The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 736 Dragon Brother Tiger Brother
When Wang Fubao's eagle letter reached Daxing, Yang Tong's first reaction was neither anger nor surprise. After all, it was within his expectation that Tubo went north.It was Tuyuhun's coup that surprised him, but he was relieved after thinking about it carefully.Just because the nomads are always respected by the strong, the Khan of Tuyuhun must also be strong, not only must he have personal prestige and intelligence to convince the crowd.

Murong Fuyun killed his elder brother Murong Fuyun through a military coup in order to become Tuyuhun Khan.However, he was first annihilated by the Sui army in the fourth or fifth year of Daye, so that the four thousand miles from east to west and two thousand miles from north to south of Tuyuhun belonged to the Sui Dynasty.However, Tuyuhun is not monolithic, and there are many internal disputes. The Qiang people attached to the Tuyuhun nationality are exploited by them, so his frequent failures made Tuyuhun distrust and loathe his ability. Murong Xiaojun sent him To kill and replace, for Tuyuhun, it is a matter that conforms to people's hearts and makes people happy.On the contrary, Murong Xiaojun's act of uniting Tubo and becoming an enemy of Da Sui surprised Yang Tong. I really don't know who gave him the courage.

However, compared to Yang Tong's calmness, the Sui government and the public were in an uproar, feeling offended by the small country. Since Yang Tong's rise, all the surrounding ethnic groups and countries have been severely punished by the Sui Dynasty. Even the Turks, who have millions of people who control the strings, cannot match the Sui Dynasty. Therefore, in the eyes of the Sui Dynasty, their enemies are only internal troubles, and the rest are insignificant and insignificant. Now except for a half-dead puppet Tang regime, There is no other power in the world comparable to the Great Sui.

However, small countries like Tuyuhun and Tubo dared to offend Tianwei, which made the government and the people very angry.

As early as in the court, many ministers and generals wrote letters, asking the court to send troops in the blizzard before the tall grass had frozen.

Some students even jointly signed a letter requesting the imperial court to teach Tuyuhun and Tubo a bloody lesson, that it would be best to destroy their country and their clan, so as to avoid future troubles forever.

Huang Huang Da Sui is so domineering now!
The absurd sayings such as "the Great Sui Dynasty is a state of etiquette, a state of heaven, and should use gentle strategies to influence its hearts and appease its people" have long since disappeared.Almost everyone thinks that the barbarians from outside the territory are barbaric and rude, and they should be punished first, and then benevolence and righteousness should be given to them to be educated. Soldiers first and etiquette is the kingly way, otherwise no one would listen to the words of the Holy Majesty.

Yang Tong was very happy with the joint letter from the students.

The courts of all dynasties have always been opposed to civil and military, not to say who dislikes who, but determined by interests.

Civil servants have always hoped that the world will be peaceful, the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe. Even if the people are dying of hunger and starvation, they will use the pens in their hands to whitewash the peace, sing the glory of the prosperous age with gorgeous articles, and give a picture of the prosperous age to future generations. Thus enabling the civil official group to dominate the court.

Military generals are just the opposite. For them, if they want the court's swords and guns to be stored in the warehouse and the horses to be released to Nanshan, how can they increase their ranks?Therefore, only by constantly launching wars can we gain more voice and gain more fame and fortune.

Excessive war is indeed militarism, which will cause great harm to the country and the people.However, the power of the literati will inevitably lead to the dismantling of armaments. Once a strong enemy invades, the family and country will inevitably be in turmoil and the people will be uneasy.Even like the Song Dynasty, suffered unprecedented humiliation
If you really want to talk about the severity, it must be that the literati are in power and the exclusion of military generals is very harmful.After all, the worst result of military generals in power is at most the disintegration of internal affairs, the overturning of buildings, and the annihilation of the empire; while civil servants in power often lead to the dismantling of the country's armaments, and use the benefits of the country to raise foreigners into fierce tigers.

The Song and Ming dynasties are typical representatives. The civil and military forces are completely opposed. The civil servants in the Song Dynasty continued to suppress the generals for their own interests. As a result, when the generals led troops to fight, they had to obey the "supervisors" who did not understand military affairs, while the generals of the Ming Dynasty went into battle. Otherwise, they would be restrained by eunuchs, and the result would be fiascos again and again, leading to the Central Plains being poisoned and enslaved by nomads.

Even at the beginning of the 20th century, there were still a group of literati who confronted military generals when the nation was about to perish, and preached the pessimistic theory that the War of Resistance would be defeated. Some literati even called the gunshots of the Japanese pirates massacring the rebels "very beautiful" in their articles. , and the famous general Zhang Da was also forced to death by some indiscriminate, full-mouthed students...

Compared with those scum, the Confucian scholars of the Sui Dynasty were actually very strong.At this time, Confucianism did not have the unhealthy ethos of being noble and martial. When many literati went to the battlefield, killing the enemy was like killing a chicken. It is true that some people fought quite fiercely for their own interests, but when foreign enemies invaded, they still There are really few people who are willing to be counselors, whether it is the former famous minister Gao Jiong, the famous general Wei Xuan, the "evil king" Pei Ju... or the current three major servants Yang Gongren, Wei Yunqi, and Yang Shanhui, all have scars on their bodies, Arrow creation.

In the face of all kinds of aggressive and murderous remarks from the government and the opposition, Yang Tong did not respond aggressively. After all, he is the king of a country, and he has deeper issues to consider. He cannot send troops just by saying, so after receiving the second eagle letter from Wang Fubao, Hastily summoned Wei Zheng, Du Ruhui, Ling Jing, Pei Xingyan, Niu Jinda and other important civil and military officials to discuss, and the result was not surprising. Everyone advocated using swords to respond to the arrogant Tuyuhun and Tubo.

Li Keshi, who was appointed as Daxing's left-behind, is like his brother Li Jing. He is also a powerful character with both civil and military skills. Fu Yunqiang wanted to show his prestige with military exploits, which was a good idea, but unfortunately he picked the wrong opponent, thought that with Tubo's help, he could despise Tianwei and refuse to accept Wang Hua, so he openly raised troops to violate the side, he is looking for death."

As soon as these words came out, a group of militants immediately responded.

Since Li Mi was wiped out in the Sui Dynasty, the world seems to have returned to the North-South confrontation. Many people who don't know Yang Tong's strategy think that Yang Tong is advancing steadily, first destroying Feng An in the south of the Five Ridges, and the puppet Tang Dynasty in Yizhou, which is in danger of four fortresses. Only then will they consider other things, but Feng Ang has Zhang Zhenzhou and Qin Qiong, and the Puppet Tang has Yang Shanhui and Li Jing, so there is no need to send more troops. Next, as a spectator, I am afraid that I will not have the opportunity to fight for a long time.This is not good news for those who are bent on seeking military merit.

The top performers, such as Yang Gongren, Wei Yunqi, Yang Gongren, Qin Qiong, Li Jing, Luo Shixin, etc. have achieved great success and become famous all over the world. As the guardian of the country, the problem is that all the foreign races around have surrendered, so you can't fight for no reason, right?They were worried that there was no place to gain military merit, and Tuyuhun and Tubo happened to appear. Isn't this the military exploit that pushed them to the summit of glory?

But Du Ruhui frowned, why didn't he know what these guys were up to?At other times, Du Ruhui would naturally not object, but now the imperial court wants to lure Tubo soldiers into Yizhou, so as to wipe them out in one fell swoop, and then enter the enemy's territory with a small number of troops. If they fight too hard in the Heyuan area, they will scare Tubo away what to do?Therefore, it is definitely not a good idea to increase troops in Heyuan.

"Reconsideration." Just when Du Ruhui was about to object, another civil official came out and said, "Tuyuhun and Tubo have set a precedent. All the tribes are watching my Da Sui's reaction. If I Da Sui just let this matter go, What would they think? They would not think that peace is the most important thing in our Great Sui, but that our Great Sui is weak and deceitful; if we don’t uproot their country and destroy their species, what will happen to the tribes under our Great Sui’s rule in the future? Learn from it? If things go on like this, what is the majesty of our Great Sui? I think I must take this opportunity to once again kill chickens and monkeys, so that these small countries who don't know the size of the world and the strength of the Great Sui can see the majesty of the Great Sui."

The guy who spoke so generously was Du Ruhui's younger brother Du Chuke, who was the official supervisor of Daxing Palace.

Du Ruhui said with a dark face: "Although Murong Xiaojun is hateful, no matter it is Tuyuhun or Tubo, they are two countries after all. There is a difference. You can’t expect one or two big victories to bring down the trees and disperse the monkeys...Especially in Tubo. Annihilation, and General Wang Fubao only has 20 soldiers, he does not have the strength to deal with so many troops, if he must send troops in a large scale, he has to send troops from the border of Sui and Tang Dynasties, but mobilizing troops like that will consume a lot of money and food."

"We've even beaten up the Turks, what are we afraid of these [-] or [-] miscellaneous soldiers?" Du Chuke dissatisfied.

"What do you know?" Du Ruhui's face was serious: "Tuyuhun is easy to talk about, but Tubo is not easy to fight. Although Langri Zanpu is arrogant, he is not a stupid person. This person can save Tubo from a small tribe that is enemies on all sides It is his ability to run a hegemony in the Southwest. Moreover, he has been imitating the system of the Central Plains dynasty, and Tubo is in its heyday when it is flourishing in his hands."

Everyone was silent.

Du Ruhui is right. Tubo is different from the tribal system of Turks, Khitan, and Xi. They not only know how to use Buddhism to control people's hearts, but also know how to learn from the system of the Central Plains, and strive to build a unified dynasty where the king is supreme. This kind of country is full of resilience and is extremely difficult To deal with it, the most typical representative is Goguryeo. Goguryeo has continued from the Han Dynasty to the present, and its life span is longer than that of the Han Dynasty.But no matter how long the history is, it can't change the fact that the country is small, the people are few, and the national strength is weak. If it weren't for the long-term dispute between the North and the South, if it weren't for Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty to underestimate the enemy, and Emperor Wu to do everything to death, how could he survive to this day?

And Tubo is also a country that has tried every means to enter the centralized system but has not succeeded. There are still various discords for the time being, but anyway, Tubo has been passed down to Langri Zanpu for 32 generations. Although it has many bad habits, the barbaric habits make people Tubo maintained the nature of fierce killing, and the rough system and Buddhism allowed them to maintain the continuation of their rule.Dealing with this kind of country really requires a long-term plan, and you can't do it in a moment of enthusiasm.

When Yang Tong saw Du Ruhui suppressing his younger brother to lose his temper, he felt amused. Speaking of which, there were quite a few brothers in the Sui system, such as the Yang brothers (Yang Gongren and Yang Shidao), the five brothers of the Xue family Tiger, Li Jing brothers, Du brothers, Lai brothers, Zhou brothers, and Mai brothers are the most typical representatives. In addition, there are tiger fathers and tiger sons, such as Pei's father and son, Li Jing's father and son...

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, waiting for his statement, he said: "What Keming said is reasonable, although Tuyuhun and Tubo are hateful, but the crusade needs to be done slowly.

"Your Majesty..." Du Chuke sneered, "I, the Sui Dynasty, sacrificed countless soldiers to gain the prestige of commanding the world. Could it be that this prestige is trampled by savages like Tubo and Tuyuhun?"

"Of course not." Yang Tong said proudly, "Although the country and clan cannot be destroyed for the time being, it is still possible to cut off one finger."

Everyone's eyes lit up, and they asked one after another: "What does the Holy One think?"

"Just like last year's fight against Tuyuhun, kill some of the living forces. Increase the conflict between each other, and lure Langri Zanpu to send troops to die step by step." Yang Tong said.

Du Ruhui saluted and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

"..." Du Chuke looked at his brother speechlessly. I seem to mean the same thing. Why don't you praise me?But it doesn't matter, the key is whether he can go to the Sui army. To be honest, he really doesn't want to be this palace supervisor.

Du Chuke's heartfelt voice, in fact, Li Keshi also has it.

As younger brothers, they don't think they are worse than their elder brothers.

(End of this chapter)