The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 687 Reversal Opportunity
Li Yuan still underestimated the Guanlong nobles' protection of their own interests, and overestimated his control over the Li Tang Dynasty, which led him to naively think that after losing many patriarchs, the private trilogy of each family would be in a state of disunity, so he just sat and waited leisurely. The Guanlong nobles who were imprisoned in Dugu Mansion had internal strife, and then used peaceful means to take back the troops of each family for their own use.Unexpectedly, just after he had imprisoned many noble patriarchs of Guanlong for a few days, the sudden news from Shangyong County, Fangling County dealt him a heavy blow.

The private trilogy of the Dugu sect headed by the Dugu clan gathered in Shangyong County. In addition to the trilogy of the Dugu clan, there are also the descendants of the "Northern Zhou Bazhu Kingdom" Yu Shi, Zhao Shi, Hou Mochen, and the "Northern Zhou 24 Generals" The descendants of the Daxi family, Helan family, Tian family, Chang family, Yi family, Xin family, Liang family, Wang family, Webster family, Han family, He Lian family, several families... There are 32 families in total, and most of them are He is a descendant of the 24 generals of the Eight Pillar Kingdom.It can be seen that the deep-rooted old Guanlong aristocrats are always headed by the Dugu family, and few of them buy into the emerging aristocratic Dou family.

This is not only due to the fact that Dugu spent his whole life maintaining it, but also the disdain of the old Guanlong nobles for the emerging Guanlong forces. More importantly, the Sui Dynasty was flourishing, while the Li and Tang dynasties were in a precarious situation. It is absolutely impossible for the family to pull so many families to rebel against them.

Fortunately for the Li and Tang Dynasty, although there were many families who participated in the rebellion, many of the families' private tribes were still in Yizhou or on the road, so there were only more than 3 troops assembled in Shangyong. Buqu was worried about the fall of the Patriarch in Xiangyang, and it was caused by the early incident. If we wait a few more days, there may be more than [-] people.

These more than [-] well-equipped and well-trained troops are led by Dugu Yanyun as the commander, Dugu Qingyun as the deputy commander, Yu Qinming, the son of Yu Zhongwen, as the Sima of the left march, and He Lanshiren as the Sima of the right march.

Dugu Yanyun lived up to Dugu Cheng's expectations. His first step in taking over the army was not to send troops immediately, but to reorganize them on the spot.

In order to avoid disputes about which side contributed more, which side contributed less, which side sacrificed more, and which side sacrificed less when the war was not going well, Dugu Yanyun simply put all these issues on the table and talked openly with the representatives of the various parties. discussed and discussed.He also put forward the concept of disrupting and dispersing the entire army, and reorganizing combat systems such as teams, teams, brigades, and regiments. The purpose is to condense more than 30 soldiers into a relatively regular army instead of more than [-] small groups. .In this way, everyone has me among you, and you among me. When fighting, we will attack with the formation of the army, and there will be no disputes about who contributes more, who sacrifices more, and who fights tough battles.

The representatives of each family are outstanding people promoted by the head of the family. Their knowledge and ability are far beyond ordinary people. After the army, they got [-] soldiers, and then imitated the military system of the Sui Dynasty, established six divisions, launched six Huben generals, twelve or so Huya generals, and thirty guards under the six divisions. General Lang, about sixty generals, and school lieutenants were also recommended by them. As for low-level military officers such as chief and deputy brigade commanders, chief and deputy captains, and chiefs, the soldiers competed for it by force.

After two days of intensive reorganization and selection, a regular army of [-] people was formally established. They played the banner of "the side of the Qing emperor, the eradication of traitors, and the leadership of the court", and they rushed to Xiangyang in a mighty manner.

When this army was assembled in Shangyong, the county magistrate saw that the situation was not good, and immediately sent someone to Xiangyang to report to Li Yuan urgently.

Li Yuan, who was extremely shocked, urgently summoned important ministers to discuss countermeasures in Wude Hall.

In the Hall of Martial Virtue, more than a hundred civil and military ministers gathered together, and after circulating the letters, there was no sound in the empty hall, and needles could be heard.

Li Yuan had recovered from the shock and anger at this time, and he said in a solemn tone: "I didn't expect that a group of people whom I rely on and trust the most would betray me and the establishment of Guan Zhongerlang who sacrificed countless lives. The Tang Dynasty. I clearly know that they have evil intentions, and I have seized favorable evidence, but I just forbid them to act. If I want to hurt them, how can I wait until now? But what about them?"

"Not only did they not think of my benevolence and righteousness, but they summoned more than 3 soldiers to march towards the capital of the Tang Dynasty. 'The side of the Qing Dynasty' is just a high-sounding excuse. Dedicated to Yang Tong, in order to ask Yang Tong's forgiveness."

While Li Yuan was indignant, he also felt extremely disgusted. At the beginning, he played the banner of "Qing Jun side" in Jinyang Palace, but was played "Qing Jun side" by the Dugu who supported him against the Sui Dynasty. What is this?
Nemesis?
He took a deep breath, and said solemnly: "I cannot tolerate these treacherous and ungrateful people, and I don't want to tolerate them. Not killing is not enough to deter Xiaoxiao, not killing is not enough to anger the common people. I have summoned all the gentlemen here, isn't it I want you to offer a compromise plan, but I hope that everyone will work together to formulate a safe counter-insurgency strategy."

Li Yuan's meaning is very obvious, that is, before the arrival of the Sui army, these Guanlong nobles who participated in the rebellion will come to him once and for all.

As soon as Li Yuan finished speaking, Pei Ji, who was eager to restore the image of a loyal minister, stood up, bowed deeply, and said very respectfully: "My lord, can you please say a few words first?"

Li Yuan took a deep look at Pei Ji, nodded happily and said, "I am very pleased that Pei Xiangguo took the initiative to speak, please speak!"

Pei Ji heaved a sigh of relief, and said respectfully: "These rebellious Guanlong nobles' private trilogy, the patriarchs are all in the hands of the imperial court, and they only need to escort their patriarchs to the front of the battle, and let the patriarchs order their private troops Just abandon your weapons and surrender. I think that although the heads of the families are stubborn now, the lives of their family are related to rebellion after all. In order to save the lives of the whole family, some people must agree to go to the city to persuade. As long as someone initiates, the Holy Majesty can do it appropriately. If you give me a little promise, then others will follow suit, and as for some stubborn people, you can kill the city to deter the courage of the rebels and the heads of the families."

"Pei Xiangguo's method of emphasizing both kindness and power has won my heart." Li Yuan nodded. Pei Ji agreed with him, but he still wanted to hear more opinions.

Seeing that everyone was thinking, Li Yuan turned his attention to Li Shimin: "Does King Jin have a plan to calm the [-] rebels?"

The reason why Li Yuan asked Li Shimin about his strategy to counter the rebellion was because Li Shimin was No.1 in the military of the Tang Dynasty, and most of the Jingxiang army was controlled by him, so he should know the current situation better than anyone else.

Li Shimin said: "Father, just as Pei Xiangguo said before, we can use the heads of the [-] rebels to make an forced landing. This army is nothing to worry about. I can only feel lucky that they have come to Xiangyang."

"The emperor is right." Li Yuan nodded in relief, but seeing Li Shimin's unabated worry, he knew that he must have something to worry about.

I only heard Li Shimin continue worryingly: "As far as I know, the Dugu faction's army is only part of it in Jingxiang. The other part is still in Yizhou. They are all well-equipped and well-trained. In terms of personal combat power, the imperial court's elite If they rebel in Yizhou, the county soldiers will not be able to support them. My biggest worry now is that some people in Yizhou will go east and take Badong County as their own."

"Is Badong County really so important? What's the reason?" Li Yuan asked solemnly.

"Report to my father." Li Shimin frowned and said, "From ancient times to the present, the seven counties of Yiling, Zigui, Badong, Wushan, Renfu, Yun'an, and Nanpu on the Three Gorges Road must have heavy troops garrisoned. If the army occupies it, the connection between Yizhou and Jingxiang can be cut off. Yiling County has an army guarding it, so there is no need to worry, but the other six counties under the jurisdiction of Badong County belong to the heartland of my Tang Dynasty, and there is no army guarding them. When Erchen was in Yiling, he also took a boat to survey the topography of Zigui County. The cliff roads in Zigui County are narrow and extremely dangerous, and at most two thousand troops can only be invested in attacking the city at a time. Once Zigui County falls, even if we are in A million soldiers can't do anything about it, and the city's defenders can easily hold it for a year and a half with only a few hundred people."

Li Yuan frowned and said: "The emperor's concerns are worthy of attention, but the six counties of Badong you mentioned are all easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as you notify the magistrates of Nanpu and Yun'an counties in the west in time, let them be careful. These two counties should not be taken down."

Li Shimin nodded, "This way, I can rest assured."

Speaking of Badong, Dou Gui kept silent and suddenly remembered something, and asked nervously: "Dare to ask the Holy One, who is the governor of Badong County?"

When Li Jiancheng saw his father, he couldn't remember it for a while, so he quickly replied: "Ma Dewen is the governor of Badong County."

"It's broken, it's broken." Hearing this, Dou Gui's face turned ashen, and he said loudly, "Ma Dewen, actually called Sima Dewen, is the younger brother of Sima Dekan, General Hu Benlang of the Xiaoguo Army of Emperor Wu of the Sui Dynasty. The three generations are the family generals of the Dugu family. Apart from Ma Dewen, the Holy Majesty also needs to prevent other local officials and military generals. Many generals in my Tang Dynasty were disciples of the nobles of Guanlong, and they held important positions, overtly or covertly. I feel that the Holy Majesty should immediately order to clean up the dark forces that the Dugu faction has placed in the army, so as to avoid the calamity of defection during the Sui and Tang Dynasties."

Li Yuan's pupils contracted sharply, and his face changed drastically. His heart was ups and downs, but there was an uproar in the hall.

Dou Gui's words chilled Li Yuan's heart, and at the same time pointed the problem directly to the core. The Guanlong nobles had penetrated deeply into the army as early as the civil and military period of the Sui Dynasty, especially when Yang Guang led the army to fight everywhere. The nobles of Guanlong knew that Yang Guang used the war to consume their strength in the army, and all of them made many of his disciples lie in the dark. Wait for the disciples of the nobles of Guanlong to infiltrate.

The Sui army was like this in the past, and the Tang army was no exception. In addition to the clansmen of various nobles who directly controlled the army, their disciples, family generals, and slaves also served as generals in the army. Like Guo Jun, most of them are the children of Guanlong. He has no idea how many people here are related to the nobles of Guanlong, and how many plan to take his head.

If the army in the city raised troops to respond, and there was no need for the Sui army to fight, Xiangyang would have already fallen to the enemy.

After Dou Gui's reminder, Li Yuan finally realized the seriousness of the problem. The reason why the private army of the Guanlong nobles dared to rebel was because they had penetrated deeply into the Tang army, so they were so confident.

"My lord, I think today's disaster is not accidental..." At this time, Liu Wenjing came out and said with a serious expression: "If the root cause is not found and uprooted, the rebellion that happened today will definitely happen again in the future."

Hearing the words, Li Yuan's heart was filled with awe, and he asked solemnly: "What is the basis for Liu Xiangguo's words? Have you found the root cause?"

"Weichen did find the focus." Liu Wenjing said.

"Liu Xiangguo, come quickly."

Not only Li Yuan, but everyone's eyes are now on Liu Wenjing.

I saw Liu Wenjing talking eloquently: "Your Majesty, there have been few dynasties that have lasted for 200 years since the Yongjia Rebellion, and there are many kingdoms that have changed dynasties within decades. The reason is that there are problems with the national official system, and the local government has too much power. It is not an exaggeration for local officials to integrate the military, government, law, and wealth of various regions into one, and it is not an exaggeration to call them local emperors. Some powerful local officials have soldiers, money, and food in their hands, which will breed inappropriate Some ambitions, when the center of the imperial court is stable, it’s okay. If the center declines, they will immediately form cliques to deter the center. When they annex the surrounding counties, they will launch attacks against them. , There are few dynasties with 200 years of national destiny. If military power, administrative power, and law enforcement power are all concentrated in the imperial court, the world will naturally be peaceful."

Liu Wenjing's words reached Li Yuan's heart, and he said with a smile: "Liu Xiangguo's words are very reasonable, is there any more?"

Now he can't wait for Liu Wenjing to continue talking so that he can collect all the private troops.

Liu Wenjing lived up to Li Yuanzhi's expectations, and went on to say: "Every family in my family in the Tang Dynasty has a private army, ranging from hundreds of people to thousands of people, and the Dugu family has even more private troops. Count. Patriarchs of the Dugu family, Yu family, Zhao family, etc. were all imprisoned in the Dugu mansion by the imperial court. What the family members did."

"It's reasonable, it's reasonable, Liu Xiangguo is worthy of being my son-in-law." Li Yuan was really happy, he didn't expect Liu Wenjing to cooperate so much, it seems that Liu Wenjing has really improved a lot in this period of time.

"The sage has won the prize." Liu Wenjing said with a smile, but no one knew that he was smiling bitterly.Now he has fully grasped Li Yuan's character, he will trust all the officials who follow him, and those who go against him will have no good fruit.

In fact, he didn't want to say these things, because after the Dugu faction's rebellion, all the remaining families will be like turtles. Before Li Tang dies, they will be content with the status quo and dare not engage in small tricks in private, causing death Unfortunately, going to war at this time will only expand the contradiction.But he knew that even if he didn't mention it, Dou Gui, who was already fully loyal, would still say it, so he simply followed Li Yuan's heart and raised it first. soldier.

"Reconsideration." At this time, Li Jiancheng saw the opportunity, stood up immediately, and saluted: "Father, all of you here are loyal ministers and generals of the imperial court, so naturally they will not oppose our Tang Dynasty like the Dugu family... ..."

Everyone's ears were immediately pricked up, and in the blink of an eye, it really was a 'but' after waiting.

I only heard Li Jiancheng continue to say: "However, there are imperial troops guarding the border, and county soldiers patrolling and arresting criminals in the local area. Since everyone is a loyal minister, why should we keep the private army? If tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or a month Later, which patriarch was hijacked by the family generals and soldiers to rebel, and the national general would not general. Therefore, the minister suggested that the father and emperor should take all the private armies into the state, so that such things will not happen in the future. It will do no harm to all loyal ministers and good generals.”

"What do you Ai Qing think about Liu Xiangguo and the crown prince?" Li Yuan asked happily.

"My son will reconsider."

"The minister reconsidered."

"The minister reconsidered."

"..."

As Liu Wenjing expected, Li Shimin, Dou Gui, Pei Ji, Chen Shuda, Xiao Yu, Dou Lukuan, Zhao Cijing, Qu Tugai and others all agreed.

Some unwilling people are all furious, but judging from this appearance, it is the general trend to hand over their private soldiers. have to be willing.

After thinking about it for a few times, they all agreed helplessly, and everyone praised him bitterly.

Li Yuan didn't expect that Liu Wenjing, who had always been unhappy, would help him solve his old problems, and suddenly felt that this guy was pretty good, at least he always had Tang in his heart, unlike some founding heroes, who relied on their elders to sell their elders, arrogant and selfish.

He happily slapped the table heavily, stood up abruptly, and said in a high-spirited voice: "Everyone is sincere, I am so relieved, my Tang monarchs and ministers are so united, why are you afraid of a mere [-] rebels? Afraid of Yang Tong's children."

Hearing this, those who have always been loyal to the Li and Tang Dynasty didn't care, but the hearts of some wall-riders were gloomy.

Pei Ji looked at Liu Wenjing with a calm face, and heaved a long and complicated sigh. He felt that Liu Wenjing had really changed now, otherwise, with his arrogant temper, he probably wouldn't have further expanded the situation at this time!However, Liu Wenjing said so flatly that the private army of all the aristocratic families would be returned to the state. When he recalled the poisonous trick Liu Wenjing launched against himself in the political affairs hall, he finally realized that Liu Wenjing was more difficult to deal with than before, and he couldn't help but There was a chill.

"Is there anything else to add?" Li Yuan asked happily.

Xiao Yu said: "Your Majesty, there are at least tens of thousands of private armies. However, each private army is distributed throughout the Tang Dynasty, and it takes time to assemble. I believe that I will send a good general to recruit and train them. Appropriate."

"Xiao Xiangguo's words are reasonable." Li Yuan thought for a while, looked at Dou Cong among the generals, and said with a smile: "General Youtunwei can be a commander in chief. I think this is a trivial matter for a general. .”

"Thank you for your kindness, I will definitely live up to your great love." Dou Cong went out to thank him in high spirits.

This is Li Yuan's reward for his loyalty to the Dou family, and it also shows his trust in the Dou family.

The Dou family was deeply moved when they heard this.

Li Yuan smiled and called out his names: "Jiaodong King, Wei Junwang, Huaiyang King."

Li Daoyan, king of Jiaodong, was the eldest son of Li Shentong, Li Wenjun, king of Weijun, was the youngest son of Li Shenfu, and Li Daoxuan, king of Huaiyang, was the son of the late Henan king Li Zhi.Hearing the sound, the three of them came out and saluted, "The minister is here."

"The three of you are going to practice under the general. I will not give you any military positions. You are just the general's staff, small soldiers, and whether you can be promoted or not is up to the general. You must remember that you are in the army. The identity of Zhong, if something happens to me, don't blame me for turning my face and denying people."

"My minister obeys." Li Daoyan, Li Wenjun, and Li Daoxuan obeyed the order awe-inspiringly.

Most of the children cultivated by the Guanlong family are generals, and Li Yuan's luck is even more against the sky.It doesn't matter that his sons are good, even Li's clan members are military talents.

Among his many sons and nephews, besides Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong who can fight, Li Daoyan, Li Xiaocha, Li Xiaotong, Li Xiaoci, Li Xiaoyou, Li Xiaojie, Li Xiaoyi, Li Demao, Li Wenjun, Li Daoxuan and others are also familiar with military affairs. The combat experience may be slightly insufficient, and the ability to command a large army may be far from enough, but the ability to lead an army of [-] to [-] to defend a county is still there.What made Li Yuan most gratified was that most of his nephews did not have many problems of their parents' generation. With a little training, their future achievements would definitely be higher than their father's.

Li Yuan dumped Li Daoyan, Li Wenxuan, and Li Daoxuan to Dou Cong in order to let this general help him bring out a group of young generals who would never rebel.He also planned to throw the remaining nephews to Li Shimin and Li Xiaogong.

At this time, the aloof Li Yuan seemed to have something to say when he saw Chen Shuda, but he first looked at Dou Gui, then at Dou Lukuan, and then said nothing.

After Li Yuan thought about it for a while, he understood that Chen Shuda planned to offer a strategy to deal with the Guanlong nobles, but Dou Gui, Dou Cong, Dou Lukuan and others are also members of the Guanlong nobles, and some things are not easy to say in front of them, not for Li Yuan If you don't trust them, but plan to go to the Guanlong nobles in front of them, the monarch and his subjects will feel embarrassed.

He looked at the sky outside and found that it had already dimmed, so he said with a smile: "It's getting late, everyone should have dinner in the palace, and after an hour and a half, come to Wude Palace to discuss the strategy of dispatching troops. King Jin presides over the dinner on my behalf."

"Here."

Civil and military officials got up and left one after another. After a while, only Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng and Chen Shuda were left in the hall.

Li Yuan asked: "I saw that Chen Xiangguo hesitated to speak, do you have something inconvenient to say to me?"

"That's right." Chen Shuda said with a smile: "My lord, what I want to say is actually not new. It is nothing more than a supplement to Liu Xiangguo's art of explaining military power with only a few words."

Li Yuan laughed, Liu Wenjing took advantage of the Dugu Sect's rebellion case, and just a few words removed the military power of each family and clan, which was extremely powerful and made Li Yuan very happy.

Now hearing that Chen Shuda had something to add, he asked enthusiastically: "I will take the exam to add, please Chen Xiangguo to talk about it carefully."

"My lord, the Guanlong nobles were founded by Yu Wentai. Almost all the royal families and ministers of the Wei, Zhou, Sui, and Tang dynasties came from the Guanlong nobles. The world, but it is also controlled by Guanlong, and my Tang Dynasty seems to be like this."

"What does it seem like? Originally it was. Be it Zhou, Sui and Tang Dynasties, they were all prospered by the Guanlong nobles, and they were all controlled by the Guanlong nobles. It is no exaggeration to say that Xiao He was successful or defeated."

Li Yuan was deeply touched and said with a wry smile: "The reason why the nobles of Guanlong were able to change the dynasty is because of the private parts in their hands. When Yang Jian was the lord of the Yang family, everyone was on an equal footing, eating at the same table, and chatting without any scruples. But Ever since the Yang family became a royal family, they have drawn a deep rift with the Guanlong nobles. The Guanlong nobles wanted more from him. When Yang Jian couldn't satisfy everyone's demands for power, he became a thorn in everyone's eyes and flesh. And after a series of blows by Yang Guang, the Sui Dynasty became the enemy of the Guanlong nobles as a matter of course. Now, everyone is coming to deal with me again. If Yuan Min succeeds, he will also face this situation. It can be said that the Guanlong nobles and the royal family will always be Opposite. This has nothing to do with the emperor's surnames being Yuwen, Yang, Li, Yuan, and Zhao."

Chen Shuda nodded in understanding and said: "After this case, the Guanlong nobles have turned against the Tang court and completely broke up. They have changed from the cornerstone of the Holy One to the biggest hidden danger of the Holy One. Once the Sui army arrives at the city of Xiangyang, the Guanlong nobles will definitely be the same as before. We welcomed Yang Tong into Xiangyang just like welcoming the Holy Majesty into Guanzhong. If it weren't for the rebellion of the Guanlong nobles, we would never have imagined that the Guanlong nobles had penetrated so deeply and so much into the local government and army. To be honest, my minister Like King Jin, I can only be thankful for this rebellion."

"Chen Xiangguo said it to my heart." Li Jiancheng agreed with Chen Shuda's words very much, and turned to Li Yuan and said: "Father, Ma Dewen, the governor of Badong County, is from Anding County. During the Battle of Qianshuiyuan, guarding the city made it difficult for Xue Ju's partial division to take an inch. The minister saw that he was both civil and military, and had never made mistakes in these years, so he recommended him as the governor of Badong County. If Dou Xiangguo hadn't exposed him I don't know how many Ma Dewen are among the generals of the Tang Dynasty. So even if we can't uproot them, we have to find out [-]% to [-]%. People feel at ease."

"The emperor's words are reasonable." Li Yuan nodded, looked at Chen Shuda and said, "What is the supplement that Chen Xiangguo said?"

Chen Shuda said: "Since so many Guanlong nobles rebelled, then we have enough reasons to deal with them. What I mean is to confiscate their land, property and food. As long as they get these, there will be material shortages, financial constraints, and pig iron. Unfavorable situations such as insufficiency will be completely resolved. With a large amount of fertile land in the Land of Abundance, we can divide the land into households to win the hearts of the people in Yizhou. It can reward military exploits and boost the morale of the army. The hearts of the people and the hearts of the soldiers have greatly strengthened our relationship with Yang Tong. The capital to contend with. Your Majesty, this is a god-given opportunity for us to consolidate our foundation, and we must not miss it."

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