After the dispersal of the dynasty, Yang Tong discussed with a cadre of important ministers in the Tongming Palace, and the atmosphere seemed very relaxed. Yang Tong put down the teacup and said, "After this immortal operation by Dingfang, Li Yuan has almost no usable soldiers except for the army on the Hanshui defense line. ”

"Almost." Yang Gongren said: "The more than 100,000 troops, except for Liu Hongji and some elite soldiers in Xiangyang, the rest are either monks who destroyed the Buddha or private troops of the family. ”

"Aren't these private armies poached from the Guanlong nobles and the mansions of various families? Now that these big families have lost their private army, they are like tigers without minions, they have no power to resist in front of the army, Li Yuan can kill if he wants, and destroy if he wants. Wei Yunqi pursed his lips, and then said, "According to me, these people are going to be unlucky again." ”

Yang Gongren sighed and said: "Li Yuan and I used to have a very good personal relationship, it can be said that there is nothing to talk about, he used to be full of benevolence, morality, open-mindedness and generosity, and he made him more like a loyal minister than anyone else." But when he cleaned up the Guanlong nobles this time, I really saw his true face, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is ruthless and vicious. I admire that a person can be hypocritical for decades and do a little bit of it. ”

"In the past, the Great Sui was strong, and all countries came to the dynasty, and no one expected that the world would be in chaos so quickly. Presumably, Li Yuan never thought that he would be the emperor one day. Therefore, the Li Yuan that Zuo Servant knew before may not be a loyal minister. Yang Tong said a fair word, and said with a smile: "Let's take me as an example, I never thought that I had today's status before." If the world is not chaotic, Dou Jiande may still be a flat-headed commoner, and Du Fuwei may still be a little thief. In the final analysis, it is the times that make the heroes. ”

"Wechen must be an ordinary craftsman." Jiang Xing wanted to say seriously.

Everyone laughed.

Isn't it?

Who would have thought they would be where they are today? Li Yuan won't, neither will Yang Gongren and Wei Yunqi.

Yang Tong smiled: "Let's talk about the Guanlong nobles, to what extent has Li Yuan cleaned up?" ”

"There are no more Guanlong nobles in Jingbei, and everything that is related to the Dugu family, the Yu family, the Zhao family, the Daxi family and other rebellious families has been killed cleanly. This is just the beginning, and when Li Yuanji arrives in Yizhou, the Guanlong nobles there will not be able to escape. Only the Dou family, the Dou Lu family and the eldest grandson family are slightly better, Li Yuan sees that they take the initiative to hand over the family property, and appropriately leave them a piece of land, but the pseudo-Tang Dynasty has now implemented the policy of linking the field with the title and position, and the fields beyond the fiefdom will be confiscated, that is to say, the family property of the Dou family, the Dou Lu family, and the eldest grandson family will also be further reduced again. It won't be long before the Guanlong nobles, who have been in charge of the world for more than a hundred years, will cease to exist. Yang Gongren said with emotion.

Wei Yunqi smiled: "But Li Yuan has made a fortune, hasn't he?" ”

Yang Gongren nodded and said: "Li Yuan has indeed made a fortune, and the money and grain collected are piled up in the warehouse, and I heard that Li Yuan's inner treasury is also full of gold, silver and jewelry. The puppet Tang court had a large amount of land, and officially followed the example of the Great Sui, implementing the system of equalizing land, apportioning the land into acres, and even promoting the military merit land system. ”

Du Ruhui shook his head and said: "The so-called time is also, this time is also." In the past, when the Holy Lord implemented the system of equalizing fields and spreading the land into the mu system, the world was in a state of separation, and everyone was busy expanding their power nearby, and no one was willing to add a strong enemy for themselves, so I easily implemented various new policies, and when the forces of all parties reacted, the new policies had been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Wang Shichong was the first person to emulate the Great Sui, but the people of Heluo still went to the Great Sui in the north, which is of course related to Wang Shichong's bad situation, but it also shows that Dongshi's imitation will not work. The puppet Tang Dynasty did not have enough population, a prosperous army, and no stable national strength that people yearn for to back, and it was difficult for the Guanlong nobles to rise again with only the money and food of the Guanlong nobles. If Li Mi is still there, and can hold on to my Great Sui, and the pseudo-Tang Dynasty is also working hard, there may be a glimmer of life in a year, but the problem is that Li Mi is finished, and my Great Sui continues to be strong, Li Yuan wants to turn the book, or a corner of peace, it is simply wishful thinking. ”

"But the half-year truce has a glimmer of life for the pseudo-Tang." Liu Zhenghui said.

Yang Tong said: "If my Great Sui is strong, they may be able to work with one heart and one mind and unite with the outside world. But once there is no external pressure, Li Yuan focuses on the inside, and integrates all the forces of the pseudo-Tang Dynasty to deal with the Great Sui, and the means will be tougher, which will produce many sharp contradictions, and all kinds of internal strife will be staged. ”

"What the Holy One said is very true." Wei Zheng said: "At first glance, the current policy of the puppet Tang Dynasty is no different from that of the Great Sui. But when the Holy Lord implemented the new policy, there were no enemies inside and outside, but Li Yuan couldn't, the strength available to him was very small, but there were many constraints, his strength and prestige, as well as the current situation in the world, it was difficult for him to have no worries, and turmoil naturally began. ”

"Not bad." Yang Gongren said: "Li Yuan knows that there is not much time left for him, so he is bold and bold when integrating the interior. In the case of cleaning up the Guanlong aristocracy, he obviously killed people indiscriminately and exterminated the clan, causing many people to be dissatisfied and uneasy. ”

"Shouldn't we do something about it?" Yang Tong asked.

Yang Gongren shook his head: "We now have a large army of hundreds of thousands of troops on the Sui and Tang borders, and the Beizhen Army and the Taihe Army inside to disrupt the pseudo-Tang order. For now, that's enough. And without an external enemy, the pseudo-Tang internal fighting will be more intense and die faster. ”

Yang Tong nodded, looked at Ling Jing and asked, "How is Li Yuanji?" ”

Ling Jing replied: "Li Yuanji has been very low-key recently, and basically has no out-of-the-ordinary behavior, but Zero Zero One sent an eagle letter yesterday, saying that Li Yuan didn't trust Li Yuanji either, and sent someone to supervise him closely, but let Li Yuanji know in advance." The reason is that Li Yuanji bought a eunuch beside Li Yuan. ”

"It seems that Li Yuanji is not a simple person, he is deeper than I imagined, he is a dormant period during this time, and when he goes crazy again, I am afraid that there will be some shocking moves." Yang Tong asked again: "Li Yuanji is a sharp blade in Li Yuan's hand, and it doesn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary. Why did Li Yuan spy on him? ”

"The Guanlong nobility is an eye-catching treasure, and there are huge interests hidden in it, Li Yuan is worried that Li Yuanji will take the opportunity to grow stronger and get out of his control, so he sent people to monitor and restore the truth on the other hand, probably to know if Li Yuanji has taken the opportunity to cultivate his own personal troops, if Li Yuanji survives this pass, Li Yuanji's trust in him will go further. Otherwise, if you don't die, you will shed a layer of skin. ”

"Let Zero Zero One keep an eye on Li Yuanji and pay attention to his every move, but don't startle the snake, just report to us on time."

"Obedience."

Ling Jing saluted and said, "There is another piece of news about Li Shimin, because of his annihilation in the battle of Gucheng, Li Yuan is extremely angry; Not only was Li Shimin dismissed from his military position, he was demoted to the Taishou of Danchang County, and the title was also demoted from the prince to the county king, and this title was full of humiliation. ”

"Oh? What is the ban? Yang Tong asked.

Ling Jing couldn't help but smile and said, "King Yelang." ”

'Hahahaha......'

Everyone burst into laughter, although the ancient Yelang country is a hegemon in the southwest and has strong strength, but what impresses people the most is the idiom of 'Yelang arrogance', Li Yuan was furious, and canonized Li Shimin as 'Yelang King', which is obviously not a good name.

"Did Li Shimin accept his fate?" If Li Shimin really were a person who was content with the status quo and willing to accept his fate, he would not have been under Li Jiancheng's comprehensive suppression, taking risks and jumping over the wall in a hurry to engage in the Xuanwu Gate change. In this regard, Yang Tong was quite curious.

"Of course not." Ling Jing said: "After Li Shimin followed Li Yuan's holy decree, he didn't even return to Xiangyang, so he ran back to Yiling directly and took 30,000 troops with him; Then he went all the way to the west, and before the new appointment arrived in Yizhou, he used the post of Shang Shuling to gather the soldiers and money and grain of the counties, and went straight to Tangchang. Looking at this posture, I plan to stand on my own. ”

Yang Tong nodded, this is the Li Shimin he is familiar with, in this kind of heroic heart, I am afraid there is no word 'resignation'.

"General Wang Fubao led 30,000 soldiers of the Ninth Army to garrison Heyuan to defend against Tibet; Wu Su, deputy commander of the 10th Army, led 30,000 soldiers to garrison Lintao, in addition to guarding against the Tang army in Shudi, he also had to meet the Tubo army with General Wang Fubao at any time. This was originally an extremely reasonable arrangement, but with Li Shimin's stationing in Danchang, the situation changed greatly. Yang Gongren said: "If the two generals fight with Tubo for a long time, Li Shimin is very likely to move his army north and attack Lintao and other Hehuang areas, or he may occupy Hechi and enter the pass from Dasanguan." Holy one, you must not be on guard. ”

"Hmm."

Yang Tong thought for a moment and ordered: "Send this news to Qian Jie of Hanzhou, and ask him to divide two troops from the Seventh Army, one to garrison Xiucheng County in Hechi, and the other to garrison the area of Dingjun Mountain in Hanchuan." At the same time, let the defenders of Dasanguan strengthen their precautions. In addition, Wei Chigong was ordered to return to Hanzhou and preside over the military affairs of the Seventh Army; Xue Wanche was ordered to return to Lintao to preside over the military affairs of the Tenth Army, and Yao Junsu was ordered to take charge of the military affairs of Hechi. ”

"Whoa."

Looking at the sky outside the hall, Yang Tong suddenly said, "I am going to patrol the west in some days." ”

"Huh?"

The ministers were stunned.

"Holy Lord, you don't want to go to war, do you?" Yang Gongren unceremoniously debunked Yang Tong's 'sinister' intentions.

"How is that possible?" Yang Tong flatly denied it, "I am also an emperor, and I know very well the truth that a gentleman does not stand on a dangerous wall. ”

"Then why did the Holy Lord go west?" Yang Gongren put on a look that he would not let go if the reason was insufficient.

"Daxing control chokes Guanzhong Xionghua Central Plains, and connects Bashu, Longyou, Hetao, so countless dynasties are set to be Daxing, but because many dynasties are set to be Daxing, the population of Guanzhong skyrockets, the grain production of the Guanzhong Plain is far from enough for the population of Guanzhong to eat, every year just to carry the grain is a lot of money, when the grain of Bashu and Jianghuai arrives in Guanzhong, the price is extremely expensive, and therefore, Emperor Wu built Luoyang. Luoyang is located in the heart of the world, extending in all directions, the circulation of materials is convenient, and the capital is enough to command the north and south of the world. ”

Everyone was stunned again, why did they talk about it here?

"Because of the Guanlong aristocracy, although Emperor Wu built Luoyang, he could only implement the two-capital system to settle the complaints of the Guanlong nobles and the Guanzhong people. Most of the soldiers in this world are beaten down, but the Great Sui is the Great Sui, and it cannot be separated from before, which suddenly reduced Daxing to accompany the capital, and the people of Guanzhong are probably very uncomfortable, right? After Yang Tong pondered the words, he said: "The existence of the Tubo army and Li Shimin has made the Yongliang area the forefront of the war, and Guanzhong is a necessary place on the Silk Road, and its strategic position is extraordinary. ”

"In addition, although the Daxing School Palace has opened its doors to teach, there are not many students enrolled. Why is that? I thought that it was because of my hostility to the Guanlong nobles, which made the people in Guanzhong mistakenly think that I had regional prejudices, and mistakenly thought that I hated all the people involved. They have a misunderstanding of me and the Great Sui, and if they don't solve this misunderstanding in time, these people will be very likely to be used by Li Shimin under the fear of gain and loss. Therefore, I plan to go to appease the hearts of the people of Guanzhong, and let them know that I did not ignore Guanzhong, nor did I mean to target the people of Guanzhong. ”

This is not Yang Tong in the ghost, since ancient times, all dynasties have a very deep regional view, even in the 21st century with convenient transportation, open-mindedness, and broad vision, the school's hometown association, the business of the XX Chamber of Commerce is actually a naturally formed regional group, but the people's wisdom has been opened, everyone is very rational in life and work, but in this era, the people's wisdom has not been enlightened, eighty or ninety percent of the population is in a state of ignorance and unknown, if it is bewitched by others, it is terrible. And Guanzhong is the place where Yang Tong cleaned up the most, and the time he spent in Daxing was pitiful, it is not an exaggeration to say that he turned around and left, and it is normal for the people in Guanzhong to feel uneasy. What's more, many people in Guanzhong were changed from the house slaves of the Guanlong nobles, and they were grateful to Yang Tong, but after all, they had a relationship with the Guanlong nobles for one or several generations, and once the war broke out, it was very likely that it would be an unstable group, so whether it was public or private, it was necessary for Yang Tong to appease Guanzhong.

"The words of the Holy One are not unreasonable." Yang Gongren thought for a while and said bluntly: "However, people's hearts are changeable, and it is not a day's work to pacify Guanzhong. ”

"That's why I'm going to spend the New Year in Daxing."

"What about the prince and the queen? There are also Concubine Xian, Concubine Li, Concubine Shu, and Concubine Hui will also give birth to a prince or princess this year......"

"That's why I'm going to take it with me. Take the waterway to Daxing, and there will be no bumps at all. ”

"The ...... of the affairs of the DPRK and China"

"I'm relieved to have you here."

Yang Gongren was speechless and said, "What about the accompanying officials and the army? ”

"Keming, Xuancheng, and Jingzhi are more leisurely, and the three of you are patrolling with me." Du Ruhui is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but he is actually not in charge of many things, most of which are in charge of Zhang Xuan, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites; Wei Zheng is the secretary of the Criminal Department, and he doesn't have any big cases in his hands; Ling Jing, the secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, is almost like this, his main job is the head of the secret agent.

"Whoa." Du Ruhui and Ling Jing responded.

Yang Tong said: "It is enough for the army to have the Xuanjia Army and the First Army. It happened that Pei Xingyan was on leave in Beijing, and he commanded the troops, and Niu Jinda served as the deputy general. ”

"That's very good." Yang Gongren had nothing to say.

Yang Tong thought for a while, and then said: "Luoyang Academy Palace is in the imperial capital, which is a big attraction in itself, and it doesn't matter if there is a master or not. There is no master in the Daxing School Palace, and the attraction is not enough after all, so I plan to let Xu Kuang, the squire of the school, go to Daxing and serve as the school inspector of the Daxing School Palace. ”

Yang Gongren muttered: "Xu Kuang is quite famous in the world, upright, talented and virtuous, and he is indeed the best candidate for the sacrificial wine of Daxing Xue Palace. ”

Yang Tong smiled and said, "Then it's settled, let's go and rest first." ”

"Wechen retired."

They stood up and saluted, and took their leave.