The conversation between Yang Ji and Yu Wenshu continued. Although the content of the conversation between the two was about the upcoming war, there was actually nothing to discuss about the war. After all, the war had reached this point, and the Sui army had a sure chance of victory. The next step was to win steadily. , everything is a matter of course. But as time went by, Yu Wenshu became a little absent-minded——
Although he was given the power to inspect the twenty-three county military mansions, Yu Wenshu was not too happy. This was because the pressure of the mission was too great. He knew that this power was an opportunity for Yang Guang to get back on his feet. At the same time, It is also a shortcut; from this point of view, Yang Guang still trusts him, a minister and relative of Conglong. The previous dismissal from office was just a case-by-case basis, handled in accordance with the law, and passed away. Yu Wenshu was deeply moved by Yang Guang's emphasis on love and justice.
But the shortcut given to him by Yang Guang is also a severe test; if he can do this as the emperor wishes, and do it successfully and properly, then he will not only be able to return to the center, but even Become one of the prime ministers of the Council; but if he messes up things again, his life will be over. This is not to say that he has no chance to come back again. The main reason is that time is not forgiving. Yu Wenshu, who is in his sixties, is worried that he will not be able to fight for a long time.
This year, Yu Wenshu is already sixty-two years old. If the follow-up "military government withdrawal" is messed up, the problem will be more serious than before, the punishment will be heavier, and it will take longer to come back. And he At this age, how can you wait until the day of comeback? Even if he could wait, he might not have the longevity to enter the center.
Next, he wants to thoroughly investigate the twenty-three county and military mansions. Not only are there top-down, top-up, and all-round pressures, but there are also time requirements. In the end, he cannot fail; if the years impose more pressure on him, Taking into account the sense of urgency, one can imagine the pressure on his shoulders.
It was precisely based on these pressures and the ambition to return to the court and take charge of the assembly hall that prompted Yuwenshu to come to Yang Ji.
After the two of them talked about the meaningless war, Yang Jiqian thought of something and said to Yu Wenshu: "General, when the imperial court last conferred meritorious generals, the saint wrote me a letter. He said that many of the heroes in the past were empty-handed. Talented people with great ambitions, but no way to serve the country. However, after the emergence of the imperial examination, they all had a way to enter official careers, and the court also received more outstanding talents. Later, he said that people with both civil and military skills, He is of good conduct, quick to see things, and very cautious. However, such a talent who is so close to him has been ignored by him."
Among Yuwenshu's three legitimate sons, only the second son Yuwenshu had both political integrity and talent. Yuwenshu made great contributions in the Battle of Pingcheng, and his overflowing achievements were conferred on his second son Shiji by the late emperor. Later, he was not only given the title of New City The county prince, and because he was appreciated by the late emperor, married the eldest daughter of Yang Guang, who was the king of Jin at that time. Yang Guang ascended the throne as the emperor and conferred him the title of Prince Consort Duwei, and the imperial minister of the Provincial Chariot Bureau in the palace.
The Shangnian Bureau was in charge of the chariots and umbrella fans used by the emperor to travel. The name of the chief officer was Fengyu, the same as the other five bureaus, and his official rank was lower than the fifth rank. Since the Sixth Bureau was in charge of the palace's clothing, food, housing, transportation, and medicine, so Those who can serve as officials in the Sixth Bureau are all close officials in the world. If Yu Wenshiji was a person with mediocre talents, it would be a great thing to serve as the governor of Shang Nian Bureau. But he is talented and has the appearance of a famous minister, so he is completely overqualified in Shang Nian Bureau.
When Yu Wenshu was at the height of his power, he dreamed of putting Yu Wenshu "outside" so that his second son could have a stage to display his talents and accumulate political achievements and qualifications for future promotion. However, the status of the consort restricted Yu Wenshu and Gotta die. This is not to say that the consort cannot go out to serve as an official, but that Yang Guang and his wife love Princess Nanyang very much and cannot bear to separate them.
After hearing Yang Ji's words, Yu Wenshu was suddenly surprised and happy. He knew that with Yang Ji's current status, he would never use the saint to deceive him without permission. If the saint appointed his second son to go out as an official, this would be terrible. What a great thing! But Yang Ji's next words made him feel cold again.
Just listen to Yang Ji continue to say: "This is because the saint mentioned the imperial examination and the civil service examination when he was considering the Andong Protectorate and county officials, but he did not decide whether to use it or not. General, don't have high expectations. .”
The smile on Yu Wenshu's face turned bitter.
It is true that the Andong Protectorate is extremely remote, cold, and poor, and the remaining forces of Goguryeo may even launch a rebellion in the future, but the worse the foundation, the easier it is to do so
Outstanding results. If the second son could come to the Andong Protectorate to serve, even if he was a Tongshou, Sima, Changshi, or Six Cao officer, he would be better than Fengyu in the capital.
Judging from Yu Wenshu's talents, as long as he can serve as an official here, he will definitely shine with amazing brilliance. Even if the conditions are not good, Yu Wenshu can still use his own money to help his son.
However, Yuwen Shiji is a consort, how can the emperor and empress let his son-in-law come here to "suffer"?
Yu Wenshu sighed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for reminding me. It's just that Your Majesty suddenly mentioned Shiji. It's not just that simple, right?"
"I always think that over-protection and pampering are not a good thing for scholars and talents like this!" Yang Ji said to Yuwenshu: "Look at people like Li Min who have gone to Liangzhou to become officials, and they have done a good job. Yes, if it were replaced by Shiji, it would definitely be better."
"The third son of the last general, who is both talented and wise, has done many ridiculous things, which is indeed very disappointing; however, the two brothers mainly have bad moral character, but they still have a little talent and a little ability. As for Li Min, hehe, he doesn't even have the ability to do bad things..." Yu Wenshu sneered and said disdainfully: "Haha, Li Chongnai is an admirable hero and loyal man, but the tiger father gave birth to a son who cannot be supported. If he hadn’t married Princess Leping’s daughter, he wouldn’t even have the qualifications or ability to be a county magistrate.”
Yang Ji was secretly surprised when he heard this. He remembered that when they returned from Liangzhou together, Li Min called Yu Wenshu "uncle". Yu Wenshu also acted very close to him, and even called him "uncle" during the military reform. Li Min pulled into his own camp.
Why is Yu Wenshu so angry now?
After thinking about it, Yang Ji asked curiously: "General, Li Min is the nephew of Duke Shen Li Hun, and Duke Shen is the sister-in-law of the general. You should be relatives..."
"I don't have such white-eyed wolf relatives!" Yu Wenshu suddenly became furious and interrupted Yang Ji rather rudely. He took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, you will be rude in the end. However, your Majesty doesn't know something. , when the military reform failed and my mansion was captured by the rebels, it can be said that the Li family of Longxi was the first to bear the blame. My Yuwen family and the Li family of Longxi are at odds with each other."
At the end of the sentence, Yu Wenshu's face was distorted.
Li Hun was his sister-in-law and the tenth son of Shen Guogong Li Mu. When Yuchijun rebelled, Li Mu's fifth son Li Rong persuaded him to rebel, but Li Mu was unmoved and ordered Li Hun to escort Yuchijun's envoy back to the capital. , expressed his firm support for Yang Jian in suppressing the rebellion. After Yuchijiong's rebellion was put down, Li Hun was named the Duke of Anwu County and the Third Division of Shangyitong.
In the sixth year of the founding of the Emperor, Li Mu died of illness in Daxing. The title of Duke of Shen was inherited by his eldest grandson Li Jun. However, Li Jun was killed by his cousin Li Shanheng. As the youngest Li Hun wanted to obtain the title of Duke of Shen, he approached the prince (Yang Yong) Zuo Wei led his brother-in-law Yuwenshu. As long as Yuwenshu helped him obtain the title passed down by his father, he would give half of his salary to Yuwenshu every year.
Yu Wenshu then said to Yang Yong, "In order to establish a long heir, it is not to be virtuous. Now it is clear that the public heir is absolutely perfect. Looking at his descendants, they are all scoundrels and not worthy of being honored. Only Li Jincai (characterized by Li Hun) has served the country well, so he is called No one but this person can attack the title."
Yang Yong believed it to be true and actually asked Yang Jian. In the end, Yang Lihun got his wish and inherited the title of Shen Guogong. But Li Hun broke his trust and only gave Yu Wenshu two years, and then refused to admit it. After Yu Wenshu got drunk, he angrily said to his friend Yu Xiangxian, "I was betrayed by Li Jincai. I will never forget it until I die!"
Yu Wen and Li were both good friends of Yu Xiangxian. Yu Xiangxian became a peacemaker and told Li Hun that Yu Wenshu was resourceful and not easy to mess with. It was best to fulfill his promise. Unexpectedly, Li Hun not only did not listen to the advice, but instead said that he He was a son of the Li family in Longxi, and his father had old friends all over the world. He was even more difficult to offend. He broke off relations with Yuwenshu first, and even said that if Yuwenshu had the ability, he would come to fight and provoke him.
Although Yu Wenshu was angry and resentful, he was just a junior general under Yang Yong at the time and he really couldn't afford to offend the Li family. It wasn't until Yang Guang became the crown prince that the uncle and uncle gradually moved around because of Li Yuwen's persuasion, but their relationship was just like that.
After the martial arts fraud broke out, Yu Wenshu suffered heavy losses, so he took the initiative to show his favor to the Li family in Longxi, and Li Hun was the intermediary liaison. In order to let the Li family in Longxi tie up his chariot, at the request of Li during the military reform, he sent his nephews Li Shirun and Li Shizhong, as well as Li Hun's nephews Li Qi, Li Ji, and Li
More than ten children of the Li family in Longxi, including Gong Ting and Li Shanheng, were arranged to join the army. However, the Li family of Longxi abandoned benevolence and righteousness in favor of deceit, and actually sided with the Guanlong nobles at the critical moment, and Li Anqi's rebellion was fueled by the Li family of Longxi and Zhang Jin.
At this time, Li Hun once again announced the severance of relations and followed the Guanlong nobles to beat and kill Yuwenshu.
Facing such a wolf-like relative, could Yu Wenshu not hate him?
Facing Yang Ji at this time, he hoped to get Yang Ji's help, so although Yu Wenshu did not mention that he had won the Duke of Shen for Li Hun, he told everything about what happened in the military reform.
After listening to Yu Wenshu's scolding, an inexplicable look flashed in Yang Ji's eyes. The two talked about it, and Yang Ji already knew that Yuwenshu's main purpose of coming here was to help him with the matter of "withdrawing the military government."
This is because most of the military generals of the Sui Dynasty came from the Guanlong nobles, and Yuwenshu, who re-entered the court, could not stand alone and could not defeat the powerful Guanlong nobles; he knew that the conflict between himself and the Guanlong nobles was also irreconcilable, so he hoped The two sides formed an alliance to deal with the Guanlong nobles, allowing themselves to fully support him and cooperate with him on the military government issue; if they join forces with him to deal with the Guanlong nobles, that would be the best.
On the issue of dealing with the Guanlong nobles, both parties have the same interests. Cooperation is a good thing that benefits both sides, and it is also beneficial to the country, so Yang Ji naturally has no reason to object. After returning, he will not only add fuel to the flames appropriately, but will also give Yuwen Yu Wenshu will definitely support it; but after all, the matter of withdrawing the military government is dominated by Yu Wenshu. Whether it is merit or demerit, the result is Yu Wenshu, so if you want him to go into battle shirtless with a clear-cut flag, it is definitely impossible.
However, the conflict between Yuwenshu and the Li family in Longxi surprised and surprised Yang Ji. He also had conflicts with the Li family of Longxi. The conflicts mainly occurred during the Battle of Tuyuhun. In order to dominate the Silk Road, the Li family acted as Murong Fuyun's internal collaborator and told the Sui army's deployment in detail. Their idea was very simple. As long as Yang Ji died or was defeated, Yang Ji's power would be lost. After leaving Liangzhou, they will be able to sell prohibited items to various countries in the Western Region without any hindrance and earn huge amounts of money. It doesn't matter whether the Sui Dynasty could annihilate Tuyuhun or how many soldiers died.
Yang Ji always kept this account in mind.
It's not that he didn't want to liquidate, firstly, time didn't allow for it. When he finished fighting Tuyuhun, Yang Guang immediately called him back to the court and asked him to lead the army to accompany the Northern Patrol. After the Northern Patrol was interfered with by Gao Yuan, Yang Guang arranged to fight again. Goguryeo.
Second, Yang Ji's ambitions this time are huge. What he wants to capture is the entire Li family in Longxi, not just some scapegoats. If he can't use the lives of a big family to kill chickens and scare monkeys, there will be other aristocratic families. For their own selfish interests, the family members, like the Dugu family, the Li family, and the Yuan family, betrayed the Sui Dynasty, the nation, and the people; and the family members also thought that he was easy to mess with and easy to bully, and created trouble for him one after another.
However, the evidence he had in hand could not wipe out this prosperous and prosperous family for thousands of years, and time did not allow for it, so he did not rush to alert the enemy. However, although Yang Ji was not in Liangzhou, he first obtained a large number of evidence of treason and witness in Fuqi City, and then asked several important officials of the Prefectural Mufu to silently search for evidence of Li's crime; while Lintaotong Shou Song Zhengben managed More than 2,000 Tianmen disciples infiltrated into Longxi County and Tianshui County, Li's base camp, with various identities, and used money and various legal methods to engage in fishing and law enforcement against Li's descendants.
Since Yu Wenshu had cooperated with the Li family for several years, he must have a lot of shameful evidence of the Li family; since he also hated the Li family in Longxi and wanted to use his own strength to complete the evacuation of the military government. If the mission is to be combined, then there is no harm in the two parties cooperating.
Thinking of this, Yang Ji stopped being secretive. He looked at Yu Wenshu and said in a deep voice: "The problems existing in our military offices in various places in the Sui Dynasty are the same as those of the original Beijing soldiers. Compared with the capital under the emperor's feet, The soldiers are divided into different camps, and many military mansions are even more extreme. Many of the soldiers and generals even regard the soldiers as their own private armies, and usually do illegal things. This is why the saint vowed to investigate and withdraw."
"If the problems in the military government cannot be eliminated in time, they will sooner or later become the cause of instability in the world. Therefore, on this matter, my attitude is the same as that of a saint. And I have also guessed the general's intention."
Saying that, he turned to
With a look of anticipation on his face, Yu Wenshu said solemnly: "As long as the general enforces the law impartially and fairly, I will fully support the general's inspection and withdrawal of the military mansion."
"Thank you for your support, Your Majesty!" Yang Ji was now the number one person in the Sui Dynasty military, and he was also a minister. He had extraordinary prestige in the military and among the people. His promise gave Yuwenshu reassurance, and he stood He stood up, saluted Yang Ji to the ground, and said solemnly: "Mo General has learned a painful lesson and will never make the same mistake again. And at Mo General's age, he is not even qualified to make mistakes." "
Yu Wenshu felt that his words were not strong enough, and he added frankly: "The general's thoughts are the same as everyone else's, and they all hope that they can create better assets for future generations. However, the time left for the general is already gone. It’s not much, so whether it’s for the sake of the court or for the sake of our descendants, we must go all out to get this done.”
[In view of the general environment,
"If the general thinks so, that's the best thing." Yang Ji nodded and said, "General, please go back to patrol first and make preliminary preparations for withdrawal. After I finish this battle, I will go to the DPRK to cooperate. .”
With that said, he said to Yu Wenshu: "We are not going to talk about the details here. We will discuss everything in detail when we get back. Besides, besides the withdrawal of the military government, I have one more thing that needs to be completed with the general; The forces involved in this matter have hatred towards both of us, and this alone gives us a basis for cooperation."
When it comes to dealing with the Li family in Longxi, he cannot do it alone. In addition to his ally Yu Wenshu, he also wants to drag Yang Guang into the water together with Yang Xiu, Yang Zhao, Yang Jian, Yang Zhiji, Yang Lun, Yang Jing, Yang Xiong, Yang Da and others. After all, everyone can benefit from it and cannot give up everything. Yang Ji will carry it alone. Once all the children of the royal family enter the water, everyone will be in trouble. Even if it ends in failure, it will be settled in the end, rather than killing one person alone. If someone becomes dissatisfied and rebels, the worst case scenario is that Yang Jian's brothers, nephews, son-in-law, and nephews all come together.
What's more, the current internal and external situation is far better than before and after the founding of the country by countless times. The people of the world are in the hands of Yang Guang, and several large granaries are full. Yang Guang, who has great righteousness, will lead the Yang family's children to conquer the world again, then It's all easy; a mere rebellion against the general trend, what does it count?
Yu Wenshu also understood that this was not the place for detailed discussion. He had no idea what the issue was or what force the enemy was. He directly cupped his fists and saluted Yang Ji: "I will obey your orders!"
The two talked for a while, and Yu Wenshu said goodbye happily and left.
