Li Shimin, the king of Qin, said in surprise: "Politics? Isn't it a military counterinsurgency? How is politics involved? The situation in Hebei is so erosive, is this all caused by the old ministry of the traitor Dou Jiande? ”

Li Xuan smiled and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Qin, are you so sure that there are no political forces to support the traitor Liu Heimin?" ”

Li Shimin, the king of Qin, was suddenly stunned and asked, "You say that there are political forces supporting the traitor Liu Heimin?" The three major political forces in the world - the Guanlong aristocracy, the Shandong wealthy family, and the southern family - all surrendered to my Datang, used by my Datang, and became an official in my Datang, could it be that there are other political forces in this world who dare to support the traitor Liu Heimin and oppose my Datang? ”

Li Xuan said: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin. In Hebei, since the first eastward expedition to Goguryeo in the sixth year of the great cause of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, Wang Bo, the leader of the righteous army, made "The Song of the Death of the Waves of Liaodong Wave" to unveil the curtain of the uprising, and now the six years of Wude have been in the melee for a full thirteen years. In such a Hebei region, if there is no very large political force to provide assistance to the rebels, how can the traitor Liu Heimin quickly pull up an army of 400,000? People eat horses and chew, and the amount of grain and grass consumed every day is not a small amount. Liu Heimin started with only dozens of people, making a living by robbing homes and houses, how could such a rabble be able to defeat the more than 200,000 imperial court garrisons in Hebei led by Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, Luo Yi, the king of Yan, Qin Wutong, the general of Zuo Wuwei, and Li Xuantong, the governor of Dingzhou, how could they occupy the entire Hebei in just half a year and have a full 400,000 troops? That's because someone provided them with food, grass, equipment, horses, and even the conquest plan of my Tang army. Since ancient Yan Zhao has many fierce warriors, Liu Heimin has food in his hands, this is the reason why he has been able to develop rapidly in the past six months. ”

Li Shimin, the king of Qin, said: "It seems that there are really big political forces supporting the traitor Liu Heimin, otherwise these things you said can't be explained clearly." has the support of big political forces, this is the fundamental reason why the traitor Liu Heimin can have such power. It's just that I don't know, what kind of hidden force can have the strength to support a full 400,000 army? And I, Datang, still don't know about the existence of this hidden force. ”

Li Xuan said: "I guessed the forces that support them, and His Royal Highness King Qin also knows this force. ”

Li Shimin, the king of Qin, was surprised: "Do you know what kind of force it is? Do I know? Who are they? ”

Li Xuan replied: "In Hebei and Henan, there is a political force that is famous all over the world. In the last years of the Sui Dynasty, they successively supported the three regimes of Li Mi of Wagangshan, Wang Shichong of Luoyang, and Dou Jiande of Hebei, especially when Wude was four years old, under their intentional matchmaking, Wang Shichong of Luoyang and Dou Jiande of Hebei joined forces, supported nearly one million troops, occupied the entire land of Hebei and Henan, and had a dominant world, including the eight wildernesses, but just when they thought that the final victory would inevitably belong to them, they would also become the largest political force in the world, His Royal Highness the King of Qin, you led 100,000 Tang troops out of Tongguan, and Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande fought a decisive battle under the city of Luoyang, Dou Jiande's 400,000 army collapsed, Dou Jiande, the king of Xia, was captured, Wang Shichong held the lonely city of Luoyang for three months, the grain and grass were cut off, the people in Luoyang City were discouraged, and the morale was completely lost, Wang Shichong wore prison clothes and led the people to surrender. With the Xia King Dou Jiande and the Zheng King Wang Shichong being escorted to Chang'an, this political force, their dream of dominating the world, was shattered by His Royal Highness the King of Qin. In desperation, they could only take refuge in Datang and enter Chang'an. After entering Chang'an, they found that with the most protégés and officials in the world, and politically, they were the most powerful political force, and they had no right to speak in the Tang Dynasty. The most important inner court meeting of the Tang Dynasty, the Li royal family, the Guanlong nobles, and the southern family all have their spokespersons, and only they don't even have the opportunity to enter the inner court meeting, they feel very unwilling. It happened that Liu Heimin, the old department of Dou Jiande, the king of Xia, and others occupied the county seat of Zhangnan, and some of these people were originally the contacts between the traitor Dou Jiande and this force, and they contacted this force. The two sides have their own needs, hit it off, and support each other, so there is the current erosive situation in Hebei. ”

Li Shimin, the king of Qin, scolded angrily: "Shandong Hao? Didn't expect it to be them? They're eating dog stuff inside and out. Understood, everything understood. Only with their support, the more than 20 Hebei garrisons of our Datang Dynasty will be defeated so quickly, and the traitor Liu Heimin will occupy the entire Hebei region within half a year, with a full 400,000 troops. This is the fundamental reason why the traitor Liu Heimin was able to create that military myth that made the whole world unbelievable. ”

Li Xuan said: "Your Highness, now that you have found the crux of the problem, as long as you can make the Shandong Hao clan no longer support the traitor Liu Heimin, the 400,000 army of the traitor Liu Heimin will be completely cut off from grain and grass and supply, and when its grain and grass are cut off and the morale is gone, it will be easy for His Highness's 30,000 army to pacify the traitor Liu Heimin." ”

After pondering, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, asked, "Will the wealthy clan of Shandong not support the traitor Liu Heimin?" ”

Li Xuan said with a smile: "Your Highness, the trend of the Tang Dynasty dominating the world, after His Royal Highness defeated Dou Jiande of Hebei and Wang Shichong of Henan in the fourth year of Wude, it is already the consensus of the whole world." Shandong Haojia will not know. Besides, the traitor Liu Heimin is cunning and brave, but he is just a military general, and he doesn't understand politics. Such a person seems to be extremely powerful now, but the wealthy family of Shandong will never think that he can dominate the world and govern the world well. ”

Li Shimin asked: "Then what is the purpose of the Shandong Hao clan to support the traitor Liu Heimin now?" ”

Li Xuan replied: "I am unwilling. Let the entire Datang and the whole world see their strength clearly, and give them enough attention and enough power. Otherwise, they will disturb the entire Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Shimin fell into deep thought, and after a long time, asked, "What do you say to do now?" ”

Li Xuan said: "Give them enough power to let their people participate in the inner court meetings and participate in the decision-making of the imperial court. ”

Li Shimin said angrily: "Such a person is also worthy of entering the power center of my Tang Dynasty, participating in the inner court meeting, and participating in the decision-making of the imperial court?" ”

Li Xuan stretched out his hands and replied helplessly: "His Royal Highness King Qin, they have this strength." Shandong Hao family, inherited from the Han Dynasty, has been around for a thousand years. The ancestors were all famous ministers and Confucians, and their protégés were all over the world. Nowadays, eighty percent of the civil officials of the Tang Dynasty are from the wealthy families in Shandong, and the scholars in the world, except for the Li royal family, the nobles of Guanlong, and the children of the southern clan, are all from the wealthy families of Shandong. Nowadays, the whole world, the army is mainly in the hands of His Majesty, the King of Qin, the King of Qi, and the nobles of Guanlong, but public opinion is always in the hands of the wealthy families in Shandong, they even dare to question the origin of the Li royal family, and the whole world also doubts the origin of the Li royal family because of their doubts. And the entire land of Hebei and Henan, that is still controlled by them, they have the most extensive land, the largest population and the most wealth, if they want to support whom, who will make a career in the whole Hebei and Henan, Wagangshan Li Mi, Luoyang Wang Shichong, Hebei Dou Jiande, and now the traitor Liu Heimin is not so, even if the Tang Dynasty has tried his best to level the traitor Liu Heimin this time, as long as they do not meet the power needs of the Shandong Hao family, they have the ability to support others in Henan, The land of Hebei and Datang have always done the right thing. ”

After listening to Li Xuan's analysis, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, also said helplessly: "Then you can only satisfy them." The power of the Hao clan has always been a big trouble for my Datang. They only have their own family in their hearts, not the whole country. How can the interests of the family be higher than the interests of the state? ”