The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 725
At night, after finalizing the ban on 'martial arts', the monarchs and officials of the Sui Dynasty couldn't sleep, they talked nonsense for a while, and then talked about things outside the territory.Du Ruhui seemed to have thought of something, and said with a smile: "My lord, the winter in the grassland is earlier than ours. Normally, it snows in the middle and late November on our side, but it falls in October in the East/Turkic region. In the year of abnormal climate It snows on the grassland in August and September. In unusual years, many tribes in the north have not prepared winter supplies, and many people and animals will freeze to death... Not long ago, some tribal chiefs commissioned business travel, saying that the grasslands will The beginning of spring is more than a month earlier, and the cold winter will not only come, but also very long. They asked me to allow them to winter at the foot of the Great Wall, with the city wall to block the wind and snow, it will be easier to survive.”

Yang Tong asked, "Since when did Turkic people become so honest?"

Du Ruhui said speechlessly: "In the past years we have been beating them and killed tens of thousands of people. They are afraid of the Sui Dynasty like a tiger, so how dare they send us to kill them? Now our court has included the area ten miles away from the Great Wall into the attack range, and those who enter will be killed without mercy. , so except in front of the city gate that allows passage, almost no one dares to approach it.”

"What a bunch of scumbags." Yang Tong shook his head and asked again, "Then why didn't you ask us last year?"

"Last year, there was not much snow, so they made do with it." Du Ruhui, who has been engaged in diplomacy for many years, said familiarly: "In fact, before this dynasty, every winter, the Turkic chiefs and nobles would enter the frontier state before the heavy snow fell to avoid the wind. Snow, this is the custom."

"Where are the herdsmen of their tribe?" Yang Tong suddenly became interested.

"This is definitely not possible." Du Ruhui said seriously: "There are so many tribes, a small tribe can have at least a few thousand people, and big tribes like Jieli, Ashinashui, Xueyantuo, and Qibi have tens of thousands, Several 10 people are going to enter the city, so what's the deal?"

After Yang Tong understood, he frowned and said, "Now our Great Sui has a vast territory, with a border line of more than 4000 miles in the north. In order to prevent alien invasion from the north, our army cannot defend against it. That's why I used hundreds of thousands of slaves to build the new Great Wall." The ten-mile sphere of influence outside the Great Wall is a strategic buffer zone designated for the frontier army. When an accident occurs, there is also a time to prepare. Now the aliens around us have been beaten and scared by us, and they dare not do anything even if they enter the city for the winter. But What about in the future? I am worried that after the formation of a practice, the frontier troops will take it for granted, neglect to take precautions, and they will occupy a strategic location if they are not careful. This case must not be repeated, and future generations must not do the same."

"What the Holy Majesty said is very true. The two emperors, Wen and Wu, showed benevolence and righteousness to the East/Turks, but after only two generations, they showed their ferocious true colors. The ambitions of alien wolves, even if they were frozen to death, they would not agree." Wei Zheng agreed very much.

Yang Tong thought for a long time, and then said: "But the foreign races around the Sui Dynasty all respected me as a saint Khan, and they donated a lot of tribute every year. It seems unreasonable to prevent them from entering the country for the winter. Moreover, the grassland looks barren, but there are actually many resources that can be collected. Among them War horses, cattle and sheep, and livestock fur are all needed by the people in the Central Plains. It is precisely because of the influx of these items from the grassland that the people of the Sui Dynasty can buy them at a low price. Making good friends with them will help improve the lives of the people. The advantages outweigh the disadvantages.”

Du Ruhui smiled and said, "My lord, I have a way to get the best of both worlds."

"Tell me."

"The solution is to choose a place on the grassland to build a city."

Yang Tong said displeased: "Emperor Wen used hundreds of thousands of people to build a city for Qimin Khan, and also sent 1 soldiers from Shangzhu State Zhao Zhongqing to protect it, and sent Daizhou General Manager to lead [-] people on foot to guard Heng'an as a wing. The result? ?”

Raising the Eastern/Turks to become tigers was the biggest failure in Emperor Wen's brilliant life.Yang Tong will never make the mistake of his predecessors again. He intends to spend a few years planning after the reunification, starting from the four major aspects of military affairs, politics, economy and education.

Du Ruhui said calmly: "When I reviewed the files, I found that Qimin's rise had nothing to do with Emperor Wen. It was entirely the fault of the generals at that time. It was they who did bad things with good intentions and ruined Emperor Wen's plan."

Yang Tong was puzzled and asked, "What does Keming mean by that?"

"Emperor Wen built a city for Qimin Khan and sent troops to protect him. He wanted to support him against Dulan Khan and Datou Khan, so that the three kingdoms of the grassland would stand together and fall into protracted civil strife." Du Ruhui said with a wry smile: " But King Wei Zhao, Yang Su, and Shi Wansui were so powerful that they defeated Dulan Khan and Datou Khan's hundreds of thousands of troops in the blink of an eye; The hot-headed Turkic civil strife caused Dulan to be killed and Datou to flee. This made Dulan and Datou all surrender to Qimin Khan one by one. Before Emperor Wen could react, Qimin became the overlord of one party. The Xi, Qi, Khitan, Shiwei and other tribes of the East surrendered one by one, making Qimin the final winner. According to the records, Emperor Wen lost his temper afterwards and refused to praise him when he was annoyed. Shi Wansui went to the table several times The statement stated that Emperor Wen was furious, scolding them for being short-sighted, and for doing stupid things that are contemporaneous and sinful. And King Wei Zhao, who led the troops out of the fortress to rob at every turn, and beat the teeth for the sacrifice, was dismissed by Emperor Wen from the post of Liangzhou general manager. To serve as Na Yan."

Yang Tong and the others' cheeks twitched for a long time. According to this line of thinking, if the generals under his command are too capable of fighting, bad things will happen, and the emperor will also worry?It seems that my own generals are also very good at fighting. In future foreign wars, I have to give special instructions, so as not to make wedding dresses for others in order to fight to the death.

After a long time, Yang Tong, who was shocked by this secret, asked, "Then, do you have any follow-up plans for your city building plan?"

"What Weichen means is that we send good craftsmen to design four large cities in the north of Yinshan Mountain, which are easy to attack and difficult to defend. He Li is one, the distance between the four cities is neither far nor close, and then let the prairie people build by themselves... Hehe. The prairie people live a nomadic life and live after water and grass. If they each have a city north of Yinshan Mountain, sooner or later they will It's because of a sheep and a cow." Du Ruhui said with a sly smile.

Yang Tong only felt his temples throbbing, Du Ruhui is really too insidious.

Glancing at him, he nodded solemnly and said, "As the saint Khan who is respected by the whole world, I am indeed obliged to provide a better living environment for the Turkic people, so I should follow this method! Sufficient, it must be repaired well before winter comes."

"That's right. The Turkic people have always lived in tents. It is enough to build a big city with the word 'Tian'. To avoid wasting manpower, material resources and time, it is enough to ram the city wall with earth." Wei Zheng also said.

"After the Tucheng is completed, we can go to open a school. We only need to set up a liberal arts college, a Taoist college, and a Buddhist college. The liberal arts college teaches Confucianism, and the Taoist college teaches the idea of ​​​​doing nothing to avoid the world; the Buddhist college specializes in teaching not to fight back , the noble Buddhist teachings of never retaliating, exchanging hardships in this life for blessings in the next life..." Ling Jing added: "In addition, choose the high market in the south of the city so that I can purchase goods from merchants in a unified way."

"..." Liu Rengui opened his eyes wide and looked at these three ministers with admiration.

Yang Tong thought for a while, then smiled and said, "That's right, that's right, let's do it this way; tomorrow, I will send a letter back to Luoyang, so that officials from the Ministry of Rites can discuss with the envoys stationed in the Sui Dynasty. It’s a waste of time. In order to save time, try to fix it before winter arrives. Simply send officials from the Ministry of Rites and craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry to accompany you.”

"I obey the order." Ling Jing responded.

"These four cities, please give them names." Wei Zheng clasped his fists and said.

"They are called Peace City, Peace City, Friendship City, and Anle City. It doesn't matter who the names are given to."

"Here."

"It's getting late, and we have to hurry tomorrow, so go back and rest." Seeing that it was late, Yang Tong issued an order to evict the guests.

"Wei Chen retire."

"I will retire at the end."

Everyone stood up, saluted, and left one after another.

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Yang Tong returned to the dormitory refreshed, and the feeling of worrying about gains and losses was gone. He felt that he was a little bit cheap. He obviously wanted to give himself a vacation, and he obviously didn't want to manage government affairs, but he didn't deal with government affairs for a day , his heart became empty, and this time, he also thought of Su Wei who was rejected by him. That old guy had been in politics all his life, and he had been ups and downs all his life. As an official, maybe the current Su Wei is not a fan of the official, but he suddenly has no power and is at a loss. He wants to find something to do, but his reputation is too bad. It is an extrajudicial favor for Yang Tong not to kill him. species of people.

In the sleeping tent, Wei Fengwu, Shui Tianji, and Yin Mingyue were chatting. The three women had already changed into white robes. Under the candlelight, they had a graceful figure, with black hair like a waterfall falling over their shoulders, and jade-like skin with a layer of luster.

The content of their small talk is related to marching and combat. Usually Wei Fengwu is asking, and Shui Tianji and Yin Mingyue answer. It must be that this woman is fascinated by "daifuhao", so I want to learn some combat details from the two younger sisters. , so as not to go to the battlefield in the future and become a burden to Yang Tong.However, Shui Tianji and Yin Mingyue were obviously not optimistic, and they exaggerated the cruelty and difficulty of the battlefield very tacitly, but Wei Fengwu felt that she could do it.

Seeing Yang Tong coming back, the three sisters quickly got up to greet him.

"We're leaving early tomorrow morning, you haven't rested yet?" Yang Tong sat down.

"It's still early." Wei Fengwu said, and asked again: "Husband, where is the fleet?"

"They have already passed Heyang, and they will be able to catch up in one night." This time, they are traveling by land and water. Those who travel by water first take a boat in Luoyang, then go east along the Luoshui River, and change at Luokou to the battleship that cannot enter Luoshui. Then go westward on the Yellow River and enter Guangtong Canal at Tongguan. Because it is wrapped around, the speed is naturally not as good as the land team that goes directly westward. Yang Tong's child is also on the boat. Wei Fengwu has never left since the child was born. , Obviously missing the child, he asked with a smile: "Thinking of the child?"

"No." Wei Fengwu flatly denied:

Seeing that her wet, talking eyes were full of worry, Yang Tong laughed and pinched her tender cheeks, "Duplicate girl."

Shui Tianji and Yin Mingyue snickered endlessly.

"Damn it." Wei Fengwu pushed Yang Tong's hand away, and said angrily, "I really don't think about children. I don't know how comfortable and free I am without the burden of those little guys."

She seemed to find it unconvincing, and said again: "If you don't believe me, ask your Concubine Wu to see if she thinks about it?"

"I don't want to at all." Hearing what Shui Tianji said, Wei Fengwu blinked, as if to say, 'Tianji doesn't want to, and I don't want to' either.Unexpectedly, Shui Tianji added another sentence: "But I don't know who it is, just now it can't stop."

"Traitor..." Wei Fengwu's face was flushed, she bit her crystal lip, and glared at Shui Tianji angrily.

Yang Tong laughed, "What's so embarrassing about thinking about my own child, I think so too."

"I'm not afraid that you will go back on your word and refuse to take me to fight." Wei Fengwu simply told the truth.

"No, you can rest assured. The key is that you have to pass the assessment." Yang Tong leaned on the marching bed, and his spirit relaxed all of a sudden. He looked at Yin Mingyue and ordered, "During training tomorrow morning, don't worry about it because Xiao Wu is the queen, so let me be more open."

"Here." Yin Mingyue also knew that she was not joking, if she treated them differently, it would be harm instead of love, so she complied.

At this time, Wei Fengwu said again: "By the way, when it comes to children, I remembered a very important thing."

Yang Tong asked lazily, "Tell me."

Wei Fengwu said: "It's about children's reading. Since the Taifu passed away, Hongwen Museum has no famous teachers; I heard from the emperor's grandmother that Li Gang is a famous Confucian who is famous all over the world. He is upright and upright. Many powerful families hope that their own Children worship him as a teacher, and there are many powerful children in the palace, so I just want him to enter the palace to teach the children together."

Li Gang?

Yang Tong felt a little drowsy and ran away all of a sudden, stood up scrambling, and glared at his wife with twitching cheeks: "Li Gang, which Li Gang?"

"Li Gang is the Li Gang who sacrificed wine at the Tsinghua Academy." Wei Fengwu was afraid that Yang Tong would not know, so he introduced seriously: "Li Gang was known for his generosity and uprightness when he was young, and was highly praised by the people of the time. Emperor Xuan of Zhou wanted to execute Yu Wenxian because he was afraid of his seniority and reputation, so he summoned his staff and asked them to fabricate charges against their superiors. Only Li Gang vowed to die. After Yu Wenxian was murdered, it was Li Gang who risked his beheading to help collect the corpse for burial. After this incident, Li Gang was respected by everyone inside and outside the court, including Emperor Gaozuwen who had not yet become emperor. He has outstanding talent and good moral character, but he repeatedly offended Yang Su and Su Wei and refused to be with them, but was pushed out and framed by the two together, and finally forced to resign."

"I know this Li Gang. He is upright and has a strong character, and he is also very knowledgeable. Do you know why I transferred him to Yecheng to serve as a sacrificial wine for the Tsinghua Academy?"

"why?"

"I'm just afraid that he will interact with the children."

"Husband," Yin Mingyue also said at this time, "When I was still in Daxing, Old General Wei and my father were full of praise for him. What are you afraid of him?"

Yang Tong said, "Of course it's because, of course it's because he is the prince's killer."

"Prince killer?" The three women looked at each other.

"Emperor Gao Zuwen admired Li Gang's courage, loyalty, talent and morality, so he appointed him as the crown prince to wash horses, and to assist Fangling King Yang Yong, who was deposed; the emperor's grandfather asked him to teach my father, who later died of illness. When Yang Tong said this, his tone paused, hehe laughed and said: "After my father died of illness, the emperor's grandfather handed over more than 2 of my father's officials and guards to Uncle Qi, intending to train Uncle Qi to become the emperor of the Sui Dynasty. Heir, there is also Li Gang, and later Uncle Qi was also abolished; the imperial grandfather trained Brother Yan, appointed Li Gang as Master Yan, and in the end, Brother Yan is also finished... Do you still want to..."

"No, no. Anyone can do it, but Li Gang absolutely can't."

It is the original intention of parents to hope that their children will become dragons.Wei Fengwu also hopes that the children will get the best education. She heard people say that Li Gang is a famous Confucianist all over the world, so she was a little tempted. Dare to ask for it.

"Kong Yingda, Yu Shinan, and Li Baiyao are not bad in knowledge, and their character is also good. It is enough to entrust the children to the three of them."

For children's education, Yang Tong is more inclined to teach by example and practice, rather than behind closed doors, and Kong Yingda, Yu Shinan, and Li Baiyao are not the kind of people who read by rote, and they all meet Yang Tong's requirements.

Even time travel has happened to him now, if he still takes his son to teach Li Gang, then Yang Tong is either sick or has a grudge against his son.

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