At the beginning of the new year, the Tang Dynasty faced the biggest crisis since its establishment, Hexi, Bashu and Bingzhou fell successively, and the rebellion of the Guanlong nobles broke out in Guanzhong, which can be described as internal and external troubles, but compared with the fall of Hexi, Bashu and other places, the crisis brought about by the rebellion of the Guanlong nobles made the Tang Dynasty walk on thin ice, and the Guanlong nobles were the foundation established by Li Tang, and the foundation was shaken, and if you are not careful, you will fall into a situation from which you will never recover. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Yuan couldn't take care of Bashu and Hexi, and even Taiyuan, the land of Longxing, which he couldn't forget, was not too important, and all his thoughts and energy were focused on how to resolve the crisis caused by the rebellion of the Guanlong nobles.

On the corridor outside the Wude Palace, Hou Mo Chen Duo was led to the imperial study by several guards, and Li Yuanji locked up the Guanlong family masters in Beppu together, Li Xiaogong brought more than a dozen family heads to the army camp and put them under house arrest respectively, this is Li Yuan's order, he let Li Xiaogong have a deep meaning in this house arrest, that is, to isolate them separately and break them individually.

Although Li Yuan was relatively weak militarily and strategically, the struggle for power was his strength, and he himself was a member of the Guanlong aristocracy, and of course he was well aware of the various relationships between the Guanlong nobles.

He knows that although the Guanlong aristocracy is a group, but it is by no means monolithic, first of all, the dispute between the leaders of the Dugu family and the Dou family has lasted for decades, in these decades, the Dugu family and the Dou family have taken turns to become the leaders of the Guanlong nobles, and the following small and medium-sized families are standing in line, there are two families that are more special, one is the Yuan family, the other is the Hou Mochen family, the Yuan family has always been the third largest family among the Guanlong nobles, because it is the royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the status is more transcendent.

However, the Yuan family supported by the Dugu family once competed with the Dou family for the inheritance of the Li family, and finally ended with the Li family winning, so Li Yuan did not choose the Yuan family as a breakthrough, but chose the Hou Mo Chen family.

The reason why the Hou Mo Chen family was chosen was because the relationship between the Hou Mo Chen family and the Zhao family was excellent, and the two families were married for generations, once the Hou Mo Chen family made a choice, the Zhao family would generally follow, and the Zhao family and the Sima family had an extraordinary relationship, which formed a linkage effect.

But a more important reason is that Li Yuan saw through Hou Mo Chen Duo, on the surface, he was the most fierce against the collection of private troops, and the most fierce opposition to collecting money and food, but in fact, this person was the most selfish, the most unfirm, and forgot his righteousness for profit, especially greedy for petty profits, Li Yuan decided to infiltrate from him and disintegrate the Guanlong aristocratic coalition army, which is called breaking through the alliance with the company.

"Hou Mo Chen, head of the family, please! His Majesty waited in the study. A eunuch said respectfully to Hou Mo Chen Duo.

Hou Mo Chen Duo snorted, ignored the dissatisfied gazes of the guards around him, tilted his head, and swaggered into Li Yuan's imperial study.

There were only two people in the imperial study, Li Yuan was sitting behind the imperial case, and beside him stood a black, thin and burly general, who was his third son, Li Xuanba, the king of Zhao, the first fierce general in the world.

Although Hou Mo Chen Duo showed extreme arrogance in front of the guards and eunuchs, he did not dare to continue to maintain an arrogant posture in front of Li Yuan, he knew very well why Li Yuan came to him, if he talked well, his family would gain great benefits, but if he didn't talk well, I was afraid that Li Yuan would take his family sacrifice flag.

Hou Mo Chen Duo had to restrain his untimely arrogance, bowed down and saluted: "Weichen see Your Majesty!" ”

Li Yuan said with a smile on his face, "Please sit down and talk." ”

The two palace maids moved an embroidered pier, Hou Mo Chen Duo sat down, I don't know if the palace maid was intentionally placed, or just by chance, Li Xuanba happened to be standing behind him, Hou Mo Chen Duo suddenly felt a strong pressure from behind him, this is a murderous aura that will cut off the back of his neck at any time, thinking that the person standing behind him is Li Xuanba, the world's number one fierce general, Hou Mo Chen Duo's double strands couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Li Yuan smiled slightly: "It's been a long time since I've seen Brother Xian, it's been almost five years!" ”

"Exactly!"

"Time flies like a white horse! Five years have passed in a flash, and I still remember vividly the situation when I met my brother five years ago, as if it was just yesterday. ”

Li Yuan sighed slightly, as if he was silent in his memories.

After a moment, Li Yuan retracted his thoughts and said with a smile: "I am so busy, have you considered coming to the court to share your worries?" ”

Hou Mo Chen Duo was stunned for a moment, and said for a while: "I'm afraid that Weichen's ability is too poor to share His Majesty's worries." ”

"Brother Xian is too modest, with Brother Xian's talent, there is no problem at all to be a scholar, it just so happens that there is a shortage of Shangshu in the Ministry of War, how about it, are you willing to be my secretary of the Ministry of War?"

Hou Mo Chen Duo was stunned, he actually sealed his military department book, this is something he never dared to imagine, he was suddenly excited, he is fifty three this year, although he has the title of county duke, but he has never been an official in either the Sui Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty, this is almost a regret of his life, and now the Son of Heaven actually promised him to serve as the secretary of the military department, but after the initial slight stunned, Hou Mo Chen Duo's heart immediately became ecstatic.

"If Your Majesty doesn't dislike Weichen for being stupid, Weichen is willing to serve Your Majesty!"

Li Yuan's eyes narrowed into a slit, he knew Hou Mo Chen Duo's weaknesses too well, among the Guanlong nobles, Hou Mo Chen Duo was notoriously disdainful of the people, but this just showed his heart's desire for the office, Li Yuan took out the book of the military department as a bait, and sure enough, Hou Mo Chen Duo was introduced into the trap, which made the greedy and petty profiteers lose their righteousness.

Li Yuan saw that the time was ripe, so he said slowly: "From ancient times to the present, no imperial court will allow an army that is not controlled by the imperial court, Emperor Wen of the previous dynasty collected hundreds of thousands of troops from various families of the Guanlong nobles in the sixth year of the emperor's reign, and at that time, no family rose up to oppose Yang Jian's annexation of the army, why did everyone oppose it so fiercely when I came here?" I can't figure it out, can Hou Mo Chen Shangshu tell me what the problem is? ”

The Son of Heaven called him 'Hou Mo Chen Shangshu', Hou Mo Chen Duo suddenly everyone was about to float, at this time, he no longer had the heart to resist, and quickly entered the role of the military department's Shangshu.

"Your Majesty, in fact, the army is not the key, the key is everyone's land and wealth, the role of the army is to protect their own interests, everyone is afraid of losing their land and wealth, so they resolutely refuse to let go of the army."

Li Yuan pretended to be abrupt and said: "I see, it seems that the misunderstanding between each other is too deep, I should have known that I should have put down my body and sit down with everyone to communicate well, the problem will be solved, and it will not be to the point of fighting each other today." ”

"What did Your Majesty say about this?" Hou Mo Chen Duo asked puzzled.

Li Yuan sighed, "How can the emperor of the world put wealth in his heart, the shore of the land is not the minister of the king's land and the minister of the land, for the emperor, the most important thing is Sheji, and the army that is not controlled by the emperor is the biggest enemy of Sheji, how can I tolerate the existence of Guanlong's private army, and now the virtuous brother has also seen it, if I don't agree with each other, the Guanlong private army will come to crusade against me, can I not be in a hurry?" ”

Hou Mo Chen Duo said for a while: "Wei Chen can persuade the Hou Mo Chen family's army to withdraw, but there are only three thousand people, I am afraid it will be difficult to affect the overall situation." ”

Li Yuan was secretly happy in his heart, Hou Mo Chen Duo had finally retreated, but it was not yet time to close the net, he continued: "Actually, I also know in my heart that the root of this rebellion lies in the death of Yun, he has a lot of popularity among the nobles of Guanlong, and everyone is indignant about his death, but does the virtuous brother know? The arrest of Yu Yun was actually my order, because Yu Yun and the enemy Dynasty colluded too deeply, he has been secretly supporting the Chang'an Intelligence Agency, I have conclusive evidence to let the King of Chu arrest people, but I did not expect that Yu Yun would commit suicide in fear of crime, let alone that this incident actually caused a rift between me and the Guanlong nobles, but the principle cannot be abandoned, so I have always refused to restore Yu Yun's title, and I have never agreed to the reconciliation conditions offered by the Dugu family, including this time the Guanlong nobles raised troops, I still did not agree to the reconciliation conditions of the Dugu family. ”

The last sentence made Hou Mo Chen Duo suddenly realize something, and he hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, what conditions did the Dugu family put forward for reconciliation?" ”

Li Yuan said coldly: "I have negotiated with the Dugu family more than once, and in the first negotiation, Dugu promised to persuade the Guanlong family not to pursue Yu Yun's death, but the condition was that the Dugu family entered the phase, and I didn't want to be coerced by him, so I didn't agree."

This time, Dugu Yu put forward the conditions for retiring from the army, or let the Dugu family enter the phase, and specified that he wanted to be one of the Zhongshu Order, Shangshu Order, or one of the servants, I knew that as long as I agreed to this time, the court would never have peace, so I still refused to agree, and would rather fight to the death with the Guanlong coalition army.

But the Guanlong aristocracy is the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, and I can't bear to be buried by other families in the interests of the Dugu family, so I want to save the crisis with the greatest sincerity. ”

Hou Mo Chen Duo was furious in his heart, Dugu Yu had never told everyone about these things, no wonder Dugu Yu asked everyone to insist on not compromising, it turned out that the Dugu family used troops to force the Son of Heaven to be crowned, and other families were used by Dugu Yu.

Hou Mo Chen Duo did not suspect that the Son of Heaven was lying, because he knew that the Dugu family had indeed been angry about the Dou family and the Doulu family.