Li Yuan was overjoyed and asked, "Master Pei, tell me what is the best plan?"

Pei Lin stroked his long beard under his chin and asked: "Does the prince know that in addition to the power of the heroes, there is also a force in this world that is also very important."

"You're talking about those big families," Li Yuan shook his head, "As far as King Gu knows, those big families have a close relationship with Liu Ziqiu, and the Changshan army in the south of the Yangtze River has the shadow of the Xie family behind them, and if there is no help from the Li family in Longxi, I'm afraid Liu Ziqiu will not be able to defeat Yang Xuangan so quickly."

In addition to Liu Ziqiu, Li Yuan is the most ambitious, and he also attaches the most importance to intelligence collection, he has been an official in the Great Sui for many years, and he has served two terms as a taishou, and those families also have some relationships and friendships, and in the past six months, the caravans of the family have traveled frequently from Shandong to Hexi, how can he not know the relationship between these families and Liu Ziqiu, but at that time, Li Yuan did not take Liu Ziqiu in his eyes, nor did he pay enough attention to it, now think about Liu Ziqiu's rapid rise, I am afraid that it is inseparable from the help of the family

Pei Lin laughed and said: "The prince only knows one of them, but he doesn't know the second, the family and Liu Ziqiu have a very close relationship, it is true, but it is all due to interests, Liu Ziqiu controls the trade route to the west, and the family family naturally wants to have a good relationship with him, but what kind of person is Liu Ziqiu, he is just a pawn, how can those family families really look down on him, so as long as the prince can get enough benefits, those family families will naturally turn to the side of the prince."

Li Yuan groaned: "But what benefits does the Lone King have to give them?"

Pei Lin said disapplausively: "The prince is determined to be in the world, if one day the prince has to inherit the unification, what will he not be able to take?"

In this hall, it was Li Yuan's henchman Pei Lin who said these rebellious words, and there was no need to hide it

Gao Shilian nodded and said: "Lord Pei is reasonable, but how can I make those big families believe that the prince will inherit the unification in the future, abandon Liu Ziqiu and help the prince, and ask Lord Pei to speak clearly."

"No, no, no, those big families are all masters who don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles, how can they easily believe the words of the prince and take all their net worth," Pei Lin waved his hand, and suddenly smiled and said: "Pei's strategy is to make the prince a member of the family, so do you need to say the result?"

Liu Wenjing had already realized something, nodded and said, "Master Pei means to let the prince recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors."

Li Yuan is also a smart person, and said: "You mean to let the Lone King become a member of the Li family in Longxi or the Li family in Zhaojun."

There are many families in the world, but the difference in strength between different families is also very large, like the Xie family in Jiangnan, they can only be regarded as second-rate families, and there are only seven really top families, namely the Boling Cui family, the Qinghe Cui family, the Fanyang Lu family, the Longxi Li family, the Zhaojun Li family, the Xingyang Zheng family, and the Taiyuan Wang family

For example, Cui Junxuan, the prince of Dongjun who belonged to the Cui family of Qinghe, was implicated by Yang Guang by Yang Guang, and he was sentenced to a hundred rods, and his wife, children, family property, and land were all confiscated, and his daughter was confiscated into the court, and later became a concubine of Yang Guang, although in the end, because the foundation of these families was too deep to really shake them, Yang Guang could only change to appease, and when Yang Guangxi conquered Guhun, he had been stationed in Longxi, and the Li family rewarded the Li family quite richly

Generally speaking, the relationship between the imperial court and these families is both interdependent and mutually contained, because many officials in the court are from the family family, leaving the support of the family, the court is an empty shelf, but the court can not let the children of those families hold too much power, otherwise it may affect the emperor's own authority and rule, and the family family cannot have a strong army after all, without the recognition of the court, any family may be eradicated by the court in an instant, such as the Wang family in Jiangnan is an example, but if all the family families unite to oppose the court, it is difficult to maintain the operation

If Li Yuan wants to seize the world, he will naturally pay attention to the situation of the family, and if he wants to gain the support of the family, he will naturally join the top family

Pei Lin stroked his palms and smiled: "Sure enough, I can't hide it from the prince, the Li family in Longxi is the birthplace of the surname Li in the world, and the prince just recognizes his ancestors and returns to his ancestors, why not?"

Gao Shilian also laughed and said: "This plan is really wonderful, to the Li family in Longxi, I am afraid that I will not be able to ask for it, the prince is finally their own people, and it is better to support Liu Ziqiu with a mud leg to support him."

According to the information they have, Liu Ziqiu is a military household in Jiangnan, and the military household is half army and half peasant, and in their eyes, he is no different from a mud leg

Liu Wenjing nodded and said: "Lord Pei's plan is okay, the prince can send someone to Longxi to contact the Li family on the one hand, and send someone to Chang'an on the other hand to reply to Liu Ziqiu that he is willing to welcome Empress Xiao back to Luoyang, as for whether Yang Gao or Yang Yu will be the emperor, it is all up to Empress Xiao."

Li Yuan was stunned and said, "How can you say this?"

Liu Wenjing said with a smile: "Regardless of whether Empress Xiao is a puppet controlled by Liu Ziqiu now, but she represents righteousness and orthodoxy after all, as long as Empress Xiao is in Chang'an, if the prince refuses to obey Empress Xiao's will, it will be rebellious, so whether this battle is fought or not, we are already at a disadvantage, if Empress Xiao is willing to come to Luoyang, with the power of the left and right prison mansions and the left and right reserve mansions, she will inevitably fall into the hands of the prince, and whoever becomes the emperor will not be the same at that time, even if she is made the queen mother, what is the difference."

Li Yuan pondered for a moment and said: "First to win the support of the family, this matter is not to be delayed, it is up to you to go personally, as for welcoming Empress Xiao back to Luoyang, I am afraid that Liu Ziqiu will not easily agree."

Liu Wenjing said confidently: "Didn't Liu Ziqiu let us surrender in the name of Empress Xiao, let's welcome Empress Xiao back to Luoyang now, and hand over all the power to Empress Xiao, he has nothing to say, if Liu Ziqiu doesn't agree, then he is rebellious, and he wants to blackmail Empress Xiao to order the princes, and when the time comes, we can be charged with any crime, including the filthy palace ......."

Hearing this, Li Yuan couldn't help but shudder, he has been in and out of the palace a little more frequently these days, but it is only limited to the palace of the Empress Dowager Xiao, as for Chen Chou and Chen Sui, he has not had time to get involved, but if he welcomes back Empress Xiao, Concubine Xiao will definitely give up the position of the Queen Mother, and her son Yang Gao may not be able to be the emperor, if you really want to do that, I am afraid that the little secret between myself and Concubine Xiao will not be able to keep it, but when I think of Empress Xiao's charm, Li Yuan is a little fascinated

Liu Wenjing saw that Li Yuan was a little distracted, and hurriedly said: "The prince doesn't have to worry, even if Liu Ziqiu refuses to agree, we can delay time, maybe the eldest son, the second son, they will bring surprises along the way."

Li Yuan nodded and said, "That's the only way, who do you think can go to Chang'an?"

Yu Shinan, who had never spoken, suddenly arched his hand: "The prince's subordinates are willing to go"

Yu Shinan knew that his strengths were in poetry and calligraphy, and he was not proficient in strategy, so he rarely spoke when he participated in such meetings, of course, in terms of diplomatic etiquette, Yu Shinan also knew a little, but he was not a well-spoken lobbyist, so Li Yuan did not immediately agree to him, but looked at the others in the hall

It's just that going to Chang'an is actually more dangerous than going to Jiangnan, and everyone is silent, and no one speaks

Seeing this, Yu Shinan said again: "Please rest assured that your subordinates will be able to live up to their mission."

To say that Yu Shinan is timid and is only afraid of being worse than several others, but this time his brother Yu Shiji was able to come to Luoyang as an envoy, which gave him a deep stimulus, Yu Shiji is the best at bragging and patting horses, when Yang Guang built the Shanglin Sixteenth Academy, he is also indispensable to the credit he bragged about in it, so Yu Shinan looked down on him from the bottom of his heart, but he didn't expect that his brother would be able to risk his life to make an envoy for Liu Ziqiu this time, Yu Shinan didn't want to be compared to his brother, so he gritted his teeth and took the initiative to ask for his life

Li Yuan looked around the hall, and there was indeed no one else who could serve as this envoy, so he had to agree that Yu Shinan would send an envoy to Chang'an

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From Luoyang to Chang'an, you can enter the Guangtong Canal through the Yellow River, although it is against the current, the journey is much more comfortable, but Yu Shinan is afraid of encountering danger, so he chose to enter Chang'an by land, and went out of Luoyang, all the way to the west, through Hongnong, and arrived at Tongguan in Fengyi County

At this time, Tongguan had been replaced by the Hexi Army garrison, and most of the troops under Yang Xuangan were ordered by Liu Ziqiu to be disarmed and returned to the field, and a small number of elite soldiers were transferred to the Xihai Wasteland to participate in centralized training

The core of this system is the standing army established on the basis of the Hexi Army, and the reserve army is set up in each county and county, and the reserve army is somewhat similar to the government soldiers in the past, their equipment is far inferior to the standing army, and they will only gather and train during the winter slack every year, but there is one point that is different from the government soldiers, and the scope of activities of the reserve army is limited to the county or county, and the main task is to engage in defense and theft, and some less important county towns and county towns are also guarded by the reserve army on a daily basis

However, an important pass garrison like Tongguan must be a standing army dominated by the Hexi Army, and the equipment, morale and training of the standing army are much stronger, and the momentum looks very different, standing outside the gate, Yu Shinan is a little cringe,