At dawn the next day, Yang Gao issued an imperial edict, appointing Lu Mengzheng, a new scholar of the Jin Dynasty, as the prefect of Lingnan, and Yu Qian, a member of the civil service department, as the chief historian of Lingnan Taoism. He led his troops to escort a batch of grain and grass baggage to Lingnan to replace Yang Gao's army. Lingnan is chaotic and devastated.
After receiving the imperial edict, both Lu Mengzheng and Yu Qian were overjoyed after being appointed. They thanked Tian En and immediately set off for Lingnan, vowing to make some political achievements to repay Yang Gao's kindness to them.
Dai Zhou, the second-place finisher in the new imperial examination, was appointed by Yang Gao as the Minister of Justice because of his thorough knowledge of the law and his upright character. Tanhualang Zhang Liang was criticized by Su Wei, Cen Wenwen and other ministers because he was born in Wagang and had defected to Li Yuan.
Yang Gao thought that it would be difficult for Zhang Liang to stay as an official in the court. So he was rewarded with the position of a general in the army and asked him to join the army under Li Jing in Jiangling.
The four-dimensional abilities of the two were also detected by Yang Gao on the day when the new Jinshi entered the temple to meet the saint. Among them, Dai Zhou's four-dimensional abilities are commander 73, force 68, intelligence 92, and politics 94. Zhang Liang has 91 in Commander, 78 in Force, 93 in Intelligence, and 85 in Politics.
After arranging things in Lingnan, Yang Gao finally had a few free days. He played with the dragons and phoenixes with several concubines in the harem, singing and singing every night, and finally enjoyed the rare happiness of an emperor.
On this day, the sun rose three poles high. Yang Gao just reluctantly got up from Lin Daiyu's bed, dressed neatly under the service of this talented woman, and caressed the pretty face of this delicate beauty a few times, and then walked out of the bedroom with satisfaction.
As soon as he left the dormitory, he saw Shen Guang, the general of the Internal Guard, walking over angrily. He knelt down and saluted Yang Gao and said, "Your Majesty, Liu Wenjing, the pseudo-Tang Dynasty envoy, is so rude. He led several people with him early this morning. Ten followers came to the palace gate, claiming that they would definitely see His Majesty today. The minister was worried about the war between the two countries and did not kill the envoy, so he tolerated him in every possible way. Who would have expected that he would go further and lead the crowd to forcefully break into the palace gate."
Liu Wenjing?
Hearing this name, Yang Gao was slightly startled, and suddenly remembered Chai Shao, Li Yuanji and other high-ranking prisoners of war of the Tang Army who were still in Jiangdu.
When Liu Wenjing led his troops to Jiangdu, Yang Gao wanted to express his dissatisfaction with the Tang Dynasty for breaking the agreement, so he decided to ignore Liu Wenjing for a while. As a result, due to the incident of Princess Yicheng and the war in Lingnan, Yang Gao forgot about these people in a hurry.
"But this Liu Wenjing is so impatient that she even dared to force her way into the palace. No wonder she was killed by Pei Ji in history."
Yang Gao secretly complained to Liu Wenjing, shook his head helplessly, and said to Shen Guang: "Take them to my imperial study!"
"yes!"
Shen Guang cupped his hands in response, then turned around and left, while Yang Gao also walked slowly to the imperial study under the guidance of several eunuchs and maids.
Not long after Yang Gao sat down in the imperial study, Liu Wenjing, wearing a dark purple official robe, walked in quickly, but the man beside him kept his head lowered and did not dare to look at Yang Gao. It was Yang Gao's brother-in-law who was now the Minister of War of the Tang Dynasty, Yuwen Shiji.
In fact, Yuwenshi and I really don’t want to come to Jiangdu. Li Yuan thought that his wife, Princess Nanyang, was Yang Gao's biological sister, and now she was staying in Jiangdu to accompany Empress Dowager Xiao, so he thought he could take advantage of this relationship.
But he didn't know that as early as when Yu Wenshiji fled Jiangdu, Princess Nanyang angrily severed the marital relationship with him, claiming that she would never have anything to do with him in this life.
However, it was hard to disobey the sacred order, so Yu Wenshiji could only bite the bullet and follow Liu Wenjing to Jiangdu. At this moment, seeing his former brother-in-law and now the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, Yu Wenshiji was filled with fear and followed Liu Wenjing timidly. He didn't even dare to express his anger.
"Foreign Minister Liu Wenjing meets His Majesty the Sui Emperor!"
Just when Yu Wenshiji was frightened and hesitant to move, Liu Wenjing had already strode to Yang Gao's desk, bent her waist slightly, and bowed her hands.
"Test Liu Wenjing's four-dimensional ability for me."
Yang Gao's face was as bright as ashes, and he concentrated on sending instructions to the system.
"Ding dong, the detection system is being executed. Please wait patiently..."
"Ding dong, the test is completed. The test subject Liu Wenjing has reached the peak level of four-dimensional abilities. Commander is 83, force is 62, intelligence is 95, and politics is 78."
"With 94 points in intelligence and 78 points in politics, he is really a partial subject and an imbecile!"
After listening to the system's test, Yang Gao secretly defined Liu Wenjing in his heart. He curled his lips slightly and said casually: "I wonder why the Lord Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty sent your Excellency here?"
Liu Wenjing was very angry when she heard that Yang Gao actually called the Tang Dynasty the Tang Dynasty and called Li Yuan the country's leader. But he had no choice but to seek help from others at this moment. He could only suppress the anger in his heart, cupped his hands and said: "To the Emperor of Sui, last time our army and your army accidentally had some conflicts at the border, the consort Chai Shao and the King of Qi Yuan Ji and other civil and military personnel accidentally fell into the hands of your army. I am sent as an envoy to Jiangdu by His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. I hope that His Majesty can release a few of them!"
Liu Wenjing deliberately emphasized the words "His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty" to express her dissatisfaction.
Yang Gao sneered and said: "What Mr. Liu said is too simple. If I remember correctly, Chai Shao was captured in Jinchuan County and Li Yuanji was captured alive in Mengjin. This does not seem to be the case during the Great Sui Dynasty. The border land of Tang State, right?"
"Your Majesty, actually..." Liu Wenjing hurriedly opened her mouth to argue, but Yang Gao had already interrupted him with a wave of his hand and said with a smile: "My soldiers have paid a high price for these battles. Just Mr. Liu With just a few words, Chai Shao, Li Yuanji and others were all taken away, how can I explain to the soldiers?"
Liu Wenjing immediately understood what Yang Gao meant, and quickly raised her hands and said, "Your Majesty, this is easy! My Majesty, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, is willing to provide 300,000 shi of military rations and 100,000 taels of silver as your Majesty's reward for the army."
"Three hundred thousand shi of grain and one hundred thousand taels of silver are a little less, right? You must know that because of your country's actions, I have mobilized at least three hundred thousand troops!"
Yang Gao played with the jade in his hand and glanced at Liu Wenjing playfully.
What the hell, an army of 300,000 people. At that time, the main force of the Sui army was dragged down by Dou Jiande in the Central Plains. Where could you mobilize an army of 300,000 people?
Liu Wenjing was filled with hatred in her heart, but Chai Shao and Li Yuanji were both close relatives of Li Yuan and could not give up no matter what. He could only bite the bullet and ask: "Then I wonder how much food your Majesty thinks is reasonable?"
Yang Gao picked up the tea cup in front of the table and took a sip, and said calmly: "Eight hundred thousand stones of grain, five hundred thousand taels of silver. As long as the Lord Li Yuan can agree to my conditions, his beloved son, son-in-law and several other members All generals can return to Guanzhong safe and sound."
