Emperor Sui Yang

Pei Shuying has a very strong temper. Although she has restrained her temper a little after becoming a mother, her nature cannot be changed.

After she listened to Yang Ming's narration, her face was gloomy and terrifying, and she gritted her teeth and said:
"The second child is really capable of doing all kinds of nasty things. He dares to snatch his brother's woman. Is there something wrong with his mind?"

Yang Ming said: "Revenge, he fell in love with Xiaotang when he was in Luoyang and wanted to keep it for himself, but I sent someone to help Xiaotang out of the siege and killed his aide Qiao Lingze, presumably because of this Grudge."

"Father is also a generation of British lords, how can there be such a son?" Pei Shuying said with contempt: "It's no wonder that after so many years, father dared not entrust him with great power. He is really unworthy."

After all, Pei Shuying frowned and said: "It's fine if you don't know about this matter. Now that we know, we can't be kind to him."

"Don't act rashly for the time being, neither the emperor father nor the queen mother wants me to break up with him," Yang Ming said with a smile, "you just need to know, don't spread the word."

Pei Shuying sighed faintly: "It will be a matter of time before your brothers turn their faces, you have to be careful, the second child must also understand in his heart, be careful that he jumps over the wall in a hurry."

Yang Ming nodded.

Most of the time today, he stayed in Yichun Palace, just after dinner, the servant came to report, and Pei Ju came.

"I didn't expect the prince to be here," Pei Ju smiled and saluted Yang Ming, and then sat down with his daughter's arm.

Yang Ming frowned and said, "Mr. Pei, is this just off?"

Pei Ju nodded: "I just sent Feng and Ning back to the province, and I didn't even have time to eat dinner."

When Pei Shuying heard this, she hurriedly ordered her servants to prepare meals: "What's the matter? Did the conversation not go well?"

Pei Ju smiled and said, "Of course it won't go well. Such a big deal can't be settled in a short while, and it takes time."

"What did you talk about today?" Yang Ming asked.

Pei Ju said: "It's mainly because of Qiu He's appointment. There are differences between the two sides. The imperial court is unwilling to make concessions. Feng and Ning are also unwilling to have Qiu He go to Lingnan."

"You guys are too blatant," Yang Ming simply sat down across from Pei Ju, and said with a smile, "What does Qiu He do? He rearranged the defense of Yanmen Pass. Would you be happy to put such a person in Lingnan?" ?”

The topography of Lingnan determines that the possibility of them succeeding in rebellion is very slim, but the difficulty for the Sui Dynasty to break through Lingnan is also quite high.

The reason lies in Wuling, the five mountains of Yuecheng Ridge, Dupang Ridge, Mengzhu Ridge, Qitian Ridge, and Dayu Ridge formed a natural barrier in the northern part of Lingnan. Can't go down.

During the Kaihuang period of the Great Sui Dynasty, two methods were used to deploy troops to Lingnan, corresponding to Guizhou Road and Guangzhou Road.

Guizhou Road is to do it directly and advance all the way. Guangzhou Road is to negotiate and discuss with others.

Because the Guizhou Road area is closer to the Central Plains, it is next to the general jurisdiction of Jingzhou. When Wei Shikang first served as the general manager of Jingzhou, Guizhou was under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou. Later, it was set aside to take care of Lingnan.

To go to Guizhou, there is a very easy waterway, that is, the Xiangjiang River, which originates between Yuechengling and Dupangling. Through it, it flows from Shi'an County, the capital of Shi'an County, and Shi'an County is Guizhou, that is, Guilin, Guangxi.

From this route, the imperial army can drive straight in and control the Guizhou Road area, but Guangzhou cannot.

The Guizhou area and the Guangzhou area are separated by the Yunkai Mountains, and Sandaoling to the north of Guangzhou has no suitable marching route.

Pei Ju said as he ate, "Even if it's not because of the real wariness of Ning Chang, the Shi'an and Yulin counties must be controlled by the imperial court, because they have a deep connection with the Central Plains and are easy to control."

The connection is by road. Guizhou and Jingzhou in Hunan are connected by water and land. There must be a connection between the two places. This is why it is convenient to control because there are roads.

Yang Ming nodded, deeply agreeing.

In the history of the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, there were two rebel leaders in the south, Xiao Xian and Lin Shihong. At that time, Lingnan was blocked by these two factions and completely lost contact with the Central Plains.

In desperation, Li Xizhi, Li Guangdu, Ning Changzhen, Qiu He, and Li Jun who were in Guizhou Road attached themselves to Xiao Xian, and Yang Shilue, Gao Facheng, Xi Baoche, and Feng Ang who were in Guangzhou Road surrendered Lin Shihong.

This is determined by the geographical situation, which means that Guangxi belongs to Xiao Xian, and Guangdong belongs to Lin Shihong.

According to Pei Ju's arrangement, the prefect of Shi'an County is his son Pei Xuanji. This county is in the northernmost part of Lingnan, so if something happens, it will be convenient for Pei Xuanji to escape.

After all, he is a real father, so he would not dare to let his son go deep into Lingnan.

"I planned to go to the Ministry of War tomorrow, but the Ministry of War is also discussing with Lingnan recently, it seems that it will take a few days," Yang Ming said.

Pei Ju frowned slightly, and after a moment of silence, said:
"I have been to the Ministry of War many times, and I have witnessed the review process. If His Highness wants Yu Wenshu to go on, now is an opportunity, but what will change after he goes down, we can't say for sure, so I think, Yu Wenshu Can't move now."

Yang Ming nodded: "I can't move it either. The merits of destroying the country have already been determined. To overthrow it now is to shame His Majesty, and it is difficult to explain to the world. Yu Wenshu's prestige has already been achieved. If you want to move him, you can't get involved with Yuanzheng." Together, if you get involved, you won’t be able to move.”

Pei Ju said with a look of relief: "I was really worried that His Highness would attack Yu Wenshu, but now it seems that I was too worried."

From Pei Ju's point of view, Yu Wenshu can't move. No matter what mistakes the other party made, you can help me attract the attention of the Yang family when you are in court, which is beneficial to me.

Once Yu Wenshu fell, Yang Yue and the others would definitely turn around and deal with him.

Now the Pei and Yang families are peaceful on the surface, but in fact, a storm is brewing in the dark.

And Pei Ju felt that their family couldn't beat Yang Yue at the moment, because behind Yang Yue was a prince and concubine, and a descendant of the Eastern Palace.

So he planned to hold up another person and let this person continue to support him in front.

"I intend to recommend Li Yuan as Minister Zuo Cheng, what does Your Highness think?" Pei Ju asked tentatively.

Yang Ming frowned slightly, and asked curiously, "Pei Gong and Li Yuan are not familiar, right?"

Pei Ju smiled and said: "Li Yuan is a very powerful person, and only he is appointed to this position, and His Majesty will not object. I am indeed not familiar with him, and it is precisely because of this that I dare to recommend him."

He wanted to reassure Yang Ming, meaning you can rest assured that Li Yuan belongs to His Majesty and Jiancheng belongs to you. Their family has nothing to do with me.

How not?He and Pei Yun are related by marriage. Are you two going to form an alliance?

Have you asked me?
"Can Li Yuan take a liking to him?" Yang Ming said with a smile.

Li Yuan's ambition is big, and he came here for a minister, but among the six, the Ministry of Industry with the lowest authority must not have his share, because he is not a technical talent, and the largest official department is also out of reach for him. prestige.

That means there are four left. It is unrealistic to expect Xuangan to make room for him. As long as Xuangan does not rebel, he will still be old.

So what Li Yuan can look forward to is Cui Zhongfang's Ministry of Civil Affairs, Changsun Chi's Ministry of Punishment, and Duan Wenzhen's Ministry of War. All three of them are older.

Whichever dies first, Li Yuan can take over. This is basically known by everyone. Everyone knows that Li Yuan is currently the number one candidate for the position of Minister.

Pei Ju smiled and said: "He is definitely willing to take this position, and he entered the Ministry of Ministers, so that he can get familiar with the official affairs in the province early. If it is someone else, His Majesty does not agree, and you will not agree, Prince."

Yang Yue would not agree to let Li Yuan go, but unfortunately, the Yang family did not have a suitable candidate, and his three younger brothers, the youngest, Yang Yue, were still promising.

The third child, Yang Shen, and the fourth child, Yang Xun, Yang Yue almost don’t want to recognize them anymore. One is the servant of Tongzhi Sanqi in Menxia Province, who is only the sixth grade, and the other is the school secretary of the Secretary’s Province. At the stage, people's interest is not to climb up at all.

"I don't want to get involved in this matter, you should recommend it," Yang Ming said lightly.

Pei Ju could tell that Yang Ming didn't care, so he nodded.

After the court meeting the next day, Yu Wenshu hurried to the Ministry of War. He was waiting for the prince.

Because the prince said that today he will come to the Ministry of War to watch the review process of the entire expedition, and he came to explain it to the prince.

Why put aside Yu Zhongwen to rescue Wei Xuan, why didn't he fight Gao Dayang early, he had already thought of a countermeasure last night.

As for Duan Wenzhen, he was going to participate in the negotiation with Lingnan, but he didn't leave today, and both of them waited for Yang Ming.

"Is it exaggerating? Why did Yu Zhongwen almost wiped out his entire army?" Yu Wenshu stood beside the sand table, flipped through a file of records, and said with a frown:
"His main force is not damaged. Even though he is surrounded by Ulji Mundeok and Gao Jianwu, he still has the power to fight decisively. How can he record that he is about to be destroyed? Who wrote this? Isn't this destroying me?"

Duan Wenzhen was sitting on the side, hehe said: "Don't ask me, the Ministry of War review is very strict, the statements of the generals of each department will be written truthfully, and Tai Shiling is also watching, who dares to talk nonsense?"

Tai Shiling is Zhang Zhouxuan, who was a disciple of Zu Chong's lineage, and what Yang Guang did after he succeeded to the throne, people dare to write it in history books for you.

There is also Wang Shao, the secretary and junior supervisor, who is also watching, because the Taishi Cao is under the supervision of the secretary, and Yuan Tiangang is also in this department at the moment.

Yu Wenshu said angrily: "Writing nonsense, this Liang Shi dares to humiliate me? Liang Pi's good stepson."

Liang Shidu is under Zhongwen's command. When he attacked Black Bone City, he was the vanguard. This kid participated in the whole process. As for the almost destroyed, this is what Yu Zhongwen scolded Yu Wenshu when he held a meeting in the army tent time said.

The original words are: Yuwen advances eastward and puts me in a dangerous situation. If I don't withdraw northward in time, the main force will be destroyed soon.

The Liang division was changed, and the whole army was almost wiped out directly.

This kid is a smart man, he was arranged by Yang Ming to join the army at the beginning, but Yu Wenshu saw that he was not happy, so he kicked him from the Leopard Cavalry to join the army, and kicked him under Yu Zhongwen's command, and became an army of four thousand platoons General, it belongs to the cannon fodder team that plays forwards.

Master Liang holds a grudge, if you let me be cannon fodder, I will let you go.

The reason why he has the guts is because Master Liang feels that he belongs to the Crown Prince and the Crown Prince values ​​him very much.