Taifu Temple counted the world's pastures, and it was over, and the result was very terrible, all the royal pastures of the Great Sui combined, and there were less than 50,000 war horses that met the standards.

Yang Guang was furious.

When he was angry, he wanted to kill people, so more than 3,000 people were implicated, and all of them were executed.

The good horses lost in the pasture must be recovered, but Yang Guang knows in his heart that it is unlikely that the shortfall of 50,000 horses will be recovered by recovery.

So Yang Guang issued an edict ordering horses to be raised east of Kunshan for military service, and the rich people in the world should measure their assets.

To the east of the Kushan Mountains, that is, in the broad sense of the Shandong region, in half of the north except for Guanzhong, all the rich people in the world had to spend money to buy horses and supply the imperial court with military supplies.

More money, less money, anyway, everyone has to hand over the horses for me.

The promulgation of this edict did not provoke the wrath of the heavens, because the skill lies in the fact that the rich spend money.

How many rich people are there in the Great Sui? At most, 0.1 percent of the total population is amazing, and Yang Guang is also measured, more than twenty or thirty horses, as little as three or five horses.

If you ask for too much, something is going to happen.

The promulgation of this edict immediately caused a big problem, and the price of horses skyrocketed, from 15 to more than 30 in just half a month.

The horse market of the Great Sui was unprecedentedly prosperous, and the rich complained of misery.

Yang Guang also instructed the Taifu Temple to quietly sell all 50,000 horses at a high price, and then issued a decree to sell more than 15 horses to hoard Juqi to behead.

Then the price of horses was quickly suppressed due to the intervention of the imperial court.

Taifu Temple forcibly purchased it in the private sector at a price of 15 yuan, which was in and out, and made double the difference.

Or say that the common people can't fight the court, and with a wave of my sickle, a new leek will be gone.

Plundering from the rich, plus selling at a high level, taking over at a low level, although Taifu Temple has fallen a little infamy, but 150,000 war horses have been placed in front of Yang Guang.

The problem of horses was solved, and the next thing was the problem of weapons, and Yang Guang ordered: recount the weapons and staffs, all of which should be refined and new, and the armor should be used to ensure the supply.

The head of Taifu Temple is big.

Yan Bi, the secretary of Taifu Temple far to the north, wrote a private letter to Yang Ming, which means that Taifu Temple is similar to Taifu Temple, and the following institutions at all levels are seriously corrupt and strictly investigated, which is not suitable at the moment, after all, this kind of thing of collecting weapons has to rely on these people to do it, and it will not work if they kill them, but will do more harm than good.

Moreover, he hoped that Yang Ming could speed up the smelting progress of the Hedong smelting kiln, and strive to ship the first batch of ordnance and armor before the end of the year, so as to solve the urgent need of Taifu Temple.

Yang Ming agrees with this, at this time, it is not the time to be imprisoned, the more than 3,000 people who died in Taifu Temple really deserve to die, but it is not the time to die.

Although Dad relied on playing conspiracy and brought in 150,000 war horses at once, this was a water deal, and so many people were executed at the Royal Ranch at once, which directly led to problems in the ranch's next operation.

To put it mildly, in the next few years, don't expect the ranch to provide war horses, horses are also cultivated and domesticated by people, and people are gone, where are the horses.

Counting on the new group of people on the ranch, can they do it? The level of business is not proficient.

Yan Bi's letter made it very clear that the emperor asked him to provide enough ordnance for a million troops, which is simply a fantasy, and if you kill me, I don't have that ability.

Yan Bi thought that he definitely couldn't do it, but at the moment, he could only do as much as possible, and the more he delivered, the smaller the crime he would be charged in the future, so he had to ask Yang Ming for help.

The smelting kiln that people privately put in their own private placement, and he was embarrassed to open this mouth as a last resort.

So Yang Ming planned to leave Beijing and personally inspect the kiln smelting situation in Hedong.

At this time, Yang Hao's role was highlighted.

Because once Yang Ming leaves Beijing, Guanzhong will definitely be handed over to Guan Wang Yang Xiong, but it can't be handed over to just one person, so Yang Hao is the one who balances Yang Xiong.

Yang Ming also asked Li Jing to replace the hussar general who was vacant after Wei Yunqi left, and led the defense of the Beijing Division, and Yang Xuanting temporarily took over the left and right guards of the East Palace and was responsible for the defense of the East Palace.

And Yang Ming took two thousand guards and went to Hedong.

On the way, Yang Ming summoned Yun Dingxing, the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, who was accompanying him, to the carriage and asked:

"How many armies can be used in the ordnance and armor of Taifu Temple right now?"

Yun Dingxing sighed and said dejectedly:

"Empty the treasury, up to 300,000 troops, prince, you also know, the past few years have not been easy, Taifu Temple's refining kiln, in recent years, half of the casting engineering tools, for Luoyang, canals, galloping needs, ordnance armor output is very small, plus Hebei has lost some, the current inventory is worrying."

Yang Ming can completely understand that Daddy is too ruthless, recruiting Goguryeo and mobilizing an army of one million, this is not to fight, this is to pretend to be forced.

There are many people who are known as a million-strong army in history, but there is really a million-strong army, only Comrade Yang Guang, you are real.

Zizhi Tongjian records: In ancient times, there was no such thing.

Yang Ming said: "Your difficulties, you can understand it here, how much you can deliver in the end, your majesty will help you when you ask for guilt in the future." ”

After Yun Dingxing heard this, he was moved, you shouldn't be the prince, you should be the emperor, this is the posture of a Ming monarch.

So after he was grateful, he continued: "Has the prince ever thought about persuading His Majesty not to personally conquer? ”

At present, the entire officialdom of the Great Sui is discussing the issue of Yang Guang's pro-conquest, and almost everyone is opposed.

Although everyone thinks that the possibility of defeat is very small, but just in case, they don't want the emperor to conquer in person, so almost every day in Luoyang, someone persuades Yang Guang openly and secretly at the court meeting.

It would be good if Yang Guang listened to persuasion, this person didn't listen to persuasion, why did I go so hard to pretend to be forced, you didn't let me go? There are no doors.

Everyone's opposition has their own reasons, Yun Dingxing doesn't want the emperor to go to the army in person, because he thinks that as long as the emperor doesn't go, then the army will not need more than one million, and 300,000 is definitely enough, so there will be no pressure on the Taifu Temple.

As for those expeditionary generals, they were afraid that Yang Guang would give orders indiscriminately, and I could have fought well, but as a result, you blindly commanded, which led to frequent changes in my strategic policy and was prone to major incidents.

This is the most terrifying, because the people in the court have already figured out the emperor's temper, and they think that they are the most knowledgeable soldiers in the world and can do anything.

It is impossible for such a person not to interfere in the march and fight.

So bitter letterheads came one after another, filling several cases in Yang Mingdong's palace.

Among them, the most ruthless is Su Wei, Su Wei means that if you can't persuade the emperor, I will resign and quit, and I will definitely not follow this time.

Because Yang Ming concurrently served as the general of the Right Wuwei in his early years, he later gave it to Yang Yu, the acting king, and now, Yang Guang asked Su Wei to concurrently serve it.

It is equivalent to Su Wei currently having two military palaces, the right military guard and the right imperial guard, which is especially obvious for him to accompany the army on an expedition.

I'm so old that I have to trek through mountains and rivers, so I don't go.

But he is the left servant of Shangshu, the emperor personally recruited you not to follow, is it possible? But as long as it's not a pro-conscription, then he definitely doesn't have to go.

In addition, there is also Zhou Fashang who complains, Zhou Fashang is Yang Ming's person at the moment, but the emperor asked him to follow Laihu'er and serve as the deputy head of the navy, he was unwilling.

There is a contradiction between him and Laihu'er, when the Sui annihilated Chen's battle, Zhou Fashang was under Yang Jun, and Laihu'er was under He Ruobi's command, and finally there was some friction because of the merit, and the two are now old and dead.

But these two people are the most knowledgeable about water warfare in the current Great Sui, so Yang Guang has this arrangement.

He didn't say that he didn't want the emperor to recruit in person, but he wanted him to be the head of the navy.

Why can't you tell me, I can be the master? Yang Ming knew that Lai Hu'er was a favorite minister and a general, so he asked his father to change him, but his father would definitely not agree.

But in history, the defeat of Laihu'er was indeed because he did not listen to Zhou Fashang's advice, and the rash advance of the enemy led to the defeat of the naval army, and this problem still needs to be solved urgently.

I didn't hear the prince's reply for a long time, and Yun Dingxing didn't ask anymore.

He has also heard about the situation in Luoyang, so many people can't persuade him, even if the prince tries to persuade him, most of them will be disciplined, and it will not change the result at all.

At this time, Yang Ming patted Yun Dingxing's shoulder and said:

"I am not willing to advise, but there is nothing I can do, in fact, very early on, I asked Your Majesty to be the governor of this battle, but Your Majesty refused at that time, and since then, I have not persuaded again."

"If the crown prince is personally conscripted, the country's losses will be reduced by half," Yun Dingxing said: "And it will be a complete victory, but the millions of troops will go on the expedition, and the logistical support burden will be extremely heavy, after this battle, I really don't know how many years it will take for my Great Sui to recover." ”

Yang Ming smiled and didn't say anything more.

After Yun Dingxing got off the car, Yang Ming summoned Qianniu to come to Yu and summon him into the carriage.

"You're going on a long trip."

Lai Yu said: "But with the prince to drive." ”

Yang Ming nodded and said:

"Rong Guogong is the commander-in-chief of the water army, the responsibility is heavy, there is no room for the slightest mistake, you help me bring a message to him, everything should be discussed with Zhou Fashang, the two of you have a festival before, I don't ask, but if there is a difference in the future war, the conservative is the best choice, the task of the water army is to enter the water to attack Pyongyang, there is no flank reinforcements, you must not go deep alone, remember to remember."

Lai Yu nodded and said, "Don't worry, the prince will definitely bring the words." ”

Yang Ming said patiently:

"You tell Rong Gong that the Gong's art of war is far less than Lonely, this instruction is definitely not an order, but a suggestion, I just hope that when Rong Gong encounters this situation in the future, he can remember Lone's words and think twice before acting."

"The prince's words are good, and my grandfather will definitely listen to them," said Laiyu.

Yang Ming nodded and said, "You can help me bring a message to Zhou Fashang again: When the army is outside, you must be in the same boat, don't embarrass me." ”

Lai Yu hurriedly said: "I understand. ”

He didn't understand, but Lai Hu'er definitely understood that Yang Ming's last sentence "Don't embarrass me" was actually meant to Lai Hu'er, which means that Zhou Fashang is my person, give me face, and the two of you will cooperate well.