Soon the next day's morning meeting arrived. Yang Qiu had been waiting for a long time. After a long time, all the civil and military officials arrived.
Yang Qiu looked at all the civil and military officials in the dynasty, and found that no one had a loyalty of more than 30. At this time, Yu Wenhuaji, the prime minister of the Sui Dynasty, walked in. This guy's loyalty reached zero.
His son Yuwen Chengdu did not follow.
"We pay homage to Your Majesty."
Under the leadership of Yu Wenhuaji, all civil and military officials knelt on the ground unwillingly.
However, Yu Wenji, the head of the civil and military officials, just bent down. It seemed that these civil and military officials were not worshiping him, Yang Qiu, but the Prime Minister Yu Wenji.
Yang Qiu suppressed the anger in his heart, and then spoke with a meek look on his face.
"Dear dear friends, please come to your senses quickly. Prime Minister, I have decided to make you King Wen, and make your eldest son Yu Wen Chengdu the Grand Marshal of Shenwei. He will lead 10,000 forbidden troops to support Guimen Pass;
Not long ago, I sent a message to Tang Wang Li Yuan, asking him to send troops to support when the time comes. At present, Guimen Pass is the last pass of our Sui Dynasty;
If the city gate is still breached in this situation, then I can only lead the civil and military officials to fight to the end. "
After hearing Yang Qiu's words, Yu Wenhuaji immediately showed a hint of joy on his face. It was not that he did not want to be crowned king, but the ancestors of the Yuwen family once said that no one with the surname Yuwen would ever be crowned king.
At this time, Yu Wenhuaji said pretending to be embarrassed.
"Your Majesty, please take back the title. Our ancestors once said that our descendants should not be kings."
"Prime Minister, please don't refuse. We can turn the tide now. The only one who can protect our Sui Dynasty is the Prime Minister. Even if your ancestor Yu Wenyong knew about it, he would not stop it."
Yu Wenyong, the ancestor of Yu Wenyong, was the number one hero who followed the Sui Emperor. He was a person who was truly loyal to the Sui Dynasty. Unfortunately, his descendants were ambitious.
Although Yang Qiu hated Yuwen and his son, he admired Yuwen Yong, the ancestor of the Yuwen family. Like Zhuge Liang, he was originally a commoner.
By chance, he was found by Yang Xiu, the founding emperor of the Sui Dynasty, and became his military advisor. From then on, the Sui Dynasty won many battles.
"Since your Majesty has said so, if I refuse again, I will be disobeying the decree. Thank you, Your Majesty, for granting me the title of King Wen."
Yang Qiu saw that Yu Wenhuaji had accepted the title.
Then he spoke.
"Female Yuwen Chengdu as the Grand Marshal, and then the Lord of Wu'an. The bounty will be three thousand taels, and the fiefdom will be in Wu'an County."
Wu'an County is a county near Chang'an.
After Yang Qiu finished speaking, he looked at Yu Wenhuaji, then got to the point and spoke.
"After the imperial guards were transferred, the imperial city also needed to be guarded, so I decided to summon all the servants from the Baiguan family;
Temporarily form a city protection army, King Wen will leave this matter to you. I remember that King Wen's son Yuwen Chenglong is currently the commander of the Imperial Guard;
In order to avoid any accidents, it would be better for Yuwen Chenglong to become the leader of this city protection army. I don’t know what you think. "
After Yu Wenhuaji heard Yang Qiu's words, he also began to think carefully.
Wu Sangui had secretly written to him before, saying that as long as the Yuwen clan was willing to cooperate with him, they would make him king after they conquered the Sui Dynasty.
Yu Wenhuaji is also an old fox, and he also has the idea of becoming an emperor. Yang Qiu's current behavior is undoubtedly turning himself into a puppet emperor.
Guimen Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack. There are steep cliffs on both sides. If 15,000 people are stationed there, it will be difficult to break through in a short while.
As the No. 1 family in the Sui Dynasty, the Yuwen family also maintained five thousand private soldiers in the West. It would not be difficult to form an army of fifty or sixty thousand people by joining forces with other wealthy families.
With such a force stationed at Guimen Pass, it would be extremely difficult for the 300,000-strong army to break through. It was already autumn, and winter would come soon.
Presumably by that time, Wu Sangui and Huang Taiji could only withdraw their troops. When he thought of this, Yu Wenhuaji immediately said.
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will never disappoint Your Majesty."
Upon seeing this, Yang Qiu immediately came to Yu Wenhuaji, and then handed his Emperor's Sword into his hand.
"Seeing this sword is like seeing the emperor. Now I give this sword to you, and leave everything to King Wen."
Yu Wenhuaji looked at the Emperor's Sword in his hand, and his inner desire instantly amplified. You must know that the Emperor's Sword symbolizes the Emperor.
Soon after the morning court ended, countless civil and military officials went to the Prime Minister's Mansion, but it would not be long before it became Prince Wen's Mansion.
Yu Wenhuaji also took advantage of this period to start contacting those aristocratic families. No one could guarantee whether their own interests would change after Wu Sangui and Huang Taiji arrived.
Yu Wenhuaji has always been the representative of their aristocratic family, and Yu Wenhuaji is definitely on their side. Now that the emperor has become a puppet, then the world of the Sui Dynasty will be the world of the aristocratic family.
If they were to defend the world for Yang Qiu, then they would definitely be unwilling to do so, but if they were to defend the world for themselves, then they would definitely be very willing.
Yu Wenhuaji found Yang Qiu again early the next morning and asked him to ennoble several aristocratic families as princes and allocate their places to them as fiefs.
Yang Qiu understood that this was the condition put forward by those aristocratic families. He did not refuse and gritted his teeth and agreed.
Seeing that Yang Qiu didn't hesitate at all, Yu Wenhuaji agreed immediately, but now Yang Qiu has lost his sense of proportion.
In his heart, he became more and more fond of this puppet emperor. To be honest, he himself did not want to be a regicide rebel. You must know that his current reputation is entirely based on the word "loyalty to the emperor and patriotism".
If Yang Qiu is killed, the reputation accumulated by his ancestors will be completely destroyed. Although Yang Qiu is very mediocre, he has not done anything that caused outrage during his reign.
The only thing he did wrong was to steal Wu Sangui's new wife Chen Yuanyuan.
But everyone who knows knows that even if he doesn't rob, Wu Sangui will definitely rebel.
Because someone has already accused him of colluding with the Jurchens, selling iron tools, and purchasing horses on a large scale. Anyone who sells iron tools to foreign tribes will be punished by the Sui Dynasty Law.
