The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 739

After Ling Jing left, Yang Tong, who had eaten half of it, was no longer hungry, and started to deal with government affairs.Yang Qinfang looked at the silent Yang Tong rather nervously, and asked softly, "Are you really fighting?"

"Guess?" Yang Tong continued to deal with official duties without raising his head.

Yang Qinfang snorted slightly in her nose: "Playing mysteries, pretending to be ghosts."

Yang Tong chuckled, and said indifferently: "What is Langri Zanpu? It's a tactical deception of being strong on the outside but doing nothing on the inside. It's just that he found the wrong person."

"Is that so? I think you are the one who is strong on the outside and capable on the inside." Yang Qinfang said disdainfully, thinking that the man was going to marry Yang Tong's beautiful Tubo emperor's aunt, she felt uncomfortable for a while.Yang Tong said unhappily: "Although Tubo spreads across the plateau, it is still not a level opponent compared to the Sui Dynasty. Langri Zanpu actually does not want to go to war with us in the Sui Dynasty. But the opposition forces in Tubo are ready to move. If If we don’t go to war, we can only become a family with Tai Sui through the method of marriage, and use Tai Sui’s power and prestige to enhance his deterrence in Tubo.

"What if he really pours his country to fight?" Yang Qinfang asked again.

"I'm not afraid of Tubo, and I'm not afraid of anyone now. Sui's growing national power is enough to arm a huge army, and it's no problem to open up several battlefields at the same time. Tubo is willing to fight, so you can try."

Yang Tong smiled lightly, and said: "Although Tubo occupies the advantage of the plateau, the Sui army must go against the trend if they want to attack Tubo. Most people will have dizziness, headache, palpitation, diarrhea, fatigue and other symptoms of acclimatization. And Wang Fubao The army has been active in the two counties of Lintao and Heyuan for a long time, and they are not afraid of this kind of acclimatization. As long as the soldiers of the First Army have the necessary time to adapt to the plateau environment, this series of acclimatization diseases will disappear. The reason why Niu Jinda went to the plateau first. As long as Langri Zanpu’s elite division is severely injured in the war, there is no need for our army to attack at that time. All the forces that oppose him will inevitably attack him together, and the whole Tubo will fall into fragments in an instant. .”

"As for Tuyuhun." Yang Tong analyzed again: "No matter how doubtful Murong Fuyun is, after all, he has been a khan for decades and has many loyal cronies, which also means that Murong Xiaojun who killed him cannot It is convincing that the tribes loyal to Murong Fuyun will break away from his control, and I am afraid that the tribes in the Sui Dynasty will also go their own way; and the Tubo Miqiang people have a feud, and they killed many Tuyuhun troops not long ago. Murong Xiaojun and Tubo The act of cooperation has made some people chill and loathe them. If Murong Xiaojun loses a battle, it will be the end of Tuyuhun. After all, both Tubo and Tuyuhun are betting on the fate of the country."

Yang Tong said lightly, but he heard Yang Qinfang's long eyelashes twitch wildly.

This guy is just too insidious.

"By the way, how is Xiao Wu's training?"

Yang Tong felt sorry for his wife and couldn't bear to watch, but he knew that Yin Mingyue and Shui Tianji didn't reduce their training just because Wei Fengwu was the queen.

"It's okay, I persisted." Yang Qinfang replied, and couldn't help asking: "You won't really let her go too, will you?"

"She can go as long as she likes, what's the point?" Yang Tong said indifferently, "When the emperor's grandfather went to war, when did he not take the emperor's grandmother with him?"

This is true, Yang Guang always takes his wife and son with him whether he is going on tour or fighting.His eldest sister, Yang Lihua, had been depressed because her husband's son was killed by his father, Yang Jian. In order to relieve the depression in his elder sister's heart, Yang Guang also brought her with him every time he went on expeditions and inspections.

As a result, during the expedition to Tuyuhun, the army did not lose many people on the battlefield. On the contrary, when the troops of the Sui Army passed by Dadouba Valley, a blizzard suddenly fell in the midsummer of July, and the blizzard hit the triumphant army. Tens of thousands of people died, horses and donkeys froze to death, Yang Guang and his wife almost froze to death, and Yang Lihua was weak and died of illness. On the way back to Daxing, he ordered officials to arrange a funeral. They were buried together in Dingling.

But if it is changed to the present, it is certain that the sergeants will not freeze to death on a large scale, because the Sui Dynasty has already planted "Baidiezi" (cotton) in a large area, and the low value and high quality of cotton cloth have entered thousands of households. For households, although cotton cloth is not as gorgeous as silk and satin, it is light and close-fitting, making it warmer to wear, and the price is very cheap. Ordinary people can buy two or three more. Made into cotton-padded jackets and quilts to keep warm.

In the winters of these years, the northern part of the Sui Dynasty did not freeze to death like in the past. Cotton can be said to have made a great contribution.

This is of course the credit of Yang Tong. Before this, no one would have thought that this kind of "Baidiezi", which originated in the Western Regions and can only be seen as a landscape, could become a good warmer after shelling and seeding. things.

This alone made the common people pay homage to Yang Tong who discovered cotton, planted cotton, removed seeds, and organized manual weaving of cotton cloth, and promoted it.

However, in order to prevent the common people from occupying good land to grow cotton, Yang Tong issued a special decree, requiring the common people to only plant cotton in barren lands such as mountains and barren slopes, and must not occupy fertile farmland, so as to avoid a sudden drop in grain production.

Hearing what Yang Tong said, Yang Qinfang breathed a sigh of relief, she didn't want to care about whether Wei Fengwu would go or not, and she couldn't care.

What she was most afraid of was that Yang Tong would throw her in Daxing when Yang Tong set out to fight. Since the queen was also going, Shurawei must be indispensable, so she immediately smiled and said, "I'm just asking. Sister Mingyue can kill a Mingyue County, Xiao Wu It may not be impossible to take down a Fengwu County."

"By the way, how is Qu Boya doing recently? What can be wrong with his words and deeds?" Yang Tong suddenly thought of Qu Boya, the former king of Gaochang.That old guy wrote to Zongzheng Temple last year, requesting to go back to his hometown to worship his ancestors, but just happened to encounter Tuyuhun looting the caravan on the Silk Road. Yang Tong suspected that he played an important role in it, not only refused to agree, but also sent people to secretly monitor, if not Yang Qinfang mentioned that Yang Tong had forgotten Qu Boya.

"Qu Boya is cautious in his words and deeds. There is nothing wrong with him. There are not many people in contact with him, and he has not found anything unusual." Yang Qinfang replied.

"He's a smart guy." Yang Tong said, "Since he's fine, let's remove the monitors."

"That old guy has mischievous eyes. He is definitely not a good person. If he is not allowed to go back to worship the ancestors, people in the world will say that we have no heart, but once he is let go, he will definitely stir up loyalists to make trouble. In my opinion, you just let him go." He went back to offer sacrifices to his ancestors, and with the reputation of emphasizing filial piety throughout the Sui Dynasty, he sent 'bandits' on the way to kill them all." Yang Qinfang suggested.

"..." Yang Tong had no choice but to say with this violent girl, "There is no need to do this, because in the hearts of the people of the Sui Dynasty, he is just a prisoner without human rights. If I don't kill him, it is an extrajudicial favor. Naturally, there will be no one." Make irresponsible remarks."

Yang Qinfang said: "'If you are not of my race, your heart must be different'..."

"That's what I said, but in fact few emperors really did it. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used Jin Ridun, the famous general Hu Luguang of the Northern Qi Dynasty was from Gaoche, and our family, except for the two empress dowagers, Tsinghua, and Yuexian , no one is a pure Han, so how to say this? On the other hand, the Sima family in the Jin Dynasty was not only of the same clan, but also of the same clan. All kinds of conflicts broke out, which directly led to the subjugation of the Western Jin Dynasty, and made the northern part of the Central Plains into a chaotic China that was almost extinct. It can be seen that it is useless to engage in excessive racial discrimination. "If you are not of my race, your heart must be different." This is true, but many times, this sentence is often said by some people in order to cover up their own incompetence."

"What's the point of talking about it?" Yang Qinfang liked Yang Tong's eloquent talk since she was a child.

"When he said, 'If you are not of my race, their hearts must be different', it is the foreign race that has not been influenced by the heavenly kingdom, and the reason why the foreign race is barbaric and cruel is that the court's influence is insufficient. In this way, not only did he escape If you are guilty of crimes, you will also say that you will increase the intensity of influence, use gentle strategies to influence their hearts and appease the people, and you cannot impose force, and eventually become a high-ranking 'benevolent, righteous, moral, and modest gentleman'."

Yang Tong said: "Our Great Sui Dynasty is a great country standing in the universe. We must look around the world and unite all the forces that can be united for our own use. In addition, there are many loyal ethnic groups in our Great Sui Dynasty. Are we going to kill them all?"

"Of course not."

"That's why we have to fight first and then pay respects to the peoples who disobey us, beat up the reactionaries, then bring those who feared us into the Sui Dynasty, and then educate and assimilate them with culture, which is much more effective than genocide. Excessive killing will only increase the hatred between each other."

At the end, Yang Tong added: "You are still young, read more books."

"..." Yang Qinfang was so angry that her face sank like water, her good mood and sweet smile all disappeared.She stood up aggressively, drank the untouched teacup in front of Yang Tong in one gulp, then grabbed the teapot and left.

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At the same time, there was another person who was in a more unhappy mood than Yang Qinfang, and that was Li Yuan, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty who was still in Xiangyang.

He is currently in Concubine Yin De's bedroom. The whole bedroom is very quiet. The incense burner in the corner is billowing with green smoke. The whole hall is filled with a faint scent of sandalwood. A few fist-sized luminous pearls hang down on the long silk curtain, and the faint light shines on every corner of the hall.

The thick curtain hanging in the middle of the main hall divided the main hall into two. Sixteen court ladies stood outside the curtain, holding various utensils in their hands, waiting for the call of the Holy Majesty and the Empress.

And on the jade steps inside the curtain, there is an ivory and gold silk bed, and a summer hibiscus curtain is hung on the bed. Li Yuan is lying on Yin Defei's half-covered snow-white thighs, and Yin Defei gently presses his temples, And Zhang Jieyu gently rubbed her legs.

The two of them were originally the female officials of Jinyang Palace.At the beginning, Yang Guang liked to pay attention to ostentation, practiced in the palace everywhere, and then selected beautiful women to enter the palace according to the etiquette system, but he himself was not lustful. His more than ten years of emperor career was spent either on wars or on inspection tours. As a result, countless beautiful girls who are as beautiful as heaven are reduced to decorations. Concubine Yin Defei and Zhang Jieyu are just two decorations among the many decorations.

Compared with Yang Guang, Li Yuan is a complete pervert. When he was a courtier, he needed the Dou family to be his backer. He was afraid of offending Queen Dou, so he dared not indulge himself. But after Queen Dou died of illness, his nature was revealed. After rebelling against the Sui Dynasty and becoming the emperor, he began to favor concubines without any scruples, among which Zhang Jieyu and Concubine Yin De were the most favored.

Concubine Yin Defei and Zhang Jieyu are both extremely smart women. Although they have found success in Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji, they know that their future is determined by Li Yuan's status, so many core secrets are not revealed.

"My lord, go to sleep for a while!" After a long time, Concubine Yin De persuaded Li Yuan softly when she saw Li Yuan's bloodshot eyes open.

"I can't sleep!" Li Yuan sighed in a low voice.

Since he decided to move the capital, he tentatively withdrew the troops on the Hanshui defense line. The army from Yunxiang in Xiyang County withdrew to Fengli County in the Western Regions, the troops from Wudang and Junyang in Xiyang retreated into Yincheng in Xiangyang, The army did indeed keep its promise and did not cross the Han River to pursue it, but [-] elite soldiers from Yunxiang were ambushed by him from the Beizhen army, and less than a thousand fled to Fengli. deserter.The [-] soldiers in Wudang were also ambushed by the general. If it hadn't been for the timely rescue of Jun Yang's general Zhang Shigui, the entire army would have been wiped out. Even so, half of the troops were lost, and all the food and luggage fell into Beizhen The hand of the army.

Li Yuan has not closed his eyes for three days. His eyes are bloodshot and his hair has turned white. He actually wants to put everything down and have a good sleep, but the severe situation makes him unable to sleep at all. Once he closes his eyes, he will never sleep. Waking up from a nightmare.

He now has a sense of the end of the road. Although Li Tang still has more than 20 troops, most of these troops are weak soldiers and recruits who have not been in battle. There are only [-] truly elite troops. Now they are all defending Yang Shanhui in Chongling. What's more terrible is that Li Shimin's departure caused Li Tang to spread rumors about Li Shimin's opposition to the Tang Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty. The action also shook the confidence of Li Tang. After all, even the emperor's most valued son has turned against him. How can everyone have confidence in the half-dead Li Tang Dynasty?
The unfavorable situation and all kinds of disturbing news that came every day made Li Yuan feel that he was sentenced to "beheaded in autumn" and was waiting for the moment of betrayal. He is now extremely depressed and decadent.

If we could have followed the advice of Li Jiancheng and Liu Wenjing and concentrated our forces to attack Shuofang Liangshidu instead of launching a full-scale war, we could have unified Yongzhou with absolute strength and sent troops across the Yellow River in time at the beginning of the Battle of Bingzhou. In danger, defend the southern part of Bingzhou...

If he didn't engage in any emperor's tricks, and deliberately obscured the edict, so that Pei Ji seized the military power of Li Shenfu, Bingzhou, which had a reasonable defense, would not have fallen...

in case……

If it wasn't for excessive military interference, Li Xiaogong would not have been wiped out in Fuyang, and the Eastern Expedition would not have been so miserable...

All the ifs represent Li Yuan's wrong decisions one after another, and even if he gets any one of them right, then the Li Tang Dynasty will never be as passive as it is today, but unfortunately everything is irreparable.

Now, Li Yuan's ambition to unify the world has completely disappeared. He just wants to keep his glory and wealth for the rest of his life. As for Li Tang's future, it is no longer within his control.But he is not willing to let go of everything, he really doesn't care about anything, because after Li Shimin's "rebellion", he no longer trusts anyone, no matter how filial Li Jiancheng is, he is worried that after giving up his power, Li Jiancheng will kill him.He wanted to bring some troops to Yizhou, so that he would feel safe, but the situation was getting worse day by day, which made him feel uneasy about eating and lodging, and restless.

"Your Majesty, why don't we go to Chengdu earlier." Concubine Yin De summoned up her courage and said, "His Royal Highness King Jin's prestige in the army is far from that of King Qi. If the generals in the army are bewitched by him, Yizhou will soon fall In his hands. Yizhou is surrounded by mountains on all sides, as long as he guards a pass, even if there are millions of soldiers, he may not be able to defeat it."

When Li Yuan heard this, his heart trembled.

Yes, is there anything that Nizi can't do now?If you really want to block the access to Shu, you will die.Even if Jian Jiancheng betrayed him, as long as Yizhou was in his hands, he would not be able to get in, so why should he be afraid?At this thought, Li Yuan's heart suddenly brightened, and an unspeakable tiredness surged up, and he just fell asleep.

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Three days later, Li Yuan was forced to move the capital again. He led a large team to leave the bustling Xiangyang, followed the Yangtze River westward, and headed for Chengdu.

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