The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 300 Chess Pieces
Soon after, under the leadership of Luo Shixin, Li Jiancheng walked to the main tent of the Chinese army.

Yang Tong seemed like a hospitable host. He was alone at the door, as if he had been waiting for a long time. When he saw Li Jiancheng, he smiled and greeted him: "Brother Jiancheng, please hurry up."

"Please be kind and wait for a long time, sin sin!"

Seeing Yang Tong using a personal address, Li Jiancheng felt a lot more relieved. This way the atmosphere of the conversation is the best, and there is no pressure on both sides.

Yang Tong joked with a smile: "It's getting more and more attractive! It's just a little haggard."

Li Jiancheng is 31 years old this year, just in the prime of his life. He is thin and tall, with a dark, handsome face full of vigor and vigor.It's just that he looked tired, and there was an indescribable tiredness in his eyes.

"It's not your fault?" Li Jiancheng said angrily.

"It's not me, it's the damned world." Yang Tong argued.

The two laughed together, as if they were close friends reunited after a long absence. Who would have thought that this was a pair of enemies.

"Duke Xiao!" Yang Tong greeted Xiao Yu again, this one was also a relative, Yang Guang and Empress Xiao brought them up with one hand, and cultivated an enemy for Sui with the other hand.

In the military tent, only Yang Tong, Du Ruhui, and Luo Shixin are on the main seat.Li Tang is Li Jiancheng, Xiao Yu, and Li Daozong.

"Brother Jiancheng must be eager to bring good news to Chang'an, so let's talk straight to the point." After everyone sat down, Yang Tong said directly.

"That's fine." Yang Tong's proposal was exactly what Li Jiancheng wanted, and he asked a very puzzled question: "In my Tang Dynasty, there is only one city left in Chang'an in Guanzhong, and the main force of the Tang army is also defeated in Liangzhou. Even if reinforcements arrive, they are no match for the Sui army, so why did Renjin let me off, the king and minister of the Tang Dynasty?"

"The first is the patriarchal system. The patriarchal system originated in the Han Dynasty and flourished due to the 'Nine Ranks of Zhongzheng System' in Cao Wei. Since the Yongjia Rebellion, the southern and northern dynasties have changed one after another, and there has never been a good beginning and end. The Northern Wei Dynasty is a long time, but only a hundred years It was split by Zhou Qi again. Behind this, it is all caused by the family system."

"Emperor Xiaowen also wanted to reform, but unfortunately went astray, so that the trend of the clan was not weak but strong. Yu Wentai established the Guanlong clan and finally established the country, but the Northern Zhou Dynasty was still destroyed by the clan."

"My Great Sui was transferred to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and I didn't use a bloody and violent way to smash the old system. As a result, various interest groups represented by the Guanlong nobles are still very strong. These people only have family interests in mind, and never consider The society is the world, let alone the life and death of the people. They not only control the local government, so that the government orders cannot go out of the capital, but also monopolize knowledge, block the way for the poor to make progress, and make the poor have no hope of being promoted. When the resentment of the poor accumulates to a certain point, it will inevitably explode , This is the biggest problem that existed at the beginning of the founding of our country in the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Wu thought hard and tried every means to give opportunities to poor scholars. However, the powerful power of the aristocratic family forced him to compromise. In the end, the very few poor scholars who passed the imperial examination could only serve as Low-ranking officials, with no hope of promotion, they seek refuge in wealthy families, and instead become advocates of the supremacy of aristocratic families."

"In the past, the nobles of Guanlong were not satisfied with the interests given to them by the Northern Zhou Dynasty, so they pushed Emperor Wen to replace the Northern Zhou Dynasty with the Sui Dynasty. However, our Great Sui Dynasty not only failed to meet the requirements of the nobles of Guanlong, but did things that harmed their interests. Your Li family pushed it out to fight for the world."

"Your Li family relied on the Guanlong dignitaries to reach this point, but your Li family also paid [-]% to [-]% of their official positions to return to the Guanlong dignitaries. Therefore, even if your Li family finally wins the world, I am afraid that the fate of your Li family dynasty Just like my Sui Dynasty, I can’t hold back for two or three generations.”

Of course, Yang Tong is not the only one who knows this truth, and the senior officials of all forces understand it in their hearts, but only Yang Tong and his subordinates, civil and military, dare to say it clearly; The leaders of the southern gentry said that because their Li family needed these powerful families to fight against the country, they dared not offend them. This is the most fundamental difference between Yang Tong and his real power, because he never relied on the powerful families, no matter how much the powerful families hated him. He also has no way to make trouble in the current Sui Dynasty.

In fact, although the new dynasty established by Wang Mang was quickly extinguished, it was the first time since the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties that the foundation of the aristocratic family was shaken. If you think about it carefully, many of Yang Tong's current policies are much different from Wang Mang's new policies. It's similar, but unfortunately, Wang Mang doesn't have Yang Tong's skill and strength, and finally he was short-lived in the family's counterattack.

Yang Tong's path is somewhat similar to that of Wang Mang. They both want to break the system of aristocratic families and establish a system that is conducive to the development of the times. Regardless of success or failure, this courage alone is worthy of being a hero!And to a certain extent, Yang Tong has already succeeded. Looking at Jizhou, Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Yongbei, the hearts of the people are like iron in every place. As long as this system exists, it will be difficult for Li Tang to attack with ten times the troops. .

As a smart person, how could Li Jiancheng fail to see the danger of the aristocratic family?But he is not the king of Tang, even if he is the king of Tang, he can't play with Yang Tong's tricks, because Li Tang's development has been finalized since the day Li Tang started the incident, he cannot and has no ability to be like Yang Tong. Putting class conflicts on the table as a weapon, if that is the case, there is no need for Yang Tong to fight, and Li Tang himself will be finished.

"There is no cancer in the world like the gangsters, and the poison of the gangsters is like Guanlong! But as long as it is a poison, it should be removed. Only in this way can it be regarded as a real chaos."

After Yang Tong finished his conclusion, he looked at Li Jiancheng indifferently, and said with a half-smile, "If I unify the world too quickly, the family in the south who first has a family and then a country will definitely lower me. If I become my own, I will hate him." With these malignant tumors, what reason do I have to wield a sharp butcher's knife?"

Du Ruhui smiled knowingly, this was one of his propositions to Yang Tong.

Li Jiancheng said with a black line: "Is this why you let Li Tang go?"

"The Guanlong dignitaries are amateurs in foreign wars, but they are experts in internal fighting. I need the Guanlong dignitaries headed by the Li family to fight to the death of the Guandong gentry, the southern gentry, and the Bashu gentry! Wait until you have killed more than half of the aristocratic families, and then go clean up A clean Bashu and Jingyang."

"Wei Wentong, Wang Wanchang, Liu Badao, Sun Anzu, Gao Tuda, Zhang Jincheng, Liu Yuanjin, Guo Zihe, Lu Mingyue, Xu Yuanlang, Zhai Rang, Meng Rang, Xue Ju, Liang Shidu..." Yang Tong is very familiar He said the names of dozens of dead leaders of the rebel army in one breath, and then said: "If they didn't disturb the world, if they didn't kill the big families everywhere, I would get Jizhou, Youzhou, Bingzhou, Yongzhou, and half of them. Liangzhou will not be so clean, and various reforms will be full of difficulties. Although they are the gravediggers of the old Sui Dynasty, they are the pioneers of "eliminating the clan system". I want to thank them."

Yang Tong went on to say: "They are the first batch of sacrificed pawns in the eradication of the clan system, and you Li Tang, Wang Shichong, Li Mi, Dou Jiande, Xiao Xian, Du Fuwei, Lin Shihong, Shen Faxing, Li Zitong It's also my chess piece. How can I be willing to break my arm before the game is over?"

"Chess pieces?" Li Jiancheng laughed shyly, "It turns out that the heroes of the world are just chess pieces in Renjin's eyes?"

"The world is changing. Who is the chess player and who is the chess piece? Who can tell? Whether it is a chess piece or a chess player, they are all pioneers that promote the normal development of the times! What makes me more successful than Wang Mang is that I not only The New Deal penetrated into the bones and souls of more than 2000 million people, and established a relatively complete system. Even if the dynasty that I killed was burned, the books hidden in millions of families would not be burned. As long as the destruction can't be finished, someone will continue. Tell me, why are you looking for me?"

"Our chess piece needs time to evacuate. I hope the master of the country will give it a few days. How?" Li Jiancheng said angrily.

Seeing that Li Jiancheng's tone was very aggressive, Xiao Yu's heart skipped a beat. She was afraid that Yang Tong, who had a bad temper, would get angry. Just as she was about to explain, she heard Yang Tong say indifferently, "I'll give you two more days. After three days, You leave Wuguan from Lantian."

Xiao Yu was astonished.

When did Yang Tong become so talkative?
"What about your conditions? I don't think you have no conditions."

"In addition to what I said outside Chang'an City. One more thing, you can't force the people and move soldiers south."

Li Jiancheng thought about it. The Sui Dynasty implemented the land equalization system, but the Tang Dynasty had no way to implement it. The people and soldiers would definitely not move south with them, let alone the tenant farmers and serfs of the aristocratic families. They lost nearly ten million people in Guanzhong. This will cause extremely serious losses to Li Tang.But after thinking about it, I realized that I didn't have the capital to bargain. If Yang Tong was annoyed and he broke Chang'an, it would be the end of the world, so he nodded with some difficulty: "Yes."

"Business is over!" Yang Tong smiled, and said to Xiao Yu: "I have a private matter to discuss with Jian Jian and Cheng Fan. Xiao Gong should go back first."

"This!" Xiao Yu hesitated.

"It's not a big deal, it's news about Xiuning. Xiao Gong just wait outside for a while." Yang Tong understood Xiao Yu's worry and smiled magnanimously.

"Here."

Xiao Yu retreated under the leadership of Du Ruhui and Luo Shixin

When the three of them walked away, Yang Tong said to Li Jiancheng and Li Daozong: "Xiu Ning is pregnant, you are going to be uncles!"

"Really?" Li Jiancheng was overjoyed, Li Xiuning's recent situation was also something he cared about, even if Yang Tong didn't say anything, he would still ask.

"Xiu Ning and I went on an expedition to Goguryeo, and I got pregnant with this child. It was the biggest battle of the Goguryeo expedition, surprise!"

"Haha!" Li Jiancheng laughed happily, and said excitedly, "This kid is amazing. Before he was born, he fought with his parents and conquered the world."

Li Jiancheng has a lecherous father and has many sisters. It is not the first time that he has become an uncle, but Li Xiuning is the only sister who has the same father and mother as him. Her children are naturally different from others.Let him have a feeling of being an uncle for the first time, silly and straight.

"Congratulations, brother-in-law!" Li Daozong congratulated Li Xiuning, who was very popular among his peers.

"Renjin, I won't be able to eat the child's full moon wine." Full of regret, Li Jiancheng untied a piece of jade from his waist and said, "I don't have anything to give as an uncle, this jade pendant is for my nephew one's gift."

"Thank you very much!" Yang Tong carefully took the jade pendant from Li Jiancheng and put it away.

"I have it here too." Li Daozong also sent a congratulatory gift.

"Thank you Chengfan!" Yang Tong patted Li Daozong on the shoulder, looked into his eyes and said, "The military god of the Li family is definitely not brother Xiaogong, it can only be you, Li Daozong."

"Brother-in-law is too much!" Li Daozong blushed.Li Xiaogong defeated Bashu and half of Jingzhou for Li Tang. He was the real number one general of the Tang Dynasty and the idol that Li Daozong looked up to. He really never thought that he could surpass Li Xiaogong.

"Trust my eyes!" Yang Tong glanced at Li Jiancheng meaningfully, and said with a smile, "In my opinion, people's standards are only higher than Gao Xiaoji's."

How smart is Li Jiancheng?Knowing that Yang Tong is talking to himself: his brother has a limitless future, and he must be won over, won over, and cherished.

He nodded slightly to Yang Tong to show his understanding.

He really had no doubts about Yang Tong's level of acquaintance.

Even if Li Daozong did not reach the level mentioned by Yang Tong, the status of the clan alone is enough for him to value it.He smiled and said: "When Fenglingdu met, Renjin asked me not to go to the Xuanwu Gate when I was in danger, what about now?"

Yang Tong thought to himself: You ask me, who shall I ask?But he still said: "I don't know if your new country will have Xuanwu Gate, but if danger is imminent and you have to take a shortcut, be careful."

Isn't this nonsense?When in danger, who doesn't take a shortcut to escape?Who dares to be careless?

"What about me?" Li Daozong asked
"Ji Chu." Yang Tong had a godlike expression on his face.

"Ji Chu?"

"Correct!"

(End of this chapter)