Emperor Sui Yang

Taipu Temple’s total calculation of the world’s pastures was also over, and the result was terrible. All the royal pastures in the Sui Dynasty added up to less than [-] war horses that met the standard.

Yang Guang was angry.

He wanted to kill people when he was angry, so as many as 3000 people were implicated, and all of them were executed.

The good horses lost in the ranch had to be recovered, but Yang Guang knew in his heart that the possibility of recovering the shortfall of [-] horses by means of recovery was unlikely.

So Yang Guang issued an order to raise horses for military service in the east of Xiaoshan Mountain, and the rich people in the world should measure their assets.

To the east of Xiaoshan Mountain, that is, the Shandong area in a broad sense, in the half of the north except Guanzhong, all the rich people in the world had to spend money to buy horses to supply the imperial court with military supplies.

Those with more money will pay more, and those with less money will pay less. Anyway, every family has to hand over the horse to me.

The promulgation of this edict did not provoke anger and resentment, because the trick is that the rich spend money.

How many rich people were there in the Sui Dynasty?At most it accounts for [-]% of the total population, which is great, and Yang Guang also has a sense of proportion, as many as [-] to [-] horses, and as few as three to five horses are all okay.

If you ask for too much, something will happen.

The promulgation of this decree immediately caused a big problem, and the price of horses skyrocketed, from 30 horses per horse, to more than [-] horses in just half a month.

The horse market in the Sui Dynasty was unprecedentedly prosperous, and the rich complained endlessly.

Yang Guang also instructed Taipu Temple to quietly sell all [-] horses at a high price, and then issued a decree that those who sold more than [-] horses would be punished for hoarding.

Then the price of horses was quickly suppressed due to the intervention of the court.

Taipusi bought it from the people forcibly at the price of fifteen guan, and once in and out, it doubled the price difference.

Or the common people can't beat the imperial court. With a wave of my sickle, a fork of new leeks will be gone.

Looting from the rich, plus selling at high positions and taking orders at low positions, although the Taipu Temple has been somewhat notorious, 15 war horses have already been placed in front of Yang Guang.

The problem of the horses was solved, and the problem of the weapons came next. Yang Guang ordered again: re-order the weapons and staffs, and make them all new, and supply the armors as soon as possible to ensure the supply.

The head of Taifu Temple is big.
Yan Pi, the Minister of Taifu Temple far to the north, wrote a personal letter to Yang Ming, meaning that Taifu Temple is similar to Taipu Temple, and the corruption in the lower institutions at all levels is serious, and it is not appropriate to investigate strictly. After all, such things as recruiting weapons have to be done by these people. Killing them will not work, but the harm will outweigh the benefits.

Moreover, he hoped that Yang Ming could speed up the smelting progress of the Hedong kiln, and strive to ship the first batch of weapons and armor before the end of the year, so as to solve the urgent need of Taifu Temple.

Yang Ming quite agrees with this, at this moment, it is not the time for Daxing Prison, the more than 3000 people who died in Taipusi really deserve to die, but it is not the time to die.

Although the old man got 15 war horses all at once by playing tricks, it was a one-off deal. So many people were executed at the Royal Ranch, which directly led to problems in the ranch's subsequent operations.

To put it bluntly, in the next few years, don't expect the ranch to provide war horses anymore. Horses are also bred and domesticated by people. If people are gone, where will the horses come from?

The group of people who count on the new successors of the ranch, can they do it?The business level is not skilled.

Yan Pi's letter made it very clear that the emperor asked him to provide enough ordnance for an army of 100 million.

Yan Pi thinks that it is definitely impossible, but right now, the more the better, the more he delivers, the less he will be charged with in the future, so he has no choice but to ask Yang Ming for help.

He is too embarrassed to say this about the privately-raised refining kiln that he has to do as a last resort.

So Yang Ming planned to leave Beijing for a trip to personally inspect the kilns in Hedong.

At this time, Yang Hao's role came to the fore.

Because once Yang Ming leaves the capital, Guanzhong must be handed over to Guan Wang Yang Xiong, but it cannot be handed over to only one person, so Yang Hao is the one who checks and balances Yang Xiong.

Yang Ming asked Li Jing to replace Wei Yunqi's hussar general who was left behind to lead the defense of the capital. Yang Xuanting temporarily took over the left and right guards of the East Palace and was in charge of the defense of the East Palace.

Yang Ming, on the other hand, took two thousand guards and headed for Hedong.

On the way, Yang Ming called Yun Dingxing, the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, into the carriage and asked:
"How many armies can the armor of Taifu Temple supply?"

Yun Dingxing sighed and said dejectedly:
"The government treasury can be emptied, and a maximum of 30 troops can be assembled. As you know, the prince, the past few years have been difficult. In recent years, half of the kilns under the Taifu Temple have been casting engineering tools for Luoyang, canals, and Chidao. In order to meet the needs, the output of ordnance and armor is very small, and there is some loss in Hebei, so the current inventory is worrying."

Yang Ming can fully understand that daddy is too ruthless, to conquer Goguryeo and mobilize 100 million troops, this is not for war, this is for pretending to be coercive.

In history, there are many people who claim to have an army of one million, but the only one who actually has an army of one million is Comrade Yang Guang. You are real.

Zizhi Tongjian records: In ancient times, the prosperity of sending out teachers was unprecedented.

Yang Ming said: "Your difficulties can be understood here alone. In the end, you can pay as much as you can. When His Majesty asks for your crimes in the future, I will help you."

After Yun Dingxing heard this, he was very moved, you should not be a prince, you should be an emperor, this is the posture of a wise king.

So after being grateful, he continued: "Has the prince ever thought about advising His Majesty not to conscript himself?"

Right now, the entire officialdom of the Sui Dynasty is discussing the issue of Yang Guang's personal conquest, and almost everyone is against it.

The emperor's personal conquest is a very important matter, and Xu Sheng is not allowed to lose. Although everyone thinks that the possibility of losing is very small, but just in case, they don't want the emperor to personally conquest. Therefore, there are people in Luoyang almost every day at the court meeting. Overtly and secretly Persuade Yang Guang.

It would be great if Yang Guang listened to persuasion, this person won't listen to persuasion, I put so much effort into pretending to be coercive, you won't let me go?There are no doors.

Everyone has their own reasons for their opposition. Yun Dingxing doesn't want the emperor to conscript himself. He thinks that as long as the emperor doesn't go, the army doesn't need more than 100 million, and 30 is definitely enough. There is no more stress.

As for the expeditionary generals, they were afraid that Yang Guang would give orders indiscriminately. I could have fought well, but you ordered me blindly, which led to frequent changes in my strategic policy and prone to major accidents.

This is the most terrifying, because the people in the court have already figured out the emperor's temper, and they think that they are the most knowledgeable soldiers in the world, omnipotent.

It is impossible for such a person not to intervene in marching and fighting.

As a result, letters of distress came pouring in, filling up several cases in Yang Ming's East Palace.

The most ruthless among them is Su Wei. What Su Wei means is that if you can't persuade the emperor, I will resign and quit. I will definitely not follow this time.

Because Yang Ming served concurrently as the General of Youwuwei in the early years, and later gave it to the acting king Yang You, but now, Yang Guang asked Su Wei to concurrently serve him.

It means that Su Wei currently has two military residences, Youwuwei and Youyuwei, so it is obvious that he is allowed to go on an expedition with the army.

I'm so old and have to travel through mountains and rivers, so I won't go.

But he is Shangshu Zuopushe, the emperor personally enlists you not to follow, is it possible?But as long as it wasn't a personal conquest, then he definitely didn't have to go.

Besides, there was Zhou Fashang who complained. Zhou Fashang was now Yang Ming's man, but the emperor asked him to follow him to protect his son and serve as the deputy chief of the navy, but he was unwilling.

He and Lai Hu'er had conflicts. During the battle between Sui and Chen, Zhou Fashang was under Yang Jun's command, and Lai Hu'er was under He Ruobi's command. In the end, there was some friction because of the robbery. The two are now inseparable.

But these two people are the ones who know the most about water warfare in the current Sui Dynasty, so Yang Guang made this arrangement.

He didn't say that he didn't want the emperor to conquer in person, but he wanted him to be the chief of the navy.

You can't tell me, can I be the master?Yang Ming knew that Lai Hu'er was a favorite minister and a general, so if he asked his father to replace him, his father would definitely not agree.

But in history, Lai Huer's defeat was indeed because he did not listen to Zhou Fashang's advice, and underestimated the enemy's aggressive advance, which led to the complete defeat of the navy. This problem still needs to be resolved urgently.

After not hearing the prince's reply for a long time, Yun Dingxing also wisely stopped asking.

He has also heard about the situation in Luoyang, so many people can't persuade them, even if the prince tries to persuade them, they will probably be punished, and the result will not be changed at all.

At this time, Yang Ming patted Yun Dingxing on the shoulder and said:

"If I don't want to persuade you, there is really nothing I can do. In fact, I asked Your Majesty very early on, hoping that I would be the governor of this battle. Your Majesty refused at that time. Since then, I have not persuaded you again."

"If the crown prince goes on the expedition himself, the loss of the country will be reduced by more than half," Yun Dingxing said, "and it must be a complete victory. However, millions of troops will go to the expedition, and the burden of logistical support will be extremely heavy. How many years will it take to recover."

Yang Ming smiled and said nothing.

After Yun Dingxing got off the car, Yang Ming called Qian Niu Beilai Yu into the car.

"You're going on a long trip."

Lai Yu said: "But let the prince drive."

Yang Ming nodded and said:

"Mr. Rong is in charge of the water army. He has a heavy responsibility. You can't make any mistakes. Give him a message. You should discuss everything with Zhou Fashang. I don't care about the past festivals between the two of you, but if there is any disagreement in the future war Conservatives are the best choice, and the task of the navy is to enter the river and attack Pyongyang, without flanking reinforcements, you must never go deep alone, remember to remember.”

Lai Yu nodded and said: "Prince, don't worry, I will definitely bring the words to you."

Yang Ming said patiently again:
"You tell Duke Rong that the military strategy of the Duke is far inferior to that of Gu. This instruction is by no means an order, but a suggestion. I only hope that when Duke Rong encounters such a situation in the future, he will remember Gu's words and think twice before acting."

"Grandfather will definitely listen to the prince's good words," Lai Yu said.

Yang Ming nodded, and said, "Help me tell Zhou Fashang again: When you are out in the field, you must help each other in the same boat, and don't embarrass me."

Lai Yu hurriedly said, "I understand."

He didn't understand, but Lai Huer definitely understood that Yang Ming's last sentence "Don't embarrass me" was actually meant for Lai Huer, which meant that Zhou Fashang is mine, so give me face, you two should be good cooperate.