The time gradually came to dusk, Yang Tong watched the appointment letter submitted by the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Martial Affairs, the Criminal Department, and the Imperial Department in the study room of the side hall, which was the appointment of the officials of the Liang State's hometown, as long as Yang Tong signed and sealed, it would take effect. The job placement is matched, and such an assignment can make the place recover quickly.

But there is still trouble in the territory presented by Xiao Milling, the narrow and long section to the sea is sandwiched in the three 'countries', everywhere needs to be defended, everywhere the defense is not good, the key is that there are Haoqiang and Jiangnan Shi clan inside, if they do it, these people will definitely attract the enemy to attack, it is far from enough to rely on the county soldiers who go south with the officials, which needs to send troops to suppress, which is not much different from fighting, but the local Haoqiang are independent, and the scale is definitely smaller than the real war, but it takes time, and it will definitely affect the next military action of the Great Sui.

The trouble in the Lingnan region is especially big, the name is sacrificed by Xiao Miao, but in fact it is under Feng An's control, and it will definitely not work if it is not recovered, and if the Feng clan with high influence is destroyed by force, Lingnan will be in chaos, and local officials will have to face rebellions every day, how to deal with governance? Let's recover peacefully, Feng Ang must be like his elders to respect Sui self-reliance, firmly control Lingnan's financial, political, and military power, so that Lingnan is free from the Great Sui regime, although the Great Sui has gained a moment of peace, but the sacrifice is the Great Sui's usual majesty and endless troubles, not to mention that Lingnan includes the later generations of Liangguang and Hunan and Jiangxi parts, the annual output of wealth and grain is unimaginable, Yang Tong regards it as the future of the grain powerhouse, how can it become an uncontrolled country within a country? To sum up, the most worry-free way is to move the Feng family out of Lingnan, and then use the legal system to slowly change the habits of the bureaucrats and erase the influence of the Feng family, but is Feng Ang as easy to talk like Xiao Miao?

Yang Tong first wanted to use Dou Jiande to engage in tactical deception, and then pushed Li Mi's forces to the Jianghuai region with lightning speed, took over Du Fuwei's territory, and then further encroached on Li Mi's strategic depth and bombarded him to the south of the Yangtze River, which was not only convenient for centralized governance, but also could draw more troops to suppress Li Mi and Lin Shihong, and also caused disputes between Li Mi and Meng Haigong. As a result, the assault battle turned into a tough battle. With the end of the battle of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, he wanted to use Qin Qiong's second army as a mobile force to enter Li Mi's realm to break the deadlock and give Li Jing and Yang Gongren a chance, but Xiao Miao's surrender disrupted his plan and made him have to let Qin Qiong go south to Nanjun.

Yang Tong pondered for a long time, walked out of the room, and saw that the sky had completely darkened, so he said: "Quickly order Fang Xuanling, Ling Jing and Jiang Xing to see me in the military aircraft room. ”

"Whoa!"

Outside the study, there was a Shi Shura Wei on call at any time, and as soon as he heard Yang Tong's order, three people flew away.

Yang Tong walked into the military room with his hands behind his back, where there was a sand table, about one zhang five wide, two zhang six long, it was the sand table map of the Great Sui Dynasty, and the territory that originally belonged to Xiao Milling had also been dyed with the crimson of the Great Sui, which represented Li Yuan's white, Du Fuwei's purple, and Lin Shihong's light blue, which was so abrupt and conspicuous.

After about a moment, the three Shangshu hurried over, walked into the room and saluted, "See the saint!" ”

"Come here."

Yang Tong asked the three of them to come to the sand table, he picked up a wooden pole and pointed to the land of Lingnan, and first instructed Jiang Xingben: "Feng Ang listens to Xiao Milling and Lin Shihong and does not listen to Xuan, Xiao Milling descends to Sui, it does not mean that he has also descended, and he is marked as an independent force." ”

"Whoa!" Jiang Xingben hurriedly responded.

Fang Xuanling frowned and asked, "Does the Holy Lord plan to use troops against Feng An?" ”

"The Feng family has always judged the situation and followed the trend, nominally attached to Liang, Chen, and Sui, but in fact, they listened to the propaganda and did not listen to the tune, and took Lingnan as their own from beginning to end. I will not allow the existence of a state within a state, let alone allow the Feng clan to continue to encroach on the taxes of the imperial court. As I said, Lingnan is an undeveloped treasure land, and it will be an important grain producing land in our Great Sui, so we must incorporate it into the political system. ”

"Shengshang, Weichen specially checked the files of Lingnan and found that the two emperors of Wenwu had the idea of completely recovering Lingnan, but in the end they could not implement it." Fang Xuanling said.

"Why?"

"During the period of Emperor Wen, the main enemy of my Great Sui was the Turks in the north, the Turks inherited the legacy of Rouran, and they were more powerful than the former, Emperor Wen spent his life dividing, dividing, disintegrating, and supporting the Turks, and he really had no energy to look south, and compared to the Turks who had the power to destroy the country, Feng was insignificant, and it was only then that Feng adopted a pacification strategy and let him be the king of Lingnan in Lingnan. In the early period of Emperor Wu, the main enemies of my Great Sui became Tuyuhun and Western Turks, who destroyed the trade routes, and then Goguryeo. There are two other reasons, one is that between Lingnan and the Central Plains, there are countless mountains, rivers and moats, even if the imperial court wants to do something to the Feng family, it does not dare to act rashly; The second reason is that the vast majority of people think that Lingnan is a wild land where smoke and miasma are rampant and wild beasts are rampant, and they do not realize the value of Lingnan. Based on the above three reasons, Feng has been stable so far. ”

"Is there nothing you can do about him?" Yang Tong frowned.

Fang Xuanling glanced at Yang Tong, and his heart was filled with helplessness, it seemed that the saint was a little impatient to recover Lingnan.

"Saint, Feng Ang's soldiers are only tens of thousands, and it is not difficult to recover Lingnan, if it is difficult to cross the mountain, it is possible for the navy to attack the Pearl River Delta, and the army will continue to advance through the waterway, and the danger of Guanshan will no longer exist."

Yang Tong patted his head and said with a smile: "Why didn't I think of it." Or do you have a way! ”

"Really fighting?" Fang Xuanling was surprised.

"If you have a way, why don't you fight?" Yang Tong smiled and said: "The daily maintenance of the navy is very great, but there has never been an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and there are voices in the court to ban it, which makes the navy all hold back their anger, and they all want to fight a few beautiful battles, so that the world knows the importance of the navy, and this Lingnan is just a good time for them to vent." ”

"Weichen thinks that the commander of the attack on Lingnan is none other than Zhang Dudu." Fang Xuanling recommended the main general, and continued: "In the third year of the great cause, Emperor Wu canonized Chen Ling as the general of Wu Benlang, from the Liuqiu country of Yi'an County, when he was the governor of Zhang Zhen Zhou, who invited the doctor to go out with the army, he was the vanguard of the attack on Ryukyu, the lord of the Ryukyu country, Huan Si was thirsty to send troops to refuse the war, General Chen and Zhang Dudu regained Liuqiu and the surrounding islands in one fell swoop with the momentum of thunder, General Chen has been martyred in the Jiangdu Rebellion, Zhang Dudu is quite familiar with that sea area, and is fully qualified for the post of commander of the southern expedition to Lingnan. ”

Yang Tong pondered for a long time and said: "Lingnan can be fought, but the Feng clan is deeply rooted in Lingnan and has a huge influence, and several generations of benevolent government have won the hearts of the bureaucrats. I mean to use a few neat victories to defeat the fighting spirit of the Feng family and the imperial court, and take advantage of the situation to move the Feng family into Luoyang, so that I can ensure that the Feng family can live a prosperous and rich life. ”

Yang Tong made this decision for the long-term stability of Lingnan, just like Emperor Wu Yang Guang destroyed Nan Chen, did not kill Chen Shubao, but named him a general, and let his brothers and nephews serve in the north, as long as the Chen family is still alive, Jiangnan people cannot use Chen Shubao and the Chen family as an excuse for rebellion. During the Three Kingdoms period, the kings of Shu and Wu were the same, and if the Sima clan let them live, no one would rebel with the reason of raising the revival of Shu and Wu.

"The saint is wise, in this way, the Feng family surrendered, and was favored by the imperial court, and the bureaucrats had no reason to resist the imperial court. Then, with the help of Feng's prestige, Lingnan was governed, and as long as the imperial court was in place, within ten years, the imperial court would be able to replace Feng's position in Lingnan. Ling Jing also said.

"You immediately sent an edict to Zhang Zhenzhou to the south from Gaomi Military Port and attack Lingnan. Tell him my strategy too. ”

"Whoa!"

"Don't worry, Lingnan Feng's is just a disease of scabies, not enough!" Yang Tong stopped Ling Jing, who was about to leave, and said, "I want to send two armies as surprise troops, go deep into the enemy's territory, and assist Zuo Servant and General Xie to break the deadlock, who do you think is more appropriate." ”

Fang Xuanling said: "Holy Lord, the left servant shooters are many generals, and the two generals, Pei and Shen, are good at fighting behind enemy lines, so there is no need to send another army to help. General Xie in the direction of Yingchuan guards the southeast gate of Henan County, and the task is heavy, so he should send people to help. The combination of General Luo Da and General Xin Fang'er is undoubtedly the best choice. ”

"There are 20,000 Xiaoguo troops on the front, and one is shooting there on the right side; A Sui Shixin raided Zhang Shigui and was quite damaged, so he made up 20,000 from the right servant and went to Yingchuan to fight. By the way, let Cheng Yanjin hand over the Hanchuan military affairs to Qian Jie and go to Nanyang to serve as the deputy general of Shixin. The Xiaoguo army needs to rest and pick people, and Cheng Yanjin should be able to arrive. ”

The golden combination of Luo Shixin and Xin Fang'er, with Cheng Yanjin, a guy who is known as a lucky general, joining, it should be even more exciting! Yang Tong is looking forward to it.

"Whoa!"

Then he discussed the newly acquired territory, and even the appointed officials were analyzed one by one, because there were too many positions, so he simply ate in the side hall, and then discussed it, and when everything was finished, it was almost early in the morning

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When Yang Tong returned to the back house, it was already late at night, the family had already fallen asleep, and the courtyard was silent. As soon as he arrived at the door of the inner house, he faintly heard someone talking, Yang Tong was slightly stunned and stopped.

The voice was low and vague, he couldn't hear what he was saying, but he could hear a woman's voice talking to herself, and the voice came from the courtyard of an inner house, which was the residence of Concubine Xiao Yuexian. Xiao Yuexian has been to Dasui for nearly half a year, but because it is a marriage from the exchange of interests, Yang Tong is a little uncomfortable in his heart, although Li Xiuning is also a political marriage, but Yang Tong, who inherited the memory of 'predecessor Yang Dong', is not unfamiliar with Li Xiuning, and Xiao Yuexian is a complete stranger, and because she has too little time to get along and is busy, she has never touched her.

Hearing that there was still light coming out of her side, Yang Tong involuntarily walked in, only to see a stone under a laurel tree falling, placing incense candles, and a Buddha statue who I don't know who, Xiao Yuexian wearing a light yellow dress was worshipping devoutly, the night breeze wrapped her long skirt tightly, highlighting her slender and slender figure, the long black and soft hair was naturally draped over her shoulders, and there was a faint glow flashing under the candlelight, she folded her hands, and her silk sleeves slid down, revealing her crystal jade wrists, praying in a low voice.

Xiao Yuexian's voice was soft and beautiful, like a trickle of clear spring flowing through Yang Dong's heart, listening carefully, but she was praying for herself, which made Yang Tong very surprised, she never expected her to pray for herself, looking at her incomparably beautiful and holy face, Yang Tong's heart softened, and he felt that he was treating this woman harshly.

"Moon Immortal!"

When she got up, Yang Tong shouted softly, Xiao Yuexian was startled, and when she saw that the person standing in front of the courtyard gate was Yang Tong, she patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Yuexian walked in slowly, and saw Yang Tong staring at her, her sparkling gaze saw the deer in her heart crashing, and when she got closer, she saw that Yang Tong was dressed neatly, not like she got up at night, and asked in surprise: "Husband, why did you come back?" It's almost two shifts now. ”

"I have some important things to attend to today, so I'm coming back late." Yang Tong pointed to the Buddha statue that he didn't know what it was, and asked with a smile, "Don't you eat meat?" How do you believe in Buddhism? ”

When Xiao Yuexian heard this, she was immediately embarrassed to death, and said ashamedly: "The Buddhist family is not taboo, but the ancestor of my family ordered that monks must be vegetarians. Since then, Buddhism has formed a tradition of vegetarianism. ”

Xiao Yuexian's ancestor is Xiao Yan, the founder of the Liang State, in the early days of the founding of the dynasty, Xiao Yan was a good emperor, a corporal of Lixian, and only used talents, but in his later years he was obsessed with Buddhism, and he gave up his life several times to become a monk, ignoring the country. Before him, the monks were actually not taboo, all because Xiao Yan found the relevant theory in the "Great Nirvana Sutra", so he ordered the monks to eat vegetarian, not only that, but also ordered the whole country to follow him. It was from this that Xiao Yan ignored the government and made the Liang Dynasty a pool of muddy waters, and there was no daylight. Legend has it that Xiao Yan reigned for 48 years and built more than 480 temples, an average of 10 per year...... Therefore, Du Mu said in the poem, "There are 480 temples in the Southern Dynasty, and how many buildings are in the smoke and rain."

Buddhism is the state religion of the Liang State, and almost all the descendants of the Xiao family believe in Buddhism, not to mention the Xiao Yuexian in front of them, even the two empress dowagers also believe in it.

Xiao Yuexian knew that the Great Sui forbade the Buddha and set a lot of restrictions on the Buddhist family, and if he wanted to become a monk, he also needed a severe assessment to be able to do so, and he didn't get a response from Yang Tong for a long time, and said very worriedly: "I'm sorry!" ”

"Why apologize?" Yang Tong was strange.

"I shouldn't worship the Buddha and make my husband angry."

"Nothing like that!" Yang Tong shook his head lightly, "The reason why Buddhism has been able to spread its righteousness and brightness to this day shows that it has merits. Buddhism teaches people to be good, and there is nothing wrong with that! The fault lies in those pseudo-bald heads who make profits from the teachings of Buddhism. I limit pseudo-bald heads, not Buddhism. If someone does not eat meat, does not marry, does not make money, does not have luxury, does not break the precepts, and does not break the law, then he is a true monk to the Buddha. ”

"This ......" Xiao Yuexian bit her lip, "It's so harsh, I don't think anyone can do it." ”

"A monk should be detached, the four are empty, and no matter how many frames and rules there are for him, they are like nothing. If he can't do this, then he is a false monk who has ruined the reputation of Buddhism, and I have restricted it for the good of Buddhism. ”

"......" Xiao Yuexian thought about it along Yang Tong's train of thought, and suddenly found that Yang Tong's method was more insidious than destroying the Buddha.

Although Yang Tong did not destroy the Buddha, he used the teachings of the Buddhism itself to trap the birth of the monk in an open and honest way. In the minds of believers, the monk should be the one limited by Yang Tong, if it does not meet the requirements, it is a fake, and the court will naturally not be opposed by the people. And without the support of the people, those fake monks are not farts, who will be monks in the long run? If there is no one to pass it on, won't this be extinguished?

"Believing in Buddhism is your faith, I neither support nor oppose it, and I will worship if you want in the future, and I will not be angry." Yang Tong said a word and turned to leave.

Xiao Yuexian chased after her, and asked with courage, "Husband, can you ask something?" ”

Yang Tong smiled and said, "You want to ask your father?" ”

"Hmm!" Xiao Yuexian's beautiful eyes were full of fear, like a frightened deer.

A smile appeared on the corner of Yang Tong's mouth, and he said softly: "I have canonized him as the prince of Jiangling County, he is on his way to Luoyang, you will be able to see him in a few days, I can tolerate Dou Jiande, and naturally I can also tolerate your father!" However, he is different from Dou Jiande, who was born as a civilian, and has a lot of influence in the south, I am worried that the enemy will assassinate your father in Luoyang in order to provoke disputes and hinder the steps of the Great Sui to unify the world, so he must not leave Luoyang until the imperial court completely controls the south, and when he no longer has the weight to provoke disputes, he will be safe, at that time, he will not care where he wants to go. ”

"Thank you, husband!" Xiao Yuexian's hanging heart finally let go, and she whispered very gratefully: "I only have one relative to my father, and my husband treats him well, I, I am very grateful." ”

"I want you to follow me, not because of your father, but because you want to." Her sentence 'I only have one relative for my father' made Yang Tong a little uncomfortable, but after thinking about it, she was quickly relieved, Xiao Yuexian cared about her father's safety, isn't it the supreme filial piety?

"I'm ......" Xiao Yuexian became a little nervous.

"Filial piety is as great as the sky, and you are right to care about your father. I don't mean to blame you. It's late, you rest early. Yang Tong smiled and turned to leave.

Xiao Yuexian's beautiful eyes looked deeply at the back of Yang Tong leaving, and sighed lightly, she knew that what she said when she was happy had misunderstood her husband.

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