Chapter 1 Brachium (Part 1) When the memorial carefully prepared by Yu He, the governor of Shanggu County, was delivered to the Sui Emperor Yang Guang after several rounds of transfers, it was already the next night. Yang Guang grabbed it from a pile of memorials.
After a cursory glance at it, a smile immediately appeared on his face. Then, his smile grew stronger and stronger. Suddenly, laughter burst out like a flood breaking a bank, making the window paper buzz.
"It's bad, we guessed the holy will wrong!" Yu Shiji, the Minister of Internal Affairs, trembled with fright, and his face suddenly turned pale.
Sheriff Shanggu's memorial was put on the imperial record after he had reviewed it. Although it was not completely consistent with his initial suggestion, it was basically in line with the results that the emperor wanted. But for some unknown reason, the emperor actually read it.
It is by no means an auspicious sign to burst into such shrill laughter. Although His Majesty the Sui Emperor is very tolerant of his favored ministers, it does not mean that he will not find excuses to kill people when he is angry. In fact, for those who offend his majesty,
His Majesty the Emperor will show no mercy in punishment
"Does the Emperor no longer intend to reuse Uncle Zhongyong? Then why does he keep this person by his side!" Yu Shiji lowered his head and thought in confusion that in the past two years, especially since the defeat of Liaodong last year, His Majesty's thoughts have become increasingly difficult.
Guess I used a rebellious word to describe him. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was moody. For Yu Shiji, who did not have the position of servant but exercised the power of servant, this was tantamount to increasing the pressure on him as an assistant minister because Lord Yu and
Unlike Yu Wenshu, Pei Ju, Pei Yun and other ministers, he did not have any fixed political goals, and guessing the emperor's thoughts was his top priority.
"Haha, okay, hahaha, what a good Governor Yu who is an official!" Yang Guang held the memorial into a ball in the palm of his hand, and while laughing, he beat the desk hard. The huge noise alarmed many people, and outside the door
The standing warriors even held the hilt of the sword. As soon as His Majesty opened his mouth, they immediately rushed out and captured the blind and unlucky guy for questioning.
Yu He is the nephew of Yu Shiji's family. Lord Yu, the Minister of Internal Affairs, could not bear to watch his nephew suffer misfortune. Before His Majesty the Emperor made the decision to take him away, he secretly used his eyes to look at the Emperor who was standing beside the Imperial Case.
The old eunuch Wen Jiu holding the silver charcoal stove sent a distress signal
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, be careful that your anger is bad!" Wen Qiao glared at Yu Shiji angrily, and then lowered his voice to advise him that he didn't care much about the rights and wrongs in the DPRK. In contrast, he was more concerned about Yang Guang's personal construction.
Since the year before last, Wen Qiu, who has been with Yang Guang since childhood, clearly felt that something was wrong with the aging of His Majesty around him. The imperial family should not be called aging, but should be said to be more stable, but His Majesty's spirit is indeed not as good as before, and the entire family is not as good as before.
He didn't look as optimistic and ambitious as before. Sometimes, Wen Chou even saw His Majesty the Emperor crying secretly, secretly crying in a place where others couldn't see, like a wronged child.
Wen Qiu knew that he should not speculate on His Majesty the Emperor like this, but sometimes he really felt that His Majesty the Emperor was very pitiful. In recent years, God has been blind and brought disasters, big and small, to the Sui Dynasty one after another. First, the prince died, and His Majesty suffered it.
The pain of separation of flesh and blood, then the disastrous defeat in Liaodong, then Yang Xuangan's rebellion, then Yuhang people Liu Yuanjin raised troops, Donghai people Peng Xiaocai gathered people as bandits, and recently there were more than 20 people including Song Zixian, Menxiang Haiming, Du Fuwei, Fu Gongyou, Miao Haichao, etc.
For some unknown reason, the common people, who had always been weak, suddenly became violent and competed with each other to do this business involving the nine tribes.
And the civil and military affairs of this dynasty do not make people worry. Today you bite me, and tomorrow I pinch you. Finally, a general Li Lang who suits His Majesty's wishes was finally produced, and he was held in the hands of these cunning guys and used as a knife.
"Angry, what do I have to be angry about?" Yang Guang laughed enough, threw Yu He's memorial into the corner of the room, and said loudly, "General Li Lang's mentor is not Yang Ji. The old man named Yang is just an ordinary student in the county school."
"Teacher, I don't have any skills. I am just thinking about how to deal with Li Lang's crime of repaying his kindness to his teacher. Once this memorial comes out, do I still need to worry about it?"
"This Shanggu County Sheriff must not know the inside story. He was fooled by his subordinates. I immediately sent someone to warn him. I will definitely get to the bottom of this matter!" Yu Shiji stepped forward and kept making guarantees.
Pei Ju, the servant of Huangmen, was ordered to appease the barbarians in the Langyou area. At present, most of the important task of advising Yang Guang fell on Yu Shiji and the imperial censor Pei Yun. And that Pei Yun was a guy who was afraid of the world being in chaos. This time the imperial censor
The historians' move to impeach Yu Wenshu was because he was behind this man's nonsense, which made Yu Shiji, who wanted to make peace with him, very troubled.
He was provoked too much, so he took advantage of both sides and made a nondescript memorial. In the end, Tianwei was offended.
"No need, he did a great job!" Yang Guang waved his hand and spoke in a tone that made it hard to tell whether he was praising or mocking, "Yu Shiji, this Yu He belongs to your Yu family. He is such a good person, why don't you let him go?"
Will the Ministry of Civil Affairs promote his position to another level?"
"I dare not show favoritism." Yu Shiji, the Minister of Internal Affairs, became paler and paler, three points whiter than the snow outside the window. His Majesty the Emperor was really angry this time, but what did he do wrong? He was puzzled.
According to various speculations yesterday, His Majesty the Emperor clearly did not want to hold either party responsible for the dispute. However, tonight, he completely changed his mind.
"Why don't you dare? You don't avoid relatives when you are promoted internally, and you don't avoid enemies when you are promoted externally?" Yang Guang's mouth tilted slightly as he continued to sarcastically say, "If I hadn't known about it in advance, I guess your family would have written Yang Ji as a handyman in the county school.
Or simply tell me that this person has never appeared in Yi County County School to save everyone the trouble!"
"I, I will go and investigate in person, I will investigate in person!" Yu Shiji wished he could kneel on the ground, hold Yang Guang's thigh and beg him to forgive him. Your Majesty is not angry that Yu He excused Li Xu, but Your Majesty is angry that everyone is telling lies with their eyes open, but they can't tell the truth.
What's the benefit of telling the emperor? General Li Lang has already released the person, and the guilt can be light or serious. Neither the old man Yuwenshu nor the little devil of General Li Lang bothered too much about the matter. Yuwenshu kicked the little devil of the Li family out of Xiongwu.
The reason for the camp was that the other party was arrogant and despised his boss. The little devil named Li went even further. He went all the way to Jixian County to greet the emperor's chariot. He did not complain or complain, but just said that his wounds were healed and he had nothing to do.
I came specially to the emperor to wait for orders.
Yang Guang's answer was a deep sigh, "Forget it, that's the end of it." He stood up and walked gently in the room. When Li Xu appeared in the morning team, he guessed that the little guy was in the army.
When the old foxes in the group fell into trouble, he had already received three memorials, one of which was written by Yu Wenshiji, about the specific process of Li Yang's two offensive and defensive battles and the aftermath measures.
Xu asked for credit, believing that without this person's keen grasp of the battle situation and fear of life and death during the battle, Liyang City would not have been taken, nor could it have been defended afterwards.
The second memorial came from Yu Wenshu. The old general "very generously" credited Li Xu with the first victory in the Battle of Hulao Pass and also explained the reason for letting Li Xu go home to recuperate. On the one hand, he cherished his talent.
, on the other hand, it was for the long-term consideration of the Sui Dynasty that he could not bear to fight with injuries, and to dampen the young man's arrogance so that he could be more useful in the future.
The third memorial was written by General Lai Hu'er. He strongly recommended Li Xu to the court, believing that the young man was both wise and brave and a rare pillar of talent. The specific reason was his performance in the Battle of Hulao. Lai Hu'er believed that Li Xu was a rare young man with both intelligence and courage.
The former Youwuhou general Li Zixiong was cunning and treacherous. Thanks to Li Xu seeing through his tactics, he ensured that the power of the Sui army never fell into the hands of the traitors.
"These old guys are just messing around, why bother dragging in an ignorant little guy!" Yang Guang thought at the time. The reason why Yu Wenshu suddenly became generous and did not take all the credit must be because he came to protect the children and so on.
The memorial that Li Xu was pushed out to cause trouble and came to protect his son clearly meant that Yu Wenshu made a mistake in his use of troops, and it was only thanks to Xiongwuying's timely remediation that he was able to avoid a defeat.
At that time, Yang Guang was not angry that the generals were fighting each other. It was a tradition of the Sui Dynasty. From a royal point of view, he did not want the veteran generals under his command to be too united. As for Li Xu being squeezed out, Yang Guang had no intention of going into details. Anyway, the little guy's official position was still there.
, he has made new achievements, and when he returns to Luoyang to discuss the merits and rewards, he will be promoted to a noble rank, and then he will be given a real title again.
But within a few days of Li Xu's appearance, things became complicated. The imperial censors took turns to impeach Yu Wenshu for manipulating power and harming the country with ulterior motives. However, several officials close to the Yuwen family fought back, impeaching Li Xu for being good at dividing military rations and buying off the country.
The war between the two sides became more and more intense, and as a result, many secrets hidden in private were exposed to the public. When Yang Guang checked again, he found that there was no good person among the officials!
The matter was not initiated by Li Xu. He, a fifth-grade general who only had the opportunity to go to court six times a month, had no friendship with the officials and had no ability to stir up such a big storm. According to Yang Guang's inference, the mastermind behind the scenes should be the imperial censor.
Pei Yun, the internal historian Xiao Yu and other guys have long been jealous of the power of the Yuwen family, and fighting for Li Xu is just a cover for them to deal with outsiders.
In this regard, Yang Guang has long been accustomed to the fact that ministers of power often check each other, so that it is easier for the monarch to control it. But he couldn't stand it when everyone ignored a lot of state affairs and undermined each other regardless of time and importance. He decided to personally
Paying attention to this matter, through the specific performance during the handling of this matter, to see who among the ministers is more loyal, and which one is more concerned about the affairs of the court than his own affairs. As a result, he suddenly discovered that the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, except for a few
Like Li Xu, Xiao Zhizhi has just entered the official career. Outside the officialdom, everyone else is pretending to be a public servant.
Moreover, these people all use high-sounding reasons to
My Great Sui Dynasty, it turned out to be like this! Yang Guang felt that his heart was cold, colder than the ice and snow outside. He remembered that his father told him before he died that Su Wei, Yang Xiong, and Pei Ju were all good ministers, as were Gao Ying, Yu Wenshu, and Li Zixiong.
For the sake of famous generals, these good ministers and famous generals either betrayed themselves or became mediocre and only knew how to fight for power and gain.
"Am I really unlucky?" Yang Guang pushed away the guard angrily and stretched out his hand to open the window. The fluttering snowflakes were blown in by the wind and immediately covered his face.
Note from Drunkard: I got a sample book of "Guidebook". It's pretty good. I hope readers who like the book will buy the genuine version and support Drunkard. Thank you very much.
