Li Jiancheng did not leave after the discussion, but stayed to discuss with his father the plan to merge with the state. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the imperial study, Li Yuan was pacing back and forth with his hands in his hands, unconcealing his inner dissatisfaction, and his annoyance was overflowing.

"Do they think they are human beings, and they think that with a little merit of support, they can ride on my head and command me to do this and that? Who is in charge of my world, have they figured it out? ”

Li Jiancheng stood aside and stood with his hands down, he comforted his father in a low voice: "To weaken the Guanlong nobles, you must think long-term, not in a moment and a half, the reason why Yang Guang died in thirteen years is largely because he was in a hurry, father, we have to learn this lesson." ”

Li Yuan walked to the window, looked out the window with his hands in his hands, and said with hatred for a while: "Of course I know that I can't be in a hurry, so I've been tolerating them, but this time they have gone too far, and even interfered with the deployment of my army, if they continue to indulge them again, I don't know what they will ask for next time?" ”

At this time, Li Shimin walked into the imperial study, and he felt that there was anger in his father's tone, so he didn't dare to say anything, but stood on the other side with his hands down.

Li Yuan glanced back at his second son and said to his eldest son, "Tell Shimin what happened?" ”

Li Jiancheng whispered to Li Shimin: "This morning, Wuchuan will send a joint letter from the eight major families of Guanlong, asking us to increase our troops by another 100,000 in Bingzhou, and completely drive the Northern Sui forces out of Bingzhou by the end of the year, the second is to ask us to stop attacking Nanxiangdao and reconcile with Wang Shichong, and the third request is that they recommend another Xiangguo." ”

Li Shimin was a little puzzled and asked: "Now that the position of Xiangguo is not vacant, why are they making this request?" ”

Li Yuan didn't look back, and replied coldly: "They want you to quit the political hall, and then they will recommend Xiangguo to take your place." ”

"What!"

Li Shimin was extremely shocked, the Guanlong nobles were clearly interfering in politics blatantly, not only interfering in the deployment of the army, but also in the appointment of the prime minister, did they still take the imperial court and the Son of Heaven in their eyes?

"Father, what happened, why did these Guan Long families make such excessive demands?"

Li Yuan didn't answer with a gloomy face, and Li Jiancheng snorted coldly: "It should be that we didn't perform well and didn't eradicate the Northern Sui, but were forced by the Northern Sui step by step, which disappointed them, so they began to warn us." ”

Li Shimin has been fighting in the south and north all these years, and he has little to do with the affairs of the imperial court, and he also knows that the Wuchuan Society still exists, but he never imagined that the Wuchuan Society would still interfere in the government so strongly, wouldn't the Tang Dynasty be able to live without them?

Li Yuan let out a long sullen breath, he knew very well in his heart that the power of the Guanlong nobles was very strong both in the military and in the locality, especially the money and grain they paid to the court every year accounted for half of the annual taxes, so they had the confidence to interfere in the government.

At this time, Li Yuan said slowly: "It's not that we can't eliminate the Guanlong nobles, but the Tang Dynasty has only been established for a few years, and the foundation is still very weak, if the price of forcibly eliminating them is too great, we can't afford it, and at least more than half of the Taishou county orders in Guanlong counties are their people, once they are strongly suppressed, it will easily lead to the outbreak of civil war, and even they will turn to support the Northern Sui, and the Tang Dynasty will be over, I hope you can understand this." ”

"Father finally decided to compromise?" Li Jiancheng understood what his father meant.

Li Yuan nodded, "As you said, weakening the Guanlong nobles must be considered in the long run, just as Zhang Xuan tolerated the Shandong Shi clan, we must also tolerate the Guanlong nobles, built, you go to the Dou family tonight, just say that the three requirements they made I accepted." ”

"Erchen understands!"

Li Yuan said to Li Shimin again: "Erlang stays, and he has something to say to you for his father." ”

Li Jiancheng said goodbye and left, only Li Yuan and Li Shimin, father and son, were left in the imperial study, Li Yuan asked him to sit down, and said to him: "In fact, the original decision of the Guanlong nobles was to support the Yuan family as the emperor, and they used Yuan Min and Sima Dejiao and others to plan the Jiangdu mutiny, originally wanted to establish Yu culture and be a puppet, and bring 100,000 Xiaoguo troops back to Guanzhong, but in the end, the Xiaoguo army and the Wagang army were both defeated, which made the original plan of the Guanlong nobles shattered, and they had to support our Li family instead." ”

Li Shimin nodded silently, he knew all this, but he didn't know why his father told him these things, he didn't interject, but continued to listen patiently.

Li Yuan continued: "But the Guanlong nobles are a cancer attached to the Li Tang Dynasty anyway, because they occupy a large amount of good land, so that our Juntian system and the government military system have not been implemented for a long time, and the reason why Zhang Xuan succeeded is that his imperial court controlled a large amount of land and established a land reward military merit system, which is the fundamental reason why the Sui army can defeat us repeatedly." ”

Li Shimin pondered for a moment and said: "It is precisely because the system of land equalization has not been established that soldiers will be eager for land, and my father can actually implement a system of land rewards for military merits, and his sons feel that it will be more effective." ”

Li Yuan shook his head, "I also take these into account, but it is unrealistic to implement, first of all, the land controlled by the imperial court is mainly concentrated in Bashu and Guannei, and the soldiers in the army are mainly from Guanlong, the land in these two places is not attractive to them, and secondly, most of the soldiers are mainly tenant farmers, and there is some kind of personal dependence between the Guanlong nobles, and most of their families live in the manor, it is difficult to get out of the control of the Guanlong nobles, originally I hoped to give the meritorious soldiers and their families freedom, But this violated the fundamental interests of the Guanlong nobles, so it has not been implemented. ”

Li Shimin was silent, the so-called Xiao He was defeated and Xiao He, they relied on the support of the Guanlong nobles to quickly establish a state in Guanlong, but the Guanlong nobles' large occupation of land and population in turn became the biggest obstacle to the Tang Dynasty's solid ruling foundation.

Zhang Xuan was also troubled by the Shandong scholars, but the influence of the Shandong scholars mainly lies in knowledge and county prestige, and the influence of the Guanlong nobles lies in land and wealth, which is the biggest difference between the two, the influence of the scholars can be gradually balanced by the imperial examination, and the influence of the nobles can only be eliminated by violence.

Li Shimin pondered for a long time and asked, "What can the son do for his father?" ”

"Do you remember the Xuanwu Fire Phoenix?"

"Erchen is still a little impressed."

Li Yuan said slowly: "I need to establish such an organization, and they will come to the rescue when needed, do you understand what I mean?" ”

"Erchen understood."

"I will leave this matter to you, only you and my father and son know, including your brother can't say it, I must ensure that all members do not know who their master is, I will only tell you if I have something, you find a henchman to command this team, after a month, I hope they can act."

"Please rest assured, my son's son will start to form it today!"

...........

At night, a carriage slowly stopped in front of the gate of Dugu Mansion in Wubenfang, under the escort of dozens of knights with knives, and Dugu Changming, who was standing on the steps and waiting, hurriedly ran down, took the initiative to open the door, and carefully helped Dou Wei out of the carriage.

"Dou Gong is careful of his step."

Dou Wei smiled and asked, "Is your grandfather here?" ”

"Duke Dou is visiting, how can my grandfather not be there, his old man is waiting for Duke Dou in Tingfeng Pavilion."

"Listening to the Wind Pavilion?"

Dou Wei laughed, "My old friend is very good at choosing places!" ”

Tingfeng Pavilion is Dugu Shun's outer study, used to receive important guests, Dou Wei is of course an important guest, he was led to the front of Dugu Changming to Tingfeng Pavilion, Dugu Shun has been waiting here for a long time, Dugu Shun is old, his health is very bad, he basically does not go out, and it is rare to see outsiders, but Dou Wei is an exception.

"How long has it been since Brother Dou came to my broken garden?"

"I can't remember, the last time I came, Brother Dugu had just become a groom! The husband sings with the wife, and he is a young man. ”

The two laughed together, hugged heavily, and Dugu Shun immediately invited Dou Wei into his study, he knew in his heart that Dou Wei had nothing to do, and he must have something important to find him.

The two of them were seated separately, and the maid came in and served them tea, and slowly retreated.

Dou Wei took a sip of tea, and then said lightly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came to look for me just now." ”

"What did he say?"

"He told me that the Holy Lord agreed to our three requests in principle, and has stopped the Nanxiang plan, and is ready to send another 80,000 troops to Bingzhou, guarding Jiangjun, Linfen and Hedong counties respectively to ensure the safety of all the manors in Bingzhou."

"What about Shin Sang-kook?"

Dugu Shun was more concerned about the candidates for the new prime minister, and replaced Li Shimin into the political hall, and hurriedly asked: "Who did he decide to let him in?" ”

"Preliminarily set as Dou Lukuan, he is now the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, ready to be promoted to the servant of the Ministry of Officials, Pingzhangshi, and the Taishou Dugu Huaichen will enter Beijing to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Works, taking over the position of Dugu Huaien."

How could it be that Dou Lu was wide, and Dugu Shun's face immediately became gloomy.

Of course, Dugu Shun was very disappointed, and letting a Guanlong nobleman enter the phase was a requirement he tailored for his family, since the Dou family of the Dou family was in the phase, then the Dugu family should also have someone in the phase.

It was not good to make this request before, it happened that Dugu Huaien was killed in Luoyang, but Li Yuan never gave himself an explanation, as a reassurance, of course he had reason to ask for the prime minister, but Li Yuan gave this quota to the Doulu family, which made Dugu Shun very dissatisfied. (To be continued.) )