As a treacherous minister of literature and art, Yu Shiji understood this truth early on, that is, if you confess, you will be lenient, and if you go to jail, you will be punished; if you resist, you will be strict, and you can go home to celebrate the New Year!
With the tenacious spirit of carrying on until the end, Yu Shiji tactfully deceived Yang Guangdao, "Your Majesty, there was a severe drought in the hometown of the Northern Qi Dynasty two years ago, so some chaotic people gathered as bandits. As for other states and counties, the world is basically peaceful. Even after the disaster.
In Qi County, which is the heaviest, the number of bandits is only a few thousand, and rarely exceeds tens of thousands. As for the number of more than 100,000, it is purely a deliberate fabrication by the local officials in order to shirk responsibility!"
"Well, this is the right thing! In the Sui Dynasty, under my rule, the country has always been peaceful and the people are safe! I have also heard about the severe drought in Qi years ago. However, I have already ordered people to open warehouses to provide disaster relief. How can there be such a situation?
How many people are being cunning and causing trouble?"
"There must be corrupt officials who took the opportunity to line their own pockets, causing the people to have no way of living, and then gathered people to cause chaos. I suggest that your Majesty send a capable person to the counties of Northern Qi to suppress the bandits and investigate the disaster relief."
If things are like this, you can kill two birds with one stone!"
After being deceived by Yu Shiji like this, Yang Guang basically believed it!
After thinking for a long time, Yang Guang finally decided to send his cheap fellow Yang Yichen, a young old man, with 30,000 troops to Shandong to quell the rebellion!
Young old man Yang Yichen was able to become a second-grade general because he earned military exploits with swords and spears, so his skills are certainly not bad! And the bandits all over Shandong are mostly peasants who are too hungry to survive.
The uncle himself was so hungry that his chest was touching his back. He had no armor or weapons, and he didn't know any battle strategy. How could he be the opponent of Yang Yichen's tiger and wolf division? So, Yang Yichen went to war.
Rebellions everywhere were put down one after another!
In just over a month, Yang Guang received a battle report from Yang Yichen saying that hundreds of thousands of rebels had been surrendered.
After reading the battle report, Yang Guang was delighted, and then he remembered, did Yu Shiji say that there were not so many bandits? So Yang Guang arrested Yu Shiji again for questioning!
Seeing that the situation was not good, Yu Shiji quickly excused himself and said that the battle report he heard at the beginning indeed only said that there were thousands of bandits, and that various prefectures and counties were indeed stepping up their efforts to eliminate them. Now Yang Yichen actually reported that there were hundreds of thousands of bandits.
Could it be that this guy lied about his military exploits? You know, your Majesty only gave him 30,000 soldiers and horses at the beginning?
When Yu Shiji said this, Yang Guang came back to his senses in an instant! He thought to himself, "How dare you, Yang Yichen, lie to me! This is a serious crime of deceiving the emperor!"
"I only gave you 30,000 soldiers and horses, and you dare to say that you defeated hundreds of thousands of rebels. Do you really think you are the reborn Sun Wu? Is it so easy to fight a war? At the beginning, I led more than a million soldiers
Even though our army has not captured Liaodong City? Why do you dare to say that you are more powerful than me? Seriously, this is unreasonable!"
Seeing Yang Guangqi's changing expression, Yu Shiji had a clear idea, so he quickly said again, "Your Majesty, the rebellion in Qi County is just a fresh scabies sore, and it is really nothing to worry about! But Mr. Yang Yichen, for a long time
If you lead a heavy army outside, you must be careful!"
Upon hearing this, Yang Guang suddenly had an epiphany!
Yes! No matter how many refugees rebel and have no food or soldiers, they cannot threaten me! But these generals are a trouble! We must not give them another chance to rebel!
So, Yang Guang quickly ordered to recall the young old man Yang Yichen, and all his troops were disbanded on the spot!
At this point, the rebellion, which had been somewhat subdued, has revived again and is getting stronger.
On the other side, Yuwen Xiaoma Gan'er led Yuwen Chengdu, Zhang Xutuo, Li Jing and others all the way south and soon arrived at Yuhang!
After asking Yuwen Zhiji and others who stayed behind, Yuwen Xiaomagan'er realized that Liu Yuanjin had indeed attacked Yuhang several times, but unfortunately, he was beaten back by Yuwen Zhiji, who was well prepared.
.….
However, since sending troops across counties is a big trouble, Yuwen Zhiji did not dare to move easily without Yuwen Xiaoma'er's explicit order, but he only strictly guarded Yuhang County and Wu County and did not give any chance to the bandits.
Opportunity for invasion!
After asking about the situation, Yuwen Xiaoma Gan'er did not rush to attack, but led Zhang Xutuo, Li Jing and other subordinates to visit his rule!
You won’t know until you see it, but you will be shocked when you see it!
After touring around Yuhang and Wujun, Zhang Xutuo and others finally saw the prosperity of Suzhou and Hangzhou.
"I have long heard rumors that there is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. When I see it today, I know that what I said is true! Zhang Xutuo admires it, admires it! Your Excellency's ability to manage politics can be said to be the best in the contemporary era. Compared with the old prime minister at the time,
, and it’s exactly the same!”
"Not only is it not bad? Even if Gao Lao Xiangguo was still alive, he would be ashamed to see Master Yuwen's methods! As far as Li Jing knows, in recent years, the states and counties of the Sui Dynasty have been in constant turmoil, and the people have been living in dire straits.
, even if there are one or two prefectures and counties with good political performance occasionally, they can just barely keep the people hungry to death! Li Jing has never seen such a scene like this under your rule, where all industries are prosperous and every family is safe and peaceful!"
"I don't deserve your praise! However, the world is in turmoil right now, and the people are suffering terribly. If you are willing, you can bring over all your children and friends. Other families cannot guarantee that everyone will have food, clothing, and peace.
In life, I am confident that I can still do it!”
"Also, the same goes for you. No matter who you are or what relatives and friends you have, as long as you are willing to come under my rule, I will welcome you with both hands! What I can guarantee is that as long as I am still here for any day, the two counties of Suzhou and Hangzhou will
, there will be no starvation to death, and no people will be homeless because they have no way to survive!"
Hearing Yuwen Xiaomagan'er's words that seemed like solicitation, Zhang Xutuo and Li Jing couldn't help but change their colors slightly, and their hearts began to turmoil!
"Master Yuwen, what does he mean by saying this? Does he want to rebel? Or is this guy just out of good intentions and wants to help us solve our worries?"
Just when Li Jing and Zhang Xutuo were hesitating, someone behind Yuwen Xiaoma Gan'er said, "Sir, I would like to bring my mother, wife and children to Yuhang. I wonder if you are willing to accept it?"
Yuwen Xiao Magan'er looked up and saw that the speaker was none other than the Jiyang hero, Wang Yong.
This guy is from a pure grassroots background and has a relatively simple mind. As long as an official can help his family and children live a good life, he is a good official! Therefore, Wang Yong was the first to respond.
Nodding his head encouragingly, Yuwen Xiao Ma Gan'er said in a very amiable manner, "Welcome, welcome! Didn't I say that no matter who wants to bring my little one over, I will welcome him!"
"Sir, I also want to bring my little one over, is that okay?"
This time, it was a soldier who spoke.
"Of course you can! You don't know that when I first arrived in Suzhou and Hangzhou, the two states combined had only about one million people. But now you see, the two states have a total of more than eight million people.
Where did this extra population come from? Aren’t they all immigrants from all over the country? This population is never too large for me. The more the better! As long as you are willing to come, no matter whether you are rich or poor, male or female, old or young, as long as you are willing to work
, I can guarantee that your family will live comfortably. At least, food and clothing are not a problem! And you don’t have to worry about corvee and military service!”
"Also, under my rule, the compulsory education system has been fully implemented! As long as you are from Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the children in your family are over five years old, men can enter Jiangnan University and women can enter Jiangnan Women's University.
.These two schools provide free teaching, and they also provide food, clothing, and housing until they reach adulthood at the age of eighteen! I am not afraid to tell you that the Jiangnan Women's University is run by His Majesty's biological sister, Princess Leping!"