On the wide, mud-filled road, wheelbarrow covered with oil cloth, ox carts loaded with grain and hay, and on the mulberry water, there are huge grain transport flatbeds, swaying and squeaking forward.^//^

The sky was drizzling, the barren fields and the ditches on the roadside were filled with rain, and the city of Youzhou in the distance showed a blurry outline.

The Sui Dynasty army and civilians stepped forward in the mud, braving the drizzle, accompanied by shouts and curses, mixed with the crackling of whips and the creaking of the axles, with the sound of huge momentum, like an avalanche.

From time to time, you can see the ditches on both sides of the road filled with corpses of livestock and civilians, and four-wheeled ox carts. Everyone's face was numb. Death was just a common occurrence for them. The corpses in the ravines were like wild grass on the roadside, and people ignored them.

Not far from the road was a bare hill. Yang Yuanqing immediately stood on the hill, silently watching the soldiers heading north with flags waving, and the black team was boundless.

A low sigh came from behind him. When Yang Yuanqing turned around, he saw Su Lie looking at the army leaving with a melancholy face, feeling lost in his eyes.

"Do you want to go to Goryeo, too?" Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile.

"I just wish I could lead five thousand cavalry to take Pyongyang and personally kill the head of the King of Goryeo!"

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "There will be such a day, but not now, let's go!"

He turned his horse's head and walked down the hill. As soon as he got down the hill, he saw a few horses running from afar. The horse seemed to be several eunuchs.

"General Manager Yang!" The eunuch also saw him and shouted.

Several eunuchs rushed their horses to gallop and said breathlessly: "Mr. Yang, we are looking for you everywhere!"

"What, is the Lord want to see me?"

"Master Yang, please go to Linshuo Palace as soon as possible, and the emperor summons you to meet!"

"Let's go!"

Yang Yuanqing urged his horse and ran towards Linshuo Palace.

Soon, the group rushed to Linshuo Palace, but met Cui Hongsheng, the prefect of Zhuo County, in front of the palace gate. Seeing Cui Hongsheng's face full of sorrow, he was surprised and stepped forward and said, "What happened to Prefect Cui?"

"Hey! The emperor praised me for being stronger and stronger. He had just been appointed as the general of the Left Wu Guard of our school, and ordered me to lead my army to fight!" Cui Hongsheng smiled bitterly. Seeing that there was a eunuch behind Yang Yuanqing, he did not dare to speak nonsense.

"Where is the prefect of Zhuo County? Who will take charge?" Yang Yuanqing asked hurriedly.

"I am still the prefect of Zhuo County. During my absence, I will be temporarily replaced by Li Yuan, the young minister of Weiwei Temple."

‘Li Yuan! Why is it him again? Yang Yuanqing thought to himself...

"General Manager Yang, the emperor is anxious." The eunuch next to him was urging him again.

"I see!"

Yang Yuanqing glanced at the eunuch and bowed to Cui Hongsheng, "I hope Grandpa Cui will take care of himself all the way and return safely."

"Thank you!"

Cui Hongsheng sighed and walked out of the palace. Yang Yuanqing looked at his back and walked away, but a thought popped up in his mind, "Could it be that Yang Guang also wanted to go to war?"

In the imperial study, Emperor Yang Guang was explaining some arrangements to Li Yuan in Zhuo County. In April, Li Yuan was transferred to the Weiwei Shaoqing to be responsible for military weapons and ceremonial wars. When the war broke out, he was also very busy. Seeing that he was quite capable and low-key, Yang Guang never contacted the Yuan family. In addition, he was honest and loyal, he decided to let him temporarily serve as the prefect of Zhuo County and assist Yang Yuanqing to stabilize the rear for him.

"Zhuo County is behind this Liaodong Battle. There will be a large number of civilians passing through the border to stabilize the people's hearts. It is the primary task of the prefect of Zhuo County, followed by food and material security. I do not want any accidents."

"I obey the order!"

At this time, a eunuch walked to the door to report, "General Yang has arrived!"

"Supreme him in."

As an emperor, Yang Guang absolutely did not allow a faction to grow bigger, whether it was the cabinet or Zhuo County. He hoped that power could be restrained. Behind Yang Yuanqing were the Shandong gentry, and Cui Hongsheng was also an important figure in the Shandong gentry, which violated his principle of restraining power, so he wanted to transfer Cui Hongsheng away and transfer Li Yuan, who was a nobleman of Guanlong, to the position of prefect.

In fact, Yang Guang's real purpose was not to erase the Guanlong nobles from the political stage. He just hoped to completely destroy the Guanlong nobles, remove their backbone, change them into the Guanlong nobles, and fight against the Shandong nobles and the southern nobles. In this way, the three major interest groups of the Great Sui Dynasty will be firmly in his hands, and the Great Sui Dynasty will be able to maintain long-term stability.

So on the one hand, he was cracking down on the Guanlong nobles, but on the other hand, he was using the Guanlong nobles to attack the strong and rebellious among them, such as the Yuan clan, and at the same time, he reused the gentle and gentle factions and the weak ones among them, such as Li Yuan.

At this time, Yang Yuanqing walked into the room and bowed, "Since Yang Yuanqing, please see Your Majesty!"

"Yang Aiqing is not a favor and calm!"

Yang Guang pointed at Li Yuan and smiled and said, "You and Li Shaoqing jointly built the Fenyang Palace back then, and they cooperated very well. This time I asked Li Shaoqing to temporarily serve as the prefect of Zhuo County. I hope you two can stabilize the rear of Zhuo County for me and not make any mistakes."

"I will do my best!"

At this time, Li Yuan bowed to Yang Yuanqing and said, "I hope General Manager Yang will take care of him."

"Everyone! Each other! I hope Li Shaoqing will take care of him."

Yang Guang nodded and said to Li Yuan: "Li Shaoqing retreats first, I have to explain a few more words to General Manager Yang."

Li Yuan hurriedly retreated, and the imperial study became particularly quiet. Yang Guang pondered for a long time and asked, "I want to know how much power the Yuan family has left in Youzhou?"

"Your Majesty, 60% have been completed, and there are also Beiping County and Yuyang County."

"Why is it progressing so slowly? It's already March." Yang Guang's tone was a little unhappy.

"Report to Your Majesty, now is the most critical moment of the Liaodong Battle. I don't want to act too quickly, so as not to cause chaos and affect the Liaodong Battle."

Yang Yuanqing and Yang Guang have been together for many years and have already deeply understood his style of destroying bridges across rivers. If he cleared the Yuan family's power too early, Yang Guang should transfer him away and leave some room for himself in his work.

For him, the Battle of Liaodong is the best shield. He can resist the Liaodong Battle in everything, which is also Yang Guang's weakness.

Yang Yuanqing undoubtedly grabbed Yang Guang's weakness. After a while, Yang Guang couldn't say a word, so he had to say helplessly: "It's rare that you are so cautious, which means that I have not used the wrong person. I hope you can defend Youzhou for me and not let me down. Go!"

Yang Guang waved his hand and asked Yang Yuanqing to retreat. Yang Guang was a little tired and leaned against the soft couch and closed his eyes. He was about to set off tomorrow. His mind was confused and he needed to do some careful consideration.

Yang Guang appointed Yang Yuanqing to an important place like Youzhou, not because he trusted Yang Yuanqing. On the contrary, he was even more afraid of Yang Yuanqing because Yang Yuanqing used his resignation to force him to compromise. When Yang Yuanqing was useful to him, he had to give in.

But it was this threatened concession that made Yang Guang feel resentful of Yang Yuanqing. However, when he thought of the upcoming Liaodong Battle, he had to put Yang Yuanqing aside and could only wait until after the war to think about it slowly.

At this time, the eunuch Li Zhongliang put a bowl of enthusiastic ginseng tea on the imperial table and whispered: "Your Majesty, it's time to drink tea."

Yang Guang sat up and picked up the tea bowl and drank it slowly. He suddenly asked Li Zhongliang, "I believe that if I restore the signature system, will it be more beneficial than disadvantages or will it be more beneficial?"

Li Zhongliang hurriedly said, "I don't understand the government affairs and dare not speak nonsense!"

"Um!"

Yang Guang nodded and said to himself: "When Yuwen Shu proposed to me to restore the Southern Dynasty's signature system, I actually did not agree with it, because I have a supervisor and censor, which is enough to be more powerful than the villain system of signatures, but... it may not be effective in the signature."

Yang Guang sighed, his eyes full of contradictions. Perhaps he was too focused, but he didn't notice the cold gaze in Li Zhongliang's eyes beside him.

Eunuchs are like a group of people living in the corners. Their humble identities and distorted physiology make most of them full of darkness in their inner world. This darkness is firmly confined to them in their hearts. If the system has defects, then this darkness will break out of the heart.

Greed to devour the sweet and poisonous power.

In the Sui Dynasty, this darkness did not have a chance to break out of the cocoon, but they would occasionally reveal such a little shadow.

Li Zhongliang's heart was full of resentment. This resentment came from Yang Yuanqing's iron fist and Yang Guang's ruthlessness.

His nephew Han Chi found him and cried last night. He was deprived of military power and retreated to the Ministry of War. He is now sitting in a cold seat outside the Ministry of War waiting for re-appointment. In front of him, there are hundreds of officers who are also waiting for re-appointment. When will it be his turn?

‘I’m working hard for him, but he treats me ruthlessly!

This was the accusation of his nephew Han Chi, which made Li Zhongliang feel full of hatred. He had told Yang Guang that his nephew had been cleansed by Yang Yuanqing, but Yang Guang laughed it off and didn't take it seriously at all. If he lost his value, his nephew became worse than a dog. The cold reality was full of desire for revenge, but he did not dare to target Yang Guang, so his target turned to Yang Yuanqing who cleaned his nephew.

Li Zhongliang quickly left the imperial study room. The inside and outside of the imperial study room were messy. The eunuchs were busy packing their boxes and preparing to set off for Liaodong tomorrow.

When he came to the outer hall of Ziwei Palace, he saw a guard officer sitting on a white jade railing with a little inconvenient legs. This person was Yuwen Shu's second son Yuwen Zhiji. He thought his father's achievements and returned to the palace to be a guard and became a general in the straight palace, but behind him was nicknamed "Larrow General". His lame leg was a commemoration left in the martial arts case that year.

"What are General Yuwen thinking?" Li Zhongliang appeared at Yuwen Zhi and said with a smile.

Yuwen Zhiji turned around and saw that it was Li Zhongliang. He was shocked and hurriedly bowed, "It turned out to be Eunuch Li!"

Li Zhongliang narrowed his eyes and asked, "Where is your father? When will he set off?"

"My father and the Emperor will set out at the same time tomorrow. Will Eunuch Li look for my father?"

"I have a message to tell him."

Seeing that there was no one around, Li Zhongliang whispered to Yuwen Zhiji: "Tell you my father, the emperor is actually very afraid of Yang Yuanqing. He wants to find someone who can monitor Yang Yuanqing."

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