Left and right Hou Wei Mansion, left and right Eagle Yang Wei Mansion, busy all night, Tygis still did not catch, the spies all over the city did not keep an eye on this person, and Shi Shu Hu Xi, suddenly disappeared in Chang'an City, and at the same time, there was also a disappearance, Wang Kai, the head catcher of Wannian County, who had fled by murder; The wealth of the Lianghe Persian Mansion fell into the hands of the imperial court at once, and the household department sent personnel to count it, a total of 226,419 yuan, all of which were confiscated and put into the treasury.

The other businessmen involved were 145,700 yuan, which also entered the warehouse of the household department, and there was no time to care about how much of the people who were involved in the case had leaked. Zhou Qian immediately raided Wang Kai's home and several properties, because Wang Kai fled in a hurry, many clues were too late to cut off, and found the account book, weapons and gold and silver treasures worth 70,000 yuan at home, the account book showed that many nodes were related to Yu Zhiben; The investigation outside the Hou Wei Mansion found that Shi Shu Hu Xi had been hiding in a courtyard of Wang Kai.

Due to the request of Wei Xuan, the general of the right Hou Wei, Changsun Sheng had to show the information of Sui Han Tang to prove that Wang Kai was not a member of Sui Han Tang, and Wei Xuan raised a question about whether Sui Han Tang handed over all the lists. Changsun Sheng is still in the stage of recuperation, if it weren't for Wei Xuan being the top boss of his son Changsun Wunai, and winning the trust of Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, Changsun Sheng would definitely turn his face; Unexpectedly, the eldest grandson ran in a panic, saying that today Chang'an County, Wannian County, Dali Temple, the Ministry of War, and the left and right Hou Wei Mansion and other ten yamen have received the flying knife handbook, exactly the same content, the list of five years old Hantang personnel.

These five people turned out to be in the Great Sui and had other official positions, none of them were lurking in the countries of the Western Regions, and the biography also said that five more would be provided within ten days; The most fatal thing is that one of the Ying Yang captains, Feng Wei, was in Chang'an, and committed suicide after being surrounded by the people of the right Hou Wei, but only half of the waist card of Sui Hantang was destroyed. Changsun Sheng spurted out a mouthful of blood on the spot, this is an endless rhythm, and it hits Sui Hantang and his weakness all at once; Wei Xuan came prepared, now that Mei Gongzi Yu Zhiben's case is first, and the case of Captain Yingyang Feng Wei is later, the government and the opposition will definitely ask to find out the truth, and Sui Hantang has repeatedly placed undercover agents inside the court, which is a conspiracy.

Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty was furious again, from Changsun Sheng and Duhu to Wannian and Chang'an counties, all of whom were scolded for their blood. The ministers understood that it was because Pei Ju was not there that the emperor took his anger out on these people, but it can't be said that he wronged these people, just like Changsun Sheng, who was responsible for auditing the personnel of the Sui Han Hall, after more than half a year, he has not found a single person with a problem until now, which is a problem in itself.

The depressed situation in the main hall made the right servant Su Wei in a dilemma, and Pei Ju, who was far away in Zhangye, gave a recital to the imperial court, and still suggested that Emperor Yang Guang of Sui go to Zhangye to hold a conference, listing a lot of reasons. Solvay could not hide this movement, and even had to mediate for it; Similarly, as a senior politician, Su Wei can easily see through how pale Pei Ju's reasons are, and hundreds of words actually say two things: first, King Gaochang is too far away, and second, Pei Ju is worried that the gate valve of Chang'an and the people will not be used to the luxury he has prepared.

Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty also saw these two problems, and easily put the chapter on the table without commenting; When it was time to disperse, Su Wei was helpless, and went out to ask again, Pei Ju was waiting for a reply in Zhangye, Yang Guang asked very casually: "Su Xiang, what do you think?" ”

Su Wei said angrily: "Those who achieve great things are not informal, Zhangye and Chang'an are only the difference in location, since Pei Ju passed the chapter back, it is because he has already set a policy for the Western Turks, and in order to keep it secret, he passed it to his ministers by letter. After seeing it, the minister also thought that the westward movement of the Holy Lord and the army was conducive to the development of the plan; Moreover, the original location was Zhangye, and now it can be carried out as originally planned as if nothing had happened. ”

Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty sneered and looked at Duan Wenzhen, the secretary of the military department, Duan Wenzhen walked out unhurriedly and said: "Su Xiang, I'm afraid not, General Yuwenshu has gone to Yiwu to invite General Tutun to come to Chang'an, set up Rouyuan Town in the northeast of the old city of Yiwu, place the Yiwu army, and garrison 3,000 troops with Yiwu New Town." In addition, the surrounding old cities were used to set up four cities: Nazhi, Jumi, Huanhai, and Luyanchi, to recruit soldiers. ”

Gao Gong's heart trembled, there are fertile fields around the sea and salt production in the land salt pond, all of which are south of Yiwu, which is a suitable place for development in Yiwu, and there is nothing; But the job is the old land of Shanshan, and the dense is close to the Pu Sea, and the knowledge in this is great, and the next step must be Shanshan County. Gao Gong hurriedly came out and played: "Our dynasty should conquer the world with faith, and it is not advisable to raise swords and soldiers in vain, or to take the land with Pei Ju Huairou." ”

Duan Wenzhen retorted: "Now there is no king in Yiwu, the general of Tutun is only in charge of a city, and Wang Wei, the doctor of Yinqing Guanglu, is also in charge of a city, and the two places are only forty miles, so there must always be a position in charge, why not expand the army at the same time and use all available resources." ”

Gao Gong asked, "How to recruit soldiers?" ”

Duan Wenzhen explained: "There are two parts. The tribes of the Hu people who first belonged to our Great Sui were settled in Nazhi and Jumi, and the sporadic people were settled in Raohai, and Lu Yanchi was contracted by the Salt and Iron Division in the Central Plains to recruit merchants in blocks, and the imperial court only sent salt and iron envoys to supervise the collection of taxes. In this way, not only did the imperial court not need to have a large investment, but it was also able to subsidize the soldiers and civilians of the Igo cities through the salt fields. ”

This was originally a way of trade war mentioned by Yang Chong in Dingxice, Duan Wenzhen and Mingya both thought that it was okay to give it a try, even if no businessman was willing, failure was just a delay of time; Gao Gong is a person with a heavy reputation, Duan Wenzhen said it so clearly, he really couldn't find fault, but he didn't think about the salt pond subcontracting, and he didn't squeak for a while; Su Wei didn't have to think about it, he knew that it was Yang Chong's credit, Duan Wenzhen didn't have this brain, Duan Wenzhen sneered: "Duan Shangshu is really a good skill, in the future, this Shangshutai will be handed over to the Ministry of War to take care of, do you know that if you don't do this, it will make the countries in the Western Regions fear and destroy Pei Gong's plan." ”

Duan Wenzhen didn't argue, but asked: "Master Pei's plan is just to subdue the Western Turks, if Luo Khan does not come to the court, he will induce the Khan to send troops, and then let Xue Yantuo assist to change the Western Turks to a great khan." Su Xiang, what did the letter say? ”

Su Wei suddenly had a bad feeling, did Pei Ju discuss with the military department in advance? Gao Gong asked in time, "How did Duan Shangshu know?" ”

Duan Wenzhen pondered for a while and said: "Yang Chong's Dingxi Policy actually has a tail, which is about the Western Turks, but when Yang Chong left office, a conclusion had not yet been formed, so the military department never came up with it. After returning to the division last year, Yujuluo happened to return to Luoyang, and when Ming Shilang and I talked to him about the situation in the Western Regions at the military headquarters, we showed him Yang Chong's part of the analysis, and Yujuluo deduced that among the five designed by Yang Chong, the most likely thing for Master Pei was to change the Great Khan. ”

Yujuluo is a famous general of the Great Sui, the original Zhao County Taishou, has been fighting on the border, last year Yujuluo entered the court to meet Emperor Yang of Sui, brought back a lot of sundries from Zhao County, dedicated to Emperor Yang of Sui, Emperor Yang of Sui did not want, he transferred it to the courtiers who wanted it; When he was in Luoyang, the eastern capital, because he had an old friendship with the general Liang Boyin, the two had several contacts, so he was impeached by the imperial history, saying that Yujuluo befriended the ministers of the court and the central government as a county general. Emperor Yang of Sui was furious, Yu Juluo and Liang Boyin were both convicted and removed, Duan Wenzhen was a little hesitant just now, just on this.

As soon as Gao Gong heard the five articles, he knew that what Duan Wenzhen said was true, this is the habit of a layman like Yang Chong, Yang Chong lacks the experience of commanding troops to fight, but the advantage is that he has a broad vision and careful thinking. Gao Gong asked, "Does Yang Chong think that Pei Gong's plan is undesirable?" ”

Duan Wenzhen nodded and said: "Yang Chong believes that the situation of the Western Turks is like the Three Kingdoms, and Luo Khan is the strongest in the mud, but he will never be able to stop the joint efforts of the Khan and Xue Yantuo. The problem is the evolution later, Luo Khan is a cowardly man, and after the defeat, he will not support in the Western Turks, and the most likely is to lead his troops to flee to the Great Sui or the Eastern Turks. ”

Su Wei asked puzzledly: "Isn't this just right, with Luo Khan in the mud in his hand, how dare he not bow his head?" Gao Gong smiled bitterly, Su Wei's political experience has nothing to say, but in this kind of vertical and horizontal game, his vision is poor.

Sure enough, Duan Wenzhen said: "As soon as Luo Khan flees from the Western Turks, the remaining Turkic tribes can only submit to Luo Khan in the mud, and the Western Turks will be quickly unified; Although Xue Yantuo succeeded in conquering Tuyuhun and the Western Turks, because the main forces of the two tribes still existed, in fact, they were just scenery and could not get any benefits. ”

The ministers heard it clearly and understood that if the military department guessed Pei Ju's strategy again this time, Pei Ju's reputation would fall to an unpredictable low. Yu Shiji came out and said: "Su Xiang, it's better to take out Pei Gong's letter and see how Pei Gong planned it, so that it can make up for each other with the deduction of the military department." ”

Yu Shiji's tone was calm, and what he said was even more reasonable, but in Su Wei's ears, every word was heart-wrenching, and Duan Wenzhen's guess was not wrong at all; After Pei Ju's letter was taken out and presented to Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang asked the eunuch to circulate the letter to the minister before asking, "Su Xiang, what do you think we should do now?" ”

Su Wei was reluctant to take on this responsibility, and replied: "Since the military department has already started its operation in Yiwu, we can't stop it suddenly, but we must quickly report the current situation to Pei Gong, and ask him to explain the situation to the countries of the Western Regions." As for the arrangements of the Western Turks, please ask the Holy Lord to decide. ”

Emperor Yang of Sui smiled: "According to what Su Xiang said, let's not be busy meeting with King Gaochang first." Ladies and gentlemen, I am going to send a prince to serve as the head of Tuntian and take charge of Yiwu County, and as for the army, Yuwenshu is still in charge. ”

Su Wei was stunned for a moment, when did I say that I would send the Duke of the Kingdom out of the horse to establish Yiwu County. Yu Shiji agreed: "What the Holy Lord said is extremely true, the qualifications of the national duke are enough to deter all parties, so that it can be replaced with the county guard in the future. The minister thought that Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Guo, was a qualified candidate for both civil and military excellence. ”

"Quasi-play." Before most people could react, Li Yuan's fate was decided.