Although dozens of headlights were lit in the Liangyi Hall in the middle of the night, it still looked dim and cold.

Yang Guang sat alone in the dragon chair on the platform, wearing a purple and gold crown, wearing a Zhu Xuan robe, and holding a small stove in his two hands in his sleeves.

"Aiqing, what's the urgency to enter the palace to see me? Qing should know that I had ordered the confinement of the word door before, and if it was not a very urgent matter, he would enter the palace this time, but he would be punished. Yang Guang's voice was not loud, but he could still hear it clearly in the empty hall.

Gao Zhen is over sixty years old, full of gray hair, and the whole person is like a thin country old man. At this time, he was dressed in a purple official robe, holding a fold in his hand, and walked quickly to the bottom of the platform.

After the big salute, Gao Zhen raised the music in his hand above his head, and said in a trembling voice, "It is a crime to disturb Your Majesty's rest." In fact, this matter is a matter of urgency, and the minister did not dare to delay for half a moment, so he immediately rushed to the palace to face the saint. ”

"What's the big deal??" Yang Guang said disapprerovingly, Pei Yun had just had such a big incident. He estimated that this Gao Zhen was either here to intercede, or to attack Chen Kefu, anyway, it must have been for Chen Kefu's assassination.

Gao Zhen lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, someone wants to rebel!" ”

After speaking, Gao Zhen secretly looked at Yang Guang, thinking that Yang Guang would definitely be shocked by his opening words that he had been thinking about for a long time. Unexpectedly, at first glance, Yang Guang was not moved at all after hearing this, and still kept his hands in his sleeves for warmth, and he didn't even frown.

He thought that Yang Guang didn't hear clearly, so he hurriedly accentuated his voice a little: "Your Majesty, the minister rushed into the palace, because someone wanted to rebel, the minister came to report to Your Majesty!" ”

"Hmmm! I already knew that! Yang Guang nodded, "Gao Qing's family is here, is it here to kill relatives?" ”

Gao Zhen was stunned for a moment, bowed his head and kowtowed a few times, and said, "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't dare to have the slightest relationship with that Chen Wei." ”

"Chen Reverse? Which Chen reverse? Didn't Gao Qing come here to sue Pei Yun and Yuwen for rebellion? Yang Guang was also confused by the new imperial doctor, and he didn't understand how to pull out another Chen Rebellion. Could it be Chen Kefu?

"Your Majesty, when the minister wanted to impeach Chen Kefu, the Duke of Liao, and defended Liaodong, he changed his official position and set up an official system without authorization. According to the law of the great cause of the Great Sui, changing the official system without authorization and setting up an official system are all crimes of rebellion. The minister is here to impeach Chen Ke for the crime of conspiracy against him. While this person is still in Kyoto, he is just arrested to prevent the tiger from returning to the mountain. ”

Yang Guang smiled in his heart, and sure enough, as he expected, Gao Zhen still came for Pei Yun's business. It's just that I didn't expect to play the trick of encircling Wei to save Zhao. sneered twice, if Gao Zhen can't say a meridian today, then he will take this newly appointed imperial doctor to make an example of the monkey.

"Tell me what kind of official system Chen Kefu is, and what evidence do you have?" Yang Guang said that according to the system, the officials of the Yushitai have the right to impeach hundreds of officials. They don't need evidence to impeach the official nose, as long as they hear some rumors, they can be impeached. The next matter of investigation and evidence collection and trial is not in their hands. Therefore, the officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory are also called speech officials, and they belong to the people who can not be punished for their words. However, Yang Guang has always had no good impression of the imperial historian, not to mention that at this time he had already decided that Gao Zhen and Pei Yun were in a gang and colluded.

"Your Majesty, when Chen Kefu stayed in Liaodong, he changed the military system of my Great Sui. The 80,000 soldiers and horses were changed into divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, and companies, and new positions such as army commanders and division commanders were set up. He is guilty of treason. Please Your Majesty immediately issue an order to arrest Chen Kefu and convict him of treason. ”

Yang Guang snorted and said unhappily, "I already knew about this matter, and Chen Pojun had already explained this matter on the table. It is said that there were only 10,000 soldiers and horses in the broken military camp at that time, and there were not enough soldiers and horses, so more than 60,000 people were recruited into the army according to my edict. Due to the irregular establishment, it was changed to a temporary establishment to facilitate unified command. Facts have proved that Chen Pojun's actions were correct, and with 10,000 people, he not only captured Liaodong City, but also pacified Liaodong in the end. If you can pacify the Eastern Turks by changing the military system, I will also let you change it, how about it? ”

Gao Zhen had already discussed it with Pei Yun in detail when he came, and it was not that he didn't know that Yang Guang already knew, it was just that he did it on purpose. After pretending to be frightened and asking for a few crimes, he said, "The minister really doesn't know that Lord Chen has already played the matter of changing the military system, establishing new military positions, and establishing military ranks, and it was the minister's mistake that almost wronged the loyal minister." I really didn't expect that such a change would have such a big effect. It's no wonder that the Liaodong Army still has military ranks, and every time there is such a grand award ceremony. I heard that the officers and men of the Liaodong Army no longer regard the official positions given by the imperial court as correct, and they are all ranked according to their ranks. No wonder, no wonder Yang Guang was a little suspicious, "What is the military rank that Aiqing is talking about?" ”,

Gao Zhen pretended to be suspicious and said, "This military rank is a new thing when the military system was changed, no matter what official the lieutenant general and colonel of that army originally lived, in the Liaodong Army, it was only based on military rank." I heard that in the past, Chen Kefu's original broken military camp was in the fourth grade, Li Benlei and Li Jie were all from the fourth grade, and there were seventeen fifth-grade generals left. However, among the seventeen Lang generals, Chen Kefu's subordinates under the command of Chen Kefu were higher than those led by General Li Jie. Even Chen Kefu's subordinates, who were originally from the fifth rank and even the sixth grade, were awarded higher military ranks than the generals of Li Jie's subordinates. In the army, they are the fifth rank but can only be subordinated to the captain of the sixth grade. General Lang has to listen to the orders of the captain, which is also a strange thing, and General Chen Kefu is really unique in commanding the troops. ”

Gao Zhen said a lot there, but Yang Guang clearly heard what he meant. Chen Kefu used his military rank to promote his subordinates, ignoring the rank of the generals appointed by the imperial court, and instead judged the position by military rank. So that there is a strange phenomenon that the six products dominate the five products. Hearing this, Yang Guang couldn't help but ponder a little, the official system of the imperial court had already been customized.

In order to demonstrate the authority of the imperial court, if a general and official are doing this with Chen Kefu, then where is the authority of the imperial court? Wouldn't it become the Zhou royal family during the Warring States Period, just a dispensable thing?

"You said that the Liaodong Army still uses military ranks?" Yang Guang said coldly.

Gao Zhen was overjoyed, and finally said that the emperor's heart was up, and he nodded busily and said, "That's true, military ranks are still used in the Liaodong Army, and all Liaodong soldiers will be awarded military ranks after one month of enlistment." Every time you are promoted, you must also be promoted to a military rank, and there is a tradition in the Liaodong Army that a special ceremony will be held to confer the rank. The military rank is not nailed to the shoulder of the armor, and the Liaodong Army calls the military rank the official seal. They don't look at the size of the rank, they only look at the rank on the shoulders of the soldiers. It is said that even after a soldier is discharged from the army, he retains his rank.

The more Yang Guang listened, the more unhappy he became, and his face became more and more somber, "Do you know the specific rank of that military rank?" ”

"The minister inquired, and the highest one is the rank of the upper groove, and there are lieutenant generals, major generals, brigadier generals,

Colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, lieutenant, second lieutenant, warrant officer, sergeant, sergeant, corporal, private, private. The general is the highest, and the private is the lowest. Chen Kefu's military rank is general, and he is the only one in the Liaodong Army who has been awarded the rank of general, and the enlisted soldier is the lowest private. The rest are second lieutenants, brigade commanders are lieutenants, and infantry captains are captains. Moreover, it is said that in the Liaodong Army, whether it is the payment of food and salary allowances or the division of land among the government soldiers, they are all divided according to the rank of the army, not according to the level of the official position."

"Enough, needless to say. Is that what you're talking about? Yang Guang said impatiently.

Gao Zhen nodded, "This is the matter that the minister wants to impeach, the official system is formulated by the imperial court, how can it be set up by a certain general?" If it is a temporary addition in wartime, it can also explain a thing or two. But now that the war in Liaodong has been pacified for more than a year, the Liaodong Army still uses this set of military ranks, and it has not reported to the imperial court, which is contempt for the imperial court. This is ironclad evidence that he is trying to support his own army and vainly plot rebellion. ”

Yang Guang took over the movement. With a dark face, he said, "I already know about this, so don't tell the rumors for the time being." I'll take care of it, so step down! ”

When Gao Zhen withdrew from the hall, Yang Guang grabbed the piece in his hand and tore it to pieces. He took a few steps forward and shouted, "Someone, pass on Chen Ke's words to see me!" I want him to be there right away! ”

An inner shì on the side of the hall hurriedly answered, turned around and went out of the hall to deliver the decree.

Yang Guang stood with his hands behind his back and walked around the hall. At this time, his heart was full of anger, and he was very angry when Pei Que and Yu Wenque had just been assassinated by the palace gate. It's just that he wants to cut Yu Wenque and Pei Valve first, and Yang Guang doesn't care too much about the reaction of the two families. But when he just heard about Chen Kefu's military rank, he was extremely angry.

In Yang Guang's view, he did not treat Chen Kefu badly, some of them were all the king's kindness, and there was a kind of kindness of knowing each other between the monarch and the minister. It was he who raised him in the middle of the micro, and he still reused him regardless of Chen Kefu's secret background. It's his exaltation again and again,

This kind of treatment, how many people in the entire Great Sui Dynasty have gotten it?

Chen Kefu is only twenty-six years old now, but he is already the prince of ten thousand households, the generalissimo, and controls the power of the soldiers and horses of the fifteen counties. Chen Kefu got married, and he personally decreed the marriage, which was a treatment that even his own son had not received. It can be said that Chen Kefu has great trust, but how does Chen Kefu repay himself? He was not very careless about Chen Kefu's establishment of this military rank.