Chapter 368 Li Tang Plan

Su Dingyan paused for a moment, and then continued: "And if our spies can also access them, what can we use to buy them?

According to the classification of craftsmen and reward standards set by their allies, these weapon producers are at least high-level talents, even special-grade talents, money, land, official titles, etc., they must have them, and even their family descendants can enjoy a lot of benefits.

And what our agents can offer them, they can't provide anything but money, not even much money.

In that case, how can we buy them?

Moreover, the Allies will not only reward the improvers and inventors of various crafting techniques, but also impose heavy penalties on those who steal secrets.

They have regulations that once the secret thief is discovered, he will be publicly beheaded for public display, confiscated the property and land of the three clans, and the relatives of the three clans will also be punished as official slaves, and the relatives of the nine clans will be affected in the worst cases.

Heavy rewards and punishments, rewards and punishments are clear, under such means, no one must dare to steal secrets, so it is estimated that it is difficult to achieve the expected goal by relying on the temptation of secret agents alone! ”

After Su Dingyan finished speaking, he glanced sideways at Pei Zhilin slightly, but Pei Zhilin only smiled slightly, and did not react much.

Pei Lin and other people from the family had a big change in their faces, and Su Dingyan's words not only directly explained the infeasibility of the bribery strategy, but even insinuated against them, after all, the biggest obstacle to the implementation of the craftsman reward plan came from them.

Li Yuan was a little secretly happy when he heard this, but his face remained unchanged, and he said, "General Su means that we will increase the reward for miscellaneous science, and then improve the invention ourselves?"

"Not bad!"

Su Dingyan nodded and said, "We can't put all our hopes on the spy scouts, it's better to be like the allies, increase the rewards and punishments for all kinds of craftsmen, and rely on them to improve and invent various crafting techniques."

However, although this plan is good, it is difficult to achieve results in a short period of time, so it is better to do both at the same time! ”

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Half an hour later, everyone left, and only Li Yuan's father and son were left in the hall of the palace, and after some discussion by everyone, various response plans had been formulated, but at this time, Li Yuan did not have many problems to solve easily, and his gloomy face was still very dignified.

After discussion, Li Yuan finally decided to adopt Su Dingyan's suggestion, and at the same time, increase the penetration of secret agents in Donglai City in an all-round way, and increase the reward of various outstanding craftsmen.

However, the increased rewards for outstanding craftsmen are still limited to monetary rewards, as for land rewards, as well as improving the status of outstanding craftsmen, and even giving them official titles, they are still opposed by Pei Lin and other family members.

"Father, these big families are too greedy, we should catch one or two typical ones to kill chickens and police monkeys, and warn them!"

After being silent for a long time, Li Shimin said in a low voice, "The strength of the Allied Army is already ahead of us, I think we should change it, and we should learn the **** system in all aspects." ”

"Second brother be cautious!"

Li Jiancheng suddenly frowned a little, and said, "Second brother, don't forget, we are also a big family, and the big family is our foundation!"

Li Yuan also frowned a little when he heard this, and said, "Your eldest brother is right, our foundation lies in the family!"

And Su Shang is different from us, although he also has the identity of a family, but in the eyes of the family, he is actually still a poor boy, and it is destined to be difficult to get the true loyalty of the family, so if he wants to develop, he can only rely on the children of the poor family as much as possible.

And we are different, we are a family ourselves, and our biggest advantage is also in these families! ”

"But these big families are too greedy!"

Li Shimin said hatefully, "If we can't get rid of their elbows, it will be really difficult to catch up with Donglai Sushang!" ”

Li Yuan also understood that his son was right, and couldn't help but be a little silent for a while, and only sighed for a long time before he said, "That's no way!"

Li Shimin didn't speak again, although he was still a little unhappy in his heart, but he also understood his father's embarrassment, his own army can have the current strength depends on the support of those families, military salaries, food, etc., most of which come from their donations.

And these big families are all interests first, there is not much loyalty at all, as long as they feel that supporting the Li family can not bring them the expected benefits, they will soon betray the Li family and vote for others.

Moreover, whether it is in the local area or in the army, most of those officials and generals have family backgrounds, and once their own family takes the initiative to harm the interests of the family, they may have to rebel!

For a while, the father and son were a little silent, and after a long time, Li Yuan said in a low voice: "I plan to postpone my father's accession to the throne!"

Li Jiancheng was stunned, and then understood the meaning of the words, his father was going to give up the throne and become the emperor, Li Jiancheng's face suddenly changed, and he hurriedly persuaded him: "Father must not!"

"Never!" Li Shimin also said urgently.

He also understands what his father means, the elite of the Allied soldiers, the ability of the Allied Army to quickly break through the city, the mysterious weapons of the Allied Army, etc., all show the strength of the Allied Army, and his father has lost the confidence to seize the world.

Obviously, his father is already afraid, he wants to leave a way back for himself and the Li family, after all, once he officially ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, the Li family will have no way to retreat, once the deer is defeated, whether the Li family surrenders or resists to the end, they will be severely purged and bloody, and his father and his brothers are the first to bear the brunt, and there is no possibility of survival!

"Father, by now, we have no way out, at this time we can only fight hard and persevere all the way!"

"The second brother is right!

In order to support our Li family's uprising, those family members have invested a lot of manpower, financial resources and other resources, and they will not allow us to fail, let alone allow us to surrender!

As soon as they find out that we are in the mood to surrender, they will immediately turn away and even betray us, using our Li clan as a sign of refuge in the new master, and the head of our father and son as their promotion to the new master! ”

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Li Yuan is also a smart person, giving up the idea of ascending the throne and becoming emperor is just a moment of discouragement, with the persuasion of his two sons, he instantly understood himself and the current situation of the Li family, and soon abandoned those unrealistic ideas, and his eyes became firm again!

"Shimin, how are you preparing for the reconquest of Jincheng Xue Ju, are you sure that you will exterminate them before your father ascends the throne?"

Since Yang Guang was forced to go south to Jiangdu, heroes from all over the country have raised banners to make trouble, and the same is true of Xue Ju, the captain of Jincheng Mansion. In July last year, he officially raised the flag to rebel with the support of Hao Ying, the commander of Jincheng County.

According to Hao Ming's suggestion, Xue Ju distributed armor after raising the banner to rebel, gathered officials and people, and at the same time opened a warehouse to distribute grain to help the poor, so his strength grew rapidly, and in just a few months, his command had gathered hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, becoming a big force on the Weizhen side, and at the same time becoming the most direct and powerful enemy of Li Tang's army.

Therefore, soon after capturing Daxing City, Li Yuan sent Li Shimin to lead a large army to conquer them in the name of Marshal Xiqiu, but unfortunately after the expedition, Li Shimin could not come to the front line to command because he was sick and bedridden, so he temporarily handed over the command of the army to Liu Wenjing and other generals.

And Xue Ju seized this opportunity, he designed to lure Liu Wenjing and others to fight lightly, and at the same time set up an ambush.

After the First World War, Xue Ju won a great victory, and more than half of Li Shimin's tens of thousands of Tang troops were killed and wounded, and many generals such as Li Anyuan, Liu Hongji, and Murong Luoyu were captured alive by Xue Ju's side.

In desperation, Li Shimin had to drag the sick body to collect and command the remnants of the army, fighting and retreating all the way, until he retreated to Gaoqi County to be able to stabilize, but at this time, Xue Ju suddenly fell seriously ill and had to collect his troops and return to Jincheng County.

In the past few months, Li Shimin has been staying in Gaoqi County, he is recuperating from illness and recuperation, while training and recruiting troops, preparing to recruit Xue Ju again, this time also because of the Jiangdu mutiny, Li Yuan summoned him back to discuss the enthronement before temporarily returning to Daxing City.

"Report to my father, the child has re-recruited and trained 50,000 troops in Gaoqi County, and is now waiting for fighters.

And the secret agent in Jincheng County has also sent news that Xue Ju is very seriously ill and will die soon, and his two sons are also deeply contradictory, and the private struggle is very fierce, the child believes that once Xue Ju dies of illness, the two of them will definitely have civil strife, and then it will also be the best time for our army to attack. ”

Li Yuan nodded when he heard this, pondered for a long time, and said: "Time does not wait for me, the people of the world, you must hurry up, and you must exterminate them before ascending the throne for your father."

"Father, please rest assured, the child will kill them as soon as possible!"

Li Shimin nodded and said, "If the father has nothing else to order, the child plans to return to Gaoqi County in the afternoon!" ”

"Good!"

Li Yuan said a little gloomy: "Shimin, if there is no fighter, then create a fighter, since Xue Ju has passed away soon, then arrange a secret agent to help him!"

"The child understands!"

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