Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 325 Yang Guang Returns to the North
The Tiele people, originally called the Gaoche tribe, had two branches during the Three Kingdoms period, some were active in the south of Lake Baikal, and some were active in the Altai Mountains.

During the Northern Wei Dynasty, a large number of Tiele people went south and participated in the war between Xianbei and Han people. Later, these people were gradually sinicized and merged with Han and Xianbei people.

Some of them migrated to the northwest desert area. Among them, there is a tribe named Weihe, which will be transformed into Huihe during the Tang Dynasty, which is the ancestor of the Uyghur people.

The current Uighur is called Uighur, and it is temporarily attached to the Tie Leqibi Geleng tribe.

Tie Le originally belonged to the Western Turks until Qibi Gelen united with the Xueyantuo tribe to rebel against the Western Turks, and almost killed Luo Khan. For profuse sweating.

But in fact, Qibi Gelen couldn't command Xue Yantuo at all, and between Xue Yantuo and Qibi's tribe, there was a Western Turkic.

Xue Yantuo's Yi Shibo is the little Khan of the Tiele Khanate. If the Sui people play tricks and think that Yi Shibo is the great Khan, then many tribes controlled by Qibi Gelen will have problems, serious problems If so, some tribes may migrate eastward to attach themselves to Xue Yantuo.

The Fifteen Departments of Tiele, that's it, whichever tribe becomes stronger, the rest will be attached to this tribe.

At the earliest time, the fifteen tribes of Tiele belonged to the Western Turks. Historically, after Luo Khan in the West Turks returned to the Sui Dynasty, he took over the Shekui Khan of the West Turks again, and incorporated the fifteen tribes of Tiele into the West Turks again. territory.

Qibi Gelen was really scared. If Da Sui provoked the relationship between him and Xue Yantuo, his position as the Great Khan would be lost. At that time, the great enemy Chu Luo knew that he and Xue Yantuo had broken up, and he would definitely turn his head away. Clean him up.

So after Qibi Geleng left the camp, he directly led the [-] tribes under his command back to Tiele, leaving Murong Zheyun's tribe without a leader.

Yang Ming immediately ordered Xuan Ting and Xiao Mohe to surround the last large army of Tuguhun who was in chaos, and Changsun Sheng was in charge of persuading them to surrender.

A day later, the tribe threw away their weapons and surrendered to Sui.

So far, the entire territory of Tuguhun has been included in the territory of the Sui Dynasty.

Yang Ming left Changsun Sheng to deal with the aftermath, and he will go north to Zhangye, and after meeting Pei Ju, he will return to Daxing.

Zhangye County,
When Pei Ju saw his daughter who had been away for three years, he almost shed tears. After staying in such a bitter and cold place far away from his homeland for three years, his homesickness was naturally urgent, especially when he saw his own daughter, he was even more excited beyond words. surface.

After calling Yang Ming, Gao Jiong and others to sit down, Pei Ju looked curiously at the figure behind Yang Ming:
"Since when did King Qin have a woman as his bodyguard?"

The daughter at the side hurriedly explained: "It's not the guard, but Dugu Feng'er?"

Pei Ju was taken aback for a moment, then nodded with a smile: "Then you should sit down, come here, and bring another futon."

Dugu Feng'er, who was wearing soft armor, suddenly asked curiously: "Do you know me too?"

Yang Ming and Pei Shuying felt bad all of a sudden, they didn't have a confession with Pei Ju, so don't let it slip.

This is called impatience and chaos. Who is Pei Ju?Can he slip up?

"Of course I do. Isn't the girl Zhao Guogong's daughter and the grand-niece of the Holy Empress?" Pei Ju laughed.

Dugu Feng'er curled his lips and said nothing more.

Pei Ju hurriedly changed the topic, looked at Gao Jiong:
"I didn't expect Mr. Dugu to go to the battlefield again one day, let's have a drink together."

As he spoke, Pei Ju raised his glass to Gao Jiong, and Gao Jiong raised his glass with a smile. It was the first time for these two big men who had the power of prime minister during the first emperor years but didn't have much contact with each other to talk, laugh and drink under such a situation.

Yang Ming sat on the main seat with his chin in his hands, smiled at Pei Shuying and said, "Did you sit in the wrong place? Leave me sitting here alone."

As soon as these words came out, Gao Jiong and Pei Ju laughed at the same time, Pei Shuying curled her lips, came to sit next to her husband, and nudged Yang Ming's waist coquettishly, showing the deep affection between husband and wife.

Seeing this, Pei Ju was very pleased. Next, as a landlord, he got up to drink with Shi Wansui and other generals.

"It's a pity, Mr. Pei hasn't met His Highness yet, can't you go back with me this time?" On such an occasion, Yang Xuanting would not treat himself as an outsider, because their family is all Qin royal party.

Pei Ju smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty still has important arrangements, and it may be difficult to return to Beijing in a short time."

Among those present, only Yang Ming knew why Pei Ju couldn't go back. Firstly, it was clearly written in history, and secondly, Pei Ju had told him in private.

Yang Xuanting was stunned and said: "Tughun has been destroyed, what else is there in Hexi that deserves Mr. Pei to stay here?"

"It's unspeakable, I hope Xuan Ting will be considerate," Pei Ju said with a smile.

Yang Xuanting immediately realized that Pei Ju's errand was beyond his knowledge, so he quickly stood up and said:
"I said too much, I will punish myself with a drink."

The other generals also booed one after another, and the atmosphere in the room was very harmonious.

After this battle, everyone who was not familiar with them at first is now familiar, especially Mai Tiezhang and Su Lie, they really became brothers in private.

What friendship is the most precious?We went through the window together, we carried guns together, we went whoring together.

And they belonged to carrying guns together.

It stands to reason that Yang Ming should punish him for Mai Tiezhang underestimating the enemy, but in the end Mai Tiezhang killed the enemy bravely. Yang Ming counted his merits and demerits as equal, and he will not be left behind when asking for credit in the future, because Mai Tiezhang It's Papa's man.

Therefore, Yang Ming did not mention the mistakes made by Mai Tiezhang in his report, and even praised Mai Tiezhang for being brave and invincible, because his father liked to see such reports.

Right now in Zhangye, it's not a place to discuss meritorious service. Yang Ming will only ask for meritorious service from the generals when he returns to the capital.

So Yang Ming also picked up the wine glass, took Pei Shuying out of the seat, went down to toast one by one,

"Should we get King Qin drunk tonight?" Shi Wansui picked up the jar directly and smiled at everyone.

Yang Xuan patted his thigh, followed by booing: "It should be like this."

"There are no outsiders here, and no one will tell His Majesty," Qu Tutong, one of the only (Mai Tiezhang) outsiders, hastened to prove his innocence.

Yang Ming laughed and raised his glass:

"Drink!"

In Jiangdu Palace, Yang Guang, who had received the report, couldn't wait to call all the princes, nobles, high-ranking officials and ministers to hold a grand banquet.

Empresses and concubines in the harem, including the eldest princesses Yang Lihua and Shen Wuhua were present.

During the period, Yang Lihua laughed and said: "Once Tugu Gun is gone, West Turkic and Tie Le are both our vassal states in the Sui Dynasty. The Hexi Corridor has been opened up. This trip has been a hard work for the King of Qin."

Yang Guang laughed, and said in front of the officials: "Your Excellencies said, how should I reward the King of Qin for his great achievements?"

The first one to stand up was Yang Xuangan, who only heard him say:

"The King of Qin is the prince, and it is the prince's job to share his majesty's worries. How can a son relieve his father's worries, so how can we talk about rewards?"

His words immediately stunned many people.

Because when everyone saw him stand up, they thought that Xuangan, the old father-in-law of the King of Qin, would praise the King of Qin, earn some credit, and even with Xuangan's recklessness, he might even dare to mention the crown prince. thing.

No one expected that Xuangan would directly say that there is no need for a reward.

Is this really the sun coming out from the west?Is there an expert behind the scenes?

Of course not, the previous sense of mystery was covered by Yang Su, and he didn't need to worry about anything, but now, he had to be alone, although this maturity came too late.

Sure enough, Yang Guang greatly benefited from this sentence, nodded in approval and said:
"What Aiqing said, I like to hear it. The king of Qin relieved the king's worries, and the reward should still be rewarded. He will decide the matter of rewards for the soldiers in the front. I will not change anything here. Everything is approved, so it is for me. My son's reward."

"Your Majesty is wise!" Yang Xuangan returned to his seat after saluting.

From Yu Wenshu's point of view, if the emperor did this, it would be better to reward the King of Qin directly, and give the King of Qin the power of rewarding meritorious deeds. Isn't this waiting for others to cultivate wings and expand their power?
After this battle, King Qin's prestige in the army has become even stronger, how can King Qi fight?There is only an orderly seniority left.

Suddenly, Yu Wenshu felt that Yang Hao's original strategy of stabilizing the King of Qin and suppressing the East Palace had to be changed. Now it seemed that he should unite with the Crown Princess' East Palace to suppress King Qin's arrogance.

So he has been secretly looking at the expression of Crown Princess Wei Ying. Sure enough, every time the other party hears the word Qin Wang, the expression will be very stiff, obviously forcing a smile.

Others did not have the opportunity to get close to Wei Ying, but Yu Wenshu did, because he was a favorite and could often enter and leave Jiangdu Palace.

During the banquet, Yang Guang specially summoned Shen Wuhua, sat on his right side and said with a smile:

"At the time when the territory was newly added, Madam thinks, how is the prosperity and prosperity of our Great Sui compared to the old one?"

Shen Wuhua is not a fool, she was a queen before, upon hearing this she said with a smile:

"Old Chen is far inferior."

Since she came to Jiangdu with Yang Guang, she has a general understanding of Yang Guang. He is talented, respects Buddha, wise, domineering, does not like to be advised, and loves to listen to flattery.

But Yang Guang really respected her very much, which surprised Shen Wuhua, especially because the other party liked Jiangnan culture, and he was very fond of the local customs and customs in Jiangnan, so the two had a common language.

Anyway, my own daughter is already married to your son, so I will say whatever you want to hear, as long as you are happy.

Yang Guang laughed, his complacency was clear at a glance, and he said:
"Next, I'm going back north to Luoyang, my wife will go back with me," Yang Guang said with a smile.

Can Shen Wuhua say no?Naturally: "I follow Your Majesty."

Yang Guang has already decided that he will do two major things when he returns to the north this time. One is to divert Qinshui to the south into the Yellow River, and then dig a grand canal leading to Zhuojun. Turks.

Before visiting Turkic, there are two things that must be done. One is to say hello to Qimin Khan of Turkic, so that he is ready to meet himself, and the other is that when he returns from Turkic, he wants to travel north and south The canal, that is to say, within a year at most, this canal connecting Luoyang and Zhuojun (North of Beijing) will have to be completed.

He understood the matter of digging the canal, and he couldn't let the third child do it. The third child was too benevolent and would delay the progress of the project.

This kind of thing depends on the second child.

At the end of September, Yang Guang led the princes and ministers and the army to return north to Luoyang along the Guangtong Canal.

(End of this chapter)