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Wang Shichong breathed a sigh of relief, and while thinking about the records in the history of the North, he continued: "In the face of this situation, the choice of the Xianbei people is to move into the Central Plains, and eventually assimilate them into the Han people, while the choice of the Rouran people and the Turkic people is to stay in the grassland, as long as the regime of the Central Plains calls them tribute, when the Mupole Khan was in power, the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi paid tribute to him at the same time, and he was also very satisfied with this, saying that if I have two sons in the south, my great Turk will not worry about food and clothing." I think this is the most likely choice for the Turks, and most of them will be the same after Dubi and Duji come to power. ”

Wei Zheng's eyes sparkled: "What does the lord mean that the Turks will also divide and rule us in turn?" Support the forces in the north to prevent the reunification of our Central Plains? ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Yes, such a result is the most beneficial to them, but if the division is too strong, the Central Plains is full of scuffles, production is destroyed, the people are not happy, they are not willing, if the Central Plains can not resume production for a long time, then all kinds of daily necessities needed by the Turks will not be settled, the best result is like the previous Northern Zhou and Northern Qi periods, there are two or three separatist regimes side by side, evenly matched, no one can eat anyone, and at the same time they have to pay tribute to the Turkic vassals, which is the most in line with the interests of the Turks." ”

Wei Zheng nodded: "Yes, what the lord said is extremely true, if the Turks don't want to enter the Central Plains, then this is their most reasonable choice, but ............" Speaking of this, he stopped his mouth and his brows began to twist together.

Wang Shichong said with a smile: "Is Xuan Cheng worried that the Turks still have people who admire the Huahua World of the Central Plains, or do they want to enter the Central Plains, or do they slowly begin to encroach on the north?" ”

Wei Zheng sighed: "If you enter the Central Plains in an all-round way." That's really not easy. At least the headquarters of the Ashina clan must all come in. But if you just occupy a state, or a secluded state, and then some people come in to settle down and farm, and the other part of the people still stay in the desert in the north, this is a bit difficult. ”

Wang Shichong gritted his teeth: "If you really get to that point, you have to give up the two places of Youzhou and Liaoxi, and lead Goguryeo to invade." Goguryeo's interest in land and settlement was far greater than that of the Turks, and it was really a time of great chaos in the world. If they really want to enter the Central Plains, they are most likely to go to Youzhou and Hebei, and when the time comes, we will avoid its edge, and make every effort to run the Central Plains first, and then find a way to drive it out after unifying the south. ”

Wei Zheng nodded: "Has the lord already made a decision, the future army will be to capture the Central Plains and Luoyang." And not swept through Guanzhong? ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "That's basically it, those military nobles in Guanlong will not stand on our side." In addition, since Yang Guang moved the capital, Guanzhong is no longer the center of the world, and the grain and money that were previously transported to Guanzhong have flocked to the eastern capital, where it is okay to divide one side in troubled times, but if you want to go out of Shandong and sweep the world, it is not easy, so ............"

Wei Zheng laughed: "So the lord intends to leave the guanzhong to Yang Xuangan, so that he can succeed according to this?" ”

Wang Shichong nodded very seriously: "This matter is also something I have thought about repeatedly, when Yang Guang did not move the capital before, I didn't make a final decision, I just don't know if I want to give the richest Guanzhong to Yang Xuangan, if Daxing is still the capital, the money and grain in the world will be concentrated there, if you give it to Yang Xuangan, I really feel a little painful." So at that time, I just provoked Yang Xuangan to take the lead in the incident, and I didn't agree with him where to start the incident. ”

"But now the situation is already obvious, Yang Guang this time out of the fortress, showing off his force to the Turks, the soft egg of the Qimin Khan will naturally be frightened, but the three Turkic princes can see that Yang Guang's exaggerated military strength is weak in his heart, the real strong man does not need to go through the guò emperor to deter Siyi, when the emperor was in power, he never did such a patrol, but which of the barbarians in the four seas is not really convinced?"

"For the sake of a person's prestige, he disregards the people's strength, this is not to show the national strength, but to show his weakness and incompetence, like the three wolves of the Turks, they must be able to see the deep-seated crisis brought about by the reckless military force, large-scale construction and abuse of the people's power in the country under the appearance of the Great Sui's extreme strength."

Wei Zheng nodded: "What the lord said is extremely true, what we can think of, the three Turkic princes must also think that the faint monarch in the Great Sui is in power, so happy, the Guanlong Group and the Shandong family are centrifuged up and down with it, and the construction of the project has caused the people's resentment to boil, and the foreign conquest is together, which makes the people unhappy, and the world is in chaos, it is a matter of time, they are just waiting for this opportunity, once some forces gain a firm foothold in the north and become powerful factions that cannot be eliminated by the imperial court, it is the Turks who take the initiative to contact these people, It's time to enter the Central Plains. ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "During the period of your absence, I also took advantage of this dismissal to travel through the Central Plains and Hebei, I didn't go to Guanzhong, but I guess the situation is not too much, now there is a lot of grain in Luoyang, and Huiluocang and Luokoucang have accumulated tens of millions of stone of grain, enough for millions of people to eat for several years, once we raise troops, we have to seize these two granaries, as long as there is grain in the hands in troubled times, then there is capital to dominate the world." ”

Wei Zheng said with a smile: "Has the lord thought about it, where do the soldiers come from?" How can Yang Guang overthrow it? ”

Wang Shichong frowned: "Judging from the current situation, according to Yang Guang's current method, the first chaos must be in Hebei and Qingzhou, where the people are already strong, as the hometown of the Northern Qi Dynasty has always been at odds with the imperial court, so even the emperor did not dare to set up soldiers here, but Yang Guangzuo died, and he was actually preparing to dig a canal here." ”

"I heard Pei Hongda say that this matter has basically been decided, after the northern tour of the Turks, the canal here will be excavated, named Yongji Canal, which is a huge project to divert the Qinshui River from Zhuozhou County into the Yellow River, and the south was originally in the old channel of Hangou, Shanyang and Bianshui These old channels are different from the re-dredging, here is a new canal, the amount of work is huge, I am afraid that it will be several times the Tongji Canal and Hangou dug last year. With Hebei's manpower and grain reserves, this kind of thing is done. I'm afraid that the civil uprising is just around the corner. ”

Wei Zheng's brows furrowed: "My lord." I know the folk customs of Hebei very well. There are indeed fierce folk customs, but most of them are generous and sad Yan Zhao chivalrous, without the leadership of the family, people like Dou Jiande and Wang Xuba will eventually choose to go up the mountain as thieves, just like Dou Jiande, he is most likely to take hundreds of people to run into the high chicken park. These are called thieves swarming, and it will be a headache for the government to exterminate them, because there are no government soldiers in the Kanto region, and they will definitely ask the imperial court to send troops to suppress them when the time comes. ”

"It's just that I'm worried that Yang Guang originally intended to conquer Goguryeo, and the canal was dug to transport grain and troops to the Zhuojun and Yingzhou areas ahead.

Wang Shichong said with a smile: "Xuancheng is too worried. Ordinary thieves naturally don't know the general trend of the world and will be easily eliminated. But people like Dou Jiande, Wang Xuba and Xu Gai are not idle characters, otherwise I wouldn't have cooperated with them, these years under my funding, they have a strong force, and there are thousands of people under them, but they still can't bear it, only when the world changes, they will make a move, when the army gathers in Hebei, they will naturally not move, only after these armies leave or disband, they will find a chance to stand on their own. ”

Wei Zheng's brows stretched: "No wonder the lord never took the initiative to contact the big clans in Hebei, it turned out that he had already bet on the personal abilities of Dou Jiande and Xu Gai." It's just that these people are not something we can control, so aren't we afraid that they will attack us in the future? ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "Our way is different from theirs, if you want people to light a fire first, you have to give them enough benefits, Xu Gai and I have a grudge, I relied on grabbing his handle to convince him, and although Dou Jiande is righteous, it is impossible to compromise with us on this issue of fighting for the world in the future, so we have to let the two of them, as well as the other Hebei Mutant Army, kill each other, and they can't turn to other places for a while, but they can't let their strength be too weak, so that the court can be wiped out lightly." ”

Wei Zheng smiled slightly: "Xu Gai is really interesting, he obviously hates the lord so much, but he plays with the lord in the palm of his hand." It's just that I think the strength that he, the rich man has secretly accumulated, may be stronger than Dou Jiande, my lord, this person is too difficult to control, should we send someone over in Shandong to contain him? ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "Xu Gai's death lies in his foolish loyalty to Nan Chen, his enmity with me, and now his cooperation with me, to put it bluntly, is because of his attitude towards Nan Chen's clan, when Yang Guang killed Chen Shubao the year before last, this guy cried for three days, almost wanted to raise troops to take revenge, and stopped me with my life, and now his only hope is Mrs. Xuanhua's family, and the other clans can't take care of it." So Xuancheng, before I go to the north, I have to hurry up and do one thing, that is, to rescue Mrs. Xuanhua. ”

Wei Zheng was slightly stunned: "Rescue Mrs. Xuanhua?" Lord, this is too dangerous, and in my opinion, you have always been very good to Mrs. Xuanhua's family before, because Mrs. Xuanhua can pass on information to you in the palace, and even affect the emperor and Yang Guang to some extent, and now she has been driven out of the palace by Queen Xiao and entered the Xiandu Palace, that is, a nunnery with hair and practice, and is still under the surveillance of Queen Xiao, lord, do you have to think twice, for such a person who has lost its use value, is it worth offending Queen Xiao? ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Xuan Cheng, your words are not all right, I said just now, Xu Gai values Concubine Shi and Mrs. Xuanhua very much, of course, there is also Chen Shuxing, the little prince of Chen Guo, if we can't find a way to rescue Mrs. Xuanhua now, and the cooperation with Xu Gai in the future, I am afraid that it will be terminated. ”

Wei Zheng hooked the corners of his mouth: "Even so, our risk is too great, Empress Xiao finally drove Mrs. Xuanhua and Mrs. Ronghua out of the palace, unless they die, otherwise they will continue to be monitored, and they will not be allowed to disappear from the Xiandu Palace for no reason, lord, do we have to offend Empress Xiao in order to appease a Xu Gai?" If you don't want Xu Gai to bite you, aren't you afraid that Queen Xiao will hack us now, or will Xiao Mo attack us in the future? ”

Wang Shichong waved his hand: "Xuancheng, think about it carefully, why did Empress Xiao drive away Mrs. Xuanhua?" ”

Wei Zheng's eyes flashed: "Does the lord think that this is a jealousy between women?" ”

Wang Shichong said with a smile: "How is it possible, a woman like Queen Xiao is acting with Yang Guang." The purpose is for the restoration of her Xiao Liang. How could he be jealous of a Mrs. Xuanhua. Driving away Mrs. Xuanhua is nothing more than a battle between the Xiao family and the Chen family in the south, Chen Baxian betrayed the Chen family and established the Chen country in the south, in the south, the Xiao and Chen families are incompatible enemies. ”

"Queen Xiao doesn't want Mrs. Xuanhua, who is noble and well-mannered, to become her opponent in the future, you must know that they Xiao Clan, after so many years, they have laid down Xiao Mill, an important chess piece. Now it can be said to dominate the south, after Jingzhou has a foothold, it must also want to develop to Jiangnan and Bashu, restore the extremely prosperous area of the Liang Dynasty, return to the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and then look at the situation to enter the Central Plains and dominate the world, so the first thing to do is to exterminate all the forces that may stand in their way in the south. In this way, can Mrs. Xuanhua stay in the palace? ”

Wei Zheng nodded: "Since the lord knows the mystery of this. You should also understand that it is impossible for Empress Xiao to compromise on this matter, so why should you be bored? First, I couldn't save Mrs. Xuanhua. Second, I offended Queen Xiao, and the gains outweighed the losses! ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "Xuancheng, the mystery of politics lies in compromise and exchange, although Empress Xiao is a woman, but she can't have a great husband in her mind, and she knows the benefits, I think she will make concessions, as long as I come up with enough benefits, or yes, threaten!" ”

When Wang Shichong said this, his eyes flashed, and the expression on his face suddenly became hideous and terrifying, which made Wei Zheng, who had always been calm, widen his eyes in surprise, and his heart sank.

In Luoyang's Ziwei Palace, in the queen's bedroom, in the red curtain tent, the shadows are in pairs, Queen Xiao is lazily lying on this soft couch, while Xiao Yu is frowning, sitting firmly on the Hu bed on the side, pacing back and forth.

Empress Xiao looked at her younger brother's shadow dangling in front of her, a little annoyed, and said: "Ah Yu (Xiao Yu's character is Shiwen, but Empress Xiao still likes to call him by his nickname Shiwen), what's wrong with you today, Yang Guang has gone to Daxing, why do you seem to be more irritable than before?" ”

Xiao Yu gritted her teeth and froze her steps: "Yang Guang is indeed not here, but I always feel that there is an invisible eye that has been staring behind our backs, sister, my feeling has always been very accurate, the current Eastern Capital is by no means simple, many forces are active, we must not be careless." ”

Empress Xiao sneered: "Multiple forces? What other forces can there be? After Yang Su's death, the Yang family was completely finished, and Li Mi's kid couldn't toss any storms, a while ago, he became the imperial historian, obedient like a sheep, and put those henchmen of the Yang family, from Li Zixiong to Feng Lun to Xue Guan, oh, and that Wang Shichong, all of them were exempted from the official position by finding evidence of guilt, and that Xue Zhou was still sick and died on the way to Lingnan, hum, these Guan Long families seem to be just soft eggs, succumbing to Yang Guang's obscenity and not daring to resist, we used to overestimate them. ”

Xiao Yu shook her head: "Sister, I don't think things are so simple, after Li Mi did these things, he also consciously resigned again, and then turned his head and married Liu Wenjing's family, who also belongs to the Guanlong Group, this matter is not unusual in my opinion." ”

Empress Xiao frowned slightly: "Liu Wenjing? Where is this sacred, why haven't I heard of it? ”

Xiao Yu smiled slightly: "My sister has lived in the deep palace for a long time, I don't know that this person is normal, he is from Jingzhao Wugong County, his father is a general of Yitong, he didn't fight in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he attacked his father, and he has not had a high official position for many years, and now he is only a Jinyang Order, but this person is very capable, and he is a restless master, when he encounters troubled times, he may not be inactive, it is our milling child, and now it is not a Luo Chuan Ling?" ”

Empress Xiao nodded: "But this person is not a wealthy family in Guanlong, and he is not an important official position, let alone a long-term business like we have in Jingzhou, so the old is all over the world, a little Yitong, can he still turn against the sky?" Also, Li Mi doesn't seem to be marrying herself, where did her children get married? ”

Xiao Yu said: "When this Li Mi traveled the world back then, he gave birth to a daughter with his concubine, and Liu Wenjing's status is not high, but the young son born to Xu Xian's wife is only in his early tens, and he can be right with Li Mi's concubine." This is how the two families got married. ”

Empress Xiao hooked the corners of her mouth: "Hmph, the Pushan County family is also not as good as the generation, it is the result of thin people and not flourishing incense, look at the Tang Guogong Li Yuan, it is full of children, the day before yesterday I received news that it was his daughter Li Xiuning, who was originally married to Yang Xuangan, remarried Chai Shao, the son of Chai Shen, the prince of Julu County, oh, Ah Yu, it is the Qianniu Wei who used to be with Ah Zhao." ”

Xiao Yu was surprised: "Why did Li Xiuning remarry someone else so soon?" After all, Chai Shao is also the son of the county prince, and he is willing to ask for such a woman who gives people a divorce? ”

Empress Xiao sneered: "These Guanlong families, now taking advantage of Yang Su's death, are remarrying and standing in line, I have seen Chai Shao's kid, and he can be regarded as a young hero, Li Xiuning likes her, it is not surprising." Speaking of this, Empress Xiao suddenly thought of Yang Zhao's death, and her expression became gloomy, "It's a pity, it's a pity that my Ah Zhao, he died like this, and the ruthless Yang Guang didn't even shed a single tear, and he started to have fun again three days after pretending to abolish the dynasty." That's his own son. This conscienceless killer kills a thousand knives! ”

Xiao Yu sighed: "How can a person who can even kill his own father have any feelings for his son?" Sister, Ah Zhao is a good person, but the younger brother still has to remind him, after all, he has the blood of the Yang family in his body, and sooner or later he will have a conflict with our Daliang, and now this ending may be the best result. ”

Empress Xiao gritted her teeth: "This point has been mentally prepared since I chose to revive the Liang on the first day and restore my Xiao family, in the final analysis, if it weren't for the father-son relationship between them that I have been instigating for many years, so that Yang Guang dislikes the benevolent and loyal Ah Zhao from the heart, I am afraid that Ah Zhao will not end up like this, speaking of which, it is me who killed Ah Zhao, the mother!" When Empress Xiao said this, she was sad again, and the tears began to fall down in a string again.

Xiao Yu took out the silk handkerchief in his arms, handed it to his sister, and said while watching Queen Xiao wipe her tears there: "Sister, those who become big things can't stick to small sections, now that Ah Zhao is gone, Ah Zhao (Yang Yin's nickname) feels that the throne should be his turn, this kid has always been arrogant and lascivious, and is domineering, do you think he will take the opportunity to take the position of the East Palace?" Does Yang Guang plan to make Ah Zhao's eldest son Yang Qi the emperor's grandson, or does he want to make Ah Zi the crown prince? ”

Empress Xiao's delicate body shook slightly, stopped crying, after Yang Zhao's death, he was added to the title of Prince Yuande, he left three children before he died, all of them were born to the concubine Wei, and now they are all only two or three years old, and the youngest son Yang Yu is less than a year old, since Yang Zhao's death, Yang Guang has not decided whether to change Yang Yun as the crown prince or the emperor's grandson, and the new favorite ministers like Wugui are also smart not to mention this matter, so this matter has been dragged down like this.

Empress Xiao blinked: "In my opinion, Yang Guang didn't think about the matter of Lichu at all, he only cares about playing in the dark now, how can he care about the things behind him, this northern tour, he didn't bring a child at all, but let him sit in Luoyang and guard Kyoto." Oh, by the way, before Yang Guang went out on patrol this time, he allocated all the original Donggong guards of Ah Zhao to Ah Hao, and asked Niu Hong, the secretary of the ministry, to select official subordinates for Ah Hao, how are these things done now. ”

Xiao Yu smiled slightly: "Hasn't Ah Zi come to see my sister for a long time?" ”

A trace of resentment flashed in Empress Xiao's eyes: "This kid, after leaving the palace as an adult, almost never entered the palace to see me, and probably knew that I didn't like him, so he deliberately avoided me, hmph, if it weren't for that, how could our sister and brother be here so conveniently to discuss our Xiao Liang's affairs?" ”

Xiao Yu nodded, put away his smile, and said: "It seems that a new round of opportunities has come, Niu Hong is an old slippery head, and he knows what kind of virtue Ah Hao is, so he doesn't dare to arrange those upright and old-fashioned old scholars for him, but let those princes and nobles report their children, and now they are all treacherous villains, and they are like Qiao Lingze, Liu Qian'an, Pei Gai, Huangfu Chen, Kudi Zhongqi, Chen Zhiwei, these trouser brothers, are the closest people to him all day, Every day, he helped him find beauty in the city, and then coerced and lured him to enter the house for him to commit adultery and vent his desires. (To be continued......)