Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1206 Who is the master of the world?
Upon hearing these words, a gleam of light flashed in Yuwen Ye's eyes.

He smiled and said, "Yes."

"Have?"

Yuwen Yuan was stunned. Just as he was about to ask where the troops could be used to reset the Twelve Guards, he suddenly saw several guards outside the hall retreating to both sides in a panic. Then, a familiar figure strode into the Taiji Hall. He didn't care about the situation in the hall and said directly, "Father, I have something to report!"

As soon as he saw him, Yu Wenyuan's brows unconsciously frowned.

But facing his youngest son, who was personally appointed as the "General of the North", he could only calm down and ask, "What's the matter?"

Yuwen Cheng walked to the main hall and saw Yuwen Ye, Shang Ruyi, Pei Xingyuan and others still standing in the center of the hall. They were obviously responding to Yuwen Yuan's words, so he immediately said, "The people that my second brother brought back are going to rebel!"

The moment he opened his mouth he was talking about rebellion, which made Yuwen Yuan's expression stern.

"what happened?"

Yuwen Cheng's face was still full of anger. Compared to the way he had just shown off his power outside the city, he looked a little downcast at this moment. He immediately said, "The troops my second brother brought back didn't listen to my command at all. I told them to camp in several military camps, but none of them moved, especially Shentu Tai and Shan Tong'er, who were the ones who led the trouble!"

As he spoke, he clasped his fists and said, "Father, these are all traitors. If they are not severely punished, they will become a great trouble in the future!"

After hearing his words, Yuwen Yuan's heart gradually sank.

He had sensed something, but before he could answer, Yuwen Cheng seemed to have caught someone by the hair. He turned to look at Yuwen Ye triumphantly and said, "Second brother, who are they relying on to make such a fuss?"

Yuwen Ye only glanced at him with the corner of his eye. There was no panic in his cold eyes. He just said calmly: "What power can a group of surrendered soldiers rely on?"

"..."

"But third brother, when you asked them to station separately, did you explain the reason?"

Yuwen Cheng sneered, "A bunch of surrendered soldiers. How can I, the great General Zhenbei, explain the reason to them? Are they qualified?"

Hearing this, even Yuwen Qian frowned slightly, and Yuwen Yuan let out a deep breath. Yuwen Ye said calmly, "Third brother, do you know what is the first step in settling the surrendered soldiers?"

Yuwen Cheng asked: "What?"

Yuwen Ye said: "To appease and comfort."

"..."

"Third brother, you have been outside Luoyang City before, and you don't know that these people were all recaptured by me in the battle of Hulao Pass. There are more than 80,000 people in total. In addition to the surrenders and rebellions along the way, I have brought back a total of 120,000 troops. They are not the original troops of the Great Sheng Dynasty. Among them, nearly 50,000 are the troops that Xiao Yuansui took away from Luoyang, and the rest are gathered after he swept across Hebei."

"..."

"These people have complicated backgrounds. They left their homes and came here. Moreover, they are surrendered soldiers. They are already worried. Now you want to disperse them immediately without explaining the reason clearly. How can they feel at ease?" "..."

"Third brother, leading troops, commanding troops, and attacking cities are not that easy."

Yuwen Ye's words implied from beginning to end that the attack on Luoyang City was not the credit of the General Zhenbei at all. He didn't even need to say it explicitly, as one could tell from his ability to lead the troops.

At this time, Yuwen Cheng also came to his senses.

His face was livid as he gritted his teeth, but he could not say much, so he could only turn to Yuwen Yuan immediately: "No matter what, Father, if these surrendered soldiers cause trouble in the army, chaos will arise sooner or later. What I mean is that they should be severely punished, especially those who led the group!"

Yu Wenyuan's brows also frowned.

Although he knew that the surrendered soldiers should be appeased, if the surrendered soldiers really wanted to cause trouble, the court must also take action. Otherwise, the chaos in the army always starts from small sparks and eventually leads to a big chaos, which will be difficult to deal with at that time.

He was about to say something, but this time Yuwen Ye reacted very quickly and said immediately, "Father, I have something to report."

Yu Wenyuan turned to look at him, hesitated for a moment, and said, "You go ahead."

Yuwen Ye said, "My father just said that he wanted to restore the Twelve Guards, but Chang'an does not have that many troops. In fact, the 120,000 troops I brought back are the best candidates."

The corner of Yuwenyuan's eye twitched slightly.

Just now, when he saw Yuwen Cheng breaking into the Liangyi Hall and talking about the surrendered soldiers making trouble, he had a vague premonition in his heart. Now, when he heard Yuwen Ye's direct proposal, he finally understood that although this entire court meeting was convened by himself, it had been controlled by Yuwen Ye. No matter whether he accepted his grand enthronement of Shang Ruyi and only proposed such a humble request as setting up a government office, or when he gave him the half-empty title of General of the Twelve Guards, he was also indifferent.

Even during that long period of time when he interrogated Pei Xingyuan, he didn't say a word. Now it seems that not only was he confident that Pei Xingyuan could prove his innocence, but he also needed this time.

He was using this time to wait, waiting for Yuwen Cheng to fail in dealing with the surrendered soldiers who came back to complain, and the court could not handle these 120,000 troops. Then, it would be natural for him to lead the 12 guards as the general and take charge of them!
Every step was within his calculation.

Yuwen Yuan gripped the dragon throne with a little force, but the people in the hall below could not see such subtle movements. Only Eunuch Yu who was standing beside him and serving him heard some very light popping sounds. When he looked down, he saw that the thick joints of the emperor's fingers had turned white from the effort.

Eunuch Yu was so frightened that his face turned pale.

After a long silence, Yuwen Yuan finally let out a long sigh of relief, withdrew his hand from the armrest of the dragon chair and placed it on the imperial desk, saying: "Your consideration is indeed thorough."

Yuwen Ye immediately said, "Thank you, Father, for your permission!"

Yuwen Yuan did not say anything else. The atmosphere in the hall was tense to the extreme for a moment, especially those civil and military officials in the two classes. They looked at each other with uneasy expressions.

Everyone could see that this court meeting was controlled by the King of Qin. It began when he captured Luoyang City, opened the treasury without authorization, and dispatched troops to guard the eight passes of Luoyang. He returned to Chang'an and swallowed up the 120,000 surrendered soldiers as the general of the Twelve Guards, and ended up taking control of the entire Chang'an City guards. He had complete control over the Eastern Capital Luoyang and the Western Capital Chang'an. Even if the civil and military officials around him had not received any rewards from the emperor, they were already incredibly powerful. Moreover, it was impossible for the emperor not to reward these soldiers who fought bloody battles for the court.

He even has a majestic lady by his side who can command troops!
Looking at Qin Wang Yuwen Ye in the hall and His Majesty the Emperor sitting on the dragon throne, everyone suddenly had a strange but dangerous thought in their hearts -

Who owns the world?