Three million guan, one million dan of grain, and ten thousand livestock. This is the price that the Turks paid to withdraw their troops. Li Bing had no choice but to listen to Li Yuan going home and complaining while drinking wine on the man. He also knew the whole story. He couldn't help but sigh that the Great Sui Dynasty was weak. As the founding generals were old, Emperor Wen of Sui was suspicious by nature and did not believe in those young generals who had not fought with him. In addition, Yu Wen, the former Minister of War, had a large number of his confidants. Therefore, various reasons led to the increasingly low combat power of the Great Sui Dynasty. Sixty thousand Turkic cavalry broke up the 150,000 Sui army.

This year, the Sui Dynasty had a severe drought, with tax revenue sharply reduced and grain production. It was not easy to raise enough money for food and livestock. You should know that the annual income of the Sui Dynasty last year was only 20 million yuan. This year, it was difficult because of the severe drought. Now, with the Turkic incident, it was really raining. In Li Bing's view, the Sui Dynasty has begun to decline. First, the princes were in disagreement, and the people in the court were uneven. There were Turks outside, and Goguryeo was eyeing it. It was really internal and external troubles.

Li Bing was worried only by himself, and at this time Yang Jian was also worried that he had to take out so much money and food all at once, and the Sui Dynasty was really unable to afford it, but he couldn't think of any way to make money, so he had to announce the court meeting.

At the morning court, Yang Jian mentioned this matter, wanting to hear any good suggestions from the ministers, or any good ways to get so much money and food. However, these ministers asked them to govern the local government and compete for power and power. When they encountered this method of making money in a short time, they all seemed to be depressed. Li Yuan had no good idea, and he lowered his head and stood there without saying a word.

The atmosphere at the scene was a bit solemn. Everyone lowered their heads and thought about their own thoughts. They didn't even dare to take a breath, for fear that Yang Jian would click to let him say that the hall was quiet, and even everyone could hear the breathing of Yang Jian sitting above. At this time, time seemed to have frozen.

"I call you to Your Majesty. I think my Great Sui year is a disaster. Judging from the current situation in the Great Sui Dynasty, it is difficult to support me. It is better to keep my eyes outside..." A voice came.

Everyone suddenly heard a voice in the quiet environment, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and their eyes turned to the source of the voice - it was the new Minister of War, the General of the Shangzhu Kingdom, and the Duke of Song Kingdom He Ruobi.

He Ruobi was also a famous general of the Sui Dynasty. He made great contributions in the battle to destroy Chen that year, defeating the main force of Southern Chen with eight thousand soldiers and capturing the Chen army's general Xiao Moke alive.

Everyone was stunned, and Yang Jian also looked at He Ruobi strangely and said, "He Aiqing, what you said is to put your eyes outside..."

He Ruobi saw that everyone in the hall looked at him without panic. He just cleared his throat and said in a deep voice: "This year, my Great Sui Dynasty was drought and the people were living in poverty. Moreover, my Great Sui Dynasty had just passed the war, so it was not appropriate to increase the burden on the people. But let's not forget that there is a small country in Jiangling. Although the country is small, it occupies Jingzhou. Jingzhou is connected to Yizhou in the west and can directly take Hanzhong, Yuzhou in the north and threaten Xuchang and Luoyang, and can also seize Jiangdong along the river. In history, the land of Jingxiang has always been a place that military strategists must fight for. Moreover, after the unification of the north and south, we did not take the opportunity to incorporate the Western Liang into our Great Sui territory. For more than ten years, we have not violated the rivers and waters of the wells. The Western Liang has also developed quite a lot. Although its national strength is like a drop in the bucket compared to the Great Sui Dynasty, it is enough to pay for our agreement with the Turks. Moreover, I have been unifying the north and south for a long time, so we should not continue to allow this country to occupy such an important position."

As soon as He Ruobi said this, it was like a drop of concentrated sulfuric acid dropping into the calm water. The hall suddenly became boiling. Everyone ignored the insult of the rituals in front of him and spoke their thoughts loudly. Some thought that it was unknown to the Western Liang army easily, which would damage the style of a great country. Some thought that the strategic significance of Xiliang was very important. How could such a strategic location not be controlled in their own hands? Some thought that it was inappropriate to destroy neighboring countries so easily, and some said that the Great Sui Dynasty had unified the north and south for a long time. In the past, it was because of various reasons that this country had existed for so long. Now it should be destroyed.

Therefore, the ministers in Chang'an Hall were divided into two distinct factions. The main war factions were represented by He Ruobi, Yang Su and Yuwen Shu. They believed that after unifying the north and south, the Western Liang could no longer allow the Western Liang to occupy the territory of Jingzhou. After destroying the Western Liang, they could pay the agreement with the Turks without hurting the rest and rest of the Great Sui Dynasty, which was conducive to the recovery of the strength of the Great Sui Dynasty. The main war factions were represented by Li Yuan, Gao? and Su Wei, and believed that the Great Sui Dynasty had just experienced a war with the Turks. What the country urgently needed was not a new war, but a rest and rest. Moreover, although the Western Liang was vain to the Great Sui Dynasty, it had existed for fifty years. It was easy to send troops to the great power, which was not in line with the style of the Great Sui Dynasty and was of no use to the reputation of the Great Sui Dynasty.

Yang Jian looked at the ministers below and said something, and did not rush to speak. He just listened carefully to the reasons for the ministers. Later, when the ministers saw that Yang Jian had not spoken, they remembered that this was in Chang'an Hall, and now it was the morning court, so they just calmed down one by one.

Seeing that it was quiet, Yang Jian cleared his throat and said in a deep voice: "I will consider this matter until I go back and think about it before making a decision. Do you have any other things to report?" Seeing that the ministers did not speak, Yang Jian glanced at the eunuch beside him. The eunuch immediately understood and shouted in a sharp voice: "Retreat the court~" The ministers knelt down to see Yang Jian.

When he returned to the mansion, Li Yuan hurriedly summoned Xiao Shiyun and told Xiao Shiyun about what happened in the court today. He thought she would desperately ask Li Yuan to find a solution. Unexpectedly, Xiao Shiyun just said lightly: "Since Shiyun has made a marriage contract with the young master and has come to the mansion, he is the one in your mansion. Everything about Shiyun's past has nothing to do with Shiyun. Besides, Shiyun knows the reason why a man is guilty of being innocent and possesses a treasure. I have occupied Jingxiang for a long time. Even if it is not now, I will not escape the disaster of destroying the country in the near future. Sanlang once said: How can others sleep soundly when they fall on their side? I think this is the reason. Besides, Daliang was originally a vassal state of the Great Sui Dynasty. Now that it is incorporated into the territory of the Great Sui Dynasty, there is no covetment from others!"

Li Yuan did not expect Xiao Shiyun to behave like this. He opposed it in the court today because he had a marriage relationship with Xiao Kui. He did not expect that this princess would think so after staying in his house for three years. However, Li Yuan still sighed. Even so, he and Xiao Kui were in-laws after all, and he did not want to watch Xiao Kui's family destroy the country and the family was destroyed. Although it was a good thing for the Sui Dynasty, the timing was wrong. The Sui Dynasty was time to rest now and it was not suitable to move the war easily.

He said to Xiao Shiyun: "Although you are nothing wrong with thinking this way, you are still the princess of Xiliang after all. You immediately send someone to Xiliang to report the news, saying that the Sui Dynasty might have actions against Xiliang and let your father be careful." Xiao Shiyun responded, and Li Yuan signaled her to go back to the room. After Xiao Shiyun returned to the room, she called Hu Sheng and told Hu Sheng about what happened today, so that he would go back to Xiliang, so that she would not tell her father about this. Then she thought about it and asked Hu Sheng to tell Xiao Kui about her thoughts.

Three days later, Yang Jian issued an order: Because the Western Liang has frequently intercepted and killed merchants from the Great Sui Dynasty recently and is disrespectful to the Great Sui Dynasty, he privately detained the Great Sui Dynasty envoys. In view of the lack of virtuousness of the Western Liang Kingdom, the Great Sui Dynasty will send troops to the Western Liang to rescue the people from the fire and fire.

The General of the Shangzhu Kingdom was granted the title of General Yuwen Shu as the Grand Marshal of the Southern Expedition, He Ruobi as the Deputy Commander, Gao? as the General of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Southern Expedition, and the General of the Guardians, Yuwen Chengdu as the Prisoner of the Imperial Army Commander Yuwen Chengdu as the vanguard of the Southern Expedition, Xue Wanren, Qu Tutong, and Niu Hong as the General, and led 100,000 troops to send troops to Jingzhou in two groups.

Li Yuan thought helplessly: In the end, this was still the case. I'm afraid Xiao Kui's destination was not good. But he always thought that the Sui Dynasty should not send troops now, so he resolutely continued to report to Emperor Wen that it was not appropriate to use weapons.

Emperor Wen was furious and believed that Li Yuan put the interests of the Sui Dynasty aside because of his in-laws with Xiao Kui, and tried his best to say good things for Xiao Kui, and was suspected of colluding with the enemy. He issued an order to remove Li Yuan from all his official positions, retain only the Duke of Tang, and stay in Beijing to take office.

Xiao Kui received the news that the Sui army was sent by Li Yuan, and then he also learned that Li Yuan was dismissed from office for dissuading Yang Jian to send troops. He felt moved and guilty, and felt that he had found a good family for Xiao Shiyun. Li Yuan was so desperate to help him, he would definitely treat Xiao Shiyun well in the future, but he was unwilling to be destroyed like this, so he immediately gathered a 50,000 army and stationed on the border, lower than the Sui army.

However, after all, the Western Liang country had few soldiers. The Sui army was in a state of power, and the Western Liang army had no power to fight back. After half a month of fierce fighting, the Sui army occupied most of the territory of the Western Liang. In addition, Yu Wen and the former army led the front army to bypass the western capital of Jiangling. After three days of desperate battles against the siege against the city, Yuwen Chengdu broke the city gate and attacked Jiangling. Due to the historical changes caused by Li Bing's travel, the Western Liang army finally destroyed the country after more than twenty years of existence. The Sui Dynasty finally completed the unification of the north and the south.

The king of Xiliang, Xiao Kui, and his concubines in the harem, were named Tiantai at Jiangling Palace, and were posthumously named Emperor Xiaoming...

Today's first update, in the trough, the little demon covered his face and left ~
Chapter completed!