Chapter 264: Yang Guanglai's account
"Good!
In the quiet hall, it took a long time for Yang Guang to hear a faint good word.
Wang Shichong killed 30,000 rebels, Yang Guanglian said a few good words, and high-fived and praised. But now Chen Kefu defeated 200,000 coalition troops, annihilated the Liao, and laid the foundation for the victory of Liaodong, but Yang Guang only had a good word half a day later. Many ministers have already guessed some of the emperor's thoughts.
"Congratulations to Your Majesty for finally winning Liaodong, the Goguryeo coalition army was defeated, the situation in Liaodong was completely calmed, the three expeditions to Goguryeo were finally successful, and Your Majesty's martial arts were raised to a higher level."
Yang Guang's face was calm, and he said lightly, "I don't like Liaodong, I like Chen Pojun, a tiger general." Chen Pojun is really good, when I was in the million army to promote him, how could I have thought of it.
The leader of the group that day can now take the entire Liaodong with his own strength. Not only is he brave in battle and good at scheming, but what makes me even happier is that Chen Pojun still has the ability to become a soldier with such a little stone. 100,000 people, but more than a month, has become 100,000 elite soldiers in the blink of an eye. Now that most of the famous generals of the Great Sui have died and grown old, with such tiger generals, the country of me is stable! β
It's just that the words of appreciating the courtiers were plain and bland, without the slightest taste of appreciation.
As the emperor, Chen Kefu's merits and abilities have made Yang Guang a little uneasy and vigilant. Any emperor will learn the art of the emperor since he was a child, and the so-called art of the emperor is just the way of the emperor. What we pay attention to is a way of checks and balances, checks and balances between courtiers, checks and balances between localities, and checks and balances between countries. Achieve balance, and the emperor will be stable.
The generals commanded the troops, and the soldiers were the most feared by the emperor. This is a double-edged sword, which can not only help the emperor open the reins and expand the earth, but also deter the world. If he is not careful, he will also be mastered by the generals and become a sharp weapon to threaten the emperor. Therefore, the sage said that the soldier is also the murder weapon.
Yang Guang's father, Yang Jian, was an excellent emperor who mastered the art of kingship, and in his life, whether it was to dominate the courtiers or between the country and the country, everything was under his control. It was also the further reform of General Yang Jian's military system that made the Great Sui Dynasty more famous generals and commanders, but there was no possibility of supporting the army and respecting itself.
Now Chen Kefu has pacified Liaodong and has become a famous general. The emperor is very afraid of such a general. Originally, Yang Guang sent Zhang Xutuo to Liaodong to pacify Liaodong together, and the great contribution to pacifying Liaodong at that time did not fall on Chen Kefu alone. And Zhang Xutuo, a powerful general in the army, in Liaodong can also prevent Chen Ke from having any thoughts that he shouldn't have.
As an emperor, one cannot expect all his courtiers to be loyal.
It's about not giving the courtiers a chance to have two hearts, and the best way is to prevent the slightest slight. Whether it is a military general or a civil servant, when a certain power is reached, the emperor must begin to suppress it. Now that Chen Kefu has reached the edge of making Yang Guang vigilant, it will be easy to have problems if he continues to let it go.
"I didn't expect that General Zhang Xutuo would go so early, and I would lose another general. I have lost a Optimus Pillar again. Chuan I ordered to give General Zhang Xutuo Situ the Taishou of the 12 counties of Shandong and Henan, and rewarded his family with 10,000 acres of land and 10 million yuan, so that General Zhang could accompany the burial of the first emperor's mausoleum, and the court would mourn for three days. "Zhang Xutuo's death,
It really made Yang Guangneng extremely painful, such a loyal and capable general, suddenly died like this, which made him extremely painful, just as he said, another pillar of the Great Sui fell.
Yang Guang shed a few tears for Zhang Xutuo, and the posthumous reward for Zhang Xutuo was also very grand, basically reaching the top level.
After a while, Yang Guangcai said, "Liaodong is peaceful, then the generals should also be rewarded for meritorious deeds, everyone loves Qing to discuss, what kind of reward should be given to the soldiers of Liaodong?" Yuwen Shu raised the wat out and said, "Your Majesty has Liaodong, and the soldiers of Liaodong have worked hard and made great achievements, but Your Majesty has been rewarded twice in a row before, and the ministers think that the soldiers of Liaodong can be rewarded with holy duties, but there is no need to reward them again." β
Although he has always regarded Chen Pojun as his own person, but now that Chen Kefu's power has increased greatly, Chen Pojun still doesn't listen to his own words. What's even more important is that the cunning Yu Wenshu has heard a little bit of the emperor's thoughts just now. Chen Pojun's merits are too great, and the emperor has already taken some faint precautions. At this time, it is naturally impossible to bump into it again and say that it is going to be rewarded. If he said so, it was the opposite of Yang Guang's thoughts, and as Yang Guang's close minister, he naturally knew what to do.
"Since Yuwen Aiqing said so, then don't promote the official position anymore and reward the soldiers with money. ,
Reward Liaodong soldiers with 1 million yuan and 500,000 silk horses! β
"Your Majesty, no!" As soon as Yang Guang's words fell, another minister came out of the ranks, and the celebrant stretched out a wat board and pointed at him, signaling him to speak.
Huangmen shì Lang Pei Shiju opposed the reward: "Your Majesty, although the generals of Liaodong pacified Liaodong, Your Majesty's reward for them was even more generous, and the successive rewards had already shocked the ministers. There are only 100,000 soldiers and horses in Liaodong, but there are more than 30 people from the third rank and above, more than 1,000 people from the fifth rank and above, and more than 10,000 people from the ninth rank and above. Your Majesty, when has there been so many vacancies in the official position of my Great Sui. This Liaodong suddenly has such a purple and scarlet general, what does this make other generals in the world think? : Saying that, Pei Shiju pointed to the ministers in the main hall and said, "Your Majesty, this hall is full of civil and military ministers, and there are only dozens of people who serve the three grades of Zizhi. Why is there only a small army and horse in Liaodong, and there are more purple suitors in it than in the Golden Palace of the Great Sui? Your Majesty, now that the country's fortunes are difficult, bandits are everywhere in the world, and the bandits need food, grass, and money. The trough transportation in various places is blocked, the grain in Beijing is not sufficient, and the price of grain and rice in various places is constantly rising. Your Majesty, the minister requested, not only the million yuan and 500,000 horses of silk could not be rewarded. Even the rewards that His Majesty had promised before had to be reduced as appropriate, especially the scattered officials of the Liaodong soldiers were too high, and the commander of a mere ten people was also awarded the scattered officials of the nine grades, and my official positions in the Great Sui were really so many? "Some ministers objected" Your Majesty, although the rewards of the generals of Liaodong are indeed a little too generous, but as soon as Chrysostom opens, it is the imperial word. The will of this reward has already been brought to Liaodong by the Tongshi Sheren, and at this time Liaodong has been taken, but it has to be reduced, doesn't this make the soldiers feel cold? "Pei Shiju didn't give an inch, I didn't know what the situation was in Liaodong at that time, in the crisis, the establishment of medals was too heavy, if it was implemented, what standard would the merits of the soldiers be rewarded according to in the future? Besides, the total amount of rewards is so great that if they were taken directly from the canal storehouse, the country's years of hard work would be spent on such things. Therefore, it can only be implemented at its discretion.
The minister was also a bull, and he refused to let go of what he insisted on, and fought to the end, so he simply roared loudly, "If the court loses its trust in the soldiers like this, if there is something in the future, who is willing to contribute?" Yang Guang sat on the dragon chair without saying a word, and kept watching the ministers argue with a blank face.
At this time, he suddenly got up, stood on top of the Danqi, and said coldly, "Do you want the Liaodong soldiers to remember your favor in the future and thank you?" As soon as Yang Guang's words came out, the minister didn't dare to say half a word, fell to his knees, and even called for death.
Yu Wenshu hurriedly came out at this time, "Your Majesty, in fact, there is still a workaround. It will not damage the prestige of the imperial court, but also will not make the soldiers resentful. "Oh, what is Aiqing's plan? γγThe world cracked down on bandits every day, and carried out three consecutive expeditions to Liaodong, and in front of it was to repair the eastern capital, dig canals, and toss a rich Great Sui Dynasty to the end. At this time, Liaodong was peaceful, and Yang Guang was unwilling to come up with so much money and grain. Especially the official positions of those soldiers, they have to be given to Dai, and they didn't pay attention to the rewards at that time, but now they find out that this is actually more than 10,000 official positions. Even if it is a loose official position from Jiupin, the Dai Lu of more than 10,000 people adds up, which is a huge number.
What's more, there are more than 100,000 people in Liaodong, and all of them are conscripted soldiers, which are different from the soldiers who bring their own equipment. These people stay in Liaodong and have to pay food and salary every day, not only do people eat and chew, but they also have to pay military pay at the end, and each of them is an expense like a bottomless pit.
"Didn't Chen Pojun have a watch delivered with the messenger? He said that Liaodong has not yet been pacified, and several ethnic groups in Liaodong and Liaoxi are eyeing Liaodong. If the imperial court withdraws its troops at this time, it will inevitably attract the invasion of other tribes, and then we will destroy Goguryeo, but Liaodong will fall into the hands of other Liaoxi tribes. Therefore, he suggested to His Majesty that the Yingyang Mansion be opened in Liaodong, and all those soldiers and people from Liaodong should be stationed in Tuntian, Liaodong. As long as the imperial court allocates land to them in Liaodong, they will be government soldiers from then on, and the imperial court will no longer have to bear their food and salary. Moreover, in this way, more than 100,000 Liaodong soldiers will be able to stay in Liaodong to ensure the complete possession of Liaodong by our Great Sui. "And we can also be flexible with the reward that His Majesty promised before. Change the official positions, money and food that were previously awarded to the soldiers in the holy decree, and change all these into the land of Liaodong. Liaodong is more than 1,000 miles from east to west, and more than 2,000 miles from north to south. As long as Your Majesty gives the soldiers more land, then all the soldiers will be happy, and everyone will only thank Your Majesty for the reward, and who will have resentment. Yang Guang was silent after hearing this, what Yuwen said was very reasonable, so that the imperial court did not need to withdraw the soldiers and horses of Liaodong. With 100,000 soldiers and horses, they can continue to maintain the deterrence of all ethnic groups in eastern and western Liaoning.
Moreover, in this way, the key is that the DPRK does not have to give a penny to those soldiers, and all military exploits can be exchanged for the newly acquired land in Liaodong for the previously promised rewards. It's just that, in this way, this Liaodong soldier wants to stay in Liaodong, which is something he is a little unwilling to do.
I went out this morning, sorry for the update now......!.