Yu Yun just came to confirm the truth of Li Yuan's words, he came angrily, and rushed away angrily, and under the emotion, he lost his usual caution, but his abnormal behavior was seen by Li Yuanji's eyeliner deployed outside the wine shop. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

An hour later, Li Yuanji got the information that Yu Yun was behaving abnormally in the Qingyun Wine Shop, and directly entered the backyard of the wine shop, and left in a hurry from the backyard of the wine store a quarter of an hour later, reading the information on the note, Li Yuanji couldn't help but say to himself, 'What is this Yu Yun doing?' ’

Li Yuanji couldn't figure out the reason, so he asked Luo Yumin, a staff member next to him, "What does Mr. Luo think is the reason?" ”

Luo Yumin said with a smile: "As far as I know, Qingyun Wine Shop is the property of the Yu family, and it is normal for Yu Yun to appear in the backyard, Your Highness does not need to doubt it." ”

Li Yuanji paced back and forth, Qingyun Liquor Store was the largest meeting place for officials, and all kinds of information converged here, how could Li Yuanji not pay attention to it?

Li Yuanji has always wanted to take this wine shop as a base to monitor hundreds of officials, but after he inquired before, this wine shop turned out to be the property of his uncle Dou's family, and he was not easy to speak, but now it has become the Yu family's industry, and he is a little tempted in his heart.

"I want to take this liquor store down, what do you think, sir?"

Luo Yumin was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, I'm afraid it's not appropriate!" ”

Li Yuanji's face sank, "What's wrong, I just want a wine shop, doesn't the Yu family give me this face?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, the Yu family is a Guanlong nobleman after all, in the past two years, the Guanlong nobles have been in the same spirit, offending the family is equivalent to offending all, and the saint is worried about raising money and food, it is best to be cautious and not affect the major affairs of the saint."

Li Yuanji rarely listened to people's advice, Luo Yumin was one of them, he didn't speak for a long time, Luo Yumin obviously said that Li Yuanji was critical, he could offend anyone, but he couldn't offend his father, and after a while, he reluctantly said: "Let me think about this matter again, you step back first!" ”

Luo Yumin retreated, he knew Li Yuanji very well, as long as he made Li Yuanji tempted, he would definitely try to get it, it was useless for anyone to persuade him, and he only stopped him for a while, but the effect would not be too long, he had to inform Gao Jin in time.

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Outside the east gate of Chang'an, a team of hundreds of cavalry is rushing towards the city gate, the leader of the general is the Qin king Li Shimin, who has just rushed back from the starry night in Luoyang, he received the holy decree, the imperial court is about to hold a political hall meeting on these battles, I hope he will immediately rush back to Chang'an to attend the meeting, Li Shimin of course knows that this discussion is very important, he does not stop, day and night, it took only two days to arrive in Chang'an.

At this time, it was early in the morning, there was almost no one at the city gate, only a dozen soldiers stood guard in front of the city gate, Li Shimin had just arrived at the lower east gate, and a person who looked like a housekeeper ran out next to him, waving his hand and shouting: "Your Highness, stop!" ”

Li Shimin reined in his war horse, "Who are you?" ”

The housekeeper stepped forward and saluted: "Butler Liu Xiangguo, wait here for His Highness on the order of the housekeeper, and send a letter to His Highness." ”

The housekeeper presented a letter from Liu Wenjing to Li Shimin, Li Shimin took the letter and read it, his brows couldn't help frowning slightly, Liu Wenjing told him in the letter that the Son of Heaven had decided to hold him accountable, and suggested that he had better remain silent, so Li Shimin said to the housekeeper: "Please tell Liu Xiangguo, just say that I am very grateful to him for his kindness." ”

After Li Shimin finished speaking, the horse galloped towards the city, not long after, Li Shimin and the guards arrived at the Tiance Mansion, the Tiance Mansion is the Qin Palace, located in the northeast corner of the imperial city, covering an area of more than 200 acres, magnificent, since Li Shimin was named the Tiance General, the Qin Wangfu was renamed the Tiance General's Mansion, there are many officials in the palace and the East Palace, the famous eighteen bachelors are Li Shimin's most important think tank.

As soon as Li Shimin turned over and dismounted, Sun Wuji, the eldest son of the long history, rushed out of the gate, and said with a smile: "Your Highness is finally back." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji is good at government affairs and weak in military affairs, so Zhang Xuan left him to sit in Tiance Mansion, and Zhang Gongjin, who carried a stronger strategy, went out with him.

Li Shimin smiled: "Is there anything going on in the house?" “

"Fuzhong is very calm, but Chang'an City is about to be turned upside down."

"I can imagine that everyone's life must be difficult."

Li Shimin sighed and asked, "Has the notice of the political affairs hall been here?" ”

"It was delivered last night, and the time is set for this afternoon, and I am worried that His Highness will not be able to come back in time."

"Did you say anything in the notice?" Li Shimin asked again.

Eldest Sun Wuji shook his head, "I didn't say anything, but I heard that the Holy Lord fell ill." ”

Li Shimin was taken aback, "Is the condition serious?" ”

"The condition is not too serious, maybe the pressure is too much, does Your Highness want to go and take a look?"

Li Shimin pondered, "There is something I want to discuss with you first, and then I will go to see my father." ”

"In that case, let's go to the inner hall and say."

Li Shimin came to the inner hall and sat down, the guards served them tea, Li Shimin drank two sips of hot tea, and then handed Liu Wenjing's letter to the eldest grandson Wuji, and briefly said what happened at the city gate, the eldest grandson Wuji looked at the letter, nodded and said: "It is similar to the situation obtained by the humble position, but what the humble position heard is only rumors, and Liu Xiangguo's news is confirmed." ”

"And what do you think?"

Li Shimin asked: "Do I need to remain silent or take responsibility?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji smiled bitterly and said: "Frankly I don't know, but one thing is certain, who needs to take responsibility, presumably the saint has already made a decision in his heart, His Highness had better look at the situation first, if the saint really wants to be held accountable, then His Highness should take the initiative to bear part of the responsibility for Luoyang's failure, I think this is an attitude problem, whether to pursue responsibility or not is secondary." ”

Although the eldest grandson Wuji could not clarify the issue of responsibility, he at least reminded Li Shimin in one thing that whether he should take responsibility or not is not something that he Li Shimin can decide, but by his father, I am afraid that his father has already thought about it.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin said: "Okay! I'll go to the palace to visit my father, and we'll discuss other things later. ”

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From ancient times to the present, no matter which dynasty has suffered a major blow, or a major military defeat, will reflect and even hold accountable, if there is really no one to take responsibility, the Son of Heaven will have to make an edict to blame, take the responsibility on himself, and apologize to the subjects of the Son of Heaven, but no emperor is willing to take this step until the last resort, which is likely to lead to the instability of the throne.

The Tang Dynasty was no exception, from the beginning of the year to the present half a year, they suffered major defeats in a row, first the failure of the Eastern Expedition, and then forced to withdraw from Jingzhou, and in the process of opening up the Nanxiang Road, the Tang army won first and then lost, the five counties of Nanxiang were all lost, and almost even Shangluo County was lost, and under the aggressiveness of the Northern Sui army, the Tang army had to withdraw from the battle for Luoyang again.

This series of failures made the Tang Dynasty full of pessimism, although Li Yuan deliberately exaggerated the defeat of Luoyang, expanded the number of the Northern Sui army, and also said that the Tang army was a breakthrough and retreated westward, adding some sense of tragedy, but the effect was not ideal, failure is failure, the pessimistic atmosphere of officials can be seen everywhere in the court, and even the officials have gossip, and more than thirty percent of officials are considering resigning.

The pessimism was accompanied by extreme disappointment with the imperial court, and the call for military reform was growing louder and louder, and the tremendous pressure made the Son of Heaven Li Yuan fall ill, and this illness lasted for three days.

On the afternoon of the third day, Li Yuan convened a meeting in the political hall in the Wude Palace, and more than 20 important ministers gathered together, and everyone knew what it meant for the Holy Lord to convene this meeting, so everyone tried to be cautious, lest disaster come out of their mouths.

After a while, Li Yuan sat up with his tired body, his face was pale, his voice was hoarse, and he said slowly: "I have summoned you here to discuss with you how to review the reasons for the failure of this battle, and those responsible should be held accountable, and take advantage of the opportunity of the other party's truce to recover as soon as possible during this time, and prepare for the upcoming new big war." ”

After a pause, Li Yuan glanced at everyone and said: "Today, I have a word first, no matter what I say in this review, or even criticize me, I will not be held responsible, I just hope to find the root cause of failure, and I hope that everyone can speak enthusiastically and strive to avoid the next failure." ”

Li Yuan's opening remarks were very clear, simply put, eight words, 'find out the reason and hold accountable'.

Li Yuan had communicated with Xiangguo Chen Shuda in advance, he gave Chen Shuda a look, Chen Shuda understood, stood up and walked to the atrium and said with a smile: "The saint encourages him to speak freely, then Weichen will say a few words first, and the right should be used as a brick to lead the jade!" ”

"Chen Xiangguo said it bluntly!"

"Your Majesty, ministers, the failure of these battles, on the surface, is Zhang Xuan's far-reaching layout, so that we are passive step by step, from the middle plan to send Du Fuwei into Jianghuai, to Luoyang trap, of course, we must admit that Zhang Xuan is indeed an extremely powerful opponent, far-sighted, and has no last resort, but if the victory of the Sui army is completely because of Zhang Xuan's unique layout, the conclusion is inevitably a little too simple, I personally think that the fundamental reason for our failure these times is due to lack of strength."

"How can I see it, Chen Xiangguo might as well be more specific."

Li Yuan was quite satisfied with Chen Shuda's opening statement, and did not pursue personal responsibility first, but concluded from the overall situation, so that even if he was personally responsible, he would not be fully responsible for the defeat of the army. (To be continued.) )