Although the Sui Dynasty moved its capital to Luoyang, it did not mean that Yang Guang did not attach importance to Yongzhou, including Guanzhong, and Liangzhou to the west of Yongzhou. In addition, moving the capital since ancient times would cause intense power struggles and even turmoil in the world, so Yang Guangdong did not abolish the imperial capital status of Daxing City, but implemented a two-capital system, with Daxing City as the western capital and Luoyang as the eastern capital.
The establishment of the two-capital system also meant that when Yang Guang moved the capital, except for the strong opposition from the Guanlong nobles and Guanzhong gentry whose interests were seriously damaged, there was no turmoil among the people. Although at the beginning, the people who were indoctrinated by all kinds of rumors did feel nervous and scared; but today, the people find that their lives are as usual, and after a large number of evil-doing rich and powerful children went to Luoyang, Daxing City's The order was improved countless times, so they didn't care where the court held its offices. But Yang Guang was not just talking. He and the court moved back to Daxing City for office work every year. The day before yesterday, he came back with the court officials.
I had a day off yesterday, so today is the first court meeting of the westward movement. There are so many officials participating in the court meeting, it is almost the same as the Wangshuo court meeting.
In the Daxing Palace/Hua Palace, the main content of Yang Guang's discussions with the Manchu civil and military officials was the Northern Inspection.
Yang Guang decided to enter Hedong County from Guanzhong in May, and then go north from Hedong County. After staying in Dong/Tujue for a period of time, he turned east and continued to demonstrate against the Xi people, the North and South Shiwei, the Ping people, Mohe, and Goguryeo. If any bastard doesn't know what's interesting, if any bastard makes him unhappy, he will immediately raise his troops and start a war.
Since we went north with the impure motive of demonstrating and starting a war, we naturally had to do without the army. Originally, Yang Guang planned to march north with an army of 500,000, but later he was stimulated by Yang Ji.
He believed that the apprentice only used an army of more than 100,000 to kill most of Tuyuhun in a short period of time, but as a master, if he needed to use an army of more than 500,000 to kill the Eastern Turks or a certain tribe , that’s really shameless. What's more, the foreigners in the north are not fools. If they see him leading an army of more than 500,000 people, who would dare to be disrespectful? If everyone is respectful, how can he still fight? In view of this, it was decided to bring only 300,000 troops.
Although he still had more troops than Yang Ji, the target that Yang Guang was targeting when he appeared was no longer the Eastern Turks who had mobilized the whole country to cultivate the imperial way, but changed to Goguryeo whose strength was intact. If Gao Yuan'er dares not to go to Liaodong County to meet the Holy Master, then do it to him; even if this battle cannot temporarily destroy the entire Goguryeo, at least the entire Liaodong area must be recaptured first.
The strength of the troops and the route have been determined, but the food and drink of the army and accompanying personnel is a big issue. It must be fully considered and arranged in advance. Otherwise, the demonstration will not succeed and will become a laughing stock.
In this regard, civil and military officials expressed their opinions. Zhang Jin said: "Sage, since ancient times, when marching, the government and the people along the way have generally cooperated, and the court has provided tax exemption as compensation. In my opinion, when marching north, our army can use the ancient method. Law."
Yang Guang was noncommittal. Ancient laws were ancient laws, and they were implemented in this way before the Sui Dynasty. However, Yang Ji governed Liangzhou in the third year of Renshou and sorted out Liangzhou's officialdom, and the results he obtained were shocking.
The reason is that the imperial court's tax exemption policy for poor areas and disaster-stricken areas has not been implemented by local officials. Although the imperial court reduced and exempted the people's taxes, many local officials continued to collect taxes in the name of the imperial court, but the tax revenue actually went into their own pockets; the people affected by the disaster were already starving to death. Local officials continued to make money in the name of the imperial court. Only if they were satisfied with the imperial court did they have any trouble.
In the process of corruption, local elders played a key role in aiding the evil deeds. Since the people had little knowledge, they naturally took whatever the elders and clan leaders they trusted said. As a result, they got the benefits, but the imperial court had to bear all the blame. infamy.
When this matter was revealed by Yang Ji, Yang Jian launched an investigation across the country. In the end, it was still so shocking. Therefore, Yang Guang now feels disgusted when he hears the method of "eating the people first, tax exemption later".
"Sage, I object!" Gao Jiong said: "The imperial court's tax-free policy was originally a benevolent policy considering that the people in poor and affected areas were overwhelmed. However, many local officials regarded it as bullying. , opportunities to enrich one's own pockets, which are caused by insufficient supervision and collusion between top and bottom
This is also caused by factors such as inconvenient transportation, inconvenience in delivering information, and narrow reporting channels. Since the reduction and exemption in aspects alone has caused supervisory and inspection officials to suffer a lot during inspections and investigations, I thought that I should try my best not to disturb the people when they can. "
"The method of eating the people first and then making compensation is a confusing thing that cannot be calculated clearly. The troops passing through the border often only eat one dou, while the corrupt local officials ask for three or four dou from the people, and the taxes are later reduced. And it is difficult to ensure that it is implemented... In the end, it is the common people who suffer, the rich are corrupt officials, and the bad reputation is shouldered by the court. Therefore, I thought that the common people should pay the taxes they should pay in peacetime, and the food when the army transits the border is provided by the local government warehouse. The people only need to help with the cooking. The two are clear and clear, so as to prevent corrupt officials from making illegal profits, and the grains taken out from the local government warehouses also have detailed quantities, which neither local officials nor the military can do. Fake."
"Sage, I second the proposal!" Su Wei also said: "The army feeds the people and the court compensates them. This method mainly originated from the war years. At that time, various political powers were short of supplies and had no choice but to feed the people. , Borrowing food to the people is a way of quenching thirst by drinking poison and killing the chicken to get the eggs. It has never been a good ancient method. Our Sui Dynasty is an age of prosperity, so why do we need to practice this method of quenching thirst by drinking poison?"
"I second the proposal!"
"I second the proposal!"
"I second the proposal!"
Six ministers including Yang Xiong, Pei Ju, Xiao Jue, Changsun Chi, Li Ziquan, Zhang Heng, Duan Wenzhen and Yang Xuangan all came out to respond.
Seeing this scene, many officials suddenly understood. It turned out that the saint had already made arrangements. He just took this opportunity to abolish the law of "the army feeds the people and the court compensates them later" to prevent corrupt officials from continuing to make illegal profits. It is not too high. What Jiao and Su Wei said was reasonable and well-founded. If he refuted it, he would be someone who deliberately left a back door for corrupt officials. So all the civil and military officials stood up one by one and saluted: "I second your proposal!"
Zhang Jin looked ugly when he saw it, and felt very unhappy when he heard it. He said to me, you are all good people, but I, Zhang Jin, am the only one who supports corrupt officials?
Yang Guang calmly scanned the ministers below, took in their expressions, and changed the topic: "Now that Tuyuhun is about to die, the court still needs to come up with a detailed charter for subsequent comfort, rewards, pensions, official arrangements, etc. ." At this point, Yang Guang said to Niu Hong, the Minister of Civil Affairs: "Niu Shangshu, King Wei is currently fighting in Tuyuhun to supervise the army. His understanding of the actual situation in Tuyuhun is far better than ours. He knows that new land. What kind of officials are needed? When the situation in Tuyuhun is settled, we will immediately make a copy of the list of officials to be recruited and give it to King Wei. If he thinks it is inappropriate, he will reject it."
Niu Hong immediately cupped his hands and said, "I obey my orders!"
Many ministers who had a grudge against Yang Ji felt a gloom in their hearts after hearing Yang Guang's words: Yang Ji was just the general in charge of conquering Tuyuhun and a local official, and he had no power to intervene in personnel appointments and removals. However, according to the emperor's wishes, Yang Ji will make the final decision in the future to serve as an official in Tuyuhun. The emperor's move meant that it was basically difficult for their children, disciples, and old officials to pass Yang Ji's test. This is really unacceptable!
Yang Guang turned to Duan Wenzhen, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and told him: "Shang Shu, when King Wei's follow-up army reports are sent to the Ministry of War, you can summarize the detailed deeds of the meritorious generals and hand them directly to me."
"Here!" Duan Wenzhen responded with his hands raised.
"Saint!" At this moment, Yuan Shou came out to play and saluted: "The situation in Tuyuhun is unclear now. Although King Wei has captured the land to the west of the Xitieshan Mountains, there has been no new military information so far. I wonder why King Wei didn’t attack the eastern region including Fuqi City?”
As soon as these words came out, the hall fell into silence.
The ministers looked at Yuan Shou with surprise. Although everyone knew that Yuan Shou was permed by Yang Ji and became bald, and his face was red and white, but even if you have a grudge, you have to see the situation clearly. Are you going to make comments like this again? What's more, Tuyuhun was beaten into such a horrible state by Yang Ji, so how could he still have the strength to reverse the situation?
However, what the civil and military officials didn't know was that Yuanshou also had Yuanshou's difficulties. As the leader of the Wuchuan Alliance, he and the Yuan family had done nothing after occupying this position, which had already aroused the dissatisfaction of the Dugu and Dou factions.
And Zhang Jin is a member of their Yuan sect, and he is embarrassed there at this moment. If he does nothing and shows nothing, what will Zhang Jin think?
Yuan Shou saluted Yang Guang with a solemn expression and said: "Sage, King Wei previously said that the Liangzhou Army will advance from east to west, and then invite the Yizhou Army and Murong Zhao from south to north. The three parties will join forces to attack Fuqi City together. It can be seen that the next step in the battle is to pursue and intercept, so as to prevent Murong Fuyun and the princes and ministers of Tuyuhun from escaping. However, there has been no military information for a long time, so I think it is not appropriate to be too optimistic. If Murong Fuyun escapes to another place, in the future It will inevitably rise again and cause trouble to the place."
Zhang Jin, who was frozen there, took the opportunity to say: "Sage, I think what General Yuan said is reasonable. We still need to wait until Fuqi City is destroyed and Murong Fuyun is arrested before we can discuss official arrangements, post-war rewards and pensions, etc."
At this moment, Li Zhongwen cupped his hands and said: "Sage, I think it is gratifying to conquer the west of Xiti Mountain, but the situation in the east is still uncertain, so it is not the time to declare our achievements."
"I second the proposal!"
"I second the proposal!"
"I second the proposal!"
Yu Wenbi, Yu Zhongwen, Xin Shixiong and others also came out to respond.
Yang Guang looked down at the heads of the Guanlong nobles, and his good mood was suddenly ruined.
Any general who has led troops and fought in battles knows that Tuyuhun's war potential has been exhausted. Yang Ji only needs to march eastward to conquer the eastern region including Fuqi City in one fell swoop. Under this general trend, even though Murong Fuyun had many conspiracies, he could not change the fact that his strength was inferior to others, nor could he reverse the fate of the country; and even if Yang Ji failed in the local war, he could still rely on his strong momentum to eliminate Tuyuhun.
It is impossible for the heads of the Guanlong nobles who came from military families to know this truth. However, they deliberately pretended not to know and came out to disgust people.
In the final analysis, it was because of what he said: "Make a copy of the list of officials selected by the officials and give it to King Wei. If he thinks it is inappropriate, he will reject it."
The power contained in this sentence, and Yang Ji knew what he was thinking and worrying about, he would definitely not allow the Guanlong nobles to appear above the officials, but this move seriously damaged the interests of the Guanlong nobles and caused them to occupy The dream of the Silk Road came to nothing, so these people didn't even bother to find a reason. They just opposed it for the sake of opposition and disgusted people for the sake of disgusting them.
