Chapter 683: The Prince's Claim
Yang Jian let out an "oh", looked directly at Changsun Sheng, and motioned for him to continue.
"As far as the minister knows, since the emperor founded the Great Sui, he has always cherished the ambition of unifying China, and for this reason, he has conquered Tuguhun in the west and the Turks in the north, in order to one day stabilize the border troubles in the west and north, so that he can raise the military strength of the whole country to cross the river and attack Chen, and realize the grand plan and hegemony of the unification of the north and the south in the past three hundred years. Now that the edict has been issued, and nearly one million troops on the eastern, central, and western routes have been assembled and deployed, how can it be reasonable to postpone the dispatch of troops because thousands of men and horses from the Tuyuhun region came to loot and the Turkic country has changed? Please rest assured that although the ministers are not talented, if they are ordered to send an envoy to the Turks this time, they will definitely persuade Yongyu Lu to maintain the promise made by Mohe Khan to the emperor and ensure that the northern border is safe; Moreover, under the command of the Han King of Bingzhou, there was Yang Shangxi in Wen, long live Wu Youshi, and 100,000 elite soldiers were waiting for him, even if the ministers could not complete their mission, they also decided to block the Turks from the Great Wall; And Tuyuhun in the western Xinjiang is even less worried, they did not hesitate to carry out this banditry act, deep into the two states of Jingyuan to loot the horses, which in itself shows that they do not yet have a strong force to march eastward to trouble, 200,000 soldiers in the northwest to deal with thousands of horse thieves, the victory or defeat is no longer to be commented on and predicted. Changsun Sheng faced Yang Jian and talked eloquently, but he did not take the changes in the west and north into account, and strongly persuaded Yang Jian not to suspend Chen.
Yang Jian was infected by Changsun Sheng's confident and calm performance, and couldn't help but stand up, his eyes turned to Xue Daoheng, who was standing aside. He wanted to hear the attitude of the Chinese courtiers on this matter.
Xue Daoheng gave Yang Jian a chapter of thousands of words as early as two years ago, and listed to Yang Jian the ten reasons for cutting Chen, and now seeing that the emperor looked at him, he gave up his hand and said: "General Changsun's words are also what the ministers want to say to the emperor." The Turks are no longer what they used to be, and Tuyuhun is even more of a rabble, and the emperor must not shake his determination to defeat Chen by such a small twist and turn in the western Xinjiang and the northern border, so as to miss the good opportunity for the reunification of the north and the south once in 300 years. ”
"Hmm." Yang Jian's face slowed down a lot, but he didn't immediately take the advice of the two, paced back and forth in the Linde Hall with his hands behind his back a few times, and commanded to Chang Sun Sheng, "Ji Sheng, you are ready to go north to envoy the Turks." From tomorrow, I will leave the dynasty for three days to mourn the death of Mohe Khan. For the things requested in the letter of the righteous princess, I will approve all the things, and give 10,000 horses of fine silk to Dulan Khan to congratulate him slightly. ”
"The emperor personally dropped out of the court to mourn, and rewarded 10,000 silk silks as a congratulatory gift for Dulan Khan to inherit the throne, and the minister is willing to guarantee with his life that at least for two years, the Turks will never become enemies and soldiers with my Great Sui. The minister then retired. The eldest grandson Sheng clenched his fists at Yang Jian, turned around and strode out of the Linde Palace.
"Donkey, go and spread the word to King Guangping, and the prince will come together." Yang Jian pondered and instructed Li Yu'er, and then instructed Xue Daoheng, "You go back to the province to draft two edicts for me, one is to approve the Eastern Turkic Dulan Khan's inheritance of the Khan's throne, and the other is issued to Yu Qingze of Qinzhou, ordering him to meet Tuyuhun again and pretend to be a bandit to plunder the horse, and there is no need for Qin to report it, just exterminate them all." ”
Xue Daoheng agreed, turned around and left.
Although Changsun Sheng and Xue Daoheng could not be called important ministers in the court, they both had one article and one martial arts, and they both strongly advocated that they should not suspend the attack on Chen, which made Yang Jian's mood that had become bad for a while improve. Next, he wanted to hear the thoughts and opinions of the crown prince Yang Yong and his nephew Yang Xiong on this matter, and then make a decision.
Although the crown prince Yang Yong is still under house arrest at the moment, he was ordered to participate in the political affairs of the dynasty, and when the Turkic troops pointed directly at Chang'an in the first year of the emperor, he was ordered to lead the army out of the south bank of Weishui.
After about a quarter of an hour, Yang Xiong, the king of Guangping, who was fully dressed and hung with a sword at his waist, and Yang Tong, the prince who was dressed in a plain robe, rushed to the Linde Hall one after another.
Yang Jian saw Yang Yong wearing a plain robe at a glance, frowned, and asked him first: "I just sent an edict to Xing to attack Chen, as the prince of a country, why are you wearing an ominous color?" ”
Yang Yong bowed to his father and replied: "Just because the fetus in the womb of Yuan's wife, the former son-in-law, has not passed a hundred days, the son-in-law only cares about wearing a plain robe, and mourns slightly, but he forgets the military affairs of his father's army to attack Chen, and asks his father to punish him." And Rong Erchen went back to change his robe and came back to see the driver. ”
In fact, Yang Yong deliberately wore a plain white brocade robe to Linde Hall today, just to remind his father that he had lived in the palace for a long time, and it was time to return to the East Palace to participate in court politics.
"A fetus that has not yet taken shape, can you wear filial piety for him like this?" Yang Jian asked angrily, waved his hand, stopped Yang Yong, and then handed over the two pieces sent back by Yang Liang and Yu Qingze to Yang Yong and Yang Xiong for circulation, and then asked, "Due to the successive changes in the western Xinjiang and the northern border, I intend to suspend the attack on Chen, what do you two think about this?" ”
Yang Xiong had secretly investigated the crown prince Yang Yong not long ago, and felt that it was inconvenient to answer first at this time, so he looked at Yang Yong silently.
Yang Yong, however, because he had personally experienced the power of the Turkic Iron Cavalry six years ago, still has a little palpitations when he thinks about it, and he ponders Yang Jian's tone, so he cautiously replied: "There have been accidents in the western Xinjiang and northern borders, and for the sake of safety, we should suspend the felling of Chen in case of accidents." The son agreed with his father's decision. ”
"Xiong'er, what do you say?" Yang Jian turned to Yang Xiong expressionlessly and asked.
Yang Xiong has been busy with Yang Guang and the two of them for several days, and his mind is full of how to ensure that the forbidden palace and Gyeonggi will not be chaotic again, so he hurriedly browsed the recitals sent back by Yang Liang and Yu Qingze, although he intuitively felt that it was too cautious to postpone Chen for such two things, but because he did not want to disagree with the prince at this time, and secondly, he had some thoughts that it was not right to say more than one word, so he clenched his fists and replied: "The minister only obeys the emperor's orders, and there is no other proposition." ”
It stands to reason that Yang Yong and Yang Xiong are not comparable to Changsun Sheng and Xue Daoheng, whether it is intimacy or status in the court, but at this time, one of them echoed his approval of the suspension of Chen, and the other claimed that he had no other ideas, Yang Jiangang was inspired by Changsun Sheng and Xue Daoheng and couldn't help but waver a little: six years ago, when he was raising his army to attack Chen, the Turkic Five Khans joined forces to attack the south and almost attacked outside Chang'an in one fell swoop.