At dawn, all 40,000 Guanlong coalition troops surrendered to the Tang army, and the Tang army not only got tens of thousands of well-equipped soldiers, but also got 50,000 sets of good armor, which was the armament quietly accumulated by the Guanlong nobles as early as the Sui Dynasty. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

As Li Shimin wrote in his letter to his father, the rebellion of the Guanlong nobles was not only dangerous, but also the greatest opportunity of the Tang Dynasty.

The next morning, in the imperial study, Li Yuan summoned several confidants to secretly negotiate the follow-up matters of the Guanlong nobles, including Li Shimin, the king of Qin, Li Yuanji, the king of Chu, Li Shentong, the king of Huaiyang, and Chen Shuda, Pei Lian, and Liu Wenjing.

This was an important matter that decided the fate of the Guanlong nobles, including the Dou family, the Dou Lu family, and the eldest grandson family, who were not eligible to participate.

Li Shimin made the greatest contribution in this counterinsurgency, and he naturally gained the greatest right to speak.

"There are many things that I expected in this rebellion of the Guanlong nobles, but there are also things that surprise me, mainly the ships and armor owned by the Guanlong nobles."

Li Shimin said slowly to everyone: "Last night I interrogated Dugu Huaide in detail, he told me that the armor mainly comes from the Dugu family and the Yuan family, and there are not only 50,000 sets of armor we have captured, most of which are the inventory that the Yuan family has accumulated for many years to replace Sui Yang, as well as part of the wealth of Xiangguo Yang Su and Yuwenshu, even Dugu Huaide doesn't know how much, he only told me, it's unbelievable, we need to recruit troops, we need to boost morale, we need a lot of money and food support, If we can get the wealth of the Guanlong nobles, then we can support the war for at least four to five years, Father, it can be said that this is the only chance for our Tang Dynasty Jedi to fight back. ”

Li Yuan saw that the fourth son, Yuanji, wanted to speak and stopped, so he asked, "What does Yuanji want to say?" ”

Li Yuanji hurriedly bowed down and said: "Father, the imperial brother is completely right, the sons know the minds of these Guanlong nobles best, they are all grass on the wall, whoever is beneficial to them will take refuge in whom, there is no loyalty at all, they have saved huge wealth for decades, if these wealth are not used by us, they will inevitably be taken away by Zhang Xuan, instead of cheapening the enemy, it is better to use it to support our Tang Sheji, the son is willing to lead the Xuanwu elite to complete this matter for his father, and the son guarantees that every copper plate will not be missed......."

Without waiting for Li Yuanji to finish speaking, Chen Shuda coughed heavily, Li Yuan understood what he meant, so he smiled and said, "Xiangguo has any high opinions, you might as well talk about it!" ”

"Wechen can't talk about any high opinions, in principle, Wechen supports the opinions of the two highnesses King Qin and King Chu, but there is a slight difference in the details of Weichen's ideas."

"What's the difference?" Li Yuan asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty, this rebellion of the Guanlong nobles is actually only a part, like the Dou family, the Doulu family and the Changsun family, they have always stood on His Majesty's side, if you want to be one-size-fits-all, then is it unfair to these three families, if you want to deal with it separately, then what should you do? What exactly do we want? What are the principles? Wechen feels that these issues should be clarified first, and then the specific disposal plan should be discussed. ”

Li Yuan nodded, took a copy of the scroll from the table, and said to everyone: "This is the scroll that I just received this morning, the prince sent from Hanzhong, and mentioned a plan in his scroll, I thought about it for a while, and I think it's good, let's discuss it again together, and see what is wrong with the prince's plan, and what needs to be improved?" ”

Only then did everyone understand that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince already had a plan, and he actually said that the Son of Heaven had moved, and everyone fell silent and listened attentively to the Prince's plan.

Li Yuan said with a smile: "He wrote a lot of content, I will briefly say that the prince put forward a land principle, that is, the Guanlong nobles reserve the land according to the title, and the rest of the excess land is all owned by the imperial court, whether it is the Dou family or the Dugu family, they all implement a principle on the land issue." ”

Everyone was secretly surprised, they thought that the prince's plan would be gentle, but they didn't expect his plan to be more ruthless and desperate, and he actually deprived the Guanlong nobles of their land, which is the foundation of the Guanlong nobles.

Li Yuan said unhurriedly: "I also think that the land problem in Guanlong is a cancer in the Tang Dynasty, there are almost not many yeoman farmers, and there are no yeoman farmers without taxes, resulting in a shortage of financial resources in the imperial court, and even the officials cannot afford to pay firewood, and the root cause is that some families occupy a large amount of land.

In addition, the reason why Zhang Xuan was able to become strong step by step from Beihai County is that the root cause is the land military merit system he implemented, the general can be promoted to the rank of knight for meritorious service, but the soldier does not have the opportunity to be knighted, so using the land as a reward is the guarantee for the soldier to fight bravely to kill the enemy, I also want to implement this system, but I have no land in my hands, if the land of the Guanlong nobles is collected for the imperial court, then not only the increase of homesteaders, but also the soldiers have the goal to fight for, I believe in the implementation of the military merit land system, It will completely change the situation of low morale and weak combat effectiveness of the Tang army. ”

If Li Yuan didn't say this, everyone would think that it was the prince who persuaded the Son of Heaven, but Li Yuan's words made everyone wake up to the fact that the person who really wanted to seize the land of the Guanlong nobles was not the prince, but the Son of Heaven himself, in order to seize the land of the Guanlong nobles, the Son of Heaven could be said to have been planning for a long time.

Pei Lin reacted very quickly, and preemptively said: "Your Majesty, Wechen fully agrees with His Royal Highness the Prince's plan, in fact, this is also Wechen's idea, the shore of the land, is not the king's land, even if a minister has more than the title or the land of the field, it must be due to the Tang Dynasty, given by His Majesty personally, and it cannot be said that he was rewarded by the previous dynasty, and this dynasty cannot be touched, which is not in line with common sense and does not conform to the court etiquette, so His Royal Highness the Crown Prince put forward the principle of land, and Weichen believes that it is completely in line with legal principles." ”

Everyone secretly scolded Pei Lin for being shameless, he took the lead in retreating when something happened, but he ran the fastest to grab the credit, Li Shenfu was a step slower, so he had to follow Pei Lin and said: "Weichen is the person who leads the soldiers, and Weichen also deeply feels the soldiers' desire for land, a big war, the court rewards are allocated layer by layer, and there is still little left in the hands of the soldiers, so the morale of the soldiers is low, and it is understandable that they are unwilling to fightWeichen also believes that this system will fundamentally reverse the situation in which the Tang army is passively beaten, and hopes that His Majesty will implement it immediately. ”

Li Yuanlong's heart was overjoyed, and he asked Chen Shuda with a smile: "What else does Chen Xiangguo have to add?" ”

Chen Shuda also knew that the army had been taken away by Li Yuan, and the Guanlong nobles must be on the case, and it was irretrievable to let Li Yuan slaughter and confiscate the land, so he had to bow down and say: "Weichen also supports His Majesty's land and military merit system, and hopes to slightly distinguish the difference between the three clans of the Dou clan and other families in terms of property, and Weichen suggests that His Majesty talk about this matter with the Dou clan first, after all, it involves two Xiangguo, which will affect the stability of the imperial court." ”

Li Yuan nodded and said: "I know that in addition to land, they also have a lot of commercial property, and I will consider their interests in terms of commercial property, as for the Dou family's thoughts, frankly speaking, I have already talked to Dou Wei before, and he expressed his support for the land and military merit system, so Chen Xiangguo does not have to worry about the stability of the imperial court." ”

Although Liu Wenjing also participated in this discussion, he did not express his position from beginning to end, and remained silent, at this time a sneer appeared on his face, in the face of absolute power, did the Dou family dare to say half a word? Of course, he could only agree, but in fact, how could the Dou family be willing to hand over the land?

The sneer on Liu Wenjing's face happened to be seen by Li Yuan, Li Yuan's face sank, and he was very dissatisfied: "Does Liu Xiangguo have anything to add?" ”

Liu Wenjing was so frightened that she hurriedly bowed down and saluted, "Wechen fully supports the land and military merit system of His Royal Highness the Prince, but Wechen suggests that Your Majesty follow the method of the three halls of triage, and involve multiple parties in the land recovery matter, which will be considered more comprehensively and will progress faster." ”

Liu Wenjing's multi-party coordination plan is good, Li Yuan's face softened slightly, nodded and said: "I can adopt it, and the military, the Supervision Hall and the imperial court will implement this matter, the military is represented by the supernatural powers, and the Supervision Hall is represented by the King of Chu, as for the imperial court, I will consider letting ........"

Li Yuan glanced at Li Shimin, and Li Shimin hurriedly said: "Erchen recommended Chen Xiangguo to participate in land clearing matters on behalf of the imperial court. ”

Li Yuan saw that the second son had something to say to himself, so he nodded and agreed, "Okay! On behalf of the imperial court, Chen Xiangguo began to clear the land of the Guanlong nobles today, and I hope to complete this within a month. ”