The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 584 Yang Guang's Heart
"I, Shen Guang, am today because of your trust and attention! If you let me deal with Li Yuan and Li Mi, even if I die! But if you want me to deal with Emperor Shengwu, please forgive Shen Guang for not obeying."

Without any hesitation, Shen Guang flatly rejected Yang Guang's proposal.

"Oh?"

But seeing Yang Guang's eyes narrowed immediately, he snorted coldly, "Shen Guang, you have to think clearly..."

Before he finished speaking, Shen Guang said coldly: "No need, I will never agree."

Yang Guang said angrily: "Just one word to you, I can kill you ten thousand times, including your wife and children of course!"

Shen Guang was shocked when he heard that Yang Guang threatened his relatives, but after thinking for a while, he let out a long sigh of relief, and said decisively: "I owe you too much, you can kill if you want, I will never I will never fight back. I, Shen Guang, have never forgotten the grace of God, have always put loyalty first, have always used loyalty to educate drunk children, and have always used loyalty to run the family! If I do such unfaithful things, what qualifications do I have to talk about the word loyalty? That's not as comfortable as the death of the whole family. Make me turn against Sui? Delusion!"

Yang Guang sneered: "Shen Guang, do you think that without you, I would not be able to regain power? The strength I have accumulated over the years alone is enough for me to regain control of the government!"

"you……"

Shen Guang was furious and charged, Fang wanted to speak again, suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, he suddenly realized with a big smile and said: "Don't lie, you are obviously testing me, right?"

This time, it was Yang Guang who was stunned. He looked at Shen Guang again for a while, and his cold face gradually turned into a smile: "Boy, how do you know that I am testing you?"

"Although I am friendly with the Holy One, when I think about it carefully, I can't help you at all, because the lieutenants and soldiers respect the Holy One as sacred, even if I really control Duanmen and Yingtianmen to defend, if I say that I want to open the door to rebel, The first person killed by the Xiaoguo Army and the Xuanjia Army was me! Besides, if I agree to you, I will be disloyal and unrighteous. How dare you believe me? If I don’t agree, you will kill me or Imprisoning me will arouse the vigilance of the Holy Majesty, because I am General Youwei, Li Guogong, and the main defender of Luoyang City. As long as I disappear for a long time, the Holy Majesty will send someone to investigate. You are a resourceful person, and you do everything without leaking. How could you do such an unwise thing?"

Speaking of this, Shen Guang slapped his forehead fiercely, and said: "Your sudden appearance shocked me too much and caused me to be in a state of confusion! Only then will I be restrained everywhere. In fact, as long as I calm down, I will find that it is impossible. Because we are in the street. The reunion itself is a coincidence! If you want to seize power, you will never enter the city with great fanfare, but will come to you quietly at the first time."

"Hahahahaha!"

As soon as Shen Guang finished speaking, Yang Guang looked up to the sky and laughed for a long time, then he saw the gentleman smiling and clapping his hands and said: "Brother, what you said is really good, this guy is not only loyal, but also very smart! He knows people In terms of respect, I am not as good as my brother."

"If you knew people and used them well, Da Sui wouldn't be in such a mess." Yang Yichen, who had been silent all this time, said with a smile.

"You are not as good as me!" Yang Guang said triumphantly: "The dynasty that came from the compromise of the Sui Dynasty prevented the father and emperor from completely reforming, and he could only compromise, compromise, and compromise with the powerful and powerful in Guanlong. As for the throne, which one of the mighty Guanlongmen faction doesn’t want to replace the Great Sui? Do you think the father doesn’t know? Qing Ze, he also endured it for 18 years before he dared to get rid of it. The Northern Zhou Eight Pillars Kingdom and other generals were all superior to the courtiers, but he dared not move anyone. After laying the foundation, I was able to cut them off one by one later.”

With a sigh, Yang Guang said again in a deep voice: "Before the father died, he said that the imperial court had too many restrictions, so I should act cautiously and not act too hastily. I will treat the common people with kindness. It doesn't take more than ten years. It is all in the hands of the Sui Dynasty, and it will not be enough to clean up the powerful and powerful in Guanlong at that time. But I am a newcomer to Dabao, full of ambitions, and feel that treating each other with kindness will only delay the crisis. Even if there is no chaos when I am in power, then my What should the descendants do? Therefore, they regarded the wisdom of the father as cowardice, and even left behind the past of the ancestors, and the haste makes waste, and this is the troubled world today."

Yang Guang didn't understand these truths before, but after he escaped from death, Yang Guang seemed to have an extra life, and some truths were gradually clarified.He looked at the sky outside in a daze, a little nostalgia flashed in his eyes, and he muttered to himself: "Fortunately, I have an amazing grandson. The Great Sui Dynasty is more prosperous than before. If the descendants of my Great Sui royal family are all so strong and grandpa Shengzu, my Great Sui will surely outperform each generation."

Yang Yichen said with emotion: "It's so far away, Emperor Shengwu will definitely be able to do it."

"maybe."

Yang Guang flattered Yang Yichen and praised Yang Tong, and then said to Shen Guang: "Shen Guang, I am really tempting you, and the one I am tempting is loyalty, courage, and wisdom. I am very satisfied with the first two items, but I can only give you three points for wisdom."

"You say I'm not smart enough?"

"Quite self-knowledge, add another point!"

"..." Shen Guang was taken aback for a moment, and asked curiously, "Why do you want to test the last general?"

Yang Guang said softly: "Because of the unification of the world!"

"Unify the world?" Shen Guang was puzzled.

"That's right!" Yang Guang nodded, and continued: "Young boy Dong, has so many tricks in dealing with aristocratic families that I am ashamed of myself. And in terms of ending disputes and reunifying, I am not that big. Courageousness, that's why I shrank back to Jiangdu and closed the gate to be the emperor. Therefore, Dong'er is more suitable than me to be an emperor, and he is also better at being an emperor. But this kid has more than enough conspiracy and not enough conspiracy. He underestimated the great strength of the great family .”

"It's all like this, what else can the family do?" Shen Guang snorted.

"Look! It's because there are too many idiots like you in the imperial court, that's why Dong'er underestimated the aristocratic family."

"..." Shen Guang was speechless, feeling that Yang Guang looked like an old urchin.

"I'm not scolding you! This is the truth...don't be convinced." Yang Guang smiled, and said: "Most of the civil and military people in the imperial court come from small gentry and local tyrants who have been passed down for three or four generations. This kind of person has a shallow foundation, and even in their dreams, they would never know the horror of the great family."

"You mean, because none of you are the core figures of the great family, so you don't know how powerful the great family is?"

"You're very good at what you said. I'm not saying that Chao Zhongwu's mind is insufficient, but that he has no experience in this area. Therefore, you all rely on guesses about the real strength of the great family, and all rely on plausible dossier estimates! This guess comes out. The result is not the truth after all.”

"But until now, those big families have not taken any substantive actions other than cursing and fighting? What can they do now except support Li Yuan and others? As long as the big families who support the rebellious officials and thieves are wiped out, the matter will be over. Is it?" Shen Guang was a little unconvinced.

"You know shit!"

Yang Guang couldn't bear to swear, and he said with a livid face, very unhappy: "If I hadn't been watching in secret all these years, and killed batch after batch before the assassins were dispatched, you people who don't know the heights of the world Everything has died long ago, and the grass on the grave has grown three feet high."

Seeing Shen Guang's innocent appearance, Yang Guangteng stood up, knocked heavily on Shen Guang's forehead a few times, and said, "Although I didn't die, I have become the dog's leg of all of you."

"That's all, who made me feel cheap. But you bastards actually killed Pei Shiqing, who I managed to break into Li Mi's core, and what's more wicked, eunuch Pei Shiqing before the murder. And Qiu Xinggong, I belong to Lao Tzu too, but you are good enough to shoot him into a hedgehog..."

"What's even more exaggerated! The base camp, the Mu Family, which I worked so hard to build in Jiangling, was actually accused of 'utter insanity' by Li Jing, an old bastard, who incited the people to make trouble, and the army immediately arrested them. Kill, if Lao Tzu and elder brother were not more alert, they would have been slaughtered by Li Jing. What do you think you have done?"

Seeing this chattering and furious Tyrannosaurus, Shen Guang felt wronged and said to himself: This is none of my business, why take it out on me?Is it possible to do whatever you want because you are an acquaintance?Is this a disaster from the sky?

"You don't agree?" Yang Guang knocked again a few times with a 'boom, bang, bang'.

Shen Guang didn't dare to hide, he was knocked dizzy, his body became short, and he hurriedly said, "I've got it!"

"It's you, Shen Guang, too. Others want me to knock you, but I'm too lazy to do it." Yang Guang said in a tone that only knocked you because he thought highly of you.

"Thank you for your grace..." After saying these words, Shen Guang himself was disgusted, and he said these words as if he was very masochistic.

After losing his temper, Yang Guang felt much more comfortable.

"I have been lied to by many people in my whole life! But the person who lied to me the longest and longest is Li Yuan...he is the best at disguising. He has lied to me since he was a child, treating me like a monkey. In the past, he pretended to be a The appearance of a generous elder, when I asked him to be the prefect of Loufan, he complained quite a bit. I thought he thought Loufan County was poor, and because of my aunt and cousin, I made him the prefect of Xingyang. He became greedy for wine, greedy for money, and occupied good land and beautiful houses. I thought he was such a person. Who would have thought that after one mask, there would be a second and third mask. So, I was fooled by him so foolishly .”

Yang Guang and Li Yuan are cousins, and their mothers are sisters. Li Yuan is a few years older than Yang Guangda, and they studied together since childhood.Yang Guang is extremely intelligent, has a vivid memory for reading, and has a bold and unrestrained personality, while Li Yuan seems dull and honest, they are two completely different types of people.

But Yang Guang knew that he was a hypocrite, he only wanted to gain fame all day long, he was obviously a lustful person, but he pretended not to be close to women, he was obviously greedy for good wine, and he deliberately refrained from drinking at banquets every time.When everyone praised Li Yuan for being an elder, Yang Guang would only look at him coldly, so he was not surprised at all when Li Yuan gradually behaved differently in Xingyang.

After all, Yang Guang looked down on Li Yuan from the bottom of his heart, thinking that he is not someone who can achieve great things, and he reused him. Even when the mountains and rivers were broken, he trusted him and let him stay in Taiyuan.

Who would have thought that Li Yuan had been pretending since he was a child, and even gave him a serial costume, a generous, benevolent, and simple and honest appearance was used to cover up his greedy and lustful, and behind the greedy and lustful, it was hiding his ambition to seize the great Sui Dynasty. .

Yang Guang could only guess at the step of being greedy and lustful, so in his heart, he had no defense against Li Yuan.

"It wasn't until Li Yuan rebelled and Dugu jumped from behind the scenes to the front of the stage that I realized that my uncle Dugu was Li Yuan's military adviser from childhood to adulthood. It was because of his advice that Li Yuan walked very smoothly."

When Yang Guang said this, he let out a long sigh: "After escaping from the dead, I learned from the pain! One thing I realized is that if we want to deal with the big family, Yangmou can only eradicate the big family on the surface. After decades of lurking, They can support the next Li Yuan, so if you want to kill the grass, you can only use tricks, which is why I have been hiding in the dark."

Speaking of this, I saw that Yang Guang's eyes suddenly shone brightly: "Today, the Great Sui has the strength to destroy the two Li at the same time. As long as there is no disastrous defeat like the Battle of Guandu and the Battle of Chibi, the Xinxin unification is not a problem, but the Great Sui Now the aristocratic family in Bashu and Jiangnan seized the time to break it up into pieces, and some even changed their names and surnames. If these people are not eradicated, after the world is peaceful, they will join together to form a big force and continue to dominate in Bashu and Jiangnan Blessing, in front of their local emperor. Based on your understanding of the great family, you will definitely not be able to take down these people!"

Speaking of this, Yang Guang looked at Shen Guang and said, "Boy, do you understand what I mean now?"

Shen Guang was silent for a while, before he said: "Do you want me to change from bright to dark?"

Yang Guang nodded, and said: "That's right! If you want to eradicate the power of the great family, you must have one light and one dark, and the yin and yang complement each other to achieve success! Dong'er is on the front, and Li Yuan Zhouxuan, who represents the great family, and I As a surprise soldier, lie in the dark! Cut off the branches and leaves of the great family."

Shen Guang still didn't quite understand Yang Guang's intentions, so he asked, "You also know that the imperial court has such an assassin force..."

"I know this, but assassins are assassins after all, and they can't make a big deal." Yang Guang interrupted Shen Guang and explained: "The dark forces I'm referring to are forces between the regular army and assassins. To put it bluntly, , are bandits who have nothing to do with the imperial court!"

Shen Guang was stunned when he heard the words, and said: "The children of the great family are broken up into pieces, and those who change their names and surnames become common people. If the court slaughters without reason in the future, the common people who don't know the reason will sympathize with them and mistakenly think that the Holy One is a tyrant. The reputation of the imperial court is not good, and it will even shake the foundation of the Sui Dynasty. If it is not killed, it will leave endless troubles. But if it is replaced by bandits and bandits, it is different. Bandits and bandits commit crimes, kill people and set fires. mean?"

"That's right! I've been hiding for so many years and made a lot of arrangements, but you can't let me do it myself? Isn't that exposing myself for nothing?" Yang Guang glanced at Shen Guang and said with a wry smile: "And my I have a very bad reputation and are regarded by the common people as the root cause of chaos in the world. Although it has become better after Dong’er’s operation these years, the common people are afraid of me. Some time ago, I discussed with my elder brother and felt that we should meet with Tonger to avoid further misunderstandings, so I came to Luoyang."

Shen Guang nodded and said, "No wonder you want to test me? So it's for this!"

"Originally, I planned to let Dong'er select the right person to take over, but after meeting you, I thought of your previous status as a ranger. With all your experiences, you are undoubtedly the best candidate to be the leader of the bandit."

"I..." Shen Guang's face darkened.

Yang Guang chuckled: "You are loyal by nature, I can tell you all kinds of situations face to face, don't worry that you will reveal my whereabouts, and don't worry that you will say that you are a member of the court; second, I have been doing evil for a long time, Some people will lose their nature and become real rogues, causing unreasonable harm to innocent people. I am very relieved of you. Third, your courage and wit are able to deal with various crises, so you don’t have to worry about the entire army being wiped out. You Are you willing to take huge risks to eliminate future troubles for the Sui Dynasty?"

There is another reason Yang Guang didn't say, that is, Shen Guang is a man of loyalty and loyalty. He believes that if Shen Guang develops and grows within the enemy army, he will not take advantage of the situation to become independent from the outside and bring unnecessary troubles to the Sui Dynasty. trouble.

"Of course the general is willing." Shen Guang nodded hastily, but after he finished speaking, he hesitated for a while: "But will the Holy One agree?"

"Dong'er doesn't stick to one pattern, he will agree."

"Are you going to enter the palace now? The general will be able to take you into the palace quietly."

Yang Guang pondered for a moment, and said: "Ziwei City is heavily guarded, in order to avoid unnecessary troubles, we'd better be careful, you go and talk to Dong'er first!"

"Here!"

"By the way, you have to tell him clearly. I don't want other people to know except Empress Xiao and Concubine Xiao."

"Can't the two princesses do it too?" Shen Guang asked cautiously.

"It's not necessary at all!" Yang Guang shook his head and sighed, "The sadness of losing my father has finally faded away. If they look at me, I will really die in the future, and I have to be sad again. Why bother?"

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83 years ago today, the July [-]th Incident took place.

Don't forget the national humiliation!
(End of this chapter)