"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty! I have received the favor of the country, but I can't fulfill my loyalty, and I can't stop Yu Wenhua and other traitors from killing the king. I deserve death for my crimes, and I deserve death for my crimes!"
Wearing a filial robe and a filial hat, we prostrated ourselves in front of Emperor Sui Yang's spiritual throne. Our devoid of conscience, Chen Sangliang, wept so hard that the pear blossoms were covered with rain, and the begonias were covered with dew. Although there were many Daxing civil and military officials behind him, all of them cried sadly, but none of them could speak from the heart like Chen Sangliang, so touching that even insiders such as Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui couldn't bear it. Zhu secretly praised, "Chen Liushou still has feelings for His Majesty."
The matter was not over yet, crying and shouting, Chen Sangliang, who felt that he had not done enough to protect him, even jumped up and wanted to draw his sword and commit suicide, apologizing to Emperor Sui Yang's spiritual throne, but it was a pity that Chen Sangliang's sword had just been unsheathed, Before putting it on the neck, fierce men such as Yuchi Jingde and Liu Heita rushed up, pinned Chen Sangliang's hand firmly, and snatched Chen Sangliang's sword, but Chen Sangliang still refused Ken gave up, and cried again: "Let go of me, let me go, I want to apologize to Your Majesty, as a minister, I failed to fulfill my duty of escort, so that Your Majesty died at the hands of a chaotic minister, I deserve death ! I want to apologize to His Majesty!"
Everyone persuaded, Fang Xuanling also took Chen Sangliang's hand and cried: "My dear brother, your majesty was killed by rebellious officials and thieves. As ministers, we should not forget to avenge your majesty, punish your majesty, and not forget your sorrow." Kill the rebellious officials and thieves headed by Yu Wenhuaji, kill the king and the traitors! I also hope that my virtuous younger brother will preserve his useful body, put the state affairs first, and think that His Majesty's revenge and blood hatred are the most important thing, don't act impulsively! Don't act impulsively!"
Zhu Wenwu also followed suit, saying that Chen Sangliang should first consider how to avenge Sui Yang Emperor, and then decide how to apologize to Sui Yang Emperor, so to speak, Chen Sangliang finally gave up his plan of committing suicide and apologizing. But Chen Sangliang still refused to calm down, and immediately changed his words and roared wildly: "Send the order, gather all the soldiers and horses, I will personally lead the Guanzhong army to go south to Jiangdu, to fight Yu Wenhua and the traitors to the death! Capture him alive, thousands of dollars Cut to pieces, shattered bones and ashes!"
All civil and military officials in Daxing smiled wryly, so they could only ask Chen Sangliang to calm down and stop being so impulsive, Jiangdu is thousands of miles away from Daxing, revenge for Sui Yang Emperor is not a matter of a day or two, it must be considered in the long term. Du Ruhui wiped away his tears and said: "Chen Liushou, His Majesty passed away, and the country has no master. The most important thing right now is to support a new monarch. Jiangdu is far away, and the roads are blocked. The matter of avenging His Majesty can only be postponed later. I hope that Chen Liushou will focus on the Great Sui Dynasty, distinguish between priorities, first lead us to support the new monarch, and then discuss how to avenge His Majesty."
Chen Sangliang had been looking forward to this plan for a long time, weeping secretly to see the reactions of the crowd, and seeing that Daxing Wenwu present all agreed and echoed, Chen Sangliang was overjoyed in his heart, and couldn't help but prostrate himself in front of Emperor Sui Yang's spirit , crying loudly: "Your Majesty, you died so unjustly!"
At the same time, the inside and outside of Daxing City have been immersed in sorrow, and every household has hung up the white banner of calling back the soul. Regardless of the soldiers, civilians, officials and generals, or the male and female servants in the palace, all of them were sent to Sui Yang according to Chen Sangliang's order. Emperor Dai Xiao. In this regard, Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng, who were able to witness Wang Xuance's letters with their own eyes, quietly reminded them that the information provided by Wang Xuance had not been confirmed, and it was best not to make things too extreme, but Chen Sangliang only relied on Yu Wenhua and his four friends. With just a few words, he concluded that the news was true, insisted that the whole city wear mourning, and ordered all counties and counties in Guanzhong to mourn for Sui Yang Emperor in honor of the arrest of the ambassador.
The news of Emperor Sui Yang's death certainly caused huge repercussions. Apart from being stunned and unbelievable, Guan Wenwu officials, soldiers and civilians all felt a sense of relief, as if a huge burden had been lifted. Although the cries continued, the smiles on people's faces increased unconsciously.
Emperor Sui Yang was really unpopular, even though every major event he did after he ascended the throne, whether it was building canals, opening imperial examinations or launching frequent foreign wars, was a matter of merit in the present and future, but he was too much. Abuse of people's power, too much neglect of the burden of ordinary people and the interests of aristocratic families, the whole country hates him in their hearts. As a time traveler, Chen Sangliang understood the importance of Emperor Sui Yang's doing these things, and admired his foresight and benefit to all generations, but he still didn't want him to continue to be emperor in his heart, and he didn't want to give such a wise man a second chance. The emperor who was sometimes confused acted like a cow and a horse, so the death of Emperor Sui Yang was a relief to everyone, even to Emperor Sui Yang himself.
Then, of course, came the issue of supporting the new emperor. Without Chen Sangliang opening his mouth, his accomplices and lackeys had completely forgotten the existence of Yang Tong, the direct grandson of Emperor Sui Yang, and couldn't wait to start choosing among the Daxing royal family. When it came to supporting candidates, he did not need Chen Sangliang's instructions, so he specifically picked out those stupid and young people, and quickly made two candidates for Chen Sangliang, one was Yang Xingji mentioned before , and the other is Yang Daoxuan, the son of Cai Wang Yang Zhiji - he was chosen because Yang Zhiji was afraid that his son would be too smart and would bring disaster, so he deliberately didn't educate his son too much, which made Yang Daoxuan's intelligence and ability pitifully mediocre. He was targeted by Chen Sangliang's accomplices and lackeys.
After Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng and Yuan Tiangang, the four advisors, jointly presented the list of candidates to Chen Sangliang, they pointed out to Chen Sangliang the respective advantages and disadvantages of the two candidates. The advantage of Yang Xingji is that he is only five years old and easy to manipulate. The disadvantage is that he is too far away from the blood relationship with Emperor Sui Yang; Competitive with Yang Tong, but the disadvantage is that he is over 20 years old and has some independent thoughts. If he suddenly opens up, it will be difficult to deal with the aftermath.
After carefully reading the materials of Yang Xingji and Yang Daoxuan, Chen Sangliang smiled and asked, "Everyone, what do you want to do? Although there are not many royal families in Daxing City, there are a few royal relatives with outstanding talents. Picking and choosing, how did you choose such two crooked melons and dates for me?"
Fang Xuanling and the others all laughed, but they did not explain the reason. Of course, Chen Sangliang would not be so stupid as to ask the reason for doing so. He just put down the list information temporarily, shook his head and said: "This is not urgent, we can wait for it later." Discussion, the most important thing now is another thing."
"Qu Tutong!" Fang Xuanling immediately added.
"That's right, Qu Tutong!" Chen Sangliang nodded and said with a sneer, "Wang Xuance made it very clear in his letter that in order to harm me, Li Mi offered a plan to His Royal Highness, asking Qu Tutong to trick me into going to Hedong to fight Li Shimin." , and then took the opportunity to suddenly turn against him on the battlefield and help Li Erlang to kill me. Now he has already started to use the excuse that Li Erlang's main force is concentrated in Fenyin to lure me to initiate a decisive battle. I was almost fooled, which shows that he I have already concluded a covenant with Li Erlang in secret, and I am also on the side of His Royal Highness King Yue, who regards me as a traitor, and if we don’t solve his problem, our Yongfeng warehouse will have no peace.”
Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng and others nodded, and then Wei Zheng suggested: "Stay behind, send troops, and use force to solve Qu Tutong's problem. He colluded with Li Erlang to try to harm you. Our division is famous, and it is justified to attack him."
"Solution by force is of course a solution." Chen Sangliang said in a deep voice, "But I don't think it's better not to do this until the last moment. Qu Tutong is a veteran of the two dynasties, and he has quite a reputation in the army and the people. We just If we receive the news of His Majesty's death, we will immediately target him, and it is inevitable that we will be accused of injustice and injustice."
"Can Qu Tutong collude with Li Erlang to harm you?" Yuan Tiangang hurriedly reminded.
"What about the evidence?" Chen Sangliang spread his hands and asked back, "Qu Tutong and Li Shimin secretly colluded to harm me. We only have insider letters and reports without any real evidence. How can you convince the world?"
Yuan Tiangang closed his mouth, and after discussing with Fang Xuanling in a low voice for a while, Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling said to Chen Sangliang, "Chen Liushou, what the officials and brother Qiao Song mean is that we should simply disclose this matter to Qu Tutong. Let him understand that we already know his tricks, and tell him directly that if he is willing to rein in the precipice, we can ignore the past and accept him, a veteran of the two dynasties. If he is still obsessed, the only option left is to act first As long as we take good precautions in the Yongfengcang area, we won't be afraid of him turning his face, and then dispatching the main force to destroy him will be justifiable and well-known."
"This plan is very good, just as I want." Chen Sangliang nodded in satisfaction, and said: "Let Qu Tutong know about this directly, force him to stand in line, he will turn against us, we will get rid of his money and food burden, and send troops to attack him is justified If he is willing to cooperate with us to help the new emperor avenge the country, it would be a happy event. But... "
Speaking of this, Chen Sangliang paused, and then said: "But we'd better recruit Qu Tutong as much as possible. He still has more than 20,000 soldiers under his command, and he controls Hedong Jiancheng, and at the same time threatens us. If we completely force him to Li Erlang's side, even if we are not afraid, we will have to pay a lot of money to solve the Hedong problem. If we can recruit him, it is far better than completely eradicating him by force. Ping him."
After several accomplices and staff members discussed in low voices for a while, Du Ruhui, who was good at making decisions, said: "Chen Liushou, if you want to recruit Qu Tutong as much as possible, then there is only one way, send his two sons to Hedong Report the funeral and invite him to return to Daxing to discuss with you the important matter of supporting the new emperor. At the same time, tell him in a letter that you have seen through his tricks."
"Send Qu Tushou and Qu Tuquan to Hedong to report the funeral, and ask Qu Tutong to come back to Daxing to discuss important matters?" Chen Sangliang almost suspected that his ears had misheard, and said in surprise: "Wouldn't Qu Tutong be more serious?" No more worries? Can you let go of your hands and feet and make enemies with us?"
"My dear brother, if you want to hold Qu Tushou and Qu Tuquan as hostages, and force Qu Tutong to return to Daxing, you will be captured without a fight." Fang Xuanling asked with a smile, "Then do you think Qu Tutong will accept you?" blackmail?"
"No, Qu Tutong is not that kind of person." Chen Sangliang shook his head decisively, and subconsciously remembered the story of Qu Tutong's Shezi in his mind.
"Isn't that the end?" Fang Xuanling also spread his hands and said with a smile: "Since Qu Tutong can't succumb to us taking his son as a hostage, why do you want to be a villain and detain the son of a high official in the court?" Being a hostage is notorious? Why waste money and food to support his two sons? It's better to be a favor and send them to persuade Qu Tutong to return to Daxing. It is easy to impress Qu Tutong, who values love and righteousness."
"What's more important." Du Ruhui added with a sinister smile: "The generals and soldiers under Qu Tutong's command are all natives of Guanzhong. Qu Tutong's son has returned to him, but the parents, wives and children of those Guanzhong soldiers , Is there one who is still in Guanzhong? Qu Tutong, who has no worries about his future, brought these Guanzhong soldiers who have worries against us to fight against us, or took them far away to the Eastern Capital, what will these Guanzhong soldiers think?"
Chen Sangliang smiled, nodded and said: "It's a good idea. Since you want to be a good person, you should be a good person to the end. Let Qu Tutong's family go to Hedong so that he has no worries. However, this is just a sign My sincerity and benevolence have slightly alienated Qu Tutong's military spirit, but there is no guarantee that I will be able to persuade Qu Tutong to return to Daxing to discuss important matters?"
Du Ruhui smiled, and spoke to Chen Sangliang again, Chen Sangliang applauded happily, and immediately said: "Okay, let's do this, call Qu Tushou and Qu Tuquan to see me right away, and send Liu Heitai Call, just in case, let him take 20,000 troops to Chaoyi, so that even if Qu Tutong refuses to obey, we don't have to worry about being caught off guard."
Everyone obeyed the order, and Chen Sangliang personally wrote a letter to Qu Tutong. After a while, Qu Tutong's two precious sons were brought to Chen Sangliang first. They arranged for them to go to Hedong to report the funeral to Qu Tu, and asked them to invite Qu Tutong back to Daxing to discuss the important matters of supporting the new emperor and avenging Sui Yang Emperor. Quan happily accepted the order together, while Chen Sangliang handed them his letter to Qu Tutong, and asked them: "Your mother, wife and children should have not seen old General Qu Tutong for a long time. Right? In order to prevent Li's rebel army from taking the opportunity to attack, I will send General Liu Heita to lead 20,000 troops to garrison Chaoyi. Why don't you just take your family and go with Liu Heita to Hedong to fight See you, General Qu Tu."
"Chen Liushou, isn't that good?" Qu Tuquan asked in surprise, "From ancient times to modern times, I have never heard of the fact that the family members of the commanding generals all went to the front line?"
"I'm still afraid that old general Qu Tu will rebel?" Chen Sangliang asked softly, and said involuntarily: "That's it, you go back and make arrangements, and leave tomorrow, bringing all your family members with you."
Seeing Chen Sangliang's resolute attitude, Qu Tushou and Qu Tuquan couldn't say much, they could only thank them quickly and leave. After Chen Sangliang made some arrangements, he returned to Zhaoyang. In the mourning hall of Emperor Sui Yang inside the gate, it turned out to be a coincidence that a group of Daxing royal family were mourning in front of Emperor Sui Yang's mausoleum, and seeing Chen Sangliang coming, they were more or less related to Emperor Sui Yang The relatives of the royal family took the initiative to salute and say hello to Chen Sangliang, and many of them still had twinkling eyes and hesitated to speak.
Only a twenty-three or four-year-old member of the royal family did not stand up to salute Chen Sangliang, but just knelt on the futon and wept in filial piety. When Chen Sanghao curiously asked his identity, he was shocked to learn that he turned out to be Cai Wang Yang Zhiji His son Yang Daoxuan, considering that his seniority and blood relationship could rival Yang Yu, Chen Sangliang carefully observed his situation, and found that, just as Fang Xuanling and others introduced, Yang Daoxuan in his prime was indeed very simple in appearance, with an expression of A little sluggish, it gives people a kind of honest and honest appearance.
Hesitating by Yang Daoxuan's side for a long time, Chen Sangliang was also hesitant to speak, but in the end he still didn't speak, and walked away with a soft sigh. However, what Chen Sangliang didn't expect was that he caused Yang Daoxuan some trouble by doing so. Seeing Chen Sangliang standing beside Yang Daoxuan observing him for a long time, many members of the royal family were so jealous that their eyes were red. After Sang Liang walked away, Yang Gang, the fifth son of Yang Xiong, who was next to Yang Daoxuan, said in a low voice with envy: "Brother Daoxuan, you are really wise and stupid."
"Great Wisdom Ruoyu, what do you mean?" Yang Daoxuan asked, wiping away his tears.
"Pretending to be stupid again?" Yang Gang said with a sneer, "Chen Liushou came to visit the crying spirit of the clan, and even the five-year-old Yang Xingji got up to salute him, but you knelt still, but let Chen Liushou notice you, you What is it if it is not great wisdom and foolishness?"
"The book says that the crying spirit must be sincere. I am sincerely crying. I didn't mean to let Chen Liushou pay attention to me." Yang Daoxuan shook his head and explained.
"What are you pretending to do? Don't think I haven't heard of it. Chen Liushou and your father know each other and they have a good relationship." Yang Gang was disdainful, and then said in a low voice: "Daoxuan, if Chen Liushou chooses you to support him, don't worry. , I will definitely support you too. But you will get your wish in the future, don’t forget my support.”
"What do you support me for?" Yang Daoxuan asked doubtfully.
"It's pretending again, isn't it?" Yang Gang sneered, pouted in the direction of the Daye Hall, and said in a low voice: "Of course I support you to sit inside."
Yang Daoxuan finally came to his senses, quickly shook his head like a rattle, and said in a low voice: "Fifth brother, don't hurt me, I won't sit, I will never sit."
"Pretending again." Yang Gang sneered even more.
"It's not pretending." Yang Daoxuan continued to shake his head, and said in a low voice: "My father gave me an explanation before he went to Jiangdu. He said that no matter what happened in the future, no matter who said that he would support me to sit there, I would not Promise! That position is a sea of swords and flames, sitting on it will only smash your body to pieces, and being an official of the court honestly is the greatest blessing."
While Yang Gang was dumbfounded, Chen Sangliang also looked at Yang Daoxuan quietly from a distance, and said in his heart: "Forget it, Yang Zhiji is good to me, let's not harm his son, choose Yang Xingji."