The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 222 Li Yuan is Thick and Black
Chang'an Daxing Palace, the morning dynasty has long since ended!

But Li Yuan was still discussing important matters with his confidants in the Ganlu Hall. Today's topic was what role Li Tang should play in the war between the Sui Dynasty and the Turks.

"In my opinion, in the Sui-Turkish confrontation, I thought the Sui Dynasty was in a weak position. First, the border between the Sui Dynasty and the Turks was too long, and the Sui army was defenseless; Establishing prestige, so it is his best choice to wipe out Ashina Simo and take advantage of the trend to go south, but Jieli Khan failed to destroy his opponent, and instead was wiped out by Qin Qiong with an army of [-]. This is absolutely unacceptable and unbearable for Jieli Khan In order to recover the lost glory and prestige, he must fight again with his whole army. Now Ashina Simo has discounted [-] troops, and his strength is very weak. If Xieli goes south again, he can only go south to seek refuge. The Sui army and the Turks A big battle is unavoidable! I want to know, what should I do in Tang Dynasty?"

"Father!" Although Li Jiancheng knew that his father didn't like it, he still gritted his teeth and cupped his hands and said, "The nomads have invaded the Central Plains since ancient times, and they have brought serious disasters to the people and the world. After all, the Sui Dynasty is also our kin. Now, when the Sui army is resisting the Turkic invasion, we will stab the knife in the back, which will arouse the anger of the people of the world, and also confirm the rumors that the Tang Dynasty colluded with the Turkic. The father and son thought that in order to establish an orthodox image, we must not lose righteousness .My son disapproves of taking advantage of the Sui-Tu war to seek benefits..."

"Pedantism!"

Before Li Jiancheng could finish his sentence, Li Shimin interrupted him sharply. Now there is no war in Tianhan in the west, so he handed over the army to the generals under his command, and went to Beijing to seek certain benefits.

He said fiercely: "Since ancient times, the winners and losers, the history books have always been written by the victors. As long as my Tang Dynasty dominates the world, who will say that my Tang Dynasty is taking advantage of the fire? Who dares to say that my Tang Dynasty has no righteousness? At that time, the history books can say that we Going north is to resist the Turks. It can be said that the Sui Dynasty asked us to help in the war, or that the Sui and Tang Dynasties jointly resisted the Turks. It can even be said that we helped the Sui Dynasty regardless of past suspicions and benevolent... It can even be said that Yang Tong led Ashina Simo into the invaders In the Central Plains, my Great Tang going north is to wipe out the scum of the nation. If we fail in the future, does the emperor think that Yang Tong will say that my Great Tang is a state of benevolence and righteousness?"

Li Jiancheng stared at the ugly face and said: "I also made my words clear. Benevolence, righteousness and morality are for our own people; for foreigners and enemies, benevolence, righteousness and morality are of no use! Benevolence, righteousness and morality can make Yang Tong submit to my Tang Dynasty ? Benevolence, righteousness and morality will allow me to congratulate the Tang Dynasty? If my Tang Dynasty wants to rule the world, I can only use my fists to speak, and I can only rely on the lives of soldiers, not some bullshit benevolence and morality."

Li Shimin's gangster logic and blunt accusations also aroused Li Jiancheng's anger: "Speaking of benevolence and justice with people like you is like playing the piano with a cow! Well, I will not talk about national righteousness now, but just discuss things with you... The lesson of Bingzhou's fiasco Have you forgotten? At the beginning, you kept saying that the Sui army was restrained by the Turks and was unable to go east to Bingzhou! It was only in the Tang Dynasty that I marched into Liang Shidu, Xue Ju, Zhu Can, and Bashu at the same time. The result? Bingzhou was defeated by the Sui army in a single battle Then, for the sake of Ma Yuan, who was out of reach, you insisted on going to fight Xiqin Xueju instead of the weaker Liang Shidu, so what happened? You missed the opportunity to recover the entire territory of Yongzhou, and thus fell to the point where the knife hangs over your head... ...You have fought for many years. When did you win? In the battle of Qianshuiyuan, you lost to Xue Ju, and finally said that you were sick, so that Yin Kaishan and Liu Hongji were charged with your failure. In the end, the father persuaded Li Gui Attacking Xue Ju's rear finally won you a round, but you were lucky. Not only did you lose a few counties that you worked so hard to conquer, but you also completely consumed the 10,000+ army! Not only did you not take on the responsibility of failure! Responsibility, on the contrary, accused the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty for being spineless, accused everyone of being an enemy, and said that it is a shame to marry Yang Tong! Yes, it is indeed a shame to marry Yang Tong, but if you were not beaten by others, would my Tang Dynasty need a marriage? Does the Tang Dynasty need to send a lot of money and food to Yang Yu... My Tang Dynasty is in a lot of crises, all of which are caused by your incompetence, and you have to take full responsibility! The decisive battle between the Sui Dynasty and the Turks is still nowhere to be seen, so you just hurry What's the point of going crazy in a hurry? Even if the Turks went south victoriously, they didn't have any siege equipment. One hundred thousand elite soldiers were all wiped out by the Turks, and no one sitting here is an idiot!"

"If you don't seize the opportunity? Are you waiting to be killed!" Li Shimin said angrily: "You are afraid of the Sui Dynasty and dare not go to war, so you might as well surrender."

Xiao Yu, who was on the side, frowned. At this moment, he thought of what Yang Tong said about "Li Yuan's seven defeats", and from here he thought of Yuan Shao who was based in Yecheng.

In order to fight for the big position, Yuan Shao's two sons turned against each other and fought in the same room, so they were wiped out one by one by Cao Cao. Otherwise, if Cao Cao used his soldiers like gods, Yuan could persist for a long time, and even drag Cao Cao to death!

Now that the world has not yet been unified, the eyes of the monarchs and ministers should be focused on the great cause, but Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin have already intrigued and alienated each other.However, not only did Li Yuan not stop it, but there were signs of fueling the flames, which made Xiao Yu extremely displeased. If this continues, he worried that the Tang Dynasty would be destroyed due to internal friction.

"Everyone shut up!"

Finally, Li Yuan was annoyed by the quarrel between his two sons. He slapped the table heavily and said angrily: "You bastards, you are not like a prince or king of Jin. You are no different from scolding a shrew. Shut up."

Seeing the anger of their father, the brothers were too frightened to quarrel any more. The two casually glanced at each other and almost groaned in unison.

The face-to-face dispute between the two sons made Li Yuan very angry.

Ever since Xiao Yu talked about the disaster of the faction and suggested taking back Li Shimin's military power, the contradiction between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin has gradually become public. This kind of conflict is not a battle for the heir apparent, but just a difference of political opinion, and Li Yuan did not interfere too much.The emperor has the consideration of the emperor, as long as the conflict between the two sons does not endanger the country, it will be beneficial to Li Yuan's control of the throne.So in a sense, Li Yuan really wanted his two sons to have factional disputes.

It's just that their brothers quarreled in front of him and a group of ministers, and Li Yuan couldn't accept it emotionally, because besides his role as emperor, he was also the father of his children.

When he was the emperor, the crown prince was Li Yuan's biggest threat, and there was no father-son relationship to speak of at this time.In order to consolidate the imperial power, he did everything possible to deal with his son, and he did not hesitate to raise Li Shimin to a position no less than that of the prince, so that the two of them would fight for the crown prince, and he was happy.

But Li Yuan occasionally returned to the role of father.When he came out with this identity, his son's discord made him angry, but he didn't realize that the conflict between the two sons was caused by him alone.Because his reasons for promoting Li Shimin were high-sounding, as a father, he said that he should be treated equally, and as an emperor, he said that only talents can be used.

Of course, Li Yuan's troubles lie in his uncertainty about the Sui Dynasty and the Turks.On this matter, he had the same opinion as Li Shimin, he didn't take benevolence, righteousness and morality into his heart at all, he knew that benevolence and righteousness were just a cloak, and interests were fundamental.Otherwise, they wouldn't have encouraged Shibi to deal with Yang Tong at the beginning of the incident.

He agrees with Li Shimin's opportunism.Because the Turks' attack on the Sui Dynasty was indeed an opportunity to seize Guannei Road. Since the Sui Dynasty's forces entered, the eleven counties in Guannei were his biggest worry, like a sharp knife hanging over his head, making him uneasy in his dormitory.

Originally, this knife was inserted in the sheath, but with the two groups of Pingliang and Honghua falling into the hands of the Sui Dynasty, the Sui army had already fully suppressed Guanzhong. Now Feng Yi, Shangjun, Beidi, Anding, Tianshui, Longxi All of them were under the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty. This kind of predicament caused Li Yuan to wake up from his sleep many times.

But what Li Jiancheng said is correct, the Turks are not Xianbei, they know that the Central Plains is not suitable for their Turkic survival, the prosperity of the Central Plains is due to the farming culture, and farming is the basis of the Central Plains.The Turks are basically nomadic, and the land in the Central Plains is rich in food, not horse grass.If the Turks were interested in the land of the Central Plains, they could go south as early as the beginning and end of the period. At that time, the Turks had millions of cavalry, and which prince could resist it?Therefore, even if Jieli Khan really went south, at most he would withdraw to the grassland after plundering the population and belongings, and the place would be at most eleven counties in the pass, because Bingzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou not only had dangerous fortresses, but also tall and strong fortresses. Turkic people without siege equipment could not attack the new Great Wall at all.In this way, it is of course impossible for the Sui army to be wiped out by the Turks.

When the Turks patted their ass and left contentedly, how should Li Tang, as an ally, face the Sui army's crazy counterattack?The instant disastrous defeat in the Battle of Bingzhou and the defeat of Li Jing in the Battle of Guannei Road to Liang Jingzhao had left a deep shadow in Li Yuan's heart, making Li Yuan afraid of Yang Tong in his bones.

Li Yuan is in a dilemma...

At this moment, there was only a loud 'boom' from a distance, and screams came from all around.

The voice came from the Xuanwu Gate.

"What's going on?" Li Yuan and the others were startled, and at this moment, a guard rushed over, "Your Majesty! Something is wrong, Yang Tong personally led [-] cavalry from Xuanwumen to enter the palace! Your Majesty, please evacuate the palace as soon as possible!"

These words shocked everyone in the room, Li Yuan was so frightened that his face turned ashen, and he slumped on the couch without saying a word, his mind went blank, and his heart was so terrified that he fell into hell.

Li Jiancheng reacted very quickly, and asked sharply, "How could the Sui army defeat Xuanwu Gate?"

"It's not important anymore! Evacuate the palace quickly!" Li Shimin calmly carried the paralyzed Li Yuan on his back and ran outside.

The crowd also reacted to this, and swarmed towards the Ganlu Gate in the south towards the Liangyi Hall. Along the way, many palace ladies and eunuchs fled in panic, with thick smoke billowing and flames shooting up into the sky behind them.

(Fees problem: The starting point is charged according to the number of words. Every two words are worth 1 point or 2 points, depending on the level of the reader. Others charge a chapter of [-] words, and here I have more chapters of [-] or [-] words. It must be different. This is also the reason for three shifts a day. If it is separated, it will be five or six chapters a day)
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