Yang Guanggang picked up the wine glass, Queen Xiao's question made him groan, put down the wine glass and sighed: "Lian doesn't know."

"Your Majesty, the proverb itself is a very illusory thing, saying that it is surnamed Li, there are not millions of people with the surname Li in the world, but there are also 100,000 people with the surname Li, and they may not be officials, and there are also people surnamed Li among the rebels, such as Li Hongzhi in Guanzhong, Li Zitong in Jianghuai, maybe it's them, and some small soldiers surnamed Li in the army, today are the soldiers of the Great Sui, maybe they will pull the flag and rebel next year, and there are some people, he himself is not surnamed Li, but maybe he used to be surnamed Li, and the concubine means that His Majesty is so suspicious that the ministers are panicked, On the contrary, it will make them think about the way back for themselves, the killing of Li Hun and Li Min has shaken the government and the opposition, and the civil and military people of the Manchu Dynasty are in danger, Your Majesty should comfort them at this time and remove the fear of the ministers. ”

The reason why Dugu Zhen opened up the relationship with Empress Xiao at all costs is because only Empress Xiao can persuade Yang Guang, although Yang Guang does not like to listen to advice, but it is not absolute, he sometimes listens to the opinions of his wife Empress Xiao.

Yang Guang was silent, and Empress Xiao persuaded him again, "Although the concubine has lived in the palace for a long time, she also knows that the world is not peaceful, and the external troubles are Nanping, at this time, it is even more necessary to maintain the unity of the monarch and the ministers. ”

Yang Guang was silent, and Empress Xiao didn't persuade him more, so the family finished their lunch in silence.

Yang Guang returned to the imperial study, pacing back and forth, his wife Empress Xiao's persuasion touched him, hearing the proverb, his instinctive idea was to put on the Guanlong nobles, this is because he has decided in his bones that the Guanlong nobles are his biggest threat, killing Li Hun and Li Min, although it is related to the proverbs, but at the same time, he also wants to take the opportunity to clean the Guanlong nobles.

But there are disadvantages and advantages in everything, and it is indeed easy for him to cause the ministers to be in danger when they kill like this, and they still have to kill, but they can't be so urgent, they have to take their time, and after the ministers forget the proverbial case, they will find other excuses to kill, as long as the rhythm of killing is lengthened and slowed down, it will not cause the ministers to be in danger.

At this time, a eunuch reported at the door, "Your Majesty, Li Yuan stayed in Taiyuan and asked to see you!" ”

Hearing the name Li Yuan, the corners of Yang Guang's mouth twitched unconsciously, this is also one of the targets he wants to kill, he originally wanted to find an excuse to kill him during this inspection of Taiyuan, but at this time, Xiao Houzhi's persuasion made Yang Guang change his mind, he could use Li Yuan to appease the self-danger of the ministers first, and then find an excuse to kill Li Yuan later.

"Announce his audience!"

After a moment, Li Yuan walked into the imperial study quickly, knelt down on his knees, and respectfully kowtowed to Yang Guang, "Minister Li Yuan knocks to see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live!" ”

Yang Guang could feel the fear in Li Yuan's heart at this time, and he smiled, "Aiqing doesn't have to make a big salute, let's take care of it!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Yuan stood up and said: "The minister only received the imperial court document a few days ago, Your Majesty inspected Taiyuan, and it was too late to prepare, please forgive the minister for poor reception." ”

"You don't feel anything wrong, you don't have to blame yourself."

Yang Guang didn't say anything more, Li Yuan didn't know what to report for a while, there was a short silence in the room, although it was only a short moment, it still made Li Yuan spend his time like a year, his back was already soaked, Yang Guang asked lightly: "Are there bandits in Hedong?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there are dozens of rebel bandits in the Hedong region, but most of them are weaker, and there are three rebel bandits with slightly greater strength, one is Liu Miao King of Lishi County, followed by Lingqiu Zhai Songbai, and there are Jiangjun Jingpantuo and Chai Baoshi, among which Jingpantuo is the most powerful, with more than 100,000 people."

"Is there one in Taiyuan County?"

"Originally, there were three or four branches in Taiyuan County, with no more than a thousand people, all of whom were exterminated by the ministers, and now there is not a single rebel bandit in Taiyuan."

Yang Guang glanced at him, and said coldly: "Lishi County is on the side of Taiyuan, and Jiangjun is also south of Taiyuan, since you are staying in Taiyuan, why don't you go to suppress bandits?" ”

"Without His Majesty's will, the minister will not dare to do it."

"It's not okay to cross the border to suppress bandits without authorization, but you can apply to the Ministry of War, and with the approval of the Ministry of War, you can go to Lishi County and Jiangxian County to suppress bandits, why don't you apply?"

Li Yuan lowered his head, and only after a while did he whisper: "Don't dare!" ”

Yang Guang showed a smile on his face, he knew why Li Yuan didn't dare, cross-border bandit suppression had become a common excuse for Yang Xuangan, Yuan Hongsi, Yang Yuanqing and others, so he didn't dare, this was indeed a timid and cautious person.

Yang Guang wanted to kill Li Yuan because his surname was Li, and he would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of one person, but Li Yuan himself was a cowardly and cowardly person, Yang Guang was not too wary of him, and he could use Li Yuan to appease the ministers.

"Although the bandits in Hedong are not fierce, but you can't take them lightly, the United Nations will allow you to suppress the bandits across the border, seal you as the ambassador of the Hedong Road, give you a year, and give the United to completely quell the Hedong bandits, a year later, if there is another bandit in Hedong, then the blame will be ruthless!"

Although Yang Guang didn't say it explicitly, Li Yuan still heard it, Yang Guang will kill him next year, the reason is that it is unfavorable to suppress the bandits, he felt a chill in his heart, but his face was full of emotion and loyalty, "The minister must live up to the holy hope and exterminate the Hedong bandits as soon as possible." ”

Li Yuan slowly retreated, Yang Guang looked at Li Yuan's back, the killing intent flickered, but slowly calmed down, killing this person had to wait a little longer.

Three days later, Yang Guang's inspection team continued to go north, rested in Fenyang Palace for a few days, in mid-July, 100,000 inspection troops arrived at the south bank of the Purple River, which is still the territory of Mayi County, dozens of miles away in the north is the towering Great Wall, which was built in three years of the Great Cause, stretching from the Purple River to Yulin, more than 200 miles long, walking west along the Great Wall, and arriving at Yulin County in two days.

But at this time, Yang Guang was not in a hurry to go to Yulin County, or he did not dare to go to Yulin County rashly, although he kept saying that he would inspect Yulin County, but Yulin County was already Yang Yuanqing's sphere of influence, and he had to think twice.

The next day, Yulin County Taishou Wang Hongzhi rushed to Yang Guang station, was led to Liuhe City, Wang Hongzhi was born in Taiyuan Wang, Yulin County Taishou has been six years, originally lived a mediocre life, but after Yang Yuanqing's power expanded eastward, he was pushed to the forefront.

He was very nervous in his heart, the year before last he signed the joint defense agreement of the six counties of Guanbei, and was warned by the imperial court, but was not disposed of, and last year Fengzhou expanded eastward and included the entire Hetao Plain, but he was powerless to stop it, he simply didn't know how to explain it to the saint, but he had to come again.

"Minister Yulin County Taishou Wang Hongzhi See Your Majesty!"

Wang Hongzhi lowered his head, didn't dare to look at Yang Guang's face, and waited for Yang Guang's anger tremblingly, but unexpectedly, Yang Guang was not angry, but in a gentle tone, "Wang Aiqing is exempt from courtesy." ”

Wang Hongzhi was so ashamed that he fell to his knees and cried: "The minister is cowardly and incompetent, and he failed to protect Yulin County for His Majesty, and the minister is guilty!" ”

Yang Guang wanted to push Wang Hongzhi out and behead him, but he still needed to use Wang Hongzhi now, so he couldn't hold back his anger, but Wang Hongzhi's kneeling confession was beyond his expectations.

"Wang Aiqing, please get up, Lian now wants to know about the situation in Yulin County, I heard that Yang Yuanqing has built five new cities along the Yellow River, right?"

Wang Hongzhi stood up and said: "Indeed, since the beginning of last year, he has built five new cities on the north bank of the Yellow River, which are very fast, continuing the Han name, called Xi'an County, Chengyi County, Anliang County, Linwo County and Heyang County, he appointed the county commander himself, and garrisoned troops in the city, each city garrisoned at least 3,000 people, and stored a large amount of materials, food and military materials, he said to defend against the Turks. ”

"Defend against the Turks?"

Yang Guang sneered, "That's the excuse for his eastward expansion." ”

"Yes! The minister thought so in his heart. ”

Yang Guang glared at him fiercely, but he still held back the anger in his heart, and asked again, "Then where is he now?" Is it in Yulin County? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, he is not in Yulin County now, he should go back to Fengzhou."

Yang Yuanqing was not in Yulin County, which made Yang Guang's heart relax slightly, and he continued to ask: "How many garrisons are there in Yulin County, and how many county soldiers are under your command?" ”

Wang Hongzhi lowered his head in shame, "There is no soldier in the hands of the ministers, and the army of Yulin County is controlled by him, and there are currently 3,000 garrisons in Yulin County." ”

"What's the use of letting you be a taishou in that union?"

Yang Guang finally couldn't help but get angry, and slapped the table, "Come on, drag this useless person out and behead him!" ”

Dozens of guards rushed in and dragged Wang Hongzhi out, Wang Hongzhi was so frightened that he begged loudly, "Your Majesty spare your life!" Spare your life! ”

"Slash!" Yang Guang was merciless, and his anger was vented on this useless Taishou.

After a while, with a scream, the guards came in and reported, "Your Majesty, the man has been beheaded."

Yang Guangtie's face was blue, and his anger did not subside, and he immediately shouted: "The will of the Chuan Lian, the army is marching towards Yulin County!" ”

Just when the 100,000 patrol army marched along the Great Wall to the direction of Yulin County, a grassland falcon flew over the Sui Dynasty army, climbed over the Great Wall, and continued to fly north for more than 300 miles.

The falcon flew through the large camps, and finally under the guidance of the eagle flute, flew to a huge tent covering several acres, which was the Turkic king's tent, and in front of the king's tent stood a young man, with golden helmets and golden armor, and his eyes were as cold as an eagle, he was the Turkic Shibi Khan.

Shibi Khan stretched out his arm, the falcon chirped, and its wings landed on his arm, and Shibi Khan removed a roll of sheepskin tied to the eagle's leg.

The sheepskin was full of information, and he read it again, his eyes were full of smug smiles, and the Great Sui Emperor Yang Guang actually appeared in Saibei, which was like a fat group of deer running in front of the hunter.

"Pass my orders, and the army is ready to go!"