Emperor Sui Yang

Yu Wenhuaji went south this time, taking away [-] troops, and was named the ambassador of Hebei Chuzhi to arrest him. He had two marching chiefs under his command, Shi Xiang and Qu Tutong.

If relying solely on Huaji, his ability is limited, so Yang Guang arranged for two marching chiefs to help. Once the counter-insurgency is over, Yu Wenhuaji will be the one who will contribute the most.

This is to reward Yu Wenshu.

In fact, there is another way to reward, that is, to mention Yu Wenshu's Xu Guogong to the above, and change it to a higher country name than "Xu", but after this method was proposed, it was also opposed by many people.

Since the establishment of the country in the Sui Dynasty, only Yang Su has been promoted to the title of Duke, who has changed from Yue to Chu.

Li Hun went from Shen Guogong to Ye Guogong, this is not a promotion, Shen and Ye are at the same level, and they are both very small country names.

In this expedition, Pyongyang was captured by Yu Wenshu and Lai Huer, and it was Yu Wenshu who was surrendered. It seems that he contributed the most, but in fact he did not. Yang Guang actually contributed the most.

Because the family is a personal conquest, the emperor himself is the marshal of the marching army, and Yu Wenshu is the general manager of the marching army.

So there was a blind man in Yushitai who directly begged Yang Guang to enshrine Chan Taishan. At that time, there was no sound at the court meeting, and even Yang Guang himself was embarrassed to accept this.

That's right, my ultimate goal is to Feng Chan Taishan, but right now it's not very good.

It's true that Yang Guang was so happy, but he wasn't so shameless. Yang Jian unified the world, and he didn't dare to seal it. He just destroyed a Goguryeo, and he wasn't as thick-skinned as that.

I am not a brazen person.

Yu Wenshu and Lai Huer, who returned to Liaodong City, entered the temporary court hall set up in Liaodong City under the escort of Yang Guang's imperial guards.

As soon as he stepped over the threshold, Yu Wenshu knelt down with a plop:
"Your Majesty was ordered by heaven to love and nurture the land and cut off the barbarians. This is an unprecedented achievement in 300 years. I respectfully wish Your Majesty a great cause."

After all, he directly kowtowed to Yang Guang.

In 300 years, the greatest contribution must be Yang Jian's unification of the world, but Chen Chao is not a barbarian, but also Chinese orthodox, so Yu Wenshu's flattery is actually quite good.

This is a smart person, you can't grab credit with anyone, you can't grab credit with the emperor, you must put all the credit on the emperor, and they just did some insignificant things under the command of the emperor.

You are kneeling, and if I don't kneel, it seems that I am not loyal, so Lai Huer also kneels helplessly, and said some words to praise Yang Guang.

Yang Guang walked down the steps himself, helped them up, and said with a smile:
"Second Minister is the humerus of the country, you must not kneel again from now on."

I didn't want to kneel at first, and I blamed Yu Wenshu, a sycophant, so Lai Huer hurriedly thanked him, and then the two sat down in the two vacant seats on the right.

These two people can be said to be the two most powerful generals in the Sui army at the moment. He Ruobi has become the undisputed two bigwigs in the military.

Great Sui Shangwu, the military had great power in the first place, especially after a major war, within at least three to five years, some powerful figures would emerge from the military, who would have more say in the court.

It is not good for the imperial power if the military generals are big, but it is much better than the civil officials. After all, few military generals are successful in rebellion, but the civil servants will bring great harm to the country.

The Guanlong Group had no such thing as the separation of civil and military affairs, but since Cui Zhongfang proposed the centralized official system of three provinces and six ministries, it is developing step by step towards the direction of civil and military separation.

Twelve guards and four generals, together with three provinces, six ministries and eleven temples, these are the military generals group and the civil official group.

Yang Yue took the lead in laughing and said: "Congratulations to Xu Guogong and Rong Guogong. The two of you have shared your majesty's worries this time, which shows your loyalty. In recent days, your majesty will praise you two at the court meeting every day, which shows the importance of your majesty's kindness."

The two hurriedly saluted Yang Guang again to thank him.

Yuwen stated: "Your majesty is entrusted with great blessings, and my subordinates rely on the officers and men to use their lives. I really have no merit. If there is no assistance from Wen Sheng and the pharmacist, I may make a big mistake. I will have no face to see your majesty again."

He has a guilty conscience and is afraid of being blamed by others, so the best way is not to grab the credit, and distribute it to the people below. Everyone will get the benefit, so they won't care about it anymore.

He was so modest, and Yang Guang was even happier: "It's rare for you to make great achievements without being arrogant. If my soldiers in the Great Sui Dynasty are all like Xu Gong, I will have no worries."

What the hell are you talking about?If you don’t want credit, why do I still want it?Lai Hu'er pursed her lips, scolding him inwardly.

Yu Wenshu continued: "I am ashamed to admit my fault. Even today, I still feel ashamed every time I think about it. I am not humble. I really made a big mistake and almost implicated all the generals. Your Majesty deserves the credit for this expedition, and the second is the honor." Lord Guo, Yu Zhongwen, Li Jing, Wei Xuan and other generals, I ask Your Majesty to reward the three armies, comfort the soldiers, and comfort the heroes."

He is asking Yang Guang to spend money to reward the soldiers, and he will gain a good reputation.

Is Yang Guang rich?Yes, Yu Wenshu ransacked Pyongyang for fear that Yang Guang would not have the money to reward him.

Money, food, women, whatever you want to reward.

On Yang Guang's side, he has seen the list for a long time, and he has a bottom line in his heart, knowing how to reward.

First of all, there are members of the royal family of the Gao family and some female relatives of the nobles. There are meritorious generals one by one. Everyone can also taste the style of Goguryeo.

Among them, Gao Yunzhi was reserved for the prince. Yang Guang already knew about it. He understood that Yu Wenshu wanted to repair the relationship with the prince, so he was happy to help.

After rewarding women, it means rewarding money, gold, silver and jewels. Everyone has a share. The big head belongs to me, and you share the rest.

The treasures that Mai Tiezhang snatched were also divided among the soldiers under his command. You count as much as you can hold with one hand, and the rest were given to Yang Guang, and he didn't keep anything for himself.

Now that Yang Guang saw Mai Tiezhang's rough black face, it became more and more pleasing to the eye. You are not ugly at all, you are simply handsome.

However, Mai Tiezhang hasn't arrived yet. On the way to Liaodong, except for Yu Wenshu, Lai Huer, and Li Jing, the other generals are staying at the headquarters, restraining the soldiers who are eager to return, and Wei Xuan has already left halfway. Go to East Road to preside over the overall situation.

Li Jing, who was waiting outside to be summoned, was invited into the hall by the servants. He half-kneeled, which is a military salute.

"Humble Li Jing, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

Yang Guang smiled and raised his hand: "Mr. Xu Guogong praised you in front of me just now. Very good. Pharmacist did not disappoint me this time. In addition to Lintao County Lord, he was granted the title of Shangzhu Kingdom, [-] households in Shiyi, and [-] pieces of brocade. sit down."

After Li Jing thanked him, he sat in the seat prepared for him.

In the past, he could only participate in Yang Ming's small court meeting, and was not qualified to participate in the big court meeting, but from now on, he can, because he has a duke and a real job.

The army returning from the north was stationed a hundred miles south of Liaodong. The main generals stayed where they were, and only some low-ranking generals with outstanding achievements came back together.

Yu Zhongwen didn't come, because after Yu Wenshu left, he had to stay and control the army.

But the comfort envoys of the West Route Army and the main force have all returned, and they are useless.

After Li Jing, Yang Guang summoned Yu Shiji, Liu Shilong, Yang Chen, Yuwen Jingli, and Gao Yixian.

Yang Chen works as a consolation envoy under Xin Shixiong. He is an invisible person from the beginning to the end. He doesn't care about anything and doesn't interfere in anything. Only when some important events need to be reported, Xin Shixiong will feel that I also have a supervising army by my side. It's the same as nothing.

Xin Shixiong was undoubtedly very grateful to Yang Wei. He was the second son of King Guan, but he never interfered with his military deployment. If the supervisors were like this, the generals who went out to fight would not reject this position so much.

Liu Shilong will no longer sue for Mai Tiezhang's private execution of Eulji Wende, but he can't swallow this breath, and he is very safe when he returns to the emperor, so he still sues Mai Tiezhang.

Sue what?Indiscriminate killing of civilians.

Mai Tiezhang has indeed done this in Wugu and Pyongyang. His character is like this, he is exclusive and protects his weaknesses.

He suffered the most from the fight against Liaodong, and he lost the most from the fight against Wugu. The generals under him died one after another, and the eldest son died.

So he not only killed prisoners, but also killed civilians.

All they kill is money.

The captives were sold to the mainland as slaves, and they could be exchanged for money. The common people would have to pay taxes in the future, and this was also money. If it was exchanged for Jiajing, it would be my money!Mai Tiezhang cannot do without a pot.

But Yang Guang doesn't care, Yang Guang's way of making money is much worse than Jiajing's. Jiajing's civil servants are too powerful, full of benevolence and morality, so money is not easy to deal with, but Yang Guang has no such worries. His generals and civil servants are relatively balanced. Generals don't talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality with you.

Yang Guang: I lead everyone to make money together.

Jiajing: You all took my money.

As a result, Liu Shilong spoke like this, good guy, the military generals group pointed at his nose and scolded him, all kinds of belittling and ridiculing. After all, Liu Shilong is from the south, and many people sitting here are from Guanzhong, and Guanzhong people look down on southerners.

Seeing this, Yu Shiji sighed in his heart, feeling a little sympathetic to each other, and he was mixed up for this, but because he was born in the south, he was still looked down upon by others.

Xuangan scolded the most, the saliva was so far away that Liu Shilong felt like it was sprayed on his face.

But he didn't dare to speak back anymore, because he made everyone angry.

Yang Xuangan is the Duke of Chu, one of the eight ministers of the Shangshu Province, who belongs to the prime minister. Lord Liu Shilong doesn't even have one, so he dare not confront him at all, otherwise Yang Yue will be provoked and the end will be even worse.

After everyone scolded, Yang Guang stepped forward to comfort him:
"Shilong doesn't need to worry about it, Qing comforts you this time, and you do your best to do your duty, I can see it all."

After all, Yang Guang glanced at the officials, focused on Yang Xuangan, and said in a deep voice:
"You guys humiliate each other, it's no different from humiliating me, if you do it again in the future, you will be punished severely."

Those who cursed just now quickly got up and took the initiative to confess their crimes.

Now, Liu Shilong became loyal, because only Yang Guang could protect him, and he cried and knelt down:
"Your Majesty knows that you will be loyal to your duties and have no personal enmity. Your Majesty will learn from you."

In any case, Yang Guang arranged for Liu Shilong to do his job well, and Yang Guang would definitely not blame him, and Liu Shilong would become more and more loyal to Yang Guang.

In the eyes of the emperor, courtiers have only one fault, and that is disloyalty. We can talk about the rest.