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

Chapter 269 Yu Wenxin

When I heard that Yang Guang wanted to ask his elder brother for advice on the art of war, he was surprised at first, but immediately felt that it was very reasonable. After all, Yang Guang was currently fighting in the south and north, opening up territory for the Sui Dynasty, so it was not more reasonable to ask his brother for advice on the art of war. Already?

"Your Highness, I will go to my brother's place today."

"Thank you very much. Please also inform the Duke. I will also bring my little brother Li Jing with me. He is a smart boy. I hope the Duke will be fair."

"Your Highness, if you are willing to visit, my brother will definitely be very happy."

Yang Guang returned to his residence, and Yu Wenkai quickly arrived at Duke Qi's residence.

The old Duke did not move to Daxing City, but lived in the old Chang'an City for a long time. It was not that he did not have the palace in Daxing City, but he liked it here.

The current old Chang'an City was less than two years old and already looked as cold as a young woman without any interest, without any lively energy in her body.

Yu Wenkai's carriage stopped at the Duke of Qi's Mansion and went straight in: "Second brother, second brother."

"What are you doing in such a hurry? How old are you?"

"Second brother, His Highness Prince Jin wants to visit you."

Yu Wenxin is over sixty years old. He is old enough to be Yu Wenkai's uncle, but he is very well maintained. Although his figure is not majestic, he is tall and tall. He is nearly 1.8 meters tall. He is very well-dressed and looks good on his whole body. The man was radiant, and at first glance he looked like he was in his forties.

"His Royal Highness Prince Jin is coming to visit me?"

Yu Wenkai nodded: "Second brother, His Royal Highness the King of Jin came to me specifically today and told me that he wanted to visit you and explore the art of war. He has fought some battles these days and is a little confused. There is also the man next to him named Li Jing. The young man is a general who is highly praised by General Yinshou, so he wants to come and visit you."

Yu Wenxin frowned, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a long time, he lamented: "I have been idle at home for a long time, and the King of Jin suddenly visited me. I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse."

Yu Wenkai said with some excitement: "Second brother, His Highness the King of Jin has always been smart and responsible. You see, me following him to build Daxing City and dig canals will not only benefit the country and the people, but also be a matter of lasting fame. Moreover, such a large-scale project not only It has not accumulated public grievances, but it is well-known. How can it be trouble for His Highness to find you?"

"I am different from you. You are a craftsman and I am a general. I don't know if the King of Jin came to me because of the emperor's instructions. I want to see if I, an old general who is idle at home, can still make a living."

"Second brother, you are full of knowledge, talented and knowledgeable, and can lead troops. Even if His Majesty really sends His Highness the King of Jin to imitate Lian Po and Lin Xiangru to see if you can still succeed, Second Brother, His Highness is absolutely willing to use talents. "

Yu Wenxin sighed and said, "No, no, I might be dead if I am still able to eat."

Yu Wenkai didn't understand what he meant, so Yu Wenxin continued: "Please help me report to His Highness the King of Jin. How can I let His Highness the King of Jin come to my deserted place? The old minister will visit me tomorrow. I hope His Highness will not dislike it."

"Okay, okay, I'll go report back to His Highness Prince Jin right away."

……

Early the next morning, Yu Wenxin's carriage arrived outside the door of Prince Jin's Mansion. Yu Wenxin, who got off the carriage, was no longer as radiant as yesterday, but his hair was a little messy and his clothes were much simpler, as if he had aged ten years in a day. Next year, I will look a lot more haggard.

This was the first time Yang Guang saw Yu Wenxin. Different from the appearance of the old general in his imagination, the Yu Wenxin in front of him looked like an ordinary old scholar, a teacher type, not like a general fighting on the battlefield.

"Qi Guo Gong."

"Yu Wenxin meets His Highness the King of Jin."

"Why should the prince be so polite? Please go inside, please go inside."

Inviting Yu Wenxin into the house, he first introduced Li Jing to him: "My lord, this is Li Jing, the nephew of General Han Qinhu. I used to follow General Yin Shou in Youzhou to resist the Turkic and Gao Baoning coalition forces. I have loved it since I was a child. The Art of War and the Book of War, I knew you were coming, so I waited early."

Yu Wenxin's eyes fell on Li Jing, he looked up and down, and said: "Young talents, young people are formidable. When General Yin Shou heard about the teenage military advisor back to Daxing City, everyone didn't believe it. Later, they found out that the young man His name is Li Jing. He can discern the situation on the battlefield at a young age and make prompt decisions, which many long-established generals cannot do. Li Jing will definitely be a master of military art in the future."

Li Jing stood up immediately after being praised: "My lord, I heard that you have a wonderful understanding of the art of war, are good at using troops, run the army neatly, and use troops like a god. I would like to ask my lord for advice."

Yang Guang sighed secretly, and Li Jing became more motivated again. He stopped him and said, "Don't blame me, my lord. Li Jing admires everyone in the art of war. He wants to ask for advice wherever he goes. He speaks more directly. If he loses his etiquette, please don't blame him." .”

Yu Wenxin laughed: "Your Highness, I came here today to discuss the art of war with you and this little friend Li Jing. Speaking directly, little friend, is the style that a marcher should have. Dissenting military orders are the most taboo in combat. , let the subordinates understand it by themselves, and they should be straightforward."

Yang Guang took the conversation and said: "My lord, I wanted to visit you this time because I want to ask you something."

"Your Highness, please tell me."

"When we fought against the Turks before, we used the same method as the Mayi conspiracy during Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. We almost wiped out the main Turkic forces and captured the Turkic Shabolu Khan. Although it seemed that we had won, the Turks In fact, the trouble can only be quelled in the short term. The Turks will definitely invade our dynasty when they grow stronger. I have a deliberate plan here and need the help of the Duke."

"It's not enough to give advice. If I have an idea, I will definitely speak up."

"Okay, once the Turks gain strength, they will expand. I think the best solution is to let the Turks continue to maintain internal disputes and conflicts. Although they are divided into East and West Turks, they are weak. At that time, there were fewer disputes. Is there any way for the Duke to cause disputes?"

Yu Wenxin looked solemn: "Has Your Highness ever considered taking advantage of the victory to pursue and kill them?"

Yang Guang shook his head: "Of course I have thought about it, but that is not practical. The grassland is so vast. We can't kill them all. I don't know which corner of the grassland will have another tribe running out. It may still become stronger after many years, and let It is impractical for our people to move outside the customs. No one will abandon the fertile land of the Central Plains and go to the grasslands."

Yu Wenxin nodded: "Your Highness, this does not seem to be a plan for marching and fighting. The old minister was really speechless for a while."

"My lord, you are too modest. You will never deviate from your ancestral lineage. Strategies for alienation are all in the art of war. My lord is well versed in the art of war. How can I be speechless?"

Yu Wenxin then started talking: "The plan of alienation is nothing more than two things, one is rumors, the other is interests. Throughout the ages, whether it is Wang Jian's attack on Zhao or Fan Sui's Lian Po, since it is alienation, there must be interests. Point of conflict, find this point of conflict, and then attack it with rumors or slander." Yu Wenxin continued: "Your Highness wants to drive a wedge between the Turks. Previously, Chang Sun Sheng found the conflict of interest points within the Turks by dividing the East and West Turks. The reason for lobbying the Turkic tribes is actually the same, but because the Turks are now defeated and their vitality is greatly damaged, it is difficult to find their internal contradictions."

"Do you have any opinion, Duke?"

Yu Wenxin sighed and said, "Well, I don't know whether it's feasible or not."

"The Duke says it doesn't matter."

"The veteran feels that there is an eternal contradiction among the prairie people, the contradiction between the desire to live a stable and prosperous life and the unstable national habits."

Hearing this, Yang Guang was stunned. Yu Wenxin also said that he didn't understand. It was clear that he had studied it. How could he blurt out this without studying it.

"My lord, I would like to hear the details."

Yu Wenxin had already finished speaking, so he could only continue: "When His Majesty used Chang Sun Sheng to drive a wedge between the Turks, when the old minister heard about it at home, he felt that His Majesty was very talented and rough, and it was not a bad idea to deal with the Turks in this way. I also thought about this matter privately at home."

"I have studied the relationship between the northern nomads and the Central Plains. Except for a few ambitious people, the grassland people attacked us because they were short of money and food. If we were grassland people, if we had no food, we would have to go out. Robbery, this is human nature, but they are different from us. Most of our people can guard a piece of land for a lifetime, and they know how to store food in times of abundance. Their nation lives by water and grass, and they believe in the strong. Wanting to be rich but not satisfied with stability should be the biggest contradiction within their nation.”

Yu Wenxin has done a lot of research on the Turks, because there were rumors that the emperor wanted to use him to fight the Turks. He studied these things with great joy for a long time. In order to cooperate with the emperor's policy towards the Turks, he studied these things, but it was a pity that they were not used. .

He was abandoned after all.

Yang Guang immediately asked: "Does the Duke have any specific measures?"

"It was difficult before, but now I have a real trick to win."

"My lord, please tell me."

"Enfessing."

"??? Enfeoffment? How to enfeoff?"

Yang Guang had a question on his mind. This answer was something he had never thought of.

Yu Wenxin asked back: "Before we defeated them, we in the Central Plains used money and food as gifts to the grassland people, and daughters and relatives to maintain a stable relationship. In fact, my so-called enfeoffment is the same, but it is not for all the grassland people, but for all the grassland people." We formulate different policies for each tribe. We enfeoff some of them who are close to us as so-and-so khans, and reward us with some things every year to open up the mutual market to maintain stability. However, other tribes do not give support and want to gain our Support must be like loyalty to the Sui Dynasty."

"And these tribes that are close to us will also provide us with intelligence and even block some possible foreign enemies in the future. Once ambitious people try to rule the grassland, their interests will be violated. They will inform our court in advance."

Yang Guang was stunned when he heard this. This was an attempt to further divide and disintegrate the sphere of influence in the Turks on the basis of the East and West Turks. The probability that the two forces would reach an agreement in the future was very high, but what about ten or twenty?Or even more?
When tribes, large or small, have different opinions, mutual conflicts will arise, and then there will be a plate of loose sand on the grassland.

Yang Guang burst out laughing: "The Duke of the State has such a good strategy. What a good strategy."

"Your Highness is amused. This strategy sounds good, but it is very difficult to execute."

"What's the difficulty?"

"The most difficult thing is that we need someone to keep in touch with the various Turkic tribes and maintain good relations. One person obviously cannot do it. We need a group of people, and this group of people needs to enforce the law impartially and cannot be corrupt, or at least not too greedy. Instead, it aroused dissatisfaction among the Turks, and they even gathered to attack our country."

As expected, he was a wily general who took human nature into consideration. Historically, Emperor Tiangao's supervisors and others at home often did evil things. Yu Wenxin had led troops in battles for many years and knew the stakes well. No matter how good his policy ideas were, he could implement them. If not, it’s useless.

"The Duke really has a plan to stabilize the country, and I admire him."

"Your Highness is so complimentary. I just thought about some things when I was doing nothing at home. They are all just fantasy. Your Highness can win the Turks with Mayi's conspiracy and clear away the haze of decades. This is the real good thing." Strategy, with this battle, things will actually become easier to do later.”

Yang Guang immediately said: "It is a pity for a powerful man like the Duke to stay at home. The next time I enter the palace, I will definitely tell my father to let the Duke come out. Next, I will attack Nanchen. Regardless of the Duke I believe strategy or experience will definitely help.”

Yu Wenxin first smiled slightly, and then sighed and said: "Old minister, I am old. I can't walk on the road or ride a horse. It's best to enjoy my old age in peace. That's all. If your highness thinks that I can help, It’s okay for the veteran to come to His Highness’s house to make plans for His Highness, but forget about the rest.”

"If the Duke has the heart to serve the country, I will speak for the Duke."

After a long conversation, when it was time to say goodbye, Yang Guang bid farewell to Yu Wenxin at the main entrance.

Yang Guang asked Li Jing: "What do you think of this Yu Wenxin?"

"The old man has a good plan."

"He is smart, and he is not arrogant. He has shown his talents and strategies in front of me without making anyone feel arrogant or boastful. He maintains a humble attitude, even though he has never seen him marching. Fighting, but everyone thinks so highly of him, which shows that he should be a person who really knows how to run the army. It is a pity that such a talent is wasted at home."

Yang Guang's face darkened as he spoke: "It's no wonder that my father doesn't use him. If he uses it well, it's a sharp blade. If he doesn't use it well, it might just be a sharp blade that will pierce him. You have to be careful. After all, people are separated from each other." belly."

Yang Guang was about to return to the palace when the eunuch in the palace arrived: "His Royal Highness, King Jin, Your Majesty has summoned you to the palace."

"Oh? What happened today?"

The young eunuch who came to Yang Guang's house always got some rewards, so he whispered: "Your Highness, Your Majesty has learned about your private meeting with Duke Qi, so he urgently summons you to the palace."

I had never thought that the emperor would be so concerned about this matter. Today, I just wanted to get the news. When the emperor got the news, he immediately summoned him to the palace. It seems that the emperor has always sent people to keep an eye on Qi Guogong. If there is any trouble, he will immediately reaction.

Yang Guang smiled bitterly: "It seems that I still have to think about how to explain it to my father."

(End of this chapter)