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

Chapter 313 Yang Zhao
At the beginning of the new year, Daxing City was still bustling with people. The two wars could not affect this lively Sui Dynasty capital.

The emperor didn't know what his interest was today. He moved out of the dragon chair and sat on the top of the newly built tower, overlooking the entire Daxing City.

The eunuch said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, this place is too high and too dangerous. You'd better go down early."

"Look, I asked the craftsmen to build the tower so high to worship the ancestors' tablets. I want the ancestors to see how prosperous the Sui Dynasty was."

"Your Majesty, this is too high, I'm afraid."

Yang Jian smiled: "This is so tall. We will build it even higher in the future."

"His Majesty Hongfu must be the greatest emperor in this world."

"How is it that when you reach a high place, you even lose your ability to flatter people?"

The eunuch was extremely embarrassed, but he was really afraid of heights. He was always distracted and looked down. The more he looked, the more afraid he became.

Yang Jian asked: "How is the war in Tuyuhun?"

"Report...report to your majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Shu was so brave that he led his army into the capital of Tuyuhun. King Tuyuhun was forced to abandon the city and flee."

"Where is the person? Has he been killed?"

"No one has been found yet."

Yang Jian sighed softly: "It's a pity. As long as that person is still alive, he will definitely fight for the army to make a comeback. Tuyuhun area is vast and sparsely populated. It will be very difficult to search for them. I am afraid that traders will be targeted in the future. The caravan caused a certain impact, and according to my order, the King of Shu found a way to catch the remnants and eliminate them together."

"Your Majesty, what should be the reward for His Highness the King of Shu?"

"Let him govern Tuyuhun, and let him take care of all the caravans between the Sui Dynasty and the Western Regions."

Being in charge of commercial affairs is also a bad job. After all, the trade between the Western Regions and the Sui Dynasty is becoming more and more developed. It was Tuyuhun who collected a large amount of tolls in the middle that caused conflicts between the two countries.

Of course, this fat job is also a troublesome matter, and ethnic conflicts have always been difficult to deal with.

Yang Jian asked again: "What's going on over there in Goguryeo?"

"After the King of Jin launched a surprise attack on the hinterland of Goguryeo, the movement in the past three months has been much quieter. Several battles were fought on the border and near Lelang City, with some wins and losses, but victory prevailed. The border area has already approached Liaodong City. Now Goguryeo is struggling to cope.”

Yang Jian sighed: "Amo's temperament seems to be much more mature than before. Watching him fight, he fights steadily, without any rashness or greed for success. King Shu's battle is fast, but the consequences are also great. King Jin's battle is There is a feeling that we are heading toward the destruction of our country and our species, a serious war to destroy our country."

"And that Li Jing, I didn't like this kid very much before. I always thought he was too talented and arrogant, but Amo valued him very much." As he spoke, Yang Jian couldn't help but smile.

"I didn't expect this boy to be really good now. When the news of the battle across the sea came back to the court, the military attachés in Beijing studied it for a long time. It was indeed a conspiracy. But to do such a thing across the sea, Li Jing was very knowledgeable about leading troops. He does have abilities that are different from ordinary people, maybe he is what people call a natural talent, he is still so young, and with the experience of leading troops this time, his future will be limitless."

The eunuch said flatteringly: "Your Majesty, I rarely hear you praise someone like this."

"Really? I remember that I really like to praise people for their talents."

The eunuch hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this slave has made a mistake in remembering it."

Yang Jian stood up and said, "The new year is coming again. Goguryeo can't march in the winter, and Prince Jin and the others have stopped their offensive. But as the coach, we still have to stay on the front line. How is Princess Jin's situation recently?"

"The princess is escorted by Mr. Sun. He checks the princess's pulse every day. Everything is fine. The queen sends people to deliver supplements every now and then. Now the princess's belly is gradually getting bigger."

Yang Jian asked casually: "Where are the other female relatives in the house?"

The eunuch rolled his eyes and said smoothly: "In Prince Jin's palace, even if the princess is pregnant, she still manages things in a very orderly manner, and the slaves in the palace are very obedient."

"That makes me feel at ease." She said with a helpless smile: "The Queen is really partial and does not hide her bias. When the Crown Princess was pregnant, she only did some superficial things, but now that Princess Jin is pregnant, she is really like a good mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. ”

The emperor was naturally aware of Queen Dugu's partiality, but he also understood the reason for the queen's partiality.

He asked the eunuch beside him: "The Queen favors Princess Jin so much, do you think anyone has any objections?"

The eunuch looked embarrassed: "This slave has not heard this."

"Oh? Then why do you think it is?"

"Your Majesty, I have to say something that I shouldn't say. I can't deal with people, so I don't have any worries about mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. But when I look at all the princes and ministers, it seems that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is not very easy to get along with. I heard from a few people who have a good relationship with mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. , the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law must be good, the mother-in-law is virtuous, the daughter-in-law is good, the queen is highly virtuous and highly respected, and Princess Jin has a kind heart and gentle conduct, so they can be so harmonious."

Yang Jian gave a difficult smile: "You are really a bystander, and what you say makes sense."

"Where's that brat from the third place?"

"After you appointed His Highness the King of Qin as the governor of Luozhou, His Highness the King of Qin is now doing his best to govern Luozhou. Most of the news coming back praises His Highness the King of Qin's achievements."

"Humph, what's wrong with learning? Learn from the fourth child's reporting method of reporting good news but not bad news. Although the fourth child likes to exaggerate his own achievements, they are really meritorious. How many kilograms does the third child have? I can still do it. Have you figured it out? With her three melons and two dates, she can break through the sky without causing any trouble."

A son is better than a father, and Yang Jian knows the abilities of his sons very well.

After asking about these things, Yang Jian walked downstairs and said as he walked: "Let the Ministry of Rites make preparations. The matter of Taishan's enshrinement of Zen still needs to be done. It just has to wait until Nanchen is unified to prepare for it first, so as not to be overwhelmed by the time. .”

"Your Majesty, this servant will give you your orders right now."

"Attention, keep a low profile."

"promise."

Yang Jian came to Queen Dugu's palace and met Queen Dugu alone.

"Why is Your Majesty free to come here today?"

"It's Chinese New Year, but this Chinese New Year should be the most deserted ever." "Your Majesty, the city outside is very lively."

"Yes, the city is lively, but our home is not lively. The second son went to fight Goguryeo, the third son went to Luozhou, and the fourth son was in Tuyuhun. Unknowingly, he sent out all the sons he could."

Queen Dugu seemed to understand what he wanted to say, and poured tea for the emperor herself, saying: "Your Majesty, doesn't this just show that you and my concubine's sons are very powerful, each of them can stand alone and share your Majesty's worries? Your Majesty, You should be happy. We can’t spend the New Year together this year, and there will be next year and the year after that. The world is peaceful and we can spend every year together.”

The emperor said: "This year's New Year's Day, please invite the children in the imperial city to come together. It can't be too deserted."

"Lao Wu and Lihua live close by, I will inform them."

From the beginning to the end, the Queen did not mention the prince's name. Just as Yang Jian was about to speak, Queen Dugu said suggestively: "Your Majesty, your and my concubine's children are so outstanding, they must be the best. People say that tigers poisoned will not eat their children. Even if a child makes a mistake, he will not lose his life, but Your Majesty, do you remember what happened when Yun Luo threw the doll?"

The emperor did not speak.

"I have thought about it for a long time these days and compared my feelings. I never thought that a woman could throw her own doll to death, so I never doubted it when she threw the doll to death. But now I think about it, a madman What can't be done, and then what happens with the Crown Princess..."

Queen Dugu couldn't speak any more. After a long silence, she continued: "Your Majesty, you built a high tower to worship your ancestors. Your ancestors are watching from the top of the imperial city. What should you do if your bloodline is unknown?" .”

Ordinary people always have feelings for their eldest son that other children cannot match, but what happened to their eldest son is irreversible.

These words also made the emperor completely give up the idea: "After the new year, let the prince move out of the East Palace and return to the original prince's mansion to live."

"Your Majesty, Shengming."

……

After another March, after the beginning of spring, Yang Guang united with the Silla people and began to carry out a high-intensity attack on Goguryeo.

Years of wars have made Goguryeo's domestic economic situation very bad. When Yang Yong led the army, although they defeated the Sui Dynasty, they still damaged the national power. Now Yang Guang's national policy has made the entire Goguryeo panic. , coupled with the poor harvest last year, there is now insufficient food.

Because they entered Goguryeo from the sea, the place occupied by Laihuer and his men was nominally called Xinhan. After Li Jing received Yang Guang's order, he immediately sent people to fight with Xinluo and Baekje, which were entrenched in the southern part of the peninsula. connect.

First, when Pei Shiqing was on an envoy to the two countries, the two countries were not very sensible and had to ensure that their rear areas were safe. If the people of Silla and Baekje now attacked the Sui Dynasty's cross-sea troops, it would be a problem. The Sui Dynasty was attacked from both sides.

Secondly, compared with the conflict with the Sui Dynasty, the conflict between Silla, Baekje and Goguryeo was a feud, so after Li Jing sent an envoy to Silla, the Silla people immediately expressed their willingness to send troops to help, attack Goguryeo together, and recapture native land.

Taking back their homeland is their own version. No one can tell who owns such a large place. Anyway, this kind of statement can be regarded as a famous example.

The Silla people sent Jin Shuxuan to lead a total of five thousand troops to fight with the Sui army.

However, Li Jing felt that such a mixture of troops, with language barriers and different philosophies, would not be able to integrate well in a short period of time, and would instead greatly reduce the combat effectiveness of both parties. After consulting Yang Guang, he conferred the title of Jin Shuxuan as General of Silla and asked him to Just lead your soldiers by yourself, accept orders individually, and coordinate with tactics.

Under such circumstances, the south of Goguryeo was quickly occupied, and the south of Lelang City was basically occupied by the Sui Dynasty and Silla.

Seeing that the Silla army followed the Sui army to eat meat, the Baekje people also took action and immediately came to the Sui army to say that they also wanted to participate in the war.

We Sui people have always been easy to negotiate, so we agreed to their request to participate in the war.

If you are in good ways, you will get many help, but if you are in bad ways, you will have few, so you have to have a lot of friends. Although they are only friends with benefits, they can still be regarded as friends.

The Khitan, Goguryeo's self-proclaimed ally, did nothing at such a difficult time. They even stationed troops on the border with Goguryeo, and there seemed to be signs of being ready to attack.

The interests of the country outweigh everything else. In order to help a declining Goguryeo to offend the now powerful Sui Dynasty, the Khitan people are not stupid.

The Yinshi division on the front line pressed forward step by step, so Yang Guang took the initiative and came to Shandong to join Li Jing to inspect his navy.

At this time, the navy was intensifying its training. After seeing how powerful the navy was in fighting like this, the emperor also waved his hand to train the navy with all his strength and began to form a large-scale naval force.

The navy under Li Jing's command has grown from less than 10 at the beginning to almost [-] now.

Of course, 10 people cannot all be here. Training is divided into several places, the most important of which is landing operations.

Li Jing led Yang Guang to review the troops and said: "Your Highness, with this experience, when we attack Nanchen in the future, we will directly use the navy to deploy troops on a large scale along the coast, directly carry out landing operations, and penetrate deep into the enemy's territory. In the hinterland, Nanchen’s naval power has no ability to prevent our troops from landing.”

Li Jing was obviously inspired by this method of landing operations, and he came up with countless combat possibilities.

Yang Guang was very satisfied with this and said to Li Jing: "Li Jing, the navy training cannot be left behind. Goguryeo is only experimental for us. What we really want to attack is Nanchen and contribute to the unification of the Central Plains. "

"His Royal Highness King Jin, if Goguryeo hadn't been holding us back, I think we could have taken action against Nanchen now. Although Nanchen's national power is much stronger than Goguryeo's, he still won't be our opponent."

Yang Guang sat down and said, "I came here to discuss with you today the news from Yang Xuangan."

Previously, Yang Xuangan was sent by Yang Guang to gather the aristocratic families, and took care of the canal affairs. Yang Guang was very satisfied. After visiting several big families, Yang Xuangan went to Youzhou and then returned to Daxing City.

"Your Highness, what did Brother Xuangan tell you?"

"He explained in detail about the visit to the four major families. Now that these major families have seen that I have become more powerful and have good opportunities, Yang Xuangan is also quite sincere when he comes to visit me. It can be said that he has gathered some people. Compared to me, What is more concerning is that Yang Xuangan met the alchemist."

Li Jing didn't quite believe these things, and frowned slightly and asked: "Your Highness, does the alchemist you are talking about refer to the previous alchemist who first made Mount Tai the Lord of the World?"

Yang Guang nodded.

"What did the alchemist say later?"

"Yang Xuangan said that he met the alchemist once, and that he met me through a curtain. The alchemist only said that he would come to me in the spring of next year, but he didn't know how to get there or what he looked like."

"Your Highness, these people are talking too much, and there is not much truth in what they say. Your Highness, there is no need to believe them."

"No, I think this guy seems to have something. Li Yuan has sent news that my father is still preparing for the Fengchan Taishan matter, and he seems to take this matter very seriously."

(End of this chapter)