Preparing for war is a very complicated matter, involving all aspects, especially national mobilization.
Since ancient times, China's elite troops have been sent from the north. In fact, it is those provinces, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Henan, plus Shandong.
Among them, Shandong is not very good. It’s not that the people are incompetent. This is related to their geographical situation and culture. Shandong can be said to be a flat river. It is located in the North China Plain. It has the benefits of fish and salt, abundant food, and is the birthplace of Confucianism. Although it is martial, it is very It has become a battleground for military strategists. There is no way to fight for it. Without the danger of mountains and rivers, it can be penetrated in one hit.
Once there is a military disaster in Shandong, the entire land will be in war. Anyway, I can go anywhere and it will be easy to go anywhere.
This is why during the Warring States Period, Yan State Leyi was able to eat Qi State in one go, and Qi State Tiandan was able to eat it back in one go, because there was no dangerous place to defend.
Therefore, there have always been relatively few military rebellions in Shandong. First of all, it is wealthy, and secondly, the court policy is deliberately evasive. To build Luoyang and build the Grand Canal, the fewest civilians were recruited from Shandong because they were afraid of causing trouble. After all, Shandong people have a very fierce character.
The capital of Northern Qi is in Yecheng (Hebei), and its capital is Jinyang. Why is it here? Because they dare not go to Shandong. Wherever the capital is, it will undoubtedly be the political, economic, cultural and military center. If the capital is in Shandong, it will be a disaster and it will penetrate you in one go.
This time to conquer Goguryeo, we only mobilized 110,000 troops from Shandong and 300,000 civilians. Look, isn't it very unfair?
The pressure was instantly put on Shanxi, Hebei, and Henan. The elite from Guanzhong would definitely go, but the civilians would not recruit many people. As the basic base of the Sui Dynasty, it was the most difficult place to move.
There are two million civilians, but the entire south has only 400,000, leaving 1.6 million, mainly relying on Shanxi, Hebei, and Henan. This is really a series of sufferings.
Due to the excessive pressure of conscription, there have been situations in Shanxi that would rather break their own legs to avoid military service. There are countermeasures below, and there are countermeasures above.
If you have a disability and are unable to apply, there will be one woman. You or your wife should go. It’s your choice.
The people in Hedong are the happiest right now because a large number of them have been drafted into the refinery. Working is better than working hard.
We are still in the early stages of recruitment, so we will issue notices in advance to prepare you mentally. If you are not afraid of running away, the land will have locked you up. If you leave your field, you will die.
In this case, you have to give the people confidence. You can’t give them food and drink, but you have to give them spiritual encouragement, right?
So Yang Ming set up pacification envoys in Shanxi, who were served by county magistrates from all over the country. They mainly brought refined weapons and armors to let the people take a look and told them not to worry, we can win. On the battlefield, you have this precious armor. I can't die even if I want to.
In addition, we also need to publicize the threat of Goguryeo, which means that this country is preparing to attack us, and we are attacking first, so as not to be unable to respond in the future and the people will suffer. If we win in the future, we will share with everyone what we robbed from there. point.
In fact, it is just trying to spread the pie, and I will definitely not admit it in the future.
The person who painted the cake is the county magistrate and has nothing to do with the court. If he is transferred when the time comes, the new county magistrate will not admit it when he takes office. This is called the new official not asking about the old official affairs.
The common people will think that only their county magistrate is giving them a picture, and they don't know about other counties' affairs, because they have little information.
Yang Ming couldn't live with this method in his conscience, but there was really no other way at the moment. There was no food or money. The best way was to destroy Goguryeo in the future so that the people of the Sui Dynasty could live a stable life.
At that time, Yang Ming will intervene in the land reform so that the people of the world can have enough to eat.
Yang Yinjiang, Pei Shuying, and Chen Shuyi gave birth to sons one after another. Yang Yinjiang is also really amazing. The third one is a son, and Pei Shuying and Chen Shuyi are daughters.
This son is Yang Ming's fifth son. He named his son Yang Can.
Five sons, Yang Rui, Yang Jin, Yang Qi, Yang Cong and Yang Can.
Pei Shuying's daughter was named Yang Yizhen. Jingzhou corresponds to the wings and Zhen of the twenty-eight stars in the sky. Yang Ming also worked in Jingzhou, so she was named this.
Chen Shuyi's daughter, named Yang Xingchi, comes from the Xiongzhou Wulie in the Tengwang Pavilion preface, Juncai Xingchi.
Ahem, in fact, the names of the two girls were found in the preface of Prince Teng's Pavilion. Yang Ming planned to name all his daughters from this in the future.
The Hedong side was considered stable, and Yang Ming's presence or absence no longer meant much. So at the end of April, he set off back to the capital and handed over all the affairs of the training ground to Dugu Huaien, Yuan Shou, and Yun Dingxing.
It was a coincidence that Yuwen Jingli, who had been appointed as the comfort envoy, was currently in the capital. He was called back by his wife.
His wife was Yang Ming's third aunt, Princess Yang Wenjin of Guangping. Yang Wenjin called her husband back from Luoyang on the grounds of illness, and did not intend to let her husband leave again.
There are common people who desert military service, and there are also nobles.
Yang Wenjin did not want her husband to take this risk, so she lied about a serious illness to deceive her husband back, and then begged her eldest sister Yang Lihua to intercede for him, so that His Majesty could relieve Yu Wen Jingli from the post of comfort envoy.
When Yang Guang found out, he was furious and wanted to demote his sister to a commoner. Fortunately, Yang Lihua resisted and the decree was not issued.
After returning to the East Palace, Yang Ming first visited his three newborn children.
Fathers also have a wonderful bond with their children. When Yang Ming first saw Pei Shuying's daughter Yang Yizhen, he particularly liked her.
I can’t describe the feeling, but I just feel that this child is connected to me by flesh and blood and soul.
Anyone can see that the prince only dotes on his eldest daughter.
Yang Ming was in Yichun Palace, holding his daughter and wandering around. He looked at Pei Shuying and said:
"Has your father been canonized?"
Pei Shuying nodded and said with a smile: "Jingnu (Yang Yizhen's nickname) was granted the title of Princess Jinyang, and Xiu'er (nickname of Yang Xingchi) was granted the title of Princess Danyang."
Yang Ming smiled and said: "We will send some more palace maids from the Yeting Palace to see Yang Jingnu. Don't you have enough breast milk?"
Pei Shuying smiled and shook her head: "Jingnu can eat it, Xiu'er can eat it even more. The wet nurse at Shuyi's side has prepared four. Two of them are enough for me."
Chen Shuyi's daughter was only five pounds when she was born, but she grew rapidly. It has only been a month now and she is already seven and a half pounds.
Yang Ming had just returned from Chen Shuyi's place. He wanted to hug his daughter, but Chen Shuyi refused, fearing that the hug would break her.
In the evening, Yang Ming went to his dormitory, Guanghua Hall. After seeing his son, he called Yang Xuanting.
Yang Xuanting calculated that when Yang Ming came back, he would definitely be in trouble. Although he had been mentally prepared for it, his heart was still beating fast when he heard the summons.
On the battlefield, he was a fierce man, but in front of Yang Ming, he shrank.
After entering, Yang Xuangan kept his head lowered, waiting for the prince to lecture him.
"Stop standing around like that, sit down," Yang Ming said calmly while sipping his wine.
Xuanting hurriedly said: "I don't dare because of my humble position."
Yang Ming smiled: "You dare to hit someone but don't dare to sit down? Just sit down if I ask you to."
"Yes," Yang Xuanting sat down cautiously, took the wine bottle that Xu Jing handed him, thanked him, and said, "I regret my humble position. I was impulsive and made a big mistake, causing trouble for His Highness."
Yang Ming raised his glass to Xuanting, signaling him to drink. After finishing the glass, he said:
"Change it from now on and don't hit people easily. You also come from an honorable background. Why are you so rogue when things happen to you? Yuan Qing is still young and not sensible, and you are not sensible either?"
Yang Xuanting said with a look of shame: "I was holding back my anger at the time and was impulsive. Thinking about it afterwards, I really shouldn't have done it. It's just that I'm a stupid person and I can't talk to others. I couldn't get angry at the moment, so I took action. In short, it's all my fault. It was definitely not ordered by the Crown Princess.”
"No need to explain," Yang Ming said calmly: "How could Yin Jiang order you to do such a stupid thing? In the future, use your brain more when doing things. If it doesn't work, you should ask Yin Jiang first before making a decision. This is the East Palace. There are countless With your eyes fixed on this, wouldn’t it be shameful if your own people beat your own people and the news spreads?"
"It's embarrassing," Yang Xuanting said, "I shouldn't have regretted my humble position, but I have already gone to apologize to Wei Zheng."
"Who asked you to go?" Yang Ming asked.
Yang Xuanting hesitated and said, "Well, my uncle asked me to go."
Let me just say, will you take the initiative to apologize to Wei Zheng? Yang Ming asked again: "What did Wei Zheng say at that time?"
Yang Xuanting said sheepishly: "I didn't see anyone, so I put down the gift and left. He didn't want to see me."
"Is this also called an apology? Is there such an apology?" Yang Ming frowned and asked.
Yang Xuanting raised his head and said, "I begged for a meeting outside the door for a long time, but they didn't see me. I finally climbed over the wall to get in, put down the gift and left. I was sincere, but they didn't accept it."
Yang Ming snorted coldly, "Martial man, you are vulgar!"
Yang Yue asked you to apologize because he was trying to make up for it afterwards. It would be better for you to go through the process?
Yang Su is a hero, why are all his sons like this? Yang Xuangan is a big stick, and you, the third oldest, are the third fool?
"If you go again tomorrow night, just say that I asked you to go. If he still doesn't let you in, you will break down his door."
Yang Xuanting immediately puffed up his chest and said, "This works, I will definitely go tomorrow night."
"Talk to people well and don't lose your temper easily." After Yang Ming said his polite words, he had to say some words of warning:
"You are Yin Jiang's uncle and my general, but I can't protect you too much, otherwise others will think that I am unfair. As a prince, if I am unfair, won't I become a laughing stock?"
Yang Xuanting heard the warning and said quickly: "I will apologize to him properly this time. If he doesn't accept it, I won't leave, and I will never do it again in the future."
Yang Ming nodded: "Go down and call Pei Shuang, Xue Shou, and Xue Wanshu!"
"Yes," Yang Xuanting secretly rejoiced, hehe, you have reprimanded me, it's time to reprimand those three little bastards. This is just like calling a bowl of water flat, but the prince is still facing me.
He originally thought that today's test would be difficult, but he didn't expect it to be so easy. Of course, he would never take the prince's warning seriously.
Xuanting joined the army with his father Yang Su when he was young. He learned nothing else but to obey orders.
