Emperor Sui Yang

Originally, everything went smoothly throughout the meeting, but it was this meeting of the two khans that made Shibi and Chuluo feel humiliated at the same time.

Needless to say, Chu Luo, he has been humiliated for several years, why is Shibi upset?He saw himself in Chu Luo.

The Central Plains has always been sowing dissension towards the Turks. If I am not careful in the future, I will not be able to eat well in the East Turks. Will I also be thrown into trouble by the Sui Dynasty and get mixed up in the current field?
Originally, Shibi planned to stay for a while longer before leaving, but now, he was very anxious to leave.

There is a saying among the Han people: A gentleman does not set up a dangerous wall. I will stay here all the time. No one knows what will happen. To be on the safe side, I'd better leave early.

At the beginning of November, Shibi set off to return north and stayed in Jiangdu for less than a month.

"This kid is very ambitious, so I have to guard against it," Pei Ju said with a frown in the main hall of Jiangdu Palace:
"He came here this time, saying that the Western Turkic Sheku has been robbing their pastures. This is paving the way for their future use of troops against the Western Turks."

Yang Guang nodded, looked at the accompanying Taoist Zhao Zhao, and asked, "How is this man?"

Zhao Zhaodao: "A person with upside-down eyebrows, pointed cheekbones and reversed ears, hooked nose and thick cheeks is the most untrustworthy person. When this person speaks, his eyebrows and eyes flicker. He is a cunning and wise person, not like Qimin."

Da Sui felt at ease with Qimin, because although Qimin was very tall and tall, he had a simple and honest face and a sincere smile, which made people feel good.

But Shibi, after all, is young, less than [-] years old to lead the entire East Turkic, his face is born from the heart, and his domineering side is undoubtedly displayed on his face.

Yang Guang is also a ruthless person. When he was in Jiangdu before, he looked like an elegant literati. Now, his gestures, words and deeds are very domineering. This is the temperament of a person in power.

There is a poem in history that goes like this: Sui Yang is unfortunate to be the emperor, and An Shi is pitiful to be the husband.

Absolutely brilliant.

If Yang Guang is allowed to become an official, he will definitely be at the level of a prime minister.

Yang Guang pondered for a moment, then nodded: "Although I have seen this son for less than a month, I can also see that this son is domineering and powerful, and he is not a generation who would be willing to be inferior to others. The Eastern Turks will eventually be a big problem for us in the north."

Su Wei said: "East Turkic affairs can be put aside for the time being. The situation in Lingnan is not good. Feng Ang has the tendency to watch the fire. If the chaos in Yulin County cannot be put down as soon as possible, it may affect the whole Lingnan."

There was a rebellion in Guangxi, and Feng An sent troops there, but only 5000 people were sent. It was reported to the court that the entire army was wiped out, but in fact, it was not that serious.

There were some big defeats, but there were also a lot of withdrawals. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Feng An didn't work hard.

This is normal, because Feng An knows who is behind the rebels, so the best way is to negotiate with the Ning family in private, so that they don't mess around.

But Feng An didn't dare to tell the emperor that it was the Ning family's fault, otherwise, if the emperor was furious and took Ning Changzhen's knife, the matter would get out of hand.

"It seems that Lingnan is very opposed to the imperial court's policy. As soon as Qiu and the others left, some tribes rebelled. This is for the imperial court to see," Niu Hong said:

"The total number of soldiers in Lingnan is less than 8000, and they are extremely scattered. If Qiu He wants to suppress the rebellion, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. He should be transferred."

Lai Huer shook his head and said: "The best way is not to fight. Last year's national war was too expensive. Right now, people feel at ease, and it is in the south. If there is a large-scale deployment of troops, the military government will also get angry. .”

In fact, the most critical point is that the military salary has not been paid.

The distribution of the military mansions of the Great Sui Dynasty is centered in Guanzhong, followed by Henan, and then Shanxi, Hebei and Shandong. The military mansions in the north accounted for [-]% of the entire military force of the Great Sui Dynasty. In the south, there is only the military mansion in Jiangdu, which is quite large. The third-class hussars mansion, that is to say, a military mansion has as many as [-] soldiers and as few as [-], and they are very scattered.

The south has always been like this. If you look at the map, it is all within the territory of the Sui Dynasty. In fact, the areas that can be fully controlled, namely Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, northern Jiangxi, northern Fujian, and other places are not easy to control.

After the expedition to Goguryeo, the imperial court owed a large amount of military salaries. The original plan of the Ministry of Civil Affairs was to finish the payment within five years, and to give priority to the north. Until now, the south has only paid a little bit, which is under the command of Lai Huer. Fifty thousand Jianghuai navy.

If you don't pay the money you owe me, you still want me to work hard?impossible.

Therefore, it is completely necessary to worry about coming to nurse children.

The people present were already breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the crown prince had the foresight to make friends with Shibi early, and Shibi also came. Bi, this matter is endless.

Yang Guang frowned and said, "Why do you have emotions? It's time to make meritorious deeds for the country's suppression of rebellion. Chongshan (the word for protecting children) is too worried."

What he said also makes sense, because it is the generals of the military government who make meritorious deeds, and has little to do with ordinary guards. The generals must be willing, because the imperial court owes them military salaries, not as much as they do themselves, so it doesn't matter what they ask for.

But the guards are definitely not happy. Once forced to recruit and trigger a mutiny, the consequences will be very serious.

Su Wei said: "Send someone to talk to Ning's family. Yulin County is their territory, and there is such a big disturbance. It may be that they are behind it. Right now, the imperial court can't use troops, so let's temporarily appease them."

Niu Hong sneered and said: "The reason is that the Ning family and the Feng family are unwilling to contribute. They had already negotiated it when they were in the capital, but they changed their minds as soon as they returned to Lingnan. They are capricious and shameless."

"They are barbarians. Doesn't Mr. Niu know what kind of virtue they are?" Pei Yun said with a smile: "I think it's better to let Ning Changzhen go back and let him preside over the suppression of the rebellion."

"No," Lai Hu'er hurriedly said, "This person's return is tantamount to letting the tiger go back to the mountain. What Su Gong said just now is right. The chaos in Yu Lin is probably caused by the Ning family behind the scenes. If Ning Chang really goes back, the consequences Unpredictable."

If Chang Ning really went back, he could have done a few battles with the rebels in a pretentious manner, and then pretended to be defeated and retreated to the ground, so that he could completely manipulate the rebels behind his back and force the court to withdraw its policy.

If the imperial court compromises, Ning Changzhen will come out again and destroy that puppet. In this way, their interests in Lingnan will be preserved.

Feng An was in Guangzhou, and he was deliberately perfunctory, and he didn't want to offend the imperial court, but he knew better than anyone else that the imperial court's policy was currently in Lingnan, and it was extremely difficult to promote it. How to choose to offend the imperial court and the local wealthy families in Lingnan?
It's very easy to choose, whichever is closest to me, I will choose whichever one.

All of you here are human beings, and it is already clear how the situation will go in the future.

Yang Guang said in a deep voice: "Lingnan, the imperial policy must be implemented, and I will take it without leaving any worries for future generations."

Lai Hu'er's face changed slightly: "Your Majesty, I really can't use soldiers. Our main force in the Sui Dynasty is in the north, and the soldiers in the south are too weak to fight."

During the expedition to Goguryeo, the 35 land elites were all equipped with refined weapons, but there was no navy army that came to protect the children, and there has never been one.

Because Yang Guang said that if he wanted to refine weapons from now on, the guards had to spend their own money to buy them. In fact, they wanted to pay their wages.

But now that there are no battles to fight, the guards must choose to ask for money instead of armor.

The reason why Yang Guang wanted to fight Lingnan was because he wanted to write off the debt, because you are going to fight, and the armor is your life, so you can't let it go, right?

The Hedong refinery has been casting and refining weapons, and the treasury of Weiwei Temple in Dongdu has already stocked up a lot.

It has to be sold. The refinery itself still owes a lot of debt and has been asking the court for money.

Therefore, in Yang Guang's view, the advantages of fighting Lingnan outweigh the disadvantages.

"Immediately mobilize the Jianghuai military mansion, gather [-] troops, and hand over Mai Tiezhang to the south to suppress the rebellion."

Lai Huer hurriedly cast a look of help to the others, only Niu Hong and Pei Ju responded to him.

"Actually, 1 people are enough," Pei Ju said, "As long as they are equipped with refined weapons, [-] people are enough to put down the rebellion."

The 15 troops Yang Guang brought to Jiangdu all had refined weapons, but Yang Guang would not use his central army to attack Lingnan. As for Pei Ju's proposal, Yang Guang directly denied it.

I can sell [-] pieces, why only [-] pieces?
A group of bigwigs failed to stop Yang Guang after all, so the Jiangnan area once again recruited troops, and the people were shocked.

In the Great Sui Dynasty, the population in the north accounted for more than [-]%, and the population in the south was already small, half of which could not be managed. If you recruited [-] soldiers from the south of the Yangtze River, it is not the same concept as recruiting [-] soldiers from the north.

It's like the difference between taking ten eggs from a chicken coop and ten eggs from a chicken farm.

Fighting Goguryeo, how many people came out of the north?How many people came out of the South?

On the Luoyang side, Liu Quan, the Shaoqing of the Weiwei Temple who stayed behind, received the order, so he asked Zhao Guogong Dugu Zhuan to prepare a tank boat to transport refined weapons to Jiangdu.

With the canal, it has to be said that the traffic between the north and the south is really smooth. Loading goods from Luoyang can go directly to Jiangdu.

Dugu Zuan was also in a daze, why did he start fighting again?

With so many weapons, it will take two months just to transport them, and it is not bad to be able to send them over after the New Year.

And Yang Guang is also very patient. When I fight Lingnan, I mainly sell things. If I don't sell things, I can't send troops to fight. That would be too bad.

Besides, recruiting soldiers also takes a lot of time.

So before the New Year's Eve, Yang Guang would not use troops.

On this day, Yang Guangzai invited Shen Wuhua over to copy a copybook written by Wang Xizhi in the study with Empress Xiao and a group of concubines.

Southerners respect Wang Xizhi the most. Yang Guang is also a top calligraphy lover. Personally, he admires Wang Xizhi.

So Yang Guang remembered the words his son Yang Ming said when he first saw Wang Xizhi's original works, so he simply borrowed: "Perfect and perfect, no difference between ancient and modern, high rhyme and deep affection, remembered for generations."

Yang Guang's evaluation of Wang Xizhi has spread throughout the south of the Yangtze River, and everyone agrees that the emperor has vision.