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Li Yuanji said with a hypocritical smile on his face: "Another thing is about the army, everyone also knows that this time the Zhou army is attacking from all sides, we have gone all out, how can the army be too small to compete with the other party, we can only tear down the east wall and make up the west wall, but this is not a way, if the army is recruited, my father is worried that it will provoke a popular uprising, so I still hope to get everyone's support." ”

At this time, everyone had a bad feeling in their hearts, they had already vaguely guessed Li Yuan's intentions, and only heard Li Yuanji continue: "Father Emperor knows that everyone has Zhuang Ding in their hands, and there are about 30,000 people, well-equipped and well-trained, so Father Emperor hopes that everyone can lend Zhuang Ding to us temporarily and return it to everyone after this war is over." ”

Li Yuanji had already unabashedly stated Li Yuan's true intentions, the so-called million stone grain was just a temptation by Li Yuan to see if the resistance of the Guanlong nobles was strong, and as a result, the Guanlong nobles actually gathered, and Li Yuan knew that he could continue to exert pressure to force them to surrender the army.

Everyone looked at each other, with a look of horror in their eyes, did Li Yuan finally tear up the previous agreement and infringe on their core interests? You must know that the army, like their grange industry, is their core interest, and it is also their bottom line, Li Yuan promised not to touch their interests, promised that they could keep their army, and the Guanlong nobles decided to support Li Yuan to enter Guanzhong to build a country, but now, ......

It sounds like a loan, but who doesn't know that this loan will not be repaid, and without an army to protect them, they will become a fat sheep to be slaughtered.

At this time, Dugu said in a loud voice: "Your Highness, we can donate money and food, and even donate a little more, but please don't mention the matter of Zhuang Ding." ”

Hou Mo Chen Duo also said; "The retention of Zhuang Ding was decided after repeated consultations between us and the saint, and the promise of the saint is still vivid, we don't believe that the saint will not believe in his words, we have to confirm with the saint!"

"Why, you don't believe me?"

"We really can't believe His Highness's words, we want to confront the Holy One, if the Holy One really wants to break the promise, we have nothing to say, but in any case, we can't accept His Highness's side of the word."

The hypocritical smile on Li Yuanji's face disappeared suddenly, his slender eyebrows were raised, and he said viciously: "Whether it's money and grain, or Zhuang Ding, now I can't help you, you just think about it here, wait until you figure it out, hand over the money and grain and Zhuang Ding, and you can go back to the house, otherwise, no one will want to leave!" ”

After speaking, Li Yuanji turned around and strode away, dozens of Xuanwu Jingwei followed him one after another, and there were only fifteen stunned family masters left in the hall, they couldn't believe that they were actually under house arrest by Li Yuanji.

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The outside of the mansion was surrounded by 3,000 Xuanwu Jingwei regiments, and the coachman and his retinue were escorted to other places to be imprisoned, and when Li Yuanji walked out of the gate with his men, the gate closed with a bang, and the soldiers stepped forward to seal the gate.

At this time, Cui Wenxiang stepped forward and smiled: "Their expressions must be very interesting, I can imagine." ”

Li Yuanji snorted, "A group of self-righteous guys, they think they can fight against the imperial power, so let them suffer well." ”

Cui Wenxiang nodded and said: "Your Highness is right, now that you have turned your face, you can't give in, Your Highness wants to persuade the saint, if you don't take this opportunity to completely clean up the Guanlong nobles, you will suffer endless harm in the future." ”

Cui Wenxiang whispered to Li Yuanji again, and Li Yuanji nodded again and again, "I will persuade my father to follow Mr.'s words, I will enter the palace!" ”

"Your Highness behaved very well tonight, I hope Your Highness can perform better, and we will have a chance."

"Thank you, sir, for your teachings!"

Li Yuanji ordered the soldiers to guard it strictly, and he turned on his horse and headed for the palace.

The night has come to one watch, but Li Yuan did not sleep, and was still waiting for Li Yuanji's news in the imperial study, he just hinted at the direction, and it was up to Li Yuanji to decide what to do, but Li Yuan also knew that there would be news tonight.

At this time, a eunuch rushed to the door to report: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Chu has come down." ”

Li Yuan's spirits perked up, and he hurriedly said, "Hurry up and let him in!" ”

After a while, Li Yuanji walked in quickly, knelt down and saluted: "The son sees his father!" ”

"Tell me, how's it going?"

Li Yuanji didn't mention how he dealt with Dugu usurpation, how he took advantage of the opportunity of their party to put them all under house arrest, of course, some things were also omitted, such as using Dugu's wife and children to threaten him, this kind of thing damaged his image as a king.

Li Yuan nodded again and again and praised: "Well done, let them know what will happen if they go against me!" ”

Li Yuan asked again: "What is the emperor going to do at that step?" ”

"Erchen plans to imprison them for half a month first, so that they will have internal strife, and then divide and detain, break them individually, and force them to hand over the army."

"This is a good method, the emperor has made a lot of progress in the past two years!"

Li Yuanji was secretly proud in his heart, these were Cui Wenxiang's plans, he was worthy of being his own military advisor, he had a thorough understanding of his father's thoughts, and he trusted Cui Wenxiang more in his heart.

Li Yuanji said again: "Father, the son has another suggestion. ”

"You say!" Li Yuan was very satisfied with his son and wanted to hear his advice.

"Erchen felt that if the Guanlong nobles were deprived of their army, they would be a flock of lambs to the slaughter, and Erchen suggested that their granges could be confiscated to reward military merits and motivate soldiers to fight on the front line, which would greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of our army."

Li Yuan took a few steps, although he was not as simple as his son, he had to consider the issue of taxes, but he had to admit that this was indeed a good way, and there was nothing wrong with it in the general direction, but the details needed to be improved.

At the beginning, the eldest son Jiancheng proposed to learn the Northern Sui military land to reward military merits, but they did not have land at that time, so they could not implement this plan, if this time can confiscate part of the grange of Guanlong nobles, the imperial court will have a large amount of land in their hands, and the program of rewarding military merits can be implemented smoothly.

If Li Yuanji had proposed this plan a few years ago, Li Yuan would never have agreed, because the Guanlong nobles were his foundation, and he would never do anything to damage his foundation, but since he knew that the Dugu family secretly sent fire oil to the Sui army, knew that Yu Yun secretly colluded with Zhang Xuan, and knew that the six heads of the Guanlong nobles openly visited Wei Yunqi, Li Yuan's trust in the Guanlong nobles gradually collapsed, and he no longer regarded the Guanlong nobles as his foundation, on the contrary, he felt that the Guanlong nobles threatened him.

It is precisely for this reason that when Li Yuanji proposed to confiscate Guan Longtian's property, Li Yuan did not feel disgusted at all, but felt that it was a feasible plan, of course, provided that they took away their army.

Li Yuan pondered for a long time and said to Li Yuanji: "Your suggestion is very good, but this matter is very important, and my father needs to think about it again!" ”

Li Yuanji felt his father's trust in him, and he knew that the opportunity had come, so he mustered up the courage and said: "Father, the number of sons and daughters of Xuanwu Jingwei is too small, and the scope of control is too small, if you get the Zhuang Ding of the Guanlong nobles this time, can you hand them over to your sons to replenish your troops, so that your sons can monitor the entire Guanlong." ”

Li Yuan was slightly stunned for a moment, he can be confused about other things, but he is not ambiguous on the issue of military power, even if it is his own son, he will not give him absolute military power, but Li Yuanji's plan to increase Xuanwu Jingwei is not wrong, it is understandable, Li Yuan did not agree immediately, and said with a slight smile: "Let's talk about it when we get their Zhuang Ding!" ”

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Just when Li Yuanji's three thousand Xuanwu Jingwei appeared on the streets of Chongrenfang's other house, the head of Dugu's family reacted quickly and hid across the street first, avoiding the army's arrest in time.

The head of the family is called Yu Qianfeng, about thirty-five or sixteen years old, who has served the Dugu family for generations, and is loyal to the Dugu family.

Yu Qianfeng saw that the army surrounded the other house, and immediately realized that something was wrong, he rushed all the way back to Dugu Mansion, and found Dugu Kaiming, Dugu Yu's brother Dugu Kaiming, Dugu Yu is the eldest son of Dugu Luo, he has four brothers, his younger brother Dugu Wu is in charge of clan affairs in the old house of Fufeng County, and there are three cousins Dugu Kaiyuan, Dugu Kaiming, and Dugu Kaichi.

Among them, Dugu Kaiyuan served in the Longyou Army, Dugu Kai Che also lived in the old house, and only Dugu Kaiming and his brother lived in Chang'an.

Dugu Kaiming had talked to his brother about the high slave fire oil in Yan'an County before, and heard that Li Yuanji personally led the Xuanwu Jingwei to surround the other house, and he also realized that the Son of Heaven was going to do something to the Dugu family, Dugu Kaiming immediately wrote a text message, asking Yu Qianfeng to rush to the old mansion in Fufeng County to find Dugu Wudu.