Chapter 124: Empress Xiao's Suggestion

After Yu Shiji stepped back, Yang Guang carefully looked through the recitals again, he lowered his head and pondered for a while, and then he paced back and forth in the imperial study with his hands behind his back in annoyance. He was worried about Li Yuan, and he was also worried about Su Shang in Donglai City.

Li Yuan, as the biggest peach and plum, is a big trouble in his heart, and he has made up his mind to abandon that trace of family affection and eradicate Li Yuan as soon as possible.

However, the strength of the Li clan in Longxi is too strong, and rashly making a move against Li Yuan is likely to cause a chain reaction and cause violent turmoil in the court, so he can't act rashly, and he must have a suitable reason to do it.

Li Yuan has just made great contributions, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, so he promoted Li Yuan against his will and rewarded him, and he let Li Yuan serve as the town guard of Taiyuan, and concurrently serve as the palace supervisor of Fenyang and the comfort envoy of Hedong, all in order to create a reason for Li Yuan.

The things about Li Yuan in the middle of the play made him feel a little annoyed. On the day Li Yuan arrived in Taiyuan City, the officials of Taiyuan City all went out of the city to greet him, which shows that the Li family of Longxi has a great influence in Taiyuan City, and he is a little doubtful that he has made a mistake this time, and arranged Li Yuan from the court to Taiyuan City.

Now that the Fenyang Xingguan has appeared Wang San's affair again, although there is no evidence that this is related to Li Yuan, he still suspects that Li Yuan did it, which makes him very restless!

He regretted that he had transferred Li Yuan out of the court, and now Li Yuan was far away in Taiyuan, out of his sight, no matter what Li Yuan did in Taiyuan, he was beyond the reach of the whip, and he was a little worried that Li Yuan would take the opportunity to cultivate forces in Taiyuan County and support the army.

As for the disposal of the allied forces in Donglai City, he was also a little hesitant and couldn't make up his mind. He had the intention to send troops to clear and eliminate this hidden danger in the budding period, but now he is powerless, and there is no extra force to mobilize.

Moreover, what Yu Shiji said is also very reasonable, after all, the allied army has not yet raised the flag, and using Huairou means to integrate and solve it can set a model for similar people's armies, temporarily give them a reassurance, and also add a force to the court.

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At this time, Empress Xiao walked in with a bowl of sour plum soup and a lotus step, and she was a little distressed when she saw Yang Guang's troubled and uneasy appearance.

Empress Xiao and Yang Guang have been married for more than 30 years, and she knows her husband very well when she gets along with each other at dusk, and her husband's performance at this time shows his inner anxiety and hesitation, and she knows how to persuade him.

"Your Majesty!" Empress Xiao called softly.

"Zitong, you're here." Yang Guǎng Wén Yan turned around, and the look of trouble on his face faded a lot in an instant.

"Zitong has seen Your Majesty!"

Empress Xiao stepped forward and gave a gentle salute, and said softly: "Your Majesty, the weather is hot and dry in the middle of summer, Zitong has just made a bowl of iced sour plum soup for Your Majesty in the imperial dining room, Your Majesty will taste it and dispel the heat of this summer."

Yang Guang took the sour plum soup and gently put it on the table, now he is full of national affairs, and he is really not in the mood to drink it.

He sat down, sighed, and said, "Zitong, in fact, I am not sure at all about quelling this Great Sui turmoil!"

Empress Xiao married him when she was fifteen years old, accompanied him all the way, stayed with him all the way, and stayed together for more than 30 years, and the relationship between the two was very deep. It was only in front of his wife that he occasionally said what he really thought in his heart.

Empress Xiao took a small palace fan from the palace maids, waved them to retreat, and stepped forward to gently shake the fan according to Yang Guang, "Why is Your Majesty so troubled?" ”

Yang Guang gently grabbed Empress Xiao's soft jade wrist, sighed, and told all his worries and worries about Li Yuan and Su Shang.

After listening, Empress Xiao also frowned slightly, thought about it, and said softly: "Your Majesty, regarding the matter of Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang, Zitong thinks that since the matter has come to this, no matter how troubled it is, it is useless, now it is better to do more remedial measures, take more precautions, and then wait for a period of time, and then find a suitable reason to transfer him back."

Yang Guang nodded, "I also know that the current troubles are useless, but I can't think of any good remedy, I am just worried that after a while, he will be able to control the town guards." ”

Empress Xiao smiled slightly, "Zitong thought of some remedies, but I don't know if it's good or not!" ”

"Azusa Tong say it quickly!" Yang Guang was a little anxious.

"Zitong believes that His Majesty can transfer those who have a relationship with the Li family in Longxi back to the court, and then arrange for some of Li Yuan's opponents to go over, so that they can suppress Li Yuan and prevent Li Yuan from completely controlling the army. In addition, His Majesty can also recall Li Yuan's sons and leave them in Luoyang City as hostages, so that Li Yuan will throw a rat trap and dare not act rashly. ”

"Zitong is right! I was a little surprised, I only thought about doing it from Li Yuan, but I forgot that I could also use others to suppress him! ”

Yang Guang nodded in agreement, very much approved of Empress Xiao's method, pondered for a while, and then asked, "What about that poor boy in Donglai City?" What does Zitong think I should do? ”

"Zitong agrees with Yu Shilang's suggestion! Your Majesty, in fact, these people's armies are between anti and non-anti, and if the court is willing to accept them, they will submit to the court, otherwise they will raise the flag. Now as long as the court pulls them over, there will be fewer bandit rebels and a few more court troops in the Great Sui, which is very useful for the situation we see. ”

"I am worried that they are only willing to submit to the court in name, but they are unwilling to accept the court's adaptation, and then they will support their own troops openly and honestly, leaving greater hidden dangers for the court."

"Your Majesty, Zitong feels that it is a little too early to think about these now. Now the world is turbulent, and the beacons are everywhere, and I don't know how many gate valve families are ready to move! Accepting these people's armies into the court can suppress these gate lord families through them, and the benefits outweigh the disadvantages for the current court. ”

"The family, the Hanmen, there are natural rivals between the two, and now most of the leading generals of the Great Sui are from the gate lord family, and they control a large number of troops in the court. If Your Majesty now accepts these people's armies, there will be competition between the two of them, checks and balances on each other, and then Your Majesty will be able to sit quietly on the high platform and reap the benefits of the fish. ”

"If Your Majesty is really worried about them, you can also transfer them to the place of rebellion and order them to clear out the rebels, so that they will consume each other with the rebels, and their strength will only get lower and lower, and then the court can take the opportunity to adapt them and completely eliminate these hidden dangers."

Yang Guang frowned and didn't speak, and Queen Xiao's detailed analysis hit the thing that Yang Guang was most worried about in his heart.

Since he ascended the throne, he has always felt that those family gate valves are the biggest hidden danger of the Great Sui, in the court, in the army, there are their clan students everywhere, the Great Sui is the world of their Yang family on the surface, but in fact, it has always been in the hands of the family gate valve, and the Yang family is always in great danger.

Over the years, the reason why he has vigorously promoted various reforms such as moving the capital to Luoyang, implementing the imperial examination, and army restructuring is to weaken the strength of the gate valve family step by step through these reforms, and reduce the control of the gate valve family over the Great Sui!

Even the failure of the first expedition to Goguryeo was deliberately caused by him, he just wanted to send all the troops controlled by these gate lord families to death, so as to completely cut off the survival of the gate lord family in the Great Sui.

It's a pity that doing so didn't allow him to achieve his goal, but instead brought more turmoil to Dasui, which made him regret it in his heart......

Is the overlord of the late Sui Dynasty good-looking?