The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 678
Ever since Wu Chuan Si's mansion was set on fire and Li Yuanji left for Bashu, Wu Chuan Si has kept a low profile. He doesn't arrest people like before. After several months of silence, people gradually dare to talk about political affairs in public. The two things that people are paying attention to now are Li Mi's defeat and the Tang Emperor's westward tour of Bashu.

Li Mi is finished, there is nothing to talk about, just talk about it.

People are concerned about when the war between the Sui and Tang Dynasties will come, and whether the emperor's western tour is a prelude to moving the capital. On the first day, this matter has caused a lot of trouble; People who go to wine shops, brothels, inns and other places are talking about it.

The whole thing feels like it's being propelled by an invisible force, and it's eerie, a gloomy foreboding of a storm.However, two days passed in a flash, but the court did not say anything, and the emperor also said that he would not be sick, and the state affairs were all taken care of by Prince Li Jiancheng.

This is the strength of Li Yuan,

Because in the power struggle, it is a very clever method to induce but not to send out, which means that when a major event occurs, there is no need to rush to deal with it, but to let it develop, maintain a situation of waiting and watching, and once the time is right, then thunder one strike.

Li Yuan is just not making a statement now. On the one hand, he has not made a conclusion on the west tour and moving the capital. This can give Li Yuan the best chance to make a move.

Two days is enough.

And Li Yuan seemed to think highly of his cousin, Dugu Cheng, the Patriarch of Dugu, just endured the pressure for more than a day, and was made a little restless by this weird atmosphere.

As Li Yuan and his son conjectured, the assassination of Li Shimin was done by the Dugu family, with the intention of making Li Yuan go crazy in the pain of losing his son.It's just that Li Shimin was lucky and escaped.But this incident seemed to have never happened, which made Dugucheng worried that Li Yuan had caught the evidence, and began to become suspicious, without thinking about how to plan and how to deal with it.

This is Dugu Cheng's lack of experience. Before Dugu Cheng protected him from the wind and rain, he almost just had to act according to Dugu Cheng's thinking. After that, all the pressure was on him, and the heavy burden made him a little overwhelmed.At this moment, he especially misses Dugu Cheng who passed away.

At this time, Dugu Cheng was frowning in the study and thinking hard, only to hear the butler's voice from outside: "Patriarch, Patriarch Yu is here to visit."

"Please." Hearing that Yu Yun was here, Dugu Cheng was overjoyed.

Generally speaking, when any regime encounters a life-and-death crisis, the king tends to be more suspicious of his subjects, but at this time, the court will always be in a state of chaos, and Li Tang is no exception.

Today, when the crisis of Li Tang is becoming more and more serious, many people are unwilling to die for Datang, especially Li Tang has become a regime that is militaristic and the people are in trouble, so not only the aristocratic family ruthlessly abandoned it, but ordinary people also hated it. Under such circumstances, how could the Guanlong nobles, the Guandong gentry, and the southern gentry, who have always cherished their lives, allow themselves to fall into a regime that destroys their ideals and ambitions and destroys their families?
Back then, Yang Guang conquered Goguryeo three times, laboring the people and wasting wealth, causing chaos in the world;However, the Li Tang dynasty was rising slowly, like the rising sun at the beginning, and Li Yuan attracted the attention of countless people with his open mind and open mind.

However, in just a few years, the Li Tang Dynasty was ruined by Li Yuan's repeated mistakes in decision-making, almost ruined by internal power struggles, and many people's lives were threatened. How could these people who followed Li Yuan's rebellion against the Sui Dynasty not be disappointed , How can they still serve Li Yuan, but they themselves don't know where to go.It was also at this time that the Dugu family was like a bright light, pointing out the direction for everyone, that is to descend the Sui Dynasty and oppose the Tang Dynasty, and make meritorious service to atone for their sins.

Everyone thought it was good, so they boarded the ship of the Dugu family, including the Yu family who was related to the Dugu family.

After a while, Yu Yun quickly entered the study room, saluted and said: "I have met you, brother." "My dear brother, please sit down." Dugu Cheng forced a smile, and when Yu Yun sat down, he asked: "My dear brother, how can you sit down today?" A lot of time has passed, and the Holy Majesty has neither responded to nor dealt with our petition, and there are discussions in the streets and alleys, and the atmosphere is very wrong."

"Brother, you don't have to worry about this. This is a normal suggestion from us. Even the Holy Majesty can't find a way to deal with us. Moreover, it happened before the news of Li Mi's defeat arrived. It is reasonable for us to oppose the western tour. If the Holy Majesty really wants to If we get to the bottom of the matter, let’s admit that we didn’t know about Li Mi, and say that Xiangyang has become the front line of the war, and that the court is not safe here, so we should work together to support him in moving the capital. In short, we won’t let him doubt us at all. body." Yu Yun said.

Dugu Cheng laughed dryly. He didn't tell Yu Yun about his assassination of Li Shimin. He was worried that Yu Yun would feel uncomfortable knowing that he had acted without authorization and that he hadn't succeeded, so he simply didn't say anything.

Yu Yun took a sip of tea and continued: "I came to see my brother today because I wanted to talk more about the matter of starting the army. I also told Wynn last time that my Yu family's soldiers had secretly gathered in the room There are as many as three to four thousand people in Lingling's manor, and all of them are well-trained and well-equipped. I will fully support my brother in his actions, and the families that advance and retreat with us have at least [-] soldiers and horses. But our army is independent, and there are even conflicts among them. If there is no convincing general to lead, it will be a bunch of mobs,"

Dugu Cheng also understands this truth. An army with only soldiers, such as unscrupulous generals, is absolutely unacceptable, but his Dugu family does not have any generals that can be used, so if it is replaced by other families, it may not be convincing. After thinking about it , and said: "What do you think of Dugu Yanyun?"

Dugu Yanyun is the grandson of Dugu Tun, the great general of the Sui Dynasty, and the son of Dugu Kai, the general of the right guard. Their original surname was Li, but because Dugu Tun was the general of Dugu Xin before his fortune, they changed from Li Tun to Dugu Tun, the previous generations continued.Dugu Yanyun's uncle is Dugu Sheng, the general of Youtunwei in the Sui Dynasty. When Yuhuahua and Jiangdu Palace were launched, he brought his son Dugu Sengda, nephews Dugu Lingyun, Dugu Jingyun, and Dugu Tengyun to fight to the death. Father, son, uncle and nephew Five died of exhaustion,

In the lineage of Dugutun, only Dugukai's sons, Dugu Qingyun and Dugu Yanyun, are left. Compared with his elder brother, Dugu Yanyun is better at military affairs. After receiving the posthumous gift from the Sui Dynasty, they couldn't bear to damage the reputation of their father and brother's loyalty, so they didn't serve in the Tang army, and they were willing to be the generals of the Dugu family.

"Dugu Yanyun?"

"Yes." Dugu Cheng nodded and said: "Dugu Qingyun received the county duke's title from his father Dugu Kai, and Dugu Yanyun inherited Dugu Sheng's county duke's title. In name, he is already Dugu Sheng's son. After all, their brothers were all ministers of the Sui Dynasty, since we surrendered to the Sui Dynasty and rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, it would be more convincing if Dugu Yanyun showed his status as a Sui minister."

Yu Yun thought for a while, then said: "In this case, let their brothers lead the army together. One of them takes the soldiers of the Dugu family as their own soldiers, and the other takes my soldiers from the Yu family as their own soldiers. They have the names of Sui officials. And the soldiers and horses of our two families fully support it, which is enough to deter the soldiers of other families."

"It couldn't be better."

"This gold medal can mobilize my Yu clan's soldiers." Yu Yun took out a gold medal from his bosom, handed it to Dugu Cheng, and said: "Both of you need to be familiar with soldiers and horses, the sooner you can take over soldiers and horses, the better."

"My virtuous brother is more considerate, and I will let them set off immediately."

"I'm worried that someone will be watching. If I don't announce my long-term stay, I'll leave first!" Yu Yun got up and said goodbye.

After Dugu Cheng called Dugu Qingyun and Dugu Yanyun and asked them to leave Xiangyang secretly with the gold medal, he suddenly felt upset, and he didn't feel joy at all.

Silently sorting it out carefully, Dugu Cheng gradually realized that rebellion was not as simple as he thought. He always felt that he was not fully prepared and incomprehensible in every way, and he was at a loss as to how to take the next step.

"Oh, I hope there will be no accidents before the arrival of the Sui army." Dugu Cheng muttered to himself, and then turned the question to Li Yuan.

(End of this chapter)