7. Persuade my father to raise troops

Li Yuan defeated 100,000 Turkic iron horsemen overnight with only 20,000 horses, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, who would dare to believe it easily? In addition to admiration, Yang Guang had to admit from the bottom of his heart that he was really a rare capable person. Because of the impermanence of the Turks, it is a big trouble for the imperial court, and without such outstanding generals, it is not easy to defend! Bingzhou is not far from Yanmen Pass, so Yang Guang ordered Li Yuan to continue to stay in Bingzhou County Guard, and manage the defense of Yanmen and Yanmen.

As soon as the will was issued, Yang Guang suddenly thought of the strange dream that Emperor Wen had back then, and inevitably regretted it: Grandma, isn't this a ghost? Since Li Yuan is so capable, and he happens to be surnamed Li, spare his life and give him an official position, which is magnanimous enough, how can he still be allowed to hold more power than before? Once this person rebels in the future, it will not be child's play! Let's change his words temporarily, he feels that it is too detrimental to his dignity as a son of heaven.

After thinking about it for a while, Yang Guang had to issue another order, ordering his cronies Hu Benlang to make Wang Wei the county commander (administrative second-in-command), and Huyalang to make Gao Junya the deputy county guard (military second-in-command), in the name of assisting Li Yuan in governing the defense and annexing the state, in fact, he assumed the responsibility of monitoring Li Yuan.

What Yang Guang didn't expect was that such a deployment would entrust Li Yuan with a heavy responsibility on the surface, but the extreme suspicion of him in his heart was also exposed at the same time, which was no less than openly showing his ambivalence in public, not only could not effectively control Li Yuan, but on the contrary, it further contributed to his rebellious mentality. Although Li Yuan himself has never been conspicuous and dewy, none of his subordinates have been convinced, and Li Shimin is particularly angry, often scolding Yang Guang in private for being a lawless and unconscious gentleman, and a villain who is completely unjust.

Li Yuan's wife Dou gave birth to four sons and one daughter, the eldest son Li Jiancheng, the second son Li Shimin, the third son Li Xuanba died of illness and early death since childhood (the old novel tried to render Li Xuan [Yuan] invincible in the world, which is pure fiction), and the fourth son Li Yuanji; daughter Li Xiuning is younger than Li Jiancheng and older than Li Shimin.

All of Mrs. Dou's children have one thing in common: they like to dance with guns and sticks. In comparison, the personalities are different. Li Jiancheng is brave and good at fighting, kind-hearted by nature, takes the overall situation into account in everything, and never cares about personal gains and losses, which is quite popular with Li Yuan. Li Shimin is all-round in civil and military affairs, can make good decisions, is well-behaved, has courage, dares to think and act and is cautious, dares to take risks but is good at adapting, and is more popular with his parents. Daughter Li Xiuning is also a natural man, she doesn't like red clothes and loves arms since she was a child, and she is very good at kung fu. As for Li Yuanji, his martial nature is certainly no worse than that of several brothers and sisters, and his kung fu is also quite good, but it is a pity that he does not do his job, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, hunting and walking horses, doing everything, and his appearance is black and ugly, he has neither his father's heroism nor his mother's virtuous ability. Whenever Li Yuan and his wife saw this son, they couldn't help but sigh secretly, and they couldn't understand in their hearts: With such a good bloodline of my husband and wife, how could such an inferior product be born?

Because he was most favored by his parents since he was a child, Li Shimin was often conceited with this, and he was not to be outdone in everything, even with his own brothers. In front of his parents, he loves to show his talents the most, and has the courage to compete with his elders. He has great ambitions, and although he is young and has little experience, he is very dissatisfied with his father's way of living a chaotic life in recent years. As he grew older, his dissatisfaction became more and more revealed: Everyone in the world is rebelling and claiming the king, why is it that only my Li family has to be loyal and serve the faint king? Not to mention that loyalty is still exchanged for suspicion, and you have to be on guard at all times, fearing that disaster will fall from heaven! To this day, he felt the need to argue with his father:

"Father, the Son of Heaven has no way, and it is only a matter of time before the country is destroyed! When today's heroes are everywhere, it is the time for heroes to use force! My father occupies the treasure land of Feng Shui and holds the power of the army, but he is frightened day and night, and he is bullied by the faint king, why bother? The child is foolish, and the father should judge the situation, follow the trend, raise troops against the Sui, save the country from danger, and save the people from fire and water, which is a wise move! And the state is the ancient Tang country, the army is sufficient, the grain and grass are abundant, the advance can be attacked, the retreat can be defended, the father is a hereditary prince, the reputation is spread all over the world, just raise your arms and shout, the world's heroes will definitely rush to respond, the Tang Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty, in this move, do not miss it! ”

Li Yuan is because Yang Guang is openly watching, and he has no place to vent his sullenness, although he loves this son very much on weekdays, and the family has settled in Hedong, but taking him with him alone is enough to prove the depth of his pampering. However, the son is still young, he doesn't know how thick the sky is, and he talks about such a sensitive and important topic when he opens his mouth, and he doesn't know how to avoid taboos. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sink his face, pretended to be angry, and reprimanded him under the board:

"Nonsense! Don't say that my Li family has been loyal and good for generations, and is deeply favored by the emperor, and if I rebel rashly, I will inevitably be scolded by the people of the world! Even putting this aside, based on the current situation in the state alone, there are 100,000 people flying in the south, and they are eyeing me day and time; There are hundreds of thousands of Turkic horsemen in the north, who may come to attack at any moment; Both the east and west sides are the imperial army, and there is no one who is not coming from the morning and evening! In addition, the swarms of males from all over the country have risen, once the flag is raised, there are enemy troops on all sides, and everyone can use the excuse of raising troops to attack, which is unguardable, Yang Xuangan's yesterday is the father's today! ”

"When my father said this, he underestimated his own ability!" Li Shimin originally couldn't get used to his father's usual caution, but in order to persuade him, he had to patiently analyze, "Yang Guang is unkind, his father desperately saved his dog's life, and if he is not grateful, on the contrary, he will take revenge, and people will come to monitor, and it will be difficult to guarantee that when he feels unhappy for a trivial matter in the future, people will come to ask for his father's life!" What qualifications does this ruthless and unrighteous tyrannical faint monarch have to be emperors? Except for loyal elders like his father, who else would be so loyal to serve him? ”

"What a bold man, how dare you slander the emperor like this!" Li Yuan is really annoyed now, this kid's every word is full of gunpowder, if he is left alone, it will be worth it!

"My father rose up to resist, it was nothing more than self-preservation, who would dare to make irresponsible remarks!" Li Shimin Gu Zizhao said correctly, "As for the enemy forces on all sides, it is not worth mentioning at all!" Li Shanfei is a brave husband, scheming and decisive, and his father's volunteer soldiers are prosperous, and he will definitely be captured! Of course, the Turkic Iron Cavalry should not be underestimated, but that kind of life does not value human feelings, forgets righteousness when it sees profit, and has milk is a mother, and the father only needs to let people bring more financial gifts to make friends, and Shibi Khan can not agree to work together with his dissatisfaction? In the future, the whole world will be unified, and it will not be too late to concentrate all efforts to get rid of that scourge. As for the Sui army in the east and west, it is nothing more than a group of rabble, as soon as the father's army arrives, who dares not to surrender obediently? ”

"It's arrogant!" Li Yuan smiled coldly and said, "It is as easy as playing games for children to take the world and seize the country!" How can there be such a good thing in the world? ”

"Child......" Li Shimin was about to continue arguing, but someone came to report: Liu Wenjing and Lord Liu sent their family to ask to see.

Liu Wenjing's name Zhaoyun, ancestral home of Pengcheng (now Xuzhou, Jiangsu), was born in Wugong (now Wugong County, Shaanxi), talented and civilian, and the official residence of Jinyang Ling, and Li Yuan, the top boss, has always gotten along well. However, perhaps it is because of Li Shimin's cleverness and appreciation, although the age gap between the two parties is very large, their friendship is even more extraordinary, which can be called a year-old friendship. has this two-layer friendship, and most of the people who come to visit Li Mansion on weekdays are Liu Wenjing herself. At this time, his family came to ask for a meeting, and things were obviously abnormal, and they had to make people suspicious. When someone asked, the father and son couldn't help but be surprised at the same time.

It turned out that Li Mi rebelled in Wagangzhai, and although Liu Wenjing had nothing to do with that matter, because he was a relative of Li Mi, he was suspected of being implicated, and was directly arrested by Yang Guang and imprisoned in Bingzhou Prison. Liu Wenjing's family has always known that the master and the Li family have a deep friendship with their father and son, and Li Yuan is the highest military and political governor in Bingzhou, so he will definitely try to rescue him, so he directly asks for help.

Hearing that Liu Wenjing was arrested, Li Yuan suddenly felt very uncomfortable in his heart. However, he is by no means aggrieved for Liu Wenjing - Yang Guang personally designated the person to be arrested, no matter how big the grievances are, no matter how good the relationship with him is on weekdays, what can he say? What he couldn't figure out was that the imperial court came here to arrest people, and he didn't even get the slightest news in advance, isn't it a particularly frustrating thing? At least it can be seen that Yang Guang really didn't take him, the local military and political chief, seriously seriously! To put it bluntly, there is no sense of trust in him!

Li Yuan, you are too aggrieved and too cowardly!

Of course, think about it, in front of Li Shimin, a son who was originally strongly dissatisfied with the court, how could he dare to show it easily?

Faced with the same thing, Li Shimin's reaction was diametrically opposed. He originally admired Liu Wenjing's intelligence, and on weekdays, the two got together and often had very consistent or close views on many things in the world, especially today's general trend.

With a common language, what he has always considered the most is: once he persuades his father to raise troops against Sui in the future, no matter how he says, he can't do without Liu Wenjing's rare talent. Knowing that Liu Wenjing was arrested, can his heart not be turbulent and unbearable? It is conceivable that at this moment, he had no other thoughts than to ask his father for permission to leave for him to visit him in prison immediately.

Because of the double friendship, the other party is in trouble, if he doesn't pay attention to it, Li Yuan can't explain it to himself, so he has to acquiesce. However, he is worried that his son is young and impetuous, so he will inevitably be angry and release the other party privately, and things will inevitably become more complicated, and he will even be involved and unable to extricate himself! In order to be cautious, when his son went out, he had to repeatedly tell him that this matter is very important, and he must deal with it calmly, and don't let his temperament come to him, so as not to cause trouble invisibly! Li Shimin visited Liu Wenjing with great sincerity, and he agreed with his mouth, stepped out of the house, stepped on a fast horse, and hurried away.

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