Chapter 42 of the Fourth Book of the Emperor's Prosperity
At the end of Que Street is the Imperial City, Shi Wansui looked at the towering Imperial City in front of him, and regretted it, how could he have been fascinated by the words of the Qiang leader Hui and let him go, several boxes of gold and silver look a lot, and they are only tens of thousands of copper coins, but the two Qiang female concubines are rare water spirits, and they are a mother and twins, and they look exactly the same. They are Fei's own sisters, if they don't let go of Xi, will they take their brother-in-law to the capital to die?
It's just that in order to suppress this Qiang rebellion, the court spent more than one million yuan on military expenses alone, not to mention tens of thousands of dead and wounded.
"You go back to the house first, and the general will enter the palace directly." Shi Wansui turned his head and said backwards.
"Yes!" The soldiers who followed behind him hurriedly turned their horses and headed towards the general's mansion in the capital.
Shi Wansui sent his own soldiers, looked at the imperial city, stomped on the ground with his foot, and walked in the direction of the East Palace, he regretted it at this time, why he was like lard in the first place, so bold.
In Yichun Palace, the Prince's Mansion, Yang Yong was chatting with Yun Qing'er, and Lu Mulin hurriedly came to report: "Your Highness, General Shi is here." ”
"Oh, okay, Hongu will go and greet you right away." Yang Yong was overjoyed, and immediately got up and walked out, but after walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped: "No, why did Shi Wansui come here just after entering the city, could it be that he hasn't gone to see the emperor yet?" ”
Seeing Yang Yong's hesitation, Lu Mulin hurriedly said: "Since this is the case, then let the general see the emperor first." ”
Yang Yong thought about it, and still said: "No need, although Shi Wansui is a military general." But there are details in the thick, since he is here, there must be something urgent, and this palace should see him first. ”
"Yes.
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Shi Wansui stood in the hall, anxious, of course he knew that the foreign ministers had entered Beijing, and they did not leave the officials of the Ministry of Rites who greeted him, and he did not see the emperor's reason to see the prince first, but just now Lu Kai gave him a wake-up call. The court did not forget the leader of the rebels, he let go of Hong, and this level may not be easy to pass.
"Wechen meets His Royal Highness the Prince." I saw Yang Yong come out. Shi Wanzai immediately knelt down to pay respects.
Yang Yong hurriedly helped Shi Wansui up: "Shi Aiqing is still a pillar of the court, and this time he quickly wiped out the Qiang rebellion. For the court, you don't have to be polite, get up. ”
"Your Highness." Shi Wansui stood up. His lips moved slightly, and he didn't know how to speak.
"Shi Aiqing, if you have something, you might as well open your mouth, otherwise you will delay entering the palace to see the driver, which is a big crime."
As soon as these words came out, Shi Wansui's face suddenly turned blue and red for a while, and finally gritted his teeth, plopped and knelt down again: "The prince save me!" ”
Yang Yong was puzzled: "Shi Aiqing, why is this so." You have just quelled the Qiang rebellion and made great contributions to the court, and the court recruited you to Beijing to reward you for your meritorious deeds. Who would dare to harm you? ”
"Prince, the trouble is precisely in the chaos." Shi Wansui shrugged his head and said.
Yang Yong's face sank. There is a bad premonition in my heart, this Shi Wansui must be causing trouble, Shi Wansui fought bravely, and is familiar with military books, but there are two problems, one is lustful, and the other is good wealth. Yang Yong said in a tone that almost hated iron: "Let's say, is it that the private detention of property has been discovered, or is there an act of robbing people's daughters, or you have lied about your war exploits?" ”
"No, Weichen remembers the prince's teachings, how dare he do this." Shi Wansui hurriedly explained.
"Don't dare, this palace sees that you are very bold, but this palace has heard that you dare to argue with the king of Shu when you march, what else dare not be done, but since it is not these things, what is it that makes you so flustered?"
Speaking of arguing with the King of Shu, Shi Wansui showed a smug look on his face, it was an old thing three years ago, when a caravan passing through Yizhou was killed by the Tubos, and the news reached the capital, and the ministers of the court were furious.
The caravan that was killed belonged to the Li family of Shen Guogong, but more than eighty percent of the silk and cotton cloth produced in the capital had to be shipped abroad, of which more than forty percent went to the Western Regions, and the Tubo people killed people and seized goods, although only the Li family was victimized, but it violated the interests of all the important ministers who had weaving factories at home, and the court was suddenly violent, and immediately sent the king of Shu and Shi Wansui to lead tens of thousands of troops to retaliate against Tibet.
Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, is still the first time to lead the troops, Yang Yong, Yang Guang, Yang Qin all have military merits, Yang Xiu envied the military exploits of the three elder brothers, for fear that the credit would be taken away by Shi Wansui, and even ordered Shi Wansui to transport grain to the rear, and led the troops to be the vanguard, but Shi Wansui did not obey Yang Xiu's command, and attacked before the king of Shu.
Afterwards, because Yang Xiu was unwilling to have a bad relationship with Yang Yong
Shi Wansui did not pursue his disobedience to the military order, but only wrote a letter to tell Yang Ran that he scolded Shi Wansui fiercely, but Shi Wansui took it as a deaf ear, but was proud for a long time.
"Your Royal Highness, Weichen went out to fight this time, although he broke the 36 Nanqiang divisions, captured 20,000 people, and achieved a great victory, however, there are many Qiang tribes, in addition to Nanqiang, there are also 36 Xiqiang, although the number of Xiqiang 36 is not as good as Nanqiang, but the place where they live is more sinister than Nanqiang, and Nanqiang is broken, Xiqiang has increased its vigilance, and the court wants to break through the 36 Xiqiang again, it is really time-consuming and laborious."
Yang Yong nodded when he heard this: "Yes, it is true, but it seems that the 36th Xiqiang Department did not participate in this rebellion, and the court did not ask you to exterminate the 36th Xiqiang Department together, why did you mention the 36th Xiqiang Department?" ”
Shi Wansui said: "Prince Yu, the Qiang people have no faith and no righteousness, Ru Mao drinks blood, Nanqiang is okay, how much has contact with the Han people, knows some etiquette, righteousness and shame, and Xiqiang is more barbaric than Nanqiang, the west and the south Qiang are fighting for territory, and there is no less open and secret fight between the west and the south for the territory, it has always been the advantage of the 36 Nanqiang departments, and the 36 departments of the Xiqiang were driven to the deep mountains and old forests, but this time the Nanqiang was broken by the court, and the vitality was greatly injured, and its leader was also captured by Weichen, even though the strength of the Nanqiang is still above the Xiqiang, but the dragons have no leader, If Xiqiang unifies the two Qiang, in a few years, Nanzhou may become a confidant of the court. ”
The above words are not made up by Shi Wansui, and what they said is indeed reasonable, Yang Yong couldn't help but get nervous: "Then how do you deal with it?" ”
"This ...... This, Weichen thought that the leader of the 36 departments of Nanqiang had surrendered to the court, carved a stone inscription, praised the emperor's holy virtues, and must not dare to rebel again, if he was released, he would definitely be grateful to the court......"
Shi Wansui wanted to say more, Yang Yong's cold voice had already come: "So you just let him go!" ”
"Yes." Shi Wansui replied stubbornly, secretly glanced at Yang Yong with his eyes, and saw that the prince's face was extremely ugly, so he hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to distinguish it again.
"Good! Good! Okay, General Shi is becoming more and more proficient in the art of war, and he actually learned Zhuge Liang's seven captures. Yang Yong showed a sneer on his lips, and he couldn't wait to step on Shi Wansui's head several times to get angry.
"Don't dare, don't dare, Weichen is all ...... It's all for the sake of the court......"
"For the sake of the court, Zhuge Liang captured seven times, that's because he is the prime minister of the Han Dynasty and can act arbitrarily, when will you, General Shi, disobey the holy decree and let the enemy go privately, just by virtue of this, you have ten heads and it is not enough to cut off, and also, you said that it was all for the sake of the court, you dare to guarantee with the palace that you did not receive gold and silver, women, just let people go?"
Shi Wansui broke out in a cold sweat on his back: "Your Highness clearly saw that Weichen was confused for a while, and he had indeed received gold, silver and women from the land, but he just let Wei go back, and Weichen was not because of selfishness, but because he was worried that the unification of the two Qiang would bring greater disaster to the Great Sui." ”
In the emperor, Yang Jian looked up at the sky frequently, and finally said impatiently: "Liu Aiqing, go and see, why hasn't Lu Kai brought Shi Wansui over to pay the decree?" ”
"Wechen obeys." A young man in his twenties, handsome and upright, replied, this young man is Liu Shu, the soldier's youngest daughter, Princess Lanling's concubine, the two have just gotten married, Princess Lanling is very favored by the emperor and his wife, so Liu Shufu is expensive with his wife, and immediately after getting married, he was promoted from the sixth grade to the fourth rank of the military department, which can be described as a rapid promotion.
Not long after Liu Shu went down, he returned with Lu Kai, and when Lu Kai saw the emperor, he quickly knelt down: "Weichen see the emperor." ”
Seeing Lu Kai coming alone, Yang Jian showed a look of surprise on his face: "Get up, Lu Aiqing, I sent someone to welcome Shi Wansui into the palace to see me, why didn't Shi Wansui arrive, only you entered the palace alone?" ”
Lu Kai thought that Shi Wansui had already entered the palace, and when he heard Yang Jian's question, his heart flashed, and he was immediately overjoyed: "Back to the emperor, Shi Wansui is proud of his merits, and he didn't put Weichen and the ministers who went to greet him in his eyes at all, and directly entered the city.
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Yang Jian's face flashed with anger, but he immediately suppressed his anger and waved his hand: "Since Aiqing has completed the task, let's surrender the order and retreat." ”
Lu Kai was stunned when he heard it, he thought that the emperor would listen to the details, so as to take the opportunity to impeach Shi Wansui, but he didn't expect the emperor to ask at all, so he had to swallow the words full of words, and said in a low voice: "Weichen obeys the order." ”
Seeing Lu Kai go down, Yang Jian turned to Liu Shu: "Go, ask, where is Shi Wansui now?" ”
"Wechen obeys." Liu Shu hurriedly ran out again, and after a while, Liu Shu came in and reported: "Your Majesty, Shi Wansui is now in the East Palace." ”
"Got it, then I'll wait." Yang Jian said with an unchanged expression on his face.
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