Yang Jian didn't answer Gao Xi's words, he looked at Wang Shichong, calmed down a little, bent down and picked up the two books from the ground, picked up the top one, and said to Wang Shichong: "This is the military report I only received today, the fangs in Shu are in chaos, and Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, is on the song, saying that the troops in Shu are insufficient, and all the 20,000 soldiers guarding Ningzhou have been withdrawn." Wang Yuanwai, do you still think Ningzhou can be stable? ”

Wang Shichong was stunned for a moment, he thought that Yang Xiu would make a stumbling block, but he didn't expect that this stumbling block would make it so shameless, so fast, the soldiers of Shu would definitely not even be able to deal with the never-ending mountain fang rebellion, and they would also remove the 20,000 people who were guarding Ningzhou, which was obviously to make Ningzhou rebel again, and force the imperial court to investigate Shi Wansui's private release of the enemy chieftain.

But Wang Shichong instantly understood why Yang Jian called himself early this morning, it seems that the rebellion in Ningzhou is already a sure thing, and finally confirm Shi Wansui's true performance in this matter, so as to decide the subsequent punishment of Shi Wansui, this is the real purpose of Yang Jian calling himself to come today and remove Su Xiaoci.

Wang Shichong said with a straight face: "Weichen has already said just now that if Shu has no troops to defend it, I am afraid that the rebellion will not be far away, and I also ask Your Majesty to send an edict as soon as possible to prevent the withdrawal of Shu soldiers, and then send capable generals to fly to Ningzhou to defend it." If it is really too late, it is also necessary to re-recruit the army in Shudi, led by the general, and go out again to quell the rebellion. ”

Yang Jian nodded: "Then according to what the king can see, who should be sent?" ”

Wang Shichong suddenly realized that Gao Xi, Yang Su and others had been silent, these people did not speak, and he was a five-grade petty official here to discuss state affairs. Definitely not a good sign. He bowed his head. He arched his hand and said: "Such a major national event should be discussed by His Majesty and His Majesty with Gao Servant, Yang Servant, and Sunayan, and the micro minister is inferior and light, how can it be discussed!"

Gao Xi said coldly on the side: "Outside the king, Your Majesty is asking for your opinion, so you should say your opinion first." Don't think about a few of us. ”

Yang Su also said: "What Gao Servant said is extremely true, except for the king, you can say it boldly." ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "The imperial court has the etiquette system of the imperial court, and when it comes to this kind of military aircraft on one side of the war, not only can the micro-ministers not be able to discuss it in vain, but they are not even qualified to participate in the military aircraft here. It doesn't interfere with your decision-making. ”

Yang Jian laughed: "Wang Yuanwai, you are very good at talking. You're right, just now I asked Su Xiaoci to abide by the way of the courtiers and the laws of the country, and it's actually the same for you, okay, I won't force you anymore, you go back to the military department, the court will officially reward the meritorious soldiers who pacified Ningzhou in the past two days, and your driving department will be very busy, so let's get ready. ”

Wang Shichong stretched his waist for a long time, and was about to turn around to leave, when he suddenly thought of something, frowned, and saluted Yang Jian: "Your Majesty, Weichen still has something to ask for." ”

Yang Jian was also a little surprised: "What's the matter?" ”

Wang Shichong straightened his waist and said: "Just now, the emperor dismissed Su Xiaoci, the secretary of the Ministry of War, but did not designate a new secretary of the Ministry of War. ”

Yang Jian smiled dumbly and said, "Thanks to Wang Yuanwai's mention, I almost forgot about it. He raised his head and swept his eyes over Gao Xi and Yang Su, "Two Aiqing, what is the right candidate?" ”

Even Wang Shichong knows very well that Yang Jian is just putting on a show, and the dismissal of Su Xiaoci is definitely not a whim, but a deliberate decision, beheading Yu Qingze, degrading Su Xiaoci, and the next punishment for Shi Wansui, this series of combination punches against the Guanlong group that supports the prince is definitely not untargeted, and Yang Jian, the successor to the secretary of the military department, should have been decided a long time ago.

Sure enough, Gao Xi and Yang Su both bowed their hands and bowed over, and said respectfully: "I only wish Your Majesty would be a holy judge." ”

Yang Jian seemed to be very satisfied with the attitude of the two of them, and turned to Su Wei and said: "Suna Yan, the proposed purpose, promoted to the Mansion, the current internal history squire, and Liu Shu, the squire of the Ministry of Judgment, is the secretary of the Ministry of Military Judgment, and the position of the Ministry of Internal History will be resigned on the same day, and he will be in charge of military affairs full-time." ”

Wang Shichong's heart moved, he was a little surprised why it would be Liu Shu, a pure literati, to serve as the secretary of the military department, although this person is a good writer, born in a famous family, and is the east bed concubine of Yang Jian's favorite princess Lanling, but after all, he has never fought on the battlefield, and in the Sui Dynasty, where the martial arts are strong, whether he can convince those Guan Longsu generals is really difficult to say.

But Wang Shichong's eyes swept Gao Xi's eyes, and found that his face also changed slightly, obviously this appointment was also beyond his expectations, Wang Shichong suddenly reacted, Liu Shu has been hanging an empty title of a soldier for a long time, but he has always acted as Gao Xi's secretary as a soldier in the history of the interior, and in private he has acted as a bridge role through Princess Lanling, the favorite youngest daughter of Yang Jian and his wife, looking for an opportunity to say good things in front of the two saints in the palace and keep Yang Yong's position as the prince. But in fact, it was a triple blow to Gao Xi, Yang Jian's intentions were not far-reaching, and his methods were not clever.

Yang Su obviously realized this, Wang Shichong could even see that the corners of his mouth were hooked, and his brows were soothed, it seems that this candidate made him very satisfied, since in his own archery range, Gao Yang's two important ministers actually turned their faces, and the battle between the two has begun.

Gao Xi has been transferring some of Yang Su's cronies recommended by Yang Su from important real power departments in the past two years, and Yang Su has secretly established a relationship with Yang Guang through his younger brother Yang Yue, through the introduction of Yuwenshu, these are already open secrets in the DPRK, Yang Yong and Yang Guang's open and secret struggle has reached every corner of the DPRK, and the most obvious manifestation is that Gao Xi and Yang Su, the former comrades-in-arms, turned against each other.

Just as Wang Shichong was thinking about it, Yang Su said: "Your Majesty is wise, and the minister seconds it!"

Su Wei also followed suit, and Gao Xi could only follow and say, "The minister seconded the proposal!" But his voice was obviously much lower than Yang Su's, and Wang Shichong could read the ten thousand reluctances in his heart.

Yang Jian seemed to have expected all this, he smiled and said to Wang Shichong: "Outside the king, you can report directly to Liu Shangshu in the future, and the appointment will be issued on the same day." ”

Wang Shichong bowed and thanked him and withdrew from the Liangyi Palace, all the way, he was thinking about the appointment just now, suddenly, his eyes lit up, maybe the opportunity to defeat Wang Shiji that he had been planning for many years finally came this time.

Wang Shichong's footsteps are the same as his thoughts, running rapidly, Yang Jian's intention this time is already very obvious, Gao Xi and the Guanlong military merit group behind him have always been the tail of the tail, and it has also prevented Yang Jian from trying to replace the prince several times, but now a group of Guanlong nobles led by Yang Su and Yu Wenshu are on Yang Guang's side, plus Yang Guang's already high popularity among the literati, has completely formed a trend of fighting against the prince group, which is also the fundamental reason why Yang Jian got rid of Yu Qingze and dismissed Su Xiaoci this time.

From this point of view, Yang Jian is only afraid that Yang Yong's determination to abolish Yang Yong has been made, this incident is already a serious warning to Gao Xi, fortunately, Gao Xi knows the current affairs, this time he endured, but Su Xiaoci, the second person of the prince group who does not know the current affairs, ended up with a dismissal and went out, and the next punishment for Shi Wansui can also be expected, if Gao Xi still insists on supporting Yang Yong's position as the prince, I am afraid that the next unlucky one is the famous minister of the dynasty who has been controlling the government for nearly 20 years.

Wang Shichong's thinking quickly turned to his number one enemy Wang Shiji, although Wang Shiji contributed to the elimination of Yu Qingze, but the southern expedition returned again in vain, and he is not a fool, seeing this situation, he should also begin to seek a way to protect himself, at this time if he takes the initiative to ask to go out as an official, it is tantamount to the biggest betrayal of Gao Xi's prince group, and at that time, even Gao Xi will not take the initiative to protect him, and the opportunity for a decisive battle between himself and Wang Shiji is coming.

Thinking of this, Wang Shichong stopped, the green light in his eyes flashed, and he silently said in his heart: "Wang Shiji, you thief wash your neck and prepare to die!" (To be continued......)