After killing Xue Daoheng, Yang Guang did not have an easy time, because Xue Daoheng's "Emperor Gao Zuwen" always echoed in his ears, making it difficult for him to sleep. Since his accession to the throne, he has been thinking about how to surpass his father's exploits, at this time, he suddenly thought that during the period of the first emperor, the king of Goguryeo led ten thousand horsemen to invade Liaoxi, and his father appointed Yang Liang, the king of Han, as the head of the march, the king of Shangzhu, Shiji, as the deputy commander, and Zhou Luoyu as the head of the navy, and the 300,000 water and land army went out to Liaodong, because it coincided with the rainy season, the roads were muddy and the supply of grain and grass could not be supplied, and the epidemic occurred, and after crossing the Liaoshui, he immediately lost his combat effectiveness, and Zhou Luoyu went to sea from Donglai and drove directly to Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo, Unfortunately encountered strong winds and waves at sea, the ship sank many times, and seven or eight out of ten of the dead, although Goguryeo sent a messenger to apologize, and Emperor Wen also got off the donkey, but his heart was always intended, when Yang Guang became the prince, he often saw Emperor Wen talking to himself in front of the map of Liaodong:

"Little Dongyi, invade my homeland, once it happens, it will be a big trouble for my Great Sui." 'Humph! Goguryeo just became my stepping stone. Yang Guang thought hatefully.

Since arriving in the Central Plains, the Turkic Turki Khan has been feeling unwell, Yang Guang has sent imperial doctors many times to diagnose the disease, and gave various precious medicines to treat, but still lack of skills, and finally died, and his son Duji ascended the throne as the first Khan. In the name of the loyalty and reliability of the Tuli Khan, Yang Guang led a large army to the vicinity of Yanmen, and before leaving the Great Wall pass, the envoys of Goguryeo on the way.

"Goguryeo's envoy Choi Yixian saw the Heavenly Khan."

"Excuse the courtiers. I don't know if the king of Goguryeo has been in good health recently! ”

"Thanks to the Heavenly Khan's thoughts, the body of the king of our country is quite tough." In the Goguryeo envoy's humble and arrogant answer, Yang Guang felt unhappy on the one hand, and a trace of excitement in his heart. In the evening, Yuwenshu came to Yang Guangxing Palace.

"Your Majesty, the secret agents sent by the ministers to the camps around the foreign tribes came to report, and the envoy of Goguryeo secretly infiltrated the camp of the Turkic Shibi Khan, but there were Turkic guards guarding it, and I wanted to arrest the envoy and torture him, but I was afraid of startling the snake, so I came to report to Your Majesty." After Yang Guang heard this, his brows tightened, and he was inexplicably excited and angry in his heart.

"These brutes. Okay, Yuwen Aiqing, you did a good job. ”

"The family of the ministers and the ministers has repeatedly received great favors from the saints, and it is the responsibility of the ministers to share the worries of His Majesty." Seeing Yu Wenshu's humble expression, Yang Guang's vanity was unprecedentedly satisfied.

"Okay, pass the decree and order the accompanying officials to come to the imperial camp secretly to meet the driver, and discuss something." After a while, the new Zhongshu Lang Feng Deyi, the secretary and supervisor Yu Shiji, the Shangshu Zuocheng Pei Ju, the imperial historian Pei Yun, the accompanying escort general Sun Sheng, Lai Hu'er, Mai Tiezhu, Yuwen Chengdu and others all came to Yang Guang's face, and after meeting the ceremony, Yang Guang asked Yuwen to tell the story of the collusion between Goguryeo and the Turks that might endanger the Central Plains. Mai Tiezhu is a robber character, and has no scheming, so he came out first to speak:

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that when those barbarians in the north are a group of wolves that are not well raised, they have to use knives and guns against the wolves, let them know that it hurts, and the last general will ask for his life, please ask Your Majesty to order the dispatch of troops to Liaodong, and kill these barbarians without leaving a piece of armor, and the minister is willing to drive forward for Your Majesty."

Mai Tiezhu was born as a thief in Jiangnan and was sincere, so Yang Guang hated and looked at Mai Tiecane approvingly, but did not speak. Pei Ju understood in his heart, Yang Guang's real intention was definitely to send troops to eliminate Goguryeo, Goguryeo was officially founded from the Eastern Han Dynasty, after Goguryeo annexed the land of Liaodong in a big way in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Central Plains courts of all dynasties regarded him as a big trouble, after the founding of the Great Sui, it became even more intensified, constantly raiding and harassing the border, and sent a large number of spies to sneak into the interior to abduct the population. But after so many years of being a minister of the imperial court, he also thought further, in the years when Yang Guang ascended the throne, he built a lot of construction and reckless troops, and there was already a small number of popular uprisings in the local area, if he could succeed in conquering Goguryeo, then he could use the martial arts to pacify Liaodong to suppress the domestic turmoil, but if it failed, Pei Ju was a little afraid to think about it.

"Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with the diplomatic relations between the countries, besides, since ancient times, the expedition has paid attention to the famous teacher, if my country has no name for the expedition, I am afraid that it will attract criticism." When Yang Guang heard Pei Ju's words at the beginning, he was originally a little unhappy in his heart, but when he heard Pei Ju's words later, his brows slowly relaxed.

"Aiqing was worried that the teacher would be unknown! I have my own ideas in my heart, come to the general of Hu'er, I will appoint you as the general of the expedition to Liao, preside over the affairs of the expedition to Liao, and I will order the Ministry of Engineering and the Ministry of Households to assist you in building warships and collecting grain and grass. In addition, the Linshuo Palace was built in Jijun County, Youzhou, as a place for me to come to the palace in person, and after your victory in Liao, I will set up a banquet for you in the palace to celebrate your achievements. ”

"Thank you, Emperor Longen!"

"Remember, everything must be done after the Goguryeo envoys are gone, and tonight's events must be kept secret."

"The ministers obey."

"General Eldest Sun."

"The minister is here!"

"Nowadays, there are a lot of things on the border of the Great Sui, and Aiqing has to worry more about the border guards of the Great Wall."

"Yes, Wechen obeys." After everything was arranged, Yang Guang summoned the envoy of Goguryeo the next day.

"Envoy Cui, I heard that the monarch of your country is seriously ill, and I am very worried! Therefore, the special envoy prepared a large number of precious medicinal herbs and thousands of brocades, and bothered the messenger to bring them back to the monarch of your country. ”

"Yes, the deep kindness of the Heavenly Khan, the humble ministers will definitely report to our king."

"Hmmm! In a few years, I will be looking north again in Youzhou, hoping to meet your monarch then, and I really want to meet him! ”

"Yes, the humble minister will repay it." After sending off the Goguryeo envoys, Yang Guang's personal eunuch Huang Gonggong stepped forward and asked:

"Your Majesty, there is something that the slave maid does not understand." Yang Guang nodded.

"Your Majesty, since you want to make friends with Goguryeo, why do you want the generals to prepare for the conquest of Goguryeo?"

"Hahaha! You don't understand! Since ancient times, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, let alone two countries? If I'm not prepared, sooner or later they'll stab me in the back. ”

"The Emperor Shengming!" Under the flattery of the eunuchs, Yang Guang happily returned to the harem. In order to prepare for the conquest of Goguryeo, Laihu'er went around to catch Dinglafu and build warships, in order to catch up with the progress of the project, the overseer did not allow the people to rest, and ordered them to stay in the water for twelve hours. Due to the barren land, the grain harvest has failed for a long time, the people's grain stocks have run out, and a bucket of rice is more than 1,000 yuan. On this day, Li Yuan came back from the next court. Li Jiancheng happened to be off work, so he accompanied Li Yuan back to his house, looking at the pedestrians and scenery on the roadside on the road.

"Let's go, let's go!"

"My lord, I only have such a son, please raise your noble hand and let him go! Just let him leave a queen for the little old man! A gray-haired old man pulled a young man's hand behind him and knelt in front of several officials.

"Damn, the old man is immortal, don't let go quickly, the emperor wants to open a canal, he wants to conquer Liaodong, he needs soldiers and people, and if you don't let go of Lao Tzu, I'll give you a whip." After speaking, when he saw that the old man did not let go, he gave the old man a whip.

"Please, sir!"

"Ahh The old man had an extra purple mark on his hand, and he let go of his hand in pain.

"My lord, this is my horse! We, the merchants of the Western Regions, rely on them to transport goods and carry people for us, and we hope that your lordship will be held high. Let us live. "A Hu merchant from the Western Regions pleaded with an official messenger in unskilled Chinese.

"Fuck you brute, it's your blessing that the official wants your horse, get out!" After speaking, he gave the Western Regions Hu Shang a whip, and the Western Regions Hu Shang lay on the ground and groaned in pain.

"Shopkeeper, sell us some rice! Didn't it turn out to be fifty dollars a bucket? Why is it so expensive now? "A woman with her children in tow pleaded in front of the rice shop.

"Fuck, the ploughing cattle have been requisitioned by the imperial court as military rations, and there are no more people to help plow the land, and now the grain harvest is poor, whether you buy it or not, don't buy it, don't be an eyesore in Lao Tzu!" The woman had no choice but to say to one of her daughters:

"Kid! Mother is sorry for you, but I sold you. After saying that, he put a straw mark on his daughter's head. Li Jiancheng saw it in his eyes, and tears swelled in his eyes.

"Hey! I'm. Li Yuan returned to the mansion and lost his temper, and Mrs. Dou saw it and gently stroked Li Yuan's back.

"Husband, why are you so angry?"

"It's too unusual, today the emperor said in the court that the army that conquered Liaodong lacked war horses, and ordered hundreds of officials to buy horses and donate them, and no one in the court spoke, I don't know if that bastard said that there are a few big Wanming horses in my house. After Yang Guang heard this, he summoned me separately and ordered me to offer it immediately, in order to set an example for hundreds of officials, Mrs., you are not angry. After Mrs. Dou heard this, she knew that as a military general, war horses were more important than their lives, not to mention that those good horses had followed Li Yuan from birth to death for many years, and they had deep feelings, so let him give it, naturally she was unhappy, and slowly waited for his emotions to stabilize, and slowly said to him:

"Master, in fact, the emperor is reusing our Li family!" Li Yuan looked at his wife suspiciously.

"Yang Guang is suspicious by nature, but this time he gave such a great favor to our Li family, which shows that in his heart, we still have status." Listening to Mrs. Dou's words, the doubts on Li Yuan's face became even greater. Mrs. Dou asked Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji to come over. After Li Jiancheng and Shimin came, they listened to Li Yuan explain the reason. Li Yuanji is still younger.

"What, if you want those big Wanliang horses in our family, how can you do that? Those horses were born from the sweaty horses that our grandfather bought from Dawan in the Western Regions when he was alive, and they are the heirlooms of our Li family, why did they give them away because of Yang Guang's few words, and Lao Tzu didn't give them. ”

"Smack!" Li Yuanji was slapped in the face by Li Yuan.

"Bastard, can the holy name be called casually?" Li Yuanji's face was unconvinced, but he had nothing to say. Mrs. Dou looked at Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin lovingly, and Li Jiancheng lowered his head and thought for a while.

"Mother! The child is only shallow in learning, not as intelligent as the mother, and hopes that the mother will solve the doubts! Li Yuan was a little dissatisfied when he heard this, but Mrs. Dou looked at Li Jiancheng more approvingly, and said softly:

"Master, since the Holy Lord ascended the throne, he has been arresting Dillav and spending money, and now the people are poor and the country is poor, and there is a lack of military horses, isn't it because we are relatives that our Li family is the first thing that comes to mind? Also, Yang Guang is suspicious and narrow-minded, if anyone provokes him unhappy, he will definitely repay it twice, isn't the lesson of Gao Xi and Xue Daoheng a warning to us? Yes, it's sad to give away your own things, but if we can exchange them for greater benefits, why don't we do it? After Mrs. Dou's persuasion, Li Yuan finally calmed down, and not only sent out the Dawan horses, but also sent a large amount of gold and silver as Yang Guang's military expenses for Liao's expedition. Li Jiancheng listened to Mrs. Dou's analysis and felt that if there was no Mrs. Dou, maybe the Tang Dynasty would not have been established at all.