The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 980 Layout Tianzhu, Goodbye Du Zhenglun
When the daughter country and Zhongtianzhu mission left, they were arrested and rescued the victims Yao Junsu immediately said: "My lord, there are millions of victims in Sichuan who need relief. There is obviously not enough food, so we need to transfer food from Daxing, Xiangyang and other places to Sichuan, so as to help the victims overcome the difficulties and persist until next year's spring grain harvest."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Yu Chigong also said: "Although we have a lot of food in the Sui Dynasty, the huge problem is that the transportation capacity is limited. If we use a lot of manpower to transfer a million shi of food to Ah San, it will definitely affect the people in the middle of Sichuan. Relief for workers is a big deal."

"Isn't it not given? What are you in a hurry for? The grain of our Sui Dynasty was planted by the people with hard work. Every grain is full of the hard work and sweat of the people, and the center of the court uses these taxes to train troops and develop research and development. New military equipment, high salaries, cleanliness, bridges and roads, and water conservancy, so as to achieve the purpose of protecting the country, rectifying the Qingming, and facilitating the people. If there is a disaster year, it is used to relieve the victims. The people. Ah San has no relationship or reason with us, why should we give them the wealth that should be used on the common people and soldiers?" Yang Tong looked at the group of anxious generals amusedly, and said with a smile: "And you really think they Is it for disaster relief?"

"Is not it?"

"Absolutely not. Disaster relief is just an excuse. The real purpose is to develop the military. As for the life and death of the victims, they don't care. At most, they use Buddhism to preach that 'the suffering in this life is caused by the karma of the previous life' and 'early death and early rebirth'. Appease the foolish believers." Yang Tong sneered and said, "Even if they agree to my conditions, the food and grass will be delivered in batches. A group of thieves and bald donkeys came to my Tai Sui to seek superiority. I really don't know who gave them the courage. "

"Buddha!" ​​Fang Xuanling said with a chuckle, "And those gangsters obviously took Da Sui as a victim. They first planned to use Buddhist methods to confuse us and achieve their purpose of deceiving us with impure motives. If they meet Liang A devout Buddhist like Emperor Wu probably really fell for their tricks. After being beaten back to his original form by the Holy One, the lion opened his mouth again, which shows that Ah San has no sincerity to make friends with me, Da Sui."

Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Ling Jing and others guessed Yang Tong's colonial ideas when he put forward the transaction terms. I don't know the customs, and with Yang Tong's style, it is very possible to lead soldiers to fight, but even so, this matter is by no means over, and there must be follow-up things to happen.Otherwise, how could he "invite" the Asan mission away "politely"?

There is nothing to be courteous, and it is either a traitor or a thief.

Yang Tong was silent for a while, looked at the pure clouds in the distance, and said slowly: "Our Sui Dynasty is a country of etiquette, and we pay attention to courtesy and reciprocity. Even Ah San has come. If we don't pay a return visit, wouldn't even Ah San be a good man?" Why not? Don’t you think so?”

"Yes!" Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Ling Jing knew that Yang Tong was going to make trouble, they all showed strange expressions, and thought to themselves amusedly: I knew it would be like this, and it really came.

"Zhang Shilang!"

"The minister is here." Zhang Xuan quickly stood up and saluted.

"Are there any officials in the Zongheng Division who are proficient in Sanskrit and familiar with the situation in Tianzhu?"

"There are people who can speak Sanskrit, and there is one here." Zhang Xuan glanced at Yang Tong, and said with some embarrassment: "But we really don't know much about Tianzhu, and what we know is limited to the basic information of five Tianzhu."

After the Han Dynasty discovered Tianzhu, the exchanges between the Central Plains and Tianzhu gradually increased, but the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Himalayas blocked the two. From the Central Plains to Tianzhu, you have to take the Silk Road to Central Asia, and then from Congling to Only in the south can we reach Tianzhu, and the road is long and difficult to walk. It is even difficult to travel lightly, let alone to do business.In addition, the Central Plains has either engaged in civil wars or focused on the north and the Western Regions for hundreds of years, so there is not much attention and attention to Tianzhu.Of course, this does not mean that there are no Tianzhu people in the territory of the Sui Dynasty. The bone instruments who died for the country were born and raised in Tianzhu.

"I know!" Yang Tong nodded, expressing his understanding. On the same day, he heard that Ah San's mission was coming, so he specifically checked the information on Tianzhu, but there was almost no useful information, and most of them were general.He said to the next head: "Who can speak Sanskrit? Come out by yourself."

"Here!" Wang Xuance came out in response, and saluted Yang Tong excitedly. The Sui Dynasty favored martial arts very much. Nowadays, young people respect both civil and military skills and have no failure as Yang Tong. Wang Xuance is no exception. See Looking at the "sacred" close at hand, he couldn't control his emotions, and even forgot to introduce himself.

"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous. I'm not a man-eating tiger, so I have nothing to be afraid of." Although Yang Tong doesn't engage in personality cults, he knows that cults are everywhere. When he saw Wang Xuance, he was excited and nervous, so he eased his nervousness with jokes , seeing that although he was dressed as a civil servant, he keenly sensed the evil spirit of a veteran on the other party, and asked, "I don't know your name yet. Although you are a civil servant, you have the aura of a soldier."

Wang Xuance hurriedly cupped his hands and replied, "Report to Your Majesty, my humble name is Wang Xuance, and I served as a scout in the Fifth Army for three years."

"Your name is Wang Xuance?" Yang Tong stared at Wang Xuance with wide eyes, a little incredulous.

In the history of Chinese diplomacy, there are two quite remarkable masters.The first is Wei Yunqi, the servant of Shangshu Province.

In the first year of Daye, the prestige of Yang Guang, who came to the throne, was insufficient, so Yang Liang, who was rebellious, was put down here. The Khitan invaded Shuangliao County, which was called Yingzhou at the time. When they went to conquer, they had already run away, so Yang Guang sent Wei Yunqi to the Turks to borrow troops. In fact, the Turks at that time already had a heart of disobedience, but Wei Yunqi borrowed [-] elite soldiers by virtue of his excellent diplomatic skills. Riding, first subdued the rebellious Turkic soldiers with personal force, and then led this group of Turkic soldiers to kill tens of thousands of elite Khitan soldiers. After the war, they also captured [-] men and women. Kill them all!In this battle, Wei Yunqi beat the Khitan into obedience, and never dared to go south to invade again. Not only did he not waste any money, food, soldiers or soldiers of the Sui Dynasty, but he made a lot of money.

Another outstanding diplomat is undoubtedly Wang Xuance, who "one person destroys one country". Although there are many people with the same name and surname, but just because he can speak obscure Sanskrit, Yang Tong thinks that this Wang Xuance is more likely to be that outstanding person. It's just that what made him unbelievable was that he was just about to find someone to go to Tianzhu, and this guy appeared. Could it be that this guy is not born with Tianzhu?
To confirm his conjecture, Yang Tong asked again: "How do you know Sanskrit?"

Wang Xuance didn't know what Yang Tong was thinking, when he heard the emperor's question, he quickly replied: "My lord, my humble father believed in Buddhism, and he used to learn Sanskrit from the Indian monks, but he didn't learn it. He was still young at that time. , I found the babbling Sanskrit interesting, so I followed the Indian monk and said it, and I will soon."

"I just said that I will pay a return visit to Tianzhu, you should have heard it?" Yang Tong nodded with a smile. Since he didn't learn it after working in the Ministry of Rites, he should be so talented, but I don't know if I sent him as an envoy to Tianzhu, his experience will be different. It won't be as exciting, which makes him look forward to it.

"Return to the Holy Lord, I heard it!"

"I am going to send Gu Yan as the chief envoy and you as the deputy envoy to bring the mission back to Tianzhu." Yang Tong looked at the very excited Wang Xuance and said with a smile: "Gu Yan will be responsible for the official affairs, and you will be responsible for other matters." There is a mission."

"Please show me the holy one."

"I am more interested in the affairs of Tianzhu, so your main task is to write down the situation of the states and countries you encounter on the road, such as the territory, geography, climate, population, products, and politics of each state. , economy, culture, customs, religion and other details are written one by one, and it is best to attach some pictures. You have three years of scouting experience, these questions should not be difficult for you. In order for you to successfully complete this mission, I will give you thirty scout brigade commanders and twenty surveying and mapping craftsmen."

Yang Tong also knew that this method was a little stupid, and it was extremely time-consuming, and it would take a long time. Twenty surveyors and mappers arrived in the vast land of Tianzhu, like insignificant water droplets in the ocean, but there were many things that they didn't need to do by themselves.It is possible to obtain detailed mountain and river maps from the Tianzhu people through methods such as lures, and then use this as a sample to continuously copy detailed maps of more areas for reference and revision in the Sui Dynasty.

The reason for doing these things is not to attack Tianzhu immediately, but mainly to know ourselves and the enemy, and to accurately understand every move around us.In his view, foreign strategy should not allow a powerful enemy country to weaken to the end, nor allow a small country to grow silently. Under this premise, all resources and diplomatic means should be used to seize the opportunity and actively participate in the enemy's development. In the entanglement between the pros and cons, those powerful countries would have endless civil strife, and the weak countries would have to depend on Sui. If these things were done, it would be enough for Sui to remain invincible forever.

Yang Tong's previous life, Lao Mei, has pursued this kind of strategy since the founding of the country. It firmly controls the politics, military, economy, and finance of small countries. How dare small countries not follow its lead?As for the big countries, they will unite with small countries to encircle and isolate them geographically, isolate them from all aspects of politics, economy, and technology, and then use military deterrence to drag them down to death in the form of an arms race.

As far as the current Tai Sui is concerned, it is fully capable of taking this path.Of course, the premise is to reverse the national arrogance of the country and the people’s arrogance and not to take a small country seriously, and then to understand the other party’s mountains and rivers, ethnic customs, and contradictions between various ethnic groups and religions, so as to be timely and accurate Participate in the other party's turning point and change, and choose the party that is most in line with Da Sui's interests, so as not to be complacent if someone takes advantage of it.

"The lowly position is worthy of the great trust of the Holy One." Wang Xuance understood from the bottom of his heart that the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty were powerful all over the world, but everyone around them surrendered, and they paid tribute to a lot of wealth every year. Arrogant Tianzhu Ah San, if this information is compiled, Tianzhu will be in great trouble.

"Return visits can't be without gifts..." Yang Tong thought for a while, and said, "How about this! You find 81 human bones from Jiujiu, and ask the Ministry of Industry to make the boxes colorful and resplendent. They like this."

Wang Xuance hesitated for a moment, and said with some trepidation: "Your Majesty, this bone is naturally fine, but it seems that it should be accompanied by a more convincing story, right?"

"The story is actually very simple, and it is made up according to the Buddhist routine." Yang Tong said with a smile: "It is said that after the death of a lover, the princes and princes lost all thoughts, had no interest in life, became monks, and then found themselves in the chaos of war. In the end, in order to influence the devil and save the believers, he burned it for three days and three nights but could not turn it into ashes, so that the devil became enlightened and put down his butcher knife. The suffering and suffering people were all happy, and they burned incense and worshiped for generations. Use routines to influence small and medium devil kings. And so on... In short, this routine is as lingering as possible, benevolent and righteous."

"Haha!" Hearing this, everyone couldn't help laughing, but some people who know more about Buddhist stories thought about it carefully and found that Yang Tong's story was not nonsense. Many merciful Buddhas seem to be born within this framework.

"We don't want millions of stones of grain, we just need some Tianzhu's unique smelting and planting skills... It's not easy for you to go back and forth, and bring back some fruit and vegetable seeds that we don't have."

"Here." Wang Xuance solemnly accepted the order.

"Soldier Ah San suffered a great loss in the Sui Dynasty. Once you get to their land, you will definitely make things difficult for them, so you have to be prepared in this regard." Speaking of this, Yang Tong looked back and forth among the ranks of generals Once again, it was finally fixed on Gao Yan and Li Xizhi who was in an awkward position, and ordered: "Gao Yan, Li Xizhi, you two will serve as military attaches of the mission, and pick out a thousand of the most capable fighters from the First Army. Soldiers go. In a word, each of you represents the dignity of the country and the nation, and the dignity of the Sui Dynasty must not be provoked by any country or nation."

"The last general obeys orders." Gao Yan and Li Xizhi obeyed orders solemnly
"Go down and prepare."

"Here." Wang Xuance, Gao Yan, and Li Xizhi retreated in response.

. . . . . . .

At the same time in Niutang County, Yang Guang read a piece of information and handed a written letter to a guard: "Have someone hand over this letter to Xue Wanjun as soon as possible."

"Here!" The guard took the letter, saluted and left.

Yang Guang had almost finished what he was supposed to do, and now he just waited for the net to be collected.At this moment, he was relaxed, so he took Li Zhi and strolled in the county government office, ready to see the people under the rule.

The position of county magistrate is a new experience for Yang Guang, who was named the Duke of Yanmen County at birth. He thought that with his experience as Marshal of Pingchen, Chief of Yangzhou, and Emperor, a mere county magistrate would be easy to grasp. However, as soon as he took over the matter, the former emperor, who had been in charge of tens of millions of lives and deaths, was stupid. He had played the role of emperor, generalissimo and general manager, but he couldn't handle the low-level official position of county magistrate. Judging from Dabaoshi's requirements, this county magistrate is definitely a guy who has seriously dereliction of duty, at least he will lose his official position, and at worst he will lose his head. What makes him even more ashamed is that this kid Li Zhi and his gang of Xuanjia Jun seemed to know better about governance than him, and managed several villages in an orderly manner, which hit Yang Guang hard. In order to pass his own psychological barrier, he had to secretly learn from the beginning, how to resettle and appease the victims, and how to resolve disputes. , How to measure the field... When everything is slowly on the right track, when Bai, who was regarded as nothing before, is grateful to him, the smiling faces make Yang Guang feel infected, and an unprecedented sense of accomplishment arises spontaneously , so he went to inspect the streets every day, and people's respectful "Mr. Yang" from the heart made him feel very happy. He felt that he was like a gardener now, and the simple smiling faces were his hard work. The fruit of labor that has been brought up so hard.

At this time, he had just walked out of the county government office, but saw a group of "disorderly people" escorting a group of people coming.

"Wait a minute." Yang Guang stopped the team, he is very concerned about this kind of thing now,
"See Yang Gong." The team greeted Yang Guang when they saw Yang Guang.

Yang Guang nodded, glanced around the crowd, and finally settled on an ugly and sloppy scribe in the crowd. He has a very good memory, although he can't remember everyone, but he has seen it before. For example, the ugly scribe in front of him, Yang Guang not only remembered that the other person was named Du Zhenglun, but also knew that he passed the scholar examination together with his elder brothers Du Zhengxuan and Du Zhengzang in the last years of Renshou.

The distraught Du Zhenglun seemed to have sensed something, and he also raised his head to look over. The moment he saw Yang Guang, his blank eyes were suddenly filled with horror, his legs softened, and he sat down on the ground with a "plop", but Du Zhenglun didn't care about these things, and shouted like crazy: "It's you, it's you? You didn't die..."

"Are you surprised, surprised or not?" Yang Guang asked triumphantly with his smiling face turning into a flower.

"Oh my god, the great tyrant is not dead." Du Zhenglun simply fell asleep on the ground, his eyes staring straight at the blue sky and the daytime, muttering to himself.

Well, the surprise is too big.

Abandoned!

Yang Guang ignored him, and asked the captain, "What's going on?"

"Back to Yang Gong, this person was originally a military advisor invited by the Lord Bo (Yang Ji), but he tried to escape several times, but was arrested. Later, Qin Chong, the leader of the Ziyang rioters, was defeated and came to vote. They rushed to seize power, and when they were plotting wrongdoing, they were reported by the people, and we caught them all." Li Zheng answered with a bow.

It was also Du Zhenglun's bad luck. He had just left Ziyang City, but was stopped by people from Niutang County. After Yang Ji's examination and teaching, he found that although Du Zhenglun was a bit ugly, he was full of admiration and was a great talent. So he stayed by his side, but Du Zhenglun really regarded them as rioters, on the surface he wanted to cater to them, but he was secretly planning to escape.

But Yang Ji is neither Qin Chong, nor the army of Niutang County is a gang of undisciplined rioters, so Du Zhenglun was arrested several times after fleeing. It happened that Qin Chong was defeated and came to vote, but Yang Ji found this man He didn't have the slightest ability, so he didn't reuse it. However, Du Zhenglun saw an opportunity in it, and wanted to repeat his tricks to persuade Qin Chong to rebel, so that he could take the opportunity to escape.

It's just that they are both "rebellious people", but Yang Ji, who is the "Hussar of the Sui Dynasty" Yang Shuangzi, is a man of great ability. He made Qin Chong realize what the difference between heaven and earth is, so that Qin Chong's uprising has not yet begun. In the beginning, Yang Ji wiped them out at random. Most of the group of cronies died, and the rest became prisoners. As Qin Chong's dog-headed military adviser, Du Zhenglun was also thrown into prison by Yang Ji along with his previous convictions of escape.Until today, everything has been decided, and Yang Ji, who was at leisure, was going to bring this group of people for interrogation, when he ran into Yang Guang who was out wandering.

Yang Guang looked at Du Zhenglun who hadn't recovered from the "surprise", and ordered: "This person is my old friend, untie him, and I will tell Yang Ji."

"Here." The captain bowed and asked someone to untie Du Zhenglun.

"Hey, hey, this leader, I... I'm also an old friend!" Qin Chong looked at Yang Guang expectantly, and said loudly.

"Hey!" Yang Guang glanced at him, waved his hand and said, "Take it away."

"Here!" The team was leading the soldiers to escort these people to Yang Ji's official residence.

"Hey, ugly military commander, don't forget about our friendship, you must speak for me!" Qin Chong turned his head unwillingly and said to Du Zhenglun who had recovered, "That night we two ..."

"Shut up, let's go!" The team was impatiently asking someone to gag him, and forced him to move on.

Seeing the strange expressions on Yang Guang and Li Zhi's faces, Du Zhenglun explained with embarrassment: "The guilty minister was tied up by this guy in order to pass through Ziyang City, so he conspired to help him break Han Liangjun. That's all, there is absolutely no other way." relation."

Yang Guang nodded, and glanced at the direction Qin Chong was leaving: "I've always wondered how he broke Han Liangjun. It turns out that everything was written by Du Xiucai."

"It's just a small trick, let me make you laugh." Seeing that Yang Guang remembered such a small person as himself, Du Zhenglun knew that he couldn't escape this time, so he simply let go. The attitude of listening to the convenience.

"We can be regarded as meeting old friends. If Du Xiu is in need, I will release this person so that you can continue the relationship and carry out the love of 'that night' to the end..." Yang Guang had a wretched expression, and his smile was bigger than that of a chrysanthemum. more brilliant
Du Zhenglun's face was full of black lines: "No need, I have nothing to do with this person."

"You said you were shameless, so naturally you wouldn't tell me." Yang Guang nodded solemnly.

"..." Du Zhenglun's face became even darker, and he said coldly, "Since you still know me, you should also know that I was an official in the Tang Dynasty, and I can be killed or killed at will."

Yang Guang's eyes fell on Du Zhenglun, but Du Zhenglun didn't seem to see it, and turned his neck back, which made Yang Guanggao look a little bit: "You don't need to test me. In this world, as long as I don't want to, no one can follow me." Whatever words come out of your mouth, of course, if Du Xiucai asks, if you ask, I will definitely answer."

The corners of Du Zhenglun's mouth twitched a few times, and he didn't speak. Although he did have many questions, such as why Yang Guang didn't die, wouldn't he appear to be an idiot if he asked now?

"Then tell me, why did you vote for Li Shimin instead of Li Yuan?" Yang Guang looked at Du Zhenglun.

Du Zhenglun sneered and said, "Li Yuan looks magnanimous, but he is actually a villain who judges people by appearance."

"Actually, I can also understand Li Yuan." Yang Guang said with a smile: "When I saw you for the first time, there are not many people in this world who are as calm as me."

Du Zhenglun: "..."

These words are really hurtful.But no matter how angry he was, he couldn't let it out, because even if he didn't want to admit it, past experience had already proved this point.

"Okay, let's get back to business." Yang Guang looked at Du Zhenglun, smiled and handed out an olive branch: "I know you have great talents, and there are many places for us to employ people in the Sui Dynasty. Follow the Tai Sui who has eliminated the old disadvantages and created new rules. Go, and you will be honored."

"Sui Dynasty is still willing to use me?" Du Zhenglun looked at Yang Guang in disbelief.

"The current court of the Great Sui Dynasty is only concerned about talents, regardless of background..." Yang Guang glanced at him, and then said: "It doesn't matter what you look like."

Du Zhenglun: "..."

He was a little moved by the previous words, but please, don't always talk about your appearance?
"I'm the county magistrate of Niu Dang now, so you can be my secretary." Yang Guang patted Du Zhenglun's shoulder with a cheerful smile and said.

"..." Du Zhenglun looked at Yang Guang in surprise. Seeing the tyrant's posture, not only was he not dissatisfied with a mere county magistrate, but he enjoyed it.

"What? Are you wronged to be my secretary?" Yang Guang asked with a smile.

"Of course not! It's just a little accident." Du Zhenglun denied it flatly. What a joke, the majestic and orthodox emperor has become a small county magistrate. He is a rebel follower. What grievances are there?

He knew that Niu Biao's "rebellious people" was the most critical part of the Sui Dynasty, involving Zhang Shigui, Hou Junji, and Han Liang on the three battlefields. For him, this was a great opportunity to display his talents. To help Yang Guang manage Niutang County well, he is not afraid that he will not have a chance to make his mark.

(End of this chapter)