The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 314 Yang Tong's Madness

When the south was busy with disputes, the Great Sui Dynasty was silent, and the roads with the princes from all walks of life were closed in the south. Except for necessary official exchanges, they almost cut off contact with the south.Yang Tong spends every day in unexplainable joy.The reason is naturally that there are two more children in his life. Many times before, Yang Tong looked at the world with the eyes of a bystander, thinking that he was a floating weed without a foundation. Now, when life has children, he looks at the children for a day. As he grows up, the first thing he does when he comes back from the imperial city and the military camp every day is to hold the child and sit beside Xiao Wu to tease him, even Xiao Wu is a little jealous.

People who are close to him clearly feel that Yang Tong has gone home more times. No matter how busy, tired, or late, he will return to the back garden to spend the night every day, not like before, when he is late, he will be the general of the Chaoyang Palace. sleep through the night.

On this day, Yang Tong was watching the joint memorial of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Civil Affairs in the Chaotian Temple, which listed the names of the slave soldiers who made meritorious service in the Guanzhong War.

Not counting the dead, there are more than 8000 people alive.

"After one war, nearly [-] slaves were naturalized. When the world is unified, wouldn't more than a million slaves be naturalized? Too many!"

"It's really too many!" Fang Xuanling said seriously: "This batch is not counted, and the conditions will be raised in the future."

Yang Tong asked curiously, "How to improve?"

"After discussing with the ministers and others, the following decision has been made: if there is a war in the future, if one person is killed, he will be a third-class slave, and he will not have to work one day a month; Ten enemies are first-class slaves, and they have seven days off in a month; only those who kill 15 enemies will be granted official status, and if they can continue to make meritorious service, they will be rewarded and have official titles just like my soldiers of the Sui Dynasty." Yang Gongren said lightly.

Damn, these literati are really ruthless.

Yang Tong glanced at Yang Gongren unexpectedly, and he couldn't help but be persuaded in his heart, these guys who play politics really have black hearts.On the surface, they all look like saints who are compassionate and compassionate, and when they do immoral things and count people, they don't change their faces.

This method is too ruthless and poisonous.

In this way, not only will the resistance of the slaves be disintegrated to the greatest extent, but also the outstanding ones will be singled out. No matter how dissatisfied the remaining people are, they will not be able to make a big disturbance. When Yang Tong is short of people, come and pick another No, anyway, as long as there are Hu people, there will be no shortage of slave soldiers to serve as cannon fodder.

As for these incentives, it sounds like slaves are given priority, but when you think about it carefully, you will find that it is not the case at all.Because when you are on the battlefield, you can kill people, and others can kill you. After a big battle, there are not many people alive, just like Xue Wanjun, the lunatic and Ren Tu. Many slaves, in a sense, these more than 8 slaves died at the hands of Xue Wanjun, not the Tang army in Xiangwu City.

Moreover, the success rate of killing one person on the battlefield is very high, but those who can survive after killing 15 people are definitely true warriors. It is not a loss for Tai Sui to accept such warriors, and we can make them take on more difficult tasks in the future. task.More importantly, these people set an example for other slaves, so that slaves have hope for the future life, not to mention that it can resolve 100% of the riots, but this trick can indeed divide the slaves into several camps, even if the slaves get up It is also easy to control the spread of riots. The important thing is that after the slaves have hope, they will become extremely ferocious on the battlefield, just like a battalion of death row prisoners...

Yang Tong suddenly didn't want to think about it anymore, the more he thought about it, the more he got confused.The mobilization of slave soldiers does not need to mobilize the normal population of the Sui Dynasty, and it will not miss the farming season, will not make the people dissatisfied, and will not impoverish the country.

The most important thing is that slave soldiers don’t need money, they don’t need to pay military salaries, they don’t need to pay pensions when they die, and they don’t need to subsidize their families.As for the military rations... just enough to keep them full during the war.Moreover, these people are not raised for nothing on weekdays. Now that Yongzhou has started various infrastructure constructions, the military rations of these slaves were originally paid for by work.

This is simply a lucrative deal, Yang Tong agreed with both hands and feet.

"By the way, how are the Qiang people in Liangzhou doing recently? Who knows the situation of the Qiang people?" Yang Tong asked suddenly. In the Hehuang area, there are not only Han people, but also Qiang people, Dangxiang people, and Tuyuhun people. The situation is quite complicated. Ethnic disputes are most likely to occur.If the ethnic issue is not resolved well, this will become the biggest obstacle to the progress of the Great Sui Dynasty.

"There are sixteen tribes of Qiang people." Du Ruhui's eyes flashed a touch of nostalgia, and he recalled: "I traveled to Qiang territory in my early years, and I have some connections with one of them. In fact, many Qiang people admire my Central Plains culture very much. My Central Plains Dynasty also has the same heart, but unfortunately, since ancient times, the rulers only wanted to use the fighting power of the Qiang people. They usually demanded excessively from them during the war, and exploited them endlessly when the war was over. They even used the heads of the Qiang people as military exploits , Your Highness wants to subdue the Qiang people, I think you should show your sincerity!"

"Show it with sincerity?" Yang Tong looked at Du Ruhui, he had a resettlement plan in his mind, and Yang Tong also believed that if this plan could be implemented, it would definitely speed up the integration of the Qiang people into the big family. There is no doubt that there is no distinction between Qiang and Han in the land of Liangzhou, but Du Ruhui's "showing sincerity" is obviously not the case.

"What is sincerity?" Yang Tong asked with a smile.

"Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Qiang people have been deceived too much. They are extremely wary of the Han people. In their minds, the Han people are a treacherous image. The persecution, therefore, is very hostile to us and harbors deep distrust. It is very difficult to get them to let go of their guard, at least not in a short period of time." Du Ruhui said with a wry smile.

"In fact, not only the Qiang people, but other ethnic groups also view the Han people in this way." Fang Xuanling continued.

Ling Jing said with a smile: "Actually, we have had successful examples in dispelling guards. For example, the method of millet moss is very applicable. Let's exchange with them first, food, cloth, salt, farm tools, in short, except Except for weapons, everything can communicate with each other. It will be easier to persuade those who are easy to talk to when they can no longer leave us. For those tribes who are not willing to go out of the mountain, they will cut off the transaction of materials. I think they Will agree."

Everyone in the hall couldn't help twitching their mouths when they heard the words. They knew that the Minister of Commerce was not a gentleman, but now it seems that he is indeed a profiteer, but this method is really worth a try.

"Let's leave this matter to the Ministry of Commerce. Make sure to do a fair deal, and don't expand this mistrust again." Yang Tong instructed.

"Here!"

After discussing the internal affairs, everyone went to another secret side hall, where there was a huge sand table. Yang Tong had sent scouts and caravans to explore the mountains and rivers of the world over the years, and with his own understanding of the land of China, The sand table of the Sui Dynasty was made by Kaitianyuan.After several revisions and additions, this sand table is quite exquisite, with major domestic rivers, canals, cities, villages, bridges, hills, and forests all available, allowing you to intuitively understand the situation in the world.

The entire sand table is seven feet long and three feet wide, and is composed of six sand tables. In addition to today's Great Sui (Liaodong, Youzhou, Jizhou, Bingzhou, Yongzhou, and some occupied areas of Liangzhou and Yizhou), there are also Central Plains , Jingzhou, Yizhou, Yangzhou, Lingnan.

As a high-ranking person, Yang Tong certainly can't just focus on his own one-acre three-point land, he must keep an eye on the situation in the whole world.

With the arrival of the catfish Li Yuan in the south, some princes have already started wars, some are still paying attention, some are just about to make a move, and some third parties are trying to be a profiteer.

Dou Jiande in Qingzhou is living a tight life, but he is very tenacious. He cooperated with Du Fuwei from the south to the north, and even withstood Li Mi's onslaught. The most important thing for him now is to consolidate the territory, stabilize the people's hearts, Gather up the morale of the army, and believe that even if Dou Jiande has the courage, he would rather develop westward and southward than go northward to provoke himself.

Li Mi established his capital in Xiao County, with Pengcheng County as the center, and worked hard to build his Great Wei Empire.So far, he has completely abandoned the name of "Wagangzhai". This is a leap from bandits to regular princes, and its far-reaching significance is far beyond his capital. It can be seen that Li Mi has taken the most critical step to Wagangzhai.It's just that his step is also extremely dangerous, and a little carelessness will cause internal strife. In this case, Li Mi dare not fight a battle that is impossible to win. If he loses, the hearts of Wei's army will be scattered. He will not attack Tai Sui either.

Then talk about Wang Shichong who is based in Luoyang.It is said that after his army lost 13 at Zhuyang Pass, it rapidly expanded to 13, reaching [-]. Because his country is small and land-less, and he advocates the line of elite soldiers, the combat power of this [-] army cannot be underestimated.

But Wang Shichong is now with Li Yuanmao, if he doesn't beat him, he will be lucky, how can he have the energy to beat him?Moreover, his opponent and enemy are always the Central Plains. Without a stable rear, Wang Shichong will not have the ambition of Beitu.

Yang Tong is not worried about the three major powers in the Central Plains, if there is a war, Yang Tong is fully capable of swallowing the three of them in one go.

What he was most worried about was actually Li Yuan. He was worried that Li Yuan would take the opportunity to go south of the Huai River.Of course, there is a premise here, that is, the southern princes are fighting on their own, if they attack each other, they will only help Li Yuan in the end.

Because of Li Yuan's rich background, besides the population and food in Bashu, there are also the generals of the Guanlong nobles, the civil servants of the Kanto gentry and the southern gentry. In terms of talent reserves, many southern princes combined are not as large as Li Yuan alone.More importantly, there are a large number of talents in Guanlong, Guandong, and the South who hold important positions in various forces. Back then, Li Yuanzhi defeated Bingzhou so successfully and entered Guanzhong. The powerful children of Guanlong who were officials and generals in the Sui Dynasty played a huge role.Therefore, if the masters of these people ask them to sell their masters for glory, they will definitely obey. Especially Xiao Xian's Liang Guo, there are many people who are dissatisfied with Xiao Xian. .

And to the west of Wuwei, there is Li Gui, who is lingering on his last breath. This person is backed by the Turks in the east and west. A Xihai County, which has now surrendered Tuyuhun, is also a disaster after all.

Yang Tong suddenly had a crazy idea: "Nowadays the south is killing people, if we go south, we should be able to catch them all in one go, right?"

When everyone heard the words, they were astonished.

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(I am participating in the preliminaries of the battle for glory, brothers and sisters, please give me a thumbs up)

(End of this chapter)