Yu Wenhuaji went south this time and took 70,000 troops with him. He was named the Hebei ambassador to depose and arrest. He had two marching commanders under his command, Shi Xiang and Qu Tutong.
If he relied solely on Hua Ji, his capabilities would be limited, so Yang Guangcai arranged for two marching generals to help. Once the counter-rebellion was over, Yu Hua Ji had the greatest credit.
This is to commend Yu Wenshu.
In fact, there is another way to reward him, which is to mention Yu Wenshu's Duke Xu above and change his country title to a higher title than "Xu". However, after this method was proposed, many people opposed it.
Since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, the only person whose title of Duke has been promoted is Yang Su, who changed 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 seems that he had the greatest credit, but in fact, it was not Yang Guang who had the greatest credit.
Because they were the imperial commanders who were conducting the expedition themselves, the emperor himself was the marching marshal, and Yu Wenshu was the marching general manager.
Therefore, there was an ignorant person in the Yushitai who 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 challenge.
Yes, my ultimate goal is to achieve Zen and Mount Tai, but it's not quite possible right now.
It is true that Yang Guang was very happy with his achievements, but he was not so shameless. Yang Jian unified the world and did not dare to seal it. He only destroyed one 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 hall 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. They can't 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, as the humerus of the country, 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 made such great contributions now. In the future military system, these two people will undoubtedly succeed Shi Wansui and
He Ruobi became the two undisputed bosses of the military.
During the Sui Dynasty, the military had a lot of power. Especially after a big war, at least within 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 rebellion, 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 developing step by step in the direction of separating civil and military branches.
The Twelve Guards, Four Generals, and the Three Provinces, Six Ministries and Eleven Temples, these are the military generals group and the civil servants 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 meetings every day, which shows the importance of your majesty's kindness."
The two of them hurriedly saluted Yang Guang to thank him.
Yu Wen said: "I have entrusted your Majesty with great blessings, and I have relied on the officers and men for their lives. I really have no merit. Without Wen Sheng and the help of the pharmacists, 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 grab 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 Sui officers and men are like Xu Gong, I will have nothing to worry about."
What the hell are you talking about? If you don’t want the credit, why should I? Lai Hu’er pursed his lips and cursed the other person in his 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 caused the generals to suffer. This expedition is a credit to your Majesty, and the second is the honor."
The Duke of the State, Yu Zhongwen, Li Jing, Wei Xuan and other generals, please Your Majesty to reward the three armies, provide pensions to the soldiers, and comfort the heroic spirits."
He asked Yang Guang to spend money to reward the soldiers and gain a good reputation.
Did Yang Guang have money? Yes, Yu Wenshu was afraid that Yang Guang would not have the money to reward him, so he ransacked 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, as well as 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 whatever 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 Huer, and Li Jing, the other generals stayed behind at their headquarters to restrain the soldiers who were eager to return home. Wei Xuan had already left halfway.
Go to the east road and take charge of the overall situation.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! 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 Mr. Xu Guogong praised you in front of me. It's very good. The pharmacist did not disappoint me this time. In addition to Lintao County Duke, 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-ranking 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, Yu Wen 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 was a supervisor 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 use of troops. If all the military supervisors were like this, the generals who went out to fight would not be so disgusted with this position.
Liu Shilong would no longer complain about Mai Tiezhang's private execution of Eulji 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.
What to sue for? Indiscriminate killing of civilians.
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. His generals died one after another, including his 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.
The captives are sold to the mainland as slaves and 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! A pot of wheat iron rod is indispensable.
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 military 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 spoke 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. 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 could feel it hitting 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:
"You 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 accept 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 selfish 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 his ministers, and that is disloyalty. We can talk about the rest.