In terms of institutions, the Sui Dynasty was at a critical stage of summarizing its predecessors and setting the precedent for future generations. All the current national systems have already devoted a generation of wisdom and hard work, and it is difficult to make further progress. In fact, Yang Jian and Yang Guang also know that today's national system is not perfect, but where the specific loopholes are, the father and son cannot tell a reason. Now it's okay for everyone to tinker with the details, but now it's impossible for everyone to jump over the existing framework and come up with new perspectives.
However, at this time, Yang Ji, who had a mind for future generations, gave the two of them a lot of good ideas, which made their father and son ecstatic. Not only did they admire the flexible mind and many ideas of Yang Ji, but they were also optimistic about this rising young member of the royal family. They were not afraid Yang Ji was struggling in Liangzhou, fearing that this good seedling would rot with the grass and trees, turning into a muddling official, a hypocrite who reported good things but not bad things. Therefore, the father and son have been encouraging Yang Ji to find trouble for a long time.
In order to make it easier for Yang Ji to do things, Yang Jian gave him great freedom and power. Except for the power of appointment, which was controlled by the court, Yang Ji had all the powers. In the process of governing, as long as he was convincing and in the right direction Correct, Yang Jian and Yang Guang not only agreed to implement it, but also compared it with the current national system to provide reference for the proposed North Korean and Chinese bosses.
However, Yang Ji, who had high hopes from Yang Jian and Yang Guang, was actually half-full, and his governance level was far inferior to that of their father and son. After all, in his previous life, he was just an ordinary citizen. As long as he did not do anything illegal or criminal, he could travel freely in the world. Even how to support his family was a problem, so how could he pay attention to any major policies? The reason why Yang Jian and Yang Guang had the illusion of genius was that Yang Ji found that this was not good and that was inconvenient in daily life. After instinctively comparing the past and the present, he deleted, deleted, and modified the current system to make every clause become More practical. However, just such a little bit of cleverness was able to pry open the unknown door of the Sui elite at the critical moment, allowing everyone to see a broader world, and suddenly realizing that "it can still be like this". Then, these inspired elites improved the current national system, and then fed back to Liangzhou, allowing Yang Ji to try it out in Liangzhou.
This is indeed a virtuous cycle that benefits the country and the people, but as a result, Yang Ji and his group of subordinates have heavier tasks and become busier.
From the day Yang Ji returned to Zhangye, key members such as Yin Shishi, Yang Shanhui, Yu Shinan, and Xiao Yu were busy every day. Yang Guang, the head of the military and political affairs, spent most of his time except eating and sleeping. They are all processing official documents sent from various places.
As the chiefs of the Qiang, Hu, Sogdian, Tiele, and Turkic tribes living in Liangzhou decentralized their power, and promoted policies such as breaking up settlements, equalizing land to each household, and building schools, things began to change again.
In the official room of the General Manager's Office, Yang Ji handed an urgent document to Wei Zheng: "Send this approval to Tingzhou as soon as possible and let Li Jing execute it immediately."
"Here." Wei Zheng agreed and quickly walked out of the main hall.
Nowadays, there are too many things going on in Liangzhou. Song Zhengben, Hao Yuan, Xue Ju, Li Daliang and others with official status and fame were all sent to the General Manager's Office by Yang Ji to help. This not only alleviated the shortage of manpower, but also used official business To temper these talents, Yuchi Gong, Wei Zheng, and Ling Jing, who had recently joined, worked as private staff.
After handling this official document, Yang Ji has finished everything. Thinking of what Li Jing reported, Yang Ji couldn't help laughing.
Li Jing first peacefully resettled immigrants, built water conservancy projects, and built houses, and then built beacon towers, forts, military towns, and county defense systems. However, after the "old nest" affairs were properly arranged, he became restless.
He made Yao Junsu, the chief historian and Sima, turn into a thief and imitate the wheat iron staff to harass Xue Yantuo in the north, Xi Tujue in the west, and Gaochang in the south. This "thief army" killed three directions of Tingzhou and turned it into a forbidden area. The grassland hundreds of miles away from Tingzhou became the sphere of influence of the Sui Dynasty. After that, it continued to plunder people and property, and then sold them to the government at a low price. Then the slave trade was launched in border markets, and slaves were openly purchased from Xue Yantuo and Western Turks. A male slave can exchange for three pieces of exquisite silk and satin, and a female slave can exchange for one piece.
This is to release three signals to the foreign races: first, it tells all tribes and tribes that the Sui Dynasty is doing business in Tingzhou and specializes in purchasing slaves; secondly, it reassures everyone that they can rest assured about the Sui Dynasty, even if the Sui Dynasty established Tingzhou on the grassland, Not only will they not attack everyone in the future, but they will give everyone the opportunity to make a fortune. In the future, everyone can trade slaves as a specialty for exquisite silks and satins; thirdly, the slave trade is highly profitable, so encourage them to fight among themselves instead of spending their extra energy and attention. Aiming at Tingzhou, which was just established and whose defense was not very complete.
The slaves brought from the grassland were escorted back to Ganzhou by Li Jing. The men were assigned to build straight roads, cultivate farmland, and dig mineral deposits. The meals were only enough to ensure that they did not starve to death; thus saving labor for Liangzhou and allowing ordinary people to Go into other industries.
There are two arrangements for good-looking female slaves. On the one hand, they are given to bachelors in the army as wives in lieu of military pay and money; on the other hand, they are resold to rich men. The less attractive ones are sold to private bachelors as wives. Those who are not good-looking, unwanted, and yet powerful are uniformly assigned to graze, farm, grow cotton, and wash gold, silver, and copper...
As for male slaves, in principle, they do not have the right to mate. This was clearly stipulated when the General Manager formulated the fourth-class human policy and slave policy. If a Sui woman with nationality does not love herself and insists on marrying a slave who is not even a "person", the whole family will be implicated, and Tongjin will also execute the slave. If there are descendants, he will also executed together.
Of course, there are exceptions to everything. If a slave has special abilities, special craftsmanship, or has made outstanding contributions to the Sui Dynasty, he can be promoted step by step; if he encounters a particularly outstanding talent, he can also be directly transferred to him. They were accepted as ordinary people in the Sui Dynasty.
The money needed to buy slaves was all trophies plundered by the army acting as thieves. If the seller wanted livestock, he could just trade them; if the seller wanted silk, porcelain, gold and silverware, salt and other Central Plains specialties, then " The "Silk Road Merchant Alliance" provides it, and the General Manager only needs to give livestock and furs of equal value to the "Silk Road Merchant Alliance".
Although this method is not as straightforward and bloody as killing Hu Ling, in terms of long-term damage, it is more severe than killing Hu Ling. At least, since the slave market was launched in Tingzhou, Xue Yantuo, the Western Turks, various countries in the Western Regions, and the Great The various tribes in the lake area were in chaos, and everyone began to hunt the weak tribes.
But with the large number of slaves arriving, the general manager not only had to find things to do for them, not only had to prepare more food, but also arranged a large number of guards to supervise the slaves to prevent the slaves gathered together from escaping and causing trouble.
"General manager, Tuyuhun envoy Murong Yong has arrived." At this time, Yang Shidao strode in and reported to Yang Ji.
This guy was originally the magistrate and county magistrate of Zhenyuan County in Yizhou. His ambition was to join the army and open up territory for the Sui Dynasty. However, when half of Gaochang became the Xizhou of the Sui Dynasty, he was deceived by Yang Ji into returning. Zhangye. After Yang Ji appointed him Bi Mawen, who did not exist in the official system, he sent him to manage the horses at the military horse farm. However, what he really wanted to manage was not the horses, but the officials at the horse farm, so he was relatively free, but in this way Later, he was given the position of a secretary again.
This secretary is not an official. To put it bluntly, he is just a handyman, and he doesn't even have a salary. But from the time he was deceived until now, he has been doing as heavy work as any other official. He is so busy every day that he doesn't even have time to eat.
However, although he is just a little Bima Wen and a little Shu Zuo, in Liangzhou, there are countless people who want to get into this first position because it is not only close to Yangji, but also more accessible. Show your talent to Yang Ji. Yang Ji tormented Yang Shidao like this just to train him. As long as he survives for a period of time, he will be successful soon.
However, Yang Shidao, who was among them, didn't think so. At first, he protested, opposed and complained every day. But when Yang Ji showed his identity as an elder and wanted to punish him severely according to the clan rules, Yang Shidao was honest for a while, and then he was punished. He was overwhelmed by all the affairs and could only turn to his father Yang Xiong for help, hoping that his father would save him and get him out of this devil's cave. But what greeted him was a sharp rebuke from Yang Xiong. He not only scolded Yang Shidao for being ignorant of blessings, but also told Yang Ji not to give him face. He could do whatever he wanted in the future, as long as he didn't beat him to death.
At this moment, Yang Shidao completely accepted his fate.
Yang Ji asked in surprise: "They only arrived this morning and they were eager to see me in the afternoon. Isn't it too fast?"
"It won't work if you don't hurry up!" Yang Shidao said with a bitter smile: "With Tuyuhun's little wealth, how long can we continue to fight?"
"Let's go, then go see him." Yang Ji stood up and walked to the main hall.
Yang Shidao quickly followed and asked as he walked: "Uncle Wang, I wonder if I have a salary?"
"This..." Yang Ji was slightly startled, glanced at Yang Shidao speechlessly, and said lightly: "As a non-staff person and an apprentice, you must have the consciousness of a non-staff person and an apprentice. Not only did I not charge you tuition , but still caring about your food, this is already the end of benevolence, don't go too far!"
"I knew it." Yang Shidao sighed helplessly. From the time he was deceived to now, he seemed to have been helping for free. Although he didn't make any suggestions, considering what he did every day, the governor of Yizhou was just like that. However, he only had a few For a "business meal", if you want to improve your life, you have to pay for it yourself.
Yang Ji asked: "I'll give you some female slaves, do you want them?"
"Thank you Uncle Wang for your love, but the word "sex" is a knife on the head, so the female slave does not need it." Yang Shidaoxun Xie Bumin, based on his understanding of Yang Ji, even if he is given a female slave, she must be a defective one that no one wants. Yang Shidao couldn't help but shudder when he thought of those dark, muscular and round figures.
"I originally planned to give you some beautiful white people, but you really don't want them?" Yang Ji asked with a smile.
Yang Shidao's heart was pounding, but after taking one look at Yang Ji, he immediately refused righteously: "My nephew is a Bima Wen. He should take state affairs as his top priority. How can he waste his good time on women? Don't say so. I don’t want a white girl, even if it’s a fairy in the sky. In my eyes, all women are the same.”
Yang Ji smiled and said, "Then I'll be relieved."
"Uncle Wang, what does this mean?" Yang Shidao asked puzzledly.
Yang Ji said calmly: "I plan to let you supervise the female slaves."
Yang Shidao suddenly became interested and asked: "The good-looking one?"
"The kind that no one wants." Yang Ji said teasingly: "You just said that women are the same in your eyes. You won't refuse, right?"
"..." Yang Shidao regretted so much that his intestines turned green. He knew he couldn't escape, so he planned to help him, so he gritted his teeth and said, "I can't handle it by myself. Uncle Wang, you have to give me a helper." .”
"Who do you want to help you?"
"Dugu Pingyun!"
"That's right!"
"Thank you, Uncle Wang." Yang Shidao felt more balanced.
The two of them talked as they walked, and soon they arrived at the main hall. Not long after they sat down, Yang Shanhui and Yuchi Gong brought up a gentle man.
The elegant man smiled and saluted Yang Ji and said, "Foreign minister Murong Yong is here to see His Highness King Wei of the Sui Dynasty."
"King Tianzhu came to Ganzhou today, he is really brilliant!" Yang Ji smiled slightly and raised his hand to signal: "Please sit down!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Murong Yong bowed to express his thanks, then handed a brochure to Yu Chigong, who was standing next to him, and then raised his hand to Yang Ji and said: "I heard that Your Majesty is getting married, and my great Khan has prepared a small gift, and I hope Your Majesty will accept it. .”
Yang Ji took the gift book handed over by Yuchi Gong, opened it and glanced at it, and saw that it said one hundred catties each of Kunlun white jade, sapphire, sugar jade, topaz, jasper, and black jade. In addition, one hundred catties each of gold and silver, Qinghai There are thirty Cong, let alone others, but this Qinghai Cong is a thousand-mile horse.
Qinghai Cong was born in Haixin Mountain in Qinghai Lake. It is said that he is a dragon species that absorbed the essence of heaven and earth and was naturally conceived. It is precisely because his life experience is too legendary that Qinghai Cong was given many mythological colors by the Tuyuhun people. Regardless of the authenticity of the legend, But it is indeed a priceless BMW.
Murong Fuyun sold thirty horses, which not only showed that he was eager for reconciliation, but also showed that there were many Qinghai horses in Tuyuhun. Therefore, even if Qinghai's strategic position was put aside, purely from the perspective of BMWs, Yang Ji might also be because of these thirty horses. Instead of giving up the opportunity to produce more BMWs.
"I have accepted Sabo Khan's generous gift, and I cannot be stingy." Yang Ji said to Murong Yong, who looked expectantly, "Please go back and tell Sabo Khan that I, the king, will live a better life." He also asked someone to return a 'heavy gift'! At the same time, he didn't care about instigating Tuoba Ningcong to rebel, but this kind of thing can never happen again. If he causes trouble next time, it won't be so easy to talk about."
After hearing these light words, Yang Shanhui and others' faces suddenly turned red and couldn't help laughing.
"Your Majesty, actually the foreign minister is here this time..." Murong Yong was very anxious and quickly wanted to discuss how to stop the army, but was interrupted by Yang Ji.
"I am very busy. Come and see the guests off." Yang Ji waved his hand and said impatiently.
"Your Majesty, wait a minute. The foreign minister has something to discuss with the king!" Murong Yong quickly stopped Yuchi Gong, who was coming up, and anxiously said to Yang Ji: "The foreign minister is here to express his gratitude to the king on behalf of the Great Khan. Congratulations, secondly, I also hope that the Sui Dynasty and the country can open the door to peace talks."
"Peace talks?" Yang Ji threw the gift book in front of Murong Yong unceremoniously and said with a sneer: "King Tianzhu's joke is not funny at all. During the confrontation between the Sui Dynasty and the Turkic Khanate, you have been indulging. The soldiers are bandits and have been plundering the Hexi Corridor and Hehuang area. How can this thing make up for the losses you have caused to the Sui Dynasty and the people? Are you sending beggars away? "
"Your Majesty, the previous regrets happened during the reign of the first two Khans and have nothing to do with Busa Bo Khan. Since Busa Bo Khan came to the throne, he has been restraining various ministries, but Busa Bo Khan I was young and did not have enough restraint on Tuyuhun. For domestic matters, I did not go to Beijing to see the sage Khan. Now that I have my hands free, I want to repair the relationship as soon as possible and ask the king for advice. "
Murong Yong pushed the matter to Murong Lu Kua and Murong Shifu, picked Murong Fuyun out, and then said: "To show his sincerity, my Khan gave an extra thousand catties of gold and silver to make up for the money he gave to the Sui Dynasty before. The losses caused by the people.”
"Hey..." Yang Ji shook his head and said to Yang Shan: "Yang Changshi, tell King Tianzhu about the current price of food, and let him know what this thousand pounds of gold and silver can do in the Sui Dynasty."
"Here!" Yang Shanhui nodded and said to Murong Yong: "Liangzhou has been ravaged by your Tuyuhun soldiers for a long time. It has become thousands of miles of barren land and the fields are barren. The imperial court has moved more than a million people here, and now they have no output. , all thanks to the relief from the Liangzhou government. Although there are grain merchants selling grain now, the price of one stone of grain can be purchased in Guanzhong, but at most you can buy one bucket here. In other words, the gold and silver you brought, The value here is less than 10% of that in the Central Plains, so it seems like a lot, but if it is converted into food, it can't do much. And all of this is related to your Tuyuhun wreaking havoc."
"This..." Murong Yong was stunned. It wasn't that he didn't know the destructive power Tuyuhun soldiers had caused to Liangzhou, but he didn't expect Yang Ji and others to use this as an excuse, but he couldn't refute it.
"So if Murong Fuyun wants to repair the relationship, he must first make up for the sins you have owed." Yang Ji said calmly: "And what we want is real food, not cold metal objects."
"King Haojiao learned that Tuyuhun is bitter and cold and barren everywhere, and there are very few grain-producing lands. We are not self-sufficient, so how can we get surplus grain and grass?" Murong Yong couldn't help but smile bitterly. Since the confrontation with the Sui Dynasty, The food consumed by their army every day may not be a big deal to the Sui Dynasty, but it is an unbearable astronomical figure in Tuyuhun. They don't have enough food. How can they have any extra food for Yang Ji?
"This is difficult to handle." Yang Ji leaned back and looked at Murong Yong with a playful look: "At least now, I can't see any sincerity in your reconciliation."
Murong Yong sighed, cupped his hands uneasily and said: "Princess Guanghua misses her motherland very much, so she is here this time."
Yang Ji and others were furious when they heard this. They all knew that a woman came with the group, and they thought it was one of the gifts. They never thought that Princess Guanghua was among them. However, Murong Yong did not mention a word before entering the country, and it was obvious that he was sending Guanghua to the palace. The princess is used as a bargaining chip. If Yang Ji is easy to talk to, will he take Princess Guanghua back quietly?
"What do you think of my sister? A prisoner, or cold property?" Yang Ji looked at Murong Yong coldly.
Murong Yong was speechless.
Yang Ji said to Yuchi Gong: "Jing De, please take someone to the post house to invite the princess back to the Yang Mansion. If the Tuyuhun people dare to stop her, they will be killed without mercy."
"Here." Yuchi Gong responded and left.
Yang Ji then said to Murong Yong: "Murong Fuyun, this bitch, has finally become a little bit like a human being. He used to refuse to listen to his good words. I think he is just a bitch."
Murong Yong looked at Yang Ji and felt the urge to scold his mother, but he just didn't dare. He asked honestly: "Reconciliation..."
"Shanshan and Qiemo were originally the territories of the Northern Wei Dynasty, but due to the later split into the Eastern and Western Dynasties, and the endless wars in the Central Plains, the Central Plains Dynasty had no time to care about these places, which led to you wolf cubs taking away our land. Now I The Sui Dynasty had strong fists and strong troops, so it was natural for them to take back these lost territories." Yang Ji said to Murong Yong: "When you go back, tell Murong Fuyun and ask him to write a document saying that Shanshan and Qiemo have been since ancient times. It is the territory of the Central Plains, and it is reasonable and reasonable for the Sui Dynasty to take it back."
Although Shanshan and Qiemo have been actually occupied by the Sui Dynasty, what the Sui Dynasty needs is a stable Western Region. If states and counties are forcibly established, it will inevitably arouse the vigilance of various countries in the Western Regions, Western Turks, Xue Yantuo and other countries. If they join forces Resisting the Sui Dynasty would be detrimental to the development of the Sui Dynasty's western strategy, but if Tuyuhun issued such a statement, it would reduce a lot of troubles.
"I'm afraid..." Murong Yong snorted coldly in his heart. Yang Ji really dared to think that if Murong Fuyun issued such a statement, it would be equivalent to ceding these two places away. This would affect Murong Fuyun's status and influence. Tuyuhun's influence in the Western Regions was a huge blow.
"You don't have to rush to refuse." Yang Ji interrupted Murong Yong again and said coldly: "Murong Fuyun doesn't have to agree, but I can ask Princess Guanghua to declare him a beast who killed his brother and came to power. Find a talented and virtuous person and make him the Great Khan of Tuyuhun. With my support from the Sui Dynasty, I believe this person will soon gain countless supporters. I think Murong Zhao and Murong Tiejian are very good. If One of them has the support of the Sui Dynasty, and I believe they will be happy to join forces to defeat Murong Fuyun, and will also be happy to return Shanshan and Qiemo to the Sui Dynasty."
Murong Yong's expression changed drastically. Yang Ji had now completely figured out the lifeblood of Murong Fuyun and Tuyuhun, so he was confident. Moreover, Yang Ji's hints made him have great doubts about the powerful Murong Zhao and Murong Tie Ren, suspecting that these two people had secretly reached some agreement with Yang Ji.
He was shocked and angry in his heart, and he cupped his hands bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, the foreign minister really cannot make the decision on this matter."
"I hope to see Murong Fuyun's sincerity, and I hope he won't keep me waiting too long." Yang Ji stood up and said to Murong Yong, "My patience is very limited. If he doesn't agree, then I, the Sui Dynasty, will Find someone who agrees to write this statement. If no one agrees, then just continue like this. Yang Changshi, see you off!"
Some people are originally very open-minded, but their great authority often forces them to become suspicious and jealous people. If the situation is unfavorable, they will start to become suspicious. Yang Ji didn't know if Murong Fuyun was an open-minded person, but he knew that Tuyuhun, like the Turks, was a country that respected the strong and was only interested in profit.
Murong Fuyun was not strong and had low prestige, and for the sake of power, he even killed his own brother. If Murong Yong took these words back, would he still believe Murong Zhao and Murong Tiebian?
It's hard!
If Murong Fuyun gets rid of Murong Zhao and Murong Tiebian, who are good at conquering and fighting, the Sui Dynasty will march into Tuyuhun in the future, and there will be less resistance. The important thing is that these two people have a very high reputation in Tuyuhun. Once they die " "Unfounded" charges will inevitably make the already unstable military morale even more unstable.
And don't these two generals have the idea of flying separately when disaster strikes? This is also difficult.
Because a tribe in Tuyuhun is equivalent to a noble family in the Sui Dynasty, the chief is equivalent to the head of the family, and the chiefs also play the same role of focusing on the family; the difference is that the chiefs have no national feelings at all, and they are even less interested in interests than the heads of the family. Bottom line.
Yang Shanhui smiled at Murong Yong, cupped his hands and said, "King Tianzhu, please!"
Murong Yong glanced at Yang Ji, sighed helplessly, turned around and left. After returning to the post house, he immediately wrote quickly and meticulously recorded the trip and conversation on a piece of sheepskin, making it an urgent document. , ordered his entourage to travel at night and under the stars to Fuqi City.
In the general manager's office, Yang Ji said to Yu Shinan who was on standby: "Send an urgent order to Wang Bian, the governor of Guazhou, and ask him to send some people to contact Murong Zhao. This is not to say that we have to surrender to the Sui Dynasty, but to deepen the suspicion of the emperor and ministers of Tuyuhun. .”
"Here!" Yu Shinan was also very surprised by Yang Ji's sudden move. Although this was not in line with the established attack strategy, the effect of this move was undoubtedly very good. A trace of distrust was drawn between them. Under the influence of external pressure, this trace will soon expand into an irreparable natural chasm. This reduced great resistance to Sui's strong attack.
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