Kyoto Luoyang Imperial City Ziwei Palace, Taiji Palace.

The court meeting convened by the emperor in the Liangyi Hall was the inner court, and only a small number of ministers such as political officials participated in each time. The emperor's imperial Chengtianmen is a foreign dynasty, that is, a great court meeting, such as the Yuan meeting and some major ceremonies, which will be held.

The most common thing to hold in normal times was the Japanese Dynasty, and every morning all officials in Kyoto from the fifth rank and above went to the court to meet the emperor. The Japanese Dynasty was held in the Taiji Palace, and the court meeting in the Louji Hall was also known as the Chinese Dynasty.

However, since Yang Guang ascended the throne, the Japanese dynasty was basically stopped, and only the court meeting held in the Taiji Hall was the Shuowang court meeting. The Shuowang Dynasty Meeting is the first and fifteenth day of each month, and all officials in Beijing from the ninth rank and above must participate.

Today is the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and it is also the day of the month, and it is the day of the two lunar festivals. At this time, the wide and bright Taiji Hall was full of officials. In the hall, close to Yang Guang's position, all the officials in purple robes were from the third grade, and everyone knelt on the cushion. Behind them all the way to the temple gate, they were arranged in order of rank. From the third grade or above, from the fifth grade to the third grade, from the seventh to the sixth grade of the green, from the ninth to from the eighth grade of the green, at a glance, the grade is strict.

At this time, on the dragon chair, Yang Guang sat upright, accepting the kneeling of hundreds of officials, with an expression on his face, and he couldn't see joy or anger. In fact, his heart was relieved at this time, but he was very angry.

Chen Kefu defected from Beijing on the ninth day of the first lunar month, and he sent many soldiers and horses to pursue Chen Kefu, and caught up with Chen Kefu on the same day. At the cost of 1,000 elite guards and two deputy commanders, the black-clothed iron guard annihilated nearly 300 Chen Kefu. Subsequently, Li Shimin and dozens of noble sons and daughters with more than 200 Ding, once again raided and hit Chen Kefu's men and horses. In the scuffle, two brothers, Li Yuanji and Li Shimin, shot Chen Kefu to death. Later, a group of Praetorian Guards arrived and completely defeated the Liaodong team, except for a part of the men and horses who escaped and most of the rebels were killed. He also successfully captured dozens of family members taken away by Chen Kefu's rebel party, including Chen Kefu's father Chen Shen and Chen Kefu's new wife Li Xiuning. There are also the wives, sons and daughters of Gao Shilian, the uncle of the rebel party leader Sun Wuji, and what shocked Yang Guang even more was that among these family members captured by Li Shimin, there were actually his baby daughter Izumo Princess Yang Jier and her personal palace maid.

When he saw his daughter, he finally understood why Chen Kefu suddenly defected the day before he was about to make a move. is really angry and anxious about this daughter, and she is angry that she is actually looking forward to outsiders, but fortunately, she finally found it back.

This arrest can be said to be a great success, but Yang Guang is not happy in his heart.

What he wanted was to capture Chen Kefu alive, but now he was told that Chen Kefu was stabbed in the abdomen by Li Yuanji's horse lance, and Zuo Xiōng was shot by Li Shimin with an arrow, and the whole person fell into the river, and his bones were gone. But Yang Guang's heart was very irritated, a living Chen Kefu was very important for him to pacify Liaodong, but now he is dead. What makes him even more unacceptable is that he has been searching for five days today, but Chen Kefu's body has not been found at all. No one alive or dead, no corpse!

And the other bad news is that after the war, the corpses were examined, and the traitors who were captured and killed in the war were either those fù family members, or they were just some insignificant guards, and there was not even a single Liaodong rebel who had a weight.

Not only did Chen Ke come back to life and no one died or see a corpse, but none of the generals Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Cheng Yanjin, Yu Chigong, and Luo Lin were like Luo Lin's grandfather Luo Zhong, Yu Qinming's eight younger brothers, and Fang Xuanling, eldest grandson Wuji and others were also missing.

Even Yang Guang was told that the veteran of the famous generals of the Great Sui, Wang Rengong, the Taishou of Mayi, and his juncheng, and Li Jing, the nephew of the famous general Han Baohu, had defected to Chen Kefu before. And now, the two of them have not been found.

Five full days have passed, and hundreds of thousands of people have searched every inch of land in Henan County, and even the nearby counties such as Xingyang have also searched for them, but there is no trace of betrayal of the party at all. And what made him even more angry was that Jin Wuwei reported that when they went to arrest Chen Kefu's clansmen in the eastern capital, they found that in addition to catching some small fish and shrimp, thousands of people related to the Chen clan seemed to have suddenly evaporated, and none of them were found.

Faced with such a situation, Yang Guang could only comfort himself over and over again in his heart that Chen Kefu must have died. No one can survive being hit in the abdomen and being shot with an arrow in the xiōng. As long as Chen Kefu is dead, even if the current situation is a little unsatisfactory, it is still under control. ,

"Zhongqing's flat nose!" Yang Guang stretched out his hand and lifted it falsely.

When everyone knelt down again, Yang Guang took a beautiful golden silk nanmu box from the dragon case and handed it to the announcer on the side.

The proclamator stooped down to find the Nanmu box, and there was a whole box of holy decrees inside. Take out the top roll, turn around and open it, and say it aloud.

"Emperor Da Sui ordered, the original Shangshu Zuo servant, the governor of the political affairs, the Mobei Road marching army Da Yao Shuai and the military of the fifteen counties of Liaodong Muwei in Liaoxi, Kaifu Yitong Sansi, and Chen Ke, the Duke of Liao, did not want to repay the effect, but intended to rebel, after the incident, defected from Beijing, and was finally killed. Now they have taken away all official positions and titles, confiscated their family property, and all their men and men have been confiscated and Lingnan.

The woman was confiscated as a slave! "Great Sui Emperor Order! Li Yuan, the provincial governor of the sect and the Duke of Tang Guo, learned that Chen Kefu had defected and killed his relatives in righteousness, reported it in time, and sent his nephew to personally hunt down and kill Chen Ke's concubine. Thanks to the sheji, now in addition to the post of the provincial secretary, he was crowned as the right servant of Shangshu, Liaodong stayed behind and Shanxi, Hedong counties and horses, rewarded with 1,000 taels of gold, 5,000 horses of silk, 100 slaves, and 1,000 households with the title of real food. After the Lantern Festival, he will leave for his post from now on. …，

Li Yuan stood up, took a few steps forward, hurriedly bowed down, and said in a loud voice, "Thanks!" Long live my emperor, long live, long live! The ministers in the palace were all surprised, no one thought that this time Chen Kefu rebelled, Li Yuan, who was Chen Kefu's in-laws, not only did not suffer the slightest bit, but actually increased his official wealth all of a sudden, which made the ministers envious. Although the position of Shangshu's right servant and the subordinate provincial minister are both prime ministers, the right servant is the second minister, and the right of the subordinate provincial adviser is much different. Moreover, Li Yuan not only remained in Taiyuan, but this time he was also in charge of the military affairs of the counties in Hexi, Shandong, which was the highest military governor of more than a dozen counties in the two places, and his power was huge. It can be seen from this that Li Yuan not only did not suffer at all this time, but instead became one of the best ministers in the dynasty because of a blessing in disguise.

"Emperor Sui Order! Dr. Jin Ziguanglu, Fenyang Hou, and Yingyanglang General Li Shimin are brave and resolute, and they are all-round talents in civil and military affairs. He was immediately promoted to Doctor Zuo Guanglu, Duke of Liaowei County, General of Zuo Tunwei, and concurrently served as the Taishou of Ma Yi. Give the rebellious Chen Ke the restoration of the third mansion in the Eastern Capital, 1,000 taels of gold, 3,000 horses of silk, and two horses of thousands of miles in the Western Regions! Li Shimin, who was dressed in a purple robe, took a few steps forward, came to the bottom of the platform and bowed to the ground, "Minister Li Shimin received the decree and thanked him, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!" At this moment, Li Shimin's heart was extremely moving and excited. He is only eighteen years old this year, but he is already a county prince of the second rank and a loose official of the second grade. What made Li Shimin even more excited was that the ministry officer given to him by the emperor, General Zuo Tunwei, was the Zuo Ying official of Zuo Tunwei in the Twelve Guards. At present, Chen Kefu, the general of Zuotunwei, is dead, and among the Zuotunwei, the only top officials are left with him, Yu Wenhua and the two generals of Zuotunwei. In Li Shimin's view, Yu Wenhua is just a useless man, and sooner or later, the position of General Zuo Tunwei will be his.

In addition to the post of general of Zuotunwei, the emperor also gave him the post of Ma Yi Taishou. Although Ma Yi Taishou is not of high rank, he is only a fourth-rank official, but this is an opportunity to lead a county and hold power alone. Now his father Li Yuan is in Taiyuan, and he also leads the soldiers and horses of more than a dozen counties in Hedong and Shanxi, and he leads a county in Mayi County in Hedong. Thinking about the conversation with his father before, thinking about their plans and ambitions, Li Shimin, who lowered his head, couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth.

He can do what Chen Kefu can do, and what Chen Kefu has not done, he will definitely be able to do it in the future. He thanked his dead brother-in-law in his heart, because this opportunity was exchanged for Chen Kefu's life.

Yu Wenshu and Pei Yun stared at Li Yuan's father and son tightly, with indescribable complexity in their eyes.

Chen Kefu was able to fall down so violently, which was completely the result of the efforts of the two of them. But Chen Kefu finally fell, but it was not them who got the benefits, they could only stand here and watch, watching Li Yuan's grandfather become an official and become a knight, and the scenery was extremely proud. Especially Pei Yun, a pair of eyes are already on fire.

One Chen Kefu, his two sisters-in-law died, but in the end, he got nothing. The Li Chen alliance finally ended because of Chen Kefu's death, but Yang Guang still vigorously supported Li Yuan to stand proudly above the court.

The proclamation official announced one after another holy decrees, which was a rare big reward, up and down the court, and there were several rich people who added officials to the knighthood.

But it was not to the surprise of Yu Wenshu and Pei Yun, and after the announcer read all the holy decrees, they did not have any share. On the contrary, the Li Yuan family has unlimited scenery this time, not only Li Yuan and Li Shimin were greatly rewarded, but the rest such as Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were all crowned as Eagle Yang Lang Generals, and Li Daozong, Li Daoxuan, Chai Shao and other people who participated in the hunt were also added officials.

After the lively reward, Yang Guang didn't say a word about the soldiers in Liaodong. In the entire Liaodong, only Chen Kefu's official title and property were removed, and the rest of the Liaodong soldiers were not mentioned. Even Chen Shen, the father of Chen Kefu who was arrested, did not say a word.

The ministers in the palace also tasted some meaning, and Yang Guang obviously had some intention of covering his ears and stealing the bell. He did this just to separate Chen Ke's rebellion from Liaodong. It was shown to the soldiers of Liaodong that Chen Kefu was dead, and as long as the imperial army took over Liaodong, he would not be blamed for the past. Regardless of Ruyu Wenshu and the others, they sneered a few times in their hearts, the emperor is completely whimsical, Chen Kefu is dead or not, and Liaodong is now in rebellion. Even if the imperial court and Liaodong are not picky, they can't hide this fact.