Yizhi Wende gritted his teeth: "Could it be that the Great Sui Emperor has already made up his mind to go to war?" Has it really reached the point of no return? ”

Wang Shichong inadvertently took a sip of wine: "You and I met today, it can be regarded as fate, I will tell you a word of heart-wrenching, our supreme endurance for many years, before ascending to the throne, this must have been heard of by the minister of the country, the emperor is so great, but the supreme is also a person whose heart is higher than the sky, you must do something that the emperor did not do to prove yourself, the minister of the country, the emperor conquered your Goguryeo, but the army did not fight after the expedition, and was forced to withdraw because of the favorable time and place, The former emperor also took it as a regret in his life, if the Supreme could do what the first emperor could not do, wouldn't it prove that he was greater than the first emperor? Only in this way can it be possible to suppress those old ministers who have been reminiscing about the glory of the emperor's era. ”

Yizhi Wende's face became more and more ugly, he began to pour the stuffy wine cup after glass, and when he heard Wang Shichong's last few words, he couldn't hold back any longer, and slammed the wine glass towards the table, and said in a deep voice: "Could it be that the emperor of the Sui Dynasty established his prestige and went to war against innocent countries everywhere?" Haven't you Central Plains always paid attention to being famous for your teachers, don't you even fight the banner of benevolence and righteousness this time? ”

Wang Shichong also put down the wine glass in his hand and said coldly: "Minister Yizhi, everyone is familiar with history books, don't say such nerdy words, when the first emperor destroyed Nan Chen, could it be that Nan Chen took the initiative to invade our Great Sui?" Last time, the emperor sent troops to crusade against your Goguryeo, what reason did he find? It is you, Goguryeo yourself, from the time of the founding of the Three Kingdoms period, when it was less than a county. It has developed into a huge country of thousands of miles from east to west, north and south to today. Isn't it also by constantly conquering and annexing the surrounding countries and tribes? An empire under heaven. And which one has developed to today's scale by virtue of benevolence and righteousness? ”

The corners of Eulzhi Wende's mouth hooked, calmed down his mood, and said in a calmest tone as much as possible: "Wang Shilang, having said that, but the Celestial Empire is the Celestial Empire, and you must be famous in everything you do, otherwise the people in the country will not be convinced, and we Goguryeo do not have the habit of sending hostages to the Celestial Empire." Since the founding of the country, we have never done such a thing to the regime of the Central Plains, if you really want to be strong, then we have no choice but to use the whole country's soldiers to fight to break the net! ”

Wang Shichong's brows furrowed: "Then it seems that there is nothing to talk about, alas, today I still want to convince Minister Yizhi, since you are so insistent, I don't think there is anything to talk about." ”

Yizhi Wende sighed: "If your Sui Dynasty emperor really made this request, I will convey it to our king." But the character of our Goguryeo people is strong and unyielding, and the previous kings preferred to flee to the wild land by the sea than to attack the national capital. The Central Plains army, which almost occupied the whole country, succumbed, and now that our king has hundreds of thousands of troops, there is no reason to accept such humiliating conditions. ”

Wang Shichong pretended to groan for a while, and said: "If this is the case, I have another way, that is, I don't know if the Minister of State and the king of your family are willing to consider it." ”

Yizhi Wende's eyes lit up, and his hand suddenly clenched into a fist: "Wang Shilang has any clever plan, please hurry up and teach me." ”

A strange smile flashed on Wang Shichong's face: "Well, in fact, it's easy to say, those of us who are courtiers actually understand that fighting a war is not a good thing, the national strength has been consumed a lot in recent years, and Goguryeo is not a country that can be eliminated lightly, if it is not good, it will cause internal and external troubles, and the country will be unstable, but now our supreme has been aroused by successive victories and ambitions, I am afraid that it will be difficult to be persuaded by our courtiers, rashly speaking, but it will bring trouble to ourselves, Prime Minister of Eulji, you are also an official in Goguryeo, You know what I mean. ”

Eulzhi Wende nodded: "Yes, courtiers should pay attention to ways and methods when making speeches, but in our Goguryeo, when it comes to this kind of military affairs, as a courtier, you must speak out, which is the least loyalty to the king." ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "To be honest, when the Supreme ordered the excavation of the canal and the conquest of Tuyuhun, there were still some important ministers, especially the old ministers of the former emperor, our former emperor, you also know that he is used to being diligent and thrifty, and he has always loved the people like a son, and cherished the people's strength, and the practice of the Supreme since he ascended the throne is completely different from him, so if it should be persuaded, some old ministers have already been advised, but what is the result?" The degraded officials, the imprisoned prisoners, that is, even the high-ranking servants who have served as the prime minister of our Great Sui for more than 20 years have lost their lives because of their vain discussions about state affairs, and now the Supreme has won a great victory in the Western Regions and has made enough face, and I am happy that even the business groups of these Western Regions countries can eat, drink and stay for free in our Great Sui, which is also what the Prime Minister has seen with his own eyes, how can we persuade him? ”

Yizhi Wende sighed and shook his head when he heard this: "In this way, you important ministers can't persuade the emperor of the Sui Dynasty?" And who else can persuade him? ”

Wang Shichong said with a smile: "This is also an idea that I have been thinking about for a long time, but no one can implement it, and today I saw the Minister of Eulji, and my heart moved, there is no more suitable person to do this than you and Goguryeo!" ”

Holding back the excitement in his heart, Ezhi Wende said, "Who is so capable? ”

Wang Shichong put away his smile and said mysteriously: "You Goguryeo, do you have any connection with the Turks?" ”

Yizhi Wende's eyes widened, the wine glass in his hand fell to the ground all at once, and the wine splashed all over his body, he squeezed out a slight smile, took out the handkerchief in his sleeve, wiped the wine splashed on his body, and was thinking quickly about Wang Shichong's words and the next response.

Wang Shichong squinted his eyes, looked at Ezhi Wende with a smile and wiped the wine off his body, and said with a smile: "Minister Ezhi, is this very surprising to you?" ”

Ezhi Wende straightened up and shook his head with a stern expression: "Yes, there is a point, but we Goguryeo and the Turks have never had any contacts, and between our northwestern Liaohe border and the Turks, there are still nomadic tribes such as Khitan and Xi, so we have not had any contact with the Turks for many years, even if the Khitan and Xi sometimes have some fights with the Turkic branch in Monan for pasture water sources, we have never intervened." Now that the Eastern Turks are your subject states of the Great Sui, and our Goguryeo is also nominally a subject state, how can we develop relations in private without the consent of the Great Sui Emperor? (To be continued......)