Wenjing hated it in her heart, but Chai Shao and Li Yuanji were both Li Yuan's closest relatives, and they couldn't give up no matter what. He could only stubbornly ask, "Then I don't know how much food Your Majesty thinks is needed to be reasonable?" ”

Yang Gao picked up the teacup in front of the table and took a sip, and said lightly: "800,000 stone grain, 500,000 taels of silver." As long as the lord of Li Yuan can agree to my conditions, his beloved son and son-in-law, as well as several other generals, can return to Guanzhong safe and sound. ”