Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 352 Undercurrent
Tai Chi Palace, Beihai Pool.

After the mid-autumn festival, although there was no chill, the morning was cold and the yellow leaves were falling. Li Yuan paced slowly along the Beihai Pool, kicking the stone fish on the bank with his toes, with a sad expression on his face.

To be honest, Li Yuan is a lazy emperor. The annual meeting of New Year's Day and Winter Solstice, the monthly meeting of Wangri and Shuori can still be maintained. In fact, there are not many regular courts. Usually, the morning court will be held every five or six days. It is only ceremonial, and the formal discussions are all in the Hall of Liangyi.

When there is no morning court, Li Yuan usually gets up late, and today there is no morning court, but he got up early and wandered by the pool.

Li Yuan's troubles are both inside and outside.

Although Chai Shao defeated Tuyuhun and unexpectedly brought the Khan into the court, in the next few years, the court does not need to worry too much about Longxi Road.

However, the war in the south of the Yangtze River was still at a stalemate, and there was no progress for a while. After all, the Jianghuai army had a geographical advantage and a strong force, while the Tang army attacked in separate directions and its forces were scattered.

The situation in Mayi was also not very good. Several military reports entered Beijing in succession. Yuan Junzhang led more than ten thousand Turks from Yunzhou to the south, and Liu Shirang and Li Gaoqian led troops out of Yanmen to help.

Although the strength of the troops is similar, this time in previous years was the time when the Turks invaded the south... Can Ma Yi take up the heavy responsibility?

Liu Shirang tried his best to manage Mayi, but if he was defeated, would he be able to defend Yanmen?

This is still an external annoyance, but the annoyance that caused Li Yuan to pace here early in the morning is another aspect, the current gossip in court.

The prince intends to move the capital to avoid the Turkic edge.

Regardless of the dynasty, moving the capital is the most important thing. It is the key to maintaining the foundation of the country, and it is also a major event with great resistance.

Emperor Xiaowen of Wei used the pretext of attacking Qi to move the capital, and finally he was able to vigorously promote the Sinicization of customs... But after the mutiny in the six towns and the decline of the royal family, there were also causes and effects planted by Emperor Xiaowen's move to the Sinicization of the capital.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty also moved his capital to Luoyang, and eventually died... Li Yuan could not ignore the past, whether in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the former Sui Dynasty, or the current Li Tang Dynasty, Guanzhong is the foundation.

It has to be said that Li Shan's idea for Li Shimin was quite poisonous... Li Yuan cast his suspicious eyes on Li Jiancheng, and Li Jiancheng could only suffer from being dumb.

The most important thing is that Li Shan, the traveler, knew very well that in the next few years, because of the Turkic power, Li Jiancheng was indeed persuaded and encouraged Li Yuan to move the capital.

Therefore, Li Jiancheng is unlikely to jump out of the self-proving of innocence.

As for Li Yuan himself, although he wanted to move the capital in the later period of his administration.

But in the sixth year of Wude, Li Yuan's courage has not been frightened... Even because of the defeat of Liu Heita, Gao Manzheng promoted Shuozhou to vote, and Chai Shao's defeat of Tuyuhun, he had the ambition to compete with the Turks in his heart.

After all, he is the founding emperor of the country. He endured the momentary anger and bowed his head to become a minister, but when he holds the world in his hands, will he continue to pretend to be a grandson?
Although historically, this ambition was quickly extinguished by ice water.

Although Li Jiancheng did not leak anything, Li Yuan believed that Da Lang probably did it on purpose... In other words, Li Yuan felt that the rumors were deliberately made by Donggong to test his own mind.

Once the capital is moved, is there a more suitable capital than Luoyang?

What about Guannei, Guanxi, Hedong, and Shandong?
Not to mention that the old nests of the Li and Tang royal families may be lost, even those aristocratic families are unlikely to relocate with their families... Hundreds of years ago, the clothes were crossed to the south, but the five surnames and seven families only sent their clansmen to cross the river, most of them were still stay in the north.

It is said that the Turks are cruel and inhumane, but the disaster was even worse when they were in disorder in China.

Li Yuan didn't have any hope for the integrity of those aristocratic families, even the most trusted Pei Ji... He Dong Wenxi's Pei family also had high officials and dignitaries in the Southern Dynasty.

Li Yuan knew very well that once the capital was moved, Erlang would definitely jump his feet. This was what the eldest son wanted to see the most... But acting like this is really not like a gentleman!
With a long sigh, Li Yuan stared at the slightly moving surface of the pool in disappointment... To put it bluntly, he felt that Li Jiancheng used state affairs as a means of seizing the heir apparent, which was too secretive.

Considering Li Jiancheng's fear of the Turks, Li Yuan is very sure that the rumors are true... If it wasn't for the fear of the Turks last year, why didn't he officially send troops when the report of the Shandong victory came.

In the final analysis, too cowardly!

Well, Li Yuan felt that he was not cowardly.

"Your Majesty, the crown prince, King Qin, King Qi, and ministers of the three provinces have arrived at the Hall of Liangyi to wait."

Hearing the palace man's report, Li Yuan reached out and rubbed the center of his brows, and left Beihai Pool.

In the Hall of Liangyi, the prince and the prime minister sat side by side, but no one spoke, and the atmosphere was quite strange.

Yang Gongren and Chen Shuda occasionally looked at Prince Li Jiancheng, thinking about the veracity of the rumor in their hearts.

Pei Ji occasionally exchanged glances with Pei Shiju who was sitting in the back... The former is the most important official who is the closest to a saint, and he can feel the displeasure deep in Li Yuan's heart.

But although Pei Ji is attached to the East Palace, he is only helping each other, not under Li Jiancheng's command... He is not too sure about the veracity of this rumor, and he even thinks that it is more likely to be true given the prince's temperament.

Pei Shiju commented privately in front of Pei Ji that although this strategy is good, it will cause endless troubles.

In short, the rumor that Li Shan encouraged Li Shimin to release has plunged the whole court into disputes... Although it seems calm, there are actually undercurrents.

Li Shimin, who kept his head down all the time, put on a haggard look... Gu, he was wronged.

Can you not be wronged?
Once the capital is moved, Luoyang must be chosen.

When the capital is moved to Luoyang, Daxingtai on Shandong Road must be withdrawn.

The cards in Li Shimin's hand were cut by at least half.

"Meet my father."

"I pay respects to Your Majesty."

Li Yuan sat down expressionlessly, waved his hand to signal everyone to stand up and sit down, glanced at Li Jiancheng from the corner of his eyes, and said casually, "How about the deployment of troops?"

In the two wars between the north and the south, the south is lucky to say that although there is no progress for a while, the strength of the troops is not at a disadvantage.

But the north needs to beware of the fall of Mayi, and the Turks are going south in a large scale, so it is necessary to deploy troops to defend on Hedong Road and Guannei Road.

"After the autumn harvest in Lingzhou, Longzhou, Huizhou, and Yuanzhou, each selects five thousand soldiers." Pei Ji said without hesitation: "Hedong Road has no marching commander, and the governor of Bingzhou, King Xiangyi, has [-] soldiers standing under his command, and then selects the soldiers. Thousands make up more than ten thousand."

"The Twelve Guards have sent official documents to Zhechong Mansions in various states, but His Majesty needs to appoint a marching chief."

Li Jiancheng interjected: "Jianghuai army is defending the heavy city, and the troops under the command of Prince Zhaojun are scattered. Do you want to send reinforcements?"

Li Yuan was silent for a while, then looked sideways at Li Shimin, "What does Erlang think?"

"The king of Junjun Zhao has joined forces with Lingnan Road, and his army has more than [-] troops." Li Shimin only said one sentence succinctly, and then tactfully said: "If the father intends to send, the child will take command."

All the people present were human beings, and they couldn't hear the swords and swords in these few words.

Jiangnan and Huainan have become one pot of porridge, and Li Xiaogong shot for the left servant of Daoxingtai in Xiangzhou and commanded many armies. If reinforcements are sent, it is most likely Daxingtai of Eastern Shaanxi.

This is another attempt by Donggong to extend its hand into Shandong Road.

Anyway, everyone knows well that Shandong Road and Tiance Mansion are thorns in the crown prince's eyes, and they wish they could be destroyed overnight.

After Li Shimin emphasized that his troops were sufficient, he handed over the decision-making power to the sage Li Yuan.

However, the crown prince kept calling Zhao Junwang the younger brother, and Qin Wang called Zhao Junwang, there is a difference between closeness and estrangement.

Li Yuan pondered for a moment, then said: "Since the troops are sufficient, let's talk about Guannei and Hedong first."

(End of this chapter)