Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 677
Huainan, Jiangdu Palace.

The emperor asked Pei Yun, "How is the situation of thieves in various places recently?"

Pei Yun was dressed in a purple robe and jade belt. He secretly looked at the emperor's expression when he said this. Seeing that the emperor's face was normal, and there was nothing unusual in his eyes, he thought quickly in his mind with a cautious attitude.

His face remained calm.

"Your Majesty, the number of thieves in various places is decreasing, and the appeasement envoys have achieved good results."

The emperor nodded when he heard this. At this time, the emperor was wearing a golden crown, but it was hard to hide the fact that there were a lot of silver hair in the meticulously combed hair.The emperor's beard was still neatly trimmed, but his face was a little swollen.Especially those eyes, with deep bags under the eyes.

The emperor's lower abdomen has also protruded, and the emperor has gained a lot of weight.

"Hasn't Li Mi caught yet?" the emperor asked again.

"Tie Li is quite cunning. He always hides and hides. He has always refused to confront Wang Shichong head-on. But recently, many of his winged bandits have been wiped out, and all the bandits east of the canal have been wiped out."

"Li Mi is a thief. When I first came to the throne, he used to be a guard in the palace. At that time, I felt that this man had a head like a mouse, and his brain was rebellious. I sent an order to Henan to capture Li Mi as soon as possible and send him to Jiangdu. I will kill him a thousand times." Cut to death."

The emperor walked in the garden with his belly outstretched.

After walking for a while, the emperor asked about the Turks in the north.

"The Turks retreated after their defeat last time, and now they have retreated to Mobei. Now the entire south of the Yin Mountain, even across the Yin Mountain to the edge of the desert, there is no place for the Turks to stand." Pei Shiju also took the opportunity to talk to the emperor. Next "Turkic Situation" to.

"According to the latest news, after Shibi was defeated and returned to Mobei, he fell into a depression and died of illness shortly after the year. Now on the grasslands of Mobei, Shibi's second brother, Qi Lifoshe, is fighting with his third brother. Khan, the Tiele people also took the opportunity to rebel, which can be described as chaos." Pei Shiju opened his mouth to speak these lies.

"After discussing with the ministers and others, they felt that this was a good opportunity to divide and separate the Turks. The minister asked His Majesty to grant Qi Lifo the position of Chuluo Khan, and at the same time named Ashina Simo the Turkic Yehu and the son of Shibi. Shibobi was the little Khan of Tuli, and Tiele Xueyantuo Qijin Yishibo was conferred the title of Zhenzhu Vika Khan, and he was allowed to establish the Tiele Khanate."

Pei Shiju told the emperor that aggressiveness is now powerful in Mobei, so we have to separate from the strong and unite with the weak. First, we canonize Qi Lifoshe, and then let him marry Princess Yicheng as Ketun, so that the brothers Qi Lifushe can be married. The two fight each other, and then let the Tiele people who lost their bowl disrupt the situation, so the muddier the water, the more peaceful the northern border of the Sui Dynasty.

These are actually the results of Luo Cheng's treatment of the Turkic people after beheading Shibi Khan and annihilating his southward army. He finished the book and gave it to the court. But in fact, never told the emperor.

Today, I found an opportunity to say these things, but it was their credit.

The emperor still listened very energetically.

"Okay, very good. In this way, the land of Monan will be completely owned by me, Tai Sui."

At this time, Pei Yun took the opportunity to speak again.

"Nowadays the Turks are far away from Mobei, and there are constant internal struggles. I think that the land of Monan can be reorganized. There are two Jiedus in Monan and Dingxiang, and a governor's mansion in Yanmen. I think that Yanmen, Ding Together they will form a team, led by old commander Wang Rengong."

Yang Guang turned his head and asked Su Wei who had been silent.

"Nyan, what do you think?"

Su Wei seemed to be dozing off all the time, with his eyes half-closed, and he didn't say a word unless the emperor asked him.Hearing the emperor asked him, he said, "Yanmen Governor's Mansion and Dingxiang Jiedushi Mansion can be combined into one, that's fine."

"Then how about I call Siye back to lead the Xiaoguo Army?"

Yu Shiji hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the road in Longyou has been restless recently, Jiedu envoy Zhao Cai died of illness suddenly, and many Qiang people took the opportunity to make trouble, so I think that we can send General Siye, who is brave and capable of fighting, to replace Zhao Cai as Longyou The Jiedu envoy suppressed the Qiang rebellion in Longyou."

The emperor frowned.

"Zhao Cai is dead?"

"Shuai Zhao is getting old, and he suffered a lot of injuries in his early years as a soldier." Yu Shiji said this, but did not tell the emperor truthfully that Zhao Cai, the former minister of the emperor's hidden residence, actually died when he led his troops to defeat the rebellion of the Qiang people. middle.

"Give more money and silk to Zhao Cai's family," the emperor confessed.

The emperor sighed a few words.

"Now that the Turks have gone far away from Mobei, and the civil strife continues, and the bandits in the Central Plains are almost pacified, I think it is possible to conquer Goguryeo again. What do you think?"

The emperor's words made the four daring prime ministers a little overwhelmed.

At this time, why is the emperor still thinking about the Eastern Expedition?
"Your Majesty, Goguryeo has been usurped by Yuan Taizuo, who killed the king, and now it has also belonged to our Sui Dynasty, so there is no need to conquest."

But the Eastern Expedition has always been a heart problem for the emperor. He agreed to join the Yuan family before, but it was because there were no conditions at that time.But now that the internal strife has been calmed down and the foreign enemies have been eliminated, this is a good time to destroy the Yuan family.

"Yuan's attachment is unbelievable. Our soldiers and horses in the Sui Dynasty cannot control the mountains, rivers, Guanjin, and Liaodong in one day, and they cannot be said to have conquered Liaodong in one day. The land, population, and cities must be included in our Sui Dynasty. , Fang calls it conquest.”

The four prime ministers looked at each other, not knowing what reason to use to prevaricate the emperor.

It was Su Wei who spoke.

"Your Majesty, Luo Cheng alone in Liaodong is enough."

"Don't mention Luo Cheng to me. I returned to Beijing from Yanmen before, and I ordered Luo Cheng to come to see me. Why didn't you come? Why is the military affairs in the border area heavy? Ping Liao, but there has been no movement until now, I think Luo Cheng is a little proud."

"Your Majesty, the thieves and bandits in the Central Plains have not yet calmed down." Su Wei could only say.

The emperor stared at him, "What do you mean?"

Su Wei's eyes flickered, and he said in a hoarse voice, "I'm not in charge of this, and I don't know the specific situation, but I also know that the bandits are not settled. There are Li Mi in Luoyang, Dou Jiande, Wang Xuba, and Lu Mingyue in Hebei. In the east of the river there are Wei Daoer, Jing Banduo, and Chai Baochang, and in the west of Huaihe there are Meng Rang, Zuo Caixiang, Li Zitong, etc., all of which have not yet been pacified."

Pei Yun and the others stared at Su Wei.

But at this time, the old sleepy prime minister ignored their gazes and just continued, "The thieves used to hide in places such as Mount Tai, Changbai Mountain, Gaojibo, Douzigang, Dayeze, etc., but now they are attacking In counties and counties, there used to be hundreds of thousands of thieves, but now they all claim to be hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands. Not only that, the canals in various places are now blocked, and even large warehouses in several countries such as Luokou Cang and Liyang Cang have fallen. Thieves, countless people are becoming thieves, and now the reports from various places are not true, so that the imperial court also took improper measures, and could not suppress the rebellion in time."

"Although the Turkic troubles are temporarily gone, the internal strife in the Central Plains has not decreased but increased. If we continue to march eastward at this time, I am afraid that it will be like adding fuel to the fire, and the world will become more turbulent and unstable."

Su Wei had been the prime minister in the Sui Dynasty for decades, with several ups and downs. He was once the hero of Emperor Wen Yizhi who created the prosperity of the emperor, but now he has become a bastard.

In the final analysis, it wasn't that he was old and stupid, but that the emperor didn't really use him, so he could only be used as a signboard and a bastard.

But even if he was a bastard, even if he was in his seventies and eighties, when he heard that the emperor was going to march east again, he couldn't help but finally told the emperor a few truths.

(End of this chapter)