After reading the letter, Yang Guang felt Xiao Menglan's good intentions, and she tried her best to hide the danger she had encountered so as not to worry Yang Guang, because she always remembered what Yang Guang had said to her when the prince returned to Beijing.

If Yun Luo and the crown prince were replaced by Xiao Menglan and Yang Guang at that time, Xiao Menglan would be imprisoned by the queen for interrogation, and Yang Guang would have rushed back desperately.

This made her have to think about whether she was in danger and whether Yang Guang would rush back, thus delaying the big event.

Yang Guang muttered: "Mother and son are safe...... Mother and child are safe. ”

Li Jing and Yuan Tiantian also knew the content of the letter, Yuan Tiantian had been a master and servant friendship for many years, and he burst into tears for a while, and Li Jing sighed: "The princess is really the best example for women in the world, that is, in history, there are few women like the princess." ”

"Meng Lan is like this, I can only be angry and strong."

Yang Guang was relieved, and then said to Li Jing: "Li Jing, I also want to discuss another matter with you this time. ”

"Your Highness, please speak."

Yang Guang said slowly: "We have considered a problem when the King of Shu attacked Tuyuhun before, that is, the governance after winning the war, although Tuyuhun borders on our dynasty and belongs to our dynasty for a long time in history, but now the nobles of Tuyuhun and our dynasty do not recognize each other, this time the speed of the fight is fast, but it is also tragic, and there are a lot of killings in order to achieve results, so I think it will be very difficult to govern Tuyuhun in the future." ”

"In the same way, Goguryeo is the same."

Li Jing asked: "Your Highness, you said this before, and I also thought about it, but there seems to be no way other than high-pressure management?" ”

Yang Guang asked rhetorically after pacing: "Inspired by this incident, in fact, I thought of one thing, have you ever thought about why the dynasty has changed so frequently over the years in the Central Plains, as the people and traders at the bottom don't seem to have any special resistance, I don't think that my country is dead, I want revenge, of course, some people must have it, but this part of the people are mostly stakeholders of the dying dynasty, not the general public." ”

"But when we defeat Goguryeo or Tuyuhun, we may have to face the overt and covert resistance of the entire grassroots people, even if they will not resist directly, but they will push when they encounter an opportunity."

"You can help me analyze the reasons."

When Li Jing heard this, he fell into deep thought, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Before, Your Highness, you said that the prince of Tuyuhun is a golden opportunity for us to surrender, and the orthodox heir to control this court can be more reasonable to take charge of here, but this can only explain that the prince who controls them can maintain the interests of this interest group at the top of the court, but it still can't solve the reason why their people, the middle-level population, are comfortable accepting the rule of the prince of Tuyuhun. Weichen couldn't think of a reasonable explanation for a while, but he also felt that it was reasonable from the bottom of his heart. ”

Yang Guang tapped his fingers on the table: "Their king is dead, and the prince inherits the throne, or the second son of the king or even another prince, or a certain minister is in power, the people basically don't care, unless this king is a great virtuous person and is extremely supported by the people, it is inevitable that the people will not have special feelings about the change of rule, because it is too far away from them." ”

"In the same way, replacing their rulers with us is also very far away from them, and their personal interests are basically not involved at this level, but they will all oppose and be afraid, because they are afraid that we will bully them, and the bullying is more ruthless than the original rulers, but the people in the Central Plains don't care much, I thought about it for a long time to understand, in the final analysis, four words."

"Cultural identity."

Different perspectives determine the different answers obtained.

The people on the land of the Central Plains, culturally of the same ancestry, in the case of interests are not infringed, do not worry about who will be the emperor, today the surname Li will be the emperor, tomorrow the surname Zhang, the day after tomorrow surnamed Liu, what does it have to do with the common people farming?

They rebelled, but today a Warat Tartar comes to be the emperor, then everyone is worried that they will oppress us, they don't even speak the original dialect, and they want to force us to give up our customs, language, and living habits, and then things will be troublesome.

It is very difficult for people of different races to identify with each other, and identity and cultural identity are the two most difficult things.

Identity, in turn, is largely based on cultural identity.

In terms of appearance, I am surprised that this part of East Asia is not so exaggerated, so it can actually be controlled, and in the final analysis, what is more important is cultural identity.

If the Tuyuhun people learned the culture of the Great Sui from the beginning, spoke the words of the Great Sui, and used the products of the Great Sui, then they would naturally not be too worried in their hearts, and after the Great Sui people became in power, they would be suppressed.

One of the things that makes Goguryeo better than Tuyuhun is that, culturally, there is not much difference between Goguryeo and Dasui, and even Goguryeo is good if you treat it as a dialect, and the most important thing is that they use our script and read our books.

Therefore, we have a cultural advantage in Goguryeo, Yang Guang sighed lightly: "Although I think it is a good work, but I have thought of a plan that is beneficial to the next governance of Goguryeo." ”

"Your Highness, please speak."

"First of all, we have now laid down a large area of Goguryeo land, and we have the third prince of Goguryeo, that guy has no ability and is afraid of death, it is indeed possible to support him to be a puppet, so I plan to establish a court in his name directly in his name on the land we have crossed the sea now, called [Xinhan]."

"From today onwards, medical centers and schools will be established within the boundaries of [Shinhan], and scholars in Shinhan will be allowed to participate in the imperial examinations of the Great Sui, and those who have achieved results will be able to become officials, open up the sea trade routes, and send the high-quality goods of the Great Sui to Goguryeo to improve their lives."

When Yang Guang said this, Li Jing immediately said: "Your Highness, the Goguryeo people with different intentions may take advantage of these things to the detriment of our Great Sui. ”

"No, scholars, businessmen, the smartest people in their brains, the richest people all rely on the Great Sui to live, they have no rebellion, others can't jump, as for the original nobles of Goguryeo, those people are already on the opposite side of us, and the biggest impact on our victory is their interests, among these people who are willing to surrender to the three princes of Goguryeo, can, unwilling, clear, after seven or eight years, those who rely on the Great Sui scholars, businessmen are to become the new generation of nobles in Goguryeo."

Hearing Yang Guang's analysis, Li Jing seemed to have dispelled his doubts.

"Secondly, to maintain the state of strife within the region, now there are the three kingdoms of Silla Baekje and Goguryeo, and the Goguryeo family was powerful before, but it also failed to destroy Silla Baekje, and I even suspect that the previous invasion of Baekje by the Japanese Kingdom was in collusion with Goguryeo, and their interests were suppressed."

"It is in the greatest interest for the Great Sui that the three kingdoms continue to fight in this region, and for Shinhan, we deprive them of their military power, the Great Sui garrison is here, and the money for the garrison has to come out of Goguryeo."

Li Jing said suspiciously: "Will the Goguryeo people be willing to pay this money?" ”

"Do you know why the vendors in the market pay protection money?"

"I'm afraid of being bullied."

"Yes, the same reason, the army of the Great Sui will protect the people of Xinhan, and at the same time, this is also the reason why the Great Sui gives Xinhan so many preferential policies, the people just have to live well, and then the military expenditure of the Great Sui army will develop into an upward transmission of interest chain from the army to the Xinhan court to the officials of Xinhan to the merchants and the common people."

Yang Guang said very firmly: "And this chain of interests will bring a lot of gray income to the Xinhan court and Xinhan officials, especially the management of Xinhan, the better the future economic development of Xinhan, the more officials can scavenge from it, and in this case, they will become vested interests, and they will definitely do their best to maintain this model." ”

"The officials of the imperial court have stabilized, and the people of Xinhan, who are at the bottom of the chain of interests, have no ability to cross the officials of Xinhan and the court of Xinhan to resist the army of the Great Sui, and even if there is resistance, it can only be against the officials and the imperial court, and the officials of Xinhan must have a set of abilities to manage their own people, and their own people will always understand their own people best, and they know best what methods to use to solve them."

When Li Jing heard this, he was shocked beyond words, this is a method that is not written in the book.

There are thousands of military arts in the war books, and they all teach how to win the war, but only the king of Jin is thinking about how to govern the land that has been defeated.

The biggest consideration in Yang Guang's idea is the word stability.

No matter how rich and powerful a court is, it is impossible to fight all the time, at least not by itself.

There will be a lot of sequelae of fighting, for the current Great Sui, the first battle of Nanchen must be fought, this is a battle to unify the Central Plains, a battle that must be fought in the real sense, and others can be considered as appropriate to avoid personally participating in the war.

Because now that the Great Sui is prosperous and the productivity has been greatly improved, everyone actually does not want to fight, but bury their heads in making money and make their lives rich.

There are wars every day, and everyone is numb, and if there is an economic problem in the future, they will definitely have to pull out the blame.

On the contrary, if they do not participate in the war, when the domestic contradictions can no longer be handled, and then the war continues, everyone's attention to the contradictions can be diverted.

Therefore, even if the situation in Goguryeo is very good now, Yang Guang said: "Li Jing, I plan to stop the offensive against Goguryeo in the near future, and after the peace talks, divide and rule." ”

Li Jing knew that Yang Guang's strategy would definitely cause huge opposition, and he saw that he could take all of Goguryeo with every step, but at this time he chose peace talks, leaving a glimmer of life for Goguryeo.

At the same time, Yang Guang also reduced his exploits by at least half, but Li Jing felt that this yang conspiracy was the best strategy for the Great Sui.

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, when you say to stop, Li Jing will order the army to stop when day, all at your command."

Yang Guang nodded: "The northern and southern armies, launch a general attack, it is best to attack the domestic city, and then retreat." ”

"Wechen understands."

After Li Jing retreated, Yuan Tiantian stepped forward, she was still worried about Xiao Menglan's affairs, so she asked: "Your Highness, I don't know how the princess's physical condition is now, if necessary, the concubine will go back to Daxing City instead of you first, and see the specific situation, so as not to worry too much, Your Highness." ”

Yuan Tiantian saw it, and Yang Guang was very worried about Xiao Menglan's situation.

Yang Guang thought for a while and nodded: "Well, you can help me go back and take a look, the letter sent must reflect the specific situation." ”

"Yes, the concubine understands, it's just that the concubine is not by your side, your daily life is not taken care of, and the concubine is also quite worried."

"It's okay, the situation here shouldn't take more than a few months."

As soon as he said two words, Li Jing, who had left before, turned back again.

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, I just got the news that you sent someone from the Wa Kingdom before, Su Duoluo, to come over."

"Oh?"

Yang Guang didn't expect such a coincidence, at this time, his spy Sudoro actually came back.

"Go and tell him that he's coming to me."

Sudoro himself didn't expect that as soon as he came ashore, King Jin was here.

At this time, Sudoro was much fatter than when they met before, with a beard and the appearance of a rich family.

"Grass people Sudoro, meet His Royal Highness the King of Jin."

"Coincidentally, it's really a coincidence, Sudoro, I haven't seen you for a long time, how did you come to Dasui this time."

Sudoro's face was full of smiles: "I'm here to report good news to His Royal Highness King Jin." ”

"What's the happy event?"

"Our emperor hopes to be able to open up the sea exchange with the Great Sui, and is willing to pay New Year's coins to the Great Sui."

Yang Guang saw the cattleness at a glance: "Sudoro, you seem to have forgotten who you are working for, did your emperor see us crossing the sea and attacking Goguryeo, so he wanted to obtain the goods of our warships through mutual markets?" ”

Su Duo Rome was shocked: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, don't dare, how dare we have such thoughts, only His Royal Highness the King of Jin is mighty, and the emperor will be like this, and take the initiative to pay the New Year's coin." ”

"Sudoro!"

Yang Guang's low voice made Su Duoluo shudder, and when he looked up, the momentum on the body of His Royal Highness the King of Jin, who had grown up, was far from comparable to that of his youth.

"This king gives you money, let you be the king's spy, this king hopes that you can return wholeheartedly, it seems that you are going to disappoint me."

Su Duoluo knelt on the ground, after so many years, he seemed to have forgotten the fear when his life was in the hands of the young King Jin, and the King of Jin in front of him could pinch him between the palms.

"This king will give you one last chance, why does the king of the Wa Kingdom propose to exchange trade with us on the sea?"

Sudora trembled and said, "Our Emperor, your army crossed the sea and directly captured Goguryeo by relying on warships, and everyone was very afraid, and at the same time, they also wanted warships like Dasui, because we couldn't build them ourselves." ”

"What is the use of the ships you want? Come and attack us?! ”

(End of chapter)