Yang Guang's eyes lit up, and he laughed: "Okay, this plan is very good, Empress Xiao and I are in Liaodong all the way, and they can't help much, and the expedition is out, it is indeed too hard for her as a woman, and I can't bear it, so I just take this opportunity to let her stay in the Eastern Capital and lead the harem, and by the way, I will educate Yang Cambodia this unsuccessful thing." ”

"Oh, by the way, Wang Aiqing, the third thing I want to ask you is the current situation in China, in fact, since the time of Liaodong, I have received urgent reports from all over the country every day, not that there are bandits here, that is, there are mutant people there, either to ask me for food, or to ask me for soldiers, I am strange, that is, to fight Goguryeo and mobilize a million troops, I have 9 million households in Dasui, and 50 or 60 million living beings, how can I get the land everywhere, a post-apocalyptic atmosphere? Wang Aiqing, you have never spoken, I want you to tell the truth today. ”

Wang Shichong secretly said in his heart, if you really want to tell the truth, you will definitely cut me, Lao Tzu is not so stupid, besides, if you don't continue to toss, how can I win the world? But his face was a sincere expression, and he said: "Your Majesty, Weichen rushed all the way from Donglai County here, and on the way he deliberately paid attention to the situation in various places, in the minister's opinion, the rebellion situation in various places is much better than when Weichen just arrived in Donglai County from Liaodong, and the large bandits have disappeared, as for the small shares, hundreds of people and a group of people who occupy the mountains as kings, can never be eradicated, Your Majesty should not care." ”

Yang Guang's expression softened a little, and he continued to ask: "Then all over the country are coming to beg for food, what's going on?" If even the prefectures and counties run out of food, then even front-line operations will be a problem. And the people will be overwhelmed. Become a bandit. That's what you said. ”

The corners of Wang Shichong's mouth hooked, and he continued: "That's because there are people with bad intentions and bad intentions, taking advantage of the foolish people below who don't understand Your Majesty's imperial ambition and great cause, to instigate those people who have increased some forced labor and taxes, and to become thieves and bandits with them, and officials from all over the Kanto. The mind is all on providing military rations for His Majesty's great cause of conquering Liao, plus the state and county troops are insufficient, and there are no government soldiers, so they will ask Your Majesty for help, in fact, things are not out of control, their minds just feel that Your Majesty has a million male divisions, and the armies from all over the state and county are in an endless stream every day, and they can leave any one and spend ten days. It will also eliminate the thieves, those who ask for food from His Majesty. It is not so much for the hungry and the disaster victims, but for the army that suppresses bandits and quells the rebellion. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Shichong put on a mysterious expression: "Your Majesty, in fact, in fact, like Yuanwendu, it is the standard practice of the governors of various prefectures and counties, on the one hand, they want to complete the task of their majesty's grain and conscription, and on the other hand, they don't want to take responsibility, so they mostly pull the troops through the prefectures and counties to quell the rebellion, like Qi County, which suffered a natural disaster, will make such a big trouble, and most areas in Hebei there are not so many bandits." ”

A smile flashed on Yang Guang's face: "I know, my Great Sui country is strong, and the iron-clad country is how can I rebel against thieves everywhere so quickly, since you Wang Aiqing said so, then there is no problem." But you also said that many places have indeed suffered natural disasters, do you want to open a warehouse and put some grain? ”

Wang Shichong replied without thinking: "No, Your Majesty, the stored grain is old grain, if it is in the peaceful years, the place that has suffered a natural disaster, it is also necessary to open the warehouse and release the grain, but now the first major thing of our dynasty is to conquer Goguryeo, although our army suffered heavy losses last time, but also hit the vitality of Goguryeo, and also caused their monarchs and ministers to turn against each other, and become enemies internally, at this time, it is necessary to make a comeback in the shortest possible time, otherwise when Goguryeo pacifies the interior and repairs the city, our army wants to attack again, It's hard! ”

The corners of Yang Guang's mouth hooked: "But after all, the people have nothing to eat, so we can't let them starve to death." ”

A smile flashed on Wang Shichong's face: "On this point, Wechen has long had a plan, this time Wechen brought military rations and recruited strong soldiers from the hungry people, in fact, this idea can also be further promoted, where the disaster occurred, the military rations in the warehouse must not be moved, but the victims can be allowed to carry the grain and be responsible for transportation, if it is not just that the number of people is insufficient, then let them transport grain all the way to Liaodong, so that some of the food on the road also solves the problem of front-line military rations, isn't it killing two birds with one stone." ”

Yang Guang laughed out loud first, and said instinctively: "Good plan, good plan, Wang Aiqing, what you think is completely ...... with me" When he said this, he suddenly thought of something and shook his head, "No, Wang Aiqing, these people are not people who want to serve in conscription, according to the law of the country, we can't let them stay away from their homeland and go to support the front line in Liaodong, in this way, will something happen?" ”

A cruel look flashed in Wang Shichong's eyes: "There will be no accident, this is not conscription, but a kind of reward for them eating the country's military food and rice, think about it, even Your Majesty has fought for the country, worked tirelessly, and went to Liaodong, who will benefit Your Majesty and the millions of soldiers who fought in Goguryeo?" Could it be that those strong men who brought their own dry rations to join the army are here to serve in the army? The knowledge of the small people is shallow, and local officials at all levels need to educate and tell them to understand this truth. ”

Yang Guang's brows were still tightly furrowed: "But you also said that some gangsters with ulterior motives will instigate and instigate these people to rebel, so what's good?" ”

Wang Shichong's face changed with a cold expression: "Then you need Your Majesty's grace and might, that is, you have to do the Bodhisattva's heart, and you have to use thunder means, otherwise those villains are afraid of power and not virtuous, Your Majesty is kind to them, and these thieves still think that Your Majesty is weak and can be bullied." Therefore, it is necessary for His Majesty to implement the joint sitting system, especially in Shandong and Hebei, if one of the whole family escapes, and goes up the mountain to become a thief and a bandit, then the whole family will be arrested and sitting, and for those thieves who refuse to surrender and rob their homes, they will be severely executed after being caught, so as to deter the ugly! ”

Yang Guang's brows stretched so much, obviously, the tolerance and benevolence he said were all lip service, only such severe punishment and strict law were in line with the nature of this tyrant, but he still made a sad appearance: "They are all my people, because of my conquest, and let them suffer so much, I, how can I bear this in my heart!" ”

Wang Shichong smiled "hehe": "Your Majesty, those who achieve great things are not informal, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang's thoughts, how can foolish people understand, one day, the descendants of these people will recite the greatness of His Majesty from generation to generation, so why care about the feelings of the people in the world?!" (To be continued.) )