When the dust settled and the official document was announced to the Central Plains, Yang Chong and others finally returned to Chang'an in the howling winter wind, although it had not snowed yet, but the weather in the north was already dark. Du Fuwei personally led a hundred officials to meet in the ten-mile long pavilion, the victory of this battle is not only the victory of the battlefield, Xu Shiji killed Yizhi Wende, but also washed the shame of the Sui army for decades, and the shock in the people was great, Xu Shiji was therefore considered the first general of the Great Sui, and his reputation was above Li Jing.

Du Fuwei is becoming more and more mature, and in this court competition, Du Fuwei is slightly better; Jiang took a trip to Luoyang and had just gathered the army, and the situation in the northeast had changed dramatically, because of the sudden death of Eulji Wendeok, the Goguryeo army retreated on all fronts. In the end, it was Fang Xuanling who helped Jiang to relieve the siege, and found a reason for Jiang to recapture Chang'an, and most of the army continued to go north, going to Anzhou, Zhuojun, Yingzhou, Daizhou and other places to change defenses.

Yang Chong smiled and signaled to the officials and people who greeted him, and then slowly entered the city under the escort of the cavalry, no one doubted the plans of the Great Sui in the north, but the contradiction still existed, thinking that there were more and more generals picking fruits on the front line, and one by one in the chapter was Huo Quai, that is, the flying general Li Guang, completely ignoring the fact that the soldiers in front of him won the current situation in life and death; As for the Turks, there are a large number of officials who believe that they should make an example of each other, and take advantage of the favorable situation to completely solve the Jieli Khan.

Even when the family was drinking around the fire, someone still said this question: "Jiang Fei, the Turks are so hateful, why don't you drive them away completely?" ”

It was Jiang Fei who spoke, and Yang Chong had to answer: "Drive away this year, and come back next year, if this is the idea, we don't need to do it, Jieli Khan will go to Mobei in the spring, but he will come back sooner or later, and he will always threaten our north." I would rather have a visible adversary, even if there is some intrigue and intrigues, I will not be invincible; When did you care about this, is there something popular in Chang'an? ”

Yang Chong's thinking was so keen, Jiang Fei did not hide it: "I read the recitals of Shangshu Province and Yushitai, the Turks burned, killed and plundered, and did all kinds of evil, such a nation and army are worrying." I agree with some of them that it is impossible to educate them by relying on the ways of Confucius and Mencius. ”

Yang Chong smiled slightly and said: "All the border troops are doing the same thing, even if we repeatedly apply to the five orders, it is impossible to put an end to these situations in the Sui army." Do not do unto others as you would have them do unto you, we cannot stop killing by killing, and if we see that others are not pleasing to our eyes, we will destroy them, and we must reform them; By the way, Murong Xixiong went to Hongzhou and will move 10,000 Turks to go, we can see the effect, but what I'm worried about is the overseas Chinese in fifteen cities. ”

According to Yang Chong's original plan, the fifteen cities of overseas Chinese were still assigned to Yanmen County, but it was not approved in the political affairs hall, and Shangshu Province proposed a plan to establish a separate Tianshan County in the fifteen cities, and also appointed Wei Shuhuan, a regular attendant of the foreign cavalry who returned from the south, as the county guard. The small team of the Yue Wangfu deduced the change of events and found that things were not good; Once the fifteen cities collude with Yang Shanjing and Jieli, there will be a series of evil consequences.

Economic cooperation is a double-edged sword, when Yang Chong used it on the Turkic nobles, the Hu people in the fifteen cities were also in a relationship with the magnates in Chang'an, and the hand of Shangshu Province was the result of operation. Both Du Fuwei and Jiang Duo are expanding their circles, Chang'an is calm on the surface, but in fact, it is secretly turbulent; Jiang Fei's questioning showed that many things had been involved in the Yue Wangfu.

Sikong Xing said with a smile: "Family master, don't think so much, as long as the rules are still there in the political hall, everything else is a small matter." ”

After all, Sikong Xing is a general, and he knows that Yang Chong is worried about the tax chaos in the fifteen cities, but there are Taiyuan left-behind divisions and tax departments below, no matter how you say it, Yang Chong should not worry about this; Yang Chong nodded in agreement and asked: "Wei Shuhuan and Li Gongyan came back from Lingnan, what is the attitude of Feng Ang and Ning Changzhen, do they want to hang the banner of Chang'an, or do they really want to take refuge in the imperial court?" ”

"The jury is out." Sikong Xing picked up a piece of beef and said, "I heard that the two of them came back with a lot of gifts, and they registered in the Ministry of Rites, and it seems that they also brought you a lot of good things, including Puzhu, rhinoceros horn, and so on." ”

Yang Chong smiled and said: "They haven't seen the real good things in Lingnan, but we can't help it, if the problem of the two lakes is not solved, Lingnan is just a flower in the moon mirror in the water." Jiujiang County, Changsha County, Baling County, and Wuling County are the problems we need to face, and Shangshu Province has not yet come up with a decent plan, indicating that the work is still not done. ”

The two lakes area is low and flat, the rivers and lakes are dense, the soil is fertile, the products are abundant, the rice is abundant, since the Song Dynasty, there is the name of "the lake is wide and ripe, the world is full", but at present, it is still a relatively backward area. However, in terms of abundant products, Shangshu Province has not completed a plan for three or four years; Cui Kaiyuan arrived at the two lakes, Wang Xiongdan gave a lot of support, but the progress was extremely limited, and the most dissatisfied was the household department, which had already said several times about it.

Jiang Fei said unhappily: "Don't discuss national affairs at the dinner table. ”

It was obviously Jiang Fei who provoked the topic, but now in a word, women are really fickle, and chivalrous women are still women in the end; Yang Chong and Sikong Xing looked at each other and smiled, everything was in the wine. However, Yang Chong must solve this matter, because Yang Wang has already proposed that the period of high-ranking officials buying people's hearts has passed, and the peace in the world is the stage for civil officials, and if two bigwigs who are not interested in working are allowed to waste time in Shangshutai, it will not be beneficial to either party.

The rest of the time is to drink and eat, and when the family banquet is over and everyone is gone, Yang Zhi and Jiang Fei returned to the bedroom, Jiang Fei asked in a low voice, "What are you going to do with my eldest brother?" ”

Brother and sister depend on each other, Jiang Fei has to worry; Yang Chong lay on the bed and said: "It's not about disposal, it's a series of transfers. Du Fuwei went to Menxia Province to serve as a Nayan and succeeded Yuan Wei; Yuan Wuji came back from Jiangnan to replace Cai Wang Yang Zhiji, with Yuan Wuji here, Du Fuwei couldn't do anything. After Du Fuwei left, there was no longer a Shangshu order, Cui Chuzhi served as the left servant of Shangshu, Lu Yanqing served as the right servant of Shangshu, Du Yan served as Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, Liang Shuo served as Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, and Yang Daoxuan served as the guard captain. And Jiang took Jiangdu as a stay-behind guard to replace Fu Gongyou. ”

Jiang Fei said dissatisfiedly: "My eldest brother doesn't want to leave Chang'an, otherwise let him take over Sikong Xing's position, let Sikong Xing be the guard lieutenant, and Yang Daoxuan can go to the household department to serve as a waiter." ”

(End of chapter)