"Husband." When everyone left, Yin Mingyue blushed and added a cup of tea to Yang Tong, her marriage with Yang Dong had been spread to the army, and everyone held their heartfelt blessings, but she hadn't officially started after all, so when she called Yang Dong 'husband', she was still a little shy. At this time, he looked at Yang Tong's bright eyes, but there was a hint of worry, as if he had something to say, but he seemed a little hesitant.

For his own women, Yang Tong has always been very tolerant, and said with a smile: "You and I are husband and wife, it doesn't matter if you have anything to say." ”

Yin Mingyue sat under Yang Tong's head, and said with some concern: "As we all know, before the Jinyang rebellion, Li Yuan colluded with the Eastern/Turkic to obtain the support of the Eastern/Turkic at the cost of being a vassal to Shibi Khan, and shamelessly made a promise, saying that 'if you can get from me, do not invade the people, and the income from the conquest, the children and jade silks can be owned by the Khan'." In the end, the army of Shibi Khan was used to drag Fujun's army to Mayi, so as to successfully occupy the annexed state and Guanzhong. After the Tang army entered Guanzhong, it was attacked by Xue Ju, and the pseudo-Tang Dynasty was defeated repeatedly, but finally defeated Xue Ju's army of more than 300,000 with 130,000 troops in one fell swoop. This was a key battle in which the puppet Tang was able to gain a foothold in Guanzhong, and it was also one of the reasons why they praised Li Shimin's military talent. However, we all know that the Western Qin army marched with the Turks, and Li Yuan listened to Li Shimin's suggestion and promised to cede Wuwei, Wuyuan, Yulin and other places with abundant water and grass to the Turks, so that the Turks turned to support the puppet Tang Dynasty, and joined forces with Li Shimin to break Xue Ju's army. ”

She looked at Yang Tong silently, and said: "Our people in Jingxiang sent an eagle letter, saying that Tubo had colluded with Li Yuan after my Great Sui hit a wall, and the pseudo-Tang Dynasty is now poor, if we chase and fight like this, I am worried that Li Yuan will lead the Tubo army into the country and participate in the Sui and Tang civil wars." ”

Yang Tong was awe-struck, nodded silently, and agreed with Yin Mingyue's worries very much in his heart, and asked rhetorically, "What do you think about?" ”

Yin Mingyue said: "In the eyes of a person like Li Yuan, there is only one family's benefit, and he has no idea of national righteousness, as long as he can be the emperor, he can do anything." If we really want to force him in a hurry, we will definitely lead Tibet into the war. Tubo is not far from Qinghai, if it really sends troops, the vast and sparsely populated Xihai and Heyuan counties will bear the brunt, if they can't keep the foreign enemy out of the country, the war will soon burn to the Hehuang region, cut off the connection between Yongliang and Liang, and completely interrupt the Silk Road. Therefore, I suggested that my husband should consider Tubo in the Sui and Tang wars, and make military arrangements in advance, so as not to be caught off guard by Tubo. ”

Yang Tong pondered for a moment and said slowly: "The world has been in chaos for so long, and it has long been mournful and the people are struggling to make a living, we must unify the world as soon as possible and make the world peaceful." Only then can the knife be pointed in the opposite direction. Therefore, the pseudo-Tang Dynasty must be fought, and it must not be afraid of the sudden variable of Tubo. Moreover, we have gathered nearly a million troops, even if I want to stop the armistice, it is impossible to stop, because if the armistice is stopped, this huge number of troops will become a heavy burden on the imperial court, and the civil war will end a day earlier, and the pressure on the imperial court will be much less. If the temporarily recruited army is disbanded now, the pressure on the main battle corps will be great, and once there are extremely heavy losses, even if the Great Sui army annihilates the puppet Tang, it will fall into a long period of weakness. When the time comes, how will we be in shock? And how can we achieve the goal of supporting the army and the people through foreign warfare? ”

In the end, Yang Tong's eyes were gradually pregnant with infinite killing opportunities, and Yin Mingyue's reminder reminded him of a far-reaching evil thing - Li Yuan sold his land in exchange for the Eastern/Turkic troops to destroy his opponents in order to seize the world, and when it came to the Anshi Rebellion, his descendant Tang Suzong used this method to borrow troops from the Hui people. Tang Suzong and the Hui people agreed: "On the day of Kecheng, the land and Shishu will return to the Tang Dynasty, and the gold silk and children will be returned to the Hui." Later, the Hui people captured Daxing, ransacked Daxing, and left an empty city for the Tang Dynasty.

Wang Fuzhi once said in "Reading the Commentary": "The Tang Dynasty raised troops and used the Turks, so his later generations used Hui to punish An, history, and Shatuo to break the Yellow Nest, and Shi Jingjiao Zi Khitan to usurp, cut Yan, Yun, lose New Year's coins, and was desperate to ill China and cut himself off." Even Wu Sangui learned such a trick and released the Qing soldiers into the customs to fight against Li Zicheng.

It can be said that Li Yuan is a figure who set a very bad precedent, so that the later anti-king has no scruples to lead foreign races into the country and compete for the world, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a sinner who is guilty of a thousand years.

Although it is a bit far to think about this now, but the world is getting closer and closer in that direction, and the war potential of the Central Plains is constantly being consumed in the troubled times, although with his arrival, the originally powerful East/Turk, Western Turk, and Silla have lost the opportunity to be enemies and rise with the Great Sui, but at the same time, the history of the Tang Dynasty with the rise and fall of the Tubo is still quietly growing, if Yang Tong resigns himself to it, and sits and watches him brew for more than ten years, he will still become the enemy of the Great Sui, and underestimate this large southwestern country, The Sui Dynasty must have suffered a big loss.

Yang Tong is not an extreme nationalist, and he also supports national integration in his heart, because civilization is to make progress in national integration again and again, and only the collision of different civilizations can burst out all the sparks, but the process of integration must be dominated by Han civilization, not forced integration by foreign races like the Wuhu Chaohua, the Qing soldiers entering the customs, and the invasion of little devils.

From the current point of view, the battle between the Great Sui Dynasty and Tubo is also an inevitable general trend, since the general trend is inviolable, then simply take the Great Sui as the main and detonate all the general trend in advance.

There are also the Tuyuhun, Turkic, Jeon, Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje, and Western Regions states, and even if they do not have the strength to de facto occupy them at this time, they should be weakened as much as possible while they are not growing. As for the Wakoku, it can not only exterminate its clan, but also support the Ezo people on the island of Hokkaido, who have a common enmity with the Japanese slaves, so that this indigenous person will continue to consume the Japanese slaves, and then wipe them out.

Thinking about it, Yang Tong felt that the feeling of blood boiling before was burning in his body again.

"Husband, what should we do now? Do you want to deploy for Tibet? Yin Mingyue saw that Yang Tong had made a decision, and hurriedly asked.

"Yes, why not?" Yang Tong said: "Send an eagle letter to Wang Fubao, asking him to lead the Ninth Army into Heyuan, strengthen contact with Xue Wanshu, the commander of Xihai County, and the Tuyuhun of Xihai County, and closely supervise the movements of Tubo. If Tubo really dares to stretch out its claws, not only will it cut off its claws of ambition, but also let him taste the power of the Great Sui, and when the world is unified, it will be the first to be destroyed. In addition, Wusu, the deputy commander of the Tenth Army of Lintao, was notified and asked him to prepare for the Tang army in Shu to cooperate with Wang Fubao to meet the Tubo army. ”

"Whoa." Yin Mingyue replied, and said: "According to the information we have obtained, the current situation in Tuyuhun is very severe and complicated, and Murong Fuyun estimates that he will not be able to control the overall situation. ”

"What happened to Tuyuhun again?" Yang Tong asked with some surprise.

"That's right." Yin Mingyue said softly: "In addition to the Xianbei people, Tuyuhun is also a native of the Qiang people, Dangxiang people and other ethnic groups, each of which has its own national beliefs and customs. After Murong Fuyun declared himself a vassal to my Great Sui, in order to curry favor with my Great Sui Dynasty, he asked Tuyuhun to learn all the Central Plains culture, which made other races very disgusted. And since the defeat of our soldiers under Jiyu City, Murong Fuyun's prestige and strength in Tuyuhun have been weakened to the extreme, and the Dangxiang and Qiang people are ready to move, they have controlled the people and the army of their own race, so that Tuyuhun has evolved into the Xianbei, Dangxiang, and Qiang people. Because Murong Fuyun was defeated twice by my Great Sui, the Xianbei people thought that he did not have the talent to be a khan, and they were very dissatisfied with him; However, the party and the Qiang people are weak and weak, and there are signs of joining forces to make independence. ”

Yang Tong frowned and said: "Murong Fuyun's promotion of the Central Plains culture will do no harm to our control of Tuyuhun Baili in the future, if he is overthrown, it will be a big loss for my Great Sui, and the promotion of the Central Plains culture will also be suspended." We must stand up in solidarity with Murong Fuyun. ”

Yin Mingyue said: "I think this is Murong Fuyun's true intention. ”

Yang Tong said suddenly: "Are you saying that Murong Fuyun can't control Tuyuhun, so he completely turned to the Great Sui and adopted a strategy of fox and fake tiger power in China?" ”

"Yes, that's exactly what I thought." After staying by Yang Tong's side for a long time, the people Yin Mingyue came into contact with are none other than today's outstanding figures, and under hearing and witnessing, his personal level has been greatly improved, and his knowledge, vision, and view of the world pattern are no worse than ordinary strategists.

Yang Tong paced back and forth a few steps, and ordered the guards outside the door: "Immediately invite Zuo Servant, Du Shangshu, Cen Yuanjun, Bing Junshou, and Secretary Yu." ”

"Whoa." The guards outside the door hurriedly left.

Yin Mingyue felt that she was about to become an imperial concubine, so she should avoid it, and said a little shyly: "It's not appropriate for me to be here, let's avoid it first." ”

"It's fine." Yang Tong hesitated, then agreed. It's not that he doesn't trust Yin Mingyue, but if he gets too involved, it won't do her any good. Let her avoid it, in fact, it is a kind of love.

Yin Mingyue also understood this truth, and didn't want Yang Tong to be embarrassed, so she took the initiative to bring it up. With Yang Tong's consent, he bowed and retreated.

……

About a moment or so, Yang Gongren, Du Ruhui, Cen Wenwen, Bing Yuanzhen, and Yu Shinan walked into the big tent quickly, bowed down and said, "Weichen see the saint!" ”

Yang Tong smiled: "No need to be polite, just sit down." ”

"Thank you." The five thanked them and took their seats.

"Fang Cai Mingyue reminded me, saying that Tubo was very likely to participate in the Sui and Tang Wars, and I decided to send Wang Fubao to march into Heyuan County." Yang Tong explained his analysis of Yin Mingyue and the deployment to be made, and then asked, "What do you think?" ”

"General Yin's reminder is quite timely, and the advice is also very good. Now that you have found it, you should take precautions. For the deployment of the saint, Weichen has no different meaning. Yang Gongren agreed.

"Keming, what do you mean?"

"The deployment of the Holy Lord is quite thorough, and there is no difference between the ministers." Du Ruhui hurriedly replied.

"In addition, Murong Fuyun's reputation has been greatly damaged, and he has lost control over Tuyuhun, and chaos is just around the corner."

Seeing that the other people didn't have anything to say, Yang Tong introduced Tuyuhun's situation again, and then said: "I feel that the policies of the Central Plains culture and Central Plains etiquette that Murong Fuyun is now promoting are beneficial to my Great Sui. What do you think about this? ”

"It should support Murong Fuyun." Yang Gongren first expressed his own opinions, and then analyzed: "Although Tuyuhun is dying, but the Xianbei, Dangxiang and Qiang people are all races with a history of hundreds of years, they have their own national beliefs, if I go to the Great Sui to forcibly promote the Central Plains culture, the voice of opposition may be stronger and stronger, even if it can be suppressed by force for a while, it may not be able to win their sincere attachment, if it is carried out by Murong Fuyun, the righteous Great Khan, it is easier for the Tuyuhun people to accept, and the effect is countless times higher than what we forcibly." If they do fight, it's a big deal to send troops to take over, and then we can do whatever we want. On the other hand, we still need to use Tuyuhun to block the road to the north of Tubo, if it is divided, it will definitely be swallowed up by Tubo, and a strong Tubo is not good for our Great Sui. ”

Seeing Du Ruhui nodding silently, Cen Wenwen arched his hand and said, "Holy Lord, Weichen agrees with the proposal of the left servant. Because my current goal of the Great Sui is still to annihilate Li Yuan, Lin Shihong, Meng Haigong, and Feng An, if we send troops to fight abroad, it will affect the process of our unification of the world, so we should maintain Murong Fuyun's rule over Tuyuhun and let him temporarily block part of Tubo's troops. For the time being, the stability of Tuyuhun is more beneficial to me than the end. ”

Yang Tong frowned and said, "But how can we maintain Murong Fuyun?" ”

"In the first war last year, Tuyuhun was scared by my Great Sui, bowing down to Murong Fuyun's personal wishes, but also the common voice of all ethnic groups, but my Great Sui has never officially canonized them, and their reputation has fallen into a trough Murong Fuyun's name is not right, if we send someone to canonize him, then he is my official subordinate of the Great Sui, presumably Xianbei, the party, and the Qiang people dare not oppose Murong Fuyun's rule." Du Ruhui suggested.

"Du Shangshu's method is wonderful." Bing Yuanzhen said with some embarrassment: "But Huaiyang is too far away from Tuyuhun, if you send an envoy from Beijing, I am afraid that there will be a lot of delay on the road." It would not be good if Tuyuhun had a big mess during this time. ”

Yang Tong, Yang Gongren, and Du Ruhui heard this, and a smile appeared on their faces.

Yang Tong said with a smile: "Don't be so troublesome, I can draft the holy decree, and I can send an eagle letter to Kong Shaode, the warden of Heyuan County, and ask him to go and canonize it nearby." ”

"Although the letter eagle is fast, but the holy decree is so heavy, can the letter eagle take it?" Bing Yuan really already knew the way of transmitting the message of the Great Sui.

"Just write a concise canon, and have Kong Shaode frame it to look good." Yang Tong said lightly

"......" Bing Yuanzhen, Cen Wenwen, and Yu Shinan all had dark faces when they heard this.

How can such a sacred thing as a holy decree be done like this?

That's too casual.

Yang Tong said indifferently: "Anyway, the Tuyuhun people don't know anything, just cover the jade seal of the country." ”

"Holy." Du Ruhui suggested: "General Wang was stationed in Heyuan to prevent Tubo, and Tuyuhun also benefited from it, and Weichen felt that they were obliged to bear part of the military expenses. ”

Yang Gongren nodded: "I'll see it." ”

"Okay, just do it, send another letter to Kong Deshao, and ask him to talk to Murong Fuyun about military spending when he goes to canonize him. In principle, the more the merrier. ”

"Whoa." Yang Gongren and Du Ruhui should have given up.

"......" Yang Tong, Yang Gongren, and Du Ruhan's natural tone made Bing Yuanzhen, Cen Wenwen, and Yu Shinan stunned again and again, feeling that they couldn't keep up with their train of thought.

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Note 1: Chen Yinke, a master of Chinese studies, said in "On Tang Gaozu's Submission to Turkic Affairs": "The prosperity of our nation's martial arts is none other than that of the Han and Tang Dynasties. However, Han Gaozu was trapped in Pingcheng, Tang Gaozu also tried to claim to be subordinate to the Turks, the Han Dynasty is not discussed in this article, when the Tang Gaozu raised troops in Taiyuan, he actually claimed to be subordinate to the Turks, and Taizong conspired for this matter, and later Shi Chen was quite secretive about it, so that the origin of his matter was not obvious to later generations......"

Note 2: In the case of Yin Ke, Tang Gaozu's army in Taiyuan, that is, rebelled against Sui and became independent, and did not set up a different banner to show independence, which is not surprising. However, Taizong and others will want to change the white flag to show the Turks, which is very suspicious. According to the Tang Dynasty entrepreneurial living note, Pei Lin and others played the ballad of the god Taiyuan Huihua Ni, and the poem has a cloud: the boy hangs white flags on the wood, and the Hu soldiers are full of front and back.