Yang Chong has been purely a spectator these days, and he has not interfered with Changsun Sheng's injuries and the case at all, but has more to chat with the generals in the army, Qu Tutong, Wei Xuan and others. Since the news of Dingxice, Yang Chong's popularity in the army has skyrocketed, that is, famous generals like Qu Tutong are polite when they talk to Yang Chong, Qu Tutong asked Yang Chong a question: "Yang Chong, how do you say the Eastern Turks will evolve in the future?" ”

The situation in the Western Regions is dominant, and most of the generals have their eyes on the north, Yang Chong thought for a while and said: "The change of the Eastern Turks after the death of the Qimin Khan, if nothing else, is the successor of Duji, this person is ambitious, and his younger brother Dubi both advocate sinicization and have the style of Tuoba Hong." The most important thing for the Great Sui to compete with him is to see the choice of the big tribes of Tiele such as the servant bones of Luohebei, Tongluo, Huifu, Bayegu, and Fuluo. ”

Qu Tutong has been paying attention to Saibei for a long time, and knows that what Yang Chong said is true, and the most important vassal states of the Eastern Turks are the Xia Department in the southeast, the Hu Department in the Western Regions, the Huxue Department in the south, and the Khitan, Jinya, Xi and other departments in the east. The Tiele tribes belong to the kind of tribes that surrender when they lose the battle and rebel when they find an opportunity, but they are really strong, and the Qimin Khan treats some things as if they don't see them, and the Sui Dynasty does the same thing as the Turks, first have a nominal surrender.

Wei Xuan sighed and said: "It's a pity that Zhou Fa hasn't resisted, and now directional trade has become a feast for Jiangzuo's wealthy families, which has provoked the secret anger of the Shandong Shi clan and set up obstacles everywhere." ”

Yang Chong smiled and persuaded: "Gong Wei, this is not necessarily a bad thing, Sai Weng knows if he loses his horse." Zhou Fashang himself came from the Jiangzuo family, how could he ignore his own interests, the key lies in the attitude of the center, whether he is really willing to implement targeted trade and restrain Saibei through the economy. If it is just selling dog meat on the head of a sheep and mixing their interests into it, Zhou Fashang's current approach is the best result, the porcelain and silk in the south of the Yangtze River will not help the war at all, and it is better than the salt, iron and grain in the north. ”

Qu Tutong laughed and said: "So the bandits in Yanshan are rampant, and smuggling cannot be eradicated. ”

Yang Chong nodded and said: "Money will chase money, if there is a twenty percent profit, money will be ready to move; If there is a fifty percent profit, the money will be risked; If there is a 100 percent profit, money dares to risk hanging its head; If there is a profit of 300 percent, money dares to trample on everything. This is the case in Yanshan, if the imperial court has the opportunity, it will still have to catch Yanshan. ”

Wei Xuan snorted coldly and said, "Will those people in Hebei do it?" ”

Yang Chong said disapprenously: "You can't cut off other people's financial routes all at once, you have to step by step to move the smuggling site outside the Great Wall and in the direction of Liaodong." Han, Jin, Liaodong belonged to the Central Plains, not only there were many cities, but also many Han and Xianbei people in Anzhou and other places, and merchants should be used to open up the exchanges between the two sides. ”

Qu Tutong patted the handle of the chair and said, "Then do the same as the Ministry of War in the Western Regions, recruit troops and set up an official government." ”

Wei Xuan's heart moved, looked at Yang Chong and asked, "Your military department won't have a Dingbei policy, right?" ”

Yang Chong said in a low voice: "Duke Wei, I am a businessman now, and I don't know the plan of the military department. If you and General Qu Tu have any business matters and can take care of one or two, I will be grateful. ”

Qu Tugai, who had been drinking tea, said with a smile: "Gong Wei, I understand, he thinks that we have kept him for three days and delayed him to make money." ”

"Not busy." Qu Tutong waved his hand and had the demeanor of a famous general, and asked Yang Chong unhurriedly: "If Ji Ji is in power, what will he do?" ”

Yang Chong took a sip of tea in embarrassment and said, "Du Ji is the one who knows the Great Sui the most among all the Turkic people, and he is likely to choose to accumulate strength and look for an opportunity to fight a decisive battle when the Great Sui is tired." If the battle is won, Du Ji can buy the Turks about ten years, and when the Great Sui front moves south, he can choose whether to attack the Great Wall or unify the Turks. ”

Qu Tutong continued to ask: "What do you think is the winning or losing?" ”

Yang Chong pondered and said: "Look at the right time, place and people. If it is the current Great Sui, Du Ji has no chance at all; Or with the assistance of the Tiele tribes, the Eastern Turks will not have a chance at any time. ”

Qu Tutong grabbed a loophole in Yang Chong's words and asked, "Do you think there will be changes in the Great Sui?" ”

Yang Chong stood up lazily and said, "The first time I went to the central center to meet the saint, I said that if you follow Pei Ju's deceitful way, the Great Sui will sooner or later feel that the troops are insufficient. Don't say it, this is a major event in your court, and it has nothing to do with me. ”

Wei Xuan asked, "For example." ”

Yang Chong gave the three of them a salute and said, "Gong Wei, can't you think of these things? Why bother me. ”

After Yang Chong finished speaking, he left alone, his back full of helplessness. Qu Tutong was silent for a long time before saying, "This is another Chen Qingzhi." ”

Chen Qingzhi, the word Ziyun, Liang General of the Southern Dynasty, was born in a poor family, weak and difficult to open an ordinary bow and crossbow, but he led the troops well, and during the ordinary years of Liang, he served as General Wuwei and General Xuanmeng. In the first year of Liang Datong, Chen Qingzhi and the leading generals Cao Zhongzong and Xunyang Taishou Wei Fang would attack the Northern Wei Dynasty, and only led 200 cavalry under his command to attack, breaking the Wei army's forward and returning, and finally the battalion advanced, breaking the Wei army's thirteen bases, forcing Wang Wei, the city lord of the Vortex Yang, to surrender.

In the third year of Datong, Chen Qingzhi took advantage of the void to go north from Gongxian County, 7,000 people, 43 battles all the way, defeated the 130,000 army of the Northern Wei Dynasty, pulled out 32 cities in a row, conquered Xingyang and Tiger Prison, and escorted Yuan Hao into Luoyang City. Because Chen Qingzhi and his subordinates all wore white robes and were invincible, the Luoyang nursery rhyme said: "Famous teachers and generals are not imprisoned, and thousands of soldiers avoid white robes." Wei Xuan and Qu Tugai were stunned, they didn't expect Qu Tutong to have such confidence in Yang Chong, then Yang Chong was a character who could be compared to Gao Gong and Yang Su.

Yang Chong hurriedly returned to the mansion and learned that Jiang Fei had gone to another courtyard, so he immediately returned to his room and slept well; Maybe it's been too hard these days, and when Yang Chong woke up, it was already the time to hold the lamp. Yang Chong walked around the hall, Jiang Fei was looking at the account book with Miao Yun, Jiang Fei saw Yang Chong and said: "Two people have come to you these days, one is named Wang Junyi, with a letter from Yuan Tiangang, who wants to partner with you to do business; There is also a businessman from Yangzhou, named Zhang Bojian. ”

Zhang Bojian, a bearded guest? Wang Jun was stunned and didn't know who it was, Yang Chong was very impressed by the Three Heroes of Wind and Dust, not that the story of Li Jing and the Red Whisk Girl was romantic, but that Yang Chong doubted the chess game of the legendary bearded man and Li Shimin's "One Son Determines the Central Plains". Competing for the world, what a big deal, how can you use a game of chess to solve the problem, you must know that the Li family and the bearded guest were both servants at that time, not to say that they could not earn if they did not fight. Yang Chong asked: "Is Zhang Bojian a bearded man with martial arts?" ”

Jiang Fei asked curiously, "Is it your friend?" ”

Yang Chong smiled and said: "God has been friends for a long time, God has been friends for a long time. ”