Yu Wenhuaji went south this time and took 70,000 troops with him. He was named the ambassador of Hebei to depose Zhi and fight against arrests. He had two marching generals under his command, Shi Xiang and Qu Tutong.
If he relied on Hua Ji alone, his capabilities would be limited, so Yang Guangcai arranged for two marching generals to help. Once the counter-rebellion was over, Yu Huaji had the greatest credit.
This is to commend Yu Wenshu.
In fact, there is another way to reward him, and that is to mention Yu Wenshu's Duke Xu above and change it to a higher title than "Xu". However, after this method was proposed, many people opposed it.
Since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, only Yang Su has been promoted in the title of Duke, from Yue to Chu.
Li Hun went from Shen Guogong to Ye Guogong. This was not a promotion. Shen and Ye were on the same level, and both had very small titles.
In this expedition, Pyongyang was captured by Yu Wenshu and Lai Huer, and it was Yu Wenshu who surrendered. It seemed that he had the greatest credit, but in fact he was not. The one who had the greatest credit was actually Yang Guang.
Because they were conducting the expedition in person, the emperor himself was the marching marshal, and Yu Wenshu was the marching general manager.
Therefore, there was a man who was short-sighted in the Yushitai, and he directly begged Yang Guang to grant Zen Taishan. The court meeting at that time was completely silent, and even Yang Guang himself was embarrassed to accept this problem.
Yes, my ultimate goal is to achieve the title of Zen Taishan, but it is not feasible at the moment.
It is true that Yang Guang was very happy with his achievements, but he was not that shameless. Yang Jian unified the world and did not dare to seal it. He only destroyed a Goguryeo, and his face was not that thick-skinned.
I am not a shameless person.
Yuwen Shuhe, who returned to Liaodong City, came to protect his son. Under the escort of Yang Guang's guards, he entered the temporary court set up in Liaodong City.
As soon as he crossed the threshold, Yuwenshu knelt down with a plop:
"Your Majesty has received the mandate of heaven to care for and lead the land, and to eradicate the barbarians. This is an achievement that has not been achieved in three hundred years. I sincerely wish your Majesty a great cause."
After saying that, he kowtowed directly to Yang Guang.
Within three hundred years, the greatest achievement must be Yang Jian's unification of the world, but the Chen Dynasty was not a barbarian, it was also Chinese orthodoxy, so Yu Wenshu's flattery was actually quite good.
This is a smart person who cannot take credit from anyone but the emperor. They must put all the credit on the emperor, and they just did some trivial things under the emperor's command.
You all knelt down, and me not kneeling seemed like I was disloyal, so Lai Huer had no choice but to kneel down and said some words to praise Yang Guang.
Yang Guang personally walked down the steps, helped the two of them up, and said with a smile:
"Second Minister is the humerus of the country, and you must not kneel again from now on."
I didn't want to kneel down in the first place. I blamed Yu Wenshu for being such a flatterer. He came to protect the child and quickly thanked me. Then the two of them sat down in the two empty seats on the right.
These two people can be said to be the two most powerful generals in the Sui Dynasty military at present. They are in charge of the left and right Yiwei. They have still made such great contributions. In the future military system, these two people will undoubtedly succeed Shi Wansui and He Ruobi has become the two undisputed bosses of the military.
During the Sui Dynasty, the military had great power. Especially after a great war, within at least three to five years, some powerful figures would emerge from the military and have more say in the court.
When military generals become powerful, it is detrimental to the imperial power, but it is much better than when civilian officials become powerful. After all, few military generals succeed in rebelling, but civil servants bring great harm to the country.
The Guanlong Group had no separation of civil and military branches, but since Cui Zhongfang proposed the centralized official system of three provinces and six ministries, it has been moving step by step towards the separation of civil and military branches.
Twelve guards, four generals, and three provinces, six ministries, and eleven temples. These are the military generals group and the civilian officials group.
Yang Yue took the lead and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Duke Xu and Duke Rong. The two of you have shared your majesty's worries this time, which shows your loyalty. In recent days, your majesty will praise you two at court every day, which shows the importance of your majesty's kindness."
The two of them hurriedly saluted and thanked Yang Guang.
Yu Wen said: "I entrust you with great blessings from your Majesty, and I rely on the officers and men for their lives. I really have no merit. Without the help of Wen Sheng and the pharmacist, I may have made a big mistake and I will not be able to see your majesty again."
He has a guilty conscience and is afraid of being blamed, so the best way is not to take the credit, but to give it to the people below. If everyone benefits, they won't care about it anymore.
His modesty made Yang Guang even happier: "It is very commendable that you have accomplished great achievements without being arrogant. If all our officers and men in the Sui Dynasty are like Xu Gong, I will have nothing to worry about."
What the hell are you talking about? You don’t want the credit, why do I still want it? Lai Huer pursed her lips and cursed the other person in her heart.
Yu Wenshu continued: "I am ashamed to mention my fault. Even today, every time I think of it, I still feel ashamed. I am not humble. I did make a big mistake and almost hurt all the generals. Your Majesty deserves the credit for this expedition, and the second is the honor." Duke Guo, Yu Zhongwen, Li Jing, Wei Xuan and other generals, I ask your Majesty to reward the three armies, provide pensions to the soldiers, and comfort the heroic spirits."
He was asking Yang Guang to spend money to reward the soldiers, and he would gain a good reputation.
Is Yang Guang rich? Yes, Yu Wenshu was afraid that Yang Guang would not have the money to reward him, so he looted all of Pyongyang.
Money, food, women, whatever you want to reward.
Yang Guang, on his side, had already seen the list, and he knew how to reward it.
First of all, there are the royal members of the Gao family and some of the female dependents of the nobles, and one of the meritorious generals. Everyone can also taste the Goguryeo style.
Among them, Gao Yunzhi was reserved for the prince. Yang Guang already knew this. He understood that Yu Wenshu wanted to repair the relationship with the prince, so he was happy to help.
After the women are rewarded, they are given money, gold, silver and jewels. Everyone has a share. The bulk is mine, and you divide the rest among yourself.
The treasures that Mai Tiezhang snatched were also divided among the soldiers under his command. You can take as much as you can with one hand. The rest were given to Yang Guang, and he didn't keep any for himself.
Yang Guang now sees Mai Tiezhang's rough black face, and the more he looks at it, the more he likes it. You are not ugly at all, you are simply handsome.
However, the Mai Tiezhang has not arrived yet. On the way to Liaodong, except for Yu Wenshu, Lai Hu'er, and Li Jing, the other generals stayed behind at their headquarters to restrain the soldiers who were eager to return. Wei Xuan had already left halfway. Go to the east road and take charge of the overall situation.
Li Jing, who was waiting to be summoned outside, was invited into the hall by the chamberlain. He was half-kneeling, which was a military salute.
"Li Jing, of humble rank, pays homage to His Majesty."
Yang Guang smiled and raised his hand: "Just now, Duke Xu praised you in front of me. It's very good. The pharmacist did not disappoint me this time. In addition to the Duke of Lintao County, he was granted the title of Shangzhu Kingdom, with 800 households and 2,000 pieces of brocade. sit down."
After Li Jing thanked him, he sat in the seat that had been prepared for him.
In the past, he could only participate in Yang Ming's small court meetings and was not qualified to participate in the big court meetings, but from now on he can, because he has a duke and a real job.
The army returning from the north was stationed a hundred miles south of Liaodong. The main generals stayed where they were. Only some low-level generals with outstanding achievements came back with them.
Yu Zhongwen did not come, because after Yu Wenshu left, he had to stay and control the army.
But the Western Route Army and the main comfort envoys have all returned, and they are no longer useful.
After Li Jing, Yang Guang summoned Yu Shiji, Liu Shilong, Yang Wei, Yuwen Jingli, and Gao Yixian.
Yang Wei was working as a comfort officer under Xin Shixiong. He was an invisible person from the beginning to the end. He didn't care about anything and didn't interfere in anything. Only when some major events needed to be reported, Xin Shixiong would feel that there were supervisors around me. This is the same as nothing.
Xin Shixiong was undoubtedly very grateful to Yang Wei. He was the second son of King Guan, but he never interfered with his military use. If the supervisors were like this, the generals who went out to fight would not be so repelled by this position.
Liu Shilong would no longer complain about Mai Tiezhang's private execution of Ulji Wende, but he couldn't swallow this breath. Now that he was back with the emperor, he was very safe, so he still sued Mai Tiezhang.
Sue what? Kill civilians indiscriminately.
Mai Tiezhang did exactly this in Wugu and Pyongyang. His character is like this, he excludes foreigners and protects his shortcomings.
He suffered the most losses in the battle against Liaodong, and he suffered the most in the battle against Wu Gu. The generals under him died one after another, including the eldest son. No matter how good-tempered a person is, he has to vent his anger.
So he not only killed prisoners, but also civilians.
All they kill is money.
Prisoners sold to the mainland as slaves can be exchanged for money. The civilians will have to pay taxes in the future. This is also money. If this is exchanged for Jiajing, this is my money! Mai Tiezhang is indispensable for drinking a pot.
But Yang Guang doesn't care. Yang Guang's way of making money is better than that of Jiajing. Jiajing's civilian officials are too powerful and talk about benevolence, justice and morality, so it is difficult to make money. But Yang Guang has no such worries. His generals and civilian officials are relatively balanced. The general will not talk to you about benevolence, justice and morality.
Yang Guang: I will take you all to make money together.
Jiajing: You all took my money.
As a result, when Liu Shilong opened his mouth like this, good fellow, the general group pointed at his nose and scolded him with all kinds of belittling and ridiculing. After all, Liu Shilong was a southerner, and many of the people sitting here were Guanzhong people, and Guanzhong people looked down on southerners.
Seeing this, Yu Shiji felt a sigh of relief in his heart. He was somewhat in the same boat as he was in this situation, but because he was born in the south, he was still looked down upon by others.
Xuangan scolded him the hardest. The spittle was so far away that Liu Shilong felt like it was spraying on his face.
But he no longer dared to talk back because he would offend everyone.
Yang Xuangan was the Duke of Chu, one of the eight ministers in the province, and was considered a prime minister. He didn't even have Lord Liu Shilong, so he didn't dare to quarrel with him, otherwise he would offend Yang Yue and the end would be even worse.
After everyone scolded them, Yang Guang stepped forward to comfort him and said:
"No need to worry about it, Shilong. I can see your comfort and dedication to your responsibilities."
After saying that, Yang Guang glanced at the ministers, glared at Yang Xuangan, and said in a deep voice:
"Insulting each other is the same as insulting me. If you do it again in the future, you will be severely punished."
Those who had just cursed quickly stood up and took the initiative to take the blame.
At this time, Liu Shilong became a die-hard loyalist, because only Yang Guang could protect him. He cried and knelt down:
"I know that I will fulfill my duties loyally and will never have any personal grudges. Your Majesty knows this clearly."
In any case, Yang Guang has done a good job in the job assigned to Liu Shilong. Yang Guang will definitely not blame him, and Liu Shilong will become more and more loyal to Yang Guang.
In the eyes of the emperor, there is only one fault for the ministers, and that is disloyalty. The rest is easy for us to talk about.
