Yang Guang is dependent on the account

"good!"

It took a long time before Yang Guang's faint words were heard from the quiet hall.

Wang Shichong lured and killed 30,000 rebels, and Yang Guanglian said several good words and slapped back and praised him. But now Chen Kefu defeated the 200,000 coalition forces, wiped out the Liao people, and laid the foundation for the victory in Liaodong. Yang Guang only made a good word after half a day. Many ministers have guessed some of the emperor's thoughts.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty for finally getting Liaodong. The Goguryeo Alliance was defeated and the situation in Liaodong was completely settled. The three campaigns of Goguryeo were finally successful. Your Majesty's martial arts have gone to the next level."

Yang Guang's face was calm and said lightly, "I don't like to win Liaodong, but I'm happy to win a tiger general in Chen Pojun. Chen Pojun is really amazing. When I asked him to a million troops, I never thought that a group leader could now take over the entire Liaodong with just one force. Not only was he brave in fighting, but he was good at making a plan, what made me even more happy was that Chen Pojun actually had the ability to make a small spoil. In just over a month, he had become a hundred thousand elite soldiers. Now most of the famous generals of the Sui Dynasty have died and old. With such tiger generals, my country is stable!"

But what I originally said was plain and simple without any appreciation.

As the emperor, Chen Kefu's contributions and abilities have made Yang Guang feel a little uneasy and alert. Any emperor will learn the skills of emperors since he was a child. The so-called skills of emperors are just the way to control the subordinates. What is emphasized is a way of checks and balances, a way of checks and balances between ministers, checks and balances between localities, and checks and balances between countries. To achieve balance, the emperor can be stable.

When generals command troops, soldiers are the emperor's most afraid of. This is a double-edged sword, which can not only help the emperor open up the reins and intimidate the world. If you are not careful, it will also be easily controlled by generals and become a powerful weapon to threaten the emperor's power. Therefore, the sage said that soldiers are weapons.

Yang Guang's father Yang Jian was an emperor with excellent mastery of the skills of emperors. In his life, whether he was governing his ministers or his country, everything was under his control. It was precisely because of Yang Jian's further reform of the military system of the palace that many famous generals and commanders of the Great Sui Dynasty had no possibility of gaining troops.

Now Chen Kefu has become a famous general who has pacified Liaodong. The emperor is very afraid of such a general. Originally, Yang Guang sent Zhang Xutuo to Liaodong to let them pacify Liaodong together. At that time, the great contribution of pacifying Liaodong would not fall on Chen Kefu alone. Moreover, Zhang Xutuo, a major general in the army, who is worthy in Liaodong, can prevent Chen Kefu from having any ideas that he should not have.

When an emperor, he cannot expect all his ministers to be loyal. Instead, he should not give his ministers the opportunity to be two-minded and prevent the problem from happening. Whether it is a military general or a civil servant, when he reaches a certain force, the emperor must start to suppress it. Now Chen Kefu has reached the brink of making Yang Guang alert, and if he lets go, problems will be easily arise.

"I didn't expect that General Zhang Xutuo would go so early, and that my Great Sui Dynasty would lose another general. My Kingdom lost another pillar to the sky. I passed my order to give General Zhang Xutuo, Situ, the prefect of the 12 counties in Shandong and Henan, and rewarded his family with 10,000 mu of land and 10 million yuan, and let General Zhang be buried with the tomb of the late emperor. The court mourned for three days." Zhang Xutuo's death did make Yang Guang extremely painful. Such a loyal and capable general who could fight suddenly died like this made him extremely sad. Just as he said, another pillar of the Great Sui Dynasty collapsed.

Yang Guang drew a few tears for Zhang Xutuo, and the rewards and gifts behind Zhang Xutuo were very grand, and he had basically reached the top level.

After a while, Yang Guangcai said, "Liaodong is pacified, and then the generals should also reward them. My dear friends, how much reward should they give to the Liaodong soldiers?"

Yuwen Shu raised his scepter and said, "Your Majesty has won Liaodong, and the soldiers of Liaodong have made great contributions. However, Your Majesty has rewarded you twice in a row. The ministers who have passed it believe that the soldiers of Liaodong can be awarded the imperial edict, but there is no need to give any more rewards."

Although he has always regarded Chen Pojun as his own, Chen Kefu has already grown his power, and it is still a big statement whether Chen Pojun listens to him or not. What's more important is that the cunning Yuwen Shu had just heard some of the emperor's thoughts. Chen Pojun made too much contributions, and the emperor had already had some vague defense. At this time, it is naturally impossible to bump into him and say that he wants to give him a reward. If you say this, it is contrary to Yang Guang's thoughts. As Yang Guang's close minister, he naturally knows what to do.

"Since Yuwen Aiqing said this, then you will no longer be promoted to your official position and will reward the soldiers with money. Give Liaodong soldiers one million stagnant and 500,000 pieces of silk!"

"Your Majesty, no!"

As soon as Yang Guang's words fell, another minister raised his head and took a look. The ritual officer stretched out his tablet and pointed at him to speak.

Pei Shiju, the Huangmen Minister, opposed the reward, "Your Majesty, although the soldiers of Liaodong pacified Liaodong, your Majesty's reward to them was even more generous. The rewards in succession and several times have already shocked the ministers. Liaodong has only 100,000 soldiers and horses, but there are more than 30 people from the third rank or above, more than 10,000 people from the fifth rank or above, and more than 10,000 people from the ninth rank or above. Your Majesty, when did my official position in the Great Sui Dynasty have so many vacancies? Liaodong has such a general who is so frustrated with purple and flashes at once. What do other generals in the world think about it?:

As he said that, Pei Shiju pointed to the ministers in the hall and said, "Your Majesty, the civil and military ministers in the hall are only a few dozen people who have to follow the third rank. Why are there more soldiers and horses in Liaodong, among which there are more purple than those in the Golden Hall of the Great Sui Dynasty? Your Majesty, the country is now in a difficult fortune, and bandits are everywhere, and the suppression of bandits requires food, grass, money and salary. The troughs in various places are blocked, and the food in the capital is insufficient, and the price of grain and rice in various places is constantly rising. At this time, when the storm is reduced, how can we reward so much? Your Majesty, I request that not only is the one million stagnant of money and 500,000 pieces of silk that Your Majesty has promised before, but also the rewards that Your Majesty had agreed to have to be reduced as appropriate, especially the scattered officials of Liaodong soldiers are too high, and only ten gang leaders are also awarded the ninth rank of scattered officials. Is there so many official positions in the Great Sui Dynasty?"

Some ministers opposed it, "Your Majesty, although the rewards of the generals in Liaodong are indeed a bit too generous, once the golden mouth is opened, it is the imperial saying. The reward order has been brought to Liaodong by the Tongshishuomen. At this time, Liaodong has been taken down, but it is to be exempted. Wouldn't this disappoint the soldiers?"

Pei Shiju refused to give in. At that time, he didn't know what the situation in Liaodong was. In the crisis, the establishment of the honorary rank was too heavy. If it was implemented, what standards would the soldiers' achievements be paid in the future? Besides, the total number of rewards was too large. If they were directly taken from the canal warehouse, the country's hardship savings over the past few years would be spent on such matters. If there was an emergency, what would happen? Therefore, we can only consider the implementation.

The minister was also awesome and refused to let go of what he insisted on. At the end of the fight, he simply shouted loudly, "If the court breaks its trust in the soldiers like this, who would be willing to work hard in the future if there is something wrong with them?"

Yang Guang sat on the dragon throne without saying a word, and kept watching the ministers argue with expressionless face. At this time, he suddenly stood up, stood on the Danban, and said coldly, "Do you want the Liaodong soldiers to remember your favors in the future and thank you?"

This is a heart-killing statement. As soon as Yang Guang said, the minister did not dare to say a word anymore, and fell to the ground and called for death.

Yuwen Shu hurriedly stepped out at this time and said, "Your Majesty, there are actually ways to adapt. It will not damage the prestige of the court, nor will it make the soldiers feel resentful."

"Oh, what are your tricks?"

The world suppressed bandits every day, and carried out three consecutive expeditions to Liaodong. In front of them, the Dongdu was built and the canal was dug, which really caused a wealthy Sui Dynasty to almost end. At this time, Liaodong was pacified, and Yang Guang was unwilling to take out so much money and grain. Especially the official positions of the soldiers, they had to pay salaries for the officials. I didn't pay attention to the rewards at that time. Now I found that this was actually more than 10,000 official positions. Even a scattered official position from the ninth rank, the salary of more than 10,000 people was a huge number.

What's more, more than 100,000 people in Liaodong were all recruited soldiers, different from those of the soldiers who brought their own equipment. These people had to pay food and pay every day when they stayed in Liaodong. Not only did people eat horses, but they also had to pay military pay in the end. Each payment was a bottomless pit.

"Didn't Chen Pojun send me a memorial with the messenger? He said that Liaodong has not yet been pacified, and the tribes in Liaodong are eyeing Liaodong. If the court withdraws its troops at this time, it will inevitably attract invasion from other tribes. When we destroy Goguryeo, Liaodong will instead fall into the hands of other tribes in western Liaodong. Therefore, he suggested to His Majesty that Yingyang Mansion be opened in Liaodong and that all the soldiers and civilians from Liaodong will be kept in Liaodong for military farming. As long as the court distributes land to them in Liaodong, they will be the soldiers of the government from then on, and the court will no longer have to bear their food and salary. Moreover, in this way, more than 100,000 Liaodong soldiers can be stationed in Liaodong to ensure that our Sui Dynasty's complete possession of Liaodong."

"And we can also make some changes to the rewards that Your Majesty had agreed to before. Change the official positions and money and grain that were previously rewarded to the soldiers in the imperial edict, and change them all into the land in Liaodong. More than 1,000 miles from east to west and more than 2,000 miles from north to south, such a large piece of land belongs to my Great Sui Dynasty. As long as Your Majesty rewards the soldiers with more land, the soldiers will be happy. Everyone will only thank Your Majesty for your kindness, and who will feel resentful again?"

After hearing this, Yang Guang remained silent. Yuwen's statement made sense. In this way, the court did not need to withdraw the Liaodong troops. With 100,000 troops, it could continue to be deterred against the various tribes in Liaodong and western Liaoxi. Moreover, in this way, the key thing is that the court does not have to pay a penny to reward those soldiers. All military merits can be exchanged for the newly obtained land in Liaodong for the rewards they had previously agreed to. However, in this way, the Liaodong soldiers would have to stay in Liaodong, which was something he was a little unwilling to do.
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