The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 595 Strategies for the coming year, the dilemma of each department

"The tone of foreign policy has been set, and the problem of teaching has also been solved by the way. The next topic is the internal affairs of my Tai Sui."

Yang Tong looked at the crowd and sighed, "Since the world was in chaos, wars have been going on for more than ten years, and all the people are tired of wars and turmoil. When I toured the south, I deeply felt the people's extreme desire for a peaceful life. , They don’t want war, turmoil, hunger and cold. They yearn for a life without worrying about tomorrow. Facing the skinny people, my heart is heavy. The only thing I can do now is to end the war as soon as possible and unify the world.”

When all the generals heard this, their spirits were greatly lifted.They are not interested in the policy of 'dividing, dividing, and supporting' implemented by various countries, which civil servants should do. When it comes to internal issues, it must be war. If there is war, there will be meritorious service.

"What we discuss today is the battle plan for next year! But don't be bound by the 'battle plan', because many things happen suddenly, and no one can predict them in advance. For example, Xiao Xian's surrender was not last year. However, things still happened, and there were still some things that could not be carried out as planned despite the "plan", for example, the plan to regain Huaibei was finally cancelled. It is something that may happen in the coming year. It does not mean that everything will be done according to the "plan". It will still change according to the changes of the current situation. The reason for this is to let everyone have a clear direction and prepare for it early , so as not to mess up the size."

Having said that, Yang Tong glanced at the crowd and saw that no one had any objections, so he continued, "As for next year's military operations, I propose that Li Shangshu of the Ministry of War should explain it. Although he has been leading troops outside, it does not mean that he has no control The matter of the Ministry of War."

Everyone laughed!

Many people held multiple positions, not to mention Li Jing, even Yang Gongren and Yang Shanhui were both leading troops outside to fight, and this was impossible.Fortunately, with Flying Eagle, many things can be handled remotely.

Li Jing got up and saluted, and then said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, colleagues! I have three main points to talk about. The first is recruiting troops. There are currently eleven legions in the Sui Dynasty, the first, second, and third. The fifth, sixth, and seventh each have 6 soldiers, the fourth, ninth, and tenth each have 3 soldiers, plus the 11 soldiers of No.49 Army headed by General Du, the total main combat force is 61; compiled from Xiao Xian's 40 troops are stationed in Nanjun and Jiangxia respectively. After the reduction of the Qingzhou Army originally belonging to Dou Jiande, there are still 60 troops, and there are [-] naval forces...not counting the local army and reserve forces under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Armed Forces! That is to say, the number of troops that can fight in name is as high as [-], but in fact, apart from the Fourth Army stationed in Liaodong, which cannot move, Henan County needs a main army to sit for a long time. Reinforcements can be dispatched wherever needed, and other border counties also need to be stationed. Based on this calculation, the army that can be used is actually only about [-]. In my opinion, in order to ensure the momentum of thunder next year, the military needs to be mobile The army has expanded by [-], and the source of troops comes from the former retired soldiers. Simply put, the retired soldiers will take over the defense of various places, so that the main combat troops can be released and all can be put into the battlefield.”

"Tell me the reason for the military expansion." Yang Tong said.

"Here!" Li Jing bowed his hands, and continued: "The main reason for the expansion of the army is that we have obtained too much land this year, especially the land donated by Xiao Xian. Almost every county is a frontier county and requires a large number of troops. In addition, Lin Shihong needs the navy as the main force, so the establishment of the third fleet is imminent. In the end, we have been mainly cavalry, and the infantry is seriously insufficient. Therefore, the preliminary plan of the Ministry of War is to establish the third fleet, with [-] people, stationed in Jiangxia , The infantry will expand the army by [-], mainly for Bashu and Jiangnan! The Ministry of War will come up with a specific recruitment plan before Shangyuan."

All civil and military officials agreed, and everyone knew that the next two years would be an important battle year. In order to ensure absolute power suppression and victory in every battlefield, it was necessary to expand the army; and the Sui Dynasty was rich and powerful. , can fully support so many troops, not to mention that after the unification of the world, there will be a large number of disarmament, and it will only take a few years to support so many troops.Therefore, no one raised any objections to the proposal of military expansion.

Yang Tong pondered for a while, and said slowly: "Army expansion, of course I have no objection, but we should disclose this news, say that the Sui army will expand its army by 50 based on the existing foundation!"

"Wonderful! Your Majesty's strategy is excellent!"

Fang Xuanling praised: "If I, the Sui Dynasty, announced the expansion of the army by 50, Li Yuan and Li Mi, who are at a disadvantage, would definitely be restless and forcefully expand the army. Not only will the people's fears deepen and conflicts will arise, but also the fertile land will be barren and the people will not be able to live. , In the end, Er Li's subordinates continued to resist, and the emperor and his ministers were devastated."

Yang Tong said: "This is called an arms race. It is to use our huge population base and money and food in the Sui Dynasty to drag the enemy's people's livelihood, people's hearts, and other national strength into the quagmire of war. In the end, in the process of crazy military expansion, people's livelihoods withered. , People's hearts are broken, and the people can't survive, so they will naturally rebel. For my Tai Sui, those people who dare not speak out are the foundation of stabilizing the place!"

People are animals that are good at selective forgetting. For the people under the puppet Tang and Puppet Wei, no matter how much effort Li Yuan and Li Mi put into them, it is a matter of course, but as long as you take a bucket of rice from their home , is the sworn enemy, the great villain, the devil!
In this way, when the Sui army entered the country in the future, as long as they gave some small favors, the people would be grateful instead of thinking that this was the responsibility and obligation of the Sui Dynasty.Next, all the systems of the imperial court will be logical.

Is it human nature?

"Let Li Shangshu talk about the second arrangement!" Yang Tong signaled Li Jing to continue.

"Weapons and equipment are the second requirement!" Li Jing glanced at Yang Tong, and then said: "The wars in the next few years will involve the destruction of the country and the great clans. Heavy casualties, we need a lot of crossbow bolts and armor."

At this time, Jiang Xingben, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, said: "Li Shangshu, please allow me to interrupt first."

"Jiang Shangshu, please tell me!"

"I want to ask Li Shangshu, what is the large amount you mentioned, can you give me an accurate amount?" Jiang Xingben asked.

Li Jing said with a smile: "No one can say for sure. The amount that the Ministry of Industry can rush to work day and night is my bottom line. Here I say 'Han Xin sends more troops, the better.' Ten thousand sticks, never too many!"

Jiang Xingben laughed angrily: "Isn't it too much to have thousands of arrows? Li Shangshu is really a lion, and you can't make so many if you sell me."

"I also know that it is difficult for some strongmen, but we can't let the soldiers have no arrows to use, and they are forced to attack the city against the enemy's arrow rain, right? Arrows have a price, but human life is priceless, Jiang Shangshu." Li Jing said seriously.

"This..." Jiang Xingben was helpless.

"That's it!" Yang Tong smiled and said, "The Ministry of Industry will do its best! And the Jiangxia army can borrow arrows from Lin Shihong with the aid of the heavy fog on the river!"

"The straw boat borrowed arrows?"

Li Jing pondered for a while, then laughed loudly and said, "This method is good, Sun Quan did this to Cao Jun back then."

"Straw boat borrowing arrows" is really not fake!
It's a pity that Zhuge Liang didn't do it, and it wasn't thatched boat that received the arrow.

Five years after the end of the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao led an army to break through Sun Quan's Jiangxi camp and captured the governor, Gong Sunyang.Sun Quan led an army of [-] to fight. Cao Jun's sailors attacked Sun Wu's position on the water and crossed to a sandbar. They were surrounded by Sun Quan and lost thousands of troops.Cao Jun was frustrated and could not get out of the strong wall.Sun Quan took a boat to watch Cao Jun's camp.Cao Cao ordered the archers to release arrows, and ten thousand arrows were fired like rain. After a while, Sun Quan's "flagship" ship was full of arrows, causing the hull to tilt.Sun Quan ordered the warship to turn around and receive the arrows on the other side. The arrows were even on the boat, and they returned with drums and music.Sun Quan's courage and courage made Cao Cao sigh that "having a son should be like Sun Zhongmou".

Li Jing is familiar with ancient classic battles, and thought of this allusion from Yang Tong's four characters "borrowing arrows from a straw boat".

"When Shubao returned to Jiangxia, he took advantage of the foggy weather to drive the straw boat to Jiujiang from time to time with gongs and drums. When Lin Shihong came to him, he asked Lin Shihong to "borrow arrows from the straw boat". A wave of rockets will be a disaster." Yang Tong said with a smile.

"Here!" Qin Qiong obeyed.

"My lord!" Yang Gongren clasped his hands at this moment and said, "Jiangxia County is an important copper and iron ore producing area in the Sui Dynasty. The ore in this area is shallow and easy to mine. At first, it was monopolized by the government and controlled very strictly. After the first emperor ascended the throne, , due to the sharp increase in the demand for copper and iron, the law has been relaxed and private mining is allowed, but the copper and iron ingots mined must be sold to the government. For this reason, mines around the country have also sent special mine supervisors. Aristocrats participated one after another, and it was relatively strict in the first few years, but with the decline of official governance, mine supervisors and mine owners colluded with each other, resulting in a large amount of copper and iron flowing into the people, and the aristocratic families made greater profits."

"The future battlefields will mainly be concentrated in the south of the Huai River. In my opinion, let the artisans go to Jiangxia to make arrows on the spot. If you go straight down the river, you can reach Jiangdu, and if you go up the Yangtze River, you can go to Nanjun and Yiling. As far as Bashu; straight up against the Han River, you can reach Jingling, Xiangyang, and Xiyang. Even if you transport it to Liyang by land, it is closer than Luoyang. The volume of water transportation is large, and it will save a lot of manpower and time."

Yang Tong remembered that Jiangxia is also the famous Daye mining area in later generations, and asked excitedly, "Shubao, has the mine been abandoned?"

Qin Qiong shook his head and said: "In order to gain the support of the aristocratic family, Xiao Mian almost allowed others to mine. In the end, he followed the order of the Holy Majesty, not only took the mine back and closed it, but also destroyed those aristocratic families in the name of encroaching on official property. The copper and iron seized The ingots are piled up like a mountain, but these things are too heavy to be transported to Luoyang, and will eventually be thrown into the treasury. If these iron ingots are all cast into arrow clusters, the final general will not be able to imagine what an astonishing number it will be. And those The mines have not been abandoned, as long as the Holy Majesty gives an order, they can be used normally."

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard the words, someone came to deliver pillows when they were really sleepy!

Without waiting for Yang Tong's order, Jiang Xingben said: "After the year of Weichen, let the craftsmen go south to open the furnace to cast arrows."

"Okay, that's it for the arrows and armor!" Yang Tong said to Li Jing, "Li Shangshu, go on to the third point."

"Here!" Li Jing said again: "The third point I want to talk about is about the arrangement of slave soldiers. Last year, many slave soldiers made military achievements that met the requirements for obtaining the nationality of the Great Sui Dynasty. I suggest that the Ministry of Civil Affairs as soon as possible Settling these people, allocating land, and helping them get married, one is to reflect the integrity of the court, and the other is to help soldiers fight with peace of mind; unified world."

"Excuse me, Li Shangshu, how many slave soldiers meet the requirements?" Yang Shidao, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, got up and asked.

"There are about 2000 people." Li Jing thought for a while, and then added: "At most [-] people, nothing less."

"..." Everyone was speechless!
This year, as many as 15 slave soldiers participated in the battle, all doing the work of death squads, and countless people died, but in the end, less than 3000 people met the standard of serving the people.

It is conceivable that the requirements are high.

"It's too simple!" Yang Shidao said with a smile: "As soon as the list of the Ministry of War arrives, I will place them in each of the five counties so that they will not gather together. And in front of many slave soldiers, let the Ministry of Civil Affairs The officials issued the nationalities of the Sui Dynasty one by one, making other slave soldiers envious."

"Thank you!" Li Jing was so humble.

Yang Shidao said with a smile: "It should be, it should be. This is the responsibility of the Ministry of Civil Affairs."

"The content of Li Shangshu's talk involves a lot of military secrets, including the key direction of our military offensive next year. I hope that everyone here will strictly guard the secrets. Except for the military expansion, which needs to be widely announced, the rest must not be leaked."

Everyone present here is Yang Tong's absolute confidant, he is not worried that everyone will leak it, but he is afraid that some people will accidentally reveal their tone after drinking too much.

"As ordered!"

Everyone respectfully obeyed.

From Li Jing's speech, we can know that the main attack direction of the Sui Dynasty next year should be Li Mi, Lin Shihong, and Meng Haigong first, and the puppet Tang will be the last to clean up. Tang has become a refuge for the powerful, so he should stay behind and take it seriously.

"The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry are closely related, and the tasks for next year are already very clear. The Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Armed Forces, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Commerce can follow up gradually with the military victory. As for the Ministry of Rites, the focus is on external affairs. The future tasks have been clarified before, apart from digging and cultivating more envoys who are good at adapting to changes, there is no need to say anything else. The next focus is naturally on the Ministry of Civil Affairs."

Speaking of this, Yang Tong looked at Fang Xuanling who was desperately trying to push the woman into the palace just now: "Xuanling, tell me about the plan of the Ministry of Officials for next year."

Fang Xuanling got up and bowed to Yang Tong, then cleared his throat, and said slowly: "With the Imperial Ministry in power and the Criminal Ministry in law enforcement to solve the case, there is nothing to say about local officials. The key is the issue of reserve officials. Since this year is a large In Fengnian, too many places have been recovered, not only the reserve officials have been emptied, but even the low-level Beijing officials from the Ministry of Officials have been sent out, and the Weichen, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, has almost become a commander without soldiers."

Everyone couldn't help laughing.

The momentum of development this year is indeed too strong. Without a few decent battles, dozens of counties won for nothing.The busiest and most troublesome thing is definitely not the military department that specializes in military affairs, but the official department headed by Fang Xuanling, who needs to send people everywhere. Selected from among the students, although these people have no experience in governing, as long as they arrange the policies formulated by the Sui Dynasty and implement them according to the scriptures, they will not make too many mistakes.

"The first task of the Ministry of Officials next year is to open the imperial examinations. Otherwise, we will fall into the dilemma of having no officials available. Next year's imperial examinations, I decided to hold them in early February." Fang Xuanling said.

Yang Tong frowned, "It's only two months, time seems very tight!"

"Time is very tight, but everyone knows that the core questions of the imperial examination are closely related to real politics, which means that scholars have prepared for many years, and they have plenty of time to prepare for the exam. Their time is mainly spent on the road, but we There is a message from the flying eagle, and the scientific examination time will be distributed to all counties tomorrow, and it is the slack season, everyone is at home, and within five days, scholars all over the world will know! It should be too late if you hurry up."

"What if you can't catch up? What should I do?"

"There's nothing I can do about it!" Fang Xuanling thought for a while, and then said, "Unless we set up a few more test centers."

"This is a good idea!" Yang Tong agreed deeply, nodded and said, "Let's do this! In addition to Luoyang, there are also test centers in Zhuojun, Yecheng, Taiyuan, Daxing, and Licheng in Qijun. Candidates can sign up for the scientific examination nearby. Beijing officials from the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Imperial Affairs went to these places to serve as local examiners. In order to avoid the leakage of the examination questions, the questions will be sent to each examination center the day before the examination. , and locked the box, sealed it, and kept the box and the key separately, and opened it in public the next day. What do you think? Do you have anything to add?"

"The Holy Majesty's arrangement is very appropriate, and I have no objection. However, the test center and the nearby registration must be clearly stated on the notice, so as to prevent candidates from rushing to Luoyang."

"Then set the time for the scientific examination today, and send it to the counties immediately tomorrow, so that the counties will issue it to the counties as soon as possible. If any county appears to be procrastinating and slack, punish the county governor severely, not only dismiss him, You will not be an official forever, and you will not be allowed to participate in the scientific examination for three generations. As for the examination questions, it doesn't matter if it is later."

"Wei Chen will discuss the details today."

"That's it!" Yang Tong nodded, and said with a smile: "The main work has been arranged, now you need to add, or you can tell if there is a plan in the department."

"The situation of the Ministry of Punishment is similar to that of the Ministry of Officials. Many low-level officials have been sent out, and a large number of people who are proficient in the law need to be recruited..."

"So does the royal family!"

"Dali Temple also needs it."

"The Ministry of Armed Forces needs to replenish its troops."

"Faculty..."

Seeing that all the ministers wanted people, Yang Tong felt a headache!

He has never been short of food, money, weapons, or soldiers.The problem of local officials and officials of the local Ministry of Criminal Affairs seems to have always been a big problem.
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Brothers and sisters, the ministries of the Sui Dynasty are seriously short of people, and we are seriously short of tickets. . . .Nearly 2 collections, if one person, one vote, then we have more than [-] copies a day, right?
(End of this chapter)