Xiao Yu didn't expect the saint to answer so resolutely, and he was also mentally prepared to take a long time, but he still didn't expect such a categorical refusal

Xiao Yu sighed secretly in his heart, extremely disappointed, he actually understood the psychology of the saint, the saint was afraid of the Sui Dynasty from the bottom of his bones, so he pinned all his hopes on that non-binding contract, and now he wants to tear up the contract and send troops to the Central Plains, how can he agree?

Li Yuan's face was gloomy, Xiao Yu's suggestion made him extremely annoyed, let him send troops to the Central Plains, is this a Xiangguo to say?

How much did the Tang Dynasty pay to reach this agreement, and now it is actually going to send troops lightly, knowing that this is the case, what should it do with this agreement?

Li Yuan's anger filled his chest, he kept his face calm and didn't say a word, but the crown prince Li Jiancheng next to him understood his father's anger, and he said softly to his father: "Father, Xiao Xiangguo's urgent mood is also understandable, Li Mi is really important, if we can save him, of course we can act, but we must help Li Mi within the scope of our ability, such as sending someone to deliver a letter to him, asking him to pay attention to the movements at sea, etc., but as Xiao Xiangguo said, sending troops to the Central Plains, the sons and daughters do not approve." ”

The prince's understanding made Li Yuan's anger subside a little, he glared at Xiao Yu fiercely, and said to Li Jiancheng: "You tell Xiao Xiangguo, what is his problem?" ”

Xiao Yu also sighed, bowed down and bowed, "Please teach the prince!" ”

Li Jiancheng smiled slightly, "Xiao Xiangguo's idea is good, but it is not pragmatic, for example, if we send troops to the Central Plains, will Xu Shiji's army in Nanyang County withdraw?" If they don't evacuate, then it doesn't make any sense for us to send troops to the Central Plains, but instead we tear up the agreement that was reached with great difficulty, and besides, if we send troops to the Central Plains, the Sui army in Yan'an County will take the opportunity to kill the pass, what will be the consequences? There was only one consequence, and the Sui and Tang wars broke out ahead of schedule. Yang Yuanqing is attacking the Tang Dynasty with all his might, at this time, will Li Mi support us? Xiao Xiangguo just thought about the problem too simply. ”

Li Yuan glanced at Xiao Yu coldly, "Now you should understand!" ”

Xiao Yu was helpless. I had to whisper: "Weichen understands." ”

"You can step down, Li Mi's side, I will naturally send someone to remind you that you put more of your mind on the government and politics, which is my greatest relief."

"Thank you Your Majesty for your leniency, and Weichen will retire."

Xiao Yu slowly retreated, and Li Yuan snorted heavily: "Originally, I didn't want to treat Xiao Xiangguo like this. But I knew in my heart that it must be that rebel who instigated Xiao Xiangguo to persuade me, how could I tolerate that rebel! ”

"Father, in fact, he also ......has good intentions," Li Jiancheng persuaded in a low voice.

Li Yuan glanced at the prince in surprise, but soon, the surprise in his eyes turned into anger, "Now that you have spoken for him, do you want me to recruit him back again." Give him a promise so that you feel comfortable? ”

Li Jiancheng hurriedly took a few steps back and bowed deeply. "Please calm my father's anger, my sons just think that we should focus on the overall situation now, temporarily abandon personal grudges, and work together to fight against the Sui Dynasty, and when we defeat the Sui Dynasty and there is no external trouble, then we will settle the grudges between each other."

Li Yuan's eyes were firmly fixed on Li Jiancheng, and gradually, his gaze softened, Li Jiancheng's tolerant heart. He was a little moved, and he sighed slightly, "You are a generous brother, I also hope that he can know his mistakes, as long as your brothers are together, there is nothing that cannot be done." ”

Li Jiancheng also lowered his head. "Erchen also hopes that he can know his mistakes and understand what he should do, and I hope that he can come to his father to admit his mistakes, as long as he is willing to come, I will definitely forgive him."

Li Yuan nodded, "If you say these words, I will have someone tell him." ”

"My father didn't have anything to do, and my son retired."

"Go ahead! I'm a little tired, I want to go back to the palace to rest, what's the matter, I'll talk about it in the afternoon. ”

Li Yuan only felt mentally exhausted, and when the prince left, he got up and went back to the inner palace......

Li Jiancheng hurriedly returned to the East Palace, he sat in the study for a while, and then ordered: "Please Yang Xima come over!" ”

During this time, Li Jiancheng was quite happy in his heart, he had slowly grasped the initiative, and successfully regained all the interests belonging to the crown prince, and more importantly, his father finally understood that the struggle for power of King Qin was the fundamental cause of the turmoil in the Tang Dynasty, and his father began to gradually collect his military power, and the court finally got back on track step by step.

Although his father woke up a little late, Li Jiancheng believed that only by working hard, Datang would definitely have a chance to become strong.

However, Li Jiancheng also understood in his heart that no one was willing to give up his vested interests, and King Qin was forced to the end, and he had to go to Fufeng County to directly control the army, which shows that he was unwilling to admit defeat and give up military power at all.

Li Jiancheng was actually very worried that his father would really forgive King Qin, which would be extremely detrimental to his position as the crown prince, and he had to find a way to make his father completely chill King Qin.

Not long after, Yang Jun hurriedly walked into the prince's study, bowed down and said, "Yang Jun see His Royal Highness!" ”

Li Jiancheng nodded and asked him: "I asked you to investigate the matter of Changsun Wuji's encroachment on people's land, how did you find out?" ”

Yang Jun is now concurrently the commander of the East Palace Inspection Bureau, which is an investigation agency established by Li Yuan with Li Jiancheng's consent, nominally to investigate the people's livelihood and people's conditions, but in fact Li Jiancheng's intelligence agency, in order to show his trust in Yang Jun, he made Yang Jun the chief officer of the Inspection Bureau.

Yang Jun hurriedly bowed down and said: "I can basically be sure that the eldest grandson Wuji has occupied an extra fifteen hectares of land in Lantian County, and he has sent someone to Lantian County to collect evidence, and there will be news in a few days." ”

"Well done!"

Li Jiancheng praised him, and repeatedly instructed him, "This matter must be grasped quickly, and the evidence must be conclusive, and the eldest grandson Wuji cannot be given a chance to overturn the case." ”

"I understand that I will definitely come up with results as soon as possible."

"Go ahead! I look forward to hearing from you. ”

Yang Junshi left with a salute, and Li Jiancheng looked at him walking away, then he sneered and said to a confidant eunuch: "Let Leng Yanshou come to see me!" ”

In a moment, a man dressed in gray hurriedly walked in, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See Your Highness!" ”

The man in gray is called Leng Yanshou, he has been following Li Jiancheng for five or six years, he used to be Li Jiancheng's personal guard, and now he is Li Jiancheng's secret agent, and he is Li Jiancheng's real intelligence leader.

"How are the Yang brothers now? Did the King of Qin win them over? ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, Yang Jun's city mansion is very deep and very cautious, and the humble position can be sure that he has secret dealings with the King of Qin, but there is no evidence to be found, as for Yang Rong, it is too obvious, that mysterious person gives him silver every once in a while, for him to spend all day and wine, and the humble position has been found, and the mysterious person is Luo Xiao, the new deputy commander of Tang Feng."

Speaking of the new leader of Tang Feng, Li Jiancheng remembered something and asked: "Regarding the death of Wang Tai, the former deputy commander of Tang Feng, does it have anything to do with the death of Imperial Doctor Zhang?" ”

After the imperial doctor Zhang Bingzhi committed suicide mysteriously, the imperial doctor in the palace found that the medicine he prepared was problematic and harmful to people's health.

At this time, Tang Feng's deputy commander Wang Tai also died mysteriously, which was a bit strange, and Li Jiancheng ordered Leng Yanshou to secretly investigate the matter.

Leng Yanshou immediately replied: "The lowly has already asked Zhang Bingzhi's maids and domestic servants, and they confirmed that the prince did go to Zhang Bingzhi's house, and Zhang Bingzhi committed suicide within a few days, and now the lowly has found a clue and is doing his best to track it down." ”

"What clues?"

"Beizhi found that Zhang Bingzhi's wife was missing, according to the family, just before Zhang Bingzhi committed suicide, she left home, her whereabouts are unknown, Beizhi suspects that she has returned to her mother's house in Hanzhong, and has sent someone to Hanzhong to find this woman, maybe she is a key insider."

Li Jiancheng nodded, "Be cautious and don't have any accidents." ”

"I know that there will be no accidents." ……

Nanling County, Tong'an County, is a small county close to the Yangtze River, which was later Anqing.

On the morning of the 20th day of the first lunar month, a mighty fleet appeared on the Yangtze River outside Nanling County, consisting of more than 300 warships, stretching for dozens of miles, and the warships were huge, full of Xiao Miao's 60,000 troops.

Xiao Mo was wearing gold armor, wearing a golden helmet, and a horse lance in his hand, standing on the bow of the boat, his eyes staring at the open and mighty river, but his mood fluctuated with the waves.

He wasn't worried about the battle with Li Mi, he was worried, after defeating Li Mi, how should he face the Sui army, how should he face Yang Yuanqing, and where should he go from here?

There is no doubt that he has no chance of secession, or he can go to the south to secede, but then he will eventually face extinction, and there will be no hope of life.

What if he surrendered to the Sui Dynasty this time? Will Yang Yuanqing look at his daughter's sake, give him a chance to survive, and let him be a rich idler, Xiao Mo felt that he had a sense of heroic downfall.

He was complicated and tangled in his heart, and it was difficult to decide, but one thing he knew very well in his heart was that he had already sent troops, and there was no turning back.

Xiao Mo accepted Xie Sili's advice, and had cut off the emperor's domain, changed his name to Liang Gong, and burned all the prohibited items, and his sergeants dared to call him His Majesty or His Royal Highness again, and they were all responsible, not only that, but even his daughter Princess Baoyue also cut off the title of princess and prepared to accept Yang Yuanqing's canonization.

Just when Xiao Mo was full of emotion in his heart, a soldier pointed to the river and shouted: "Liang Gong, there is a small boat in front of you blocking the way." ”

Xiao Mo also saw that a small boat was not far from the right string, and there was a soldier-like person on the boat who was desperately waving to this side.

"Come forward and bring this man aboard for questioning."

Xiao Miao's boat cleaved the waves, like a small hill, sailing past the side of the small boat, and the soldiers on the small boat grabbed the soft ladder thrown from the big boat and slowly climbed onto the big boat.

After a short time, the sergeant who climbed onto the boat was brought to Xiao Miao's side by the soldiers, and the sergeant knelt down on one knee to report: "The villain is General Du's personal soldier, and he came to deliver the letter on the order of General Du." ”

After speaking, the sergeant presented a letter, Xiao Mo took the letter and asked first, "I wonder where General Du is now?" ”

"Back to Liang Gong, General Du is now leading an army of 50,000 and waiting to join Liang Gong on the north bank of Tongling County in Lujiang County in front."

Tongling County, not far ahead, can be arrived tomorrow, Xiao Miao's heart is full of expectations at this time.