Ba Shang camp, the Sui army training is in full swing, only to listen to the huge shouting and killing sound endlessly, one after another, two different uniforms of the army in the wilderness outside the barracks, impact each other, high flags fluttering in the wind, one for the word "Wei Chi" battle flag, a "Niu" word battle flag.

Wei Chigong and Niu Jinda just put down the Xiaoguo Army, and the 'recruits' who took over were all kinds of unpleasant and dissatisfied, and then they felt all kinds of unqualified, and the two of them started confrontation exercises in order to let the 'recruits' form combat effectiveness as soon as possible!

Yang Tong felt that the two of them were a little bit of a seedling, but as a king, who didn't want his generals to train like this? Therefore, emotionally sympathize with these soldiers who descended from Li Tang, but rationally recognize the actions of the second general.

"Your Highness, the scouts have sent news that the Tang Dynasty has sent an envoy who has arrived ten miles away." At this time, a guard came to report it.

"Who is the messenger?"

It's all like this, Li Yuan either get out or die, there is no third choice, what else is there to talk about between Sui and Tang?

"The main envoy is Li Jiancheng, and the deputy envoy is Xiao Yu, escorted by Li Daozong with a thousand elite soldiers."

Yang Tong was also a little surprised, wasn't Li Yuan afraid that he would detain Li Jiancheng, the prince of Li Tang? But after thinking about it again, I was relieved, Li Tang was defeated to this step, and Li Jiancheng was actually not much different from being detained in Chang'an.

"Let's see!" Yang Tong said to Du Ruhui on the side: "Keming, you go to greet me on my behalf." I also talk to him on behalf of our Da Sui to see what the situation is. ”

In general negotiations, the deputy talks first, and then the heads of the two sides reach a consensus and sign an agreement, it can also be said that the main work is completed by the deputy envoy, and Yang Tong has no civil officials around him, so he can only let Du Ruhui take the top.

"Whoa!"

"Li Tang is a thief, we can ignore the identity of Prince Li Tang, let him understand that Li Tang is on the verge of despair, whether he is dead or alive is all in my thoughts. But Li Jiancheng is Concubine Li's eldest brother, and he is not bad, so the etiquette in this regard must be given to him. ”

"Ignorance, understood!"

Du Ruhui saluted and left quickly.

Yang Tong's eyes continued to look at the two armies that were competing, for Yang Tong, who had a 100% advantage, there was no need to negotiate at all, and Li Tang was not qualified to make a little request to the Great Sui. If it weren't for running away with a Li Shimin, if it weren't for the Guanlong Group to engage in a southern family, Yang Tong really didn't want to let go of Li Yuan!

And if Li Yuan is put to the south, the emperor of Li Tang is still Li Yuan, and the Li family dynasty is still a situation where Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin's party are fighting, if Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng are killed, Li Shimin will naturally become the emperor of Li Tang, and a Li Tang dynasty controlled by Li Shimin is definitely a hundred times more difficult to deal with than now, so the living Li Yuan is more valuable to Yang Dong, and in this case, let the Li family dynasty continue to fight among themselves.

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On the other side, Li Jiancheng was under the escort of the Guards, and quickly drove towards Ba, looking at the familiar mountains, Li Jiancheng's eyes flashed with reluctance and nostalgia, his father and emperor were concerned about military affairs, and the livelihood problems in Guanzhong were pressed on his shoulders. In the past few years, his footprints have spread all over the land of Guanzhong, and his feelings for this land are no lower than anyone else's, but Li Tang was defeated, no matter how reluctant he was, he had to leave Guanzhong and go to the unknown south to seek an unknown future.

"Xiao Xiangguo! You say, why is my Datang like this? After being silent for a long time, Li Jiancheng asked Xiao Yu, who was walking quickly.

"Does Your Highness remember what Yang Tong said about 'Li Tang Seven Defeats'?" Xiao Yu asked rhetorically.

After a defeat, Li Yuan won with arrogance and ambition, and defeated with indecision and foresight

Second defeat, Li Yuan's nepotism, magnanimity on the surface, but in fact suspicious and unkind

Three defeats, the rewards and punishments of the Tang army are unknown, and most of the founding generals are thieves, all of them are arrogant and arrogant, thinking that they have contributed to the Tang Dynasty and ignoring military orders.

Four defeats, generous Guan Long magnates, even the incompetent children of the family have a worry-free future, occupying too many positions, so that Han Shi has no way to be promoted.

After five defeats, the Li Tang Dynasty did not dare to act on the interests of the Guanlong aristocracy, but they exploited the poor people to the extreme, and the people's hearts were lost, and the people at the bottom regarded Li Tang as a tyrant

Six defeats, Li Yuan, in order to consolidate his throne, indulged in the brotherly dispute between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, and infighting, has always been the beginning of a country's decline.

Seven defeats, Li Yuan was seriously suspicious, stubborn and self-serving, and did everything himself, and made mistakes one after another.

"Remember!" Yang Tong's 'Li Yuan's Seven Defeats', each of which directly points to Li Tang's core problems, how can Li Jiancheng not remember? Li Jiancheng also got the answer to Li Tang's failure, and he didn't ask questions, in general, Li Tang's defeat today is the defeat of the national policy and system, and the defeat of the top level of the court from the top down.

If these reasons for defeat are not solved, Li Tang may have no problem dealing with some small princes, but if he encounters a strong army of the Great Sui, he will definitely be defeated.

But as the crown prince, what can he do?

The solution he can think of is actually to accumulate as much money and food as possible, and lurk to train elite soldiers, rather than overdrawing the energy of elite soldiers for the sake of empty territory. If it weren't for the fact that his father attached too much importance to the territory, how could Guanzhong, which had elite soldiers, lose so quickly?

The second way Li Jiancheng thought of was to solve the land problem, and after arriving in the south, he persuaded his father to distribute the official land to the people and implement the Juntian system, so that he could capture the hearts of the people and boost morale, and the Tang Dynasty may still have a glimmer of hope.

At the same time, it is also necessary to solve the problem of internal strife, Li Tang's internal strife has two main lines, one is the power struggle between him and Li Shimin, and the other is the dispute between various interest groups in the DPRK and China.

Of course, the most important thing is the character of his father, if he can't get rid of the cronyism, the Tang Dynasty will continue to sink, and it would be better to be generous to the general. But this character flaw can only be hoped that Li Yuan will realize it himself and change it, because even he, who is a son, dare not say it?

Especially in terms of military power, Li Jiancheng didn't even dare to mention it.

People often say that 'the general will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected', but in fact, whoever dares to resist it is a dead end, this has been the case since ancient times, isn't the root of Zhou Yafu's death in the Xiliu camp?

Outsiders are still like this, military power is an untouchable gap for the emperor and the crown prince, if Li Jiancheng suggests to his father that he let go of military power, then he will be the prince at the end, and he will not even protect his head.

Monarch father, monarch father, first the monarch is the father, if which prince reverses the order, then, which prince will be unlucky. At this point, Li Jiancheng has done a good job.

Li Jiancheng sighed: I hope that my father can realize his mistake after this defeat. It's just that I don't know how much the Tang Dynasty needs to pay for this negotiation?

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but laugh at myself again, what else did the Tang Dynasty have in Guanzhong except for a Chang'an city?

"Your Highness!"

There was a shout in the distance, Li Jiancheng looked east, and saw a group of black dots rushing from a distance, and his soldiers reported just now: "Your Highness, the person greeted by the Sui army has arrived." ”

Li Jiancheng's heart was relieved, Yang Tong pays attention to etiquette, which means that he will not embarrass himself or detain himself. Although Li Jiancheng told Chen Shuda that Yang Tong would not do such a thing as detaining the envoy, in fact he was still very worried. Now I'm finally relieved.

Not long after, Du Ruhui galloped under the escort of a hundred cavalry, and he was led to Li Jiancheng, Du Ruhui bowed his hand: "Du Ruhui, the deputy envoy of the Great Sui Negotiation, has seen His Highness!" ”

"It turned out to be the champion of the Great Sui scientific expedition, and I have admired it for a long time." Li Jiancheng replied with a smile, he has indeed admired the name of Du Ruhui for a long time, and Gao Xiaoji, the former servant of the Great Sui Dynasty, has a pair of discerning eyes, observing people's eyebrows, predicting the future, and there is nothing to be sure of. Those who get his praise will have smooth sailing, but he has tens of millions of people, and only gives Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui the highest evaluation.

This comment has become a momentary beauty, and Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui have also become famous all over the world. Fang Xuanling is now the official of the Great Sui, and what is even more powerful is that in the Great War of Goguryeo, Fang Xuanling appointed the commander of the Northern Route Army of the Great Sui as a literati, and captured Goguryeo Moli Zhiyuan Taizuo (Prime Minister) in the First World War, and the eldest brother (deputy minister), known as the Goguryeo military god Eulzhi Wende, the news reached the Central Plains and was shocked, so he was included in the ranks of famous marshals. Isn't this exactly what Gao Xiaoji said about 'a very good minister'?

Fang Xuanling's name is known all over the world, and Du Ruhui won the first place in the scientific examination of the Great Sui, which also made some old men of the Sui Dynasty think of what Gao Xiaoji said to Fang Du, "The two sages should be the king of Xing, and they are extremely popular ministers, and Du Nian is slightly reduced to Fang Er." I am willing to trust you with my children and grandchildren. ”

Gao Xiaoji is now ancient, but Yang Tong's ability to recognize people seems to be better than Gao Xiaoji, and everything that is reused by him is not a great achievement.

Du Ruhui is now an official in the Sui Dynasty, and I am afraid that the day of soaring is not far away!

Thinking of the grand occasion of the Great Sui generals like clouds and strategists like rain, Li Jiancheng was jealous, and he asked with a smile: "May I ask how far is it from the residence of King Qin?" ”

Du Ruhui replied: "There are still about five or six miles. ”

"In that case, let's hurry up."

"Whoa!" Du Ruyan is indispensable.

Li Jiancheng and Du Ruhui walked side by side, and said with a smile: "Has Mr. Du been with His Royal Highness King Qin?" ”

Du Ruhan said with a smile: "My official position is that I joined the army in the Records Office of King Qin's Mansion, so I naturally followed King Qin, and speaking of which, it is not an official position in the imperial court." His Royal Highness has no civil servants around him, and it is not deliberately neglectful to let him temporarily serve as deputy envoy. ”

"Understood." Li Jiancheng smiled and asked tentatively: "I heard that after King Qin's triumphant return from Liaodong, the naval army set off again, could it be that the war in Goguryeo has not yet ended?" The battle of Goguryeo is related to the dignity and honor of our people, and we are also very concerned about this matter, but Liaodong is too far away and the news is not smooth. ”

This information is related to whether Yang Tong is in a hurry to return to the division, if Yang Tong's war in Liaodong does not go well, Li Tang may be able to wait for reinforcements according to Chang'an. Li Jiancheng seemed to ask casually, but his heart hung up.

"Hehe, if everyone thinks like His Highness, if everyone can defend the interests of the nation; That's the blessing of my people. Du Ruhui's careless words concealed needles, satirizing the collusion between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, which made Li Jiancheng very embarrassed, Du Ruhui laughed in his heart, and then said: "Goguryeo was defeated by the King of Qin back then, and if it weren't for the internal instability of my Central Plains, it would have been destroyed long ago." After Goguryeo lost Liaodong, it has been silent all these years, but recently the Central Plains has been divided, thinking that my Great Sui is powerless to protect the border, so he made waves again, in order to prevent Goguryeo from fighting again, His Royal Highness the King of Qin gave up the internal dispute and resolutely sent troops. Goguryeo was far from the conquest of the Great Sui and was recovered by the Great Sui, and Goguryeo was no longer the original Goguryeo, and only four battles were fought to attack its capital. In order to bring back the abundant loot, the navy set sail again, and in addition to the booty, more than 700,000 Goguryeo people also had to be transported back. ”

What else can Li Jiancheng say? Thinking of Xue Wanjun's cruel feat of using 80,000 Turkic corpses to pave a human ladder, Li Jiancheng couldn't help but be a little stunned, feeling that the Sui Dynasty military was all crazy from top to bottom, and his brother-in-law was the head of the madman.

"What are you doing to transport so many Goguryeo people?" Xiao Yu asked.

"It takes people to build roads, build rivers and strengthen dikes. And every one of the people of our clan is a treasure, His Royal Highness the King of Qin is reluctant to be enslaved, as for these alien races, whether they are dead or alive, everyone does not care. ”

"Well said!"

Li Jiancheng couldn't help but praise it, the importance of the people over the mountains has always been his philosophy, Yang Tong, a ruthless man, has this kind of thought, it is really not simple. As for the life or death of aliens, the devil cares.

This also made Li Jiancheng sigh secretly, no wonder the Sui Dynasty has the ability to implement policies that benefit the country and the people smoothly, such as the uniform land to households, the integrated tax system of the officials and gentry, the military support system, compulsory education, and the imperial examination system, and the key is that Yang Tong, the leader of the Great Sui, attaches great importance to it!

However, his father gave a large amount of land to the emperor's relatives, resulting in the dilemma of having no land to divide, which made Li Jiancheng sigh and be very frustrated.

The crowd walked a few miles and passed by a group of soldiers, who were tens of thousands of soldiers participating in the training, and all of them were in high spirits.

"What a strong army, if my Datang army is like this, why worry about the injustice of the world?" Li Jiancheng whispered to Li Daozong beside him.

Li Daozong said with an embarrassed face and a black line: "Your Highness, these soldiers were originally my Tang Dynasty soldiers. ”

Li Jiancheng was stunned when he heard this, he stopped his horse and looked at the soldiers participating in the training, only to see that these soldiers turned a blind eye to them.

Li Jiancheng stood stunned for a long time, only to hear a burst of shouts of killing, and an officer shouted: "The only way for my Great Sui army to be promoted is through military merit." Meritorious deeds will be rewarded, and mistakes will be punished, and no one is an exception. When you join the army and fight, your family will be given a share of the land and all taxes will be exempted. If you unfortunately die in battle, not only will you have a generous pension, but your parents and children will be supported and raised by the imperial court; If you are disabled, the imperial court will also arrange a job to support your family, and there will be a subsidy every month. ”

The soldiers were even more excited, the shouts of killing rang out, and Li Jiancheng sighed again: Even such a simple reward, the Tang Dynasty couldn't do it. How could a soldier be willing to die for the Tang Dynasty? If it was him Li Jiancheng, he wouldn't do it.

Li Jiancheng's mood suddenly dimmed, and after walking for a while, the Sui army camp got closer.

At this time, Luo Shixin stepped forward with a team of cavalry, clasped his fists and saluted: "According to the military order of His Royal Highness, the Tang envoy can only bring twenty people into the camp!" ”

Li Daozong glanced at Li Jiancheng and asked for his opinion, Li Jiancheng nodded and said, "Do it according to the rules." ”

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