The imperial courts of Luoyang and Jiangdu inherited the name of "Sui", and in order to distinguish them, the people distinguished them by Northern Sui and Southern Sui.

The Northern Sui Dynasty took Luoyang as its capital, and in fact, there was only one city left, Luoyang. When Yu Wenhua and led the Xiaoguo army back to the north, Yang Gao used Yu Wenhua and the name of killing the first emperor to edict the world's righteous army to eliminate the country's * thieves, and recruited Li Mi, named him a captain, and ordered him to lead the Wagang army to resist Yu Wenhua's army.

There are still more than 100,000 troops in Luoyang, in order to prevent the enemy from being attacked on the back of the abdomen, Li Mi has no choice but to accept Zhao'an first, as for defeating Yu Wenhua and after that, whether he will really serve the Northern Sui, outsiders all know it......

At this time, Li Yuan had already accepted Yang Yuchan's concession, established the Tang Dynasty, changed Daxing to Chang'an, and as the former ministers of the Great Sui, let Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin lead 20,000 people to Luoyang to support, leaving only Li Xiuning to continue to surround Hedong City.

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin led the army to Luoyang City, and put forward a request to enter the city for supplies, Yang Gao was not an idiot, so it was naturally impossible to agree, so Li Jiancheng and the two brothers were angry and led their troops to leave, and they won fame for the Tang Dynasty without spending a single soldier.

The situation in the Northern Sui is not optimistic, and the situation in the Southern Sui is not much better, because the grain and grass are about to run out, and the Zhu family and other big families really can't come up with the money to purchase grain.

At this time, many people reacted to why Nan Sui would let so many children of the scholar clan enter the court as officials.

As officials of the imperial court, it is their duty to serve the imperial court, and they are deceived and transported the grain in the clan to the granary and handed it over to the imperial court for safekeeping and use

The eldest grandson Yu'er is still in Chang'an, and the eldest grandson Wuji can only live in the dark, he did not obey Li Xuanba's orders, and the night he talked to Li Xuanba, he left quietly with Ren Wuwu.

Li Xuanba was a little annoyed by Eldest Sun Wuji's self-assertion, but he also understood that Eldest Sun Wuji was worried that there was no one around him to use. That's why I chose not to say goodbye.

In order to prove that he was truly assisting Yang Tong, Li Xuanba was no longer lazy, and every morning in the morning, he arrived at the palace earlier than others, and then waited quietly outside the city.

When other officials arrived, Li Xuanba also saluted politely. Smiling and talking to people, people don't feel a trace of arrogance, and his actions have won the favor of the Jiangnan Shi officials.

"Your Majesty, the rice planted by the people will be ripe, but there are many rebels outside the city, and the people dare not go out of the city. The Minbu Shangshu is an old man with white hair. He struggled to get up from his seat, bowed down and said, "Heaven has the virtue of a good life, and Your Majesty is benevolent and will be able to understand the difficulties of the people." ”

After really climbing the dragon chair, Yang Tong realized that being an emperor was not an easy task. As soon as the new policy was established, the imperial court did not dare to put too much pressure on the people, but if taxes were not collected, what would the soldiers eat? And what do you give to the hundred officials?

"The people are the foundation of the country. Naturally, I will be generous to them. Yang Tong said very politely, and then changed the conversation. said: "But the granary of the imperial court is empty, if the tax is exempted, the traitors take the opportunity to attack the capital, the imperial court lacks grain and grass, how can the soldiers have the strength to go into battle to kill the enemy?" ”

"But the people really don't have any extra food." The Ministry of Civil Affairs Shangshu threw the problem back to Yang Tong.

When Yang Tong was embarrassed, Li Xuanba came out. first saluted Yang Tong, and then said to Ji Chang, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs: "Master Ji, you said that the people dare not go out of the city to harvest grain, and the rice they grow can only be grabbed by the rebels, I don't know if what Xuanba said is right?" ”

"That's true." Ji Chang nodded and replied.

"So to speak. The people have given up the food in the fields. Li Xuanba smiled slightly and said: "Since the people don't want it, then the imperial court sends people to harvest rice, and the people shouldn't have complaints, right?" ”

"This" Ji Chang's wrinkled face showed a look of surprise, how could Zhou Guogong say such a thing? Besides, did the imperial court really dare to send people out of the city to harvest rice?

"The people who followed His Majesty from Luoyang to Jiangdu, they have no land for the time being, and they have nothing to do, if you tell them the news, those people will be very happy." Li Xuanba said with a yearning face: "At that time, no matter how many taxes the imperial court asked them to pay, I don't think they would object." ”

"Zhou Guogong, after all, those rice grains were planted by the people of Jiangdu with hard work, how could the imperial court do such a thing?" Yang Tong lowered his face and said unhappily: "If you have a way to let the people go out of the city to harvest rice with peace of mind, will they be stingy with the imperial court?" ”

"Weichen is just joking with Master Ji, Your Majesty must not be angry." Li Xuanba bowed down and confessed.

Ji Chang is originally a southerner, although he entered the court as an official, his heart is still towards the people of Jiangdu. Under the singing and harmony of Yang Tong and Li Xuanba, Ji Chang didn't dare to say anything more, and went back to sit down.

"Lord Zhou Guogong, Lord Ji's words are not in vain, the soldiers of the imperial court are pinned down by the thieves in Danyang, where is there an army that can protect the people and harvest grain?" Another southern official came out and said: "Li Zitong has always been eyeing Jiangdu, but fortunately, General Chen is good at using troops to prevent Jiangdu from being lost, if you send out the army in the city, then who will defend the city?" ”

If there are too few troops sent out, it is equivalent to a sheep in the mouth of a tiger, and it will not play a deterrent role at all, and if there are too many troops sent out, Jiangdu's defense will become empty again, as a Jiangdu person, he naturally does not agree with Li Xuanba's risky move.

"Lord Xu, rest assured, Jiangdu is the foundation of the imperial court, how dare Xuanba neglect protection?" That Lord Xu was over fifty years old, about the same age as Li Yuan, and Li Xuanba arched his hand and said: "Maybe Lord Xu still doesn't know, Du Fuwei has already been on the table, begging to reconcile with the imperial court." ”

Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and the others had already received the news, so they were not surprised, while those officials in the south were full of shock, not understanding what was happening at all. Du Fuwei led the army and Yuwen Chengdu across the river, and the battle situation was stalemate for more than a year. Why is it that Yang Tong has been on the throne for just a month, and there has not been a major war, so he went to the table to ask for peace, which is completely indescribable!

"Lord Li, could this be a suspicious plan for the thief?" The squire surnamed Xu frowned and said, "At the beginning, the first emperor had 100,000 Xiaoguo troops in his hands, and he didn't see Du Thief show favor, but now he suddenly made such a move, which is really suspicious. ”

"Lord Xu, please rest assured, in order to prevent accidents, Your Majesty has sent General Zuo Xiaowei to Danyang, with General Zhang here, what else does Lord Xu have to worry about?" Li Xuanba said with a smile: "General Yuwen and General Li Jing have already set off with an army of 30,000 troops, and they will definitely be able to rush back to Jiangdu before the rice is ripe." ”

Zhang Xutuo had never been defeated in his life, and the officials in the south had already heard of his ability, and they couldn't help but feel relieved.

"When the court is in crisis, Weichen is willing to persuade the people to pay taxes." Ji Chang was worried that the imperial court would really abandon the people and monopolize the rice, so he hurriedly got up and said. (To be continued.) )