Sui Dynasty: I, Yang Guang, am both scrupulous and stable

Chapter 183 When will mankind stop war?

At noon three days later, Li Jing arrived at Luoyang City.

Yang Guang learned the news and left the city in advance to greet him.

Li Jing, who had experienced the battlefield, seemed to have become much more determined, and his face was less childish. At this time, he came back with a group of soldiers who had retreated from the battle. Many of these people were injured, with arms and legs missing. It is very common. There are more than [-] people in total. Many of them went back to their hometowns on the way, and there are still about [-] people left.

When Li Jing saw Yang Guang, he dismounted and saluted: "Li Jing has met His Highness the King of Jin."

"Why are you so polite? I learned this trick when I went to the border."

Many soldiers behind him saw Li Jing calling the man in front of him Yang Guang. There was disbelief in their eyes and they hurriedly saluted: "The common people have seen His Royal Highness King Jin."

Yang Guang looked at the group of injured soldiers and couldn't help but feel unbearable: "All of them are exempt from courtesy, all of them are exempt from courtesy."

"Li Jing, these people are..."

"During this period, soldiers who were injured before were sent home. Those who were no longer able to fight were sent home. A large part of them were already on the road. A large part of them were near Luoyang, and some were near Chang'an. Will be sent back."

Yang Guang pulled Li Jing aside and said, "Have these people prepared pensions?"

Li Jing nodded: "Yes, they all have pensions." But Li Jing looked back at everyone and said, "But many of them may not be able to work normally, and the pensions are only enough for a while."

The soldiers who would be dismissed were those who were deemed unable to fight on the front line, mainly those with missing arms and legs. Yang Guang looked at the crowd with compassion in his heart.

He originally planned to resettle the veterans, but now he happened to meet them, so he said loudly: "My fellow soldiers, I plan to create a place in Luoyang City where veterans can work. The salary may not be high, but they will definitely be able to support themselves. Everyone If you don’t mind it, you can come with me and have a look.”

Everyone was excited after hearing this. Yang Guang took them to the newly established Construction Bureau, and then introduced them: "There are some positions here to register the recent quantity of materials used, what materials are put into the warehouse, and what materials are taken out of the warehouse. You guys Whoever can read can write."

There was silence for a moment, the silence was deafening, and Yang Guang didn't know what to say.

After a brief silence, Yang Guang said again: "As long as you can write one to ten, you can simply learn other characters."

Only two or three people responded.

Most of the people who were repatriated after being injured were unable to do physical work and could only do clerical work, but clerical work required at least literacy and some simple abacus skills. Most of these people were born in farmers' households and knew too little. They had to make their own arrangements. are difficult to implement.

Yang Guang suddenly thought of an idea and led the group of people to the school.

He directly found Wang Long in the school and said: "Master Wang, the school needs to open a separate department to train some disabled soldiers in the army to read. Simple words will be enough. There are also some potential soldiers sent from the training army. Young people don’t need to be taught too much, they just need to be able to read and write, and the cultural level of our army must also be mentioned.”

Wang Long was a little embarrassed: "But Your Highness, what should I do with the funds?"

"Both food and accommodation are provided by the army. As for teaching, you can let the students do it. Anyway, it's just simple words, and there's no need to teach big principles."

Wang Long saw a group of wounded soldiers and instantly understood what Yang Guang meant.

"Your Highness, the veteran will take care of this matter, but Your Highness still has to solve part of the expenses."

"Master Wang, why do you come to my place to enjoy the autumn breeze?"

"Your Highness is good at managing money. The school now relies on subsidies from the imperial court. I don't have much money, so I have to rely on His Highness to maintain it."

"Okay, don't worry about money. Just figure out how much you need and I'll have someone prepare it."

"Your Highness is wise."

After arranging these things, Yang Guang took Li Jing back to his house. The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, and Yang Guang sat down to chat with Li Jing.

"Li Jing, how do you feel about being in Youzhou City this year?"

"Your Highness, fighting is really scary."

Yang Guangben was smiling slightly while holding the tea, but at this moment his smile was gone. There was no joy between the two of them meeting again after a long separation, but instead they felt heavier because of this sentence.

Yang Guang did not expect that the God of War in history would say such words as "war is terrible" at this time. This was Li Jing, one of the ten sages of the martial arts temple, who fought in the war to destroy the country. How could he say such words as "war is terrible".

Yang Guang felt cold in his heart, and was very worried that he had arranged for Li Jing to see the battlefield too early. Now that Li Jing was too young and went to see the real battlefield, if fear arose in his heart, he would not be a general. God is ruined. "Li Jing..."

"Your Highness, when do you think people will stop fighting?"

Yang Guang did not see any fear or shrinkage on Li Jing's face at this time. Instead, he showed a calmness and wisdom far beyond his peers. The expression no longer looked like a child.

Yang Guang found that Li Jing had already begun to think about such profound issues that ordinary people would never think about. Perhaps this was the biggest difference between geniuses and ordinary people.

"Why do you have this problem."

Li Jing's expression remained calm: "I saw the suffering of the people at the border, the displaced people, the Turks slaughtering our women and children and our soldiers, and I also saw my soldiers killing the Turks in retaliation. No one there cares about fairness and justice, and no one cares about law or dignity, there is only killing."

"When the war is at its most tense, you won't even have time to collect the corpses of your comrades after a battle, and you have to rush to the next battle. The person who was laughing and joking with you in the morning will not even be found in the afternoon."

At this time, Li Jing's eyes were a little empty: "At first, I thought it was because we couldn't defeat the Turks. I tried my best to read the military books and give advice to General Yin Shou, but I found that if we lose, we still have to fight. If we win, we will win." Even if we are defeated, we still have to fight, and it seems that there will always be an endless battle.”

"Later I opened the military book and looked it up. I read one book after another. The war book was densely packed with information on how to win the war, but it never taught me how to end the war."

Victory is not the key to ending the war.

Yang Guang frowned deeply. Judging from Li Jing's words just now, he is most worried now that my military god will not become the Holy Mother. If he experiences the cruelty of war, will the Holy Mother's heart burst out?

When I think about it, at this age, his three views are not yet stable, and it is very easy for his three views to change because of one or two things or one or two opinions.

Yang Guang was a little anxious, but calmed down and asked: "Then when do you think people will stop fighting?"

Li Jing shook his head: "I haven't found the answer yet, but this may be the answer I will pursue my whole life in the future."

Then Li Jing said: "Now I just want to win every battle as much as possible. Since war is inevitable, at least victory can reduce casualties. I even wonder if we can keep winning to a certain extent." At that time, there will be no war.”

Yang Guang was relieved after hearing this. Li Jing was just thinking, not timid or having a holy mother's heart.

At this time, Yang Guang stood up and said to Li Jing: "Li Jing, if you want to ask when there will be no war, you must first understand why there is a war."

"War is the most primitive and direct way to resolve interest disputes. When the conflict of interest between two people cannot be resolved in words or other forms, they will fight. The conflict of interest between two countries will trigger a war."

"Wherever there are people, there will always be conflicts of interest, so theoretically it will never be possible to stop fighting, because human desires have no limit."

Yang Guang sighed softly: "We have fertile land in the Central Plains, and we cannot give it up to the Turks. The Turks have high-quality cattle, sheep, and horses in the northern grasslands, but the climate is not easy to cultivate. In order to obtain food, they have been fertilizing it for many years. They disturb the Central Plains and their desire for food will never end. It was like this before, it is like this now, and it will be like this in the future."

Li Jing asked: "Your Highness, what if the food problem is solved? Can it be solved by increasing food production?"

Yang Guang shook his head firmly: "Today I will ask you for food, tomorrow I will ask you for clothes, and the day after tomorrow I will ask you for money. I just said that people's desires have no limit. Now they are short of food and they will come to grab food. When the food is enough, I can’t answer your question, I don’t know what to do to really stop the war, but I know that giving in is never the best way to resolve a war.”

Li Jing nodded in understanding. The child's brows were furrowed, with a look of bitterness and hatred on his face.

Yang Guang walked up to him and patted his shoulder and said: "Li Jing, I am very happy that you can say this. When you arrived at the front line and saw the battle, you did not shrink back, nor were you impetuous and arrogant. Instead, you started to think about such problems. ,very good."

Li Jing smiled bitterly, still looking young and mature, and said: "But Your Highness, meditating on a question that cannot be answered is just making me distressed."

"Humans, you have to have some ideas. If you don't think about it, it will become a tool. Think about it. Think about it carefully. If you don't have a better idea, just follow your original idea and win the battle. Win the battle. At least your own people will not be slaughtered, and you will win until the day you find a solution."

Li Jing was silent in thought, and after a long time he turned to talk about something else: "His Royal Highness, Prince of Jin, this time when we return to Beijing, Your Majesty will launch a war against the Turks. In this case, the war will happen as early as this year or as late as next year. Your Highness, please do it early." Prepare."

"Prepare?"

"I have a hunch that His Highness may be on the battlefield in this war."

"Why?"

"Your Highness is a Grand Sima, and His Highness the Crown Prince has already led troops to fight and has proven his ability. Your Highness, you have not yet. Your Majesty is not a person who likes to talk but not do anything. Since His Highness is re-employed, he will definitely be allowed to go to the battlefield. As His Highness said, war is the final and most effective way to resolve disputes."

"Your Majesty, I want to see if you have the ability to use war."

(End of this chapter)