Chapter 62: Yang Ming's Four Expeditions to Goryeo
After Yang Ming and Song Yuzhi completed their wedding in the Luoyang Palace, Yang Guang officially decreed that Yang Ming should be canonized as the prince of the prison country, and then took Empress Xiao and Yang Yu, Yang Tong, Yang Qi and the unwilling King of Qi Yang Hui to leave Luoyang and go south to Jiangdu again. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Yang Guang and Pei Ju left at the same time, but left a mess to Yang Ming.
In order to appease the Guandong Gate Valve Family and the Guanzhong Gate Valve Family, Yang Ming announced that he would marry Pei Ju's daughter Shi Qingxuan and Dugu Feng, the daughter of the Dugu family, on the third day after his wedding to Song Yuzhi.
If you want to appease the gate valve family in Kanto and Guanzhong in the shortest time, marriage is undoubtedly the most direct way.
After temporarily transferring the Guandong Gate Valve Family and the Guanzhong Gate Valve Family, the most tricky thing left is the Guanlong aristocratic group headed by the Taiyuan Li family.
Since the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Guanlong aristocratic group is the strongest gate valve group, and their internal unity is very strong, Taiyuan Li family is relying on the support of the Guanlong aristocratic group to overpower the Lingnan Song valve to become the head of the four major gate valves.
After using the method of marriage to appease the Guandong and Guanzhong gate valve families, on May 15, the fifteenth year of the Great Cause, Yang Ming summoned Li Yuan and his three sons Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin and Li Yuanji in the Great Cause Hall of the Luoyang Imperial Palace.
Although in addition to the three concubines, Li Yuan also has eighteen concubines, but those concubines don't even pay attention to Li Yuan, and Yang Ming doesn't take them seriously.
Li Yuan and his three sons entered the Great Cause Hall and bowed to Yang Ming, who was half-lying on the dragon chair, Yang Ming yawned and said impatiently.
Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Yuanji, the Great Sui Empire governed by this king cannot tolerate the people of your Li family in Taiyuan, I don't care whether you go east to Fusang or go to the Western Regions, in short, you Li family must leave the Great Sui. ”
Hearing Yang Ming's words, the faces of Li Yuan's father and son all became extremely ugly.
Not to mention that everyone has a love for their homeland. The foundation of the Li family in Taiyuan is in the Great Sui, if you go to Fusang or the Western Regions, who will know that the Li family in Taiyuan is the head of the noble four major lords and the leader of the Guanlong aristocratic group.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, please be gracious!"
Li Jiancheng knelt on the ground and said in fear.
"Although my father used to be obsessed with rebellion, my father now knows his mistake. His Majesty has also forgiven his father. Please see that our Li family and the royal family are blood relatives, and forgive our Li family once. ”
Li Jiancheng was already kneeling, Li Shimin and Li Yuanji, as younger brothers, naturally couldn't stand, only Li Yuan, as Yang Ming's elder, was still standing relying on the old and selling the old.
The corners of Yang Ming's mouth hooked up a playful sneer and said.
"Since Brother Jiancheng said so, this king is not an unreasonable person, I will let you immigrate overseas to expand the territory for my Great Sui, and when you are successful and retired, you can return to the Great Sui to be a rich man. ”
"Emigrate overseas?"
"Expanding the territory?"
Looking at the puzzled expressions on the faces of the three Li Jiancheng brothers, Yang Ming explained for them with unprecedented patience.
"You are all familiar with Fusang and the Western Regions. This king plans to arrange for Li Shimin to immigrate one million into Fusang, and abolish the emperor of Fusang, so that Fusang will become the Dongying County of my Great Sui, and Li Yuanji will immigrate one million into the Western Regions, and all the titles of the kings of the Western Regions will be demoted to the county prince of my Great Sui. As for Li Jiancheng, you have to emigrate millions to the Nanyang Islands and the Australian mainland, and once this matter is completed, you will definitely be famous in the history of the future for a long time. ”
After Yang Ming's words were finished. The three brothers of Li Jiancheng had not yet reacted, and Li Yuan's heart was like thousands of grass and mud horses running at the same time.
Frankly. Li Yuan really wants to ask Yang Ming now, are you really not Yang Guang's biological son?
In ten years, Yang Guang completed the opening of the imperial examination, the construction of the canal, and the three expeditions to Goryeo, which were famous for thousands of years, and as a result, the prosperity of the Great Sui Empire was in full swing.
However, Yang Ming wants to immigrate millions to three places at the same time, this kind of impatient character who is too big and not afraid of getting eggs is exactly the same as Yang Guang.
You must know that with the maritime situation of the society at this time, 100,000 immigrants are emigrated every year. can consume a year's tax burden of the Great Sui, not to mention Yang Ming's plan to immigrate three million.
In other words, immigration alone will be able to keep the treasury revenue of the Great Sui Empire in negative growth for the next thirty years.
Yang Ming is simply going to be like Yang Guang, and once again make the Great Sui Empire into the rhythm of the chaotic times.
It seemed to be aware of Li Yuan's strange gaze. Yang Ming looked at Li Yuan and said.
"Do you think that this king will not be able to come up with the money to support immigration? You can rest assured that this king will reform the tax system from next year, and then the tax revenue of the Great Sui will increase at least tenfold, and it is not unprofitable to emigrate overseas. ”
Li Yuan hurriedly bowed his head to Yang Ming and said, pretending to be sincerely afraid.
"Lao Chen just thinks that His Highness's idea is too hasty? You must know that Fusang, the Western Regions and Nanyang are all mastered lands, and my Great Sui immigrants used to set up prefectures and counties, but I am afraid that a war will start. ”
"The three sons of the Li family, each of whom is a civil and military all-rounder, believes that it will be easy to defeat those barbarian people with their skills. Accept the arrangement of this king, the three of them will return to the Great Sui one day in the future, if you refuse to accept it, then the king can only drive the entire Li family out of the Great Sui. ”
If Li Yuan's father and son had the vision of future generations, they would definitely choose to leave the Great Sui and go overseas to conquer the barbarians and establish their own country as emperors.
It's a pity that in this era when the Son of Heaven and the family gate valve rule the world together, the people from the family gate valve even dare to despise the imperial power, and naturally they will not go to the wilderness to be the emperor of the wild people.
After all, the wealth and high civilization of the Central Plains are far from being comparable to the overseas barbarians of this era.
Therefore, after Li Yuan's father and son exchanged opinions, they accepted Yang Ming's arrangement, and prepared to immigrate overseas for three million in exchange for continuing to live in Dasui, anyway, the money for immigration was not for the Li family to come out, and there was not much loss for the Li family.
Yang Ming's arrangement seemed to be harmless to the Li family, but in fact, it made Li Yuan's three sisters-in-law scatter everywhere, and Li Yuan, who stayed in Taiyuan, was equivalent to a tiger with teeth extracted, and when Yang Ming weakened the Guanlong aristocratic group, even if Li Yuan was in Taiyuan, he would not have the courage to oppose Yang Ming.
After solving the problem of Li Yuan's father and son, Yang Ming summoned Li Jing, the current military god, in the Hall of Great Cause.
If we say that half of Li Shimin's commander-in-command talent is blown out. Then Li Jing's name as the god of war is genuine.
Li Jingzi pharmacist, born in a family of eunuchs of the Great Sui Dynasty, and his uncle was a generation of famous generals Han Baohu.
Li Jing's grandfather, Li Chongyi, served as the assassin of Yinzhou, was named the Duke of Yongkang, and his father Li Quanguan was the Taishou of Zhao County.
Li Jing looks burly and is influenced by his family. Since he was a child, he has [literary and military talents], and he is quite enterprising, and his uncle Han Baohu claps his hands every time he talks to him about military affairs.
Li Jing first served as Gongcao of Chang'an County, and then successively served as the chief of the palace and the driver of the department.
Although his official position is humble, his talent is famous among the ministers, and Niu Hong, the secretary of the ministry, praised him for having [Wang Zuozhicai], and Yang Su, a great military strategist and the left servant of the Yue Kingdom, also favored him.
In the thirteenth year of the great cause, Li Jing served as the commander of Mayi County. Fought against the Turks under Li Yuan's tent.
At this time, Li Yuan, who was left behind in Taiyuan, secretly recruited troops and waited for an opportunity.
Li Jing sensed his motives, so he disguised himself as a prisoner and went to Jiangdu, preparing to tell Yang Guang secretly.
It's a pity that after Li Jing arrived in Jiangdu, Yang Guang was a faint gentleman, and he didn't listen to Li Jing's secret report at all, so Li Jing resigned and left Jiangdu in disappointment. first took refuge in Du Fuwei, who crisscrossed the Jianghuai land.
However, the chaos of military discipline in the Jianghuai Army also disappointed Li Jing greatly, so Li Jing broke away from the Jianghuai Army again. Prepare to find another master to take refuge.
In the next two years, Li Jing originally wanted to go to the Taiyuan Li family, the head of the Guanlong aristocratic group, but Yang Ming was born to show a trend of dominating the world, which made Li Jing change his mind and finally joined Yang Ming's command.
Li Jing was originally born in a family of eunuchs who had been loyal to the Great Sui for generations, and Yang Ming had the orthodox status of the Great Sui royal family. Loyalty to Yang Ming is naturally better for Li Jing than loyalty to the rebellious ministers and thieves of the Li family in Taiyuan.
"Minister Li Jing pays a visit to His Royal Highness the Prince!"
After Li Jing came to the Hall of Great Cause and knelt on one knee, Yang Ming immediately said with a gentle smile.
I want you to train 30,000 soldiers in the land of Youyan, and in three months, this king will join you in the eastward expedition to Goryeo. ”
"Your Highness wants to conquer Goryeo again?"
Li Jing raised his head and looked at Yang Ming with a puzzled expression.
The reason why the Great Sui Empire became a chaotic era. A large part of the reason is that Yang Guangsan conquered Goryeo, causing hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers of the Great Sui to die on the battlefield of Goryeo.
Now that Yang Ming is conquering Goryeo again, wouldn't he repeat Yang Guang's mistakes.
"This king knows what General Li is worried about, but don't worry! This time, this king's four expeditions to Goryeo are intended to draw a successful end to His Majesty's three expeditions to Goryeo. If the people of Goryeo dare to resist, whether it is Fu Cailin or the king of Goryeo, they will kill him. ”
Hearing Yang Ming's explanation, Li Jing couldn't help but say sincerely in admiration.
"Your Highness is really a filial person. ”
Now although Yang Ming is in charge of the state affairs of the Great Sui as the crown prince of the state, Yang Guang is the emperor after all.
As long as Yang Ming's four expeditions to Goryeo are successful, then Yang Guang will be able to wash away the stigma of the failure of the three expeditions to Goryeo.
If Yang Ming ascended the throne and became emperor and then conquered Goryeo, even if Yang Ming succeeded in the first battle, this would be Yang Ming's merit, and it would not be able to wash away the shame of Yang Guangsan's failure to conquer Goryeo.
"The Most Filial Person?"
Yang Ming sneered and shook his head.
"This king is not as good as General Li thought, I just want to give His Majesty justice. If it weren't for those people from the family and Cihang Jingzhai, His Majesty's first expedition to Goryeo would have been completed, and it would not have been uncommon for this king to subdue the eternal prestige of Liaodong's homeland. ”
As early as the Han Dynasty, the land of Liaodong was already owned by the Central Plains Dynasty.
However, since the rebellion of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, the land of Liaodong has gradually escaped from the control of the Central Plains Dynasty.
After the Great Sui unified the world, although the land of Kyushu in the Qin and Han dynasties was already under the control of the Great Sui, the land of Liaodong was still occupied by the small country of Goryeo, so Yang Guang would conquer Goryeo three times to complete the great cause of recovering his homeland.
Now that Yang Ming dominates the world, the four expeditions to Goryeo are not only to recover the homeland of Liaodong and draw a successful end to Yang Guang's three expeditions to Goryeo, but also to complete the great cause that Yang Guang did not complete to slap him in the face.
Li Jing naturally couldn't guess the deep meaning in Yang Ming's heart, and as a courtier, he would not take the initiative to figure out the monarch's thoughts.
In three months, Yang Ming successively completed the wedding of marrying Shi Qingxuan, Dugufeng, Shi Feixuan and Yang Jier in Luoyang City.
Although Yang Ming, who has five beautiful wives and concubines, has made countless men in the world envious, jealous and hateful, the news that Yang Ming married Yang Jier, the righteous sister, has made countless righteous and moral people in the world criticize.
However, Yang Ming has long been arbitrary, although he will not carry out a reign of terror such as a literary prison, but being scolded as a pervert by his sister, Yang Ming not only did not get angry, but felt a little happy.
In September of the fifteenth year of the Great Cause, Yang Ming bid farewell to the five wives of the newlywed Yan'er, left Luoyang City with one person and one sword, and came to Youzhou, where Li Jing led 30,000 soldiers to station.
Now that the cold winter in the northern land is approaching, on the first day Yang Ming arrived in Youzhou, he asked Li Jing to lead 30,000 soldiers to launch a war against Goryeo.
In fact, although the people of Goryeo are wild and untamable, their weapons and equipment cannot be compared with the soldiers of the Great Sui Prefecture at all, and the talent of the Goryeo generals is far from that of the Great Sui generals.
Yang Guangsan's failure to conquer Goryeo, in addition to the rebellion of the lord of Goryeo without faith, the biggest reason is that Fu Cailin, the master of Yijian, has been supporting the people of Goryeo to resist the Great Sui as a spiritual pillar.
As for whether Li Jing could command 30,000 soldiers to defeat Goryeo's 100,000 army, Yang Ming did not have the slightest doubt in his heart.
Therefore, after the army entered Liaodong, Yang Ming went directly into the hinterland of Goryeo, first went to the royal city of Pyongyang to kill the lord of Goryeo, and then came to the hermitage of Fu Cailin, the master of Yijian.
Fu Cailin's martial arts concentrate on the great achievements of the soil, the Western Regions and Goryeo, and he is a cardinal, so he can be called the three great masters of the world together with [Wuzun] Bi Xuan, who dominates the Western Regions, and Ning Daoqi, the first Taoist master of the Central Plains.
He said that "all supernatural powers change, and they are all self-sufficient", which means that everyone has a deep treasure trove with infinite potential, but they are blinded by various attachments.
He repeatedly led the rebel army to resist Yang Guang's invasion of Goryeo, thus becoming a national hero of Goryeo, and in the hearts of Goryeo people, Fu Cailin is already a god rather than a human, full of sublime and mysterious colors.
But in Yang Ming's eyes, Fu Cailin is definitely a wonder.
Fu Cailin is a man, although he is nearly 100 years old, the three disciples he accepts are all female apprentices with beautiful faces, which really makes people wonder if Fu Cailin wants to play the trick of [Ghost Master].
There was an unusually narrow face, all of which were flaws that no one wanted to have, more like a crowd in a heap, which made his forehead appear particularly high, his chin was slender and a little cumbersome, and the bridge of his nose was bent and folded but disproportionately high, making his eyes and mouth even more small in comparison. (To be continued.) )