The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 706
Li Jiancheng, who left Luoyang, was eager to return to Xiangyang, and went west to Hongnong. From Lushi, he took a boat along the Xishui River to the south of Xiyang Junyang, passed through the Hanshui River, and went straight to Yincheng.In order to avoid the Beizhen Army in Gucheng County, they took the land route and returned to Xiangyang City with a cavalry escort.

The carriage was speeding on the street, Li Jiancheng looked at both sides of the street silently, the pedestrians were in a hurry, and the taverns were deserted, which was completely opposite to the densely populated Luoyang, where the crowds of refugees and beggars in the past could not be seen.

Li Jiancheng knew that it was not the refugees who starved to death, nor did they become rich, but they all ran to Xiyang, Nanyang and other counties. Most of these refugees and beggars were forcibly moved from Nanyang by their father. But they were not properly resettled, so they became refugees and beggars. Now that the Sui army has released the checkpoints and Guan Rang is promoting the policy of dividing land in Xiangyang City, who is willing to beg on the streets of Xiangyang?

Thinking of this, Li Jiancheng couldn't help but sigh. Although they also adopted a policy of reducing taxes and granting land to encourage people to migrate to Yizhou, the effect was not satisfactory at all. The people were exempted from taxes for two years, because tax cuts would not only affect the meager income of the imperial court, but also arouse the dissatisfaction of the local people in Yizhou.Another reason is that the common people don't trust the Li Tang Dynasty very much, so they would rather go to the counties of the Sui Dynasty to receive land than accept the land of the Li Tang Dynasty.

This is the consensus of the people all over the world. The people believe that sooner or later the Sui Dynasty will fight, defeat Li Tang, and unify the world. The promise of the Sui Dynasty is far more reliable than that of the Li Tang Dynasty. He suffered a crushing defeat in the population battle with the Sui Dynasty.

As the saying goes, "Frozen three feet, not a day's cold", the distrust of the people all over the world towards the Li and Tang Dynasty actually began to arise as early as after the end of the Guanzhong War.Just because the capital has always been the face and majesty of a regime, but the Li Tang Dynasty lost the imperial capital and fled south to Xiangyang in a panic, the majesty and backbone of the Li Tang court suddenly collapsed.Coupled with the disastrous defeat of the Eastern Expedition last year, the people even less believed that the Li Tang Dynasty could defeat the prestigious Sui Dynasty.

"Your Highness, Tai Chi Palace has arrived."

The carriage stopped slowly, and Chen Shuda's voice came from outside.

"I was distracted, I'm really sorry." Li Jiancheng got out of the car quickly and apologized.

"No." Chen Shuda shook his head slowly. Even though Li Jiancheng didn't say anything, he roughly guessed what Li Jiancheng was thinking. Wasn't he also surprised by the gap between the two dynasties?

In the past, I simply felt that the military was not as good as others, and that other places were not far behind the Sui Dynasty, and even won. It was not until I went to Luoyang that I realized that in many respects, Yang Tong had already walked in the old-fashioned and conservative Li Tang Dynasty. In front of him, the most representative contention among a hundred schools of thought may not be a good thing for Confucianism, which has been respected for hundreds of years, but for the whole world, the contention among a hundred schools of thought does have the effect of stimulating the progress of the times.

Neither of them spoke, they walked silently all the way to the imperial study.

When Li Yuan heard that the two had returned, he urgently received them.

"My son sees my father."

"Weichen see the Holy One."

"Exemption."

Li Yuan signaled the two of them to sit down, although he was already anxious to death, but the imperial demeanor forcibly suppressed his anxiety.

"My son and Chen Xiangguo have lived up to their father's great trust and have reached a truce agreement with the Sui Dynasty."

'call'

Li Yuan let out a foul breath, and pretended to be flat and said, "What is Yang Tong's request?"

"As long as I destroy the nobles of Guanlong, the truce agreement will take effect." Li Jiancheng explained the ins and outs of the matter. The Tubo matter was not written on the surface. When he decided to get along alone, he would talk to his father.

After listening to Li Jiancheng's statement, Li Yuan nodded in agreement, and deeply agreed with Yang Tong's statement that "the poison of the world is not poisonous to the powerful, and the poison of the powerful is not poisonous to the nobles of Guanlong".Now that the nobles of Guanlong have already rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, of course there is no such thing as "leaving the net".

What Li Yuan cared about was the truce. From Li Jiancheng's statement, he noticed a very serious problem, so he asked: "That is to say, if I can't destroy the nobles of Guanlong, the two dynasties will be in a hostile situation? During this period, you can Anything happened right?"

"Exactly." Li Jiancheng said.

After a long silence, Li Yuanning nodded and ordered the eunuchs outside: "Quickly summon King Jin, King Qi, Liu Xiangguo, Pei Xiangguo, and Xiao Xiangguo to the palace to discuss matters."

"Here." The eunuch outside the door responded and hurried over.

All the prime ministers were in their own government offices, and Li Shimin was also in Xiangyang City during this time, so a group of people quickly arrived at the Imperial Study Room. When they heard the news of the truce between the Sui and Tang Dynasties, their expressions were different. Li Shimin's face was quite ugly, but he also knew that the truce was recognized by his father and everyone, and what he won was a general trend that could not be changed by one person, so no matter how upset he was, he didn't say anything against it.

As Li Jiancheng came up with the agreement one by one, the imperial study room fell into a brief silence. From this, Li Shimin found two problems, and asked: "Brother Huang, I have two questions."

"Second brother, tell me." Li Jiancheng smiled.

"Before the Guanlong nobles fell, the hostility was still there, isn't that true?" Li Shimin asked everyone's common aspirations.

"Exactly." Li Jiancheng nodded and said with a wry smile, "So let's hurry up; what's the second brother's question?"

Li Shimin frowned and said, "How to identify the nobles of Guanlong? Do Yang Tong's conditions include Dou, Doulu, and Changsun?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was dumbfounded.

Yes, the Dou family, the Doulu family, and the Changsun family are also members of the Guanlong nobles, but they have all handed over their private troops and more than [-]% of their wealth, and they are proper loyal ministers. If they are also included in Yang Yu The list of must-kills, could it be that the Li and Tang Dynasty wanted to kill all these people?If they don't kill, it means that Yang Tong won't truce at all, and the one who violated the contract belongs to Li Tang Dynasty.

"That's not true." Li Jiancheng and Chen Shuda also discussed this issue when they returned, and said, "Yang Tong's purpose is to weaken the Guanlong nobles to the point where they cannot rise, while the Dou, Doulu, and Changsun families handed over Ninety percent of the wealth, they will no longer threaten the imperial power, Yang Tong will not care about this."

"Since that's the case, my little brother is fine." Li Shimin didn't quite agree with Li Jiancheng's statement. Yang Tong was already a nobleman in Guanlong, so how could there be no Dou clan, Doulu clan, Changsun clan and other Dou clans?In the final analysis, Yang Tong still didn't intend to truce, it was just a trick to confuse Li Tang Junchen. He felt that everything had to be fought, so he cupped his hands to Li Yuan and said, "Father, my son has a request."

"Tell me." Li Yuan nodded.

"My son wants to march immediately, join forces with other armies, and annihilate the Beizhen army. As long as this army is wiped out, the Guanlong nobles will be toothless tigers. You can do whatever you want. I also ask my father for permission, "Li Shimin was afraid of arousing his father's suspicion, so he dared not say that he was going to support Liu Hongji and others to retreat westward, so he could only put it another way.

"This is a very good and timely suggestion and proposition, I agree!" Li Yuan pondered for a while, and asked, "When does the emperor plan to send troops?"

"Father, the situation is critical now, and my son plans to send troops tonight, so as not to have long nights and dreams!"

"tonight?"

"Yes."

"Yes." The Beizhen army is not far away in Gucheng, which is a variable. Li Yuan also hoped to solve it as soon as possible, so he agreed.

(End of this chapter)