Preparing for war is a very complicated matter, involving all aspects, especially national mobilization.
Since ancient times, China's elite troops have been sent from the north. In fact, it is only those provinces, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Henan, and Shandong.
Among them, Shandong is not very good. It’s not that the people are not good. This is related to their geographical situation and culture. Shandong can be said to be a vast plain. It is located in the North China Plain. It has the benefits of fish and salt, abundant food, and is the birthplace of Confucianism. Although it is martial, it is very
It has become a battleground for military strategists. There is no way to fight for it. There are no dangers in mountains and rivers. It can be penetrated in one hit.
Once there is a military disaster in Shandong, the entire land will be at war. Anyway, I can go anywhere and it will be easy to go anywhere.
This is why during the Warring States Period, Yan State Leyi was able to devour Qi State in one go, and Qi State Tiandan was able to eat it back in one go, because there was no dangerous place to defend.
For this reason, there have always been relatively few military disturbances in Shandong. First of all, they are wealthy, and secondly, the court policy is deliberately evasive. To build Luoyang and build the Grand Canal, the few civilians recruited from Shandong are the least, because they are afraid of causing trouble. After all,
The character of Shandong people is very fierce.
The capital of the Northern Qi Dynasty is in Yecheng (Hebei), with Jinyang as its capital. Why is it here? Because they dare not move to Shandong. Wherever the capital is, it will undoubtedly be the political, economic, cultural and military center. If the capital is in Shandong, it will be a disaster.
It can penetrate you in one go.
This time to conquer Goguryeo, we only mobilized 110,000 troops from Shandong and 300,000 civilians. Look, isn't it very unfair?
The pressure was instantly put on Shanxi, Hebei, and Henan. The elite from Guanzhong would definitely go, but the civilians would not recruit many people. As the basic base of the Sui Dynasty, it was the most difficult place to move.
Of the two million civilians, the entire south only has 400,000 left, and the remaining 1.6 million mainly rely on Shanxi, Hebei, and Henan. This is really a series of sufferings.
Due to the excessive pressure of conscription, some people in Shanxi would rather break their legs to avoid military service. There are countermeasures below, and there are countermeasures above.
For those who are disabled and cannot apply, there will be a woman. You can choose whether you go or your wife goes.
The people in Hedong are the happiest right now because a large number of them have been drafted into the refinery. Working is better than working hard.
We are still in the early stages of recruitment, so we have issued notices in advance to prepare you mentally. If you don't run away, the land has already locked you up. If you leave your field, you will die.
In this case, you have to give the people confidence. You can't give them food and drink, but you have to give them spiritual encouragement, right?
So Yang Ming set up pacification envoys in Shanxi, who were served by county magistrates from various places. They mainly brought refined weapons and armor stomachs to let the people take a look and told them to rest assured, we can win. We have this precious armor on the battlefield.
You can't die even if you want to.
In addition, we also need to publicize the threat of Goguryeo, which means that this country is preparing to attack us, and we are attacking first, so as not to be unable to respond in the future and the people will suffer. If we win in the future, we will share everything stolen from there.
point.
In fact, it is just trying to spread the pie, and I will definitely not admit it in the future.
The person who painted the cake is the county magistrate and has nothing to do with the imperial court. If he is transferred when the time comes, the new county magistrate will not admit it when he takes office. This is called the new official not asking about the old official affairs.
The common people will think that only their county magistrate is telling them things, and they don't know about the affairs of other counties. They have little information.
Yang Ming couldn't live with this method in his conscience, but there was really no other way at the moment. There was no food or money. The best way was to destroy Goguryeo in the future so that the people of the Sui Dynasty could live a stable life.
When the time comes, Yang Ming will intervene in the land reform so that all people in the world can have enough to eat.
Yang Yinjiang, Pei Shuying, and Chen Shuyi gave birth to sons one after another. Yang Yinjiang is also really amazing. The third one is a son, and Pei Shuying and Chen Shuyi are daughters.
This son is Yang Ming's fifth son. He named his son Yang Can.
Five sons, Yang Rui, Yang Jin, Yang Qi, Yang Cong and Yang Can.
Pei Shuying's daughter was named Yang Yizhen. Jingzhou corresponds to the wings of the twenty-eight stars in the sky. Zhen, Yang Ming also worked in Jingzhou, so she was named.
Chen Shuyi's daughter was named Yang Xingchi, from the Xiongzhou Wulie in the Tengwang Pavilion preface, Juncai Xingchi.
Ahem, in fact, the names of the two girls were found in the preface of Tengwang Pavilion. Yang Ming plans to name all his daughters from this in the future.
The Hedong side was considered stable, and Yang Ming's presence or absence no longer meant much. So at the end of April, he set off back to the capital and handed over all the affairs of the training ground to Dugu Huaien, Yuan Shou, and Yun Dingxing.
It is also a coincidence that Yuwen Jingli, who has been appointed as the comfort envoy, is currently in the capital. He was called back by his wife.
His wife was Yang Ming's third aunt, Princess Yang Wenjin of Guangping. Yang Wenjin called her husband back from Luoyang on the grounds of illness, and did not intend to let her husband leave again.
There are common people who desert military service, and there are also nobles.
Yang Wenjin did not want her husband to take this risk, so she lied about a serious illness to lure her husband back, and then begged her eldest sister Yang Lihua to intercede for him, so that His Majesty could relieve Yu Wen Jingli from the post of comfort envoy.
When Yang Guang found out, he was furious and wanted to demote his sister to a commoner. Fortunately, Yang Lihua resisted and the decree was not issued.
After returning to the East Palace, Yang Ming first visited his three newborn children.
Fathers also have a wonderful bond with their children. When Yang Ming first saw Pei Shuying's daughter Yang Yizhen, she was particularly fond of her.
I can’t describe the feeling, but I just feel that this child is connected to me by flesh and blood, and my soul is connected.
Anyone can see that the prince only loves his eldest daughter.
Yang Ming was in Yichun Palace, holding his daughter and wandering around. He looked at Pei Shuying and said:
"Has your father been canonized?"
Pei Shuying nodded and smiled: "Jingnu (Yang Yizhen's nickname) was granted the title of Princess of Jinyang, and Xiu'er (nickname of Yang Xingchi) was granted the title of Princess of Danyang."
Yang Ming smiled and said: "We will send some more maids from the Yeting Palace to have a good look at Yang Jingnu. Don't you have enough breast milk?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Pei Shuying smiled and shook her head: "Jingnu can eat, Xiu'er can eat even more. Four wet nurses have been allocated to Shuyi's side, and I have two wet nurses here.
enough."
Chen Shuyi's daughter was only five pounds when she was born, but she grew rapidly. Only one month has passed and she is already seven and a half pounds.
Yang Ming had just returned from Chen Shuyi's place. He wanted to hug his daughter, but Chen Shuyi refused, fearing that the hug would break her.
In the evening, Yang Ming went to his dormitory, Guanghua Hall. After seeing his son, he called Yang Xuanting.
Yang Xuanting calculated that when Yang Ming came back, he would definitely be in trouble. Although he had been mentally prepared for it, his heart was still beating fast when he heard the summons.
On the battlefield, he was a fierce man, but in front of Yang Ming, he shrank.
After entering, Yang Xuangan kept his head lowered, waiting for the prince to lecture him.
"Stop standing around like this, sit down," Yang Ming said calmly while sipping his wine.
Xuanting hurriedly said: "I don't dare because of my humble position."
Yang Ming smiled: "You dare to hit someone but dare not sit down? Just sit down if I ask you to."
"Yes," Yang Xuanting sat down cautiously, took the wine bottle that Xu Jing handed him, thanked him, and said, "I regret my humble position. I was impulsive and made a big mistake, causing trouble for His Highness."
Yang Ming raised his glass towards Xuanting, signaling him to drink. After finishing the glass, he said:
"Change it from now on and don't hit people easily. You are also born in an honorable family. Why are you so rogue when things happen to you? Yuan Qing is still young and not sensible, and you are not sensible either?"
Yang Xuanting looked ashamed and said: "I was holding back my anger at the time and was impulsive. Thinking about it afterwards, I really shouldn't have done it. It's just that I'm a stupid person and I can't talk to others. I couldn't get angry at the moment, so I took action. In short, it's all my fault.
It was definitely not ordered by the Crown Princess."
"No need to explain," Yang Ming said calmly: "How could Yin Jiang order you to do such a stupid thing? From now on, use your brain more when doing things. If it doesn't work, you should ask Yin Jiang first before making a decision. This is the East Palace, and there are countless pairs of
With your eyes fixed on this, if your own people beat your own people, wouldn't it be shameful if word spread?"
"It's embarrassing," Yang Xuanting said, "I shouldn't have regretted my humble position, but I have already gone to apologize to Wei Zheng."
"Who asked you to go?" Yang Ming asked.
Yang Xuanting hesitated and said: "Well...my uncle asked me to go."
Let me just say, will you take the initiative to apologize to Wei Zheng? Yang Ming asked again: "What did Wei Zheng say at that time?"
Yang Xuanting said embarrassedly: "No... I didn't see anyone. I put down the gift and left. He didn't want to see me."
"Is this also called an apology? Is there such an apology?" Yang Ming frowned and asked.
Yang Xuanting raised his head and said, "I begged for a meeting outside the door for a long time, but they didn't see me. I finally climbed over the wall to get in, put down the gift and left. I was sincere, but they didn't accept it."
Yang Ming snorted coldly, "Martial man, you are vulgar!"
Yang Yue asked you to apologize because he was trying to make up for it afterwards. It would be better for you to go through the process?
Yang Su is a hero, why are all his sons like this? Yang Xuangan is a big stick, and you, the third oldest, are the third fool?
"If you go again tomorrow night, just say I asked you to go. If he still doesn't let you in, break down his door."
Yang Xuanting immediately puffed up his chest and said, "This can work. I will definitely go tomorrow night."
"Speak to people well and don't lose your temper easily." After Yang Ming said his polite words, he had to say some words of warning:
"You are Yin Jiang's uncle and my subordinate, but I can't protect you too much, otherwise others will think that I am unfair. As a prince, if I am unfair, wouldn't I become a laughing stock?"
Yang Xuanting heard the warning and said quickly: "I will apologize to him properly this time. If he doesn't accept it, I won't leave, and I will never do it again in the future."
Yang Ming nodded: "Go down and call Pei Shuang, Xue Shou, and Xue Wanshu!"
"Yes," Yang Xuanting secretly rejoiced, "Hey, hey, you scolded me, it's time to scold those three little bastards. This is just like calling a bowl of water flat, but the prince is still facing me."
He originally thought that today's test would be difficult, but he didn't expect it to be so easy. Of course, he would never take the prince's warning seriously.
Xuanting joined the army with his father Yang Su when he was young. He learned nothing else but to obey orders.