Wang Shichong looked at Xiao Yu in front of him motionlessly, at this time he really admired the white-faced scholar in front of him, and he could actually analyze the head of the way, compared to Pei Shiju, who had been on the battlefield and followed himself and Gao Xi, and Yang Sunan fought in the north, it was also better, it seems that he really despised this Xiao Yu before, and he needs to look at him differently in the future.

Wang Shichong nodded, and said with a straight face: "What Brother Xiao said is very reasonable, so you are not optimistic about the prospects of this expedition?" ”

Xiao Yu smiled bitterly: "Even Xiao can see the things, as the king brother of a hundred battles, you can naturally be clear, as Yu Wenshu, who has led the army for many years, it is impossible not to know, you want to subvert the Great Sui, naturally it is impossible to enter the loyalty, and Yuwen Shu has received the grace of His Majesty, and he does not want to serve the country, and he does not want to enter the loyalty, which is really cold!" ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Brother Xiao, let me tell you the truth, this time I really don't want the Supreme to fold this million army in Liaodong, although I want the world of his Yang family, but I don't want him to collapse so soon, which is why I came to you today." ”

Xiao Yu was a little surprised, and said softly: "You won't tell me that you suddenly changed your mind, you don't want to be a traitor, but want to be a loyal minister of the Great Sui." ”

Wang Shichong smiled and shook his head: "Your sister is not loyal to her husband, why should I be loyal to him?" Xiao Yu, you don't know what kind of person Yang Guang is, he is ruthless, killing his father and killing his brother, you would be loyal to such a person without principle, it is really incomprehensible. ”

Xiao Yu gritted her teeth: "I know all this." But this is an imperial family matter. Ruthlessness is the emperor's family. The first emperor had ruthlessly killed his grandson in order to seize the throne, slaughtering thousands of clans of the Yuwen clan, although the means are cruel and not enough for outsiders, but it is also what the emperors of all dynasties will do. It is not puzzling that I chose to be loyal to the Great Sui. ”

When he said this, he paused, and sneered: "It's you Wang Shichong, you have received no less national grace than our Xiao family, although our Xiao family is a dead country clan, but the Lanling Xiao family is a great family of many generations, and the noble family is high, but you Wang Shichong is just a descendant of a bankrupt merchant in the Western Regions." has no power and no power, if it weren't for the exceptional promotion of you by the two generations of Sui Emperors. How can he be like today, wearing a purple robe and being a high-ranking official? In my opinion, you should be more loyal to the Great Sui than our Xiao family. ”

Wang Shichong said coldly: "I can wear this three-grade purple robe today, not because of the kindness given to me by the two generations of Sui Emperors, but because my Wang Shichong's meritorious service to the country is worthy of this dress, no, it should even be said that my Wang Shichong's contribution to the country is far more than this purple robe." ”

Xiao Yu's eyes widened, and he wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Wang Shichong: "Brother Xiao, you were born to be the noble Lanling Xiao family, although you are not like those princes of the royal family, you are a high-ranking official in your infancy, but also because of your sister's relationship, you can grow up in the royal court since you were a child, receive the best education, and when you are a little older, you can be the clerical staff of the prince and important ministers, it can be said that the starting point of your birth is higher than how many folk scholars have struggled all their lives, so you don't know the suffering of the people at all, I don't know how difficult it is to struggle at the grassroots level. ”

"I want to be Wang Shichong, a weak crown in the army, a battle in Pingchen, born and died, not only to fight with the enemy, but also to fight with the top boss who wants to harm himself and take his own life at any time, and he tried his best to command the defeated army in battle, and almost single-handedly helped He Ruobi win the battle of Jiangshan, what can be exchanged for? Any one of He Ruobi's personal soldiers and horsemen can be officials to the seventh grade, and my merits can be ranked in the top ten among all the generals in Pingnan, but I only got a school secretary of the ninth grade, you say, this is the reward and promotion that the emperor of the Great Sui should have for my Wang Shichong? ”

"In the next few years, my Wang Shichong was born and died, fought in the south and the north, planned the Turks, successively pacified Jiangnan and Lingnan, and the famous generals were known all over the world, but even so, it was just a tired official to the same thing, after returning to Beijing, it was just a member of the Ministry of War, and your brother Xiao accompanied Xue Fuzi to write an edict for a few years, without the pain of conquest, the risk of life, just by writing and copying books, you can become an internal history servant, the official is two grades higher than me, if you change to my position, you may be convinced?"

The corners of Xiao Yu's mouth hooked, and she snorted: "This, this seems to be unreasonable, but, it's just ............"

Wang Shichong sneered: "But your elder brother Xiao is from the Lanling Xiao family, a noble race, and I, Wang Shichong, am a Hu race from the Western Regions, and I am from a low background, so all this is also reasonable, who makes my ancestors inferior to your ancestors, right?" ”

Xiao Yu's face turned red, and he began to wipe the sweat from his forehead non-stop, he was not an unreasonable person, all this Wang Shichong said made him speechless, he had nothing to say.

Wang Shichong laughed, today he suddenly had a sense of venting pleasure, in the past, only when he was with Yang Xuangan, he could be so unscrupulous, even in front of Wei Zheng, in order to maintain his majesty as the lord, there are some things that cannot be said casually. He took advantage of the excitement and said: "This is the way of the world, your family controls most of the resources of the whole world, almost all the high-ranking official positions, my Wang Shichong is also the son of a businessman, and the family background is quite solid, this can barely give me a basic opportunity to get ahead, if I change the children of the peasant family, I am afraid that even if I become a nine-grade official, it is a luxury, so my ownership and status today are all my own knife and shot, not anyone's charity, no one can take it away!" ”

Xiao Yu was overwhelmed by Wang Shichong's imposing words, and after a while, he sighed and said: "According to this, Brother Wang has really suffered a lot of grievances, Xiao apologizes to you, your official position is indeed not a gift from others, you come to be above board, and you have nothing to say." It's just that Xiao doesn't understand, since you have climbed to today's position through your own struggle, why do you have to be greedy and rebellious? Wouldn't it be nice to be allegiance to the Supreme as it is now? ”

Wang Shichong sneered: "Yang Guang is an emperor who is loyal to him, and he will be sincere to you?" Don't talk about him, even if he is the emperor, what can he do? At the beginning of the throne, he relied on Gao Xi, Yu Qing and a group of old ministers supported and supported, although there were 20 years of emperor's rule, but his personality was suspicious and mean, and a generation of good ministers shot high, and in the end, he was not forced to abdicate? A general like Yu Qingze lost his head even more, isn't this the best proof that a companion is like a tiger? (To be continued......)