After Liu Wenjing, Chen Shuda, and Xiao Yu retired, only Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and Li Shimin's father and son were left in the Ganlu Palace.

Li Yuan paced around the hall a few times, then turned around and said, "I have two things to discuss with your brother. ”

"Father, please speak!"

The two brothers saluted.

"The matter of forming an alliance with the princes of the world against Yang Dong is far away, whether it can be reached or not, even if we can form an alliance, but in the long period of negotiations, can we hold Guanzhong? Is it necessary to move the capital? ”

The capital is the political and cultural center of the country, is the political hub of the country's highest ruling group to control the whole country, from the political and military point of view, Guanzhong is in the four passes, there are Hangu Pass, Tongguan and the Yellow River in the east, Qinling in the west, and there is Sanguan in the southwest into the mouth of Shu Valley; There is Xiao Pass in the north, the main road of the nomadic invasion in the south, there is Wuguan in the southeast and can pass through Jingxiang, there is the fertile plain known as 'eight hundred miles of Qinchuan', it is covered with mountains and rivers, four passes are guarded, the pass fortress is numerous, it is the pass that has this geographical advantage, Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, Tang are selected as the place of Dingding.

However, since the Sui Dynasty, with the changes in ethnic relations in the west, the rapid increase in the population of Chang'an, the degradation of the Guanzhong Plain and the ecological king, and the increase in the proportion of dependence on the southeast Caoyun, the unfavorable factors of the Guanzhong Plain have also grown rapidly, and its political status has begun to decline!

But now, Li Yuan thinks about the military perspective the most. Although there is Xiao Pass in the north, if Yang Tong really wants to come in, he can still take the mountain trail, because of the previous incident of burning the palace city, Yang Tong took the trail, which also made Li Tang unable to guard against it.

Since Chen Shuda Chen Mingguan's various unfavorable factors, the matter of moving the capital has taken firm root in Li Yuan's heart. Coupled with the fact that the alliance was far away, Li Yuan really had the heart to move the capital. However, since ancient times, this relocation of the capital has been a first-class event, involving all aspects, and it can only be decided after careful and careful consideration, so Li Yuan only discussed the feasibility with Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.

When Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin heard this, they successively showed a solemn attitude.

For a long time, Li Jiancheng muttered, "The capital of the country is the heart of the Quartet and the foundation of the country." The only advantage of Guanzhong is the terrain, but now the east and north are forced to invade the Sui Dynasty, and the west and Bashu have the trouble of Tuguhun, and the advantage of Guanzhong no longer exists, but I have a Tang Dynasty in Guanzhong, and the generals of Guanzhong have worked hard. If the capital is moved, the soldiers will think that the imperial court is afraid of the Sui Dynasty, which will inevitably cause turmoil in the hearts of the army, and we rely heavily on the nobles of Guanzhong, if the capital is moved, they will be the first to refuse, if the Sui Dynasty attacks, how can I stop the Tang Dynasty? ”

Although Li Jiancheng also wanted to move the capital because of the issue of military power, he knew that he would definitely not be able to move now! So oppose the relocation of the capital.

"What does Jiro think?" Li Yuan was a little disappointed and swept his gaze to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin groaned: "Big brother is right, the relocation of the capital has weakened morale, and it is centrifugal up and down. Moving the capital is very harmful to my Datang, and it is definitely not a good choice. ”

A wise politician is to link his own interests with the interests of the country, so that the people feel that supporting the emperor is equivalent to supporting their own politicians, so that they can truly make the country rich and strong and win the love of all the people. If the interests of the state are harmed for the sake of one person's selfish interests, how can the country become rich and strong?

The Li brothers are undoubtedly clever, they have fights, but all along, they have always put the interests of the Li Tang Dynasty first, and will never do anything that harms the interests of the Li Tang Dynasty for their own personal interests.

Li Jiancheng also said: "Xun Yu, who was called 'my son's room' by Cao Cao, once said: 'Those who make good use of soldiers, do not worry about victory, but first worry about defeat'. Erchen thinks that we also have to think about the bad side, although we can't move the capital, but it's good to be prepared for everything! The terrain of Bashu is more precipitous than Guanzhong, there is a large plain with convenient water conservancy and fertile fields, we might as well choose a place there to standby, even if we really lose Guanzhong, we can also compete with the Sui Dynasty according to the dangerous terrain. ”

Li Yuan smiled with satisfaction: "In the past, Liu Bei Ding Bashu achieved the glory of Shu Han!" This is truly a treasure trove. ”

Li Shimin frowned when he heard this, but he did not object, he advocated attacking, but he also knew the truth of being prepared.

"Second question!" Li Yuan said in a deep voice: "From your point of view, what are the fatal shortcomings of my Datang now?" ”

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin's hearts were tight, and after a long time, Li Jiancheng said: "Father, this issue is too big, and I really don't know where to start for a while. ”

Li Shimin nodded in agreement. This proposition is too big, and before Li Yuan throws out his thoughts, he really doesn't talk about it.

Li Yuan thought for a while, and said in another way: "Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the national strength and military strength have been worse day by day, do you two know the reason?" ”

Li Shimin thought carefully on the side, the Tang Dynasty did have glory, in the period of time after entering the Guanzhong, the national strength was far above the Sui Dynasty, but after the loss of the state, it was pressed and beaten by the Sui Dynasty, if the military strength is not as good as others, this is also admitted, because in the war, Li Tang has not won once. But Li Tang's core land was not damaged, and after getting Bashu, there was no shortage of money and food, but the strange national strength and military strength were not as good as day by day. He also often wondered what went wrong and what caused Li Tang to fall from the peak to the bottom so quickly.

While Li Shimin was thinking, Li Jiancheng said: "Erchen also often thinks about these problems, in Erchen's view, my Datang maladministration is not in the emergence of corrupt officials, nor in natural disasters, let alone because of several defeats, the Tang Dynasty's disunity of heart is the root cause." ”

Li Yuan frowned and said, "People's hearts are not aligned? ”

"Exactly!" Li Jiancheng nodded.

Li Jiancheng said: "The people here are not aligned, not because the soldiers are not brave and the officials are not effective, but because of the contradiction between the family and the people!" ”

"The contradiction between the family and the people?" Li Shimin is also interested, he focuses on the army, not politics, and is far less powerful than Li Jiancheng in this regard!

"Not bad! The Sui army's invasion and natural disasters are not enough to fear, what is terrible is the contradiction between the family and the people! Speaking of this, Li Jiancheng said to Li Yuan: "This contradiction has existed since ancient times, for hundreds of years, the family has been accustomed to being high, and the people are also used to being exploited and oppressed by the family!" However, since Yang Tong launched a series of policies to benefit the people, he has debated countless times with the family family, Yang Tong not only analyzed the bloody history of the family, but also made some of the secret letters of the Taiyuan Wang, Taiyuan Wen, and Wenxi Pei family public, which led to the people seeing the face of the family clearly, and the people also woke up, so that they had a hostile attitude towards the family gate! In the debates again and again, they all ended with Yang Tong's great victory, and Yang Dong represents the interests of the people at the bottom. Now that they have won, then all kinds of contradictions that have been accumulated by the Hanmen and the people for nearly a thousand years have erupted! There is no family under Yang Tong's rule, and there is no influence on him! But the influence of other princes was fatal. ”

"Let's not talk about other princes, let's take Guanzhong as an example. In terms of population distribution, the powerful families account for only 10%, but the poor people account for 90%; However, more than eighty percent of the fertile land in Guanzhong has fallen into the hands of Guanlong magnates, and their various bad behaviors have been confirmed in Yang Dong's words, and the poor and ordinary people are therefore convinced of Yang Dong's various predictions that are not conducive to them, and because of this, the people, tenants, and slaves of the big families think that only by defecting to the Sui Dynasty can they live, and the Sui Dynasty's policy of benefiting the people has caused a sensation in the world, so a large number of people have crossed the mountains and mountains to defect to the Sui Dynasty every day. Even if those who stay are skeptical of the Lord's family, how can they do their best? ”

"The great families lived in the same place with the common people, tenants, and slaves, but there were great contradictions. Ordinary people, tenants, and slaves accounted for ninety percent of the population of Guanzhong, and these nine adults had a huge affection for the Sui Dynasty. Once the national disaster comes, these groups who have been oppressed by the family must be indifferent to the life and death of my Tang Dynasty, because in their opinion, Li Tang, who attaches great importance to the family family, is a violent dynasty, and only by being overthrown by the Sui Dynasty can they live a good life! ”

Li Jiancheng, whether in "Old Tang Book", "New Tang Book", or "Datang Entrepreneurship and Living Note", is not as unbearable as in romance and film and television works.

Li Jiancheng in the romance is a character who was fabricated in order to set off Li Shimin's tallness, in fact, Li Jiancheng is quite powerful. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Li Tang Dynasty, because of the lack of soldiers and generals, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin each led an army as the vanguard. After becoming the crown prince, he almost assisted the emperor in handling government affairs, and during this time, Li Jiancheng rarely led troops out to fight, and because of this, his military talent was much dimmer compared to Li Shimin. Later, Liu Heimin led the Turkic army to rebel in Jizhou, and Li Jiancheng won a complete victory in Weizhou, capturing Liu Heimin, and it took only one month before and after, which shows that Li Jiancheng also has military talent.

In history, because of Li Jiancheng's outstanding skills, Li Shimin was forced to be passive everywhere, controlled everywhere, and on the line between life and death. If it weren't for Li Shimin turning things around at a critical time, launching the Xuanwumen Revolution in advance, and locking in the overall situation, Li Shimin would have died.

Such a character who can force Li Shimin to take risks is not a mediocre and incompetent person?

Now his words also convinced Li Shimin.

Li Yuan glanced at Li Jiancheng with relief, and said in a solemn voice: "The contradiction between the family and the people at the bottom has endangered the peace of my Tang Dynasty!" What's even more terrifying is that even if the family sacrifices some interests to remedy it, it can't save its image, because the people living at the bottom need only to pay grain to the court and belong to their fields! I really want to conform to the will of the people and wipe out the Guanlong magnates! ”

The murderous aura that could not be concealed in Li Yuan's voice shocked Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.

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