"Hehe, Hongdae's analogy is very appropriate!" Yang Guang praised Pei Ju lightly, and turned to Pei Yun and asked, "Aiqing thinks that the best policy or the middle policy, which one will be elected?" ”

Pei Yun has been in officialdom for a long time, and from the conversation just now, through careful observation of Yang Guang's expression and reply, he was surprised to find that Yang Guang actually favored Pei Ju's best strategy. Pei Yun didn't know that the best strategy was a solution to the problem of the Xiaoguo Army once and for all, but it was easy to open his mouth, but it was difficult to act.

So, Pei Yun removed the manuscript that originally supported the middle strategy, and said improvisedly: "Back to the saint, the minister thinks that although the best policy is good and the effect is the most obvious, the difficulty is the greatest among the three strategies. In January of this year, Wagang Li Mi defeated Wang Shichong at Luoshui, and the entire army of 200,000 troops of our Great Sui collapsed, and less than 20,000 soldiers fled back to Heyang and Luoyang. ”

"Now, almost the whole of Henan has erected Li Mi's Wei Wang banner, we have to go north, and we must defeat Li Mi before we can return to Luoyang. Now, after Li Mi defeated my crusading army several times, it has become a climate. It has millions of people under its command, thousands of generals, and the equipment formation is no different from our Sui army, which is completely different from the previous homeless people, and is the most princes in the world. And now Huiluocang and Luokoucang are in Li Mi's hands, and they can be recruited at any time. In this battle, the outcome is unpredictable, and if you are not careful, you may lose all the games! ”

Yang Guang sighed softly and said, "What you said is good!" The thousands of cattle who were reprimanded by me back then prepared themselves, and after the failure of the rebellion, they hid in Tibet and abandoned their wives and children, but now they are rooted in the heart of Henan and have become a huge problem for the imperial court, and it is the biggest obstacle for me to go north! It's really embarrassing! ”

Hearing this, Yu Shiji thought of the "scabies disease" that he had repeatedly reported, and now it had become such a scale, he couldn't help but blush, and hurriedly remedied: "Holy Lord, although Li Mi in Henan has millions of people and has a huge momentum, according to the minister's estimates, his warriors are no more than 300,000. Now there are more than 200,000 elite soldiers in Jiangjiang, and the Holy Lord led the Northern Expedition of the Wang Division, and there are the Jianghuai Army of Wang Shichong of Luoyang and the Eastern Capital Army of Duan Da. In this way, the Central Plains recovered in one fell swoop! ”

Yang Guang was noncommittal to Yu Shiji, but just smiled playfully: "Bolang, don't you support the middle policy, why did you turn to speak for the best policy?" ”

Although Yu Shiji flattered himself with flattery and lived in officialdom for a long time, after all, he was still a scribe and thin-skinned, and he was teased by Yang Guang like this, as if he was a girl's family, his face and neck were red, and he replied with a dry cough: "The minister doesn't think that the best policy is not good, but it is really because of many difficulties and it is not easy to achieve." But the minister thought about it, who is the saint? Back then, when he went south to destroy Chen, and went north to break Hu, they were all saints! The reason why the bandits of the Great Sui are rampant is because the generals are not conducive to quelling the rebellion, if there is a saint who personally comes out, these small groups of thieves are just waiting to be killed! And what is there to fear? ”

Yu Shiji's naked sycophant, to be honest, Yang Guang felt very comfortable listening to it, but after thinking about it, the reason why the Great Sui is declining day by day is because of this erosive wind! The so-called upward and downward effect, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty himself does not accept loyalty, prefers slanderous and flattering, so great joy, so, the subordinates will inevitably do what they like, in the long run, the atmosphere of the government and the opposition will be corrupted, and the current politics will become worse and worse, this is naked killing!

Thinking of this, Yang Guang's face sank, and he said: "Everyone, insert a digression, the state affairs of the Great Sui have been corrupted so far, and the bad is bad in this atmosphere. From the beginning of the reign, from top to bottom, he gradually abandoned the simple style of thrift, honesty and justice, self-denial and courtesy of the previous emperor when he was alive, and replaced it with the corrupt style of arrogance, lasciviousness, corruption, and flattery. This atmosphere is very evil! Only fourteen years, only fourteen years of my reign! I almost gave away the emperor's inheritance! ”

As soon as Yang Guang's words came out, it was like a shocking thunder, which exploded in the minds of Yu Shiji, Pei Yun, Pei Ju, and Feng Deyi, and shook the minds of the four people. ”

After a pause, Yang Guang hooked his lips and continued: "I admit that although I bear the main responsibility, but one by one, as an official of the imperial court, you enjoy the benefits of high-ranking officials, but you only know how to welcome the song and don't dare to speak out, isn't it disloyal?" If this continues, the Great Sui will naturally die as the second, and I am certainly the king of the fallen country, but the Qing and others are not the ministers of the dead country? ”

Hearing this, the four people present were so frightened that their limbs trembled, and this sentence was so straightforward, so harsh, like a sharp sword, piercing the heart, but it was the truth. Recalling what they had done before, the four of them had to keep grabbing the ground with their heads and shouting: "The minister is guilty of death!" Death penalty! ”

Seeing this, Yang Guang stared at the four of them with blazing eyes, and said, "I think a few of you are not as good as Yu Shinan in terms of morality." Yu Shinan, in terms of his talent and fame, is by no means inferior to his brother Yu Shiji. However, Yu Shinanning is willing to be a sesame petty official, and he does not disdain clever words to flatter. You two brothers, the elder brother is flattering, he is a scholar and a waiter, and he is in charge of the power of the prime minister, and the younger brother is upright, but he is a six-grade living houser. For this reason alone, the public prides himself on being a celebrity and should be ashamed of it! ”

"Who is not a saint or a sage? I am also a human being, and if I am a human being, I will have seven emotions and six desires, I will have joys, angers, sorrows, and sorrows, and I will make mistakes. At this time, if you ministers, close ministers, and fortunate ministers don't stand up and say a fair word, that is, you are helping me to make mistakes, conniving at my mistakes, and you are being an accomplice! ”

"People like to listen to good words and listen to others flatter themselves. If it's a small people, it's fine, but I'm the king of a country, if I can't speak widely, then there will always be only one voice in my ears, and in the long run, I will become a fool and a fool! ”

"Good medicine is good for disease, and good advice is good for action. I did think that advice was too bitter before, far less sweet than it. But now the Great Sui Empire is full of holes and diseases, if you don't use good medicine and fierce medicine, it will really be weak! ”

"Alright, get up! Today, I just want to remind you that I don't want to hear the words that went against my heart in the past, but what I want to hear is your heartfelt words. I have heard too many beautiful words, nice words, and words that go against my heart, and I am disgusted by hearing them, and what I want to hear now is truth, good words, and good words! ”

"The ministers know their sins, and in the future, they must be strict with themselves, self-denial, and do their best for the saint to repay the saint's kindness!"

Yang Guang's remarks were like an initiation, which woke up the four people present at once, and while they were shocked, afraid, and confused, they all came to the same conclusion - the saint has changed, and the saint has begun to become wise.