The defeat of the Sui army shocked the world, and Yang Guang also knew that he could not explain to the people of the world, so he ordered Liu Shilong, the right man of Shangshu, to be beheaded on the grounds that the 'will of benevolence and righteousness' was against his will, in order to apologize for the world, and at the same time put the blame for the defeat on Wang Rengong and Yu Wenshu.

Wang Rengong is dead, and his children's families have been implicated and sent to prison. In the end, Yuwenshu has a different relationship with Yang Guang, since Yang Guang was still the prince, he was his staunchest supporter, so he was only demoted to the knight and dismissed the official, but his son Yu Wenhua and Yu Wenzhi and the official position remained unchanged.

But even so, Yu Wenshu became ill with grief and anger, and fell ill on the way back to Luoyang.

After retreating to Youzhou, Yang Guang paced back and forth in the imperial book with his hands behind his back, his mood was extremely bad, his expression was extremely gloomy, and the attendants and guards around him had been scolded by him with a rod, and two of them were killed alive.

The defeat in the Battle of Goguryeo greatly reduced his face, made him feel very embarrassed, and the blow to him was unparalleled. In particular, the presence of envoys from the ninety-nine countries made him feel even more embarrassed.

"Your Majesty, Lord Yu is here." The eunuch's report came from the door.

Yu Shiji's arrival lifted Yang Guang's spirits, and now he urgently needs someone to share his worries, although he believes in Yuwenshu a little more, but Yuwenshu is now a criminal minister, and there was originally Pei Shiju, but he recently felt that Pei Shiju seemed to have a close relationship with Wang Junlin, which made him unhappy in his heart.

Yang Guang can now be called the most decadent time in this life, and the time when he was hit the hardest, although he is the son of heaven, but he is not beyond the scope of people, and when his heart is the most vulnerable, he also needs someone to comfort him.

Therefore, at this time, he needs Yu Shiji.

"Announce his audience!"

After a while, Yu Shiji hurriedly walked in, bowed down and saluted: "Minister Yu Shiji see Your Majesty!" ”

"Yu Aiqing is exempt."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Yu Shiji bowed, straightened up, leaned over and said, "Seeing that Your Majesty is in good health, the minister is overjoyed." ”

Yu Shiji's expression was very sincere when he said this, which made Yang Guang feel a trace of warmth in his heart, he sighed slightly, and said: "I didn't expect that this battle would be lost so miserably, so embarrassed, making it difficult for me to explain to the people of the world. ”

Yang Guang is actually a person who is not very deep in the city, after a long time, his cronies and henchmen actually know him very well, and Yu Shiji is very good at figuring out Yang Guang's thoughts, so he can get Yang Guang's favor.

Now Yu Shiji understands Yang Guang's mood at this time, and he also knows that Yang Guang came to him in the hope that he would untie the knot for him.

Yu Shiji said seriously: "With all due respect, in fact, the minister already realized in May that this battle of Goryeo was likely to fail. ”

Yang Guang was stunned for a moment, and said unhappily: "What does Aiqing mean by this?" ”

"Your Majesty, in May, a large number of people fled south, many people suffered from epidemics, and the minister knew that there was an outbreak of epidemic in Liaodong, and the minister realized that this battle of Liaodong was probably more auspicious and less auspicious, since ancient times, no battle could be won in the case of an outbreak of epidemic, and I believe that everyone can understand this, just like the first emperor in the eighteenth year of the emperor's reign once conquered Goguryeo and failed, but no one complained about the first emperor."

Yu Shiji's words were like moving a heavy boulder in Yang Guang's heart, and Yang Guang's heart suddenly relaxed a lot, yes! The outbreak of the epidemic is beyond the control of Yang Guang, and the main reason for the failure of this battle should be the epidemic.

Yang Guang smiled approvingly: "Yu Aiqing is right, the reason why the defeat was because there was an epidemic among those untouchables and spread the epidemic to the army, so I was defeated. ”

"Your Majesty's wisdom is all the fault of those untouchables, not Your Majesty!"

Yu Shiji could feel the joy in Yang Guang's heart, and knew that Yang Guang had untied the knots in his heart, Yu Shiji said with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty, it is not enough for Weichen and His Majesty to know this reason, it is necessary to let everyone in the world understand that the real cause of Goguryeo's defeat is the epidemic. ”

Yang Guang nodded, and said with deep understanding: "Aiqing is reasonable, I plan to issue an edict to promulgate this reason to the world." ”

"Your Majesty is wise, but the minister has a suggestion, it is better to choose some ministers and sergeants who can speak well, let them tour the world, go to the official schools of various counties and counties to give lectures, tell the beginning and end of the Goryeo War, tell the threat of Goryeo to the Great Sui, let the people of the world understand the necessity of attacking Goryeo, and at the same time can feel the tragedy of the epidemic, the minister believes that this will definitely make the people of the world understand why His Majesty launched the Goryeo War, and let them know that defeat is not Your Majesty's responsibility, but the same as the eighteenth year of the emperor's reign, the disease is raging."

Yu Shiji's suggestion made Yang Guang's eyes light up, although he was very reluctant to lower his noble head, but he also understood that the defeat in the battle of Goguryeo had a great impact on his reputation, and Yu Shiji's suggestion might be very effective in maintaining his dignity as emperor.

Yang Guang pondered for a long time, finally nodded, and said: "As Aiqing said, this is a good practice, so I will leave it to you, and as soon as I return to Luoyang, I will implement it immediately." ”

The shadow of defeat faded a lot in Yang Guang's heart, Yang Guang stood up, walked to the window with his hands behind his back, he sighed slightly, and said: "Yu Aiqing, although the fiasco of this battle of Goryeo was due to the epidemic among those untouchables, it is still the greatest shame in my life. I want to attack Goryeo again, what do you think? ”

Yu Shiji wanted to say that if he continued to fight, the Great Sui would be ruined, but he knew what kind of person Yang Guang was and what kind of words he could say to please Yang Guang, so he immediately said: "Your Majesty is wise, the ambition of the Goguryeo wolf son is really the trouble of my Great Sui henchmen, Your Majesty wants to become an emperor through the ages, and he will turn Goguryeo into a county of the Great Sui."

Speaking of this, Yu Shiji glanced at Yang Guang's satisfied look, and sighed softly in his heart, he and the Great Sui share the honor and disgrace, all the glory and wealth come from the Great Sui, from the emperor, if the Great Sui is gone, it is really not good for him, so he gritted his teeth and continued: "But the minister thinks that after this Goryeo battle, many people's mentality will change, and many people will have ideas, and the minister suggests that His Majesty should not make a decision for the time being, observe for a few months, and then consider countermeasures." ”

Yang Guang nodded, Yu Shiji deserved to be one of the most favored courtiers, so he thought it out very thoroughly: "Aiqing's suggestion is well versed in the way of relaxation, just after the battle of Goryeo, the losses are so great, the army and courtiers really need to relax for a while, I heard that during the period of my expedition to Goguryeo, all the young people in the country jumped out to make trouble, and I just took advantage of this time to kill all these thieves." ”

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