In the imperial study, Li Shimin's departure did not affect Li Yuan's decision, and he spoke: "The rebellion of the Guanlong nobles this time is within my expectations, but there are also some unexpected things, such as the Guanlong nobles who participated in the rebellion, far beyond my imagination. Li Yuan smiled bitterly: "These people are my core strength, but now, they have all betrayed me, you say, what should I do?" ”

Li Yuan saw that Li Yuanji, who was at the head of the group, wanted to speak and stopped, so he asked, "Yuanji, what do you want to say?" ”

Li Yuanji bowed and said: "The nobles of Guanlong are mostly villains who forget their righteousness, whoever is beneficial to them will take refuge in whom, it was like this before, it is now, and it will be like this in the future, there is no loyalty at all, but their means of collecting wealth are extremely amazing, after decades and various means, they have accumulated huge wealth, according to the news found by Erchen in Shu County, as early as before the outbreak of the battle of Guanzhong, they transferred a lot of wealth to Shu. If these riches can't be used by my Datang, they will inevitably be taken away by Yang Tong. Rather than perfecting others, it is better to use them all to enrich the treasury. Erchen meant to let Wu Chuanwei complete this matter for his father, and Erchen promised not to fall a copper plate. ”

He was about to enter Shu to forcibly seize the wealth of the various Guanlong nobles, but he knew that the wealth of the Guanlong nobles in Xiangyang was not less, so he recommended the Wuchuan Division to Li Yuan.

However, before Li Yuanji finished speaking, Chen Shuda coughed, Li Yuan understood what he meant, and asked with a smile: "What does Chen Xiang have a high opinion, you might as well say it!" ”

"It's not a high opinion, but in some details, it is a little different from His Royal Highness King Qi." Chen Shuda arched his hand.

"Where?"

"Shengshang, this rebellion of the Guanlong nobles is only a large part of it, but clans like the Dou clan, the Doulu clan and the Changsun clan have always stood on the side of the saint, if a pole is overturned, it will not only be unfair to these loyal families, but also cause the loyal ministers to feel cold. Weichen felt that the distinction should be made clearly, so as not to happen to relatives and enemies. Chen Shuda said.

Li Yuan nodded and said to everyone: "The prince has mentioned this issue before, and I think it's good, so the prince will talk about it." If there is anything wrong with the plan, everyone will add it one by one. ”

Only then did everyone know that Li Jiancheng had already made a plan, and he also said that the Son of Heaven had moved, so they all fell silent.

"The main thing I'm going to talk about is land reform." Li Jiancheng said: "That is, the Guanlong nobles keep the land according to the title, and the rest are all owned by the imperial court, and then distributed equally to the people to reward meritorious soldiers." ”

Everyone thought that Li Jiancheng would be gentle, but who would have thought that he would be more ruthless and desperate, the Dou family, the Dou Lu family, and the Changsun family donated ninety percent of the land could not satisfy his appetite, and they even wanted to deprive them of all the land, at this critical moment, it is estimated that no one would dare to object, otherwise they would be classified into the Dugu faction, after all, the relationship between the Guanlong nobles is complicated and difficult to distinguish, it is really a liquidation of the vine and the melon, and the family can't escape.

Li Yuan said unhurriedly: "I also think that the land problem is a huge tumor in my Tang Dynasty, because the Guanlong nobles occupy a large amount of land, so that there are almost no yeoman farmers in my Tang Dynasty, and there is no source of taxes without yeoman farmers, so that the financial resources of the imperial court have been tight, and even the officials can't afford to pay it." If all the land is state-owned, how can these problems arise? ”

In addition, the reason why Yang Tong made the army and the people return to their hearts and grow step by step; The root cause is that he practiced the uniform field system; I have long wanted to implement the equalization system, but I have no land. If we take all the land of the Guanlong nobles to the imperial court this time, not only will the number of yeoman farmers increase and ensure the tax revenue of the imperial court, but also the soldiers will have the goal of belonging and protecting, which will completely change the situation of low morale and low combat effectiveness of the Tang army. ”

Li Yuan's words made everyone suddenly realize that it seemed to be the prince's plan, but it was actually the emperor's long-planned proposal, but it was just to let the prince take the blame.

"Holy Lord, Weichen fully agrees with His Royal Highness the Prince's good policy. In fact, Wechen has a similar idea. Pei Lin didn't wait for everyone to speak, so he preemptively said: "My Tang Dynasty is a new dynasty, with the overthrow of the violent Sui as the first priority, and it should break all the old order. Official titles and titles must be canonized by the Holy Lord, and the land should also be distributed by the Holy One. And it can't be said that the Sui Dynasty's reward for a certain person can't be moved in this dynasty, which is neither reasonable nor in line with the etiquette system, so the land reform proposed by the prince is reasonable for Weichen. Even if some ministers have more land than their titles and positions, they are still generals who have contributed to the Tang Dynasty, and they must be given by the Holy Lord himself. ”

Everyone scolded Pei for being shameless, every time he was like this, he shrank first when something happened, and ran first.

Everyone is not as undisciplined as Pei Lian, and after a while, Liu Wenjing said: "Shengshang, Weichen knows that the soldiers are eager for the court's rewards, but after the court's rewards are allocated layer by layer, the real soldier's reward is less than one in ten, so the soldier mistakenly thinks that even if he wins, it is the general's credit, and over time, he has formed a consensus that if there is merit, he will rob and run if he is dangerous, how can such an army be compared with the Sui army?" If the land is used to reward meritorious soldiers, generals at all levels cannot deduct corruption from it, and the soldiers will naturally receive a complete reward. Wechen also believes that this system can reverse the situation of our soldiers being beaten passively, and hopes that the saint will implement it as soon as possible. ”

Li Yuan was overjoyed when he heard this, looked at Chen Shuda, and asked, "What else does Chen Xiang have to add?" ”

Chen Shuda knew that in addition to the Beizhen Army, the private army of the Guanlong nobles was owned by the imperial court, and the Guanlong nobles were mostly fish and meat on the case, and no one could refute the confiscation of the land by the imperial court, so he said: "Wechen has no objection, but Wechen suggested that the saint talk to the heads of the Dou family, the Doulu clan, the Changsun clan and other clansmen, after all, it involves the interests of this loyal minister and good general, if the court does not distinguish between the enemy and me, I am afraid it will affect the stability of the court." ”

Li Yuan nodded and said, "Except for the land, I will not move these shops and caravans. I had already talked to Dou Xiangguo and Doulu Xiangguo about this matter before, and they expressed their full support for the reform of the imperial court, and Chen Xiangguo did not need to worry too much. ”

Liu Wenjing had been silently watching from the sidelines, and when she heard Li Yuan's high-sounding words, she sneered in her heart.

The Guanlong aristocracy is already at the point where everyone shouts and beats, and the Dou clan, the Dou Lu clan and the Changsun clan are dead if they oppose it, how dare they not support it? But this kind of support under the knife can't make them willing after all, the key is that people spontaneously and voluntarily donate all their private army, ninety percent of the land and countless wealth, and you still have to work hard and aggressively, which is very excessive and disgusting. If this is really the case, it would be strange that the Dou clan and the others were not cold.

"Liu Xiangguo, what do you think?" At this time, Li Yuan asked with a smile.

Liu Wenjing hurriedly bowed down and said: "Wechen has no opinion, but the number of people involved in the rebellion, the number of families, and the involvement are wide-ranging, Wechen thinks that the military, Wuchuan Division and the imperial court jointly handle the case, not only more comprehensive, faster progress, but also convince the people of the Tang Dynasty, and praise the saint and the imperial court for doing things fairly, justly, and fairly." ”

Li Yuan, who was in a big heart, thought for a while: "The military... Well, forget it about the military, the main task of the military is to quell the rebellion of the Beizhen Army, withdraw from the Hanshui defense line, and incorporate the private armies of various families... Let's get involved with Takekawa Division and the Imperial Court. The king of Qi was about to enter Shu, and the Wuchuan Division was represented by Han Zhi plenipotentiary, and Chen Xiangguo represented the imperial court to participate in matters such as land inventory and equal distribution of land. ”

Liu Wenjing was greatly disappointed, he knew that the liquidation matter was indispensable to the Wuchuan Division that Li Yuan relied on the most, so he took the first step to propose that the military, the Wuchuan Division and the imperial court jointly try it, the reason why the military was included was to hope that the military would suppress the Wuchuan Division, but now the saint did not let the military participate, only let the Wuchuan Division and the imperial court come forward, how could the imperial court suppress the Wuchuan Division? It's okay and it's going to make a difference.

Chen Shuda, who was also disappointed, said: "King Huai'an can come forward on behalf of the military, and it doesn't have to be King Jin to participate." ”

Li Yuan said with a smile: "The King of Qi and the King of Huai'an went to Yizhou to clean up the Guanlong aristocratic forces, and after that, the King of Qi was in charge of the military of Yizhou, and the Lord of Huai'an was in charge of government affairs. ”

"So, King Huai'an is representing the imperial court?" Chen Shuda asked.

"Exactly." Seeing that Liu Wenjing and Chen Shuda were silent, Li Yuan said again: "There is not much time for us now, so I plan to divide the troops into two routes, King Qi and King Huai'an are in charge of Yizhou, and Chen Xiangguo and Han Zhi are in charge of Xiangyang, which not only saves Chen Xiangguo the pain of a long journey, but also saves a lot of time, and at the same time, I can also give advice to me nearby, this is a three-pronged strategy, what does Chen Xiangguo think?" ”

"Wechen obeys the Holy Lord's arrangement." Chen Shuda's heart was extremely bitter, he knew that after the rebellion of the Guanlong nobles, Li Yuan no longer believed in any courtiers outside the Li royal family, nominally the soldiers were divided into two ways, but in fact, because most of the wealth of the Guanlong nobles was in Yizhou, Li Yuan wanted to use the hands of Li Yuanji and Li Shentong to firmly control the military and wealth of Yizhou, and the so-called 'three-perfect strategy' was just a high-sounding statement.

Li Yuan was very satisfied with Chen Shuda's statement, but he also knew that Chen Shuda did not approve of his decision, so he inevitably felt a little apologetic, and said with a smile: "Chen Xiangguo has said many times that Li Junxian is a famous general in the East Palace, and he persuaded me to add it to reuse, I thought about it again and again, and decided to follow Chen Xiangguo's advice, promote Li Junxian to the general of the Left Guard, and lead 10,000 new troops to garrison Badong County to ensure the smooth passage into Shu. ”

Li Yuan's seemingly compromising attitude towards the princely faction not only did not make Li Jiancheng, Liu Wenjing, and Chen Shuda excited, but made the three of them feel very cold. Because Li Junxian and the 10,000 new army were originally the military force of the East Palace, but now they have become the army of the imperial court, if they are transferred in peacetime, it is just a matter of transfer, but at this critical time in the distribution of interests, this is not a trust in Li Junxian, but to let him break away from the command of the East Palace, so that Li Jiancheng will become a situation without soldiers and no generals. In other words, in the distribution of interests of the Guanlong nobles, the prince's faction did not get any benefits, but lost their old capital.

"On behalf of Li Junxian, thank you father." His father's suspicion of himself has always existed, but Li Jiancheng is used to it, and his expression is very indifferent.

"The emperor wants to recommend more talents of the country for the Tang Dynasty."

Li Yuan nodded, giving Li Jiancheng an incomparably affirmative look, he didn't say anything, but the intention to seize the talents of the East Palace was also obvious.

"Erchen understands."

"The emperor is the promoter of the imperial examination, and the imperial examination is related to the foundation and hegemony of my Tang Dynasty, and the emperor must be personally responsible for this matter." Li Yuan said with a smile on his face.

"Father, rest assured, the son will never make a mistake." Li Jiancheng lowered his head and bowed respectfully, his eyes full of tears of sorrow.

It is said that adversity sees true love, and this is true at all. Through this matter, Liu Wenjing and Chen Shuda can be regarded as seeing through Li Yuan's hypocritical and cold temperament, and also seeing through his reluctance to give up on the imperial power, when the national disaster is at hand, Li Yuan even suspects the eldest son closest to the throne, and can't tolerate it, the next step, I'm afraid it's going to attack Li Xiaogong, the core member of the princeling faction, right?

After this incident, Liu Wenjing and Chen Shuda were extremely disappointed, and when they saw that the emperor had no other orders, everyone said goodbye.

Liu Wenjing and Chen Shuda looked at Li Jiancheng, who was striding away, and found that this strong crown prince seemed to be ten years old, giving people an extremely desolate feeling.

Chen Shuda looked up at the gray sky, let out a long sigh, and said to Liu Wenjing worriedly: "Liu Xiang, I think the Holy Lord has broken the heart of His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in a very bad condition, giving people a feeling of death. How good is that? ”

Liu Wenjing looked at Li Yuanji, who was walking briskly in front of him, and smiled coldly: "In this Tang Dynasty, as long as there is a King of Qi, it is enough, and the crown prince and the King of Jin are not important." ”

"Emperor Sui gave a few altars of 'heroic spirits', which is a rare wine in the world, let's get drunk and rest, how about it?"

"Liu loves wine like his life, I'm really welcome."

"Go, go, go. If you don't get drunk, you don't go home. ”

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Compared with the discouraged and discouraged prince's faction, Li Yuanji, who is the one who has the greatest benefits, is proud, so excited that he wants to roar loudly, a few days ago, his father gave him 15,000 soldiers, and allowed him to go to Dou Cong's command to choose, and his father has now handed over the power to check the Guanlong nobles to himself, and everything has far exceeded his expectations.

He knew that all of this today was entirely due to Han Zhi, and it was precisely because Han Zhi persuaded him to forbear and be the sword in his father's hands wholeheartedly that he rose step by step and had great power in his hands.

When Li Yuanji returned to the mansion, he invited Han Zhi to discuss, and Han Zhi saw the irrepressible excitement on Li Yuanji's ugly face, and said with a smile: "It seems that I want to congratulate Your Highness again." ”

"Haha, sir, please, sir, please." Li Yuanji excitedly pulled Han Zhi into the study, personally poured him a cup of tea, and said politely: "Everything Mr. expected, I really can't find the best words to express my admiration and gratitude." ”

"His Highness is a dignified and upright person, not as hypocritical as others," Han Zhi took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "What you drink from your humble position is all Your Highness's strong heart. ”

"Mr. still knows me Li Yuanji." Li Yuanji was very happy.

Han Zhi put down the teacup and said with a smile: "What Your Highness has gained is what you want, but please ask Your Highness to explain the matter in detail one by one, and your humble position may be able to understand something." ”

"Even if Mr. doesn't ask, I'll say ......" Li Yuanji laughed, and then explained in detail what happened today, and finally said with a smile: "Let's talk about the army first: on the day I came back, my father promised to give me 15,000 private troops, but these troops are now in the hands of General Dou, and I have no friendship with the Dou family, and I am worried that he will not give me the elite army." I wanted to deal with Mr., but Mr. was very busy and didn't even have a chance to meet, so he didn't go to ask for the army for a long time. ”

"Your Highness, did the Holy Lord take the initiative to give you this army, or did Your Highness curry favor with you?" Han Zhi smiled slightly, he was actually deliberately avoiding Li Yuanji these days, if he was on call, how could he reflect his value?

"I asked for it." Li Yuanji saw Han Zhi's face change, and couldn't help but feel worried: "What's wrong?" ”

"Military power has been the lifeblood of the emperor since ancient times, and the more the national disaster is at the head, the more suspicious the emperor is of the generals. From the fact that the saint transferred Li Junxian and 10,000 soldiers, it can be seen that the saint will not care about other issues, but he is absolutely unambiguous in terms of military power, even if it is his son, he will not give it. His Highness asked the Holy Lord for military power, and His Highness knew what that meant? Han Zhi looked at Li Yuanji meaningfully.

"How can this be?" Li Yuanji was shocked, and after Han Zhi said this, he found that he seemed to have made a fatal mistake.

Han Zhi comforted him immediately when he saw it: "Your Highness has endured it for so many days because of your unfamiliarity with Dou Cong, and His Highness gives the Holy Lord the feeling that he did not take the military power to heart, and in this way, he has gained the trust of the Holy Lord." It is also said that people are not as good as heaven. Next time, Your Highness must not do this, otherwise, not a single soldier will be obtained. ”

"Thank you, sir, for reminding me, I won't have a next time." Li Yuanji let out a long breath, with a feeling of the rest of his life, and asked humbly: "What does Mr. think I should do next?" You can't do without these 15,000 soldiers, right? Do you want General Dou to give me some old and weak, sick and disabled? ”

"The private army under General Dou is all young and strong, and there is no saying that he is old, weak, sick or disabled." Han Zhi pondered for a moment and continued: "His Royal Highness has a holy order, and General Dou doesn't dare not give it, but if His Highness wants to get the elite army, I'm afraid he will have to exchange some benefits with him, as long as his requirements are met, he will not disagree." ”

"What do I need to exchange for him?" Li Yuanji asked in a solemn tone.

Han Zhi said: "The Dou family donated ninety percent of the land, but the remaining one percent is also an astonishing amount. However, the Shengshang's decision to collect all the land beyond the title and official position is a great loss for the Dou family, and if the land reform is implemented, the Dou family can leave one hundred percent of the achievements. However, His Royal Highness is the main person responsible for cleaning up the Yizhou Manor, and he can take the opportunity to open the door for the Dou family and change some manors to the name of the Dou family's slaves, in fact, it is still the Dou family's. Isn't that the best way to get in return? ”

Li Yuanji said happily: "Sir's words are extreme, then I will go to Dou Xiangguo first tonight, and then go to Doulu Xiangguo to talk." ”

Han Zhi shook his head: "According to the humble opinion, just find General Dou." Just because the Dou clan and the Dou Lu clan are loyal to the saint, if His Highness recruits them, the saint will be the first to notice something, and recruiting them is completely to stab himself in the heart. ”

Li Yuanji felt a hot burning face, he had always wanted to win over one or two Xiangguo for his own use, and now it was a God-given opportunity to use the land to win over Dou Liang and Dou Lukuan, he didn't want to miss it, so he hurriedly asked, "Why not?" ”

Han Zhi sighed and said: "The reason why His Highness has been reused and trusted by the Holy Lord is that His Royal Highness is a person who has no ambition to win the throne in the eyes of the Holy Lord, and is loyal, undouble-minded, and trustworthy to him. If Dou Xiangguo or Doulu Xiangguo had told the Holy Lord, and with the Holy Lord's current suspicion, His Royal Highness would not have lost everything, and even his life would not be guaranteed. ”

Li Yuanji suddenly stood up and bowed deeply to Han Zhi, "If it weren't for Mr. reminding me, I would have been in danger of a bad thing." In this way, even Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, can't be disturbed? ”

"Exactly." Han Zhi nodded and said: "Li Shentong is the most trusted clan of the Sheng, and the relationship with the Tang Dynasty is a shared honor and disgrace, the Tang Dynasty is good to him, and he never wants the Tang Dynasty to have a rebellion to seize the heir, so after His Royal Highness enters Shu, if he wants to show his incompetence and greed in front of him, he will definitely tell the Holy Lord secretly, and His Royal Highness will be more trusted by the Holy Lord." Don't be too anxious, or you'll hurt yourself. ”

"I see." Li Yuanji nodded solemnly.

"Land reform is regarded by the Holy God as a panacea for the revitalization of the Tang Dynasty, and whoever moves in this regard will die, not even His Highness. Therefore, except for a small exchange with General Dou, you must not do anything in this regard. When encountering a person like Li Yuanji, Han Zhi was also quite helpless, so he could only teach step by step: "His Royal Highness went to Yizhou to confiscate the property of the Guanlong nobles this time, and the saint nominally said that it should be done in moderation, but judging from the Shengshang's current murderous intent on the Guanlong nobles, this so-called 'moderate stop' obviously implies that His Highness is ruthless, and there is also the local strength of Yizhou, His Highness can also take the opportunity to eradicate it, lest they become another internal worry of the Tang Dynasty like the Guanlong nobles." However, everything must be dealt with, and there must be no gossip that is detrimental to the reputation of the saint. This is a great time for His Highness to further gain the favor of the Holy One, and there must be no mercy from a woman. ”

Li Yuanji said viciously: "I will, sir, although you can rest assured, do you still have something to explain?" ”

Han Zhi nodded and said: "Your Highness, on the premise of completing the Holy Mission, you can take dozens of beauties from various families to enjoy, and privately swallow some precious jewels. ”

Li Yuanji smiled: "Does Mr. want me to defile myself?" ”

"Exactly." Han Zhi nodded and said: "The Holy Lord regards Yizhou as his foundation and is staring at His Highness all the time, so let the Holy Lord know that His Highness is only interested in beauties and curiosities, and has no ambition for military power and imperial power, and His Highness must do this." ”

"I will always do as he is told. By the way, I haven't walked around with my big brother for a long time, do you want to go and say hello to one or two? Li Yuanji asked.

Han Zhi was slightly stunned, and then said meaningfully: "The prince himself is difficult to protect, Your Highness had better stay away from the prince, otherwise it will only dig a deadly trap for His Highness." ”

"Thank you, sir, I will drift away from my eldest brother, so as not to be affected by him." Li Yuanji smiled knowingly.

At this moment, the sound of broken porcelain came from outside.

Li Yuanji and Han Zhi's faces changed greatly, and the two subconsciously glanced at each other.

If their plan just now reached Li Yuan's ears, it would be a mortal crime that could not be forgiven!

"I'll take a look." Li Yuanji said hatefully, rushed to the door with an arrow, opened the door with one hand, and saw a cup of ginseng soup sprinkled on the ground in the corridor next to the door, and the porcelain cup was broken and scattered.

Li Yuanji went outside the courtyard, grabbed a guard, and asked viciously: "I said that no one was allowed to disturb, who did you just let in?" ”

Li Yuanji's hideous face made the guard scattered, and he stammered: "The princess sent ginseng soup for Her Royal Highness......

"What about people?" Li Yuanji asked loudly and urgently.

"Well, the princess is back." The guard hurriedly said

This is Han Zhi has already chased here, and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, who is it?" ”

Li Yuanji's face turned pale, and he said with a terrifying expression: "It's the princess......"

Han Zhi was stunned, frowned and thought about countermeasures: If the matter is exposed, Li Tang is very likely to fall into a situation of cannibalism between father and son, if Li Yuanji is killed by Li Yuan like this, naturally no one will enter Shu to turn him upside down, and there will be many old forces left to the Great Sui Dynasty.

His first thought was to instigate Li Yuanji to kill Princess Qi, but after thinking about it, he gave up this idea. It's just because Princess Qi is different from others, she is the granddaughter of Emperor Wen of Sui's own brother Cai Wang Yang Quan, the daughter of Yang Zhiming, the late Duke of Gaoyang County, and the aunt of Emperor Shengwu, so he didn't dare to do this.

It's just that I don't know if Princess Qi just heard the conversation between him and Li Yuanji? If so, how much?

For a while, even the cunning and resourceful Han Zhi felt extremely tricky.

Li Yuanji took a deep breath: "Sir, go back to the study and wait first, I'll go and see the princess ......"

Han Zhi said: "No matter what, Your Highness can't mess with himself, and he must try to stabilize the princess." ”

"I know..."Li Yuanji hurried to the backyard.

"Your Highness." Han Zhi specially advised: "After all, the princess is the wife of Her Royal Highness, and she has a relationship with Her Royal Highness that is both prosperous and lossy, and it is not good for Her Highness to have an accident." ”

When Li Yuanji heard this, he paused and hurried away, but his eyes brought a trace of indescribable complexity.