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Wang Shichong smiled slightly, nodded at Wei Zheng behind him, Wei Zheng arched his hand towards the two: "Wei is not talented, some words are like bones in the throat, I want to vomit as soon as possible, I wonder if the two of you can allow you to say a few words?" ”

Li Mi's attitude towards Wei Zheng was obviously better than Wang Shichong's, and he hurriedly got up and replied, "Sir, it's okay to say. ”

Wei Zheng said slowly: "What the two of you just said is indeed the truth, the national strength of the Great Sui is unprecedentedly strong, there are many soldiers and enough food, the four Yi are subdued, and the people's hearts are peaceful, it seems that the Guanlong family and the Shandong clan are on the side of the imperial court, it is indeed an iron-clad country, not to mention that in the hands of Yang Guang, even if it is passed on for another two or three hundred years, there is no problem at all." But the problem lies in Yang Guang, with him, this seemingly indestructible Great Sui has the possibility of losing the country. ”

Yang Xuangan raised his eyebrows, and a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes: "Sir, please speak clearly." ”

Wei Zheng paced slowly in the temple, his left hand was behind him, and his right hand made various gestures, using figurative body language to assist his oral expression: "Yang Guangqiren, to describe it in four words, is a great joy, if you want to add four more words, it is not right." This man has been plotting to seize the throne since he was a child, in order to achieve this goal. I keep suppressing my own nature. has been acting for his father and queen mother. This performance is decades, so the personality is distorted and the psychology is extremely dark. ”

Yang Xuan smiled: "What Mr. said is the most appropriate summary of Yang Guang." But what does this have to do with Yang Guang's rebellion? Now that the world is in his hands, the Great Sui has various ancestral systems for the founding of the country, he just needs to do it, and enjoy his beauty in the harem, how can he lose the country? ”

Wei Zheng smiled slightly: "Yang Guang is just a person who simply pursues pleasure. Then we don't have much chance in our lives, our dynasty rules the country with the children of the family, even if the emperor ignores the government, there will be children of the family who check and balance each other to take care of the country for him, so as not to collapse in the short term, and the clan rebellion that could have caused civil strife is also because Yang Guang has eradicated all his brothers so far, Yang Jun, Yang Yong and Yang Liang are dead (Yang Liang has died in the seclusion in the early years of the Great Cause, and it is rumored that it was caused by Yang Guang's poisoning), and the crown prince Yang Zhao's name has been determined early. Yang Xuan, the king of Qi, was not in charge of the army, so the rebellion of the clan vassal kings. It's no longer possible. ”

Li Mi sighed: "In this way, wouldn't it be even more hopeless for me to wait?" ”

Wei Zheng blurted out: "The mystery lies in this, the more it looks like the world is peaceful, the more undercurrents are surging, if Yang Guang is only obsessed with the harem and indulges in enjoyment, even if he moves the capital to Luoyang, he will not lose much national strength, let alone shake the country's capital and abuse the people's power, but the problem is that he is afraid that the Guanlong family and the Shandong clan will seize power because he has won the country, so he wants to do something to prove that his ability is stronger than his father who was killed by him." ”

Yang Xuangan's face changed: "How do you say this?" Mr. Wei, is there any basis for your speculation? ”

Wei Zhengzheng said: "Please think about it carefully, why did Yang Guang move the capital to Luoyang as soon as he took the throne, and abandon the land of Guanzhong that had nearly a hundred years from the Western Wei Dynasty to the Northern Zhou Dynasty and then to the Great Sui?" ”

Li Mi smiled: "This is very simple, Luoyang is in the center of the world, easy to control the Kanto and Jiangnan regions, although Daxing is in the land of Guanzhong, the place of shape and victory, entering the Central Plains, retreating can protect Guanzhong, but after all, it is in a corner, and Guanzhong has rich experience in hundreds of years of melee since the Wuhu Rebellion, it has long been broken, food has always been a problem, the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty moved their capital to Luoyang before, this is not strange." ”

Wei Zheng asked rhetorically: "What the Pushan County Princess's words are extremely true, but Luoyang has so many benefits, a large population, is located in the center of the world, has developed business and travel, and has abundant food, why has the emperor pacified Nanchen for fifteen years, and has not moved the capital to Luoyang?" ”

Li Mi stroked his beard: "This should be the reason why the emperor was frugal by nature and unwilling to abuse the power of the people, and the Turks were still strong at that time, if the Son of Heaven moved to Luoyang, I am afraid that it will not be good for the elite troops to resist the Turks at any time." ”

Wei Zheng nodded: "This is indeed a reason, but it will not be the main reason, in my humble opinion, the reason why the first emperor did not leave Daxing, and Yang Guang couldn't wait to leave, there is only one fundamental reason, that is, the Guanlong military family!" ”

Yang Xuangan clapped his hands violently: "Yes, I also agree with Mr.'s judgment, just because of the Guan Long family, when the emperor was there, the policy tried his best to envelop these military families who had been generals for generations, and constantly waged wars against the outside world, giving these people the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and also let them use their merits to keep their descendants able to continue to have titles and officials, and my family is like this, so my father was loyal to the emperor and died." ”

Wang Shichong said with a smile: "But the more loyal you are to the first emperor, the more Yang Guang is furious, the first emperor killed him, maybe one day this news is revealed, Guan Long's loyal ministers may raise troops to set up a new king, so the last time I led people to besiege Daxing, he thought it was done by the people of the Guan Long family, and he didn't dare to investigate it with great fanfare afterwards, I heard that later Empress Xiao Tongguò's subordinates pulled this matter on Chen Shubao, Yang Guang immediately sent someone to assassinate Chen Shubao, and then no longer pursued, In fact, he still thought in his heart that it was the Guan Long family who did it. This can be confirmed from the fact that he was going to kill Yang Yong as soon as possible. ”

Wei Zheng nodded: "That's right, Yang Guang loves poetry and songs in his bones, yearns for the prosperous life in the south of the Yangtze River, and pretends to be elegant, and he can't look down on these simple and resolute children of the general family, so after he ascends the throne, he will immediately come to Luoyang at the speed of fleeing for his life, that is, to stay away from those Guanlong military nobles, so that he will feel safe." ”

Li Mi's brows furrowed slightly: "But if that's the case, he still has to move to Luoyang with these Guanlong families, don't these threats still exist?" ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "Now more than half of the Guanlong clan has not moved over, and many of these people are lords, only titles and false positions. There is no actual official position. Even the people who moved over. It's just that dozens of people from their own family have survived and brought dozens or hundreds of slaves, and their fields and land are all in Guanzhong, and the hundreds and thousands of people of the same clan and tribes have to stay in Guanzhong to operate. Even if you want to rebel, you can't do anything. ”

Li Mi breathed a long sigh of relief: "I see, it's my negligence, my family has always been not prosperous, and there are not many industries in Guanzhong, and the eldest brother's family has many industries all over the country, plus the two of us have been assassinating for more than a year, and they are not in Guanzhong, so I am not impressed by this." ”

Wei Zheng smiled slightly: "So the military nobles of Guanlong have actually deviated from Yang Guang. This is Yang Guang's first move. He thought he was safe. But he lost the sincerity of the generals, except for Yuwenshu. Except for Yu Zhongwen, a few sworn friends, most of the generals and military families can no longer sincerely support and follow the emperor to the death. ”

Yang Xuangan nodded: "But even so, against the system of the Great Sui, as long as they have military merits, they can get knights, even if they are official, they will not fall to the thieves, whether it is a foreign war or a counterinsurgency, these people will still serve the country." ”

Wei Zhengzheng said: "What Yang Shizi said is extremely true, but this involves another question, where did the military exploits of these Guanlong military nobles come from?" Has Yang Shizi thought about this? ”

Yang Xuangan was slightly stunned at first, and then thought of the problem he had discussed with Yang Su before, and immediately reacted: "Now that the Siyi Binfu, especially the Turks, have also stopped, and they are vassals, there are no large-scale bandits and rebellions in the country, the south has just used troops, Liu Fang led the army to break through the Linyi country, and it is unlikely that he will go on another expedition for the time being, and what can be fought is nothing more than Tuyuhun in the west and Goguryeo in the northeast." ”

Wei Zheng laughed: "That's right! Guanlong military nobles, a large number, at least hundreds of families, these people from the Northern Wei Dynasty into the customs, the six towns uprising, Yuwentai into the Guanzhong is already a generation of generals, generation after generation have relied on continuous wars to seal their wives and sons, they are unlikely to be real power officials, but the pursuit is to make meritorious contributions, so as not to let children and grandchildren starve. ”

"When the emperor was in power, the war never stopped, the war against the Turks in the early years of the emperor, the battle to destroy Chen in the ninth year of the emperor, the two counterattacks against the Turks in the last year of the emperor, and the expedition to Goguryeo, the southwest, and the rebellion in the year of Renshou to pacify the Lingnan rebellion, and the expedition to Linyi, this successive years of war did not consume too much national strength, but almost all of these Guanlong families have military merits to be gained, that is, the lord of my family and the two, and therefore won the official reward, with today's status, right?"

Li Mi nodded: "That's true, it's just that every time the emperor sent troops, he said that a division was famous, and now Tuyuhun has surrendered to our country for many years and has never broken the tribute, and after Goguryeo was attacked by our army last time, it was also called soft to surrender, in this case, how can you send troops?" Besides, a small Goguryeo and Tuyuhun will not be able to meet the needs of so many vassals of Guanlong. ”

Yang Xuangan opened his mouth and said: "Brother Mi, Tuyuhun is not difficult to fight, their strength is not strong, the cavalry is only tens of thousands, mainly relying on the remote and desolate land of Qinghai River, inaccessible, from time to time underground Gaoyuan robbed." But that Goguryeo, there are hundreds of thousands, with no less than 300,000 armor, plus the road is far away, it is difficult to deal with, if you want to conquer Goguryeo, it is indeed a very consuming move of national strength, is because when the emperor sent troops to attack Goguryeo, Gao Xi Gao servant shot to try to dissuade, and afterwards did not succeed. Brother Xingman, I remember that you also participated in this battle that year. ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Back then, I was going to follow General Zhou Luoyu to lead the army to march from the waterway, but the front army encountered wind and waves, almost all the army was wiped out, and the army returned halfway through, so we had to retreat, oh, by the way, your cousin-in-law Feng Lun, was in the front army that time, and almost died." ”

Yang Xuangan smiled and said: "For this matter, he hates you to death, and he has never spoken ill of you in my ears for so many years, and he can make my cousin-in-law angry like this, and he is full of you." ”

Wei Zheng said: "Yang Shizi is right, Goguryeo's national strength is very strong, not only has hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers in its own country, but also can drive the Khitan, Xi, Tongluo, Beji (that is, the Jurchen tribe, the ancient Su Shen) and other barbarians, in the case of extreme mobilization, there can be more than 100,000 cavalry, more than 300,000 infantry, the strength is not worse than Chen Guo, and the road is far away. Our army is struggling to be supplied. If you want to fight Goguryeo. That must be the strength of the whole country, and the decisive battle of the elite soldiers of the Great Sui can be done. ”

Yang Xuangan nodded: "I kind of understand what Mr. Wei meant, do you mean that Yang Guang will eventually make the people miserable because of the conquest of Goguryeo, and the world will be in chaos?" I don't think so, the first emperor once sent an army of 300,000 to conquer Goguryeo, and the army was almost not one out of ten, and he didn't hurt the Great Sui. ”

Wei Zheng smiled and shook his head: "The first emperor is the first emperor. Even if he sent troops irrationally because of a momentary mood, he only dispatched 300,000 people, which is really not a pain in the bones for the Great Sui. ”

Li Mi sighed: "The number of 300,000 troops is already a lot, at that time, it was a vigorous conscription of government soldiers in Hebei, and the main force of the army was assembled in Yingzhou (now Chaoyang, Liaoning) in western Liaoning, but in the end, because of the long distance and poor food routes, the troops retreated, and many soldiers starved to death. It's always heartbreaking. The soldiers of our Great Sui did not fall under the enemy's swords, guns, bows and arrows, but they died of starvation and disease. Alas. ”

Wei Zheng nodded: "Therefore, our wise and martial Emperor Yang Guangda will definitely not make the mistake of last time." Although he doesn't know how to fight, but the soldiers and horses have not moved, the truth of grain and grass first is still understood, this time he wants to attack Goguryeo, he will definitely send a large army, with the momentum of thunder to crush Goguryeo in one fell swoop, as far as I see, he dispatched an army will not be less than 600,000, the last time the grain of Hebei, even 300,000 people can not be supplied, think about it, where will this grain be transported from? ”

Yang Xuangan nodded thoughtfully: "The grain self-sufficiency in Guanzhong is not enough, and it can't be counted on at all, and the state has to guard against the Turkic anti-water, and it can't transfer grain on a large scale, and it is necessary to supply grain to the remote Youzhou in the northeast and Yingzhou in western Liaoning, so there is only grain transportation from the Central Plains and Jiangnan, but the Central Plains has a large population, and now Luoyang has become the national capital, and the grain in the Central Plains should be given priority to Luoyang, the eastern capital. I'm afraid that I won't be able to transport it there, so I'll eat it up for the people themselves. Besides, to supply 600,000 troops and millions of people, how much food does this need? ”

Wei Zheng laughed: "Yang Shizi is worthy of being a leading general, you can think of all this." Then, in your opinion, Yang Guang wants to realize his plan to destroy Goguryeo and transport grain, does he have any good way? ”

Li Mi and Yang Xuangan's eyes lit up at the same time, and they blurted out: "Canal, water transport?!" ”

Wei Zheng nodded: "That's right, through the guò canal, it is possible to transport the grain from the south of the Yangtze River to the north, from Hangzhou in the land of Wu Yue, to Suzhou in the land of Sanwu, there is a ready-made canal leading directly to the Yangtze River, which was dug by the Southern Dynasty, this section is ready-made, just repair it slightly, and then it is to dig the canal from the Yangtze River to the north, and to the northeast can pass through the Spring and Autumn Period Wu Wangfu in order to go north to the Central Plains to fight for hegemony, and dig a section of ditch, which leads to Huaishui and goes directly to Shandong. Then turn to Luoyang and arrive at the Yellow River, as long as you find a way to dig another section of canal from Yecheng or Youzhou to connect the Yellow River and Youzhou, you can transport grain to the north by water. ”

Yang Xuangan sighed: "The river in the south of the Yangtze River is good to say, just dredge it a little, the ditch from Yangzhou to Shanyang has long been in disrepair, and the Three Kingdoms in the late Eastern Han Dynasty did not pass the guò boat again, and it takes a lot of effort to dredge, as for the new waterway from Luoyang to Yangzhou, as well as the waterway from Youzhou to the Yellow River, all have to be dug up, what a huge project!" ”

Wei Zheng smiled slightly: "A while ago, Yang Guang was not building a big dragon boat, that is, he was able to go directly to Yangzhou from the eastern capital, for this fortunate move, he had already requisitioned more than 100,000 people in the eastern capital last year, and excavated the Tongji Canal, first from Luoyang's Xiyuan valley and Luoershui to the Yu River, and followed the old road of the Yang Canal opened by Zhang Chun of the Eastern Han Dynasty, from Yanshi to Luokou in Gongxian County into the Yellow River; Then another section from Banzhu in Henan, lead the Yellow River water through Xingyang, Kaifeng and Bianshui confluence, and then to the west of Qixian and Bianshui flow, turn to the southeast, through the present Shangqiu, Yongcheng, Suxian, Lingbi, Hongxian, in the north of Xuyi Shanyang into Huaishui. ”

At that time, several adults may have taken office as new officials, and did not pay much attention to this matter, but the excavation of the canal and the dredging of the river were in the eastern capital at that time, but it was a big event, not only the Tongji Canal was dug in about a year, directly connected to the Huaishui, but also the ditch from Yangzhou to the Huaishui was also renovated on a large scale, and more than 100,000 people in the south of the Huai opened the ditch, from Shanyang to the Yangtze River. At the same time, it also further dredged Shanyang. Tongji Canal and Shanyang Du are more than 2,000 miles long, the canal is 40 steps wide, the two banks build the royal road, and plant willow trees, which can not only protect the bank, but also give shade to the boat leader. ”

"At the end of last year. Yang took a dragon boat to and from the eastern capital and Yangzhou on a large scale. Thousands of dragon boats are operating in the newly opened Tongji Canal and Hangou. There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers along the river and guards, all the way, through the state and Yue County, the officials and people along the way all knelt down and bowed to both sides of the canal, Yang Guang's majesty of the Son of Heaven can be said to be placed to the extreme. This also tests the navigable capacity of these two sections of the river, since a large fleet of more than 100,000 people can be unimpeded, then a fleet of several million stones of grain every year. Naturally, it is no problem. ”

Li Mi sighed: "I didn't expect that Yang Guang went down to Jiangdu not entirely to put on a show, or he missed the bustling city in Jiangnan, but he still had this intention, I underestimated him." ”

Yang Xuangan suddenly laughed, slapped his palm and laughed: "This is no better, if you don't die, you won't die, Yang Guang dug the canal a while ago, and along the line of this Tongji canal, he built several giant grain silo cities, such as returning to Luocang." Luokoucang and others, at first I thought he was to supply grain from the eastern capital of Luoyang. To increase the population and army of the capital, I can hear Mr. Wei say that he will eventually have to transport these grains to the north. ”

Wei Zheng nodded: "Yes, in addition to Luokoucang and Huiluocang, Liyang, an important ferry on the edge of the Yellow River, has also built a huge Cangcheng, if I expect it is not bad, the next will start to dig new canals in Hebei, and now the Tongji Canal dug south of the Yellow River, Hangou, Shanyang These rivers are all using the old river, and it is not too harmful to the people, but Hebei is from Youzhou to the Yellow River, but there are thousands of miles of roads, and there has been no canal that has been formed since ancient times, and this completely needs him to dig now, And how can it not be possible to exhaust the people's power? ”

Yang Xuangan let out a long sigh: "According to Mr. Wei's meaning, when Yang Guang's grain transported from Jiangnan can be filled back to Luocang, Luokoucang and Liyangcang, he will have to consider digging a canal in Hebei." ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "He has already started to do it in Hebei." ”

Li Mi exclaimed: "So fast? Only then did the river open in Tongji Canal and Hangou, and the construction started in Hebei without a break? Even if you abuse people's power, you can't do that. ”

Wang Shichong shook his head gently: "Originally, according to Yang Guang's intention, the excavation would be started next year, but Zhang Heng relied on his identity as a patriarch and strongly recommended that Yang Guang not use excessive people's power and force the world to rebel, so Yang Guangcai stopped and did not issue an edict, but he was also unhappy with Zhang Heng because of this, and sent him to Jinyang to repair Fenyang Palace." Oh, by the way, in addition to digging canals, Yang Guang is also building a lot of construction in various places, building luxurious palaces, Jinyang, Zhuojun, Jiangdu, and Guzang in the northwest are all building large palaces, as a palace when he travels the world, and the people are also hundreds of thousands. ”

Yang Xuangan shook his head: "Zhang Heng, the old thief, still knows a little about governing the country, Yang Guang will not let go of the matter of digging a canal in Hebei because of this." ”

Wang Shichong waved his hand: "How can you put it down, the land of Hebei and Shandong has always had strong people, and as the hometown of the Northern Qi Dynasty, from the Northern Zhou Dynasty to the Great Sui, there is a strong centrifugal tendency towards the central power in Guanzhong, and it is precisely for this reason that the emperor first destroyed the famous city of Yecheng in the eastern part of the country after the extermination of Wei Chi Yuan, and then issued an edict to dismiss the soldiers in the land of the eastern part of the country after the destruction of Chen, just to weaken the rebellious strength here." ”

"Even the first emperor did not dare to build a large number of buildings in the hometown of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the oppression was too ruthless, but Yang Guang wanted to dig a canal of thousands of miles here, it is conceivable that this canal will be dug for a few years, and millions of manpower and people will be enlisted every year, plus the follow-up war against Goguryeo, and a large number of soldiers will be recruited here, if someone in the world of the Great Sui wants to rebel in the future, it must be the first to raise troops in this land of Shandong and Hebei."

Li Mi nodded: "Brother Xingman's words are very reasonable, and the analysis is also in place, but there is one thing you may forget, the first emperor is a big family in Shandong such as the five surnames and Qiwang, to stabilize the rule of the Kanto region, and the big families in these places, Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Youzhou, all have children as officials in the court, they don't want the world to be in chaos, you and I have walked through Shandong and Hebei, it should be very clear." How are you going to break this? (A pie-in-the-sky event, cool phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)