On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 147
The next day, the assessment of 54 scholars from eighteen counties in Youzhou started as scheduled.

Cui Che carefully examined the list of Youzhou scholars who were referred to this time, but there were no names he was familiar with.

Therefore, he did not have any selfishness in this selection, and he purely selected scholars based on their talents.

Cui Che left the government affairs to Li Gang, the chief minister, and took the exam in person at the general manager's mansion in the early morning. In the afternoon, he reviewed the test papers with Fang Yanqian, the secretary, and Dong Jing, who joined the army. The questions were all written by Fang Yanqian and Dong Jing Extract from meaning.

After some discussions, three tribute scholars were finally selected among the 54 scholars, and the general manager's office sent people to send them to Beijing, and at the same time issued a document to allow them to live in Youzhou Jinzuo Academy after entering Beijing.

Cui Che did not forget the other 51 frustrated people, he distributed money to these people, and at the same time made public the answer sheets of the three tributes.

Although there are a small number of scholars who think that their answers are not worse than them, they also admit that these three people are qualified as Gongshi.

With the money given by Cui Che, everyone left one after another, and Cui Che also brought two hundred family members of his personal guards to Ji County for resettlement. He is very good at these small ways of winning people's hearts.

At the same time, Cui Che's messenger finally arrived in Daxing.

Recently, Yang Jian has a lot of troubles.

In April, the East Turkic Shabalo Khan, who was only allowed to nomad between Dai and Heng states, died of a sudden illness.

On his deathbed, Shetu felt that his son Yong Yulu was cowardly, and believed that in this extraordinary period, the tribe must be rejuvenated by a hero, so he imitated his father's generation and ordered his younger brother Luohou to inherit the Khan throne.

Chu Luohou and his nephew Yong Yulu made some concessions, and succeeded the Eastern Turkic Khan as Yehu Khan, also known as Mohe Khan.

Princess Yuwen of Dayi, who was married to Tuobo Khan and Shabolue Khan, is now married to Luohou, the new Khan Chu, for her honor.

When Yang Jian heard the news of Shetu's death, he issued an edict to stop court for three days to express his condolences. At the same time, he sent envoys to the north to express condolences and donated [-] pieces of cloth.

Chu Luohou presented a form to Yang Jian, explaining the whole story of his succession, and expressed his submission to the Sui Dynasty.

But he also begged Yang Jian to support him in sending troops to attack the Western Turkic Abo Khan.

Chu Luohou and his brother took pictures differently. The pictures were taken by Abo Khan and Datou Khan, so they were enclosed.

But Chu Luohou was courageous and resourceful, and it was because of this that he took a fancy to the photo, so he was passed on to him, thinking that this brother could revive the Eastern Turks.

It’s just that the current national policy of the Sui Dynasty is to defend from the north and attack from the south. It is necessary to maintain the stability of the north as much as possible and avoid conflicts. Yang Jian didn’t even want to participate in Tuyuhun’s infighting. He refused the surrender of two princes one after another. How could he support Chu Luohou? Once again provoked a war with the Turks.

But he was also worried that he refused the request, and now the extremely obedient East Turkic had resentment with him, and he was alienated from morality.

When he was in a dilemma, the envoy sent Cui Che's memorial.

Zhao Mu and Wang Dangwan, who are hiding in the ground inspection department, have the heart of attachment, and disclose the news to the Youzhou General Manager's Office that the ground inspection will go south to plunder Yuyang and other places.

Cui Che told Yang Jian that he would lead [-] cavalrymen to set up an ambush in Yuyang. If the news was true, after destroying the southern criminals, he would go out to attack the Ground Inspection Department and give some of the spoils to the Kumoxi people, so as to provoke the Western Turks and the Kumo. Mo Xi's conflict.

Yang Jian immediately called Gao Jiong and Su Wei and informed them of Cui Che's plan.

Su Wei's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he agreed:

"If the Turks were fighting with Kumoxi, they would have no time to commit crimes in the south. Cui Concubine's move to bring disaster to the east is truly wonderful!"

Kumoxi's strength is not as strong as that of the Western Turks, but he can take root in the north of Youzhou for hundreds of years, which should not be underestimated.

However, Gao Jiong keenly connected this matter with Chu Luohou's invitation to fight. He suggested:

"If things are really as the son-in-law said, they can drive away tigers and wolves. When Apo Khan attacks Kumoxi, he can send troops to attack Khan Yehu and Abo Khan. Big defeat!"

Yang Jian immediately cheered up. Although the Eastern Turks are attached to the interior, the Western Turks and the Western Turks are powerful. The Sui Dynasty and the Abo Khan and Datou Khan who had been friends before have long been in harmony.

In February of this year, in order to guard against the invasion of the Western Turks, Yang Jian conscripted more than [-] soldiers to build the Great Wall in the north. This is the third consecutive year to build fortifications in northern Xinjiang.

The former enemy has become a guard dog, and the former friend has become a new threat to the north.

Defending the north and attacking the south, repeated concessions will only allow the Western Turks and the Western Turks to gain an inch. It is better to look for opportunities to fight Apo Khan and weaken the Western Turks so that the north can achieve real peace.

Gao Jiong's proposal was also in line with Yang Jian's wishes, but now the question is whether the news Cui Che got is true, and whether he can stir up a war between the Western Turks and the Kumoxi people.

Fortunately, Cui Che did not keep Yang Jian waiting for a long time. The second and third waves of envoys arrived in Daxing to report the victory to Yang Jian and the results of the battle.

Yang Jian learned that Di Qincha really went south, and was captured by Cui Che in Yuyang and beheaded more than [-] people, even his own head was sent to Daxing.

And Cui Che then went out to destroy the Ground Inspection Department, and gave all the underage males of the Ground Inspection Department to Ku Moxi as slaves. Yang Jian admired this even more.

Yang Jian has never been to Mobei, but he also knows the importance of population to grassland tribes. How could Abo Khan let thousands of Turkic teenagers be slaves in Kumoxi?

And how could the Kumoxi people be willing to give up these thousands of Turkic slaves.

Yang Jian then called Su Wei and Gao Jiong. After discussion, the three decided to use the Turkic separatist Chang Sun Sheng as an envoy to go to East Turkic to pay homage to Marquis Chu Luo and reward him with advocacy and banners. Cui Che contacted and jointly fought against the Western Turks.

East Turks are now nomadic between Hengzhou and Daizhou, and Hengzhou is under the jurisdiction of Cui Che's Youzhou Governor's Mansion.

Yang Jian also sent envoys to Jixian County to give Cui Che more food cities based on the merits of the Battle of Yuyang and the Qincha Department, the place where the fortress perished.

According to Yang Jian's original intention, he wanted to promote his son-in-law from the Zhu Kingdom of the second rank to the Shang Zhu Kingdom of the first rank, but Gao Jiong suggested that only [-] households in Shiyi should be added.

Yang Jian issued another secret edict, ordering Cui Che to set fire between Western Turks and Kumoxi, provoke conflicts between the two sides, and at the same time secretly prepare for war. At that time, he will gather elite soldiers from six prefectures and fifty towns, and together with East Turks, they will attack West Turks. Suffering heavy losses, it is difficult to threaten northern Xinjiang in a short time.

As for the thousands of Turkic captives Cui Che sent, Yang Jian also rewarded all the ministers as slaves.

Cui Che dared to send this group of captives because he knew that these low-level soldiers did not know the truth about this trip to the south. Among them, even small officers with a slight status were silenced by Cui Che in advance.

The civil and military ministers got these slaves for nothing, and while thanking Yang Jian, they also liked Cui Che a little more.

Although his thumb was cut off and he couldn't hold the knife steadily, he was still able to do chores.

(End of this chapter)