Chapter 3 The Ups and Downs (Part 3) Yu Wenshiji was very disappointed with the content of the imperial edict. With his face and such a generous gift, he could not get a first-level promotion for his friend! How could such an unreasonable thing happen?
Happened! If the person who made the same contribution was a child of a noble family, even if he was born in a third-rate family like Li Yuan or Xue Shixiong, I am afraid that the person who made the contribution would have already been granted the title of marquis or uncle, or even led a whole bodyguard. However, except for a few words
Apart from good words, Li Xu has received nothing so far. Not only has his official position not changed, he has not even received a single cent of the honors set up by the imperial court to reward military merits (Note 1). It turns out that there is no one from the Yuwen family.
Face, I am nothing!" Disappointed, Yuwen Shiji began to feel sorry for himself. "If it were his father or eldest brother who came forward at this moment, the officials in the court who relied on the Yuwen family would not unanimously say good things about Xu Zi? Can it be replaced?
You have given me the same proposal but it is insignificant!" He was busy complaining, completely forgetting the fact that Asahi's military rank was already half a level higher than his. Under this situation, if the imperial court promoted Asahi again,
, or grant Xuzi a title, and he will never want to keep Xuzi under his control from now on. Yuwenshu once used this method to successfully get Xuzi out of Li Yuan's control. Of course, he cannot tolerate the same setback happening to his son.
Therefore, the old general Yuwenshu spared no effort to praise Li Xu's martial arts in front of the emperor, describing him as a warrior who was as brave as any man. In order to create opportunities for his son, he even hinted that his confidants had not recognized Yuwenshiji's contribution.
Before, no one was allowed to speak up for that wild boy who came from a humble background. However, this voluntary approach was jointly resisted by other families. In Yuwenshu's eyes, only one of his sons was rewarded for his meritorious service. But in the eyes of others,
, which means that the Yuwen family has become stronger and has threatened the balance of power among several major families in the court.
At present, the Yuwen family is not the only one in the court who wants to suppress Xu Zi. Just as Yu Wenshu expected that day, the aristocratic families such as Gao, Yang, Wang, Yu, and Dou also do not expect that a reckless young man with unknown origins and uncertain stance will suddenly appear among them.
From the moment the army invaded Liaodong, two or three memorials were published in the emperor's palace every day to impeach General Li Xu for taking advantage of military training to exclude dissidents and harm the soldiers. As for the impeachment of Xu Zi for conniving during the eastward march,
It is not uncommon for subordinates to commit murder and arson, deliberately tarnishing the image of the Celestial Empire.
To the surprise of several big families, some officials from second-rate families in the imperial court began to support Li Xu. They believed that: now that the imperial court is in the midst of hiring people, unclear rewards and punishments would not be conducive to inspiring heroes to devote themselves to the country, and the country should employ people
Value one's ability rather than one's origin. The Great Sui Dynasty began to emphasize this principle since the late emperor was in power. Whenever it was implemented, some people repeatedly raised their eyebrows. The experience of Xiong Wulang General Li Xu is a living example. He has not committed any crime.
Not only did the imperial court not grant or reward the extraordinary feat of rescuing his own robe in front of the Mazhai River twice, but they also allowed some people with ulterior motives to suppress the hero, which really makes the world's heroes feel cold.
Although there were important ministers staying in both the east and the west, some important matters that the ministers did not dare to make decisions on their own were sent to Yang Guang's residence by fast horse every day. For more than a year, due to the failure of the Eastern Expedition, those on the Sui border had
The tribes that once surrendered are ready to move, and the bandits and bandits in various places are also fighting for their lives. Reading these memorials every day has made Yang Guang's head feel as big as a fight, so in the past few days, the various factions in the DPRK have poured dirty water on an unknown person.
His boring behavior really doesn't arouse his desire to interfere.
But the ministers just couldn't understand his tolerance. Just the day before yesterday, Pei Yun, the imperial censor who was born in the Pei family of Guanlong, once again proposed that in order to encourage the soldiers to serve the country, the court should heavily reward those who made great contributions to the country during this year's Eastern Expedition.
Pei Ju, the servant of Huangmen who always knew how to appreciate the holy will, also rashly agreed with this view and suggested that His Majesty the Emperor immediately confer titles on General Li and the Pei brothers. As soon as the suggestion came out, the whole court was in chaos!
The civil and military officials ignored important matters such as how to mobilize the power of the country and quickly extinguish Yang Xuangan and the rebellions in various places. Instead, they started arguing over conflicts as big as sesame seeds and mung beans. Yang Guang was so angry that he was trembling. According to his temperament, he quickly cut through the mess and gave Li Xu two consecutive promotions.
Even if he was given the title of earl, it was not an unreasonable decision. However, his years of experience in governing made him suppress the holy edict that came to his lips.
Pei Yun and his fellow officials have never been outspoken people. If they don't have any intention, they will not stand up for an unknown junior. Moreover, Li Xu is not from a famous family, and he has not had anything to do with the Pei family so far.
Guan Pei Yun did not hesitate to offend several other wealthy families in order to seek credit for him, and the sacrifice he made was too great.
Thinking of this, Yang Guang postponed his decision again. As a result, as soon as he hesitated, someone brought up the old story of Li Xu's unknown master again. "Jing Chen secretly sent someone to investigate. Li Xu and the late rebel Sun Anzu had an affair."
Someone in Liaodong once heard that Sun Anzu had a mentor-disciple relationship with him!"
"Get this person out of here!" Yang Guang slapped the court case and ordered his people to take the informer out of the imperial tent to reflect on Sun Anzu's death in the bandit fight for almost a full year, but some people still mentioned him indifferently.
His name is Li Xu, so what if he had a relationship with him back then? Li Xu entered Liaodong first to serve the country, and Sun Anzu rebelled later. There is no connection between the two!
When the ministers saw that His Majesty the Emperor was angry, the arguments among them immediately became quieter. Finally, everyone came to a compromise plan. The imperial court immediately issued an order to commend the officers and soldiers of the Xiongwu Camp who had made great contributions to the country. They should be promoted and given money.
Qian's reward for the commander and supervisor of the Xiongwu camp was left to be decided after public discussion among the ministers because their contributions were too great.
"Is this the Sui Dynasty that I want?" Yang Guang looked at the piles of memorials on the imperial court and sneered at the matter that needed to be decided through public discussion two days ago. So far, the ministers have not yet come up with the results of the discussion. If the decree of reward is not issued, the Ministry of War will not be in good condition.
The imperial court was dragging its feet in deploying the heroic and capable Xiongwu Battalion to the key position of annihilating the rebels. However, the lies concocted by Yang Xuangan to express the rationality of his rebellion spread more and more widely as refugees from various places fled.
Rumor has it that the emperor was not in the right position because he relied on a trick to kill his own brother to obtain the right to inherit the throne. In order to consolidate his power, he killed one biological brother and two biological brothers, and even his biological uncle, who once threatened him.
Yang Shuang, the great general who shook the world, also died due to his conspiracy.
If it is just to attack him for doing whatever it takes to obtain imperial power, Yang Guang still doesn't feel very aggrieved. No matter whether the evidence of these things is conclusive or based on rumors, it is an indisputable fact that he seized the throne as the younger brother as his younger brother. However, rumors say that he is greedy for power and lustful.
It was too unbearable for him to hold a grudge because he couldn't snatch the concubine of Empress Chen, and then to kill the hero without guilt.
Gao Ying was indeed executed by his order, but Gao Ying had always stood by Yang Yong in the struggle for the throne, and his influence in the army was deeply entangled. No emperor who had won the throne would tolerate such a thorn.
It has long been said that he had a grudge against Gao Ying because of his admiration for the Queen of the Southern Dynasties, Zhang Lihua. This is simply a slander. Yang Guang asked himself that he was only twenty years old when he conquered Chen in the Southern Dynasty. As a twenty-year-old young hero, he admired a man who was over forty years old.
Only a blind man would do such a boring thing!
"Except for Gao Ying, I have never treated anyone poorly!" Looking at Yang Xuangan's message calling on the heroes of the world to raise troops to depose the emperor, Yang Guang sighed aggrievedly and said that Shangshu Zuopu She Su Wei was his father's old prime minister, and he appointed him as his servant.
She, Nayan, worked in the first-grade civil service position for more than ten years. Nayan, Yang Da, started serving in the late emperor's reign. He allowed him to be re-elected until his death, as well as Xiao Cong, Yang Yue, Pei Ju, Pei Yun, Yu Wenshu and so on.
People, who are not veterans who have been in office for ten or twenty years, why should I treat them so lightly that they even say that they like to kill heroes? Where is the evidence, where are the facts?
"If we compare who doesn't covet beauty, I will definitely be ranked among the top five emperors in the past. If we compare who doesn't kill heroes indiscriminately, I will also be ranked in the top ten among the emperors in the past. If we talk about martial arts, which emperor
Have you ever annexed an enemy country before you were twenty years old? If you were to rule by law, which place would be called the Khan of Heaven by such a country!" The more Yang Guang thought about it, the more aggrieved he became, with fire almost coming out of his eyes.
However, I am the king of a country and cannot condescend to argue with bandits and bandits. However, those ignorant people enjoy spreading rumors and never want to distinguish whether they are true or false. He looked around with eyes like fire, looking for something to vent his anger.
Sweeping it away, except for a lot of boring memorials, I really couldn't find any trash that could be thrown down.
"Wow!" Yang Guang swept all the memorials in front of him to the ground. Several eunuchs who were serving him in the imperial tent to read the memorials rushed forward and picked up the things written by the courtiers. "Don't move!" Yang Guang shouted.
Stopped, stepped forward, snatched the memorials from the eunuchs' arms, laughed and threw them into the air again
"I am not a foolish king!" he shouted with a bit of madness, "They are all slandering, slandering!" The memorials were flying in the air like goose feathers, and the eunuchs were so frightened that they hid in the corner of the tent and shivered.
"Come here and kick with me!" Yang Guang kicked the fallen memorial into the air one after another. While venting his anger, he extended an invitation to the eunuchs. He suddenly understood why the people who had impeached General Li Lang were so angry these days.
Many, very simple, because he can't defend himself one by one
"You can't defend yourself, and I can't defend myself!" Yang Guang laughed wildly, realizing that there was no difference between his situation and that of the young general. At this moment, he felt that he was not even as good as Li Xu.
After all, there is an emperor who makes the decision for him, but he has nothing but the throne.
Note 1: Ce Xun is a method of rewarding military exploits that emerged during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It is similar to the modern way of recording merit in terms of turns. One turn of Ce Xun is equivalent to recording one level of merit, up to twelve turns. Therefore, there is "Ce Xun" in Mulan Ci.
