Originally, everything went smoothly during the whole court meeting, but it was this meeting between the two khans that made Shibi and Chu Luo feel humiliated at the same time.

Needless to say, he has been humiliated for several years, why is he unhappy? He saw himself in Churo.

The Central Plains has always been sowing discord in its treatment of the Turks, and if he is not careful in the future, he will not be able to eat in the Eastern Turks, will he also be thrown into the well by the Great Sui and mixed up with the current step of the field?

Originally, I was going to stay a little longer before leaving, but now, I'm in a hurry to leave.

There is a saying among the Han people: A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, I have been staying here, no one knows what will happen, for the sake of safety, I better leave early.

At the beginning of November, Shi Bi set off for the north and stayed in Jiangdu for less than a month.

"This son is extremely ambitious, so I have to guard against it," Pei Ju was in the main hall of Jiangdu Palace, frowning and said:

"When he came this time, he said that the Western Turks have been robbing their pastures, which is to pave the way for their use of troops against the Western Turks in the future."

Yang Guang nodded, looked at the accompanying Taoist priest Zhao Zhao, and asked, "How is this person?" ”

Zhao Zhao said: "The eyebrows are upside down, the cheeks are pointed and the ears are reversed, and the person with a hooked nose and cheeks is the most untrustworthy. ”

Da Sui is still relieved about Qimin, because although Qimin is very burly, he has a simple face and a sincere smile, which gives people a good feeling.

But Shibi, after all, he is young, less than thirty years old to lead the entire Eastern Turks, and his face is born from the heart, and his domineering personality is undoubtedly evident on his face.

Yang Guang is also a ruthless person, when he was in Jiangdu before, he looked like an elegant scribe, but now, he is very domineering in his gestures, words and deeds, this is the temperament of the person in power.

There is a poem in history that is written: Sui Yang is unfortunately the Son of Heaven, and An Shi is pitiful as a father-in-law.

Absolutely incisive.

If Yang Guang is allowed to enter the office, it is definitely at the level of prime minister.

Yang Guang pondered for a moment and nodded: "Although I see this son as less than a month, I can also see that this son is tyrannical and strong, not willing to live under the people, the Eastern Turks, and it will be a great trouble for me in the north." ”

Su Wei said: "The matter of the Eastern Turks can be put aside for the time being, the situation in Lingnan is not good, Feng Ang has the tendency to watch the fire, if the rebellion in Yulin County cannot be pacified as soon as possible, I am afraid that it will affect the entire Lingnan." ”

There was a rebellion in Guangxi, and Feng Ang sent troops, but only sent 5,000 people, and reported to the imperial court that the whole army was annihilated, but in fact, it was not that serious.

There are big defeats, but there are also a lot of withdrawals, and a discerning person knows at a glance that Feng Ang is not working.

This is normal, because Feng Ang knows who is behind the rebels, so the best way is to negotiate privately with the Ning family and let them not mess around.

But Feng Ang didn't dare to tell the emperor that it was the Ning family's ghost, otherwise the emperor would be furious and take Ning Changzhen to open the knife, and the matter would be out of control.

"It seems that Lingnan's policy towards the imperial court is very resistant, as soon as Qiu and them went, there were tribes who rebelled, and this was done for the imperial court to see," Niu Hong said:

"The soldiers of Lingnan are not enough for 8,000 people in total, and they are extremely scattered, Qiu He wants to quell the rebellion, but it is also difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, so he should be transferred."

Lai Hu'er shook his head and said: "The best way is not to fight, last year there was a national war, the consumption was too great, and now people are at peace, and it is in the south, if the army is deployed on a large scale, the military government will also be in a mood." ”

In fact, the most critical point is that the military salary has not been paid.

The distribution of the Great Sui military government is the most in Guanzhong, followed by Henan, then Shanxi, Hebei and Shandong, the military government in the north occupies seventy percent of the entire Great Sui army, and only the military government of Jiangdu in the south is quite large-scale, and the others are all hussar palaces of the lower third class, that is to say, the soldiers of a military government are more than 800 and less than 300, and they are very scattered.

The south has always been like this, if you look at the map, it is all within the territory of the Great Sui, and in fact, the areas that can really be completely controlled are Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, northern Jiangxi, northern Fujian, and other places, which are not easy to manage.

After the expedition to Goguryeo, the imperial court owed a large amount of military salaries, and the original plan of the Ministry of Civil Affairs was to be completed within five years, and it was given priority to the north, and the south was only now issued a little, that is, the 50,000 Jianghuai naval troops under the command of Laihu'er.

If you don't give me the money you owe, you want me to work hard? No way.

Therefore, it is completely necessary to come to protect the child's concerns.

These people present are actually very relieved, fortunately the prince has the foresight, and he made friends early, and Shibi also came, if people don't come, there will be a Lingnan Rebellion in the south, and there will be a Shibi in the north, and this thing is endless.

Yang Guang frowned and said, "How can there be emotions?" It is the time to make contributions to the country's rebellion, and Chongshan (to protect the child) is too worried. ”

What he said is also reasonable, because it is the generals of the military government who have made meritorious contributions, and they have little to do with ordinary guards, and the generals must be willing, because the military salary owed to them by the imperial court is not as much as they have done themselves, so they don't want to care.

But the guards are certainly not happy, once forcibly requisitioned and triggering a mutiny, the consequences will be very serious.

Su Wei said: "Send someone to talk to the Ning family, Yulin County is their territory, there is such a big mess, I can't say that they have their share behind it, and the court can't use troops at the moment, so let's appease it temporarily." ”

Niu Hong sneered: "The reason is that the Ning family and the Feng family are unwilling to contribute, they have already negotiated it when they were in Beijing, and they will change their hexagram as soon as they return to Lingnan, which is capricious and shameful." ”

"They are barbarians, don't Niu Gong know what kind of virtue they are?" Pei Yun said with a smile: "I thought it was better to let Ning Changzhen go back and let him preside over the counterinsurgency." ”

"No," Lai Hu'er hurriedly said: "This person is tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain, what Su Gong said just now is right, the Yulin Rebellion is likely to be the Ning family making trouble behind the scenes, if Ning Changzhen is allowed to go back, the consequences are unpredictable." ”

If Ning Changzhen goes back, he can completely fight with the rebels in a fake way, and then pretend to be defeated and retreat, so that he can completely manipulate the rebels behind his back and force the imperial court to withdraw its policy.

If the imperial court compromises, Ning Changzhen will come out of the mountain again and destroy that puppet, so that their interests in Lingnan will be preserved.

Feng Ang was deliberately perfunctory in Guangzhou, and he didn't want to offend the imperial court, but he knew better than anyone else that the imperial court's policy was currently in Lingnan, and it was difficult to promote it.

It's easy to choose, which one is close to me, and which one I choose.

Everyone here is a human spirit, and what the situation will be in the back has already been clear.

Yang Guang said in a deep voice: "Lingnan, we must implement the imperial court policy, I will take it, and I will not leave behind the worries of future generations." ”

Lai Hu'er's face changed slightly: "Your Majesty, you really can't use soldiers, the main force of my Great Sui is in the north, and the soldiers in the south are unbearable." ”

The expedition to Goguryeo, the 350,000 land elites, all equipped with refined weapons, but the naval army that came to protect the children did not have it, and there is still none.

Because Yang Guang let it go, from now on, if he wants to refine weapons, the guards have to spend their own money to buy them, in fact, they just want to pay their salaries.

But now that there is no war fought, the guards must have chosen to ask for money, not for armor.

The reason why Yang Guang wants to fight Lingnan is also because he wants to write off his debts, because you are going to war, and the armor is where your life lies, you can't do without it, right?

The Hedong Refining Ground has been casting and refining weapons, and the treasury of the Weiwei Temple in the Eastern Capital has been hoarded a lot.

I have to sell it, the refinery itself still owes a lot of debt, and it has been asking the court for money.

Therefore, in Yang Guang's view, the advantages of fighting Lingnan outweigh the disadvantages.

"Immediately requisition the Jianghuai Military Government, gather 30,000 troops, hand over the Mai Iron Staff, and let him go south to quell the rebellion."

Lai Hu'er hurriedly cast a look at the others for help, and only Niu Hong and Pei Ju responded to him.

"Actually, 10,000 people are enough," Pei Ju said: "As long as you assemble refined weapons, 10,000 is enough to quell the rebellion." ”

The 150,000 troops that Yang Guang brought to Jiangdu all had refined weapons, but Yang Guang would not use his central army to fight Lingnan, as for Pei Ju's proposal, Yang Guang directly denied it.

I can sell 30,000 pieces, why only 10,000 pieces?

A group of bigwigs still didn't stop Yang Guang after all, so the Jiangnan region once again requisitioned the army, and the people were shocked.

In the Great Sui, the population in the north accounts for more than sixty percent, and the population in the south is already small, and half of it can't be managed.

It's like the difference between taking 10 eggs from a chicken coop and 10 eggs from a chicken farm.

Fighting Goguryeo, how many people came out of the north? How many people came out of the South?

On the side of Luoyang, Liu Quan, the Shaoqing of the Weiwei Temple who stayed behind, received the order, so he asked Zhao Guogong Dugu to prepare a boat to transport refined weapons to Jiangdu.

After having the canal, I have to say that the traffic between the north and the south is really smooth, and you can go directly to Jiangdu by loading goods from Luoyang.

Dugu Su is also confused, why do you want to start fighting again?

With so many weapons, it will take two months just to transport, and it is good to be able to send them over after the New Year.

And Yang Guang is also very patient, I fight Lingnan, mainly to sell things, things are not sold, I can't send troops to fight, that would be too much of a loss.

Besides, it takes a lot of time to recruit soldiers.

Therefore, before the end of the year, Yang Guang would not use soldiers.

On this day, Yang Guangzai invited Shen Wuhua over, and with Queen Xiao and a group of concubines, copied a pair of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy in the study.

Southerners are the most admired by Wang Xizhi, Yang Guang is also a top calligraphy lover, in private, he admires Wang Xizhi, Yu Gong, and admires Wang Xizhi is beneficial to subduing Jiangnan scholars.

So Yang Guang remembered what his son Yang Ming said after seeing Wang Xizhi's true works for the first time, so he simply borrowed it: perfect, ancient and modern, high rhyme and affectionate, and a hundred generations of obedience.

Yang Guang's evaluation of Wang Xizhi has now spread all over the south of the Yangtze River, and everyone agrees that the emperor has vision.