Dugu died, and was shot to death by three poisonous arrows outside Dugu's mansion, and when the news came out, it caused an uproar in Li Tang Dynasty. Li Yuan ordered the Jingzhao Yin Yu family to be dismissed from his post and dealt with by Zhao Xiaoci, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and ordered the Criminal Department, Yushitai and Dali Temple to investigate the reason for Dugu's assassination.

Li Yuan also ordered the crown prince Li Jiancheng to go to visit the Dugu clan to show his sincere condolences to his uncle, posthumously present him as Zheng Guogong, seal the Shangzhu Kingdom, and allow the Dugu family to bury Dugu with the gift of the Duke of the Kingdom. On the day of the coffin, Li Yuan took off his dragon robe and knelt down to worship in the private capacity of his nephew, which can be described as caring and won praise from Li Tang and the public, all of whom praised Li Yuan's grace, benevolence, righteousness and filial piety.

Five days later, the Criminal Department came up with a more detailed investigation plan, and pointed out that Dugu Cheng was most likely murdered by Li Mi for three reasons: first, the cold arrow that shot Dugu Cheng was made of elm wood, which was the special arrow shaft of Li Mi's internal army; The second reason is that the day before the crime, three men with southern accents asked for a room in Lingyun Wine Shop and asked where Dugu Mansion was, and then someone saw them wandering around Dugu Mansion for a long time, after the crime, they never returned to Lingyun Wine Shop, they left in a hurry, and they didn't even come back to pick up their luggage, and their clothes were made in Jiangnan.

The third reason is more reasonable, saying that Fang Xuanling's visit made Li Mi worry that the Sui and Tang dynasties would make a truce, causing the Sui army to attack Wei with all their might, so in order to sabotage the Sui and Tang Contracts, Li Mi tried to blame the Sui Dynasty.

Of course, these three reasons are far-fetched, and there is no direct and strong evidence to substantiate them, so no official proof can be issued, but in any case, the investigation pointed the finger at Li Mi. As a result, various rumors have spread in Xiangyang, but there has never been an official statement, and under the guidance of well-intentioned people, various rumors have become more and more ridiculous.

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Although there were different opinions in Xiangyang City, for Li Yuan, he could no longer take care of the chaos in the city, just because not long after Fang Xuanling left, the surrounding Sui army pressed towards the Tang Realm. This time, in addition to the direction of Nanyang and Xiyang, there was no change in the direction of Hanchuan, Shunzheng, Hanyang, Lintao and other places of the Sui army from time to time in the border city of the Tang Dynasty to show off their might, although there was no official battle, but at every turn an arrow flew to the city, full of provocation, so that the letter for help was sent to Xiangyang like snowflakes.

This was actually a strategic deception carried out by Yang Tong, in order to make Li Mi think that the Sui Dynasty was adhering to the tactics of first Tang and then Wei, and also to further force Li Yuan, so that Li Tang would fall into civil strife more quickly, and not allow Li Yuan to have enough time to take gentle measures of boiling frogs in warm water against the Guanlong nobles.

Li Yuan's main forces are all stationed in the Jingxiang area, although Bashu is not empty of troops, but in addition to the soldiers of the border counties, there are only county soldiers inside, these Bashu troops who have not experienced wars and have been in battle for a long time can not resist the Sui army that has been in a hundred battles at all, if Bashu is lost, Li Yuan will only have the five counties of Jingxiang left. This is something that Li Yuan will never tolerate, so when Li Yuan is attacked on all sides, where will he send his army back to defend Bashu? The overstretched Jingxiang army is obviously impossible, first, it is too late in time, and second, Xiangyang, as the imperial capital, is also equally important, and it cannot be lost. If he transferred the Jingxiang army into Shu, then there would be a fatal hole in the Hanshui defense line, and the Sui army only needed to break the Hanshui embankment to flood Xicheng, and the seventh army went down the river, occupied Xicheng County and Fangling, and then occupied Badong, cutting off the connection between Bashu and Jingxiang, so that Jingxiang could not get a grain of grain and a reinforcement from Bashu. At the same time, the troops in the direction of Xiyang and Nanyang can also be directed at Xiangyang. Therefore, what is in front of Li Yuan can only continue to forcibly recruit troops in Bashu, which will inevitably lead to the further deterioration of the situation in Li Tang, and Yang Tong wants Li Yuan to take this stinky move and create a situation of reckless military force.

Faced with a letter of help from Bashu, Li Yuan had to overturn Liu Wenjing's previous inference, thinking that the Sui army really attacked him, but when he wanted to rush to the aid of Bashu, he found that he had an army of more than 300,000 troops and had no army to send.

A large wooden frame was erected in the imperial study, a wooden board was nailed with a map of Li Tang's territory, the white flag represented the deployment of the Tang army, and the red flag represented the strength of the Sui Dynasty.

"The saint doesn't need to be too anxious, we are already in danger, and now it's just that the crisis has really come, in fact, the real situation is not much different from before, as long as we use the convenience of the mountains and rivers to deal with it properly, we can still persevere."

While comforting Li Yuan, Chen Shuda pointed to the map on the wooden frame with a wooden pole and explained in a deep voice: "At present, we have invested 120,000 troops in the Hanshui defense line, including the recruits from Xiangyang and Yiling, and there are as many as 220,000 Jingxiang; 10,000 each in Thanh Hoa, Yi Cheng, Wu Du, Tang Chang, and Dong Chang; The 20,000 recruits of Shu County and the 5,000 soldiers of Tongchuan, Brazil, Pu'an, Pingwu, and Wenshan counties are the second line of defense and backup of Bashu. Coupled with the 20,000 yuan forbidden army in Xiangyang, 20,000 new troops, and 10,000 Wuchuan soldiers, there are about 380,000 troops in total, which is the entire strength of my Datang. ”

"Although the Sui army is attacking on a large scale now, although it is a little unexpected for a while, it is also expected by us, but it came too suddenly, which made us panic. However, the mountains and rivers of Bashu are steep, and the Sui army cannot attack it for a while, so we can support the county soldiers of Tongchuan and Brazil to support Qinghua, Pu'an to support Yicheng, Pu'an and Ping'an to support Wudu, and Wenshan to support Danchang, and the 20,000 recruits of Shu County will be moved to Brazil County to support the flawed defense line at any time, so that although there is no garrison in these six counties, as long as the outer defense line is in hand, the Sui army will not be able to fly. ”

"In fact, if our army defends effectively, it can not only stabilize the situation and train its troops in battle, but even annihilate part of the main battle of the Sui army with the help of the favorable location of mountains and rivers. On the other hand, our army is higher in morale and slowly transforms into an elite division. If the Sui army makes a major mistake on a battlefield somewhere, and the princes from all walks of life do not need to be contacted by our Tang Dynasty, they will unanimously counterattack, although it will not make the Sui army rout on all fronts, but for us, at least we have gained valuable respite, and the army has also grown in battle. The next thing to fight for is tenacity and national strength. ”

"Today's Yang Tong, like a tiger and Cao Cao, who looks down on the world, but later was repeatedly counterattacked by Eastern Wu and Shu Han, and the heavy losses in the Battle of Chibi are one reason, and the other reason is that Cao Wei killed half his life, and as soon as this momentum was discharged, he was immersed in peace and happiness and lost his will to forge ahead in the past. On the other hand, the Shu Han and Eastern Wu, who lived under the coercion of Cao Wei, always had a sense of anxiety, and always tried their best to drive themselves to strength. Seeing that Li Yuan's face was pale and extremely frightened, Chen Shuda came to comfort him with the matter of the Three Kingdoms.

Liu Wenjing also said: "Bashu is easy to defend and difficult to attack, just send a good general to dispatch in the middle of the dispatch, and Jingxiang, which is the core of the Tang Dynasty, is the most important thing, Weichen thinks that they are going to drag the army of Bashu in Bashu and cannot support Jingxiang, but although we can't transfer the Bashu army, but the 70,000 army of the King of Jin in Yiling, at least 50,000 people can be mobilized at any time, whether these 50,000 troops are thrown to Bashu or Jingxiang, and even the strategy of encircling Wei to save Zhao can counterattack Nanjun, under the cover of the Lingling army, Occupy the counties of Chuyang, Jiangxia, Yong'an, Anlu, Yiyang and Handong. Therefore, Wei Chen repeatedly persuaded the Holy Lord to form a second line of defense in Yiling, and this is the reason. ”

If Chen Shuda's words gave Li Yuan a little comfort, then Liu Wenjing's counteroffensive plan made Li Yuan feel disgusted, he suddenly got up and said angrily: "The territory is lost, at least there is still an army, and the army is lost, and it will be a hundred." Can 50,000 recruits occupy Nanjun, Chuyang, Jiangxia, Yong'an, Anlu, Yiyang, and Handong? It's a big joke, I've fought before, and I'm not an idiot who doesn't know anything about the military. ”

Liu Wenjing was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak anymore, in the final analysis, it was the emperor who made Yang Tong scared, and he had lost his enterprising spirit, and now not only did he not dare to fight, but he didn't even dare to challenge Yang Dong's bottom line.

Li Yuan seemed to know that his tone was not good, sighed, and said slowly: "I also want to expand the army by one million, and I also want to counterattack, I can't wait to recover Guanzhong, recover and merge with Zhouzhou tomorrow, and fight to Luoyang... But we don't have money, food, we don't have people... What can I do? Now we can only stabilize for a while, train the army strong, and then talk about the counteroffensive. ”

He saw Li Yuanji constantly glaring at him, and his face suddenly sank and said: "If you have something to say, whether it is reasonable or not, I will make the decision!" ”

Li Yuanji took a step forward and said: "Father, Jingxiang and Bashu are not without population, not without soldiers, the key is to see if the father can make up his mind." ”

Li Yuan frowned and said, "Where did the source of soldiers and population come from?" ”

Li Yuanji said respectfully: "Father, in the great cause and chaos, the northern land was greatly damaged, a large number of people fled from the war-torn land, the population of the Nanyang Plain was the largest when there were more than four million people, here is the main activity of the cannibal demon king Zhu Cang, under his destruction, the people have fled in all directions; At that time, Li Mi and Wang Shichong were fighting again, but Jingzhou, which was governed by Xiao Mi, was relatively quiet, so the people mainly fled to Xiangyang, Chungling, Fangling and other counties. And Bashu also accepted a lot of Guanzhong refugees, but as far as Erchen knew, these people have never been registered in the official register. If we follow the example of Emperor Wen of Sui and strictly enforce the 'Citizenship Loss Law' in Jingxiang and Bashu, how can we say that we can also gain two or three million people, right? If you have people, you don't have to worry about taxes and soldiers. ”

Li Yuan's heart was pounding when he said this.

This 'Lost Nationality Law' was a method for Emperor Wen of Sui to formulate the hierarchy and tax payment standards of each household, and he used this means to search for hidden household registration, so as to prevent the common people from evading taxes and restrain the nobles and the powerful to occupy the population, so as to ensure the income of the imperial court and strengthen the centralization of power

At that time, after hundreds of years of turmoil in the world, the leakage of household registration became more and more serious, and the big families, gentry and wealthy households shaded a large number of landless or landless people, and the imperial court directly controlled very little labor. In particular, in the north, where there is a rule that unmarried people only pay half of the tax, there is a situation where only one person in the local household registration is registered. Some families hid hundreds of families within one household, with more than 100,000 people, and the tax revenue of the imperial court decreased sharply. In addition, in order to avoid onerous taxation and forced labor, many people have cheated on the legal service age or concealed their household registration. These phenomena seriously affected the taxation and forced labor of the imperial court, weakened the power of the imperial court, and made it difficult to put the uniform field system into practice.

Emperor Wen first checked the household registration in the north, rectified the household registration, and compiled a "fixed book" to collect taxes on this basis. In the third year of the emperor's reign alone, more than 1.6 million people, including 500,000 Ding men, were cleared out.

In the fifth year of the emperor's reign, Emperor Wen of Sui, who had tasted the sweetness, read the whole country and checked the household registration. The so-called "big rope" is to count the household registration, and the names, dates of birth, appearances and physical characteristics of the registered members are recorded in detail; The so-called "appearance reading" is to check the appearance of the people with the appearance described on the household registration one by one to verify the identity. It is stipulated that in the case of false household registration, the local officials Lizheng, Baochang, and Party leaders will be exiled, and the punishment will be quite severe. At the same time, it was also stipulated that all relatives below the cousin level must be separated into households, which greatly increased the financial revenue of the imperial court and strengthened the national strength of the Sui Dynasty.

However, Da Suo Maung Yue did not fundamentally change the reality of the competition between the family gate lords and the imperial court for population, as long as the imperial court had taxes and forced labor, it was impossible to fundamentally improve. In this case, Emperor Wen adopted Gao Gong's suggestion and implemented the "Law of Losing Nationality". That is, the imperial court formulates the "loss of nationality sample" (the standard of dividing households, etc.), and on the fifth day of the first month of each year, the county order sends people to investigate, so that the people of the five parties (500 households) or three parties (300 households) are a group, and the households are re-divided according to the standard of "loss of nationality and sample", so as to be used as the basis for levying taxes and forced labor. Because the taxes and forced labor stipulated by the imperial court were far lower than the amount of exploitation of tenant farmers by the family gate lords, many tenant farmers who were attached to the family gate lords broke away one after another, took the initiative to declare their household registration to the government, took the land issued by the state, paid taxes and served according to the regulations, and became the official household of the imperial court.

When the Great Sui was founded, the population of the country was less than 4 million households, and in the fourth year of Renshou, the number of registered households was as high as 8.9 million, with a population of more than 55 million, through these huge population bases, more than 20 million hectares of land were cultivated in the ninth year of the emperor, and 55.85 million hectares of land were reclaimed in the middle of the Great Cause, and this is only the population obtained by the tenant farmers, as well as the official land, the land of the family gate and the hidden population are not counted.

The success of Emperor Wen of Sui was one of the reasons why Li Yuan was motivated by Li Yuanji's proposal, and more importantly, he was very effective in the emergency execution of the Buddha extermination operations in Jingxiang and Bashu, with the government adding more than 300,000 hectares of cultivated land and increasing the registered population by more than 100,000 households.

Most of these household registrations are composed of refugees and monks, nuns of temples who are forced to return to the laity to become a family, and as a return for Li Yuan's action to exterminate Buddhism and respect Taoism as the state religion, Taoism led by Guanlou Dao took the initiative to hand over a part of the land and release some serfs deposited in the name of the Taoist temple, and this is only the beginning, if according to Li Yuanji's suggestion, the 'Nationality Law' is implemented into the family gate, at least one million households, four or five million people can be increased, which means that the trend of declining tax revenue will be fundamentally reversed. In this way, there is no need to look at the faces of the Guanlong nobles to govern.

And Liu Wenjing and Chen Shuda were shocked at each other, they knew that Li Yuanji's strategy was to attack the family lords of Jingxiang and Bashu, this time not only money and food, but also population and land.

But the two of them don't dare to persuade anything now, the emperor just had something to say first, Li Yuanji dared to say this in front of them, if he advised at this time, it would inevitably cause death, especially Chen Shuda, who knew the truth about Dugucheng's death, and didn't dare to say anything, the emperor even killed his uncle who supported him to establish the country, what is he Chen Shuda? So although the two of them were in a hurry, they didn't know what to do.

At this time, Li Yuan glanced at them and said lightly: "You guys should retreat first!" ”

"Wechen retires!" Liu Wenjing and Chen Shuda knew that the emperor had something important to discuss with the king of Qi, and the two bowed and retreated.

When he arrived outside the palace, Chen Shuda said worriedly: "Liu Xiang, how should this be born?" If the saint moves the lifeblood of the Guanlong nobles, civil strife will definitely break out in the Tang Dynasty, and if the Sui army attacks from all sides, the Tang Dynasty will be in danger. ”

Liu Wenjing sighed and said abruptly: "My Tang Dynasty really can't bear the price of civil strife, but it's a pity that the Holy Lord no longer listens to our good advice, and we can't help it." ”

The two of them had nothing to do, they could only hope that the saint would not be impulsive and look at Yang Tong in vain.

In the imperial study, Li Yuan praised Li Yuanji: "The emperor knows how to use public opinion to share the pressure of the imperial court, and uses the people's remarks to point the finger at Li Mi, which is quite beautiful." ”

"This is the father's teaching." Li Yuanji bowed his hand and said respectfully: "Erchen has lived under the wings of his father and brother since he was a child, he doesn't know how thick the sky is, he has made a lot of big mistakes before, and now in retrospect, he is really ashamed. ”

"The emperor has made great progress in the past two years, and I am very pleased." Li Yuan was very satisfied with his son's attitude.

Li Yuanji was proud in his heart, 'a filial son who obeys his father's orders' is the image planned by Han Zhi for him, worthy of being the military advisor he relied on, he really touched his father's mind thoroughly, and just a statement made his father forget about his previous nonsense image, which made him trust Han Zhi more in his heart.

"By the way, how are the streets and alleys of Xiangyang now?"

"Father, son-in-law asked Wuchuan Division to strictly investigate the rumor-mongers, after the efforts of the past few days, the chaotic state of Xiangyang has been stopped, and now public opinion is pointing to Li Mi, and there is no longer a voice unfavorable to the imperial court. Erchen arrested hundreds of rumor-mongers, judging from their confessions, they should have been instructed by someone with a heart, the same group of people as the arsonists, and Erchen suspected that it was the Dugu clan. ”

"Did you catch the hard evidence?" Li Yuan asked.

Li Yuanji hesitated: "Erchen is investigating, maybe because of the tight news, the real culprit is hidden." ”

"It's useless!" Li Yuan's face changed as soon as he said it, and he snorted heavily in extreme annoyance, and rebuked angrily: "How many times do you want them to make waves before you can give me a satisfactory answer?" ”

Li Yuanji whispered: "The son will increase his efforts, and he will definitely give his father a satisfactory explanation." ”

"Good! I'll wait a few days, and you'll have to get this guy out. Li Yuan has a large number of evidence of Dugu's collaboration with the enemy, and he also believes that the real arson is the person from Dugu Mansion, and he is more capable of killing the Dugu clan, but he, like Yang Tong at the beginning, is afraid that the powerful dark forces of the Dugu clan will assassinate him endlessly, and he hopes that Li Yuanji will uproot this force first, and then attack the light forces of the Dugu clan.

Li Yuanji said solemnly: "Erchen understands! ”

Li Yuan nodded and changed the subject: "What do you think of the 'Citizenship Law'?" If I were to do it all over the country, what do you think I should do? ”

Li Yuanji perked up, and hurriedly said: "Erchen feels that the key lies in the private army of the Guanlong nobles, these people have been trained and well-equipped, no less than the most elite division of my Datang, and there are tens of thousands of people when gathered, not to mention tens of thousands of people, now the situation in my Datang is uneasy, these people have long been ready to move, if the Sui army comes to attack, the Guanlong nobles will raise troops from Bashu to echo, and the trouble will be big." ”

"You're right!" Li Yuan was very satisfied with his son's performance, and wanted to hear what he had to do, so he encouraged: "Keep talking." ”

"Whoa!" Li Yuanji became more and more respectful, and said in a low voice: "If the father emperor takes the lead and deprives the private army of the Guanlong nobles, they will be a group of lambs to be slaughtered. When the time comes, they can use their grange to reward meritorious soldiers and motivate soldiers to fight bravely, and they can also place tenant farmers and slaves, and unload the sharp weapons of the Guanlong nobles, so as to make all kinds of government decrees unimpeded, eliminate all internal worries, and finally allow the court to go all out to the outside world; As for the captured money and grain, it can not only supplement the state treasury and military salaries, but also reward military merits, which will enhance the combat effectiveness of our army. ”

Li Yuan was silent, this is indeed a good prescription, which coincides with his idea, and it is not wrong in the general direction, but many details need to be improved one by one, which is also the fundamental reason why he has the evidence of Dugu's crime in his hand, but he can't break out.

In fact, Li Jiancheng advocated following the example of the Great Sui, implementing the uniform field system, and rewarding meritorious soldiers, but the imperial court did not have much land at that time, and it was impossible to implement it at all.

A few years ago, when Li Yuan's prestige was at its peak, Li Jiancheng said that long pain is better than short pain, and he can't condone the Guanlong nobles, and he can't let them penetrate too deeply, so as not to become a big trend, which eventually led to the repetition of the old Sui Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty, but Li Yuan did not agree, because the Guanlong nobles are the most relied on foundation, and they must not do anything that damages their foundation before the unification of the world, but since the Guanlong nobles kidnapped the public opinion and did not allow the court to move the capital. Li Yuan's trust in the Guanlong nobles gradually faded, and the evidence of Duguquan's crime appeared a few days ago, as well as the fact that many family heads visited Fang Xuanling collectively, made Li Yuan regard the Guanlong nobles as a confidant.

For this reason, Li Yuan was not at all disgusted by Li Yuanji's proposal to rectify the private army and confiscate the land and population, and he had a deep idea in my heart, of course, the premise of all this was to take away their army.

Li Yuan pondered for a long time, and said to Li Yuanji: "The emperor's suggestion is very good, but the stakes are very high, if you are not careful, Bashu will fall into a protracted war, and in the end it will only cheapen Yang Tong, and plan for my father's need for another good life!" ”

"Father, Bashu is not only the rear of my Tang Dynasty and an important grain producing area, but it is also the world of the Guanlong nobles, if there is no credible person to lay out in advance, the sons are worried that they will use the power in the army to let the Sui army enter Shu."

"Boom"

Li Yuan intuitively felt that his head was as if he had been hit by a hammer, and his brain exploded, and the Venus in front of him jumped wildly, and he was dizzy for a while.

The Guanlong nobles used their children, protégés, and former officials in the army to open various gates and let the Tang army go south, and Li Yuan quickly captured Bingzhou and Guanzhong.

Will the Guanlong nobles let the Sui army enter Shu?

Li Yuan's answer is yes!

He did a lot of calculations, but he didn't count this one.

If it weren't for Li Yuanji's reminder, I'm afraid that Bashu would have been lost, he didn't know, and asked in a cold sweat: "Who does the emperor think is credible?" ”

"Originally, the eldest brother was the most suitable candidate, but the father needed the eldest brother to assist him, and the eldest brother would definitely not be able to leave; The second brother is a rare general in my Tang Dynasty, and only he is in Yiling, so that my Tang Dynasty will not be cut off by the Sui army, so the second brother can't leave. ”

"Not bad!" Li Yuan nodded in agreement.

Li Yuanji felt his father's trust in him, knew that the opportunity had come, and plucked up the courage to say: "Father, the son is not as good as the eldest brother in governing the government and the army is not as good as the second brother, but the ability to cut off the unscrupulous people for his father is more than enough. Therefore, the sons followed the example of the sages and recommended themselves to their fathers. ”

Li Yuan was slightly stunned, but thinking that Bashu was an internal problem, there was no need to fight with the Sui army, and Li Yuanji's performance since he took over the Wuchuan Division was in line with his own mind, and after thinking about it, he found that Li Yuanji was more suitable than Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.

As soon as he thought of this, he asked again: "What about Takekawa Division?" ”

Li Yuanji understood that his father had agreed, his heart was beating wildly, and he tried to calm the excitement in his heart, and said in a calm tone: "Wuchuan Division has been controlled by Han Zhi during this time, and he has done quite well, and Erchen feels that he can really replace Erchen." ”

Li Yuan pondered for a long time, and then asked, "Does the emperor think this Han Zhi is reliable?" ”

"Erchen thinks he is very reliable, because he is a lowly businessman, there is no force behind him, he has offended a lot of family lords these days, if he loses the protection of the imperial court, he doesn't know how to die, so, if he wants to live, he can only be loyal to the Tang royal family, to put it mildly, he has no way out except to be the loyal dog of the royal family."

"Haha! The emperor said it well......" Li Yuan suddenly brightened up, and said with a smile: "The emperor is thoughtful, and he is relieved for his father." In this way, I will appoint you to be the secretary of the Yizhou Dao. But you must not be like Taiyuan at that time, and do nonsense. Otherwise, the Father will not spare you. ”

Li Yuanji's heart was cold, and he hurriedly promised: "Although my father can rest assured, my son knows that my Tang Dynasty has reached a life-and-death juncture, how dare I waste a good time and live up to my father's trust?" ”

"Hmmm! The emperor can think so, and he is completely relieved for his father. Li Yuan smiled with satisfaction at this time, and solemnly explained: "For my father, I have a way to deal with the Guanlong nobles, after you arrive in Chengdu, first cultivate the forces loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and first cut off the native Bashu Haoqiang, don't rush to deal with the Guanlong nobles, rash actions will only miss my major affairs." ”

"The sons will wait for their father's orders in Chengdu."

Li Yuan was very satisfied with his son's attitude, "There is another important thing for you to do!" ”

"Please ask my father to command!"

Li Yuan sighed and said: "I don't know if Jingxiang can hold it, if it is lost, we can only retreat into Bashu, and at that time, Chengdu will be the capital of my Tang Dynasty." When you set off, you took some craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry into Shu to expand Chengdu and build the palace in the name of accompanying the capital. ”

The critical situation reminded Li Yuan of the strategy that Li Jiancheng said at the beginning, 'retreating to Bashu, closing Sisai, and developing west to southwest'

"The retainers obeyed." Li Yuanji understood that the so-called accompanying capital and palace must not be smaller than Xiangyang.