In the Qianqiu Palace, Yang Guang closed the memorial that Yuwenshu had played and placed it on the table. He did not comment on Yuwenshu's complaint.
As early as the beginning of the military reform, Yang Ji gave him a complete set of mature strategies. Various layouts and arrangements that Yang Guang had never heard of were also described in detail one by one, and the Liangzhou Army was used as an example to illustrate.
The results of the Liangzhou Army's military reform are obvious, and Liangzhou did not cause chaos due to the military reform. After the reduction, the old and weak were nominally affiliated to the Liangzhou Soldier Cao Veterans Administration. However, because the Veterans Administration contracted the government-run projects, the old and weak were They have lived a self-sufficient life through working; now, instead of consuming military pay, they have created profits for the soldiers; and the efficiency and quality of the projects they built are also better than those of hired civilians. In wartime, the soldiers only need to be summoned by an order, and the engineering soldiers immediately return to the team in complete formation, quickly forming a well-disciplined, calm and calm supply army.
It can be seen from this that the existence of the engineering camp can no longer be described as having more advantages than disadvantages, but it has a hundred benefits and no harm.
This also shows that Yang Ji was not messing around with the Binzhou Army, but was organized. It made him want to add a veteran department in addition to the four departments of the Ministry of War.
Yu Wenshu, on the other hand, has some impure motives!
First of all, the Binzhou Army was originally outside the "Military Reform Command". Whether it was good or bad, Yang Ji was responsible for it. What did it have to do with Yu Wenshu?
Secondly, the military situation is like water and there is no need to delay. I have already allowed him to submit any memorial directly, but this time, he deliberately went through the process. This move was nothing more than wanting the "Military Reform Command" to put pressure on him, seize Yang Ji's power, and eventually bring the Binzhou Army under the "Military Reform Command."
In fact, Yang Guang does not expect the important ministers in the court to be united. He also knows that the generals and officials of the "Military Reform Command" are competing for performance. He feels that as long as they do not delay the official business, he has no intention to prevent the conflict between them. strife. But the problem is that Yu Wenshu took advantage of him and the generals of the "Military Reform Command", and it was very obvious.
Although the emperor has been a profit-making tool for all forces since ancient times, and Yang Guang is no exception, Yu Wenshu's actions were too obvious, too eager, too disregardful of the overall situation, and too intolerable.
How could this make Yang Guang happy?
Thinking of this, Yang Guang couldn't help but think about the appointment of Yuwenshu: At that time, no minister spoke for Yuwenshu. Only Yang Ji knew that the old grudges between the two could not be resolved, but through Yang Zhao's mouth, he recommended Yuwenshu to stay in Guanzhong. General, what is Yang Ji trying to figure out? He didn't want the Sui Dynasty to lose this talent, and he didn't want to see the Sui Dynasty lose a pillar of his talent.
And what did Yuwenshu do after listening to his persuasion to "turn enemies into friends"? He went to greet Yang Ji outside the city with great fanfare. This was obviously because he was afraid that he would not know, which is the proper attitude of "turning an enemy into a friend"?
Nowadays, Yang Guangda is really disappointed by hastily gathering the "Military Reform Command" to jointly exert pressure without doing all the work.
"That's it, let's wait until the troops in the capital are reorganized before we start arguing." Yang Guang thought like this, picked up another memorial, but it was about the Grand Canal, and said to Yang An: "Send someone to the Assembly Hall to call for peace." King De, Duke Yue, Duke Su, and Prime Minister Xiao went to Qianqiu Hall to discuss matters."
Yang An bowed and made arrangements for going out.
Not long after, Yang Xiong, Yang Su, Su Wei, and Xiao Cong entered the hall and bowed their hands.
Yang Guang asked: "Censor Zhang Heng, where are you now?"
Five days ago, Pei Yunshu, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple and the censor of the school, stated the construction progress of the Grand Canal: Since the Tongji Canal makes full use of the old channels and natural rivers, the main projects are only dredging and tamping the river channels. Building river embankments is countless times easier than digging mountains and canals, so the overall project is progressing successfully. If nothing unexpected happens, the Tongji Canal from Luoyang to Huai River will be fully connected before the rainy season next year.
However, Gao Jiong, who was in charge of supervising the work, aroused hatred and was assassinated dozens of times because of his handling of more than 300 cases of excessive labor, exploitation of civilian workers, default in payment of work, cutting corners, and shoddy goods.
Five days ago, when they were having lunch, the food was poisoned. Fortunately, someone reported the case at the time, and Gao Jun and Pei Yun rushed to deal with it, so they survived. However, the other thirteen junior officers were all killed because they ate first. Poisoned to death.
Although Yang Guang was shocked at the time, he was busy rectifying the Beijing army, so he asked Zhang Heng, the imperial censor, to personally lead a team to investigate. At the same time, hundreds of Neifangsi secret guards were sent eastward to assist Yushitai in secretly investigating the mastermind behind the case, and to protect senior officials such as Gao Jun and Pei Yun.
Yang Su cupped his hands and said: "Back to the saint, Zhang Heng, the imperial censor, had many things to do in the capital. He only set out three days ago. Since he was taking the waterway, he should be in the Guanzhou area. However, he asked the censor Chen Shuzhong to set off first. At that time, I should have met with Prime Minister Gao and others in the area of Gushu County in Songzhou, which is also where the Yamen of Prime Minister Gao’s General Administration is located.”
Yang Guang frowned and said, "Chen Shuzhong, the brother of Emperor Chen Yang?"
The fourth emperor of the Chen Dynasty was named Chen Xu. After his death, Chen Shubao succeeded to the throne and was given the temple name of Gaozong and the posthumous title of Emperor Xiaoxuan. During Chen Xu's reign, his greatest skill was not leading troops to fight or governing the country, but his ability to have children. He had forty-one sons and countless daughters.
After the fall of the Chen Dynasty, Chen Xu had more than twenty sons who became officials in the Sui Dynasty. Five of them entered the three provinces and nine temples, four of them served as governors, and the rest were either governors or county magistrates. In short, the Sui Dynasty did not I feel bad for brothers like Chen Shubao.
Not only did Yang Guang and his brothers not dare to rebel even if they were dead, but they had to be loyal to their duties and fulfill their duties, and he was willing to let them continue to work as officials.
Yang Guang still remembers this Chen Shuzhong. He was the king of Shixing in the Chen Dynasty and the governor of Jiangzhou. He also perfectly inherited the tradition of the Chen family. He was always greedy for flowers and lust, and liked to eat five-stone powder. After entering the Sui Dynasty, Later, it seemed that because he was a descendant of the Chen Dynasty royal family and a prisoner, he gave up those bad habits. He first became the Taifu Shaoqing in the Sui Dynasty, and then he was appointed as the Yushi Taishi Yushi.
As for ability, he can be considered an official.
Yang Su explained: "In addition to the law, Chen Shuzhong is also proficient in property auditing. With him as the main subject, he can check whether the expenses of each contract section are consistent with the court regulations. As long as these are found out, the identity of the murderer behind the assassin can be revealed." The scope is further narrowed.”
Hearing the words "the murderer behind the scenes", the coldness in Yang Guang's eyes flashed away, and he stopped commenting on the matter. He suppressed other thoughts in his heart and said instead: "The top priority is to rectify the Beijing army. If there is no one The loyal and capable army protects the capital, I'm afraid I won't even be able to sleep well at night."
"Mr. Su, the Beijing Army has now cleared the vacancies, and has seized countless stolen money from the homes of unscrupulous generals. This allows the Ministry of Civil Affairs to allocate the arrears of military pay to the Ministry of War, so that each battalion can reorganize the army and train soldiers."
"The old minister has ordered Wei Minbu to allocate funds to the Ministry of War yesterday." Su Wei said with a smile on his chubby old face: "Now that 250,000 vacancies have been found, another 120,000 soldiers have been reduced. These two items alone saved the imperial court countless money, food, and equipment in one year, and it did not reduce much combat power. General Yuwen is truly the leader of the country."
Yang Guang's face was also filled with excitement, and he said with a smile: "Once the army is reorganized, the local military government will be reorganized next year, and the accumulated shortcomings among the generals will be wiped out!"
Xiao Cong looked at the emperor and his ministers whose faces were filled with joy, and shook his head secretly: Although he did not understand military affairs, he was an emperor after all, and he was very good at dealing with people and the world. In his opinion, besides checking for vacancies and arresting corrupt and lawless generals, Yu Wenshu would only radically reduce the number of old and weak people to please the emperor; but he did not do anything about the crucial issue of resettling the old and weak. These people have lost their source of livelihood. Do they really have no resentment at all?
There are also those military families who watched helplessly as their children were taken down one by one. The reason why they did not say anything now is because the children did commit crimes, but it does not mean that they will be arrested without mercy.
But the emperor was obviously in high spirits, and Xiao Cong couldn't guarantee that trouble would definitely occur. If Yu Wenshu had a good plan and everything went smoothly, if he came forward to remind him at this time, he might end up turning him into a smart-aleck, jealous of talented people. People.
In fact, the military reform strategy originally drafted placed the placement of the elderly and the weak as a top priority, but Yuwenshu had no money! The reason why he has no money is that the court is not sure how many vacancies there are, so it has not been issued yet.
Yuwenshu initially followed Yang Ji's lead and used the money and goods of the corrupt and lawless generals to repay the officers' arrears and arrange for soldiers. However, this was easier said than done. The reason was that Yuwenshu spread his business too widely. After the generals were arrested, they were thrown into the court. Everything had to wait until the Ministry of War, the Criminal Department, the Dali Temple, and the Yushitai came to a clear trial. Only then could we know how much shortfall the generals had eaten over the years, and how to recover the shortfall before the trial. ?
In addition, Yu Wenshu knew that too many nobles and nobles were involved, and he was keenly aware that if he got to the bottom of the matter, he would make too many enemies, which would inevitably cause a strong backlash, so he arrested people and put the most offending people on trial. Let go.
How could he be as relaxed as Yang Ji, who was so thorough in checking everything?
"Saint!" Yang Su raised his hand and asked: "In the past, all armies were generally in arrears of pay. Those officers who were laid off were not paid enough. Do they need to be repaid? Also, should the pay of those soldiers who were deducted by unscrupulous generals also be paid? Make up for it one by one?”
Yang Guang pondered for a long time and then asked: "Do you think Yue Gong should publish it?"
"The old minister thinks they should be reimbursed!" Yang Su glanced at Yang Guang and said solemnly: "The illegal gains of those greedy generals over the years have been recovered one by one. The old minister thinks they should be reissued."
Su Wei was in charge of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and was the most sensitive to money. When he heard Yang Su's words, he said with great heartache: "Yue Gong, what you are talking about is not just a piece of money. If you add it up, it could be a huge sum." money."
"Xiang Su, part of the recovered money was originally the money of the soldiers. Now it is just returned in full. Moreover, after recovering the vacancies for many years one by one, plus fines and ransoms, it is still an astronomical figure. The national treasury What you get will be more, so why do you care about this little money?"
After Yang Su finished speaking with a smile, he said to Yang Guang: "Sage, the soldiers have made great contributions and shed blood for the Sui Dynasty. The court cannot treat them badly! Otherwise, who will be willing to fight for the country in the future? Who is willing to fight to the end? If so, After paying the arrears and resettlement expenses, these retired veterans will not only stop making trouble, but will also appreciate the saint's grace and happily go home to reunite. After they publicize one by one, the people's heart of belonging will surely be strengthened. Better than ever.”
"Sage, what Duke Yue said is absolutely true! The old minister seconded his opinion." After hearing this, Xiao Cong immediately expressed his stance.
"Okay!" Yang Guang responded, then turned his eyes to Yang and Su, and said: "Yue Gong, after you go back, you must let the Ministry of War verify the plan clearly, and then issue it one by one. Su Xiang, I can't bear it either, but Duke Yue is right, our court will not do anything like killing donkeys, and we must not embezzle the hard-earned money of the soldiers; the Ministry of Civil Affairs must come up with this money."
"Here!"
"Old minister, I obey!" Su Wei was silent for a moment, then raised his hands and asked, "Soldiers of the Binzhou Army Engineering Battalion, what should we do?"
"Of course they will be released!" Yang Guang said: "As for the future, let King Wei make arrangements. In short, they will not become a burden to the court."
The engineering battalion is suitable for Liangzhou, but may not be suitable for the whole country. But since it is successful, Yang Guang also wants to find an engineering soldier to try. If it is really used so well, it will be managed by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry.
Anyway, the imperial court paid enough for every project, but if they hired civilian laborers, they would not only miss out on farm work, but would also be stigmatized. If they were handed over to these retired veterans who were not good at farming, it would not only solve their income problem, but the imperial court would also have a relatively strong team. Why not do it if we have a reserve army?
"Here!"
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