In the main tent of the Sui army, Yang Ji sent Xue Wanjun away and summoned his close friends, both civil and military, to discuss the affairs of Gaochang Kingdom.
In front of the map, Hao Yuan, a military officer in the palace, introduced: "Your Highness, colleagues, as far as I know, Gaochang has a warm climate, and rice and wheat can be harvested twice a year. It is also suitable for planting mulberry and raising silkworms. It has always been the most developed area in the Western Region. At the same time, it was the only way for the Sui Dynasty to enter the Western Regions. As early as the Han Dynasty, it was an important garrison town. It was ruled by the imperial court and later independently established the Gaochang State. It was the main transportation route between the Sui Dynasty and the Western Regions. The current Gaochang Because the country has been surrounded by foreigners for a long time, there are many nomadic tribes who have migrated in the country, which has resulted in a state of mixed living between Hu and Han. Compared with other countries in the Western Regions, the biggest feature of this country is that Han people rule, promote the Sinology academic system, and the language It is connected to the Central Plains, but some barbaric languages are mixed in, but communication is not a problem. The situation is not much different from the states in the Hexi Corridor. Today, its military strength is only more than 20,000, and including the Western Turkic garrison, the total strength is about 40,000. .”
"Because Gaochang was brutally exploited by the Western Turks and the people were in dire straits, the whole country hated it extremely, but they did not dare to resist the powerful Western Turks, so they expected me, the Sui Dynasty, to help them drive away the Western Turk army. In other words, if we When marching into Gaochang, the enemy we face is only 20,000 Western Turks. If the Gaochang army gives the Western Turks a fatal blow from behind, then we can easily capture Gaochang and incorporate it into the territory of the Sui Dynasty."
After listening to Hao Yuan's introduction, Yang Ji didn't say anything. He stared at the map on the wooden frame and said nothing.
Since the Sui Dynasty captured Yizhou and Tingzhou, the east and north of Gaochang have been surrounded by the Sui Dynasty. Even its northwest has been surrounded by Tingzhou, so it looks particularly abrupt and unpleasant. If it is occupied, it will be so big. The territory in the northwest of Sui Dynasty will become very flat.
After a while, Yang Ji said: "Shiluo Manshan is the name of the Hu people, which sounds particularly unpleasant. And the existence of Hu names is not conducive to the process of Chineseization. From now on, all maps will be renamed Shiluo Manshan." Tianshan, and at the same time ordered all states in Liangzhou to uniformly use the name Tianshan."
Everyone waited for such a long time, but they got such a result. They all couldn't laugh or cry, but they still responded with their hands in hand: "I obey."
"I know that everyone has the ambition to make great achievements and hopes to destroy more countries. In fact, the future development strategy of the imperial court will also be biased towards the Western Regions. This is also the intention of the saint's large-scale immigration." Facing everyone's expectant eyes, Yang Ji He said slowly: "But there are many issues we have to consider. The first is the relationship between the Sui Dynasty and the countries in the Western Regions, the Eastern and Western Turks, Tuyuhun, Xue Yantuo, and the Qibi tribe; secondly, the relationship between the foreign forces of all parties; thirdly, we As for the task of the General Manager of Liangzhou, our top priority is to digest Yizhou and Tingzhou and deter Tuyuhun. Only by straightening out these two states, Tuyuhun will be destroyed, and then we can gradually encroach on the Western Region. This is a natural thing. "
"We, the Sui Dynasty, want to resume our rule over the Western Regions, not only as a military deterrent, but also to break the old rules and rule the Western Regions from the perspective of military, politics, economy, people's livelihood, language, customs, and living habits, so that the entire Western Regions can We are proud to speak Chinese, write Chinese characters, wear Han clothes, adhere to the Han system, and be proud to be a citizen of the Sui Dynasty. Only when we reach this step can we be considered to rule in the true sense. If we enter the Western Regions too aggressively and too early, these will be mutually exclusive. Out of their own interests, the hostile and warring forces will definitely put aside their past grievances and join forces to deal with the Sui Dynasty. If they are not careful, they will completely disrupt the situation in the west that the Sui Dynasty has just stabilized. Therefore, the current situation is definitely not a good opportunity for the Sui Dynasty to occupy Gaochang Kingdom. .”
"His Royal Highness has far-reaching considerations, and his humble position is beyond his reach." Xue Ju cupped his hands and said, "But now is a good opportunity for us to take over Gaochang, and we may not have it in the future."
Yang Ji scratched his head, feeling that his previous words were in vain. He shook his head and said: "With the Western Turk army here, Gaochang State can only rely on us and beg us in the future. If we help Gaochang defeat the Western Turk army, But he was unable to rule himself, so in the end, he made a wedding dress for the King of Gaochang and fulfilled his wish. If he took advantage of the situation and proclaimed his vassalship to the Sui Dynasty, he would be a subject of the Sui Dynasty. If we attack Gaochang, which surrendered to the Sui Dynasty, for no reason, it would be morally unjustifiable. Who will dare to believe me in the Sui Dynasty in the future? So the food has to be eaten one bite at a time and the road has to be walked step by step. Moreover, the more miserable the people of Gaochang were exploited by the Western Turks, the more they complained about the incompetent King of Gaochang. In the future, they will be more grateful to the Sui Dynasty for saving them from disaster. , and it will be more conducive to the Sui Dynasty's future rule of Gaochang."
In history, Qu Boya quickly developed and became stronger by virtue of its important geographical location on the Silk Road. In order to have a strong backer, it has been wandering between the Sui and Tang Dynasties in the Central Plains and the Turks. This is certainly the helplessness and sadness of a small country, but for the Central Plains dynasty, it is in a position of being exploited.
Such a person only has his own interests in mind and has no idea of loyalty to anyone. If the Sui Dynasty helps him defeat the Western Turks, it will only increase the momentum of the right and control the power of Gaochang; facing such a person and such a country , before the time came, Yang Ji would rather let the Western Turks continue to cause harm and make Gaochang a mess.
It's just that Yang Ji didn't quite agree with the Tang Dynasty's governance strategy for Gaochang and foreign ethnic groups in history. The Tang Dynasty was different from the Sui Dynasty. The Sui Dynasty implemented a foreign policy of conquering and conquering, setting up prefectures and counties for complete rule, and then immigrating to the area to Chineseize the barbarians. The purpose was to make them abandon their own customs and culturally and In terms of belief, it is in sync with the Sui Dynasty.
The ethnic policy implemented by the Tang Dynasty towards foreigners was called the Jizhou system. There were generally three situations. The first was the establishment of Jizhou and counties in areas covered by the military power of the Tang Dynasty. The imperial court regarded them as part of the territory, and the documents used " "Edict", but officials at all levels are hereditary from tribal leaders, and all internal affairs are autonomous by them. Some of them not only do not have to pay taxes, but the court also uses money and food to support the officials and troops in these places; secondly, there are the internal states, where the court generally They were named khans or princes, and they had their own territorial scope, which was equivalent to that of princes and kings. The court regarded them as ministers, and the documents often used "the emperor asked"; the third type was "enemy country" and "exhaustible country". For example, Tubo, Japanese, etc., although they also had canonization, most of them were posthumous recognition of the actual situation and had no substantive affiliation. The legitimacy of their kings and political power was not canonization by the court, and the "Emperor's Respect" was often used in documents.
This Jisizhou system is an enlarged version of the grassland tribal system. Each ethnic group has a high degree of autonomy. When the imperial court is strong, they will obediently submit to the imperial court. Once the imperial court weakens, the various ethnic groups will stand on their own and leave one after another, and even attack forcefully. When the imperial army arrived, he would obey like a dog. Then he would say a few nice words and kill a few scapegoats, and that would be it. Instead of pursuing the case, the imperial court would spend money to appease him and further feed the tiger into trouble.
This Jizhou system was founded by Li Yuan and Li Shimin expanded it to the four fortresses. However, by the time of Li Zhi, when famous generals were declining, there were already signs of collapse. It was precisely because these Jizhou systems, which had grown stronger with the Tang Dynasty's strength, financial resources, and scientific and technological power, had repeatedly failed. The rebellion of the Tang Dynasty diverted some of the energy and military strength of the imperial court, which put the Tang Dynasty during the Li Zhi period in a very passive situation in terms of external war and internal governance.
Therefore, Yang Ji did not agree with this kind of system that could solve temporary and lifelong troubles. After thinking about it, it was safer to occupy the land and establish prefectures and counties step by step and gradually assimilate the strategy.
As for Gaochang, let the Western Turks continue to cause harm. This will not only make the people of Gaochang look forward to the Great Sui Dynasty, but also make the king of Gaochang lose the support of the people step by step. When the Sui Dynasty, which represents "justice", is defeated, as long as he treats the people of Gaochang a little better At the slightest moment, the people would support the Sui Dynasty, and those Gaochang monarchs and ministers who cooperated with the Western Turks to exploit the people were abandoned by the people of Gaochang. At that time, if states and counties were established and the Han system was implemented, it would be a matter of course.
Xue Ju silently savored Yang Jizhi's words and understood. He said with a smile: "I understand what Your Highness means. It means that Gaochang is not miserable enough. Let them be a little more miserable before marching into Gaochang. Is that right?"
"That's right. Now we don't care about what happens to Gaochang or what happens to the Western Turks. Let Qu Boya continue to help the Western Turks to exploit the people of Gaochang. When the people of Gaochang are miserable and even worse, the Sui army that marched into Gaochang is to comply with the people's will and The righteous army supported by the whole people; Qu Boya lost the support of the people and became a loner. What he said or opposed was of no use. By then, the Sui Dynasty would have the final say on how to rule and govern Gaochang."
Yang Ji smiled and nodded. The overlord of the Western Qin Dynasty in history only relied on the strength of a few barren states to kill Li Tang, who had the full support of the Guanlong nobles. The turmoil in the hearts of the people and the unrest in Guanzhong also illustrates Xue Ju's ability; but at the moment, his status has not reached his own At this level, I haven’t experienced a decent battle formation, so I haven’t considered the issue that thoroughly.
It's true that Xue Ju is a handsome guy, but for now, that's all. It's not that Xue Ju has no connections, but the current Sui Dynasty has an absurd number of generals. Except for the fierce men in the court, if you pick anyone from the border governors or general managers, they will all be independent generals. Therefore, even if Xue Ju now enters the military commander system of the imperial court, he will not have the opportunity to lead troops alone.
When he serves under his command, he will definitely not have no chance to get ahead. Compared with Qu Tutong, who was sent to the imperial court as a servant, Xue Ju was lucky.
As for where it will go in the future, no one can say now. It all depends on how Yang Guang governs the world.
Hao Yuan also smiled and said: "Qu Boya is the same as Tu Dunshe. In order to safeguard the interests of the people of Gaochang, he has been fighting with the Western Turks in a battle of wits and courage over the years. This has made the Western Turks do things again and again. Concessions. Therefore, according to conscience, he is a very qualified monarch. But the people of Gaochang cannot see his efforts, nor understand his hardships and dedication. They only know that when the Western Turk soldiers took away their cattle and sheep, Qu Boya This king is 'indifferent'."
"This is the tragedy of the kings of small countries. When they face the threat of big countries, they actually have no way to do it." Yang Ji sighed in his heart. In fact, what Hao Yuan said also applies to many Central Plains emperors; the emperors of these Central Plains dynasties, for their own rule and The interests of the people have long been at odds with all political forces in the country and they are desperately trying to reform.
But what's the result?
Most of them end in ruin.
The contemporary people do not cooperate with, do not agree with, and do not understand these emperors. When he dies, he will be remembered as a coward and tyrant to future generations.
In fact, let alone the foolish king and the tyrant, even the wise king is denied everywhere. The most typical example of this is Yang Jian.
Yang Jian himself lived frugally. Apart from the royal robe, he didn't even own a gorgeous ordinary silk robe. However, he always treated heroes and generals with clear rewards and punishments, and was not stingy at all. His personal thrift was written as a rare thing. stingy emperor. However, this stingy emperor very generously took out three million pieces of silk cloth from his private treasury and gave them to meritorious officials and soldiers. After that, he spent money every year to reward hundreds of officials and soldiers, and to provide pensions for the helpless elderly and disabled people. However, he was also Written to win people's hearts.
Yang Jian saw countless redundant officials, withdrew and annexed states with only one or two counties, and then strictly regulated officials... He was also said to be suspicious.
In short, before Yang Jian was recorded, he must first have been associated with derogatory words related to his character such as "stingy, suspicious, jealous, cruel", etc., and then various systems linked to these derogatory words. When later generations read the history books, they naturally thought that Yang Jian was suspicious. His strict management of officials was in line with his character and had nothing to do with caring for the people; Official systems such as "cannot be re-elected in the state after expiration" are due to his inherent suspicion and suspicion, so the establishment of these systems is normal and has nothing to do with preventing collusion between the same ethnic group, and collusion between officials and official families for profit; Yang Jian praised good officials, rewarded generals, appeased the lonely elderly, He is a disabled soldier who is good at buying people's hearts and has ulterior motives...
"If your Highness has no instructions, I will resign first." At this point, everyone understood Yang Ji's unwillingness to take the opportunity to attack Gaochang. Seeing that he had no explanation, they all left and went to arrange various defenses.
Yang Ji saw that it was still early, so he went to the back tent to look for Xiao Ying and other girls.
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Xiao Ying and others share a large white tent, surrounded by muscular female soldiers sent by Dugu Min. The tent is covered with thick carpets. Although the layout is relatively simple, it has a unique flavor.
Xiao Ying knelt down in front of a small table, wrote music scores with a charcoal pen, and walked with the army. Although it was hard work, she was in a very happy mood. She could enjoy the exotic scenery along the way and heard many exotic stories that were different from Daxing's style. She carefully recorded folk songs and majestic bugles and prepared them as material for arrangement.
"Madam, are you free?" Just as Xiao Ying and Liu Rumei were discussing, Yang Ji's voice came from outside the tent.
"Yes!" Xiao Ying put down her pen and walked towards the tent door with Liu Rumei. When she saw Yang Ji looking at her with his tall and powerful horse, she asked with a smile: "Mr. Lang, is this...?"
"This grassland is vast and the terrain is open and flat. It is very suitable for practicing riding skills. It will be a long time before we leave Hei, and I am going to teach you riding skills." Yang Ji said.
"Now?" Xiao Ying was naturally very happy, but as the leader of the army, she could see Yang Ji's busyness and hard work along the way. Lang Jun finally settled down today, and she was really reluctant to let him go again. Hard.
"Madam!" Liu Rumei next to her said with a smile: "Liangzhou has many grasslands and deserts. Horses are a useful tool for everyone to travel. It is very inconvenient if you don't know how to ride a horse. Madam, you should learn how to do it."
"Okay then!" The horse that Xiao Ying used for practice in Ganzhou was a docile pony, while the BMW that Yang Ji called "Mercedes" was tall and fierce, and she looked at this arrogant and fierce horse. The horse looked a little scared and said: "But Mercedes-Benz is so fierce."
"Your mount is not a Mercedes-Benz!" Yang Ji said with a smile: "It was the pony that Shi Shu Hu Xi bribed me with. It is also a bloody BMW. Its endurance and speed are no worse than a Hummer, and it is also very docile."
Xiao Ying, who was not very determined, heard this and followed Yang Ji to the open space in front of the tent. Yang Ji pointed at the red horse standing in the open space and said proudly: "This is the mount I prepared for you. It comes from a distant place." Dashi. She is a charming little beauty, with a very toned waist and beautiful hair. Not only is she beautiful in appearance, extremely fast, and has amazing endurance, but most importantly, she is very durable to ride."
"..." Xiao Ying stared blankly at the so-called pony, her eyes suddenly widened. She saw that "pony" was as red as fire, standing there like a flame. It was beautiful, but it was more beautiful than It was much taller than an ordinary war horse, and at most smaller than a hummer.
What kind of pony is this? It was clearly a tall and powerful BMW. She looked at it again and again, and said to Yang Ji with great certainty: "Lang Jun, I recognize this kind of horse. It is a Dashi BMW, and it is also a purebred."
When Yang Ji heard what Xiao Ying said, he couldn't help but become curious and asked, "Do you know him?"
Xiao Ying nodded and said: "The purebred Big Food Horse is a royal family among horses, and its body shape is one of the most beautiful. It has a light and handsome head, a broad forehead, short and upright ears, big and bright eyes, and a long neck. Beautiful, round buttocks, well-developed tendons, and tough hooves. No matter what color the horse's hair is, as long as you shave it, you will find that the skin is black. It can be said that this is a horse that combines appearance, speed, and endurance. It is no exaggeration to say that horses can travel thousands of miles in a day. Moreover, they are gentle, smart and highly intelligent. They can easily understand the intentions of their owners. As long as they are familiar with them, they can do whatever movements or postures they want them to do. .”
"..." The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Liu Rumei, who was following to watch, couldn't help but blush after hearing these words. She felt that Xiao Ying was talking about her.
"How do you know such details?" Yang Ji became even more curious.
Xiao Ying said: "When my sixth brother Xiao Jue celebrated his birthday the year before last, someone gave him a feast of horse racing as a birthday gift. From then on, my brother regarded it as a treasure. During that time, he used a house as a stable and wanted to sleep with the horses. I saw He was so exaggerated that he asked some questions about horses, so he knew a little bit about them, but my brother’s horse was a bit spotty and not as beautiful as this one.”
"So that's it." Yang Ji was suddenly surprised when he heard this. The consort of Yang Awu, the princess of Lanling who was famous for Xiao Jian, was also the Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs. He was a high-ranking official. It was normal for someone to give him a BMW.
He brought the red horse over and said, "This horse is only two years old and it belongs to you now."
Only then did Xiao Ying understand what the so-called "pony" meant. It referred to the age of the horse, not its size. She thought carefully about this beautiful horse and wanted to reach out and touch it, but she didn't want to. dare.
The red horse seemed to be psychic. It raised its head and snorted at her playfully. Xiao Ying overcame her fear and reached out to stroke the long red hair on its nose. The red horse gently touched her shoulder. Rubbed it.
Xiao Ying said to Yang Ji with joy, "Lang Jun, this is the horse. Let's go to the grassland to practice."
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