Emperor Sui Yang

Yu Wenhua and his brothers have left Luoyang for half a month, and they have to escort Yu Wenshu's coffin to Jingzhao for burial.

According to the customs of their Yuwen family, the coffin must be placed in the mourning hall and kept vigil for 20 days before proceeding to the burial place.

This custom is very bad. After a person dies, the body decomposes very quickly. According to the most popular tradition in China, seven days is a very suitable time. If the body is not buried for 20 days, the body will breed a lot of germs, which is very harmful to the people who keep the spirit. People are not good either.

But people also have ways to deal with it.

An ordinary person's coffin has a layer of bedding at the bottom, then the body is placed, gold, silver, jewelry and other burial objects are placed around it, and finally the coffin board is covered.

But not Yuwenshu. Yuwenshu's body would be covered with many things, layer after layer, filled to the brim. When the coffin was finally nailed, it was quite laborious. It was like the corpse inside the coffin, like a sandwich. Being compressed inside blocks the spread of germs.

The imperial court will definitely not seize the love of these three brothers. After all, it makes no difference whether they are with you or not. This means that they need to observe filial piety in Guanzhong for 25 months. If there is a leap month, it will be 26 months.

Yuwenshu's posthumous title was "Gongwu", and he was posthumously awarded the title of Shangshu Ling and the governor of ten counties. The funeral was presided over by Su Wei, who stayed in the capital.

In April, the peonies in Xiyuan are in bloom, and Yang Guang goes there every day.

Su Lie also returned to Dongdu, accepting the congratulations of the people in the city. His house in Dongdu was too small and no longer worthy of his status as a prince. The Ministry of Industry had long been thinking of ways to convert the houses around Su's house. Make room for the expansion of the Duke's Mansion.

His parents, wife and children were originally in the capital, but because there was no news from Su Lie after he went north, Pei Shu was in tears all day long. Pei Renji couldn't bear it, so when he came to Luoyang, he took Su Lie and his family with him.

After all, at the beginning, everyone thought that Su Lie was in danger, and Pei Renji thought so too. Then his legitimate daughter might become a widow. As a father, he felt distressed, so he had to take care of her by his side.

With their strength, even if Su Lie dies, it will be very easy to support Su Lie's family.

Yang Ming was at the gate of the imperial city, welcoming the victorious army.

Su Lie, Liang Shidu, Luo Shixin, Qin Shubao, Cheng Yaojin and others dismounted early and ran over to greet Yang Ming.

Yang Ming helped Su Lie up and said, "Okay, don't keep His Majesty waiting. Let's enter the palace."

Behind Su Lie were more than a hundred prisoners from the Eastern Turkic Royal Court, among whom Jieli, Tuli and others were prominently among them.

On the way into the palace, rituals and music were playing in unison, and people were cheering before and after. The imperial guards standing on both sides also paid attention to Su Lie and others. This was a very high standard.

"Your Majesty, Su Lie, please pay homage to Your Majesty!"

A group of generals from the Northern Expedition knelt down to Yang Guang in the Qianyuan Hall.

Yang Guang stood up, unfolded his sleeves and said, "I will give you a seat on your own."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" the generals said.

More than ten generals were sitting in the center of the hall.

Yang Guang looked at Pei Renji and said with a smile, "How can I ask for a son-in-law like this?"

Pei Renji couldn't hide the pride on his face and said quickly: "It's all cultivated by His Majesty."

Then, Hu Si of the Ministry of War said: "Your Majesty, on behalf of the Duke, we have captured two thousand kilograms of gold, more than [-] war horses, more than [-] slaves, countless jewelry, and their Turkic wolf-headed banner."

In fact, no amount of material seizures can compare to the wolf-head flag, because it is the symbol of the East Turkic leader and is passed down from generation to generation, similar to the jade seal passed down in the Central Plains.

Yang Guang laughed and said: "Send it up."

Then, the three people pulled the huge golden wolf flag into the hall and showed it to the emperor and the officials.

Why three people, because it's a pennant.

A ferocious golden wolf head was embroidered on the black flag, and everyone looked at it with great concern.

The two sides have been at odds for decades, and many people in the court have seen this flag. Now this is the first time to see it up close. After so many years of fighting, it is finally over.

For those like Yang Yichen who have fought against the Turks, memories of those days of fighting and fighting can't help but spring up in their hearts.

"Burn it!" Yang Jian said, "This is a dangerous thing, so it should be set on fire."

Pei Ju was stunned and said quickly: "You can't burn it. The Eastern Turkic royal family has collapsed and the court wants to pacify it. This flag will be of great use if you keep it."

"How to use it?" Jing Yuanheng frowned and said, "This is the king's flag. The person holding this flag is the Turkic Great Khan. Keeping it will do no harm."

Pei Yun chuckled: "Don't you think that we can use Han people to control Mobei? Who wants to go to that place? How can we manage it if we go there? It is thousands of miles away and far away from the jurisdiction of the court. If we leave it alone, there will be no more than a dozen people. In the year, this is a serious problem for me, so I should adopt the policy of using Hu to control Hu, and canonize an Ashina clan, and let him help the imperial court manage Mobei."

"Su Lie just destroyed the Eastern Turks, are you going to give them back?" Zhang Jin said solemnly: "I think that the people of the Eastern Turks should be moved to the Central Plains as slaves, leaving only a small number of people as nomads to serve as our Sui Dynasty Provide war horses." "With so many people coming in, how are you going to feed them?" Pei Yun said hoarsely, "You just came here with your mouth open. Last year's taxes were just discussed last month. What's the situation that you don't know?"

Shi Xiang said: "The prince encourages reclamation. The Turkic slaves can be used by me. Some of them can be relocated. As for using barbarians to control barbarians, it is not suitable at the moment. They are too hostile to me, the Sui Dynasty, and it is easy to raise tigers."

Pei Ju shook his head and said: "Migration is suitable for people of the same race. Foreign people should not flood into the Central Plains in large numbers. They have different educations and cannot be integrated."

"Why is it not appropriate?" Duan Wenzhen said: "The integration of our Xianbei people into the Central Plains is the best example."

Even though his surname is Duan, he is from the Xianbei tribe of Duan tribe.

At the moment, half of the Xianbei people in the court are Dou Kang, Yu Zhongwen, Yang Yichen, as well as the Dugu family, the Yuan family, and the Changsun family.

Yang Guang is of Xianbei descent.

Pei Ju curled his lips and said: "It took hundreds of years for Xianbei to integrate into the Central Plains. What I'm talking about is the current problem. Are you talking to me about history? The Xianbei people didn't become slaves when they entered the Central Plains. How do you expect the slaves to integrate?"

The topic suddenly turned to racial strife.

Pei Ju is not afraid of provoking people. As long as he doesn't offend the emperor, he will be fine. The Yang family in the Sui Dynasty recognizes their ancestor Hongnong Yang. They are orthodox Han people. The Northern Zhou Dynasty was the Xianbei aristocratic group.

The current center is already dominated by Han people, and the emperor and prince are actively encouraging the Xianbei people to fully integrate and abandon some old customs.

You really think of yourselves as Xianbei people, why do you all have Han surnames?You Yu Zhongwen, your real name is Wanfenyu, why don't you call yourself Wanfenyu Zhongwen?

Yang Ming spoke at this time: "The Xianbei people are Han people. Above the court, Xianbei should not be distinguished from Han people. If any of you continue to think of yourself as a Xianbei, then go to Mobei and let your horses go."

The reason why he said this was because Yang Guang meant the same thing. The father and son had talked about this many years ago. Even when Yang Jian and his wife were chatting, Yang Ming was listening.

Yang Guang said it was annoying, so Yang Ming was the most suitable.

This is a basic national policy. Xianbei must integrate into the Han people. This will never change.

In fact, it is to downplay the difference between Xianbei and Han to avoid the formation of ethnic antagonism, because so far, some Xianbei people still marry within the tribe, and they do not marry Han people or marry Han people.

This easily formed a Xianbei aristocratic group, which was contrary to Yang Jian's original intention.

As soon as Yang Ming opened his mouth, Duan Wenzhen stopped talking. He had the courage to quarrel with Pei Ju, but he didn't have the courage to quarrel with the prince.

In fact, the smart Xianbei people are already actively integrating. The remaining ones who are not short-sighted will be punished by the court sooner or later.

Historically, the evaluation of Yang Jian's replacement of Zhou Dynasty is very positive. The reason is that it was the Han people who seized the power of the Xianbei people.

In March, we discussed last year's taxes. Because of Xiao Xian in Jingzhou, last year's taxes were simply terrible. Now the entire country is supported by Bashu, Henan and Guanzhong.

But Guanzhong, because it is the headquarters of the nobles, has always been a beggar.

Under such a bad situation, are people migrating from outside?Is it possible for an emperor like Yang Guang who eliminated the internal population to ensure food expenses?

I feel like there are too many people eating at the restaurant now, why are you adding more people to me?
At this time, Yang Guang looked at Yang Ming and said, "What do you think the prince should do?"

Yang Ming said: "You Pushe's method is correct. We still need to use evil to control the evil. However, we also need to set up another Duhufu to supervise the administration of Mobei. The son of Shibi, Tuli, is still young, so I thought that , it is most appropriate to give him a nuptial princess and a king, and let him govern the old land of East Turkestan."

"Good idea," Pei Yun said hurriedly: "It is best that the successor after Tuli must be the daughter of Princess Heqin. Then, if you have my Han ancestry, you will love the Central Plains. The spouse of your future successor must also be me. As for the Han people, it takes time to educate the barbarians, it is not something that can be accomplished overnight.”

Decades are not enough for ethnic integration, and even hundreds of years are not enough. This process takes a long time. The Xianbei people have been integrated for hundreds of years, but they have not integrated completely. How can we expect the Turks to integrate all at once?

Yu Zhongwen frowned and said, "What does that have to do with whether the wolf-head flag is burned or not?"

"Without this flag, Tuli cannot sit firmly in Mobei," Pei Ju said: "But it is necessary to embroider a few words under the wolf's head, such as the title or official position given to him by the Sui Dynasty, to weaken the symbol of his Turkic leader and change it A symbol of power given to the court.”

Yang Guang agreed: "It's feasible. Let's discuss what title is appropriate, where should the Protector's Office be located, and who should be in charge."

In this way, in the end, the Duhu Mansion was still the main one to supervise Mobei. Tuli only managed the place in name, but in fact he was allowed to suppress the Turks and not cause trouble.

Historically, the Tang Dynasty set up many protective palaces there to control Mobei, but in the end they withdrew because they had no choice but to integrate.

This problem will now fall on Yang Ming. He must find a way to make the Turks recognize the Sui Dynasty and truly join the Sui Dynasty.

But this must be done after he takes care of Yang Guang.