Suddenly there were two more babies in the palace, and the atmosphere was naturally different from before. Not only was the whole family extremely pampered, but even the members of the King Wei family were also delighted.
As the leader of the King Wei clan, Yang Ji is the "Emperor" in the eyes of the King Wei clan. However, because he has no children after marriage, not only the family is worried, but the members of the King Wei clan are also anxious. This is also the time before the two girls give birth. , the reason why everyone in the palace felt like they were facing a formidable enemy.
Unfortunately, King Wei, who had been married for three to four years, finally had a child. This was definitely a boost for Yang Ji's subordinate Wen Wu, and his long-standing worries were replaced by joy and excitement.
Yang Hao and Yang Ming lived up to the expectations of their elders. Both brothers were very strong, eating a lot and sleeping soundly. Occasionally they would open their toothless mouths and make babbling sounds, wrapped in swaddling clothes. His hands and feet were kicking from time to time. But once the trouble starts, it will never end. What is even more amusing is that when one person cries, the other one will also be affected and cry. If they are not taken care of, there will be no peace.
Yang Ji also left everything behind and became a good husband and father at home, staying with his wife and children every day.
After a period of careful recuperation, coupled with Yang Ji's careful care and the company of their children, Xiao Ying and Pei Shuying were in extremely happy moods. They were young and in good health. Affected by their moods, they gradually recovered. Slowly, I was able to walk on the ground.
The children are still young and don't understand anything, but Yang Ji knows in his heart that as long as the children are happy, even if they are a little tired, what's the harm?
During the time when Yang Ji stayed at home, Yang Guang, who had been settled for a period of time, made drastic reforms from the inside out; first, he forcefully extended the clutches of the Sui Dynasty to the north.
Mozhou was established on the land donated by Sumo Mohe, including the original Goguryeo, and the Dongyi Governor's Office was set up to manage the military; the Raolezhou Governor's Office was established on the territory controlled by the Xi people; Shanyu Daduhufu was established in the Monan grassland. This ensured that the Sui Dynasty could not only control the Sumo Mohe and Xi people militarily, but also exert military deterrence against the Turks and Goguryeo.
The three governorates in this state heralded the Sui Dynasty's hegemony advancing to the north and northeast. The current north and northeast are no longer the original northeast. Even if there were overlords like the Turkic Khanate and Goguryeo in the original north and northeast, the law of the jungle, the strong eating the strong, the big fish eating the small fish, and the small fish eating the shrimp are their way of survival. Even the Turkic Khanate and Goguryeo had no right or ability to interfere.
The Sui Dynasty has now destroyed the Khitan, forced the Xi tribe to surrender, forced the Eastern Turks to retreat, and Sumo Mohe took the initiative to surrender to the Sui Dynasty. As a result, the situation in the north and northeast is no longer as complicated as before; the strong movement of the Sui Empire to the north means that these All localities must be rectified and all must abide by the rules of the Sui Dynasty. It can no longer be like the days of the jungle and nomadic living.
This move is both gospel for the weak and an elegy for the strong. With the protection of the Sui court and the army, the weak could escape the fate of being devoured by the strong; but the original strong people like Xi Zhong of the Xi clan could no longer rely on their strength to devour the weak and strengthen themselves.
It is certain that Xi Zhong was dissatisfied, but he did not dare to do anything. After all, after he lost control of the other seven divisions, his strength had shrunk by 70%. Compared with Sui Dynasty, he was just a little fatter. Just sheep. No matter how dissatisfied and unwilling he is, he can only act obediently and humbly as the grandson of the Sui Dynasty. Otherwise, Yang Guang only needs to give an order, and the other seven tribes will carve up his tribe.
Secondly, the internal strategy of the Sui Dynasty was adjusted and planned. Yang Guang's focus was on developing national power. He believed that only with the support of strong national power could he be able to conquer the south and the north without restraint.
Gathering national strength is the key to the further glory of the Sui Dynasty, but the first step must be to have a correct goal.
Regarding the future, no one has more say than Yang Ji. Looking at the whole world, no one knows the direction of history better than him. Unless there is a second time traveler and rebirth, no one has more say than him. say. With him, Da Sui can go beyond the stage of blind men feeling for elephants and crossing rivers by feeling for stones, and go directly to the core of the theme.
"Saint! The Sui Dynasty wanted to make the people rich and the country strong. I think there are two aspects that can be developed at present..." Yang Ji waited until the prime ministers in the council hall expressed their opinions one by one, then stood up. He did not say which two directions, but Let’s first talk about the current situation of the Sui Dynasty in order to increase the persuasiveness: “Our Sui Dynasty was a vast land with a sparse population, and many precious commodities that were laborious, time-consuming, and labor-intensive could not be sold at the price they deserved because the supply exceeded demand. , the people engaged in this field ended up with a thankless end. If our merchants in the Sui Dynasty transported these goods to the West, and then purchased the shortages in the Sui Dynasty from the West, then both sides of the East and the West would easily achieve a win-win situation of mutual benefit. In view of this Therefore, I think the main development direction is to open up a new Silk Road route, use the Silk Road to promote trade between the East and the West, and use the Silk Road to promote exchanges between the East and the West."
“As long as the Silk Road is unblocked and more new Silk Roads are opened, East-West trade can greatly stimulate the Sui economy; and merchants traveling to and from the Silk Road will inevitably compete with each other to buy rare goods because they have sales and make huge profits. If it goes down, prices will definitely keep rising, and people will be able to get more money. This is the first benefit.
The Sui Dynasty was a large agricultural country and had inherent advantages in farming. As long as there is no major disaster and as long as Yang Guang does not devote all his strength to deal with Goguryeo, there will be no problem with self-sufficiency. However, the large number of employees in Sui's handicraft industry resulted in a surplus of goods, and eventually malicious price competition emerged, causing some small workshops to go bankrupt and fall into poverty.
Faced with this dilemma, Yang Ji felt that the Sui Dynasty had the obligation and necessity to open trade channels between countries; and the Silk Road existed for this reason.
There are many important officials in the court who understand this point. However, the Silk Road is complicated and the relations between the countries in the Western Regions are complicated. The Sui Dynasty has not yet completely controlled the prestige of the countries in the Western Regions, so everyone here is saying that Xu Xu is trying to figure it out. But the court can slowly figure it out, but what should the common people do if their goods have no market? We can't let them have "golden mountains and silver seas" but no food to eat, right?
After glancing at Yang Guang and the ministers, Yang Ji continued: "It is true that the countries in the Western Regions and the four tribes of the Western Turks are in chaos, but the opening of the Silk Road is beneficial and harmless to all countries. As long as they profit from it, they will support and protect the Silk Road. If someone interferes with the safety of the road, they will definitely become the target of public criticism. If we are timid and take things slowly, they will think that we do not have the loyalty and courage to do big things. So what we have to do is to overcome difficulties rather than retreat because of them."
Yang Guang dreams of overpowering his father and overcoming his ancestors, and surpassing his father has almost become his obsession. He fully recognizes Yang Ji, who has radical ideas and pioneering spirit, and makes him his confidant; he is listening to Jin, and Yang Ji Ji stopped, then urged him enthusiastically and impatiently: "What else? Keep talking."
"The second benefit of opening up the Silk Road is that through the eyes of merchants and pens and paper, we in the Sui Dynasty can achieve the goal of opening our eyes to the world and learning from the foreigners to control the foreigners. At the same time, we can send envoys westward to explore unknown regions and communicate with unknown lands. establish diplomatic relations with the country.”
Yang Guang had the ambition to open up new territories and the ambition to strengthen his ancestors. He had a general strategy in mind, which was to conquer Goguryeo and dominate the northern and western regions, so that there would be no powerful country in the thousands of miles outside the Sui Dynasty. Therefore, the current strategy of the Sui Dynasty is in the north, along the Silk Road, and in the northeast. The targets are "big countries" such as the Eastern Turks, the Four Western Turks, Tuyuhun, and Goguryeo, rather than weak countries such as the Xi tribe, the Lin tribe, and Sumo Mohe. clan, which was also the fundamental reason why he did not take the initiative to attack the weak clan.
Hearing what Yang Ji said, Yang Guang suddenly became interested. He asked, "Open your eyes to see the world, and learn from the foreigners to control the foreigners. I understand. But where do you mean the unknown country you are talking about?"
"The unknown regions and unknown countries I am talking about are areas beyond our knowledge. Take the West, which we are more familiar with, as an example. We know about the Western Regions, Tuyuhun, and the Eight Kingdoms of Sogdia. We also know that beyond the Western Regions and Tuyuhun are the Western Turks, Tianzhu, Persia, Daqin." After a pause, Yang Ji asked: "I want to ask everyone, what kind of existence does it look like if you go further to the west or south? What is the name of the country? Is it strong or not? "
Yang Ji's soul is deeply engraved with the shadow of the earth. When he talks about the world, the image in his mind is the earth. However, Yang Guang and the important ministers here only knew the world in the Sui Dynasty, the Western Regions, Tianzhu, Mobei, the Three Kingdoms of the Peninsula, the Japanese Kingdom in the Sea, Liuqiu and other places. Other than that, their minds were blank.
Of course, Yang Ji didn't know how many countries there were in the world in this era, but he knew through the mouths of Hu Shang from the West that the Persia Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty (the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire) had been at war all the year round, resulting in a sect in Mai With its rapid rise, this sect has a great reputation among the poor. If nothing else happens, then this sect is the Islamic sect that established the Food Country. Once they replace Persia as they did in history, then they will explore the fertile and fertile "a" of "gold and silver".
Of course, Yang Ji also knew that the dignitaries in the DPRK and China liked to learn about the world through Sogdian merchants who looked like Jews, but Sogdian merchants also had little knowledge. When they spread the news from the West to the Sui Dynasty, it would be great if it could become true. Therefore, Yang Ji hoped that the Sui Dynasty would send envoys westward in the name of the imperial court to obtain more and more accurate data.
And these three questions of his immediately overwhelmed the emperor and ministers of the Sui Dynasty.
After a long silence, Xiao Cong said slowly: "The Sui Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty are tens of thousands of miles apart. A round trip like this will take at least a year, right?"
"The Prime Minister's words are good!" Yang Ji nodded and continued: "When I was in Zhangye, I learned about the West from Hu Shang. It is said that the Qin Dynasty west of Persia has a long history, strong soldiers and horses, and a territory as large as the Sui Dynasty. Big, the important thing is that they have always had the ambition to advance eastward, but Persia is not a good enemy, so their ambitions have been repeatedly frustrated."
At this point, Yang Ji seemed to think that the firepower was not enough, and continued: "The history of the Qin Dynasty can be traced back to the Warring States Period, and its current territory was conquered by an emperor named Alexander. Even more powerful Yes, this person died of illness at the age of thirty-three."
Yang Guang gasped when he heard this. As a perfect idealist, he had the ambition to surpass the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty. He believed that as long as he conquered Goguryeo and encroached on the Western Regions and Turks, the territory of the Sui Dynasty would be unprecedentedly powerful. And he will also become a great emperor unparalleled in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad. But now, Yang Ji said that the Qin Dynasty was several times as big as the Sui Dynasty. Then what about Alexander? He actually accomplished such a feat before he was thirty-three years old. Thinking about it, it is a terrifying existence.
Thinking of this, Yang Guang's restless heart was beating, and his sharp eyes like a falcon seemed to have surpassed the "weak" Western Regions and Western Turks, and aimed at the further Great Qin. He said: "Alexander was able to conquer several countries as big as the Sui Dynasty. I, Yang Guang, must conquer a larger territory in my lifetime, and I must not be outmatched by the barbarians."
The important ministers present were also dumbfounded. Such information and news that subverted their cognition made them speechless for a while.
"Saints and gentlemen! I am not saying this to be alarmist, nor am I trying to encourage everyone to compete with Great Qin: First, I hope everyone knows that the world is so big and beyond imagination, and second, because Great Qin's ambition to advance eastward is undying." Yang Ji said solemnly. Said: "And the third reason is also the most important reason."
"That is because Persia's continuous wars with the Qin Dynasty have severely damaged their vitality and their national strength is about to be exhausted. They were forced to increase taxes on their subjects, which in turn caused internal riots. An internal force used the subjects to attack the imperial court. They were dissatisfied and used the name of religion to win over many poor people. If they launch a turmoil similar to the Yellow Turban Uprising, the war will surely spread throughout Persia; and the Persian dynasty, which is suffering from internal and external troubles, may also collapse."
"Persia has had friendly exchanges with our Central Plains dynasty since the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and is also very close to our Sui Dynasty. Once Persia falls, the Qin Dynasty will have an unimpeded way to advance eastward, and it is very likely that it will conquer the Western Turks and Sui Dynasties. The special eight countries and the countries in the Western Regions brought the war to the western part of the Sui Dynasty."
"So, we have to be on guard and prepare in advance!"
At the end of the sentence, Yang Ji looked at Yang Guang.
Since Yang Guang ascended the throne as emperor, he has carried out drastic reforms. What is particularly rare is that he not only delegated some powers to the council, but also greatly improved the establishment of the censorship and the status of the censorship officials. He is not afraid that you dare to I'm afraid you won't find anything wrong with me, or you'll make a false accusation. Even if the issues pointed out were a bit harsh, he would not be able to step down. But he still rationally chose to accept it after getting angry. Even if he didn't accept it, he wouldn't maliciously seek trouble.
Therefore, Yang Ji felt that the current Yang Guang was very qualified, especially in terms of general direction and restructuring. Few emperors in the past and present were qualified to compare with him.
In history, ten years before the great cause, Yang Guang built the new capital Luoyang in order to better control the world; in order to communicate and strengthen the connection between the north and the south, he dug the Grand Canal across the world; in order to keep abreast of world events and transport troops, he opened straight roads and expanded his officialdom. Dao, Guangjian Station...
In terms of economy, although later generations say that he was a prodigal, the famous Luokou Cang, Hanjia Cang, Huiluo Cang, Baima Cang, and Jinyang Gongcang City were actually built by him and stored grain. It has nothing to do with Yang Jian. In terms of domestic affairs, he revised the "Daye Law", established education, created imperial examinations, restored the Han system, and rescued Han civilization... In terms of military affairs, he led his troops to unify the north and south, went to the north to conquer the Turks, pacified Yang Liang, who was at the height of his power, and fought in the south. He went to Linyi, annihilated and annexed Tuyuhun to the west, and conquered Liuqiu to the east. As for diplomacy, he also made remarkable achievements. Not only did he manage the Western Regions and open up many new Silk Roads, he also sent envoys to Persia and visited Southeast Asia. , traveling eastward to Japan...
As long as a generation of emperors did one of the above, it would be enough to leave a name in history; but Yang Guang actually did them all ten years before his great cause. What is even more rare is that the world has not yet been in chaos. If it hadn't been for his successive expeditions to Goguryeo, the Sui Dynasty would not have collapsed due to exhaustion of national power and loss of popular support. Therefore, some people in later generations once said that if Yang Guang quit and only continued his career as emperor for ten years, his achievements would be enough to surpass 99.9% of emperors.
But for now, although Yang Guang sometimes seems eager for quick success, at least he has not reached the point of being willful and insistent. He is also willing to explain the profound meaning of his actions to civil and military officials and listen to good advice.
The reason why Yang Ji exaggerated the strength and national power of Qin and exaggerated Alexander was to set a higher role model and a higher standard for Yang Guang. As long as he has a sense of crisis and as long as he feels that there is an uncontrollable powerful existence in the West, Then because of his worries, he would not and would not dare to devote all his country's efforts to Goguryeo.
"Saint!" Su Wei stood up, bowed his hands to Yang Guang, and said in a deep voice: "Although Da Qin is tens of thousands of miles away, with Da Qin's strong national power, it is not difficult to defeat Persia, which is suffering from internal and external troubles. , it is very necessary for me, the Sui Dynasty, to collect information and military information about the country."
"I second the proposal!" Yang Xiong also stood up and saluted: "Sage, when two countries are fighting, love comes first. If we, the Sui Dynasty, want to defeat the enemy, we must know ourselves, the enemy, and understand the enemy's situation, so that we can clearly understand the advantages and disadvantages of ourselves and the enemy."
Gao Yan immediately said: "Sage, when I traveled westward as an envoy to the Western Regions, I discovered that the Western Regions and the lands farther west have customs, customs and various resources that we didn't know about. What we have to do is to understand these countries and races, and then open up "More new Silk Roads and sending more envoys to strengthen ties with Western countries will not only open up economic channels, but also obtain more information that we don't know."
Yang Guang was already excited, but after hearing what Zhu Xiangguo said, he calmed down and said: "Since I came down, the Assembly Hall has taken the lead, and the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple have jointly established the Western Regions Department, which is responsible for communicating with the Western Regions and the West. "
"I obey your order!" All ministers stood up one after another and responded with a bang.
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