The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 473 Great Discovery of Changsun Wuji

Changsun Wuji is an important staff member of Li Jiancheng, so Li Jiancheng naturally brought him by his side.It's no wonder that Changsun Wuji changed his face. After all, Li Shimin's behavior in the matter of Changsun Wugou was too dishonest. For the sake of political capital, Li Shimin not only divorced his wife and remarried, but also sent people to kill people to silence him, which is really chilling.

Changsun Wuji is a smart person. From the status of a courtier and a child of a family, he understands what Li Yuan is thinking.When he was engaged to the Changsun family, Yang Guang had absolute control over the world of the Sui Dynasty, so that the Li family at that time was only the Li family, and his position in the Guanlong Group was still the bottom one; The business is booming, and the personal business is also thriving. The marriage of the two families is, in the final analysis, the Li family's elder brother and the grandson's.But it was different later. At the age of 58, Changsun Sheng passed away due to illness in the fifth year of Daye. Although he was posthumously awarded as Dr. Jin Ziguanglu and the Governor of Yangzhou, the story of people taking tea cold inevitably happened in the Changsun clan.

Immediately afterwards, in order to divide and disintegrate the internal relations of the Guanlong Group, Yang Guang focused on supporting the "loyal, honest, timid and cowardly" Li Yuan, making Li Yuan a celebrity in front of the emperor, and Li's status in the Sui Dynasty naturally increased day by day. And everyone in the Changsun clan has successors, and the brothers and sisters of Changsun Wuji were even expelled from the clan.At this stage, Li Yuan had already received the support of the Lonely and Dou families. He had the ambition to overthrow the Sui Dynasty and compete in the world, and actively recruited help from all corners of the country. His most important method was nothing more than marriage. At that time, Li Jiancheng married the Taiyuan Wang family. Concubine daughter (Li Jiancheng's future wife and children were killed by Wei Xuan and Yin Shishi in Daxing, and then married Zheng), the Wang family of Taiyuan belongs to one of the leaders of the Shandong gentry, and has absolute say in Shilin and northern Bingzhou; The eldest daughter, named Princess Linhai, was betrothed to the eldest son of Pei Ji, the third person in the Pei family. The Pei family is also the leader of the Shandong gentry. The real first family among the Shandong gentry, the Pei family's sphere of influence at that time was south of Bingzhou; as for Li Yuanji's marriage partner was the Sui Dynasty clan, let alone this, they were all half royals.

Looking at Li Shimin, who was engaged very early, he married a woman from the eldest grandson family of the downturned family—the eldest grandson Wugou, and more importantly, the eldest grandson Wugou who was expelled from the clan early, except for one elder brother, only Gao Shilian was worthy in the political arena at that time. Dispensable uncle, Li Yuan didn't get any political resources from here.

Honestly, Li Yuan, who was an official of the Sui Dynasty, didn't care, but Li Yuan, who was preparing to rebel, did. Since he wanted to rebel, he had to integrate all the resources that could be integrated. To be an emperor, he had to look like an emperor. How could he let the main force behind him, Guan Long? After the event is completed, the group will set itself up high and become a puppet?So Li Yuan came up with an idea, planning to let Li Shimin divorce his wife and remarry, and then use the power of a Guandong gentry to balance the Guanlong Group, and then balance the left and right, so that he can reap the benefits of the fisherman; He cared about the wishes of his rebellious second son, so he didn't implement it for a long time.

Also at this time, the world is full of flames, whether it is Lu Mingyue in Youzhou; Gao Shida, Zhang Jincheng, Dou Jiande in Hebei; The track, the south of the Yangtze River...the business is running like a raging fire...so, Li Shimin, who didn't know that his father had prepared it for a long time, also had the idea of ​​persuading and rebelling.

It's just that Li Yuan is scheming, seeing Yang Tong's strong rise and occupying the two neighboring Youji Prefectures, he feels that the time is not yet ripe. The key is that the Guanlong Group behind him hesitates and shows signs of retreating; Li Yuan sees the situation It was not good, so he prepared to act hastily. Although the risk was higher, after the fait accompli was established, the Guanlong Group would not be able to withdraw and keep this important force. At this time, he accidentally learned from Liu Wenjing that Li Shimin and his eldest grandson Wu Behind the respectful behavior of each other is that they go their own way, and after complaining that this marriage can't give him any help, they began to encourage Li Shimin to divorce his wife and marry a woman from the Dugu family, thus firmly tying the Dugu family, the leader of the Guanlong Group, to the Li family. on the chariot.

Facts have also proved that Li Yuan's means of marriage played an important role, because Li Yuan was able to win the entire Bingzhou with a thunderbolt at the beginning of the uprising, and he contributed a lot to the Northern Wang family and the Southern Pei family. Many counties and counties are their children. Donate, let alone the support of the Guanlong Group, which is asking for things for things, money for money, people for people, and troops for servants...

Changsun Wuji saw all of these, but from a personal emotional point of view, he couldn't accept the fact that his sister was divorced and almost killed.If it were someone else, he would have gone to another country with his younger sister to assist a Mingjun to overthrow the Li Tang Dynasty, in order to repay the humiliation that the Li family gave to their brothers and sisters.After all, Li Shimin's decision to divorce his wife and remarry was strongly supported by Li Yuan, and what he said against Li was reasonable, and the world can't say anything about him.But Changsun Wuji did not. Not only did he not turn against Li, but he continued to advise Li Jiancheng, which was tolerable.

Changsun Wuji is an old and prudent person. He knows that the Tang army is full of chauvinism and factions. In addition to the three major forces of the imperial party, the prince and the king of Jin, there are many small forces. Yuanji's Qi Wang Party, Li Xiaogong's Jingshu Party, Li Shentong's Huai'an faction, and foreign relatives include Chai Shao's Consort Party, Dugu Huai'en's Dugu Children's Party, Dou Cong's Dou's Children's Party...just Changsun Wuji There are hundreds of them in his mind, and as for some small factions, he doesn't even bother to remember them.

Now his identity is East Palace Records Office to join the military, his position is not high, just a small official from the sixth rank, all in the sphere of influence of the princelings, I don’t know how many people have sharpened their heads and wanted to take this position Drilling, because he is the closest to Prince Li Jiancheng, and he can better show his talents to Li Jiancheng. Just look at Huangfu Wuyi, Yang Gongren, and Fang Xuanling in the Sui Dynasty. The King of the Sui County is the Duke of the State, especially Yang Gongren, who was appointed as the Duke of the County. His status is by no means comparable to that of Yang Shanhui and Wei Yunqi, who are also servants of the Shangshu Province. Now he is under one person and above ten thousand people. prominent figures.

Li Jiancheng has not yet ascended to the throne, and Changsun Wuji cannot be compared with Huangfu Wuyi, Yang Gongren, and Fang Xuanling of the Sui Dynasty, but as long as he follows Li Jiancheng running around, everyone knows that as long as Li Jiancheng ascends to the supreme position, The day of Changsun Wuji's success is not far away.

Although he is in a coveted position and an important advisor to Prince Li Jiancheng, Changsun Wuji is cautious, sensible, knowledgeable about advances and retreats, and kind to others. Liu Wenjing, Chen Shuda, Dou Gui, Dou Cong, Wang Gui, Li Yuanji, Li Xiaogong who are still of the same generation... are willing to communicate with him.

Changsun Wuji usually does not participate in Li Jiancheng's major meetings, but like a shadow, he picks up missing pieces for Li Jiancheng afterwards and perfects major plans one by one.

However, Changsun Wuji was a little nervous today. He found that although the Battle of Hongnong had not yet started, the Tang Dynasty was already in a very disadvantageous situation in terms of the overall strategy of the two countries.

"See Your Highness for a humble position!"

The eldest grandson Wuji entered the door and saluted Li Jiancheng. Li Jiancheng forced a smile: "Wuji is here, please sit down."

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Changsun Wuji was thinking about his own affairs, but he didn't notice the shock, anger and other complex emotions on Li Jiancheng's face for a moment, and after sitting down, he said worriedly: "Your Highness, I found that the deployment of the Sui Army is quite unfavorable to us. ! If we target it, it is very likely that the Guanzhong battle will repeat itself.”

Li Jiancheng was taken aback, and temporarily put aside Li Shentong's messed up matter, and asked, "Why do Wuji say that?"

"Your Highness, the current situation is very clear. The Battle of Hongnong is not a simple war, but has evolved into two battlefields in the north and the south, bounded by Lushi and Luoshui. The key battlefield is no longer the northern battlefield in charge of the main force of King Jin and Yang Shanhui. , but the southern battlefield between our department and Xue Wanjun and Luo Shixin. That is to say, Xue Wanjun and Luo Shixin are very likely to attack us first. From the current trend, we can see that the great war in the southern battlefield is very likely to take the lead. Which side Whichever side can win, can take the initiative in the entire strategy, and the Sui army has clearly preemptively struck."

Changsun Wuji walked to the high-hanging map, picked up the wooden pole and pointed to Lushi County: "Lushi County is the key point of the whole battle. Yang Tong, who was dispatched in the middle, had already realized it first, and ordered Luo Shixin to lead [-] troops to enter Lushi County first. In this way, the Luo Shixin Department became the link between Yang Shanhui and Xue Wanjun's two Sui armies, so that Yang Shanhui was in the north, Luo Shixin was in the middle, and Xue Wanjun was in the south, and the entire front came alive."

Speaking of this, Changsun Wuji sighed with a heavy heart: "Comparatively speaking, the two Tang armies in the north and south did not get in touch with each other, and they operated independently. They were very passive strategically and were completely in a disadvantaged position. Your Highness, I am deeply worried about this. .”

Li Jiancheng's face turned pale. In fact, he also realized that something was wrong, but he didn't have the experience of leading the army alone. This kind of wrong consciousness was not clear. Now that Changsun Wuji said so, he suddenly understood their unfavorable situation.

More importantly, once Hongnong County falls, the Sui army can drive straight in, posing a huge threat to the three counties of Xiyang, Nanyang, and Huai'an in the south, and even Xiangyang was invaded by the Sui army.

However, Changsun Wuji's worries were not limited to this. With the wooden pole in his hand, he drew a circle on the map, including Nanyang and Fuyang, and focused on the two circles that said "Li Shentong" and "Qin Qiong". I clicked a little, "Your Highness, I feel that Qin Qiong is very likely to catch Huai'an King by surprise. If Nanyang is lost, Xiangyang will lose a barrier. Not to mention Qin Qiong's army is approaching the city, the failure of Huai'an King alone will be enough to shake Xiangyang. At that time, the Holy Majesty Due to pressure from the imperial court, the only way is for us to withdraw troops together with the King of Jin. In this way, the battle of Nanyang may happen before us, and I am worried that something will happen in the direction of Nanyang!"

"..." Li Jian became speechless, and smiled wryly at Changsun Wuji.

"Your Highness, something happened in Nanyang?" How shrewd is Changsun Wuji?Suddenly saw through Li Jiancheng's 'smile'.

"Out!" Li Jiancheng sighed and handed over the urgent report.

Changsun Wuji glanced at it briefly, and suddenly his eyes widened in disbelief, almost popping them out.

He stared at Li Jiancheng in a daze: Even the weapons of the soldiers were sold for money, replaced with wooden weapons, and even painted in a weird way to hide people's eyes and ears?

This news, even in the heart of Changsun Wuji, almost collapsed, this person... how greedy this person must be to do such a thing.

Doesn't Li Shentong know that the end of the headquarters will lead to danger in Xiangyang and the collapse of the Li Tang Dynasty?
Didn't Li Shentong know that the Li Tang dynasty was over, and that his family, as clan members, could not avoid the end of being headed?
What is even more frustrating is: now that productivity is low, lacquerware is also a rare and valuable item. Li Shentong actually uses a lot of lacquer to lift wood. Could it be that he will not settle the score?Do you think it's worthwhile to do it yourself?It's not a lot of money, right? Since you don't make a lot of money, why bother to do it at the risk of losing your head?

This man, what a stupid person he must be to do such a thankless thing.

Changsun Wuji was completely dizzy!

If it hadn't been for the fact that Li Shentong was a relative of the Li family, and that he had a relationship with the Li Tang Dynasty, he would have even suspected that this guy was the death of the Sui Dynasty, and he was ordered by Yang Tong to deliberately corrupt the emperor. Tang Jun is coming.

Li Jiancheng sighed helplessly: "Wuji, do you think Uncle Wang of Huai'an can do such a thing?"

Changsun Wuji vowed and said impassionedly: "If it were someone else, I wouldn't believe it even if I killed a lowly official!"

"..." Li Jiancheng understood.

Let's talk about it, if you change it to the fucking Li Shentong, you will believe it.

His cousin is simply the best example of "a thief for a day and a thief for life"!
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(Determining the success or failure of a war is not just a bare-chested duel on the battlefield, but also a contest of comprehensive national strength. In addition, there are many external objective factors and emergencies... Therefore, the Battle of Hongnong has been playing up during this period The national conditions of the enemy and us.)
(End of this chapter)