The matters Yang Guang wants to discuss are mainly related to Yang Ji's triumphant army. Since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, it has been fighting almost every year, and the result is that it is invincible; but Yang Guang feels that the Sui Dynasty has not destroyed a country in foreign wars.
Although the mighty Turkic Khanate was torn apart by the Sui Dynasty, the Ashina family was still there, and the descendants of the Ashina family also established the East/West Turks and the West Turks, so the Turks could not be considered destroyed. It is true that the Khitan and the Xi tribe and Sumo Mohe who surrendered to the Sui Dynasty have a long history, but they did not establish a country, and they cannot be regarded as a country that was destroyed.
After all the calculations, only Tuyuhun is considered a powerful country; now, this country with a history of more than 290 years was defeated by the Sui Dynasty during his reign. Yang Ji felt that he should celebrate it. Now, no matter how hard it is, I should reward the heroic army who fought "hard".
Regarding Yang Guang's idea, all the ministers agreed that the new dynasty should have a new atmosphere; although the policies and systems of the Daye Dynasty brought a stable life to the people, Bingzhou and Jizhou, which Yang Liang once commanded, were overthrown by the imperial court headed by Yang Guang After a round of fighting, the people in these two states do not have a strong sense of belonging. They recognized the rule of the Sui Dynasty, but they did not necessarily recognize Yang Guang and the court headed by Yang Guang.
The civil war between the Yang brothers has brought serious disasters to the people of these two states. It is not easy to achieve what the people want now. For this reason, the important ministers unanimously approved of Yang Ji's glorious victory and Yang Guangda's idea of celebrating it, and shocked the two states with the power of this hearty and crisp victory, and then went on step by step. To govern and appease the people suffering from war. At the same time, it also let the people of other states and counties know that Daye Dynasty was as powerful as before, and Emperor Daye was as promising a king as the previous emperor.
Seeing that everyone was unanimous and no one objected, Yang Guang's unhappiness and unhappiness caused by private money immediately disappeared, and he ordered the meal to be passed around, intending to eat with the important ministers who had not yet had lunch. However, before the meal was placed in the dining hall of Anren Hall, Yang Ji suddenly "barged in".
The aunt, the king, and his ministers were all dumbfounded when they saw this great hero who suddenly appeared.
They had just planned to organize a grand entrance ceremony with lined streets. This move would not only highlight the style of the iron-blooded army of the Daye Dynasty, but also allow Yang Ji and the triumphant army to enjoy the glory of the whole city cheering and paying attention. But how could this guy? Arrived?
What should I do with this entrance ceremony?
Do you still want to do it?
"Why are you here?" Yang Guang looked at Yang Ji with a black line and asked dully.
Yang Ji felt something was wrong in the atmosphere, and immediately smiled, and tentatively asked Yang Guang, "Sage, how about I go back and take a shower and change clothes?"
"That's not what I'm talking about!" Yang Guang felt a little headache when he saw Yang Ji's innocent look. Yang Zhao returned to Xijing the day before yesterday. He said that Yang Ji should arrive in Xijing in four days, but this guy came too soon. Almost, he thought for a moment and said, "What I'm saying is, why did you come so fast?"
"The military situation is fierce and there is no need to delay. Of course I have to come as soon as possible. Am I too late?" Yang Ji looked at Yang Guang with a puzzled expression and said, "The day after the prince set out, I set off to accompany him to the north. The patrolling army will be one day late."
Yang Guang felt that he could still be saved, and quickly asked: "Where are the troops?"
"It's time to enter Jingzhao Wugong County from Fufengyi County." In addition to Yang Ji himself, there are also 30,000 Liangzhou elite troops led by Yang Yichen, Zhang Dinghe and other generals who are accompanying him on this northern tour. Yang Yichen is now behind him. Take it with you. Although Yang Ji set out a day earlier, he brought his wife and son with him, and the eastward march was not as fast as the army. When their family arrived at Fufeng County, they were already connected end to end, and they were all in the same county.
This is not a rush march. If it were a rush march, the army led by Yang Yichen and others would have even passed Luoyang at this moment.
After hearing this, Yang Guang sighed.
He was careless, too careless! Yang Ji's amazing marching speed was ignored.
I remember that when the late emperor was seriously ill in Renshou Palace in the fourth year of Renshou, Yang Ji led his troops to the court on his orders. Without any holy orders, he only spent two days and three nights to break through the border and successfully conquered the palace. The army arrived at Renshou Palace in Qishan County, Fufeng. Although today's Liangzhou Army is still a frontier army, this time it has the sacred mandate of passing through the border, so it is naturally far more powerful than before.
It was easier now.
In the dead silence, Yang Xuangan, the Minister of Rites, stood up, bowed his hand to Yang Guang, and asked bravely: "Sage, do you still want to perform the ceremony of entering the city?"
The Ministry of Rites is in charge of etiquette, sacrifices, banquets, tributes and other matters in the court. Naturally, the Ministry of Rites is also in charge of the triumphal army entering the city. They had drawn up the process here and were waiting for Yang Ji and Yang Yichen's triumphant army to cooperate. However, Yang Ji came, and Yang Xuangan naturally had to ignore it.
Yang Guang glared at Yang Xuangan and said angrily: "The army is about to enter the capital. It won't be long before the whole city knows about it, and they have to hold a stupid entrance ceremony!"
Yang Xuangan frowned and retreated.
"Because you came too fast, you missed the glory that will be passed down through the ages." Yang Guang said to Yang Ji, "Originally, we planned to let you sacrifice prisoners at the Suzaku Gate. Do you know what this means?"
"I know, I know, but it doesn't matter to me!" Yang Ji nodded. After they defeated Bujia Khan, the imperial court held a grand ceremony to present prisoners and praise their merits at Zhuque Gate. According to Yang Guang at that time, only Yang Guang enjoyed the honor of being able to offer prisoners at the Zhuque Gate. Yang Guang destroyed the Chen State, ended the hundreds of years of division between the north and the south, and reunited the world. So when he returned to the court, Yang Jian "personally commanded the triumphant army of the Zhuquemen, and in order to celebrate and reward him, he lined the road outside the door with a cloth of silk." The accumulation reached Nanguo and was awarded in this order, at a cost of more than three million yuan." The Zhuque Gate witnessed the joyous moment of the unification of the world, and thus opened the prelude to the prosperity of the Sui Dynasty.
Although Yang Shuang, Yang Su, Yang Guang, Shi Wansui, Da Xi Changru and others have successively achieved major victories since then, the prisoner presentation ceremonies were all held at the Guangyang Gate (Chengtian Gate) at the south gate of the palace; this also led to the Suzaku Gate It became extremely difficult to offer prisoners, but it also shows that offering prisoners at this gate was the supreme honor of Sui soldiers.
Although the battle that put down Yang Liang's rebellion was of great significance to Yang Guang, the battle was firstly a brotherly dispute, and secondly, it was a period of national mourning, so there was not even a ceremony.
Yang Guang didn't want to talk anymore. He said in his heart that you don't care, but I don't care! But now that the matter has come to this, we can only give up. Hearing that Yang Ji was here to make a living, he quickly asked someone to add a seat.
Although this is just an "ordinary" small banquet, there are many important ministers participating, so the seats cannot be missed.
At first glance, the youngest Yang Jigao sat high in the chief position and became the veritable head of the hundred officials. In this regard, the ministers will inevitably murmur in their hearts.
After lunch in a strange atmosphere, all the ministers took notice and left. Only Yang Guang and Yang Ji were left in Anren Hall.
"Vajra slave, you fought very well in the battle of Tuyuhun. I have roughly understood some of your actions in Tuyuhun from memorials and letters. Among them, Jingda must be extremely wonderful... Come, come, sit down and talk. ." Taking Yang Ji to the Houyuan to serve tea, Yang Guang said with a smile: "As an emperor, I can't set foot in other places except Guanzhong and Luoyang. Even if I go to some places, the local officials will not let me see it. That’s why I am called the emperor, but among the kings and ministers above the center, I am the one who knows the least about the world. Please tell me in detail what happened in this battle, you What did you think about it?"
"Many things happened in this battle. However, during the war, there was nothing much to talk about." Yang Ji gave a general explanation of the battle and finally concluded: "To put it simply, it is" The art of war is to form a formation and then fight; the mastery of its application lies in one mind." This "wonderful" refers to a strategic idea that is flexible and changeable and is not limited to paper. As the coach, I only control the overall situation; as for other areas, the generals of the various armies cooperate with each other. Zhang Xutuo, Murong Sanzang, Li Jing, Yang Yichen, Liang Yuanli and others were in charge of the eastern battlefield, and I did not care about them; while Xue Shixiong, Qian Shixiong, Mai Tiezhang, Quan Xu, Li Daliang and others were responsible for the western battlefield. . Therefore, when it comes to my role in this battle, I am actually an insignificant outsider. "
Yang Guang burst out laughing when he heard this, pointed his finger and praised: "You seem to be insignificant, but in fact, everything is under your control, and everything cannot be separated from you. This is the highest state of military use, and also What a coach should do is that if you carry a weapon and go into battle, you will not be able to live up to the two gods of "Shang Shu Ling" and "King Wei". "
Yang Guang thought of what Yang Ji said, "It's nothing but war."
During the process, there was nothing to talk about. " Feeling that there was something in his words, he asked again: "What do you think, after the war, there will be something good to talk about?"
"But that's what I said." Yang Ji did not deny it and nodded: "Before the war, the pressure was still quite high. First, the enemy force was strong and the weather in the West Sea was abnormal; second, it came from the disaster in Liangzhou; third, it came from the court. Front. Both are under control, so to speak. The latter is almost breathless."
Hearing this, the smile on Yang Guang's face faded and he said with a serious expression: "I have heard this in Luoyang too. While you were sending troops, not only were there people impeaching you, but there were also all kinds of unpleasant rumors in the capital. I killed them. A batch of people were arrested, and then the rumors were suppressed. What's the situation in Liangzhou?"
"The most typical way to say it is that I support the self-respect of soldiers, the self-respect of thieves, and have evil intentions." Yang Ji glanced at Yang Guang and said honestly: "I think some people saw that Tuyuhun was lingering and could easily destroy the country, so they deliberately The purpose of spreading such rumors is to get me to voluntarily give up my power as the head coach, and for the Liangzhou soldiers to voluntarily give up their contribution to destroying the country, so that they can harvest the fruits of Liangzhou's years of operation."
"This is one of the important reasons why I asked you to kill Tuyuhun this year, so as not to make people jealous." Yang Guang's face already had a cold look on his face: "There are bad people in the Sui Dynasty! There are always people who don't want to see me in the Sui Dynasty. Well, I can’t see that my royal family is united.”
Yang Guang looked at Yang Ji and said seriously: "Vajra slave, I still say the same thing - you have me in the capital, you can rest assured."
Yang Ji said: "I just know that my brother can distinguish right from wrong, so I have to withstand the huge pressure of public opinion. Otherwise, I would have run back long ago, and why would I be fighting?"
"I'm very happy that you think so." As a high-ranking emperor, Yang Guang had not heard such heart-to-heart words for a long time, and no one dared to talk to him like Yang Ji. At this time, being believed by others brought about The feeling made his heart warm, but he was not good at sensationalism. He didn't say anything disgusting, but just kept it in his heart silently.
Then he continued: "Throughout the ages, the force that can make the Central Plains dynasty weaken has never been the alien race, but internal fighting. The powerful national power is exhausted in the internal struggle, thus giving the northern alien race an opportunity to move south."
"Over the years, I have been thinking about the Qin Dynasty and why the powerful Qin Dynasty died." At this point, Yang Guang looked at Yang Ji and stopped talking, as if to say, "You have to cooperate."
Yang Ji praised him knowingly: "But I don't know why the Qin Dynasty died?"
"First, Hu Hai was incompetent; second, he seriously lacked self-confidence and was too suspicious, so under the bewitchment of his slanderous ministers, he killed all the talented Ying family. As a result, when troubled times came, not even one of the Ying family had any None of the clan members have the ability. And only stupid kings like Hu Hai can do such stupid things." Yang Guang said: "Our dynasty is more complicated than the Qin Dynasty that ended the troubled times. There are more and more powerful forces that oppose our Yang family. It is powerful, so stupid things like Hu Hai's killing of clans will never and will never happen in my Sui Dynasty."
Speaking of which, Yang Guang's view is also one of the changes brought about by Yang Ji. In fact, in the Sui Dynasty in history, there was no clan member who could fight; on the one hand, the Yang family was sparse, and on the other hand, Yang Guang was the same as Hu Hai , although he did not kill anyone, he assigned the clan members to other families, the most typical of whom were Yang Ji and Yang Lun.
Because of the good relationship between the two brothers, Yang Guang won it in one go. But now, instead of being exiled, these two brothers, together with Yang Zhiji and Yang Jing, have become state pastors like local emperors; and the four of them have repaid Yang Guang with their loyalty, and Yang Guang has given more trust to the four of them.
Everything is developing on a benign line.
"By the way, brother, I have a question. I've been curious about it for a long time!" Yang Ji said.
Yang Guang asked: "What's the question?"
"Uncle takes Qin Emperor, Han Wu, Wen Jing, Guang Wu, Wei Wu and other Ming monarchs as role models, but you are different. You always use the faint monarchs as examples." Yang Ji looked at Yang Guang strangely: "Before, you said you didn't want to be Sui Yang Emperor, you took the life of Emperor Chen Yang as a warning; now, you take Qin II as a warning, but why?"
"The reason why a wise king becomes a wise king is nothing more than to do light corvee and low taxes, recuperate and recuperate, regulate the administration of officials, and the most important thing is to be in harmony with the world.
The family governs the world together, and all the members of the family are satisfied and happy, and the wise king becomes a wise king. "Yang Guang said: "The reason why the Hunjun became the Hunjun and the reason why the Hunjun perished was not only due to their personal reasons, but also the current situation was more complicated than during the Mingjun period. As far as I know, Chen Shubao did not want to live in a drunken dream or die in a dream at the beginning. He wanted to achieve great things, and even more wanted to unify the world, but the aristocratic families and ministers of the Chen Dynasty refused to let him go; Chen Shubao could not defeat these people, so he had to hide in the palace and become a coward."
"When I take them as a warning, I can firstly warn myself, and secondly, I can look at them with a fair eye and see clearly their situation and helplessness. In fact, the knowledge, experience, and education I learned from them are far more valuable." There are more than Mingjun, which is why I always use "Faint Lord" as a warning. "
Yang Ji was stunned when he heard this: "I see, I thought you were planning to imitate their prodigal skills! It's made me worry for so long."
Yang Guang: "..."
"But then again, brother, you are really tormenting, can we slow down for a while?" Yang Ji suggested.
After hearing this, Yang Guang's anger suddenly surged up: "Vajra slave, you still have the nerve to accuse me? Pat your conscience and tell me, among us brothers, who can do it? Who can do it? ? You have been cheating on me since I was a child, and you have always caused me to be beaten and scolded. Even now, you still keep causing me trouble and asking me to help you clean up the mess."
"You are so competitive and warlike that you are harming even me. Fortunately you are not the emperor; otherwise, the Sui Dynasty would have had many tyrants."
It was unbelievable that Yang Ji was treated like this by the eternal tyrant: "Am I so exaggerated?"
"Exaggeration? It's not an exaggeration at all." Yang Guang snorted coldly: "Since you became an official, you have done all the things that the tyrants think only tyrants can do; you have also done all the things that tyrants did not do. For example, major events such as paper books, libraries, running schools, collecting business taxes, dividing households into households, imperial examinations, military reforms, etc. are all things that aristocratic families think can only be done by tyrants. If others just do the same thing, they will provoke "people" "I criticized you with words and writings, but under your influence, I did everything. "
"I'll tell you the truth, when I look back at what I've done over the years, I feel scared, so I walk on thin ice every step of the way. But you are very comfortable, just move your mouth, but let me carry everything. .”
Yang Ji looked back carefully and found out that everything was caused by himself, and Yang Guang, who was the emperor, became a wage earner instead. He said with a grimace and a look of punishment: "Then you can dismiss me as an official." Well, let me continue to be a playboy."
"Dandy boy? You are already a father, and you still have the nerve to say this?" Yang Guang lost his temper and said angrily: "Now this endgame is too difficult to get out of. We must work together and deal with it together, otherwise, everyone will be ruined. You have caused so much trouble, oh, now you know you are afraid, right? Now you want to run away, right? I tell you, you are dreaming! Don't even think about it!"
Yang Ji was sprayed, so he added: "If we want to be happy, we will be fine together, and if we want to die together, we will die together?"
Yang Guangdao: "As long as you understand!"
Yang Ji thought for a moment and said, "Since it's so serious, then I'll come back as a minister and follow you to conquer the world."
"That's not necessary!" Yang Guang was startled and said hurriedly: "You must not come back, you have to let me take a break. At this stage, you should just be a Liangzhou herdsman. , As for the Shangshu Order and so on, it cannot be taken seriously, it cannot be taken seriously!" As he said this, he stood up and said, "I am busy with official duties, please go back!"
Yang Guang knew that Yang Ji did not love or be greedy for power, and his words to return to the court were definitely not just words. He felt that it would be better to let Yang Ji continue to go to the frontier to cause harm to foreign races as he was such a big scourge.
At this moment, Yang Guang was afraid that this troublemaker was really going to join the court as a minister, which was a false position, and would pester him. What if he accidentally agreed to his return? So he ran away without looking back.
"..." Looking at Yang Guang who was fleeing, Yang Ji was speechless: Am I so terrible?
Saint, please listen to my explanation!
