"Your Majesty!" Yu Shiji, Wen Qian and others shouted at the same time. It was snowing and windy outside, and they were worried that Yang Guang would be injured by the cold wind.

"Get out!" Yang Guang shouted lowly without looking back.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. I will try my best to handle this matter. Please be at ease, Your Majesty." Yu Shiji wiped the cold sweat from his head and begged again in a low voice. He knew that he did not have the planning talent of Pei Ju, nor was he as talented as Yu Wenshu.

Being so knowledgeable and skilled in fighting, and being able to walk by the emperor's side for so many years, all depended on his extraordinary memory and the emperor's trust. Once the emperor's trust was gone, his good days would come to an end.

"Get out, get out, all of you get out, get out of here!" Yang Guang held the window frame with both hands and roared loudly. The eunuchs, guards, ministers, all of them were frightened and fled like frightened mice. In the blink of an eye,

He was the only one left in the room that had been temporarily used as a palace. He was panting softly, like a wounded beast.

The snow outside was falling rapidly, and the cold and wet night wind was like a knife cutting into people's faces. Yang Guang did not hide or dodge, enjoying the coldness like a steel knife scraping bones. After a moment, he panted and turned around

He came, hunched over and walked to the desk, waved his hand and swept all the memorials to the ground, then raised his foot and kicked away the sandalwood desk.

The emperor who once commanded hundreds of thousands of troops in battle was very powerful. The sandalwood writing desk he kicked away drew an arc in mid-air, hit the wall wrapped in silk, and split into two. Yang Guang

But he was not willing to give in. He chased after him, threw half of the desk up with his toes, and threw it against the other wall. He threw it again and kicked it again until the entire desk was restored to a pile of original wood. He finally got tired and hugged his knees with both hands.

I squatted next to the charcoal pot and looked at the blue flames dancing inside, with tears streaming down my face.

"Eunuch Yidao, your majesty, your majesty, he..." At the door of the house, Yu Shiji bowed to the old eunuch Wen Chou and asked tentatively. The sound of "ping ping ping pong" in the room stopped, which showed that the emperor's anger had dissipated.

It was almost the same. He didn't dare to execute it haphazardly until he understood how His Majesty the Emperor wanted to deal with this matter.

The old eunuch Wen Jiu snorted from his nostrils in response. He really couldn't understand Yu Shiji's expression. If it weren't for this guy's incompetence, everyone wouldn't have to be so worried tonight. Do you think the emperor's anger is so easy to calm down? Sometimes he

The reason why he does not hold some people accountable is because he does not want to care about them. And these people who he does not want to care about are arrogant and favored, and they have disappointed His Majesty again and again.

In Wen Jiu's eyes, Yang Guang's personality is like a piece of ice on fire. The warm side makes people feel like a spring breeze, and can even roast people. The cold side makes people shudder. This kind of personality is very useful when fighting for the throne.

It's suitable because he can make his subordinates risk their lives, while the hostile parties and those in the middle have to consider the consequences of offending him. But it may not really be used to govern the country...

Wen Qiao did not want to slander the emperor who had grown up with him in his heart. To others, Yang Guang was a majestic emperor, but to Wen Qiao, he was not only an emperor, but also a companion, a companion worthy of trust and protection. Thinking of this

At this, he sighed, glanced at the frightened Yu Shiji and the eunuchs, and reached out to push open the ajar door in front of him.

"Who told you to come in? Get out!" Yang Guang quickly stretched out his hand to wipe his face and shouted.

"I'll see if there are any charcoal in the charcoal basin, and then I'll leave!" Wen Chou walked forward slowly, walking as gently as possible, as if he was afraid that the sound of walking would scare the people in the room. He walked to the wall first

Next, he quietly closed the window. Then he walked to Yang Guang's side, squatted beside the silver charcoal basin, used silver-plated iron chopsticks to open the engraved silver charcoal cover on the charcoal basin, looked inside, and asked in a low voice

: "Your Majesty hopes that the fire will be slower or faster!"

While doing all this, he tried not to look into Yang Guang's eyes. Any adult man does not want others to see his red and swollen eyelids. In the heart of the old eunuch Wen Jiu, Yang Guang is an emperor and a face-saving person.

man.

"You can add whatever you want, this little thing bothers me too!" Yang Guang moved his body back and complained in annoyance. Being kind to the people around him is one of the few good habits he has. The old eunuch Wen Qiu served him

He had lived with him for more than thirty years, and even the nickname "Yidao" was given to him by him. So although he was still in a irritable mood at this time, Yang Guang did not want to get angry with Wen Qian again.

"If Your Majesty doesn't make it clear what you want to do, how can we fools like us who do odd jobs and run errands know how to do it? If we accidentally understand His Majesty's thoughts wrongly, won't we make His Majesty angry again?" Wen Qiao skillfully used silver.

The shovel scooped out several half-inch square and neatly sized pieces of fragrant charcoal from the golden charcoal bag, adding them to the charcoal basin while responding.

Several golden flames immediately jumped out of the charcoal basin, lighting up the room suddenly. Then, the flames quickly weakened, and several lines of fragrant smoke slowly rose up, twisting into a ball in the room.

Diffuse slowly.

"Are you speaking for them? What benefits has the surname Yu given you?" Yang Guang's dull eyes quickly lit up, and there was a faint flicker of fire. But soon, the fire dimmed at the same speed as the virtual flames in the charcoal basin.

.Eunuch Yidao is an orphan and has no relatives in the world. If you ask which of the courtiers around him is the most honest, Yang Guang knows that the old eunuch next to him can definitely be ranked first. Over the years, he has even taken away the property he gave him.

Of course, this person will not accept bribes given to others or foreign ministers.

Wen Qiao used silver chopsticks to poke two holes in the charcoal, revealing the red charcoal under the black charcoal, and then gently covered the charcoal cover back. "I only care about your majesty's mood, as for them," he said proudly to the door

He pointed outside and said, "You are not my master, I can't serve you!"

Among all the eunuchs in the harem, Yang Guang gave Wen Jiu the right to reply directly with "I". The old eunuch spoke smoothly and did not make people feel rude at all. After he finished defending himself, he sat quietly

He came to Yang Guang's side and, like His Majesty the Emperor, held his knees with his hands and looked at the fire.

"Damn old man!" Yu Shiji, who was hiding outside the door and eavesdropping, gritted his teeth in anger. He thought that Eunuch Yidao was soft-hearted and went into the house to plead with everyone, but in the end, the old man actually played the trick of standing aside and watching. Just when he was so anxious that he was furious.

When he was like an ant on the pot, he heard Yang Guang's questioning voice coming from the house.

"In your opinion, what should I do?"

"Oh my god, you finally opened your eyes. Father Yi Dao, please say a few more kind words!" Yu Shiji looked at the ceiling above the outer room and murmured a prayer.

Perhaps hearing his prayer, Wen Qiu did not remain silent any longer. He thought about it and replied with a smile: "If someone does something that is not in line with His Majesty's wishes, Your Majesty can deprive him of his official title or expel him. And don't be angry."

I lost my own body, I am an eunuch, and I don’t understand anything about the foreign affairs!"

"This old and immortal thief!" Smoke rose again in Yu Shiji's heart. If anyone in the civil and military dynasties was trusted by His Majesty the most, the one who ranked before Yu Shiji was Eunuch Wen. This man has always been a kind-hearted person, but what happened today?

This idea is simply adding insult to injury.

The strange thing is that no one was hit by stones. After hearing what Wen Jiu said, Yang Guang, instead of jumping up and announcing that Yu Shiji would be kicked out of the court, he sighed and replied lazily: "Oh, whoever has changed is still a different person."

So, it may not be as satisfactory to me as these."

"Thank God!" Yu Shiji suddenly felt relieved, and his body went limp as if his muscles and bones had been taken away. Staying in one position for a long time exhausted his energy and physical strength. At this moment, the crisis was finally lifted, and his whole body immediately disappeared.

support.

The two guards who were as nervous as Yu Shiji had quick hands and quick eyes, and gently held his shoulders. "Thank you!" Yu Shiji leaned into the other man's ear and murmured. His eyes followed the crack in the door and landed on Eunuch Wenqiu's shoulders.

1. "This man is very witty!" Yu Shiji felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and besides being grateful, there was also a hint of jealousy.

"Since Your Majesty is not prepared to deal with anyone, why are you so angry?" Wen Chou, who was sitting next to the charcoal basin in the room, asked in a low voice.

"Yes, why am I so angry?" Yang Guang thought strangely as he looked at the fire seeping out from under the charcoal bit by bit. He remembered that he had no intention of dealing with Yu Wenshu, nor did he intend to deal with Li Xu.

But later, Pei Yun, the imperial censor, and several officials impeached Yuwen Shu for his power, and actually captured three elite soldiers into the hands of the Yuwen family. He became furious. Then, Niu Hong, the Minister of Personnel, and several other officials

In defense of Yu Wenshu, he exposed Li Xu's mistake of letting the imperial prisoners go private. Then things got messy. The civil and military officials in the dynasty were divided into several factions, and they blamed each other. No one was a good person and had not done anything good. Continuously.

In the past few days, the only thing that made me happy was that Yu Wenshu killed Liang Xiangguo, the largest group of rebel thieves near Luoyang, and seized a large amount of thieves' dirty money.

When everything that happened in the past few days gradually became clear like a flame in a charcoal basin, Yang Guang felt very discouraged. It was not worth it, everything was not worth it. Trivial things were magnified infinitely when pulled here and there. At first, it was just Yu Wenshu

He and Li Xu made mistakes, and he had forgiven them with the tolerant heart of an emperor. But now, the two guys who originally caused trouble had retreated behind the scenes, but a group of other people came to him like a revolving door.

"I allow you to come up with ideas for me, regardless of whether the matter happens in the outer court or the inner court!" Yang Guang sighed heavily, spread his legs and sat in front of the charcoal basin. He felt too tired, simply

I want to lie down on the ground and sleep forever. The civil and military officials of the dynasty are not as knowledgeable as a eunuch. How can I be a good emperor like this?

"In my opinion, this is right and wrong. It originally started between General Yu Wen and General Li and has nothing to do with anyone else!" Wen Qiao glanced at the door, then turned his head and whispered.

"Originally, no one else has anything to do. There are too many people who want to swim in the water!" Yang Guang nodded and agreed with Wen Qiao's analysis.

"As for the rights and wrongs of others, Your Majesty might as well put them aside for the time being. First, separate the merits and demerits of Old General Yuwen and Little General Li, award them where they deserve, and punish them where they deserve punishment. If the merits and demerits balance, there will be no reward or punishment.

If the merits are not equal to the faults..."

"Reward for merit and punishment for demerit!" Yang Guang patted the carpet and said loudly.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Wen Qian flattered him promptly.

"Yu Wenshu, he defeated Yang Xuangan and destroyed Liang Xiangguo for me. He planned well and made great contributions!" Yang Guang's mood slowly recovered, and his mind began to clear up. "Yu Wenshu's biggest benefit is

You know how to understand my thoughts, and don't put on airs like some people!" Deep in his heart, he added an evaluation of his favorite minister. Other generals seized the rebels' supplies, or distributed them on their own initiative.

The generals either pretended to be clean and turned it over to the treasury. Only General Yuwenshu would rather bear the false reputation of being a flatterer than hand over the treasure to the royal family. Over the years, others have impeached Yuwenshu for being greedy, but Yang Guang knew most of the crimes.

General Yuwen was remembered for himself. When he was fighting for the throne with Yang Yong, he needed money to win over the ministers, and to please his mother's tribe, and several uncles named Dugu needed money. And on the surface, he had to act incorruptible.

Gain prestige. Thanks to General Yuwenshu who swallowed up the seized supplies, he was able to use various means. After inheriting the throne, appeasing Yang Yong's remnants, stabilizing the government, and eliminating potential threats required a large amount of money. The national treasury at that time could not be taken lightly.

Of course, all the secret spending can only rely on Yu Wenshu and others' means of making money.

"But it was indeed a big mistake for him to exclude dissidents and install cronies in the army!" After talking about Yuwenshu's achievements, Yang Guang thought of the memorials of the officials. Yuwenshu's other actions really touched his conscience.

The Zuoyuwei under his control was already the most elite among the twelve standing troops of the four prefectures of the Sui Dynasty. And taking advantage of this time to wipe out Yang Xuangan, this person also captured the equally elite Xiongwuying.

According to insider reports, Yu Wenshu's other son Yu Wenhuaji is now taking over the reins of Youwuhou's troops and horses in place of the seriously injured General Zhao Xiaocai of Youwuhou.

The total number of soldiers and horses of the three armies exceeded 150,000. Yang Xuangan rebelled, but with thousands of servants and 20,000 boatmen. Putting 150,000 soldiers and horses in the hands of the same family, no matter how much he favored Yu Wenshu,

, Yang Guang is not willing to take this risk.

"Actually, the Prince Consort knows how to advance and retreat. This can be seen from the fact that he put all Li Yang's merits on General Li!" Wen Qiao lowered his voice and shared Yang Guang's worries.

"The Prince Consort is indeed someone who knows how to advance and retreat!" Yang Guang nodded, with a somewhat mocking expression on his face, which was very inconsistent with his body movements.

Yu Wenshiji gave most of Li Yang's achievements in the two battles to Li Xu, which seemed very generous on the surface. But Yang Guang, who relied on calculations to win the throne with his biological brother, could see a hint of conspiracy in it. As long as he is calm,

This kind of conspiracy could not be hidden from his eyes at all. By doing this, Yuwen Shiji could, on the one hand, make the soldiers of the Xiongwu camp return to their hearts after Li Xu left. On the other hand, the crime of secretly dividing military rations and punishing the surrender of General Yuan Wuben was also

It also fell on Li Xu alone.

"In total, Old General Yu Wenshu has two merits. Once he has failed, the merits should outweigh the faults! As for the other requests, since they have aroused criticism from the officials, His Majesty will refute them after considering it. There is no need to be angry!" Wen Qianshun!

After thinking about what Yang Guang wanted, he suggested.

"Brilliant!" Yu Shiji, who was eavesdropping outside the door, secretly raised his thumb. "Yi Dao Eunuch is worthy of being Yi Dao Eunuch. This chop is in line with His Majesty's original intention, and it also leaves the Yuwen family speechless." Yu Wenshu said in the heart of the old thief.

Even if there is resentment, one can only complain that the officials are indifferent and cannot blame anyone else.

While he was admiring, he suddenly heard someone in the room shouting: "Yu Shiji, stop eavesdropping outside and come in here. I'm waiting for you to draw up a decree!"
To be continued...