Since the establishment of the Great Sui, it has been more than eight years, and the lord is wise, and he can let go of the ability to use important ministers and generals, so the past few years can be called the rule of the world.

And to assist Yang Jian in achieving this rule, the first to recommend the left servant of the current dynasty Shangshu Gao Xi Gao.

The Gao family is a famous family in Shandong, and although the status of the Bohai Gao family is not as good as the five surnames and seven wangs, it is also a famous family in the north.

Gao Gong's family served the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty for generations, and when Gao Gong's father arrived, the family defected to the Western Wei Dynasty, and when Gao Gong came out to be an official, he was already a courtier of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

When Yang Jian was still the prime minister of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he approached Gao Gong before usurping the throne and wanted to seek his support, but Gao Gong immediately expressed his willingness to support Yang Jian at the risk of extermination.

Later, when the Northern Zhou Dynasty's important minister Chi Zhi raised troops against Yang Jian, Gao Gong made great contributions in the process of quelling the rebellion and became the first meritorious minister of Yang Jian's ascension to the throne.

Among those ministers who directly helped Yang Jian ascend the throne, only Gao Gong is truly capable of governing the country, loyal and reliable, plus he has been a guest of Queen Dugu's mother's family, and his relationship with the queen is also very close, so that the emperor called him Dugu Gong instead of Gao Gong.

Queen Dugu is the daughter of Dugu Xin, one of the Eight Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty at the time of the founding of the country, her maiden name is Jia Luo, and her status is noble.

Dugu Xin was killed together with another pillar Zhao Xin in the Northern Zhou Dynasty because of his opposition to the protection of the power of the minister Yuwen. At that time, the young Dugu Jialuo was exiled to Shuzhong, and it was not until later that Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty killed Yuwen Hu, and Dugu Jialuo was rehabilitated with his father and returned to Daxing.

Before Dugu Xin was killed, seventeen-year-old Yang Jian and fourteen-year-old Dugu Jialuo got married, vowing that they would never be separated, and Yang Jian even vowed not to give birth to children with other women.

Even in the years when Dugu Jialuo was exiled to Sichuan, Yang Jian did this, so the relationship between the emperor and his wife even exceeded that of the vast majority of poor couples.

Gao Xi is because he has been a guest of Dugu's family, and Queen Dugu is regarded as half of her mother's family, and Gao Xi has been knowledgeable since he was a child, and he has the talent to govern the world.

What's even more rare is that Gao Xi is broad-minded, extraordinary, and is a natural prime minister, not only governing the country himself, but also recommending Yang Su, Su Wei, He Ruobi, Han Baohu, Niu Hong and a large number of talents to Yang Jian.

Yang Jian has been in a series of new policies to benefit the people and strengthen the country since he ascended the throne, such as the Juntian Law, the government military reform order, the currency system unification order, the light and thin endowment order, the mitigating punishment order, etc., most of them came from the hands of Gao Xi, the so-called rule of the emperor, Gao Xi as the prime minister of the empire, is really the first hero.

In addition to Gao Xi, Yang Su, who was once the imperial historian, and Su Wei, the right servant of the monk Shangshu, are also rare talents. It's just that although these two talents are peerless, Yang Su is a jealous person, and Su Wei likes to figure out the holy will, and when he meets the lord, he doesn't have the strength to become a prime minister, and compared with Gao Xi, it is not a little bit worse.

However, compared with Su Wei, Yang Su has the talent to lead troops to fight, and he was originally recommended by Gao Xi earlier than Su Wei, and when he was five years old, he achieved such an important position as the imperial historian, and he was only one step away from the position of prime minister.

But unexpectedly, when he quarreled with his wife Zheng at home, Yang Su said jokingly, saying that if he became the emperor, how could you be a queen like this, and was told to Queen Dugu by Zheng, who was Queen Dugu's best friend, in a fit of anger.

As a result, the hard-pressed Yang Su was dismissed, and Su Wei followed the leak to become the imperial historian, and later became the right servant of Shangshu.

In the first two years, although Yang Su lived at home, he had been writing to Yang Jian and offering the strategy of the southern expedition, and as a result, he was appointed as the governor of Xinzhou within two years, and commanded the soldiers and horses in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River as the state of Shangzhu.

Wang Huaqiang quietly listened to his father's analysis of several important ministers of the dynasty, and nodded thoughtfully: "Then from Ah Da's point of view, Gao Xi and Gao Servant should undoubtedly be biased towards the crown prince Yang Yong, what about the movements of Yang Su and Su Wei?" ”

Wang He smiled and shook his head: "I can't see it now, Yang Su lost his official position because of a joke, and now he finally became the governor of Xinzhou, training the navy in Shuzhong, once the emperor's Pingchen edict is issued, Yang will definitely go downstream."

At this time, he shouldn't have the heart to talk to which prince, to be loyal to the emperor, and to restore the official position in the court should be his current thoughts.

As for Su Wei, this person is old and treacherous, every time he welcomes the saint, when I was the governor of Bianzhou, I heard that he bluntly admonished the emperor, saying that it was the beginning of the Great Sui Dynasty and needed hard work, and he also saw a hook made of silver in the palace, which was used to hang a cloth curtain, and hoped that the emperor would remove these silver hooks and replace them with ordinary copper and iron hooks, and the emperor did so.

Hua Qiang, don't think that he is loyal and admonished, because Su Wei's own drinking cups are made of gold and silver.

He saw that the emperor and the queen were frugal by nature, and such advice not only had no risk, but would also leave a good reputation for himself and a good impression on the emperor.

Such a person, when he meets Ming Jun, can be a good courtier, but if he encounters a faint monarch like Chen Shubao, he must be a traitor to the country. ”

Wang Huaqiang smiled and nodded: "Ah Da, I didn't expect that although you didn't enter the court, you were so clear about the things above the court."

Then according to what you say, Su Fushu will definitely not lightly press the treasure on which prince now, but will figure out his intentions again according to the arrangement of the commander of this southern expedition. ”

Wang He Zhengse said: "That's right, so you have to collect information in this area recently, if you can make contributions in the southern expedition this time, you should also be careful not to get too close to these important ministers without knowing the holy will."

Otherwise, once the person you rely on loses ground in the matter of establishing an heir, then all the efforts we have made may be in vain.

Today's emperor is a Ming monarch, but he is also quite suspicious, because he himself is also usurping power and standing on his own, so don't stand in line in the matter of establishing a prince, as long as you are loyal to the emperor. ”

Wang Huaqiang solemnly saluted: "The child remembers the teachings of Ah Da. ”

Wang He said so many words in one breath, he was also a little tired at this time, and yawned unconsciously, after Wang Huaqiang helped his father to sleep, he walked out of the room, and there was no one in the courtyard outside, unconsciously, the sky was dark, Wang Huaqiang looked up at the stars in the clear night sky, his heart fluctuated, and his thoughts were thousands.

More than five months later, in late November, outside Guangling City (now Yangzhou, Jiangsu) north of the Yangtze River, the company camped for hundreds of miles, from the Wuzhou Governor's Mansion in the city to the north bank of the Yangtze River.

On the line from Guangling to Lujiang (now Hefei, Anhui), more than 300,000 Sui troops had been fully deployed, and as soon as the order to cross the river was reached, they would cross the river to destroy Chen.

In a reed swing three miles on the other side of the quarry rock in the south of the Yangtze River, Wang Huaqiang was dressed in a black tight water back, and Wang Xu, who was also wearing a black water back, stayed together, two pairs of blazing eyes, staring at more than ten Chen Dynasty warships on the river.

Last time, Wang Xuan was conscripted into the court, and Yang Jian played against him, and put forward his own plan on the spot to smuggle first, convene the old department, and receive the army to cross the river.

After Wang Xuan got this appointment, he immediately found Wang Huaqiang, and the two acted as agreed, and with the 300,000 yuan that fell from the sky, Wang Xuan agreed without saying a word to the three brothers of the Wang family and more than 100 Wang family's merchant guards to enter his troops.

Since the Wang brothers were all natives of Guanzhong and did not practice water, Wang Xuan specially brought them to the Yangtze River in advance to practice swimming skills day and night.

For more than two months, the brothers of the Wang family have choked a lot of Yangtze River water, from landlubbers to white stripes in the waves, even if they cross the river in the dark, as long as the wind and waves are not too urgent, they can swim across half of the Yangtze River.

At the same time, 500 sets of leather armor and weapons have also been built and shipped to Jiangbei at the end of last month.

There are more than 600 people in the troops of Wang Xuan and Wang Huaqiang, and 500 sets of armor and ordnance are enough to use, and the remaining more than 100 sets of weapons and leather armor are also being hurried up in the camp these days, and they can be prepared in two or three days.