The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 163 National Scholar (for collection and recommendation)

After Kang Sumi left with the guards, Chaotian Hall was quiet.

"Your Highness, the Turks are too arrogant!" Wei Zheng said angrily, "This is not a peace talk at all, but blackmail. The Turks are ambitious. If we take one step back, they will advance ten steps, and then use the supplies of our Great Sui Dynasty Fight yourself, and in the end, even if we rule the world in the Sui Dynasty, we will face the powerful Turkic Khanate with a broken mountain and river! I suggest that from now on, we should not have any business dealings with them!"

Yang Tong's pupils shrank involuntarily, he had seen the terrible foresight of these famous ministers through the ages.Although the current history has undergone many changes due to the appearance of Yang Tong, the butterfly effect is not enough to affect the overall situation, especially the insatiable Xieli.

For the Turks, Xieli is a capable hero. As the overlord on the grassland, he has hundreds of thousands of brave Turkic cavalry. In history, he took advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains to imitate the Central Plains’ tribute system , Let the princes of the Central Plains who are next to the Turks pay tribute to him, if they don't pay him, then send troops to grab it.

Turks have the habit of wolves, and they will never confront you head-on. They are often in groups of ten thousand, and when they encounter weak enemies, they will wipe them out one by one, and they will flee away when they encounter a large army.Make all the princes next to the Turks powerless.

Whether it is Li Yuan, Liu Wuzhou, Xue Ju, or Dou Jiande, who rule the roost, they all have to obediently pay tribute.Not to mention Gao Kaidao, Yuan Junzhang, and Liang Shi are all the dogs who directly surrender.

This is also something that the princes of the Central Plains are helpless. Even if Li Yuan and Dou Jiande are not weak, there is nothing they can do about the Turkic robbers who slaughtered a village today and robbed a county or two tomorrow. not working.If things go on like this, the national strength will be exhausted. Instead of letting the Turks rob it, it is better to obediently pay the protection fee. This may save the casualties of the people, but the loss is not that serious.

Under such circumstances, the Turks obtained a large amount of wealth without a single soldier. The prestige of Jieli Khan also increased, and the national power of the Turks also flourished. When Li and Tang ruled the world, they found that the Turks had been fed by everyone. Became a giant.If Li Tang did not have Li Shimin, and Li Jing, Li Ji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other famous generals and ministers who are rare in the ages, I am afraid that it would take several generations like the Han Dynasty to be qualified to fight the Turks.

If Yang Tong compromises with the Turkic Khan Jieli to drink poison to quench his thirst, even if he dominates the world in the future, he will face the threat of the giant Turkic beast like the Li and Tang Dynasties in history.

"Since we know we are the enemy, of course we can't capitalize on the enemy! From now on, we, the Sui Dynasty, and the Turks have entered into a state of hostility, and ordered to close all the passes and gates of the New Great Wall! All business exchanges are prohibited. If any Turks approach the Great Wall, they will be killed." No pardon." Yang Tong said fiercely.

"Reconsider!" Fang Xuanling continued: "In the long border between Turks and the Central Plains, the thousands of miles from Liaodong to Wuyuan are our territory in the Sui Dynasty. Now there is a new Great Wall separating the two from the north to the south. , as long as the various fortresses, passes, and strong cities are closed, not even a single person can enter or exit, and the Tang Dynasty was surrounded by our Sui, Western Qin, and Liang divisions. It would be difficult for Li Yuan to do business with the Turks. Therefore, the Turks The act of doing things right and wrong is actually just to put pressure on us. In fact, we can’t get anything practical from Li Yuan. However, in order to prevent Xue Ju from selling prohibited materials to the Turks, I suggested sending a good general to Wuwei to block the eastern section of the Hexi Corridor. At the same time, take advantage of the location and the old Great Wall to defend against the invasion of Turks and Li Gui."

Yang Tong suddenly realized that according to what Fang Xuanling said, the Turkic people really had only one choice, the Sui Dynasty. Li Gui could do business with the Turkic people, but the borders he occupied were sparsely populated. Since the defeat, they were self-supporting and insufficient. , how can there be anything for the Turkic people, it would be good without the help of the Turkic people.

After thinking about the many generals and civil servants in Guannei Road, he finally said: "Move Duan Decao to be the governor of Wuwei, and lead [-] troops from Shuofang to settle in; move Wang Fubao to be the governor of Lingwu, and Xue Wan to be the governor of Huining. Let Li Jing and the south Khan keeps in touch at all times, and at the same time, allows all the people of the southern Khan to enter the Monan grassland to graze, and extend the new Great Wall to Wuyuan North Yellow River as soon as possible!"

Fang Xuanling suggested: "Your Highness, the Turks are gradually recovering their strength, and sooner or later they will go south. We need a person in charge of the Dingxiang, Mayi, and Yanmen military."

"Who is more suitable?"

"It's none other than General Li Jing."

"General Li Jing, please come to discuss the matter!"

"promise!"

Li Jing, whose family is prosperous, is an official of Longyou Tianshuixiu. He is brave and good at archery, and his archery skills are extraordinary.He emerged in the battle to destroy the Northern Qi Dynasty and was awarded the post of third division to Yitong.Later, he participated in the suppression of Yuchijiong's rebellion, and was awarded the title of Pingkou County Duke; in the ninth year of Kaihuang, he followed the general Wang Shiji to attack Nanchen as the commander of the army, and later Jiangnan Gao Zhihui and others rebelled. He was awarded the governor of Fuzhou.

Later, he sent troops to Liaodong with Wang Shiji and served as the general manager of the horse army.Although he failed to return from this expedition, he later participated in many battles with the Turks, and even escorted Princess Yicheng to the Turks to get married. Hundreds of people went to the rescue, killed a large number of Turkic soldiers, and killed the Turks.After the war, he was awarded the governor of Hanzhou by the emperor.

During the Renshou period, he served as the governor of Daizhou.

Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, Han Wang Yang Liang rebelled, and Li Jing participated in the suppression of the rebellion. Afterwards, he led his troops to suppress the barbarians and defeated Tuyuhun in Qinghai. Later, Yang Guang finally remembered this famous veteran and appointed him as the prefect of Yanmen County, and later changed to be the governor of Beiping County and the supervisor of Linyu Palace.

No matter how chaotic the current situation is, Li Jing has never embezzled any money.

Although Li Jing is nearly [-] years old, he is still physically strong, brave and good at shooting, and he is still loyal to the Sui Dynasty led by Yang Tong.In less than a moment, he came in a hurry, saluted and said: "The humble Li Jing pays homage to His Highness."

"The old general is free, please sit down!"

Looking at the old general's pale beard and hair, Yang Tong was a little embarrassed to speak. Such a veteran, who had devoted his whole life to the Sui Dynasty, deserved to enjoy Qingfu in Yecheng.

"Thank you for sitting!" Seeing that everyone looked a little ugly, Li Jing asked after sitting down, "Your Highness, what happened?"

Yang Tong sighed, and explained the six conditions of the Turkic envoy Kang Sumi, as well as everyone's analysis. After hearing this, Li Jing said angrily, "Your Highness must not agree to such an arrogant person."

"Of course I won't agree!" Yang Tong smiled, pondered for a while, and said, "I want to invite you to the old job and the new one."

Li Jing's eyes lit up, and he understood: "The acting governor?"

"I plan to let you be the general manager of Monan Road, in charge of the four counties of Yanmen, Mayi, Dingxiang, and Baitan." Yang Tong nodded and said: "I will let Xue Wanshu, the governor of Longquan County, be your deputy general. The [-] troops in the hands of Gao Junya, the governor of the county, are all under your control."

"Your Highness, are you going to fight the Turks?"

"I will not agree to any of the conditions of the Turks. This will be the reason for us to break with the Turks again. As for whether to fight or not, it is hard to say. After all, the domestic situation is really worrying. I need a capable person now. , use the new Great Wall to build an iron wall!"

Li Jingjing nodded, and said energetically: "I understand, I am willing to share the worries for Your Highness."

"The frontier is bitterly cold, you..."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, the old minister is in good health, and he can still open a three-stone strong bow!" Li Jing patted his chest unwillingly and said, "We will never miss a major national event."

Yang Tong smiled, and finally said: "Now the new Great Wall is tall and strong, you have [-] troops, plus the county soldiers should be enough, and we have been implementing the militia system that hides soldiers from the people. It will not be a problem for the county to mobilize [-] troops."

"The old minister understands. I don't know when His Highness wants the old minister to take office?"

"After Shangyuan, how?"

"Then how can it be done?" Li Jing said dissatisfiedly: "Your Highness is also a man who knows how to fight. You should know that the situation in the army is like a fire. The old minister hopes to leave tomorrow."

"Okay!" Yang Tong looked at the old general's displeased appearance, amused and touched at the same time, and said to Yang Gongren, "First draw up the appointment of the old general."

Yang Gongren quickly drafted an order for Yang Tong to affix the jade seal. Li Jing got the letter of appointment, saluted, turned around and left.

There is no muddy water in the whole process!

(End of this chapter)