The failure of Li Hun, Li Min and others in the rebellion made Yang Guanglei Ting furious, killing dozens of direct family members in the three clans, dismissing many officials from the Li family, and taking back the iron scrolls of the alchemy books, titles, salary, fiefs, etc. of these families.

Suddenly, the Guanlong Li family suffered a heavy blow and was squeezed out by various valves. They did not dare to make a statement. Most of them went deeper and simpler to avoid being treated by political enemies.

Due to the prophecy, all officials of the surname Li are not allowed to be reused. Those who are promoted, reinstate, transferred from outside, and those who hold military power will be restricted.

Half a month later, the storm had just subsided, Emperor Yang Guang of Sui issued another edict to mobilize the whole country to conquer Goguryeo again, and this time it would completely defeat this small country.

The news spread, and there were uproars everywhere. Many people were frowning and resisting. Some people even fled overnight. The men defected to some nearby villages, became bandits, or brought some food, and went into the deep mountains and forests in groups of three or five, living in seclusion in the cave, avoiding this recruitment.

"Escape, otherwise you either die halfway or die in Liaodong in battle, and there is no way to survive."

"Ten people left their hometowns, and one was hard to repay. This was not just joining the army. It was simply a death sentence. The emperor personally fought for the army, and even a million troops could not win. I couldn't believe him."

"It is better to join the rebel army than to join the government soldiers to die, at least have meat to eat and wine to drink!"

Many men in the village complained and were already disappointed with the court, and were even more disgusted and resisted the attack on Liaodong.

Due to the huge scale of the previous few corvee labor, too many male slaughtered, and the local uprising army destroyed the everywhere and absorbed strong slaughter, which made the local household registration loose. The general search and fixed household registration system conducted during the Kaihuang period were destroyed. Many villages have fled and many people have been looted. After being burned, killed, robbed and robbed by bandits, the mobility is high, so it is difficult for local county magistrates to enforce the expropriation and service and labor service this time.

General Ying Yanglang of the soldiers from all over the country was also worried. The troops were sharply reduced and the number of people was difficult to gather. In addition, the long journey required military rations to support him. Even if he arrived on time, he would be dead when he went to the battlefield. Therefore, local soldiers were unwilling to leave their hometowns and then go to Liaodong to start the war.

Yang Guang did not consider these situations. He cared about great cause, only the impact on future generations, never cared about the current people's life and death, people's livelihood and public opinion, and almost ignored them. He was too hasty and did not care how many people would die. Such a cruel and ruthless king, like how great his achievements he made, would be difficult to be praised by the world, and would even be maliciously slandered by later generations.

Qin Shihuang, Yang Guang and others were like this. For later generations, they did do a lot of great achievements, but for the people of the world, they were always scolded like cruel and foolish monarchs because they were too careless of the lives of the people and had no kindness.

This time, Yang Guang recruited the 20 county governments in the Central Plains, and it is estimated that each county government troops will reach 30,000, which is 600,000. Together with the 100,000 imperial guards, 100,000 Xiaoguo Guards, 100,000 Zhuo County, and Yuyang, they gathered 900,000, claiming to be a million, and they will not return until they defeated Liaodong.

After receiving this piece of information, Luo Zhaoyun smiled bitterly. He was really able to do it. If he didn't do it, he wouldn't die. If he did it happily, he would die quickly!

The entire Sui Dynasty was already full of holes. Yang Guang, for the sake of the name of the vain saint king, still did his own thing and was almost obsessed with the obsession of being possessed by the devil, regardless of whether the court would collapse.

"It's time to leave Xijing City. Be careful everywhere here, like a trap. In February of the early spring, the glacier will be unsealed, so you will go back to the northwest of Zhuo County to our own territory." Luo Zhaoyun asked Ning Muhe to find someone to arrange it, and continue to leave Xijing and rush back to Zhuo County.

Before leaving, he sent someone to secretly invite Mr. Luo to the mansion. When the grandfather and grandson met, they were very happy and drank and chatted in the room.

"You kid, you live well, but you don't show up. People outside say that you are in danger." Luo Ronghong looked at his only grandson with a smile.

"Let's avoid the limelight for the time being, and don't want to serve the court anymore, so I'll be called by a gun."

"Well, it's a good idea to protect yourself. Now the court is in turmoil and there is a danger of overturning at any time. The rebel army is crowded everywhere, and wars are everywhere. If you lead troops to suppress these rebel troops for the court, then the good reputation you have accumulated in the past will probably become stinky."

Luo Zhaoyun nodded and said, "It's right that officials force the people to rebel. This is the reason. Now the court ignores the lives and death of the people. I can't help the evildoers. I thought you would advise me to be loyal to the court, but I didn't expect that you were quite open."

"Haha, we are soldiers. Although we want to serve the country, we cannot be foolish. We must see what king it is, which is beneficial to the country and a good monarch to the people. We must support it. For the tyrant monarch, we must know how to retreat, avoid dodge, and join in different ways to avoid becoming a bad reputation as a treacherous minister. Besides, our ancestors of the Luo family were loyal to the Western Wei Dynasty, and then followed the Northern Zhou Dynasty and went too far to the Great Sui Dynasty. After the dynasties changed, the Luo family had more experiences, so they did not value the royal family as much. Those who should be replaced will always be replaced by new forces." Luo Rong saw it very clearly, had extraordinary insights, and was full of the wisdom of an old hermit.

"Old man, have you ever thought that our Luo family will also take the position of king?" Luo Zhaoyun asked tentatively.

"Dang!" After hearing this, Luo Rong took off his cup and landed on the table, and was stunned. He had never had a civil servant after the Luo family. He was not good at governing the country, political affairs, classical scholars, etc. It can be said that he was not suitable for politics, let alone being a king.

"Zhaoyun, aren't you kidding?"

Luo Zhaoyun shook his head, looked solemn, and said, "Of course it's not a joke."

Luo Rong's face suddenly changed, with fear, surprise, worry, and excited waiting. All kinds of expressions were intertwined, and his psychology was in a fierce struggle.

"But the prestige of my Luo family is far from reaching a point of response. Among the Guanlong nobles, they can only be considered a medium-sized person. There is no influential figure in the court. Just relying on the tens of thousands of people in your father's hands, you can cede land and be a marquis in troubled times. You can barely be a hero, but it is definitely not a material for being a king." Luo Rong knew his children very well. Even if he had military power, he could only control one side. He had no sense of the overall situation and had no gaze to govern the country. He could not allow the literati and patriots in the world to surrender to loyalty and could not be a king.

Luo Zhaoyun smiled slightly and said, "Hehe, I didn't mean to my father. I mean, when the troubled times come and the world is in a melee, I will stand up and raise a big banner, recruit soldiers, just like Liu Bang and Xiang Yu raised an army at the end of the Qin Dynasty, overthrow the chaos and Sui Dynasty and seize the country, how about?"

Luo Rong was dumbfounded, his mouth trembled, and after a while, he said, "Are you going crazy?"
Chapter completed!