Su and Pei left, but Wei Yunqi stayed. Zhang Xuan stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, staring at the Zhongdu Tower in the distance. Wei Yunqi understood why Zhang Xuan left him. He said frankly: "Weiqi can fully understand the reason why Your Highness wants to reuse Li Chun, and wants to vigorously develop handicrafts, especially papermaking and printing plates, expand the dissemination of literature, establish official schools, and gradually weaken the foundation of wealthy and gentry. But Weiqi wants to say that Your Highness has a good idea, but the time to reuse Li Chun is indeed not yet ripe."

"Why?" Zhang Xuan asked coldly without turning around.

"Your Highness has eliminated two ministers. Everyone knows that this is targeting the Hebei gentry, which has caused a huge shock in the court and the people. Everyone in Hebei gentry is in danger. At this time, it should be the main focus of stabilizing the officialdom. If Li Chun is used again, the officialdom in Zhongdu will be in chaos. Your Highness's foundation in the court is not solid. I am worried that the people in the Zhongdu officialdom will disintegrate, and in the end, Li Yuan will only be cheaper."

After a moment of silence, Zhang Xuan nodded slowly, "You are right. If there is an external enemy, you should not change the system too much and cause turmoil. Well, Li Chun is quite good at controlling water. I appointed him as the Dushui Supervisor. I believe no one will compete with him for this chore."

Wei Yunqi smiled and said, "That's right. It's a big promotion to be promoted from a fifth-rank minister to a fourth-rank minister. However, it's much better than directly being promoted from a third-rank minister."

Zhang Xuan didn't want to mention this matter again, so he turned back and said, "Lu Qingyuan's appointment as Minister of Rites will be cancelled! Let him continue to serve as the governor of Zhuo County."

This was his wife Lu Qing's request, because her brother lacked experience in prefectures and counties and did not understand the sufferings of the people. He allowed him to deal with more ordinary people, which was conducive to the accumulation of his brother's life experience. Moreover, this was also the repeated request of their father Lu Zhuo. Zhang Xuan could understand Lu Zhuo's long-term plan, so he agreed to his wife and asked Lu Qingyuan to continue to serve as the governor of Zhuo County.

Wei Yunqi nodded, "I understand. He has not completed the procedures for joining the office yet, and the new Zhuo County Magistrate has not been appointed. This matter is very simple, and there is no need to issue a document to ask him to go back to Zhuo County directly."

"That's good, is there anything else?" Zhang Xuan asked.

"There is one more thing for me."

Wei Yunqi lowered his voice and said, "Now the streets and alleys of Zhongdu are talking about it. Your Highness’s surname is Zhang but Yang. It is not appropriate to continue to maintain the Sui Dynasty. There is no need to. Your Highness, should we change the country name?"

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "The time for this matter is not yet ripe. As you said just now, my foundation in the court is not solid. Li Yuan is still eyeing him. When the world's general situation is settled, it will not be too late for us to discuss this matter slowly!"

Wei Yunqi praised happily: "Your Highness's concentration is very accessible!"

Zhang Xuan also smiled and said, "I don't have much concentration. For example, I can't wait halfway back to the army to win Jiangdu."

Jiang is a legacy of the previous dynasty. After Yu Wen and the crossing of Huaibei, Zhang Xuan was indeed preparing to solve Jiangdu together. However, due to the Tang army's attack on Hanoi, Zhang Xuan had to temporarily give up the recovery of Jiangdu and withdraw his troops back to Hebei. Jiangdu became a Great Sui enclave controlled by General Chen Len.

However, neither the Sui Dynasty in Luoyang nor the Sui Dynasty in Zhongdu could control Chen Ling, and Jiangdu actually became a separatist force independent under the banner of the Great Sui Dynasty.

The sails outside the Donghai Island covered the sky and the sun. The 30,000 navy troops, led by the old future Huer, went south again in Donglai County after only one day of rest and arrived in Donghai County. A few days later.

Lai Hu'er walked off the ship, and Li Ben, the magistrate of the county stationed in Donghai, hurried forward to salute Lai Hu'er. Donghai County is the southernmost part of the Great Sui Dynasty. Because it is close to Xuzhou, the situation of the Donghai County garrison is quite special. There are 1,000 county soldiers in the county seat, which are directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War. There are 3,000 garrisons on the Donghai Island, but they belong to the navy. Leaded by the Yingyanglang General Li Ben, the Donghai County government generally does not enter the Donghai Island except for supplying materials.

"See the old general in a humble position!" Li Ben stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to salute.

"General Li, please get up!"

Lai Hu'er asked him to get up and asked again: "Have the cavalry arrived in Donghai County?"

This time, Zhang Xuan was determined to win against Jiangdu, so not only did 30,000 navy and hundreds of warships all head south, but Pei Xingyan's 30,000 cavalry did not return to Zhongdu, but also went straight from Hebei to enter Donghai County from Langya County. It was also the advantage of the cavalry, which was high-speed maneuverable and flexible.

Li Ben hurriedly said: "General Pei's cavalry just arrived this morning, but it was in Rongshan County."

After hesitating, Li Ben asked again: "Do you want to notify General Pei of his position?"

Lai Hu'er nodded, "You send a letter to him now and tell him that I will continue to go south and ask him to go south as planned. I will arrange ships to cross the river and transport food and grass to him."

"Abide by the orders!" Li Ben hurriedly sent a letter.

Lai Hu'er immediately ordered loudly: "I'll order the three armies to rest for two hours, and the army will continue to move south!"

Due to Yu Culture, the plunder in Xuzhou and the war with the Wagang Army, a large number of people fled from Xuzhou to Jiangdu County and Langya County to avoid military disasters. The population of Yongshan County surged from 20,000 to 100,000. The county was extremely burdened and the people were suffering.

Officials from Donghai County and Langya County issued more than a dozen letters of request for help to Zhongdu, begging the court to support the disaster relief.

To this end, the imperial court specially allocated 50,000 stones of grain and 150,000 bags of wild peas to Langya County and Donghai County for disaster relief. At the same time, more than 100 officials were transferred from various places to assist the two counties in disaster relief.

Just as the Sui Navy arrived at the East Sea Island, Pei Xingyan led 30,000 cavalry to arrive in Yingshan County in the early morning. There were forage and grain warehouses in Yingshan County, which could replenish grain and grass for Sui soldiers and war horses.

Outside Rongshan County, a forest stretching for dozens of miles, surrounded by a stream, with gurgling water, which is particularly cool and tempting in midsummer.

Thirty thousand cavalry and war horses rest in the woods to cool off and avoid the hot weather. The hot weather has a great impact on war horses, so the soldiers are careful to take care of their war horses.

Soldiers kept going to the stream outside the woods to collect water and pour the war horses on them. They tried to rush to the night and rest during the day. So far, the army and war horses still maintained sufficient physical strength.

Pei Xingyan sat on a big rock and focused on studying the map. Zhang Xuan gave him the order to cross Huai south and stop at Gaoyou. There was no order to attack Jiangdu. Pei Xingyan understood the intention of the general. The general wanted to intimidate Chen Len and let him recognize the situation and surrender to Zhongdu. But once Chen Len surrendered to Chang'an, war would be inevitable.

The deterrence of Jiangdu is not a big problem for Pei Xingyan. The key is to avoid being attacked by the enemy. Pei Xingyan is very clear about what war horses mean to the various princes of the Central Plains. Even Du Fuwei, the leader of the Jianghuai thief, was also jealous. Pei Xingyan must not let his cavalry encounter a sneak attack.

At this time, a soldier rushed over and knelt down on one knee to report: "Report to General Zhao County Magistrate sent someone to send a letter, which may have been sent from the East China Island."

Pei Xingyan was excited. It was very likely that he had arrived at Hu'er to arrive at Donghai Island. He immediately asked, "Where is the letter?"

A county government official was led into the forest and presented a letter. Pei Xingyan opened it and read it. As expected, he came to Hu'er to the East China Island and continued to go south. The letter said that Hu'er would send a fleet to transport grain and grass to him.

Pei Xingyan hurriedly asked: "What kind of fleet has the East China Island sent?"

"Two hundred small boats were sent, and you can go directly to the Huaihe River from Donghai County."

Pei Xingyan breathed a little relieved. He was afraid that he would not be able to walk the small river at all by sending a large ship of more than a thousand stones, so he could only walk the sea and then go around the Huai River. That would make things worse, so he thought about it with a considerate view.

Pei Xingyan said to the entourage: "Please tell the magistrate Zhao, and ask him to organize the civilians to transport grain and forage on board immediately, and be prepared before dark."

"Don't worry, General, my county magistrate organized the civilians in the morning. Now he should be transporting food and grass."
Chapter completed!