On the one hand, he asked his father to point out the seriousness of the situation and that the Tang Dynasty must deal with it, and on the other hand, he wanted to reconcile with his father.

My father is in the prime of life, who will sit on the throne in the end between him and Tai Pi Zi can be put to a later date.

Li Shimin walked quickly to the door of the imperial study, and suddenly hesitated, if his father refused to accept his reconciliation, he must be put under house arrest, what should he do?

Although he felt that this possibility was not great, but after all, it was possible, in case his father listened to the persuasion of Tai Pi Zi and imprisoned him again, then he would lose more than he gained.

But since he had arrived, Li Shimin couldn't help himself, and a eunuch went in to report for him, and came out in a moment and said: "Your Highness, the Holy Lord has announced that you are here!" ”

Li Shimin stabilized his mind slightly, and then walked into the imperial study, as soon as he entered the imperial study, he knelt on the ground, and respectfully kowtowed three heads, "The son sees his father, I wish my father a long life, and the country will stay forever!" ”

Li Yuan looked at this rebellious son with complicated eyes, at this time he had no resentment in his heart, he thought of his deceased wife, a wisp of father-son affection spontaneously arose from his heart, and his tone became softer, "The emperor get up!" ”

"Thank you, Father!" Li Shimin stood up and stood with his hands down in front of his father.

Li Yuan asked him again, "Why didn't your third brother come back with you?" ”

The third brother is Li Xuanba, he has always been with Li Shimin, Li Xuanba thinks about the problem relatively simply, he is unwilling to follow Li Jiancheng of the appeasement faction and is more willing to follow the second brother Li Shimin of the main battle faction.

Li Shimin hurriedly bowed down and said: "The third brother is now following General Duan Zhixuan to guard the shallow water plain, if his father wants to see him, the son will immediately send someone to find him back." ”

"It's not necessary, I'm just asking."

Li Yuan changed the topic and said: "The emperor should have heard about Li Mi's destruction!" ”

"Back to my father, my son's ministers have heard about this, but it is not surprising that my sons think that Li Mi's fall is actually inevitable."

"Why is that?" Li Yuan asked puzzled.

"Father, Li Mi's root is that the Wagang Army supports the people of the Wagang Army in the Central Plains, but Li Mi gave up the Central Plains and turned to Jiangnan, even if he destroyed Li Zitong and Shen Faxing, but he also did not get the support of the famous Jiangnan Shi clan, Yang Yuanqing was supported by the Shandong Shi clan to occupy the north, and we were supported by the Guanlong nobles to be able to sit firmly in Chang'an Li Mi had nothing, just like a rootless duckweed, how could he not fail in the end?"

Li Yuan gradually heard what his son said, which made him feel a little uncomfortable, he glanced at the resignation papers piled on the ground again, and asked coldly, "Did you come here to accuse me of giving up my foundation?" ”

Li Shimin was so frightened that he knelt down, "Erchen didn't dare, the matter of the Guanlong nobles, the Erchen only heard when he entered the palace, and the Erchen came from Fufeng, in fact, there were two things to present to his father." ”

"Don't mention anything that has nothing to do with you."

Li Yuan snorted, "Say it!" What are two things you have to confront me? "Father, the first thing is that Erchen is willing to resign from the post of Admiral Tiance, Erchen has offended the imperial brother in the past, and Erchen wants to apologize to him in person."

Li Yuan was slightly stunned, he didn't expect this result, he understood that his son's implication was that he would no longer seek the position of the East Palace, give up internal strife, and resign from the post of Admiral of Tiance was obviously this meaning.

In fact, Li Yuan has also realized that the internal strife between the two brothers is the root cause of the repeated failures of the Tang Dynasty, and he also hopes that the two brothers will stop fighting for power and profit and work together to the outside world.

Li Shimin's statement made Li Yuan feel greatly relieved, and the unhappiness caused by the Guanlong nobles just now also disappeared, and he smiled a little: "The emperor's statement is the most gratifying sentence that my father has heard this year, I hope that you two brothers can work together to tide over the crisis together." ”

Li Shimin kowtowed heavily, "The son will never live up to his father's expectations." ”

"Get up and talk!"

Li Yuan asked Li Shimin to get up, and asked with a smile, "Then what is the second thing you want to say?" ”

"The second thing Erchen wants to say is about the situation in Jiangnan, Erchen thinks that Yang Yuanqing's defeat of Li Mi is actually only his first step, and his next step must be to attack Jingxiang, and now Erchen is most worried about Jingxiang, Nanyang County has Xu Shiji's 40,000 troops, and now the number of Sui troops in Jiangnan is unknown, but if you consider the surrender and the Xiaodu coalition army, Erchen feels that it is at least more than 150,000 people, so that the total strength of the Sui army besieging Jingxiang is about 200,000, and Xiaogong only has 80,000 troops in his hands, father emperor, The situation is critical! ”

This is the real reason why Li Shimin is in a hurry to come to Chang'an, if Jingxiang loses and Bashu can't keep it, then Datang will really be finished.

Li Yuan didn't speak for a long time, it should be said that Li Shimin's opinion was the same as his, and he also thought that the Sui army would inevitably attack Jingxiang next, but how to deal with it, he still couldn't make up his mind for a while.

"Then according to the emperor's opinion, how should we deal with the danger of Jingxiang?" Li Yuan knew that since the second son Shimin came to talk about this matter, he must have some ideas.

Li Shimin bowed and saluted, "The child has three strategies to dedicate to his father, and ask his father to decide."

Li Shimin has also learned to be smart, every time his advice is always not adopted, it is because of the firm main battle, this time he simply strategizes, no matter which strategy, as long as his father chooses one, it is his credit.

Li Yuan nodded, "Say it!" What are the three strategies? ”

"At present, we have a total of 200,000 troops in Guanzhong and Guannei, we can divide our troops and fight, Erchen's best policy is to concentrate 100,000 troops to attack Hedong, as far as Erchen knows, the 100,000 Sui troops guarding Hedong and Taiyuan are all new soldiers, as long as we attack rapidly, take advantage of Qin Qiong's time to return to the army, and advance to Taiyuan in one go, even if we can't capture Taiyuan, it will inevitably shake the Sui Dynasty, and Yang Yuanqing will have to give up the plan to attack Jingxiang."

This time, Li Yuan was indeed carefully considering Li Shimin's plan, he walked a few steps in the room with his hands behind his back, and then turned back and asked, "What is the middle strategy?" ”

"Returning to my father, the middle strategy of the sons is also to divide the troops into two roads, one with 30,000 troops to defend Bashu, and the other with 70,000 troops to support Jingxiang, so that Jingxiang's Tang army has a strength of 150,000, and the two sides will fight Jingxiang in a decisive battle, if the Tang army wins, we will take the opportunity to take the entire south with one effort."

Li Shimin did not stop, and continued: "Let's talk about the next policy, Erchen's next strategy is to give up Jingxiang, withdraw the army back to Bashu, and do his best to protect Bashu." ”

Li Yuan walked to the window, he could accept these three plans, but he couldn't accept them, he couldn't accept it if he gave up Jingxiang and fled back to Bashu, but he poured his troops out and fought a big battle with the Sui army, he didn't have that psychological preparation, he sighed for a long time and said: "Let me think about it again!" ”

Li Shimin saluted, "The sons and daughters don't disturb their father's deep thoughts." ”

After speaking, he also glanced at the resignation papers piled on the ground, he wanted to persuade his father, but reason told him that if he mentioned this matter again, he would definitely lose his previous achievements Li Shimin had to bow and retreat.

Li Shimin walked out of the imperial study, and when he looked up, he happened to have a face-to-face with Li Jiancheng, the son of Taiyi, Li Jiancheng's face sank, snorted heavily, and turned his head to ignore him.

Li Shimin stepped forward and gave a deep salute, "Shimin apologizes to the imperial brother!" ”

Li Jiancheng was stunned, he didn't react, and still said coldly: "What else can we say between us?" ”

"In the past, it was the people of the world who were wrong, and they were always delusional about things that did not belong to them, but now the people of the world have repented and apologized to the royal brother, and I will fully support the imperial brother in exercising the power of the emperor."

After speaking, he bowed deeply again Li Jiancheng understood what he meant, it turned out that he wanted to reconcile with himself, Li Jiancheng was not as easy to be blinded by the relationship between father and son as his father Li Yuan, he was quite calm, and he knew his brother very well, he knew that the second brother was ruthless and scheming, and he would never give up easily fighting for the throne with himself.

But now that Datang is in danger, if the two brothers can reconcile temporarily, it will only be beneficial and harmless to Datang, thinking of this, Li Jiancheng smiled lightly: "Do you want to go back to Fufeng now?" ”

Although Li Jiancheng did not explicitly say that the two sides would make peace, his attitude was obviously a kind of reconciliation, Li Shimin of course understood, he hurriedly bowed down and replied: "The younger brother naturally listens to my father's arrangement, and my father won't let me go back to Fufeng, so I will stay in Chang'an." ”

"Hmm!"

Li Jiancheng nodded, "You go first!" We'll talk about it another day.

"The younger brother retired first."

Li Shimin saluted, turned around and left, Li Jiancheng looked at his back, his heart was full of confusion, did his brother really repent?

At this time, a eunuch came out and said with a smile: "Your Royal Highness, the Holy Lord announced that you will go in." ”

Only then did Li Jiancheng retract his thoughts and walked into the imperial study.

In the imperial study, Li Yuan's mood was obviously much better, and he asked with a smile: "You should have met Shimin at the door, right?" ”

"Yes! He actually apologized to his sons. ”

Li Yuan smiled and said, "That's what he should, I'm very pleased, as long as he can restrain himself from the precipice, I can forgive him." ”

Li Jiancheng's mind turned, he would not seize the military power of King Qin, so it would be over! But he didn't dare to say this, so he had to ask: "Is the second brother here for the matter of Jiangnan Li Mi?" ”

"That's right, he put forward three strategies to deal with the Jingxiang crisis, and I was undecided for a while."

Li Yuan explained Li Shimin's three strategies, and finally said: "I am more inclined to the middle strategy, which has not violated the treaty between the two sides, and can seize the south by taking advantage of the situation, what does the emperor think?" ”

Li Jiancheng glanced at the resignation on the ground, he came to discuss the resignation of the Guanlong nobles, not to deal with the Jingxiang crisis, but since his father asked him, he couldn't help but express his position, after thinking about it, Li Jiancheng said: "Father, it's better to hold a meeting of the political hall and discuss it with the Xiangguo." ”

A sentence reminded Li Yuan, and he nodded, "What the emperor said is extremely true, I almost forgot about the political affairs hall. ”

Li Jiancheng gave a deep salute, "Father, the son is here for the collective resignation of the Guanlong nobles. ”

Li Yuan's face became solemn, and he said with some displeasure: "Are you going to make me bow to them?" ”

Li Jiancheng sighed and said: "Father, now we can't have civil strife, and the sons will take responsibility for this matter, and the sons will persuade Duhu Xiangguo and Dou Xiangguo to tell them that the father is not planning to tour the south, but is preparing to drive to the south of the Yangtze River to eliminate their misunderstanding." ”

Having said that, in fact, he bowed his head in disguise, Li Yuan's face became more and more ugly, and finally he said coldly: "That's it!" Settle this matter first, and then I'll clean them up one by one. ”