The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 777 Li Shimin's Strategy

The two looked at each other with a smile, and Fang Xuanling said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, His Majesty's heart has clearly leaned towards His Majesty. Today, His Majesty's behavior is decent, and his speech is very precise. This is a complete victory for His Majesty, but during this period of time, we must maintain Keep a low profile, His Majesty summoned the meeting and asked about the strategy to deal with Yang Yong. His Highness must stick to his own opinion, strongly advise His Majesty to cease fighting with Yang Yong, shake hands and make peace. Only then can we win opportunities for us to unite with Turks in the north and reject Yang Yong in the south. Victory."

Li Shimin nodded with a smile, "Xuan Ling's words are pearls, a clever strategy."

Du Ruhui said: "Your Highness, in the courtroom today, people's hearts are full and factions are clearly defined. The Crown Prince, King Qi, Liu Wenjing and others will definitely form a party. Your Majesty's heart is for His Highness. They must be jealous. Your Highness must be careful, especially Pay attention to Internet talents, in case they poach His Highness's corner, His Highness can go to Pei's mansion in private, this person is available."

"Keming's words are just in line with the lonely will." Li Shimin has been admonishing like a stream, and he already has a careful plan in his heart.In the evening, the eunuch on duty really went to Qin Wang's mansion to deliver an edict, saying that the emperor would see him alone in the Hall of Mental Cultivation after dinner.

Li Shimin was happy, thanked the eunuch, took a bath and changed clothes after dinner, and then went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation ambitiously to meet Li Yuan, Li Yuan asked the eunuch to take him in.

Li Shimin came in and saw that there were only their father and son inside, and even the eunuch on duty hid far away outside.

Li Yuan looked very good, wearing a loose pajamas, sitting on the bed.A chair was prepared for Li Shi beside the dragon couch. After Li Shimin met Li Yuan, Li Yuan asked him to sit down and said straight to the point: "Shimin, what you said today has touched my heart. It is an indisputable fact that we cannot defeat Yang Yong if we send troops now. Two years ago, our four-way army with 50 million troops trapped Yang Yong's 10 troops in the Yucheng area, but ultimately failed. This year, my personal conquest by Yujia suffered even worse. The Tang Dynasty could not stand another defeat, so I decided to stop fighting with Yang Yong to recuperate. But we don’t send troops to hunt down thieves, which doesn’t mean that thieves won’t attack me. As you said, Xiao Xian from Jiangnan also It won't last long, and Yang Yong will definitely raise his troops to attack at that time, and if we fight again at that time, won't we be passive?"

Li Shimin pulled his chair forward, "Father, don't worry, my son has already thought of this. Now we need to send someone to fix it with Yang Yong. We need to reduce rent and taxes, promote farming, encourage business, and recuperate. At the same time, if we want to unite with the Turks, we must unite with the Turks in the north, so that we can resist Yang Yong in the south and remain invincible. At the beginning, due to the ingenious plan of the eldest grandson, the West Turks were divided into several parts, and the internal wars continued. They are currently unable to go south. We only It is necessary to unite with the Communist Party, the Communist Party is newly defeated, and Chuluo Khan has just succeeded to the throne, so we need to seek political support. This provides us with an opportunity. Only if you give up, you will gain. We will first give favors and pull cages They jointly deal with Yang Yong, and the **** has a grudge with Yang Yong, so he must be determined to deal with Yang Yong with us. In addition, we can also support anti-Yang forces, such as Mohe, Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje, and Liangshi Wait, no matter whether he is a Han or a Hulu, as long as he is willing to oppose Yang Yong, he can be used by the Tang Dynasty. In this way, in a few years, my Tang Dynasty will definitely be able to wipe out the thief Yang. As long as Yang Yong is eliminated, everything else will be Nothing to worry about."

What he said made Li Yuan nod frequently. He saw the shadow of himself in Li Shimin, and believed that re-establishing an heir was right and necessary.

When Li Yuan asked how to specifically pull out the cages, Li Shimin suggested setting aside a vast area in the Northeast, including the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, so that the **** could be nomadic, immigrant, or stationed there, and the ownership should belong to the generals. In Tang Dynasty, the right to use it belonged to the Turks.Both sides must garrison troops there, and a peace treaty can be signed, which will remain unchanged for many years.

When Li Yuan heard it, Li Shimin was really willing. The Yanyun sixteen prefecture covers an area of ​​hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, and more than one million Han people have to be relocated. This is not a trivial matter.Moreover, the Turkic Tartars and Hulu Xiaobang have always been talkative, ambitious, and ungrateful for profit. They have long coveted this land and repeatedly invaded it. They paid a huge price and failed. Now it is a gift from the Tang Dynasty They are married, but after a long time, it is easy to ask the gods to send the gods away, and if they are not done well, they will lead wolves into the house.

But Li Yuan also knew the intention of Li Shimin's move, why else set aside this territory alone?It is because the southern part of Yanyun Sixteen States is bordered by Yang Yong's territory, so the Turks and Yang Yong's troops can directly fight with each other at that time.

In the end, Li Yuan gritted his teeth and agreed to Li Shimin's plan. He planned to let Pei Ji go to Turkic to handle this matter, and asked Yang Yong to go to Daxing City on his behalf to find Yang Yong for peace talks. Li Shimin readily agreed.

Speaking of this, Li Yuan suddenly remembered something, "Shimin, do you think the Luo family and his son are reliable?"

Li Shimin said: "Father, since the Luo family and his son surrendered to Datang, apart from Luo Song's defection, Luo Yi and Luo Cheng have always been loyal to Datang, and they have repeatedly made military exploits. There is no arrogance. This time my son When I moved the division, I left Luo Yi with [-] elite soldiers to occupy the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, but my son was still worried about keeping a hand, and took the young Baocheng back to the capital under the pretext of his father's special favor."

"Well, well done. I will personally meet Luo Cheng tomorrow, and I will reward their father and son." Li Yuan was very pleased with Li Shimin's alertness and prudence, and said, "From my point of view, Luo Song is also a man of temperament. , This man is honest and honest, he is a filial son. I was defeated by Yang Yong and chased him to Jingyang, where Luo Song led his troops to intercept me. I was exhausted and had no confidence in defeating Luo Song, so I gave him the next dose of medicine , falsely claiming that his father Luo Yi's arrow injury had recurred and he was eager to heal his wounds in the capital. He ran away. From this point of view, this person surrendered to Yang Yong because he had no choice but to do so."

Li Shimin understood Li Yuan's intentions, "Father, in this way, Luo Song is someone we can use in the Tang Dynasty. Well, my son will meet Luo Song in Daxing City this time, and give him some more doses." , I hope he can change his mind and return to Datang, their family can be reunited, and they can also serve Datang. Whispered a few words in Li Yuan's ear.

After Li Yuan understood it, he laughed loudly.But he only smiled halfway before his face sank, "Shimin, tell me the truth, did you and Liu Wenjing deliberately drug me like this before I raised troops in Bingzhou?"

Li Shimin's expression changed drastically when he heard that, and he quickly knelt down...

(End of this chapter)