After the morning session the next day, Yang Guang was reviewing memorials from all over the country in his study as usual. Since the Eastern Turks brazenly marched towards the Great Lakes area and boldly attacked Yang Ji's victorious army, Yang Guang needed to re-evaluate the relationship between the Sui Dynasty and the Eastern Turks. relation. Today, he specially asked people to put the memorials from Bianzhou in one place so that he could understand the strength and trends of the Eastern Turks.
When he read the memorials submitted by Han Sengshou, the general manager of Yunzhou, and Zhang Changxun, the general manager of Shengzhou, his face became extremely ugly. The second general said in the memorial that the East Turkic Rangers frequently went south during this period, provoking many border residents and border troops, and even had many small-scale conflicts.
This news made Yang Guang very angry. What made him especially uneasy was that the East Turks were not what they used to be. After Qimin Khan's conquests, the East Turks had transformed from a tribe of more than 10,000 people into a behemoth. Judging from the 60,000 to 70,000 elite soldiers and 30,000 to 40,000 herdsmen that Ashina Chrifushu casually brought out, it seems that there are at least hundreds of thousands of string control people in the Eastern Turks.
This 'string-controller' is very similar to the soldiers who serve as soldiers in wartime and do not farm in their spare time. In fact, they are young and strong men who can go to the battlefield at any time and have certain combat experience. Because the Turkic people are tough and can't live without Horses, bows and arrows, coupled with the fact that they have to fight against heaven and earth, against tigers and wolves, and against surrounding tribes, make every young man a powerful warrior who is good at fighting and proficient in riding and archery. If there are hundreds of thousands of young men in the Eastern Turks, they will definitely be a huge threat to the Sui Dynasty.
Among the three major threats in Yang Guang's mind, the first one is naturally the Guanlong nobles who dominate the military; the second is the Shandong gentry with descendants throughout the six towns; and the third is the Turks. If the Eastern Turks challenge the Sui Dynasty with a strong force, it is very likely to detonate domestic tensions. No matter what, he wanted to determine whether the Eastern Turks posed a threat to the Sui Dynasty? Will he challenge the Sui Dynasty?
Only after verifying the external situation clearly could he consider the intensity of suppressing the Guanlong nobles.
He thought for a while and took out a thick stack of memorials tied together. The first one was the "Liangzhou Military Report" written by Sima Yinshishi of the Liangzhou Army. The next one was the "Military Report" of the various states' military. .
Yang Guang took a closer look and found that Yin Shishi's copy was a summary of the "military reports" of various states. It raised the problems existing in the armies of each state and pointed out the areas that needed improvement. However, he stood on the side of Liangzhou Army Sima. At a high level, it writes about the combat arrangements of the Liangzhou Army, as well as the situation of the Eastern Turks, the Western Regions, the Second Tribe of the Western Turks, Tuyuhun, Qibi Tribe, and Xue Yantuo.
Yang Guang had the "military reports" of various states as a basis, and then looked back at Yin Shishi's summary. He quickly had a general understanding of the problems, deployment and necessity of the Liangzhou army. When looking at this "Liangzhou Military Report" from a different perspective and the overall situation of the Sui Dynasty, we discovered the shortcomings of the Yinshi Division and the areas that needed to be revised.
Just when he was about to study it in detail, a eunuch bowed at the door and reported: "Sage, Sun Sheng, the commander of the Youwu Guard General, has arrived."
Yang Guang said happily: "Xuan!"
Changsun Sheng walked into the study quickly and saluted: "My lord, Sunsheng, comes to see the saint!"
"General Changsun, no courtesy!"
"Thank you saint!"
"These are all memorials submitted by the northern border states, and almost all of them mention the Turks." Yang Guang pointed to the memorials on the desk with the memorial in his hand, and said to Changsun Sheng: "Generally speaking, the Eastern Turks are powerful and ready to move. Do you think the Eastern Turks will pose a huge threat to our Sui Dynasty?"
Having said this, Yang Guang handed Master Yinshi's summary memorial to Changsun Sheng: "Look at this memorial. There are a lot of records related to Turks in it."
General Wuwei was only Chang Sun Sheng's assistant in the court. His main job was still the Turkic envoy in charge of Turkic affairs. He had absolute say in dealing with Turks. He looked at it carefully and said in a deep voice: "Sage, this is The subsequent impact of the defeat of Bujia Khan was that he carried out violent conquests during his lifetime, allowing various tribes within the Turks to take the opportunity to break away from the Turks; but Qimin Khan was fighting against Bujia Khan, so he conquered these tribes without bloodshed. After the defeat of Jia Khan, Qimin's family became the dominant one, and the rest were worried about being attacked by him, so they simply took refuge with him. In addition, various grassland tribes generally believed that Qimin Khan was behind the Sui Dynasty, which allowed Qimin Khan to pretend to be a tiger. , and annexed those tribes that did not obey him. Based on the above three points, he finally laid a solid foundation for his strength today."
Yang Guang nodded when he heard this. In fact, when Yang Ji opposed the marriage in the 18th year of the founding of the Emperor, he said that once he remarried the princess, Qimin Khan could use the Sui Dynasty to gain momentum; and the main reason why the late Emperor Sui Dynasty did not agree to remarry the princess was That's it.
Yang Guang could not have imagined that without the princess, Qimin Khan could develop so fast. It seems that the Great Sui Dynasty was really good to Qimin before, thus conveying to the grassland ministries the illusion that "the Great Sui Dynasty is behind Qimin".
I hope that after Yang Ji won this great victory, the grassland ministries will change the idea of "the Sui Dynasty is behind Qi Min" into "the Sui Dynasty and Qi Min are turning against each other".
He thought for a while and then asked: "According to Yin Shishi's assessment, after this battle in the East Turks, there will be about four to five million string control people. Do you think it is too much or too little?"
Changsun Sheng said without hesitation: "Just a little more."
Yang Guang took a breath of air-conditioning. According to what Chang Sun Sheng said, Qimin Khan had at least 500,000 to 600,000 string control men. If the Turks invade in large numbers one day, they will definitely cause immeasurable damage to the north.
Changsun Sheng glanced at Yang Guang and reminded: "Sage, when Qimin Khan entered the court at the beginning of the year, many officials in the court suggested that Qimin Khan rule over the Xi, Lin, Khitan, North and South Shiwei and other tribes in the east. . This is a short-sighted statement that harms the country. If he agrees, Qimin Khan's strength will be doubled."
"Hmm! I definitely won't agree." Yang Guang also thought about this matter. In the past, he thought that the people who spoke favorably for Qimin were receiving benefits from the East Turks. Looking back now, it is very intriguing.
These ministers are greedy on the one hand, but they are definitely not ignorant. They clearly hope that the East Turks will become strong again, and then use the powerful East Turks to restrain them, so that not only do they dare not make drastic reforms, but they have to compromise and compromise again.
He thought for a while and said to Chang Sun Sheng: "According to what you said, Qimin Khan has become a big threat, which will inevitably make him a threat to our Sui Dynasty. I am going to take this opportunity to beat the Eastern Turks into pieces. What do you think? ?”
"Sage, in fact we don't need to mobilize troops." Changsun Sheng said: "The Qimin Khan's current power is really the result of the Great Sui Dynasty. The tribes of the Eastern Turks feared the Sui Dynasty more than Qimin. After the battle of King Wei, this Human beings are definitely alienated from Qimin Khan and drifting away; and now that Qimin Khan is old, his sons are all ambitious people. This is the natural condition for us to once again divide the Turks and use barbarians to control barbarians. If we provoke the Qimin people, the Turks, and Tiele, they will definitely break out into a war just like Bujia Khan and Dulan Khan did, and eventually the Eastern Turkic tribes will be weakened in the civil war. If we launch the Northern Expedition in the Sui Dynasty, instead It is easy for them to unite and cause huge casualties to our Sui Dynasty."
"In the second year of the founding of the Emperor, Shabolu Khan united with Bujia, Dulan, and Abo to send 400,000 troops southward and plundered all the land in Liangzhou and Yongzhou in our Sui Dynasty." After saying this, Yang Guang asked his eldest grandson Sheng said: "You know the Turks very well. Do you think it is possible for Qimin Khan to unite with the Second Division of the Western Turks, Xue Yantuo, and Qibi to do this again?"
"Saint, my Great Sui Dynasty is not the Great Sui Dynasty of the past, and Qimin Khan is not the Shabolu Khan of the past. He cannot mobilize the soldiers of the Western Turks at all. And the enemies of the four major forces west of Jinshan are not my Great Sui Dynasty. , but between them, if one of the four forces dares to invade the Sui Dynasty, I believe that King Wei can persuade the other forces to attack its rear. As for the Eastern Turks... please allow the sage to allow Wei Chen to go north." Changsun Sheng smiled , cupped his hands and said: "I am willing to follow Yu Qingze's example, publicly undermine his prestige and alienate his subordinates in the king's tent. However, I need to see King Wei first, and even need his help."
"That's right!" Yang Guang smiled happily. He thought for a while and then said: "You alone cannot achieve the purpose of deterring the East Turks. I will cooperate with you militarily."
"Please ask the saint to make it clear."
"I will put Lingzhou, Shengzhou, Yunzhou, and Shuozhou into a state of war preparation, and appoint Yu Juluo as the general manager of Fengzhou. In addition to the 20,000 troops from Fengzhou, I will also transfer one from Xiazhou, Shangzhou, and Yanzhou. Thousands of soldiers rushed to Fengzhou to prepare for war and intimidate the southern Turkic Khanate. If necessary, you can mobilize the Fengzhou army."
Changsun Sheng raised his hands and responded: "Here!"
Yang Guang then said to Changsun Sheng: "Since you are going to see King Wei first, give him a message by the way."
Changsun Sheng bowed his body to show that he was listening carefully.
"Tell King Wei." Yang Guang said calmly: "He has done a very good job. I am very pleased and appreciate it, but you must not slack off. You must keep up your efforts and strive to achieve more and greater achievements. As long as you feel it is right, as long as If you think it will be beneficial to me, the Sui Dynasty, feel free to do it by all means. Don't worry about me being in the capital."
That magical boy is full of weird but effective ideas. If he doesn't drain his potential, how can Yang Guang be willing to do it? If he became an official who did not seek advancement due to rumors and impeachment, it would definitely be a loss for the Sui Dynasty, so he did not hesitate to "stand up" for Yang Ji; he did not hesitate to use the mouth of Chang Sun Sheng to criticize some of the Guanlong nobles. People, express their attitude, and at the same time make them realize that Yang Ji is my man, I have guaranteed it, don't mess with him because of your fucking cleverness.
"Here!" Changsun Sheng's heart trembled. The emperor's attitude was so firm. The Yuan family's conspiracy against Yang Ji was probably in vain. Fortunately, the head of the family, Changsun Chi, did not allow the children of the Changsun family not to join the impeachment storm. Otherwise, the Changsun family would surely Implicated by the Yuan family.
When Sun Sheng withdrew, Yang Guang asked people to summon Pei Yun, the young minister of Dali Temple.
Pei Yun, who hurried from the government office, saluted and said, "See the saint!"
"No gift!" Yang Guang waved his hand and said to Pei Yun: "Pei Shaoqing, you should know about the canal segmented contracting system, right?"
"I know." Pei Yun not only knew, but also knew that almost all the contractors were Guanlong nobles, and that his immediate boss, Gao Jiong, had temporarily put down his important post of Nine Prime Ministers and had been patrolling the canal. Less than half a month after it was excavated, it seemed that Many people were arrested.
Yang Guang found a stack of memorials bundled together and handed them to Pei Yun: "Take a rough look at them."
Pei Yun read ten lines at a glance. The memorials were all written by Gao Jiong, and they were all about the contracted sections of the canal. They were either cutting corners and squeezing the people's power, or they were colluding with officials and businessmen to privately launch civilian labor in the name of the imperial court, but they ended up eating up the project. Style... all kinds of ugliness.
"These memorials have not been processed yet. You go and verify them one by one." Yang Guang indeed suppressed these memorials from Gao Jiong, with the purpose of saving them for the critical moment to deal with the powerful people behind the major contractors. Now the Guanlong nobles The major officials were looking at Yang Ji, so he took out these things, and he put Pei Yun in charge of handling the matter, hoping to draw the Pei family and even Shandong forces into this storm.
Pei Yun said: "Sage, I am the young minister of Taichang Temple and I don't have this power."
"Of course I understand!" Yang Guang said with a smile: "I will appoint you as the censor of the school and allow you to investigate everything in detail. The sooner the better."
"I obey the decree!" Pei Yun had already understood the emperor's intentions. These memorials were all about problems in the river section contracted by the Guanlong nobles. The emperor asked him to verify it when the Guanlong forces launched an offensive against Yang Ji. Obviously, He planned to use roundabout tactics to deal with the Guanlong nobles. It would be best not only to save Yang Ji, but also to make the Guanlong nobles overwhelmed and fall to the ground.
But this is a good thing for the Pei family. In addition to selling better than Yang Ji, this good thing can also bring down the officials involved in the case on both sides of the river, leaving more vacancies for the Pei family and the Shandong nobles to fight for. In addition, it can also eliminate a group of people. A descendant of the Guanlong nobles.
The sword given to him by the emperor was beneficial to both the public and the Pei family. All he had to do was enforce the law impartially and escort the criminals back. What could the Guanlong nobles do?
What's more important is that if you become a good censor of the school, then when you come back, you will most likely move from the idle Taichang Temple to the powerful censor station, with the power to supervise all officials.
. . . . . . .
In the imperial city, there is the official office of Shangshu Shengpushe.
Niu Hong, the Minister of Civil Affairs, came to see Su Wei for something. When he walked into the room with a cheerful face, he was surprised to find that Yang Su had come from Luoyang. Thinking of a bet between the two, he withdrew and planned to wait until Yang Su was gone. , come again.
Yang Su reacted quickly. When the light at the door dimmed, he naturally looked over and saw Niu Hong turning around and running away. He shouted with a smile: "Hey, hey, hey! I saw you, what are you hiding from?" Where can you hide?"
Niu Hong and Yang Su had a very good personal relationship, and they didn't feel embarrassed if they were discovered. Then he walked in and said seriously: "Hide? What do I have to hide? I just thought that the official department has a very important matter that has not been dealt with. .”
"Really?" Yang Su asked with a smile: "Su Pushe and I happen to be your superior officers. Please tell us about this."
"I forgot again." Niu Hong said matter-of-factly.
"..." Yang Su and Su Wei were speechless upon hearing this. This Niu Hong was courteous to his superiors and benevolent to his subordinates, slow in speech but quick in action. The late emperor once went to court while ill, and asked Niu Hong to come forward to report the matter. When the late emperor made a decision, he asked Niu Hong to announce the imperial edict on his behalf. However, when Niu Hong came down the steps and arrived in front of the ministers, he was speechless. He stood motionless in front of the palace, then reluctantly went back to pay homage to the late emperor, apologizing and saying, "I even forgot."
Hearing this, even the late emperor was stunned. He originally thought that Niu Hong was a steady and alert person, but he never thought that he was so "forgetful". What made him even more unexpected was that Niu Hong was so frank and forthright. After admitting it, the late emperor, instead of punishing him, praised him for his simplicity, integrity and sage style.
If it were just this one time, he might be forced to admit his mistake due to the situation; but Niu Hong is such a forgetful person. Once he puts his mind on something, it is easy to forget everything about what the people next to him said. net.
Over time, "forgetting again" became Niu Hong's motto. He himself has never been able to become prime minister because of his "forgetfulness". However, since he has been the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, he has never considered the family background and wealth of the people he appoints. Morality and talent have always been his primary criteria when considering talents, and he will never undermine the talent selection system due to any pressure.
Gao Xiaoji, the Minister of Civil Affairs, was promoted by Niu Hong. However, Gao Xiaoji had always been aloof and showed signs of frivolity, and seldom interacted with others on weekdays. Many officials believed that Gao Xiaojide was unworthy of his position and could not hold a big position, so he should be dismissed. However, when the late emperor said that Gao Xiaoji was recommended by Niu Hong, the ministers suddenly lost their opinions.
It can be seen that both the late emperor and the ministers of the court were very convinced of Niu Hong's character, and it also showed that Niu Hong was a good person.
"I've been on guard against this move for a long time." Yang Su proudly took out a piece of paper, handed it to Niu Hong, and said: "This is the content of our bet. It not only contains black and white words on the paper, but also your and my signature. You I’ll never forget it.”
"I can't forget this!" Niu Hong smiled bitterly and sat down.
"I said King Wei would defeat the Turks, and he really won! But you thought he couldn't win..." Yang Su said to Niu Hong with ill intentions: "The "Declaration Form" written by Zhong Yao is mine. ”
"Yes, yes!" Niu Hong nodded hurriedly: "But I lent it to others to copy, and I will send it to you in half a month."
"Haha, you are wise!" Yang Su is not someone who likes to take advantage of his friends. He just likes the feeling of winning. He said to Niu Hong: "Aren't you greedy for Wang Xianzhi's "Mid-Autumn Post"? It's yours!"
"That's a good relationship." Niu Hongda was overjoyed and said, "In the evening, I will exchange the "Declaration Form"."
"..." Yang Su, Su Wei.
Talk along!
"Lending it to others for copying" is all a lie?
"You, you! You are usually serious, but when you try to deceive people, even I believe it and fall for it time and time again." Yang Su shook his head and said to Su Wei: "Mr. Su, King Wei's victory is beautiful and significant this time. The war not only thwarted Rangan Liwei's arrogance, but also paved the way for the split of the Eastern Turks. After he recruited the tribesmen and remnants of the Turks in the Great Lakes region, he had hundreds of thousands more men to fight under his command. If nothing unexpected happened, , these will be the chess pieces used by King Wei to consume the elite soldiers of Tuyuhun. With these chess pieces in hand, the loss of our Sui Dynasty can be almost ignored. But he has so many more people at once. If the logistics supplies are insufficient, it will be a heavy blow. Big trouble. Therefore, our Shangshu Province must not hold back King Wei in this regard."
Although Yang Su was proud and aloof, he admired young people with real abilities and was willing to give such young people the opportunity to make contributions. Among the many Sui heroes he came into contact with, Yang Ji was undoubtedly the dazzling one. Not only did he Witnessing Yang Ji's growth with his own eyes, he also paid attention to every move of this young prince. Yang Ji's rigorous military management style and various vicious methods used against foreigners... gave him a sense of "having a successor" and "the next generation is formidable". Rejoiced.
In particular, Yang Ji's attitude of going his own way and acting as if no one else was around made Yang Su seem to see himself and feel particularly concerned and pleasing to the eye.
At the same time, he also knew that the saint intended to train Yang Ji to be his successor and take charge of the Sui Dynasty's external wars. Yang Su was happy and supportive of the saint's decision from the bottom of his heart. If Yang Ji reached his level one day, it would definitely be a great blessing for the Sui Dynasty and a great misfortune for the foreigners.
He is now the Minister of Order and one of the Nine Prime Ministers, but his current main mission is to supervise the construction of Luoyang New City and build the "general commander" of Luoyang's defense, so he often travels back and forth between Daxing and Luoyang.
This time when I returned to Beijing, I was ordered to report on the progress of the construction of the new city. However, shortly after arriving home yesterday, I heard all kinds of rumors that were unfavorable to Yang Ji, so I took the opportunity to remind Su Wei and Niu Hong to put the overall situation first. Never do anything that will make your relatives angry and your enemies happy.
"Mr. Yang, please rest assured. As long as the saint's decree is given, our Shangshu Province will go all out." After Su Wei promised, he couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Yang, the land in Liangzhou is barren and it is difficult to make ends meet. If this continues, we will have to We must exhaust Liangzhou and Yongzhou."
He paused and said meaningfully: "Besides, there are too many troops, right?"
Yang Su understood what Su Wei was talking about, but when he heard it, he felt extremely harsh.
It is true that he is a politician, but all his glory comes from the army, and the blood of a soldier flows in his veins.
He likes soldiers and is close to soldiers, so he hates "yin and yang" people like Su Wei very much.
"What does Su Xiang mean by this?" Niu Hong looked at Su Wei and asked in confusion: "Do you think it is appropriate for King Wei to disarm?"
Su Wei nodded: "Liangzhou's more than 200,000 troops are a heavy burden. If King Wei recruits prisoners into the army, the daily consumption will be even more appalling. In addition, there are all kinds of rumors in the court that are not conducive to him, so If King Wei is smart, he should not think about meritorious service at this time, but disarmament."
"King Wei is the real fool to dismantle his army at this time." Yang Su glanced at Su Wei coldly, and then said: "If I were him, I would openly expand the army and ask for money and food openly."
Su Wei thought for a while, then understood what Yang Su meant, nodded and said with a smile: "What Mr. Yang said is absolutely true."
Yang Ji's disarmament at this time was an act of concealment and a guilty conscience. If he can openly expand his army and ask for money and food openly, not only will he not delay the implementation of Tuyuhun's strategy and show that he is dedicated to the public good, but he can also hand over the "handle" of the food shortage to the court, making people feel that once Liangzhou loses the government's funding, Liangzhou will lose its support. The state army and the people of Liangzhou will starve to death, and Liangzhou will be in chaos.
He thought for a while and couldn't help but ask Yang Su: "Mr. Yang, why are you so sure that King Wei will win?"
Hearing this, Niu Hong also looked at Yang Su curiously.
"Well..." Yang Su chuckled and said casually: "I think he will win."
Su Wei and Niu Hong suddenly had black lines on their faces.
What a bullshit reason is this.
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