Yizhi Wende's face was like a layer of frost, while listening to Wang Shichong's words, he pondered intently, and waited until Wang Shichong finished speaking, before he sighed: "Wang Shilang, is this your personal opinion, or is it your opinion of Emperor Dasui?" ”

Wang Shichong said coldly: "If even I, a businessman, have such a view, then our supreme is not to mention, today I might as well make friends with you Yizhi country, now our Great Sui's patience with Goguryeo has reached its limit, and the supreme order to dig this Grand Canal is not entirely aimed at you Goguryeo, but also to strengthen the connection between the important towns in the north and the grain-producing areas in the south, so that all kinds of materials in the south of the empire can be more easily transferred to Zhuojun, the eastern capital and Guanzhong, the core cities in the north, but what you said before is also reasonable, After the Grand Canal is dug up, the grain and ordnance from the south, as well as the soldiers, can also be quickly transported to the north, if you Goguryeo continue to treat our Great Sui with this kind of disobedience, one day the Supreme will give an order, and a million troops will embark on the journey, that is, a matter of one or two months. ”

The muscles on Eulzhi Wende's face twitched slightly, and his voice raised slightly: "The Great Sui is naturally the Heavenly Dynasty, but my Goguryeo is not comparable to Tuyuhun and the Western Turks, the Sui soldiers may have millions of people, but the hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers in my Goguryeo are not at the mercy of others, and as soon as the war starts, I am afraid that it will not be over in three or five years, and when the time comes, not only our Goguryeo, but also the Great Sui, I am afraid that I will not be able to get too many benefits." ”

"This time, I came all the way from Liaodong, and I also saw that on both sides of your long and wide canal, countless graves have been added, and the carts carrying corpses are going back and forth on the official road. Crying can be heard everywhere. And the governor of the river is cruel and ferocious. The soldiers who supervised the river even beat and scolded the men and even women who dug the river at will, driving them like livestock, and the villages and towns in Hebei that I passed through were empty in ten rooms, either to be forcibly requisitioned to dig the river, or they could not bear the heavy pressure, and went up the mountain to become thieves and bandits. When Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall, the heavens were angry and resentful, and the story of Meng Jiangnu crying down the Great Wall was a reaction to this kind of public resentment. Although the Great Sui is strong, the lesson of abusing the people's power in the front, fighting for many years, and the death of the second Qin Dynasty is not far away! ”

Wang Shichong laughed: "Minister Yizhi, you still tell your great truth to your great king, our supreme will not care about this, the Chinese New Year's Eve more than 300,000 troops went out to inspect the fortress and conquer the Eastern Turks, and this year more than 400,000 troops went out of Xiping County to fight against Tuyuhun." 50,000 steps rode out of Yumen Pass to cross the desert and attack Yiwu City, such a conquest did not have much impact on the people's livelihood in the country. It's nothing more than consuming some stored grain, which is just a drop in the bucket for our Dasui family. ”

"Do you know how much food and tax support I have every year for the population of 9 million households in Dasui? Do you know that several giant warehouses near Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Great Sui Dynasty, such as Luokoucang, Huiluocang, and Liyangcang, have begun to rot in the piles of rice? More than 20 years of prosperity have left our supreme family foundation endlessly, just as the rule of Wenjing in the Han Dynasty left the capital of the Han Wu Emperor to conquer the Xiongnu. Therefore, the Prime Minister should not look at our Great Sui with the thinking and vision of a small country, let alone underestimate the ambition of our supreme! ”

Yizhi Wende laughed: "Wang Shilang, are you intimidating me?" There is no definite number between strong and weak. Liaodong is two thousand miles away from Yingzhou, and there is a deserted swamp area all the way, we are fighting on our own soil, and there is no problem in logistics, you have a million male divisions, and you can't stay for a long time, although the country is big, the belligerent will die, this is the eternal truth, besides, more than 300 years ago, during the period of your Three Kingdoms, you also raised troops to crusade against our Goguryeo, and our old capital Marudu Mountain City was also lost, but the king still managed to escape to the land of Dongwo, and finally succeeded in recovering the country, isn't this the best example? The land of Korea is not something that you Han people can occupy for a long time, although the Great Sui is strong, if you forcibly use troops, I am afraid that you will not take advantage of anything. ”

Wang Shichong's eyes rolled and smiled slightly: "These are not things that we can discuss as courtiers, but as far as I am concerned, I also think that the Minister of State has a point, everyone and trade in harmony is naturally the best result. ”

Yizhi Wende's expression was also soothed a lot with Wang Shichong's words, and he said with a smile: "Since Wang Shilang doesn't want the soldiers to get into trouble, then he should persuade the emperor of the Sui Dynasty more, don't start a war lightly, if the world is peaceful, I will also go back to persuade our king, let him be more deferential to the Great Sui, and send more envoys and caravans." ”

Wang Shichong was overjoyed in his heart, it seemed that this Yizhi Wende had stepped into his trap step by step. This person has outstanding wisdom, but seeing that the Sui Dynasty has made a large-scale attack, he will lead himself by the nose in a hurry, he smiled slightly, and said: "Minister Yizhi, only send the current plan of our supreme, as well as the consistent expression of your king in the past, just sending some envoys and merchant groups is to ease the relationship." ”

Ezhi Wende frowned: "Then what should I do?" ”

Wang Shichong said with a smile: "You have to follow the example of the Western Turks and Tuyuhun and send the crown prince or the queen mother over as hostages, and our Sui army has to be stationed in Goguryeo, even if it is a symbol, this is effectively exercising suzerainty." ”

Yizhi Wende's face sank: "Wang Shilang, this condition is too much!" How can we compare Goguryeo with Tuyuhun and the Western Turks? Not to mention that our military strength is far stronger than the divided Western Turks, as well as the sparsely populated Tuyuhun on the Hehuang Plateau, our Goguryeo has been serving the Sui Dynasty very carefully over the years, and has never been called a vassal like them, in fact, they often send troops to offend, and they do not openly raise troops to resist, even if Emperor Wen was alive, he sent a large army to recruit us, we are also burdened with humiliation, and the king wrote to himself as the dung soil minister of Liaodong, is this statement not humble enough? ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "In the eyes of our Supreme and many courtiers, this is just a delaying tactic by you Goguryeo people in order to avoid our crusade again. Our Supreme Being, with the heart and ambition of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, how could he turn a blind eye to these actions of yours? (To be continued......)