Turbulent Times Chapter 1351: Kneel down

Du Ruhui, Liu Ziming, and Shen Guoer were stunned for a moment, looking anxious, and were about to dissuade him, Wang Junlin waved his hand to stop him, and continued: "Because the emperor is patrolling the border counties in the north, the Turkic people will definitely not let go of this great opportunity , the Turkic army may have already started to prepare to go south, although Yang Guang is stupid, he must not die at this time, and the Turkic people must not enter the pass and go south, so I must go to Wuyuan County."

The three of them were silent immediately after hearing the words, Du Ruhui thought for a moment and said, "How many troops will the prince plan to lead?"

Wang Junlin said: "It's a long journey, and the government passing by will never provide us with food and grass, so there can't be too many troops. I'm going to lead Luo Shixin's 20,000 whirlwind battalion cavalry. In addition, Zhang Tiangang's 500 special forces and People from the Military Intelligence Office can go ahead of time."

As soon as the three of them heard this, they were no longer anxious. They were accompanied by 20,000 fine cavalry from the Whirlwind Battalion, and people from the Special Forces and the Military Intelligence Office secretly inquired about the news. They stared at the emperor's army. Even if all the troops that could be mobilized throughout the Sui Dynasty were used, Wang Junlin could not be kept.

Shen Guoer remembered something, and reported: "My lord, news came from Taiyuan that Li Yuan sent someone to find Li Xuanba, and wanted Li Xuanba to lead the Violent Bear Camp directly. Should we send someone to arrest Li Yuan?" Kill all the people you sent?"

Wang Junlin was not surprised at all when he heard the words. How could he not know what kind of person Li Yuan was? Although Wang Junlin is not necessarily accurate, it is very informative.

"Let's leave Xuanba alone, let Li Yuan's people contact Xuanba normally, no matter what decision Xuanba makes, you don't want to interfere."

Shen Guoer, Du Ruhui, and Liu Ziming immediately looked at each other in blank dismay, puzzled in their hearts. But Wang Junlin didn't continue to explain, it was inconvenient for them to ask the subordinates.

Liu Ziming suddenly said: "Your Majesty, should we send someone to remind the emperor so that they are on guard against the Turkic people? After all, the emperor leads only one hundred thousand imperial troops, who have been guarding Luoyang for the past few years, except for Yang Su He fought a war when he rebelled, but he never fought a war at other times, and if he fails, he will be completely wiped out in Saibei."

Wang Junlin shook his head, with an inexplicable expression on his face, and said in an unfathomable way: "No matter what the people I sent, Yang Guang would not believe what he said, and why did he remind the Turkic people that even if they didn't do it this time? Go south in a big way, and will go south next time. Instead of waiting for the hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry to go south and harm countless people, it is better to let the emperor bring a hundred thousand forbidden troops to stop the Turks. Even if they can't stop them, the Turks will be very grateful to the emperor Interest, even before capturing the emperor, they will give up going south to plunder, and the 100,000 forbidden troops can always hold on for a few days. There is no ability to go south for a few years.”

Du Ruhui, Liu Ziming and Shen Guo'er said in unison: "My lord is far-sighted and considerate."

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On the second day, Wang Junlin led Luo Shixin's 20,000 cavalry from the Whirlwind Battalion to Wuyuan County.

In fact, at this time Yang Guang had finished touring Wuyuan County and came to Taiyuan County, the speed was beyond Li Yuan's expectations. Li Yuan originally wanted to use the Turkic people to scare the emperor back to Luoyang immediately, but unexpectedly the news came that the Turkic army hadn't gone south yet, and Yang Guang had already arrived in Taiyuan County.

Li Yuan was terrified, and when he learned that the emperor was coming to Taiyuan County, he quickly asked someone to prepare 200,000 taels of silver and sent it directly to Taiyuan

Pei's ancestral home in Wenxi County, and then sent his elder Sun Shunde to meet Pei Shiju in person.

At the end of July, Emperor Yang Guang's northern inspection team had arrived in Taiyuan County, but Yang Guang did not go to the county seat, but went to Jinyang Palace first. According to the usual practice, Yang Guang will rest here for a few days and meet the local officials. Understand the situation of the Hedong counties in Bingzhou.

When they arrived at Jinyang Palace, it was just in the evening when Yu Shiji and Pei Shiju came to see Yang Guang with the memorial they sent today.

Pei Shiju looked for an opportunity and said to Yang Guang: "Your Majesty, I think that the prophecy is likely to be spread deliberately by someone with ulterior motives, trying to use your majesty's hand to get rid of the enemy, or to achieve an ulterior purpose. People use it."

Pei Shiju is eloquent, and his status in Yang Guang's heart is no lower than that of Yu Shiji. Yang Guang listened, pondered for a while, put down the memorial in his hand and sighed: "How could I not know what Pei Aiqing said, but I was just in case One."

"Your Majesty, the prophecy itself is a very illusory thing. It is said that the surname is Li. There are hundreds of thousands of people with the surname Li in the world, and they may not be officials. People, such as Li Hongzhi in Guanzhong, Li Zitong in Jianghuai, maybe they are them, or some soldiers with the surname Li in the army. Today they are soldiers of the Sui Dynasty. Maybe they will rebel next year. But maybe his surname was Li. I thought that if His Majesty believed too much in the prophecy, it would only make the ministers panic, and instead make them think about the future for themselves. After Li Hun and Li Min were killed, the minister secretly investigated After exploring it, it has already shaken the court and the public, and everyone in the civil and military courts is in danger. Your Majesty should comfort them at this time and remove the fear of the courtiers."

Li Yuan spent 200,000 taels of silver to find Pei Shiju for help, because Pei Shiju is one of the very few people in the world who can persuade Yang Guang on certain matters. It's not absolute, he sometimes listens to the opinions of Yu Shiji and Pei Shiju, which is also the reason why the entire Sui Dynasty was controlled by Yu Shiji and Pei Shiju after Yang Guang gave up on himself and was lazy in government affairs in the late Sui Dynasty.

Yang Guang was silent, and Pei Shiju expressed his loyal consideration for His Majesty, and said: "Your Majesty, the world is not peaceful now, and there are more and more rebels. I think it is more important to maintain the unity of the monarch and his subjects at this time. Your Majesty." If you want to kill ministers because of a prophecy without reason, and cause the monarch and ministers to renounce, the ministers think that this is more serious than foreign troubles, internal troubles and foreign troubles, your majesty, this is an ominous omen!"

Yang Guang sighed, and said: "Aiqing's words are reasonable, but whether Wang Junlin has the prophecy or not, he already has the intention of treason. As for the others, they are just rumors, just like my cousin Li Yuan, who has always been bold Xiao, even though his surname is Li, how could he dare to rebel. If Ai Qing hadn't persuaded me, I would have really planned to kill Li Yuan this time."

Yu Shiji didn't speak all the time, secretly watching Pei Shiju persuade His Majesty the Emperor, and secretly sneered, thinking that Li Yuan didn't know how much benefit he had given Pei Shiju.

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Not long after Pei Shiju and Yu Shiji stepped down, an **** reported at the door: "Your Majesty, Li Yuan, governor of Taiyuan, begs to see you!"

Hearing the name Li Yuan, Yang Guang showed obvious contempt on his face. He always looked down on this cousin.

"Xuan Liyuan, let's meet!"

Not long after, Li Yuan walked in quickly, knelt down on his knees with a face of panic, and respectfully kowtowed to Yang Guang. Jitter,

Looking very frightened, he said with a trembling voice: "Your Majesty Li Yuan kowtows to His Majesty, Long live Your Majesty, Long live, Long live!"

Looking at Li Yuan's appearance, Yang Guang thought to himself that such a cowardly trash, I was going to kill him before, where did my confidence and pride go?

Laughing at himself, Yang Guang said in a condescending way: "Ai Qing doesn't need to be a big gift, let's be flat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Yuan kowtowed respectfully again, then raised his head and said gratefully.

After finishing all these meticulously, Li Yuan got up cautiously and said: "I just received the court letter a few days ago. Your Majesty is inspecting Taiyuan. I have no time to prepare. Please forgive me for not receiving you well."

"I'm coming to Taiyuan County temporarily. It's normal for you to be unprepared. I forgive you for your innocence." Yang Guang said with a look of charity.

Li Yuan immediately knelt down and saluted again: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

"Get up and answer!" Seeing Li Yuan's boneless appearance, Yang Guang became more and more contemptuous, and asked casually, "Are there bandits in the territory of Hedong Bingzhou?"

Li Yuan hurriedly said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, there are dozens of rebel bandits, large and small, in Bingzhou, but most of them are weak. There are three groups of rebel bandits with slightly stronger forces. , followed by Zhai Songbai in Lingqiu, and Jingpantuo and Chai Baochang in Jiangjun. Among them, Jingpantuo is the most powerful, with 120,000 rogue rebels."

Yang Guang looked gloomy and said, "Are there any rebels in Taiyuan County under your rule?"

Li Yuan immediately panicked, knelt down again and said, "Forgive me, Your Majesty, there are also four bandits in Taiyuan County, but the number is only about 10,000. No."

Yang Guang glanced at him, and said coldly: "You think you can fool me, I heard that Luo Yi had already killed all the bandits in Taiyuan when he was in Taiyuan. Bandits?"

Li Yuan suddenly looked terrified, knelt on the ground trembling, sweating profusely, and said in panic: "Your Majesty, forgive me, it's the bandits who came from Youzhou, it seems that General Luo Yi rushed over."

The anger on Yang Guang's face dissipated, and he said with a mocking smile: "I know."

Li Yuan immediately said with tears of gratitude: "Your Majesty's grace."

Yang Guang suddenly said: "There are rebels in other counties near Taiyuan County. Since there are no rebels in Taiyuan County, why don't you help other counties to suppress bandits?"

Li Yuan hurriedly said in horror: "Without His Majesty's will, I would never dare to mobilize a single soldier to leave Taiyuan County for half a step."

Yang Guang smiled and said: "Of course you can't cross the border to suppress bandits without authorization, but you can apply to me. After I agree, you can send troops to the next county to help suppress bandits. Why don't you apply? Don't you want to do it for me?" Share your worries?"

Li Yuan's expression became more panicked, Qi Qi Ai Ai said in a low voice: "I want to share your majesty's worries with all my heart, but I will never dare to send troops out of the county!"

Recalling that after Wang Junlin crossed counties to suppress bandits and occupied Shanggu County and Donglai County, Yang Guang immediately showed a satisfied smile on his face, and waved: "Okay, you step back!"

Li Yuan hurriedly knelt down to pay respects to Yang Guangda, and then bowed and retreated away.

Yang Guang looked at Li Yuan's groveling figure, the contempt and sarcasm on his face were even more full of contempt and sarcasm, thinking that what Pei Shiju said was right, the prophecy was not credible, how could a person like Li Yuan dare to rebel even though his surname was Li.

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