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Guang actually doesn't like to be appointed as an official. He is very generous and luxurious in many places, but he is very stingy in one thing.

After Niu Hong, the Minister of Personnel, was given the matter of promotion and removal of officials to others. Yang Guang would also participate in it without any matter, but he no longer appointed the Minister of Personnel.

Among the ministers, those who should be promoted are usually given part-time jobs. Although some positions are vacant, many are left empty and not filled, and the rest of the officials share their responsibilities.

In this way, although the system of the Three Provinces and Six Ministry of the Great Sui Dynasty was complete, it was much vacant.

It is an anomaly that Xiao Buyi was able to become the Taipu Shaoqing, because Yu Wenhua and the fall of the country, and this position was vacant. He was able to become the General of the Right Guard, which was even more an anomaly among the anomaly. Li Hun's fall was something that few people could have expected.

He jumped from the Taifu Shaoqing to the General of the Right Guard. He can be said to be the best-ranked official and has the military power of the Right Guard Mansion. It should be said that Yang Guang already had great trust in him.

Yang Guang's announcement of Xiao Buyi's promotion at the city wall is also a manifestation of trust.

Xiao Buyi didn't feel anything. Over the past year, he had seen too many ups and downs, and he knew that the officials are becoming less and less valuable now. The emperor could be self-proclaimed in a few years. What is a general of the Right Guard?

However, having this official title is better than not. At least the Sui Dynasty is still very good at soldiers and food. At least he can raise soldiers in a legitimate manner in addition to raising horses. This is the biggest gain from his Yanmen Siege.

Yang Guang finally confirmed that when Shibi Khan led his troops to retreat, he ordered Wang Rengong to pursue him. Wang Rengong always followed him, but he was just a prefect. Yang Guang had countless important officials. It was not his turn to say anything. He had always been silently responsible for the city defense, but he had few opportunities to express his opinions.

Yang Guang gave Wang Rengong more than a thousand cavalry to pursue Shibi Khan's hundreds of thousands of troops. When Wang Rengong was in charge of the order, he had two big heads. Of course, he did not dare to chase him, but followed the Turkic soldiers.

It may be that Shibi Khan was so angry that he could not expose his resentment, or it may be that Yanmen County had nothing to rob. Shibi Khan attacked Yanmen County but evacuated from Mayi County. He originally thought that it was inevitable that the lives of life would be in trouble, but he did not expect that Wang Rengong would catch many Turkic wounded soldiers after he turned around. He also told Yang Guang a good news that Mayi City was not captured under the persistence of Fengcheng Wei Qiluo and Liu Wuzhou.

Xiao Buyi thought of the very different performances of Qi Luo and Liu Wuzhou, and couldn't help but sigh. The country was in trouble, but the performance was completely different. Qi Luofang Wuhui and other soldiers all went to the difficulties without hesitation. On the contrary, Liu Wuzhou did things without missing a trace, just wanted to attract the wolf into the house, but people could not catch the handle.

Yang Guang ordered all the captured Turkic soldiers to behead them. Then he was about to take the lead to the county. Shibi Khan had hit the doorstep of his house, so there was no need to ask. The marriage matter was naturally not going to happen. Now he was going to turn to Xijing to discuss dealing with the Turkic people.

Before Yang Guang could get up, King Yang Hung of Qi rushed over from the county. He looked like a beggar, with bandages wrapped around his hands and blood stains. He just cried and blessed with the heavens, so that he could see his father again.

When he heard that Liu Fan was beheaded and Xiao Buyi was promoted to the General of the Right Guard, King Yang Qing of Qi cried like a tearful person. I don’t know whether it was sad for Liu Fan’s beheading or Xiao Buyi’s promotion, but after a long time, he believed in the slander and asked his father to punish him severely.

The subordinates of the King of Qi all said that King Yang Xiao knew that the emperor was trapped and wanted to kill him to save the emperor. However, there were too many Turkic soldiers. The King of Qi was injured in his arm and could not break through the siege. He had no choice but to turn back to the county to defend himself. The King of Qi's loyalty to the emperor was evident.

Yang Guang didn't say much, and he seemed to have a deep affection with King Qi. After all, there were only three sons, one was dead and the other was young. Although he was suspicious of King Qi, he was the son born to Empress Xiao after all. If he didn't give King Qi face, he would always give Queen Xiao some face and would not be in a hurry to settle the score. Yang Guang always felt that Yanmen County was a bit dangerous, so he led a group of ministers to move towards Taiyuan urgently.

When it was time to speak, Yun Dingxing and Li Shimin were pulling the banner as a tiger's skin. The spy said that the Turkic soldiers were retreating, but they didn't believe it. They thought that how could the Turkic soldiers be so stupid and left when they were scared. This was exactly the same as the legendary fierceness. Could it be the trick of the Turkic soldiers? When Yun Dingxing was hesitating whether to send troops, a soldier reported that the emperor had arrived. Yun Dingxing was startled and came out of the valley with a disheveled face. When he saw Yang Guang, he knelt down and said that the old minister was late to rescue the emperor and asked the emperor to punish him. Seeing that the emperor had no intention of punishing him, Yun Dingxing pulled Li Shimin over and made Li Shimin's tricks. When he said his advice, Yang Guang nodded without saying much, which disappointed Yun Dingxing.

In Yun Dingxing's eyes, it was obvious that the retreat of the Turkic soldiers was closely related to the suspicious military strategy he adopted. He scared away 400,000 Turkic soldiers with 20,000 soldiers, which was a rare achievement in his life. This time, Yanmen made great contributions to the rescue. But it was heard that Yang Guang calculated the rescue efforts to Xiao Buyi's head, and even promoted him to the general of the Right Guard, and almost hit his feet with his chin.

Li Shimin is dispensable. This is the first battle in his life. It is much more dull than he imagined, and he has never fought. It is a bit deficient.

Yang Guang had 20,000 more soldiers, and he had some confidence. He marched day and night to Taiyuan. After waiting for several days, the soldiers and generals from all over the country arrived one after another. But he heard that the emperor was safe and sound, and he didn't know what his mood was.

Yang Guang's face was as usual, but his smile was small. The soldiers and generals who served the kings everywhere were worried. They found that the emperor had become deeper and became increasingly elusive, so they could only deal with it carefully. Although there were many soldiers and generals who served the kings, Yang Guang only had three reinforcements, one was Yundingxing's troops, and the other two troops were still on the road. When they heard that Yang Guang was safe and sound, they had already turned their base before Taiyuan, but they were also praised by Yang Guang. The team was Zhang Xutuo of Qi County, and the other was Wang Shichong of Jiangdu County!

Zhang Xutuo and Wang Shichong were both in Qi County and Jiangdu, both far from Yanmen County. The two of them were able to come to rescue him, which made Yang Guang feel loyal, but they wanted to suppress the bandits again, so it was understandable that they turned around in the middle.

**

Taiyuan, in Jinyang Palace.

Yang Guang sat in a high position with his eyebrows locked. Although the siege of Yanmen was lifted, he already felt that people from all over the world were now enemies of him!

Why? He spent his whole life to the world. Was he just exchanged for this result?

No one said that, but Yang Guang knew very well that these reinforcements came too slowly compared to the siege of the Eastern Capital. The Longxi Valves held heavy power and were close to Yanmen County, but the speed of coming to Taiyuan was even slower than that of the Eastern Capital Army. They hoped to die!

Thinking of this, Yang Guang's palm was slightly stiff, and he stared at Xiao Buyi sitting far away, wondering if he should have believed him completely.

The relationship with Xiao Buyi and Yang Guang can be said to be very complicated. Xiao Buyi is the queen's distant cousin, a humble background, and a descendant of the Xiao family who had long been declining. She was able to become the general of the Right Guard because of the multi-faceted effect.

Ke Dun, Pei Qi, Pei Mingcui, Yuwen and Li Qi made many positive and negative effects, creating Xiao Buyi.

He can be said to have been testing Xiao Buyi. But one day he discovered that Xiao Buyi was obedient on the surface and was unruly in his bones. Xiao Buyi was too different from the court officials, and the court officials did not dare to disobey him. However, Xiao Buyi actually asked him back when he was in Yanmen City, which was really Yang Guang's life ago.

Something about.

But Yang Guang had to use him more because he felt that he could no longer trust others, and it was really hard for anyone to offer him great use. If he said that he had only two people trusted him in his life, one was Zhang Xutuo and the other was Wang Shichong. Neither of these two people had let him down. Now Xiao Buyi is the third person?

Yang Guang was still not sure, but the only thing worthy of gratitude was that Xiao Buyi had never betrayed him, and it seemed that his every move was in order. If he had not come to report to Yanmen City, if he had not discovered Shibi Khan's tricks, if he had not had his brother Li Jing, he might not have been able to be arrogant now.

"Master, now the thieves are endless and the soldiers are exhausted. I hope that Your Majesty will return to Xijing as soon as possible, concentrate on calming the chaos, and consolidate the fundamentals. This is the long-term plan of the Great Sui Dynasty."

Su Wei stood up tremblingly and said sincerely.

"Yuwen Aiqing, what do you think?" Yang Guang asked.

Yuwen Shu hesitated, "Master, I think that the families of officials who follow the Saint are all in Dongdu now, so it is better to go to Dongdu first and then plan for the plan."

"Right Guard, what do you think?" Yang Guang used to call Xiao Buyi directly, and this title is called official position, one is to remind Xiao Buyi that he is good to him, and the other is to mean that this is a formal official conversation.

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Xiao Buyi pondered: "Return to the emperor, the Wei minister was the general of the Right Guard. He was originally a martial artist. He was not in charge of governing the country. He could not do anything to see the ministers. If the turmoil has emerged today, it is fundamentally because the people cannot live. Although there are General Zhang, Wang Junzhu, Taipuqing and other famous generals to suppress bandits, after all, the symptoms are not the root cause. If the priest can rest and recuperate, and make less work to the people, there will be fewer thieves in the Sui Dynasty. In a few years, when the country is rich and the people are strong, the bandits will be cured without treatment. If the Turks are arrogant and as usual, the priests can send elite troops to attack them, and achieve success in one fell swoop and achieve great achievements."

"The common man is too modest. How can a martial artist say such words of governing the country and ensuring peace?" Su Wei said happily.

Yang Guang frowned and said for a while: "What the Right Guard said makes sense. Since that's the case, we will go back to Xijing tomorrow and then discuss it."

Yuwen Shu was unhappy, but Su Wei and others were overjoyed and said in unison: "The Lord is wise."

Yang Guang waved his hand and said, "The family of all the ministers retreat first, Censor Pei, General Yuwen and Minister Yu, stayed." Seeing Xiao Buyi about to get up, Yang Guang said softly: "The Right Guard will stay."

Xiao Buyi was stunned for a moment. When he saw the ministers, he looked envious. He knew that he could already participate in military affairs from now on and on an equal footing with Qigui.

When the ministers retreated, Yang Guang glanced at the four people and said slowly: "Right Guard, Ke Dun wrote to him that Li Jing fought thousands of miles from west to east on the grassland with only three hundred soldiers, and fought against the Turks in the ground in a mess?"

Xiao Buyi smiled bitterly and said, "Well, I don't know. When Wei and Li Juncheng knew that the Turkic soldiers were heading south, they were very anxious. They discussed the division of troops. Li Juncheng went to discuss how to resolve the siege with Ke Dun, but I came to report the news quickly. As for what Li Juncheng is now, I don't know. However, when Chi Jishe led a three thousand army to sneak attack the team that gave the marriage, he was defeated by Li Juncheng, and captured Chi Jishe alive. This shows how good the troops were."

Yang Guang pondered for a long time again, "Li Jing is a handsome man. With a three hundred army, I really heard little about it..."

He wanted to speak but stopped, but the Imperial Palace smiled and said, "Sage, Ke Dun and the Right Guard are loyal to the Sage and are loyal. I believe Li Jing is really talented. It seems that the Sage is wise and has discovered the dusty pearls and jades."

Yang Guang's brows stretched slightly, "Right Guard, do you know the intention of appointing you as the General of the Right Guard?"

"I don't know." Xiao Buyi thought to himself. It turns out that this is not a reward for merit, but what else is there to do?

Yang Guang signaled Pei Yun, and Pei Yun understood it and said, "Actually, the emperor has wanted to reuse the Right Guard, but there has been no excuse. Although the Right Guard has made great contributions to the siege of Yanmen, it is an unprecedented thing in the Sui Dynasty after all. However, the emperor knew that the Right Guard was resourceful and Li Jing was a leading genius, so he wanted you to complement each other. Guard the Hedong area in Shanxi and train soldiers. When the opportunity is ripe, let the Right Guard be the main general and Li Jing be the deputy, and pacify the Turks in one fell swoop to repay the hatred of being surrounded by Yanmen."

Xiao Buyi pondered for a while before saying, "I don't know how to lead troops to fight..."

"Who is this leader born?" Pei Yun laughed, "The right guard is the bravest army, and he is resourceful. Li Jing is born handsome. You two shoulder the heavy responsibility of the emperor, so don't let the emperor down."

Yang Guang said: "Your Guard, I will set off for Xijing tomorrow. I will summon the world to rest and recuperate, build less construction, and make the people focus on farming. As the general of the Right Guard, you always focused on conquering the Turks, but there are many people in the Guanlong area with ulterior motives, so you should pay more attention. If there is any abnormal movement, you should report to me in time..."

**

When Xiao Buyi left Yang Guang, he understood Yang Guang's meaning somewhat. Yang Guang was worried about the old lords in Guanlong area, hoping that he could suppress the old lords in Guanlong. However, he just let him fight against the old lords in Guanlong. Yang Guang looked a little overestimated.

In fact, this time the siege of Yanmen was not far from Yanmen, but it was the least active force. Zhang Xutuo was eager to rescue, and he was supposed to be for Yang Guang and Wang Shichong came to rescue from Jiangdu, but most of them were acting. The Xue family, Liang family, and the Mayi Liu family were all considered Guanlong clans. They either sat and watched the tiger fight or secretly destroyed them, and some of them might collude with the Turks, and they cooperated with the inside and outside.

Yang Guang wanted to eliminate the old Guanlong lords, but the old Guanlong lords also wanted to overthrow Yang Guang. But now they are all on guard against each other. Yang Guang wanted to eliminate the old Guanlong lords, but he had no excuses, and was afraid of the world's changes. However, the old Guanlong lords were still scared of Yang Xuangan's rebellion and did not dare to attack first.

When thinking of this, Xiao Buyi shook his head and thought to himself that it is better to let them bite the dog. It is the most important to cultivate his strength with caution.

But before he could walk out of Jinyang Palace, he felt a faint fragrance coming. Xiao Buyi stopped and saw Princess Wuyou not far ahead.

Beside the bushes, Princess Wuyou looked more beautiful than Hua, staring at Xiao Buyi, with no worries on her face.

Xiao Buyi was not good at detouring, so she had to walk straight over and wanted to walk past her. Wuyou had already stopped him and said softly: "Mr. Xiao..."

"I don't know what the princess wants to command the empress?"

Princess Wuyou frowned slightly and said resentfully: "Does Lord Xiao always like to turn people away from you?"

Xiao Buyi shook his head, "I have something else to do with me. If the princess doesn't give me the order, I will take my leave!"

He was about to leave, but Princess Wuyou blocked his way again, "Mr. Xiao, I'm waiting for you here."

"oh?"

"I want to say thank you to you, and I want to express my apology to you." Princess Wuyou's autumn waves slanted, covering Xiao Buyi's body, as if it was about to turn into a tangle.

Xiao Buyi remained silent, "The princess said so much, and the empress always just did her duty..."

"Xiao Buyi, do you always like to hide your mind so deeply?" Princess Wuyou sighed softly, "Actually, I know that in your heart, there is still a place for me..."

Looking at Xiao Buyi's bitter face, the princess laughed, "I didn't tell you what I think,

This expression?”

Xiao Buyi couldn't smile bitterly and murmured to himself: "I just thought men like to be self-indulgent, but I didn't expect that women are self-indulgent to be self-indulgent."

Although he spoke low, he deliberately let Wuyou hear it. He thought that Princess Wuyou would be furious as before. Unexpectedly, Wuyou just sighed, "Am I really being self-indulgent? When Li Min framed me, my grandfather went to ask Lord Xiao for help. Lord Xiao did not promise, but not long after, Li Min took his own death. Others said that Lord Xiao made great contributions in it."

Xiao Buyi broke his head and couldn't think of any contribution he had in this matter. Wuyou said again: "But Lord Xiao didn't say anything, but just did things for Wuyou silently. Take this marriage gift for example. Lord Xiao said that if you don't go, there will be others who will go. Wuyou just thought it was just a perfunctory one. But after thinking about it, I realized that Lord Xiao had long been confident. This time he went to the Turkic marriage gift as a marriage gift, but he wanted to destroy the marriage. It was ridiculous that Wuyou didn't understand..."

Xiao Buyi couldn't help but interrupt: "The princess said that the ministers dare not be together, nor can they be together. The ministers went to the Turks to marry each other, but they just tried their best to share their worries for the priest, and there was absolutely no intention of destruction. As for Shibi Khan's journey south, it was something I could not imagine. The princess must not confuse it."

"I know you are afraid that your father will know. Then he acted silently." Princess Wuyou smiled and said, "You can know this matter very well, I will tell you. Of course I will not mention it to my father. I just want Lord Xiao to know that Wuyou is keeping these kindnesses in mind. Lord Xiao has done so many things for Wuyou, but I have repeatedly misunderstood Lord Xiao, and I feel guilty if I think about it..."

Speaking of this, Princess Wuyou suddenly took out a dagger from her cuff, and the cold light shone. Xiao Buyi was shocked and grabbed Wuyou's wrist, "What are the princesses doing?"

Seeing Wuyou staring at him, Qiubo was like water, Xiao Buyi slowly let go of his hand, but he was paying attention to Wuyou's movements. I was afraid that she would thank him for his own faults, so he would not be able to wash his eyes even if he jumped into the Yellow River.

"It's only now that I know that Lord Xiao is also nervous and Wuyou." Wuyou's mouth showed a sly smile.

Xiao Buyi coughed and thought to himself that he was a person who died in front of me. I would stop him, let alone you?

"This dagger is for Wuyou." Wuyou stared at the sharp edge of the dagger and said softly: "I misunderstood Lord Xiao. I said I hated you for the rest of my life. After you left, I prepared this dagger. When I followed my father north to the ground, I just thought that after crossing Zihe, Wuyou was killed, but I didn't expect that Yanmen was surrounded and I would escape from death. Lord Xiao..." Wuyou cut it lightly with a dagger, and had cut off a strand of black hair. His fingers wrapped the black hair into a knot, put it on Xiao Buyi's hand, and took two steps back. "Wuyou is going to turn back to the capital with his father, but Wuyou's heart, like this black hair, belongs to Lord Xiao."

After she finished speaking, she stopped entangling and turned around and left. Xiao Buyi was stunned on the spot, speechless for a long time.
To be continued...