Chapter 268: Executing the Li Family
Chapter 268: Killing Li Family
A page of the nine years of Daye turned over in the whistling north wind. This year, Yang Guang fought three times in Goguryeo.
As the great achievements were about to be made, Yang Xuangan rebelled in Liyang, which made Yang Guang fail to conquer Liao and had to withdraw his troops to the Central Plains. However, it was precisely because Yang Guang retreated back to the Central Plains that Chen Pojun seemed to be born out of nowhere, causing bloody storms in Liaodong, and finally seized Liaodong with one force.
Since Liaodong was pacified, the court and the whole court breathed a sigh of relief. While Yang Guang was happy, the embarrassment of two defeats in Liaodong, in front of the kings of all countries in the world, and the envoys were finally less. At this time, he couldn't help but start to ignite the ambitions that were suppressed in his heart again.
The Yiwu Kingdom was destroyed, the Tuyuhun Kingdom was destroyed, the Ryukyu Kingdom was destroyed, Linyi was defeated, and Goguryeo was now destroyed. Where will the next goal be? Should I turn back to the Western Regions that I gave up because of the eastern expedition to Goguryeo, or prepare to teach a lesson? Recently, it has begun to be a little unhonest. Yang Guang stood on the huge sheepskin splicing map in the palace, holding a scepter in his hand, pointing to the east and then to the west.
He had already immersed himself in the whole world. He wanted to make all the worlds, no land, no guest of the earth, or no king's ministers. He wanted to make the name of the Great Sui Dynasty spread throughout the world, and let his Yang Guang's name become powerful all over the world.
Yang Guang was alone indulged in his great cause, but had long forgotten that although Liaodong was pacified, the Central Plains were even more chaotic at this time.
The Changbai Mountain led by Wang Bo rebelled repeatedly but fought repeatedly. Liu Badao took advantage of the conditions of "stealing" in Douziluo Kang's dynasty and raised flags there. The crowd reached more than 100,000, and called "Ajiu Thief". Sun Anzu, a native of Zhangnan, called himself a general and led hundreds of people to rebel in Gaojipo Shuqian. Zhang Jin said that he gathered Zhonghequ to raise an army. Gao Shida called himself Donghai Gong and gathered Zhonghe to raise an army. Tang Bi, a native of Fufeng, recommended Li Hong as the emperor and called himself the king of Tang. Liu Jialun, a native of Yan'an, called himself the emperor. Liu Miao, a native of Lishihu, claimed to be the emperor. A native of Poyang, Cao Shiqiqi, claimed to be the king of Yuanxing.
Meng Haigong, a native of Jiyin, occupied Zhouqiao in the ninth year of Daye, and then conquered Cao and Dai states, claiming to be "recorded" and had 30,000 people at the peak.
Meng Rang, a native of Qi County, rose up in the ninth year of Daye. He once joined forces with Wang Bo Changbai Mountain Army and immediately turned to the Jianghuai area to develop, with more than 100,000.
Li Zitong, a native of Donghai, has already established his own banner from the Changbai Mountain Army. Gao Kaidao, a native of Yangxin, Cangzhou, once joined the Douziluo Kang Army and has already worked alone.
Guo Fangyu of Beihai, Hao Xiaode of Pingyuan, Geqian of Hejian, Sun Xuanya of Bohai recruited troops and horses again. Bai Yusa, a Lingwu man, plundered horses, and connected to the Turks in the north, and was often troubled by them, so he was called "slave thieves". Meng Haigong of Jiyin rose as a thief and protected Zhouqiao. There were tens of thousands of people who called him a thief, and he killed him when he saw people. Peng Xiaocai got a thief, and there were tens of thousands of people.
Xiang Haiming of Fufeng Sangmen also claimed that Maitreya was born, and there were tens of thousands of people who wanted to return home. Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyu Jianghuai Army, Zhai Rang's Wagang Army, and King Xuba from Shanggu called himself the King of Mantian, and his country was named Yan. After Lu Mingyue, a native of Zhuo County, was defeated by Zhang Xutuo, he rekindled again.
Zuo Xiaoyou, Qi County, and Peng Xiaocai, Donghai, rebelled.
These are just the ones with relatively strong strength. If you add a slightly worse strength, you may have to put two pages of it!
In chaos, the Great Sui Dynasty was completely in chaos. In the chaotic world, I don’t know how many people proclaimed kings or emperors. It was like a joke, with thousands, tens of thousands, or even seventy or eighty thousand or more than one hundred thousand, and the whole world was in chaos.
The entire peasants raised their troops and rebelled throughout the Sui Dynasty, reaching Mayi, Yulin, Shanggu, Yuyang in the north, Gaoliang, Cangwu, Xin'an in the south, and from Wu, Yuhang, Hailing in the east, and from Wuwei, Jincheng, Pingliang and Lingwu in the west. The war was everywhere, and the world was in chaos.
However, at this time, Yang Guangyixin had long been immersed in his great cause and was really disliked by those peasant uprisings. What he feared most was the rebellion of those noble families and the rebellion of generals with heavy troops, but the peasants were the least afraid of. If he destroyed the country and destroyed the human race, he would be afraid of a few mud legs.
Seeing that the emperor was unwilling to listen to too many bandits, Yu Shiji, Pei Shiju and other four ministers in charge of political affairs were also smart. Anything about the uprising army would be suppressed and not reported to Yang Guang. The bandits in the world have become increasingly close to Luoyang, and Yang Guang still knows nothing.
If you ask occasionally, Yuwen Shu also immediately said that the bandits had been wiped out so many times. But he never told Yang Guang that although many bandits had wiped out many, there were more those who had rebelled in the new way.
Whenever the end of the dynasty is in the end of the dynasty, there will always be various prophecies and nursery rhymes.
King Chen Sheng, Great Chu prospered! The great uprising at the end of Qin.
The sky is dead, the yellow is established, and the year is in Jiazi, and the world is very happy. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban Uprising was rebellious.
Now, such a prophecy finally appeared in the Sui Dynasty, meaning a prophecy that is about to be fulfilled. There is a "Tao Plum Zhang" saying: "The queen surrounds Yangzhou and turns into the garden. Don't talk nonsense, who will promise it!"
There is also "Song of Peach and Plums", which says: "Peach and Plums, don't talk about waves, yellow swans fly around the mountains and turn into the garden." Later, there were nursery rhymes circulating in the streets and alleys - Peach and Plums, floods circulating in Yangzhou...
All prophecies and nursery rhymes point directly to one thing, the Yang family of the Sui Dynasty was about to be replaced by the Li family.
Such a rumor was reported to Yang Guang by the Censor Typhoon. When Yang Guang, who was full of ambitious, saw the secret letter, his face suddenly changed. It became ugly and his face turned blue.
If Yang Guang was afraid of Chen Kefu's general who suddenly rushed up and held troops, then Yang Guang had already been wary of the Guanlong military nobles of the Sui Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, General Yuwen Shu of the Left Guard asked for his opinion!" Just when Yang Guang received the secret letter, the eunuch informed him that General Yuwen Shu of the Great Guard asked for his opinion.
When Yuwen Shu saw Yang Guang, he knelt down and saluted and shouted, "Your Majesty, Li Hun is going to rebel!"
Yang Guang was shocked at once. He just received a secret letter saying that the Li family was a generation of Yang family, but now Li Hun rebelled again. Yang Guang was already a little frightened. When Yang Xuangan was rebelling, he was already frightened. Now there was another Li Hun, which really shocked and angry. Li Hun was not as good as Yang Xuangan, but behind Li Hun was a huge Li family. In addition to the royal family, he is the most powerful family today.
The Li Hun family is the clan of Li Mu and Li Xian brothers. Li Mu and Li Xian were already eight pillar countries in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. By the time of Li Hun's generation, the Li family had already had several Dukes and more than ten marquises, including the generals and many senior generals of the Zhuguo. There were nearly two hundred children of the entire Li family from the fifth rank or above. What was even more shocking is that as the military aristocrats of Guanlong, most of these were military generals.
Among the 12 guards, the general Ying Yanglang, who unified more than a thousand people. Among the four palaces, he was also a senior general in charge of the palace's Forbidden Guards. Nearly 200 senior generals were all from the same clan. It is conceivable that the royal family was afraid of the Li family, so he was always guarded. However, the Li family here did not include the Li Yuan family. Li Yuan was Li Hu's grandson. He was another clan. Although he was also the Li family, he had a lot of power. He was Yang Guang's cousin, which was considered trustworthy.
During the Northern Dynasties, the world was basically replaced by military lords. In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and now the Li family was the largest clan of the Sui Dynasty. How could Yang Guang not worry? Although Chen Kefu was also afraid, compared to the Li family, it was really a heaven and an underground. Chen Kefu was just a new rising noble without a foundation. The Li Hun family is different. There are hundreds of dukes, marquis and generals, and thousands of officials. The real number one clan in the world is much more prosperous than his Yang family. How can Yang Guang not be worried? If one is not good, it will be replaced.
Yuwen Shu and Li Hun were originally close friends. Yuwen Shu once helped Li Hun rob the Duke of the Kingdom from his nephew Li Mu. For this reason, Li Hun handed over the fiefdom taxes he had with him every year, but after giving them to him for a few years, he couldn't bear to leave him. Who is Yuwen Shu? He is a close minister of the emperor and is cruel and ruthless. After suffering such a loss, he has long recorded it.
This time, when I saw the rumors outside, I immediately ran to attack and framed Li Hun for rebellion. It is said that a gentleman is not too late to take revenge for ten years, so how could a person like Yuwen Shu offend?
Seeing the emperor's face, Yuwen Shu knew that things were almost done, and hurriedly said, "I have always been kind to Li Hun, and I heard that his interests are very different from the past. I often talk to Li Min, Li Shanheng and others day and night, or stay up all night. Li Hun is a minister, and his family is Longsheng. As a general of the Imperial Guard, it is not appropriate to do this. I hope Your Majesty will observe it." In one sentence, he completely dragged Li Hun into hell.
After hearing this, Yang Guang had already made up his mind whether it was true or false. He took this opportunity to completely smooth out Li Valve.
"I will leave this matter to you with full trial. The result must be obtained. If Li Hun really rebelled, I will naturally not let it go. If it is just a rumor of villains, then I will not treat the country's meritorious families unfairly." Yang Guang's words were already very clear. Regardless of whether it is true or false, as long as you find iron evidence during the interrogation. With iron evidence, the eradication of Li family can give other families an explanation.
First, Yang Xuan was rebelled, and then the Li Hun family was involved in treason. Yang Guang finally couldn't sit still. The Guanlong family members of the Great Sui Dynasty were basically all the aristocratic families in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. These families were much stronger than the Yang family at the time. Because they were usurped Northern Zhou, Yang Jian continued to retain the status and power of those aristocratic families. But now, Yang Guang could no longer help it.
The peasants in the world were rebelling, but he was not afraid. What he was afraid of was that the aristocratic families followed him back at this time. He took the initiative to take the lead and then suffered. Taking advantage of the pacification of Liaodong, Yang Guang began a round of purge. Yuwen Shu did not disappoint him and successfully obtained evidence of Li Hun's rebellion. Although it was a condemnation, Yang Guang didn't care at all. All he wanted was a reason.
Chapter completed!