Dou Jiande recalled Wang Cong without much hesitation and replaced him with Liu Heitai, Duke of Donghai County, leading his troops to attack Yinzhou.
Needless to say, the disputes among Dou Jiande's subordinates were much simpler than the complicated and various battles in Luoyang City. In fact, his subordinates were roughly divided into two factions.
One group is the old officials of the Sui Dynasty, and the other group is the old subordinates he brought from Shandong. There are also many bandit leaders in Hebei who have taken refuge with him. They can generally be classified into the same category.
The struggle between these two groups began when Dou Jiande led his troops into Hebei, and reached its peak when he recaptured Wang Cong and others in Hejian, and then defeated Yu Wenhua and his brothers. During this period, Dou Jiande actually led his troops to rise up.
A prime time since the incident.
His territory was expanding violently, and he defeated officers and soldiers one after another. Not only did the morale of his rebel army become higher and higher, but at the same time, more and more Sui generals finally appeared in his army, which undoubtedly made his army slowly
Transformation occurred.
Moreover, there are more people around him who can make suggestions and give him some good suggestions.
But the internal struggle that followed became intense to a certain extent. The rebel leaders who took it as their duty to kill officials and rebel were certainly unwilling to succumb to the enemy, and the surrendered government generals and old officials of the Sui Dynasty also looked down on these mud-legged officials.
As a result, sharp opposition arose.
This is not a small problem, it is enough for Dou Jiande to drink a pot.
In other words, Dou Jiande, if replaced by a rebel leader like Hao Xiaode or Gao Shida, it is very likely that everyone would get angry and break up in the end.
But the person in charge of the overall situation is Dou Jiande, who is kind, tolerant and "very easy to talk to", so the situation is completely different.
In these more than one year and nearly two years, Dou Jiande actually only did two things.
One thing is to try hard to tell the bandit leaders under his command that we are going to be hungry, so we should quickly pick up the hoe and work in our profession. Everyone has tasted the feeling of being hungry. Is it possible that at this point, everyone still wants to eat it?
Tree bark, and get some human flesh to eat by the way?
After his unremitting efforts, he achieved remarkable results. After the autumn of last year, he finally got his first crop of grain since the uprising. Although it was not much, it was really gratifying.
At the same time, Dou Jiande also deeply realized that with the talents of these guys, it would be difficult for everyone to really have enough to eat.
Haven't you noticed that most of the people who can lead everyone to farm and achieve harvests are surrendered people who have come under his command one after another?
Therefore, Dou Jiande ignored the objections of his confidants and appointed Pei Ju as the official minister and the minister Zuopushe. In fact, he was his prime minister, and he was the most powerful among the three prime ministers.
Pei Ju was born in the Pei family of Hedong Province. During the Daye period, he held a high position. Except for a few people such as Su Wei, Duan Wenzhen, Yu Shiji, and Yu Wenshu, there was no one else who could compare with him.
In other words, in layman's terms, this person is very qualified and talented. He is also one of the most representative figures of the Pei family in Hedong, and his family is also very noble.
If the Sui Dynasty could continue without an emperor like Yang Guang, Pei Ju's reputation would never be lost to the famous ministers in ancient times.
One of his most famous achievements is that he split the powerful Turkic Khanate without any bloodshed, and the subsequent impact was all-round.
The Eastern and Western Turks successively professed their vassalship to the Sui Dynasty, and then the Western Regions opened their doors, and all the countries in the Western Regions came to the dynasty one after another, making the Sui Dynasty reach its peak period during the Daye Year.
In fact, it was precisely because of this that the disaster was laid for the Sui Dynasty. After all the foreign enemies were gone, Yang Guang dared to wander around, and he was able to use huge manpower to do so many projects. Furthermore, he developed to the point of using millions of soldiers and horses.
, conquered Liaodong.
The brilliant achievements made the emperor go crazy and became unscrupulous.
As a result, the situation in the Sui Dynasty took a turn for the worse...
This makes it clear that Pei Ju played a key role in the rise and fall of an empire. How many people can compare with such a figure since ancient times and even in the future?
As for praise and criticism, later people will naturally not leave him so much justice. People may have some sympathy for the emperor who lost his country, but they will not have any mercy for the ministers who lost his country.
In fact, before Pei Ju died, the words "treacherous and sycophantic" had already clearly appeared on Pei Ju's head. Want to turn over? It's not that easy at Pei Ju's age, and he might have to wear the hat of "Echen".
Dou Jiande was very willing to give this Hedong Pei son a chance.
As for the reason, it's very simple. Pei Ju's prestige is high enough. Even though Pei Ju's reputation was very bad in the last years of Daye, as long as the old man is alive and stands in front of others, no one will dare to talk nonsense in front of him, let alone criticize him directly.
That's not right.
Speaking of which, Pei Ju was luckier than Yu Shiji and others. Yu Wenshu was already dead, so he had no chance to struggle so that he could leave a better reputation after his death.
Yu Shiji also died. What was worse than Yu Wenshu was that Yu Shiji triggered the Jiangdu Revolution. Yu Shiji's name must be on the pillar of shame in the late Sui Dynasty, probably only after the Yuwen brothers.
And Yu Shiji was also a capable minister, not to mention his talents, but he was just much more unlucky than Pei Ju.
Now, Pei Ju's old partner is actually Su Wei. Su Wei is much more senior than Pei Ju. If Su Wei is also working for Dou Jiande, then Pei Ju will probably be under Su Wei.
This is not because Su Wei's talent is greater than Pei Ju's, but because Su Wei's ability is more helpful to Dou Jiande in governing the territory.
It is a pity that Su Wei fled to Luoyang after Yu Wenhuaji's defeat. However, in the chaotic Luoyang, it was extremely difficult for Su Wei to display his talents, because Wang Shichong was not Dou Jiande. He did not want to farm, but only wanted to capture more.
land, so Suwei could only be a decoration when he arrived in Luoyang.
Therefore, Pei Ju, who had been unlucky for several years, had a turn of events, and he was treated with courtesy and importance by Dou Jiande.
Pei Ju agreed without much hesitation and didn't consider anything else at all. The world was already in such chaos and his own reputation was so bad, so why should he worry about it?
So he was very grateful to Dou Jiande for giving him such an opportunity. As for whether Dou Jiande had the image of an emperor, well, well, Pei Ju used his foresight that few others could match. He regretfully thought that even if Dou Jiande worked hard to be reincarnated again,
The chance of shooting that fast-running deer is also very slim.
Because Dou Jiande does not have a prominent enough family background, and the place he occupies is also extremely bad...
After Pei Ju took over the position, he was very conceited and believed that if Dou Jiande could obey his advice... Dou Jiande himself or his descendants would not have the opportunity to become marquises and prime ministers, and they would never be as miserable as Sun Quan and Liu Bei's descendants.
A miserable situation.
And when Pei Ju stood beside Dou Jiande and took charge of the government, the effect was almost immediate.
Even those old officials of the Sui Dynasty who had classified Pei Ju as a sycophant still bowed their heads in front of Pei Ju, let alone others.
Pei Ju casually suppressed the old officials of the Sui Dynasty first, but he did not regard himself as an old official of the Sui Dynasty, form alliances with his cronies, and attack the other faction. Instead, he worked tirelessly to inspect the military camp and warehouses, and patiently talked with each bandit leader.
It didn't take long for the quarrels in Dou Jiande's ears to stop.
If Pei Ju can only do this step, then he cannot be called a capable minister. This is just a small test. His greatest role is that he then made some efforts in personnel appointments and dismissals, allowing officials and generals under Dou Jiande to
Their official ranks and positions are more hierarchical, allowing everyone to perform their duties reluctantly.
As a result, the political orders issued by Dou Jiande gradually became clearer. This was the most important reason why he was able to grow a crop of grain.
Dou Jiande's tolerance was commendable, and he did not worry about Pei Ju's reputation growing under his rule. Many officials and military generals obeyed Pei Ju's orders, and he valued Pei Ju's talents more and more.
Almost all political and military matters must be discussed with Pei Ju before implementation. The courtesy given to Pei Ju was even more than that of his wife and brother Cao Dan, and later he was treated with the courtesy of a teacher.
This made Pei Ju even more grateful and willing to try his best to assist Dou Jiande.
But having said that, Dou Jiande is not a person without his own ideas. More than a year ago, the Turks sent people to ask for Empress Xiao, and Pei Ju strongly opposed handing over Empress Xiao to the hands of the Turks.
But in the end, although Dou Jiande was extremely reluctant to give up, he still sent Empress Xiao north.
As Pei Ju expected, this move greatly hurt the feelings of the old officials of the Sui Dynasty, and made the fight that had just subsided become fierce again.
Some chose to flee to Wang Shichong in Luoyang, like Yuan Baobao, who directly took the banner of Li Tang.
Wang Cong, who was ordered to lead troops to attack Yinzhou, was called back just because of a word from General Tong Guangshou of Zuoyuwei, and the consequences were extremely disastrous.
Liu Heitai, who led the army to defeat Yinzhou, plundered the city and then massacred the city, almost razing Yinzhou to the ground.
This kind of ruthless banditry is not uncommon among the rebels. More than two years ago, it would have been nothing at all, but now that Dou Jiande has proclaimed himself emperor and the feudal princes are gradually separatist, this is extremely inappropriate.
In fact, the ministers headed by Pei Ju believed that the purpose of this battle should be to force Wang Shichong to return to the army. Although Wang Shichong's betrayal was very abominable, why should we have to fight with swords to solve the problem that could be solved by messengers?
The most important thing to do now is not to glare at Wang Shichong, but to pacify Youzhou and make good friends with the Turks. When the overall situation is decided, it is not too late to turn around and argue with Wang Shichong.
But now it seems to be contrary to the general plan. Liu Heita's massacre of the city will not only make Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong at odds, but will also leave a reputation. This makes Pei Ju and others who pay special attention to the general situation and reputation simply cannot accept it.
Attendant Cui Junsu wrote a letter asking Liu Heitai to be killed as a warning to others. This was met with fierce opposition from General Tong Guangshou and others headed by Cao Dan...