Li Yuan still underestimated the Guanlong nobles' protection of their own interests, and overestimated their control over the Li Tang Dynasty, which led him to naively believe that after losing many family heads, the private tribes of each family were scattered and unsuccessful, so he leisurely sat and waited for the Guanlong nobles imprisoned in Dugu Mansion to have internal strife, and then took back the armies of each family by peaceful means for his own use. Unexpectedly, just after he imprisoned many Guanlong noble family heads for a few days, the news suddenly came from Shangyong County, Fangling County, which dealt him a heavy blow.

In addition to the tribes of the Dugu clan, there are also the descendants of the 'Eight Pillars of the Northern Zhou Dynasty' Yu, Zhao, and Hou Mochen, and the descendants of the 'Northern Zhou Twenty-four Generals' Daxi, Helan, Tian, Chang, Yi, Xin, Liang, Wang, Wei, Han, Helian, and several clans...... There are a total of thirty-two families, and most of them are descendants of the 'Twenty-four Generals of the Eight Pillars Kingdom'. It can be seen that the deep-rooted old Guanlong aristocracy has always been headed by the Dugu clan, and few families have bought the accounts of the emerging nobleman Dou clan.

This is not only the result of Dugu's lifelong maintenance, but also the disdain of the old Guanlong nobles for the emerging Guanlong forces, and more importantly, the Great Sui Dynasty is thriving, and the Li Tang Dynasty is in a precarious situation.

Fortunately for the Li Tang Dynasty, although the number of family lords involved in the rebellion was large, many of the family's private troops were either still in Yizhou or on the road, so the army gathered in Shangyong was only more than 30,000 people, which was caused by the family leaders who were worried about falling into Xiangyang, and the incident was caused in advance, if you wait a few more days, I am afraid that there will be more than 30,000 people.

These more than 30,000 well-equipped and well-trained troops had Dugu Yanyun as the commander, Dugu Qingyun as the deputy commander, Yu Zhongwen's son Yu Qinming as the left marching Sima, and Helan Shiren as the right marching Sima.

Dugu Yanyun lived up to Dugu Cheng's expectations, and his first step in taking over the whole army was not to send troops immediately, but to reorganize them on the spot.

In order to avoid disputes about which family contributed more, which family contributed less, which family sacrificed more, which family sacrificed less, and so on, Dugu Yanyun simply put these issues on the table and said that he had openly and honestly discussed and discussed with the representatives of various families. He also put forward the concept of disrupting and dispersing the whole army and reorganizing the combat system of divisions, teams, brigades, and regiments, with the aim of condensing more than 30,000 officers and men into a relatively regular army instead of more than 30 small groups. In this way, you have me, I have you, and when you fight, you will attack with the establishment of the army, and there will be no disputes such as who contributes more, who sacrifices more, and who fights a tough battle.

The representatives of each family are outstanding people who have been promoted by the head of the family, and their knowledge and ability are far beyond ordinary people, knowing that Dugu Yanyun's concerns are very necessary, and without hesitation, they adopted the proposal of breaking up and reorganizing, after deducting each person's own soldiers, they got 30,000 soldiers, and then followed the military system of the Sui Dynasty, established six divisions, launched six tiger generals, twelve or so tiger tooth generals, and there were thirty guards under the six divisions. The low-level military attache of the chief is fought by the soldiers.

After two days of intense reorganization and selection, a regular army of 30,000 people was formally established, and they played the banner of 'Qing Jun's side, eliminating traitors, and being a dynasty', and slaughtered Xiangyang in a mighty manner.

Just when this army was gathering in Shangyong, the county commander saw that the situation was not good, and immediately sent people to Xiangyang to report urgently to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan, who was extremely shocked, urgently summoned the important ministers to discuss countermeasures in the Wude Palace.

In the Wude Palace, more than 100 civil and military ministers gathered together, and after circulating the letters, there was silence in the empty hall, and the needles could be heard.

Li Yuan had already recovered from his shock and anger at this time, and he said in a solemn tone: "I didn't expect that the group of people I relied on and trusted the most would betray me and the Tang Dynasty that was established by sacrificing countless Guanzhong children. I knew that they had bad intentions, and I had seized the favorable evidence, but I only forbade them to act, if I had the intention to hurt them, how could I wait until now? But what about them? ”

"Not only did they not remember my benevolence, but instead gathered more than 30,000 soldiers to march to the capital of the Tang Dynasty, the 'Qing Jun Side' is just a high-sounding excuse, which is clearly to overthrow my Tang Dynasty and dedicate my head and the Tang Dynasty to Yang Dong in order to ask for Yang Dong's forgiveness."

Li Yuan was indignant, but also felt extremely disgusted, when he Jinyang Palace played the banner of 'Qingjun Side', but he was played by the Dugu clan who supported him against Sui to play the 'Qingjun Side', what is this?

Retribution?

He took a deep breath and said, "I can't tolerate these treacherous and ungrateful people, let alone want tolerate, not killing is not enough to deter Xiaoxiao, not killing is not enough to indignate the people. I have summoned you here not to offer a compromise plan, but to hope that you will work together to formulate a safe counterinsurgency strategy. ”

Li Yuan's meaning is very obvious, that is, before the arrival of the Sui army, these Guanlong nobles who participated in the rebellion will come to him once and for all.

As soon as Li Yuan's words fell, Pei Lian, who was eager to save the image of a loyal minister, stood up, bowed deeply, and said very respectfully: "Holy Lord, can you give permission to Weichen to say a few words first?" ”

Li Yuan looked at Pei Lin deeply, nodded happily and said, "Pei Xiangguo took the initiative to speak, I am deeply pleased, please speak!" ”

Pei Lin breathed a sigh of relief, and said respectfully: "These rebellious Guanlong nobles' private troops, the family masters are all in the hands of the imperial court, just escort their family masters to the front of the battle, and let the family masters order their private troops to abandon their weapons and surrender." The minister thought that although the heads of the family were hard-mouthed now, the rebellion was related to the lives of their families after all, and in order to save the lives of the Heclan, some people must have agreed to go to the city to persuade them. As long as someone starts, the Holy One can give a little promise, then others will follow suit, and as for some stubborn people, they can kill the city to deter the rebels and the heads of the families. ”

"Pei Xiangguo's method of attaching equal importance to grace and power has won my heart." Li Yuan nodded, Pei Lin and him had the same thoughts, but he still wanted to hear more opinions.

Seeing that everyone was thinking, Li Yuan turned his gaze to Li Shimin: "Does the King of Jin have a plan to quell the chaos against these 30,000 rebels?" ”

The reason why Li Yuan asked Li Shimin about the counterinsurgency was because Li Shimin was the first person in the Tang Dynasty military, and most of the Jingxiang army was controlled by him, so he should know the current situation better than anyone else.

Li Shimin said: "Father, as Pei Xiangguo said before, we can use the head of the 30,000 rebels to make a forced landing, and this army is not to worry. When they came to Xiangyang, Erchen could only feel happy. ”

"The emperor has a point." Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction, but when he saw that Li Shimin was worried, he knew that he must have something to worry about.

I only heard Li Shimin continue worriedly: "As far as Erchen knows, the army of the Dugu faction is only a part in Jingxiang. The other part is still in Yizhou, all of them are well-equipped and well-trained, and when it comes to personal combat strength, the elite divisions of the imperial court are inferior, and if they rebel in Yizhou, the county soldiers will not be able to bear it at all. Erchen's biggest worry now is that this part of Yizhou will move eastward and take Badong County as his own. ”

"Is Patong really that important? Why is it important? Li Yuan asked with a solemn face.

"Enlighten the Emperor." Li Shimin frowned and said: "From ancient times to the present, the seven counties of Yiling, Zigui, Badong, Wushan, Renfu, Yun'an, and Nanpu on the Three Gorges Road must have heavy troops garrisoned, and any county occupied by the enemy can cut off the communication between Yizhou and Jingxiang. Yiling County is guarded by the army, so there is no need to worry, but the other six county towns under the jurisdiction of Badong County belong to the hinterland of my Tang Dynasty, and there is no army in the town. When Erchen was in Yiling, he also surveyed the terrain of Zigui County by boat. The cliff road in Zigui County is narrow, extremely dangerous, and at most two thousand troops can be invested to attack the city, once Zigui County is lost, even if we have no way to take it in the million male division, and the defenders in the city, as long as a few hundred people, can easily hold it for a year and a half. ”

Li Yuan frowned and said: "The emperor's concerns are worth paying attention to, but the six counties of Badong you mentioned are all easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as the county orders of Nanpu and Yun'an counties in the west are notified in time, and they are carefully guarded, the Yizhou rebels should not be able to take these two counties." ”

Li Shimin nodded, "Then the ministers will be relieved." ”

Speaking of Badong, Dou Liang, who was silent, suddenly remembered something, and asked nervously: "Dare to ask the saint, who is the county guard of Badong?" ”

Li Jiancheng couldn't think of his father for a while, so he hurriedly replied: "The county guard of Badong is Ma Dewen." ”

"It's broken, it's broken." When Dou Liang heard this, his face suddenly turned like earth, and he said loudly and degradedly: "Ma Dewen, in fact, is Sima Dewen, who is the younger brother of Sima Dewen, the general of Emperor Wu of Sui's Xiaoguo Army, and their ancestors and grandchildren are all generals of the Dugu clan for three generations. In addition to Ma Dewen, the saint also had to prevent other local officials and generals in the army. Many of the generals of my Tang Dynasty are protégés of the children of the Guanlong nobles, and they hold important positions either openly or secretly, and Weichen feels that the Holy Lord should immediately order to clean up the secret forces planted in the army by the Dugu faction, so as not to cause a disaster of rebellion when the Sui and Tang wars occur. ”

Li Yuan's pupils contracted sharply, his face also changed greatly, his heart fluctuated here, but there was already an uproar in the main hall.

Dou Liang's words made Li Yuan's heart cold, and at the same time, he also pointed to the core of the problem, the Guanlong nobles had a deep penetration into the army as early as the Sui Dynasty's civil and military period, especially when Yang Guang pulled the army to fight everywhere, the Guanlong nobles knew that Yang Guang used the war to consume their strength in the army, and all of them made many of their disciples and protégés appear to be bright and dark, which made Yang Guang unable to find out, and simply recruited people as "Xiaoguo", but he was still infiltrated by Sima Dejiao and other protégés of Guanlong nobles.

In the past, the Sui army was like this, and the Tang army was no exception, in addition to the clansmen of various nobles who were directly in charge of the army, there were also their protégés, family generals, and slaves who were also generals in the army, and Li Yuan's Yuan Cong Forbidden Army was the same as Yang Guang's Xiaoguo army, most of them were Guanlong's children, and he couldn't figure out how many people here were related to Guanlong nobles, and how many planned to ask him for his head.

If the army in the city had responded with an army, there would be no need for the Sui army to fight at all, and Xiangyang would have already fallen to the enemy.

After Dou Liang's reminder, Li Yuan finally realized the seriousness of the problem, the reason why the private army of the Guanlong nobles dared to rebel was because they had penetrated deeply into the Tang army, so they were so fearless.

At this time, Liu Wenjing came out and said with a serious expression: "If you don't find the root cause and uproot it, the rebellion that occurred today will definitely happen in the future." ”

When Li Yuan heard this, his heart was awe-struck, and he asked solemnly: "What is the basis for Liu Xiangguo's words?" Have you found the root cause? ”

"Wechen did find the lesion." Liu Wenjing said.

"Liu Xiangguo said quickly."

Not only Li Yuan, but everyone's current focus is on Liu Wenjing.

I saw Liu Wenjing talking eloquently: "Saint, since the Yongjia Rebellion, there have been few dynasties that have lasted for two hundred years, and there have been changes of dynasty and large and small kingdoms in a few decades. The reason is that there is a problem in the state bureaucracy and the power of the local government is too great, and it is not an exaggeration to call the local emperor the local emperor by integrating the military, government, law, and finance of various localities. Some powerful local officials have soldiers, money and food in their hands, it will breed undesirable ambitions, when the center of the court is stable, it is fine, if the center is weak, they will immediately form gangs and factions, deter the center, when they have annexed the surrounding counties, they will attack the attack, it is because since the Yongjia Rebellion, there are few dynasties of two hundred years of national fortune. If the military power, administrative power, and law enforcement power are all concentrated in the imperial court, the world will naturally be peaceful. ”

Liu Wenjing's words went to Li Yuan's heart, and said with a smile: "Liu Xiangguo's words are very reasonable, is there anything else?" ”

He is now eager for Liu Wenjing to continue to talk so that he can collect the private armies.

Liu Wenjing lived up to Li Yuan's expectations, and continued: "Each of my Tang Dynasty's family lords has a private army, ranging from hundreds to thousands, and there are countless private tribes like the Dugu clan. The head of the Dugu family, the head of the Yu family, the head of the Zhao family, etc., were all grounded in the Dugu Mansion by the imperial court with a thunderous momentum, even if someone sent a message to warn, they would not gather more than 30,000 soldiers so quickly, which shows that this is the work of the retainers. ”

"It's reasonable, it's reasonable, Liu Xiangguo deserves to be my son." Li Yuan was really happy, he didn't expect Liu Wenjing to cooperate so much, it seems that Liu Wenjing has really made progress for a while.

"The saint has won the prize." Liu Wenjing said with a smile, but no one knew that he was smiling bitterly. He has now completely figured out Li Yuan's character, and whoever follows his courtiers will be trusted by him, and whoever comes against him will not have good fruits to eat.

In fact, he didn't want to say these words, because after the rebellion of the Dugu faction, the remaining families would become shrinking turtles, and before Li Tang was immortal, they would be content with the status quo, and they would not dare to make small moves in private, causing the disaster of killing. But he knew that even if he didn't mention it, Dou Liang, who had been fully loyal, would say it, so he simply mentioned it first according to Li Yuan's heart, which not only complied with Li Yuan's intentions, but also added countless capable soldiers to the imperial court.

"Erchen reconsiders." At this time, Li Jiancheng saw the opportunity, immediately stood up, and saluted: "Father, everyone here is a loyal minister and good general of the imperial court, so naturally they will not oppose our Tang Dynasty like the Dugu clan......"

Everyone's ears suddenly pricked up, and in the blink of an eye, it was really a 'but' after waiting.

I only heard Li Jiancheng continue: "However, the border is guarded by the army of the imperial court, and there are local soldiers patrolling to arrest lawbreakers. If everyone is a loyal minister, why do they keep private troops? If it is tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or a month later, if any of the family heads are held hostage by the generals and soldiers to rebel, the country will not be generals. Therefore, the son suggested that his father and the emperor nationalize the private armies, and this kind of thing would not occur in the future, which would be of no harm to the court and to all loyal ministers and good generals. ”

"What do you think of what Liu Xiangguo and the prince said?" Li Yuan asked happily.

"Erchen reconsiders."

"Wechen reconsiders."

"Wechen reconsiders."

“……”

As Liu Wenjing expected, Li Shimin, Dou Liang, Pei Lian, Chen Shuda, Xiao Yu, Dou Lukuan, Zhao Cijing, Qu Tugai and others agreed.

Some unwilling people are all angry, but looking at this appearance, handing over private soldiers is the trend of the times, otherwise they are not loyal and good generals, and the next step will be no fruit to eat, no good end, at this time, unwilling to be willing.

After thinking about it a few times in my heart, I had no choice but to respond, and everyone was bitter and good.

Li Yuan couldn't imagine that this Liu Wenjing, who had always been dissatisfied, would help him solve the old difficulty, and suddenly felt that this guy was quite good, at least he always had the Tang Dynasty in his heart, not like some founding heroes, who relied on the old and sold the old, arrogant, and selfish.

He happily slapped the desk, stood up violently, and said in a high-spirited voice: "You Aiqing are sincere, I am very relieved, my Tang monarchs and ministers are so of one heart and one mind, why are you afraid of 30,000 rebels, why are you afraid of Yang Tong'er." ”

Hearing this, the people who have always been loyal to the Li Tang Dynasty don't care, but some of the people who ride the wall have a gloomy heart.

Pei Lin looked at Liu Wenjing, who had a calm face, and let out an extremely complicated long sigh, he felt that Liu Wenjing had really changed now, otherwise, with his bullish temper, he should not have further expanded the situation at this time! However, Liu Wenjing said so plainly that the private army that collected all the family lords was nationalized, and when he recalled Liu Wenjing's poisonous plan against himself in the political hall, he finally realized that Liu Wenjing was more difficult to deal with than before, and he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

"Anything else to add?" Li Yuan asked happily.

Xiao Yu said: "Shengshang, the private armies of each family have accumulated tens of thousands, not to mention tens of thousands, but the private armies of each family are distributed throughout the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and it takes time to assemble. ”

"Xiao Xiangguo is reasonable." Li Yuan thought for a while, looked at Dou Cong among the generals, and said with a smile: "The general of the right tunwei can be the commander." I think this is a trivial matter for the general. ”

"Wechen thank the Holy Grace and will live up to the love of the Holy Lord." Dou Cong came out to thank him with a high spirit.

This is Li Yuan's reward for his loyalty to the Dou clan, and it is also a sign of his trust in the Dou clan.

When the Dou clan heard this, they were deeply moved.

Li Yuan smiled and said by name: "King of Jiaodong, King of Weijun, King of Huaiyang." ”

Li Daoyan, the king of Jiaodong, is the eldest son of Li Shentong, Li Wenxuan, the king of Weijun, is the young son of Li Shenfu, and Li Daoxuan, the king of Huaiyang, is the son of Li Zhen, the late king of Henan. When the three of them heard this, they saluted and said, "The minister is here." ”

"The three of you go to the general to train, and I won't give you any military positions. You are just the staff of the general, and the general has the final say on whether you can be promoted. You must remember who you are in the army, and if you do anything to me, don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing people. ”

"Wechen obeys." Li Daoyan, Li Wenxuan, and Li Daoxuan responded awe-inspiringly.

Most of the children cultivated by the Guan Long family are generals, and Li Yuan's luck is even more against the sky. Forget that his sons are powerful, even the Li clan are all military talents.

Among his many sons and nephews, in addition to Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong, Li Daoyan, Li Xiaocha, Li Xiaotong, Li Xiaoci, Li Xiaoyou, Li Xiaojie, Li Xiaoyi, Li Demao, Li Wenjun, Li Daoxuan and others are also familiar with military affairs, and their current combat experience may be slightly insufficient, and their ability to be the commander of a large army may be far from enough, but they still have the ability to command an army of 20,000 or 30,000 to defend a county. What pleases Li Yuan the most is that most of his nephews, most of them do not have many problems of their fathers, and with a little training, their future achievements will definitely be higher than their fathers.

Li Yuan threw Li Daoyan, Li Wenxuan, and Li Daoxuan to Dou Cong, the purpose of which was to let the general help him bring out a group of young generals from the clan who would never rebel. The rest of the nephews, he also planned to throw them to Li Shimin and Li Xiaogong.

At this time, Li Yuan, who was high up on the ground, seemed to have something to say when he saw Chen Shuda, but he first looked at Dou Liang, then at Dou Lukuan, and then at Dou Lukuan, and then said nothing.

Li Yuan thought about it for a while, and then understood that Chen Shuda planned to offer advice to deal with the Guanlong nobles, but Dou Liang, Dou Cong, Dou Lukuan and others were also members of the Guanlong nobles, and some things were not good to say in front of them, not that Li Yuan didn't trust them, but to calculate in front of them to go to the Guanlong nobles, and the monarchs and ministers would feel embarrassed.

He took a look at the sky outside and found that it had darkened, so he said with a smile: "It's not early, let's just have dinner in the palace, and after an hour and a half, we will come to the Wude Hall to discuss the strategy of sending troops." King Jin presided over the dinner on behalf of me. ”

"Whoa."

The civil and military officials got up and left one after another, and after a while, only Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng and Chen Shuda were left in the main hall.

Li Yuan asked, "I saw that Chen Xiangguo wanted to speak and stopped, did he have something inconvenient to say to me?" ”

"Exactly." Chen Shuda said with a smile: "Shengshang, what Weichen wants to say is actually not new, it is nothing more than to supplement Liu Xiangguo's technique of releasing military power in just a few words. ”

Li Yuan laughed, Liu Wenjing took advantage of the Dugu faction rebellion case, and unloaded the military power of all families and clans with just a few words, which was extremely powerful, and it also made Li Yuan very happy.

Now that he heard that Chen Shuda had something to add, he asked with great interest: "I will take the exam to supplement, please Chen Xiangguo talk about it carefully." ”

"Shengshang, the Guanlong aristocracy was established in the hands of Yuwentai, the royal family and generals of the Wei, Zhou, Sui, and Tang dynasties are almost all from the Guanlong aristocracy, with the growing strength of each family, Yuwentai and Yang Jian won the world because of Guanlong, but they are also subject to Guanlong, and my Tang Dynasty seems to be like this."

"What is it like? It would have been. Whether it is Zhou, Sui or Tang, all of them are prosperous because of the Guanlong nobles, and they are all subject to the Guanlong nobles, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a success or a defeat or a failure. ”

Li Yuan, who was deeply touched, smiled bitterly: "The reason why the Guanlong nobles were able to change the dynasty is because of the personal tribes in their hands. When Yang Jian was still the head of the Yang family, everyone sat on an equal footing, could eat at the same table, and could talk without scruples. But since the Yang family became a royal family, it has drawn a deep rift with the Guanlong nobles, the Guanlong nobles want to get more from him, when Yang Jian can not meet everyone's power requirements, he has become a thorn in everyone's eyes, a thorn in the flesh, and after a series of blows from Yang Guang, the Sui Dynasty has naturally become the enemy of the Guanlong nobles. Now, everyone is dealing with me again. If Wonmin succeeds, he will also face this situation. It can be said that the Guanlong aristocracy and the royal family are always opposites. This has nothing to do with the emperor's surname Yuwen, surname Yang, surname Li, surname Yuan, and surname Zhao. ”

Chen Shuda nodded in understanding and said: "After this case, the Guanlong nobles have turned against the Tang Dynasty and completely broken with each other, they have changed from the cornerstone of the saint to the biggest hidden danger of the saint, once the Sui army is under the city of Xiangyang, the Guanlong nobles will definitely welcome Yang Tong into Xiangyang as they did when they welcomed the saint into Guanzhong." If it weren't for the rebellion of the Guanlong nobles this time, we would never have dreamed that the Guanlong nobles would have infiltrated the local government and the army so deeply and so much. To be honest, Weichen, like King Jin, can only be glad about this rebellion. ”

"Chen Xiangguo said that it was in my heart." Li Jiancheng very much agreed with Chen Shudazhi's statement, and turned to Li Yuan and said: "Father, Ma Dewen, the Shou of Badong County, is a person from Anding County, and he was originally a Cheng of Xinping County, Beidi County of the Sui Dynasty. Erchen saw that he was both civil and military, and he had never made mistakes over the years, so he recommended him to be the county guard of Padang. If it weren't for Dou Xiangguo revealing his true details, Erchen wouldn't have known that he was the general of the Dugu clan at all. I don't know how many Ma Dewen are among my Tang generals. So even if you can't uproot it, you have to find out seven or eight percent, which is reassuring. ”

"The emperor has a point." Li Yuan nodded, looked at Chen Shuda and said, "What is the supplement that Chen Xiangguo said?" ”

Chen Shuda said: "Since so many Guanlong nobles have rebelled, then we have enough reasons to deal with them. Wechen means confiscating their land, property, and food. As long as these are obtained, the unfavorable situation of material shortage, financial constraints, and shortage of pig iron will be completely resolved. With a large amount of fertile land in the land of abundance, the fields can be divided into households to win the hearts of the people of Yizhou. It can reward military merits and boost the morale of the military. The people's hearts and the army's hearts have greatly enhanced our capital to compete with Yang Tong. Holy, this is a God-given opportunity for us to lay a solid foundation, and we must not miss it. ”

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