Chapter 375: Blow

Being an emperor does not necessarily mean that you can do whatever you want. Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh food. There must be some rules. Whether it is salt or sugar, you must not put too much, otherwise the dishes will inevitably be terrible. It is just that if a dish is fried and broken, it will be dumped and not eaten, or if it is fed pigs and dogs, it is not too wasteful. But if an emperor loses the rules, the one that is broken is a country.

If Yang Guang does not abide by the rules, does not follow the rules, and does not behave in ethics, the collapse of his empire will become an inevitable matter. So to this point, a dignified emperor has to make plans if he wants to kill a little horse thief. This is the sorrow of an empire, and even more sorrow of an emperor. As the queen, Xiao Yizhen can feel the sadness and helplessness in Yang Guang's heart. Even though the emperor said it excitedly and with great momentum, it cannot hide the loss and sadness in his heart.

Yang Guang said that if I wanted to kill someone, I could have caused a huge wave of blood many years ago, but I can still do it now.

Xiao Yizhen did not doubt the authenticity of this sentence. She just felt that the emperor had to rely on saying such imposing words to serve as a storefront. Does the emperor need to brag? Does the emperor need to speak loudly?

The emperor is the supreme and the common ruler of the world.

Compared to the fact that Yang Guang could destroy a country with a calm word when he first ascended the throne, killing a person was so passionate. Xiao Yizhen felt the sadness contained in it.

"Your Majesty...If you are tired, lie down and rest for a while."

She could only say this and persuade her.

Yang Guang shook his head slowly and said, "Although today's headaches, I'm inspiring. I'll be able to present all the memorials of these days. I want to see them in person. Pei Ju and Yu Shiji are trustworthy. Although they will do some tricks behind their backs and be greedy for some small money, they are generally responsible for me. Let them organize the important things and send them to the garden. The room is very stuffy, and I want to sit in the pavilion."

"Bring some fresh fruit and new wine, I will hold it for you."

Xiao Yizhen said with a smile.

She was very happy, really happy. The emperor wanted to read the memorial, which was simply a good news. When was the last time His Majesty read the memorial? Xiao Yizhen could not remember it clearly. It seemed that after the third Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo, the emperor handed over the government affairs to Pei Ju and Yu Shiji. Those two people reported good news but not bad news, so the emperor was too lazy to ask about anything.

Today, Your Majesty is going to review the memorials in person, and Xiao Yizhen is so happy that she doesn't know how to express it.

She could see that there was a kind of glory in His Majesty's eyes, which was the glory that His Majesty had when he was the emperor many years ago. As long as His Majesty wanted to handle state affairs, he was the most wisest monarch in history in the world. Xiao Yizhen told herself that it was not too late, it was not too late. As long as the emperor was willing to govern the empire that belonged to him, even if this empire was already full of holes, the emperor could still prevent the worst things from happening. It didn't even take too long. Xiao Yizhen firmly believed that in only three years, His Majesty could get the empire back on track, and the old trees spit out new green.

Yang Guang was in a state of great anger and then sad. After calming down, he became very awake and his heart was very peaceful. So he decided to deal with some state affairs and let his ministers see his style. He needed to prove that he was not old yet and was not old at all.

Ya Yangguang changed into a black dragon-embroidered dress and walked slowly to the pavilion on the rockery beside the lotus pond in the back garden. It was only April, and the lotus was not in bloom, but the pool was green and looked refreshing. Yang Guang took a deep breath of the cold and clean air and sat down in the pavilion.

Queen Xiao was cooking wine not far from him, smiling at her husband who was rejuvenating today.

Yang Guang picked up a memorial and looked at it, then nodded and whispered: "The county magistrates of several counties on both sides of the Yellow River jointly submitted the memorial. Now the flood season has come, I will ask for money and grain to repair the river embankment. This is a major event and cannot be delayed."

He handed the memorial to Yu Shiji who was standing aside carefully and said, "Tell them a few times that the taxes this year do not have to be paid. Local governments raise funds to repair the river bank. If the money in the treasury in various places is not enough, let them write to the court again. People's livelihood issues should not be taken lightly. Yu Shiji, you can pick a few capable officials from the Ministry of Revenue to watch them at the place, and you cannot let them waste money and food."

Yu Shiji thought that sending people to the place to watch would really waste money and food. The officials sent by the court to the local government probably put more money into their pockets than those used to repair river embankments. Besides, where can there be rich money and food in those counties? Your Majesty has a good idea, but unfortunately, Your Majesty no longer understands the current Sui Dynasty.

"Abide by the order."

Although Yu Shiji thought so in his heart, he showed great respect on his face.

He picked up another memorial and looked at it. Yang Guang frowned slightly and said, "Xiang Rui? Why did someone come up with such a trick? This time it's good. Boling County also has auspiciousness. The colorful bird circles the city for three days... Yu Shiji has planned to remove the magistrate of Boling County and take charge of his position, and raid his home. He can collect the money to make up the Yellow River and build the embankment."

"Abide by the order."

Xiao Yizhen couldn't help but feel a little excited when she looked at the emperor's confident look. She hadn't seen the emperor dealing with state affairs so seriously for a long time, and she seemed to have seen His Majesty ten years ago.

Yang Guang processed six or seven memorials in succession, and gradually lost his patience.

"Why are all trivial matters? There is nothing that hurts me in the Great Sui Dynasty?"

Yu Shiji hurriedly said: "The world is peaceful, there are no natural disasters, so things are trivial, which makes people feel troublesome."

"I'm already having a headache, so I don't have the heart to care about this subtle matter. Take it away, take it away. I'm tired."

He waved his hand, then lay down on the pavilion recliner, closed his eyes, and soon fell asleep.

Xiao Yizhen sighed slightly in his heart. Your Majesty is just tired. Today is many times stronger than before, and it will get better slowly. Your Majesty said just now that he should not be a fool, and the Great Sui Dynasty cannot fall into His Majesty's hands. He is just tired, and he will continue to deal with national affairs after sleeping.

Yang Guang slept very sweetly this time, and it was already a little dark when he got up.

"I felt refreshed after a sleep. Queen, accompany me to the riverside? The river is beautiful and beautiful."

Xiao Yizhen's heart sank, but her face was filled with a smile.

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When Yang Guang conferred the order of the Yanyun Village, Li Xian, the head of Yanyun Village, to send him to Dongping County for the order of the fourth-rank Wu Ben, it was already mid-May in the 12th year of Daye. Unfortunately, Li Xian was not in Yuncheng, Dongping County, nor in Juyeze. After returning to Dongping County from Licheng, Qi County, a few days ago, Li Xian brought Qin Qiong, Pei Xingyan, and Hou Jun gathered a few people, and five thousand elite cavalry rushed to Leize to meet Cheng Zhijie and Xiong Kuohai.

At the end of April, Li Xian ordered Xiong Kuohai and Cheng Zhijie to lead 30,000 troops out of Juyeze to Leize to station troops. The troops headed to Wagang Village in the distance. Chen Que'er led 10,000 naval troops, and 500 warships went up the Yellow River, blocking the Yellow River ferries in Dongjun.

After the arrangement was made, the letter written by Li Xian to Zhai Rang was sent out. When the Yellow River was blocked by Chen Queer and Lei Ze's troops were in line with the East County, the letter was only in Zhai Rang's hands. I don't know if Li Xian was too lazy to write a few more words or had not said much to Zhai Rang. The whole letter paper only wrote four big words of dragon flying and phoenix dancing in cursive style, which made people frightened.

Fight to the death

These are two choices, Li Xian gave the questions and Zhai Rang answered the questions.

Li Mi looked a little surprised when he saw this letter. He didn't expect that the one who came to avenge Zhang Xutuo was not the army dispatched by the court, but a thief. The thief avenged the court generals. It was ridiculous to tell anyone about this. However, neither Zhai Rang nor Li Mi could laugh.

Wagang Village just passed a fierce battle and killed Zhang Xutuo, a famous general of the Sui Dynasty. It was true that many defeated soldiers on the Green Forest Road came to surrender, but it was even more true that Wagang Village needs to rest now. Too many veterans who are good at fighting died. The 10,000 gray-clothed army that Xu Shiji had trained before now have less than two thousand remaining. After Li Mi arrived at Wagang Village, he picked up 10,000 elite soldiers from the recruits and formed the Pushan Camp. These 10,000 people will be the foundation for his future foothold. The combat power of the team he just formed can be imagined, so Li Mi is reluctant to fight.

If Li Mi was still gambling in the war that defeated Zhang Xutuo, he would no longer use the strength of Wagang Village to bet. Zhai Rang obeyed his words and gave him the right to form the Pushan Camp. Here he had a status no less than Zhai Rang. If he bet any more, he would bet on his own things.

Seeing Li Xian's letter, Li Mi pondered for a moment and said, "This matter is not something that cannot be discussed. If Li Xian gets Qi County, he will naturally avenge Zhang Xutuo if he wants to win the hearts of the people. But he is not really willing to fight in his heart. After all, if he fights, his losses will not be small."

"Mystery means, we just admit it?"

Shan Xiongxin asked with a frown.

"How can this be considered a confession?"

Li Mi smiled and said, "If you can bend and stretch, you will be a real man. If you just show off your strength, it is just a brave man. Brother Shan, did you forget the humiliation under Han Xin's crotch? Did you forget the shame of Emperor Gaozu of Han giving up Xianyang? Think about it, later, Han Xin dominated the world and Liu Bang achieved great achievements. Now we are just giving Qi County a dead bone head, what have we lost?"

"It's really inappropriate to have Zhang Xutuo's head hung on the city wall for so long."

Xie Yingdeng proposed a long time ago that it would take a few days to hang Zhang Xutuo's head on the city wall. Over time, it would be unrighteous. Shan Xiongxin refused, and Zhai Rang refused. Zhang Xutuo forced Wagang Village too hard, and they all had a sense of anger in their hearts that they could not vent.

Wang Bodangben also disagrees with hanging his head. To achieve great things, he must stand at a moral level. He treats the enemy's corpses in this way and kills all the prisoners of Qi County officials. Who else dares to surrender in the future?

But although they were unwilling, they could not control the decisions of Shan Xiongxin and Zhai Rang. They could not have had a quarrel with Zhai Rang and Zhai Rang because of a head. After all, the unity in the village is much more important than that head. Now that Li Mi mentioned it, Xie Yingdeng immediately agreed.

Wang Bodang also said, "When I returned it, Li Xian had no excuse to raise troops. After our village has been recuperating for half a year and the newly recruited soldiers are in a battle, he wants to fight again. Could it be that he is arrogant? Kill Zhang Xutuo, the prestige of our Wagang Village is beyond reach, and it will take not long to have 100,000 soldiers."

"Well!"

Zhai Rang sighed and said, "If you return it, return it. The Secret Duke is right, we will not lose anything."

After the discussion, it became a difficult problem to send Zhang Xutuo's dead bone head back. Li Xian was unreasonable. If he detained another person like Xu Shiji, Wagang Village would face the point of having to fight. If he only sent a small person, Wagang Village would be afraid of him Yanyun Village.

"I'll go"

Li Mi smiled confidently and said, "I want to see what kind of person General Li from Yanyun Village is."

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After Li Xian arrived in Leize for three days, the imperial envoy sent by the court chased him from behind. When he arrived at the camp outside Leize City, it was the sun hanging high, and the eunuchs who came to proclaim the orders were covered in smelly sweat. In addition, the unconcealed scent of urine on his body made the imperial soldiers around him frown.

"Who is Yan Yun? Come out and put on the incense table and kowtow to receive the order!"

After entering the camp, standing outside Li Xian's tent, the eunuch shouted at the top of his voice. After he finished calling, he looked left and right. Seeing the powerful and mighty soldiers of Yanyun Village, his heart trembled. The imperial guards were frightened by the soldiers of Yanyun Village who were eyeing him, and they did not dare to show up.

Cheng Zhijie walked out of the big tent and sneered twice as he looked at the eunuch.

"Yang Guang sent you here?"

Cheng Zhijie asked.

"Big... bold... dare to call your Majesty's name directly. You... want... you want to rebel?! No matter how dare you talk nonsense, don't blame me for ordering you to take you back to Jiangdu for guilt!"

The young eunuch asked tremblingly.

"To rebel?"

Cheng Zhijie laughed: "It's been a day or two for me to rebel."

He snatched the imperial edict and kicked the eunuch with one kick. Holding the imperial edict in his hand, Cheng Zhijie asked the dozen imperial soldiers, "Do you want to capture me, a thief?"

"Don't dare!"

The leading brigade quickly accompanied him with a smile and said, "What do the general say? We will be a family in the future..."

Li Xian walked out of the tent slowly, and Cheng Zhijie handed him the imperial edict. Li Xian unfolded the imperial edict, frowned and asked, "Who wrote the words on this imperial edict? It's so ugly."

The imperial edict was written by Yu Shiji and Yang Guang used the seal. Yu Shiji is a master of calligraphy, so the characters are naturally not ugly. But Li Xian said it was ugly, and the soldiers of the imperial guards could only be timid and dare not refute. Li Xian finished reading from beginning to end, and his eyes were filled with unhappiness.

"oops……"

Li Xian smiled and said, "It's quite generous, the fourth-rank Wu Ben Lang General."

He smiled and asked the eunuch who had climbed up on the ground, "Is there anything else?"

"without……"

"Then you just can't do anything."

Li Xian threw the imperial edict on the eunuch and said coldly: "Go back and tell Yang Guang that it is not impossible to let me destroy Wagang Village, nor is it impossible to destroy Dou Jiande. It is not good to take advantage. Why should I listen to him? The fourth-rank Wu Benlang General... The official of the Great Sui Dynasty is worthless now."

Li Xian squatted down beside the eunuch and whispered: "I am the best person to speak. If the court is willing to bring out some benefits, this matter is actually easy to discuss."

"What...what's the benefit?"

The eunuch who proclaimed the imperial edict asked trembled.

"Just give it some."

Li Xian smiled and said, "I have a small appetite and can be easily dispossed. I have 30,000 sets of military soldiers equipped with armor and equipment, and 200 Yellow Dragon Clippers."

After the eunuch was driven away, Cheng Zhijie asked in confusion: "Yang Guang is really willing to give it to me?"

"Of course he refused, he is not an idiot."

"That general, you do this?"

Li Xian smiled and said, "The people in the court are bored, the more I want, they think I really want to surrender to the court. Let them argue and send people to bargain back and forth. The journey is long, and it will take half a year to wait. By then, our Yanyun Village cavalry has been trained, and I am still worried that the court will send troops?"
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