Chapter 10: Preparing for Goryeo

"What's the matter?" Yang Guang asked coldly.

"Your Majesty, the Turkic Golden Sword and Horse have sent an envoy here, hoping to meet Your Majesty."

"The Golden Knife Horse?"

Yang Guang was stunned for a moment, "Isn't this person with the Turkic Khan?" ”

"Your Majesty, the Golden Sword Horse Utu is currently the second largest force in the Turks, and his wife Ashnanuli is the eldest daughter of the Qimin Khan, because he is dissatisfied with the Shibi Khan, the two have broken up, and the tribes of Utu are currently distributed in the north, with an army of 200,000 in his hands, and he hopes that His Majesty will recognize his existence."

Yang Yuanqing's words made Yang Guang's eyes light up, this was the situation he wanted to see the most, there was internal strife and division in the Turks, and he hurriedly asked: "Where is the envoy now?" ”

"In the tent of the minister."

"Your tent?"

Yang Guang glanced at him suspiciously, "Why are you in your camp?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister saved the life of this golden sword horse twice during the battle on the shore of Hari Lake in the fourth year of Renshou, and he has always been grateful to the minister."

Yang Guang didn't say anything, and immediately ordered the guards to go to Yang Yuanqing's camp to pick up people, and the imperial study became quiet, Yang Guang bowed his head to correct the folds, ignoring Yang Yuanqing, and didn't look at him, at this time, Yang Guang stopped writing, and he remembered the proverb again, 'Jing Xiangyang, Yuan Risheng, go to the Western Regions, and want to be king!' ’

His eyes gradually narrowed into a slit, Yang Yuanqing had been in Fengzhou for too long, and he could no longer let him be in charge of the army.

Yang Yuanqing stood silently aside, feeling the oppressive atmosphere in the imperial study, he deeply realized the profound meaning of the unfathomable heart of the king, last night Yang Guang was still eagerly waiting for himself, and discussed with himself the final plan to deal with the nobles of Guanlong, but tonight, he was as cold as ice to himself, and his tone of voice was full of suspicion.

On the surface, it seems to be because of Princess Yicheng, but Yang Yuanqing understands in his heart that Princess Yicheng's matter is just a fuse, even if there is no matter of Princess Yicheng, it will be triggered by other things, the fundamental reason is that the struggle with the Guanlong nobles no longer needs himself, the last battle, Yang Guang has to personally handle it, he Yang Yuanqing has no use value, plus Yang Lihua died, Yang Guang no longer has any scruples about himself.

At this time, a guard walked in, and Shi Liyu reported: "Your Majesty, someone has brought it." ”

"Bring him in!"

After a while, a Turkic envoy was ushered in, and he immediately knelt down and kowtowed, "The Turkic Golden Sword and Horse Envoy knocks to His Majesty the Holy Son of Heaven, and wishes His Majesty long live Long live Long live Long live." ”

He spoke Turkic, and Yang Yuanqing translated it into Chinese on the side.

A smile appeared on Yang Guang's face, "Get up, I have a question." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The envoy stood aside, Yang Guang glanced at Yang Yuanqing, meaning to let him be the translator, he smiled and said, "Do you have a letter to me?" ”

"Yes!"

The messenger took out a letter and handed it to the eunuch next to him, the eunuch gave it to Yang Guang, the letter was written in Turkic and Chinese, Yang Guang could fully understand it, he read it carefully, the letter was to the effect that Shibi Khan was suspected of killing his father, Utu led the tribe loyal to him to Mobei, and confronted Shibi Khan, with 200,000 armorers in his hands, hoping that the Sui Dynasty could also give him support, and he was willing to be loyal to the Sui Dynasty.

Yang Guang pondered for a moment, then got up and walked to the wall, looked at a Turkic map on the wall and asked, "Where is your tribe of horses now?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, in the middle of the Sword River, there are a total of fourteen tribes with a population of more than 600,000, and if you add the two tribes of Huanggasi and Dubo, who are loyal to the horses, it will exceed a million people."

Yang Guang found the Sword River, in the northwest of the Turkic tent, thousands of miles away, he nodded, returned to his seat and asked, "Is it because you don't suspect the cause of the death of the Qimin Khan, that he and Shibi Khan turned against each other?" ”

"Your Majesty, in fact, the Qimin Khan did not want to pass the position of the Khan to Duji, as early as a few years ago, he wanted to set up three sons to be the heirs, but the heirs were young, and the Qimin Khan ordered the horses to teach the Wuyi heirs, with the intention of entrusting the orphans, which made the Duji very jealous, at that time the contradiction between the horse and the Duji was very acute, this time the Qimin Khan died suddenly, the cause of death is unknown, and the Qiji set himself up as the Khan, which was opposed by many tribes, and my horse did not recognize his position as the Khan, and led the tribe to move north."

After Yang Yuanqing finished translating, Yang Guang fully understood that this was very exciting news, with the Turkic golden sword and horse Utu to contain Shibi Khan, Shibi Khan would not dare to go south, and he would have no worries and could launch the battle of Goryeo with all his might.

Yang Guang said slowly: "The Golden Knife Horse is willing to submit to the Great Sui and serve me as the monarch's father, which is a very gratifying thing for me, I don't know what kind of support the Golden Knife Horse needs from the Great Sui?" ”

The envoy hurriedly said: "First, I hope that Your Majesty can give the canonization of the Golden Sword and Horse a title, so that all Turks know that the Great Sui recognizes the existence of the Golden Sword and Horse, and secondly, we are willing to exchange cattle and sheep for salt, cloth, grain and tea of the Sui Dynasty." ”

Yang Guang pondered for a long time, and then asked, "Is the prince you are supporting by his side with him?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the third prince is still in the Turkic tent, and the horse has not been able to take him away."

Yang Guang originally wanted to seal another Turkic Khan, but since the little prince was not in his hands, he had to give up, took a peach, bamboo and white feather arrow from the table and handed it to the envoy, "You tell the horse that the Great Sui Empire will fully support him, and I will appoint him as the protector of the Turkic northern land, and an envoy will go north to officially canonize him soon, as for your trade request, I fully agree, and Fengzhou will be responsible for the trade with you." ”

The envoy was overjoyed and grateful, and Yang Guang ordered a heavy reward for the concubine Utu and sent someone to send the envoy back.

Yang Guang originally planned to take away Yang Yuanqing's military power and reappoint him as a civil official of the imperial court, but the appearance of the Turkic horse Utu made Yang Guang change his mind again, and he also needed Yang Yuanqing to contact Utu and contain Shibi Khan for him.

But he can't give Yang Yuanqing special preferential treatment as before, that is for the sake of Princess Leping's face, and now that Princess Leping has passed away, he also has to take back Yang Yuanqing's privileges.

Yang Guang glanced at Yang Yuanqing and said slowly: "According to the Sui Dynasty's customary system, the family members of the ministers of the frontier army must stay in Beijing, and your family members follow you, and the generals of other border towns are quite complaining, which makes it difficult for me to do it, you send your wife and children back to the capital!" I will ensure their safety, in addition, Fengzhou has too many people, and the government affairs are heavy, so it is not suitable for the integration of military and government, I have repeatedly considered it, it can not be divided into multiple counties, but the military and government must be separated, you still serve as the governor of Fengzhou, and Wuyuan County Taishou I decided to let Yang Shidao take the position, so you don't have to concurrently serve. ”

Yang Yuanqing took a deep breath, Yang Guang did not deprive him of his military power, this was his greatest luck, he immediately bowed down and said: "Minister's Order!" ”

"I'm a little tired, stand down!"

"Retire!"

Yang Yuanqing slowly withdrew, and when he retreated to the gate, he heard Yang Guang's cold voice, "I will treat Princess Yicheng as if she is dead." ”

Yang Yuanqing was shocked.

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In October of the sixth year of the Great Cause, Yang Guang returned to the capital, and immediately issued an edict to prepare for war, ordering 30,000 rich people in the capital to buy military horses, and set up a mansion in Shandong to raise horses for military service, so that the price of war horses soared overnight, and the rich families in the capital were miserable.

Immediately, Yang Guang ordered the construction of a million-stone granary in Luhe Town in Liucheng County and Huaiyuan Town in Yan County, and issued an edict to levy 600,000 people in six counties, including Qi County, Bohai County, Pingyuan County, Qinghe County, Jibei County, and Beihai County, to bring their own ox carts and dry grain, and transport all the grain from the official warehouses of the six counties to Liaodong.

At this time, the drought in Qi County, Jibei County, and Beihai County was extremely serious, and the flood in Bohai County, Pingyuan County, and Qinghe County in the north of the Yellow River swept across the fields.

The edict issued by Emperor Yang Guang at this time was like a worse situation, and the government of the six counties did not dare to disobey the holy decree, and forcibly requisitioned people with cattle in the county and township to serve as people's husbands, and requisitioned 300,000 ox carts, each of which transported three stone of rice to officials, and the two of them pushed one together, and ordered them to prepare their own dry food and transport millions of stone official grain to Liaodong.

On the official road all the way to the north, there is an endless stream of people who transport grain, the road is difficult and far away, there are dead people and sick cattle corpses everywhere along the way, and the ox cart is slow, it takes at least two months to go to Liaodong, most of the dry food they carry can only last for ten days, it is not enough at all, the people can only steal the official grain, and before they reach Liaodong, half of the grain has been eaten, and the people can only flee the remaining official grain privately, and become thieves.

This is the people who transport grain, but the real crisis appears in the six counties and counties, because the official grain has become military food, no official government dares to open a warehouse to release grain to relieve the victims, millions of hungry people are waiting to be fed, the food is exhausted, the people can only wait for the day of starvation to death, and the robbery and plunder may still live, the heavens and the people are angry, and the contradiction between the government and the people has been tense to the extreme.

Zouping County, Qi County, on the official road about 30 miles away from the county seat, a team of more than 500 cavalry people is galloping towards Zouping County, the leader of the official is Qi County Cheng Zhang Xutuo, the cavalry around him is the local army of Qi County, led by Qin Qiong, the captain of Guoyi, they are receiving an urgent call for help from the county order of Zouping County, tens of thousands of hungry people are about to break out in turmoil, they led the army to suppress.

Along the way, the fields were barren, the land was cracked, all the rivers were dried up, and the bones of people and animals could be seen everywhere.

"Juncheng!"

Qin Qiong caught up with Zhang Xutuo on his horse and asked, "The official warehouse can't be placed, why don't you open the righteous warehouse to release grain?" ”

Zhang Xutuo glared at him fiercely and scolded angrily: "Yicang still has bullshit food!" ”

In the past month or so, Zhang Xutuo has been exhausted, his lips have burned a string of fire bubbles, his voice is hoarse, and his temper is extremely short-tempered, perhaps thinking that he should not be angry with his subordinates, his eyes softened, and asked, "How is the situation at your family?" ”

Qin Qiong smiled bitterly, "My family is fine, there is still a little grain in stock, yesterday I sent twenty catties of rice to Shixin, I heard that his family is out of food." ”

Zhang Xutuo sighed, his own family is almost out of food, his family is surrounded by walls, everything that can be sold is sold out, he is ready to send his wife and daughter to Beijing, and ask his apprentice Yang Yuanqing to take care of it.

Qin Qiong hesitated for a moment and said, "Juncheng, can you relax the suppression a little, after all, the people have been driven to a dead end." ”

Zhang Xutuo shook his head, "You don't know, the reason why Zouping County is more serious than other places is that someone deliberately provoked it. ”

Qin Qiong was taken aback, "Does Juncheng mean Wang Bo, the giant thief of Changbai Mountain?" ”

Zhang Xutuo said hatefully: "It's this thief!" ”

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