In April of the twelfth year of the Great Cause, Li Mi and Lü Sheng each took dozens of guards and went east from the Nanpan River to the Central Plains. Six or seven days later, they finally arrived at the South China Sea, abandoned their boats and bought horses, and went straight to Jiangdu.

At this time, in the eastern capital, the officials were worried about Yang Guang's birthday.

Whether it was before ascending the throne or after ascending the throne, Yang Guang never thought about what he would get by virtue of his birthday, but the courtiers would always remember this day, and this was the unexpected gain brought by power.

Yang Guang has rarely been to the court recently, and this time he received all kinds of treasures from hundreds of officials, and he was secretly happy, the only thing he couldn't understand was a "Book of Shang" sent by Su Wei.

It happened that someone who was afraid of chaos in the world wrote an anonymous letter to Yang Guang, "There is "Song of the Five Sons" in "Shangshu", which is Su Wei ridiculing Your Majesty. ”

"The Song of the Five Sons" tells the story of Xia Taikang's loss of state, although Yang Guang's face sank after reading this letter, he also knew that if the words of "Shangshu" were deducted, it would be a literary prison, how is this different from the first emperor's book burning and Confucianism?

Although he didn't have a disagreement in his heart, Yang Guang still endured it.

After entering June, Wang Shichong came with good news from Jiangdu,—— dragon boat will be completed soon.

Yang Guang thought that going down to Jiangnan again was just around the corner, but he thought of the safety of travel, so he convened the five nobles of the DPRK and China to discuss the situation in the world and the intention to conquer Goryeo again.

As early as the siege of Yanmen, Yang Guang had promised not to mention the conquest of Goryeo again, and at this time, Su Wei and others did not dare to talk about Goryeo again on a whim.

After a moment of coldness, Yang Guang also felt a little embarrassed, and immediately asked Su Weidao by name, "Nayan, what do you think?" ”

After Su Wei experienced the ups and downs of the Huan Sea several times, he was also scared by Yang Guang, and the festival had already been shattered.

Now that he heard Yang Guang's questions by name, he had to stubbornly look at him left and right, "This old minister thinks that His Majesty is the backbone of the people in the world." As long as His Majesty sits in the eastern capital or enters Chang'an in the west, and then suppresses and appeases them, the thieves will be pacified! ”

Su Wei's words, Yang Guang could be regarded as hearing it, although he didn't say it explicitly, he was still against going down to Jiangdu.

Yang Guang shook his head noncommittally, but Su Wei continued to add, "If Your Majesty can recruit the thieves, you can get hundreds of thousands of troops, and it is not impossible to send them to fight Goryeo when the time comes." ”

Su Wei's statement is similar to that of the imperial court recruiting the heroes of Liangshan in "Water Margin"; Yang Guang also knew that what he said was very reasonable, if he did what he said, maybe the current chaos in Da Sui would be solved in a few years.

The question is, if the matter is really resolved satisfactorily, doesn't this indirectly prove that he has been taking the wrong route since his great cause? Yang Guang treats others leniently, but he is also strict with himself, he does not allow himself to make mistakes, and he does not want to hear others accuse him of making mistakes.

Besides, Yang Guang had already planned to go down to Jiangdu, and this work had been prepared for half a year, so should he give up halfway?

After Su Wei went, Yang Guang asked Pei Yun the same question again; The latter observed the words, looked at Su Wei's departing back lightly and said, "How can there be so many thieves in this world?" ”

Pei Yun's words can be regarded as deliberate punishment, speaking of which, how much enmity can he have with Su Wei?

It's just like the thieves who are making trouble outside now want to take Yang Guang's position, Pei Yun just wants to replace Su Wei, which is also a common and visible infighting in the court, nothing strange. Yang Guang alienated Su Wei because of this, and then Pei Yun added a fire to Su Wei, and made people report that the officials recommended by Su Wei colluded with the Turks.

Yang Guang obviously didn't want to hear the news about the Turks at the moment, and immediately demoted Su Wei to a civilian again.

On July 14 of the twelfth year of the Great Cause, Yang Guang visited the capital of Xingjiang for the third time.

On the dock of the eastern capital, the general Duan Da, Taifu Qing Yuan Wendu and others stopped to see each other.

Yang Guang got out of the car, led Yang Tong, the king of the emperor's grandson, looked at the ministers in front of him, and said solemnly, "I am going to Jiangdu, and the garrison of the eastern capital is all thanks to your Aiqing." ”

Duan Da asked, "Your Majesty, when will you return from this trip?" ”

"Ugh." Yang Guang looked up to the sky and sighed, noncommittal, and then handed Yang Tong to Duan Da, leaving Dongdu with a lonely back.

Along the way, the banner is mighty and mighty, but most of the accompanying soldiers are people from the customs; They had no intention of going east, so they walked slowly, and they hesitated.

When the dragon boat arrived in Degong County, it was dusk, and at this time, the glow of the sun spread out on the sparkling blue river, which can be described as extremely beautiful.

Yang Guang selectively ignored the countless folk coolies on both sides of the strait who were pulling the ropes and the iron horses guarding the riverside all the way, and suddenly the poetry became angry, and asked with a smile at Yu Shiji, who was standing aside, "Yu Aiqing, how is the scenery on the river at this time?" ”

Listening to Yang Guang's post, Yu Shiji immediately guessed what he was thinking, and immediately greeted him, "Your Majesty is here in person, of course, to make this scene more pleasant." If Your Majesty can leave a poem, it will be passed on for generations! ”

Yang Guanglong was very happy, and immediately had a song, "My dream of Jiang is good, and the expedition to Liao is also accidental." But the color is there, and the parting is only this year. ”

Yu Shiji immediately praised, "The emperor's new poem will definitely become a masterpiece that will be admired by all generations!" ”

How did he know that Yu Shiji's voice had just fallen, and the chamberlain ran over to hand over a military report, Yang Guang muttered "disappointed", but still opened it. - But it was Sun Hua, a native of Fengyi County, who gathered troops in the local area.

When Yu Shiji heard the news, he was a little worried that Sun Hua would attack Luokoucang next, so he took the opportunity to suggest to Yang Guang, "It's better to send troops to strengthen the garrison of Luokoucang, just in case." ”

"Qing is a scholar, and he must be timid." Yang Guang laughed and said disdainfully.

Although he ridiculed Yu Shiji as a timid scholar, Yang Guang then followed his advice and ordered people to stay in Luokoucang to strengthen their precautions.

At this time, Su You led the army into the Mekong River in a warship, and Li Mi and Lu Sheng also led dozens of guards to Wagangzhai.

This tile gang village has to start from the seventh year of the great cause.

At that time, Yang Guang conquered Goryeo for the first time and ordered all docks in the world to unconditionally change from private to governmental; After the local bureaucrats in Jimo learned that Su You was sent to Nanzhong by Yang Guang, they took chicken feathers as arrows and simply and rudely took away the dock established by Lu Zhongsu and others in Qindao.

Lü Zhong was angry, so he clashed with the imperial court with more than 200 workers under his command, and then ran for refuge and came to Wagang. With the chaos in the world, more and more displaced people fled to Wagang in order to survive the troubled times.

Wagang's power is slowly growing like a snowball, and even young talents such as Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji have also taken refuge in it.

Wagang's strength soon exceeded 100,000 people; In the eleventh year of the great cause, Wagangzhai finally developed into one of the three most ideal forces for the rebels.

Despite this, Zhai Rang and Lu Zhongsu still only dared to stir up trouble in the one acre and three points of land around Wagangzhai, without the slightest appearance of dominating the world, and they had never had a real battle with the imperial court until now.

On this day, Li Mi and Lu Sheng led more than 40 people to appear at the outpost of Wagangzhai.

Coincidentally, the squad leader in charge of the outpost happened to be Lu Zhongsu's old subordinate.

When he suddenly saw the young master who had not been seen for six or seven years, he did not doubt him, and while leading them inside, he ordered someone to report to Lu Zhongsu.

At this time, Lu Zhongsu, Zhai Rang, Shan Xiongxin, Xu Shiji and others were discussing in the hall, how could they not be happy when they heard that their son had returned? Zhai Rang and Shan Xiongxin Xu Shiji both had a meeting with Lu Sheng, and when they heard him come to vote, they came out together.

After Lu Sheng saw Zhai Rang and others come out, he handed over Su You's letter to Zhai Rang as soon as possible, and then he greeted his father, talked about the old days with Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji, and introduced Li Mi to everyone.

Although Li Mi had never met Zhai Rang, Lu Zhongsu and others before, who didn't know the prestige of his assistance to Yang Xuangan to raise troops against Sui?

Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji were really like seeing idols, and they couldn't wait to take out a pen and paper and ask him for an autograph.

Several people greeted each other under the big willow tree at the door, and Li Mi talked about Su You's preparations for the founding of the country in Nanzhong, and when he heard Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji's blood boiled, and when he heard Nanzhong's sharp weapons, he was even more gearing up.

While listening, Zhai Rang finished reading Su You's letter and handed it over to Lu Zhongsu.

After Lu Zhongsu looked at it briefly, he nodded with Zhai Rang, and then raised his hand to beckon everyone to sit down again.

Zhai Rang immediately gave up his seat, and he had to let Li Mi be the top spot; Although Li Mi got the people who let him lead Wagangzhai from Su You's words, he also guessed that it was impossible for him to let him sit on the top spot directly.

What's more, can Su You do the affairs of Wagangzhai as the master?

Thinking like this, Li Mi humbled himself in every way, "The lord sent me here to assist the big boss to hold the tile gang, and he has no intention of grabbing power and seizing the throne."

Although Zhai Rang didn't care much about his reputation, he was still a little nervous about Su You's attitude, and he and Lu Zhongsu gave up their seats to Li Mi together, which was just acting.

After all, Su Youshan is far away from the emperor, if you want to order yourself, your hand is too far, right?

At this time, after listening to Li Mi's words, Zhai Rang's mind finally settled down; After making some humble concessions, Li Mi finally sat in the third position, and his main responsibility was to give advice to Zhai Rang.

Zhai Rang said that when he arranged a seat for Lu Sheng, the latter stood up and said to everyone, "I have to do other things for my husband, and I don't think I will be able to return to Wagang until next spring; It's too urgent, I'm leaving. ”

Li Mi also agreed, saying that Lu Sheng had more important tasks.

Everyone knew that they couldn't keep him, so they sent him out of the door together, but Lu Zhongsu sent him all the way.

Lu Sheng and Lu Zhongsu walked all the way, and then briefly told their father what happened in the next few years, and said that this trip was mainly to contact Li Jing, the county prince of Mayi, and that they would go to the Eastern Capital to contact Su You's other friends.

Lu Zhongsu listened to Su You's prosperity in Nanzhong, and couldn't help but sigh that he had done nothing in Wagang in the past few years.

When it was over, Lü Sheng left two carrier pigeons to Lü Zhongsu, and gave him half of his twenty guards; There are also a lot of guards around Lu Zhongsu, where are you willing to ask for a gift from your son?

Lu Sheng said mysteriously, "My guards, like Xuanmi, are all armed with weapons of great destruction, and they can defeat a hundred at a critical moment. ”

Lu Zhongsu was a little unconvinced, but thinking that this was also a piece of filial piety from his son, he had to accept it all.