The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 694 Three years of Shengwu, everything goes well

As the imperial capital of the Li and Tang Dynasties, the "North Town Army" entered the country from outside, the relevant Long noble forces conspired to cause chaos, and there was also a wave of refugees. The game of the Long nobles developed in an unpredictable direction, and many accumulated conflicts suddenly broke out in the Jingzhou area of ​​​​the Li and Tang Dynasties. From then on, the Li and Tang monarchs and officials were devastated, and the focus was all on the inside, just like the Sui Dynasty hanging over their heads. It also seems to have been forgotten by them.

Just when Xiangyang was in chaos, Qin Qiong, Zhang Zhenzhou and Lin Shihong's remnant forces had a decisive water battle in Poyang Lake, forcing each other to a wide Hushan Island, and then the army landed on the island, annihilating each other in one fell swoop, making the entrenched The "water thief" Lin Shihong in the South for nearly 20 years has finally become a thing of the past.

The second general destroyed Lin Shihong, so he left the aftermath to the soldiers of the military department, led an army of [-] from Poyang Lake, took small warships, went south along the Yishui River, and reached Yiyang County, Poyang County, and landed in Shangrao Assembled and marched into Dongyang Xin'an County by land, Chen Bing prepared for the pacification of Meng Haigong at the boundary of Jiangshan/city in later generations.

This place is located at the intersection of the four counties of Poyang, Dongyang, Yongjia, and Jian'an. Yongjia is in the southeast and Jian'an is in the south. No matter which side you go to, it is Meng Haigong's territory.

Zhang Zhenzhou, Qin Qiong, and Fang Xuanling are in charge of the upcoming battle to pacify Meng Haigong, but this time, the main general is Zhang Zhenzhou, Fang Xuanling is the marching commander, and Qin Qiong is the deputy general.

Fang Xuanling and Qin Qiong believed that Zhang Zhenzhou was familiar with the southern terrain and was the best candidate for the commander. Yang Tong agreed and replied to this claim.

In this battle, the difference in the strength of the two sides was as much as one part. In terms of strength, the Sui army led by Zhang Zhenzhou had sailors, cavalry, and infantry, with a total strength of [-].

However, Meng Haigong's army originally only had more than 15 people. Because Li Mi destroyed Shen Faxing and Li Zitong, Meng Haigong, who was threatened by the Wei Dynasty, expanded his army crazily, making his total force as high as [-]. The mere two counties supported so many troops and ruled the people. One can imagine the pressure he bears. When Li Mi is defeated, he will face a more powerful Sui army. It would be good not to expand the army. How can it be possible to reduce the army?However, although the grain produced in Yongjia and Jian'an was in short supply, Feng An, who is said to be self-reliant in Jiaozhou (Lingnan), was a large grain producer. He not only subsidized him, but also sent troops to fight, which made Meng Haigong very happy.

Several generations of the Feng family headed by Feng An worked hard in Jiaozhou. They implemented the "diplomacy" strategy of meeting fate, respecting the strong and abandoning the weak, which saved Jiaozhou from the flames of war since the Southern and Northern Dynasties;
Feng An was originally the general of Zuo Wuwei in the Sui Dynasty. Before the Jiangdu coup, Feng An used an excuse to return to Jiaozhou from Jiangdu, gathered the people, appointed himself the leader, and established himself in Jiaozhou. The flames of war did not reach the mainland, Xiao Xian and Lin Shihong continued to conquer, and they didn't want another enemy to appear in the south, so they acquiesced to the fact that Feng An was self-reliant.

This also made Jiaozhou unaffected in the turbulent years, the people were stable and rich, and the grain in stock was as large as a mountain.Feng An paid close attention to the general situation of the world while training the army, knowing that once Meng Haigong perishes, it will be him next.

If in the past, Feng An could follow the example of his ancestors and confront the Sui Dynasty by relying on Jiaozhou and the mountains and rivers of the Central Plains, even if Yang Tong wanted to use troops against Jiaozhou, he could only use his weapons like Xiao Liang, Nan Chen, and Emperor Wenwu of the Sui Dynasty. Dare to use troops rashly.However, the sudden emergence of the Sui Army's navy was able to transport [-] troops to Jiangdu at the same time, which directly opened the door to Li Mi's defeat.This also let him know that Feng An knew that he could no longer blackmail the imperial court in the Jiaozhou area as before, forcing the imperial court to acquiesce in the fact that Feng's self-proclaimed king.

Although he also has an army of 10,000+, they are all troops that have not been battle-tested, and they are not the opponents of the Sui army who have been battle-tested at all.If the Sui army continuously landed in Jiaozhou through the waterway, it would definitely be able to flatten Jiaozhou. Great armies take part in the battle that is about to unfold.

This also made the 20 Sui army led by Zhang Zhenzhou face more than [-] coalition soldiers from Meng Haigong and Feng An, and the other party had no food worries.However, although Yang Tong didn't send any more troops, he asked a group of young generals to bring [-] Xiaoguo troops to help out.

Zhang Zhenzhou, Qin Qiong, and Fang Xuanling also understood the reason why Yang Tong did not send more troops. After all, the 20-odd coalition forces were mainly mobs. After deducting these people, there were not as many elite soldiers as them, which was naturally unnecessary. If you can't even kill this group of mobs, you might as well give up the command to other generals.

Zhang Zhenzhou's martial arts skills are average, but he is very resourceful, has a high commanding ability, and is proficient in government affairs. He is an all-rounder who is proficient in military and political affairs. He has been a naval commander for so many years, and he has never asked for counselors. There is no need for Yang Tong to worry.

He now has generals such as Wen Youfang Xuanling, Wu You Qin Qiong, Xiaoguo Army and Modao Army, and his army rations and weapons are also very sufficient, and Pei Renji is still serving as their wings in Linchuan County, so he is not afraid of the enemy's detour behind him. Stabbing them with a knife, so the three of them have almost nothing to worry about, they just need to defeat the enemy upright.

How the three of them fought this battle, Yang Tong didn't want to care, and didn't bother to ask, as long as they handed in a satisfactory answer.

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As for Yang Tong himself, he had returned to court from Huaiyang with Yang Gongren, Du Ruhui and others.On the second day after he returned to Luoyang, he rewarded the officers and men for their meritorious service, and promoted the first duke after he ascended the throne, who was Du Fuwei.

Since he descended to the Sui Dynasty, Du Fuwei has been loyal and outstanding. He not only pinned Li Mi to the east of Liyang so that he could not grow stronger, but at the same time, he continued to defeat Li Mi's army and consume Li Mi's vitality. Created a solid foundation for the Great Sui to finally annihilate the Wei Dynasty. Its contribution was so great that it was enough to be awarded the Duke of the State. For Du Fuwei, it is a great favor.

This time, not a single county prince was born, and even a few county princes were promoted from county marquises.This is not to say that Yang Tong is stingy, because of his meritorious service, there are many schools, and after the credit is distributed, none of them can reach that height.As for all the wars launched after ascension to the throne, Yang Yu himself and the princes of the country will be the commanders. Their titles have already reached the top, and they can only be supplemented in terms of empty positions, military officials, and military honors. The three kinds of idle positions are far less famous and well-paid than the titles of nobility, and the degree of envy and yearning for them is naturally not as high as the nine nobles of the Sui Dynasty.

In fact, in terms of titles, apart from the fact that at the beginning of the founding of the country, the founding emperor gave away a lot in order to win people's hearts, the emperors of all dynasties have strictly checked the titles.Take the Li and Tang Dynasties in history as an example, if you haven't caught up with the founding period, you will not be able to do it no matter how capable you are.For example, Cen Wenwen was only a viscount, Ouyang Xun and Yan Liben only mixed with a baron; Xu Jingzong was originally only a baron, but because he helped Wu Zetian get rid of Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang, he finally became a county prince; Liang Jianfang, a powerful general who has made many military exploits, is just a county prince in the end.The important officials of the Qing Dynasty Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang, etc. were all marquises in the end.These historical figures have excellent abilities, but it is really difficult to be a prince.

Therefore, Du Fuwei, the No. 20 six princes canonized by Emperor Shengwu, made ten people envious and jealous.But there is no way, the credits of the people after they surrendered to the Sui Dynasty are indeed there, even the money, food and materials are not provided by the court, and they are conferred the title of Duke, which makes people have nothing to say.The only blemish is that he supported himself and fought against the Sui army in Yang Guang's era. However, he was different from others in that he never had a national title. The minister regarded himself, so he cannot be said to be a pure anti-king; besides, there were many surrendered generals and ministers in the Sui Dynasty, and their own foundations were not clean, so how could they have the right to speak of others?
In the First World War between the Sui and Wei Dynasties, apart from annihilating Li Mi and completely recovering the Central Plains and the Jianghuai area, Yang Tong also gained a lot of talents.Apart from Bing Yuanzhen who has already been reused, Xu Shiji is worthy of praise. This guy is talented and smooth. He is not as rigid as Fang Xuanzao, Wang Bodang, Sun Changle and others. He killed himself in Li Mi After his death, he buried Li Mi and others together with Bing Yuanzhen, Xie Yingdeng, Cheng Yaojin and others. He could also see that the unification of the Sui Dynasty was an unchangeable trend. Thirteen states in the world and the complete Sui Dynasty Occupying Kyushu, Hanzhong in ancient Yizhou is owned by the imperial court; Jingzhou has 22 counties, Li and Tang have only four counties, and it is still in jeopardy. In other words, only Jiaozhou has no imperial power yet, the world is ten, and the Sui Dynasty monopolizes eighty-nine, but it is a well-deserved overlord, with tens of millions of people under its rule, and the people's hearts are stable.As long as Yang Tong doesn't act stupid or fool around, no one can compete with Da Sui anymore.

Xu Shiji didn't want to use his family and the children of his righteous brother Shan Xiongxin to change the situation, so he formally accepted the appointment of the imperial court and went to the south to assist Zhang Zhenzhou in fighting.

There are many people who have the same thoughts as Xu Shiji. When Li Mi was alive, they never gave up no matter how difficult it was, and devoted themselves to their duties.

Of course, Yang Tong didn’t accept everyone. There were three types of people who were cruelly liquidated. One was those who participated in the Jiangdu rebellion, and because of Yu Wenhua’s defeat, they demoted Li Mi.
The second is the old Sui courtiers who accepted Yu Wenhua and his rewards and followed Yu Wenhua to their defeat. Yang Tong convicted them according to their positions at that time. Small officials were dismissed as civilians and never hired. The way is to follow the thief, but the problem is that Pei Ju can escape, Yu Shinan can hide from the world, and there are many people who bring their families to become Yang Tan's courtiers, why can't they come to you?So in the final analysis, I still want to make a fortune with Yu Wenhuaji. Wealth and wealth have always been sought after in ancient times. When you decide to follow Yu Wenhuaji, you should have the consciousness of failure and death. Blame your own lack of wink for following the wrong person.

The last category is capricious villains.Among them, the most typical representative is Ouyang Xun, a famous calligrapher. Speaking of which, he is also a second-generation official and anti-second-generation.

His father, Ouyang He, was a general of Nanchen. He once supervised the military affairs of the nineteen prefectures including Jiaojiao and Guangxi. Later, he rebelled. After the failure, only Ouyang Xun survived because of his escape. After his death, the emperor pardoned the world, and Ouyang Xun was granted a pardon from death.During the reign of Yang Guang, Ouyang Xun served as Dr. Taichang; during the chaos in Jiangdu, Ouyang Xun was also captured as a courtier, and because of his good calligraphy, he was appointed by Yu Wenhua; soon he ran to Li Mi and became the post of Taichang Qing ;It seems that Li Mi has no future. He, Tai Changqing, will not last long, and he went to Luoyang to serve as Yang Tan's official. After Yang Tan was ousted by Wang Shichong, he was the first batch of people who loyal to Wang Shichong... Maybe it was fate. When he was fighting with the army, he was arrested by Li Mi because of his failure. Li Mi cherished his calligraphy and succeeded in becoming Li Mi's Taichangqing...

If he waited until the object of allegiance failed before surrendering, others would understand and would not say much, but he always abandoned the Lord every time.What made Yang Tong speechless was that when Ouyang Xun was in Jiangdu, he also asked Yu Shinan, who was also a famous calligrapher, to be recommended to serve in the Sui Dynasty and enjoy the authentic works left by the famous calligraphers in the palace.

Such a capricious and shameless person, no matter how high his literary achievements are, no matter how good his handwriting is, he will not be respected by others, including Yu Shinan. The elder brother is a negative teaching material, and he is not polite to go back.However, although Ouyang Xun was not hired, Yang Tong appreciated his handwriting after all, so that he would not be punished and slipped away; other people would not have such a happy ending, and those who deserved to be killed should be punished.Therefore, people still have to have a specialty, which can save their lives at critical moments.

On the third day after solving the problems of rewards and punishments, Yang Tong, who was a little leisurely, married Yin Mingyue into the palace under the leadership of Queen Wei Fengwu, and bestowed the name of Concubine De, making him officially have one more concubine.

Although there is great turmoil in Li Yuan's place now, he is not in a hurry to attack Jingxiang: firstly, he was also surprised by the rebellious big brushes of the Guanlong nobles. If you send troops now, the army of dead soldiers of the Guanlong aristocrats will probably be retained. Although he can divide and settle after the unification of the world, most of these people are diehards. As long as there is one person from each clan in Guanlong If they are alive, they will come to contact, so that this force will always be hidden in the Sui Dynasty. Once the Guanlong nobles are not happy, it may not be like today, the coalition forces rebelled, so he needs to use Li Yuan's hand to wipe it out. It can consume Li Tang's war power and potential.

Second, according to information sent by Han Zhi, it is said that since Li Mi was destroyed, Li Yuan, who was isolated and helpless in the country, formed an alliance with Tubo. Li Yuan not only made peace with Tubo, but also allowed Tubo troops to enter and fight.Yang Tong has always been vigilant about this rising Southwest country, otherwise the Black Ice Terrace would not try to poison the famous Songtsan Gampo, but now he discovered that the reason why Songtsan Gampo was The reason why he is so powerful is that his father, Langri Zanpu, was also a great hero. It is precisely because of Langri Zanpu who laid a solid foundation for Songtsan Gampo that the later powerful Tubo Empire came about. Such a character, such potential It is a completely foreign country, and Yang Tong will definitely destroy it. However, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is not only sparsely populated, but also suffers from altitude sickness. If the Sui army enters the country to fight, I am afraid that it will suffer heavy casualties. If the enemy uses guerrilla tactics, the entire army may be killed. Annihilation, now they send troops to participate in the battle of Sui and Tang Dynasties, purely giving up their own advantages and fighting in an environment that is not conducive to themselves. This gave Yang Tong a god-sent opportunity to consume his strength. The Tubo Kingdom will fall into a situation of fragmentation.

He had to endure and wait for the first class, not only waiting for Guanlong's army and Li Tang to be defeated, but also waiting for the Tubo army to enter and die.Therefore, the current wars in the Sui Dynasty are mainly concentrated in the south, and there are Zhang Zhenzhou, Qin Qiong, Fang Xuanling, and Xu Shiji in the south, so there is nothing to worry about.With such a luxurious lineup fighting in the south, Yang Tong felt that it was safer than leading the troops himself; so in terms of military affairs, he had nothing to worry about.

As for government affairs, because the interlocking cabinet system is on the right track, there are not many major issues that need to be handled by Yang Tong himself. Even if there are some difficult issues, Yang Gongren, Wei Yunqi, Li Jing, Huangfu Wuyi, Du Ruhui and others were able to check things, and there were not many things that he needed to worry about.

Faced with the situation where everything is going well, Yang Tong, who thinks he has been running around for state affairs and is exhausted, simply takes the opportunity of marrying Yin Mingyue and arranges seven days of marriage leave for himself in one go.

Every day, I was turned over by the meat wave. After pampering one or the other, when I was in a good mood, I would also sleep with him in a big quilt. There was a sign of fainting king that 'the king never goes to court early'.

Of course, the reason why he is so reassuring as a faint king is because all his court officials are loyal.

Generally speaking, in the early days of the founding emperor, most of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were loyal ministers, and only after the unification of the world did they begin to fight among themselves.Yang Tong's important ministers were originally famous and loyal ministers in history, and now everyone is fighting for the great cause of reunification, so Yang Tong has nothing to worry about, besides, it's only been seven days.

However, the faint-hearted career only lasted for only the fourth day before he was dragged out of Fengyi Hall by the menacing Yang Gongren.

The reason is that something big happened.

It wasn't Li Yuan's side, but Yang Tong's imperial capital, Luoyang City, where large-scale riots occurred, and Yang Tong couldn't handle it.

(End of this chapter)