While the south was busy with strife, the Great Sui was silent, and the south closed its roads with the princes of all walks of life, and almost cut off contact with the south except for necessary official contacts. Yang Tong spends every day in incomprehensible joy. The reason is naturally that there are more children in life, many times in the past, Yang Tong looked at the world from the eyes of a bystander, and felt that he was a wanderer without a foundation, but now, when life has children, watching the child grow up day by day, the first thing he does when he comes back from the imperial city and the military camp every day is to hold the child and sit beside Xiao Wu and tease, and even Xiao Wu is a little jealous.

People close to him obviously feel that Yang Tong has gone home more often, no matter how busy, tired, or late, he will return to the back garden every day for the night, instead of spending the night in Chaoyang Hall when it is late.

On this day, Yang Tong was watching the joint recital of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Chaotian Temple, which listed the names of the meritorious slave soldiers in the Battle of Guanzhong.

Not counting the dead, there are more than 38,000 who are alive.

"After a war, nearly 40,000 slaves were naturalized, and when the world is unified, won't more than a million slaves be naturalized? Too much! ”

"That's too much!" Fang Xuanling said solemnly: "This batch is not counted, and the conditions will be raised in the future." ”

Yang Tong was curious: "How to improve?" ”

"After deliberation among the ministers, it was decided as follows: If there is a war in the future, one of the enemies shall be killed, and he shall be a third-class slave, and shall not have to work for one day a month; Kill five enemies, be a second-class slave, and have three days of rest in a month; Kill ten enemies, be a first-class slave, and have seven days of rest in a month; Only after killing the enemy fifteen people will they be given official status, and if they can continue to make meritorious contributions, they will be rewarded and knighted like our Great Sui soldiers. Yang Gongren said lightly.

Damn, these literati are really ruthless.

Yang Tong glanced at Yang Gongren unexpectedly, and had to accept in his heart, these guys who play politics are really as black as ink. On the surface, they all look like compassionate saints, doing things that lack virtue and calculating people, and their faces do not change.

This method is too ruthless and poisonous.

In this way, not only will the slaves be dismantled to the greatest extent of their rebellion, but also the excellent ones have been singled out, and the rest of the people will not be able to make any big waves even if they are dissatisfied.

As for these incentives, it may sound like a priority for slaves, but when you look back, you can see that it is not the case at all. Because after arriving at the battlefield, you can kill people, and others can also kill you, after a big war, there are not many people alive at all, just like Xue Wanjun, a madman and a human slaughter, he made a Xiangwu City down, and directly destroyed more than 80,000 slaves, in a sense, these more than 80,000 slaves died at the hands of Xue Wanjun, not the Tang Army on Xiangwu City.

Moreover, the success rate of killing one person on the battlefield is very high, but if you can survive by killing fifteen people, it is definitely a real warrior, accepting this kind of warrior, Da Sui will not lose at all, and you can let them take on more difficult tasks in the future. What's more, these people set an example for other slaves, so that slaves have hope for their future lives, not to mention that they can resolve 100% of the riots, but this trick can indeed divide the slaves into several camps, even if the slaves rise up to riot, it is easy to control the momentum of the spread, and the important thing is that after the slaves have hope, they will become extremely fierce on the battlefield, just like the death row of death row prisoners...

Yang Tong suddenly didn't want to think about it, the more he thought about it, the more he got into it. The mobilization of slave soldiers does not require the mobilization of the normal population of the Great Sui, does not miss the agricultural time, does not make the people dissatisfied, and does not impoverish the country.

The most important thing is that slave soldiers don't need money, they don't need to pay their salaries, they don't need to pay pensions when they die, they don't need to subsidize their families, and they burn them clean. And the military rations ... In times of war, it is enough to be full. And these people are not raised in vain on weekdays, and now Yongzhou has started various infrastructure construction, and the military rations of these slaves were originally paid for work.

This is simply a profitable business, Yang Tong raised his hands and feet in agreement.

"By the way, how are the Qiang people in Liangzhou doing? Who knows the situation of the Qiang people? Yang Tong suddenly asked, in the Hehuang area, there are not only Han people, but also Qiang people, Dangxiang people, and Tuyuhun people, the situation is quite complicated, and ethnic disputes are most likely to occur. If the national question is not solved well, this will become the biggest obstacle to the advance of the Great Sui Dynasty.

"There are sixteen Qiang people." A flash of remembrance flashed in Du Ruhui's eyes, and he recalled: "The minister traveled to the Qiang realm in his early years, and he has some connections with one of them. In fact, there are many Qiang people who admire my Central Plains culture very much, and they also have a like-minded heart for our Central Plains Dynasty, but it is a pity that since ancient times, the rulers only want to use the combat power of the Qiang people, and generally ask for them excessively in wartime, and when the war is over, they will exploit excessively, and even pretend to be military merits with the heads of the Qiang people. ”

"Show sincerity?" Yang Tong looked at Du Ruhui, he had a set of resettlement plans in his heart, Yang Tong also believed that if this plan could be implemented in place, it would be able to speed up the integration of the Qiang people into the big family.

"What is sincerity?" Yang Tong asked with a smile.

"Since the Qin and Han dynasties, the Qiang people have been involved in too many things, they are extremely wary of the Han people, and the Han people are a treacherous image in their minds, they speak well when they want others, and abandon them when they don't, and even persecute them, so they are very hostile to us and have a strong distrust. It is very difficult to get them to let their guard down, at least not in a short period of time. Du Ruhan said with a wry smile.

"In fact, not only the Qiang people, but also other ethnic groups treat the Han people as well." Fang Xuanling continued.

Ling Jing said with a smile: "In fact, we have had successful examples in resolving guards, such as the Su Mo Yan Yan set is very applicable. We first communicate with them about what they have, grain, cloth, salt, farm tools, in short, anything except weapons, we can communicate with each other, and when they can no longer do without us, and then persuade those who are easy to talk, it will be easier, and for those tribes who are not willing to go out of the mountains, we will cut off the trade in materials, I think they will agree. ”

When everyone in the hall heard this, the corners of their mouths couldn't help twitching, they had long known that this Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce was not a gentleman, but now it seems that as expected, it is really a profiteer, but this method is really worth trying.

"This matter will be left to the Ministry of Commerce to operate. Be sure to trade fairly and don't let this mistrust spread again. Yang Tong commanded.

"Whoa!"

After discussing the internal matters, everyone walked to another secret side hall, where there was a huge sand table, Yang Tong had sent scouts and caravans to explore the mountains and rivers of the world over the years, plus his own understanding of the land of China, and the sand table of the Great Sui was made by the Kaitian Academy. After several modifications and additions, this sand table is quite exquisite, and the main rivers, cities, villages, bridges, hills, and forests in China are readily available, so you can intuitively understand the situation in the world.

The whole sand table is seven zhang long and three zhang wide, spliced by six sand tables, in addition to today's Great Sui (Liaodong, Youzhou, Jizhou, Bingzhou, Yongzhou, and part of the occupied areas of Liangzhou and Yizhou), there are also the Central Plains, Jingzhou, Yizhou, Yangzhou, Lingnan.

As a superior, of course, Yang Tong can't just stare at his own one-third of an acre, he must stare at the situation in the whole world.

In the south, with the arrival of Li Yuan's catfish, some princes have already started a war, some are still paying attention, some are ready to move, and some third parties are trying to be profiteering.

Qingzhou's Dou Jiande lived a tight life, but he was very tenacious, and Du Fuwei cooperated with each other in the south and the north, and was stunned to withstand Li Mi's onslaught, and the most important thing for him now was to consolidate the territory, stabilize the people's hearts, and gather the army's hearts.

Li Mi set his capital in Xiao County, centered on Pengcheng County, and worked hard to build his Great Wei Empire. At this point, he has completely abandoned the name of 'Wagangzhai', which is a leap from bandits to regular princes, and its far-reaching significance far exceeds his capital, which shows that Li Mi has taken the most critical step to Wagangzhai. It's just that his step is also dangerous and abnormal, and the slightest carelessness will cause infighting, in this case, Li Mi does not dare to fight a battle that is not sure to win, if he is defeated, the hearts of the Wei army will be scattered, that is, he will not attack the Great Sui.

Then talk about Wang Shichong, who is based in Luoyang. It is said that after losing 20,000 troops at Zhuyang Pass, his army rapidly expanded by 50,000 to 130,000.

However, Wang Shichong is now in a relationship with Li Yuan, and if he doesn't fight him, he will be lucky, how can he have the energy to beat himself? Moreover, his opponent and enemy is always the Central Plains, and without the premise of stabilizing the rear, Wang Shichong will not have the ambition of Beitu.

Yang Tong is not worried about the three major forces in the Central Plains, if there is really a war, Yang Tong has the strength to swallow the three of them in one bite.

What he was most worried about was actually Li Yuan, and he was worried that Li Yuan would take the opportunity to the south south of Huaishui. Of course, there is a premise here, that is, the southern princes are fighting their own battles, and if they attack each other, they will only end up with Li Yuan.

Because Li Yuan has a strong background, in addition to the population and food of Bashu, this background is also related to the generals of the Longzhi magnates, the civil officials of the Kwantung Shi clan and the southern Shi clan, in terms of talent reserves, many princes in the south are not as many as Li Yuan alone. More importantly, there are a large number of talents in Guanlong, Guandong, and the south who hold important positions in various forces, and Li Yuanzhi's victory in conquering the state and entering Guanzhong played a huge role in the children of Guanlong's powerful people who were officials and generals in the Sui Dynasty. Therefore, if these people's masters let them sell their masters to seek glory, they will definitely obey their words, especially Xiao Miao's Liang Guo, who is dissatisfied with Xiao Miao, and if Xiao Yu comes forward, I am afraid that many people and a lot of territory will be dug up.

To the west of Wuwei, there is also a lingering Li Rail, who has his back to the Eastern and Western Turks, and under the threat of the Great Sui Army, it is very likely to lead the Turks to attack; There are also Xue Rengao and Xue Renyue brothers, who are guarding a Xihai County, and now they have also descended Tuyuhun, which is also a scourge after all.

Yang Tong suddenly had a crazy thought: "Now that the south is fighting for life and death, if we go south, we should be able to wipe them out, right?" ”

When they heard this, they were shocked.

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