Chang'an, since the end of the Jingxiang Campaign, the Tang Dynasty seized the rich and fertile land of Jingxiang, defeated the Zhu Wei Division, obtained the two counties of Xiyang and Nanyang, and opened the southern gate to the Central Plains.

In recognition of the great contributions made by Li Shimin, the king of Qin, Li Yuan crowned him as the general of Tiance, built the office of the general of Tiance, and allowed him to purchase his own official subordinates.

At this time, Li Shimin's side has gathered a lot of talented people, such as Fang Xuanling, eldest grandson Wuji, Gao Shilian, Yu Shinan, Yin Qiao, etc., Wu Ruwei Chigong, eldest grandson Shunde, Qiu Xinggong, Shi Danai, Duan Zhixuan, Hou Junji, Zhang Gongjin, etc., can be described as full of talents.

Unlike the Sui Dynasty, which was full of factions, the factional struggles in the Tang Dynasty were mainly focused on two major forces, one was the power of the King of Qin, and the second was the power of the crown prince.

At this time, Li Shimin's wings have been completed, and the prince Li Jiancheng has gradually formed a trend of resistance to the court, and after Li Shimin and Li Xiaogong formed an alliance, he has controlled seventy percent of the military forces, and in the imperial court, he mainly shot Pei Lin with the right servant of Shangshu, Qu Tutong, the secretary of the military department, and Dou Jin, the secretary of the household department, as the main supporters.

The crown prince Li Jiancheng has a weak military force, mainly the faction of Li Shentong and Chai Shao, and the king of Qi Yuanji trained 30,000 recruits in Jingyuan, which also belongs to his henchmen, and only barely accounts for 30% of the military forces.

Li Jiancheng's forces were mainly concentrated in the imperial court, and nearly ninety percent of the officials in the imperial court and local areas supported him, so that he had a strong civil power, and it was the strength of the civil power that made him firmly sit on the throne of the crown prince, and Li Shimin could not shake his position for a while.

However, Li Jiancheng was still worried about the growing power of his second brother Li Shimin, especially his Tiance General's Office allowed him to appoint his own officials, which made him establish a system of officials who were free from the imperial court and were not subject to the control of the imperial court, which made Li Jiancheng dissatisfied.

In the room, Li Jiancheng paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, while Liu Wenjing sat on the side and was silent in thought.

Li Jiancheng couldn't help but hate: "I don't know what my father thinks, it's just a matter of giving him military power, and now he is allowed to set up his own subordinate officials, which is obviously to let him build a small court." Didn't my father know the consequences of doing so? Isn't this just for him to take the throne with me? I really don't understand my father's thoughts. ”

Li Jiancheng was in an extremely bad mood, he really didn't know why his father did this, the lessons of the Sui Dynasty were still there, did his father want to make him the second Yang Yong?

He turned to Liu Wenjing and said, "Tell me, is my father really so confused?" ”

Liu Wenjing sighed, "Your Highness, since ancient times, the emperor is still in his prime. And the crown prince is already old. This problem will arise, Your Highness think about it, Emperor Wu of Han. Who was the last to take the throne? ”

Li Jiancheng was speechless for a long time, Liu Wenjing said a word to the root of the problem, and he sighed. "Does my father really want to abolish me?"

Liu Wenjing shook his head, "I don't think the Holy Lord necessarily wants to abolish His Highness and support the King of Qin, this is exactly the technique of the Holy God King, mainly for balance, once the King of Qin sits big, the Holy Lord will inevitably suppress and support the Prince, as long as His Royal Highness and the King of Qin have internal strife." The Holy Emperor will not have to worry about it, and His Royal Highness does not need to worry too much. ”

Li Jiancheng sighed in his heart, his father's balance of power was playing with fire, and sooner or later there would be a big problem, but there was nothing he could do.

Li Jiancheng sat down slowly, he also knew that there was no point in dwelling on this issue, and his thoughts turned back to reality. He asked, "Xiangguo, what news is there from Pingyuan County?" ”

Pingyuan County should send an eagle letter every day, but now there has been no news for ten days, which makes Li Jiancheng really worried, and he vaguely feels that something has happened.

Liu Wenjing shook her head. "There is no news, Your Highness. I think something happened. ”

Liu Wenjing's heart was gloomy, Pingyuan County was his relationship, Koji Liang was his in-laws, if something happened, I am afraid that his daughter would be difficult to protect, and it was his idea to let Pingyuan County rebel, because Pingyuan County was close to Douzigang, once there was an uprising, the rebel army could quickly transfer to Douzigang, which was a swampy area, and it was difficult for the Sui army to exterminate.

At the same time, the uprising in Pingyuan County can also lead other counties in Hebei to follow the uprising, so that Hebei will fall into chaos again, which will contain Yang Yuanqing's army to a large extent, and can also greatly weaken the strength of the Sui Dynasty, this plan is good, but Liu Wenjing also knows that there is a great risk in this, and Koji Liang's ability is not good, I am afraid that it will be difficult for him to control the complex situation in Hebei after the war, if he has an accident, it is also reasonable.

Li Jiancheng's concern about Pingyuan County was not because he was worried about the life and death of Lu Liang and others, but because of the matter of Pingyuan County, which was related to the battle for intelligence power between him and King Qin.

After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, he was ordered by his father to set up the Foreign Supervision Hall, with Liu Wenjing as the chief historian, responsible for collecting information on various forces outside the Tang Dynasty, and he has always firmly controlled the intelligence power of the Tang Dynasty.

However, after the Dunhuang Incident, his father began to be dissatisfied with his intelligence affairs, and the King of Qin took the opportunity to propose the separation of military and political affairs, which was supported by his father, and the 'Tang Feng' of the King of Qin was established.

On the surface, Tang Feng and the Outer Supervision Hall, one is in charge of the army, the other is in charge of the government, and there is a clear distinction, but in fact, both sides are in charge of one family, and the boundary will not be so clear, Tang Feng will definitely collect government affairs intelligence, and his Outer Supervision Hall will also collect military intelligence, and sooner or later the two sides will clash, and the final result is that there is only one left, which is also the main purpose of King Qin to establish Tang Feng, to fully control foreign intelligence.

If you lose intelligence, you will lose the right to participate in foreign military affairs, if this may not be important during the period of unification of the world, but when participating in the competition for the world, this is undoubtedly an important cornerstone of the final ascension to the throne.

Li Jiancheng knows very well that he has lost the right to speak to the outside world, and his position as the crown prince is in danger!

Thinking of this, he immediately decided: "Xiangguo can immediately notify the Youzhou Branch, I will give them three days, and be sure to give me a detailed report of Pingyuan County." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a report from the guards came from outside the hall: "Your Highness, there is a decree in the palace, and the Holy Lord has summoned His Highness to meet you!" ”

Li Jiancheng was stunned, and hurriedly said to Liu Wenjing: "My father has summoned me, I want to go quickly, and Xiangguo can arrange the investigation immediately." ”

"Humble duty understands."

Li Jiancheng explained a few more words, then changed his clothes, sat on the chariot, and hurriedly walked towards the Wude Palace......

In the imperial study of Wude Palace, Li Yuan sat on the imperial couch, his face was extremely gloomy, and he put a piece of information in front of him, the uprising in Pingyuan County was severely suppressed, and more than 1,000 people were killed.

Li Shimin next to him whispered: "Father, although this defeat was suppressed by Yang Yuanqing himself, but in fact, the matter is not secret, and it is not a person, father, Yang Yuanqing used thunderous means to bloodily suppress the uprising in Pingyuan County, this is actually a warning, kill a hundred examples, and the sons can foresee that no one in Hebei will dare to have dissenting hearts." ”

'Bang! With a bang, Li Yuan slapped the table heavily, and he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, "If you can't do a single thing, what else can you do?" ”

Li Yuan placed great expectations on the Pingyuan County uprising, if it can succeed, it will inevitably trigger a second rebellion in Hebei, Li Yuan knows very well in his heart that Yang Yuanqing will conquer Hebei, some people will benefit, and some people will inevitably lose, once there are foolish people who follow the religion to rebel, those who lose their interests will inevitably take advantage of the situation to make waves, and even Dou Jiande will counterattack Hebei.

As long as Hebei is in chaos, Yang Yuanqing will be dragged to death by Hebei, but Yang Yuanqing used the thunderbolt method of bloody killing to cut off the source of chaos in the plains, and also deterred other people who lost interests, Li Yuan also had to admire Yang Yuanqing's decisiveness and ruthlessness, which showed that Yang Yuanqing was also very sober-minded.

This failure really annoyed Li Yuan, why is it that every time the plan is very good, but the person who executes it is so incompetent? And this information should be reported by the Outer Supervision Hall, but now it is Tang Feng who has received detailed information.

At this time, the eunuch reported at the door: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived." ”

"Announce his audience!"

Soon, Li Jiancheng hurriedly walked in and bowed, "Sons see father." ”

Li Jiancheng saw that his second brother Li Shimin was also there, and he felt a little uneasy, he smiled reluctantly: "Second brother, I haven't seen you for a long time, and my complexion seems to be good." ”

Li Shimin bowed and bowed, "Thank you for your concern, eldest brother is busy with government affairs, so you should pay more attention to your body." ”

In front of their father, the two brothers always care about each other, and there is no disharmony in the slightest, but at this time, Li Yuan has no heart to realize the deep brotherhood between the two of them.

He asked Li Jiancheng coldly, "Is there any news from Pingyuan County?" I wonder how the plains are doing. ”

Li Jiancheng's heart jumped, could it be that the second brother's Tang Feng got some news, he didn't know how to answer, but he had to answer, so he had to say vaguely: "It is estimated that the intelligence is not very good, there is no definite news yet, Erchen is working hard, and there will be news soon." ”

"Soon? What time will it be soon? Li Yuan did not relax at all, and pressed step by step.

Li Jiancheng lowered his head and whispered, "In four or five days!" ”

"Bang!" Li Yuan slapped the table again, and said angrily: "It will take another four or five days, what is the use of you raising those wastes?" ”

Li Yuan threw the information to him, "Look for yourself!" ”

Li Jiancheng picked up the information, his face turned pale, there was such a serious problem, but Li Yuan didn't let him go, and said angrily: "How do you explain it to me?" ”

Li Jiancheng said after a while: "Father, the plan is in the people, and the success is in the sky, Koji Liang has tried his best, how did he expect that Yang Yuanqing happened to be in Hebei, and there are too many people participating in this kind of Maitreya uprising, it is difficult to keep it secret, and it will definitely be reported, Yang Yuanqing is just there, it can only be said that God does not let them succeed." ”

Li Yuan's face softened slightly, indeed, Yang Yuanqing's sudden appearance was unexpected, and the prince couldn't be blamed for being ineffective, but the prince also had a problem, Li Yuan said again: "I said that your external supervision hall, why is there no news so far?" ”