The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 431 Brotherly Contradiction
Although Zhang Xuan had not been received by Du Fuwei, he asked the soldiers to bring the letter written by Yang Tong to Du Fuwei.

Du Fuwei read it once, and his face was stunned.

"What did Emperor Shengwu say in the letter?" Seeing this, Fu Gong Er hurriedly asked.

"Brother, read it yourself!" Du Fuwei handed over the letter with an unhappy expression.

Fu Gong Er took the letter and read it hastily, and said: "The Sui Dynasty asked us to surrender, and then made you the general manager of the Jianghuai army and horses, the state of Zhu, and the prince of Liyang County?"

"Yes!" Du Fuwei smiled bitterly: "Compared with Li Tang, the sincerity of the Sui Dynasty is very insufficient! Perhaps in the eyes of Emperor Shengwu, we are always rebels."

Fu Gong Er thought for a while, and said seriously: "I think Li Yuan is not sincere."

Du Fuweiqi said: "How can you see it?"

"Among the orthodox dynasties, the emperor will not confer foreign surnames as princes. Generally, only the emperor's own sons have the title of prince. In the current Li Tang Dynasty, there are only two princes, Li Shimin, King Jin, and Li Yuanji, King Qi, and even Li Xiaogong. The person with outstanding merits can only be the king of the county. From this, it can be seen that Li Yuan has a very strict control over the title, and the prince will only bestow it on his son."

Fu Gong Er smiled coldly, and then said: "The prince respects 'Qin, Jin, Qi and Chu', but Li Yuan named you the king of Chu, that is to say, in Li Tang Jiangshan, Li Yuan is No. 1, Li Jiancheng is the second, Li Shimin is the third, Li Yuanji is the fourth, and you are the fifth, Li Xiaogong, Li Shentong and other Li's children will be ranked behind you."

"If you surrender to Li Tang, and Li Tang finally ruled the world, how long do you think you can live? Even if Li Yuan can tolerate you. But can Li Xiaogong and these Li's children tolerate you, a prince with a foreign surname, domineering over them? So, Li Yuan's title of king of Chu is obviously to lure you with high-ranking officials, fame and fortune, it is obviously a way to use you because of the current situation, and there is no sincerity at all."

"Really?" Du Fuwei's eyes widened suddenly.

"Let's take Xiao Mian's Kingdom of Liang as an example! Xiao Mian killed the king of a different surname before he got his hands on the world. Dong Jingzhen is his number one minister. Without Dong Jingzhen, there would be no Liang Kingdom today, but Xiao Mian just named him Jin. Not long after the king, he ordered the king of Qi, Zhang Xiu, to kill him, and after a while, he turned around and killed Zhang Xiu. If Li Yuan hadn't pressed hard, I'm afraid King Lei Shimeng of Qin, Zheng Wenxiu, King of Chu, Xu Xuanche, King of Yan, Wan Zan, King of Lu, Yang Daosheng, king of Song Dynasty, has died long ago." Fu Gong Er shook his head, his adopted brother fought fiercely, but he didn't understand the way of officialdom at all, and officialdom is always a place where blood is not seen, it is more terrifying than the battlefield.

Du Fuwei's heart skipped a beat, and he continued to ask, "What about the Sui Dynasty?"

Fu Gong Er said: "As far as I know, apart from Tang Wang Yang You and Yang Tong's son, the Sui Dynasty only had Yang Gongren as the county king. Famous Duke, everyone has made great contributions to the Sui Dynasty. And Yin Mingyue, a female general, opened up thousands of miles for the Sui Dynasty, and she is only the Duke of the county. You can stand side by side with such a national hero, which is enough to show Yang Tong's sincerity , and above the county duke, you still have a duke who can fight for it, so you don’t have to worry about things like high meritorious deeds and unsealable titles. It shows that Yang Tong is completely following the rules. Compared with Li Yuan’s title of king of Chu More sincerity."

"Then what do you think we should do?" After Jingfu Gonger said so, Du Fuwei also realized the risk of a prince with a foreign surname in a unified dynasty.

"Let's listen to what the Sui envoy has to say." After Fu Gong Er finished speaking, he talked with Du Fuwei about the general situation in the world, and then he left.

Du Fuwei walked to the window with his hands behind his back, looking at the gorgeous sunset in the sky, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

I thought Li Yuan was very sincere, but after Fu Gonger's words, I discovered that Li Tang had sinister intentions, and the "King of Chu" given to him was purely deadly poison wrapped in honey.

……

Early the next morning, the two brothers received Sui envoy Zhang Xuan.

"The special envoy of the Sui Dynasty, Zhang Xuan, visited General Du and General Assistant."

"Mr. Zhang, welcome to Guliyang City." Du Fuwei clasped his fists in return, and he was a straightforward person, so he asked frankly: "I have read the letter from Emperor Shengwu, and I can fully understand the desire of the Sui Dynasty to unify the world and unite with the people." The willingness to rest is just that I can't see the sincerity of Emperor Shengwu in the letter, I wonder if sir can explain to me one or two things?"

Zhang Xuan understood what he meant, and said with a smile: "The so-called sincerity of General Du is probably an official title?"

"Exactly, you know Li Tang is going to make me King of Chu."

"If General Du wants it, the Holy Majesty can give it too." Zhang Xuan took out another letter from his pocket with a smile, and said, "This is another letter from the Holy Majesty, please have a look at it, General."

Du Fuwei opened it and saw a black line all over his head.

Yang Tong promised him in the letter that if he surrendered to the Sui Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty would divide Jiangnan into the Kingdom of Wu, let the Du family sit in the south of the Yangtze River for generations, and be the king of Wu from generation to generation. Soldiers.It is completely a state of sealing off the border and splitting the soil, forming a country of its own.

"This..." Fu Gong Er took a look, and immediately laughed and said: "Since the Qin Dynasty, the idea of ​​great unification has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Emperor Shengwu is a powerful and wise emperor. How can it be possible for the general to establish his own country? Isn't this a lie?"

Zhang Xuan smiled: "Whether it's the king of Chu or the kingdom of Wu, these are the titles of princes. Only the descendants of emperors can be titled princes. Isn't it a lie that Li Yuan canonized General Du as the king of Chu?"

Du Fuwei asked: "Then what does Emperor Shengwu mean?"

Zhang Xuan took the extremely unreliable letter from Fu Gong Er, and said seriously: "The Holy Majesty admires you both very much, so I wrote this bizarre letter to remind the two generals that some of them do not belong to foreign surnames. His false name will kill people."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for reminding me." Du Fuwei bowed his hands gratefully, and Yang Tong's letter was exactly the same as what Fu Gong Er said yesterday.

"The two generals not only divided the land equally, but also vigorously suppressed the lawless family. The people under their rule only need to pay extremely low taxes. At the same time, they will execute all corrupt officials. Your government is in sync with my Sui Dynasty. The Holy Majesty is very happy, so I don't want you two to be deceived. But now, it seems that you are also aware of the harm of fame."

"Speaking of which, I still have to thank Emperor Shengwu when I have today." Du Fuwei smiled.

In order to shake the deep-rooted foundation of the aristocratic family and the scholar class step by step, Yang Tong also packaged his plan to implement in the north to Wang Shichong, Du Fuwei, Dou Jiande and others.

This is also Yang Tong's move to let the aristocratic family and the scholar class understand that without them, the world can still operate as usual. After Yang Tong dominates the world, the resistance from these people will be much smaller. As for the anger of these people , it will be borne by the princes.

At that time, Du Fuwei fought with Li Zitong for Jiangdu and was defeated. He was at a loss and didn't know what to do. The booklet Yang Tong gave him was recognized by everyone.

Jianghuai is located in the radiation circle of Jiangdu, and the power of the aristocratic family is intertwined. Du Fuwei, who was poor and white, and a commoner, could not get the support of the aristocratic family, and needed the interests of these people to enrich himself. Naturally, he was not polite at all. The Jiangnan gentry was almost slaughtered by him All of them were exhausted, and the rest also fled to other places one after another.The methods are so ruthless that there is a tendency of being greener than bluer and greener than bluer.

Then Du Fuwei governed the region according to the policy given by Yang Tong. Sure enough, within a few months, he stabilized his rule, his pockets bulged a lot, and he finally became one of the few powerful princes in the world.

This is the origin of Du Fuwei's gratitude.And when it comes to these things, there is a sense of intimacy when you meet an old friend in a foreign land.Du Fuwei asked some more questions about the Sui policy, and Zhang Xuan also told them one by one. Du Fuwei and Fu Gong Er's many unclear points suddenly became clear.

After receiving Zhang Xuanxuan's instruction for nearly an hour, the pair of brothers ended their questioning without further ado.

Zhang Xuan returned to preach: "The real intention of the Holy Majesty to send me here is not to force the two of you to surrender."

"What?" Fu Gong Er was stunned.

Zhang Xuan clasped his hands and said, "The Holy Majesty wants the two of you to fully cooperate with us, Da Sui, as friends, and we will fight together. As for whether to return or not, we will wait until the world is clear."

"What's the difference between this and surrender?"

"Of course there is a difference. This shows that you are fighting for yourself. Your army is also convinced."

"Isn't Emperor Shengwu worried that we will grow stronger and eventually become a strong enemy of the Sui Dynasty?"

"If the auxiliary general sees my great Sui's combat power, he will know where our great Sui's confidence comes from."

"The iron cavalry of the Sui Dynasty is invincible in the world, but the water network across the south of the Yangtze River is different."

"The Great Sui Navy also roams the world. With the capacity of our Great Sui sea ships, we can send 10,000 troops to any place along the coast at one time..." Zhang Xuan smiled and said: "...But I really don't know, How long can your [-]+ army last."

"Mr. Zhang is threatening me?"

"It's not a threat. It's a fact..." Zhang Xuan said with a smile, "We never talked about skills in our battles in the Sui Dynasty. We fought with strength and with crowd tactics. We have always used human lives to attack Goguryeo and Turks. The lives of slaves are used to fill in, one hundred thousand is not enough, we can use one million, and one million is not enough, we can transfer them from the Western Regions, anyway, they are not my people, even if they die, it doesn’t matter. I am afraid that General Fu will kill someone Cramp...During the Battle of Guanzhong, General Xue Wanjun only sacrificed [-] Turkic slaves. As a result, more than [-] Tang troops in Xiangwu City surrendered directly. Might as well go and have a look…”

Fu Gong Er felt creepy when he heard it, he took a deep breath and said, "If I have this chance, I will definitely watch it. I have a question I want to ask Mr. Zhang, since Da Sui is so good at fighting, there are so many Slaves can be used for sacrifice, why come to our Jianghuai army?"

"Simple!" Zhang Xuan smiled, and said, "According to our information, Li Yuan and Li Mi have formed an alliance. Li Yuan will attack the Central Plains, and Li Mi is very likely to go south. You will bear the brunt of it. You have to fight or not." You have to fight too, so you will be my de facto allies in Da Sui. The Holy Majesty is afraid that you will suffer, so he asked me to remind you."

Du Fuwei stated: "Emperor Shengwu has nothing to say about Du Fuwei's kindness to me. And he treats each other so frankly. I am willing to be loyal to the Great Sui Dynasty and the Holy Majesty. I have no conditions, even if the Holy Majesty asks me to be Du Fuwei. The soldiers are also willing."

"You..." Fu Gong Er stood up abruptly, the anger in his heart could not be restrained.Turning around and walking quickly to the door, the anger in his heart made him lose his mind a bit.

"Sir, sit down!" Du Fuwei smiled apologetically at Zhang Xuan, and quickly chased him out.

(End of this chapter)