The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 547 Fate is over, forget about Jiang Hu

Du Ruhui was the official inspector of the Ministry of Rites of the Sui Dynasty, and his mission to Nanjun represented the will of Yang Tong and the Sui Dynasty. From Du Ruhui's words, Xiao Xian felt Yang Tong's impatience towards him, and knew his ambiguous attitude. It has already aroused Yang Tong's dissatisfaction.Du Ruhui's phrase 'Can you hold the land north of the Han River' was implying to him that if you can't hold it, hand it over to Tai Sui as soon as possible!At the same time, he is also telling him that no matter whether you agree or not, the Sui army will enter the country.

Seeing Xiao Xian's changing expression, Wen Yanbo became impatient, and sneered, "Mr. Xiao, have you seen it? This is the attitude of the violent Sui Dynasty. This is still in Nanjun, the capital of your country. If you go to Luoyang, won't you be slaughtered?"

"Xiao Gong, your ambition is higher than the sky, and I admire you, but the sky is not fake, and the intricate internal problems made you miss the good opportunity to unify the south. The general trend of the world is already very clear, and the reunification of the Sui Dynasty is inevitable. Your only daughter is already the Concubine Hui of the Holy Majesty, so what are you arguing about? If you reveal this whole territory, the Holy Majesty will never treat you badly." Du Ruhui said sincerely.

Wen Yanbo gritted his front teeth when he heard the words, strength, this is strength, all conspiracies and tricks are ridiculous in the face of absolute strength, and conspiracies and tricks can only be used occasionally, the real dominance of the world depends on absolute strength.

After being silent for a while, Xiao Mi suddenly laughed loudly: "Okay, Xiao has no master, there is no need to struggle needlessly."

"Xiao Gong, you will regret it!" Wen Yanbo made the last effort unwillingly.

"Li Yuan is in danger, and he cannot protect himself. If I listen to you, I will really regret it. Mr. Wen, you think me too stupid."

Xiao Xian knew that the higher the price Li Yuan offered him, the worse the situation of the Tang Dynasty would be. If the Tang Dynasty perished, would Yang Tong allow himself to be out of the control of the Sui Dynasty?Certainly not, if it were him, he wouldn't either.The trend of Sui's domination of the world is not something he can stop. Even if he doesn't think about himself, he must also think about his daughter. Instead of holding unrealistic fantasies and letting the Sui army wipe them out, it's better to tell the whole land wisely, maybe And get a stable old age.

"Mr. Wen, I won't make things difficult for you, you can go!" Xiao Mian said to Wen Yanbo.

Wen Yanbo opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say, so he turned around and left.

"Du Shangshu, please give me a day. After I arrange the important military and political affairs, I will go to Beijing with you and plead guilty to the Holy Majesty."

"Duke Xiao please go ahead!" Du Ruhui respected Xiao Mian in awe. Xiao Mian was not a monarch who could convince others, and he did not have the attitude of a master, but he was a smart person.When he can fight for it, he doesn't try his best to fight against the means, but knowing that he can't do anything, he calmly faces failure and puts everything down. This is a must-have for a smart politician.

If you know that you can't do it, but still persist in your obsession, and don't hesitate to sacrifice your loyal cronies to force the so-called victory, that is the behavior of a fool.Xiao Xian is naturally not an idiot, he knows that there is only one end in the fight.That is a failure, and his daughter and relatives will also suffer disaster.

He has no chance. He is no different from a loser. If he fails, he must admit it. The end of the cornered beast will only involve all the people related to him.So he decided to let go of everything and go to Luoyang to face his uncertain fate. Du Ruhui respected him for his ease.

After leaving Xiao Xian's palace, Du Ruhui did not go back to the post house, but went to the temporary station of the Sui army.

The 49 elite cavalry were [-] elite troops transferred from Yang Shanhui. The chief general was Xie Yingdeng, deputy commander of the Fifth Army. Shi Jin, Gao Yan, and Yu Zhan, who had made great contributions to Zhuyang Pass, also came with the army.Accompanied by Yang Qinfang's [-] Rakshasa Guards, they were dressed in armor and mixed into the army. Outsiders could not tell whether they were men or women. Yang Yu asked them to go south. The assassination that will happen, secondly, it will give them a lot of insight.

Yang Qinfang, Xie Yingdeng, Shi Jin, Gao Yan, and Yu Zhan invited Du Ruhui into the big tent. After the six of them sat down, Yang Qinfang immediately asked, "Du Shangshu, has Xiao Xian made a decision?"

"Returning to Your Highness, Xiao Xian has decided to hand over his military power and come with us to Beijing to meet the Holy Spirit."

"Ah?" The five were both surprised and delighted.

"What's his condition?" Yang Qinfang asked again.

"I haven't said anything yet! But even if there is, it shouldn't be too much. As long as it's not too outrageous, I can agree on behalf of the Holy Majesty. If I can't agree, I can fly the eagle to pass the letter and ask the Holy Majesty for instructions."

Yang Qinfang said blankly: "This! Is this the end of Xiao Xian?"

Du Ruhui sighed: "I think I can understand one thing. Since ancient times, the struggle for world hegemony has never stopped. When they embark on this road, no one is willing to admit defeat, and no one believes that their opponent is willing to give in."

"Then why is Xiao Mian willing to admit defeat?"

"Xiao Mian's situation is similar to that of Li Mi back then. The generals who helped him raise troops each had their own troops. They were all domineering and independent. There was no other way but to issue an order for the soldiers to cease fighting and work in agriculture, indirectly weakening the military power of the generals. A group of generals headed by Dong Jingzhen were extremely dissatisfied with Xiao Mian's disguised weakening of their military power, so they planned to plot rebellion. However, it was found out by Xiao Mian. Xiao Mian then executed Dong Jingzhen's younger brother. At that time, Dong Jingzhen was the general of Liang Guo and was guarding Changsha. After defeating Dong Jingzhen, Zhang Xiu annexed Dong Jingzhen's power. Compared with the previous one, Zhang Xiu was stronger, more arrogant, and more like to exercise power! Excessively killing all the officials sent by Xiao Xian, it was no different from a rebellion. "

Yang Qinfang said with a "poof", said with a smile: "Xiao Xian is really unlucky, it's also because he doesn't know people well."

"That's right!" Du Ruhui nodded and said, "Under the pressure of helplessness, Xiao Xian sent someone to destroy Zhang Xiu. Success is success, but he has a bad reputation of being tolerant on the outside but jealous on the inside, and jealous of the winner. Suspicious and fearful, everyone recruited troops to protect themselves. So far, the monarchs and ministers in Liang State have been suspicious of each other, and everyone is in danger. Xiao Mian, who has lost his cohesion, has 40 soldiers and horses, but it is just a mess. The army that really obeys Xiao Mian's orders is only There were only tens of thousands of people. When Li Xiaogong invaded Jingxiang, the Tang army encountered almost no resistance. As the troops passed by, Xiao Xian's defenders surrendered one after another. It was not until Xiangyang Hannan City that Dongping County King Xiao Yuti fought to the end. Xiao Xian knew that his generals would not fight to the death for him, and the result of going against Da Sui with me would be a dead end, so he simply revealed his situation. I feel like I can at least be a rich man."

Yang Qinfang, Shi Jin, and Gao Yan looked at each other, and there was a look of surprise in their eyes. Xie Yingdeng sighed: "Everyone says that Xiao Xian is tolerant on the outside but suspicious on the inside. No one under his command fears him. He is indecisive in the face of chaos and timid in doing things. If you are afraid of your hands and feet, you won't be able to achieve anything, and I didn't expect him to have difficulties."

Du Ruhui said: "It's like this. He is afraid that his subordinates will take over his lair, so he is timid in doing things, causing the enemy to fight stronger and stronger, and himself to fight weaker. This is similar to Li Mi back then, but Li Mi is more courageous than him. One battle after another wiped out the forces opposing him, and it took several years to get the current Wei army."

Everyone was silent. After a long while, Xie Yingdeng asked: "Du Shangshu, what should we do next, should we return to Beijing to return to our orders, or?"

Du Ruhui smiled and said: "The Holy Majesty has already considered it. As long as Xiao Mian surrenders, a Jingxiang Xingtai Province will be established to take over important military and political affairs south of the Hanshui River. Li Jing, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, is in charge, and the third army regiment of General Qin Qiong marches into Nanjun to deter the south of Xiangyang.

"God, you've only been a minister for a few days?" Yang Qinfang said in surprise.

Du Ruhui smiled wryly and said: "We have acquired too much land recently, the county guard, general guard, county magistrate, various Caos, county magistrate, county magistrate, county lieutenant, meritorious officer, chief bookkeeper, etc., all need one by one. Appointment, now that there is such a large site, I need to clean it up one by one, it's really annoying to think about it."

"..." The five were speechless.

"What about us? What is the order of the Holy Spirit?"

"His Royal Highness and General Xie are responsible for escorting Xiao Xian back to Beijing. General Xie arrived in Huai'an and immediately went to Yingchuan to take over the Yingchuan army from Li Shangshu. General Shi, General Yu, and General Gao, the three of you stay in Nanjun."

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After Du Ruhui left, only Xiao Xian and Cen Wenwen were left in the hall. After a long time, Xiao Xian seemed to be talking to himself or asking Cen Wenwen: "How will Yang Tong treat me? Like Dou Jiande? Or like How did Yang Guang imprison Chen Shubao? Or????"

Cen Wenwen was silent for a while, and said: "If I'm not wrong, he will let Liang Gong stay away from the old Liang, and he should remain as unknown as Dou Jiande."

Xiao Xian said: "Back then, Yang Jian could have wiped out the Yuwen royal family."

"Then why didn't Yang Jian kill the royal families of Chen and Liang? Not only did he not kill them, but he also reused Chen Shubao's brothers and Liang Gong's seniors. Even Emperor Wu's empress was Liang Gong's aunt."

"This..." Xiao Xian came to his senses a little bit. Yang Jian killed the influential Yuwen royal family because of usurping the throne. The descendants of Chen and Liang are completely different from the Yuwen royal family.

"To a certain extent, after Chen and Liang lost Guo Zuo, the descendants of the two countries are no longer qualified to make Yang Jian taboo, because they were not his opponents when they were the strongest. If you don’t even have this kind of self-confidence, how can you achieve the great achievements of the Sui Dynasty? The same is true for Yang Tong. Liang Gong must also have self-knowledge, and never touch Yang Tong’s bottom line, such as the old ministry and military affairs. Taboo."

"Hey!" Xiao Xiao sighed, and asked again: "Where is Xian'er? If I enter Luoyang, lose power, and lose the value of being used, will Yang Tong still treat her?"

Cen Wenwen replied patiently: "As far as Yang Tong is concerned, he will not break his promise. In fact, after Liang Gong loses his power, Concubine Hui is safe and will not be suspected."

As a hero of the generation, Xiao Mian was not afraid of death, and the only thing he couldn't let go of was his precious daughter, but after Cen Wenwen's answers one by one, Xiao Mian no longer hesitated, his heart became firmer, and his thinking became clear.Even if he believes in Li Yuan and Li Mi, if the two win the world, they will not tolerate him in the future. Rather than trusting someone who is difficult to protect themselves, it is better to follow the general trend and trust Yang Yu who is related by blood and son-in-law.

Now that he was determined to subdue the Sui Dynasty, Xiao Xian summoned the civil and military officials of Nanjun for an emergency meeting.

After a while, more than [-] people came one after another. Looking at the familiar faces, Xiao Mian said sadly: "You must have known that [-] Sui troops have arrived in Nanjun. They are the Minister of Rites of the Sui Dynasty. Du Ruhui came to talk about surrendering me. I, Xiao Xian, was not a good monarch. I failed everyone's loyalty and trust. I couldn't lead everyone to enjoy the glory and wealth, but instead lost the city. This is my incompetence! Today's Sui has millions of soldiers, There are thousands of warriors, and the trend of unifying the world is unstoppable, I can no longer harm everyone for my impossible ambition, I have decided to surrender the whole country to the Sui Dynasty."

All civil and military officials were shocked, it turned out that Xiao Mian had decided to surrender.

"I can't even destroy Lin Shihong, and it is impossible to win the Sui Dynasty, but please rest assured, you are all my old subordinates of Xiao Xian, and you are loyal to me. I will never let you suffer, as long as Emperor Shengwu promises to treat you Properly arrange them without harming your lives, I, Xiao Mian, can let go of my military power and allow Da Sui to easily recover the entire Liang Kingdom. I will invite Du Shangshu later and raise some conditions with him."

Xiao Xian showed sadness on his face. The foundation he worked so hard to build was gone. He was more distressed than anyone else, but he had no choice. If he didn't surrender, everyone would die in the end. He felt that he should use his own Power, fight for something for this group of loyal confidants, otherwise, his conscience will be troubled.

"Duke Liang." All the civil and military officials clasped their fists sadly.

"All the princes are outstanding people, and the sages of the Sui Dynasty know how to use them well, and they are the best in the world. There must be a place for the talents of the princes!" Xiao Mi interrupted what everyone was about to say with a wave of his hand. With a wry smile, he said: "The fate of our monarchs and ministers is over. In the future, we should forget about the world."

(End of this chapter)