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Chapter 172 Controlling Yang Guang

"Your Majesty, long time no see."

Ning Que stood in front of Yang Guang and said with a faint smile.

Yang Guang looked at Ning Que with a complicated face. To this day, he had long known that the famous evil king in front of him was his former important minister Pei Ju.

It should be said that Pei Ju is a vest of this evil king.

When he learned the truth, he was also shocked.

Who would have thought that a dignified demon giant would change his vest and sneak into the court and serve as an important official in the court. What is even more incredible is that he even made brilliant achievements that were famous for historic history.

Without the use of one army or one soldier in the court, the extremely powerful grassland forces, the Turks, were divided into the Eastern Turks and Western Turks by just one's own strength.

It also caused these two forces to fall into an endless civil war, and then reversed the situation that the Central Plains had been weak in facing grassland forces since the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.

For a time, Yang Guang thought that Pei Juhui was his own nanny and would assist him in governing the world, fighting in all directions, and achieving achievements for generations.

But unexpectedly, his important minister Pei Ju would be the vest of the evil king of the Demon Sect. In this way, everything would be stopped.

"It's really not a long time since I and Pei Aiqing." Yang Guang sighed and suddenly said to the guards not far away, "Prepare good wine and food. Today I want to talk to Pei Aiqing all over the world and drink three drinks!"

Soon the food and food were ready. Yang Guang invited Ning Que to have a meal together, and Ning Que sat down happily.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, the two of them didn't talk.

In fact, Ning Que has been thinking about Yang Guang.

Most of the epic books in later generations define Yang Guang as a "crazy monarch" and "tyrant", and write him as a debauchery of the kings who are desolate and foolish in the country: he killed his brother and harmed loyal and kind; he traveled excessively and wasted luxury; he used the people's power all his life, recruiting tens of millions of people, and the people were in poverty.

But now in this world and Ning Que, who has inherited the memory of Shi Zhixuan who has worked with Yang Guang personally, knows that this evaluation is incomplete.

Few people know the other side of Yang Guang. He pacified the Chen Dynasty and unified the world; he built the Eastern Capital and moved the capital to Luoyang; he built the Grand Canal, which connected the north and south, benefited from the future; he expanded his territory, pacified Tuyuhun, and connected the Silk Road, forcing the Turks to split; he pioneered the imperial examinations, attached importance to education, and more importantly, broke the monopoly of knowledge by aristocratic families. In addition, his poetry and prose were even more unique and praised by famous masters of all dynasties.

Yang Guang’s biggest failure is that he is too eager for quick success and instant benefits and is too conceited. He wants to complete other emperors within more than ten years and will never be able to accomplish anything in his life. How can he not fail?

Moreover, he was indeed not sympathetic enough to the people. His eagerness to achieve success and not care about the people's strength has exhausted the national strength, leaving countless people unable to fill their stomachs and displaced, which has led to the world being shaky today.

Therefore, Yang Guang is a very complicated person, with both merits and demerits. Perhaps it can be described in one sentence: "The sin is obvious, and the merit is outstanding! The disadvantages are in the present, and the benefits are in the future!"

Ning Que unintentionally cleansed Yang Guang. These were just real thoughts that arose in his heart after reading Shi Zhixuan's memory.

"Pei Aiqing, now everyone in the world says that I am a foolish monarch. Do you think I am really a foolish monarch who is useless?"

Yang Guang suddenly put down his wine glass and stared at Ning Que and asked. He did not call Ning Que the "evil king" or "Shi Zhixuan", but still regarded Ning Que as his important minister Pei Ju.

"Maybe the foolish lord!"

Ning Que sipped a sip of wine and said with a smile.

When Yang Guang heard this, his eyes darkened slightly, and he muttered to himself in a daze: "Yes, the beautiful and beautiful rivers and mountains have made me become the current situation where the people are full of resentment and the people are displaced everywhere. I am not a fool, who is a fool?"

At this moment, he heard Ning Que's words again.

"This country is ultimately corrupted in His Majesty's hands, so it's not wrong to say that His Majesty is a foolish monarch... But if His Majesty is useless, it may not be possible.

Your Majesty led troops to pacify the Chen Dynasty, built the Grand Canal that runs through the north and south, managed the Western Regions, supported us to split the Turks, established the imperial examination system, and broke the monopoly of knowledge by aristocratic families... These are His Majesty's achievements. Some achievements, even if the world and future generations, are indisputable facts.

Your Majesty’s life may be described as ‘the disadvantages lie in the present and the advantages lie in the future’.”

Hearing Ning Que's words, Yang Guang's lost eyes suddenly burst out with his eyes. He seemed to have absent-minded disease, and kept saying "The disadvantages are in the present, the advantages are in the future", and then he stood up and yelled like crazy.

"Okay, well said! I am not a useless monarch, I have made contributions to this world..."

Perhaps Yang Guang had been suppressing for too long, and at this moment he was like a madman, constantly shouting at the sky until his throat was almost hoarse.

It took a long time before he gradually calmed down and sat opposite Ning Que again.

"I just lost my composure, but I made my dear laugh."

Yang Guang said apologetically.

"understand!"

Ning Que waved his hand and signaled that Yang Guang didn't have to take it to heart.

At this moment, Yang Guang suddenly stared at Ning Que and said with a serious expression: "As the evil king of the Demon Sect, I am now uniting the entire Demon Sect. The power I control is so huge that I am afraid that it has surpassed Cihang Jingzhai and the four major clans. I wonder if I have any ideas about this world?"

Ning Que was slightly stunned when he heard this, and looked at Yang Guang with some surprise.

Of course he has ideas about the world.

This time he came to the palace, he was originally planning to control Yang Guang through the life and death talisman, and to use Yang Guang's time to provide the most favorable support and assistance for his great cause of hegemony.

Otherwise, I really think I am bored and come to Yang Guang for tea!

But he didn't expect that he would never think that Yang Guang would take the initiative to raise this topic.

"Looking at my dear, it seems that my dear really has an idea about the world. It's better to give this world to my dear, than to give the world to the ungrateful wolf Li Yuan, and the group of prostitutes Ci Hang Jingzhai."

Yang Guang murmured to himself.

"I heard that Cihang Jingzhai once supported the founding of the dynasty of the late emperor. Why didn't Your Majesty ask for help from Cihang Jingzhai at this time? Maybe they will continue to support you! If they have their support, maybe Your Majesty still has hope of reorganizing the country."

Ning Que asked curiously.

When Yang Guang heard this, he smiled coldly, as if he was very disdainful of Cihang Jingzhai: "A group of prostitutes who are arrogant and profit-oriented. When the founding of the dynasty, they did put a lot of effort. However, how much benefit did the founding emperor give to Buddhism? Otherwise, how could Buddhism have the prosperity today?

However, these prostitutes were not satisfied and kept asking for more benefits for Buddhism.

The most disgusting thing is that they have always controlled the Heshi Bi in the past and have never been willing to hand over the Heshi Bi in the court. It is clearly a wolfish ambition and attempts to always control the power of "Selecting Emperor on Dealing to Heaven".

But, who are they? Why do you say that they represent the people of the world?

If it weren't for the right time, I would have sent a hundred thousand troops to slap them.

If I want me to bow my head and beg them, I can't do it even if I die. Not to mention, even if I ask for it, it's useless. Those prostitutes have already chosen the Li family."

Yang Guang said with hatred, and in his words, he was filled with deep hatred for Cihang Jingzhai.

At this time, he looked up at Ning Que again: "My dear, I can help you as much as possible while I am still in power, whether it is fame, wealth or resources... But I have a requirement, hoping that after I win the country, I can treat my Yang family well."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, Your Majesty treats me well back then. I will treat Your Majesty's family well in the future." Ning Que promised.

To be honest, it is better to get Yang Guang's wholehearted support than to force control Yang Guang, so Ning Que also made his promise without hesitation.

Of course, he was not deceiving Yang Guang.

If he could succeed in ascending the throne to the emperor, he would not treat Yang Guang's family unfairly, nor would he be afraid of revenge for Yang Guang's family... Because for him, he didn't care how long the country could last, he only cared about how many potential points he could reap as the emperor.

Of course, although a deal was reached with Yang Guang, Ning Que could not trust anyone, especially an emperor.

So, he secretly took advantage of Yang Guang's tea while he was drinking tea and silently penetrated a life and death talisman containing the miniature demon seed into Yang Guang's body.
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