Temple.

The emperor looked at this young tiger general carefully, the light in the hall was good, and several crane-shaped smoke stoves also wafted out high-grade ambergris, and the cigarette was curling, and the line was extremely thin, but it was not scattered.

Luo Cheng, who was wearing a purple robe and jade belt, was a little less fierce and a little more civil.

The emperor was amazed that this man who looked so young had won so many battles for him in the past few years. Thinking about his name of slaughtering and killing gods in Liaodong, it is even more shocking.

If you didn't know that this person was Luo Cheng, I was afraid that just looking at him like this, I would think that he was a handsome son of a famous scholar clan who came to participate in the imperial examination.

"Luo Cheng, over the years, you've only killed more than 100,000 people, right?" The emperor asked.

Luo Cheng looked at his nose and nose, and did not look at the emperor, this was all explained by the waiter before he came, and it was rude to dare to look at the emperor directly.

"Back to Your Majesty, Chen Daye dug a canal in Ji County for five years, and when he returned home after his service, he encountered thieves and eighteen ghosts with blue faces, and he began to kill thieves. Later, for the capture of soldiers, then for the county soldiers, and then for the government soldiers, over the years to catch thieves and suppress bandits, and to conquer Goryeo, there are indeed a lot of killings. ”

"There are no less than 100 thieves and bandits killed by the ministers themselves, and the enemies killed by the troops are indeed more than 100,000."

Listening to these faint words, Empress Xiao was shocked by this content.

Unexpectedly, such a young person has killed no less than 100,000 people.

"The queen is not surprised, although Luo Cheng is called a god of human slaughter and killing by the Goguryeo people, but I heard that he is not the kind of person who loves to kill and kill. It is said that this time to quell Yang Xuangan's rebellion, Wei Wensheng wanted to kill all the 50,000 rebels who had been captured, but Luo Qing refused, did his best to protect them, and played to me, saying that the rebellion had been quelled, and it would be useless to kill more, and asked me to exile these people to the four counties of Liaodong. ”

"I didn't expect General Luo to be so hearted." Empress Xiao praised.

"Luo Cheng, just now the queen told me that the Yuwen clan entered the palace to complain, saying that you beat the Marquis of Jingcheng for no reason, what is going on?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister did beat the Marquis of Jingcheng, but not for no reason."

Yang Guang snorted coldly, "You are also a dignified prince, and you actually beat the Marquis of Jingcheng, whether it is for a reason or not, you shouldn't be." Okay, now why? ”

Luo Cheng told the story concisely, without adding oil and vinegar, telling the truth.

Yang Guang and Empress Xiao glanced at each other, just now they had already heard Yuwen Eying's words, and now they listened to Luo Cheng, the two were contrasted, and there was a big difference. But both of them felt that it was obvious that what Luo Cheng said should be more true.

"Call the king's chamberlain."

An attendant entered, and Yang Guang asked him, "What happened to the matter that asked you to investigate, but there are results." ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it has been ascertained."

"Okay, you tell the truth."

The chamberlain was the one who went to Cha Luocheng to beat people before the emperor, and now he is playing it in person, basically it is still relatively reductive to the facts, and there is no prejudice.

"Well, it seems that Luo Cheng didn't lie, but the Yuwen clan added a little fuel to it."

The emperor was very satisfied with Luo Cheng's frankness.

"Although there is a reason, but you also have something wrong with it, as a prince of the country and a general of the imperial court, how can you beat the minister so freely, do you know how rude it is?"

"Your Majesty pleases you to punish you."

Yang Guang waved his hand, "Punishment must be wanted, but one yard is one yard." You have made meritorious contributions to Liaodong in the second expedition, and you have made great contributions when you return to your division to quell the rebellion, especially to kill Yang Xuangan, which is a great achievement. I have already prepared a decree before, enter the seal of your Kaifu Yi and the three divisions, enter the Duke of Chu, increase the food by 500, pass through the first 1,000 households to be sealed, and be crowned as the general of Zuotunwei, and give you 1,000 taels of gold and 10,000 horses of silk. And give you the mansion, money, slaves, etc. of the Yang Shun family. ”

Tell all these great rewards in one breath.

Yang Guang said again, "For the sake of a house, you beat the courtiers, and now I will punish you for a year as a warning." ”

This is kind of a high lift, and then it is gently lowered again.

The penalty of one year is inconsequential for Luo Cheng today. Not to mention the thousand taels of gold and 10,000 horses of silk that the emperor just rewarded Luo Cheng, this can be worth more than 10,000 yuan. It is Yang Xuangan's mansion manor, money and silk slaves, and it is a huge fortune.

The annual income is only a few dollars, and there are several nobles of Luo Cheng's status who rely on this hard money.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Don't be secretly complacent, this is the first time, so I will spare you, but if there is a next time, I will be punished heavily."

"I understand."

Yang Guang likes Luo Cheng very much for a young man like Luo Cheng who is good-looking, very capable of fighting, and very loyal, and has no deep roots.

So although Li Min is usually favored by him, the emperor is very clear.

Li Min is just a plaything, a fortunate minister, who drinks and entertains with him, and occasionally relaxes. But the real cadres are still like Luo Cheng.

He wouldn't blame a fierce general like Luo Cheng for the sake of a plaything like Li Min.

This matter, even if it ends here.

The reward that should be given to Luo Cheng will not be less at all, and he has even decided to properly knock Li Min down. Although he had promised his dying sister that he would take good care of Yuwen's family, there was a limit to this.

"It is proposed to cut down 1,000 households in the city marquis, remove him from his post as the general of Zuotunwei, and make him reflect at home."

Li Min has 5,000 households, and they are all true seals, which is quite an astonishing number, when Yang Su was the most favored, there were only more than 2,000 true seals, and his 5,000 households were originally the emperor's sister's, and they were given to Li Min according to her last wishes after her death.

Now the emperor took this opportunity to directly cut off a thousand households.

"Luo Cheng, if I take you as the commander, how many soldiers and horses do you think it will take, how much time, and then I will be able to destroy Goguryeo?"

That's not a good question to answer.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Yuan Cannon bragged to Chongzhen that he had been in Pingliao for five years, and then he didn't do it, and then he was stabbed by the emperor Ling Chi, although Ling Chi was not entirely because of bragging, but his death was indeed related to this.

Luo Cheng didn't want to brag.

Don't look at Goguryeo now, it seems that it has reached the point of exhaustion, but who dares to pack tickets.

After all, there are too many unexpected factors in this war.

Especially now that the Central Plains is unstable, the general environment is not good, and the rear is unstable, and this front-line battle will not be easy to fight.

You can't brag with your temperament, bragging is cool for a while, and if you can't do it, you have to pull the list.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that now Goguryeo has indeed reached the point where the oil is exhausted and the lamp is about to collapse after His Majesty's two personal expeditions, but after all, the hundred-legged insect is dead and not stiff. Chen thought that there was no need to rush to attack at the moment, it was better to slow down the pace for the time being, which might have a better effect. ”

"The minister thinks that next year we can first concentrate the troops of Lushun, Liaodong, Jian'an, and Liaoxi, and first capture the Anshi at the mouth of the Liaohe River, and if the Anshi is broken, the nearby small and medium-sized mountain cities can no longer be defended, and then the entire middle and lower reaches of the Liaohe River and the west bank of the Liaonan Peninsula will be opened, and the situation will be very different."

"After occupying this line, we have completely established a foothold in Liaodong, and even advance and retreat, and then we only need to encroach step by step, constantly harassing and invading the Goguryeo army on the one hand, so that it cannot rest or recover, and on the other hand, it will slowly advance and devour, so that in less than five years, Goguryeo will collapse even if it does not die."

Yang Guang nodded, "This is relatively safe, but it is a little slower." ”

"Luo Cheng, I plan to transfer you to Liaodong Taishou, and also know the military of Liaodong and Liaoxi, and the envoys of Khitan, Xi, Murowei, and Yao, are you willing?"

"Your Majesty's will is what the minister's sword is pointing to!"

This sentence made Yang Guang laugh out loud, very satisfied!