The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 873 Creating Opportunities for the Pseudo-Tang Internal Fighting (Seeking Tickets at the End of the Year)

From winter to spring, the time gradually came to the end of the first month of the fourth year of Shengwu, and there was a hint of warmth in the air, and the land in Guanzhong, which had taken off its snow clothes, revealed a faint greenness.

Nowadays, officials and people in counties and counties in the Sui Dynasty are busy with spring plowing and "there must be floods". In addition to these two major projects, the "Nine Dragon Pilgrimage" and the "Diversion of the Yellow River into Juyeze" in the Central Plains , There are some projects of different sizes along the Yellow River, Huai River, and Han River, and each project must be completed before the "big water" comes. As a result, more than a million people have been invested after the beginning of the new year.

The main force of the "Kowloon Pilgrimage" project is the slaves from other lands and the hired Guanzhong people.

The "Diversion of the Yellow River into Juyeze" project mainly involved war criminals who participated in the civil war. There were hundreds of thousands of war criminals who were sentenced to three to five years of forced labor, including Li Mijun, Meng Haigong's army, and Tang army soldiers.

The family members of these war criminals have been resettled by the court. Not only their family members have been allocated fields, but even the war criminals themselves have land. However, because they participated in the rebel army, they cannot go home and live a normal life. reunion.

More than [-]% of these war criminals are ordinary people who live in peace and order. They live in troubled times, and they have no choice but to follow the crowd and be forced to follow the bandits. , That is the great crime of exterminating the nine clans.However, the imperial court not only did not kill them, but also gave their family land and household registration. They only needed to work for a few years before returning home to reunite with their relatives. The war criminals in their bellies are full of gratitude to the imperial court, and the imperial court selects a team of "model workers" for amnesty in public every month, which makes everyone full of hope for the amnesty. Under the supervision of the officials, they stormed at the assigned task sections.

In addition to civilian husbands, slaves, and war criminals, hundreds of thousands of soldiers who were laid off were also put into various construction projects. They were divided into teams of one thousand people and distributed in various sections of the project. After working, they also played the role of supervising slaves, The role of war criminals, they are paid, but no one raises objections.

Because of the lessons learned by Yang Guang who built Luoyang, the Grand Canal, and the Great Wall of Zihe, the imperial court not only stepped up publicity in the "Half Moon Talk", but also issued articles to introduce the necessity and importance of these huge projects. , War criminals group propaganda, let everyone realize that various projects are beneficial to everyone, and it is an achievement that benefits the present and the future.

However, the vigorous construction that started after the beginning of the new year also greatly weakened the military operations. All localities stopped attacking, stood still, and worked hard to digest the four prefectures of Qingxu, Jingyang.

Although Li Yuan was not reconciled to the loss of several counties in Jingbei, no matter how unwilling he was, the defeated had to bear the bitter fruit of defeat.

As for Yang Tong, after the kings and envoys of various countries bought a lot and left one after another, he also became free.After several years of implementation and improvement by a group of elites of the era, the system of the imperial court was basically finalized, and there was no sign of dissatisfaction in the four prefectures of Qingxu, Jingyang, Taishou and Tongshou/county magistrates, and county magistrates/county magistrates. As a result of the separation of the five powers, the army, county lieutenant/county lieutenant judges cases, the county magistrate/prefect supervisor supervises, and the county magistrate/county magistrate educates. As a result of the separation of five powers, the counties and counties under these four states quickly get on the right track.And when Yang Tong is free, he will occasionally put aside government affairs with Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Luo Shixin and other young officials to go out and experience new things like friends. Pingkangfang brothel listens to singers singing.

Of course, it is impossible for Yang Tong to go to the backyard of a brothel girl to discuss new songs like Fang Xuanling and Luo Shixin.Yang Tong spends more free time on educating his children, or doing things with his concubine that are beneficial to his physical and mental health. In view of his own experience, Yang Tong is extremely suspicious that the emperors who died of exhaustion in history were all overworked and exhausted in the harem Died of exhaustion.

It is worth mentioning that Xianfei's eldest grandson Wugou gave birth to Yang Tong's sixth son, Yang Wei, shortly after the New Year.

At the end of the early morning, Yang Tong glanced at the information from Chengdu, and said with a smile to the ministers: "Heibingtai sent information, and Li Yuan published a report in Yizhou, exaggerating our army's brutality, and at the same time calling on Yizhou The people defended their homes and the country, and the people in Yizhou, who were assigned to the fields, joined the army enthusiastically. In less than a month, Li Yuan raised tens of thousands of new recruits.

Yang Gongren sneered: "Exhausting the lake for fishing is the same as digging his own grave. How could such a small area of ​​Yizhou support so many troops? He is doing it to death."

"That's right, the crazier Li Yuan is, the better it is for our army." Yang Tong nodded in agreement.

When Li Yuan entered Shu, many elite soldiers were killed by Shen Guang in the Yangtze River. Li Xiaogong lost more than [-] troops in Chongling. What's more, Li Yuan lost not only soldiers, but also a large number of generals. He couldn't even get together experienced lieutenants. He might not be able to produce a few high-ranking generals who could stand on the stage. On the other hand, in the Sui Dynasty, those who could stand on their own There are a lot of commanders, and there are as many generals at the grassroots level. Five thousand Xuanjia troops are [-] lieutenant-level officers. Bachelor, who is not an outstanding talent recommended by various armies?These two military cradles add up to more than [-] people.

Li Yuan is actually quite difficult. If he doesn’t conscript, he can only watch the Sui army devour them bit by bit; but if he conscripts, even if he has enough troops, it is the most embarrassing situation for Li Yuan. things.

"Puppet Tang's popularity in Yizhou is at its peak. If our army marches south at this time, it will definitely be strongly resisted. I think it's not possible for the time being." Yang Gongren said after reading the information that Yang Tong handed over. : "However, after the price of iron ore has risen tenfold, Li Yuan will also purchase frantically. It can be seen that he is now implementing the military first policy. Yizhou's weak family fortune will be eaten up by the Puppet Tang's military. , can only squeeze the people as much as possible, so the heyday of the puppet Tang Dynasty is only a flash in the pan and cannot last long."

"That's right!" Wei Yunqi also nodded and said, "The split between Li's father and son is getting worse and worse, and it will explode in a short time. But Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji all know that their power and throne come from Yu Puppet Tang Guozuo comes from the stability of Puppet Tang, otherwise everything will be lost. If our army attacks rashly, it will instead lead to Li and his son working together and fighting against each other."

Wei Zheng sighed with an ugly expression on his face, "Judging from the information sent by [-], Li Yuanji has successfully hijacked Li Shentong, and Li Yuan fell ill due to inaccuracy. If Li Yuan dies, or if it is difficult to govern, Li Yuanji Yuan Ji and Li Jiancheng will turn against each other, a battle for the throne is inevitable, no matter who gets the last laugh, the first target will be Li Shimin who is leading the army outside, under the flames of war, Yizhou's vitality will be severely damaged."

"For the sake of peace in the future, some sacrifices must be made!" Yang Tong sighed. In order to unify as soon as possible, the Li and Tang dynasties in history made too many promises to the Guanlong nobles, the Guandong gentry, and the princes from all walks of life. Although many disasters were unified in name, many places were still forces outside the Li and Tang Dynasty. Later, Li Yuan used high profits as a lure to lure Du Fuwei and other princes and kings into the capital to kill them one by one. Recovered by force, but the shameful reputation has become an excuse for the local tyrants to rebel again and again. If you really want to look carefully, Li Tang really realized the great unification in 646 after Feng An died of illness. The local tyrants died in Feng An Repeated rebellions gave the army of the Li and Tang Dynasties a legitimate reason to enter Jiaozhou and formally enter the Central Plains regime. In the final analysis, the real unification still has to be fought with a knife.

"Actually, it's not difficult to turn Li's father and son against each other as soon as possible." Fang Xuanling said with a smile.

"Speak straight."

"The Holy Majesty only needs to go back to Luoyang."

"Wonderful!" Yang Gongren's eyes lit up, and he was the first to agree: "Guanzhong is too close to Yizhou, the Holy Majesty stays in Daxing, Li and his son have to be afraid of any actions, if the Holy Majesty brings the Fifth Army back to Luoyang , the pressure on Li and his son has been greatly reduced, and they can let go of their hands and feet and make a lot of moves."

"That makes sense!" Yang Tong nodded, he hadn't ridden in a holy military chariot yet, so he had to experience it for a while, "Let the fifth army go back tomorrow, and we'll return in three days.

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I thought that Li Yuanzhen would ensure the smooth transition of imperial power through the way of Zen for the survival of the false Tang Guozuo.Who would have thought that not only did Li Yuan fail to fulfill his promise, but he turned into an infighting with Ben Jiali, is this not thorough enough to dislike the fake Tang Dynasty?
Live it!

Although he didn't know why Li Yuan turned his back on his words, Yang Tong vaguely felt that this matter must have something to do with Li Shimin's self-reliance.

Maybe Li Yuan saw that he could not subdue Li Shimin, and worried that after he abdicated, Li Shimin would immediately turn against Li Jiancheng, so he would lose faith in the world and Li Jiancheng.

But he didn't realize at all that it was the puppet Tang court he ruled that was depressed and scheming, which made Li Shimin lose confidence and patience, and had to rely on extreme self-reliance in an attempt to save the puppet Tang in this way.

"Your Majesty, I am overjoyed." At this time, Ling Jing walked in excitedly, and handed the two documents to Yang Tong, "The southern army sent a good news, General Xu Shiji defeated Feng An's main force yesterday, and the [-] troops under his command died They captured as many as [-] people, and captured more than [-] people. In addition to the rebels captured in Nanhai County, Cangwu, Xin'an, and Yongping, our army now has as many as [-] prisoners in Jiaozhou alone. .”

"The captives are about to catch up with our soldiers and horses. This is not a good thing." Yang Tong rubbed his temples.

Captives are also the group of people most prone to riots. The key is that the Liao people are brutal, and most of them don't understand Chinese. Disrupting them may not reduce their will to resist, especially when the captives add up and even catch up with the army, the danger is not great. Low.

Ling Jing said with a chuckle: "General Zhang Zhenzhou also said that if the Holy Majesty thinks the captives are troublesome, they will use warships to transport these captives to the sea, and then throw them down one by one."

"..." Everyone's faces darkened.

"Jing nonsense, it's labor, it's a pity to throw it away." Yang Tong gave Ling Jing an angry look, "There are so many places that need labor in the Sui Dynasty, and the more the Yellow River and the Huaihe River are, the better!"

Yang Gongren pondered for a while, and suggested: "My lord, Feng An is no longer in the mood, and there is no need for our army to maintain such a large army in the south. We can let some soldiers escort the captives to the Central Plains by sea and canal, and then draw [-], which is gone. Tempered slaves, they were reorganized and divided into eleven large battalions, each with [-] soldiers, and [-] retired soldiers worked and looked after them. And these people came from the sea, and they couldn't even find their way home. No, after arriving in the Central Plains, and seeing strangers all around, I must be cautious in my words and deeds."

"Alright, let General Wang Bian lead [-] soldiers to escort the captives to the north, and then distribute them to each section of the New Canal according to the method of the left servant." After so many years of slave trading, the Sui court has already There is a mature system to manage slaves and captives, Yang Tong is very relieved.

"Here."

"One more thing!" Ling Jing said: "Tengmu King's second son, Yang Lun's family, has been under house arrest by Feng An for many years, and now they have been successfully rescued by General Xu."

With that said, Ling Jing handed the translated document to Yang Tong.

Yang Tong took it and looked at it. It introduced Yang Lun's fate in detail. After pondering for a while, he ordered: "Let their family return to the court with the general Wang."

"Here."

Yang Tong handed the official document to Yang You and said, "Restore Yang Lun and Shao Guogong's title, and when they return to Luoyang, hold a homecoming ceremony for their family."

Compared with Yang Gongren, Yang Shidao, and Yang Shanhui, Yang Lun and Yang Ji are closer to their brothers. After all, they are Yang Jian's nephews, and no matter when they are, they always have Sui in their hearts. The position of Duke is not too much.

The point is that the royal family almost died out in the Jiangdu Rebellion, and having a few more is actually a good thing for the Sui Dynasty.

"Your brother obeys." Yang You complied.

(End of this chapter)