Li Yuan paced back and forth in the hall with his hands in his hands, his heart was very disorganized, Chen Shuda said very reasonably, this is indeed an opportunity to obtain a lot of benefits, which made him very excited, but the full support of the Guanlong nobles is the foundation for him to establish the Tang Dynasty, once the foundation is shaken, he is worried that his society is unstable, so he can't make up his mind whether to attack the Guanlong nobles. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Chen Shuda understood Li Yuan's hesitation, so he said slowly: "Your Majesty can think about it slowly, but the top priority is how to resist the attack of the rebels, and after the rebels are destroyed, Your Majesty will not be too late to make a decision." ”

Li Yuan nodded, and turned his thoughts back, "What about Xiangguo's opinion?" ”

"Weichen suggested temporarily withdrawing troops from Hedong County and letting the King of Qin lead his army back to suppress the rebellion."

Li Yuan didn't say anything, he was reluctant to withdraw his troops from Hedong County, although the first siege of the city failed by the people, but the overall situation did not fall behind, the two sides were still in confrontation, if they withdrew like this, it would be equivalent to giving up Hedong County.

Li Shentong was worried that Li Shimin would seize his military power after he returned, so he hurriedly said: "To deal with these rebels, Shimin does not need to come back, and the younger brother recommends His Royal Highness the King of Chu to lead 20,000 troops in Guanzhong to quell the chaos, or the younger brother himself to lead the army." ”

Li Yuan looked at Chen Shuda, "What does Xiangguo think?" ”

Chen Shuda sighed and said: "If Your Majesty really decides like this, then please allow the old minister to return to his hometown, the old minister does not want to see the collapse of the Tang Dynasty." ”

Li Shentong's face suddenly became extremely ugly, and he glared at Chen Shuda viciously, but Li Yuan was surprised: "Why did Xiangguo say this? ”

"Your Majesty, the army of the Guanlong nobles are all extremely elite soldiers, Dugu Huaide is a famous general in Longxi, it's not that Weichen looks down on His Royal Highness the King of Chu, if he leads the troops to the battle, it will definitely be the second time that the whole army of Yan'an County will be wiped out, and at that time, what army does Your Majesty have to resist the rebels entering the city? Even if you want to transfer back to His Royal Highness King Qin at that time, it will be too late in time. ”

Li Yuan nodded, Chen Shuda was right, Yuan Ji was indeed unreliable in leading troops to fight, and being in charge of internal affairs was what he was good at, Li Yuan sighed, "Do you have to transfer the people of the world back?" ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister is not good at fighting, but the old minister also knows that we should try to use our own advantages in the war, our biggest advantage is that Chang'an City is tall and strong, you can rely on this to defend the city and wait for reinforcements, the reinforcements are His Royal Highness the King of Qin, and only if he leads the army to come, can he completely defeat the rebels inside and outside, and resolve this crisis, Hedong County can't run away, and it will be too late to fight in the future, but once Chang'an City is lost, the Tang Dynasty will be over, which is more important, please consider Your Majesty."

Li Yuan was finally convinced, he nodded and said: "According to Xiangguo's opinion, temporarily withdraw the troops from Hedong County, but even if I send an eagle letter to Shimin, he will lead the army back from Hedong County, it will take four or five days at the earliest, and the rebels will be killed in Chang'an in two days, who will I let be the main general?" ”

Chen Shuda said: "Your Majesty, the old minister recommended Li Xiaogong as the main general, and only he can lead the army to defend Chang'an City." ”

Li Shentong was very dissatisfied and said: "What Chen Xiangguo means, can't I do it?" ”

"Of course the prince can also be, but Li Xiaogong is more suitable, with him guarding the city, Chang'an will be foolproof."

Li Shentong wanted to say more, but Li Yuan said decisively: "Don't fight anymore, I have made up my mind!" ”

He immediately ordered: "Spread my will, restore Li Xiaogong's title, and announce that he will come to see me immediately!" ”

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As soon as dawn came, news came out in the palace that Li Xiaogong had restored the title of King of Zhaojun, and the Son of Heaven crowned him as the general of the Left Guard, and ordered him to lead the army to guard Chang'an.

Cui Wenxiang hurried to Li Yuanji's study, and as soon as he arrived at the door, a guard stepped forward and said, "Your Highness has been waiting for Mr. for a long time, Sir, please come in!" ”

Cui Wenxiang nodded and walked into the study, only to see Li Yuanji with a gloomy face, pacing back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands, looking very restless.

Cui Wenxiang hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Your Highness!" ”

Li Yuanji gritted his teeth for a while, and said fiercely: "Damn old thief Chen Shuda, this king can't wait to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin, and it will hurt me." ”

Cui Wenxiang was taken aback, "Has the Holy Lord already decided?" ”

'Smack! Li Yuanji threw a letter of appointment in front of Cui Wenxiang, "This was sent by the palace overnight last night, originally the second uncle recommended me as the main general, but Chen Shuda did not hesitate to threaten his father with resignation, and the father agreed to his rude request, re-activated Li Xiaogong, and let the second brother withdraw from Hedong County and lead the army to rescue Chang'an, basically none of my business, so how should I get military power?" ”

Li Yuanji's inability to get military power was expected by Cui Wenxiang, after all, Li Yuanji had a bad record of the fiasco in Yan'an County, and at the critical moment, the Son of Heaven would not put his life in the hands of his son, Cui Wenxiang smiled slightly: "Your Highness doesn't need to worry, your subordinates have already considered it, even if Your Highness can't lead troops to quell the chaos, it doesn't mean that Your Highness can't get the final benefits, as long as Your Highness listens to the arrangements of your subordinates, I can guarantee that Your Highness will get his wish in the end." ”

Li Yuanji turned his worries into joy, and hurriedly asked, "Then what should I do?" Please sir teach me! ”

Cui Wenxiang said something in Li Yuanji's ear, and Li Yuanji nodded again and again, "I understand, let's arrange it!" ”

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Due to the strict suppression of Xuanwu Jingwei on all kinds of speech, Chang'an City has become very silent during this time, the streets are deserted, the shops in the East and West markets have also closed down, a large number of materials can be transported from Bashu and Longyou in the past, and now with the outbreak of war in Bashu and Longyou, the materials from all over the country have stopped being transported to the capital, and a large number of materials flow to the Zhou Dynasty, resulting in a serious shortage of materials in Chang'an City, and copper coins are overflowing, and prices are soaring.

In a wine shop near Dongshi, two old men are sitting opposite each other for a drink, they asked for a pot of wine, there are only two or three dishes, the tall and thin old man is called Dugu Feng, in the Dugu family is also a relatively important figure, after Dugu was placed under house arrest, the important people and family members of the Dugu family have withdrawn from Chang'an, and there are only more than ten people left in the mansion at present, and Dugu Feng is in charge of the overall situation.

The gray-haired old man sitting opposite him is called Dou Wenxian, the elder of the Dou family, although the relationship between the Dugu family and the Dou family is very stiff, but the personal relationship between the two of them for decades has not been interrupted.

"Brother Dou, guess how much this pot of wine and three dishes cost now?"

Dou Wenxian smiled and said: "The wine is ordinary fruit wine, the dish is roasted venison, the other is fried bamboo shoots, and there is a pickled fish, if it was in the past, it would be at most three hundred yuan, but now it's hard to say, I guess it's always money!" ”

Dugu Feng shook his head and said: "This wine and three dishes, now it costs three times, and only Tongbao or Kaihuang money is charged." ”

"Sanguan!"

Dou Wenxian was taken aback, this is more ruthless than robbing money!

He beckoned to the bartender who was standing by the stairs, and the bartender lazily stepped forward and asked listlessly, "Is there anything wrong with the old man?" ”

Dou Wenxian pointed to a few plates of side dishes in front of him, "This thing actually costs three times?" ”

The bartender pouted and said, "The old man hasn't been out for a long time!" Now it's good to have a place to drink, three times the money is still cheap, you go to Xingfulou to try it, at most one or two more dishes than this, ten times the money is not necessarily enough, and now the price on the market, doumi is eight hundred Wen, can you still expect us to sell at a loss? ”

The bartender's yin and yang weird tone made Dou Wenxian's heart unhappy, and he poked the table with his finger and said, "Even if the price rises now, you can't talk to me like this, call your shopkeeper!" ”

"The shopkeeper went out to ask for the account, it's useless for the old man to complain about me, the shop will be closed tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I should also go back to my hometown to farm, Chang'an is really not a place for people to stay."

After speaking, the guy ignored Dou Wenxian, and went downstairs lazily, Dou Wenxian was about to have a seizure, but Dugu Feng hurriedly stopped him, "Forget it, what do you have to do with this kind of villain, it hurts your mood." ”

Dou Wenxian sighed sullenly and said: "To be honest, the situation in Chang'an is getting worse and worse, I can't buy things with money, I wanted to buy a few good leathers yesterday, my family went around the East and West markets a few times, and their legs were thin, but I couldn't buy them, I really don't understand, where did the things go?" ”

Dugu Feng sneered, "Do you still need to ask?" Merchants all go to Zhongdu to exchange gold to make money, and they don't charge Kaihuang five baht money, nor do they accept Kaiyuan Tongbao, only recognize Datong Tongbao, Chang'an does not have Datong Tongbao, that can only transport goods to Zhongdu to sell, and do not transport goods back from Zhongdu, directly exchange gold to make the difference, Chang'an materials are of course getting less and less, but it is much easier to exchange gold on the black market than before, this is the reason. ”

"Why doesn't the Son of Heaven care, if it goes on like this, Chang'an will really be completely silent."

Dugu Feng snorted, "What's the matter?" Disruption of trade? Where does the pig iron of the imperial court come from, now we are afraid that the other party will interrupt trade, and the imperial court will endure it for a little pig iron, and it is only the people who suffer, and they can't buy things if they have money. ”

"Shh

Dou Wenxian hurriedly waved his hand, and when Dugu Feng turned around, he saw more than a dozen Xuanwu Jingwei coming up the stairs, he was shocked, and he immediately didn't dare to say anything.