Everyone said goodbye and left, but Li Shimin stayed, Li Yuan stood in front of the map with his hands in his hand, and asked lightly for a while: "Did the emperor have anything to say just now?" ”

Li Shimin smiled bitterly and said: "Father, the son just thinks that Zhang Xuan's scheming is very deep. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"He's always been scheming, but why do you say that?"

"Does my father still remember Wei Yunqi's envoy to Chang'an? At that time, the father felt very strange, what was the meaning of Wei Yunqi's envoy to Chang'an, and his sons were puzzled, but now his sons finally understood that the real purpose of Wei Yunqi's rise to Chang'an was to instigate the Guanlong nobles to rebel. ”

"Does Zhang Xuan really think that the Guanlong nobles can overthrow my Sheji?" Li Yuan sneered.

"Father, Zhang Xuan's scheming is not this, he wants to use our hands to get rid of the Guanlong nobles."

The smile on Li Yuan's face suddenly froze, and after a while, he said coldly: "Tang Zhou chased the deer in the Central Plains, and it is unknown who killed the deer, he must have thought too much!" ”

Li Shimin also realized that he had lost his words, and he hurriedly knelt down and said: "Erchen is not discouraged at all, and he has no intention of despising Datang. ”

"Get up, Emperor! In fact, I don't need to explain, I know in my heart that the interests of you and me are completely identical, you won't have two hearts, I just haven't thought it through, to what extent is the best way to deal with the nobles of Guanlong, what does the emperor think? ”

Li Shimin stood up and said in a low voice: "Erchen thinks that all the strategic materials of the Guanlong nobles must be confiscated, including land, grain, armor, war horses, pig iron and other materials, and even most of the gold and copper coins are confiscated as military expenses, father, this is a golden opportunity to weaken the Guanlong nobles, if they are left with vitality, they will inevitably retaliate in the future, for the sake of future generations, they will simply defeat them at one time, and we also have the capital to compete with the Zhou army." ”

Li Yuan nodded, "Because my father and the emperor think the same thing, and seize their army, I don't need to be polite to them, the biggest problem of Yang Jian's father and son is that they did not completely eliminate the Guanlong nobles, and finally caused the Great Sui to die in their hands, and I will never repeat the mistakes of the past." ”

At this time, Li Shimin said again: "Father, the son has another request. ”

"You say!"

"Erchen wants to march into Yan'an County immediately and open up a road to support Taiyuan, please ask your father for permission!"

Li Shimin didn't dare to say that he was going to meet Qu Tutong's army to retreat westward, so he could only say another way to support Taiyuan, this suggestion just happened to Li Yuan's heart, Li Yuan never forgot to keep the land of Taiyuan Longxing, he immediately readily agreed to Li Shimin's request, "This is a very good, very timely suggestion, I am approved!" ”

Li Yuan pondered for a moment and then asked, "When does the emperor plan to send troops?" ”

"Father, the situation in Taiyuan is critical, and the son plans to send troops north tonight!"

"Tonight?"

Li Yuan was a little puzzled, "What about the tens of thousands of soldiers who surrendered?" Didn't the emperor say that he would reorganize them? ”

Li Shimin was also a little embarrassed, he wanted to reorganize the tens of thousands of troops that had surrendered, but saving the troops was like fighting a fire, he had to go north immediately, Taiyuan could not be delayed for a moment, and Li Shimin had to give up the right to reorganize the army.

"Father, the reorganization of the army can be handed over to Xiaogong to do, his commanding ability is no less than that of his sons, I believe he will not disappoint his father."

The reason why Li Yuan used Li Xiaogong was also a last resort, but he didn't trust Li Xiaogong in his bones, Li Xiaogong was a supporter of the crown prince, once Li Xiaogong was allowed to control a large number of troops, it was equivalent to the prince controlling the army, how could Li Yuan tolerate it?

He smiled and said: "The emperor doesn't have to worry about the reorganization of the army, I will arrange it, since I will send troops tonight, I will hurry back to prepare, I am also very worried about the safety of Taiyuan." ”

Li Shimin hurriedly left the imperial study, he just walked to the palace gate, but met the fourth brother Li Yuanji, pacing back and forth in front of the steps with his negative hands, it was obvious that the fourth brother did not leave, and was waiting here, Li Shimin had a trace of doubt in his heart, what did the fourth brother want to do here?

At this time, Li Yuanji also saw Li Shimin, and hurriedly greeted him with a smile, "Is the second brother going to the north?" ”

Li Shimin was stunned, "How do you know that I want to go north?" ”

Li Yuanji snorted, "The younger brother is in charge of intelligence, if you don't even know this bit of news, it's too unqualified, many people know that the second brother is going to go north, why doesn't the younger brother know?" ”

Li Shimin was suspicious in his heart, not many people knew about his decision to march north, and he only talked to a few generals and staff members in the Chinese army's tent, could it be that some of them leaked their plans?

Li Shimin smiled slightly, "Brother Wei is indeed going to the north, although the rebellion in Guanzhong has ended, it is still not very stable, I hope that the fourth brother can assist his father and the emperor well and stabilize Guanzhong as soon as possible." ”

"Second brother, don't worry! The second brother is outside the master, the younger brother is in the house, our brothers work together, are we still afraid of social instability? ”

Li Shimin heard these words very harshly, and he said solemnly: "The fourth brother's words are not right, the stability of the society cannot only rely on our brothers, externally we must rely on many generals to fight the enemy, and internally we must rely on the ministers to be conscientious, the court is the main body, we must not abolish the public for personal reasons, fourth brother remember?" ”

Li Yuanji's face was a little embarrassed, and he smiled reluctantly: "The words of the second brother Jin Yu are remembered by the younger brother, and the younger brother is going to discuss the aftermath with his father, so he will go first." ”

He arched his hand to Li Shimin, turned around and walked away, Li Shimin looked back at the back of the fourth brother and walked away, he was really a little worried in his heart, Dugu Huaide said that the Guanlong nobles rebelled, to a large extent, they were forced to rebel by the king of Chu, so they played the slogan of eliminating the traitorous king, judging from what the fourth brother did, Dugu Huaide was not framed, and the fourth brother did some things too much.

But Li Shimin also knew that the fourth brother was just faithfully carrying out his father's will, and if it was too much, it would be too much for his father, so he sighed secretly in his heart and had to go.

Li Yuanji came to the gate of his father, and after only a moment, a eunuch came out and said, "Your Highness, the Holy Xuanjin!" ”

Li Yuanji smiled, "Thank you father-in-law!" ”

He took advantage of the unpreparedness, quietly stuffed something to the eunuch, and walked into the imperial study.

The eunuch is called Zhao Dezhong, quite knowledgeable about writing, was the former Sui Dynasty prince Yang Yong's personal eunuch, after Yang Yong's death, he was frustrated, has been doing miscellaneous work in the palace, after Li Yuan ascended the throne, the former Yang Guang's reused officials were degraded, and the use of unambitious eunuchs, Zhao Dezhong because of his knowledge of books and etiquette, was valued by Li Yuan, step by step promoted to the deacon of the imperial study, although the position is not high, but he can access a lot of core content, the position is very critical.

Zhao Dezhong waited for Li Yuanji to enter the imperial study, and then he used the excuse to go to the toilet to find a no-man's land, he secretly glanced at the thing in his hand, it turned out to be a pearl the size of a pigeon's egg, the cold and crystal clear beads flashed with a faint luster, although it was not a night pearl, but it was also a rare and superb pearl.

Zhao Dezhong only joked with a few eunuchs yesterday, saying that he would buy a pearl to play after saving money, but he didn't expect that the king of Chu would give him a pearl today, Zhao Dezhong was happy and surprised in his heart, and he was happy that this pearl really made him love it, and he was surprised that Li Yuanji had so many eyes and ears, and he immediately knew a little bit of his heart.

And the King of Chu still values himself so much, and directly woos him, the reason is self-evident, which makes Zhao Dezhong feel uneasy in his heart, and he is favored by the King of Chu, I don't know if he is a blessing or a curse?

Li Yuanji walked into the imperial study and knelt down to salute, "The son sees his father!" ”

Li Yuan glanced at his son and said lightly: "Get up and speak!" ”

"Thank you, Father!"

Li Yuanji got up and stood aside with his hands down, Li Yuan was quite satisfied with this son, and faithfully implemented his intentions, although he was infamous as a traitor, he had no complaints, this is a caring son, unlike the eldest son staring at his position as the son of heaven all day long, such a son is worthy of his trust and reuse.

Li Yuan said slowly: "I asked you to stay, I want to tell you specifically about the seizure of the Guanlong nobles, I will explain to you three principles, first, the principle of thoroughness, not only to deprive them of all their land, but also all property except for the main house, all tenant farmers

Converted to yeoman farmers, all slaves burned their deeds of sale, and selected young and strong people to join the army, the means might as well be ruthless, in a word, never give them a chance to make a comeback. ”

"Erchen remembered!"

Li Yuan also said: "The land, grain and pig iron are handed over to the imperial court, the armor and young slaves are handed over to the army, and the gold, silver, jewelry and copper coins are sent to my imperial treasury, this is the second principle, the third principle, to restrain the soldiers, not to violate their wives and daughters, to ensure their personal safety, I hope that they will live honestly like pigs in the future, so we must leave a little pig food for them, and their commercial shops will not be moved, remember?" ”

"Every word of my father's emperor is remembered by my ministers."

Li Yuan nodded, "I have already told your second uncle with supernatural powers, he should not be involved in this matter, I let him be responsible for the reorganization of the surrendered army, and you and Chen Xiangguo are fully responsible for this matter." ”

Li Yuanji hesitated, and then stopped, and Li Yuan asked, "What do you want to say?" ”

"Father, the Guanlong aristocratic manors are all over Guanzhong and Longyou, and the five thousand Xuanwu Jingwei in the hands of the sons are far from enough, and the sons are also responsible for the security of the city, can the father add a little more manpower to the sons?"

Li Yuan was silent, looking out the window with his hands and silent, Li Yuanji was extremely nervous in his heart, this is what he wanted to say today, he wanted to take the opportunity to expand his army, and the benefits could not be left alone by Li Shentong.

"Or the father can temporarily allocate a little army to his sons!" Li Yuanji took another step back.