Turbulent Times Chapter 1340: Decadent General

Wang Junlin's huge intelligence system is very efficient. On the seventh day after Wang Junlin talked with Du Ruhui and Liu Ziming, Wang Junlin summoned Du Ruhui, Liu Ziming, Wei Daoer, Liu Jicheng, and the violent bear who just arrived from An Nanguo When Li Xuanba, the general of the battalion, Liu Yidong, the general of the Annan camp, and Yang Kongchan, who was in charge of business affairs, were discussing together, Shen Guoer brought a bunch of new information to report to Wang Junlin.

First of all, there is information about the Turks in the north. As expected by Wang Junlin, the Turks are ready to move, and there are many signs of the army going south.

Even because of the weakness of the imperial court in the past two years and repeated forbearance, most of Dingxiang County has been eaten away by the Turkic people and turned into a pasture for the Turkic people.

In the north of Yanmen County, outside the Great Wall, horse bandits supported by the Turks ran rampant, ignoring the local government orders of the Sui Dynasty, and even Turkic cavalry pretended to be horse bandits, sometimes gathering tens of thousands of people, and looting around the border counties of the Sui Dynasty .

"I remember that Yanmen County, Dingxiang County, and Mayi County all belonged to the defense station of General Wang Rengong's North Marching Army Commander's Mansion. I thought Wang Rengong was known as the Iron Tiger General of the Sui Dynasty. What's the general situation?" Du Ruhui frowned, and while reading the information, he couldn't help frowning and asked.

Shen Guoer seemed to have expected that everyone would have questions, and was obviously prepared, and immediately replied: "What Master Du said is very true. According to the division of responsibilities of the imperial court, the defense of the three counties does belong to the Zhenbei March The duty of General Wang Rengong of the General Manager's Mansion. However, I deliberately asked someone to investigate some things, and found that the current General Wang Rengong has changed a lot in the past two years."

Wang Junlin asked in confusion: "It has changed a lot? What exactly happened?"

Shen Guoer sighed and said: "Returning to the lord, Wang Rengong was indeed a powerful general in the world, but after the court's first defeat in the Goguryeo conquest, Wang Rengong's temperament changed drastically. It seemed that he was very disappointed with the court and became extremely decadent. , The whole person also began to indulge in pleasure, and married twenty-three concubines in just two years, almost one every month, and they were all young women under the age of sixteen."

Wang Junlin sighed, thinking that he would ruin many girls! Frowning: "What else?"

Shen Guoer continued: "Wang Rengong never paid empty wages before, and rarely corrupted, but in the past two years

Starting to eat empty pay, the actual strength of the 100,000 troops under his command is less than half, and he is greedy for a lot of food. "

The sympathy on Wang Junlin's face gradually disappeared, and he became gloomy. He said in a deep voice, "Guo'er, judging by your expression, Wang Rengong is probably not just greedy for money."

Shen Guoer smiled wryly and said: "Master Mingjian, Wang Rengong is still very afraid of death and behaves very weak in front of the Turkic people. This is one of the reasons why the Turkic people are becoming more and more arrogant."

After a pause, Shen Guoer continued: "However, the imperial court praised Wang Rengong's weakness. At the beginning of the year, the emperor even named Wang Rengong the Duke of the county because of Wang Rengong's prudent actions. It saved the court a lot of troubles and avoided a war with the Turks."

Wang Junlin sneered and said: "Yang Guang was so proud of being alone back then, but he didn't expect that now he has started to deceive himself and others, doing such a deceitful thing."

Liu Ziming shook his head and said, "There were rebels everywhere in the Sui Dynasty. The emperor and those in the court were afraid of going to war with the Turks, so the Turkic encroachment on the border of the Sui Dynasty was ignored. They never cared if their families were broken."

Du Ruhui snorted coldly: "Compared to the tolerance towards the Turkic people, the court's attitude towards the rebels from all over the world is completely different. Those who dare to rebel have always been killed without mercy."

Shen Guoer sarcastically said: "My lords, my lords, Guo'er is about to report to the lord, and the officials from various aristocratic families in the court are pushing forward with all their strength. The emperor ordered yesterday that those who collude with the bandits can confiscate their homes by themselves. There is no need to ask the imperial court!"

Wang Junlin sneered and said, "As soon as this so-called confiscation order was issued, the powerful families in charge of the area quickly found a shortcut to make a fortune. I am afraid they will start to use the trick of annexing small and medium-sized nobles and small and medium-sized landlords. Obviously, the powerful families have already Start accumulating power in secret, ready to compete in the world, or find God, and it's time to place your bet."

Liu Ziming said worriedly: "That's all for the middle and small nobles and landlords, big and small. I'm afraid that they will plunder the people who have no power under their rule. If they disobey even a little, they will be charged as a bandit and imprisoned. As a result, the local gentry must either compromise, or directly pull the pole to rebel, except for these two

Outside the road, there are almost no other options. "

"In this way, I am afraid that the world will become more and more chaotic, and the people will have less and less way to live." Liu Jicheng, who participated in such a meeting for the first time, sighed.

Wang Junlin asked casually: "In your opinion, if the counties of the Sui Dynasty want to reduce the banditry, where should they start?"

Liu Jicheng took the lead and said: "My lord, I think that if you want to reduce the banditry, you must first prevent the officials from pushing the people too hastily!"

Wang Junlin nodded, then shook his head again, his words were correct, but he didn't get to the bottom of it.

Liu Ziming said: "I thought that as long as the common people had a way to live and had enough to eat, banditry would naturally decrease."

Wang Junlin nodded, but did not comment, and looked at Wei Daoer, who had been silent all this time. With good officials, banditry will naturally be less."

Wang Junlin smiled, motioned Wei Dao'er to sit down, and looked at Du Ruhui, who immediately said: "The silence of water is the sound of wind disturbance; the silence of wood is the sound of blows; everything is not equal." Zeming. Bandits and rebels are the same, as long as the world is unfair and some people can’t survive, there will naturally be banditry. As long as the world is bright and the people are rich, banditry will naturally decrease.”

After finishing the outline, Du Ruhui paused, and then said: "However, since ancient times, the banditry has never disappeared. Of course there are reasons why the people are not rich enough, but the banditry has never been easy to suppress. You must know that Bandits and thieves are mostly entrenched in the deep mountains and old forests. When the officers and soldiers come, they will fight with the officers and soldiers. When they meet some thugs, the officers and soldiers cannot beat them. If the officers and soldiers defeat the bandits, they will go into the deep mountains and old forests, and it is difficult to find them. Once The bandits hid. After a long time, the officers and soldiers consumed a lot of horse chewing, and soon they couldn't hold on anymore and had to withdraw. The bandits came back as soon as the officers and soldiers withdrew, so the government was very troubled. The cost of cleaning up was too high, and the cleaning up was too difficult. Big, with more than enough heart but not enough strength.”

"The other reason is the government itself, which is also one of the main reasons in today's world. The government in many places does not want to suppress bandits. In fact, the government in various counties and counties controlled by powerful families is often capable of suppressing rebels. But I don’t want to use my full strength.”