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"Lord Yuwen, when has it been, and you still exclude your own people! If Lord Li Yuan had already had an antipathy, why wait until today, even if he really had this intention, it was caused by persecution and suspicion! Pei Ju said angrily.

"Master Pei, it is not yet time to use the Taiyuan army. I am not squeezing out Lord Li, but the Northern Turks have long coveted my Great Sui, if Taiyuan is empty and the Turkic Khan takes advantage of it, the gains outweigh the losses! ”

Pei Ju was choked for a while, because what Yu Wenhua said was not unreasonable, Taiyuan was the last line of defense against the Turks, and it could not be easily moved, so he asked unhappily: "So, in the opinion of Lord Yuwen, who should be more appropriate to take the lead in the northern war?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister recommends one person. Wang Shichong was loyal to His Majesty, Yanmen had a meritorious role in rescuing the driver, and Ge Qian, the rebel army in Hejian, was also killed by Wang Shichong himself. Yu Wenhua said.

"But Wang Shichong is already guarding the Jiangdu, who is responsible for the safety of His Majesty?" Pei Ju asked dissatisfiedly.

"There are tens of thousands of soldiers who follow Your Majesty this time, and they are all elite divisions, and with our desperate guards, Your Majesty will be able to sit back and relax!" Yu Wenhua patted his chest and said.

Yuan Ziyan sneered, Yu Wenhua didn't know how many times, every time he stabbed a lot of mess, I don't know why Yang Guang still trusted him so much, is it because the aura of the ancestor is too dazzling?

Yang Guang thought of the rumor of the Li family's son of heaven, and finally did not choose to reuse Li Yuan, but asked Wang Shichong, who was far away in Jiangdu, to suppress the rebellion.

After the news spread, the Taiyuan Mansion was also lifeless, Li Yuan sighed for a long time, and paced around the house with his hands behind his back.

"Father, Your Majesty is willing to seek the near and far, and it is clear that he does not trust us!" The eldest son, Li Jiancheng, said unhappily.

"Hugh is nonsense!" Li Yuan scolded.

"Father, what the eldest brother said is not unreasonable, the child can only escape by pretending to be sick in the palace, which shows that His Majesty's doubts about his father have never been dispelled." The second son, Li Shimin, also said.

Li Jiancheng glanced back at Li Shimin, as if he couldn't remember how long the two brothers hadn't been on the same front like this.

"But what can a father do?" Li Yuan seemed helpless, but in fact, he was also probing his sons' thoughts.

"What else? Father, even if we are turtles with shrunken heads for the rest of our lives, in the end, as long as any emperor is suspicious, he can find a reason to make our family move. In my opinion, it's better to be the opposite! The fourth son, Li Yuanji, snorted.

These sons were all born to Mrs. Dou of the main room, and there is a third son, Li Xuanba, who died in his teens, not to mention.

"Rebel! How can such a rebellious statement be made! Li Yuan suddenly felt cold all over, sweat on his forehead, hurriedly walked to the door, looked around a few times, closed all the windows, and trembled with anger.

The sons kept their mouths shut, and for the first time they saw their father so angry, they all stared at each other and did not dare to squeak. But it didn't take long for Li Shimin to see some clues, that is, although his father expressed strong indignation, even more serious than before, but at this time, he was silent, and there was no punishment for the fourth brother.

Could it be that my father had this idea in his heart for a long time?

A bold idea came out of Li Shimin's mind, and a wave of excitement suddenly rose in his heart, steady his mind, took a step forward, and said: "Father, although the fourth brother spoke recklessly, he was reasonable. Because of the rumors of the Li family's son of heaven, His Majesty doubted his father more than once, although we trembled, walked on thin ice, and even left the family business in the capital to come to this Taiyuan land, but did Your Majesty really alleviate his suspicion of his father? ”

"Shimin, don't say it again!" Li Yuantie scolded with a blushing face.

But it was just a reprimand, and there was no intention to stop it, Li Shimin was bold, knelt down, and arched his hand: "Father, it's not that we want to rebel, and if we don't rebel, the court will eradicate the Li family sooner or later, and it will be too late to regret it!" ”

"Bastard! It's not easy to talk about rebellion for breakfast, just the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in Taiyuan, plus the heroes I have befriended from all over the world, are not enough to compete with the imperial court. Only when the world is in turmoil can there be an excuse. Li Yuan said meaningfully.

As soon as the words fell, the sons immediately showed excited expressions, it turned out that the father had already planned! Li Jiancheng wanted to say a few more words, but was stopped by Li Yuan waving his hand, the stakes are very high, the wall has ears, and he can't show his feet unless he is in an emergency.

"I will mention this matter later, you have to keep your mouth shut for me, if you leak the slightest rumor, the lives of hundreds of people in the Li family will be on the line." Li Yuan said.

The sons hurriedly nodded yes.

Li Yuanji was young and frivolous, his excitement never passed, and he kept humming a little tune in his mouth, which caused Li Jiancheng to be very dissatisfied: "Fourth, it's not me who said you, you are also a person who has started a family, why can't you hide something!" It's all on your face! ”

"Hehe, big brother, I'm happy for you. You think, if your father becomes the emperor, then you will be the crown prince above 10,000 people under one person, and the younger brother will follow you! Li Yuanji laughed quietly.

Prince?

Hearing this, Li Jiancheng's heart was shocked, and then he snorted: "I see that my father is very hesitant, it is difficult to say whether he will revolt or not, it is too early to be happy at this time!" ”

"Big brother, don't look at my usual swagger, but I know in my heart, looking at my eldest brother's face is unspeakably expensive!" Li Yuanji said, changed his words, and said in a low voice: "It's the second child, who follows his father's ass all day long, and most of the heroes his father has befriended are also familiar with him, so you have to be careful." ”

"What nonsense, he's our own brother!" Li Jiancheng glared at Li Yuanji with insufficient confidence, in fact, he also muttered a little in his heart, after the second brother grew up, he was all-round in civil and military affairs, and he had a lot of merit in fighting on the battlefield with his father. On the contrary, as the eldest son, he has to take care of the affairs of the government for his father on weekdays, but it seems that he has achieved nothing.

"Big brother, I'm not talking nonsense. At the beginning, the Dog Emperor mistook the second child for you and was summoned to the palace. Li Yuanji whispered.

"And that matter?"

"If you don't believe me, you can ask your father."

Li Jiancheng was silent, I don't know what his father meant by showing off his second child as the eldest in front of others?

"But the eldest brother doesn't have to worry too much, there is a difference between the young and the old, and the second brother can't become the boss if he stretches his neck. If he dares to point fingers at you, I won't be the first to follow him! Li Yuanji patted his chest and said.

"Fourth, if there is such a day, you won't turn against me, right?" Li Jiancheng asked with a smile.

"Hehe, big brother, didn't you mean to be difficult for me? I grew up on your back since I was a child, unlike the second child, who practiced martial arts and read military books all day long, and didn't even look at me. Li Yuanji said with a smile: "As long as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has power in the future, he can let the younger brother have food, drink and women." ”

"Haha, be careful not to let your father hear it, otherwise you won't break your legs!" Li Jiancheng laughed.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the little one knows that he is wrong!"

Haha, the laughter of the two brothers spread far away, and Li Shimin, who was meditating in the courtyard, couldn't help frowning and looking back, and roughly guessed in his heart that they were looking forward to a better future.

The eldest brother Li Jiancheng is narrow-minded, and the fourth brother Li Yuanji is a profligate person, the two walk quite closely, and they are deeply favored by their father and mother, and they have long been out of the same mind as themselves.

is also a descendant of the Li family, Li Shimin thinks that his cultural and martial arts are no worse than anyone else, but he was born so many years later, and he will always live under the suppression of others.

Before Li Yuan made up his final decision, the contradictions between his sons had quietly escalated, which he had never expected. At this moment, Li Yuan's heart is in turmoil, the Li family has been prominent for generations, if he really wants to rebel, he will succeed, otherwise it will be a catastrophe and a stench for 10,000 years.

The sons are strong in blood and courage, and he feels very gratified, but such a risky thing is to bet the lives of the whole family, and how to afford to gamble, let alone lose.

If you want to raise troops, the current soldiers and horses are not enough, you need to get around to recruit soldiers and horses, the cost is not half a star, if there are local officials who desperately resist, how can the same bureaucrats kill each other?

Li Yuan sighed for a long time, and kept walking around his room with his hands behind his back, and he didn't sleep all night.

Li Yuan is not the only one who can't sleep, Yang Guang has been mentally sluggish several times since Zhang Xutuo's death, and his sleep is even worse, and it is difficult to fall asleep no matter how much he does.

The rest was not good, and his complexion was also very bad, and Yang Guang's face was blue and purple, which attracted the suspicion of the ministers above the court. Luo Yi, the guard of Zhuo County, took advantage of the chaos to rob, and also reversed, claiming to be the governor of Youzhou, and he was only one step away from establishing himself as the king.

In December of the twelfth year of the Great Cause, after nearly seven months of long journey, Yang Guanghao's mighty but lifeless fleet finally arrived at the Jiangdong Palace.

Approaching the Spring Festival, no one in the palace has the heart to Zhang Luo Festival, Yang Guang is in full swing, deploying the defense line, but he has made up the east wall and can't take care of the west wall, and demolished the south wall, but the north wall is crumbling.

Yang Guang hadn't slept for three days and three nights that day, he was extremely tired at this time, but he couldn't sleep anyway after lying down, his tall body couldn't help this toss, and his thin eyes were deep-set, anxious.

"Big brother, it's time to take medicine." Yuan Ziyan brought the pill to Yang Guang, and Yang Guang swallowed it without hesitation, his face gloomy.

"Purple smoke, the heroes are rising, Luoyang is only afraid that the day will be precarious. I don't think I'm a Ming Jun, but I'm not a mediocre person, so why do these people have to fight against me? Yang Guang asked angrily.

"Big brother, in fact, as an emperor, you have done your duty. It's just that they ignore a very important thing, that is, they don't care about the suffering of the people. Yuan Ziyan said.

"The people? The people were born for the enslavement of the dynasty, the maids in the palace, and the people who served the servants and errands were all from the common people, and I repeatedly reduced taxes, why did they rebel? ”

It's not that Yang Guang is obsessed, in feudal society, the poor people have no status at all, although the monarch understands some principles to appease the people, it is also to pave the way for his own power policy, and no one will put himself in their shoes.