"Zhaoren has any method, but it doesn't hurt to say." Looking at Liu Wenjing's confident appearance, Li Yuan's heart was full of expectations.

"Forge an alliance!"

"Alliance?" Li Yuan frowned: "Didn't you say that the Turks would not send troops......

"Definitely." Liu Wenjing said: "The object of our alliance is not the Turks, but the Central Plains Wang Shichong, Li Mi, and Dou Jiande. These three people are all under the deterrence of Yang Dong, their pressure is not weaker than that of the Tang Dynasty, and our four countries alone naturally can't deal with Yang Dong, so it is better for our Datang to take the lead and form an anti-Sui alliance. As long as the war is deadlocked, Jieli Khan will lead his troops south without our persuasion. ”

Li Yuan's eyes lit up, and he slapped the table and said, "Makes sense......" He thought about it and asked again: "How should we convince these three people now?" ”

"Will Wang Shichong send troops?" Li Yuan hesitated, Wang Shichong only has four counties, and he has fought for many years, although he has reconciled with Li, but he has almost crippled the four counties under his rule, and the one-year peace treaty of the Sui and Tang Dynasties is about to expire, and now the situation is changing, it is a good time for the two tigers to compete and reap the benefits, and Wang Shichong has no reason to send troops.

Although Wang Shichong adopted Yang Dong's governance strategy, he did kill a number of family valves, but he could kill some inconspicuous small and medium-sized families! For the Zheng family in Xingyang, he did everything to win over, and at the same time, he also asked Wang Xuanying to marry Wei Jin's daughter as the crown princess, and many of Wei's children were under his rule! Therefore, it does not matter whether he is willing to send troops or not. Liu Wenjing smiled slightly and said: "Just explain the harm of Yang Tong's actions to the Zheng clan and the Wei clan in Xingyang, and these Central Plains Dashi clan will urge Wang Shichong to send troops!" ”

The family gate valve has been unable to gain a foothold in Youzhou, Jizhou, Bingzhou, and the northern part of Yongzhou, and if Yang Dong's territory continues to expand, the blow to the family will be devastating. Once Yang Tong unified the world, Guanzhong, Central Plains, Jingxiang, Jiangnan, Shuzhong, and Lingnan were connected...... There is no place for the family gate valve. It's not that Yang Tong must wipe out the family's door valves, but under his policy, the family must return the resources and rights in his hands to the people.

For hundreds of years, the family gate valve has been accustomed to the life of rich and noble, high-ranking people, and let them suddenly return to the life of 'Ru Mao drinking blood', who wants?

Yang Tong is very tough on the issue of the family, not only to pave the way for the Han scholars, but also to prepare for the future, his subordinates are basically Han scholars or wealthy families, but it is impossible to let the top class who are used to holding privileges put down the privileges in their hands! Because of this, the Guanlong magnates will vigorously support Li Yuan, because they know that once Guanzhong falls into the hands of Yang Tong, it will be the time when their family is defeated.

Because of this, Liu Wenjing dared to conclude that whether Wang Shichong wanted it or not, several scholars behind him would encourage him to send troops. In the same way, the same will be true of the family gate valve under the command of Li Mi and Dou Jiande.

As long as Wang Shichong invaded Hanoi and Jiangxian north of the Yellow River; As long as Li Mi invaded Ji County and threatened Yecheng in Wei County; As long as Dou Jiande invades the two counties of Bohai and Pingyuan...... Yang Dong's territory will be torn apart, and he himself can only lead the army to stay in Jizhou to protect Yecheng, just like Li Yuan can't lose the national capital Chang'an, Yang Tong can't lose Yecheng. As long as Yang Tong focuses on defending Jizhou, he will inevitably take care of one and lose the other. At that time, Li Tang adopted a firm strategy in Guanzhong, focusing on attacking the two counties of Hedong and Wencheng. Once there is a big war in the Central Plains, without Li Yuan's invitation, Jieli Khan will also attack the northern part of the Sui Dynasty.

When Yang Tong was distracted and tired of responding to orders, if the Tang army behaved better, it might not be able to recapture the northern part of Yongzhou and the entire territory of Bingzhou.

"Good!" Li Yuan's eyebrows fluttered, stroked his palms and laughed: "Just follow Zhaoren's policy." ”

"Saint, Wang Shichong and Li Mi have old grievances, and the alliance is not a one-time deal, if you want to work together, you need to negotiate again and again to achieve it! Before that, I, Datang, need to face the pressure of the Sui Dynasty alone......"

Although Liu Wenjing put forward this grand idea of defeating the Sui, he also knew that the princes from all walks of life had their own thoughts, and it was very difficult to persuade everyone to fight in unity. Before forming an alliance, Li Tang had to bear the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Sui Dynasty alone.

"It's okay for Zhaoren to say it directly!" At this time, Li Yuan recovered a lot of confidence and fighting spirit, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, for fear that Li Yuan would be burned to the palace and would collapse and give up on himself.

Liu Wenjing said in a deep voice: "Stop the pace of the southern expedition, temporarily reach an armistice agreement with Xiao Miao, and concentrate on training elite soldiers in Guanzhong to prepare for the Sui Dynasty." ”

"This ......" Li Yuan hesitated a little, Xiao Milling was unstable internally, it was a good time for Li Tang, to put it bluntly, he was reluctant to expand the opportunity to expand his territory.

"Father!" Li Jiancheng arched his hand and said: "Xiao Milling is just a disease of ringworm and scabies, as long as I defeat the Sui Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty, the southern war can be pacified." ”

Li Yuan nodded his head: "Reasonable, reasonable!" ”

At that time, he wrote letters in his own hand, and sent a large number of envoys to various places in the Central Plains. said that the relationship was powerful, and said that this alliance was only to eliminate Yang Tong.

At this time, Chen Shuda suggested: "The reason why Yang Tong is staring at Guanzhong is because the population and wealth of the Tang Dynasty are in Chang'an, which makes Yang Tong salivate."

As soon as he said this, it was like a thunderbolt from the sky.

There is nothing wrong with this at first glance, but if you think about it, it is not the same thing, according to his logic, Chang'an is prosperous, so Yang Tong often comes to make mistakes, so if the capital is established elsewhere, Yang Dong can't be violated?

Li Yuan's heart moved when he heard this, if he could really find a good place with strategic depth as the capital, it didn't matter if he moved the capital, because he was really afraid of Yang Tong, who was close at hand. However, moving the capital is a major event, and a little carelessness will shake the country's foundation, and it can strengthen the imperial power to a certain extent and weaken the strength of the family.

At that time, Yuwentai was based on Guanzhong, and after several generations of operation, it finally unified the north, laying a solid foundation for the Sui Dynasty to unify the whole country. Guanzhong is the core territory of the Guanlong interest group, and the abandonment of Guanzhong is basically the Guanlong group's surrender of population and foundation. Although the Guanlong Group supported Li Yuan, Li Yuan also urgently needed to solve their monopoly, but moving the capital at this time would only anger his financiers, so it was impossible to move the capital.

At the beginning, Yang Guang felt that the Guanlong military aristocratic group was the first major tumor of the Great Sui Dynasty, if it was not cut off, the Great Sui Dynasty would die in its hands sooner or later, but the Guanlong nobles were too powerful to cut off at one time, and they had to start step by step, and the bottom of the kettle was the most powerful and effective move, and moving the capital to Luoyang would make the Guanlong nobles lose their foundation. But at the beginning, Yang Guang was also strongly opposed by the Guanlong aristocratic group, and in the end, even if Luoyang was built beautifully, Yang Guang, who had a strong personality, only named it after the eastern capital, not the national capital, and would go to Chang'an to live for a period of time every year, which could be regarded as appeasing the Guanlong magnates and making a compromise with them.

Li Yuan is not Yang Guang, and Li Tang is not the Great Sui in his heyday, if he listens to Chen Shuda's words, I am afraid that the Guanlong magnates will immediately divide the line with him.

But now Yang Tong quietly broke into Chang'an and burned down the palace, giving Li Yuan an excellent excuse to explore the bottom limit of Guanlong's magnates, he squinted and asked: "Chen Xiangguo's proposal, what do you think?" ”

Dugu said in a resolute tone: "Holy Lord, the minister resolutely opposes the relocation of the capital!" ”

He is the maternal uncle of Yang Guang and Li Yuan, and has a high status in Li Tang's Tang Dynasty, and is also the head of the Guanlong magnates.

He glanced at Chen Shuda coldly, and said mockingly: "Because Guanzhong is too rich, it arouses Yang Tong's covetousness, so Guanzhong destroyed Chang'an and burned it, and hid in the south." Could it be that if the south is rich, it won't make Yang Tong covet it? After coveting, shouldn't you repeat the old tricks and flee to Jiangnan, and then flee to the sea? ”

Chen Shuda stood up calmly, and said in all directions: "In the past, Zhang Zifang said: 'Although Luoyang has such a solidity, it is small, but it is only hundreds of miles, the fields are thin, and the enemy is surrounded by enemies, and this is not a country that uses force. Fuguan in the left of the letter, the right of Longshu, fertile thousands of miles, the south of Bashu Rao, the north of Hu Yuan's benefit, blocking three sides and guarding, with one side of the east to control the princes. The princes are stable, the river Wei Cao is the world, and the west is given to the capital; The princes have changed, and they go down the river, which is enough to entrust and lose. This so-called golden city is thousands of miles, and the country of abundance is also. Therefore, the center of the world is between Chang'an and Luoyang, and since the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Central Plains Dynasty has a two-capital system, and the Sui Dynasty also followed suit, with Chang'an as the national capital and Luoyang as the eastern capital. But today's pass is worthy of the name of the country of abundance. ”

Dou Wei said coldly: "How can you see it? ”

Chen Shuda said with a smile: "Han Gaozu Liu Bang raised the world with Guanzhong and fought Xiang Yu, and finally dominated the world, leaving a strong and prosperous Han. Although my Datang has a foothold in Guanzhong, it relies on Bashu for economic and material support. If there is no Bashu, how can I raise hundreds of thousands of male soldiers. The two prime ministers, why can Liu Bang support the world with Guanzhong, but my Datang occupies Guanzhong but can't be self-sufficient? ”

Dugu and Dou Wei were speechless.

Chen Shuda did not talk about Yang Tong's threat, but from the actual situation in Guanzhong, this is undoubtedly a clever move, because what he said is the truth, after nearly a thousand years of overdevelopment, Guanzhong can not be called the country of abundance at all, although Li Tang can take Guanzhong's strong soldiers and raise hundreds of thousands of soldiers, which is indeed the strong support of the Long magnates, but the contribution of Bashu's money, grain and property is greater!

"In my opinion, the reasons for moving the capital are as follows!" Chen Shuda gushed endlessly: "First, the overpopulation has caused great damage to the land of Guanzhong, and the resulting abnormal climate has caused frequent disasters, and finally Guanzhong has no self-sufficiency; Second, the transportation in Guanzhong is extremely inconvenient, and it is difficult for both north and south resources to enter Guanzhong; Third, Yang Tong holds the Datang portal, chokes the lifeblood of Datang, and enters and exits Datang as if entering a no-man's land, which poses a huge threat to Chang'an. From these three points, I thought that Chang'an was no longer suitable to be the capital of the Tang Dynasty. ”

No matter where the capital is moved, Chen Shuda's three points point directly to the serious problems existing in Chang'an

First: overpopulation, huge damage to Guanzhong; As a result, there are climate changes, resulting in frequent disasters.

It is a fact that Chang'an has been an economic and cultural center since the Qin Dynasty, and its population has always been higher than that of other places, and there is a high demand for land. A piece of land has been cultivated for nearly a thousand years, and the nutrients are not as good as before. The first problem brought about by the large population is that there is not enough land, and the forest wasteland can only be reclaimed for hundreds of years, and the ecological balance is tragically destroyed, so that the climate is unpredictable and disasters are repeated. In the past, the grand occasion of raising the world in the eight water moistened guanzhong has long gone.

Second, the transportation is inconvenient, and it is difficult for both north and south resources to enter Guanzhong.

Guanzhong is not self-sufficient in food and materials, and needs to be transported from Jiangnan and Bashu generation. Jiangnan is far away in Guanzhong, which is thousands of miles away, and needs to go upstream, and when it arrives in Luoyang, it enters Guanzhong through Sanmenxia, and the manpower, financial and material resources consumed should be counted in astronomical numbers, and the southern grain has been sky-high when it arrives in Guanzhong; The difficulty of Shu Road is as blue as the sky, a load of Bashu grain arrived in Guanzhong has been less than twenty percent, the remaining eighty percent was eaten on the road, if it encounters ice and snow and rainy days, even people with food may fall into the valley, Bashu grain is expensive, not weak Jiangnan.

Third, Li Tang is based in Guanzhong, in addition to wanting to obtain the support of Guanlong's magnates, it is important to consider security issues. Retreat can be self-controlled, and exit can sweep the world. But Yang Tong now controls the gateway of the Tang Dynasty, he can come and go as he wants, maybe he will wake up one day, just like today, he will be burned clean by Yang Tong, and the Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers will become Yang Dong's prisoners. Since the national capital is so dangerous, it makes sense that the national capital should be moved to a safe place.

All in all, Chen Shuda's three points, the facts are there! It's impossible to refute!

"In the fourth year of the emperor's reign, Emperor Wen of Sui has dug a canal to solve the shortage of food in Beijing, if there is still a shortage of food, then you can dig and widen the canal, strengthen transportation, and build a granary." Chen Shuda's proposal to move the capital shook the foundation of the Guanlong aristocracy, how could Dugu Quancheng agree.

Li Jiancheng bowed his hand and said warmly: "Dugu Xiangguo, if the world is not unified, no matter how many canals are opened, not a single grain can be transported." ”

The Tang Dynasty civil and military forces are now standing in line, there are three factions of the Imperial Party, the Princeling Party, and the Jin King Party, because the Guanlong magnates who support Li Shimin are too strong, Chen Shuda, Liu Wenjing, these southern factions have stood behind Li Jiancheng. Since Chen Shuda jumped out to move the capital, Li Jiancheng will naturally support it rationally.

Because Li Shimin is the son-in-law of the Dugu clan, most of the Guanlong magnates support Li Shimin, so that most of the army is under Li Shimin's command, and Li Yuan does not have the slightest intention of weakening Li Shimin's military power, Li Jiancheng will definitely be happy to move the capital, because once the capital is moved, the ownership of the army near the capital will be reshuffled, and he can establish his own team, so he agrees to move the capital from the bottom of his heart.

Hearing Li Jiancheng's words, Dugu was dumbfounded.

Dou Wei said with a grim face: "Gyeonggi is the foundation of the country, how can you move the capital lightly." The Northland is unstable and can increase the garrison. If the capital is moved, it will inevitably cost a lot of construction and people's wealth and resources. ”

Li Jiancheng glanced at him lightly and said: "The palace city has been destroyed, if it is not rebuilt, it will damage the national body, if it is rebuilt, it will also need to be built, and the timber is far away in Bashu, if you find a suitable place to build the capital in the southern coastal area, the timber can be reached down the river, and the cost can be much lower than that of transporting it to Guanzhong." The most important thing is that Yang Tong came once, and there will be two or three times...... Ten times, even if he can't hit Chang'an, it will cause the people in Guanzhong to panic, and the blows again and again will not only make the people lose confidence in our Datang, but also cause the southern army to be exhausted and delay the fighters. In the long run, we are only left with a barren Guanzhong, and Guanzhong, which has lost its natural dangers, can we raise more troops? And for how long? Now millions of loads of grain in Taicang have been burned, the army is difficult to supply, and it will soon enter the winter, when the Shu Road is frozen, even if there is more food, it will not be able to be transported. In the event of a snowstorm this year, how will we resettle the people? Rather than sit back and wait, it is better to move part of it to the place where the capital will be built in advance, and implement the Sui Dynasty's method of cash-for-work, which can not only solve the food problem on the spot, but also lay the foundation of the new national capital, which is really a matter of killing two birds with one stone. ”

Dugu gritted his teeth and said: "I, Dugu clan, am willing to fund 2 million quintals of grain and 50,000 catties of copper ingots, and bear the cost of rebuilding the palace, and at the same time mobilize donations from other families." ”

Dou Wei also said: "The same is true of the Dou family. ”

"Thank you, two prime ministers!" Li Jiancheng said lightly, all along, he has always put Li Tang's interests first, broke with the Guanlong magnates, and did no harm to the current Li Tang, and he was already satisfied with being able to defraud so many materials, so he didn't mention the matter of moving the capital.

"The two of them have a heart, I am very pleased, very good! Very good! ”

Li Yuan said two 'very good' in a row, indicating that he was extremely satisfied, but he is more satisfied with Li Jiancheng and Chen Shuda now, he also has the same concerns as Li Jiancheng, and he will not move the capital at all, but after the persecution of Li Jiancheng and Chen Shuda to sing and harmonize, he has been able to get through the difficulties, which has to be said to be a happy event in the tragedy.

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