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Volume 2: Uncle Qin Mansion Chapter 256: Retreating as Advance

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    Chapter 256: Retreating to Advance

    This is the second time Yang Xiao went to Qianyang Palace. This visit is naturally different from the last time. Last time, he hid in a dark corner alone with his eyes closed until he was called out by Gao Ping.  But this time, as His Highness Changsun, he directly led a few people to stand at the front.

    As soon as I got on my feet, I was looking for a bench to rest for a while, when I heard a familiar voice: "I have met His Highness Changsun."

    Yang Xiao turned around and was surprised to find that the owner of this familiar voice was Huiyatou's father, Xu Xiaode.

    Seeing him bowing with respect, Yang Xiao couldn't help but became speechless. When he was scolding him in Wangjiang Tower, Hui Yatou who was hiding aside saw him. It was considered as a loss of his face as a father. Didn't he hold a grudge?  Own?  Or are you trying to play some trick?

    "Mr. Xu, what are you doing?" Yang asked with a smile, quickly lifting his body up with both hands.

    "I have been advised by His Highness, I have thought about a lot of things these past few days, and I feel that my life has been in vain, so I want to" Xu Xiaode said to Yang Xiao in a voice that only two people could hear, seeming to wake up.  As he spoke, he was interrupted by a sharp sound.

    "The prince has gone to court, please discuss matters later"

    Yang Xiao looked up and saw Gao Ping holding a fly whisk and arriving at the palace at some unknown time.

    Xu Xiaode originally wanted to have a private conversation with Yang Xiao, but this time he had to give up and stand back in the queue for the morning shift.

    ¡°Deng, Deng, Deng¡ª¡ª¡± A rush of footsteps came from behind the screen of Jinluan Hall. The footsteps were of different weights, as if they were stepped by different people.

    Just when everyone was confused, two people, one large and one small, came from behind the screen.  The leader is none other than the current Crown Prince Yang Cheng, followed closely by Huo Ran, His Highness Yang Li.

    When everyone in the Cui Party saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was bringing Yang Li with him when he went to court today, they were all happy.  But the "Yuan Xu Party" didn't know why. Only Xu Xiaode squinted his eyes and occasionally revealed a few glints when he glanced at Cui Yixuan.

    As soon as Yang Cheng came out of the screen, he saw Yang Xiao below. He quickly waved to him and said with a smile: "Yang Xiao, come here, you and Li'er come to Gu's side."

    Yang Xiao was stunned when he heard this. What are you talking about?  Comparing me with that man named Yang Li, I regard Taoist Master Qingyun as my mother and the old emperor as my grandfather, but from the bottom of my heart, I don't regard Old Man Zhu as my "father."

    Seeing Yang Xiao standing there, Gao Ping hurriedly ran down, smiled flatteringly at Yang Xiao and said, "Your Highness Changsun¡ªYour Highness Changsun, I will help you up."

    Yang Xiao came back to his senses, glanced at Gao Ping, and saw that Gao Ping's expression became more submissive, and he still whispered: "The Crown Prince ordered the servant last night to invite His Highness. The servant was afraid of affecting Your Highness's rest last night.  Thinking about where I was going this morning, I went to His Highness's palace and heard someone say that Your Highness had left the palace, so I had no choice but to come here, but before I could finish speaking, the Crown Prince came over on his own."

    Yang Xiao thought for a while and discussed with Uncle Zhu late last night, so he took a rest in Daxing Palace. Later, he thought that he would persuade the civil and military officials to support him in setting up a new school, so he went out early in the morning to find Li Shiyin and Father Song.  Originally, he wanted to find some grain growers, weavers and other folk experts, but his circle in the Sui Dynasty was so large and he didn't know many people, so he had to bring along Father Song, the blacksmith, and Li Shiyin, the gunpowder.  King.  Could it be that he couldn't find it himself?

    Looking at the old man Zhu above, seeing him nodding slightly, Yang Xiao raised his feet and followed Gao Ping up, standing at the bottom with the younger brother named Yang Li, one on the left and the other on the right.

    Yang Xiao turned his head and glanced at the cheap brother named Yang Li, and saw that he was fifteen or sixteen years old, with delicate features and a slight resemblance to Old Man Pig.

    At this moment, Yang Xiao found that while he was sizing him up, he also found that Yang Li, the cheap younger brother, was also sizing him up secretly. When their eyes met, Yang Xiao smiled at him, but he found that he lowered his head in panic like a frightened deer, holding up his hands.  She was twisting her clothes in disbelief, as if she was an angry little girl.

    Seeing his appearance, the rumors about him from the outside world flashed through Yang Xiao's mind. When King Rilong seized the throne, the "Yuanxu Party" claimed that His Highness Li, who became the crown prince, was timid, weak in nature, and unable to bear heavy responsibilities.  But what Yang Xiao heard the most was from Shangguan Chong'er.

    Seeing the two third-generation princes standing still, Yang Cheng put away his smile and started his morning session.

    "Dear dear friends, since the Huainan army retreated, I have been working day and night on state affairs, but I have found that everything has been wasted. Since I have supervised the country, the Great Sui Dynasty has fallen to this point. I am ashamed of my father and emperor -"

    Seeing that the prince said that he had said himself, where did he stop him from his body?He sang the promise loudly: "I am afraid that I am waiting for you to be useless."

    King Long seized the throne and everything was ruined, so he couldn't blame anyone else. Old Man Zhu sighed secretly, but said: "Everyone loves you, please live in peace. I know that everyone is working hard and working hard for the Sui Dynasty. I am so lucky. I have thought about it a lot these days.  Gu Ye knows that Huainan Chu Ni has become an example for the world, and all the states and governments are ready to take action. Dear sir, do you have any good ideas?"

    "For these rebellious ministers and traitorous ministers, I think we should send troops to Huainan as soon as possible to rectify the emperor's power." A middle-aged man in Cui's party said with an indignant look on his face as he cupped the white jade.

    Yang Xiao was stunned when he heard that the soldiers pointed to Huainan. Who is this person?  Could it be that my brain is rusty?  On that day, Meng Yao's army forced Luoyang City, but he came out to defend Luoyang City. Now, how can he attack Huainan with less than 50,000 soldiers and horses? If it were not for the deterrence of new gunpowder, the soldiers from various places would not have raised flags to declare independence early.

    Old Man Zhu¡¯s expression did not change, he just nodded, and then said to the people below: ¡°My dear friends, what do you think of Mr. Tobe Cheng¡¯s suggestion?¡±

    Thinking about how dark Erlipu was when the soldiers invaded Luoyang City, and all the other officials in the palace remained silent. The Huainan Army besieged the city with 100,000 people that day. With such momentum, now they are about to attack their home base. The Huainan Army is here.  There are millions of elite soldiers there, and attacking him is nothing more than a fantasy.

    Seeing that everyone was silent, the old man Zhu called his name: "Xu Aiqing, you are in charge of money. In a war, you need money first, and people second. Please tell me how much silver there is in the national treasury now."

    Xu Xiaode pondered for a moment and said, "Less than three million taels?"

    "Less than three million, less than three million?" Old Man Zhu said sadly, "How can we fight this war when the treasury of the Great Sui Dynasty only has so much money? How can the Great Sui Dynasty establish its prestige? My dear friends, think about it.  Let me give you an idea."

    The grown-up man was originally full of energy, but this time he was "shocked" by so much money in the treasury and was speechless, and lowered his head in shame.

    At this time, the hall was as quiet as mist. All the civil and military officials in the hall were treacherous and cunning people.  The national treasury is empty, not to mention that sending troops to Huainan is not enough to deal with these broken state affairs. The local state capitals are much richer than Daxing Palace. If taxes and money cannot be collected from Kyushu, it will really become a split scene of vassal towns.

    "Cui Aiqing, you are the Minister of the Ministry of War. Can you tell me how to fight this battle?" The old man Zhu changed the subject and naturally turned to the topic.

    Cui Yixuan pondered for a moment, then stood up and said: "I think it is impossible to fight at the moment."

    "Oh," Old Man Zhu said with narrowed eyes, "Huainan rebels against the party and bullies the orphans. Shouldn't they be punished?"

    Yang Xiao watched the performance of the two of them and couldn't help but admire him secretly. The old man Zhu was worthy of being a prince. The person who least wanted to fight in this palace was probably himself on the high golden chair. At this moment, in order to convince the officials to implement his new policy smoothly, he  It started with great momentum, and then he reported taxes to the treasury and persuaded the ministers to give up the current decision to force Huainan.

    "Your Highness, I think it's not that they shouldn't be punished, but that the timing is wrong. Thanks to His Highness Changsun's creation of gunpowder and earthen bombs, we managed to avert the critical situation of besieging Luoyang. But even so, the time for making these bombs was very short.  , the craftsmanship is not refined, and the quantity is not large. Not to mention that the sulfur ore required for gunpowder and the pig iron in the gold casting workshop have been exhausted. I thought it would not be too late to send people to collect these ores first, and then wait for our elite troops to be trained before attacking."

    Except for the "Yuanxu Party" who remained silent, everyone in the Cui Party naturally nodded in agreement with the statement of Cui Yixuan, the leader.

    "That's right." Old Man Zhu looked at Yang, who was standing straight down on his left side with emotion, and said with a smile, "If it weren't for Your Highness Changsun, I don't know what Luoyang would be like now."

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The old man Zhu suddenly said: " Cui Aiqing, you just seemed to say that His Highness Changsun's earth bomb craftsmanship is not good? Do you know a better one? "

    Cui Yixuan smiled and said: "Your Highness, you think too highly of me. I don't have the ability to even be less than one-tenth of His Highness Changsun?"

    "What do you mean?"

    "Your Highness, His Highness Changsun is here today. Why don't you let His Highness Changsun tell us? It will open the eyes of all the veterans."

    "Yes, yes," all the civil and military officials in the palace echoed, "On that day, there was only a bang, and the world trembled with such a divine weapon. All the veterans wanted to know."

    "Yang Xiao, tell me, what do you think?" Old Pig said with a different smile.

    Yang Xiao turned around and nodded to the old man Zhu who was sitting on the chair in the Jinluan Hall, then turned around and said loudly: "I believe everyone knows that this time the Huainan army forced Luoyang, not only did it lose the face of the Yang family, but also everyone's  Face. Of course, if some of you defect to the Huainan Army, that¡¯s another matter?"

    "This bald man is talking nonsense," Xu Xiaode looked at him with narrowed eyes and sighed secretly, "This scene is indeed well performed. At least these officials have fallen into the trap of His Highness the Crown Prince."

      These words were tantamount to rebellion. After hearing this, the officials were so panicked that they knelt down and shouted in fear: "I don't dare!"

    "Okay, you all get up," Yang said with a smile, "Since everyone is interested, you all come with me, and I will demonstrate it to everyone outside." After that, he walked towards the steps.

    When Gao Ping saw this, he quickly ran over and helped Yang Xiao down together.

    A group of people followed Yang Xiao to the outside of Qianyang Hall. At this time, the heavy fog outside the hall dissipated, revealing the bright and dazzling sunlight, which made people and people feel warm.

    Yang Xiao came to an open space, took out a small bag of gunpowder from his arms, spread it out, and said, "Everyone, can you see clearly what this black thing is?"

    ¡°Could this be gunpowder?¡± an official asked doubtfully.

    "Can you defeat 100,000 Huainan troops with just this force?"

    ""

    "Of course not," Yang said with a smile, "You guys take a look first, and I will show you." He took out the flint from his arms, struck it and lit it on the gunpowder.

    Everyone just heard a "Zhi" sound, a puff of green smoke rose up, and the small amount of black powder disappeared immediately, and then the air was filled with a pungent smell.

    Everyone present was inexplicably surprised. Even Yang Li, who had always been timid and cowardly, showed surprise in his eyes. His face was filled with a strange brilliance, and he looked eager to try.  .  

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