A super-war is being prepared in the north, and there is also a skirmish in the south.

Zhou Zhongmou successfully boarded Liuqiu under the guidance of the sea master He Man, and after landing in the early stage, disguised as a merchant traveler, began to draw a map of Liuqiu, and visited the local culture and customs, but was discovered by the king of Liuqiu, and sent an army of 4,000 people to expel him.

Zhou Zhongmu fought with the other party and won, but he didn't dare to go deeper, after all, he only landed with 2,000 people, and he didn't dare to start a frontal battle without supplies.

Zhou Zhongmu, who withdrew his troops and returned to Jian'an County, immediately wrote a letter to Yang Ming, meaning that this place was still in the semi-civilized stage, with poor weapons and backward farming, if there were 5,000 people, he could take down Liuqiu, hoping that Yang Ming would give him more troops.

At present, it is almost impossible to send troops to him, Jiangnan is also recruiting soldiers to supply sailors to protect the children, as for the southwest and southeast, they can't be recruited, Lingnan has already supplied 30,000 platoons of soldiers to the imperial court, and people will not give you any more people.

But begging for this place is a knot in Yang Ming's heart, and if he doesn't take it down, he is really unhappy in his heart.

However, during the deliberations in the East Palace, everyone unanimously opposed sending troops to Zhou Zhongmu.

The reason is very practical, once Liuqiu is taken down, it is difficult to manage overseas, and I am afraid that it will become the backyard of the wealthy families in the southeast, which is not good for the imperial court.

If you take this place, you will have to send someone to garrison it, and this garrison person can easily become another Liuqiu king, and once you promote the development of Liuqiu's local agriculture and industry, you will not be able to control it in the future.

Therefore, the opinion of the East Palace is completely unanimous, that is, don't care about this place anymore, this place is meaningless to the Great Sui.

The shipping of the Great Sui is not developed, and it is not easy to manage such a large area across the sea, but once the shipping is started, no one can replace the role of flow.

So Yang Ming insisted on his opinion, thinking that this place must be taken, but he had no soldiers to send, what should he do, beg others.

Ask whom? Of course, it was Feng An, the native emperor of Lingnan.

Fujian does not have a sailor, and Zhou Zhongmou's cross-sea ships are all requisitioned from the Jiangdu sailors, but they are actually inland river boats, which are too small in size to withstand the wind and waves at sea.

However, there are sea ships in Lingnan, although there are not many, six, but they are also precious.

Where did the Lingnan ship come from? Half of it was made by itself, and half of it was captured by others.

In the third year of the Great Cause, Yang Guang sent Chang Jun, the director of Tuntian, and Wang Junzheng, the director of the Yu Department, to the Red Earth Kingdom (Malay Peninsula and Sumatra), and the Ministry of Industry built three ships for use.

The two of them have been gone for three years, and they just received news this year that the two have returned to Nanhai County (Guangzhou City), and they are also taking an envoy from the Red Earth Kingdom named Evil Trace, ready to meet Yang Guang.

Three big ships, isn't this empty?

The other three ships were in the second year of Renshou, when Liu Fang, the prince of Hayin County, led his army to quell the rebellion of Li Fozi in Jiaozhi County (the Red River valley in northern Vietnam, where the seat of government is in Hanoi, Vietnam), and then defeated the Lam Yi Kingdom (central Vietnam), and captured three large ships from these two places, which are now under the control of Feng An.

After Linyi was defeated, four counties were set up, Xiangpu, Jinshan, Jiaojiang, and Nanji, but unfortunately after the Great Sui withdrew its troops, it was beaten back.

These six ships are not small in size, on average, one carries 800 people, there are nearly 5,000 people, plus Zhou Zhongmu's small boat, the flow is enough.

The ship is there, but what about the people? I can only ask Feng Ang.

So Yang Ming wrote two letters, one to Feng Ang and one to his daughter Feng Yuzhi.

Dealing with Feng An, you can't talk like a boss, you have to be a friend, and it will work to make friends and set up a relationship.

Feng Ang had two good friends in the imperial court, one was named Wei Huan, who was dead, and the other was Pei Ju, who was alive.

Therefore, in Yang Ming's letter to Feng An, he described at length how Pei Ju praised Feng Ang in front of him, and first got close to others, and then mentioned the matter of borrowing soldiers.

Yes, you can only use "borrow", if you use "order", then I'm sorry, I really don't have soldiers, if you use "borrow", then we can still have a good discussion.

As for the letter to Feng Yuzhi, it is also almost, which probably means that after the spring outing is separated, I often worry about it, and I will come to Beijing to take a turn in the future when I am free, I will take you to play a trick, by the way, you can help me say good things about borrowing troops from your father.

It will take two months for these two letters to arrive, and we will have to wait.

So Yang Ming instructed Zhou Zhongmu to rest in Jian'an County first and wait for news.

Whether it is good or not, that is a matter for the future, you have to take it down first, and then decide how to manage it.

Han Seng Shou is a strange person, he was the prince of Jiangdu County during the opening of the emperor, and after Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, he was changed to the prince of Xincai County, it seems that the two emperors are waiting to see you, which is not bad.

In fact, no, Yang Guang didn't want to see him, changed his title, deprived him of his actual position, and Han Seng Shoufu had been idle at home for many years.

Because Han Seng Shou was too close to Yang Su, and Yang Guang rejected all the big people who were close to Yang Su.

Last year, Han Seng Shou, who had just returned to Beijing to retire, took a concubine from the wealthy businessman Da Xitong, and played very well when he was old, and the matter spread to the court, Yang Guangda was angry, thinking that you are a dignified county prince hooking up with other people's concubines.

So the name of Han Seng Shou was erased from the ministry, but the title was retained.

Later, Yang Yue helped to intercede, and Yang Guang changed it back.

This is why Yang Xuangan and Han Shige have a very strong relationship, because the relationship between the two families has always been very good, without this relationship, Li Jing can he go to Yang Su as a protégé?

However, Han Seng Shou must have no future, and his son Han Xiaoji is also unlucky, just a martial arts lieutenant from the sixth grade, a military officer.

This time Yang Ming asked him to go out of the mountain, he was very willing, there were two points, one was to help his nephew Li Jing, and the other was to use this to get in touch with the prince and find a way out for his son.

Because he can see that his son will be able to attack him in the future.

The emperor nods whether all the county princes can inherit it, and although the emperor rarely deprives him of the right to inherit, there are exceptions, such as I see that you are unhappy.

The old Han family is not a top gatekeeper, and they have no face with the emperor, plus their family mainly serves Yang Jian, and they have not provided any services to Yang Guang, that is, there is no incense.

I don't have your good, and I don't need you, why do I let you eat the treasury hereditarily? There is a lot of money in the treasury and there is nowhere to put it?

Therefore, Han Seng Shou ran to the East Palace every three or five days, and befriended Yang Ming on the grounds of stating the rectification and improvement of the right Xiaowei.

"Well, you can go, but there is no appointment, just follow Li Jing and appoint as you like," Yang Ming said with a smile.

Han Seng Shou hopes that his son Han Xiaoji can follow Li Jing to fight Goguryeo and save some military merits, and in the future, relying on Li Jing's help, the matter of attacking the lord will be stable.

After all, in this world, the future will be the prince's, and now the prince, no one can shake the position of others.

"The old man begged cheekily, which made His Highness smile," Han Seng Shou said:

"Rong Ma half of his life is only for meritorious service, when he is old, he also thinks about the family wealth that he has saved for half his life, don't give it to defeat, the dog has not built an inch of merit, and there is a negative country, on the occasion of the country's materials, it is just to repay the effect, His Royal Highness can allow it, and the old man is deeply moved."

It has to be from a military general's family, and he thinks about going to war, which is worthy of praise, Yang Ming said with a smile:

"You're welcome, the three of your old brothers, all of them have Anbang merit in my Great Sui, that is, the foundation of filial piety is shallow, and it is not appropriate to reuse it immediately, and I will take care of the future future."

This is the first time Yang Ming has seen Han Seng Shou, this person's title is higher than that of his eldest brother Han Baohu, but Yang Ming has never seen each other at the court meeting.

Of course, Han Baohu's title, in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, was the county duke, but in the Great Sui, it was the Shouguang county duke, and he could have been promoted, but he fought too hard with He Ruobi, and was accused of indulging the soldiers after attacking Jiankang and defiling the Chen Palace.

That's why, every time Han Seng Shou came to the East Palace, Chen Shuyi would lose his temper, because it was his eldest brother Han Baohu who captured Chen Shubao alive, and many of the ladies of the old Chen Palace at that time were insulted by the soldiers under Han Baohu.

He Ruobi sued him, and he was not wronged at all.

After getting Yang Ming's promise, Han Seng Shoule left, and Yang Ming sent Qianniu to prepare Dugu Lingyun and sent the other party out of the palace all the time, which was considered a very high courtesy.

After all, I can use people now, the experience of fighting, that is not something that can be learned from books, Han Seng Shou has fought for half his life, and he is extremely experienced, as long as people are willing to help, Shi Wanshou and they will take over the right Xiaowei very smoothly.

At night, in Guanghua Palace, Yang Ming went to bed with his wife Yang Yinjiang in his arms, and his son Yang Can was handed over to the nurse to take care of.

Her three sons were like this, they were with their mothers until they were three years old, and they were with their mothers after they were three years old.

"You're too deep in your hand with Youxiaowei, I'm afraid Li Hun will be unhappy," Yang Yinjiang said.

Yang Ming nodded: "I really need to say hello to him, this person has no intention of going to the center now, and he is also taking care of it now, I can use this to appease him, so as not to cause him chaos." ”

"Li Hun's talent is not enough to enter the center, you can't just promise him, right?" Yang Yinjiang frowned.

Yang Ming smiled: "It is precisely because he can't get in that I can promise him, if he really wants to have that ability, I can't promise." ”

"I've heard a rumor, but I don't know if it's true," Yang said.

"Li Hun was originally the tenth son of Taishi Li Mu, how could it not be his turn to be the title of Duke Shenguo, it is said that it was Yuwenshu who helped him to inherit Li Mu's heir, and he promised Yuwenshu that after the matter was completed, he would be given half of the Duke of the Kingdom every year, is it true?"

Yang Ming nodded and smiled: "What can reach your ears is of course true, I heard the queen mother mention it, it is true, but in the second year after Li Hun attacked the Duke of Guo, he never gave Yuwen Shu money." ”

"In this way, this person is also worth winning," Yang Yinjiang said with a smile.

Taishi Li Mu has made great contributions to Sui, like Gao Xi, he is the founder of the country, and has a total of twelve sons, the eldest son Li Dian died earlier than him, so after Li Mu's death, the title of Duke of Shenguo was attacked by the eldest son, the eldest grandson Li Yun.

But Li Yun was killed by his own people, and the historical record is that Li Hun sent his nephew Li Shanheng to the hand, but it was planted on another nephew Li Qu Tan who had a dislike for Li Yun, so Li Qu Tan was executed by Yang Jian.

Li Yun had no son, and as soon as he died, he gave Li Mu no heir, so at that time, Yang Jian discussed with the courtiers who should inherit Li Mu's heir, Yuwenshu was Li Hun's eldest brother, and he got the benefits promised by the other party, so he naturally pushed Li Hun up.

In the second year, Li Hun changed from Shen Guogong to Ye Guogong, and he used this excuse not to admit his account, and he did not give the money he promised to Yuwenshu.

The two of them just turned their faces.

Yang Ming said with a smile: "You can arrange to prepare three gifts, one large and two small, to Li Hun, Xin Shixiong, and Zhao Xiaocai respectively, so that they can take care of their mouths and hands." ”

"This is called saluting before soldiers?" Yang Yinjiang said with a smile.

Yang Ming said: "If you don't eat the toast, you will be punished for drinking." ”

(End of chapter)