Yang Guang looked at the person in front of him and asked, "Are you Li Wenyuan, a partial general under the Jincheng Captain Xue Ju?" ”

Su Wei had already explained to Li Wenyuan in detail the etiquette of meeting the emperor on the way here, and it was not difficult for Li Wenyuan to learn a lot in later generations, intentionally or unintentionally. Hearing the emperor's question, he immediately learned and put it into practice, and said to Yang Guangshen: "Back to Your Majesty, the last general is Li Wenyuan." ”

Yang Guang nodded, retracted his gaze and continued to look at the folds on the table, no longer speaking. The entire Guanfeng Hall was silent, and Li Wenyuan peeked at Su Wei, who was also standing with his hands hanging on the side. Finding that Su Wei was also looking at him, Su Wei saw Li Wenyuan looking at him, as if asking what to do, Su Wei shook his head, meaning: I don't know either.

Time passed in this quiet and creepy hall, except for the occasional creaking of the axles outside, and the clashing of the soldiers' weapons and armor.

At this time, Li Wenyuan understood what it meant to be unpredictable, and he didn't know how the powerful ministers around the emperor figured out the holy will, and they were able to figure out the emperor's mind so accurately. About half an hour later, Yang Guang put down the last book in his hand, looked up and said:

"Li Aiqing, I heard that when you were planning to retreat from Liaodong, you called yourself the general of the expedition to the west?" Yang Guang looked straight into Li Wenyuan's eyes and said.

Li Wenyuan was shocked, this Yang Guang would not want to cure his crime of bullying the king. At the moment, he suddenly knelt down like in the TV series of later generations, and said with a pause: "Your Majesty Mingjian, if your subordinates don't use Your Majesty's heavenly power to deter those defeated soldiers who have lost their minds, they will not be able to resist the jackal-like Goguryeo army." ”

Yang Guang was happy in his heart, this person has lived in the frontier for a long time, has no foundation in the court, and is a little anxious, and he is quite suitable for being a quick knife to cut down those Guanlongmen valves that bind his hands and feet. But now it's still necessary to knock the man and tell him that there are things that can be done and things that cannot be done.

So Yang Guang deliberately said with a straight face: "Do you know that impersonating the imperial court official is a capital crime?" According to the law of the Great Sui, it is necessary to raze the nine clans! ”

Then Yang Guang looked at where Li Wenyuan was still kneeling, and without making a sound, he paused and continued: "But I remember that you have lived in the border land for a long time, and you have saved countless people in Liaodong, and you have not done anything evil in the name of the general, and then led the army to serve the king non-stop, so forgive you for your innocence, get up and speak." ”

Li Wenyuan breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and stood up after thanking Yang Guang. The hanging heart is finally let go, if your journey to travel here is terminated, it will be meaningless, and you will definitely do something earth-shattering when you come back.

Yang Guangping retreated from the left and right, until only the two monarchs and ministers were left in the main hall, then he reached out and dragged Li Wenyuan's sleeve to the window on the side of the main hall, stretched out his hand and pointed out and said, "Aiqing, look at this majestic scenery, do you know where it is?" ”

Li Wenyuan didn't know what Yang Guang meant, so he shook his head, saying that he didn't know.

Yang Guang smiled and said: "This is the Great Sui, this is the Great Sui laid down by my father. Then he paused and continued: "Then did Aiqing ever know whose Great Sui this was?" ”

Li Wenyuan said: "Naturally, it is His Majesty's Great Sui. ”

Yang Guang shook his head and said, "No, no, Li Aiqing, this Great Sui is not my Great Sui, this Great Sui is the world of the gate valve and the family." ”

Then Yang Guang began to introduce Li Wenyuan to the current court forces, he hoped that Li Wenyuan would cut it to the gate valve family as his own hands, naturally hoping that the sharper the knife, the better.

Since the beginning of the Han Dynasty's inspection system, a large number of families have gradually formed, and these families have been officials for generations, and slowly have far-reaching influence. Later, after a long period of division and formed a new family different from the Han Dynasty, when Emperor Wen created the Great Sui, in order to balance and compromise, the court formed the Guanlong aristocracy composed of the Eight Pillars, the Shandong aristocracy composed of five surnames and seven families, the Jiangzuo Shi clan that had declined, and the Daibei Shi clan dominated by Sinicized Hu, and the Xuanhua lady who Yang Guang married in order to appease Nan Chen after pacifying Nan Chen.

These regional groups have always restrained and suppressed each other, but they have no threat to the throne, but they all hold their own power and do not allow others to divide it. The Guanlong aristocracy held the military power, and each family had the ability to overthrow a dynasty under the government military system.

The aristocrats of Shandong did not understand military affairs, but there were more Confucians, and they had great influence in the court, and they could often influence the emperor's decision-making.

The Jiangzuo clan is a traditional scholar group that arose in the Wei and Jin dynasties, and it had already declined by the time of the Great Sui, and under the promotion of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian and Yang Guang, it was also able to compete with the Shandong nobles in the court.

The last Daibei clan is aloof, only on the side that is beneficial to themselves.

Speaking of which, Li Wenyuan also understood in his heart what Yang Guang was going to do, Yang Guang weakened the Guanlong nobles by conquering Goguryeo three times. He also promoted the Jiangzuo scholars, and also created the imperial examination system, which provided a way for the world's poor scholars to enter the ranks, and gradually washed away the imprint of the local scholars.

After all, the power that a great empire that can be driven by the supreme ruler is absolutely incomparable, especially since this empire itself is extremely powerful.

Looking at Li Wenyuan's eyes that seemed to be enlightened, Yang Guang patted him on the shoulder and said, "I need someone who is absolutely loyal to me, and I also hope that person is you." ”

Li Wenyuan was about to bow down and kneel again, but was stopped by Yang Guang, who then said: "Since you call yourself a general, I will promote you to be the general of Zhengxi, and you are the sixth grade." I ordered you to lead your troops back to the eastern capital, and there must be no mistake. ”

Li Wenyuan took the real general's waist card, and said: "The minister accepts the order, Your Majesty is mighty, and the rebels will definitely disperse." ”

Yang Guang nodded, and then said, "I'm a little tired, you go first." ”

Li Wenyuan nodded and left, and when he went out, he met Su Wei, and Su Wei saw that Li Wenyuan had a waist card in his waist, which he didn't have before, so he smiled and said, "Congratulations to the general on his promotion." ”

Li Wenyuan also smiled and arched his hand: "Thank you Su Lao for teaching etiquette, so as not to offend Tianwei, and stay for the position of general." ”

Su Wei saw that Li Wenyuan looked in a hurry, so he asked, "Where is the general going?" ”

Li Wenyuan saw Su Wei asking what he was going to do, so he pretended to be worried and said: "The Holy Lord is worried about the Eastern Capital and ordered me to pacify the traitor Yang Xuangan, what is Su Xiangke's opinion?" ”

Su Wei whispered to Li Wenyuan: "General, I have a copy here that is about to be presented to the saint, the traitor Yang Xuangan has already marched to the eastern capital in two ways, it is estimated that this will already encircle the eastern capital, if the general wants to relieve the siege of the eastern capital, then the rebels can only be driven away and not encircled." ”