Chapter 5: Jun'en (Part 3)

"What Your Majesty said that day was only for the sake of boosting morale. Now that the Turks have retreated, if the imperial court still sticks to its former promise, not only will the treasury be empty, but the baggage of the bandit soldiers in various places will also be unable to supply. For the sake of expedient promises, the world was troubled, and the ministers thought that this law was not feasible. I hope Your Majesty will be careful! ”

"Weichen thinks that His Majesty can reward meritorious generals. Ordinary soldiers, then take one or two out of ten rewards. The generals understand the difficulties of the national situation, and will inevitably appease their subordinates and make them happy and have no complaints! ”

Pei Ju and Yu Shiji came out one after another, suggesting that Yang Guang should not fulfill his promise. They thought that Yang Guang's previous promise was too rash, and now that the enemy had retreated, there was no need to be more sincere about what he said when he was in a hurry. Just find a few outstanding people to symbolically encourage people, so that people know that the court has not completely forgotten about everyone. As for those ordinary soldiers, naturally his immediate boss will find a way to appease them, and the court does not have to work hard about it.

"The minister thinks that the country is a promise, and it is not appropriate to break the promise. Even if Your Majesty does not give the soldiers six grades, he should still be honored as promised. Otherwise, if something happens in the future, who will be willing to fight for the country again? Fan Zigai, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, listened to Pei and Yu speak too unpleasantly, so he had to come out to refute them. Although he is usually demanding of his subordinates, he is a man who knows soldiers. Those who know that those who eat food and serve as soldiers hate most is that the Lord will fool them. As long as a similar situation occurs once in the army, the next time you go to war, you will not want to give your life with all your might. Pei Ju and Yu Shiji's suggestion seemed to be for the sake of saving the court, but in fact it lost the credibility of the court. "If the soldiers of the six armies are cold and scattered, when the thief is killed, the one who can carry the knife for His Majesty, Yu Shilang? Pei participates in politics? ”

His last sentence was asked very sharply, which made the two powerful ministers who participated in the government immediately blush. Yu and Pei are both civil officials, and they have always looked down on those martial artists. The reason why they gave Yang Guang the idea of breaking his word and getting fat was also because they felt in their hearts that the old coarse people who ate food and became soldiers were not worthy of being on the same list as those of their noble blood. But if the two of them go into battle to kill the enemy, they are really deliberately embarrassing. These two had to be supported by someone when they rode their horses, and they really wanted to go into battle, and without the enemy to kill them, they threw themselves under the horses and trampled them to death.

"Fan Gong wants to collect things and love evil! Want to win the hearts and ears of the army? Seeing that his family was at a loss, he rushed forward and asked without a head.

"Old minister, old minister's heart for His Majesty, the sun and the moon can be seen!" Fan Zigai, the Duke of Jijing, heard others question his intentions to fight for the benefits of the soldiers, so he had to raise his head and swear to the sky. Yang Guang's suspicion has always been serious, if Pei Yun's provocation just now was really believed by him, Fan Zigai knew that he would die without a place to be buried.

Fortunately, at this time, Yang Guang was still immersed in the excitement of winning a big battle, so he didn't mind the words of a few people below him. Seeing that the old ministers of the humerus were arguing again, he lightly buckled the case with his fingers, and said: "What Fan Qing said is very reasonable, I really can't be a dishonest king." ”

Without waiting for Fan Zigai to be happy, he quickly added: "Yu Qing and Pei Qing are also old Cheng to seek the country's words, and I have to obey." This matter is very involved, why don't we let it go first, and wait for me to return to Jinyang Palace, no, when I return to the Eastern Capital, everyone will remember it for a long time, what do you think? ”

"Your Majesty is far-sighted, I can't wait for myself!" Pei Yun bowed down with a few officials to praise. Drag it out for a day, and drag it until those who are soldiers forget all the emperor's words, and everything will be fine. The little people are just stupid donkeys with greens on their noses, and they can coax them to pull the cart, but as for the handful of greens that they can see, they can't be allowed to eat it in their mouths under any circumstances.

Li Xu, Qu Tutong and others didn't understand what had happened in the city, so they couldn't intervene. Seeing that Yang Guang suppressed the argument, he had no choice but to follow the ministers and sing praises to the other party. Yang Guang thought he was proud, smiled, and commanded: "If I didn't wait for you, I would have achieved nothing." That's all for today's court meeting, it's already noon, I promised to give a banquet to Zhuqing, and I won't break my word. Come on, everyone change places, let's put on a wine to celebrate the breaking of the Turks! ”

Usually in the early dynasty, it is indeed rare to open for such a long time. The civil and military officials stayed up from midnight to noon, and although they got a bowl of wheat porridge in the morning, their stomachs were empty at the moment. There are still many people who have the habit of getting up in the morning to relieve their hands, because they are afraid of being impeached by the officials, so they have endured it from early in the morning to the present. When I heard Yang Guang say that the dynasty was scattered, my ears were like hearing the sounds of heaven. What kind of national affairs, the power struggle can no longer take care of it, thank you for your kindness, and run out of the temple gate.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Yang Guang saw that he had just announced his retirement from the dynasty, and the hundred officials immediately rushed out, paused for a moment, and muttered to himself. Immediately, he understood that these people were all running to the place of reincarnation of the five grains, and he couldn't help laughing.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty for turning the tide, but the enemy is thousands of miles away!" The Yin Shishi was good at the art of greeting, thinking that Yang Guang was still smiling at getting out of trouble safely, and stepped forward to congratulate.

"General Yin, you don't understand. You don't know why I'm laughing. Haha, it's been a long time since I've had such a long court meeting. I don't feel tired at all today! Yang Guang wiped his eyes and responded with a laugh.

Since the third conquest of Liao, he has always felt that it is a drudgery to discuss politics in the court. So every morning pilgrimage is either canceled, or it ends in a hurry after a few sentences. Only by hiding back in the harem and facing his own queens and eunuchs can he find some of the pleasure of the emperor. Today, after making an exception and insisting on dealing with the government for half the night and half of the day, Yang Guang was really overjoyed to find that he was not bored at all.

"If I can be so energetic every day, the Great Sui Dynasty will regain its prestige!" With this in mind, he began a feast to the cheers of his courtiers. With a vision for the future, he raised the wine cup again and again until he was intoxicated.

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Xu, with the assistance of the old general Yun Dingxing, took over the Fenyang border army. For more than 20 days, he has taken the lead, and his unstoppable appearance has already penetrated into the hearts of the soldiers, so after listening to the holy decree, most of the soldiers not only did not complain, but were very happy that they had followed the commander of a brave champion of the three armies.

Over the years, Yundingxing's career has been bumpy, and even the generals of the Fenyang Army have been promoted slowly. Some school captains with good family backgrounds, don't transfer them out for the sake of their personal future, and most of those who stay are from mediocre backgrounds and rely on martial arts and talents to get ahead. Li Xu came from a humble background, and he didn't have much of a fight, so he was right against their temperament. Some people even thought in the long run, since His Majesty the Emperor admired General Li so much, everyone's bad luck might come to an end, so they were even more excited.

"I am not treated well as a man, and my brothers have followed me in vain in their future. In the past few years, I have sent them away if the generals above the sixth rank can send them away! Yun Dingxing looked at the sparse generals in the Chinese military tent and explained with great emotion. In this way, General Li also saved a lot of trouble. These brothers in the tent will be handed over to you from now on. If General Lee sees that they are available, he uses them as appropriate. If his material is unbearable, I hope that General Li will look at the thin face of the old man, so that they can continue to stay in the army and eat this bowl of rice until they are old! ”

Li Xu nodded and agreed: "Don't worry, General Yun, I have been floating around all these years, and I have not been in any battalion for a long time." Therefore, there are few right-hand men around. After coming to the Fenyang Army, it is equivalent to starting from scratch. Therefore, if the brothers have any abilities to the fullest, as long as I can do it, I will never dare to let them cast their pearls secretly! ”

Hearing Li Xu say this, Yun Dingxing felt more at ease. A general who has no lineage needs the support of the original team the most, and when he turned his head, he explained to his old subordinates: "General Li is now the champion general, the general of the Fenyang Army, and there are a lot of blanks in his hands. What are you capable of, behave in his sight. The old man is waiting at home, waiting to hear the news of your promotion and fortune! ”

"I won't let the old general down!" The generals agreed. Thinking of the kindness of the old general, I couldn't help but burst into tears.

At the moment, the generals of the Fenyang Army stepped forward to see the commander in order of their official ranks. Every time someone comes, Yun Dingxing introduces Li Xu's current position and ability. Even the shortcomings of some generals were unceremoniously pointed out in public. Li Xu has been leading soldiers for more than four years and knows the rules of the barracks. Therefore, every time Yun Dingxing introduced someone, he would say a few words of encouragement. Two or three of them, who were highly respected by Yun Dingxing, were promoted on the spot to lead the army and commander. The generals were even happier when they saw that the new coach was so crisp. After everyone stepped forward to pay their respects, the spirit, qi, and spirit in the entire Chinese military tent also took on a new look.

Li Xu was grateful for Yun Dingxing's kindness, and specially ordered someone to take out some gold and silver from the spoils of war and give it to the old general to make a coil to return to his hometown. Yun Dingxing was not polite to him, and happily accepted it. After sending Yun Dingxing away, Li Xu didn't dare to rest, and took his generals to inspect the barracks, comfort the wounded, and count the shortages. It was busy until the third watch that everything in the camp was placed in order.

The next day, Li Xu got up early and went to court. The topic of the court discussion was still about the aftermath, and the task of admonishing was basically taken over by Pei Ju and Yu Shiji and others, and he couldn't say anything, so he had to quietly observe on the side. If you look closely, you won't find nothing. At least I found that although the two powerful ministers who participated in the government were very domineering, they were very different from each other.

Yu Shiji is incompetent, and his suggestions are either off topic or not feasible. However, Lord Pei Ju's gaze was sharp, and after figuring out the details of the Turkic people, he quickly came to the conclusion that it was necessary to keep the forces of Shibi Khan and Gu Tulu in balance in order to make the Great Sui Border Fortress peaceful.

"But why did such a virtuous man become a greedy and traitor?" Linked to the glorious deeds of this person's past, Li Xu thought secretly.

There was an answer that came out of nowhere, but he forced himself not to believe it.

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