Chapter 430: Chaohui Crisis

Before the fifth watch, the lights in Yang Yuanqing's mansion were lit up, and today is December 24, and there are six days left to end in the eighth year of the great cause.

In the room, Pei Minqiu was busy combing her husband's hair and arranging court clothes, and yesterday afternoon Yang Yuanqing received a letter from Dianzhong Province, informing him to attend a cabinet meeting today.

Since the Battle of Goryeo, the form of the court meeting has been changed, and the daily court meeting has been changed to a small court meeting, with the participation of seven members of the cabinet and the chief officials of each ministry, and the large court meeting has been changed to a ten-day meeting, which is held only three times a month, which is conducive to the discussion of practical issues.

"Husband, how did you come up with the idea of letting you attend the cabinet meeting today?"

While combing her husband's hair, Pei Minqiu asked casually, she didn't care about the major affairs of the DPRK and China, but just chatted casually.

"I don't know, maybe the Holy Lord wants to fight Goryeo again!"

Pei Minqiu's hand stopped, and she asked worriedly, "Husband, is there really another war?" ”

"Last time he was unwilling, I advised him not to rush to decide, it seems that he still can't help it." Yang Yuanqing vaguely guessed that letting himself attend the meeting was related to the Battle of Goryeo.

Pei Minqiu's eyes were full of worry, she sighed and said: "Husband, you should persuade the saint, let him stop waging war, let him go and see what kind of life everyone is doing, in the past, buying fruits was bought in baskets, but now everyone is buying pound by pound, there is no way, they are reluctant to eat, buy it for the ancestors, what has the price of rice risen, four hundred yuan of rice, women used to wear silk and satin, but now they are all wearing old cloth skirts, if there is another war, everyone in the world will starve to death." ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled bitterly, "Who dares to persuade him now, if I persuade him, you will wait to be a widow!" And it didn't work at all. ”

"But..... If the husband doesn't persuade him, and no one persuades him, then the Great Sui will really be finished. ”

Yang Yuanqing reached out to his shoulder and held his wife's hand, her hand was very cold, Yang Yuanqing said softly: "Don't worry!" I will try my best to persuade him, but only if I save myself, I still have a wife and children, I don't want my wife to lose her husband, and I don't want my children to lose their father, I know what to do. ”

Pei Minqiu said in a low voice: "Husband, make up your own mind!" Don't be influenced by me. ”

"I know."

Yang Yuanqing packed up his court clothes, got into the carriage, and went to the palace under the escort of more than 100 personal soldiers.

Since the cancellation of the great court meeting, the courtiers' normal court has been postponed for half an hour, in the past this time has been a busy traffic, the ranks of the court are vast, but now, the street is deserted, the cold is pressing, almost no officials can see the court, it is no wonder that there are less than 30 officials who can be qualified to participate in the small court meeting, how can the street be lively.

Yang Yuanqing's carriage soon arrived in front of the Duanmen Bridge, which was built on top of Luoshui, with two artificial peninsulas in the middle, stationed with heavy troops, and crossed the Duanmen Bridge to the main gate of the imperial city.

At this time, there was also a cavalry on the bridge guarding a carriage, and he was also a high-ranking official who participated in the small court, but I don't know which minister it was?

"General, it's Yuwenshu's carriage!"

A soldier whispered in front of his car window, "The lantern on the wheel has the word 'Yuwen' written on it. ”

That should be Yuwenshu, Yuwenkai, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Works, has passed away, and the person surnamed Yuwen who participated in the small dynasty meeting is the only one named Yuwenshu.

Yang Yuanqing's carriage slowly stopped in front of the end gate, the entourage could not enter the imperial city, only could ride a horse by himself, and those with high status could enter by public opinion, a four-person shoulder stop in front of Yang Yuanqing, Yang Yuanqing sat on it and covered his legs with a thick blanket.

Yu is the later sedan chair, but it is simpler than the later sedan chair, most of them do not have a car, there is a pavilion-style sedan chair that developed into the later sedan chair.

The four men quickly walked into the end door with their shoulders raised, but they saw Yu Wenshu waiting for him in front, and the two smiled and arched their hands, walking side by side.

"Manager Yang is participating in the small court meeting for the first time today!"

Yang Yuanqing smiled and nodded, "Today, the Holy Lord is actually taken seriously, which is surprising to me." ”

"The Holy Lord has actually always attached great importance to Chief Yang."

Yu Wenshu changed the topic, and asked in a low voice: "What does Manager Yang think of Li Shengyuan?" ”

'Li Shengyuan' is a major event that happened in the court a few days ago, Zhuo County's acting Taishou Li Yuan was promoted to Taiyuan to stay behind, and Nayan Yuan Hongji was demoted to Honghua County Taishou because of the old case during the governor of Youzhou, this matter caused a sensation in the government and the opposition, known as 'Li Shengyuan', everyone is talking about this matter.

Yang Yuanqing smiled, "After two months of leisurely living at home, people have become lazy, and they don't know anything about the situation in the DPRK and China. General Yuwen might as well tell me about it. ”

Yang Yuanqing's innocuous statement made Yuwenshu snort heavily, he stopped talking, and the two of them gradually separated, and arrived at the side hall of the Xuanzheng Hall one after the other, here is a relatively small side hall, which can accommodate two or three hundred people for meetings, and behind it is Yang Guang's imperial study, where the daily small court meeting is held.

The lights in the side hall are bright and warm, more than 20 important ministers have arrived, each sitting in the hall whispering, such a court meeting has been held for more than two months, and everyone is gradually getting used to it, but today's court meeting is a little different from usual, one has no topic in advance, this is the first time, there is nothing to talk about, there have been a few times before there is nothing to discuss, in that case, the court meeting will be canceled directly, today it is obvious that Yang Guang deliberately concealed the content of the court meeting, which makes people inevitably have a little reverie.

Secondly, the ministers found that there were several more high-ranking military generals among the people attending the court meeting today, including General Zuo Yiwei Lai Hu'er, General Xue Shixiong of the Right Yiwei, General Li Jing of the Left Xiaowei, General Jing Yuanheng of the Right Xiaowei, Zhao Xiaocai, General of the Left Marquis Wei, Zhou Fashang, General of the Right Marquis of the Left, Wang Rengong, the Doctor of Zuo Guanglu, Yang Yuanqing, the Governor of Youzhou, and other high-ranking officials attended, and even Hu Sizheng, the head of the Ministry of War.

These anomalies have made the ministers realize that something big must happen today.

Yang Yuanqing's seat was added temporarily, the third in the second row on the right, with a large couch with a small table and pen, ink and paper, and he sat down, and a eunuch stepped forward to serve him a cup of hot tea.

This was the characteristic of the cabinet meeting, and the conditions were comfortable, when a crisp bell rang, followed by a high-pitched shout, "His Majesty the Emperor has arrived!" ”

The important ministers got up one after another, Yang Guang strode up the jade steps from the side and sat down on the imperial couch surrounded by several palace maids holding fans, and all the ministers bowed down at the same time, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

"Everyone, please give me a seat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The important ministers sat down one after another, and the side hall was quiet, Yang Guang glanced at everyone, he really had something important to announce.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I thought about it again and again, and decided to attack the Goryeo traitors again, I know that this matter is very important, and it took me nearly two months to think about it, I am very clear about the current situation of my Great Sui, there are many difficulties, but in the end I still made a decision, and I decided to attack Goryeo again, this matter has been decided, and it cannot be discussed again."

Yang Guang's decision caused an uproar in the palace, and no one thought that today's court meeting would announce this matter, and the Holy Lord would attack Goryeo again.

"Holy not!"

Shangshu's right servant shot Su Wei and said urgently: "Don't cut down Goryeo again." ”

He didn't care whether Yang Guang agreed or not, ran out of his seat and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the Great Sui is exhausted in finance and taxes, and the people are poor, and they really can't support another battle in Goryeo, please think twice." ”

Yang Guang glanced at him coldly and waved his hand, "Get out!" ”

Dozens of guards rushed up, set up Su Wei and left, Su Wei burst into tears, and shouted: "Your Majesty, the minister's words are true, I hope Your Majesty will know it!" ”

Su Wei was dragged out by the guards, and Yang Guang glanced coldly at the ministers, "Who wants to object!" ”

At this time, Zuo Xiaowei's general Li Jing knelt down, "Your Majesty, the small country of Goryeo Dongyi is like a fly that disturbs the ears, not the weight of the society, now the world is in rebellion, the people are not happy, the business road is broken, the fields are full of corpses, Shandong, Hebei fields are barren six or seven out of ten, Your Majesty should focus on appeasing the people's livelihood, and should not start a military ......incident again."

"Shut up!"

Yang Guangda was furious and ordered left and right, "Take this fang for me!" ”

The guards rushed up and pressed Li Jing to the ground, and Li Jing stiffened his neck and shouted: "Your Majesty will abandon the original and attack Goryeo again, it will shake the capital of the Great Sui Kingdom, and Your Majesty will lose the hearts of the people in the world!" ”

Yang Guang paused to kill, and shouted: "Push to the outside of Yingtianmen and die, whoever dares to intercede will be guilty of the same crime!" ”

The guards took Li Jing out, and Li Jing shouted: "It's not a pity for the minister to die, the minister can't bear the people of the world, heaven!" Have mercy on me Da Sui......"

His voice gradually faded away, Yang Yuanqing and Yang Yichen glanced at each other, and the two of them came out at the same time, knelt down and pleaded: "Your Majesty, read Li Jing and be loyal, spare him death!" ”

Yang Guang was angry and shouted: "Push it out to ......"

He wanted to say, 'Kill with a cane', but when he thought that these two people were still useful, he changed his words, "Beat them out with a stick!" ”

The guards in front of the hall waved big sticks, slashed their heads and covered their faces, and beat Yang Yuanqing and Yang Yichen out of the hall.

"Spread my will, remove Su Weishangshu from the post of right servant, demote to the common people, Yang Yuanqing and Yang Yichen are rude, and each of them will be dismissed for one year."

There was silence in the side hall, many ministers lowered their heads, sad for Li Jing, no one dared to persuade Yang Guang anymore, Yang Guang snorted heavily, "I have made up my mind, whoever dares to oppose it, I will never forgive." ”

Yang Guang said to Hu Sizheng: "Announce it!" ”

Hu Sizheng came out of the ranks, first gave a salute, opened a book, and read aloud: "Attack Goryeo again, when one million troops are dispatched, the northern military governments will send 300,000 troops, the local county soldiers will send 100,000 troops, and the forbidden army will send 200,000 troops, totaling 600,000, which is insufficient, and 400,000 local warriors will be levied from Shandong, Hebei and Henan, and 2 million will be levied from the above three places, and Zhuo County will be gathered before April next year." ”

After Hu Sizheng finished reading, he asked loudly to everyone: "The above is the plan of the Ministry of War, but there are objections!" ”

Everyone knows that this is actually Yang Guang's plan, who dares to oppose it at this time, Hu Sizheng asked three times, the side hall was silent, Hu Sizheng bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the third reading has passed!" ”

"Good!"

Yang Guang became excited again, and said to the ministers: "Goryeo Xiaoyu, dare to insult my Great Sui Kingdom, this time the Great Sui will completely eradicate it with the momentum of pulling out the sea and moving mountains, I hope that next autumn, I will drink the celebration wine with all the monarchs." ”

At this time, the guards walked into the side hall to report, "Back to Your Majesty, Li Jing has been killed!" ”

Yang Guang nodded and said: "Li Jing doesn't know the current affairs, he bullies the king slowly, the crime is unforgivable, reciting his old merits, allowing his family to collect the body, the ministers should take Li Jing as a warning, remember!" ”

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At the end of the eighth year of the Great Cause, Yang Guang ignored the opposition of his ministers and made a formal decision to attack Goryeo for the second time.

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