After repeated calculations, Emperor Yang of Sui finally decided to adopt Chen Yingliang's suggestion and appoint multiple left-behind people to assist Yang Tong in the Dongdu. The reason is very simple. First, Emperor Yang of Sui really cannot find someone who can trust to take over the overall situation of Dongdu instead of him. Second, Emperor Yang of Sui also wanted to inspect the newcomers and see who else in the court could take over the team of old ministers like Fan Zigai and Wei Xuan. Daxing is still in the distance from Dongdu. Even if there is any difference in such an arrangement, Emperor Yang of Sui can make adjustments at any time.

During the period, when consulting with relevant officials from the left and right, Yuwen Shu, Pei Ju and Lai Huer also thought that Chen Yingliang had a good idea, but Yuwen Shu, who was still doing his best, was also a little worried about Xiao Qian and Xiao Guojiu. He carefully reminded Emperor Yang of Sui to carefully consider the appointment of Xiao Qian, because Xiao Guojiu's character was too bad and his mind was a little narrower, so it was difficult for such a person to hold heavy responsibilities.

Yuwen Shu's rare honest advice failed because Empress Xiao also got involved. After Yu Shiji secretly told Yuwen Shu's opposition to Xiao Guojiu, Xiao Guojiu immediately found his sister and couldn't resist his brother's plea. Empress Xiao blew a pillow in Emperor Yang of Sui's ears, begging Emperor Yang of Sui to give her brother a test opportunity to see if her brother was a big deal. If her brother really didn't make any contribution, he would never ask for anything for him in the future. Holding a sheep was to drive, and a group of sheep was to drive. Emperor Yang of Sui nodded and accepted his wife's plea, and frozen Xiao Guojiu's name on the list of candidates left behind in the East Capital.

Then on the morning court on the third day, Emperor Yang of Sui also announced the list of left-behind people in accordance with Chen Yingliang's suggestion, appointing Yuan Wendu, Duan Da, Pei Renji and Xiao Guojiu to serve as the left-behind people in Dongdu, asking them to discuss things. If there is no dispute, the decision of King Yang Tong of Yue will be based on the decision of King Yang Tong, and you can also ask for your opinions with a quick horse. Pei Renji and Xiao Qiqi happily accepted the appointment. Although Yuan Wendu and Duan Da, who were determined to win the left-behind position, they knew that such an arrangement would be better than their failure in competition. So they respectfully sang their promise and accepted the appointment of Emperor Yang of Sui.

"Four dearest friends, I don't hide it from you. This is my plan to follow the power." Emperor Yang of Sui said to the four new left-behinds: "A stay-behind is of great importance. In order to avoid differences and disputes, I have always left-behinds. Letting you four be the one who serves as the left-behinds this time is to follow the power and also the opportunity I give you. I will be careful to assist the King of Yue. If anyone among you can perform well and satisfy me, then the next Dongdu stays behind, I will not need to appoint so many people."

Of course, Emperor Yang of Sui said this from encouragement and kindness, but such encouragement was undoubtedly pouring a basin of gasoline onto the fire for Yuan Wendu, Duan Da, and the ambitious Pei Renji and Xiao Guojiu. While their blood was boiling, Yuan Duan Pei Xiao and the four of them had to secretly peek at each other and swear in their hearts, "We must surpass them, and the next Dongdu stays behind, and we must be the one who is alone."

After arranging the matter of staying in the Eastern Capital, Emperor Yang of Sui asked Chen Yingliang about the preparations for reinforcement of Fan Zigai. Chen Sangliang said truthfully: "Report to Your Majesty, the reinforcements have been allocated, and the weapons and food have been prepared. We can all gather at the order of the Marquis of Mengjin tomorrow. In addition, in order to leave enough elite troops for the Eastern Capital Luoyang, Weichen, with the consent of Yuwen Zhuguo and Shangshu Duan, he decided to lead only 4,000 Right Wuwei Guard troops to the north, and the remaining 6,000 troops were drawn from other counties in Henan County to supplement the villages. All the elite troops of Right Wuwei Guard, including the service army, were left in Dongdu to listen to it."

"Your dear is indeed a person who takes into account the overall situation. I am very satisfied." Emperor Yang of Sui praised Chen Sangliang's selfless words and said, "Since your reinforcements can be assembled tomorrow, you will set off north the day after tomorrow. I will return to Daxing tomorrow and will not send you. I will wait for your victory in Daxing City." Chen Sangliang quickly agreed and respectfully thanked Emperor Yang of Sui for his blessings.

In this way, Emperor Yang of Sui led all civil and military officials led by Yuwen Shu and Pei Ju to Daxing the next day. Chen Yingliang also left Daxing with some accomplices and lackeys on the same day. He crossed the river north to Taiyuan the next day. After Emperor Yang of Sui, Chen Sangliang and others left one after another, the eastern capital Luoyang immediately became the four left-behind world. A good show of fighting for power and profit, fighting for merit and provoking the committee also kicked off.

Even Chen Sangliang did not expect this drama to take place so quickly. The day after Emperor Yang of Sui left the Dongdu, when Chen Sangliang was still leading his army to cross the Yellow River north, the first conflict between the four left-behind people broke out in the Dongdu Imperial City. The cause of the conflict was that when Yuan Wendu discovered that when Emperor Yang of Sui was sent away, the expenses of the flower building in the Dongdu city were wrong, and at least 300 guan was not in line with the account, and disappeared without a trace.

In the late period of the great industry where prices gradually soared, the amount of money was not really big. Basically, a ninth-rank official could find the money from his home. However, after discovering this, Yuan Wendu felt like he had a treasure because the yamen responsible for building the flower building was the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Revenue (Ministry of Revenue) was responsible for checking the money and grain. Chen Fujun, the Minister of Rites, was from Wuxing. Like Wei Anshi, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, they were both representatives of emerging powerful people, and they were also officials who pushed Duan Da as the left-behind officials at the time. Therefore, as long as this matter was done well, at least two of Duan Da's wings could be cut off. Maybe Duan Da could be dragged into the water and kicked out completely.

With a great opportunity in front of us, our Yuanliuzou would not be polite. He immediately went straight to the palace city to complain to Yang Tong. Yang Tong, who was only eleven years old, was fooled by Yuan Wendu and immediately ordered Yuan Wendu to thoroughly investigate the matter and severely punish corrupt officials. As a result, when Yuan Wendu collected evidence of Chen Fujun and Wei Anshi, Duan Da also jumped out. While condemning Yuan Wendu for making a big fuss, he intervened in the case and tried his best to excuse the two supporters. He had a quarrel with Yuan Wendu in the imperial city, his face turned red and his neck was thick, and he almost rolled up his sleeves and fought directly.

It was also because Duan Da was involved in time that the culprit quickly found out that it was several low-level officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Civil Affairs to join forces to make a living. Chen Fujun and Wei Anshi did not participate in the corruption - these two real-power officials looked down on this little money. However, Yuan Wen, who claimed his personal revenge, said that he would not give up, and that he would pursue Chen and Wei, the two of them were responsible for their inadvertent investigation. Yang Tong also asked him to agree to dismiss Chen and Wei. As a result, Xiao Guojiu, a scoundrel, also had a place to use his skills. While secretly encouraging Yuan Wen to resolutely make up the matter, he ordered his clan brother Xiao Huaijing to secretly collect evidence of Yuan Wen's crimes that Yuan Wendu and Duan Da were abused and forced to confess in this matter, and prepared to defeat two competitors Yuan Wendu and Duan Da, and monopolize the throne of Dongdu.

In the next few days, the Dongdu Imperial City turned into a vegetable market. Yuan Wendu and Duan Da were even more involved in the party, and they were quarreling around the flower building case, fighting to the death. One side tried hard to make the matter big and involved more people, and the other side tried hard to turn big and small things into small things. Just in front of Yang Tong, Yuan Wendu and Duan Da had a fight over this matter, causing chaos in the Dongdu Imperial City, and unknowingly abandoned and laid off a lot of official affairs.

Fortunately, among the four left-behind people, not only Xiao Guojiu, but also Pei Renji, who was relatively kind. In order not to cause a major accident when Emperor Yang of Sui left Dongdu, Pei Renji urged Yang Tong to calm down and punish the few tiny officials who had enough money to deal with the matter. Yang Tong, who was troubled by this incident, was also very annoyed and ordered the exile to end the farce. As a result, although Duan Da was quite grateful to Pei Renji, Xiao Guojiu and Yuanwen both hated him and swear to bring Pei Renji down, which would be a revenge.

The opportunity to deal with Pei Renji came as I wished. After a period of struggle in the Dongdu City, in Henan County outside the Dongdu City, because the garrison in the county was transferred away, the Yiyang County, Henan County, which had already seen signs of civil rebellion, suddenly broke out in Yiyang County, the hometown of the dead ghost Chen Yingliang. Some people who could not bear the hard work and heavy taxes, led by a hero named Xun Lingjun, killed the officials and servants who went to the countryside to collect taxes and captured Xionger Fort in the southwest of Yiyang. The people of Yiyang responded one after another. In just two days, the number of civil rebellions was nearly 10,000. Not only did they directly threaten the safety of Yiyang County, but they also indirectly threatened the safety of Dongdu. The garrison was unable to suppress the garrison, so they had to ask for help from Dongdu.

Finally, it was the famous general Pei Renji's turn to show his skills. However, just when Pei Renji volunteered to lead the army to quell the rebellion and was ready to be more than one battle, Yuan Wendu and Xiao Guoji jumped out, insisting that Chen Sangliang be able to do his best, and his assistant Liu Changgong, the famous general of the Sui Dynasty, would fight this battle. Then Pei Renji naturally had to join forces with Duan Da to fight this merit. He quarreled for another day for whom the troops were sent to fight. In the end, because the scale of the civil war was not large enough, Yang Tong finally agreed to let Liu Changgong send troops to fight this battle. Pei Renji was so angry that he was itchy, but he was also helpless.

It has to be admitted that our General Liu is still very hard-working to send troops to suppress the rebellion this time. In addition to bringing the number one elite army of the Right Martial Guard to serve the country, General Liu also led 5,000 elite troops of the Right Martial Guard, which was definitely enough to directly crush the newly-started Yiyang uprising army. However, I don’t know that there was a problem in that link. The news that Liu Changgong’s army advanced westward to suppress the rebellion was actually transmitted to the Yiyang rebel army in advance. Xun Lingjun, who had seen the ruthless army of the country, did not dare to be negligent. He quickly led his subordinates to flee into Hongnong and fled into the complex Xionger Mountain area. When Liu Changgong led his army to the battlefield, Xun Lingjun had already run away.

When encountering such a situation, most generals of the commanders must have chased the troops to the end and strangled the civil rebellion in the bud. Unfortunately, our General Liu belongs to a small number of people. He said that he would not go to the Xionger Mountains with dense mountains and forests to play hide-and-seek with the rebels. After regaining the lost dock, he reported his victory to Dongdu and asked to lead his army back to Dongdu to drink, eat meat and sleep with the beautiful women. Yuan Wendu and Xiao Guoji saw that their achievements in recommending people were successful and refused to make trouble. So he agreed to Liu Changgong's triumphant success when he was about to get better. Duan Da and Pei Renji, who had been furious, did not object, and sneered and let Yuan Wendu and Xiao Guoji mess around, waiting to see their good show.

As expected, as soon as Liu Changgong returned to the Dongdu, Xun Lingjun crawled out of Xionger Mountain and returned to Yiyang County. He fled to the east of Xingtai and Luhun counties, causing the situation of these two counties, which also belonged to Henan County, to be turbulent and gradually appeared in a state of corruption. Yuan Wendu and Xiao Guojiu had no choice but to send Liu Changgong to send troops to quell the rebellion again, and asked Liu Changgong to capture Xun Lingjun alive in front of the hall. Unfortunately, as soon as Liu Changgong sent troops to send troops to the mountain, Xun Lingjun immediately fled into the mountainous area. Liu Changgong was forced to chase into the mountainous area and play hide-and-seek with Xun Lingjun. Although he had won some battles, he could not wipe out Xun Lingjun's main force.

Finally it was Duan Da and Pei Renji's turn to see the joke. Faced with Liu Changgong's successive edicts to urge grain and support, Yuan Wendu and Xiao Guojiu were worried that Pei Renji would command the troops to quell the rebellion, but he could not pull this face. He was even more worried that Pei Renji would do his best to suppress him, and he was in a dilemma. However, at this moment, Emperor Yang of Sui suddenly sent an edict to Dongdu, scolding Yuan Wendu and Xiao Guojiu. It turned out that Emperor Yang of Sui had been caring about the situation in Dongdu and had long known the rebellion of Yiyang. He also saw that the Dongdu army could not succeed in a long battle, Emperor Yang of Sui could not suppress his anger and sent the edict, ordering the Dongdu army to completely quell the rebellion within half a month. He also named Pei Renji and directly appointed Pei Renji as the commander of the suppression of the rebellion.

There was no choice, Yuan Wendu and Xiao Guojiu could only watch Pei Renji take over the task of suppressing the rebellion with a smile, and happily went out of the city to organize the army to reinforce Liu Changgong. However, on the way to leave the palace city, Yuan Wendu and Xiao Guojiu discussed countermeasures in a low voice. Yuan Wendu whispered: "Uncle Guoji, the situation is not good. Liu Changgong is a general who was jointly recommended by you and me, but the long-term battle cannot be successful. This has already made Your Majesty very dissatisfied with us. If Pei Renji successfully suppressed the rebellion this time, he will solve the Yiyang thief in a few strokes, wouldn't he compare us immediately? When Your Majesty appoints Dongdu to stay, can we still have our share?

Xiao Guojiu, who had bad ideas in the past, was rarely silent. It was not until he was about to walk out of the palace gate that Xiao Guojiu sighed and said with regret: "Doctor Pei is not easy to be a good match. The mountains on Xionger Mountain are high and dense, and the terrain is complicated. As long as the thief drills into the deep mountains and old forests, it is difficult for Doctor Pei to find them. That's not all, Your Majesty also assigned a half-month deadline for Doctor Pei. If this Yiyang thief knows this deadline and hides in the mountains for half a month, Doctor Pei will be in trouble."

After blinking his eyes, Yuan Wen stopped talking, and bowed to his goodbye after leaving the palace. Looking at Yuan Wen's back as he hurriedly left, Xiao Guojiu smiled slightly and said to himself: "I'm not dead, it depends on whether you have the courage."

With a sneer, Duan Da walked out of the palace gate again. Although he had been fighting with Xiao Guojiu in secret, out of etiquette, Duan Da nodded to Xiao Guojiu. Xiao Guojiu smiled and returned the favor. He wanted to walk away, but his heart suddenly moved and hurriedly called Duan Da again and said, "Doctor Duan is going? How about going together?

He looked up at the sun in the sky and saw that it was not coming out from the west. Duan Da said in confusion: "Uncle Xiao, are you talking to me?"

"That's of course." Xiao Guojiu nodded with a smile, and invited Duan Da to walk side by side with him. After walking a few steps, he asked Duan Da again: "Doctor Duan, Your Majesty personally appointed Doctor Pei as the commander of the thieves in the battle against Yiyang. I wonder what you think about this?"

"Of course it's Your Majesty's wise and can't help but observe thousands of miles." Duan Da sneered, and couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Brother Deben has been through the battlefield for a long time and is proficient in strategy. He is the best candidate for the fight against the Yiyang thieves. Unfortunately, someone deliberately made trouble and forced Brother Deben to stop him from going there. He insisted on sending Liu Changgong's idiot to suppress the thieves, which allowed the Yiyang thieves to take the opportunity to take the opportunity to take over."

"What the doctor said is that it is indeed our fault to have Liu Changgong as the head coach."

Xiao Guojiu admitted a mistake very rarely - Duan Da couldn't help but look up at the sun again and saw that it was coming out of that direction. Then Xiao Guojiu smiled and said, "But Duan, there is something that is hard to understand. As a veteran on the battlefield, during the time when Yuwen Zhuguo was convicted, you were also the General of the Zuo Yigu, the head of the Sixteen Guards. How could Your Majesty let you, a more experienced and prestigious court officials, namely appoint Doctor Pei as the commander of the thief? The profound meaning of this seems to be very interesting."

Duan Da's face changed a little, and he said after a while: "Mr. Xiao doesn't need to be sowed away in the clouds and mountains. He is a veteran on the battlefield. Of course, Your Majesty will leave one of me and Dr. Pei to stay in Luoyang to ensure the safety of the Eastern Capital."

"Then why don't you keep Dr. Pei, but you want to keep you Dr. Duan?" Xiao Guojiu asked with a smile.

After his expression changed slightly, Duan Da said angrily: "This is Your Majesty's Holy Decree. Xiao Guoguo, please ask me, who will I ask? I still have business, so I will say goodbye.

"Doctor Duan has another step." Xiao Guojiu called Duan Da again and asked with a smile: "Doctor Duan, do you still remember the relationship between Doctor Pei and Prime Minister Pei and Censor Pei? With them, and with the merits made by Doctor Pei, who will have greater confidence next time Your Majesty designates Dongdu to stay? "

After asking this question with a smile, Xiao Guojiu left, leaving Duan Da to secretly call him despicable and shameless, and provoke disagreements, but no matter how much he scolded him, Duan Da's face couldn't help but feel a little gloomy when he thought that Pei Renji had surpassed him after he made great contributions.

Let’s take a look at the situation on Pei Renji’s side. Considering the complex terrain on Xionger Mountain, Pei Renji, who had already had detailed research on the fight against rebellion, quickly came up with two countermeasures. The first was to not bring cavalry but infantry to fight, and only bring only 3,000 infantry with mountain war experience. The second strategy was to order Liu Changgong to stop attacking temporarily, withdraw from the mountain area to rest, restore his physical strength and combat effectiveness, and also lure Xun Lingjun's army to stop roaming temporarily. At the same time, he took the opportunity to send scouts to reconnaise Xun Lingjun's main force to facilitate his next battle.

After all this was arranged, on the morning of the third day after receiving the order of Emperor Yang of Sui, Pei Renji led his army to Dongdu and rushed to Yiyang battlefield 120 miles away to preside over the rebellion. After more than a day of march, Pei Renji successfully arrived at the periphery of Xionger Mountain. However, what made Pei Renji furious was that the main force of Liu Changgong's army, who should have been ordered to withdraw from the mountainous area, was still playing hide-and-seek with Xun Lingjun in the mountainous area, and they were almost driven by Xun Lingjun to Funiu Mountain. The difficulty of suppressing the rebellion suddenly increased. In a rage, Pei Renji immediately sent someone to chase Liu Changgong and asked Liu Changgong in person why he didn't obey the order?

"Appoint me to stop chasing and evacuating the mountains? When was the order? Why did I never receive this military order?"

This was General Liu's stunned answer when facing the envoy Pei Renji's questioning. Then General Liu raised his feet again and asked the envoy Pei Renji to see his shoes that had already exposed his thumb, and shouted: "With this order, I have retreated a long time ago. Do you think it's easy to run in the deep mountains and forests? I can't even ride a horse. I am the Hu Ben Lang, and I have to walk to chase and kill the thieves."

If it weren't for the fact that Pei Xingyan, the son of the National Army, had also proved that Liu Changgong had not received this order from the Dongdu, Pei Renji would not believe that such a huge mistake would have occurred. However, just as Pei Renji was furious and thunderous inquiry into the mystery of the disappearance of the envoy, the news that Pei Renji was furious again came again. The Yiyang County Magistrate, who was responsible for the supply of military rations, was arrested and questioned in Dongdu for corruption at this critical moment. The Yiyang County Custody was temporarily sealed and could not provide military rations for Pei Renji.
Chapter completed!