The time had passed, and Kang Bas had also been sent to rest, but the lights in Yang Yuanqing's official room were still bright, and Yang Yuanqing stood in front of the window with his hands in his hands, staring at the dark night sky for a long time.

On the table behind him, there is a note from Dunhuang County, which Su Dingfang wrote not long ago, which tells the story of the re-rise of the Western Turks, the grandson of Datou, who unified the Western Turks and began to attack the Tiele countries.

Among the more than 30 Tiele tribes in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, nearly half have been conquered by him and become his vassals, and the forces of the Western Turks have already invaded Yiwu County, because Yiwu County is the only way to go south to Gaochang and Qiuzi, and Su Dingfang is very worried that the Western Turks will launch an offensive against Yiwu County.

Not only Su Dingfang was worried, but Yang Yuanqing was also extremely worried, and today he had a detailed discussion with Kangbas, mainly to understand the situation of the Western Turks in the west of the Green Mountains, and from Kangbas's description, the Western Turks' rule in the West has stabilized.

At this time, Muhammad was still on the road of struggle, the Eastern Rome was in a drunken dream, the powerful Western Turks had no enemies in the West, and if the West stabilized, then the Western Turks would inevitably launch a war of conquest against the East.

Of course, the Western Turks' war knives are not necessarily directed at the Sui Dynasty, but more at the Eastern Turks, which is also what Yang Yuanqing expected, but in the process of eastward expansion, the Western Turkic forces will inevitably conflict with the interests of the Sui Dynasty, and the focus of this conflict is Yiwu County.

And Yiwu County will be the bridgehead of the Sui Dynasty into the Western Regions, and it has extremely important strategic value, which puts Yang Yuanqing in a dilemma......

Early the next morning, Yang Yuanqing went out as usual to prepare for the court, and hundreds of guards turned over their horses one after another to escort Yang Yuanqing's carriage out of the Wangfufu Bridge.

Although both the government and the opposition called for frugality, and officials under the age of 60 were not allowed to ride in carriages, they were also concerned about safety. This ban does not include the Seven Phases of Ziwei Pavilion and Yang Yuanqing, the King of Chu.

Yang Yuanqing only slept at the second watch last night. He didn't sleep well in the past few days, and he seemed a little tired, Yang Yuanqing leaned against the wall of the car. Close your eyes and recuperate, and your body sways slightly as the car walks.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of galloping horses' hooves in the distance. Yang Yuanqing slowly opened his eyes, only to hear someone shouting: "Your Highness, Mayi County Emergency Eagle Letter." ”

Yang Yuanqing sat up straight, and the Eagle Messenger from Mayi County suddenly thought of the Northern Turks, "Take the Eagle Letter!" ”

A personal soldier handed the eagle letter to Yang Yuanqing, Yang Yuanqing took the eagle letter, opened it and read it, the eagle letter said that the Turkic Jieli Khan ascended the throne and sent a messenger to inform the Sui Dynasty. Now the envoy has entered Mayi County, and is escorted by Sui soldiers on the way to Taiyuan.

This news made Yang Yuanqing have an idea in his heart, and immediately ordered: "Go to Jinyang Palace quickly!" ”

Not much. The car drove into Jinyang Palace. Stopping at Ziwei Pavilion, Yang Yuanqing went all the way to the third floor. Walking to the staircase, he ordered the guards behind him, "Go and invite Du Xiangguo and Xiao Cui Xiangguo!" ”

Little Cui Xiangguo is also Cui Junsu, different from the elderly Cui Hongyuan, his own soldiers rushed away, Yang Yuanqing went directly into his official room, walked into the room, Pei Qingsong stepped forward to take off his robe for Yang Yuanqing, Yang Yuanqing instructed him again: "Send someone to find Li Jing for me later!" ”

"Ignorance, understood!"

Pei Qingsong retreated, and as soon as he went out, he turned back and said, "Your Highness, Du Xiangguo and Cui Xiangguo are here." ”

"Let them in!"

The door opened, Du Ruhui and Cui Junsu walked in, Yang Yuanqing waved his hand and smiled: "Sit down!" ”

Neither of them knew what was going on, Yang Yuanqing came to them early in the morning, there must be something big, Du Ruhui heard that something happened in the ordnance supervisor last night, I don't know if it has something to do with Yang Yuanqing looking for them at this time.

The two sat down, a tea boy came in to serve tea, Yang Yuanqing also sat down, picked up the teacup and took a sip of hot tea, and then said slowly: "I got a news today that the newly enthroned Jieli Khan of the Turks sent an envoy to the Great Sui. ”

Du Ruhui and Cui Junsu glanced at each other, among which Cui Junsu was in charge of Turkic affairs and the arrival of the Turkic envoy, but he didn't know, Cui Junsu was a little suspicious in his heart, and hurriedly asked: "Has the Turkic envoy arrived in Taiyuan?" ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "I received a letter from the border army eagle, and the Turkic envoy has just entered the border of the Sui Dynasty. ”

Cui Junsu's heart was slightly relieved, if the Turks entered Taiyuan but he didn't know, it would really be his dereliction of duty, since he only entered the border, it would be much better.

Next to him, Du Ruhui asked again: "I don't know what is the reason for the arrival of the Turkic envoy?" ”

Cui Junsu smiled, "It should just be a tentative meaning, last year we reached a reconciliation with the Turks, and at the same time opened official trade exchanges, this time Jieli ascended the throne, naturally we will send envoys to tell him, and at the same time, they may also want to get greater benefits." ”

"So what greater good do they want?" Du Ruhui asked again.

Cui Junsu didn't answer, but his eyes looked at Yang Yuanqing, Yang Yuanqing stood in front of the map by the wall with his hand, staring at the vast grassland in the north, and for a while, he said lightly: "The purpose of the Turks is very simple, politically, they want to obtain an equal relationship with the Sui Dynasty, and economically, he wants to obtain greater strategic resources. ”

Last year, the Sui army and the Turks reached a reconciliation, one of which was that the Turks recognized the current Sui Dynasty as the inheritance of the original Sui Dynasty, which meant that the current Sui Dynasty was still the suzerainty of the Turks.

After the Turkic Khan ascended the throne, he needed to accept the canonization of the Sui Dynasty, but since the demise of the Turkic Utu Department in the north, the Turks became strong again, especially the Jieli Khan, who was ambitious, and he may not be willing to accept the Sui Dynasty as the suzerainty of the Turks.

If the Turks really recognized the Sui Dynasty as the suzerain, it should have been Jieli Khan who came to meet him personally, but Jieli Khan did not come, and the Turkic attitude is a bit interesting.

However, after the Sui Dynasty established official trade ties with the Turks last year, only luxury goods such as tea, bee candy, silk, and porcelain were allowed to be transported to the Turks, but strategic materials such as pig iron, bronze, and grain were resolutely not allowed to be transported to the Turks, let alone private trade with the Turks.

The Western Turks controlled the Silk Road, and it was strictly forbidden for Sogdian merchants to go to the Turks, and some time ago, the Sui army sacked Goryeo and forced the king of Goryeo to sign many terms, one of which was to strictly prohibit trade between Goryeo and the Turks.

As a result, all avenues for the Turks to obtain all kinds of pig iron have been cut off, and they will inevitably come to seek the ban of the Sui Dynasty.

"This time the Turkic envoys have arrived, and no matter what, we must not have any loosening of trade."

At this point, Yang Yuanqing was by no means ambiguous, he knew very well that today he gave iron tools to the Turks, and tomorrow the Turks would slaughter the Sui people with war knives made of iron tools.

"In addition, in order to show that our Great Sui etiquette is equal, Cui Xiangguo can go to Mayi County to welcome the arrival of the Turkic envoys, and the people they sent are also Xiangguo."

Weichen understood, and immediately set off. ……

Cui Junsu went back to prepare first, but Du Ruhui stayed, Yang Yuanqing took a sip of tea, and asked with a smile: "What is the response to the entry of silver money into the market?" ”

Three days ago, the imperial court put the first batch of 3,000 silver coins on the market, but due to the slightly lighter weight, it was changed to 1 to 30 coins, but I don't know what the situation is, Yang Yuanqing is extremely concerned.

Whether a currency can succeed or not, the market is the best determinant, the possibility of money flowing into the market is not large, after all, the amount is small, but Yang Yuanqing is ready to put a large amount of silver money into the market, with the continuous increase in silver production, silver money will eventually achieve the same status as copper money.

Now it is just beginning to enter the market tentatively, whether it can be welcomed by the market is very important, although Yang Yuanqing also knows that the effect will not be too bad, but he has not received definite news, he is still not at ease.

Du Ruhui smiled: "It is expected, but it is also unexpected, the main reason is that the imperial court has revealed the news in advance, so as soon as the silver money enters the store, it is immediately exchanged, so far, no one has used it to buy items, almost all of them have been collected, the whole capital has been talking about this matter in the past two days, and in a few days, I am ready to invest another 10,000 pieces to see the effect on the market." ”

Yang Yuanqing took out more than a dozen silver coins from the drawer, gently swiped them in his hand, made a noise, and said with a smile: "Wait until noon, I'll try the reaction in the market." ”

Du Ruhui also laughed, "If His Highness really takes the silver money to go public, I estimate that it will cause a little trouble." ”

He didn't say what trouble it was, got up and said with a smile: "Weichen has said goodbye first, it seems that someone outside wants to see His Highness, and he has been waiting for a long time." ”

Yang Yuanqing knew that the person outside must be Li Jing, he nodded, and when Du Ruhui retreated, he ordered: "Let him in!" ”

From morning to now, more than half an hour has passed, and Yang Yuanqing has not rested, but he can't rest until some things are done.

The door opened, Li Jing walked in quickly, he is still the head of the Chu Palace, the Chu Palace, the head of the army, Li Jing is in charge of the daily affairs of the army, and he can be regarded as the second person in the army.

He walked into the room and bowed, "Minister Li Jing see His Highness!" ”

Since Yang Yuanqing was dismissed from the post of Taishi in a self-deprecating way, the title of the ministers of the DPRK and China has gradually changed, and many ministers have begun to call themselves ministers, and the military has gradually changed to him as His Royal Highness, no longer called the governor, because the main reason is that the number of governors is gradually increasing, and it is easy to be confused.

"Li Changshi has worked hard, please take a seat!"

Li Jing sat down and said with a smile: "Everyone is asking, when will Qingzhou be fought, there has been no war for a few months, and even my waist hurts a little." ”

"Wait a little longer to fight Qingzhou, wait for the hundreds of thousands of young people in Qingzhou to repair the water conservancy in Hebei for me, once Qingzhou is captured, these hungry people will all run home, where can I find labor?"

Li Jing couldn't help laughing, "If Dou Jiande knew that His Highness had this idea, I'm afraid he would be so angry that he would vomit blood." ”

"He should feel lucky, glad that he can have a few more months, if I were him, I would try to get rid of Liu Heimin as soon as possible and develop in Xuzhou and Sizhou, maybe there is still a little chance."

The matter of Qingzhou, Yang Yuanqing just clicked, he immediately changed the topic back, muttered, and said to Li Jing: "I invited you here to tell you one thing, I plan to make you the governor of Daizhou, in charge of the three counties of Yanmen, Mayi and Dingxiang." ”