Martial Arts: I am in the Ming Cult and I am building a dynasty

Chapter 496 Yang Xuangan tries hard to cheat his father

Yang Xuangan is an extremely strange person, both in the original history and in this world of Jiuzhou.

Originally in history, in the ninth year of Daye, Yang Guang made the second expedition to Liaodong.

As a general in charge of transporting grain and fodder, Yang Xuangan held great power, had a large number of soldiers and sufficient food, and had the support of various aristocratic families. However, after launching the rebellion, he accurately chose the only wrong choice from countless correct options, which led to his defeat and suicide.

For example, Yang Xuangan's adviser Li Mi once gave Yang Xuangan three strategies at a critical moment.

The best strategy is to resist Youzhou in the north, which can cut off Yang Guang's retreat and food supplies. Then he can succeed in one fell swoop and replace Yang Guang.

The middle strategy is to advance westwards to Chang'an, occupy Tongguan and guard Guanzhong. At the very least, one can at least become a warlord in troubled times.

The worst strategy is to advance eastward to Luoyang and attack the fortified city, where victory or defeat is hard to determine.

Yang Xuangan thought himself invincible and underestimated everyone in the world. He immediately chose the most difficult attack on Luoyang City, but suffered heavy casualties and was completely defeated.

In this world of Kyushu.

Before following Yang Zhao to Pegasus Ranch to ask Lu Miaozi out, Yang Su explained the matter clearly to Yang Xuangan. As long as he controlled the army, he could directly rebel and besiege Luoyang City. When Yang Guang's army returned, he could disband and enter Chang'an to save his life, and maybe even live a life of wealth and honor.

But when Yang Xuangan saw that even his own father supported his rebellion, he felt that he was already the man of destiny. With the network of relationships left by his father, as long as he spread the word, those aristocratic families would come to kneel and lick his boots in no time.

Therefore, Yang Xuangan felt that there was no need for him to start a rebellion or anything like that, as that would be too bad for his reputation. It would be better for him to contact the aristocratic families, directly sideline Yang Guang, and then abdicate the throne to himself.

If it were normal, there would be nothing wrong with Yang Xuangan thinking this way.

After all, just four or five years ago, Yang Su was the most powerful minister in the entire Sui Dynasty. Even Yang Guang, who became the emperor, often had to respect Yang Su's opinions when he was in front of him.

Before, Yang Xuan felt that his father was dead, so he started a rebellion.

Now that Yang Su suddenly showed up, Yang Xuangan felt that he could just rely on his parents for support and there was no need to go through so much trouble to conquer the world.

But what Yang Xuangan didn't know was.

Before Yang Zhao came into being, the aristocratic families in Guandong and the Li family were all against Yang Guang and were determined to get him out of office.

Later, Yang Zhao suddenly took over the Guanlong area, showing his great wisdom.

The Guandong aristocratic families and the Li clan, under pressure, have joined forces with Yang Guang to form a short-term alliance, preparing to wipe out Yang Zhao's forces first.

Yang Xuangan, in the name of Yang Su, directly sent a message to the aristocratic families in the court, saying that he wanted to take Luoyang and take the throne directly.

This sudden change.

Yang Guang, the Li family, the Guandong families and others were all stunned at once.

Yang Su and Yang Xuangan, father and son, were not self-proclaimed kings like Dou Jiande and Zhai Rang. They were still very powerful in the entire Sui Dynasty.

This would be a lot of fun if Yang Xuangan could capture Luoyang, or even cut off his retreat to the north.

Therefore, Yang Guang, the Li family, the Guandong families and others no longer cared about any negotiations on interests, and even ignored the war in Liaodong. They made a prompt decision and prepared to return to the Central Plains.

Otherwise, Yang Guang, the Li family, the Guandong families and others would still be fighting for power and profit over the million-strong army.

Just like in the original history, Yang Xuangan accurately found the worst wrong choice among thousands of correct choices and then chose it.

However, Yang Xuangan still felt that he had done a great thing.

When Yang Su returned to his hometown of Hongnong, Yang Xuangan was eager to tell his father about his actions, wanting to show off.

This was also the reason why Yang Su didn't care and just hung Yang Xuangan up and beat him hard.

Yang Xuangan’s screams lasted all night long.

Yang Xuangan, a powerful warrior with a sturdy physique, was almost killed on the spot by his own father.

After being "educated" by his own father all night.

the next day.

Yang Xuangan dragged his slightly heavy buttocks, gritted his teeth, put on the tempered steel armor, held a steel spear in his hand, and at an astonishing speed, he mobilized all his resources, gathered a hundred thousand troops and three hundred thousand civilians, and marched towards Luoyang in a mighty manner.

There were 100,000 soldiers and 300,000 civilians, and the team was more than ten miles long.

In this marching team, Yang Su and Lu Miaozi seemed to be fine, hiding in a huge carriage frame with a small red clay stove and a chessboard.

Lu Miaozi was an expert in chess, and played the game with ease, but he said, "Old Su, to be honest, your son is really, well, how can I put it, hehe, it's hard to describe in one word."

boom!

Yang Su was so angry that he almost overturned the chessboard on the spot, and said, "Old man Lu, are you done yet? Can you still play chess properly? I am so annoyed."

Yang Su was indeed very upset.

Not only did his own son almost ruin his plan, he also deliberately exposed his existence to Yang Guang, the Li family, the Guandong family, etc.

In other words, the news of his fake death had already completely reached the hands of Yang Guang and others.

It would be fine if it was just Yang Su himself.

But all the elders in the Sui Dynasty knew that the Nine Elders who founded the Sui Dynasty were all loyal to the former Emperor Wen. Since Yang Su could fake his death, the news about the others would probably not be kept secret for long.

The exposure of the Nine Elders who founded the Sui Dynasty would undoubtedly make Yang Guang, the Li family, the Guandong families and others alert.

Perhaps even the fake deaths of Emperor Wen and Empress Dugu would be exposed because of this.

Once so.

Then there is no doubt that the unspoken rules that were originally jointly maintained by the Sui Dynasty court and the aristocratic families would become extremely fragile. Out of fear of Yang Jian, the Nine Elders of the Sui Dynasty and others, no one knows whether those aristocratic families will suddenly change their minds and expand the struggle under the rules into a full-scale battle of foundation.

Although with the existence of Xiang Yutian, a martial arts ceiling, his side is already invincible, but if those old monsters from the aristocratic families are really provoked to appear, there is no doubt that this incident will greatly reduce his status in His Highness's heart.

What a treacherous son! If he had known this earlier, he should have thrown the other person against the wall.

Yang Su looked sad and in a bad mood.

Seeing his old friend like this, Lu Miaozi stopped exaggerating and comforted him: "Old Su, now that things have come to this, you shouldn't worry too much. Instead of worrying about the consequences, you might as well think of ways to do more to remedy the situation."

When Yang Su heard what Lu Miaozi said, an idea suddenly came to his mind, and he said in surprise: "Old man Lu, you are right. Let's make amends. I see that His Highness likes beauties the most..."

Chapter 497: Confrontation between Yang Guang and the Aristocratic Family

Yang Xuangan was a very clever man, and was an expert at cheating his father. This made Yang Su feel uneasy. He tried his best to capture a few beautiful women when the troops were besieging Luoyang, in order to seek Yang Zhao's forgiveness.

At this time in Liaodong, there was a camp stretching for dozens of miles.

Yang Guang was a man of extravagant nature, and he was also fond of ostentation. Even on the front lines of war, he acted like an emperor and built his own tent to be as magnificent as a temporary palace.

Ever since the plan to unify the three Li families, namely the Taiyuan Li family, the Longxi Li family and the Zhaojun Li family, was exposed, the contradictions between Yang Guang and the Li family, the Guandong family and others were almost laid out in the open.

The 200,000-strong Right Guard army, led by generals such as Yuwen Shu, Lai Huer, and Mai Tiezhang, guarded the left and right sides.

Outside Yang Guang's camp, there were aristocratic families scattered in various directions and forming a hidden formation.

These aristocratic families were headed by the Li family, which was a merger of the three Lis, and there were also northern Central Plains families such as the Cui family of Boling, the Cui family of Qinghe, the Zheng family of Rongyang, the Lu family of Fanyang, and the Wang family of Taiyuan.

The number of these noble families ranged from 30 to , but all together they formed a powerful army of .

There was obviously great wariness between Yang Guang and the aristocratic families.

However, since the news of Yang Zhao occupying Guanlong area came, the relationship between Yang Guang and the aristocratic families has strangely eased a lot.

Recently, Yang Xuangan has been arrogantly contacting various aristocratic families, preparing to get rid of Yang Guang.

At the beginning, Yang Guang was so shocked that he almost had a fight with those aristocratic families.

On the contrary, those aristocratic families maintained an extremely restrained attitude.

This prevented a real fight between the two sides.

Unlike Yang Guang who was kept in the dark, whether it was the Li family or the northern aristocratic family, these people all had a very complete heritage. Many people even knew that Yang Su had faked his death and escaped from the world. When they heard that Yang Xuangan had exposed his biological father, they were surprised but not panicked.

In the eyes of these aristocratic families, Yang Xuangan's rebellion was not a big problem, just a minor issue.

Even if Yang Su supported Yang Xuangan behind the scenes, it would not be a big deal.

What really troubled these aristocratic families was that they were worried that Yang Guang would escape from the world by faking Yang Su's death, which would lead to the Nine Elders who founded the Sui Dynasty and even Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, in the Daxing Palace in Chang'an.

It would have been fine if Yang Guang didn't know that Emperor Wen Yang Jian had faked his death and retired from the world.

Given the hatred between Yang Guang and Yang Zhao, the aristocratic families did not mind joining forces with Yang Guang to first eliminate the potential-filled Yang Zhao from the game.

But what if Yang Guang knew that Emperor Wen Yang Jian had faked his death and escaped from the world, and sent someone to contact him.

No matter what, Yang Jian, Yang Guang, and Yang Zhao, three generations of grandfather and grandson, are all blood relatives of the Yang family. If Yang Jian is the coordinator, Yang Guang might turn around and stab the other families in the back.

In the Sui Dynasty, the threat posed by the two Yangs combined is much greater than the threat posed by the three Lis combined.

If it were not for the fact that many members of the aristocratic families were in Luoyang City, and that Luoyang City was in the hands of Yang Guang's wife, Empress Xiao, the people of the aristocratic families might not be able to remain calm enough.

But even so.

Ever since the news of Yang Xuangan came out, the trend of cooperation between the aristocratic families and Yang Guang, which had originally eased slightly, seemed to have become wary of each other again.

In the Li family’s tent.

Li Yuan was wearing gilded armor, and his originally very kind face revealed a kind of majesty that made people respect him. However, his eyes were moving around among the people from the noble families who were making a lot of noise.

"If the ruler is not discreet, he will lose his ministers. If the minister is not discreet, he will lose his body. The Lu family has always been in charge of the screening of our information and intelligence. How could you put the information about Yang Xuangan on Yang Guang's desk?"

"Can you blame my Lu family for this? The alliance with Yang Guang was a decision made by all of us. Yu Shiji was in charge of the intelligence gathering place. How could the news about Yang Xuangan be kept secret?"

"Hey, now we are in trouble. Who knows if Yang Guang will send someone to contact Chang'an?"

"You are talking nonsense. Emperor Wen is Yang Guang's father. At least several tens of percent of the Sui Dynasty's foundation is in the hands of Emperor Wen in Chang'an. Yang Guang is not a fool."

"It's hard to say. The royal family has always been ruthless. For the throne, Yang Guang even killed his own brother. If Emperor Wen didn't have some tricks, how could he escape Yang Guang's murderous hands? Yang Guang has a bad reputation for killing his brothers and fathers, so Yang Guang may not dare to contact Chang'an."

"You just said it might not happen? Who can guarantee it? There is no room for error in this matter."

"Then what should we do? Should we go to war with Yang Guang first? Then let that little Yang Zhao sit back and reap the benefits?"

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, I might as well go home and play with women..."

A snake can't do without a head.

There were many noble families present, most of which were not much different from each other, and they had also had various intermarriages, so no one was willing to submit to the other.

The renewed confrontation between the aristocratic families and Yang Guang has lasted for three days.

If this continues, even if the top leaders of both sides can reach an agreement, there will definitely be big problems in future cooperation between the lower-level forces.

Li Yuan watched the people arguing non-stop. When the atmosphere became increasingly tense, he finally drew out his sword with a clang, and said with a ferocious look, "Instead of arguing non-stop, it is better to take action directly and kill Yang Guang. You all wait here, and I will order my army to start the battle."

After saying this, Li Yuan stood up on the spot, holding his sword and was about to walk out.

Li Yuan's action also stunned everyone on the spot. After they reacted, the heads of the Fanyang Lu family and the Qinghe Cui family hurriedly grabbed Li Yuan.

"Brother Shude, I dare not. If we go to war with Yang Guang now, wouldn't that be making things easier for others?"

"Yes, Brother Shude, we are still discussing it."

Lu Chengqing and Cui Hao both held Li Yuan's arms, their faces anxious, but their tone was soothing and flattering.

Li Yuan stopped and said with an unpleasant expression, "You don't want to talk, and you don't want to fight. Do you want me to watch you quarreling all the time?"

After hearing Li Yuan's words, the people from the aristocratic families also reacted, thinking that Li Yuan must have already made up his mind.

Lu Chengqing paused and said, "Brother Shude, do you have any suggestions?"

Li Yuan pretended to be resentful and said, "Hmph, what suggestions can I make? My whole family, except Erlang, has been trapped in Chang'an. Well, whatever, I will do whatever you want. Anyway, Yang Zhao has become powerful, like a flying dragon in the sky. When his troops leave Guanzhong, I will simply surrender to him. I think I can get a good ending. After all, my daughter Xiuning is also deeply loved by Yang Zhao."

When talking about Yang Zhao, especially his methods and potential, the faces of the people from the aristocratic families all became increasingly ugly.

Cui Hao couldn't help but said, "Brother Shude, it's not that we are holding back, but Yang Guang is of the Yang family blood after all. If Yang Guang plays a trick on us, it will be a heavy blow."

Li Yuan paused, and said coldly: "Then talk to him and force him to break with the Yang family and make him surrender."

"A certificate of nomination?"

Li Yuan said: "That's right, establish a blood succession document and destroy the Yang clan's ancestral temple."

Chapter 498 The Confrontation between Yang Guang and Li Yuan

Being born in the ancient world can be really fucked up sometimes.

In this ignorant, vast, and extremely dangerous world, numbers often mean truth, and fists can decide everything.

Therefore, from the emperor to the common people, everyone pays attention to orderly inheritance and clan blood relations.

Many times, the emperor's national laws are not as effective as the family rules and regulations.

The maintenance of this kind of clan often relies on only a few aspects: the first is bloodline, the second is inheritance rights, and the third is the registration in the clan temple.