If this kind of thing is in the Tang and Song dynasties, someone raised it in the court, no matter who it is, I am afraid that it will be drowned in saliva immediately, but due to the long-term war in the north, Confucianism was destroyed in the north, and the Great Sui was established for less than 20 years, and the unification of the north and south was only more than 10 years.

What's more, this sentence is from the mouth of Lu Mulin, who is Lu Mulin, he has been with the prince when he was in the East Palace, and now the prince has become the emperor, and Lu Mulin has been directly promoted to secretary Lang, who is the emperor's absolute confidant, and most of what he said represents the emperor's will.

After a period of silence in the court, Wei Yi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, first asked: "Lord Lu, these captives are only more than 20,000 people, and the longitudinal drive is like a drop in the bucket to repair the river, what can I do about it?" ”

"Lord Wei is polite, 20,000 people is indeed a drop in the bucket, but around the Great Sui, the foreign races add up to more than a million people, if there are one million laborers to build the Grand Canal, it only takes three years to complete, and this million laborers work for three years, and the cost is only 12 million stone grains for each person in a year."

Wei Yi was dumbfounded when he heard this: "This ...... This...... How to make it? ”

"Why can't you do it, the strength of the Great Sui needs this Grand Canal, since it is destined to be sacrificed, instead of sacrificing my Great Sui people, it is better to sacrifice the surrounding alien races, could it be that Lord Feiwei thinks that treating people of other races should be better than treating his own people?"

"Of course not." Wei Yi blurted out that he had not yet experienced the era when Emperor Yang of Sui, in order to be greedy for vanity and rejoice, used money to lure merchants from the Western Regions to trade with the court, and also ordered the local counties and counties where the merchants of the Western Regions passed through to be hospitalized and entertained, so that they could eat and drink for nothing.

Due to the huge benefits brought by the textile industry, the treatment of people of different races, all to the benefit of the first, for the smooth trade routes of the Western Regions, the court deliberately let the king of Hejian Yang Hong has been guarding in Wuwei County for more than ten years. Retaliate against the tribes who dared to rob and kill the Great Sui caravans.

Lu Mulin nodded with a smile: "Since Master Wei also thinks so, then there is no problem." ”

Wei Yi was stunned for a moment, and had to retreat, Yang Shangxi frowned, for him, the head of the household, the early period of the emperor was really poor, although this period was short, only two years, and then the income of the household department became stronger and stronger, but the memory of these two years was deeply reflected in Yang Shangxi's mind. So that every appropriation has developed the habit of careful budgeting, which is also the reason why he can get the trust of Emperor Wen of Sui, Lu Mulin's proposal looks good, that is, there is no need for the appropriation of the household, a few years later, the Grand Canal will be opened, and the income of the household will definitely rise a lot, which looks really good.

No, after thinking about it for a while, Yang Shangxi still reacted. If this is the case, the policy of the former emperor to cultivate military and cultural affairs will be completely overturned, and the annual military expenditure will definitely increase rapidly, and the construction of the Grand Canal is by no means just about paying more than 10 million stone of grain as Lu Mulin said, and if the military expenditure is not done well, it will become a bottomless pit. "No, Lord Lu, that's it. To arouse the resistance of the surrounding countries, wouldn't my Great Sui have to conquer for many years, and how much military spending will be needed? ”

Last year, the Turks and Goguryeo people took advantage of the death of the first emperor of our dynasty and the new emperor's accession to the throne, colluding with Murong Sanzang to invade our land and kill my people. Take away my wealth, now that the war has not subsided, how can I Dasui do it first, in this case, why can't I take the initiative to go out, if it succeeds, then we can open up the territory and expand the territory, and we can eliminate the hidden dangers of the border passes, and we can also get the labor urgently needed to dig the Grand Canal, kill three birds with one stone, why not? As for the increase in military spending of the imperial court. That's something that is unavoidable, why don't you calculate that with 1 million Guan foot, you can raise 100,000 troops, and increase your military spending by 3 million Guan every year, and my Great Sui can keep 300,000 troops into war all year round. And what country can stand in the way? ”

Lu Mulin's words are reasonable. At present, the country's annual military expenditure is only more than 2 million guan, and even if it increases by 3 million, it is not too much. However, the mobilization capacity of the Great Sui could increase rapidly.

Last year, due to the attack of the Turks, the 100,000-strong army led by Yang Liang, Qu Tutong and Zhang Xingzhi, the king of Han, had spent more than 600,000 guan. This part of the money includes the cost of early mobilization and all kinds of consumable materials, just after they surrounded the Turks launched more than 2 million arrows, the value of 100,000 guan, however, this is not completely consumed, most of the arrows can also be recycled, now this army is not disbanded after the victory, but is resting in Mayi, and after the beginning of spring, it will take the initiative to kill the steppe, the required land maintenance cost is not high, only about 40,000 or 50,000 guan per month.

If there are three such armies that have been on standby, whether they are going to attack the enemy country or only patrolling the border, not to mention which small neighboring countries dare to offend the tiger power of the Great Sui again, it will be a problem if they are not there until ten years later.

The hundred officials nodded silently when they heard this, but if they wanted to change the three 100,000-strong army from the government soldiers to the standing army, the composition of the Great Sui's troops suddenly became heavy on the outside and light on the inside, which was undoubtedly a double-edged sword.

When those generals heard that they could increase the military expenses by three million per year, their eyes lit up, three million, the entire Praetorian Guard Army only spent one million yuan, and the total number of government soldiers in the country was also one million percent, which was one and a half times more at once, and even He Ruobi, the secretary of the military department, was thinking about whether he should lead the troops to the battle? Shi Wansui, Da Xihong, Yang Yichenxing and others are also ready to move, staring at those civil officials viciously, and whoever dares to oppose it will be unable to get along with whomever they can't get along.

Yang Shangxi opened his mouth and couldn't speak, three million guan a year, or 30 million guan in ten years, which is much less than 100 million, and retreated.

"Ladies and gentlemen, who still has any objections?"

Su Wei shrank his head and didn't speak, Wei Yi, Yang Shangxi and others couldn't find a reason to oppose for the time being, so they could only be silent, Yang Yong glanced at Su Wei with a meaningful look, this Shangshu Zuo Servant shot I am afraid that he would have already seen that Lu Mulin was actually speaking on behalf of the emperor, and he made up his mind that he would not come out.

"That's it, pass on my will, and order Yu Wenkai, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, to build the canal as a young eunuch, and Li Chun and He Qi to build the deputy eunuch and begin to prepare for the construction of the Grand Canal."

Yu Wenkai, He Qi, and Li Chun were overjoyed: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" Long live the Emperor! Banzai! Hooray! ”

After the three of them returned to the queue, Shi Wansui, Da Xihong and other generals looked at the emperor with blank eyes. Lu Mulin's meaning just now was obviously that the court wanted to increase the military expenditure by three million, and in addition to the one army led by the King of Han, then two other armies needed to be formed. They all want to wait for the emperor's will, as soon as the emperor speaks, they must fight for it immediately.

Yang Yong nodded to the chamberlain next to him, and the chamberlain understood, and shouted in a prolonged voice: "Retreat!" ”

Today, there was a battle of words, which took nearly three hours, and some people were already a little dizzy with hunger. Immediately, his spirits were greatly lifted, and Shi Wansui and the others were not allowed to react at all, and the hundred officials had already knelt down: "The ministers send the emperor!" ”

Shi Wansui, Da Xihong and others could only watch the emperor retreat, and they didn't even have time to ask about the place. A few days later, Shi Wansui, Da Xihong and other generals took turns to visit the emperor alone, and they all wanted to knock on the side to hear about the formation of the other two armies, but unfortunately the emperor did not show his mouth at all, which disappointed them. In fact, the three million military expenses are just a smoke bomb released by Yang Yong, in fact. If the Turks attack the Turks by land, it is enough to have Yang Liang's 100,000 army, even if it is useless to prepare 300,000 troops, and to attack Goguryeo, if the Yongji Canal is not repaired, logistics alone can drag down the 300,000 army.

At least half of the 3 million military expenses will be invested in the navy. In fact, after Yang Yong ascended the throne, he had already taken out hundreds of thousands of yuan from his private money and invested it in the navy, and the sailor base in Qingzhou had begun to build sea ships that could sail on the sea.

Last year, the weaving factory under the College of Agriculture provided Yang Yong with a profit of 3 million yuan, and the tea farm and the rest of the farm tool factories together provided another 2 million yuan, with a total profit of 5 million yuan.

And the East Palace's annual cost is less than half, and most of it is used on the Dark Guard, although now the Dark Guard has been made public. Yang Yong did not let the household department bear the cost of the dark guard, it was still from Yang Yong's private treasury, Yang Jian, the court did not have the inner treasury, the outer treasury was divided, and the use of the palace was all allocated by the household department, Yang Yong had the intention to separate the household and the palace, all the royal expenses were paid from the inner treasury, and the weaving factory and tea field under the agricultural college could just be included in the emperor's inner treasury.

The Darkcoat Guard served as the Emperor's personal eyes and ears. It is natural to use the money of the emperor's treasury, but the sailor is used by the court, and it is inappropriate to use the emperor's private money to raise the army, so although the emperor can advance funds at the beginning, he still has to come out in the household department in the end.

At the end of February of the second year of the Great Cause. The north is still windy. When the snow is falling, the weather from Luoyang, the eastern capital, to Shanxi is slightly warmer. The Yellow River has begun to thaw, while spring rains have begun in the south.

As soon as the weather was on, a group of ragged men, dressed in animal skins, and shackled on their feet were driven to the dry flat ground by the officials, and dug up on the ground with all kinds of iron tools.

This group of people is naturally the tens of thousands of Turks and the rebels of the Murong family who were captured in Mayi, and in the battle of Mayi, a total of more than 25,000 Turks and Murong rebels were captured by the Sui army, of which the Turks accounted for more than eighty percent, but after a winter, more than 2,000 captives have died, and now there are more than 22,000 captives who can come to the construction site.

In order to facilitate the war in the north, the emperor vetoed the decision to build the Tongji Canal first, but instead built the Yongji Canal first, although the Tongji Canal connects the south of the Yangtze River, the place passed is more prosperous than the Yongji Canal, just for the sake of the war in the north, the Yongji Canal is of course the first choice, if the Yongji Canal is repaired, the emperor can take a boat directly from Daxing City, all the way through Weishui into the Yellow River, and then into Qinshui, all the way to Zhuojun (Beijing), materials and troops can naturally go through this waterway, Yongji Canal repaired, It can greatly facilitate the transfer of troops and materials to the north, and as long as the war goes well, it will be much easier to build a canal.

The Yongji Canal can also be divided into three sections, the southern section starts from the Qinshui River and reaches Wei County (the seat of governance is in the west of Jun County, Henan); The middle section starts from Weixian Jingguan Tao, Dongguang and other places, and now Tianjin meets the Guhe River; The northern section is from present-day Tianjin to Guzhuo County, and the mileage of the three sections of the canal needs to be built is about 1,900 miles.

Among these three sections of the canal, the middle section has the old road opened up by Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms, and only the original channel needs to be widened and deepened, and the northern section has two natural river channels, one is the Gulu River, and the other is the Sangganshui, so it is relatively easy. The most difficult is the southern section, the channel needs to be dug again, and all these prisoners have to build the southern section of the Yongji Canal first.

Since the ground had just thawed, these captives could often only dig into a shallow layer with an iron pickaxe, and even the old peasants would be ineffective in such ground, not to mention that most of these captives were Turks, many of whom had never used an iron pickaxe. The effectiveness of their labor is slower than that of a snail.

"Smack, smack, smack." The whips of the surrounding overseers fell unceremoniously and hit the shoulders of the Turks in animal skins, immediately producing blood marks and muffled snorts everywhere.

"Hurry up, you Turkic stupid pigs." The officials beat and scolded repeatedly.

These Turks are also unlucky, if the Tongji Canal is built first, their treatment will not be so bad, and most of the southern section of the Yongji Canal is in Shanxi. When the Turks were strong, they organized troops to enter Shanxi many times to plunder, and now although 20 years have passed, some Shanxi people who have family members died at the hands of the Turks still hate the Turks, and now these Turks will naturally not have a good life when they fall into their hands, if they are not required to repair the river, I am afraid that someone will secretly beat the Turks to death.

"We are the descendants of the Sirius God, not pigs." Hear this insult. The Turks are angry to raise their heads, for the whipping, the Turks are used to it, if the Han fall into their hands, presumably the treatment is even worse, at least it is impossible to eat enough every day, but in the face of the insults of the Han people, compare them to pigs, but the Turks can't stand it, if it weren't for the shackles on their feet. Coupled with the bloody lessons of the past, I am afraid that I can't help but resist with the subway pickaxe in my hand.

Their anger will only be exchanged for more whipping, these officials will not sympathize with the Turks at all, and even more so for the traitors, let them have enough food, it is not how kind the officials are, but the Great Sui has sufficient food, limited prisoners, and works for them longer. Naturally, we should try to keep them alive and have the strength to work.

After digging for half an hour, many Turks had blistered palms, and their hands holding scimitars were not at all suitable for a pickaxe, but they were just facing the tigers next to them. Everyone could only endure the pain and continue to dig in the soil.

An elderly Turkic nobleman wields an iron pickaxe. One stumbled and almost fell to the ground. Several people around hurriedly held on, and couldn't help but shout: "Great Khan." ”

Can be called the Great Khan is naturally the Eastern Turkic Khan Tuli, the battle of Mayi, Tuli also did not escape, at the beginning Tuli was not too worried about his situation, he also thought about how to admit his mistake to the Great Sui Emperor after Daxing City, as long as the Great Sui Emperor was discouraged, he could start again from the grassland, I am afraid that he can also get a lot of materials from the hands of the Great Sui Emperor every year, who made him the son-in-law of the Great Sui, the Great Sui also needs him to resist the harassment of the Western Turks on the border.

Who knows, the Sui army that captured them ignored him at all, and locked him up with ordinary prisoners, who is he, he is the honorable Great Khan of the Eastern Turks, although he is a prisoner, but the treatment must be different, right?

At the beginning, Tuli also asked to see the commander of the Sui army several times, but no one paid attention, and finally he and the rest of the people put on shackles, Tuli died of heart, and today he was digging with an iron pickaxe, and Tuli was even more discouraged, if it weren't for the face of the Eastern Turkic Khan, he really wanted to cry.

"What? Work quickly, don't be lazy. A servant over there had already seen the scene here, and rushed over with a leather whip, and several Turks who were holding Tuli hurriedly let go and picked up an iron pickaxe to work.

"Smack." The whip was whipped on Tuli's body, just as he often used to whip his slaves or his subordinates wrongly, causing a loud bang, but it hurt him after the ringing.

"Hmm." With a muffled snort, Tuli lowered his head, and couldn't help shouting in his heart: "You despicable Han dog, who are you fighting, it is the noble Khan of the Great Turks, if you escape to the grassland, Ben Khan must kill ten, no, kill a hundred Han dogs as compensation." Tuli gritted his teeth, fearing that his angry eyes would be seen by the officials, so he bowed his head and swung his pickaxe as hard as he had cut off the heads of his enemies with his scimitar.

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