Chapter 20 The heart of the king is like a tiger

Yu Wenshu and Duan Wenzhen both retreated, only Yang Guang and Yang Xiong were left in the room, Yang Guang stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, staring at the dark night outside the window, Yang Xiong didn't dare to say anything, the room was very silent.

I don't know how long it took, Yang Guang finally spoke, his voice was a little hoarse, "I only hate that there are too few people who can be trusted." ”

Yang Xiong didn't know why the saint sighed, but he still didn't dare to say anything, Yang Guang sighed softly, for the battle of Goryeo, he tried his best, months of hard work finally made him a little exhausted, he sat back on the dragon seat, and closed his eyes tiredly.

After a long time, Yang Guang said slowly: "Qu Tutong, the governor of Ganzhou, Fan Zigai, the governor of Liangzhou, Yang Yuanqing, the governor of Fengzhou, Feng Xiaoci, the governor of Daizhou, and Yuan Hongsi, the governor of Youzhou, the total strength of the five border towns exceeds 200,000, and they are all elite generals, but there is not much left in the hinterland of the Central Plains. ”

Yang Xiong was a little flattered in his heart, the saint could say these words to him, which showed his trust in him, and he also faintly felt that the saint summoned him, which was very likely to be related to this matter, he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that they are all ministers of the pillars of the Great Sui, and they will not have the heart of disobedience." ”

"Not that problem."

Yang Guang sighed again, "If they dared to be disobedient, I would have killed them a long time ago, these five of them, each of whom has been in their position for more than five years, have a foundation, if their subordinates want to be rich and noble, and support them to rebel, I am worried that they will not help themselves." ”

The reason why Yang Xiong has always been favored and prosperous in the royal family is to a large extent that he has penetrated Yang Guang's heart, Yang Guang is tolerant on the surface, but in fact he is extremely suspicious, especially of the royal family, and the only royal family he finally trusts is himself and his brother Yang Da.

Yang Xiong knew very well in his heart that Yang Guang seemed to hesitate, but in fact, he had already made a decision, and in this case, silence was the best attitude.

Yang Guang said again: "Qu Tutong and Fan Zigai are both veterans with deep qualifications, Fan Zigai can be the secretary of the military department, Duan Wenzhen is transferred to the governor of Youzhou, Qu Tutong is the general of the right Xiaowei, and Chang'an stays, Feng Xiaoci has a little less seniority, I am ready to appoint him as the Taishou of Qinghe County, it is Yang Yuanqing, I am a little hesitant." ”

Yang Xiong already understood that Yang Guang was talking about the third son Yang Shidao, and he didn't dare to say more.

Yang Guang glanced at him and asked slowly, "If I let Shi Dao concurrently serve as the governor of Fengzhou, does King Guan think he may be competent?" ”

Yang Guang's attitude was not sure, with a hint of tentative tone, showing the hesitation in his heart, although the banditry in Qidi was not serious, and he could not use Yuanqing to suppress the bandits for the time being, but Yuwenshu's hint made him worried, Yang Yuanqing stayed in Fengzhou for too long, long enough for him to establish prestige against the imperial court.

He had this idea before, but at that time he trusted Yang Yuanqing quite a lot, but since he decided to conquer Goryeo, he had a suspicion of Yang Yuanqing, and this thought made him even more uneasy.

He has decided to transfer Yang Yuanqing away, but if he is transferred, who will take over? Yang Guang couldn't make up his mind.

Yang Xiong was taken aback, it turned out that the saint actually wanted his son to take over as the governor of Fengzhou, if it was the governor of Liangzhou or the governor of Ganzhou, he would have a thousand wishes, but Fengzhou ......

Not to mention that Yang Yuanqing gave him a generous gift, if he seized Yang Yuanqing's position, he would not be able to get over his face, and more importantly, his son was a civil official, and the force was insufficient, and Fengzhou was the key area of the Turkic invasion of the south, once the Turks invaded the south, his son could not stop it, lost Fengzhou, and the dismissal of the official was small, in case he died in Fengzhou, he could not afford this blow.

He was very aware of his son's condition, after all, his qualifications were insufficient, and it was most suitable for him to be the Taishou of Wuyuan County.

Yang Xiong's mind quickly flashed with a countermeasure, he knew that he couldn't explicitly refuse, but he couldn't agree either.

"Your Majesty's love is grateful, Shidao has been good at literature and military since he was a child, unlike the eldest brother who is both civil and military, if he is allowed to lead troops to defend Fengzhou, the minister is worried that he will not be able to hold Fengzhou, especially now that the saint is going to fight the battle of Goryeo, the Central Plains is empty, and the Turks will be eyeing each other, at this time, it is more necessary to be able to suppress the Turkic generals to garrison the border, Yang Yuanqing is powerful and Turkic, if he is transferred out of Fengzhou, the minister is worried that Fengzhou will be lost."

Although Yang Xiong's words were very reasonable, Yang Guang didn't think so, he sneered slightly and said: "At the beginning, I tested him and wanted to divide Fengzhou into several counties, but he prevaricated me with the inconvenience of defense, and the old system of the Han Dynasty. I trusted him very much, but he couldn't withstand the temptation, so how could I rest assured of him? ”

"And!"

Yang Guang didn't allow Yang Xiong to interject, and said coldly: "He is Yang Su's grandson, just by virtue of this, I won't let him be alone." ”

Yang Xiong sighed in his heart, Yang Yuanqing has been the governor of Fengzhou for nearly six years, and the saint has never said that he is Yang Su's grandson, but now he mentions this matter again, in the final analysis, Yang Yuanqing has no use value, the birds are exhausted, and the good bow is hidden, which is the truth that cannot be broken through the ages.

But Yang Xiong still wanted to return Yang Yuanqing's favor, he pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty decided to transfer Yang Yuanqing, of course the minister did not dare to object, but from the perspective of dealing with the Turks, the minister recommended a person to be the governor of Fengzhou, but he can also resist the threat of the Turks." ”

"Who would you like to recommend?"

"The minister recommended the Ministry of Works' squire Yu Juluo to take over as the governor of Toyoshu."

"Yukura?"

Yang Guang smiled, "I transferred him out, and now I transfer him back, can he accept it?" ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister has a good relationship with him, he told the old minister that he is not used to officialdom, and he misses the old border life, if His Majesty promotes him to another official position and then transfers him back, he will be grateful."

Yang Guang also knew that Yujuluo also had a reputation among the Turks, and he was indeed the best candidate to defend Fengzhou, but he was Yang Yuanqing's master, and it didn't seem appropriate to let him go, so Yang Guang was a little hesitant.

Yang Xiong understood the hesitation of the saint in his heart, and sincerely persuaded: "Your Majesty, the so-called internal move does not lose his son, and the external move does not lose his hatred, thinking that although Yu Juluo is Yang Yuanqing's master, he is loyal to His Majesty, public and private are clear, His Majesty trusts him and reuses him, he will only be grateful to His Majesty in his heart, he will definitely be loyal to the Great Sui, loyal to His Majesty, and let him go to Fengzhou, Yang Yuanqing can also hand over power smoothly, and there will be no incident."

Yang Xiong's bitter persuasion finally made Yang Guang accept, and he nodded, "Okay! I agreed that Ukura would be appointed governor of Toyoshu. ”

Yang Xiong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Yang Yuanqing has been fighting for the Great Sui for many years, and he should also be appeased to calm his heart." ”

Yang Guang laughed, "You don't have to worry about this, how to place him, I know better than you in my heart." ”

At the end of February of the seventh year of the Great Cause, Yang Guang issued a series of major personnel transfers, almost all of which were aimed at the important ministers in charge of the military in the frontier, and they were transferred from the border towns and were all resealed.

Yang Yuanqing, the governor of Fengzhou, served as the imperial historian, crowned the pillar state, the prince Shaobao, and supervised the three prefectures of Hebei, Yan and Qingdao.

The governor of Fengzhou was changed to the Ministry of Works, and at the same time, he was appointed as the Duke of Linhe County, and the official Yin Qingguanglu was added.

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In late March, Yujuluo finally returned to the frontier of his dreams, when he was transferred out of Fengzhou, he was overjoyed, and finally embarked on the official road of Qingyun, but as soon as he entered the capital as deep as the sea, he knew that the darkness of officialdom and deceit, not at all he can adapt to this kind of person, he served as a waiter in the Ministry of Industry for more than five years, basically idle for five years, and now he was transferred back to Fengzhou, and was promoted to knighthood, he has been satisfied.

In the county government of Jiuyuan County, presided over by Yang Shidao, Yang Yuanqing and Yujuluo held a handover ceremony, and officially handed over the talismans, arrows and seals to Yujuluo, and Yang Yuanqing then set up a banquet in the famous Beiyan Wine Shop in Jiuyuan County to entertain Yujuluo.

In an elegant room, Yang Yuanqing and Yu Juluo sat opposite each other and drank, Yu Juluo saw that Yang Yuanqing was always a little depressed, he felt quite sorry in his heart, so he said to him: "Yuanqing, the two of us are masters and apprentices, you can say anything to me, as long as I can do it, I will do it." ”

Yang Yuanqing has worked hard to run Fengzhou for many years, and seeing that the chaos is about to start, he is ready to support Fengzhou to stand on his own, but he did not expect that Yang Guang made a major adjustment to the frontier generals at this time, which disrupted his plan and made him quite annoyed in his heart, but fortunately in the misfortune, it was the master Yu Juluo who took over, so that the team and foundation he laid could be preserved.

Yang Yuanqing also heard that this was Yang Xiong's recommendation, and it seemed that it was his 100,000 acres of Pu Taoyuan that played a role, so that he did not let himself fail at this most critical moment, which made him secretly happy.

"Master, my generals follow me, they are all good men with blood and integrity, I only hope that the master can continue to appoint them."

This is what Yang Yuanqing is most concerned about, his seven iron guards are respectively appointed as Yingyanglang generals, in charge of the most elite 10,000 cavalry in Fengzhou, in addition to Yang Sien as the deputy governor of Fengzhou, Ma Shao as the general of Dali Town, Fat Yu as the general of Wuhai Town, as well as Changshi Du Ruhui, Sima Zhang Ting, these are his henchmen, but also his foundation, he does not want Yu Juluo to destroy his foundation.

Yu Juluo understood in his heart, he smiled and nodded, "Your master and I are already in our fifties, how many more years can we do?" In fact, I just want to spend the last few years of my official career in my favorite place, and I will protect your things for you, so you can go with confidence. ”

Yang Yuanqing knows his master very well, loyal and patriotic, in front of him, he can't say rebellion, let alone self-reliance, he can only say that he is a master and apprentice.

But there are still some things he has to say clearly, otherwise Yu Juluo will be very annoyed when he knows about it in the future, he muttered for a while and said: "Last November, the Holy Lord ordered to transfer 10,000 people from Fengzhou to Liaodong to prepare for the war, but in the end, only 1,000 people went to Fengzhou, does the master know about this?" ”

Yu Juluo nodded, "I know about this matter, I heard that because the Western Turks are advancing eastward, your army has already arrived in Mayi and withdrawn to Fengzhou, and the Holy Lord finally canceled the transfer of troops from Fengzhou, right!" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled bitterly, "Here's the thing, but in fact it's my plan." ”

"Scheme?" Yukura's eyes widened suddenly.

"It's a ploy, because I don't want the Fengzhou army to go to Liaodong to die."

Yang Yuanqing sighed and said, "Master, do you know the true intention of the Holy Lord to launch the Goryeo Campaign?" ”

Yu Juluo hesitated for a moment and said, "I heard a rumor that the Holy Lord actually wanted to deal with the Guanlong nobles. ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "This is not a rumor, this is the truth, it was told to me by the Holy Lord himself." ”

Yu Juluo was gloomy, he knew the relationship between Yang Yuanqing and the Shengshang, since Yang Yuanqing said so, then this rumor must be true, but this bet is too shocking, it is a matter of life and death in the Great Sui!

Yang Yuanqing said again: "The Holy Lord forbade me to tell anyone about this matter, and I didn't even say it to my grandfather-in-law, but I told the master, because I hope the master can understand that the current situation is extremely chaotic, and the Great Sui will even be in danger of collapsing, leaving a piece of pure land in Fengzhou, so that it will become the last optimus pillar of the Great Sui." ”

Yu Juluo nodded silently and sighed lowly, "You can go in peace!" I completely understand that if that day comes, I will return Toyosu to you. ”