Fangling County, Guangqian County. It has been three days since the southward migration, and Li Yuan has also locked himself in the room for three days, when he reappeared in front of everyone, even Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji brothers and Liu Wenjing and other close ministers almost didn't recognize it, in just three days, Li Yuan seemed to be ten years old, only his eyes still carried the sharp spirit of the past, let Li Jiancheng brothers know that his father and emperor were back.

"Xuan Zhen, send someone to inform the counties of Bashu in a letter, and each county will raise 5,000 soldiers and horses to send it, as soon as possible." Li Yuan looked at Pei Lin and said in a deep voice: "Remember, what I want is a young man who can train for a month or two to fight, and if anyone is shoddy, I will definitely not be spared." At the same time, the large county sent 200,000 stone of grain, the middle county 100,000 stone, and the small county 50,000 stone. ”

In this way, about 200,000 soldiers can be raised, and if they are not recruited in one county, it will not cause unacceptable pressure on all localities.

"Whoa!" Pei Lin bowed slightly.

"In addition, send someone to inform the King of Jin that Liangzhou Hehuang is no longer available, let him lead the main force to Fangling, appoint Liu Hong as the head of Wudu, take charge of Wudu, Tangchang, and Tongchang military affairs, and lead 30,000 elite defense against the Sui army." Li Yuan's eyes were filled with strong unwillingness, but what if he was unwilling? Li Tang Junchen was blasted out of the customs by Yang Tong like a lost dog, and Yongzhou was completely lost. When he was not sure of defeating the Sui Dynasty, he could only take a defensive position.

The most important thing is that after the first battle of Guanzhong, Li Yuan really didn't want to fight another big war with the Sui Dynasty, he didn't want to fight, he couldn't afford to fight, and he couldn't fight. Li Yuan's main enemies now are the princes of Xiao Mi, Wang Shichong, and Li Mi in the south. He could draw four or five hundred thousand people from each county, but the grain and grass in Bashu were obviously insufficient. Bashu is known as one of the important grain producing places, but the previous ones were bought by Yang Tong, and these outputs were taken to Guanzhong to raise the army, and the remaining large amount of grain, in addition to compensating Yang Dong, most of them were placed in Taicang, Guangtongcang, and Longxi, and now they have all become Yang Dong's. Now, in addition to the year-end rice of officials, it is reluctant to raise an army of 200,000. The important thing is that this year's drought in the world, Bashu has been affected by a lot, and I am afraid that not much has been handed over to the national treasury. And the scene of Yang Tong shooting down the banner with an arrow that day is still a lingering nightmare for Li Yuan, if Yang Tong wanted his life, he would have died at that time.

"Yuanji!" Li Yuan looked at his ugly son, and his gaze softened. For this son, he is a hundredfold headache.

In fact, the Li family's tutor is excellent, Li Jiancheng, Li Xiuning, Li Shimin, Li Xuanba, and Li Zhiyun are all extremely remarkable figures, Li Xuanba died early in frailty, but he is recognized as a prodigy; Li Zhiyun was killed by the Yin Shishi, but he died young, but he was also a figure of both civil and military, he inherited the excellent bloodline of the Li family, and was also good at calligraphy and chess.

Only Li Yuanji is a wonderful, because he looks too ugly, when he was born, his own mother Dou took a look, disgusted people, although he was taken in by the nurse, and survived, but he was also laissez-faire, no one to take care of and teach Li Yuanji, he became a lawless bastard. If Li Yuanji could be as well educated and favored by his mother as other children, Li Yuanji might not become the current Li Yuanji.

Psychologically speaking, people with physical defects or ugly appearances generally have a natural inferiority complex in their bones, and once this kind of person has outstanding ability in some aspect, it will evolve into extreme pride.

"Erchen is here!" Li Yuanji bowed respectfully.

"I will restore you today as the prince of Qi, appoint you as the general of the town army, and recruit 20,000 troops nearby."

Li Yuan was extremely angry that his son Li Yuanji 'led' Yang Tong into Chang'an and burned down the Daxing Palace, and immediately cut off Li Yuanji's title of King of Qi and demoted him to a commoner. But after going south, it seems that he has changed as a person, not only carefully choosing the site of the national capital, but also no longer idle, causing trouble everywhere, and beginning to care about and participate in state affairs, which makes Li Yuan somewhat relieved.

"Whoa!" Li Yuanji was overjoyed that he could finally take over military power.

"Be sure to train to be a strong and elite soldier that surpasses the Xiaoguo Army. As soon as the supplies are met, look for your eldest brother. Li Yuan learned from the pain and decided to spend a lot of money to build a strong army that was not weaker than the Xiaoguo army.

"Son, you must live up to your father's trust." Li Yuanji laughed, smiled at Li Jiancheng and said, "The eldest brother can't deduct the younger brother's military salary?" ”

"How so? It's too late for the eldest brother to be happy. Li Jiancheng patted him on the shoulder and said with emotion: "You have also grown up, serve your father and the Tang Dynasty well." ”

"Whoa!" Li Yuanji nodded excitedly, if Li Yuan gave him power, then Li Jiancheng was undoubtedly the person who gave him family affection and warmth, and in the family, only the eldest brother and third sister really loved him.

After arranging Li Yuanji, Li Yuan pondered for a while, and said to Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda: "My Tang Dynasty has a foothold in the south, and I can't do without a navy, so I ask the two Xiangguo to recruit good craftsmen, build warships, and practice sailors." ”

"Minister, take the order!" Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda retreated as ordered.

All of a sudden, only Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng and Liu Wenjing were left in the mansion.

Li Yuan saluted Liu Wenjing and said sincerely: "After I entered the main pass and ascended the throne as the emperor, I was not only arrogant and lost myself, but also pro-villain and far-reaching virtuous ministers!" Please don't blame Zhaoren. ”

"Holy Lord, how dare the minister!" Liu Wenjing hurriedly avoided it.

Liu Wenjing was the mastermind of Li Yuan's plan to raise troops in Taiyuan, and he planned and single-handedly arranged the Turkic envoys and other things before the uprising, which made Liu Wenjing make a very special contribution to the establishment of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Liu Wenjing was appointed as Nayan and became the prime minister. However, due to his defeat in the battle of Xue Ju, Liu Wenjing was once cut and removed. Soon, with Li Shimin's conquest of the Western Qin, he made meritorious service again, was able to restore the title, feudal city, and was worshiped as the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

However, Liu Wenjing's mentality has undergone a subtle change.

This was caused by an old friend Pei Lone. Pei Lian's role in the Taiyuan army was not as good as his, but his official position rose higher and higher, and the official worshiped Shangshu's right servant, far above Liu Wenjing. Li Yuan respected him very much, and every time he went to court, he would definitely invite him to sit with him. After the end of the court, he was left alone to discuss things and obey his words.

Liu Wenjing was very dissatisfied with Pei Lin being favored alone. This kind of dissatisfaction can't be vented to Li Yuan, so it can only be vented on Pei Lian. In the last dynasty, as long as Pei Lin expressed his opinion, Liu Wenjing immediately expressed his opposition and openly sang against the stage. In the long run, Liu Wenjing and Pei Lian, two good friends who were once like-minded and talked about everything, have become tense enemies. Because Liu Wenjing is a scholar and is not very good at speaking, every time he talks about political affairs, he always speaks outright, which makes Li Yuan very unhappy.

This made Liu Wenjing disheartened, and now seeing that Li Tang is thin and has nowhere to use his talent, he has the idea of going into hiding. Unexpectedly, Li Yuan suddenly came to this hand, which caught him a little off guard.

"I hope that Zhaoren will forgive me, help me regroup, and establish immortal achievements for Datang." Li Yuan pleaded.

Liu Wenjing sighed, knowing that Li Yuan realized his value in the midst of difficulties, but the estrangement had been born and the suspicion was there, how could he go back to the old days? But after all, he spent too much effort on Li Tang's foundation, as if watching his children grow up step by step, if it was not a last resort, he couldn't bear to abandon it, and immediately said loudly: "The saint is sincere, let the minister be moved." ”

"I don't know where Zhaoren thinks my Li Tang Road is?" Li Yuan asked happily.

"My Tang Dynasty lost Guanzhong, the strength has been greatly reduced, although there are many young and strong people in the south now, but after all, they are not people who have gone through a big war, they are all new soldiers, and they can't stop the monstrous prestige of the Sui Dynasty at all. If it is pressing step by step, our army can rely on the geographical advantage of Bashan and Shushui, consume the advantage of the cavalry of the Sui Dynasty, block it step by step, and slowly consume its national strength. It's up to you to hold on. ”

"But the princes of all walks of life didn't respond before."

"It's not the same time it used to be." Liu Wenjing smiled slightly and said: "In the past, my Datang and Sui Dynasty were equal in strength, and everyone was worried that after the collapse of the Sui Dynasty, they would become the next target of Datang, so they all adopted a wait-and-see attitude. Now that the Sui Dynasty has unified the north, it is as strong as the Northern Wei Dynasty in the past, and everyone knows that no one is the opponent of the Sui Dynasty, and can only be defeated by forming an alliance with one heart and one mind to resist it. Therefore, if the Sui Dynasty was aggressive, it would be beneficial for everyone to form an alliance. ”

"Zhaoren, having you to follow is a blessing that I have cultivated for several lifetimes." Li Yuan looked at Liu Wenjing's determined gaze, and was a little moved in his heart.

In the past few days behind closed doors, he carefully sorted out everything in Taiyuan since then, and found that Li Tang's defeat today was completely caused by his own decision-making mistakes again and again, and more importantly, after becoming the emperor, he was blind and arrogant, and could no longer listen to good words, only cared about playing with power, and did not put his mind on foreign wars at all.

Now, if you ask who has contributed the most to Li Yuan, Li Yuan will not have the slightest hesitation to say 'Liu Wenjing', he seeks the foundation of the country, governs the country, promotes talents, distinguishes between importance and righteousness, and it is precisely because of Liu Wenjing's excellence that he Li Yuan can enter the Guanzhong and establish the Tang Dynasty.

In this battle of Guanzhong, Liu Wenjing seized the time to persuade the courtiers, quickly agreed to Yang Tong's conditions, and gave up Chang'an, avoiding the consequences of Li Tang Junchen being captured in one fell swoop.

"The saint has won the award, and it is the honor of the minister to be able to support the Tang Dynasty, and to be able to follow the saint to run the Tang Dynasty thrivingly. Yang Tong is actually not terrible, he is just occupying a momentary situation, if it weren't for the fact that my Tang forces were all placed in the Liangzhou Hehuang area to fight with the Liang division, so that Yang Dong cut off the contact, how could the saint fail so easily? The minister firmly believes that as long as the saint is given time, the saint will not be afraid of him at all. Liu Wenjing said affirmatively.

"In two years, the Holy Lord can completely take over the mediocre and miling rivers and mountains, and wipe out the Jiangnan and Jianghuai with weak combat strength, and there are the vast two places south of Bashu and Huaishui, and the Holy Lord will have the capital to run rampant in the south."

Li Yuan laughed and said, "My idea is the same as Zhaoren's, we will bury our heads in the south for two years, and then meet Yang Tong." ”

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