Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "That's it, Yuwenshu is in this position, it is beneficial to us, if I kill him this time, or take away his military power, then who is most likely to reach this position?" ”

Xiao Yu laughed: "Who else could it be if it wasn't Yu Zhongwen?" Wang Kaifu, you are right, compared to this guy, it is better to let Yu Wenshu continue to be in this position. ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "So I want to fight back against Yuwenshu this time, but at the critical moment, I have to pull him again, I can't let him be completely beaten, and after selling him a favor, if we have business dealings with him, we will also open a safe umbrella for us, and it will be much easier for us to act in the future." ”

Empress Xiao's face changed: "You mean, you want to pull Yuwenshu into our uprising plan?" This is absolutely impossible. Wang Kaifu, don't do whimsical acts! ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "Of course I won't think like this, we can't give Yang Guang the conditions that he can open, except for Yang Guang himself, probably Yuwenshu is the most loyal person to the Great Sui, I naturally won't fight his idea, it's just that this time to save his life, sell his personal favor, and in the future, you can get through his relationship and stuff some of our people into the military palaces in various places, Empress Xiao, I know that you sometimes blow the pillow wind to Yang Guang and you can get a county order for someone like Xiao Miao, But I'm afraid it's impossible to arrange anyone to be the Sima or Lang general of a county. ”

Empress Xiao asked: "General Lang? Do you mean the general of the chariot and the general of the hussars? ”

Xiao Yu smiled and shook her head: "Sister doesn't know, just a month ago, Yang Guang gave an order on the way to the parade. The official system of the Great Sui was comprehensively reformed. Military system and state and county system. Compared with the period of the first emperor, it can be said that all the states have been turned upside down, not only all the states have been withdrawn and changed to counties, but the original state assassin history has been changed to county guards, the governor history has been changed to county cheng, Sima has been changed to Zanzhi, and the twelve guards placed in the original government military system have also been expanded to sixteen guards. The hussar general and the chariot cavalry general were changed to the general of Yingyang Lang and the deputy general of Yingyang, who were responsible for the training and organization of the soldiers in various places. ”

"Each guard has one general, two generals, four generals, and each general has a tiger general, four products, and the deputy of each tiger general is four tiger generals. These men were not in charge of the army in peacetime, but in wartime they were responsible for the command of the army that had been recruited. ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "Yang Guang's move is also powerful. In the past, the organization and training of government soldiers in various places were in charge of hussar generals and chariot generals, and these people also led the troops to fight during the war, so they had a high control over the soldiers from their hometowns, and if someone intentionally rebelled, it would soon be successful, but now the training and requisition in peacetime are separated from the wartime organization, and it must be said that this will greatly reduce the possibility of mutiny. ”

Wei Zheng smiled slightly: "Lord, Wei thinks that Yang Guang's approach is to prepare for the war of the expedition to foreign countries in the future." If it is a large army expedition to Goguryeo or the Western Regions, such as a state of ten thousand miles, and the soldiers from the Central Plains leave home for a few years, they must have complaints, and if someone provokes trouble, then they will definitely mutiny, so replace this leader with their trusted Hu Ben and Hu Ya Lang generals, these people are counting on military merit rewards by conquest, so they want to fight, and will help Yang Guang manage these soldiers. ”

Wang Shichong said with a smile: "What Xuan Cheng said is extremely true, but in this way, the soldiers do not know the generals, the generals do not know the soldiers, and the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, when the emperor is there, he does not engage in this set, and completely trusts his own soldiers, and also trusts his own people, and Yang Guang probably also knows that his tyranny has aroused public resentment, and at this time, the army will be requisitioned, and people must have no fighting spirit, so they must rely on the method of sacrificing the combat effectiveness of the troops to control it." ”

Xiao Yu stared at Wang Shichong motionlessly: "Wang Kaifu, you are very well informed about this news, that is, the new policy formulated by Yang Guang during the parade ten days ago has not been officially announced, and you, as a cloth cloth, know this?" ”

Wang Shichong laughed: "If I don't even know Yang Guang's movements and heavy policies, then how can I survive until now?" Xiao Shilang, you shouldn't call me Wang Kaifu, in this new policy, the Kaifu Yi and the three divisions will be given as a high honorary officer from the first rank, under the three dukes, I, the loose official of the Kaifu, will not be guaranteed, and will become a thorough cloth, I am afraid that when this order spreads throughout the country, it will also be the day I put on the cloth. ”

Empress Xiao laughed: "After listening to you for a long time, I can also understand that Yang Guang is afraid of rebellion, so he divided this military power into a detailed line, changed the state to a county, and can take the opportunity to dismiss a large number of children of the family who were originally the state assassins, and arrange these positions on their own people, and in order to appease the children of the family who have lost the official position of the assassin, especially the children of the Guanlong family, it is necessary to change the military system, so that the children of the Guanlong family will become tiger ben and tiger generals, and they will be ready to command the army in the future and wage wars against foreign countries, so as to reward the knights, right?" ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Empress Xiao is really smart, and she can understand it at one point." It is precisely like this, so Yu Wenshu, as the general of Zuo Yiwei, also has the right to nominate and appoint these tiger generals, Huya Lang generals, we show favor to him, and we can find a way to arrange our people to these positions in the future, once the world changes, relying on them to control the army, we can quickly turn against Sui. ”

Empress Xiao nodded: "This is really a good way, but those Eagle Yang Lang Generals, Eagle Yang Deputy Lang Generals, and even local captains, won't they be arranged?" ”

Wang Shichong pondered for a moment and said: "These are now also under the jurisdiction of the Sixteen Guards, but the general's Yulu, as well as the ordnance, weapons, and war horses in various places, as well as the cost of recruiting government soldiers and training, are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, not all of them are in Yuwenshu here, but Empress Xiao reminded reasonably, we should arrange a person to enter the Ministry of War, when I was a member of the Ministry of War, I knew the importance of producing and mobilizing weapons in the arsenals of various places. Only then can all kinds of resources be mobilized there, and once troubled times appear, they can quickly stand on their own feet. ”

Xiao Yu smiled: "It seems that we really came to the right place today." Wang Kaifu. There are many literati in our Xiao Liang lineage. There are very few capable and shrewd talents, or they are born and raised in Jingzhou, limited by their vision, and they can't do this court thing, what good candidates can Wang Kaifu recommend? ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "This time when I was in Yingzhou, I found a talent, maybe Xiao Shilang also knows, it is Shi Hu Sizheng, the governor of Yingzhou, this person originally had a connection with He Ruobi. Now that he has been transferred to my subordinates, I have used some means to make him dare not betray him, and he is familiar with the reality of the Xiao clan in the Jingzhou area, and he will definitely be able to help us a lot if he is in the position of the squire of the military department. ”

Xiao Yu's eyebrows raised slightly: "Hu Sizheng? He's loyal to you! Wang Kaifu, your ability is more and more surprising to me. ”

Wang Shichong said calmly: "I can give him what He Ruobi can't give, he naturally switched to me, this person is a talent, and full of desire to climb up and anger at not being able to be promoted under this system, we are naturally good subordinates." If you put it in this position, you will definitely be able to exert the maximum energy. The current secretary of the military department, Duan Wenzhen. is very loyal to Yang Guang, he will be wary of a civilian official outside the system entering the military department, but he will never suspect the children of a military general family like Hu Sizheng. ”

Empress Xiao nodded: "Okay, I'll find a chance to mention this matter to Yang Guang, Wang Kaifu, do you have anything else you want us to do?" ”

Wang Shichong blinked: "There is one more important matter, I need to discuss it with Empress Xiao alone." ”

Empress Xiao's face changed slightly: "Wang Kaifu, what do you mean?" Is there something that Ayu can't participate in? ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "There are really some things that can't be said in front of Xiao Shilang, this is related to the survival of your Xiao family, and you can only discuss it with Queen Xiao alone." ”

A trace of anger appeared on Xiao Yu's face: "Wang Shichong, what do you mean?" It makes me seem like I've become a danger to our Shaw?! You explain this to me! ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Xiao Shilang, you can naturally ask Empress Xiao about this matter afterwards, but now, I want to have a separate interview with Empress Xiao." ”

Xiao Yu was about to have a seizure, and Queen Xiao raised her jade wrist: "Okay, don't say more, Ayu, you step back first, I'll talk to Wang Kaifu alone, don't worry, my sister won't make any decisions casually." ”

Xiao Yu could only nod, saluted to Empress Xiao, and exited the secret room with Wei Zheng.

The sound of organs and footsteps in the distance disappeared, leaving only the faint smell of orchids on Empress Xiao's body in the room, she hooked the corners of her mouth, and said coldly: "Wang Kaifu, what can you say." ”

Wang Shichong nodded, moved three seats from the side opposite Empress Xiao, and sat at the place where Empress Xiao was separated by four positions on the side, and Empress Xiao instinctively moved the stool to the side a little: "What are you doing here?" ”

Wang Shichong said calmly: "Empress Xiao, don't you think that the chatting method of talking across the table just now, arguing and bargaining, makes us seem to be two opposing sides, in fact, we are allies who share life and death, one is prosperous, and one is lost, so we don't have to be like that, right?" ”

Empress Xiao blinked her eyes and suddenly laughed: "Wang Kaifu, you are really very smart, is there any special request you want to mention this time, so you have to pull the relationship between us first?" ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Before I make this non-part request, can we change this title?" I won't open a mansion in the future, will you still call me the king of the people or the head of the king's line? ”

Empress Xiao was amused by Wang Shichong's words, and covered her mouth and smiled: "Then what should I call you?" ”

Wang Shichong said with a straight face: "You can call me Wang Xingman, or express my words, and call me Xingman." As for me, can I call you by your name? ”

Empress Xiao was stunned for a moment, then raised her eyebrows upside down, and said sharply: "What a rude Wang Shichong, I am a dignified queen, don't say it's you, even a powerful person like Yu Wenshu, you don't dare to call me by my name, are you too long to live, dare to be so rude to this palace!" ”

Wang Shichong looked at Empress Xiao motionlessly, his face was almost expressionless, his mouth was hooked, but his expression was unusually resolute: "As soon as I entered this house, I said that there is no queen here, and there is no richest man in the world or a commoner in cloth, only two like-minded people who are willing to bet their lives and the whole clan in order to overthrow the Sui Dynasty, is it the queen of the Great Sui." Is it here to discuss with others how to overthrow your husband's country? ”

Empress Xiao was stunned. "I." I am not the queen of the Great Sui now, but I am talking about cooperation as the daughter of Xiao Liang's clan. ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Then I should call you Princess Xiao?" But don't you think that's too raw? The words you call me are respectful to me, so why can't I call you by your name? ”

Empress Xiao gritted her teeth: "Okay, I can see it, Xingman, you probably want to maintain an equal relationship between you and me as much as possible." ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "On the point of anti-Sui, we are on an equal footing, and there is no distinction between high and low. I know that Brother Ling will definitely oppose this, so I have to break him away first, do you understand this time? ”

Empress Xiao nodded: "Okay, for the sake of our cooperation, it doesn't hurt to sue you." A faint sadness suddenly flashed in her eyes, "My name, I don't know how many years no one has called me, after Yang Guang married me, he either called me a concubine or a queen, or he didn't call me by my name." For so many years. You're the first man to dare to ask my name. Listen, my name is Xiao Meiniang. Beautiful beauty, girl's mother. ”

Wang Shichong's eyes flashed: "Good name, beautiful girl, even now." ”

Empress Xiao's eyes flashed with a hint of imperceptible pride, no matter when, no matter how old a woman is, she will always feel happy when she hears other men praise her appearance, but Xiao Meiniang is very deep after all, Yang Guang has acted for Yang Jian and his wife for a lifetime, she is acting with Yang Guang at the same time, and she is acting against Yang Guang, the purpose of a qiē is just for her own Xiao Liang's dream of recovering the country, although Wang Shichong's beautiful words made her useful for a while, but she quickly regained her reason, and said calmly: "Thank you, Xingman, You're going to tell me, it's not just about this name change. ”

Wang Shichong smiled: "Of course not, Meiniang, I ask you for one thing, that is, let Xuanhua have a way to live and let her go with me, okay?" ”

Xiao Meiniang's face suddenly became very ugly, her two hands couldn't help but clench into fists, and she almost slapped the table, she tried her best to suppress the raging anger in her heart, and her voice trembled slightly: "I didn't expect Xingman to have a connection with Xuanhua, a slut." I can't imagine that such a smart person as Yixingman doesn't hide the relationship between you and Xuanhua, but he actually begs me here. ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Meiniang, Xuanhua has now driven you out of the palace, there is no threat to you, you are a man, you will be a good person, you will see each other in the future, why rush to kill everything?" She doesn't know anything about you. ”

Xiao Meiniang said sharply: "You really don't know why I want to kill her? I sue you, Wang Xingman, if you talk about national hatred and family hatred, Yang Guang can only rank second, the first to take away my Great Liang Jiangshan is not the turn of Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty, but the Chen Baxian who supported the army and stood on his own feet and usurped the throne and killed the lord! As the daughter of the Chen Dynasty, she tried to compete for favor in the palace, and wanted to dominate in the harem of two generations, shouldn't she get rid of such a shameless lewd vixen? ”

Speaking of this, she suddenly thought of something, and sneered: "I understand, no wonder I have always been strange before, when Xuanhua kidnapped Yang Jian into the palace, she was just a teenage girl, she didn't understand anything, how could those powerful means of competing for favor and love in the harem be self-taught, and it took a long time, it turned out that you Wang Xingman had been teaching her behind her back, it seems that you are hiding very deeply, the night Yang Guang seized the throne, did you also pass Guò Xuanhua to report to you?" ”

Wang Shichong looked at this beautiful woman calmly, this is a beautiful enough, smarter enough woman, just one sentence of his own, he immediately thought of so much, among all the women he had seen in his life, even An Suiyu, who was his perfect deputy, was inferior, he applauded: "Meiniang, you are so powerful, these all come to your mind at once, if the person sitting in Yang Guang's position is you, then I don't have to think about rebellion." ”

Xiao Meiniang smiled slightly, but there was a heavy sense of oppression in this flower-like smile: "Okay, don't offer me these beautiful words anymore, I won't be fooled, if you don't explain this matter clearly today, I will find a way to kill Xuanhua when I turn around." ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "In this way, the beautiful girl treated Xuanhua like this, in fact, she also left a trick, you didn't kill her at the first time, in fact, you also want to see who her collaborator outside the palace is, right?" ”

Xiao Meiniang suddenly broke her mind, but she still nodded without changing her face: "Yes, that's right, originally I arranged for an inner servant, and I have been ambushing near the Xiandu Palace of Xuanhua's monk, just to see who will try to rescue her, but now it's okay, you take the initiative to admit it, and it saves me a lot of trouble." Wang Xingman, how did you hook up with this Xuanhua? Why do you want to help her like this? ”

Wang Shichong sighed softly: "When I went out to fight in the army to Nanchen, I experienced nine deaths and a lifetime, and after experiencing Wang Shiji's frame-up, I finally survived, and I also took Han Baohu's army into Jiankang City and occupied Chen Shubao's palace. Meiniang, compared to her, you can be regarded as much luckier, although Liang Guo died, but your Liang country's clan children were not abused and destroyed like that. ”

Xiao Meiniang said hatefully: "Even so, it is the evil fruit planted by Chen Baxian who betrayed the lord and usurped the throne back then, let his children and grandchildren taste it, I don't sympathize with this woman surnamed Chen at all." ”

Wang Shichong sneered: "Meiniang, there is no eternal empire, it is best to be a man with some virtue, didn't you Xiao Liang take away the country of Xiao Qi of the same sect?" Didn't your founding Emperor Liang Wu also slaughter the Southern Qi clan of the same sect to sit on the throne? Is there no blood on his hands? I didn't let you descendants report it. ”

Xiao Meiniang was so angry that her teeth itched, her eyes widened, but she couldn't refute Wang Shichong's words, so she only heard Wang Shichong continue: "I have no intention of fighting with you for Xuanhua about these things, I just want to sue you, I am a sinister and vicious person, dealing with my enemies, the means are extremely ferocious, and I have never had any mercy, but it is precisely like this, when I see that innocent and kind Chen Xuan'er, I will have a rare sympathy, maybe helping this poor woman is the salvation of my soul, so after she enters the palace, I can also help her as much as I can, so that she can at least survive in the harem. You're right, most of those palace fighting methods, the art of fighting for favor and other harem survival methods were taught to her. ”

Xiao Meiniang laughed: "Okay, don't say that you really look like a good person, you are the most shrewd businessman in the world, will you do this kind of loss-making business for no reason?" You helped Xuanhua just because she was the only one who could give you a message in the palace, right? ”

Wang Shichong replied without changing his face: "Yes, this is an important reason, but it is not the only one, if you want to talk about the news, I later sent the eunuch An Sui's family next to her, that is, Chunfu, can do this, and helping Xuanhua is just out of my sympathy." That's all. ”

Xiao Meiniang sneered: "In this way, when Yang Guang seized the throne, Xuanhua suddenly framed him for no reason, and you were also planning behind it?" ”

Wang Shichong was a little surprised, he didn't expect Xiao Meiniang to know about it, he groaned for a while, and said, "Meiniang, this matter is Yang Advertising sù yours?" ”

Xiao Meiniang hooked the corners of her mouth disdainfully: "How could he sue me about this?" It's just that I have always had eyes and ears by his side, and afterwards told me what happened at the time, Wang Xingman, but you really have you, you can actually force him to that kind of Cheng dù, and force him to kill the king, if Yang Guang knows about you, he must peel your skin! ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "From the first day I decided to overthrow the tyrant, I was mentally prepared for this, beautiful girl, aren't you the same?" It's just that I only had this plan after Yang Guang won the crown prince, and you started this kind of plan from the day Xiliang died. The crow doesn't need to laugh at the pig, if it weren't for your long-term provocation and instigation, how could you make Yang Guang and his brother turn against each other and have the heart to seize the throne that should not have been? If you say that the number one black conspirator of the Great Sui, I, Wang Shichong, can only be ranked second, and you Xiao Meiniang is the first person who deserves it! (To be continued......)