The head of a famous family with the name of benevolence in the world, who is planning to ascend the throne of the future emperor, at this moment, his expression, tone and even the words in his mouth are quite similar to the famous tyrant in Jiangdu City.

"My father told you a long time ago that a warrior is like a sword in my Li family. No matter how sharp the sword is, it must also be mastered by me, otherwise it will be useless scrap iron and not a battle blade. When you led the army for your father, you were not yet born, and the things on the battlefield are much more familiar than you! It is true that a sword is almost comparable to the life of a general, but when it comes to life and death, no general puts himself in danger in order to protect his weapons. In the final analysis, the sword is just a tool, and life is the most important thing. A fool who wants to risk his life in order to protect a sword and a famous sword is destined to be a big deal! Your talents are not under the father, and the reason for this is not difficult to understand. Tai'a can't hold it upside down, and the sword can't do it on its own, this truth is the Father has told you once before, and now he will talk about it again. If you still don't understand, you don't have to talk about it as a father. ”

Li Yuan is known as a city government, otherwise how could he hide from Yang Guang's ears and eyes, let alone achieve today's hegemony. Even in front of his own flesh and blood, he rarely speaks what he really thinks in his heart. For example, today's words would not be uttered even when he was drunk, and now that the words have been spoken, it is enough to prove how excited Li Yuan was at this time, and the weight of these words is extraordinary.

Li Shimin Although Li Yuan's beloved son is also the commander of the Li family's army, and Li Yuan himself is also a rare loving father, but if Li Shimin still can't understand his father's attitude, or can't obey his father's orders, then Li Yuan will ruthlessly take back the military power of this second son, and let his son be a rich and idler at most in the future, and he will no longer be entrusted with important tasks.

Since he was a child, Li Shimin has been scolded by his father a lot, and even eaten family law a few times. But the punishment he has suffered in his life together cannot keep up with the pressure of this experience. Even on the battle array, when facing thousands of enemy soldiers, Li Shimin had never been so frightened at such a moment.

He is not a timid person, he has done a lot of bloody battles on the battlefield, and he can not need his life when he fights, and ordinary words or threats naturally cannot scare him. However, what Li Yuan was in front of him at this moment was not an ordinary punishment, but a major event related to his life's future and even his life's ambitions.

Born in troubled times, he has unique skills, and he is not willing to be mediocre. Li Shimin has the ambition of Lingyun, and he has long wanted to rely on what he has learned to stabilize the country and the country, end the current troubled times, and create a splendid future for the people. This ambition is not only related to oneself, but also related to the well-being of the whole world, and there must be no room for mistakes. Although Li Shimin cares about his friendship with Xu Le, he doesn't want to give up his great career just for the sake of friendship.

It's just that before this, he never thought that his father, who had always cared for Xu Le as a nephew, would actually guard against Xu Le and his Xuanjia cavalry to such an extent. Even those Guanzhong Yingyang or the civilian rebels who belonged to them had never been so vigilant, why were they so worried about Xu Le?

Li Shimin couldn't figure it out and didn't dare to ask. Because he never thought of such an incident, he suddenly encountered his father's trouble, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. He couldn't sit back and watch his previous battles and all kinds of plans turn into water, but he couldn't give up his friendship with Xu Le, Rao was always brave and straightforward, and he couldn't answer at this time.

Li Yuan saw that his son's face was red and his ears were red, and he didn't continue to ask, and the room fell silent again. After a long while, Li Yuan spoke again, and his tone was much slower than Fang Cai: "Qu Tutong is a veteran of the Great Sui, although his reputation is not as good as that of the heavy pupil thief, but he is not an idle person. In the past, Liu Jia rebelled, and his soldiers and horses were known as 100,000 people, and Qu Tutong broke the enemy with more than 10,000 eagles. Beheaded Liu Jia on Shangjun, killed more than 10,000 thieves in Nanshan and returned to build a capital view. There is a folk proverb: Rather eat three buckets of Ai, do not see Qu Tu Gai, rather serve three buckets of green onions, not Qu Tutong. What is the temperament of this person, it can be seen from this proverb, you can control such a veteran? ”

Li Shimin nodded and did not answer, Qu Tutong is very famous and senior, but since he returned to Shun, he has been respectful and loyal to himself, and he can't see the slightest dissent. Of course, there are factors that combine kindness and righteousness, and the more important point is the great military might of the Xuanjia Cavalry. If it weren't for the previous battle formation with the Xuanjia cavalry as the vanguard, the elite armored cavalry under the command of Qu Tutong would be wiped out in the first battle, and the Qu Tu brothers might not be as obedient as they are now. However, these words naturally could not be said at this time, and Li Shimin had no choice but to respond with silence.

Li Yuan twisted his beard in his hand, nodded and said: "Count him as an acquaintance, if he dares to look at the king, he will take his head!" This veteran is not easy to get along with, even Yang Jian is in Japan, and he has repeatedly resisted with words. Now that I am willing to listen to your orders, what is the reason for this? ”

Without waiting for Li Shimin to answer, Li Yuan had already continued: "The general trend! Although Lao Er has a stubborn temperament, he is finally not blind and can see the general trend clearly. If today's fate is not in my Li family, the Yang family, he will not dare to be as domineering as in the past, let alone rude to my son. The world's heroes do not know how many, there are countless people who have the ability to surpass Qu Tutong, and there are not many people who have better vision than Qu Tutong. As long as my Li family grasps the general trend, these people will become my son's wings and make contributions to the Li family's charge. ”

"Heaven does not take the opposite. For example, everyone is waiting for their father to ascend the throne today, and the lieutenant generals and colonels of our army are waiting to ascend the throne for their father, and they can also become ministers of the dragon and be rewarded. When Chang'an Xinding's people are unstable, they can wait. Now that the general trend has calmed people's hearts, how can these people wait? If they are not sure of their position, it is not uncommon for these generals to be dissatisfied and even have different aspirations. No matter how good the Xuanjia Cavalry is, it is only a lone army. My father and son cannot be an elite soldier and chill the hearts of thousands of soldiers. Erlang is familiar with the art of war, and when it comes to the use of military methods, there are few people in the world, and the way of the battlefield does not need to be taught by your father. You also know that those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a corner, and if my father and son want to be this world, they can't only focus on one city and one place or one general. No matter how good Xu Le is, he can't miss a major event in the family because of him! ”

Li Shimin was still speechless. He didn't agree with his father's point of view, but he couldn't argue with it. The family has the rules of the family, and the head of the family has no easier order than a mountain, no matter whether the order is right or wrong, when the head of the family makes a decision, the rest of the family can only obey. As a son of a family, Li Shimin knew this truth when he was very young, so no matter how many grievances there were at this time, he could only keep it in his heart and dare not declare it.

Li Yuan could guess his thoughts when he looked at his son's expression, and a smile appeared on his face again: "Erlang can take care of the affection with Le Langjun, and he is very happy for his father." When he was a father and Xu Wei, why wasn't this kind of friendship? In my eyes, Xu Le is not much different from you, and naturally he doesn't really want him to encounter accidents. It's just that the soldiers are ruthless in the battlefield, and Xu Le is a fighting general, so he will not be greedy for life and afraid of death, let alone put his own life above the overall situation. If he was really so cowardly and incompetent, he would not be worthy of being a descendant of the Xu family, let alone go to Jiangdu. When he set out, he was ready to be faithful. Besides, you know best how good his art is, even if Yang Guang wants to be unfavorable to him, he also has a way to protect himself, so you don't have to worry too much. Jiuniang is a daughter's family, short-sighted, you can't learn from her. The men of our Li family are going to do big things, and we must take a long-term view, and we can't miss the overall situation for one person. In the future, you will meet countless heroes, and there are thousands of good men in the world waiting to serve the new monarch, what you have to do is to hold these people in your hands, and let the heroes of the world be used by me, not by them, understand? ”

Li Shimin knew that he should say a clear word at this time to show his filial piety and obedience to his father. However, thinking of Xu Le's heroic appearance and the great military exploits he had made for the Li family, he couldn't say this sentence anyway. It's just that those who hope that their father will consider Xu Le's safety and not rush to become the emperor naturally can't get their lips out.

Li Yuan waved his hand lightly: "You suffered from the saddle horse in the battle, and your father knows it." Look at the way you look, it's a lot less than when you were at home, and it's time to get some rest when you come back. And the men and horses were entrenched outside the city, so as not to frighten the rats in the city. Then you will rest and rest for the sake of your father's enthronement, and then you will be rewarded. ”

This arrangement is not only a loving father's compassion for his son, but also a warning to Li Shimin. If before Li Yuan's enthronement ceremony is completed, he and Li Yan mess around again to try to delay the date of Li Yuan's accession to the throne, whether this military power can be taken back is between the two. Li Shimin didn't know what his father was thinking, but he was helpless. He could choose to fight to the end, but he knew there was no point in doing so. After all, he is the master of the three armies, and he will not be as willful as Li Yan, and he will not do futile things. Li Shimin didn't say anything more, and he only said after a long time: "Thank you, my lord, the child has his own measure, and he will never miss a big thing." ”

Li Shimin, who was regarded by Li Yan as the biggest help, suddenly retreated, and coupled with the constraints of his sister-in-law eldest Sun Yin, it was difficult for Li Yan to stir up the turmoil. Most of the Xuanjia cavalry soldiers outside the city did not know the harm of Li Yuan's ascension to the throne, and even if a few people could feel that something was wrong, they were also lonely and difficult to hinder the overall situation.

Five days later, Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Dynasty, ascended the throne as emperor by Chan in Daxing Palace, changed the country name to Tang, and the year name to Wude. The Chinese military generals of the dynasty were all rewarded, Xu Le himself was not in the city, Li Shimin recounted his merits on his behalf, and was awarded the title of General Zuo Yiwei, and Li Yuan even mentioned Xu Le's name three times in front of the hundred officials, calling him the Li family Qianliju, and the Tang Dynasty would protect the Xu family's wealth and prosperity for a day, if this oath was violated, the sky would not be loaded!

Yang Yu, the acting king who was previously respected as the emperor, was renamed the Duke of Xuguo and imprisoned in Chang'an.

Although before this, there were also rebels who established themselves as kings, but regardless of their prestige and fame, no one could compare with Li Yuan. Countless famous families in the north and south of the river believed that the Sui Dynasty was the mandate of heaven, and they all showed favor to Li Yuan. And the news that Li Yuan ascended the throne in Chang'an and officially broke off with the Great Sui was also like having wings, and it spread all over the north and south of the river in a very short time.