On the wide, mud-covered gallop, wheelbarrows covered with tarpaulins, ox carts loaded with grain and hay, and huge grain flats on the Sanggan water, staggered and creaked forward.

The sky was drizzling, the barren fields and roadside ditches were full of rain, and the city of Youzhou in the distance showed a vague outline.

The army and the people of the Sui Dynasty marched forward in the mud, braved the drizzle, accompanied by shouts and curses, mixed with the crackling of leather whips and the creaking of axles, like an avalanche.

From time to time, the ditches on both sides of the road could be seen filled with the corpses of livestock and people, and the ox carts on four wheels facing the sky, and each person's face was only numb, death was only a routine for them, and the corpses in the ravines were as familiar as the weeds on the roadside.

There was a bare hill not far from the gallop, and Yang Yuanqing immediately watched the group of soldiers marching towards the north on this hill, waving flags, and the black team was boundless.

There was also a low sigh behind him, and when Yang Yuanqing turned around, he saw Su Lie looking at the distant army with a melancholy face, and his eyes were stunned.

"Do you want to go to Goryeo too?" Yang Yuanqing asked with a slight smile.

"I just hate that I can't lead 5,000 horsemen to take Pyongyang and behead the king of Goryeo!"

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "There will be such a day, but not now, let's go!" ”

He turned his horse's head and went down the hill, and as soon as he got down the hill, he saw several horses galloping in the distance, and immediately seemed to be several eunuchs.

"Mr. Yang!" The eunuch also saw him and cried out.

Several eunuchs urged their horses to rush up, panting and saying, "Chief Yang, we are looking for you everywhere!" ”

"Why, is the Holy One going to see me?"

"Chief Manager Yang, please go to Linshuo Palace quickly, and the Holy Lord will summon you to meet you!"

"Let's go!"

Yang Yuanqing urged the horse and galloped towards the direction of Linshuo Palace.

Not long after, the group rushed to the front of Linshuo Palace, but in front of the palace gate met Zhuojun Taishou Cui Hongsheng, he saw Cui Hongsheng's face full of sadness, his heart was strange, so he stepped forward and said: "What happened to Cui Taishou?" ”

"Hey! My old bones, but the saint praised me for being old and strong, and I was just named the general of our school inspection Zuo Wuwei, and ordered me to lead the army to the battle! Cui Hongsheng smiled bitterly, he saw that there were eunuchs behind Yang Yuanqing, and he didn't dare to talk nonsense.

"What about Zhuojun Taishou? Who will be in charge? Yang Yuanqing hurriedly asked.

"Zhuojun Taishou is still me, and I have not been dismissed during my absence, and Li Yuan, the Shaoqing of Weiwei Temple, is temporarily replaced."

'Li Yuan! Why is it him again? , Yang Yuanqing secretly thought in his heart.

"Chief Yang, the Holy Lord is in a hurry." The eunuch next to him was urging him again.

"I see!"

Yang Yuanqing glanced at the eunuch and said to Cui Hongsheng: "I hope Cui Taishou will take care all the way and return safely." ”

"Thank you!"

Cui Hongsheng sighed and walked outside the palace, Yang Yuanqing looked at his back and walked away, but a thought jumped out of his heart, "Could it be that Yang Guang also wants to make his own expedition?" ，

In the imperial study, Emperor Yang Guangzheng explained some arrangements to Li Yuan for Zhuojun, Li Yuan was transferred to the guard Shaoqing in April to be responsible for the military and honor guards, and when the war broke out, he was also extremely busy, Yang Guang saw that he was quite capable, and he was low-key, never interacted with the Yuan family, and he was honest and loyal, so he decided to make him temporarily replace the Zhuojun Taishou and assist Yang Yuanqing to stabilize the rear for himself.

"Zhuojun is the rear of this Liaodong campaign, there will be a large number of people crossing the border to stabilize the people's hearts is the first thing for Zhuojun to guard, followed by food and material security, I don't want any accidents."

"Obey the order!"

At this time, a eunuch walked to the door and reported, "Chief Yang has arrived!" ”

"Announce him in."

Yang Guang as the emperor, he will never allow a faction to become bigger, whether it is the cabinet or Zhuojun, he hopes that the power can contain each other, Yang Yuanqing is behind the Shandong Shi clan, and Cui Hongsheng is also an important figure in the Shandong Shi clan, which violates his principle of power containment, so he wants to transfer Cui Hongsheng away, and transfer Li Yuan, who is a Guanlong nobleman, to the position of Taishou.

In fact, Yang Guang's real purpose is not to erase the Guanlong nobles from the political arena, he just hopes to completely cripple the Guanlong nobles, remove their backbones, change them into the Guanlong scholars, and confront the Shandong scholars and the southern scholars, so that the three major interest groups of the Great Sui will be firmly in his hands, and the Great Sui Dynasty can be stable for a long time.

Therefore, on the one hand, he is cracking down on the Guanlong nobles, and on the other hand, he is using the Guanlong nobles, cracking down on the strong and unruly among them, such as the Yuan clan and others, and at the same time reusing the gentle faction and the weak among them, such as Li Yuan.

At this time, Yang Yuanqing walked into the room and bowed, "Minister Yang Yuanqing see Your Majesty!" ”

"Yang Aiqing is exempt from courtesy!"

Yang Guang pointed at Li Yuan and said with a slight smile: "Back then, you and Li Shaoqing repaired Fenyang Palace together, and they cooperated very well, this time I asked Li Shaoqing to temporarily replace Zhuojun Taishou, I hope you two can stabilize the rear of Zhuojun for me, and don't make any mistakes." ”

"The minister will do his best!"

At this time, Li Yuan gave Yang Yuanqing a deep salute and said, "I hope that Manager Yang will take care of it." ”

"Each other! Each other! I also hope that Li Shaoqing will take more care. ”

Yang Guang nodded and said to Li Yuan: "Li Shaoqing will step back first, and I will have a few more words to Manager Yang." ”

Li Yuan hurriedly retreated, and the imperial study became extremely quiet, Yang Guang pondered for a long time and asked, "I want to know, how much power is left of the Yuan family in Youzhou?" ”

"Your Majesty, sixty percent has been completed, as well as Beiping County and Yuyang County."

"Why is it going so slowly, it's already March." Yang Guang's tone was slightly displeased.

"Back to Your Majesty, now is the most critical moment of the Liaodong Campaign, and the minister does not want to rush it, so as not to cause turmoil and affect the Liaodong Campaign."

Yang Yuanqing and Yang Guang have been together for many years, and they already have a deep understanding of his style of crossing the river and demolishing bridges, if he clears the Yuan family forces prematurely, Yang Guang should transfer him away, and leave a little leeway for himself to do things.

For him, the Battle of Liaodong is the best shield, and he can use the Battle of Liaodong to resist anything, which is also Yang Guang's weakness.

Yang Yuanqing undoubtedly grasped Yang Guang's weakness, and for a while, Yang Guang couldn't say a word, so he had to say helplessly: "It's rare that you are so cautious, it means that I didn't use the wrong person, I hope you will keep Youzhou for me, don't let me down, go!" ”

Yang Guang waved his hand and let Yang Yuanqing retreat, Yang Guang was a little tired, leaned on the soft couch and closed his eyes, he was going to set off tomorrow, his mind was messy, and he needed to sort it out.

Yang Guang appointed Yang Yuanqing to such an important place as Youzhou, not because he trusted Yang Yuanqing, on the contrary, he was even more jealous of Yang Yuanqing in his heart, because Yang Yuanqing used his resignation to force him to compromise, and when Yang Yuanqing was still useful to him, he had to give in.

But it was this kind of coerced concession that made Yang Guang feel angry about Yang Yuanqing in his heart, but when he thought of the upcoming Liaodong Campaign, he had to put Yang Yuanqing's matter aside, and could only wait for the war to think about it slowly.

At this time, the eunuch Li Zhongliang put a bowl of enthusiastic ginseng tea on the imperial case and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it's time to drink tea." ”

Yang Guang sat up, picked up the tea bowl and drank it slowly, and suddenly asked Li Zhongliang, "You said that if I restore the pawn system, will the benefits outweigh the disadvantages, or will the disadvantages outweigh the advantages?" ”

Li Zhongliang hurriedly said: "The old slave doesn't understand the government and doesn't dare to speak falsely!" ”

"Hmm!"

Yang Guang snorted and said to himself: "At the beginning, Yuwenshu proposed to me to restore the Southern Dynasty pawn system, but in fact, I didn't approve of it, because I have supervised the imperial history, which is enough to be stronger than the villain system of pawns, but ..... But it doesn't necessarily work. ”

Yang Guang sighed, his eyes were full of contradictions, maybe he was too focused, but he didn't notice the cold gaze in Li Zhongliang's eyes beside him.

Eunuchs are like a group of people living in a corner, and most of their lowly status and distorted physiology are filled with darkness in their inner world, and this darkness is firmly imprisoned in the depths of their hearts, and if there is a flaw in the system, then this darkness will burst out of their hearts. Greedily devouring sweet as poison power.

In the Sui Dynasty, this kind of darkness did not have a chance to break out of the cocoon, but they occasionally quietly revealed such a little shadow.

Li Zhongliang's heart was full of resentment, which came from both Yang Yuanqing's iron fist and Yang Guang's ruthlessness.

His nephew Han Chi found him last night and cried, he was deprived of military power, returned to the military headquarters, and is now sitting on a cold seat outside the military headquarters waiting for reappointment, and in front of him, there are hundreds of officers who are also waiting for reappointment, when will it be his turn?

I fought for him, but he treated me mercilessly and unjustly. ，

This is the accusation of his nephew Han Chi, which makes Li Zhong's conscience full of hatred, he has told Yang Guang that his nephew was cleaned by Yang Yuanqing, but Yang Guang laughed it off, it was not taken seriously at all, and he lost his use value, his nephew became worse than a dog, and the cold reality was full of desire for revenge in his heart, but he did not dare to target Yang Guang for this revenge, and his goal turned to Yang Yuanqing, who cleaned his nephew.

Li Zhongliang left the imperial study quickly, the inside and outside of the imperial study were messy, and the eunuchs were busy packing up and preparing to leave for Liaodong tomorrow.

He came to the outer hall of Ziwei Palace, and saw a guard officer sitting on the white jade railing from afar, his legs were a little inconvenient, this person was Yuwen Zhihe, the second son of Yuwen Shu, he thought that his father's merits and re-entered the palace as a guard, and became a general of the straight hall, but behind him was jokingly called 'lame general, and his lame leg was the memorial left in the martial arts case that year.

"What is General Yuwen thinking?" Li Zhongliang appeared in Yuwen Zhi and said with a smile.

Yu Wenzhi and when he turned around and saw that it was Li Zhongliang, he was startled and hurriedly saluted, "It turned out to be Gonggong Li!" ”

Li Zhongliang squinted his eyes and smiled and asked, "What about your father?" When did he leave? ”

"Father will set off at the same time as the Holy Driver tomorrow, does Gonggong Li want to find my father?"

"I have news for him."

Li Zhongliang saw that there was no one left and right, so he whispered to Yuwen Zhiji: "Tell your father that the saint is actually very jealous of Yang Yuanqing, and he wants to find someone who can monitor Yang Yuanqing." ”

[This month's history list monthly ticket battle is tragic, and I hope that book friends will pull the old high]