Sui and Tang Dynasties: Choose the Empire Faction at the Beginning

Yang Ji waved his hand.

Then he gave Wei Zheng a futon and asked Wei Zheng to sit down and talk.

"Now that the counter-rebellion in the North has ended, I asked you to come today. This king is... I want to know how to deal with the national conditions of the Great Sui after the end of the counter-insurgency in the North."

Yang Ji narrowed his eyes slightly.

Hearing this, Wei Zheng fell into a long silence.

"His Royal Highness, after the rebellion in the North, it is necessary to recuperate with the people, and the policies of all parties must be beneficial to the people. In addition, the emperor must not be foolish, he must distinguish right from wrong, and he must not be too murderous like His Royal Highness."

Wei Zheng said quickly, and after speaking, he bowed his head and said nothing.

If ordinary people were here, they would definitely be shocked by Wei Zheng's words. Wei Zheng dared to speak like this.

This is completely disregarding the majesty and face of His Highness, and the speech is quite direct.

Yang Ji's expression was calm, he had long known that such a situation would happen.

Wei Zheng is relatively straightforward in state affairs, but he doesn't have any contortions. He can say whatever he wants, but what he said is correct.

Yang Ji was silent for a long time, but Wei Zheng was a little remorseful, and it seemed that he should not speak like this.

"Although the words are good, but the king's murderous aura is too heavy"

Yang Ji squinted slightly and asked.

"His Royal Highness's Western Navy is ferocious and terrifying, and the road to countering the rebellion is extremely bloody."

Wei Zheng replied.

"But you know that the road to quell the rebellion kills the people who should be killed, and the people who should be killed are also the ones who should be killed. Are you saying that the man-eating devil Zhu Canben should not be killed?"

Yang Ji increased his tone a bit.

"His Royal Highness, the meaning of this minister is that His Highness should not do this to the people. This is a reminder."

Wei Zheng continued.

His Royal Highness Taisun has never done anything outrageous to the common people since he put down the rebellion. This is obvious to all.

The reason why Wei Zheng said that was because he was afraid that the emperor's grandson would be cruel in the future because of too many killings. There have been countless such kings throughout the ages.

"Benevolence and righteousness govern the country, and the people are bound by the law and benevolence and righteousness."

Wei Zheng finally added.

Yang Ji nodded slightly, this is the essence of Confucianism for thousands of years, and the emperors of the past and present have never avoided this kind of thinking.

"Reduce taxes, appease people, deal with floods, and open granaries."

In the end, Wei Zheng used these sixteen words as the end, and what he said was also what Yang Ji wanted to do in the future.

Only in this way can the people's hearts and minds in the Northland be regained, and the rebellion in the Northland will not occur.

"Of course, His Royal Highness must also form a deterrent to the interior of the court and strictly crack down on corruption."

Wei Zheng continued.

His speech was quite good and thoughtful in all aspects of running a country.

"good."

Yang Ji is...how simple two words.

The conversation with Wei Zheng did not go further, and everything had to wait until the court before it could begin.

After Yang Ji asked Wei Zheng to leave, he asked Yang Lin and Master Liang to come.

He issued a military order to let most of the troops in Bingzhou and Youzhou return to their original garrison places, but the rest of the generals should return to Dongdu to receive rewards.

Although the soldiers who participated in the war returned to the garrison, they were also rewarded, but this would only be implemented later.

After receiving the order, Yang Lin and Master Liang began to arrange the matter.

With these... orders, everyone knew very well that the army would return to the eastern capital Luoyang in a few days.

Chapter [-]: Li Cunxiao's side.

After Qingzhou City was breached, Wang Bo was captured alive.

The Sui army entered the city and began to quickly control the granary and other places.

Some people came out of their cellars one after another this morning, and they nervously watched the Sui army coming and going on the street.

This group of people was afraid that Sui Jun would suddenly break in and make some unfriendly actions.

"Which of you Sui Jun will forcefully break into the house and vent his desires?"

"It's unlikely that this group of Sui soldiers did nothing, they were just cleaning the battlefield."

"It's better to be careful in everything."

Many people have probed their brains to talk.

Of course, there were also some daring commoners who, after hesitating for a moment, walked out of the door of their house and approached Sui Jun to talk.

"Don't worry, the emperor's grandson has an order not to disturb the people after entering the city, and will distribute food to you later."

It was not until the people heard the news from a Sui army officer that they were completely relieved.

"The food has been distributed."

Sure enough, after a while, someone shouted loudly.

Immediately afterwards, countless people rushed in the direction of the sound, and food was indeed distributed ahead. During their journey, they even saw that some people had already received food.

The whole news spread quickly, and more and more people walked towards the place where the granary was hoarding food.

The depressing atmosphere in Qingzhou City was also relieved at this time.

"His Royal Highness's military order is to stabilize people's sentiments and gain people's hearts."

When Xu Shiji on the top of the city saw this scene, he stroked his chin and beard and sighed with emotion.

If the rebels could stick to this principle, they might not fail so fast, but if they didn't, it would be fine if they forcibly levied food, or even robbed civilians and even forced military conscription.

All of this is doomed to their perdition. A successful king, a person who is well versed in the way of an emperor knows very well that people's hearts cannot be lost, and once lost, they will be doomed.

"His Royal Highness Taisun set this military rule very early, and it has continued to this day. The Western Navy and the Black Armored Cavalry, who fought fiercely, have never broken this rule."

Li Cunxiao explained.

When Xu Shiji heard the words, he just nodded and didn't say more. The two of them stood side by side on the top of the city, looking at the smiling people who were receiving the fire of food below, motionless.

tread.

At this moment, a rush of hooves suddenly came, and then I saw scout soldiers rushing into the city in the direction of the city gate.

After seeing the scout, Li Cunxiao also hurriedly walked towards the soldier.

"what's the matter"

Seeing the scout, Li Cunxiao asked.

The soldier was obviously here with an order. The soldier was rushing along the way, and his warhorse was so tired that he was spitting foam and was about to die.

"His Royal Highness Taisun has an order, and now the teacher can return to the dynasty."

The soldier got off his horse and said.

At the same time, there are also people who lead the war horse to a shady place, so that the war horse can rest.

"Okay, after the army has rested and the entire Qingzhou city has been managed, the army will return immediately."

Li Cunxiao said solemnly.

After the soldier delivered the message, he almost fell short of standing.

Let the soldiers come to deliver the letter in person, because the heavy rain in Jingzhou area is constant, if the letter is delivered by flying pigeons, the letter may not be able to reach Qingzhou safely, so having the soldiers deliver the letter is... the best choice.

Hearing General Li's answer, the soldier finally took a good breath.

The governance problems after Qingzhou City, in addition to appease the people's feelings, also need to repair the damaged city wall.

After this series of related matters have been dealt with, Li Cunxiao will return to the eastern capital Luoyang immediately after leaving a guarding army behind.

Now that the meeting has been held to distribute the food, it will probably take a long time to return to Luoyang after it is fully processed.

"Now that the rebellion in the northern land is over, after returning to the Eastern Capital, His Highness will probably focus on governing Luoyang and the northern land."

Xu Shiji sighed with emotion.

"His Royal Highness Taisun has issued some policies before, and the situation in Luoyang and other places has improved, and governance should not be too difficult."

After hesitating for a while, Li Cunxiao expressed his opinion.

Hearing this, Xu Shiji raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a meaningful smile.

"The general may think that governing the country is too simple. The policies of His Royal Highness Taisun are only used to stabilize the situation. If you really want to govern the entire Northland, it is not... Policy can do it.”

Xu Shiji laughed.

"Haha, what the strategist said is very true, Li is good at leading troops to fight, and he is indeed not as good as the strategist in the governance of this country."

Li Cunxiao Yangtian laughed.

After these several battles, Li Cunxiao recognized Xu Shiji's talent, so when he communicated with Xu Shiji, he answered as an equal.

"Brother, now that the suppression of the rebellion is over, you can be considered guilty and meritorious."

Luo Song, who was beside Li Cunxiao and the others, muttered to himself, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.

When his father Luo Yi learned about this, he would probably be more than excited.

His Luo family doesn't need to be afraid, the good man of the Luo family has also become a member of the Great Sui family and defending the country.

... where Zhang Xutuo was stationed.

After he heard the news, Zhang Xutuo was in shock.

The fierce but difficult-to-govern rebellion in the northern region was easily managed by His Royal Highness Taisun, and it has not been long since the battle of Wagangzhai, this matter really shocked Zhang Xutuo. .

His hands holding the teacup were shaking constantly.

Originally, Zhang Xutuo thought that if His Highness wanted to attack Qingzhou, he would probably need to dispatch troops.