Father, the son thinks that the key now is to think about how to deal with the various families, I think, they will not be long before they know about Chang'an, we should think of a way to deal with it before this, before they enter the palace to ask for a statement, we must think of a way to deal with it. In the Xiangyang Palace, Li Jiancheng said in a deep voice: "Yang Tong just wants everyone to know, so he sent people to talk about it at the border, especially the Dou family, which suffered heavy losses this time, if we don't try to save each other, I'm afraid it won't be possible." ”

"Yang Tong is clearly embarrassing us, where did we get so much food to redeem people?" Li Yuan sighed like a deflated ball.

There was silence.

Suddenly, Li Yuan's eyes were cold and said, "Can this matter be defined as the Guan Long family's unauthorized actions?" ”

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin glanced at each other, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes, and the two brothers discovered their father's meaning from their father's words.

In the eyes of his father, the Guanlong family that left Guanzhong had lost its greatest use value, and thought that now was an opportunity to get rid of the Guanlong family, so he had the idea of giving up this chess piece.

"Built, what do you think?" Li Yuan saw that his two sons were silent, so he asked.

"Father, the son doesn't know much, so it's hard to make a conclusion, and listen to what the second brother says." Li Jiancheng is not stupid, although the Guanlong family has lost its foundation, but seventy percent of the officials in the court and the local area are still the children of the Guanlong family, if they make a clear statement, it is estimated that they will be used by their second brother.

Li Jiancheng knows Li Shimin very well, he is a person who cannot afford to make profits, he does everything from his own interests, without enough interests, the second brother will never run back from Xicheng County in person.

What is this benefit? There is almost no need to think about it, it must be the political power of the Guanlong family, Li Shimin is ready to take this opportunity to sit back and watch himself who has been in charge make mistakes, so as to integrate the military and political forces of the Guanlong family into one, weaken himself and strengthen himself.

This time is indeed an opportunity to abandon the Guanlong family, from the attitude of his father, it can be seen that this is not a day or two of thoughts, but if he is asked to give up the Guanlong power to Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng is absolutely unwilling, because it will shake his position, so he pretended not to know and threw the choice to Li Shimin, if Li Shimin made a decision on behalf of his father, it may not be his own opportunity.

Li Jiancheng can see through this, why not Li Shimin? He secretly said cunning in his heart, and said, "Erchen thinks he can't." ”

"Why?" Li Yuan frowned.

Li Shimin arched his hand and said: "Just because Yang Tong said that the change in Daxing Palace was done by my Datang, the border is now well known, if we give up, I'm afraid no one in the army is willing to serve Datang." ”

"Huh!" Li Yuan took a sharp breath of cold air, and said calmly: "Yang Tong Xiao'er is really scheming, if I don't admit it, I can easily turn the border army against him." ”

"I'm afraid it's not just the border army!" Li Jiancheng frowned and said: "If I don't care about the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty and various places will be in turmoil because of this, and then it will affect the war in the south." In this way, I am in danger. ”

Li Shimin has expressed his position now, of course he can't help but say it, and he said it very deeply and thoroughly, which makes Li Shimin depressed, his eldest brother is becoming more and more meticulous, and he really doesn't want to suffer at all.

In my mind, I can't help but think of the man next to me back then, who was very inconspicuous, always smiling, but always giving people a cold feeling - the eldest grandson Wuji!

If you should have known, you shouldn't-

Nominally, he has the support of the Dugu family, but the Dugu family is to get more from himself, and now, the Dugu family has not helped him much, and he has lost a lot of important people.

"There is still ......," Li Shimin sighed, "It is said that the Yang Dong people already knew about the changes in Daxing Palace when they were in Wuyuan, so that the armies of Fufeng County and Beidi County were taken by the Sui army before they could go out of the mountain and play a role. On the day of the rebellion, the Sui army in Chang'an pretended to leave Chang'an, but at night, they entered the city. There is no definite information yet, but I am afraid that someone in the high-level of my Datang has been rebelled, if this person or this force cannot be corrected, my Datang every move is under the supervision of Yang Tong. ”

"Father, the second brother said that there was a spy who betrayed him, and the sons and daughters agreed very much, but if they said that they appeared at the top level, they did not agree." Li Jiancheng frowned and said.

"How so?" Li Shimin asked, he was quite convinced by the level of his eldest brother's governance.

Li Jiancheng said: "These big families at the top of the Tang Dynasty are the number one thieves of the Sui Dynasty, and there is no chance of compromise with the Sui Dynasty, and Yang Tong's attitude towards the family is there, no matter whether the family descends or not, he Yang Tong will not let go, since he will die if he descends, and if he dies if he does not surrender, how can the various families be eye-to-eye with the Sui Dynasty?" ”

"They have a relationship with the Tang Dynasty that is both prosperous and loss-making. Once the Tang Dynasty is destroyed, they will also die, these people are very smart, and they will definitely not harm the good things of the Tang Dynasty, let alone make an obstacle from it. They can only continue to support the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Then how do you think you should catch the spies?" Li Yuan nodded, with a hint of clarity in his eyes, multi-party betting has always been the means of the family, if the Tang Dynasty is strong, these families will not dare to do too much, the problem is that the Tang Dynasty is not what it used to be, giving people a sense of the river going down and the twilight is dull, so some people are unscrupulous to seek a way out for themselves.

Li Jiancheng smiled bitterly: "Erchen thought it was difficult. Because the people involved in this operation are not only related to the major families of Long, but also the Kanto and Southern families, even if they know that there are internal ghosts, they can't find out. If the teacher mobilizes the people to investigate, the people will inevitably be panicked and everyone will be in danger, which is quite unfavorable to the rule of our Tang Dynasty, and we can investigate secretly. ”

"Isn't that too slow?" Li Shimin frowned.

"My Datang can't withstand the big turmoil now."

Li Jiancheng's words cut off Li Shimin's idea of a big investigation and a thorough investigation, and he also knew what the Li Tang Dynasty was like now.

Li Yuan also thought that Li Jiancheng was reasonable, there were many patients in the Tang Dynasty in front of him, and he really couldn't take drastic medicine, so he turned his thoughts to the front of him and asked: "How do you brothers think you should solve the matter in front of you, you can't let Yang Tong'er blackmail like this, right?" ”

At this moment, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin both felt brain pain.

Li Tang didn't want to erect enemies on all sides, he just wanted to stare at Xiao Mi, a soft persimmon, but Li Tang's actions seriously offended the interests of Li Mi and Wang Shichong, so that although the three parties were not in alliance, they were enemies with Li Tang at the same time.

The forces that Li Tang had managed to gather were all thrown into the Jingzhou battlefield, and if he fought with the Sui Dynasty at this time, he would definitely bring about his own destruction.

Definitely can't fight.

But Li Tang couldn't take out this ransom, not to mention no, even if there was, the Li family and his son didn't want to be an enemy again.

But the problem is that Li Tang doesn't want to fight, which doesn't mean that the Sui Dynasty won't fight; The reluctance of the Li family and his son to redeem does not mean that the families agree.

Moreover, Yang Tong let people spread the matter vigorously and vigorously at the border, and it will not be long before it spreads throughout the territory of Li Tang, if Li Tang does not redeem people, what will the military, civilians and officials under his rule think? At that time, if the Sui Dynasty goes south, I am afraid that it will not take tens of thousands of people to collect and surrender the armies from all over the country that have no intention of fighting.

Li Yuan also knew this truth, and the resentment and depression in his heart almost made him look up to the sky and howl.

"Holy!" At this time, the voice of an attendant sounded at the door, "Pei Ju, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, asks to see you." ”

Li Yuan was stunned and looked at his two sons.

"Father, the son rushed back to Xiangyang as soon as possible, Pei Ju should not know about the changes in Daxing Palace! Maybe for something else. Li Shimin said firmly.

Li Jiancheng thought for a while and said, "Father, sooner or later, this matter will reach Xiangyang." Why don't you ask Pei Ju's opinion first? Maybe he can give his father some advice. ”

Li Yuan's eyes lit up, and he patted his thigh and said, "Not bad!" Pei Ju is a great character, please hurry up. ”

After a while, Pei Ju walked into Li Yuan's imperial study under the leadership of the chamberlain, and Li Shimin's appearance surprised him a little, but as a tumbler in the political arena, he would not show the slightest emotion because of this, and stepped forward and saluted: "The minister sees the saint." ”

"Pei Aiqing is exempt, please take a seat!" Li Yuan's voice was reserved and kind.

"Thank you, Holy Lord!" Pei Ju thanked him meticulously, and then saluted Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin one by one.

The Li brothers returned the favor politely.

Pei Ju slowly sat down, his current identity is the official secretary of the Ministry of Rites in the Li Tang Dynasty, and the official rank is not low, but the Ministry of Rites has always been a marginal yamen, that is, there is no real power and no real benefits, it is completely a forgotten Qingshui Yamen, and he is now very idle as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Pei Ju was in charge of the affairs of the Western Regions during the old Sui period, and his shadow was reflected in the policies of the Western Regions such as the annexation of Yiwu and Tuyuhun by the Great Sui.

Now that things have changed, he has become Li Tang's courtier, and he is not yet the center, but he is still very concerned about the general trend of the world, especially after the Sui Dynasty defeated the Eastern and Western Turks, and the work of coercing public opinion and annexing Gaochang without blood, made him have a sense of fear in the future.

And Yang Tong's ruthlessness towards the Eastern and Western Turks made him very amazed, and in foreign policy, this crisp and neat and decisive magnificence was much better than compromise and compromise.

He felt that this was the courage of a founder, who had to be open-minded and tolerant, but also ruthless and ruthless to eradicate dissidents.

In contrast, Li Tang is dull and dull.

In his opinion, after Li Tang withdrew from Guanzhong to the south, he should have taken advantage of the Sui Dynasty to fight against the Eastern and Western Turks to consolidate the dominance of the Li Tang Dynasty in Bashu, and he could first pacify the provocative rebellion of various departments, so as to achieve the effect of refining the army and unifying the hearts of the people, so that the popularity of the Li Tang Dynasty would be rooted in the people. However, Li Yuan did not, after he arrived in Xiangyang, he still tried to plot territory and did not talk about governance, this kind of action made him very disappointed, he felt that Li Tang, whose foundation was unstable, would be completely lost with a fiasco, even if he had more territory.

Because the Western Turks are a living example, the days of the reign of the Emperor Yehu Khan were radiant, and the countries of the Western Regions were obedient, but a fiasco made the previous painstaking management of the Western Turks completely lost, why did the countries of the Western Regions turn back so quickly? The root lies in the unpopularity of the Western Turks. However, Li Yuan did not learn from the defeat of the Western Turks.

Pei Ju also made a major decision because of this - to resign and go home to recuperate.

Although the Li father and son did not have much abnormality at this time, Pei Ju still faintly felt that something big must have happened to Li Tang again, which made his thoughts of getting off the boat more and more keen.

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