In the Qianqiu Palace, Yang Guang closed the memorial that Yuwenshu had played and placed it on the eucalyptus table. He did not comment on Yuwenshu's complaint.

As early as the beginning of the military reform, Yang Ji gave him a complete set of mature strategies. Various layouts and arrangements that Yang Guang had never heard of were described in detail one by one, and the Liangzhou Army was used as an example to illustrate.

The results of Liangzhou's military reform are obvious. Liangzhou did not cause chaos because of the military reform. The old and weak were laid off and nominally they were affiliated to the Liangzhou Soldiers' Cao Veterans Administration. However, because the veterans' administration contracted the government-run projects, the old and weak were

I have lived a self-sufficient life through working; now not only do I not

The consumption of military pay actually created profits for the soldiers; and the efficiency and quality of the projects they repaired were also better than those of the hired civilian workers. In wartime, the soldiers only needed to summon the soldiers with an order, and the engineering troops immediately returned to the team in complete formation and were quickly formed.

A well-disciplined and calm transport army.

It can be seen from this that the existence of the engineering camp can no longer be described as having more advantages than disadvantages, but it has a hundred benefits and no harm.

This also shows that Yang Ji is not just messing around in the Binzhou Army, but has a systematic approach. It makes him want to add a Veterans Division in addition to the Fourth Division of the Ministry of War.

Yu Wenshu, on the other hand, has some impure motives!

First of all, the Binzhou Army was originally outside the "Military Reform Command". Whether it was good or bad, Yang Ji was responsible for it. What did Yu Wenshu have to do with him?

Secondly, the military situation is like water, and there is no need to delay. I have already allowed him to submit any memorials directly, but this time, he deliberately went out of the process. This move is nothing more than wanting the "Military Reform Headquarters" to put pressure on him and seize the opportunity.

Yang Ji's power was removed, and the Binzhou Army was eventually brought under the "Military Reform Command".

In fact, Yang Guang does not expect the important ministers in the court to be united. He also knows that the generals and officials of the "Military Reform Command" are all competing for performance. He feels that as long as they do not delay the official business, he has no intention to prevent the conflict between them.

Dispute. But the problem is that Yu Wenshu took advantage of him and the generals of the "Military Reform Command", and it was very obvious.

Although the emperor has been a profit-making tool for all forces since ancient times, and Yang Guang is no exception, Yu Wenshu's actions were too obvious, too eager, too disregardful of the overall situation, and too intolerant.

How could this make Yang Guang happy?

Thinking of this, Yang Guang couldn't help but think about the appointment of Yuwenshu: At that time, no minister spoke for Yuwenshu. Only Yang Ji knew that the old grudges between the two could not be resolved, but through Yang Zhao's mouth, he recommended Yuwenshu to stay in Guanzhong.

General, what is Yang Ji trying to do? He doesn't want the Sui Dynasty to lose this talent, and he doesn't want to see the Sui Dynasty lose a pillar of his talent.

And what did Yuwenshu do after listening to his persuasion to "turn enemies into friends"? He went to greet Yang Ji outside the city with great fanfare. This was obviously because he was afraid that he would not know what "turning enemies into friends" should be like.

attitude?

Nowadays, Yang Guangda is really disappointed by hastily gathering the "military reform headquarters" to jointly exert pressure without completing all the efforts.

"That's it, let's wait until the troops in the capital are reorganized before we start arguing." Yang Guang thought like this, picked up another memorial, but it was about the Grand Canal, and said to Yang An: "Send someone to the Assembly Hall to call for peace.

King De, Duke Yue, Duke Su, and Prime Minister Xiao went to Qianqiu Hall to discuss matters."

Yang An bowed and made arrangements for going out.

Not long after, Yang Xiong, Yang Su, Su Wei, and Xiao Cong entered the hall and bowed their hands.

Yang Guang asked: "Where are you now, the censor Zhang Heng?"

Five days ago, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple and the censor of the school, Pei Yunshangshu, stated the construction progress of the Grand Canal: Since the Tongji Canal makes full use of the old channels and natural rivers, the main projects are only dredging and tamping the river channels.

Building river embankments is countless times easier than digging mountains and canals, so the overall project is progressing successfully. If nothing else happens, the Tongji Canal from Luoyang to Huai River will be fully connected before the rainy season next year.

However, Gao Jiong, who was in charge of supervising the work, handled more than 300 cases of excessive labor, squeezing civilian workers, defaulting on work payments, cutting corners and passing off substandard materials, etc., which aroused hatred and was assassinated dozens of times.

Five days ago, when they were having lunch, the food was poisoned. Fortunately, someone reported it at the time, and Gao Jun and Pei Yun hurried to deal with it, so they survived. However, the other thirteen left officials were all poisoned because they ate first.

Was poisoned to death.

Although Yang Guang was shocked at the time, he was busy rectifying the Beijing troops, so he asked Zhang Heng, the censor's doctor, to personally lead the team to investigate. At the same time, he also sent hundreds of Neifangsi secret guards eastward to assist the censor's desk in secretly investigating the case.

The man behind the scenes, on the other hand, protects Gao Jiong, Pei Yun and other senior officials.

Yang Su cupped his hands and said: "Back to the saint, Zhang Heng, the imperial censor, had many things to do in the capital. He only set out three days ago. Since he was taking the waterway, he should be in the Guanzhou area. However, he asked the censor Chen Shuzhong to set off first.

At that time, I should have met with Prime Minister Gao and others in the area of ​​Gushu County in Songzhou, which is also where the Yamen of Prime Minister Gao’s General Administration is located.”

Yang Guang frowned and said, "Chen Shuzhong, the brother of Emperor Chen Yang?"

The fourth emperor of the Chen Dynasty was named Chen Xu. After his death, Chen Shubao succeeded to the throne and gave him the temple title of Gaozong and the posthumous title of Emperor Xiaoxuan. During Chen Xu's reign, his greatest skill was not leading troops to fight, but also

He is not responsible for governing the country, but he is particularly fertile. He has forty-one sons alone and countless daughters.

After the fall of the Chen Dynasty, Chen Xu had more than twenty sons who became officials in the Sui Dynasty. Five of them entered the three provinces and nine temples, four of them served as governors, and the rest were either governors or county magistrates. In short, the Sui Dynasty did not

I feel bad for brothers like Chen Shubao.

Not only did Yang Guang and his brothers dare not rebel even if they were dead, but they had to be loyal to their duties and fulfill their duties, and he was willing to let them continue to work as officials.

Yang Guang still remembers this Chen Shuzhong. This man was the Shixing King of the Chen Dynasty, and he was the governor of Jiangzhou. He also perfectly inherited the tradition of the Chen family. He was always greedy for flowers and lust, and liked to eat five-stone powder. After entering the Sui Dynasty,

Later, it seems that because he was a descendant of the Chen Dynasty royal family and a prisoner, he gave up those bad habits. He first became the Taifu Shaoqing in the Sui Dynasty, and then became the Yushitai Shi Yushi.

As for ability, he can be considered an official.

Yang Su explained: "In addition to the law, Chen Shuzhong is also proficient in property auditing. With him as the main subject, he can check whether the expenses of each contract section are consistent with the court regulations. As long as these are found out, the murderer behind the assassin can be found."

The scope is further narrowed.”

Hearing the words "the murderer behind the scenes", the coldness in Yang Guang's eyes flashed away, and he stopped commenting on the matter. He suppressed other thoughts in his heart and said instead: "The top priority is to rectify the Beijing army. If there is no one

The loyal and capable army protects the capital, I'm afraid I won't even be able to sleep well at night."

"Mr. Su, the Beijing soldiers have now cleared the vacancies, and have seized countless stolen money from the homes of illegal generals. This allows the Ministry of Civil Affairs to allocate the arrears of military pay to the Ministry of War, so that each battalion can reorganize the army and train soldiers."

"The old minister has ordered the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Wei to allocate funds to the Ministry of War yesterday." A smile appeared on Su Wei's chubby old face, and he said: "Now that a vacancy of 250,000 has been found, another 120,000 soldiers have been reduced.

With these two items alone, the imperial court saved countless money, food, and equipment in one year, and it did not reduce much combat power. General Yuwen is truly the leader of the country."

Yang Guang's face was filled with excitement, and he said with a smile: "Once the army is reorganized, the local military government will be reorganized next year, and the accumulated shortcomings among the generals will be wiped out!"

Xiao Cong looked at the monarchs and ministers whose faces were filled with joy, and shook his head secretly: Although he did not understand military affairs, he was an emperor after all, and he was very good at human relations. In his opinion, Yu Wenshu was not only checking for vacancies, but also arresting corrupt and lawless people.

Except for generals, they would only radically eliminate the old and the weak in order to please the emperor; but the crucial issue of resettling the old and the weak was not done at all. These people have lost their source of livelihood. Do they really have no resentment at all?

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There are also those military families who are watching helplessly as their children are taken down one by one. The reason why they are not saying anything now is because the children have indeed committed crimes, but it does not mean that they will be arrested without mercy.

But the emperor is obviously in high spirits, and Xiao Cong can't guarantee that trouble will definitely happen. If Yu Wenshu has a good plan and everything goes smoothly, if he comes forward to remind him at this time, I am afraid that in the end he will turn into a smart-aleck, jealous of talented people.

People.

In fact, the military reform strategy originally drafted placed the placement of the old and the weak as a top priority, but Yuwenshu had no money! The reason he had no money was that the court was not sure how many vacancies there would be, so it had not been issued yet.

Yuwenshu initially followed Yang Ji's lead and used the wealth and goods of the corrupt and lawless generals to repay the arrears of the officers and arrange for soldiers. However, this was easier said than done. The reason was that Yuwenshu's stall was too wide, and he used the wealth and goods of the corrupt and lawless generals to repay the arrears of the soldiers and arrange the soldiers.

After the generals were arrested, they were thrown into the court. Everything had to wait until the Ministry of War, the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Yushitai could judge clearly. Only then could we know how much shortfalls the generals had eaten over the years, and how to recover the shortfalls before the trial.

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In addition, Yu Wenshu knew that too many noble families and nobles were involved, and he was keenly aware that if he got to the bottom of the matter, he would make too many enemies, which would inevitably cause a strong backlash, so he arrested people and put the most offending people on trial.

Let go.

How could he be as relaxed as Yang Ji, who was so thorough in checking everything?

"Saint!" Yang Su raised his hand and asked: "In the past, all armies were generally in arrears with pay. Those officers who were laid off were not paid enough, so should they be repaid? Also, should the pay of those soldiers who were deducted by unscrupulous generals also be paid?

Make up for it one by one?”

Yang Guang pondered for a long time and then asked: "Do you think Yue Gong should publish it?"

"The old minister thinks they should be reimbursed!" Yang Su glanced at Yang Guang and said solemnly: "The illegal gains of those greedy generals over the years have been recovered one by one. The old minister thinks they should be reissued."

Su Wei is in charge of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and is the most sensitive to money. When he heard Yang Su's words, he said with great pain: "Yue Gong, what you are talking about is not just a piece of money. If it is accumulated, it could be a huge sum."

money."

"Xiang Su, part of the recovered money was originally the money of the soldiers, and now it is just returned in full. Moreover, after recovering the vacancies for many years, plus fines and ransoms, it is still an astronomical figure. The national treasury

What you get will be more, so why do you care about this little money?"

After Yang Su finished speaking with a smile, he said to Yang Guang: "Sage, the soldiers have made great contributions to the Sui Dynasty and shed blood. The court cannot treat them badly! Otherwise, who will be willing to fight for the country in the future? Who is willing to fight to the end? If so,

After paying the arrears and resettlement expenses, these retired veterans will not only not cause trouble, but will also appreciate the saint's grace and happily go home to reunite. After they publicize one by one, the people's heart of belonging will surely be strengthened.

Better than ever.”

"Sage, what Duke Yue said is absolutely true! The old minister seconded his opinion." After hearing this, Xiao Cong immediately expressed his position.

"Okay!" Yang Guang responded, then turned his eyes to Yang and Su, and said: "Yue Gong, after you go back, you must let the Ministry of War verify the plan clearly, and then issue it one by one. Su Xiang, I can't bear it, but

The Duke of Yue is right, our court will not do anything to kill donkeys, and we must not embezzle the hard-earned money of the soldiers; the Ministry of Civil Affairs must come up with this money."

"Here!"

"Old minister, I obey!" Su Wei was silent for a moment, then raised his hands and asked, "Soldiers of the Binzhou Army Engineering Battalion, what should we do?"

"Of course they will be released!" Yang Guang said: "As for the future, let King Wei make arrangements. In short, they will not become a burden to the court."

The engineering battalion is suitable for Liangzhou, but may not be suitable for the whole country. But since it is successful, Yang Guang also wants to find an engineering battalion to try it. If it is really used so well, it will be managed by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry.

Anyway, the court has paid enough for every project, but if it hires civilian laborers, it will not only miss the farming work, but also get a bad reputation. If it is handed over to these retired veterans who are not good at farming, it will not only solve their income problem, but also the court will have a relatively strong team.

Why not do it if we have a reserve army?
Chapter completed!