Chapter 202 The nephew may be interested in serving
"What's the matter with my uncle? If I hadn't discussed military information with you that day, my nephew wouldn't have thought of this. The important thing is that I'm too young this year, so I don't want to be too popular." Speaking of this, I looked at this old guy secretly.
Sure enough, the old guy looked at me more and more happy. "It's rare. You won't be arrogant, you won't be discouraged by defeat, you can come up with strange plans and ask me for hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Great Sui Dynasty, but you don't make any contribution. Such a person should be comparable to the ancients."
I quickly asked this old guy to taste other delicacies so that I could not praise myself without any shamelessness. Although I proposed the suggestion, it was because I knew the truth of history. If I were not a time traveler, I would probably be a passionate young man from the Great Sui Dynasty at most. How could I predict things like God and make unparalleled plans like today?
"According to your opinion, if I am the Great Sui Dynasty conquer Goguryeo again, can I win?" After filling two cups of wine and eating half a plate of roast duck and two plates of green vegetables, Yang Xiong asked me while calling people to eat.
It seemed as if I asked casually, but this was clearly seen in my ears. It seemed that Yang Guang was really unwilling to give up, or he was still unwilling to return in disappointment.
"Could it be that the emperor already intends to conquer Goguryeo again?" I pretended to be confused and asked back.
Yang Xiong sighed lightly. "The emperor asked for advice from the important officials yesterday, intending to raise an army at the end of spring next year and conquer Goguryeo again. Everyone persuaded him, but it was useless..."
"Well..." I thought about it and said slowly: "If the emperor could know the mistake of this northern expedition to Goguryeo, maybe it would be decided by a battle."
"Maybe?" Yang Xiong rolled his eyelids and his eyes flashed. "Is it still not optimistic that the emperor will fight for Goguryeo again?"
"My uncle must also know the cause of the Shandong Rebellion. In the seventh year of Daye, a major flood occurred in Shandong, Henan and other places, flooding more than 3 counties; the second year, a severe drought occurred in Shandong, and the epidemic was overwhelming, which was extremely serious. The originally wealthy Shandong was devastated. However, in order to expedition to Goguryeo in the east, the emperor added military residences in this area and swept the floor to serve as soldiers. Most of the strong men were recruited as soldiers. I am afraid that more than half of the soldiers who expedition to Goguryeo this time were from Shandong, right?"
"Yes, there were nearly 500,000 soldiers recruited in Shandong. In addition, they were built in Donglai to raise horses for military service. They also sent civilians to transport rice, which accumulated in the Luhe River and Huaiyuan towns. No one returned to carts and oxen. More than half of the soldiers died, and the crops were lost, and the fields were deserted. In addition, they were famine, and the grain was expensive, especially in the northeast, with hundreds of coins of rice. The rice transported was rough and bad, so the people were able to pay for it. The deer drivers sent more than 600,000 rice, and the two of them pushed three stones of rice together. The road was dangerous and far, and there was not enough food to be replenished. When they arrived at the town, they were all afraid of crime and death."
Yang Xiong's face became even more ugly. He smiled bitterly and said, "If you attack Goguryeo again, the people in Shandong will inevitably be poor and their financial resources will be exhausted. At that time, I am afraid that the power of Wang Bo and others will only increase."
After talking for a long time, he could only look at each other in a daze. In my opinion, Yang Guang's behavior of insisting on pursuing Goguryeo again was completely an idiotic behavior of ignoring the people's strength, regardless of financial resources, and national strength. But he insisted on doing it. Many important officials were useless to persuade him, so who could do it?
"At this moment, the emperor did not want to recruit soldiers from Shandong, Hebei, but wanted to recruit soldiers from Luoyang, Chang'an and other places." The words of King Guande Yang Xiong made my heart beat. Sure enough, I remember that Liu Hongji, a man in history, specially slaughtered oxen privately to avoid military service, and hid in prison and avoided the Northern Expedition to Goguryeo.
"Forget it, let's stop talking about such state affairs, as it will save people from worrying. I have an idea. Today, I will come to ask about my nephew." Yang Xiong narrowed his eyes and said solemnly.
"I'd like to tell you my uncle."
"I see the talent of a virtuous nephew. I don't know if my virtuous nephew is interested in becoming an official?" Yang Xiong stared at me with his eyes and said word by word.
"Entering an official?" I realized about one-third of a second. Entering an official means being an official. This young master couldn't help but hesitate. "I'm only sixteen years old."
"It's okay. If my nephew is willing, I am willing to speak in front of the emperor. With the talent of my nephew, I believe the emperor can know others and take good care of him." Seeing that I had no intention of rejection, Yang Xiong couldn't help but smile a little more, and he stroked his long white beard and smiled.
"This... in my uncle's opinion, I think my nephew can afford what kind of position." I touched my bare chin and asked carefully.
"My nephews, literary and military strategies, have all achieved success. They can be good plans in the army, and counties can be capable ministers. Why? Could it be that my nephews have already had a problem with them?" The old guy looked at me with a smile, his eyes lit up.
"If you say you are an official, your nephew is really willing to guard the pastoral land for the emperor and do more practical things for the people. As for the military, it is not what your nephew is good at." I thought for a long time and decided to tell the truth.
"I'm afraid you're not optimistic about the emperor's victory?" The old guy smiled treacherously. Without waiting for me to say something, he waved his hand: "Don't worry, I will naturally not say this. Wait for a while. I have the chance to recommend talents to the country."
"Since that's the case, I'm thankful for my uncle." After hearing this, I was overjoyed. I naturally expressed my gratitude to the old guy with a humble and respectful look on the surface. At the same time, I felt relieved in my heart. What I feared most was that this old guy recommended me into the army.
For nothing else, it was because Yang Guang wanted to continue to conquer Goguryeo, and Shandong was in ruins, and there were many places to use troops at that time. After the young man who had just entered the military like this young man, who was thrown in, would he know if he would let me be a vanguard like a bride gentleman who was powerless, or would let me climb a ladder to attack the city with a sword.
Therefore, it is better to be a civil servant than to be a civil servant. It is better to be an official who governs the people than to be a civil servant. With my son’s family and troops, when the chaos broke out at the end of the Sui Dynasty, he could still be able to occupy the land and defend it. After all, he was a cede land and independent ruler, which was much happier than being called in the army.
After having a meal with this old guy, he respectfully sent him out of Quanjude Hotel. I climbed back to the shareholder-specific private room on the third floor. As soon as I walked outside the private room, I heard a faint singing voice coming from the private room. My master's steps couldn't help but stumble, and the melody was so familiar.
I listened carefully and found that it was my girl singing "Laughing the World" that I sang that day. I didn't expect that the girl had such a good memory. I listened to me sing here once. After forcing me to sing twice at home, she sang now, and it was as good as what I sang, without any distractions, and the lyrics were all right.
"How is it? Have you remembered it?" After the last ending sound disappeared apart, the girl's voice sounded again.
"Well, okay, I've written it all down. Thank you Wugui." The voice was actually Li Yaoguang. What was the reason for these two girls? Just as I was about to continue eavesdropping, I heard a cry of Yu Cough. When I turned around, I saw Ma Sanbao squatting behind my butt, carrying two jars of wine in my hand, with a weird look on his face.
"Yeah, I lost something and was picking it up. Where are you coming?" I quickly stood up straight, patted the dust from the cuffs, and asked the guy with a serious look on his face.
"I'm going to get the wine for the third lady. When did you come here?" Ma Sanbao laughed twice, with a gossip on his face, so I wanted to kick him down the stairs and roll back to the bottom of the building.
"If you call me a master of auxiliary computers, believe it or not, I will beat you up." What I hate most is that others call me the name, especially the unstandard tone, which makes people easily listen to it as a young master of abdominal muscles. Although I admit that I have been training for a long time and have developed abs, there is no need to use this to promote it.
Chapter completed!