The End of the Sui Dynasty

Everyone turned their heads to look at the voice, only to see that it was coming from the back of the hall.

Looking at each other, some people know each other, but there are many more people who don't know each other.

The owner of that voice was Yang Li, the son of Yang Wu, the commander of the Xiaoguo Army outside the hall before, at this time, this young man of the imperial family, who was only twenty-five or sixteen, had a red face and a heart in his heart, but he still raised his head and looked directly at the clan brother who sat on the dragon chair in the main hall without authorization.

"Oh!" Yang Lai raised his eyebrows, and looked at Yang Li coldly, "You said that this king is sitting in the wrong position?" This king doesn't know who you are, but what is your position? In fact, the Yang family of the royal family is not prosperous, and Yang Lai naturally recognizes Yang Li, who is from the royal family.

However, at the beginning, he had sent someone to win over Yang Li's old son Yang Wu, but Yang Wu was a little ignorant and didn't accept his kindness. Yang Kan touched a nail, thinking that Xiaoguo Jun only had one name left now, so he simply ignored him. But I didn't expect that in this full hall today, even Wei Wensheng and the others had not spoken, and Yang Li, who was standing at the very end, actually dared to point fingers at himself.

It was the first time for Yang Li to participate in such an occasion, and the civil and military forces in the hall were all important ministers of the imperial court.

Even his father was just standing in the middle and back position, and when he heard Yang Lai's stern questioning, Yang Li was a little nervous, and the sweat on his forehead flowed down.

"His Royal Highness the King of Liao, the lower official is the general of the Wupin Yongwu Lang from the Zuo Beishen Mansion, and the lower official does not mean to be disrespectful to His Royal Highness, but just reminds His Highness. Only the Son of Heaven can sit on the dragon chair, but no one else can sit on it. According to the law of the Great Sui, even if His Majesty can't be reasonable, there is a prince, the prince can't be a director, and there is a prime minister. And even if it is a representative of the Son of Heaven, he cannot sit in that position, according to the law, he should set up a seat under the platform, and act as the director of the Son of Heaven. And if you sit on the dragon chair without permission, that is. It is. The latter sentence originally wanted to say that if Sī sat on the dragon chair, it would be the crime of rebellion, but in the end, this hot-blooded royal child still didn't say it. Because he saw that his father was glaring at him in shock and anger, and kept glaring at him, and that gaze contained infinite horror.

"Rebel, is there a place for you to speak in this great hall? Don't hurry up and apologize to His Highness! Yang Wu was terrified in his heart, although he had won the emperor's trust in the past, he was the commander of the Xiaoguo Army. But no matter how much he trusted, his background also limited him. Although he is a royal family, he is not very close, and he does not even have a prince. But because of the restrictions of the imperial family, it is unlikely that he will ever sit in those prominent positions in the court.

In his opinion, whether it is the Dongdu faction of Yang Han, the king of Liao, or the Guanlong faction of Chang'an, the battle of these people is a fight between the gods and goddesses at the upper level, and a small leader of his can now be entangled in it. Once you get involved, you really don't even know how you died.

Yang Lai nodded expressionlessly, "Well, this king understands what you mean." ”

Yang Wu looked at Yang Lai and finally breathed a sigh of relief when he didn't dig deeper, but Pei Yun, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs who was standing on the right, walked out again.

"Your Royal Highness, Yang Li, the martial arts general of the Zuobei Mansion, is out of honor in the palace, has no respect and humility, disregards the etiquette of the ministers, and asks His Royal Highness to lower his guilt and punishment!" The main hall, which had been quiet, moved again. Everyone heard what Pei Yun meant, he was going to kill the chicken and make an example of the monkey, of course the chicken was this Yang Li, and as for the monkey, it could be everyone in this highness. Guan Jian depends on how everyone reacts, and everyone looks at Pei Yun at this time, with a hint of complexity in their eyes. Unexpectedly, Pei Yun was so ruthless, and as soon as he made a move, he would send a little Wu Yonglang into hell.

Yang Kan said coldly, "Pei Shangshu is wrong, there is no dignity and humility, and the court will have no prestige." Someone came, and pulled Yang Li down to the court staff for twenty as a punishment. ”

The row of golden gourd warriors guarding the door was Yang Zhen's people. Hearing this, he immediately walked over and dragged Yang Li outside the hall. After a while, the sound of a battle was heard, but after a few blows, a samurai walked in.

"Your Highness, Yang Li's body is too weak to help fighting, and he has run out of gas after only hitting three sticks." As soon as these words came out, the ministers in the palace were shocked.

Before, Yang Han pulled Yang Li out to beat twenty sticks, although all the ministers felt that it was a bit excessive. But twenty rods will never kill anyone, and the crowd can barely accept it. But right now, the three canes have killed a Praetorian General from the fifth rank. This is already very obvious, this is clearly a deliberate murder and death. When the first emperor killed the general Shi Wansui, he used this trick. When the cane was killed, but there were many canes back then, but now he was killed with only three canes. This is no longer just murder, but a red luǒluǒ deterrent. …,

Yang Wu, the commander of the Xiaoguo Army, had a dark look in his eyes, and he almost went over. Pointing at Pei Yun, he scolded, "Dog thief, you are deliberately murdering the court official." ”

Pei Yun yīnyīn smiled, "Lord Yang, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense." Under this golden palace, how can you allow your blood to spurt out? Obviously, your son is too useless, and he is a general from the fifth rank with the body of Zuo Beifu, but he can't even stand the three rods, and he doesn't know how such a person got into the Praetorian Guard. You don't have a good review of yourself now, and you still dare to come here to slander this official, you should think that this official is afraid that you will not succeed? ”

Saying that, Pei Yun saluted Yang Lai in the dragon chair, "Your Highness, the commander of the Xiaoguo Army has no way to teach his son, so he was rude in the palace before." Now his son is too weak to stand the cane, but he is spitting people in this golden palace and slandering his own officials. This official wants to play Yang Wu here, despise the imperial court, follow the sī fraud, and let his frail son steal the position of an important general of the Praetorian Guard. I also want to accuse him of slandering the minister in the Golden Palace, and ask His Highness to investigate it. ”

A cruel smile flashed on Yang Lai's face, "Since this is the case, then pull Yang Wu down, and he will be punished for twenty." The pair of ministers drank one-on-one, but they were playing a double reed. Just beat Yang Wu's son to death, and now he wants to kill Yang Wu as well, this is already a complete example. The hall was shocked for a while, just three canes killed a Lang general from the fifth grade, and now Yang Lai actually ordered Yang Wu to be pulled out of the cane again, and the ministers don't have to guess to know what the result will be once they pull people out.

Yang Wu is not a small horn, he is a very trusted figure by the emperor's side. In his hands, he is the most personal guard beside the two emperors, the Xiaoguo Army and the black-clothed Iron Guard. According to the system, the Xiaoguo army has 20,000 soldiers and horses, and although the number of black-clothed iron guards is 5,000, they have extremely heavy rights. In terms of title, Yang Wu is the prince of the country, and in terms of grade, Yang Wu is also a purple-robed minister from the third grade. Not only did he do that...... The minister who has real power and has the position of duke from Sanpin, even Shangshu Province and Chu Department have no right to dispose of it.

It must be disposed of by the Emperor.

But now, Yang Lai is just a prince, but he actually wants to openly execute such an important minister of the court, which can't help but make the ministers in the palace feel panicked. Especially at this time, several high-ranking officers of the Xiaoguo Army and the Black-clothed Iron Guard have already stood up, Yang Wu is their boss, if they don't stand up at this time, when will it be.

A team of Golden Temple Guards had already walked in.

Yang Wu is all open, angry and angry!

There was a roar in the Golden Palace, "Who dares!" Throwing off those shì guards, Yang Wu glared at Yang Lai on the seat and said, "Yang Lai, you are just a wave of Prince Dàng." At that time, he was disliked by the emperor and was detained in the palace, and later he was relegated to the land of Liaodong. Just for you, you also want to sit on the dragon chair? Don't? According to my Great Sui system, when the son of today reigns, he may be succeeded by someone else. After His Majesty, there is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, even if the Prince is really unlucky, according to the system, there will be the eldest son of the Prince Wude to succeed to the throne. Today, the prince of Yuande has three people, Yang Tan, the king of Yan, Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and Yang Yu, the acting king, all of whom are dragons and phoenixes among people. Especially Yan Wang Tan, His Majesty is very fond of it, sensitive and beautiful, His Majesty is especially loved among the grandchildren, and he is always around, and now he is in Taiyuan. If you can't be a director today, according to the system, you should be listened to by Yan Wang Yang Tan and assisted by hundreds of officials, when will it be your turn Yang Lai's child. ”

"Presumptuous, bold!"

Yang Kan was furious, displeased by the emperor, and was the biggest shame in his life. Now that it was revealed by Yang Wu, he couldn't help but be annoyed and angry. What's more, Yang Wu actually said that the position under the buttocks should be sat by King Yan now, and he couldn't sit on it, how could this be reasonable.

"This king is the son-in-law of His Majesty, and he is the only son of His Majesty now. Yang Wu, this king sees that you are suspicious, come to someone, pull down the cane and punish you. ”

Several shì guards poured in outside the hall, and the situation in the hall was extremely tense for a while.

"Hahaha!"

In the tense hall, there was a sudden burst of laughter.

Everyone looked over, but saw Li Shimin, the general of the Zuotun Guard, who had an empty sleeve in the purple robe, laughing. The face full of scars smiled but was no longer as handsome as it used to be, and all that was left was hideous.

Li Shimin walked between Yang Wu and the shì guards with steady steps, stretched out his one-arm and patted the shoulder of one of the shì guards, "This physique is a little weak, I'm afraid it's a little unqualified to serve as the shì guard of the Golden Palace." His Royal Highness the King of Liao, if you are short of manpower, this official can draw some good hands from Zuotunwei to you. Although my left guard is not full now, the Hedong army still has a large number of generals, and all of them are fierce and fierce, and it seems that they are much stronger than these Golden Palace guards of His Royal Highness the King of Liao. ”…,

Li Shimin inserted a tuǐ, but he immediately attracted the attention of His Highness to himself.

Li Shimin's sudden intervention made the corners of Pei Yun's mouth twitch a few times. He originally thought that Wei Wensheng and other people from the Chang'an faction would definitely stand up, and he had already set a countermeasure. It was by no means an accident that he killed Yang Wu under the Golden Palace today, even if Yang Li didn't stand up and speak today, they had already planned to find a way to get rid of Yang Wu in the Golden Palace today. Originally, he wanted to remove Yang Wu from his position, but because of Yang Li's previous incident, it just gave them an excuse, and they simply planned to get rid of it together.

The Xiaoguo Army and the black-clothed iron guard in Yang Wu's hands were the guards in the palace, and they were the last men and horses responsible for protecting the emperor. Yang Wu has always refused to fall to the King of Liao, which has already made Pei Yun and others dissatisfied, this time he planned early... Okay, take down his Xiaoguo army and the black-clad Iron Guard. It's just that I didn't expect that the Li family, which should have been neutral at this time, made another move.

Yang Lai stood up from the dragon chair and stared at Li Shimin uncertainly. The Li family's power in Taiyuan is too great, if it was in Luoyang at this time, he would never be afraid of the Li family. But now in Taiyuan, the Li family's old nest, this can't help but make him jealous of the Li family, which has more than 100,000 soldiers.

Now that everything has reached the critical moment of seeking the throne, at this time, he doesn't want to make extraneous branches, let alone let the Li family, a force that can break the stability of the force, stand on the opposite side of him.

Although Li Shimin only said a few words that were out of touch, he had already expressed his attitude when he stood up at this time. Although Yang Kan and the others still didn't understand why the Li family suddenly stood behind Yang Wu to support him, at this time, for the sake of big things, Yang Yan could only take a step back.

"Yang Wu has no way to teach his son, and the Golden Palace is rude, this king Nian You are also an old minister in the court, and you are also the elder of the royal family of this king. This time, the king will not investigate deeply, and the twenty court staff will be exempted, but it cannot be without punishment, otherwise where is the law and discipline of the court? Now this king decrees, temporarily remove Yang Wu Xiaoguo from the post of general of the army and the commander of the black-clothed iron guard, and reflect on it at home. Li Jiancheng took over as the commander of the Xiaoguo Army, and Pei Xingyan took over as the commander of the black-clothed iron guard. ”

Although he didn't understand why Li Shimin intervened in this matter, the Li family has a huge influence in the delicate situation in Taiyuan today. Yang Lai, the king of Liao, also had to be cautious, and finally after receiving Pei Yun's eyes, he took a step back.

dismissed Yang Wu from his duties, and installed his own henchmen generals, and Pei Xingyan, the son of General Zuo Wuwei, took over the position of black-clothed iron guard with huge power. And in order to appease the Li family who suddenly made a move, Yang Lai handed over the official position of the fourth rank of the real power to Li Yuanyan's eldest son. The Xiaoguo army has 20,000 soldiers, and as a Praetorian Guard, its status is very important. However, now that the Xiaoguo Army only has 5,000 new personnel, Yang Lai doesn't care too much, and it is better to exchange such an empty position for the support of the Li family.

Li Shibi was silent.

All the people in the temple were silent.

Yang Lai was waiting for the Li family's response with anticipation, if the Li family took over the position of commander of the Xiaoguo Army, then the relationship between him and the Li family would be one step past the actual one. And Wei Wensheng, Yu Wenhua and other ministers of the Guanlong faction also stared at the Li family's father and son, if the Li family agreed to Yang Lai's proposal, the stability of the forces they were barely able to compete with Yang Lai would be broken immediately, and they would be completely in a weak position.

Quiet, as quiet as death.

About half an hour had passed, but everyone in the hall felt that a long time had passed.

"Hahaha!" Another burst of laughter rang out, but this time it was the voice of the old fox Li Yuan.

"Thank you for the court's attention to the dog, and the old minister thanked the dog on behalf of the dog." Li Yuan said a word, but he had already accepted the kindness of King Liao. For a time, in the Golden Palace, some people were happy and some were worried.