"I am in the Ninth Army, set up a consolation envoy, what do you think?" Yang Guangyu asked in the hall.

Qiu He, the general of the Zuo Imperial Guard, was the first to say: "The minister thinks it is appropriate, as soon as I arrive with a million heroes, Goguryeo will inevitably flee from the wind, if there is a consolation envoy to surrender, it can be attached as soon as possible, reduce the matter of Jin Ge, and save a lot of trouble." ”

He was not like this before, and he was also a good official during the Kaihuang period.

Qiu He's surname is Qiu Dun, is the Xianbei clan, the family from the Western Wei Dynasty, is the family of the eunuchs, after entering the Sui Dynasty, successively served as the three places of Taishou, the political achievements are quite obvious, but with Yang Guang ascended the throne, Qiu He changed suddenly, and became a cunning person who is good at meeting sycophants.

In fact, it is to see the wind and make the rudder, Yang Jian and Yang Guang, these are two people with completely different personalities, he is now working for Yang Guang, so he naturally wants to follow Yang Guang.

Sure enough, after Yang Guang listened, he smiled and said:

"I know that Goguryeo is a small state in a corner after all, but have you ever seen a million heroes? At that time, our Sui army will be hundreds of miles away, the prosperity of Jin Ge, the strength of the army, unprecedented in ancient and modern times, if I am Gao Yuan, see this shape, and also descend. ”

It's a pity that you are not Gao Yuan, and people don't descend.

Qiu He hurriedly smiled and agreed.

In addition to him, there is another person who supports the establishment of a consolation envoy, that is, Duan Wenzhen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, who is also a Xianbei person, who has been Yang Jian's subordinate officer, and is almost seventy years old this year.

Historically, he died on the road to Goguryeo, not to be killed, but to die of disease on the way.

He supported it because the military supplies of the million-strong army were all deployed by the Ministry of War, and he calculated the accounts, the food was not enough to eat, the ordnance was not enough, the manpower was difficult to recruit, and the country spent too much, and all kinds of problems were placed on the table in the lobby of the Ministry of War.

In his opinion, if Goguryeo can surrender early, the huge gap in the logistics of the army will not exist, and the early division is conducive to eliminating these hidden dangers and drawbacks, otherwise if the war falls into a stalemate and is protracted, the first to expose the problem is the Great Sui.

The people of Goguryeo are waiting for work, and they are laborers, and the consumption of military supplies is huge.

"The minister is also in favor of setting up a consolation envoy, our army is so majestic, at that time Goguryeo will be expected to descend by the wind, a consolation envoy can recruit a city, for our army, it is advantageous," Duan Wenzhen said.

This is the ass decides the head, everyone is looking at the problem from their own standpoint, everyone has their own difficulties, if there is a problem with the supply of military supplies for the army, Duan Wenzhen has to take his head, he doesn't want to take a charge at the last moment of his life and harm his children and grandchildren.

Yang Guang nodded with satisfaction, looked at Su Wei and said:

"What do you think?"

Su Wei knew what the disadvantages of setting up a consolation envoy were, but he and Duan Wenzhen had a problem, and they both hoped that the war would end as soon as possible.

With an army of more than one million people and two million logistical manpower, this is a heavy burden on the country, and it is also a very risky thing.

Who knows if there will be any mess in the future? The sage said: If you don't enter the dangerous state, you can't live in the chaotic land, in the folk saying, don't go to a place with a lot of people.

Su Wei doesn't have the kind of boldness of Gao Xi, he is originally timid, the older he gets, the less courageous he is, the twenty-four road army, the dragons and snakes are mixed, no one can say what kind of situation will happen.

So Su Wei said: "The minister thinks it is appropriate." ”

Niu Hong was obviously giving him a look, and he understood it, but he deliberately ignored it.

Yang Guang naturally also saw Niu Hong's frequent gestures, frowned and asked, "Qing seems to have doubts?" ”

Niu Hong sighed and nodded: "The so-called general is outside, the king's order is not subject to it, and the post of comforting the envoy is too great a constraint on the commander of the army, and an army cannot have two generals, otherwise the dispatch will suffer a catastrophe. ”

In fact, the position of consolation envoy of this nature has always existed, and it used to be called the supervising army, and it was also directly connected to the emperor, and its duty was to correct the inappropriateness of the commander of the army.

The power of the prison army is very great, because his words represent the emperor, so all along, the commander must curry favor with the prison army, or fool, or fool, or deceive, in order not to let the other party interfere with his use of troops.

Therefore, in addition to being good at using troops, the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces is also a necessary skill for him, and this skill is very important.

But this consolation envoy, in addition to exercising the duty of supervising the army, also has the task of surrendering, think about it, once the emperor gives you a task, what will you do?

You will try your best to complete it, if you don't surrender, I will persuade you to surrender, if you are willing to surrender, I will surrender again, otherwise it will seem that I am a decoration and have nothing to do.

This is the allure of power, this is the same as letting you be a golden Cao, you will think about collecting taxes, it is a truth, let you be in front, you have to shoot.

From ancient times to the present, there are countless prison soldiers who have been killed, some of them are indiscriminately directing the troops, so that they are defeated and settled by the autumn queen, and some are simply in front of the battle, because of nonsense, they were directly cut down by the commander.

But there has been an accident, but this thing has always existed, and existence is reasonable, because supervising the army is related to the emperor's control over the army, you all think you can't have it, but the emperor thinks it must be, then whoever is bigger has the final say.

Duan Da, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, thinks so, he is a member of the army of Yang Guangjin's palace, and he is also the deputy commander of the prince Zuo Wei during the period of Prince Yang Guang, and he is used to thinking from Yang Guang's point of view in case of trouble.

He knew that the emperor would not change this position, so he also supported it.

In the end, nine people, three opposed, Niu Hong, Wei Xuan, Guo Yan, Niu Hong was out of war considerations, and the remaining two were famous generals, and they were also constrained by the prison army, knowing that this position was really a few.

Among them, Wei Xuan, who suffered a big loss back then, also spent a lot of money in order to coax the prison army, and then he learned to be smart, and he didn't spend money, so he worshipped him.

Yang Guang always makes his own decisions on weekdays, is arbitrary, and it is not uncommon to pick N scenes, but today he is playing fairly.

"Since the majority is in favor, then the majority will be counted, and the consolation will not be withdrawn."

Niu Hong looked helpless, these people you are looking for are not right, do you dare to ask for opinions at the court meeting?

More than half of the nine people are your henchmen, and winning or losing is actually predestined.

In Tangying Township, Yang Ming finally waited for Li Jing.

Li Jing came very late, because after entering Hedong, the road was closed by heavy snow, and the road was not easy to walk, but fortunately, after entering Wenxi, the snow on the road was cleared, and he was late.

After the two of them sat down, Dugu Feng'er poured wine for the two of them on the side, and the first step in serving her husband was to eat, and she was learning.

Li Jing is very happy with Yang Ming's recommendation, it can be said that he is in the middle, when a person is particularly capable, what does he need?

You need a stage to show your talents.

The conquest of Goguryeo was undoubtedly Li Jing's dream, although he was not recruited in the early stage, but he set up a sand table at home, which had already been deduced countless times.

"Xuan Ting's matter, how has it been resolved?" Yang Ming asked with a smile: "Yin Jiang asked you to be a peacemaker, I'm afraid you'll offend people, right?" ”

Li Jing said with a smile: "It's not important, Xuan Ting still listens to persuasion, it's Yuanqing, his personality is too arrogant, Yang Sili wrote to me and asked me to be responsible for disciplining Yuanqing in the future, so I came out this time and brought him with me, Your Highness forgive me." ”

"It's okay to bring it, this kid is too wild, only the battlefield is his home, and it is difficult to restrain him if he puts it elsewhere," Yang Ming nodded.

Yang Yuanqing did not follow him to Hedong, because he was afraid of Yang Ming and afraid that Yang Ming would criticize him harshly, so he waited for Li Jing to meet in his hometown of Hongnong County in the southeast of the river.

Li Jing continued: "His Royal Highness's East Palace, it is more complicated at the moment, various factions have been formed, among them, the princess's maiden family is the most powerful, in the long run, I'm afraid it's not good, I took Yuan Qing away, it is also out of this consideration, this child is a thorn, the princess is powerless to restrain at the moment, stay in his East Palace, I don't know how much right and wrong to provoke." ”

There are factions that are not terrible, they are not terrible, what is really terrible is that they do not fight, Yang Ming is actually much clearer than Li Jing about this.

The people were all arranged by him personally, as early as that time, he had already planned everything, and the factions that appeared now were basically within Yang Ming's prediction, or rather, he single-handedly facilitated.

As the crown prince and concubine, Yang Yinjiang's mother's side must take care of her, and the arrogance of the Yang family is actually a means for Yang Ming to suppress other factions.

There must be a degree of arrogance, beyond that degree, Yang Ming will intervene, now Xuan Ting is beating Wei Zheng, it is not a matter at all, when Xuan Ting wants to kill Wei Zheng, that is the matter.

Where is this? It's just some small disputes on the surface, and there will be conspiracy and trickery in the future, the East Palace is the chessboard, and Yang Ming is the chess player.

Yang Ming nodded: "Where there are many people, that's it, everyone has their own ideas, and contradictions arise because of this, I don't want to forcibly intervene, but appropriate warnings are still needed." ”

Li Jing smiled and said, "Why doesn't Your Highness ask me which faction I belong to?" ”

Yang Ming laughed: "Of course you are a princeling, otherwise why would you be a peacemaker?" Because everyone knows that you Li Jing are my right-hand man, and if they don't give you face, they just don't give me face. ”

Li Jing sighed: "When I first saw His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness was only ten years old, and at that time I felt that His Royal Highness was not a mortal, different from other emperors and grandsons. ”

"Just like Brother Jing," Yang Ming said with a smile: "Your Majesty hasn't actually made up your mind yet, whether you want to use it or not, although I have recommended it, but this last step depends on you." ”

Li Jing nodded solemnly and said, "I have this confidence." ”

"Good!" Yang Ming clapped his hands and said, "But before that, I have something to tell you, I hope you can listen to it." ”

Li Jing laughed: "Your Highness's instructions, Li Jing will consider every word in his heart, Your Highness, please speak." ”

(End of chapter)