"Qi Sheng, His Royal Highness the King of Jin is asking to see him outside the palace." More than an hour after Li Jiancheng left with the holy decree of canonizing Dou Rail, the voice of the eunuch came from outside the hall.

"Who?" Li Yuan, who was a little distracted, didn't react for a while.

"Holy Lord, it is His Royal Highness the King of Jin who asks to see you." Feng Deyi, the waiter of the inner history who had not yet left after preparing the holy decree, reminded on the side.

"Hmm!" Li Yuan frowned, he thought that Li Shimin withdrew his troops without authorization, which caused chaos in Zhuyang Pass, and gave Xue Wanjun a chance to break through, and also thought that Zhang Shigui's defeat was caused by Li Shimin's change of his deployment, and he was quite annoyed with him. However, Li Shimin's attitude of admitting his mistakes was good, which weakened the nine-point killing intent and hatred in Li Yuan's heart to eight points; Moreover, Li Shimin is his son-in-law, and letting his son control the army is conducive to the suppression of the Guanlong forces in the army, and the killing intent and hatred have been reduced by one point; And Guan Long's magnates collectively threatened themselves to make Li Yuan realize the importance of family affection, which was reduced by three points, he sighed and said, "Let him in." ”

Feng Deyi hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Holy Lord, the minister will avoid it." ”

Li Yuan said with satisfaction: "Go ahead!" ”

"The minister retired."

Feng Deyi bowed respectfully, slowly retreated, and walked out of the imperial study, he walked quickly to the outside of the Wude Palace, met Li Shimin who came in a hurry in front of the steps, and hurriedly saluted: "Your Highness, Weichen should be awake." ”

Li Shimin's perception of Feng Deyi is quite bad, this person has been under Yu Shiji's command for many years, and Yu Shiji's method of figuring out people's hearts has been learned vividly, he used to please Yang Guang, and later flattered Li Zhai to make secrets, seeing that Li Mi's development momentum was not good, he went to Datang to please Li Yuan, although he came to Datang not long ago, he became Li Yuan's henchman by that set of mental skills, so that Li Yuan's trust in him exceeded Pei Lian.

However, although Li Shimin didn't have a good impression of him, he knew that this person was not only a henchman of his father, but also a complete villain, who could not be offended, and could not afford to offend, so he bowed back and asked, "What advice does Feng Gong have?" The people of the world listened attentively. ”

Seeing that there was no one around, Feng Deyi said in a low voice: "The Guanlong magnates were worried that the war would burn to Bashu and damage their interests, so they collectively went up and asked the Holy Lord to fight to the death with the Sui army in Jingxiang, and the Holy Lord was extremely angry. Your Highness must not anger the Holy One. ”

"Thank you Feng Gong for reminding me, the people of the world will remember it!"

Li Shimin respectfully thanked him, in fact, he heard about what Feng Deyi said, and he admitted that the strategy set by his eldest brother was the best way out for the Tang Dynasty at present, but his father's temptation of Guan Long's magnates was a stupid trick to the extreme, and now people are panicking, can the father pour cold water so much, and fully support Li Tang's Guanlong magnates? In fact, the eldest brother's method of 'just doing and not talking' is the smartest way to deal with it, but the father didn't listen. Why? His father was afraid, he was afraid of Yang Tong like a tiger, and he couldn't wait to leave Xiangyang immediately and go to Chengdu to enjoy a stable life, so after hearing Li Jiancheng's proposal to move the capital, he couldn't wait to carry it out. Now that everyone knows it, how will it end in the future?

On the one hand, people want to raise the severity of the situation to their father, and they must take action to open a new way out in the south before the Sui army collects Xiao Miao's forces. On the other hand, it is to ask his father to come forward to resolve the contradiction between him and Li Jiancheng, Li Tang has reached the point of life and death, he should focus on the overall situation, brothers join hands and unite with the outside world, anyway, the father is in the prime of life, who will sit in the country in the future of their brothers, they can wait for the unification of the world to say, the most important thing now is to keep the Tang Dynasty, otherwise, let alone the prince, even if he becomes the emperor and the king of the country, what is the point?

Quickly learned about his father's treatment of Guan Long's magnates, Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief, said goodbye to Feng Deyi, and quickly came to the door of the imperial study, settled down slightly, and then walked into the room, saluted: "The son sees the emperor!" ”

Li Yuan looked at this son who looked most like his deceased wife with complicated eyes, and his tone softened, "Emperor, get up!" ”

"Thank you, Father!" Li Shimin got up, slowly walked to his father and stood with his hands down.

"The emperor should also hear about the affairs of the powerful people in Guanlong!"

"Back to my father, my sons are here for this."

"What do you think I should do?"

Although Li Shimin had already learned the way to deal with it from Feng Deyi, he was afraid that his father would be hot-headed and go back on his word, and it would be over, but he couldn't get straight to the point, and asked rhetorically: "Does my father know Li Mi's situation in Jiangnan?" ”

"I heard that the development is not going well, what's wrong?" Li Yuan asked puzzled

"It's not strange that Erchen thinks Li Mi is not going well."

"Why?" Li Yuan was even more puzzled.

"Father, Li Mi came from the Wagang Army, his foundation was in the Central Plains, in Xuzhou, but he gave up the Central Plains and turned to the south, so even if he achieved a glorious victory in the military of forcing Li Zitong to surrender and annihilating Shen Faxing, he could not get the support of the famous families in the south of the Yangtze River, because he belonged to outsiders and invaders, and he was like a wanderer, how could he progress to victory? And my Datang got the support of the Guanlong magnates, so I easily sat in Guanzhong. ”

Li Yuan understood, his eyes unconsciously looked at the pile of songs, and the fire that he had finally suppressed gushed out, and asked in a sharp voice: "What about Yang Tong, who does he support?" What do you say? ”

"The Juntian system, the apportionment into the mu system, the four schools of townships, counties, counties, and countries, the imperial examination system, and the military merit system can be called Yang Tong's five indestructible swords, and these five swords make the world's poor scholars and ordinary people do everything."

"I know it all!" Li Yuan only felt a bitterness in his heart: "But you didn't say the most critical point. ”

"The son doesn't understand, please make it clear to my father." Seeing that his father was not angry again, Li Shimin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yang Tong is Yang Guang's grandson!"

"This?"

"Still don't understand?" Li Yuan let out a long sigh and said with a wry smile: "Yang Tong and Yang Guang are the same way, so Yang Guang strongly supported him behind him, and forcibly helped him stop several major families in Jizhou, when Yang Guang was incapable of controlling the world, no one could shake Yang Tong's status in the land of Yanzhao." The later Yang Tong's road became, the smoother. ”

Li Shimin pondered for a moment and said: "Father, it is precisely because we do not have the uniform field system that the people are more eager for land than those under Yang Dong's rule. ”

Li Yuan was speechless when he heard this, and only after a long time did he say, "I have thought about it a long time ago!" But it's impossible, first of all, the Chengdu Plain of the country of abundance is occupied by a large number of Guanlong magnates, and the rest are mostly strong in Bashu, and there are very few who belong to the imperial court. The reason why Yang Tong succeeded was because he had the support of the common people, and whoever opposed it was the enemy of the ordinary people, and he could easily kill all the opponents, and in the end the land was all his, and then he distributed it to the people. Can you not work for Yang Tong for the hard-won field? Secondly, the soldiers of our army are mainly slaves and tenant farmers of various families, and they have an interdependent relationship with the family, and most of their relatives live in the manor of the family, and it is difficult to get rid of the control of the family. ”

"Although my Datang developed rapidly in the early stage because of the support of the Guanlong magnates, the later it is, the more constraints it is subjected to, that is, the implementation of a decree, we have to weigh the pros and cons again and again, far from the current Yang Tong, as long as the decree is made, it can be effectively implemented in various places immediately, sometimes, I really envy Yang Dong."

Li Shimin was silent, he has been leading troops all these years, rarely asked about the affairs of the imperial court, and did not know the great problems faced by his father and eldest brother. Li Tang started his career with the Guanlong magnates, but the large amount of land and population occupied by the Guanlong magnates became the biggest obstacle to the stable rule and development of the Li Tang Dynasty.

After hearing so much, Li Shimin also knew that his father would not be hot-headed to deal with the Guanlong magnates, so he said: "Father, the son actually has two things to present to his father. ”

"Say it!"

"Father, the first thing is that the sons and daughters implore to take back the position of the general of the Heavenly Pivot, confer the right to confer military attachés and open the palace, and the sons have offended the imperial brother a lot, and I would like to sincerely apologize to the eldest brother."

Li Shimin's decision was much beyond Li Yuan's expectations, and he understood that Li Shimin's implication was that he would no longer seek the position of the East Palace, give up internal fighting, and unite with the outside world.

In fact, Li Yuan has also realized that it is too early to let his brothers fight, which is also one of the reasons for the repeated failures of Datang, and he also hopes that his two sons will work together to the outside world, but there is no turning back from the bow, and it is too late for him to remedy it;

Li Shimin's current statement made Li Yuan feel greatly relieved, and the unhappiness caused by Guan Long's magnates also disappeared, and the hatred for Li Shimin's killing intent was gone as early as the time of the dialogue, he laughed and said: "The emperor's words are the most gratifying thing for my father in the past few years, and I believe that our father and son will work together to overcome the crisis." ”

"The son will never live up to his father's expectations."

Li Yuan asked happily, "What is the second thing you said?" ”

"Second, it is about the Hanshui defense line, Erchen thinks that if the Sui army can't break through the Hanshui defense line, it will definitely join forces with Xiao Milling, Xiyang Xue Wanjun and Nanyang Yang Shanhui each have more than 100,000 troops, Qin Qiong also has about 60,000, relative to the strength of the Hanshui defense line, their mobile strength is at least about 100,000, if this army bypasses Chungling and takes over Yiyang, Handong, Anlu, and Yong'an north of Xiao Milling's Hanshui, only 20,000 cavalry needs to be arranged at the intersection of Handong and Chungling, and Sichang will not be able to move, and the large army can bypass the Hanshui defense line, Attacking Lingling and Jingling from Handong, and Sichang only has 40,000 troops in his hands, father, the situation is worrying! ”

This is Li Shimin's real worry, if the Hanshui defense line is broken and Jingxiang is lost, Bashu will not be able to keep it for long.

Li Yuan was silent, Li Shimin's opinion was the same as what he was worried about, he also thought that if the Sui army could not cross the Han River, it would definitely break through from the east, if Chungling or Jingling was lost, the war would soon burn to Xiangyang, and the Han Water defense line would not be broken. It's just that he doesn't have many troops, and he can't come up with an idea for a while.

"According to the emperor's opinion, how should we deal with the danger of Jingdong?" Since the second son talked about this matter, Li Yuan knew that he must have an idea.

"The sons have three strategies, please ask your father to decide." Li Shimin is also shrewd, every time he used to make suggestions, he was always not adopted, and many times he was cleaned up, the reason is that he didn't understand the imperial court, and every time he always asked his father how to fight and how he should fight, so that his father, who was the emperor's father, lost face. This time, he prepared three strategies to provide his father with a choice, and no matter which one he finally adopted, he succeeded.

"What are the three strategies?" Li Yuan asked.

Li Shimin said: "The best policy is to use both offense and defense, turn passive into active, we currently have 300,000 troops, not without the power of active attack, as far as Erchen knows, the 30,000 Sui troops guarding Shangluo are all county soldiers, led by the unknown Liu Gang, and most of the troops are in the Wuguan area; We can draw out 100,000 troops to sneak in from the Jiashui River Valley in Xicheng, as long as the offensive is rapid, taking advantage of Xue Wanjun's time to return to the army, we will hit Jingzhao in one go, even if we can't capture Chang'an, the Sui Dynasty will shake up and down, Yang Tong will have to transfer a large army to support Guanzhong, and the danger of Jingdong will not be solved; This can also play a role in appeasing the Guanlong magnates. ”

Li Yuan thought for a while, didn't say anything, and asked, "What about Zhongce?" ”

"Back to my father, the middle strategy is also both offensive and defensive, but the direction has changed." Li Shimin glanced at his father and saw that he had no intention of objecting, and then continued: "Erchen means to divide the 100,000 troops that can be drawn out into two; 30,000 all the way, go south to defend Jingling, and 70,000 troops on the other road support Chungling, so that the Lingling army reaches 110,000, swallow Qin Qiong in one go, if our army wins, then take Xiao Milling with all the strength, so that you don't have to bother to go around to fight Lingnan. ”

This policy can be said to have rejected Li Jiancheng's strategy of going all out to hold on and divide his troops to the south. After Li Shimin finished speaking, he did not stop this time, and continued: "Erchen's next strategy is to simply give up Jingxiang neatly, try to ensure that Bashu is not lost, and then concentrate on the implementation of the eldest brother's southward strategy, and at the same time purge the Guanlong magnates and divide their good land manor equally among the soldiers of our army, so that not only the morale of the army is excited, but also the Guanlong magnates who are not able to lose the tail, so that the father can go into battle lightly." ”

Li Shimin's three plans made Li Yuan very contradictory, he could accept it, and he couldn't accept it. Dumping the nest and fighting to the death with the Sui army, he didn't have the courage; But to give up Jingxiang and flee into Bashu, he can't accept it now, not that he doesn't want to, but his tentative move to move the capital has made people panic, if he forcibly goes west, then he will become a cowardly mouse for the propaganda of Guanlong's magnates everywhere, and how to deter the ministers in the future? He now finally realizes that the temptation to move the capital is a bad move by himself, and he has completely destroyed the strategy of his eldest son, but the matter has come to this point, how can he regret it? After thinking for a long time, he sighed: "Rong Zhen think about it." ”

"The retainers retired."

Li Shimin walked out of the imperial study, just happened to take a look at Li Jiancheng who came in a hurry, and hurriedly gave a deep salute, "Little brother solemnly apologizes to the imperial brother!" ”

"Apologize? What apologies? Li Jiancheng didn't react for a long time.

"The younger brother used to have illusions about things that did not belong to him, but now he has repented and resigned from his father as the general of Tianshu, and returned all the rights granted to him as a military general. In the past, it was the fault of the younger brother, and I apologize to the royal brother, and the younger brother will fully support the imperial brother in exercising the prince's power in the future. After Li Shimin finished speaking, he bowed deeply.

Li Jiancheng finally understood, this is to reconcile with himself! But he is not as easily deceived by family affection as his father, and he has been fighting with Li Shimin for so many years, Li Jiancheng really knows his second brother's personality too well, and knows that he is very scheming, and he will never give up the position of crown prince easily.

It's really good to take the initiative to resign, after the defeat of the army, his father's dissatisfaction with him, and he won the favor of his father, and he has the trust of his father, are you afraid that you won't be able to regain military power?

And as a father, what is the father most afraid of? It was after he ascended to the throne that he slaughtered his other sons. If you make any more calculations, in the eyes of your father, you will be intolerant, and your position as the prince will be unstable.

The second brother's good move is to retreat.

Terrible!

Li Jiancheng took a chill in his heart, but he also knew that Datang was in danger now, if the two brothers could reconcile temporarily, it would be beneficial and harmless to Datang, thinking of this, Li Jiancheng smiled indifferently: "Another day, our brothers will get together?" ”

Li Shimin knew that although the eldest brother didn't say anything like holding hands and making peace, his words were full of reconciliation and kindness, so he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Junior brother is the east." ”

"Good!" Li Jiancheng smiled and nodded, "You get busy first!" ”

"The younger brother retired first." Li Shimin saluted again, turned around and left, looking at the back of him leaving, Li Jiancheng's heart was heavy, and he felt that Li Shimin was even more terrible, and he only hoped that he would no longer engage in wind and rain now.

At this time, a eunuch came out and saluted: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, see you in the Holy Xuanjin. ”

"Good!" Li Jiancheng retracted his thoughts and walked quickly into the imperial study.

Li Yuanle said happily: "You should have met Shimin, right?" ”

"Exactly! The second brother apologized to his son. Seeing his father's happy appearance, Li Jiancheng felt bitter in his heart, knowing that Li Shimin successfully won the favor of his father with the bitter trick of retreating into advance.

Li Yuan stroked his beard and laughed: "He should have apologized to the emperor a long time ago, and I am very pleased with his enlightenment." ”

When Li Jiancheng heard this, he reluctantly smiled and said: "Father, since the beginning of the army in Jinyang, our brothers and sisters have been busy with each other, we have not been together once in the past few years, everyone has a lot of shares, and many misunderstandings are often caused by unfamiliarity. I beg my father to approve a day off. ”

"Good, good, good!" Li Yuan's heart was suddenly overjoyed, and he said with joy: "You are ready, I can approve it at any time, and when the time comes, I, who is a father, will also attend." However, let's state in advance that we will only talk about family life, not about state affairs. Otherwise, I, the father, won't be able to spare you. ”

"Please relax."

Li Jiancheng smiled and asked instead, "The second brother is here for the matter of Guan Long's magnates?" ”

"Exactly!" Li Yuan nodded, "He also proposed three solutions to the current crisis, and I was a little hesitant for a while. ”

Li Yuan didn't talk nonsense, and directly said Li Shimin's upper, middle and lower three strategies, and finally said: "I am inclined to the middle strategy, what does the emperor think?" ”

Li Jiancheng was full of displeasure, his strategy of stable development came to Li Shimin's mouth, and it was actually reduced to a subordinate strategy, but he also knew that after his father's trouble, he really couldn't do it in the near future, and after reading the piled up of letters of request, he sighed helplessly.

Facing his father's expectant gaze, Li Jiancheng thought for a while before he said: "Father, the second brother has its own three strategies, but no matter which one of them, it is related to the life and death of my Tang Dynasty. Everyone will work together to choose the most prudent strategy and improve it to foolproof. ”

These words also reminded Li Yuan, and he said with a smile: "What the emperor said is extremely true, I almost forgot about the political affairs hall. By the way, what does Dou Rail say? ”

Li Jiancheng said bitterly: "Dou Xiangguo said that he was infected with wind and cold, and he was not good at walking, and refused to benefit from the post of Shangshu Ling, the state road executive. ”

Li Yuan's face suddenly turned pale, his fists clenched, and he let out an angry roar: "Hey, a good one is infected with wind and cold, and a good one is not good at walking!" I think he wants to join forces with the Dugu faction, so that the Guanlong magnates can fight against my royal family as a whole. ”

"Father's anger is at ease." Li Jiancheng looked helpless: "They are sure that we don't dare to have civil strife to be so excessive, this matter is up to the sons to take responsibility, and the sons go to talk to them, just say that the sons are wrong, let them rest assured." ”

Li Yuan's face was even more ugly, the eldest son was his heir, he came to the door to explain in a low voice, in fact, it was no different from his own visit, this is the loss of the dignity and majesty of the royal family, this retreat, the Guanlong magnates will be more excessive in the future, but the current situation has to be, for a long time, before he said coldly: "Today's humiliation, I will deeply remember it, and wronged the emperor to calm this matter." ”

"Whoa!" His father's murderous intent against Guan Long's magnates made Li Jiancheng deeply worried.

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I wish you all a happy new week.