"Meritorious service should be rewarded, ladies and gentlemen, what do you think should be rewarded for Luo Cheng's merit?"

In the palace, hundreds of officials stood in two shifts, and the emperor sat on the dragon chair with a smile on his face, and the emperor was really very satisfied with Luo Cheng. Especially after seeing the portrait of Luo Cheng brought back by Yan Bi, the emperor preferred this tall and heroic young man.

Young, capable, and good-looking, anyone will like it.

In addition, Luo Cheng was born in Bai Ding, and he was reckless, which made the emperor value it even more. The emperor's employment of people is actually traceable. Since the emperor sat on the throne, the group of people who gave him advice and succeeded to the throne back then, Yang Su, who came from the Guanlong Group, did not end well, and Yuwenshu was reused because he was obedient.

And an old minister like Su Wei is actually not reused by the emperor at all.

What kind of people the emperor really reuses, are those people outside the Guanlong group, such as the reuse of the Jiangnan Shi clan and the emerging powerful landlords, but they don't like to use those wealthy relatives very much, because these wealthy nobles are too jealous of the emperor.

Generals such as Laihu'er and Mai Tiezhu all started from the grass and had no foundation, so they were extremely reused by the emperor. People like Li Yuan, Li Mi, and Yang Xuangan are actually always on guard against the emperor.

If you are from a wealthy family in Guanlong, even if you have the ability, the emperor will use it, and if you are from a local Haoqiang or a grassroots from a poor family, then the emperor will use it exceptionally and reuse, if it is a small scholar in Shandong or Jiangnan, the emperor will use it more assured.

Although Luo Cheng has been agreed by him to be Luo Yi's heir, even if Luo Yi's family is not a real Guanlong nobleman, and Luo Rong, Luo Yi, Luo Shou, and his father and son are not closely related to the Guanlong family, and now Luo Yi, who is now the head of the Luo family, is even more squeezed out by Guan Long.

With Luo Cheng's age, even if he has the ability, then it is actually enough to give a five-grade Ying Yanglang general.

However, the emperor intended to be promoted several times, so Luo Cheng, who was less than twenty, is now a four-grade tiger tooth general, not to mention the exceptional command of a military horse, you must know that the generals of other armies are at least the generals of a guard.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Luo Cheng should not be rewarded, not only should he not be rewarded, but he should also be punished."

Yang Guang looked up, but saw that the person who spoke was Pei Shiju, the waiter of the Yellow Gate.

This man was Yang Guang's foreign minister, the formulator of foreign strategy, and was well versed in Turkic and Western Regions affairs, and this expedition to Goguryeo was also his suggestion, and he now also served as the general of the Tiger Benlang and the general of the First Army of the Imperial Camp.

Or one of the five most expensive.

Whether it is the identity or the trust of the emperor, it is extremely good.

His voice surprised Yang Guang a little.

"Pei Aiqing, why did you say this."

Pei Shiju stood up and said in a loud voice, "The minister thinks that Luo Cheng lied about his military exploits. ”

This made Yang Guang a little unable to sit still.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Luo Cheng did not capture Xincheng at all, if he really captured Xincheng, then why is Xincheng still in the hands of the Goguryeo people now? To put it simply, Luo Cheng just let Yang Wanchun deceive him, and to put it more seriously, Luo Cheng knew that Yang Wanchun had deceived him, but he pretended not to know, and lied about his exploits to invite merit and ask for rewards, and his heart could be punished! ”

The Daye Dynasty, the five nobles in the court, are the five most trusted ministers of the emperor, namely Nayan Suwei, the general of the left guard Yu Wenshu, the Huangmen squire Pei Shiju, the internal history servant Yu Shiji, and the imperial historian Pei Yun.

Among the five people, only Su Wei is a legitimate three-ranking official, and he is the prime minister of course.

The other four, although they do not have the name of prime minister, actually serve as prime ministers.

Yang Guang ascended to the throne at the beginning of that year, carried out a bloody purge of the elders of the previous dynasty, and then once a son of heaven and a courtier, he used six people as prime ministers at the beginning of his succession, namely Shangshu Ling Yang Su, Neishi Ling Yang Yue, Menxia Nayan Yang Shusi, Menxia Nayan Yang Da, Neishi Ling Xiao Zong, Shangshu Right Servant Su Wei.

It can be seen from this list that the most powerful family at that time was the Yang Su family, and the Yang Su family accounted for three of the six prime ministers, Yang Yue was Yang Su's brother, and Yang Shusi was Yang Su's uncle.

At that time, Yang Guang was able to claim the title of emperor, and Yang Su played a key role, so after he succeeded to the throne, he let Yang Su sit on the position of prime minister, which was generally not granted by Shang Shuling.

And Xiao Zong is the elder brother of Empress Yang Guang, and he was once the emperor of Western Liang. Yang Da is the younger brother of Yang Xiong, one of the four nobles of the early Sui Dynasty.

The last Su Wei, who worshiped the prime minister when he was Emperor Wen, was in power for a while, but he rose and fell several times.

These six prime ministers have several characteristics, first of all, the Guanlong group occupies an absolute dominant position in it, and secondly, the Yang Su family is extremely powerful, and their three uncles and nephews occupy the positions of the three high-ranking officials, and the second is that there are more relatives of the emperor.

There are very serious problems in this prime minister's team, the strength of the Yang Su family is too strong, and the prime ministers are all from Xun Qi. So Yang Guang soon forced Yang Su to death and demoted Yang Yue, and Yang Wensi, who was already in his seventies, was old and gradually unable to get sick, and after his nephew Yang Su was forced to die, he soon died of illness.

In the third year of the great cause, Yang Guang found another reason to remove Su Wei from his post and serve as the people.

As a clan, Yang Da is relatively smart, but seeing that the situation is not right, he took the initiative to change to a military position and left the center.

Xiao Zong was involved in He Ruobi's case and was once the Son of Heaven, so he was deposed by Yang Guang when he found an opportunity, and died soon after.

After overthrowing the group of Conglong heroes, Yang Guang set out to build a new prime minister's team.

He reactivated the old minister Su Wei, Su Wei had several ups and downs, and he was also tormented and had no temper, and he was honest and obedient, so he sat in the position of accepting words.

Yang Guang no longer gave the positions of Shangshu Ling and Neishi Ling to the two three high-ranking officials easily, but gave Pei Shiju Huangmen Shilang and Yu Shiji Neishi Shilang the positions, and let the two of them act as the prefect with the post of Shilang, and let Pei Yun be the imperial history doctor, and also selected Yuwen Shu from among the generals to become the new prime minister.

Compared with the previous one, this new team is more comprehensive, more obedient, and more controlled by the emperor.

Nayan Su Wei is the oldest, there were two ups and downs when Emperor Wen, and there were also two ups and downs in Yang Guangchao, he is the son of Su Sui, and he is also a wealthy family in Guanlong, but Su Wei's knees are soft, although his ability is very strong, but he has no bones, and after tossing a few times, he completely followed Yang Guang's meaning, and it was more convenient to use him as the prime minister.

And Yuwenshu this person, when Yang Guang was still the king of Jin, was his cronies, although it was also the Guanlong group, but the Yuwenshu family was just the slaves of the Yuwen family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, they were originally Huns, and later became the slaves of the Xianbei Yuwen family, after one or two hundred years, they finally got a background, and then followed Yuwentai to establish the Western Wei and Northern Zhou Dynasty, which can be regarded as a great achievement, so it also became one of the Guanlong groups.

But compared with the Eight Pillars Country, the Yuwenshu family used to be second-rate at most in the Guanlong Group, and they couldn't even touch the first-class, let alone the top-notch. Because Yuwenshu was a former cronie, secondly, he was just a martial artist, thirdly, he was obedient, and fourthly, the strength of this person's family was not very strong, so Yang Guang also pulled him to be a military representative.

As for Pei Shiju, he was born in the Northern Qi Dynasty and is regarded as the representative of the Shandong Shi clan in the dynasty, he is an expert on frontier issues and ethnic issues, and he is Yang Guang's foreign minister.

Yu Shiji was born in the Chen Dynasty, was once the most famous talent in the south of the Yangtze River, the great calligrapher Yu Shinan is his younger brother, Yu Shiji is also proficient in calligraphy, working in the grass, the Chen Dynasty was known as the gold of the south. Yang Guang chose him as the prime minister, firstly, because he was born in Jiangnan, and he was regarded as a typical representative of the DPRK and China to pacify Jiangnan, and the two Yu Shiji were indeed very powerful writers, so Yang Guang valued his literary talent and used him as his secretary.

As for Pei Yun, he was born in the Pei family, a famous family in Hedong, but his ancestors served in Nan Chen, Southern Liang, and his father was a general in the Chen Dynasty. Later, Pei Yun's father was captured by the Northern Zhou Dynasty, so he stayed in the Northern Zhou Dynasty as an official, and his father became an official of the Sui Dynasty during the Sui Dynasty. And Pei Yun was an official in the Chen Dynasty, secretly contacted his father, and took the initiative to act as a traitor spy in the Sui Dynasty, providing a lot of information to the Sui Dynasty.

After Sui destroyed Chen, he also joined Sui as an official.

Yang Guang chose him as the prime minister, firstly, because of his administrative ability, and secondly, this person is the best at pondering the emperor's mind. Therefore, Yang Guang deliberately used him as the imperial historian and was responsible for supervising hundreds of officials.

The prime minister's team composed of the new five nobles represents a wide range of people, whether it is the Guanlong Group, the Shandong Shi clan or the Jiangnan Shi clan.

Again, except for Su Wei, who is a legitimate Nayan, the other four are not official prime ministers, which is conducive to the emperor's control.

The most critical one, these five people are not hard bones, and they are very obedient to the emperor.

On the other hand, these five people are all experts in a certain aspect, such as Su Wei is good at administration, Pei Shiju is good at diplomatic frontiers, Yu Shiji is good at secretaries, Yu Wenshu is a fierce general, and Pei Yun is good at law administration.

It's just that compared with the original six prime ministers, this team is far inferior in terms of qualifications and prestige, and again, these five people are all the kind of people whose character is not very good, such as Yuwenshu is extremely greedy for money, and likes to accept rich people as godsons the most, and Yun Dingxing, the father of Concubine Yun, who used to be Pang Xing, was married by Yuwenshu as a godbrother, and that Yun Dingxing is also a master of sycophancy.

As soon as Yang Yong was abolished, he personally poisoned his nephew to death, and successfully gained trust in front of Yang Guang, and now he is actually the general of the Right Tunwei. and Li Hui, in order to inherit the title of his father Li Mu, asked Yu Wenshu for help, and promised to give Yu Wenshu half of the estate after winning the title in the future, so he designed Li Hui's nephew to kill each other, and then reported it, and finally let Li Hui, who was not a long and non-descendant, successfully get the title of Duke of the country.

Yu Shiji is afraid of his wife and greedy for money, his wife is debauched, greedy and extravagant, and Sun often lets her son born to her ex-husband under the banner of Yu Shiji, soliciting bribes and selling officials to collect money.

Among the five nobles, Pei Shiju's character is better, although he also likes to flatter the emperor, but at least he still has a bottom line.

In fact, the other four nobles can also see at a glance that there is a problem with the surrender of Xincheng, but everyone sees that the emperor is happy, so they all keep their mouths shut, but this Pei Shiju is about to be broken.

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