Wang Shichong nodded seriously and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, these people are not ordinary bandits who occupy the mountains as kings, but a rebellion instigated by anti-thieves with ulterior motives to shake the rule of my Great Sui, and they must not be regarded as ordinary bandits. ”

Yang Guang's face became more and more gloomy: "Wang Shichong, you are an official of the imperial court, you must have real evidence when you speak, why didn't the ministers say these words, and how did you know about these things?" ”

Wang Shichong said: "The minister is the servant of the criminal department, and he is also the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and he has the duty to investigate major cases, and the reason why he recommended Zhang Xutuo to His Majesty as a general to go to Qi County to suppress the bandits last time is because these bandits are not ordinary bandits who occupy the mountains as kings, they have strong combat capabilities, and obviously there are also high-level commands, and the ability to mobilize and incite the people is extraordinary. ”

Yang Guang said softly: "What else is there to sing?" ”

Wang Shichong nodded and said: "One of them, Wechen still remembers a few words, if Your Majesty can forgive the minister's great rebellion and relays the crime of relaying anti-poetry, Wechen can sing it for Your Majesty now." ”

A hint of coldness flashed in Yang Guang's eyes, he grabbed a few ice cubes from a plate on the table, stuffed them into his mouth, and bit it so loudly that his voice came out from between his teeth: "Accurate!" ”

Wang Shichong cleared his throat and began to sing: "Don't go to Liaodong, the soldiers are like tigers and jackals." The sword shattered me, and the blade pierced my cheek. Life only needs to be short, who is sad. The successful general will be rewarded, and I am the only one who dies Artemisia Lai! ”

This song. It's not that when Wang Shichong first heard it, there were only words and no songs. This time, it was accompanied by a composition. The tone was abrupt and catchy, and even Yang Guang nodded again and again when he heard it, secretly calling himself surprised.

After singing the song, Wang Shichong lowered his head in fear, bent down and stood with his hands down, and Yang Guang closed his eyes. nodded slightly: "Although the content of this song is extremely sinister, it is indeed catchy, although it does not have much literary brilliance, but for the ordinary people of those lower riba people, it is indeed straightforward and easy to understand, it is really as you said, as the master does." Is this one? ”

Wang Shichong hurriedly said: "Not only this one, but the other contents are even more vulgar, and their hearts can be punished." In order not to pollute the holy hearing, the minister did not dare to sing anymore. ”

Yang Guang waved his hand: "That's it." I pretty much know what's going on anyway. These hateful people dare to insult my great cause, and they don't want to think about it, if I destroy Goguryeo, won't it be once and for all, and there will be no more war? The brave and strong people who went out to the army, I had already issued an edict, and they would be rewarded according to their merits, how could they become generals and get merit, and they could only bury their bones elsewhere? ”

Wang Shichong followed and said: "Yes, these are gangsters with ulterior motives, taking the opportunity to instigate those ignorant people, taking advantage of their incomprehension and misunderstanding of His Majesty's ambitions, inciting these people to flee their hometowns, go up the mountains and down the rivers, and become bandits. Now it seems that there are more and more of these people, and even the officers and soldiers of Qi County have been defeated by them several times after failing to conquer them, which is the real reason why Yuan Wendu asked His Majesty for help through Yu Shilang. ”

Yang Guang was so angry that he slapped the handsome case and scolded: "Damn, damn it!" Yuan Wen deceived his superiors and subordinates, and did not do his job effectively, he really deserved to be killed! He suddenly thought of something again, looked at Wang Shichong, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes: "Wang Aiqing, how did you know these things?" ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "Your Majesty, I can't hide it, in addition to eating the king's Lu, Weichen has also done some small business, and there are some shops of Wang's commercial houses all over the country, especially in the land of Qilu, where rice and grain are cheap, and there are a lot of lacquerware, and it is a traffic point connecting the north and south, so Weichen has a lot of shops there, and he also has some of his own eyeliner, and he still has some understanding of what happened in Qi County." ”

Yang Guang said coldly: "Wang Aiqing, your eyes are very bright, even I don't know about the things, but you are clear, it seems that in the future, I will have to add you a position to supervise the imperial historian, which is the right thing." ”

Wang Shichong hurriedly weakened his knees, knelt on the ground with a plop, and buried his head on the ground: "Your Majesty, Weichen never has any other thoughts, purely because he left some shops there in his early years of business, I hope Your Majesty will be aware of it." ”

Yang Guang sighed, got up and walked in front of Wang Shichong, and stretched out his hand to help him up: "Alas, Wang Aiqing, I am just a momentary emotion, maybe in the future, I will need to use your news to secretly find out the truth and truth in various places." But if you know about these things, why don't you report them? ”

Wang Shichong's eyes rolled, and he said: "Your Majesty, you have your own regular news channels, the county guards, county guards, general guards, and the imperial historians who patrol various places are all relied on by your eyes and ears, eyeliner, and micro-ministers, but they are just some shops, and what you can see is only some folk situations, which may not be true." Besides, if these things are not verified and verified, they rashly report to His Majesty, isn't this just an impeachment of those local officials, Weichen is not the imperial history, and without this authority, it will also shake the discipline of the entire imperial court. ”

Yang Guang nodded: "So you recommended Zhang Xutuo to go there to quell the rebellion, just to confirm whether the situation there is as you heard?" ”

Wang Shichong gritted his teeth and said: "Actually, in fact, in this matter, Weichen is also selfish, Yuanwen is a member of the Northern Wei royal family, a member of the Guanlong family, if Weichen says bad things about him, it will offend a large group of Guanlong ministers, so Weichen wants to try to help him deal with the aftermath of this matter without shaking Yuanwendu, Zhang Xutuo is loyal and brave, and he is a good general, dealing with a few bandits, it is not a problem, and it is possible to solve this matter smoothly, of course, everyone is happy." ”

Yang Guang sneered: "Zhang Xutuo is indeed a smooth crackdown on bandits, which can be seen from the reports of both him and Yuan Wendu, saying that tens of thousands of bandits have been eliminated, and Shandong has been basically pacified, but what is going on with these hundreds of thousands of victims?" ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "Your Majesty may not know the ferocity of those bandits, they not only go up the mountain to become bandits, but also destroy the fields in the countryside, fill up the wells, burn the villages, so that the people in the places they pass through cannot survive, and can only go up the mountain with them to be bandits, this is coercion." Even after being defeated, most of the people who were coerced missed the harvest and had no grain stocks, and at the end of last year, Shandong was hit by a snowstorm, so there were hundreds of thousands of people who did not eat or drink, and all of them gathered under the city of Licheng, trying to find Yuan Taishou to release grain. (To be continued......)