On the wide, mud-filled road, there were wheelbarrows covered with oil cloth, ox carts loaded with grain and hay, and there were huge grain transport flatbeds on the mulberry water, swaying and squeaking forward. ~

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The sky was drizzling, the barren fields and the ditches on the roadside were filled with rain, and the city of Youzhou in the distance showed a blurry outline.

The Sui Dynasty army and civilians stepped on the mud, braved the drizzle, accompanied by shouts and curses, mixed with the crackling of whips and the creaking of the axles, and the sound was huge, like an avalanche.

From time to time, you can see the ditches on both sides of the road filled with the corpses of livestock and civilians, and the four-wheeled ox carts. Everyone's face was numb. Death was just a common occurrence for them. The corpses in the ravines

Like the weeds on the roadside, people turn a blind eye to it.

Not far from the road was a bare hill. Yang Yuanqing immediately stood on the hill, silently watching a group of soldiers heading north, with flags waving, and the black team was boundless.

A low sigh came from behind him. When Yang Yuanqing turned around, he saw Su Lie looking at the army leaving with a melancholy face, feeling lost in his eyes.

"Do you want to go to Goryeo, too?" Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile.

"I just wish I could lead five thousand cavalry to take Pyongyang and personally kill the head of the King of Goryeo!"

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "There will be such a day, but not now, let's go!"

He turned his horse's head and walked down the hill. As soon as he got down the hill, he saw a few horses running from afar. The horse seemed to be several eunuchs.

"General Manager Yang!" The eunuch also saw him and shouted.

Several eunuchs rushed their horses to gallop and said breathlessly: "Mr. Yang, we are looking for you everywhere!"

"What, is the Lord want to see me?"

"Master Yang, please go to Linshuo Palace as soon as possible, and the emperor summons you to meet!"

"Walk!"

Yang Yuanqing urged his horse and ran towards Linshuo Palace.

Soon, the group rushed to Linshuo Palace and met Cui Hongsheng, the prefect of Zhuo County, in front of the palace. Seeing Cui Hongsheng's face full of sorrow, he was surprised and stepped forward and said, "What happened to the prefect of Cui?"

"Hey! The emperor praised me for being stronger and stronger. He just named the General of the Left Wu Guard of our school, and ordered me to lead the army to fight!" Cui Hongsheng smiled bitterly. Seeing that there was a eunuch behind Yang Yuanqing, he dared not speak.

"Where is the prefect of Zhuo County? Who will take charge?" Yang Yuanqing asked hurriedly.

"I am still the prefect of Zhuo County. During my absence, I will be temporarily replaced by Li Yuan, the young minister of Weiwei Temple."

‘Li Yuan! Why is it him again? Yang Yuanqing thought to himself...

"General Manager Yang, the emperor is anxious." The eunuch next to him was urging him again.

"I see!"

Yang Yuanqing glanced at the eunuch and bowed to Cui Hongsheng, "I hope Grandpa Cui will take care of himself all the way and return safely."

"Thank you!"

Cui Hongsheng sighed and walked out of the palace. Yang Yuanqing looked at his back and walked away, but a thought popped up in his mind, "Could it be that Yang Guang also wanted to go to war?"

In the imperial study, Emperor Yang Guang was giving Li Yuan some arrangements to Zhuo County. Li Yuan was transferred to the Weiwei Shaoqing in April to be responsible for military weapons and ceremonial wars. The war broke out, and he was also very busy. Yang Guang saw that he was quite capable and low-key.

He never had any contact with the Yuan family, and was honest and loyal, so he decided to temporarily act as the prefect of Zhuo County and assist Yang Yuanqing in stabilizing the rear for him.

"Zhuo County is behind this Liaodong Battle. There will be a large number of civilians passing through the border to stabilize the people's hearts. It is the primary task of the prefect of Zhuo County, followed by food and material security. I do not want any accidents."

"I obey the order!"

At this time, an eunuch walked to the men's mouth to report, "Mr. Yang has arrived!"

"Supreme him in."

As an emperor, Yang Guang would never allow a faction to grow bigger, whether it is the cabinet or Zhuo County. He hopes that power can be restrained. Behind Yang Yuanqing are the Shandong gentry, and Cui Hongsheng is also an important figure in the Shandong gentry, which violates his principle of restraining power.

So he wanted to transfer Cui Hongsheng away and transfer Li Yuan, who was a nobleman in Guanlong, to the position of prefect.

In fact, Yang Guang's real purpose is not to erase the Guanlong nobles from the political stage. He just hopes to completely destroy the Guanlong nobles, remove their backbone, and change them into the Guanlong nobles, and the Shandong nobles.

The southern gentry confronted each other, so that the three major interest groups of the Great Sui Dynasty were firmly in his hands, and the Great Sui Dynasty could be in the long run.

So on the one hand, he was cracking down on the Guanlong nobles, but on the other hand, he was using the Guanlong nobles to attack the strong and rebellious among them, such as the Yuan clan, and at the same time, he reused the gentle and weak among them, such as the gentle and gentlemen among them, such as

That's Li Yuan.

At this time, Yang Yuanqing walked into the room and bowed, "Since Yang Yuanqing, please see Your Majesty!"

"Yang Aiqing is not a favor and calm!"

Yang Guang pointed to Li Yuan and smiled and said, "You and Li Shaoqing jointly built the Fenyang Palace back then, and they cooperated very well. This time I asked Li Shaoqing to temporarily serve as the prefect of Zhuo County. I hope you two can stabilize the rear of Zhuo County for me.

, don't make any mistakes."

"I will do my best!"

At this time, Li Yuan bowed to Yang Yuanqing and said, "I hope General Manager Yang will take care of him."

"Everyone! Each other! I hope Li Shaoqing will take care of him."

Yang Guang nodded and said to Li Yuan: "Li Shaoqing retreats first, I have to say a few more words to General Manager Yang."

Li Yuan hurriedly retreated, and the imperial study became particularly quiet. Yang Guang pondered for a long time and asked, "I want to know how much power the Yuan family has left in Youzhou?"

"Your Majesty, 60% have been completed, and there are also Beiping County and Yuyang County."

"Why is it progressing so slowly? It's already March." Yang Guang's tone was a little unhappy.

"Report to Your Majesty, now is the most critical moment of the Liaodong Battle. I don't want to be too hasty, so as not to trigger the Luan and affect the Liaodong Battle."

Yang Yuanqing and Yang Guang have been together for many years and have already deeply understood his style of destroying bridges across rivers. If he cleared the Yuan family's power too early, Yang Guang should transfer him away and leave some room for himself in his work.

For him, the Battle of Liaodong is the best shield. He can resist the Liaodong Battle in everything, which is also Yang Guang's weakness.

Yang Yuanqing undoubtedly grabbed Yang Guang's weakness. After a while, Yang Guang couldn't say a word, so he had to say helplessly: "It's rare that you are so cautious, which means that I have not used the wrong person. I hope you can defend Youzhou for me and not let me down.

go!"

Yang Guang waved his hand and asked Yang Yuanqing to retreat. Yang Guang was a little tired and leaned against the soft couch and closed his eyes. He was about to set off tomorrow. He had mixed thoughts in his mind and needed to do it carefully.

Yang Guang appointed Yang Yuanqing to an important place like Youzhou, not because he trusted Yang Yuanqing. On the contrary, he was even more afraid of Yang Yuanqing because Yang Yuanqing used his resignation to force him to compromise. Yang Yuanqing was still useful to him.

He had to give in.

But it was this threatened concession that made Yang Guang feel resentful of Yang Yuanqing. However, when he thought of the upcoming Liaodong Battle, he had to put Yang Yuanqing aside and could only wait until after the war to think about it slowly

.

At this time, the eunuch Li Zhongliang put a bowl of enthusiastic ginseng tea on the imperial table and whispered: "Your Majesty, it's time to drink tea."

Yang Guang sat up and picked up the tea bowl and drank it slowly. He suddenly asked Li Zhongliang, "I believe that if I restore the signature system, will it be more beneficial than disadvantages or will it be more beneficial?"

Li Zhongliang hurriedly said, "I don't understand the government affairs and dare not speak nonsense!"

"Um!"

Yang Guang nodded and said to himself: "When Yuwen Shu proposed to me to restore the Southern Dynasty's signature system, but I actually did not agree with it, because I have a censor, which is enough to be more powerful than the villain system of signature.

, but it may not be effective.”

Yang Guang sighed, his eyes full of contradictions. Perhaps he was too focused, but he didn't notice the cold gaze in Li Zhongliang's eyes beside him.

The eunuchs are like a group of people living in the corner. The humble identity and distorted physiology make most of them full of inner worlds. This kind of yin secret is firmly confined by them in the hearts. If the system has defects

·Then this group of yin secrets will break out of the heart and greedily devour the sweet and poisonous power.

In the Sui Dynasty, this kind of yin darkness did not have a chance to break out of its cocoon, but they would occasionally quietly create such a little shadow.

Li Zhongliang's heart was full of resentment. This resentment came from Yang Yuanqing's iron fist and Yang Guang's ruthlessness.

His nephew Han Chi found him last night and cried. He was deprived of military power and returned to the Ministry of War. He is now sitting in a cold seat outside the Ministry of War waiting for re-appointment. In front of him, there are hundreds of people waiting for re-appointment.

When will it be his turn?

‘I’m working hard for him, but he treats me ruthlessly!

This was the accusation of his nephew Han Chi, which made Li Zhongliang full of hatred. He had told Yang Guang that his nephew was washed away by Yang Yuanqing, but Yang Guang laughed it off and didn't take it seriously at all. He lost his use

His nephew became worse than a dog. In the cold reality, he was filled with the desire for revenge, but he did not dare to target Yang Guang, so his target turned to Yang Yuanqing who cleaned his nephew.

Li Zhongliang quickly left the imperial study room. There was a lot of luan inside and outside the imperial study room. The eunuchs were busy packing their boxes and preparing to set out for Liaodong tomorrow.

When he came to the outer hall of Ziwei Palace, he saw a guard officer sitting on the railing from a distance. It was a bit inconvenient. This person was Yuwen Shu's second son Yuwen Zhiji. He thought his father's achievements and returned to the palace.

He was a general of the Zhidian for the guards, but behind him he was nicknamed "General of the Lame" and his Lame is a commemoration left in the martial arts case that year.

"What are General Yuwen thinking?" Li Zhongliang appeared at Yuwen Zhi and said with a smile.

Yuwen Zhiji turned around and saw that it was Li Zhongliang. He was shocked and hurriedly bowed, "It turned out to be Eunuch Li!"

Li Zhongliang narrowed his eyes and asked, "Where is your father? When will he set off?"

"My father and the Emperor will set out at the same time tomorrow. Will Eunuch Li look for my father?"

"I have a message to tell him."

Seeing that there was no one around, Li Zhongliang whispered to Yuwen Zhiji: "Tell you my father, the emperor is actually very afraid of Yang Yuanqing. He wants to find someone who can monitor Yang Yuanqing."
Chapter completed!