In the dormitory of Xiangyang Imperial Palace, Li Yuan looked at Li Jiancheng who was entangled with inexplicable eyes.

Li Yuan is by no means a mediocre person, on the contrary, he is a hundred times more shrewd than anyone else, and he knows the many disadvantages of the imperial court's remote control of the army, he knows that the eldest son Li Jiancheng really means that the imperial court is not allowed to interfere too much in military affairs, but Li Jiancheng knows that it is clearly to limit the power of his emperor, so he does not dare to say it, but he has a strong sense of responsibility in his heart, so it is difficult to choose between truth and falsehood.

"Father! War is ever-changing, and every moment is a priceless treasure, but the military decisions carried out by our Datang are contrary to this. ”

"The opposite?" Li Yuan asked coldly.

"Erchen thinks that our Datang's military policy was wrong from the beginning!" Li Jiancheng thought about it for a long time, and that strong sense of responsibility still made him decide to say what he said from the bottom of his heart, but his eyes didn't dare to look at Li Yuan, who was staring at him, and said in a deep voice with his eyelids lowered: "Take this Eastern Crusade as an example, Xiangyang is nearly a thousand miles away from the battle situation, and the exchange of letters is as fast as a few days, and as slow as half a month, when we made the decision to let Xiaogong evacuate Yangzhai, those of us sitting in the palace did not know that he had fallen into the encirclement and suppression of Luo Shixin, and we did not know that he was not far from defeat. I don't know that from Yangzhai to Runan, I need to cross Yingshui, cross Daliu Mountain, and then cross Rushui...... We blindly believe that the march of hundreds of miles is really just a small distance of less than an inch on the map...... ”

Li Jiancheng, who has opened the chatterbox, is now making a heart, for the future and fate of the imperial court and long-term peace and stability, even if he offends his father, he must dig out the fundamental reason why the imperial court remotely controls the generals in front of him to fight.

"Erchen asked Xiaogong, and also asked the surviving soldiers, when the Taoist Sect failed and was captured, Yique was lost, and Luo Shixin led the iron cavalry to attack, our army's military spirit was already a little unstable, at that time, everyone including Wushi Tong advised Xiaogong to immediately withdraw to Licheng County in Xiangcheng County, and then with the defense line and sufficient food to play with the Sui army, even if the Sui army finally seized the territory north of the water, but also kept a small half of Xiangcheng County, as for Shuyang County, it will not be lost, and Xiaogong's army will not be wiped out, We won't be so passive ......"

"But why didn't Li Xiaogong withdraw?" Li Yuan asked coldly.

"Because he needs to ask the imperial court ......" Li Jiancheng Huo Ran raised his head and said word by word: "If the unauthorized withdrawal of the army is the same crime as betraying the country to seek glory, no one can afford this crime." ”

Li Yuan's face was very gloomy, obviously restraining the anger in his heart, even if he was prepared in his heart, but when he heard these words that were close to ridicule, Li Yuan was still very annoyed. Because it was none other than Li Yuan himself who formulated this system, and it was he Li Yuan who interfered too much in military affairs.

He looked at Li Jiancheng deeply, and a teasing smile appeared on his face: "You mean that I shouldn't be in charge of the military?" ”

As soon as Li Jiancheng heard Li Yuan say the 'court' in his mouth to 'me', he knew that he had completely offended his father. In fact, when he decided to say this, he was already prepared in his heart, but in order to get rid of the strange phenomenon that the Tang Dynasty was bound to lose every Sui, Li Jiancheng had to break his father's luck and make him face up to this problem. He took a deep breath, stared at Li Yuan's extremely cold face, and said his thoughts to the end, "Erchen is not saying that it is wrong for the imperial court to interfere in military affairs, let alone let the imperial court let go of military power. Just because the mobilization of young and strong people to join the army, the preparation of food, the casting of armaments, the transportation of food, etc., are inseparable from the imperial court, so the victory or loss of any war is closely related to whether the military and the government are united. ”

"And what do you mean?" Li Yuan's expression eased slightly.

Li Jiancheng is also a shrewd person, and when Li Yuan took the problem on himself, he said the word 'imperial court', thus leaving Li Yuan out.

"The key is a matter of degree!" Li Jiancheng, who was in a cold sweat, bowed down and said: "Erchen always thinks that the imperial court can control the overall situation of the war, but it can't interfere too much in every detail of the war, after all, the imperial court is hundreds of miles away from the battlefield, and it doesn't know what major changes are happening on the battlefield at this time. ”

For a moment, Li Yuan fell into deep thought!

After he understood that Li Jiancheng was not asking him to let go of his military power, but reminding him of the reason that he was too late, he slowly recovered his senses and gestured, "Go on." ”

"Whoa!" Seeing this, Li Jiancheng, who knew that there was a play, breathed a sigh of relief, and he continued: "Father, when we possessed the vast territory of Merge Prefecture and Guanzhong, the national strength of the Sui Dynasty was not only inferior to ours, but there were also internal worries such as the rebellion of the scholars and the lack of governance talent, and there were foreign enemies such as my Tang Dynasty and Li Mi, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, Liu Wuzhou, Turkic, Goguryeo, etc...... However, they now have at least half of the world, if nothing else, Dou Jiande of Qingzhou will also be out of this battle, and the territory of the Sui Dynasty will be added to the territory of the Sui Dynasty at that time. ”

"The Sui Dynasty has been strong at an astonishing speed visible to the naked eye over the years, while my Tang Dynasty has been defeated repeatedly and weakened, and large swaths of the country have fallen! Although these words are ugly, it is a fact that no one can deny, Erchen thinks that my Tang Dynasty disease is in the rotten and rigid center of the imperial court, and if we don't make up our minds and scrape our bones and cramps to treat it, we will lose again in the future...... Once defeated, we will lose not only Bashu and Jingzhou, but the fate of the Tang Guozuo and the Li family, Yang Tong may be able to tolerate my Tang subjects, but there is no place for my Li clan to survive......"

"You...... Shut up for me."

Li Yuan's angry shout rudely interrupted Li Jiancheng, he stood up and walked to the window, his chest rose and fell violently, the eldest son's words stung him deeply, especially this sentence - 'Once defeated, we will lose more than just Bashu and Jingzhou, It's the fate of the Tang Dynasty and the Li family' is like a thunderbolt from the sky, which made Li Yuan's eyes black for a while, and his heart beat violently, he knew that what Li Jiancheng said was the truth, if the Sui army really wanted to attack Xiangyang, I am afraid that without the Sui army's hands, some courtiers would probably tie up their father and son and send them to the Sui army.

At this thought, Li Yuan stood unsteadily, and his weak legs fell to the ground with weakness.

"Father!"

Li Jiancheng was taken aback, and hurriedly helped Li Yuan back to the soft couch, ran out and yelled at the eunuchs outside: "Go and pass the imperial doctor quickly!" ”

"Whoa!" There was a sudden chaos inside and outside the imperial study.

……

Li Yuan's condition did not stabilize until the evening, and Li Jiancheng and the ministers who came to visit stayed until late at night before returning to rest exhausted.

The next morning!

However, there was an edict from the palace that made Li Jiancheng dumbfounded-'Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhaojun, was seriously derelict in his duties during his tenure as the commander of the Eastern Route Army, which directly led to the annihilation of the Eastern Route Army of the Tang Dynasty and the loss of the two counties of Xiangcheng and Shuyang, which shook the Tang Dynasty's plan for the Eastern Expedition...... He should be executed, remembered for his great merit, and pardoned for his death...... But the sin of life is unforgivable... He was deprived of his clan titles and all his official positions, and was demoted to a commoner. ’

When the edict came out, Xiangyang was shocked.

Many people sighed, and the discerning people knew that Li Xiaogong had become the poor scapegoat for the failure of the Tang Dynasty's Eastern Crusade.

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