"This Xinshitai's actions are quite intriguing!" Yang Guang said goodbye to his mother, walked out of the courtyard gate of Zhengyang Palace, and secretly pondered in his heart, "If she knew that the queen mother intended to arrange Sima Luo to her side, it was to test whether the two of them had two hearts for the court at the same time, and still insisted on the original position and attitude, but she uncharacteristically became the eyeliner to report Sima Luo to the queen mother, with her identity and status, if there is no special reason, is it worth doing this?" ”

Because he thought about the queen mother who had just agreed, he wanted to go to the Linde Hall to ask his father Yang Jian for authorization to continue to check the customs in person, Yang Guang pondered the abnormal behavior of the master before and after Sima Luo entered the temple, and walked in the direction of the Linde Palace. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

It was in the late afternoon, the weather in June, the sun was like fire, and the road from Zhengyang Palace to Linde Hall was bare, almost no shade, Yang Guang walked outside the Linde Palace, and his body was already full of sweat.

"Xiaguan, the right servant of the Southwest Dao Xingtai Shangshu has seen His Royal Highness the King of Jin." Under the veranda of the Linde Palace, a middle-aged official with a white face and a long beard saw Yang Guang coming over from a distance, hurriedly lowered his steps to greet him, and stepped forward to salute.

"There's no need to be polite, let's go to the porch and talk." Yang Guang stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat from his face, and pointed to the shade under the verandah of the hall in response to Yuan Yandao.

Yuan Yan welcomed Yang Guang to the verandah of the Linde Hall to stand still, and before the two could talk, they saw Yu Qingze and Changsun Sheng walking out of the hall with them.

Seeing Yang Guang standing outside the hall sweating profusely, Yu Qing hurriedly quickened his pace, came to Yang Guang's approach, and said to Yang Guang with a smile: "Congratulations to Your Highness, the emperor has decided to adopt the strategy proposed by His Highness yesterday to expand the territory and consolidate the domain, and he will officially inform the map tomorrow." ”

When Yang Guangcha heard this, his spirits perked up, and he was about to ask his father about the matter of summoning Yu Qingze and Changsun Sheng to Linde Hall today for the purpose of using troops in the western frontier, when he suddenly heard the voice of his father Yang Jian from the palace: "Call Yuan Yan in." ”

The general of the left guard, who was guarding the entrance of the palace, glanced at Yang Guang, and clenched his fists and reported to the palace: "Back to the emperor, the current King of Jin is waiting to see him outside the palace." ”

"Ah Zong came just in time, let him come into the temple together."

Yang Guang heard his father's summons, and it was inconvenient to delay time outside the palace, so he said goodbye with Yu Qingze and Changsun Sheng, and walked into the Linde Hall with Yuan Yan.

In the Linde Palace, only Yang Jian's confidant eunuch Su Yi'er stood on the side of the hall, and the crown prince Yang Yong was not in the hall, Yang Jian waved at Yang Guang, asking him to stand aside and wait first, and asked Yuan Yan with a calm face: "What is the cause of this Qiang rebellion in the southwest, you don't need to worry, you must tell me the truth." ”

Yuan Yan replied: "Your Majesty, since the end of the Han Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, the Qiang people of Yizhou have disobeyed the edict of the imperial court, and lived in the deep mountains and jungles, neither paying tribute to the imperial court, nor refusing to enlist to serve the imperial court. Thirteen of the seventeen Qiang tribes in Yizhou made it clear that they were willing to be naturalized by the imperial court, accept the imperial court's edicts, and pay tribute according to the usual practice. In this case, in order to force the other four Qiang tribes to submit to the court as soon as possible, His Royal Highness the King of Shu took advantage of the opportunity of the ministers to go out to inspect and personally commanded an army of 50,000 to go to the conquest. When the ministers heard the news and hurried back to Yizhou, it was too late, tens of thousands of Qiang troops of more than a dozen tribes defeated the king of Shu, and chased all the way to the outside of Yizhou City, fortunately Yizhou City was built very firmly, and there were still tens of thousands of soldiers in the city stubbornly defended, and the Qiang soldiers could not attack, so they withdrew. ”

"What did Yang Xiu do to the Qiang captives, so that more than a dozen tribes who were willing to submit to the imperial court also rebelled?" Yang Jian heard the key to Yuan Yan's words, and asked with a frown.

"According to the minister's own eyes, after the king of Shu led his army to defeat the four Qiang tribes that refused to submit to the imperial court, he ordered his soldiers to cut off the noses of all the adult men in the four Qiang tribes, string them together, and give them to their wives and children, and force them to swallow these noses alive...... And ......"

"Enough. I didn't expect Yang Xiu to be so cruel and tyrannical, no wonder it would arouse the anger of the Qiang people, and they rebelled, so that they would cause uncontrollable consequences! Yang Jian waved his hand angrily to stop Yuan Yan and blamed Yang Xiudao loudly.

"Back to the emperor, although the king of Shu could not treat the captives well, so as to arouse the anger of the Qiang people, but the minister was willing to guarantee his life, the king of Shu was really anxious to surrender the southwest barbarian tribes, for the court to open up territory, too careful to cause this disaster. Therefore, the minister boldly begged the emperor to allow His Royal Highness the King of Shu to stay in Yizhou to make up for his mistakes. Yuan Yan saw that Yang Jian was about to get up, and hurriedly bowed back to protect Yang Xiudao.

"You leave Beijing and return to Yizhou today, and pass on my will to Yang Xiu, and I will give him a three-month deadline to recover the prefectures and cities captured by the Qiang people, and ensure peace in the southwest, if this cannot be done, I will order him to return to Chang'an, and I will send another general to conquer the southwest." Yang Jianyu was angry, pointed to the outside of the hall, and sharply ordered Yuan Yandao.

Yuan Yan this time was due to the rebellion of the Qiang people in the southwest, and he was ordered to return to Beijing to explain the matter to Yang Jian in detail, and on the day he returned to Chang'an, he entered the palace non-stop to meet Yang Jian, but Yang Jian did not even leave him with the time to go home and reunite with his wife and children, so he ordered him to leave for Yizhou tomorrow, although Yuan Yan felt aggrieved because of Yang Xiu's suffering, and did not dare to disobey Yang Jian's instructions, so he had to withdraw from the Linde Hall and return to Yizhou in a hurry.

"Ah Zong, I have decided to adopt your suggestion yesterday, and at the request of the photograph, I will send troops to attack the Western Turk Apo Division, but at present, Ah Yi is out of the northwest of the town, and is about to coordinate and command the war launched against the Western Turks, do you think Ah Yi can take on this important task?" Yang Jian was obviously affected by the catastrophe caused by his fourth son, Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, in Yizhou, and even had doubts about the ability of his third son, Yang Jun, the king of Qin, to command the army.

At this time, as long as Yang Guang raised some questions about Yang Jun's ability to unify the army, Yang Jian would most likely send another general from the DPRK to the northwest to unify the army and preside over the upcoming war against the Western Turks, thus making Yang Jun lose a rare opportunity to make contributions on the battlefield, but Yang Guang did not think of this, and only replied on a case-by-case basis: "Ah Yi is different from Yang Xiu, he has always acted calmly and cautiously in the past, and Liangzhou has a brother-in-law personally leading the army to garrison, once his father decides to use troops in the western frontier, there is no need for Ah Yi to personally lead the army, so the son thinks, It is not advisable to change the commander before the battle. ”