In his previous life, Yang Tong was an ordinary person who was running for life, in this era, he positioned himself as a soldier, he knew that in addition to having strong force, he also had to learn to rest, and he had to seize every minute and every second to rest.

Because he didn't know what would happen in the next moment, and he didn't know if the next thing would give him a chance to rest, he practiced the ability to fall asleep as soon as he lay down.

But now he can't sleep, just because of new troubles, the reason is that the territory is expanding too fast, which is a good thing, but it is also a bad thing, Yang Tong originally thought that after fighting Goguryeo and Guanzhong, the war would stop, but who would have thought that there would be such a thing again, and there would be six more counties.

This is indeed a good thing, but this year's territory population has almost doubled, if it weren't for Fang Xuanling's strategy of raising a soldier and letting himself be a monk from Zhuo County, I am afraid that there are not enough ordinary officials now, let alone qualified officials.

After this battle, Yang Tong will have three to five years to digest the results, and no matter how big the territory is, he will not be able to control it.

No matter how big the territory that cannot be controlled, it is not one's own, and once it is defeated, it will be destroyed overnight like the colonial system established by the Western Turks in the Western Regions.

Yang Tong knew very well what he wanted to do and what he wanted, he wanted to re-consolidate the foundation that had been unstable at the beginning of the founding of the Great Sui and unify the country, but what he wanted Yang Tong was a subordinate who completely belonged to the Great Sui, not a nominal emperor who was restricted everywhere.

Therefore, Da Sui must really stop the pace of expansion, and no longer have one more piece of territory, even now, Yang Tong feels a little overwhelmed, and if he eats again, he will die.

The rapid increase in land has brought about not only governance problems such as a shortage of officials, heavy civil affairs, and a lack of insecurity, but also military defense.

Yang Gongren's biggest weakness in the Great Sui was that the defensive line was too long, from Liaodong in the east to Yinshan in the west, in fact, it was not only Yinshan, but Lingwu, Wuwei, Zhangye, Dunhuang, Yiwu, Mingyue, Shanshan, and the end of the west were already his territory.

Now he realized the deep meaning of Yang Gongren's words, while the territory is expanding, the vast border will also become an extremely heavy burden for him, to defend the long border, how many troops do you need?

If the southern defense line is added, the army used for defense alone is a terrifying number, and the military supplies to support such a large army will also drag down the finances and people's livelihood of the Great Sui.

Yang Tong had to be glad that he had decided at that time, to defeat Goguryeo, the Eastern Turks, and the Western Turks first, and now at least there is no need to worry about the war on the eastern and northern fronts, otherwise, his Great Sui Dynasty is bound to be the same as Zhang Xutuo at the beginning.

At the same time, Yang Tong was also glad that he did not take Qingzhou rashly, and it was because of these two correct decisions that he took the initiative everywhere.

If it weren't for the foreign tribes first, if it weren't for the southern crossing, he would now face Li Mi and Dou Jiande in Qingzhou, Wang Shichong in the south, Li Yuan in the southwest, Tuyuhun in the west, the Western Turks in the northwest, the Eastern Turks in the north, and a Goguryeo in the northeast, with enemies on all sides, and the Sui Dynasty was really in danger.

It is precisely because of these two good moves that at least there is no need to worry about the east, northeast, and north, and now we only need to consider the mysterious forces of the Western Regions, Tuyuhun in the southwest, and Li Yuan in the south.

"Your Highness......"

When Yang Dong sighed, Yin Mingyue walked in with a head of wet hair, she obviously went to bathe, the soft green silk was still stained with shining water droplets, and her beautiful face was like a glow of jade, with an ethereal and clear temperament, even Yang Dong looked a little straight for a while.

After careful calculation, he has not been close to women for more than half a year, although he does not see the sow as a sable, but the hormones are indeed very vigorous. Fortunately, he had good concentration, and after a little froze, he returned to normal, otherwise, he would have to be treated as a pervert by Yin Mingyue.

Actually?

Yin Mingyue, who was paying attention to him, found that Yang Tong's thief eyes were scurrying around on him, although it disappeared in a flash, but she still discovered it.

This discovery swelled up in my heart......

She liked this man.

It seems that Yin Mingyue herself doesn't understand how to give birth to such thoughts out of thin air, and she doesn't know when they will be generated.

Perhaps it was the first time they met, and his gratitude for the canonization of his deceased father evolved into a new affection.

Perhaps, this emotion was born in the Chaoyang Palace; In the countless days and nights that Yang Tong has been dealing with official business, she has always been silently by her side, a sword attendant, and a maid of the Yanmo Palace.

Perhaps, this emotion arises from the martial arts arena, when Yang Tong trained himself harshly, she was a spectator, and when he trained a group of female swordsmen, he was a ruthless martial artist.

……

In short, Yin Mingyue fell incorrigibly in love with this man for no reason! As for the specific when, it is not clear, and she is too lazy to dig into the bottom line.

But there is a difference between respect and inferiority, this is a desperate feeling, in the bud, she has quietly hidden, but feelings are such a thing, the more you learn, the more fierce you become.

This made Yin Mingyue very frightened and painful, in order to forget, the lifeless practice, as long as I could help him a little bit.

She is a woman who is easy to satisfy.

Just because of this troubled times, it is already great for a woman to be able to protect herself, and if she can still find a Tianren who can be entrusted for life, it will be too happy.

There are too many misfortunes and helplessness in the world, and there are tragedies that continue to recur, and sometimes, she herself is numb.

She is not the kind of woman who is tired of crookedness, and she doesn't like to cling to the man she likes, so she feels very satisfied when she stays by his side quietly.

I love you and have nothing to do with you.

But when Yang Tong looked at it with an obsessive eye, Yin Mingyue was surprised and satisfied in his heart.

Yin Mingyue glanced at Yang Tong, her eyes were already full of love and gentle satisfaction, but she was a rational person after all, and she quickly lost the love and happiness in her heart

"It's late, don't wait!" Yang Tong was silent when he saw her come in, and he said a word from time to time.

"Your Highness is troubled?" Yin Mingyue didn't listen to Yang Tong for the first time, and mustered up the courage to sit aside.

"I'm tired!" Yang Tong smiled bitterly

Yin Mingyue looked at Yang Tong in a daze, his eyebrows seemed to be frozen, and his heroic face had a trace of vicissitudes, and his voice was tired. An inexplicable sourness suddenly appeared in his heart, and he said astringently: "Your Highness......"

Yang Tong rubbed his temples and said with a wry smile: "The territory is too big, it's not a good thing!" I really miss the days when there were only Jizhou and Youzhou, guarding the Yellow River in the south, the Yanshan Great Wall in the north, and Jingcheng in the west. Even if there is a merger, it is only to guard the Yellow River in the west...... Be free and feel free, you can hit whoever you want, that's the life of a person. Look at the now, there is so much more territory, it's really annoying. They all want to return Yongzhou to Li Yuan, and Liangzhou also wants to retreat, uh, it's a pity that Li Liang is dead! ”

Yin Mingyue was only dumbfounded when she heard it.

My Highness, is it good that you show off like this? If Li Yuan heard it, would he be angry? Will Li Rail be angry?

I racked my brains to think of the comforting words, and I didn't bother to do it, so let this thing be arrogant.

"In the past, laughing at Li Yuan was a turf maniac, and his vast territory really dragged him down. Now it's our turn. ”

"Your Highness, are you serious?"

"What about you?" Yang Tong glared at her angrily, and sighed, "Don't look at our Great Sui Dynasty, which is thriving, but it is actually suffering from internal and external troubles!" ”

"External troubles, there are Li Yuan, Wang Shichong, Li Mi, Dou Jiande and others in the south, and Tuguhun in the west, which can be described as a group of wolves waiting and looking at the tiger, but the strength of our army is there, as long as we fight steadily and steadily, it is my Great Sui Dynasty that wins after all, so the enemy in the open is really not to worry about."

"Internal worries, the talented Hanshi have been snared, they play a huge role in various positions, but the Hanshi due to the lack of first, when I used all the talents, the rest of the people have all kinds of shortcomings, although I let them study in the Tsinghua Academy, but the talent is not a mustard that is cut and born, it takes one to three years for them to mature, and our territory is expanding too fast, and the talents under the governance can't keep up. So I open a science every year, but every time the imperial examination, the family will send children and protégés to participate, although a lot of people have been arrested, but it is inevitable that there will be fish that slip through the net, what is the intention of the family? It is nothing more than a trickle of ways rooted in my Great Sui officialdom, and then connected by dots into a line, woven from the thread into a net, once they are successfully laid out, they will work together to pull up this big net and wipe us out! So every step is like walking on thin ice, and the heart is winged. One wrong step and our advantage is lost. ”

"My Great Sui has today's devastation, all because of the excessive expansion of the Guanlong family, Emperor Wen's gentle policy could not prevent the expansion of the family, so Emperor Wu used the Guandong clan and the southern clan to balance it, but Guanlong, Kanto, the south and other interest groups were combined for profit, and Emperor Wu was defeated after all, so I have to take another path."

Yang Tong sighed: "I used to think that the family was nothing more than that, but the more I learned about it, the more I realized that they were terrifying...... The big families not only control a large amount of money, food, and population, the appointment and dismissal of officials, and government decrees, but also control public opinion. And what I want to do now is to break the old rules that have existed for thousands of years, but it is equivalent to breaking the most fundamental thing of the family, which is an irresolvable contradiction! ”

"This kind of contradiction will become more and more intense with the expansion of my territory and the shrinkage of their territory, so instead of pursuing a large and empty territory, it is better to lay a solid foundation first, which can not only avoid the family from taking risks, but also give us buffer time. But I believe that the final victory belongs to me, and sooner or later I will eliminate these moths step by step, take back from your hands what originally belonged to the people and the court, and then let these so-called famous families leave a reputation through the ages! ”

People, who have been suppressed for a long time, need to confide.

Yang Tong has to vent his frustration, but Yang Gongren, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui all understand these truths, if they are with them, Yang Tong feels that he is 'Xianglin's sister-in-law', which is boring.

For the wives, there will only be a few more people to worry about, there is no need.

Yin Mingyue is a loyal close minister, who has been with him more than his wives, and is undoubtedly a suitable person to confide in.

"As long as His Royal Highness is wise, let the peace be peaceful, and the people's hearts are stable, the Great Sui River will naturally be as stable as Mount Tai... As long as the people's hearts are in hand... What can the family do with His Royal Highness? Yin Mingyue didn't understand these at first, until she personally participated in the purge of Mingyue County, only to find that the people's will is the foundation, and it was precisely because the original Gaochang officials and families lost the people's hearts that the Great Sui soldiers easily took this county without blood.

Listening to Yang Tong's words again, Yin Mingyue was touched even more, although she had vaguely felt similar in the past, but with Yang Tong's words, she seemed to see it more thoroughly, the family has indeed become a tumor.

"Hmm!" Yang Tong nodded, did not continue on this question, turned to look at Yin Mingyue, and asked, "Mingyue, let me ask you a question, you have to answer honestly." ”

"Your Highness, please." Yin Mingyue said solemnly.

"Do you have a sweetheart?"

"Huh?" Yin Mingyue was instantly embarrassed, but in addition to being shy, there was a little bit of inexplicable joy.

"Yes or no?"

Yin Mingyue's snow-white pretty face suddenly turned into red rouge, and even went all the way down to her neck... She stammered, "Yes, indeed." ”

"Kemin?"

"Of course not!" Yin Mingyue's apricot eyes widened, how could this guy have such an idea?

"It's a little tricky."

"What's so hard to do?"

"The so-called open knife is easy to dodge, and the hidden arrow is difficult to prevent, Li Yuan and other enemies in the open are not terrible, and the family has to pay attention to this dark arrow!" Yang Tong pondered for a moment and said, "I originally planned to let you, a female swordsman, strengthen your training and take precautions to deal with possible assassinations!" It seems that only Cai Wei can be the top ......"

"I can!" The moon is ridiculous.

"Aren't you a person with a heart and are going to get married?"

"Just because I have a sweetheart doesn't mean I want to get married!"

Yang Tong was slightly stunned: "Will I occupy your time for three to five years?" Can you? ”

Yin Mingyue is about the same age as him, and by the standards of this era, she will no longer be an old girl who will not be able to marry in five years.

"It's okay for three or five years, thirty or fifty years." Yin Mingyue looked at Yang Tong firmly.

"Are you sure?"

"It's true!"

"Four years, four years later! If your sweetheart doesn't want you, I want it. Yang Tong smiled, this joke is a bit out of place in this era, if it is not a couple, it is basically a hooligan.

Yin Mingyue wanted to do it very well, but opened her mouth slightly, and in the end she didn't come out.