Chapter 45: Enemies on All Sides
There was no light in the study, and the clear moonlight poured in through the window, smearing the ground with silver white, and a long figure dragged out in the moonlight.
Yang Guang stood in front of the window with his hands down, staring at a plate of bright moonlight, he remembered that more than 20 years ago, he led the army to break Chen, and he had seen such a round of bright full moon on the big boat crossing the river.
'A strong man crossed the lance at the beginning, drank horses and crossed the river, swept three thousand miles, and returned to his hometown ...... brocade,
Yang Guang remembered the year he had just ascended the throne, and it was also under this round of bright full moon, he was ambitious and wanted to show his ambitions, he wanted to use the Han Dynasty Hu to integrate the north and the south, and also eradicate Guanlong and Beiping Tatars, he wanted to create a great cause and prosperity within ten years, and the Great Sui Dynasty would continue for generations.
But today, counting the four years of Renshou, and less than thirteen years after he ascended the throne, the Great Sui Empire is about to come to an end, and at this time, his ears seem to be echoing with his son's mocking laughter, and his heart is full of sadness and despair.
'Is that the end of the Great Sui?' No! He is unwilling, never reconciled! ,
Yang Guang turned around, slowly walked to the front of the imperial case and sat down, there is a fold on the case, it is Yang Yuanqing just sent, Yang Yuanqing has captured Taiyuan, all annihilated Li Shuliang's 20,000 elite soldiers, take the east of the river has been completed, in the twist, Yang Yuanqing asked to canonize Taiyuan as the northern capital, will support the king and according to it, continue the Great Sui Sheji.
Only then did Yang Guang know that the original acting king Yu did not fall into the hands of Li Yuan, but was taken away by Yang Yuanqing, no wonder Li Yuan set up a pseudo-emperor who did not know the so-called clan.
With the light of the brightness, Yang Guang slowly lifted the pen, and drew a lai on Yang Yuanqing's fold with trembling hands, he agreed to Yang Yuanqing's request, he knew that he was opening a crack in the door for Yang Yuanqing with his own hands, but... In this way, perhaps the Great Sui will not be extinguished.
At this time, the voice of the grandson Yang Ao came from the door, "Can the emperor's grandfather and grandson come in?" ”
"Come in!" Yang Chan slowly put down the pen.
Yang Tan walked in and knelt down in front of Yang Guang, "Grandfather Huang, please forgive Uncle Huang!" ”
Yang Guang leaned on the couch and stared at the emperor's grandson, and after a while, he said lightly: "Back then, your imperial uncle harmed your father and king more than once, and you hated him to the core, why do you want to intercede for him now?" ”
Yang Tan lowered his head and whispered, "But...... After all, he is the imperial uncle of his grandson, and his grandson has few relatives. ”
"Come here, sit next to the ancestral tip."
Yang Guang gently patted the couch beside him, Yang Tan slowly stood up and walked over and sat down, Yang Guang stroked the head of the eldest grandson, and said with great pity in his heart: "He is your imperial uncle and my son, although he speaks very hard, but I will not kill him, look at your fifth grandfather, when he rebelled to overthrow me, I did not kill him in the end, I will not easily kill the royal family unless I really commit a heinous crime, your imperial uncle is the only flesh and blood of your imperial grandmother, even if he speaks ugly, I will not kill him, you will tell the imperial grandmother later, let her rest assured." ”
Yang Tan bit his lip and said in a low voice: "Is the imperial grandfather still angry with the imperial grandmother for Xiao Miao's matter?" ”
Yang Tan remembers very well that when the news of Xiao Miao's rebellion came, the emperor's grandfather and grandmother had a big quarrel, and the emperor's grandfather scolded the Xiao family for being ungrateful, and he wanted to abolish the queen, which made everyone extremely afraid, and Yang Ao always wanted to find an opportunity to persuade the emperor's grandfather.
"Imperial grandfather, there are people with ill intentions in any family, grandfather can't be blinded, Xiao Mo is just a partial house of the Xiao family, it really has nothing to do with the imperial grandmother."
"You kid ......."
Yang Guang patted the back of his head gently, he was moved by his grandson's kindness, so he handed Yang Yuanqing a fold on the table to his grandson, "You should have seen this fold!" ”
Yang Guang shouted again: "Light the lamp!" ”
The eunuch Li Zhongliang came in from outside the door, and he was a little hurried to light up the seven-winged colorful phoenix lantern, and the entire imperial study immediately became bright.
Yang Yuanqing's recital Yang Tan has already seen it, in fact, he also wants to find a chance to talk to his grandfather, since his grandfather took the initiative to talk about this matter, he also wants to take advantage of this opportunity, Yang Tan stood up, stood in front of his grandfather and said: "Imperial grandfather, grandson has one more thing to say." ”
"What do you say?"
Yang Tan knew that the emperor's grandfather was likely to be angry, but he still mustered up the courage to say: "Imperial grandfather, it's about the last battle of Fengzhou, the emperor's grandfather sent a decree to the world to reward the Fengzhou army, but there is no reward from Yang Yuanqing, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military are talking about this matter, and Li Yuan colluded with the Turks, his crime should be punished, the emperor's grandfather, these two things are over?" ”
Yang Guang shook his head, "Actually, Li Yuan's collusion with the Turks, I have ordered Luoyang to tell the world, but in fact it is useless, unless the Turks enter the Central Plains and make the Central Plains people deeply suffered, then everyone will have a bitter hatred, and I heard that Li Yuan also publicly explained, he admitted to contacting the Turks, he said that it was to buy horses, and the Turkic soldiers in his army were subordinates of the Western Turks Ashtanai, and the banner was also changed back, becoming half red and half white, the Turks were in civil strife, and he no longer admitted that he had anything to do with the Turks, In fact, I knew in my heart that he colluded with the Turks to contain Yang Yuanqing, so that he could successfully occupy Guanzhong. ”
"What about Qi Yuanqing's reward for defeating the Turks? Is the imperial grandfather really not going to give it to him? Yang Tan whispered again.
Yang Guang sighed for a while, "How can I seal him, can't I make him king?" ”
"Father, why not? Didn't Li Yuan also be crowned King of Tang? ”
"He's a pseudo-king! It's usurpation! ”
Yang Guang suddenly became furious, and shouted at Yang Tan: "Do you want to admit that his occupation of Chang'an is in accordance with the law? Is it orthodox for him to set up a puppet emperor? ”
Yang Tan knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, "The grandson is ignorant, the grandson is confused, please calm the anger of the imperial grandfather!" ”
Yang Guang slowly held back the anger in his heart, and said to his grandson: "I am the orthodoxy of the world, even today, this is still the consensus of the people of the world, even if he Li Yuan does not dare to openly oppose Sui, his pseudo-Tang King is just self-proclaimed, I will never admit it, and no one in the Great Sui clan is allowed to admit it, do you remember?" ”
"Grandson remembered!"
Yang Tan kowtowed heavily and said: It's just that Sun Er is thinking, if we support Yang Yuanqing and let him contain Li Yuan, then it will be difficult for Li Yuan and the Guanlong aristocratic group to get out of Guanlong, the emperor's grandfather, we can make good use of Yang Yuanqing's strength, Sun Er thinks that if we can take the opportunity of Fengzhou's great victory to include him in the Great Sui clan, then there will be one more Sui King and one less Chu Emperor in the future. ”
Speaking of this, Yang Yin secretly glanced at his grandfather's face, and saw that his face was a little softened, so he mustered up the courage to say again: "Grandson once asked Yang Yuanqing, if I make him king in the future, what is he willing to be the king?" He said that the Great Sui should have a backer king, and he was willing to be the backer of our three brothers, could the emperor's grandfather agree to his grandson's request and make him the backer king? ”
Yang Guang nodded slowly, "Let my grandfather think about this matter again!" However, the Great Sui only has princes, kings and county kings, and there are no backer kings. ”
At this time, a eunuch at the door reported: "Your Majesty, General Sima urgently asked to see him, saying that he had caught an important spy." ”
Yang Guang was slightly stunned, and said, "Announce his visit!" ”
He smiled at Yang Tan again: "You go to the imperial grandmother and tell the imperial grandmother, just say that I will no longer be angry with her, and you will accompany her well for me, I know that she is also very bitter in her heart."
"Grandson obeys!"
Yang Yu retreated, and after a while, the eunuch Li Zhongliang hurriedly walked into the imperial study with Sima Dejiao, knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Majesty!" ”
"General Sima, what important sister did you catch?"
"Back to Your Majesty, the minister's subordinates caught a person who violated the supper order near the city gate, and later searched his body and found that he had a letter hidden on his body, which turned out to be a secret letter written by Xiao Mo to General Yuwen, and the minister did not dare to hide it."
Yang Guangda was taken aback, it actually involved Yuwen Chengdu, "He immediately asked, where is the letter?" ”
Sima Dejiao presented a letter, Li Zhongliang forwarded the letter to Yang Guang, and he exchanged a look with Sima Dejia at the moment he turned around.
Yang Guang took the letter and read it hurriedly, in which Xiao Mo asked Yuwen Chengdu to focus on the revival of the Xiao family, and asked Yuwen Chengdu to reply to the last discussion as soon as possible.
Yang Guang's face became more and more gloomy, he knew that Yuwen Chengdu was actually a member of the Xiao family, it was Empress Xiao who recommended him to him in the first place, for more than ten years, from the King of Jin to the crown prince, and then to the emperor, he has always trusted him, does he really want to betray his trust in him for the sake of the family?
"Summoning Yuwen Chengdu!"
Soon, Yuwen Chengdu also walked into the imperial history room and bowed down to the dagger, "Chen Yuwen Chengdu sees His Majesty the Emperor!" ”
"General Yuwen, do you still have any dealings with the Xiao family?" Yang Guang asked quietly.
Yuwen Chengdu didn't know what Yang Guang meant by asking this sentence, he glanced at Sima Dejiao next to him, and there was a faint sense of foreboding in his heart.
"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has dealings with a very small number of children of the Xiao family, and the minister teaches them to practice martial arts."
"Really?"
Yang Guang looked at him and asked meaningfully, "What about Xiao Miao?" Did you also teach him martial arts? ”
Yuwen Chengdu's mind was 'buzzing! , on the ground, he knew what was going on, the saint suspected that he had a secret relationship with Xiao Miao, it must be this Sima Dejiao who complained, he immediately said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister only saw Xiao Mi in the fourth year of Renshou, and he has never seen him since, he is a chaotic minister and thief, and the minister will not teach him any martial arts." ”
Yang Guang threw the letter to him and said coldly: "Look at it yourself!" ”
Yuwen Chengdu picked up the letter and read it, and immediately widened his eyes and said: "Your Majesty, this is a frame-up, the minister has never had any contact with Xiao Miao, this is someone who is framing the minister." ”
"Framed?"
Yang Guang's eyes looked at Sima Dejiao, and Sima Dejiao said calmly: "Weichen doesn't know if it's true or not, but the minister caught the spy, and the spy has this letter on his body, and the minister thinks that it must be reported to the saint." ”
"Where is this spy now?" Yuwen Chengdu said angrily.
"General Yuwen, I'm sorry, this spy killed five of my subordinates because of his fierce resistance, and he has been killed by random arrows."
"Dead son!"
Yuwen Chengdu was stunned, he hurriedly said to Yang Guang: "Your Majesty, everyone is dead, there is no proof of death, just take a letter and say that the minister and Xiao Mo colluded, Your Majesty, this is too easy!" ”