Turbulent Times Chapter 771: Take yourself as bait
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"He Ruobi!"
Yang Hao is actually not very clear why it fell on He Ruobi to kill Wang Junlin. Clever, this strategy is much better than what those useless staff around this king said, um... no, they didn't think of any way at all."
Speaking of this, Yang Wei paused and said, "It's just a beauty, how do you handle this matter!"
Bai Lingyun giggled, and said: "Your Highness is the one who wants to be the emperor. How can His Highness worry about such trivial matters? Your Highness only needs to order the staff in the mansion and the master warriors to listen to the concubine's arrangement, and then do everything." I need all kinds of money and things, let the accounting room be ready, and I will help His Highness to settle the matter for me. What's more, if the concubine is not wrong, He Ruobi and the nobles of Guanlong are already preparing to attack Wang Junlin, we may You can help the opponent at critical moments, after all, Wang Junlin is not so easy to kill."
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"Grandpa, each of the seven Guanlong giants, including the Yuan family and the Zhang family, has a master who has broken the city, and they all went to a manor of the He Ruo family outside the city. In addition to the two priests of the He Ruo family, They have already gathered nine masters who have broken the stage." Shen Guang respectfully reported to Wang Junlin in the Lanyiwei mansion.
Wang Junlin sneered, and said, "What a great handwriting. It seems that the Guanlongmen faction is determined to put me to death. Hmm! Is there any abnormal movement of the garrison outside the city?"
Shen Guang immediately said: "Last night, two thousand people from Zuo Duwei left the barracks in batches, and they disappeared."
Wang Junlin smiled and said: "Very well, I'm afraid they won't move the army, otherwise how could this matter get closer to treason."
"Grandpa, you are the son of a thousand gold, why use your body as a bait, why not pretend to be a prince from a lowly position..." Shen Guang said after hesitating for a while.
Wang Junlin shook his head and said: "In order to achieve success and let His Majesty successfully force the Guanlong nobles to make concessions, I will invite Your Majesty out to watch this good show. So I must be the bait for this matter, don't worry With Chong Yao and Xiao Yu accompanying me, as long as we don’t have thousands of troops, we can all resist for a while, and by that time, the main force of Jin Yiwei and His Majesty’s people will definitely arrive.”
Shen Guang wanted to say something else, Wang Junlin waved his hand and said: "Okay, this matter is settled like this, I will go to the palace to discuss this matter with His Majesty in detail, and you can make further arrangements."
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It was not yet noon at this time, the morning court had already dispersed, and the ministers all went to their respective court rooms and began to deal with the government affairs of the day. The Lanyiwei Mansion is not a subordinate of the three provinces and six ministries, but only obeys the emperor's orders, so Wang Junlin does not need to attend the daily morning court, as long as he participates in the monthly court meeting.
Yang Guang is also the same today as usual. After retiring from the court, he was busy reviewing the memorials. Every day, there were mountains of memorials for him to review. Unlike the separation of powers between monarchs and ministers as in the later Tang Dynasty, the power of ministers in the Sui Dynasty was relatively small and the power of the monarch was great. In this way, the fatigue of the emperor was unavoidable. In addition, Yang Guang further abolished the prime minister system and established a cabinet. Although the emperor's power was more concentrated, Yang Guang had to personally give instructions on many things that the prime minister could decide before. Fortunately, Yang Guang was in his prime and had excellent physical strength, and he gradually got used to this kind of high-intensity fatigue.
At this time, an old **** reported at the door, "Your Majesty, Wang Junlin is asking for an audience outside the hall, saying that he has something important to report to His Majesty."
Yang Guang stopped writing in his hand, and with a move in his heart, he smiled and said: "Let him in!"
Wang Junlin walked to the imperial study under the guidance of an eunuch. The eunuchs around Yang Guang had followed him during the Jin Dynasty. They had followed him for decades and knew him very well. Knowing that the current Wang Junlin is different from other ministers in the heart of the Holy One, for example, with the simplest tone, His Majesty would say when other ministers come in, 'I will announce his audience! ’
But he said to Wang Junlin, 'Let him in! ’ The tone is completely different, and this is what they would say to their confidantes who have been with them for many years.
Because they understood this point, the eunuchs were very courteous to Wang Junlin, leading him all the way to the imperial study.
"Your Majesty, Wang Junlin is here!" The **** stood at the door and reported to Yang Guang.
"Let him come in quickly!"
Yang Guang's tone was a little anxious, he wondered whether Wang Junlin had made progress in dealing with the nobles of Guanlong.
Wang Junlin quickly walked into the imperial study room, bowed deeply to Yang Guang, and said: "The minister, Wang Junlin, sees Your Majesty!"
"You don't need to be polite." Yang Guang waved his hands, and said impatiently: "Wang Aiqing, there is progress in what I told you."
Wang Junlin didn't speak immediately, but looked at the eunuchs and maids on the left and right. Yang Guang's eyes flashed, and he immediately waved everyone back.
When only Wang Junlin and Yang Guang were left in the main hall, Wang Junlin glanced at the shadow in a corner of the main hall very secretly, and then said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I have made careful arrangements these few days. Having entered the set, now there is a chance to not only make the Guanlongmen Clan give in, no longer prevent His Majesty from moving the capital, but also severely damage the Guanlongmen Clan."
When Yang Guang heard this, his eyes flashed, and he said, "Aiqing, tell me quickly."
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have received definite news that all the clans of the Guanlong Clan except the Dugu clan conspired to assassinate the minister. The person who did this was He Ruobi. It is a trick, I use my body as a bait, and then lay an ambush to take them all down, but the weight of the minister is not enough, I dare to ask your majesty to go out of the palace secretly with the minister, and serve as the bait with the minister, in this way, the matter can be settled It is determined that the Guanlongmen Clan is treasonous, coupled with another arrangement of the minister, when the evidence is convincing, the Guanlongmen Clan headed by Yuanshi and He Ruobi should bear the wrath of His Majesty's thunder."
Wang Junlin said confidently and solemnly that he dared to propose such a bold plan because he and Nie Xiaoyu had analyzed Yang Guang's character long ago based on the historical data of later generations and what he saw and heard today. Under Yang Guang's exuberant character, he also has a restless side such as boldness and novelty, which can be seen from the original history that Yang Guang liked to go to the imperial conquest and tour the world. Otherwise, if this request was replaced by Yang Jian, Wang Junlin would not dare to raise it.
Yang Guang took a deep look at Wang Junlin, remembering that when the abolished prince Yang Yong conspired against him, Wang Junlin tried his best to save him, and there was no reason to be unfavorable to him. Guang was tempted at this time. He was very curious about this kind of thing, not to mention that, as Wang Junlin said, once it succeeded, it would not only solve the biggest resistance to moving the capital to Luoyang, but also take the opportunity to severely damage the Guanlongmen Clan.