When Wei Zheng returned to the Tang State Mansion, he heard that his family had been taken over, so he just smiled, and then walked into Li Xuanba's room with a gloomy face.

Li Xuanba was reading, and when he saw Wei Zheng's gloomy expression, he was afraid that there would be bad news again, so he sighed and said, "Sir, what did Master Pei do again?" ”

"Jibei Gong is going to be transferred back to Luoyang." Wei Zheng tried his best to remain calm and said: "Some time ago, someone said that the Duke of Jibei led tens of thousands of elite troops, but he could not quickly exterminate a group of rabble, so he accused Lord Pei of concealing the true situation of the traitors. His Majesty sent someone to investigate, and yesterday received an excerpt from the reply. ”

"Presumably it won't be bad for Master Pei, right?" Li Xuanba smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, let's just say it, why did Your Majesty recall Jibei Gong?" ”

"Master Pei played at the beginning, saying that Jing Pantuo, Chai Baochang and others led the army to invade Fenyang, and the area around Jinyang, in fact, the north of Fenshui has been controlled by traitors." Wei Zheng shook his head, sighed, and said: "Jibei Gong used fire to attack the residence of the rebels, and defeated him. If a rebel surrenders, Jibei Gong may be worried that the number of rebels is too large to be controlled, so he buries all the rebels who surrendered alive. ”

"Jibei Gong did this, although it can play a deterrent role, but it is too cruel." Li Xuanba couldn't bear to say: "And if he does this, it is easy to cause panic among the traitors, but I am afraid that no one will dare to surrender anymore." ”

Wei Zheng nodded and said, "Jibei Gong may have his own ideas. ”

"So Lord Pei told Your Majesty that the Duke of Jibei killed innocents indiscriminately, causing unrest among the people, and the traitors did not decrease but increased?" Li Xuanba snorted coldly and said: "Jibei Gong is just a martial artist, and he is not good at words, so how can he argue with the imperial doctor." ”

"Childe misunderstood Master Pei." Although Wei Zheng hated Pei Yun, he also had to admire Pei Yun's old scheming, and sneered: "What is played is other imperial history, not only did Master Pei not fall into the ground, but he always said good things for Jibei Gong." Then he recounted what he had heard.

It turned out that after the imperial history was played, Yang Guangda was furious, and in front of all the ministers, he reprimanded Fan Zigai for his incompetence, at this time, Pei Yun stood up and said: "The Duke of Jibei is loyal to His Majesty and the imperial court, he may just be confused for a while, and I hope that Your Majesty will take care of the dragon body and don't get angry." ”

Since Pei Yun opened his mouth first, and the other ministers also persuaded him one after another, Yang Guangcai was relieved and said lightly: "The local people's grievances have arisen, and the Duke of Jibei can no longer continue to stay, spread my will, let him come back." ”

I have to say that Pei Yun's hand is really beautiful, and Fan Zigai doesn't even have a chance to defend himself.

"If the Duke of Jibei shows Lord Pei's intentions, I'm afraid that His Majesty will scold him for being ungrateful." After Li Xuanba listened, he said: "In this way, he can only go back to Luoyang." ”

Wei Zheng naturally understood this truth, nodded, and continued: "After Your Majesty dissipated his anger, Lord Pei asked for an order for the Duke of Jibei to lead the troops to exterminate the thieves in the Yiyang area. From this point of view, Master Pei is still a little jealous of Jibei Gong and is unwilling to let him stay in Luoyang. ”

"It's also possible that Master Pei has figured out Jibei Gong's mind, right?" Li Xuanba thought for a while and said: "Jibei Gong is bent on exterminating the traitor, as for where the traitor is, I'm afraid he doesn't care, Master Pei is looking for an errand for Jibei Gong, so as to block Jibei Gong's mouth." ”

After chatting with Wei Zheng for a few more words, Li Xuanba urged him to get together with his relatives, Wei Zheng had finished talking about business, thanked him, and left the room.

After Wei Zheng left, Li Xuanba took a long breath and was no longer in the mood to continue studying.

Li Xuanba always thought that with his understanding of history, he could save the Sui Dynasty and save Yang Guang. But now he found that things were not as simple as he imagined, and he underestimated the majesty of the emperor.

After living in the Sui Dynasty for a few months, Li Xuanba made a choice, he did not choose Li Shimin, nor did he choose Li Jiancheng, but he chose Yang Guang.

Perhaps in the eyes of the world, it is a matter of course for Li Xuanba to work for Yang Guang, after all, Yang Guang has always loved him. However, the reason why Li Xuanba chose to help Yang Guang was not because of Yang Guang's love for him.

Li Xuanba's thinking is different from others. The ministers in the court, even if they get a dish rewarded by Yang Guang, will feel glorious and grateful. But in Li Xuanba's opinion, let alone rewarding a dish, even if he eats at the same table with Yang Guang, it is not enough to make him loyal.

Of course, Li Xuanba didn't choose Yang Guang just because of Yang Ling.

The turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty will last for a long time, in Li Xuanba's memory, when the Tang Dynasty unified the world, the world was already ten rooms and nine empty, and the war wiped out the prosperity brought by the rule of Kaihuang, Li Xuanba lived in this era, and knew what was about to happen, so he naturally wanted to avoid war.

Although there are now rebels and thieves, the Great Sui Dynasty still has absolute power, as long as Yang Guangli works hard, the Sui Dynasty still has hope, as long as the Sui Dynasty remains strong, future wars are naturally impossible.

Li Xuanba lives in an era of peace, and after all, he still hopes for peace in the world.

But what happened in the past half a month made Li Xuanba start to think, is his choice right?

When Li Xuanba was thinking nonsense, Li Gou ran to report that Su Wei had come to the Tang State Mansion.

Although Su Wei was demoted to a civilian, no one dared to snub him, Li Xuanba hurriedly left the room and rushed to the front hall.

Li Xuanba walked into the front hall and saw an old man wearing cloth clothes, his hair and beard were white, but his spirit was good, and he stepped forward and saluted: "The lower officials see Master Su." ”

"The grass people meet Lord Zhongyongwei." Su Wei let go of Li Xuanba's salute, and then bowed his hand.

"Master Su, is this going to kill the lower officials?" Li Xuanba helped Su Wei up and said: "The lord petitioned for the people, but suffered this calamity, the lower official is deeply saddened, but the lower official believes that sooner or later, Your Majesty will distinguish between loyalty and treachery, and give the adult justice." ”

"Lord Zhongyongwei, the grass people have been demoted to civilians, and if your lord calls me like that again, it will be against the holy decree." Su Wei said lightly: "I hope that my lord will not lose his courtesy." ”

Li Xuanba was stunned when he heard this, thinking that Su Wei must be dissatisfied with him, so he bowed down again and said, "Since this is the case, Xuanba is rude." I don't know what Mr. Su ordered when he came to the door? ”

"How dare the grass people command your lords?" Su Wei said: "The grass people want to ask the adults to save this court. After saying that, he was going to kneel.

How could Li Xuanba let Su Wei kneel down to worship him? Hurriedly sat down with Su Wei in his arms, and said in a good voice: "Mr. Su is angry with me, Xuanba knows, but Xuanba also has his own difficulties, and I hope Mr. Su understands." ”

The corners of Su Wei's mouth moved, and he smiled, and said: "Although the grass people have some complaints in their hearts, they are not angry with adults, if it weren't for the grass people being confused and anxious to clear the king's side, they would not let the adults' efforts go to waste." ”

Su Wei seems to be old, but he is actually very sober, although he was confused for a while and did something wrong, but after thinking about it clearly, and Empress Xiao sent someone to explain, he naturally understood Li Xuanba's intentions.

"It's now, it's useless to talk about it." Li Xuanba said with a wry smile: "Now that even Jibei Gong has been implicated, Xuanba really feels guilty. ”

"If you feel guilty, can you do the grass people a favor?" Su Wei glanced at Li Xuanba with his spare eyes, and saw that Li Xuanba was thinking, so he didn't wait for him to answer, and continued: "Now that there are rebels and thieves, Your Majesty still wants to go to Jiangdu, and the grass people ask your lord to persuade Your Majesty to give up the trip to Jiangdu. ”