On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 301 Killing a famous general with a stick

When the news of Yu Qingze's death reached Jixian, it did not arouse the sadness of many people.

Everyone's focus is on whether Zhao Shizhu, who falsely accused Yu Qingze, finally brought his brother-in-law's concubine into the house as he wished.

In the final analysis, Yu Qingze's death had nothing to do with whether he wanted to rebel, it was just that he was on the wrong side in the battle for the right to inherit the throne.

Yang Jian also knew deep down that Yu Qingze was innocent, so he did not follow the usual practice and harmed his sons Yu Renxiao and Yu Chengdao.

One of them served in the Jin Palace, and the other served the Prince of the East Palace. Both were dismissed as citizens, but their lives were not harmed.

However, Shi Wansui, who was fighting the rebellion in Nanning Prefecture, was not disturbed by the outside world. He fought for more than a thousand miles and won consecutive battles. He defeated more than 30 tribes of southwestern Yi people and captured more than 20,000 people. The leader of the bandits, Cuan Yan, was afraid and had to surrender to the Sui army.

Shi Wansui sent his cavalry back to report the victory and expressed his intention to escort Cuan Yan to Daxing.

Yang Jian was very happy when he received the letter, but he waited and waited, but only waited for Shi Wansui to arrive, and did not see Cuan Yan.

It turned out that Cuanyi was worried that his life would be in danger after entering the court, so he bribed Shi Wansui with a large sum of money.

Shi Wansui took advantage of Cuan Yan and let him go.

In this regard, Shi Wansui argued that he was worried that if Cuan Yi was taken away, the barbarians in Nanning Prefecture would have no one to control them and would rebel again.

Yang Jian tentatively believed this statement.

However, in the 18th year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign (AD 598), which was the second year after the rebellion was put down, Cuan Yi and Cuan Hongda, their father and son, revolted, and the memorial of Shu King Yang Xiu impeaching Shi Wansui was also sent to Daxing.

When Shi Wansui's teacher passed through Yizhou, Yang Xiu knew that he had been bribed, so he sent someone to ask for it. Shi Wansui was so angry that he sank all the gold treasures at the bottom of the river, and the two formed a feud.

Now seeing that the southwestern barbarians let the tiger return to the mountains because of Shi Wansui, how could Yang Xiu miss such a good opportunity for revenge? Frankly speaking, it was Shi Wansui who accepted bribes and allowed the enemy to do what they did today.

Yang Jian was furious after hearing the news and ordered a thorough investigation of Shi Wansui's bribery case, led by Qin King Yang Jun, with the participation of Yang Su, Gao Jun and others.

Because Yang Jun lived a luxurious life, built palaces wantonly, and at the same time collected debts from the private sector and lent interest, he was removed from the post of governor of Bingzhou last year and was replaced by Yang Liang, King of Han Dynasty.

It would not be true to say that Yang Jun's crimes were serious and heinous. These can only be described as minor evils.

Many ministers in the court interceded for Yang Jun. Even Yang Su believed that due to his fault alone, Yang Jun would not be dismissed from his official position and only retained the title of king.

But Yang Jian insisted on taking action against his son and was unwilling to violate the law for the sake of family affection.

Yang Jun had been living in Daxing for more than half a year. Now he was ordered to investigate Shi Wansui's bribery case, so he naturally put all his energy into it. Soon it was confirmed that Shi Wansui had indeed accepted Cuan's bribe, and Yang Xiu's request for bribes was also revealed.

Yang Jian was furious and scolded Shi Wansui:

"I thought you were a good minister, but now you are a high official and a generous salary, but you cannot be satisfied, and you have become a traitor to the country!"

Shi Wansui argued hard to no avail, so he had to plead guilty. Yang Jian ordered that Shi Wansui be executed tomorrow.

Zuo Pushe Gao Juong and Zuo Wei General Yuan Min hurriedly interceded for Shi Wansui and mentioned Shi Wansui's past achievements, which relieved Yang Jian's anger.

Yang Jian turned his attention to Yang Su and Cui Che, the general manager of Youzhou who returned to the court to report on his duties.

"What do you two dear ladies think?"

Yang Su had already met Cui Che before, and for whatever reason, the two were determined to kill Shi Wansui.

Cui Che answered first:

"I don't care whether Duke Taiping lives or not. I just feel anxious when I think about the financial and material resources spent on pacifying Nanning Prefecture and the soldiers who died in battle.

"Once there is a precedent for something, if it is tolerated, there will always be others who will follow suit. If this becomes common practice, the border may become unrest."

Gao Yan and Yuan Min were dumbfounded, and Shi Wansui glared at Cui Che. His eyes did not conceal the hatred, and the flame of hatred rose in his heart.

After listening to Cui Che's words, Yang Jian re-evaluated the negative impact that Shi Wansui would have if Shi Wansui was left behind and his behavior of accepting bribes privately to release the leader of the thief would be caused.

Just when Yang Jian was hesitant, Yang Su came forward and said:

"During the investigation of the case, I saw that the prince sent people several times to inquire about the progress of the case. The prince is so concerned that your majesty might as well send someone to give his opinion."

As soon as these words were spoken, it was a sure blow.

Yang Jian's face darkened on the spot.

Shi Wansui didn't know that Cui Che and Yang Su had decided his life and death with just one sentence. He yelled and cursed:

"Cui Zicheng! Yang Chudao! How can you two be so vicious! Even if I turn into a ghost, I won't let you go!"

With that said, he wanted to chase Cui Che and Yang Su in court.

They are all famous generals in the world, but when it comes to bravery, Cui Che and Yang Su are no match for this tough man.

The two men fled around the pillars, with Shi Wansui hot on their heels. Yang Jian was furious, summoned the warriors, and killed Shi Wansui on the spot.

Cui Che and Yang Su looked at each other with lingering fears. Just now, Shi Wansui chased the two of them like crazy, which really shocked them.

If they hadn't been gagged, they would have had to scold them angrily when they were scolded by the rod.

Yu Qingze and Shi Wansui died tragically one after another. Gao Hao was saddened by the death of the rabbit and looked sad.

Yang Jian's chest was heaving, and he was obviously still angry, so he sent Yang Su to the East Palace to reprimand the prince Yang Yong.

Shi Wansui, who had already died of anger, was dragged out of the hall by the warriors.

There was no proud look on Cui Che's face.

It is true that Shi Wansui's death was well deserved, because he was greedy for bribes, which resulted in all his previous achievements being wasted, and Nanning Prefecture was separated from the actual rule of the Sui Dynasty.

For such a crime, Shi Wansui could not be called unjustly killed.

But when they put down the rebellion of the five religions in Jiangnan, the two of them fought side by side. There was no personal enmity between them, they just had different positions.

Party struggle is what it is. There is no false accusation or mudslinging. There is already a bottom line.

Afterwards, Yang Jian commended Yang Jun, Yang Su, Gao Jiong and others who were responsible for handling the case. However, although Yang Jun received the reward, he still did not get an official position and continued to stay in Daxing as an idler.

Cui Che saw that Yang Jun's face was ashen and knew that he had no complaints against Yang Jian. He was afraid that he had eaten the fruit poisoned by Princess Cui of Qin and was poisoned by chronic poison.

The rest of the people left one after another, and Cui Che was left alone by Yang Jian, who praised him profusely.

Especially after the defeat of Liaodong, Cui Che quickly inspected northern Xinjiang and stabilized various grassland tribes without causing major chaos, which was praised repeatedly by Yang Jian.

Yang Jian immediately got down to business:

"In the Prince Consort's opinion, is it feasible to conquer Goguryeo twice?"

Everyone knows that the so-called Goguryeo did not sincerely surrender. Faced with such an extremely ambitious neighbor, Yang Jian was not willing to leave it to future generations. He hoped to complete his achievements in one battle and kill him in his own lifetime.

Cui Che pondered for a moment and said seriously:

"If we attack Goguryeo, we need to repair roads and ensure logistical supplies before we can send out troops."

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(End of chapter)