Pei Shiju and Xue Shixiong did not have in-depth exchanges. This is not because Xue Shixiong was afraid or retained, but because Xue Shixiong is now only one of the twelve commanders of the Guardian Mansion. He only has a certain voice in the military and is quite far from the central core. Therefore, this matter must be dominated by Pei Shiju, who has a high position and a powerful position. The entire plan must be drawn up by Pei Shiju. As for how to implement it in detail, Pei Shiju will not tell Xue Shixiong that the trust between the two is limited, and the relationship is not so close that it can be communicated. Therefore, Xue Shixiong only needs to know what he should do and how to make profits from it.

The matter has not yet begun, of course there is no sharing of interests. Only after defeating Yang Xuangan can we reward and divide the interests according to our merits. However, in order to jointly defeat Yang Xuangan, Pei Shiju naturally has to bless his allies, such as asking the Wei Wei Shaoqing Tang Duke Li Yuan to go to the northwest to replace Yuan Hongsi as the Honghua left-behind mansion, and for example, adjust the position appropriately for some of Xue Shixiong's capable subordinates.

Xue Shixiong was unwilling to give it up, and all the conditions that he should mention, and what he wanted to raise. He had very few opportunities to meet Pei Shiju. Perhaps after tonight, until Yang Xuangan fell, the two would no longer have the opportunity to talk face to face. Pei Shiju is the core of the central government, Xue Shixiong is the commander of the Guardian, and Li Yuan is the chief official of the Taiwan Pavilion. They are all from third-rank or above. The contact at this level is extremely sensitive, from the emperor to the censor, his eyes are wide open, for fear that the powerful and nobles will "form a clique for personal gain" behind their backs, so unless they have to, no one will risk being impeached by the censor to hold a private meeting.

The main condition proposed by Xue Shixiong was that during this Eastern Expedition, he would become the commander of the vanguard army, that is, he would command the army to be the first to enter the hinterland of Goguryeo, the first to reach the city of Pyongyang, and seize the greatest contribution to the destruction of Goguryeo.

Now everyone knows that Goguryeo is vulnerable, but this time it is really vulnerable. Goguryeo's national strength was exhausted in the war last year. Even if the whole nation is soldiers and there is a certain number of troops, the food is definitely not enough. Last year, Goguryeo's fields were basically unreclaimed, and the war has not begun this year. Therefore, this battle will definitely be defeated. Of course, the possibility of miracles happening, and Goguryeo's miracles all originated from the supreme people's handover. The direct reason for the defeat of the empire last year was the internal strife of the vanguard army. The commanders of the chief and deputy commanders Yu Wen Shu and Yu Zhongwen fought against each other. The commanders of the nine armies were also in a series, and they were a mess.

Did the emperor and the center learn from this lesson? No, on the contrary, it became even more chaotic. In order to control the army and concentrate military power to the greatest extent, the emperor and the center were as always in the configuration of the commanders of each army, with many factions. The first commander of the army was Yuwen Shu, the general of the left guard, and the second commander was Yang Yichen, the general of the royal family.

Yang Yichen was famous as a leader of the young army in the imperial army, and also the royal minister whom the emperor feared the most. His appearance not only meant that the emperor began to re-appoint the royal ministers, but also announced that the emperor began to establish the crown prince. This caused violent political turmoil, and its impact on the future situation of the empire is immeasurable.

From ancient times to the present, the royal family has not only been the most basic force to maintain imperial power and the kingdom, but also the biggest source of disaster for the chaos and even collapse of the kingdom. However, from the Qin, Han and Jin Dynasties to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the royal family has always been an important force in the court and an eternal pain in the hearts of the emperor and non-magic officials.

The late emperor had only one woman in his life. Dugu Jialuo gave birth to five sons. In the eyes of the late emperor, the son born to a mother would not have been slaughtered in the same family, right? As a result, he just closed his eyes and killed the eldest brother, Yang Yong, the eldest brother, and the fifth brother, Yang Liang, raised an army to rebel. The current emperor, Gu Xi's brotherhood, took him out of the name for the people after he caught the fifth brother, and imprisoned him for life. The fourth brother Yang Xiu was also imprisoned, but the former emperor was demoted to a commoner and imprisoned the late emperor, which had nothing to do with the current prince. There was also the third brother, Yang Jun, who was a good child, was benevolent by nature.

Respecting Buddhism, he wanted to convert to Buddhism and become a monk, but was stopped by the late emperor and insisted on him to make achievements and become a royal family. Yang Jun was very obedient and did a good job, but later he lived a luxurious life and squandered it. This seriously touched the bottom line of the late emperor. As a result, he died of illness soon after, and he died of illness soon. Now he learned from his mistakes. In order to completely eliminate the disaster of the royal family, he simply gave up the benefit of defending the country's fortune and spared no effort to suppress the royal family. The royal family can be a king, a man and a marquis, but he cannot take power. As a result, a large group of royal families became useless people who were busy waiting to die.

The reform was difficult, the Eastern Expedition was defeated, and the setbacks in the state made the emperor very disappointed the ministers who had high hopes and entrusted important tasks, so he began to reflect and then used the royal family again. This time the emperor personally led the expedition, and the one who stayed in Chang'an, Xijing was the Prince Dai Yang You. Yang You was the third son of Prince Yuande, who was eight years old at the time. The one who stayed in Luoyang of the Eastern Capital was the Prince Yue Yang Tong, the second son of Prince Yuande, who was nine years old at the time. This time the emperor had to use the royal family to stay in the two capitals. One was the ministers were not trustworthy, and the other was the emperor and the central government's prestige, and some people with ulterior motives and boldness might cause trouble. The rear was unstable and the two capitals were in a hurry. Can the expedition continue? If one defeated another, the consequences would not even be imagined.

The emperor's expedition and the prince's reign is common sense and custom. Where is the crown prince of the empire? The crown prince had long been ascended to heaven. Prince Yang Zhao of Yuande died of illness in the second year of Daye (606 AD). It has been seven years since then. According to principles, the emperor should have appointed the crown prince again, but strangely, the emperor has been slow to make the second son, Jian, the king of Qi, as the crown prince. Why is this? In fact, this is an open secret in Chang'an, because the emperor loved the eldest grandson, Yang Yan, and Yang Yang, the king of Qi, and did not like him. The dispute over the crown prince continued for many years, and a series of crises that arised from this have penetrated into the government.

When he was young, King Yang of Qi was favored by the late emperor. He was appointed as the commander of the Inner Historian and then appointed as the commander of Yangzhou to lead the military south of the Huai River. He was carefully cultivated. After he ascended the throne, he also ruled the territory, but soon the Prince Yuande died and he was directly pushed to the position of heir of the crown prince. However, the emperor delayed and asked him to be the Henan Yin and Jingzhao Yin, and continued to drag him on. During this period, a series of incredible changes occurred. These changes were all unfavorable to the King of Qi, damaged the reputation of the King of Qi, and made the emperor angry that he did not fight for it. He had a very bad impression of him. As a result, the position of the crown prince was indecisive for a long time, becoming a sharp sword hanging over the head of the empire, threatening the safety of the empire at all times.

When the emperor was expeditioning, who could guarantee that nothing would happen? Therefore, the prince must be the governor of the country. This is the most basic condition for maintaining the stability of the country's reign. But today the empire is in such a terrifying and uneasy special period. Do the emperor want to establish a crown prince? Of course, do you want to. Does the king of Qi want to be the crown prince? Of course, you even more. After the defeat of the Eastern Expedition, the harm of the empire without a crown prince suddenly emerged. The emperor had to consider the candidate for the crown prince, and the only candidate was Yang Ming, because Empress Xiao gave birth to two sons, and now only Yang Ming was left. Yang Ming had such good conditions and the situation was so beneficial to him. Of course, he tried his best to fight for it. The emperor also gave him a chance to make Yang Yichen the deputy commander of the expeditionary army.

Yang Yichen was a loyal supporter of Yang Hing. Yang Yichen was a royal family member. In terms of royal family membership, he was the grandson of the late emperor's brothers, and he was of the same generation as Yang Hing. But in fact, Yang Yichen was not from the blood of the royal family, or even from the Han people.

Yang Yichen was a Xianbei native. He came from the Yuchi clan of Daibei. His father was named Yuchi Chong, an old subordinate of the late emperor and a friend of the late emperor. Yuchi Chong's uncle was Yuchi Jiong. Yuchi Jiong was the nephew of Yuwen Tai, the most powerful minister of the Western Wei Dynasty, and was the general of the Zhuguo of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. At that time, the late emperor was the prime minister of the military affairs of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. At that time, Yuchi Jiong, who was the chief minister of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, was the chief supervisor of the Xiangzhou Prefecture, raised troops to rebel. Sima Xiaonan, the chief supervisor of Yunzhou, and Wang Qian, the chief supervisor of Yizhou, responded. Hebei, Jingxiang and Bashu rebelled at the same time. The situation was precarious and almost overthrew the late emperor. Therefore, after the rebellion was put down, the Yuchi clan was almost eliminated. Yuchi Chong was in charge of Daibei at that time, and out of loyalty, he was not only

He refused to rebel and was also tied up to his own prison. The late emperor was greatly moved. After Yuchi Chong died in the northern border, he took the young Yuchi Chen to the palace to raise him, and gave him the surname Yang, and he was appointed as the emperor's grandson, and treated him as his grandson. Yang Yichen joined the army as a young man, guarding the border, brave and good at fighting. In the early years of Renshou (601 AD), he was appointed as the general of Shuozhou and was a powerful general in the Northwest Army. Now he inherited the throne, and the King of Han Yang Liang led the rebellion on behalf of the Northern Army. Yang Yichen sent his army to suppress the rebellion, and he was defeated in all wars. He promoted the general with his merits, but he was deprived of military power and summoned to the capital. He served as Zong Zhengqing, who was in charge of the royal family affairs and Taipuqing, who was in charge of animal husbandry affairs, were completely idle.

There are many reasons for idle Yang Yichen. One reason is that although Yang Yichen is not a royal bloodline, he is a royal family. It is more likely that the clan leader who is not a royal bloodline is in charge of military power. The other reason is that Yang Yichen was favored by the late emperor, and the late emperor liked the King of Qi Yang Xiao very much. Therefore, Yang Yichen and Yang Xiao had a very good relationship, which was closer than brothers who depended on each other. Therefore, Yang Yichen inevitably got involved in the dispute over the crown prince. Now, the emperor did not hesitate and decisively deprived Yang Yichen of his military power.

He was summoned to the capital and was idle. Although he was idle, Jin Shang knew that he was indeed powerful in the war, so during the Western Expedition, he had asked him to command the army. However, after the war, Yang Yichen still became his servant, dealing with camels, horses, cattle and sheep all day long. He also participated in the Eastern Expedition. He first acted as the elected army. After fighting at Yalushui, Jin Shang ordered him to station at Yalushui to ensure the retreat of the army and not let him go to Pyongyang to grab the merits. As a result, after the defeat, he was exempted from being exempted with the generals.

Last year's defeat in the Eastern Expedition caused changes in the political situation of the empire. Just a few months later, it made people sigh that things were wrong. The Duke of Qin Xingyang Yichen was promoted to the position of general and made a comeback, which caused great shock in the army. What is the position of superior general? This is a special military officer, which was specially established to commend the special merits established by the general and further enhance his official position. This position was first seen in the Wu Kingdom of the Three Kingdoms, and was imitated by the Northern Zhou Dynasty and retained by the Sui Dynasty, but it was awarded very little. Now, Yang Yichen was appointed as the position of superior general in order to idle Yang Yichen, and he was promoted high and under the trend.

The chief commander of the Expeditionary Army was Yuwen Shu, a meritorious and veteran, and his deputy was Yang Yichen, the leader of the young and strong school. Both were Xianbei people, both from Wuchuan, the Northern Zhou Dynasty. One was the Yuwen family, but not the Yuwen family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but the slave of the Yuwen family of the royal family. He was named Yuwen, and the other was the royal family, but not the imperial family of the imperial family. Everyone laughed fifty steps and would not ridicule each other on this. However, Yuwen Shu understood the emperor's thoughts.

The "vanguard" who prevented Yang Qi Wang from becoming the crown prince, and Yang Yichen was determined to push King Yang Xiao to the position of crown prince. The conflict between the two was irreconcilable, which put great pressure on the commanders in the army and was even at a loss. Imagine who dared to take risks with his future? Who would listen to? Supporting Yuwen Shu was equivalent to offending Yang Xiao, who might become the future emperor, while supporting Yang Yichen directly offended the current emperor. Offending anyone is a dead end. How can you fight this battle?

There is only one solution. The emperor not only commanded the army in person, but also went to the front line to command the battle. If the command authority for the front line was granted to Yuwen Shu and Yang Yichen, there would be problems on the front line.

Xue Shixiong asked the headquarters to be the vanguard army and command the vanguard army to directly kill Pyongyang, which is the second way to solve the current crisis. No matter how the two commanders fought against each other, as long as the vanguard army attacked Pyongyang all the way, then formed a joint attack with the navy, and took the lead in taking Pyongyang with thunder and ending the war, no matter how the military achievements were divided, it would not endanger the survival of the expeditionary army, nor would it affect the rise and fall of the empire, nor would it hurt the prestige of the emperor and the center.

Of course, Xue Shixiong himself must have made great profits, and if his plan wants to be realized, he must get the support and help of Pei Shiju, who will be operated at the central decision-making level, otherwise it will be impossible.

Pei Shiju thought about it for a long time and finally did not give a positive answer. Although Xue Shixiong's method was indeed good, because it involved the dispute over the crown prince, the interests involved were too large, and Pei Shiju was not sure.

"Is there anything else?" Pei Shiju asked.

Seeing that Pei Shiju did not refuse directly, Xue Shixiong was secretly happy, which shows that Pei Shiju recognized his plan and wanted to operate it in practice, so there would be great hope.

Xue Shixiong immediately mentioned his old subordinate Wang Bian. Xue Shixiong hoped that Pei Shiju could "ext his hand" in Wang Bian's career. This matter was very difficult for Xue Shixiong. After all, the Xiaoguo Army is an imperial guard and two systems with the Mansion Army. He could not interfere at all. For Pei Shiju, this matter was also quite difficult. There were only three fourth-rank generals of Zhechong Lang, three fourth-rank generals of Guoyi Lang, and only six positions in the official position. The competition was too fierce. Besides, as the chief of the decision-making level, Pei Shiju was not good for directly interfering in the affairs of the imperial army.

In addition, Xue Shixiong also wanted to keep Jialan's horse army, and there were sufficient reasons. Most of the knights of this horse army were temporary recruits by the Weifu in Hexi. If something happened to them in the Xiaoguo army, they would definitely cause a group of people to be involved.

Pei Shiju thought for a moment and said to Xue Shixiong, "If Wang Bian wants to be promoted, he should not join the imperial guards."

Pei Shiju obviously didn't want to cause trouble, but it would be easy for him to transfer Wang Bian from the imperial guard to the Wei Mansion. If Wang Bian arrived at the right guard's mansion and Xue Shixiong's tent, then Xue Shixiong had the final say on how to get promoted.

Xue Shixiong was overjoyed and bowed to thank him.

"You don't think about the horse army." Pei Shiju said again, "But your worries make sense. This horse army is definitely a disaster in the Xiaoguo army, and it must be expelled as soon as possible. Someone has already made up for this matter, so the general should not worry about it."

Xue Shixiong was a little disappointed and wanted to convince him, but Pei Shiju didn't give him a chance and waved his hand to summon Jialan. It was difficult for Xue Shixiong to see Pei Shiju, and Jialan had no chance, so Pei Shiju asked the same thing in front of Xue Shixiong. The meaning was very obvious. Even if there was a condition, he and Xue Shixiong would do their best to satisfy them.

Galan himself had no requirements, but said a few words for Ashinasulu and Fu Duanyi. Sulu secretly came to Middle-earth. If he wanted to reunite with Khan, he had to turn to Pei Shiju. Of course, Fu Duanyi wanted to return to Pei Shiju to play.

When Pei Shiju heard the name of Asina Sulu, he immediately guessed Galan's intention and immediately praised, "Galan has done his best. There is Zhaowu Qushu Branch in front, and there is Asina Sulu, a third prince of Kang Kingdom and a Turkic tent princess, which is enough to help Chang'an maintain a covenant with the Turks for a longer period of time."

Xue Shixiong did not see the matter of the Western Land completely and thoroughly, nor did he think about the intention of Galan to secretly bring Ashina Suluo to Middle Land. He felt a little embarrassed, but he covered it up very well, laughed, and then echoed Pei Shiju and praised, "Galan knows the Western Land well and will definitely make a contribution in the Western Land construction in the future."

Jialan hurriedly said a few humility, and then mentioned Fu Duanyi. Pei Shiju smiled and shook his head, "You will have a heavy responsibility and urgently need his assistance. Let him stay by your side with peace of mind first."

Jialan was very confused. He was about to take the three hundred knights to the Xiaoguo Army to report, and then go to the Liaodong battlefield with the emperor. Where did he get the important task?

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