After waiting for six days in Jiangdu City, almost annoyed by those who inquired about the news of Guanzhong, Qian Xiangmin and He Ercai finally waited for the news that Emperor Yang of Sui had summoned him to the court meeting the next day. However, before Qian Xiangmin and He Er could breathe a sigh of relief, Yu Shiji's brother Yu Shinan, who came to deliver the news, warned in a low voice: "Tomorrow in the morning court, you must not mention the time when Daxing was conquered by the thief army, as well as the losses in the city, let alone take the initiative to mention that His Royal Highness the Acting King has been killed." This is for your own good, remember. ”

Yu Shinan's words made Qian Xiangmin and He Er have an ominous premonition together, but the matter has come to this point, Qian Xiangmin can only hurriedly give up his hand and say: "Thank you Yu Sheren for your advice, please rest assured, we will try to talk as little as possible tomorrow in the court, just be dumb." Yu Shinan nodded, and explained some details that needed to be paid attention to at the court meeting, and then said goodbye and left.

On the thirtieth day of the first month of the fourteenth year of the Great Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang of Sui, who had not held a court meeting for one hundred and two days, finally let the palace attendants ring the Jingyang bell and summoned hundreds of civil and military officials to enter the court to discuss matters.

Emperor Yang of Sui's imperial sedan chair has not yet arrived, taking this opportunity, Qian Xiangmin observed the situation of the people in the palace a little, only more than a year has not seen, a group of important ministers of the Great Sui are obviously a lot older, especially the first person in the military to protect the child, only in his early sixties has to be snow-white, and his spirit is far less than when he was in Luoyang, Zhao Cai, the seventy-year-old general of the Right Hou Wei, is still coughing continuously, and his body is not as good as before, and the remaining hundred officials almost have no expression, and hundreds of officials gather in the hall as if they are lifeless. It gives a lifeless feeling.

Chen Fuliang's distant uncle Pei Hongce went to Danyang to preside over the construction of the new capital, and the temporary place in his place was the young eunuch Yu Wenzhihe, because of his gloomy face, Yu Wenzhi with a gloomy face gave people a sinister and vicious feeling at this moment, a pair of triangular eyes constantly exchanged glances with Yu Wenhua in the opposite military attache train, and he didn't know what the hell he was fighting. Yu Wenhua also kept peeking at the situation of hundreds of officials, and his expression couldn't hide some hesitation.

"His Majesty the Emperor has arrived." Outside the hall, the voice of the male duck finally came, Qian Xiangmin followed the head of the hundred officials and bowed, and walked up to the hall with a few pairs of steps, the speed was so slow that Qian Xiangmin was a little strange, and when he quietly looked up to see the situation, Qian Xiangmin was stunned for a moment.

I haven't seen him for more than a year, the once handsome and strong Emperor Yang of Sui has disappeared without a trace, and what appeared in front of Qian Xiangmin was an obese and faltering Emperor Yang of Sui, with a tired face and blank eyes, so empty that he had to rely on the support of eunuchs to walk, if it weren't for the vague outline of his facial features, Qian Xiangmin would have suspected that the Emperor Yang of Sui in front of him was another person. Shocked, Qian Xiangmin couldn't help but have such a thought in his heart, "What's wrong with the emperor?" How did it come to this? ”

After sitting on the dragon chair, Emperor Yang of Sui made the voice of the civil and military officials obviously weak, and after the hundred officials got up, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty squeezed out some smiles on his pale and chubby face, and said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, Nong wants to tell you a good news today, Nong's Aiqing Chen Yingliang lived up to expectations, killed the anti-thief Li Yuan, broke Li Yuan's thief army, and also recaptured Daxing City, which was once occupied by Li Yuan's thief army. ”

The civil and military officials who had known the news for a long time were still shocked, but what shocked them was not Chen Fuliang's brilliant achievements, but the self-proclaimed name of Emperor Yang of Sui - Nong! As the Emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty and the lord of the world, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty did not call himself a widow or a widow, but used the Jiangnan dialect to call himself Nong, which made the Manchu Dynasty feel very incredible and unacceptable.

After a long time, the civil and military officials who gradually came back to their senses congratulated Emperor Yang of Sui one after another, saying that Emperor Yang of Sui could have such a loyal and fierce thug lackey as Chen Fuliang, why worry about the injustice of the world and the lack of clarity of thieves? Emperor Yang of Sui, who had not been happy for many days, also laughed, and said: "Spread the decree, add Chen Yingliang as the Duke of Korea, Doctor Jin Ziguanglu, change the title of Daxing to stay, give him thousands of acres of good land, and 100 slaves and maids, so that he can make persistent efforts to sweep away the ugly people in Guanzhong, and kill all the thieves in the Guanzhong, kill them all!" ”

The civil and military officials were all dumbfounded, and finally came to Hu'er to speak cautiously and reminded: "Your Majesty, in the early years of the Great Cause, you have changed the ninth-class title to the third-class duke and male third-class, and the dukedom of this country has been abolished by you. Now it seems inappropriate to add Chen Yingliang as the Duke of South Korea. ”

"Is there such a thing? Why can't Nong remember? Emperor Yang of Sui looked surprised, and also hiccuped with the smell of wine, and after recalling it carefully, Emperor Yang of Sui changed his words and said: "Then let's do it, since Chen Aiqing killed Li Yuan's traitor for Nong, then give him the title of Li Yuan's traitor, title him Tang Guogong, and transfer Li Yuan's traitor's Tang County fief to him!" That's it! ”

The civil and military officials still felt that something was wrong, but when they saw that Emperor Yang of Sui had already made a decision, it was rare to show some happy smiles, and they didn't dare or bear to refute his excitement, so they all sang Thanksgiving. Then, Emperor Yang of Sui burped again, and said weakly: "Okay, Nong is tired, let's disperse." ”

Baiguan was dumbfounded again, he never dreamed that a court meeting would be held after a hundred days, Emperor Yang of Sui was about to disperse after only saying a few words, and Qian Xiangmin and He Er, who had tied their heads to their belts to deliver the Bao Jie Zhang, were even more dumbfounded, and they also never dreamed that Emperor Yang of Sui would not even mention them.

At this time, Emperor Yang of Sui had already yawned and stood up, ready to return to the harem in a sedan chair to continue to have fun, when the civil and military officials hesitated whether to open their mouths to stop them, Yu Wenhua was even more hesitant, afraid of the dangerous consequences caused by opening his mouth, and remembered the oath he made in front of the generals of Xiaoguowei, and even remembered the loss of his unknown manor and field outside Daxing City, and his beloved hunting ground. Gritting his teeth again, Yu Wenhua finally decided to take a gamble, and said: "Your Majesty, please take a moment, Weichen Right Tunwei General Yu Wenhua and Youben Jinlu." ”

There was a slight murmur in the court, except for a very few insiders, everyone looked at Yu Wenhua in surprise, and they couldn't understand the precious son Yu Wenhua of the famous sycophant Jingyu Wenshu and the courage to dare to stop Emperor Yang of Sui from returning to the harem? Emperor Yang of Sui himself was also a little strange, and when he saw the face of the late favored minister Yu Wenshu, he temporarily stopped and asked, "What happened to Aiqing?" ”

Yu Wenhua took out the recital that had been prepared long ago from his sleeve, and said respectfully: "Wei Chen Yu Culture and courage, I implore Your Majesty to lead a hundred officials to return to the capital of Daxing, sit in Guanzhong to command the rebellion, sweep the world of the people, Wei Chen is not talented, and is willing to lead an army to serve as the pioneer for His Majesty." ”

The irrepressible exclamations came one after another, countless civil and military officials were dumbfounded, and countless civil and military officials showed ecstasy, eager to rush up to kiss Yu Wenhua and a few mouthfuls, and were completely impressed by Yu Wenhua and all of a sudden-why didn't I find out that this clown still had such courage before?

The moment to decide the fate of the world and the course of history comes, if a miracle appears, Emperor Yang of Sui accepts Yu Wenhua's advice and leads the people back to Beijing, then the Great Sui Jiangshan is not only saved, Li Mi and Dou Jiande, these clowns who jump off the beam are destined to be unable to stop the hundreds of thousands of elites in Guanzhong under the command of famous ministers such as Hu'er and Zhao Cai, and Chen Fuliang, who has gradually shown his fangs, can only quickly close his mouth and obediently continue to work for Emperor Yang of Sui as a worker. However, it is a pity that Yu Wenhua failed to block the seventy yards of the wheel of history, and brought a monstrous disaster to himself.

"Bold!" In the midst of the rage, Emperor Yang of Sui's pale face finally regained some blood, and finally used the correct self-title, but the content was very chilling, "I have already decided to move the capital to Danyang and not return to the north. What are you guilty of? ”

The character of the color and the inward regained the upper hand on Yu Wenhua and his body, and between the cold sweat rolling on his forehead, Yu Wenhua almost wanted to change his words and withdraw the invitation, but Emperor Yang of Sui did not give him this opportunity at all, and shouted: "Come on, push Yu Wenhua and me out of the palace, behead and ask for the guilt!" ”

Yu Wenhua and directly collapsed on the ground, although the guards in the palace were reluctant, but they did not dare to disobey the will of Emperor Yang of Sui, and obediently came up to capture Yu Wenhua. Fortunately, Yu Wenhua and a few relatives in the imperial court, although his advice was unsuccessful, but also flattered many civil and military officials, Yu Wenzhi and Yu Wenshi and his brothers immediately went out, begging Emperor Yang of Sui to be extrajudicially gracious, Rao Yu Culture and immortality, and found that he had misseen Yu Wenhua and Zhao Cai, and other generals of the Sixteen Guards, also came out of the list, begging Emperor Yang of Sui to take back his life, Rao Yu Culture and immortality.

"Your Majesty is angry, although General Yuwen is speechless and disobedient to his will, he is also a sincere loyalty, and please look at his Geng Geng's loyalty, for the sake of the deceased Yuwen Zhu's country, extrajudicial mercy, spare him from death."

"Your Majesty, although Weichen's brother is guilty, please let him live for the sake of our father."

To put it mildly, for the sake of many courtiers and Yuwenshu's face, Emperor Yang of Sui finally changed his mind and shouted: "For everyone's sake, spare your life!" The death penalty can be avoided, the living crime is inescapable, come to someone, knock Yu Wenhua and the mess stick out of the palace, from now on, he will never be allowed to participate in the court meeting! ”

The guards breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly brought sticks to expel Yu Wenhua and out of the palace, and deliberately showed mercy to his subordinates without using all their strength, but Emperor Yang of Sui quickly saw their deliberate cover-up, so he shouted again: "Didn't you eat?" Give me a heavy blow! Dare to perfunctory again, and Yu culture and the same crime. ”

whispered to Yu Wenhua and confessed his guilt, and the guards could only be ruthless, and rolled Yu Wenhua and the ghost crying wolf out of Jinluan Hall and Jiangdu Palace, but Emperor Yang of Sui said to the ministers: "I say it again, the matter of moving the capital to Danyang, I have made a decision!" In the future, there will be those who persuade me to return to the north, and there will be no forgiveness! ”

After that, Emperor Yang of Sui flicked his sleeves and strode away angrily, leaving many civil and military officials on the Jinluan Palace with sad faces, and countless people had a word they wanted to say but didn't dare to say it, and they secretly said: "There is no cure, Your Majesty is the same as the Great Sui Jiangshan, it is incurable." ”

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The change in some subtle details did not affect the crushing of Emperor Yang of Sui by the wheel of history, but on the contrary, it also played an accelerating role, and the gears of Yu culture and destiny continued to turn in the direction of destined. In the afternoon of the same day, Sima Dekan and Yuan Li and a group of Xiaoguowei generals who had drunk blood wine came to visit Yu Wenhua, and what they saw was Yu Wenhua who was lying on the bed humming and chirping, and Yu Wenzhi who was giving Yu Wenhua and medicine with his own hands.

Although Yu Wenhua's persuasion was unsuccessful, Sima Dekan and others still thanked Yu Wenhua, and Sima Dekan, who was in charge of the forbidden army, also confessed to Yu Wenhua and his subordinates about beating them, and then Sima Dekan and others gave each other a look, and Sima Dekan came forward and whispered to Yu Wenhua and his brothers: "Two Yuwen generals, things have come to this point, if we don't make a decision early, I'm afraid we won't be able to return to Guanzhong in this life." A few of us thought of a way to go home before we came, and I don't know if you would be interested in participating. ”

"How are you going to get home?" Yu Wenhua and curiosity asked.

"Now everyone in Xiaoguowei wants to run away and go home, and we want to organize these soldiers." Sima Dekan said in a low voice: "First grab a handful in the city, grab some travel expenses and food, and then return to Guanzhong together, are you willing to participate?" ”

Yu Wenhua and a little embarrassed, originally Yu Wenhua really wanted to return to his hometown in Guanzhong, but considering the danger of doing so, Yu Wenhua and his heart was inevitably a little scared. However, Yu Wenhuaji's sinister younger brother Yuwen Zhiji suddenly opened his mouth and said in a low voice: "You can't do this, and it's not that the Dumb Monarch will definitely send troops to hunt you down, even if you can get rid of the Faint Monarch's pursuit, it will be difficult to return to Guanzhong." Don't forget, now the world is already in chaos, full of bandits, food is scarce, I am afraid that you have been killed by thieves before you even reach Luoyang, or you have been starved to death. ”

Sima Dekan was worried about this, and after nodding, Sima Dekan asked, "Then what should we do?" ”

Yu Wenzhi blinked his triangular eyes, and said in a lower voice: "The faint king has no way, the people are not happy, the defeat of the Great Sui River has been decided, and now the hundreds of thousands of Guanzhong soldiers are all thinking of returning, and the military heart is available, we might as well take this opportunity to make a big ticket and achieve the cause of the emperor!" ”

"Accomplishing the Emperor's Cause?"

Yu Wenhua was dumbfounded on the spot, looking his second brother up and down as if he didn't know, Sima Dekan and Yuan Li and others were also taken aback, Yu Wenzhi and looked at the words, and said in a low voice: "What? Scared? Why don't you want to think about it, if we don't do this, what hope do we have to go back to our hometown in Guanzhong? In addition to controlling the hundreds of thousands of elites in Jiangdu in their hands, and taking them to carry grain, grass, ordnance and war horses all the way back to Guanzhong, what can we do to break through the blockade of Du Fuwei and Li Mi, these thieves? And what do you take to collect the food and grass you need on the way back? And what can you do to resist the front and back of the other armies of the faint king? ”

Thinking of the difficulty and danger of the road back to his hometown, Sima Dekan and the others nodded one after another, and then, Zhao Xingshu asked: "Then how do we control more than 100,000 Guanzhong generals in our hands?" And how to achieve the cause of the emperor? ”

"There's only one way." Yu Wenzhi and his voice were even more gloomy, and he said slowly: "Kill the faint king, support the new monarch, and return to Guanzhong with the new emperor to the north, in order to force the counties along the way to recognize the new emperor we support, after returning to Guanzhong, we are the heroes of Kaiyuan, glory and wealth, and enjoy inexhaustible!" ”

None of the more than a dozen Xiaoguowei generals said a word, everyone pursed their lips and did not speak, constantly thinking and pondering in their hearts, and it was difficult to make a decision, but Yu Wenhua and quietly pulled his brother's clothes, so that his eyes made him speak carefully, Yu Wenzhi understood the meaning of the timid brother, so he leaned into Yu Wenhua's ear and whispered: "Brother, have you forgotten the humiliation of our being reduced to slavery for more than ten years?" ”

Yu Wenhua stopped pulling, and immediately remembered the past when he and his younger brother were demoted to slavery by Emperor Yang of Sui a few years ago, and gradually began to grit his teeth.

"That's it! Fight! Sima Dekan suddenly opened his mouth and said viciously: "Today, the tyrant has made it very clear in the court, and anyone who persuades him to return north in the future will be killed!" His wife and children are by his side, and he can follow him south to Danyang, what should our wives and children do? Let them starve to death in Guanzhong and be killed by thieves?! ”

"The head has a scar the size of a bowl!" Yuan Li also lowered his voice and said viciously: "If you can't succeed, it's a big deal to die, if you become a prince, you will be a prince of Wandai, and your children and grandchildren can also follow us to enjoy happiness and fight!" ”

Sima Dekan, the head of the forbidden army, agreed to kill the king, and the rest of the Xiaoguowei generals would hesitate, either gritting their teeth or clenching their fists, and nodded in agreement with Yuwen Zhiji's plan. Yu Wenzhi, who hated Emperor Yang of Sui in his heart, was overjoyed when he saw it, and said in a low voice: "People can't live without heads, snakes can't live without heads, such a big thing, we must elect a leader to come out and take all of us to do it together, so that it can be done!" ”

"Good idea." Sima Dekan, Yuanli and the others nodded one after another, and after discussing in a low voice for a while, Sima Dekan and the others suddenly knelt down to Yu Wenhua and Ji Shou together, and said in unison: "Xu Gong, we are willing to serve you as the leader!" ”

As in history, when Yu Wenhua, who was very inward-looking, was suddenly pushed to the cusp, his face changed suddenly, he was in a cold sweat, and he didn't dare to speak for a long time. Yuwen Zhihe saw his brother's cowardice, so he whispered: "Brother, it is true that you are the only one who is suitable to be the leader of everyone, although you failed to succeed in persuading the faint monarch to return to the north today, but hundreds of thousands of Xiaoguo soldiers, which one is not grateful to you in the depths of my heart?" If you raise your arms and shout, let alone kill the faint monarch and support the new monarch, even if you become the emperor yourself, these Xiaoguo soldiers will follow you! ”

The critical moment that determines the course of history has come again, the gears of fate continue to turn, and after hesitating for quite a while, Yu Wenhua's tyrannical temperament has the upper hand in his body again, nodding, and saying viciously: "Okay, I'll do it!" "Meaning." Sima Dekan, Yuanli and the others nodded one after another, and after discussing in a low voice for a while, Sima Dekan and the others suddenly knelt down to Yu Wenhua and Ji Shou together, and said in unison: "Xu Gong, we are willing to serve you as the leader!" ”

As in history, when Yu Wenhua, who was very inward-looking, was suddenly pushed to the cusp, his face changed suddenly, he was in a cold sweat, and he didn't dare to speak for a long time. Yuwen Zhihe saw his brother's cowardice, so he whispered: "Brother, it is true that you are the only one who is suitable to be the leader of everyone, although you failed to succeed in persuading the faint monarch to return to the north today, but hundreds of thousands of Xiaoguo soldiers, which one is not grateful to you in the depths of my heart?" If you raise your arms and shout, let alone kill the faint monarch and support the new monarch, even if you become the emperor yourself, these Xiaoguo soldiers will follow you! ”

The critical moment that determines the course of history has come again, the gears of fate continue to turn, and after hesitating for quite a while, Yu Wenhua's tyrannical temperament has the upper hand in his body again, nodding, and saying viciously: "Okay, I'll do it!" ”