, Chapter 419 The Minister of Worries

In the eighth year of the Great Cause, the First Goryeo War launched by Emperor Yang Guang of the Great Sui Dynasty ended in a tiger-like manner.

Nine armies totaling more than 200,000 people crossed the Aplu River to Pyongyang, the capital of Goryeo, when crossing the Sashui River, because of the lack of food and had to withdraw in a hurry, the Sui army collapsed, the army was defeated, the soldiers escaped, the Nine Route Army when crossing the Liao River, a total of 305,000 people, and finally fled back to the barracks only 2,700 people, and the rest of the soldiers fled except for the battle death.

Not only did the fighting army flee, but the nearly 700,000 troops stationed east of Liaoshui also broke out of a serious epidemic, and three or four out of ten people died of the disease.

The war, which took a year and a half to prepare, almost exhausted most of the country's strength and killed millions of people, finally only occupied a few cities on the east bank of Liaoshui, and ended almost hastily in this way.

When the army of 1.1 million troops went out to Goryeo, and finally withdrew to Zhuojun, only 500,000 were left, and 600,000 people were lost, which is a confused account that is difficult to calculate, how many people died in battle, how many people fled, how many people died of disease, no one can say, but the outcome is clear, it cannot be changed because of the occupation of Liaodong City, and the Sui army's eastward expedition to Goryeo failed.

The defeat of the Sui army, shocked the world, Yang Guang also knew that he could not explain to the people of the world, he ordered the surrender of the envoy against his will as the reason, ordered the Shangshu right Cheng Liu Shilong to be beheaded, in order to apologize for the world, and at the same time put the blame for the defeat on Yu Zhongwen, Yu Zhongwen as the commander-in-chief, slack, so that the Sui army was defeated, and ordered to remove him from all official positions and titles, and was imprisoned, Yu Zhongwen became ill with grief and anger, and soon died of illness.

In the Linshuo Palace, Yang Guang paced back and forth in the imperial book with his hands behind his back, he was a little upset, his strategy could only be said to be half successful, there were still 500,000 people who withdrew with him to Zhuojun, and most of them were troops led by the children of Guanlong nobles, which made him extremely annoyed in his heart.

On the other hand, the defeat of the Battle of Goryeo also greatly reduced his face, making him feel very embarrassed, although he was mentally prepared, but when it really happened, the pressure of this failure still made him a little unbearable, Yang Guang began to waver a little bit about his proposed strategy, did the strategy of using the Battle of Goryeo to weaken the Guanlong nobles outweigh the losses?

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

Yang Yuanqing's arrival lifted his spirits, and now he urgently needs someone to share his worries, although he believes in Yuwenshu more, but Yuwenshu's vision and thinking strategy are not as good as Yang Yuanqing, at this time, he still needs Yang Yuanqing more.

"Announce his audience!"

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

"Yang Aiqing is exempt."

At this time, Yang Yuanqing's appearance made Yang Guang feel particularly cordial in his heart, although he didn't trust Yang Yuanqing very much, but he trusted Yang Yuanqing's ability very much, anything he gave Yang Yuanqing, Yang Yuanqing did not let himself down, it was this kind of 'Yang Yuanqing never failed' psychological hint that Yang Guang subconsciously had a trace of dependence on Yang Yuanqing, and this dependence was not even realized by himself.

Yang Guang immediately instructed the eunuch next to him: "Give me a seat!" ”

A eunuch brought a soft cushion and laid it out for Yang Yuanqing.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Yang Yuanqing bowed, sat down, and said with a smile: "Seeing Your Majesty return safely, the minister is overjoyed." ”

Yang Yuanqing's words were very sincere, which made Yang Guang feel a trace of warmth in his heart, and he sighed slightly, "I didn't expect that this battle would be lost so badly and so embarrassed, making it difficult for me to explain to the people of the world." ”

Yang Yuanqing understood Yang Guang's mood at this time, suffering from gains and losses, the kind of entanglement that realized the plan but lost face, and he also knew that Yang Guang came to him in the hope that he would untie the knot for him.

Yang Yuanqing smiled, "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, "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 the epidemic in Liaodong, and the minister realized that this battle of Liaodong was probably more auspicious than lucky, since ancient times, no battle could be won in the case of an outbreak of epidemic, and the minister believes that everyone can understand this, which is just like the failure of the first emperor to conquer Goryeo in the eighteenth year of the emperor, but no one complained about the first emperor."

Yang Yuanqing'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: "Yang Aiqing said well, and you have done a good job, the epidemic prevention and control is effective, so that Youzhou is not harmed by the epidemic, I must reward Aiqing well, and let the world know your achievements." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Yang Yuanqing could feel the joy in Yang Guang's heart, and knew that Yang Guang had untied the entanglement in his heart, Yang Yuanqing smiled and persuaded him: "Your Majesty, it is not enough for Weichen and Your Majesty to know this reason, we must let everyone in the world understand that the real cause of Goryeo's defeat is the epidemic." ”

Yang Guang nodded, "Aiqing is reasonable, I plan to issue an edict to promulgate this reason to the world." ”

"The minister has a suggestion, it is better to choose some ministers and sergeants who can speak well to form a propaganda group, 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 about 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 the war of Goryeo was launched, and let them know that defeat is not the responsibility of His Majesty, but the same as the eighteenth year of the emperor's reign, the disease is raging."

Yang Yuanqing's suggestion made Yang Guang's eyes light up, although he had never heard of this method, but when he thought about it, he was very reasonable, although he was very reluctant to lower his noble head, but he also understood that the defeat in the Battle of Goryeo had a great impact on his reputation, and Yang Yuanqing's suggestion would be very effective in maintaining his dignity as emperor.

Yang Guang pondered for a long time, and finally nodded, "As Aiqing said, I accept this suggestion." ”

The shadow of defeat gradually faded in Yang Guang's heart, and his thoughts turned to the Guanlong nobles, Yang Guang stood up, walked to the window with his hands behind his back, he sighed slightly, "Yuanqing, I didn't fully achieve my goal in this battle of Goryeo, I still want to attack Goryeo again, what do you think?" ”

Yang Yuanqing has mastered a rule of Yang Guang, as long as he calls himself by his name instead of Yang Aiqing, it is related to the Guanlong nobles.

In fact, Yang Yuanqing did not want the Second Goryeo War to happen, because in history, his father Yang Xuangan should have rebelled during the Second Goryeo War, although Yang Xuangan had been removed from Shangshu's position, but his ambition was still there, and his rebellion was very likely to happen as scheduled.

Yang Yuanqing fell into deep thought, Yang Guang turned his head to look at him, "Yuanqing, I want to hear your opinion. ”

Yang Yuanqing sighed softly, "Your Majesty, the minister thought that after this Goryeo battle, many people's mentality would change, and many people would have ideas, so the minister suggested that Your Majesty should not make a decision for the time being, observe for a few months, and then consider countermeasures." ”

Yang Guang nodded, worthy of being his right-hand man to deal with the Guanlong nobles, every suggestion can be to the point, Yang Yuanqing's suggestion is well versed in the way of relaxation, just after the battle of Goryeo, it is indeed necessary to relax for a period of time, and observe the movements of the Guanlong nobles.

Yang Guang glanced at Yang Yuanqing, with a look of appreciation in his eyes, he smiled slightly: "It's late August, and I will leave for Beijing tomorrow, after you arrange the affairs of Youzhou, you will also enter Beijing, and I still have a lot to rely on you." ”

"Obey the order!"

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In August, Yang Guang ordered 500,000 troops to return to their respective homes, he rested in Zhuo County for a few days, then returned to the capital by dragon boat, in mid-September, when Yang Guang was about to arrive in the capital, he issued a decree again, to suppress bandits and prevent and control epidemics, and crowned Yang Yuanqing, the governor of Youzhou, as the doctor of Jin Ziguanglu, and promoted the title of Fengguo Gong, and at the same time posthumously awarded the death of the right Tunwei general Mai Tiecane as the Duke of Suguo, and allowed his eldest son to inherit the title.

In the governor's mansion, Yang Yuanqing's personal soldiers were busy packing up their belongings and preparing to return to the capital, Yang Yuanqing needed a reason to return to Beijing, and Yang Guang created this opportunity for him when he was about to arrive in the capital, he had to return to Beijing to be enshrined and thanked.

Yang Yuanqing didn't have many things, except for the gifts he bought for his wife and daughter, the rest were his books, and there were also his own things, this time he was also going to return to Beijing by boat, and the Youzhou Governor's Mansion had three official ships of two thousand stones.

"Chief, Li Yuanjun is here!"

As soon as Yang Yuanqing turned around, he saw Li Yuan walking into the gate, Li Yuan arched his hand and smiled: "The gate is open and unguarded, so I had to enter uninvited." ”

"Li Yuanjun doesn't have to be polite, do you have something to do with me?"

"There's something I want to trouble you."

Li Yuan said with a smile: "I plan to let the three dogs go back to Beijing, is it convenient for the manager to let them take a boat?" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, "This is a trivial matter, Li Yuanjun just said it, why bother to come to the door in person?" ”

"Actually, I still have something I want to ask Chief Yang for help!"

Li Yuan showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, and said to Yang Yuanqing: "My second son Shimin wants to worship Li Sima as a teacher and learn the art of war, but Li Sima did not respond, can Manager Yang tell me about it?" ”

Yang Yuanqing was taken aback, Li Shimin actually wanted to worship Li Jing as a teacher and learn the art of war, how could this work, although he taught Yuanji and Xuanba to shoot a bow and arrows, and taught Li Shimin to understand what a handsome arrow is, it was just a tinkering paste, a flower gun used in officialdom, it sounds good, but if you really want to learn, you will find that what he teaches has no actual content.

But Li Shimin wants to learn the art of war from Li Jing, that's another matter, don't say that Li Jing didn't agree, even if Li Jing agreed, he wouldn't allow it.

Yang Yuanqing laughed and said: "It's rare that the people of the world have this interest, of course I will fulfill it, I'll go to Li Sima to talk about it, but I said it ugly in front, this is not a business after all, I can't come, if Li Sima really refuses to agree, I can't help it." ”

Li Yuan was overjoyed, as long as Yang Yuanqing was willing to intercede, then he would be eight points sure, Li Yuan also discovered that Li Jing was indeed a great talent, if the people of the world could worship him as a teacher, he would be used for himself in the future.

"Then please take care of Mr. Yang!"

"Alright! I'll go to him tonight, and if Sima Li agrees, then Shimin won't have to go back to Beijing with me. ”

"That's nature, thank you."

Li Yuan gave a salute and said goodbye and left, Yang Yuanqing looked at Li Yuan's back, squinted and smiled, Li Yuan thought it was very beautiful, he actually wanted to dig his own corner and dream!

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