It was already past the hour of Hai, and Conbass also sent him to rest, but the lights in Yang Yuanqing's official room were still bright. Yang Yuanqing stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, staring at the dark night sky for a long time.

On the table behind him was a memorial from Dunhuang County. This was a memorial written by Su Dingfang not long ago. The memorial told the re-rise of the Western Turks. The Sun of Datou unified the Western Turks and began to attack Tiel countries.

Nearly half of the more than 30 Tiel tribes in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains were conquered by him and became his vassal. The forces of the Western Turks had already arrived in Yiwu County. Because Yiwu County was the only way to go south to Gaochang and Kucha, Su Dingfang was very worried that the Western Turks would launch an offensive against Yiwu County.

Not only Su Dingfang was worried, but Yang Yuanqing was also extremely worried. Today he talked with Combas in detail, mainly to understand the situation of the Western Turks west of the Palacio. Judging from Combas' description, the Western Turks' rule in the West has stabilized.

At this time, Muhammad was still on the road of struggle, and Eastern Rome was in a state of drowsy life and dreams. The powerful Western Turks had no enemies in the West. If the West stabilized, then the Western Turks would inevitably launch a war of conquest against the East.

Of course, the Western Turkic swords did not necessarily point to the Sui Dynasty, but more to the Eastern Turkic Republic. This was what Yang Yuanqing expected, but the Western Turkic power would inevitably conflict with the interests of the Sui Dynasty during the process of the eastward expansion. The focus of this conflict was Yiwu County.

Yiwu County will be the bridgehead for the Sui Dynasty to enter the Western Regions, and it has extremely important strategic value, which puts Yang Yuanqing in a dilemma.

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The next morning, Yang Yuanqing went out as usual to prepare for court. Hundreds of guards turned over and came out of the royal palace bridge with their carriages.

Although the court and the country called for frugality and officials under the age of 60 were not allowed to ride in carriages, from a security perspective, this ban did not include the Seven Prime Ministers of Ziwei Pavilion and the King of Chu Yang Yuanqing.

Yang Yuanqing only went to bed at the second update last night. His sleep has not been very good these days and he seems a little tired. Yang Yuanqing leaned against the wall of the car, closed his eyes and rested, and his body swayed slightly as the car walked.

At this moment, a sound of running horse hooves suddenly came from afar. Yang Yuanqing slowly opened his eyes and heard someone shouting: "Report to Your Highness. Mayi County Emergency Eagle Letter."

Yang Yuanqing suddenly sat upright. The Eagle Messenger from Mayi County suddenly thought of the Northern Turks, "Take the Eagle Messenger!"

A personal soldier handed the Yingxin to Yang Yuanqing. Yang Yuanqing took the Yingxin and opened it and read it. The Yingxin said that the Turkish Khan ascended the throne and sent an envoy to inform the Sui Dynasty. Now the envoy has entered Mayi County and is on the way to Taiyuan by the Sui soldiers.

This news made Yang Yuanqing think in his mind and immediately ordered: "Go to Jinyang Palace quickly!"

Soon after, the car drove into Jinyang Palace and stopped at Ziwei Pavilion. Yang Yuanqing went to the third floor. When he reached the stairs, he ordered his personal guards behind him, "Go and invite Prime Minister Du and Prime Minister Xiao Cui!"

The little Prime Minister Cui Junsu, who is Cui Junsu, is different from the elderly Cui Hongyuan. His personal soldiers rushed away. Yang Yuanqing went directly into his official room and walked into the room. Pei Qingsong stepped forward to take off his outer robe for Yang Yuanqing. Yang Yuanqing ordered him again: "Send someone to find Li Jing later!"

"I understand!"

Pei Qingsong retreated. As soon as he left the door, he turned back and said, "Your Highness, Prime Minister Du and Prime Minister Cui are here."

"Please come in!"

The door opened, Du Ruhui and Cui Junsu walked in, Yang Yuanqing waved his hand and smiled, "Sit down!"

Both of them didn't know what happened. Yang Yuanqing called them early in the morning. Something must have happened. Du Ruhui heard that something happened in the military weapon surveillance last night, and I wonder if it was related to Yang Yuanqing's contact with them at this time.

The two sat down, and a tea boy came in to serve tea. Yang Yuanqing also sat down, picked up the tea cup and took a sip of hot tea, and then slowly said: "Today I got a news that Jie Li Khan, who had newly ascended the throne of the Turks, sent an envoy to the Great Sui Dynasty."

Du Ruhui and Cui Junsu looked at each other. Cui Junsu was in charge of Turkic affairs and Turkic envoys arrived, but he didn't know that Cui Junsu was a little surprised and asked quickly: "Have the Turkic envoys arrived in Taiyuan?"

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "I received a letter from the border army. The Turkic envoy had just entered the border of the Sui Dynasty."

Cui Junsu felt a little relieved. If the Turks entered Taiyuan, he didn't know that it would be his dereliction of duty. Since he had just entered the border, it would be much better.

Du Ruhui next to him asked again: "I don't know why the Turkic envoys arrived?"

Cui Junsu smiled, "It should be just a temptation. Last year, we reached a reconciliation with the Turks and started official trade exchanges. This time, Jie Li ascended the throne, and naturally he would send envoys to inform him. At the same time, they might also want to get greater benefits."

"Then what greater benefits do they want?" Du Ruhui asked again.

Cui Junsu did not answer, but looked at Yang Yuanqing. Yang Yuanqing stood in front of the map beside the wall with his hands behind his back, staring at the vast grassland in the north. After a while, he said lightly: "The purpose of the Turks is very simple. Politically, they want to obtain equal relations with the Sui Dynasty, while economically, they want to obtain greater strategic resources."

Last year, the Sui army reached a reconciliation with the Turks, one of which was that the Turks admitted that the current Sui Dynasty was the inheritance of the original Sui Dynasty, which means that the current Sui Dynasty is still the sect leader of the Turks.

After the Turkic Khan ascended the throne, he needed to accept the title of the Sui Dynasty. However, since the Wutu tribe of the Turkic Khan in the north disappeared, the Turkic Khan became stronger again. Especially Jie Li Khan was ambitious, he might not be willing to accept the Sui Dynasty becoming the sect leader of the Turkic state.

The Turkic envoys came this time, which must be seeking political apology. If the Turks really admitted that the Sui Dynasty was the sect leader, it should be Jie Li Khan who came to see him in person, but Jie Li Khan did not come, and the Turkic attitude was a bit worthy of fun.

Last year, after the Sui Dynasty established official trade ties with the Turks, it was only allowed to transport luxury goods such as tea, honey sugar, silk, porcelain, etc. to the Turks, pig iron, bronze, grain and other strategic materials, but it was resolutely not allowed to transport them to the Turks, and it was not allowed to trade with the Turks. Once found, it would be a death penalty.

The Western Turks controlled the Silk Road and strictly prohibited Sogdian merchants from going to the Turks. Some time ago, the Sui army looted Goryeo and forced the King of Goryeo to sign many clauses, one of which was to strictly prohibit trade between Goryeo and Turks.

In this way, the Turks' various paths to obtain pig iron were cut off, and they would inevitably seek the Sui Dynasty to lift the ban.

"This time the Turkic envoys arrived, no matter what, we must not let any trade allowance."

At this point, Yang Yuanqing was absolutely unambiguous. He knew very well that if he gave the iron tool to the Turks today, the Turks would use a sword made of iron tools to massacre the Sui people tomorrow.

"In addition, in order to show that our Great Sui Dynasty etiquette is equal, Prime Minister Cui can go to Mayi County to welcome the arrival of Turkic envoys, and the people they sent were also Prime Minister."

"I understand and set off immediately."

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Cui Junsu went back to prepare first, but Du Ruhui stayed. Yang Yuanqing took a sip of tea and asked with a smile: "What is the response to the money entering the market?"

Three days ago, the court put the first batch of 3,000 silver coins into the market. Due to the light weight, it changed to 1 to 30 coins. However, Yang Yuanqing was very concerned about it.

Whether a currency can succeed is the best decision. The possibility of money flowing into the market is not high, after all, the amount is small, but Yang Yuanqing is preparing to put a large amount of money into the market. As the output of silver continues to increase, money will eventually gain the same status as copper coins.

Now he has just begun to enter the market tentatively. Whether it can be popular in the market is crucial. Although Yang Yuanqing also knew that the effect would not be too bad, he was still worried without getting the exact news.

Du Ruhui smiled: "It's both expected, but it's also unexpected. The main reason is that the court has already heard the news in advance, so the silver and money were immediately exchanged for money when they entered the residence. So far, no one has used it to buy items, and almost all of them have been collected. The whole capital has been talking about this in the past two days. In a few days, we are going to invest another 10,000 yuan to see the effects on the market."

Yang Yuanqing took out more than a dozen silver coins from the drawer, gently weighed them in his hand, making a rustling sound, and said with a smile: "Wait until noon, I'll try the reaction on the market."

Du Ruhui also smiled, "If Your Highness really takes money to go public, I probably will cause some minor trouble."

But he didn't say anything about the trouble, and stood up and smiled, "I'm going to say goodbye first, it seems that someone outside wants to see Your Highness, and he has been waiting for a long time."

Yang Yuanqing knew that the person outside must be Li Jing. He nodded and when Du Ruhui retreated, he ordered: "Let him come in!"

It has been more than half an hour since morning and Yang Yuanqing has not had a rest, but he cannot rest even if he has not finished some things.

The door opened and Li Jing walked in quickly. He is still the chief minister of the Chu Palace, and the Chu Palace is in charge of the army. Li Jing is responsible for the daily government affairs of the army. He can be regarded as the second largest figure in the army.

He walked into the room and bowed, "Since Li Jing, please see Your Highness!"

Since Yang Yuanqing was removed from the position of Taishi by self-demotion, the title of ministers in the court has gradually changed. Many ministers have begun to claim themselves, and the military has gradually changed to him as His Highness and no longer called him the general manager, because the main reason is that the number of general managers is gradually increasing, which is easy to be confused.

"Thank you for your hard work in Changshi Li, please sit down!"

Li Jing sat down and said with a smile: "Everyone is asking when to fight Qingzhou. It has been a few months since I stopped fighting, and even my waist hurts a little."

"Wait for Qingzhou and wait for more than 100,000 young and strong people in Qingzhou to repair the water conservancy in Hebei for me. Once Qingzhou is captured, all these hungry people will run home. Where can I find labor? "

Li Jing couldn't help laughing, "If Dou Jiande knew that Your Highness had this idea, he would probably be so angry that he vomited blood."

"He should be grateful that he would have a few more months. If I were him, I would have tried to destroy Liu Heita as soon as possible and develop into Xuzhou and Sizhou. Perhaps there would be a little chance."

Yang Yuanqing just clicked on the Qingzhou incident, and he immediately turned the topic back and pondered for a while. He said to Li Jing: "I invited you to tell you something. I plan to let you serve as the general manager of Daizhou, in charge of Yanmen, Mayi and Dingxiang counties."

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Chapter completed!