Since human beings have lived in groups, whether in the era of clans or in the era of emperor-dominated dynasties, once their own country has suffered a major blow and a major military defeat, they will carry out deep introspection and even hold the parties responsible. Introspection', but no emperor is willing to take this step until the last resort, because as soon as the edict is issued, his reputation will be a stain that can never be erased, and more seriously, it may lead to the instability of the throne.

The Tang Dynasty was no exception, since the time carried by the Sui Dynasty, they suffered major defeats in a row, first failed in Hedongdao, and then were forced to withdraw from the state, and in the process of opening up the Yongliang channel, the Tang army won first and then lost, not only the plan to obtain the horse source was all bankrupt, but even the fundamental land of Guanzhong was lost, and under the aggressiveness of the Great Sui Dynasty, the Tang army's eastern expedition plan ended in the defeat of Li Gongxiao's Eastern Route Army, resulting in Li Shimin having to withdraw from the battle for Luoyang......

Although Li Yuan deliberately exaggerated Li Xiaogong's defeat, expanding the number of the Great Sui army indefinitely, and also rendering Li Xiaogong's breakthrough and adding a sense of tragedy and grandeur of a lonely hero, the effect was not ideal. Just because no matter what your reasons are, failure is an ironclad fact that can't be changed.

The pessimistic atmosphere in the court can be seen everywhere, and some gossip has even spread from the officials, saying that more than three or four percent of officials are considering resigning.

In the midst of pessimism and extreme disappointment with the imperial court, the call for Li Yuan to carry out military reform was growing louder and louder, and the tremendous pressure and worry made Li Yuan fall ill, which lasted for four days.

It wasn't until the afternoon of the fourth day that Li Yuan finally had the energy to summon Li Jiancheng, who had been waiting for an audience.

"The son of the emperor to meet his father!"

"Sit!"

"Son, thank you!"

Li Yuancai sat up from the soft couch with his tired body, he glanced at Li Jiancheng, who was slowly seated, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion in his heart: the difficult state affairs made Li Jiancheng completely lose the elegant bearing of 'Mo Shangren is like jade, and the son is unparalleled in the world', and what relieved him a little was that his heir was also a lot more stable and mature.

Li Yuan's voice was hoarse, and he paused slightly, only to hear him say slowly and breathlessly: "Emperor! Although I have not been in the court these days, I know some of the things that have happened recently...... To sum up, there are two things: one is to review the reasons for the failure of this campaign, and all those responsible must be held accountable; The second is to carry out profound military reforms in line with the principle of 'those who are capable and those who are mediocre are down', and then take advantage of the opportunity that Yang Tong cannot go all out to deal with us, restore the combat effectiveness of the army as soon as possible, and make full preparations for the upcoming offensive and defensive battle in Xiangyang. Before I meet with you, I want to hear what you really think! ”

Li Jiancheng was silent for a while, and said seriously: "Father wants to hear the true opinion of his son?" ”

Li Yuan was slightly stunned, and then smiled bitterly, he found that when facing himself, his son seemed to dare not tell the truth. This discovery made him feel that he was a complete loser whether he was a father or an emperor, and he settled down and said: "Now our father and son are talking about our own words behind closed doors, so no matter what you say too much, even pointing at me by the nose to criticize me, I will not hold you responsible." I want to get to the root of our failures and avoid repeating them next time. Of course, Datang has come to this point, and I have an unshirkable responsibility. But ......"

Speaking of this, Li Yuan changed his words and said lightly: "We must admit that Yang Dong is indeed a very terrible figure, he is far-sighted and calculated, but if the reason for the Sui army's great victory is Yang Tong's unique layout, it is inevitable that he thinks too highly of him, I always think that the root cause of our successive defeats is originally due to lack of strength. If we let go of our hands and feet to fight in Henan County now, we may not have no chance of winning, but the problem is that in addition to the army of Henan County in the Sui Dynasty, several major armies in the north of my Tang Dynasty are all ready to move on the border, so I think that although everyone has a certain responsibility, in the final analysis, our strength is not as good as others. ”

“……”

Li Yuan's high-sounding words made Li Jiancheng dumbfounded, and his heart trembled: Father's emperor This is obviously a light responsibility and a major situation, and he is talking about the head and the evidence, but he has no intention of solving the problem at all, let alone until the slightest effect of solving the problem, according to his father, is the reason why the Tang army failed is because his strength is not as good as that of the Great Sui, doesn't that tell everyone that the Tang Dynasty will be destroyed by the Northern Sui sooner or later? Once the father's strange remarks are leaked out, the Tang Dynasty will inevitably have an astonishing panic, and its intensity is no less than a dragon turnover.

What made Li Jiancheng even more frustrated was that his father said that he wanted to hear his truth, but now he took the lead in releasing this, which is the attitude of learning a lesson? It's clear that I want to get by.

If you really want to tell the world according to what your father said and continue to play like this, Datang will have to finish playing sooner or later, this is still a fart.

In fact, Li Jiancheng knows that although it is a fact that his strength is inferior to others, whether it is Li Xiaogong's fiasco or Li Shimin's defeat in the battle for Luoyang, it is still caused by paper in the final analysis - just because every battle that has occurred since the founding of the Tang Dynasty was made by his father and a group of literati in the palace to make strategic decisions on the map, and then let the generals in front carry it out according to the script, regardless of what the actual situation is. And the generals at the front need to make major strategic adjustments, and they must report to their fathers, even Li Shimin can't do it without authorization, if the generals at the front call the shots without authorization, it's better to say if they win, once they lose, no one can mention the consequences.

Li Xiaogong's fiasco is the most typical example, if he hadn't heard the holy order and missed the best opportunity to withdraw the army, he would not have been wiped out by Luo Shixin, a tragedy like Li Xiaogong, Datang has actually happened many, many times, but Li Yuan has not learned a lesson and implemented this set of military guidelines until now.

And another important reason is that the father would rather let the incompetent and immoral clan take charge of the military than believe in the ability of the foreign surname generals, if the main ones who take over Li Xiaogong will be Chai Shao, Duan Zhixuan, Liu Hongji, and the eldest grandson Shunde...... Or the late general Qu Tutong, instead of Li Shentong, who is suspected of attacking and passively protecting himself, then the outcome of Li Xiaogong's Eastern Route Army is definitely different.

These reasons are the mistakes that Datang urgently needs to correct, rather than the high-sounding statement that only focuses on the overall situation and does not pursue the details like his father.

Of course! Li Jiancheng knows that military power is the reverse scale of his father, he believes that all the armies of the Tang Dynasty are his army, he has the right to know everything, the right to decide everything, if he says that the imperial court and the Li clan can not interfere too much in the military, so that the real good war generals have the opportunity to show their talents, etc., my father is afraid that he immediately thinks that he is not allowed to intervene in the military, and wants to deprive him of military power, so as to replace him as the emperor.

Li Jiancheng's face was cloudy, and he was in a dilemma, for a while, he didn't know what he should do, was he telling the truth freely? Or do you say things against your will because of your father's authority?

At this moment, Li Jiancheng can be said to be difficult to advance and retreat!

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