Chapter 856 The final blow!
The Sui Dynasty was established for only over thirty years, which was still the early stage for a dynasty. During this stage, the dynasty had clear politics and high-level officials. Most importantly, there were a large number of loyal ministers both in the court and in the local areas.
When Yang Guang's atrocities had reached such an extent, the ministers finally could not help but write a letter to Yang Guang.
"The Son of Heaven, who is appointed by Heaven:
We, the ministers, bow our heads in respect.
Since the collapse of the Han Dynasty, there has been no emperor in the world, and many emperors have coexisted in the world, so the world has been in chaos and war.
It was not until Emperor Gaozu Wen accepted the mandate that he took up the three-foot sword, pacified the world, and ascended the supreme throne. After hundreds of years, the world was finally unified again.
The supreme emperor is crowned again in front of all the people in the world. How glorious is it?
Our ancestors, because of their modest contributions to the founding of the Great Sui Dynasty, were able to be listed in high positions and were favored by Your Majesty. They were granted land, households, and official titles.
Because of our humble knowledge, we were highly valued by Emperor Wen and were thus able to hold official positions.
The sage said that if the king treats his subjects with respect and bestows grace on them, the subjects should be loyal to Your Majesty. It is with such a loyal heart that we write this letter to Your Majesty.
I am willing to plead with Your Majesty with my life.
When Your Majesty ascended the throne, the Sui Dynasty was quite stable, so Your Majesty wanted to create immortal achievements. The Sui Dynasty expanded in all directions and spread its majesty to the four barbarians.
However, the construction of civil engineering projects and the three expeditions to Liaodong have caused chaos in Guandong, and the number of refugees has reached millions. These refugees are like surging rivers or huge rocks falling from towering mountains, sweeping across the world and it is difficult to contain them. Your servants are really worried.
Meng Sheng said that the common people are water, and the monarch is a boat sailing on the river. If there are rough waves on the river, how can the boat sail smoothly?
We, the ministers, are very worried. If we allow things to continue like this, what kind of situation will the Sui Dynasty be in?
The people are now suffering to an unimaginable degree of hardship. They have turned into bandits and are endangering the Sui Dynasty.
We solemnly request you to return to Chang'an, the Western Capital, and take charge of the center of the Sui Dynasty. You should readjust your laws, cancel the heavy corvee and the endless military service, so that the people can recuperate.
He sent capable generals to wipe out the bandits in Guandong and resettle the refugees in Guandong, treating the people as the people of the Great Sui Dynasty rather than the source of disaster.
Your Majesty, I implore you to stop the construction of the palace and the costly inspection tours.
Let the people return to the farmland and go to the town, let the merchants go to the Western Regions to do business, and let the craftsmen stop building palaces and build water conservancy projects.
Do this.
I believe that the Sui Dynasty will return to its heyday during the reign of Emperor Wen.
We, the ministers, beg you to preserve the country of the Sui Dynasty."
This letter was delivered to Yang Guang who was on his way to Yanmen County.
He was a very knowledgeable emperor, especially when it came to ancient imperial edicts. He could tell at a glance that they were written in imitation of the public security policies that the Han Dynasty's feudal lords wrote to Emperor Li of Han during the Jingnan Rebellion.
He threw the letter to the ground almost immediately, his eyes full of anger, and roared, "Yuwen Shu, arrest all these traitors who wrote these letters to me, they are slandering the emperor.
In their eyes, am I an emperor like Emperor Li of Han?
The Sui Dynasty is still stable. These people are spreading lies and misleading the people. They deserve to die. They really deserve to die."
Some ministers in the court secretly complained that Yang Guang was not as good as Emperor Li of Han in some aspects. At least if Emperor Li of Han had Yang Guang as his base, he would never have turned the Sui Dynasty into this state.
Emperor Li of Han was quite good at war. If he had the national strength of the Sui Dynasty, he could have uprooted the Liaodong Kingdom instead of launching three expeditions like he did now, with almost no results.
Yang Guang still felt that it was not enough, so he threw the letter to the ministers below and said angrily: "Look at what these traitors have said. Is there anything I shouldn't have done?"
What did Yang Guang do that he shouldn't have done?
In fact, in the eyes of many ministers, most of what Yang Guang did was worth doing, especially attacking Liaodong Kingdom and building the canal, but it was ridiculous to have done things to the current level.
Under the pressure of Yang Guang, Yuwen Shu had no choice but to send a team of people to capture the officials who wrote the petition, while Yang Guang's carriage headed towards Yanmen County.
Although Yang Guang failed in his expedition to Liaodong, he felt that he had done a pretty good job in pacifying the other four barbarians, and could even be said to have enhanced the prestige of the country.
Especially the Turks.
Not to mention the Western Turks, who are now hiding in the Western Regions, obsessed with religion. They have already broken with the Eastern Turks. The powerful Eastern Turks have also surrendered to Yang Guang, which made Yang Guang involuntarily smile with pride.
The reason why he wanted to tour the north was to use this majesty to increase his authority as an emperor and let his ministers and people all over the world see that he was still the powerful king.
He could never have imagined that the Dong Turks had long seen through his outward appearance of being fierce but actually weak, and that the Shibi Khan of the Dong Turks had already led an army of 100,000 to him.
Shibi Khan’s goal was simple, to kill Yang Guang!
Yang Guang did not notice the actions of the Turks, but Luo Su, who was faster, saw it. He stood high in the mountains and watched with his own eyes as the Turks swept through and captured more than 40 cities in Yanmen County in a short period of time. On the second day after Yang Guang entered Yanmen, Shibi Khan's army surrounded him.
Yang Guang had never felt so close to death. Even when he was conquering Liaodong, he was in Zhuo County and was not in danger of his life. But in Yanmen, the arrows shot at him were just a few steps away.
Yang Guang, the emperor of noble birth, completely revealed his playboy nature at this time. He was so scared that he burst into tears and completely lost the dignity of an emperor. All his pride and dignity disappeared at this moment. Even his crotch was wet.
Luo Su stood on a high mountain, looking at the Turks whizzing past, and frowned slightly. The tribes on the grassland were really like wildfires that could not be extinguished, and they would come back to life with the spring breeze.
It is really not easy to rule the grassland for a long time.
"Grandfather, do you think Yang Guang can survive this time?"
Luo Su said calmly: "In the midst of the chaos of the army, who can say for sure? But it is good that he died in Yanmen, at least he can say that he died heroically in the future.
Even if he survives this time, with his personality and mentality, he will probably collapse. He will do something shameful in the future, which is something that normal people like us cannot understand.
The fall of the Sui Dynasty was a foregone conclusion, but who would have thought that the final blow to Yang Guang's heart would be dealt by the Turks.
After vomiting, he still has to write a book. What a pitiful married man, who has to do it for money for milk powder.
(End of this chapter)
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