The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 99 Li Yuan's Response
The rain was falling, and it had been raining for a whole day and night, and the streets of Chang'an were filled with mud.

Affected by the heavy rain, there are very few pedestrians on the street. Even some people are holding big umbrellas and moving slowly on their toes.

There was a rumbling sound of carriages, and one or two luxurious carriages approached from far to near...slowly driving towards Chang'an Prince Tang's Mansion!

At the gate, a majestic sixty-year-old man got out of the car and walked into the Tang Palace with the support of his attendants!
He is Dou Wei, head of the Dou family and Minister of the Ministry of Officials!
Unsurprisingly, all the nobles in Guanlong became the big winners of Li Yuan's entry into Chang'an, and the Dou family was the best among them.Not only Dou Wei was named Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Dou Jing was named Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Dou Kang was named General Master Craftsman, and several members of the Dou clan were also named county guards.

Dou Wei is Li Yuan's most trusted person. He holds the real power of the Ministry of Officials, and is in charge of the appointment and dismissal of civil servants, examinations, promotions, honors, and transfers. When the guards saw Dou Wei, they immediately reported, "Your Highness, Minister Dou is here!"

"Please come in!" Li Yuan's voice came from the room.

Dou Wei walked in quickly, only to see that the eldest son Li Jiancheng was also in the room, he bowed and said: "My minister sees His Royal Highness Tang Wang!"

"Master Shangshu, please sit down!" Dou Wei is Li Yuan's elder, so he had to be called an official, although a bit unfamiliar, but also formal.

Dou Wei nodded to Li Jiancheng again, he felt a little strange, why is Li Shimin not here?Generally, when discussing important matters, Li Yuan will definitely bring together the eldest son and the second son.

Li Yuan understood what he was thinking, smiled and said: "Shimin went to inspect Longxi, someone in Jincheng County made trouble and beat the prefect to death. The news came out at midnight last night, so Shimin rushed out overnight."

Dou Wei frowned. The fact that he was able to beat the prefect to death was not caused by ordinary people. It might have something to do with Xue Ju. From Li Shimin's overnight departure, it was enough to show that Li Yuan attached great importance to it.

It's just that Dou Wei also knows that there are more important things to discuss right now, such as the consequences of a mass attack brought about by the begging letter, he whispered: "Your Highness is looking for me, but to fill the city with voices?"

Li Yuan said worriedly: "Now that Guanzhong has not been completely pacified, and the whole of Hedong is under the threat of the Sui army. Yuanji's letters for help are like snowflakes every day. Now people are saying what they say. I am worried that the soldiers in the army will make trouble. Alas, I am the king of Tang. Now it’s not right, it’s not right! It’s very passive.”

Dou Wei said: "This is a Yang conspiracy, which is irresistible. It is exactly the same as Yang Tong's plan to seize His Highness's army."

Li Yuan snorted coldly, "This is why Yang Yu put this king in such a predicament in the name of righteousness! This man is young, but his far-sightedness, clever means, and careful scheming make me bow down. Guessing that we will cause trouble, and still allowing it to happen, people feel that he is destroying Liu Wuzhou, killing Shibi, saving Hedong, and saving the nation. When we become villains, he is now planning to pick peaches and promote his A series of new policies."

Dou Wei's complexion changed. He savored it carefully and felt that what Li Yuan said was right. When Yang Tong gained a foothold in Jizhou, he might have already planned the idea of ​​​​Hedong Road. He sat and watched Li Yuan's uprising, and now he is attacking Li Yuan with public opinion Fame, obviously intends to use the name of counter-insurgency to completely wipe out the clan of the Hedong family, and the Hedong gentry headed by the Taiyuan Wang family!

Dou Wei also sighed silently in his heart, this step by step is accumulating the general trend, steadily and steadily, step by step, I thought it was nothing before, but it was almost so silent, unconsciously, Hedong Road has become like this... This kind of foresight is really impressive Thrilled!
On the surface, His Royal Highness King Qin may appear to be young, but there are hidden peaks in his chest, as if he is the best chess player. He has laid the foundation for a big victory just by playing the first move. Such a character is the most terrifying of!

Judging from the way this King of Qin does things, he always has an amazing plan, knowing when to do what and when not to do it!

You thought you could block him, or even see through him, but in the end you found that he didn't follow your routine at all!All kinds of tricks and strange tricks make you hard to guard against, but if he is said to be insidious, it is not all, because he always uses "powers" such as the righteousness of the court and the righteousness of the world as weapons, interspersed with some small tricks that are hard to guard against.

No matter whether you go forward or against, they are all pawns placed on his chessboard...

Dou Wei shuddered a little...

"Then what does His Highness mean? How should we respond?" Dou Wei had vaguely guessed Li Yuan's meaning: Da Sui believed that he was a traitor, which led to the failure of his intention to recruit Sui officials in the name of Sui officials. Emperor, great feudal hero, to appease people's hearts!This crappy rebellion is no longer under the control of others!

Li Yuan sighed, "It was a mistake to establish Yang Huai on the throne at the beginning. If I, like Yang Tong, did not become the king of Tang, but only served as a general, and after a few years, when the time is right, I will become king and establish a new dynasty. I guess the effect will be much better than today!"

Li Yuan's voice was getting lower and lower, and now it was meaningless except to complain.

Li Jiancheng on one side remained silent, this result was actually expected by him and Liu Wenjing!At the beginning of the incident, the two of them did support Yang You, but the target was Yang Guang's grandson Yang You, not Yang Huai who was nothing, or the dead Yang Hang... because these two so-called clan relatives It's too far-fetched, too far-fetched... So when Yang You ran away, the two immediately changed their minds and advised Li Yuan to exercise the real power like an emperor as a general. .

However, under the persuasion of Li Shimin, Pei Ji and all the powerful officials in Guanlong, Li Yuan, who wanted to be a king, got up and stood up, and then became an extremely funny Tang king.Up to now, the land has not increased by an inch, but it has fallen into shame, what is the trouble.If Yang Huai is abolished now, and he becomes the emperor himself, he will not follow the trend, but tear his face out of embarrassment. Others will think that Li Yuan is very fake, very hypocritical, and is a joke that is crowned with a monkey.

For a while, the room was very quiet, and Li Yuan paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his hands.

Li Jiancheng and Dou Wei glanced at each other. Both of them felt the worry in Li Yuan's heart. This kind of worry came not only from etiquette, but also from the pressure brought by Yang Tong and fame. Li Jiancheng especially understood his father's feelings. Ever since the begging letter was exposed , my father had trouble falling asleep for two days in a row, which shows the tremendous pressure that Yang Tong's handwriting put on his father.

Dou Wei comforted: "The Sui Army was only established for more than [-] years. It is not orthodox in the world. The people in the south of the Yangtze River have always refused to accept it. The Guandong gentry is indifferent to it. Just like the Qin Dynasty, Qin destroyed Hansheng, and of course there are some people It is said that Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty was unorthodox, but what about now? Who else said that the Han Dynasty was unorthodox? Establish your own dynasty, and the history books have always been written by the victors. As long as your highness rules the world and reproduces the glory of the great man, who will say that your highness is a traitor? Who will say that your highness is unorthodox after a thousand years?"

Dou Wei's words made Li Yuan feel a lot more comfortable. In fact, he has no resistance to ascending the throne. His heart knot comes from the pressure of Hedong Road, and from the fear of destroying 30 Turkic elite riders Yang Tong in a snap of his fingers...he just Like a climber who was pushed to the top of the mountain before finding the way up the mountain, he felt indescribably hesitant and at a loss...

Li Jiancheng next to him also persuaded: "Father, Duke Dou is right. Yang Guang is dead, and the Great Sui Dynasty has survived in name only. My child feels that the time is ripe to establish a new dynasty. Father, don't hesitate any longer."

Li Yuan sighed and said, "I sent Erlang away because I didn't want to hear him nagging in my ears. Why are you also like Erlang?"

Dou Wei and Li Jiancheng couldn't laugh or cry immediately, the reason why Li Shimin was blown away in the middle of the night was this.

Dou Wei said sincerely: "Your Highness, if you have any thoughts, you might as well say them out so that we can understand. I think communication is more important."

Li Yuandao: "Yu Wenhuaji, who murdered the king, knew that he should set up a monarch to hide his shame. The bones of the first emperor were not cold, and we established Yang Huai. If Yang Huai was abolished to stand on his own, wouldn't it be more embarrassing than Yu Wenhuaji? This is an excuse for Yang Tong to attack me."

Both Li Jiancheng and Dou Wei understood.

Yang Guang is dead, and the Great Sui is dead in name only. It is a good opportunity to establish a new dynasty. Without Yang Tong as a strong opponent, Li Yuan would not hesitate to ascend the throne. Replaced the Tai Sui.

But dragging on like this will only lead to passiveness everywhere.

Dou Wei pondered and said: "Simply follow the Empress Dowager's order, let alone Yang Huai, let go of Tang Wang! In this way, we will not lose morality! Then we will mourn for Yang Guangju as a courtier of the Sui Dynasty, and after one month's mourning period expires, we will Establish a new dynasty, so that we can do our utmost to the Sui Dynasty and stop the mouths of the world.”

Li Yuan's eyes lit up, this method is absolutely perfect!
Haha!

I am a minister of the Sui Dynasty, so of course I have to obey the Empress Dowager, dismissing Yang Huai and the King of Tang shows that Li Yuan is a loyal minister of the Sui Dynasty!
(End of this chapter)