Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 303
Yang Ming whipped Shiji to calm people's hearts. Although He Ruobi died, the remaining mess is not easy to deal with.

Moreover, such an unseemly death will have a great impact on the military. Once someone comes forward to complain, it will be a headache.

Only a fool would insult He Ruobi's corpse.

Yang Ming didn't expect that Yuwen Shiji was just an idiot, didn't you do well in the Tang Dynasty?Why does it seem that the brain is not bright at all?Is it because you are still young and have not experienced the beatings of society?
In this case, on behalf of the society, I will teach you a lesson.

Shiji's miserable wailing was in his ears, but no one spoke for him, let alone sympathized with him.

Who told his father, Yu Wenshu, to be a lone minister?Who made his behavior arouse public outrage?

"Give the body to Song Guogong's son, let's bury it generously," Yang Ming sighed, raised his hand to call Yang Wang over, and whispered in his ear:

"Just do what the imperial decree tells you. As for the female relatives, let them be dismissed."

Yang Wang nodded: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will handle it properly."

In fact, almost everyone thought that Yang Ming would stay and preside over the distribution of money, but to their surprise, Yang Ming simply explained a few words about the aftermath and left.

In the Sui Dynasty, every time a criminal's mansion was raided, it was a good opportunity to share money, and it was an unspoken rule that everyone knew, and the emperor knew about it.

Therefore, in many cases, the people sent by the emperor to search the house are usually his confidantes, just to give him a chance to fill his own pocket and earn some extra money.

Yang Yue was the person in charge of copying Liu Chang's home back then. Didn't this old boy steal a copy and give Yang Ming a share?

But today, there are too many people involved, Zuo Xiaowei, Shixiang, Yuwen Shiji, Dali Temple, Ministry of Justice, Yushitai, how to divide so many people?
Then everyone is indistinguishable.

Yang Wang didn't care about sharing money or not, but he knew that Shi Xiang cared, so he pulled him aside and whispered:
"You lost too much last night. When you check the warehouse later, you can take some by yourself. I won't record it here."

Shi Xiang said gratefully: "I don't take some, I can't pay for the soldiers who died in battle. The money allocated by the above is not much, you know."

"Of course I know, Qin Wang is fair, even if he knows, he won't say anything about you," Yang Wang said: "As for the rest, they will be recorded in full and handed over to the state treasury for storage. You can let others take it at night, and don't mess around during the day."

Shi Xiang nodded: "I understand that."

In the military, the first thing to learn is to please the superiors, and the second is to appease the subordinates. As long as these two points are done well, there will be no problems.

The guards in the military mansion are all big bosses, and there are not a few who can read and write. Don't tell them any rules, talk about money.

If people work hard for you and don't get any benefits, they won't work so hard next time.

Soldiers are supported by money. Without money, soldiers cannot be supported. Don’t think that the sixteen guards all eat from the treasury. In fact, only the guards of the two guards and the four mansions have salaries. Except for a few people with establishments, the others are ordinary Common people, the state does not give you money, but the state gives you land.

The Sui Dynasty was a government military system, characterized by the integration of soldiers and farmers, serving as soldiers in wartime, farming in leisure time, and training between farms.

In the entire Guanzhong area, hundreds of thousands of soldiers, if they eat the treasury, can destroy the country, so there are only the left and right Beishenfu, which is the former left and right Habayashi guards, plus the left and right guards who are in charge of guarding the imperial city and guarding the gate. The left and right Jianmen mansions can eat salaries, because these people are defending the emperor.

The rest is called self-revenue and self-support, because each military mansion has its own public farmland, but these fields cannot support so many soldiers, so you can find a way to make some money yourself, the emperor turned a blind eye to this Close one eye.

Shi Xiang took the money not for himself, or it could be said, for himself, because he didn't take money from He Ruobi's family property, so he had to pay for the pensions of the soldiers himself.

The soldiers in Guanzhong are all arrogant soldiers. According to the pension standard of the Sui Dynasty, if they don't buy it, you have to exceed the standard pension.

For example, in other places, the compensation for death in battle can be accounted for at ten guan, but not in Guanzhong, at least double it. This is an unwritten rule.

Of the five thousand soldiers, in addition to the loss of ordnance, more than 200 died and seven or eight hundred were injured. These are all money.

Fortunately, this money is not a drop in the bucket in He Ruobi's family property.

In Song Guogong's mansion, there are [-] cellars, [-] of which are for hiding money. The number is astonishing, which frightened Yang Wang.

On the side of Prince Qin's mansion, Pei Xizai stayed behind, found Yang Wang, the person in charge of house raids appointed by Yang Ming, and whispered:

"Among the female relatives, there is a relative of Concubine Qin, Yang Shaoqing is merciful."

Yang Wang was stunned and said, "I know who you are talking about, but this woman has a son. According to His Majesty's will, she must be exiled."

Pei Xizai said: "There are good places to go in exile, let's go to the south of the Yangtze River."

Jiangnan is Chen Shuyi's hometown. This is not considered exile. Exile during the Sui Dynasty usually went to Lingnan, but there was a precedent during Kaihuang's reign.

Pei Xizai did not say that this was what the King of Qin meant, but Yang Wang knew it in his heart, so he nodded readily and said:
"Don't worry, I'll make arrangements."

People of He Ruobi's level are naturally very involved among relatives, and there is Jing Zhaowei in his concubine's room, so the Wei family will also come to protect him after hearing the news.

His son's wives are still Boling Cui, Luoyang Yuan, and Hedong Liu, all of whom are to be protected.

As for his two brothers, they have already been dismissed from office, their titles were reduced to civilians, and they were expelled from the capital.

The news of He Ruobi's execution spread quickly throughout the capital. This is a major event, a major event among major events.

Hundreds of officials have already made a fuss in Prince Qin's mansion, kneeling outside the gate of the mansion, wanting to avenge He Ruobi.

Everyone is dead and the outcome has been decided, so they can only avenge their grievances at the moment, and hope that they can give He Ruobi a posthumous title and keep their children, so that they won't be left in history as criminal officials.

That's why, killing He Ruobi must be quick.

The movements are slow, and if you want to kill again, it will not be so easy.

There was a lot of commotion outside the Prince Qin's Mansion. Shi Xiang was a smart man, so he personally led a thousand soldiers to the gate of the Prince's Mansion to drive people away, or to hug or carry them. In short, these people must be evacuated early, otherwise the influence will be bad.

Fortunately, in Yirenfang, where Prince Qin's mansion is located, there are no common people watching the excitement. Marquis Wu guards all the exits and no one is allowed to enter, so it is not easy for outsiders to know the things here.

Yang Ming's dealings with Yuwen Shiji this time has come to an end. He will write clearly in Yang Guang's report that he punished Shiji because he was disrespectful to the deceased. Guang would not allow anyone to insult He Ruobi's body.

Otherwise, the courtiers will be disappointed.

The guard on the right still refused to open the door, and Shi Wansui's face was shattered.

So Shi Wansui made people knock on the door directly, but Wang Yue, the chief general of the camp, didn't dare to shoot arrows outside, so two groups of people opened the door, and a tug-of-war began, bumping outside and pushing inside.

The door is broken?It doesn't matter, thick obstacles have been piled up inside, and it will really be impossible to get in for a while.

As for Shi Wansui, he couldn't be tough, otherwise the two sides would start fighting directly.

Changsun Sheng's voice was almost hoarse, and Wang Yue just refused to admit it, and he still said that he would never open the door if he didn't see King Qin and Duke Song.

On the tower, Wang Yue shouted down:

"Mr. Taiping, please do me a favor. The camp is not far from the capital. The final general doesn't know the situation, so he dare not open the door for you. Go and invite the King of Qin or Song Guogong. As long as they come, I will go down and make an apology for you. "

Shi Wansui didn't answer, which was still hard-hitting.

But the resistance inside was too fierce, and nearly a thousand people were resisting inside, and they couldn't get in at all.

Changsun Sheng also looked helpless, rode his horse to Shi Wansui's side, and said:
"To be on the safe side, please invite King Qin. If this continues, as long as someone accidentally shoots an arrow, the situation will be beyond control."

Shi Wansui still didn't say a word. Changsun Sheng knew that he couldn't let go of face, and actually acquiesced, so he hurriedly sent someone back to Beijing to inform King Qin.

This Wang Yue, who participated in the battle against Chen in the Sui Dynasty, has always been He Ruobi's confidant and favorite general. He also has the honor of the third division of Shangkaifu Yitong, and is also known for his toughness in the army.

In normal times, he would definitely live in fear, but in the current situation, is face important?

Why did they come to the camp of the right guard?And only the order of King Qin to dispatch troops?What about Song Guogong?Could it be an accident?
If something happened to Song Guogong, Wang Yue knew that he would not be able to escape being liquidated.

After Yang Ming received the news, he was also helpless, thinking that this Wang Yue was really cautious enough, he didn't even recognize his warrant, so he insisted on seeing someone?

He hoped to resolve this matter as soon as possible, because if it is resolved quickly, the limelight will pass quickly, and after a long time, people will forget it.

So he personally took two thousand pieces out of the city and rushed to the right waiting Wei camp.

Outside the city gate, Fang Xuanling shouted to the top:
"He Ruobi has already been punished, King Qin is here, quickly open the city gate."

Wang Yue's face was ashen, and he burst into tears instantly. When he saw Yang Ming, he was sure that it was the real King Qin.

So he ordered to clear the obstacles at the gate of the city, and he himself led the generals out of the city to plead guilty.

"The last general, Wang Yue, pay homage to Your Highness," Wang Yue's voice choked up. If someone told him that Song Guogong was dead, he would not believe it, but Qin King has come, and the matter is already clear.

Yang Ming sat on the horse and nodded: "The eldest grandson holds the king's warrant, why doesn't he recognize it?"

"The matter is so important that the general dare not admit it," Wang Yue said.

Yang Ming said, "Can you be convicted?"

"The general is convicted," Wang Yue raised his head, crying, "The general knows what will happen next, so please His Highness, for Song Guogong's sake of destroying Chen in the Sui Dynasty, let everyone go. The general wishes that only one person will take the blame."

This person could see very clearly that once He Ruobi died, his confidantes in Youhouwei would definitely be liquidated and none of them would be left behind.

This kind of liquidation is not just killing one person, but the kind that affects the family members.

For example, Wang Yue, he will also be accused of a crime and beheaded. At the same time, his family members will be exiled, and relatives will be implicated.

As soon as these words were uttered, dozens of generals kneeling behind him also took the initiative to plead guilty, hoping that Yang Ming would hold his hand high and not implicate their families.

He Ruobi's strictness in running the army can be seen, it is a pity for these elite soldiers who are not afraid of death.

Before Yang Ming could speak, Wang Yue stood up suddenly, drew out the horizontal knife from his waist, laid it across his neck, raised his head and said:

"The last general spent half his life as a soldier, and he only served the general all his life. This time the crime is only my fault. All the generals in the camp, I hope His Highness will punish him lightly."

After all, Wang Yue wiped his knife, and the corpse was left on the spot.

Seeing this, other people also drew their swords one after another. In their view, if they voluntarily begged to die, there might be a glimmer of hope to keep their family members.

Yang Ming shouted angrily: "Stop! Let me see who dares to move again?"

His prestige still worked, and all the generals stopped their movements and turned their eyes to Yang Ming.

Yang Ming said in a deep voice: "This king doesn't want to implicate too many people. Wang Yue shouldn't die. He was too anxious."

This sentence is actually used to appease everyone, Wang Yue must die, because he is the one who made Zheng Yuanshou and Wei Baoluan empty, once He Ruobi dies, Zheng Yuanshou and Wei Baoluan will be the first to attack him .

And if Yang Ming didn't kill a few people in the right waiting guard, it would be difficult for his father Yang Guang to explain. Now that Wang Yue took the initiative to kill himself, Yang Ming was fulfilled.

Shi Wansui and Changsun Sheng originally intended to intercede for the right-waiting generals Wei, but they saw that Yang Ming wanted to show his hands high, so there was no need to speak of intercession, and Yang Ming had to speak.

"Come here, take off their weapons and take care of them," Yang Ming said, and glanced at the corpses on the ground: "The general king will be buried generously, and the family members will show sympathy."

"Thank you King Qin for your kindness!"

All the generals knelt down and shouted for King Qin, because they had already guessed that if King Qin spared Wang Yue's family, then their family members should be fine.

Yang Ming would not take the risk of marching into the mansion's camp, which hadn't stabilized yet, so he asked Shi Wansui and Changsun Sheng to take over, while he returned to the capital.

He Ruobi was put to death, and the right guards temporarily suppressed him, but the hearts of the people were already in chaos. Someone from Yushitai brought news that many people in the capital took the initiative to mourn for He Ruobi.

What is prestige, this is what it is.

Even though He Ruobi didn't do a single serious job after the war against Chen, his reputation has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, part of which was created by Yang Jian on purpose.

Public opinion cannot be suppressed, it can only go with the flow, and time will dilute it.

After returning to the palace, Yang Ming still drafted the report, and he would report the whole incident truthfully, but Yang Ming planned to protect the remaining generals in the right guard, because a large part of them were really innocent.

In fact, strictly speaking, He Ruobi is also innocent.

This is the death of the king and minister.

Zheng Yuanshou and Wei Baoluan were relieved, but there was still a problem before them. The guards on the right refused to accept them, and Yang Ming refused to kill and liquidate He Ruobi's old generals. It will still be difficult.

So the two of them came together to find Yang Ming, hoping that Yang Ming would put down the butcher's knife and lift it up again.

is it possible?
Putting down the butcher's knife, I immediately became a Buddha. Buddhas don't kill people.

(End of this chapter)