In the Wencheng side hall of Ziwei Palace, Yang Guangzheng, the emperor of the Great Sui, discussed military affairs with more than a dozen important ministers, and the military department submitted a plan to praise the military exploits and the disbandment of the former army.

After all, this is his promise, and there is enough cloth, money, and grain in the treasury, and he has always been generous in his work, and he is not stingy with money and grain expenditures, not to mention that Yang Guang also knows that defeating the main force of Goguryeo and forcing the Goguryeo people to surrender is indeed a great military achievement and should be rewarded.

However, on the disbandment plan, Yang Guang found that there were two small notes, the first battalion and the sixteenth battalion were not disbanded, which made him a little puzzled.

"Bone Squire, why are there still two battalions not disbanded?"

The squire of the military department, Gu Yi, hurriedly got up and bowed and said: "Back to Your Majesty, these two armies are extremely strong in combat, and the military department has repeatedly discussed them, and they all think that the loss of disbanding them is too great. ”

Yang Guang frowned, obviously not satisfied with Gu Yi's answer, and looked at Yu Shiji.

Yu Shiji secretly scolded Gu Yi for being useless, he got up and explained: "Your Majesty, the first battalion is the army of Yuwen Chengdu, with three thousand people, it is the most elite army of the Great Sui, it is a pity to disband, Wechen is considering restoring them to the Xiaoguo Army, if Your Majesty thinks it is inappropriate, Wechen can also disband them." ”

Yang Guang quickly glanced at Yu Wenshu, and without saying anything, he asked again, "What about this sixteen-battalion army?" ”

"Your Majesty, the 16th battalion is the military camp led by Zhang Xuan, about 1,500 people, because they were besieged by tens of thousands of Zhang Jincheng bandits on the way to Beijing. Therefore, the military department unanimously agreed that it might be more meaningful to put them in Shandong to suppress bandits, so they were left in the plan. ”

It turned out to be Zhang Xuan's army, Yang Guang pondered for a moment, then nodded. He drew Zhu Approval on the report, "I have approved both of these plans." ”

Yuwenshu was a little restless, he was very clear about what Yu Shiji was referring to Zhang Jincheng, but he was surprised that the military department actually left Zhang Xuan's sixteenth battalion, Yuwenshu of course also knew that it was not simple, with Yu Shiji's person. actually left sixteen battalions, and he didn't know how much he benefited from it.

Yu Wenshu did not stand up to object, after all, he was vain about the matter, and at the same time he also asked the military department, at this time he stood up to object. It is undoubtedly self-digging, and remaining silent is the best choice.

At this time, Pei Yun got up and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen has something to play!" ”

"What does Pei Aiqing want to say?"

Pei Yun took out a volume of documents and respectfully presented it, "Your Majesty, the investigation of the Chang Closed Gate incident has ended, and this is the official report submitted by Wei Chen. In addition, the report on the case of Laihu'er, Weichen, was also submitted yesterday. ”

Yang Guang's spirits perked up, this was also something he was extremely concerned about, and Pei Yun had already reported to him verbally yesterday. Including Cui Junsu's report, it was also submitted, proving that Lai Hu'er was not a rebellion, but just a desire for revenge, which made Yang Guang's heart to kill Lai Hu'er a lot lighter.

But Cui Junsu's report is not the real reason why his murderous intentions are weakened, the real reason is that it is impossible for him to kill both Lai Hu'er and Li Hun. That would be too big an impact and would make the military top brass uneasy. As a monarch, Yang Guang must strike a balance. Either let Li Hun go, or come to protect his son from a light hair.

A eunuch took Pei Yun's report and presented it to Yang Guang, who slowly unfolded a thick volume of investigation reports on the imperial case.

Pei Yun also explained: "The humble post has been thoroughly investigated, and the generals involved in the incident were bewitched by a person named Li Shanheng and listened to his rumors, so they collectively went to Changmen to petition, and their confessions were attached to the report. ”

"Who is this Li Shanheng and what is his background?" Yang Guang asked again.

"Your Majesty, this Li Shanheng was originally the Xiongwu general of Xiaoguowei, he is the nephew of Li Hun, the general of the right Xiaowei, and this person has been captured and is now imprisoned in Yushitai."

Yang Guang glanced at Yuwenshu dissatisfied, Yuwenshu's face turned pale, not because of Yang Guang's dissatisfied eyes, but because Li Shanheng, who he couldn't catch everywhere, turned out to have fallen into the hands of Yushitai.

So will Li Shanheng betray himself? Yu Wenshu looked at Pei Ju, who was sitting on the side, uneasily, and saw him glancing at himself with a smile.

Although Yu Wenshu was a bit of a soldier at this time, he understood Pei Ju's gaze, and there was a hint of ridicule in his smile, and he sighed secretly in his heart, how could Li Shanheng not betray himself? His handle was grabbed by Pei Ju.

Just when Yuwenshu was extremely uneasy, Yang Guang was carefully reading the confession attached to the report, but Li Shanheng's confession did not have the slightest statement about Yuwenshu, all of which was about Li Hun, the general of the Right Xiaowei.

Li Shanheng was instructed by Li Hun to incite the generals to make trouble outside the gate, once the situation gets out of control, Li Hun will take the opportunity to launch a mutiny, and there is a painting of Li Shanheng below.

Yang Guang took out another copy of the recital presented by Yu Shiji, and Tu Wanxu, the commander of Jingzhou, and Dong Chun, the commander of Shuzhou, wanted to lead troops into Beijing.

Yu Shiji's recital is undoubtedly a lore that fell into the ground, Tu Wanxu and Dong Chun were both close associates promoted by Li Hun's father, Taishi Li Mu, and the motive for Tu Wanxu and Dong Chun to lead troops into Beijing was to instigate Li Hun's rebellion.

Yang Guang's eyes slowly narrowed into a slit, and the murderous intent burst out in his eyes, and the proverbial case had been revealed.

Yang Guang, the Son of Heaven, determined that the proverbial case had nothing to do with Li Yuan, who was left behind in Taiyuan, but referred to Li Hun, the general of the Right Xiaowei.

Yang Guang immediately issued an order, Shuzhou Tongshou Dong Chun was transferred to Xijing to stay in Xijing, and Jingzhou Tongshou Tu Wanxu was reappointed as the general of the Left Guard, and immediately entered Beijing.

A few days later, Zhang Jin, the general of the Imperial Forest Army, arrested the general Li Hun and his family overnight, and Yang Guang ordered the execution of Li Hun and his nephew Li Min and 32 others, and at the same time ordered Dong Chun and Tu Wanxu, who were on the way to be transferred, to commit suicide by poisoning.

The proverbial case that took place in the decade of the Great Cause finally came to an end after a series of complicated behind-the-scenes political struggles.

Although Laihu'er got rid of the bad luck of being killed, he was also cut to the people and returned to his hometown to retire.

After Li Yuan was punished, he continued to serve as the Taiyuan guard, which freed him from the crisis of proverbs, but the Wuchuan Mansion also suffered a heavy setback in this case, and the Yuan family, the Yu family, and the Hou Mo Chen family announced their withdrawal from the Wuchuan Mansion at the same time, which meant that the Guanlong nobles were divided from then on.

But unexpectedly, the Laihu'er army, which had already decided to be disbanded. At the last moment of disbandment, it was stopped by Yang Guang, and he seemed to have a new idea about this army

In the room on the third floor of the Tiansi Pavilion Restaurant, Zhang Xuan specially set up two tables of banquets, and all the generals above the brigade commander attended to celebrate the continued existence of the 16th Battalion.

This time, the Ministry of War issued a reward program. The soldiers of the 16th Battalion were richly rewarded, and each soldier participating in the battle was rewarded with 100 horses of silk, 50 pieces of money, three transfers of honors, and the land at home was tax-free for five years, and the generals were even more generously rewarded. The fallen soldiers also received double pensions, and everyone was happy for a while.

Zhang Xuan was the first meritorious officer in the Goguryeo Campaign, and the official was promoted to one level, from General Wu Yonglang to General Xiongwu Lang, and the scattered official was also promoted from a guerrilla general to General Ningyuan. The reward was 2,000 horses of silk and 300 taels of gold, but Zhang Xuan did not take it, and distributed all the rewards to the families of the fallen soldiers.

At this time, the room was bustling with people, toasting each other, talking and laughing, and celebrating their rewards.

Although he did not participate in the battle of Goguryeo. But he made meritorious contributions in the first battle against Zhang Jin, Zhang Xuan went to the military department, and Wei Chigong was named a captain. This made him both happy and ashamed.

At this time, Wei Chigong walked up to Zhang Xuan with a bowl of wine and said sincerely: "General, I respect you for this bowl of wine, and thank the general for his exceptional promotion!" ”

The crowd burst into laughter. "Old Lieutenant, it's not enough sincerity to use a wine bowl. At least one jar to drink! ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, "I also think it's better to use jars!" ”

"Good! Then I'll drink a jar. ”

Wei Chigong threw away the wine bowl. He shouted, "Bring the jar of wine!" ”

Someone had already handed him a jar of wine, Yu Chigong patted off the sealing mud, picked up the jar and drank it, and drank a jar of wine in a moment, attracting a cheer from everyone, Yu Chigong wiped off the wine stains from the corner of his mouth, and slammed the wine jar to the ground, 'Bang! With a crush, he shouted: "Is my sincerity enough, not enough for me to drink another jar!" ”

Everyone applauded and exclaimed, worthy of the giant spirit god, sure enough, it was massive, Zhang Xuan patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Enough, I am full of sincerity to understand Wei Chi, we will not get drunk tonight." ”

Wei Chigong sat down in the crowd, and at this time, Zhang Xuan picked up a bowl of wine and said to everyone: "Everyone, listen to me." ”

The room gradually quieted down, and Zhang Xuan said slowly: "I have received the exact news from the Ministry of War, we will expand the army to 3,000 people, and it will be under the jurisdiction of Zhang Xutuo, the ambassador of the twelve counties of Henan Province, and we will leave for Qi County in three days." ”

"General, can you let us be stationed in Qinghe County?" The generals petitioned one after another, saying to Zhang Jin that the first battle had made them extremely angry, and they were bent on finding this Liangzi.

"I'm not sure about this, I'll negotiate with Zhang Dashuai then, I, like you, will never let go of Zhang Jincheng!"

There was a buzz in the room, and at this time, a brigade commander walked in from outside the door and said a few words to Zhang Xuan in his ear, Zhang Xuan was stunned, let everyone continue to drink, and he walked out of the room quickly.

There was a middle-aged man standing in the corridor, wearing a gauze hat, wearing a robe, pacing back and forth with his hands in his hands, it was Li Yuan who was left behind in Taiyuan, Li Yuan escaped the proverbial case by luck, and was ready to return to Taiyuan immediately, tonight he and a few colleagues came to the restaurant for dinner, and happened to hear that Zhang Xuan was also on the third floor.

Li Yuan already knew from Dou Qing about Zhang Xuan's role in this proverbial case, although Zhang Xuan's kidnapping of Li Shanheng caused them some trouble, but Zhang Xuan later kidnapped Yuan Jun and saved Dou Qing's plan in time at a critical moment, so that Yuan Min's destruction did not succeed, so that Li Yuan was also very grateful to Zhang Xuan.

"Is Gong Li looking for me?"

As soon as Li Yuan turned around, Zhang Xuan had already appeared behind him, bowing to him with a smile.

Li Yuan hurriedly returned the salute, "The general doesn't have to be polite, hey!" This time thanks to General Zhang. ”

"It's nothing, it's just a gesture, and I also want to congratulate Li Gong for not being affected by the proverbial case." Zhang Xuan smiled slightly.

Li Yuan smiled awkwardly, and asked in a low voice, "How could the general know about the completion?" ”

Li Yuan learned from Dou Qing that Zhang Xuan actually knew that his eldest son Li Jiancheng was in Wagang, which surprised him, and at the same time he was worried, he was very worried about whether the secret of Jiancheng in Wagang had spread.

"I also explained this matter to Master Dou, but I knew about it by accident, please rest assured that Gong Li will never tell a third person about this matter."

"Then thank you General Zhang, General Zhang's kindness to Li Yuan this time, Li Yuan will remember it in his heart, and he will report it later!" After speaking, Li Yuan bowed deeply to Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan suddenly had a very strange feeling that since Yuan Min had broken with Dou Qing, it would be easy for him to bring down Li Yuan.

Although Yuan Jun was a hostage so that Yuan Min did not dare to speak up in the proverbial case, he could also secretly tell Yang Guang the truth afterwards, but Yuan Min didn't seem to do this, which made Zhang Xuan a little puzzled, could it be that the Yuan family still had any tricks?

"Yuan Jun has been put back, isn't Gong Li worried about the Yuan family?" Jang Hyun asked tentatively.

Li Yuan hesitated for a moment and said: "General Zhang's question does exist, but everyone is in the same vein, some things can be done if you don't want to, and the Yuan family also needs to consider the consequences." ”

Zhang Xuan immediately understood that the Yuan family must also have a handle in the hands of the other party, so that they would not dare to act rashly.

Zhang Xuan smiled and arched his hand: "Then I wish Li Gong a smooth journey, and I wish Li Changgong a safe and sound." (To be continued)