The Wude Hall of the Tai Chi Palace in Chang'an, the extremely important political affairs hall meeting has just ended. The decision to seize Luoyang was officially made at this meeting, which is also inevitable for the general trend of the world.
The Central Plains is the place of four battles. If the Tang Dynasty wants to fight for the world, it is impossible to avoid the Central Plains. The Sui Dynasty has seized Hebei, and the next step must be to seize the Central Plains. Instead of fighting for the Central Plains from the powerful Sui Dynasty, it is better to take the initiative to send troops and rob.
Taking Luoyang before the Sui Dynasty.
This is also the reason why all the important officials reached a consensus at this Military and National Conference. Those who win the Central Plains will win the world and cannot passively wait for the Sui army to take action first.
Li Yuan returned from the hall to the imperial study room, and came back with him, including King Li Shimin of Qin, and Feng Deyi, who had just been promoted to the Minister of Internal Affairs. Feng Deyi came to Chang'an for half a month ago to surrender to Li Yuan. In his words,
He was unwilling to insult his body and was willing to serve the Tang Dynasty.
Li Yuan and Feng Deyi had a good relationship in the past. In addition, Feng Deyi was known as the Imperial Pen of the Sui Dynasty and had extremely rich experience in holding imperial edicts, so his arrival was highly valued by Li Yuan and he was named the Minister of the Inner History and several others.
The Neishisans are in charge of drafting the imperial edict.
The reason why Feng Deyi was also called to the Imperial Study today was because Li Yuan had something to ask him.
Walking into the imperial study, Li Shimin stepped forward and bowed to his father and said, "Father, this time the Sui army attacked Luoyang, the possibility of the Sui army sending troops south is very high, and it is likely to evolve into a great battle between the Sui and Tang Dynasties. We must
Be well prepared, not only in military and logistics, but also in strategic alliances. My son-in-law advises that since the Political Affairs Hall meeting has made a decision, we should form an alliance with Li Mi as soon as possible.”
Li Yuan nodded, "I understand that to seize Luoyang, it is inevitable to form an alliance with Li Mi, but this is also our wishful thinking. Li Mi may not be willing to go as we wish."
"Father, this is not a question that Li Mi wants or not, but he must consider his own survival. If the Sui army takes Luoyang, Li Mi will face the siege of the Sui army. Next is him, even if he considers himself,
He also wants to form an alliance with us and jointly deal with the Sui army's southward movement. My son is very confident."
Feng Deyi next to him was not stingy in praise, "His Highness of the King of Qin is very knowledgeable, and Li Mi said more than once that Yang Yuanqing was his number one enemy. The reason why he tolerated Dou Jiande to destroy Xu Yuanlang was largely to defend against Yang Yuanqing.
If the Tang Dynasty was willing to form an alliance with him and deal with the Sui army together, he would have been reluctant to seek it. His Highness, the King of Qin, gathered a few words and explained Li Mi thoroughly."
The reason why Li Yuan called Feng Deyi was to learn about Li Mi from him to consider how to form an alliance with Li Mi. Li Yuan pondered for a moment and asked him again, "I want to ask Feng Shigong, what would Li Mi behave if the Tang army attacked Luoyang.
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"Your Majesty, this question is really hard to answer. As far as I know, Li Mi has always been upset about Wang Shichong's occupation of Luokou City. He wanted to destroy Wang Shichong and take back Luoyang as the capital, but now he moved the capital to Chenliu and gave up
Xingyang means that he no longer wants Ran to attack Luoyang. Unless Tianci Xiji and Hulao Pass is suddenly captured by him, he will make a comeback. In fact, in terms of his attitude towards seizing Luoyang, Li Mi is more contradictory, and is mainly influenced by his two forces.
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Li Yuan was quite interested and asked quickly: "Which two factions of forces?"
Feng Deyi smiled and said, "Li Mi's new sect was led by Shan Xiongxin and Fang Xuanzao, which was the former Wagang faction. They were unwilling to attack Luoyang, but advocated moving the capital to Chenliu County, and other
The sect was led by Wang Bodang and Bing Yuanzhen. Since Wang Bodang lost Luokou City, he tried his best to attack Hulao Pass and seize Luokou City. They opposed moving the capital to Chenliu."
Li Shimin had a good impression of Feng Deyi. Feng Deyi flattered him from the bottom of his heart, which made Li Shimin feel that Feng Deyi was willing to make friends with him, and Feng Deyi had an important status, and Li Shimin also felt that he was very important to him.
Li Shimin asked with a smile: "That means it should be the Shan Xiongxin faction that has the upper hand..."
"It is true. It is mainly because Li Mi needs to get the support of Shan Xiongxin in removing the font size of the Wagang Army. It is very dangerous to remove the Wagang Army. If you are not careful, you will cause the division of Li Mi's army. It is precisely because you have the full support of Shan Xiongxin, Li Mi
He had just overcome the difficulty of changing the country's name, so on the big question of whether to fight Luoyang, Li Mi also accepted the advice of Shan Xiongxin-sect, gave up Xingyang and moved the capital to Chenliu.
Li Yuan understood Feng Deyi's analysis and nodded, "I understand Feng Aiqing's meaning. I must first communicate with Shan Xiongxin and Fang Xuanzao, and then talk to Li Mi. In this way, the alliance will be absolutely sure.
is that so?"
Feng Deyi shook his head, "Your Majesty, if you want to deal with Yang Yuanqing, you still have to talk to Bing Yuanzhen. He and Yang Yuanqing have a grudge against killing his subordinates, and this person is extremely greedy for bribery, so it is easy to bribe him. As long as he buys him
,Not to mention letting Li Mi deal with Yang Yuanqing, even when he deals with Li Mi in the future, he will become an insider."
Li Yuan sighed slightly, "I have a beloved, just like a lot of eyes!"
He immediately said to Li Shimin: "I will send an envoy to negotiate with Li Mi immediately. You can order Tang Feng to buy Bing Yuanzhen first. As long as he can buy him, he will never be stingy with the thick coins."
"My son understand, go and do it immediately!"
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Just as the Tang Dynasty Political Affairs Hall decided to launch the Luoyang Battle, Taiyuan Ziwei Pavilion also held an important military and political meeting.
Yang Yuanqing had just returned from Mayi County. He had arranged the remaining troops of Wutu to Fuqibo, and exchanged grain and cloth for their cattle and sheep, and sent them salt and tea to support their stability.
In Ziwei Pavilion, more than a dozen important officials gathered in the hall, and there was a huge sand table in the middle of the seats of the crowd. The sand table was a map of the 12 counties of Henan Road. Yang Yuanqing stood in front of the sand table and said slowly to everyone: "
Dear ministers, now that Hebei has been settled, the Turks have no time to take care of it. Our next plan should be to consider competing for the Central Plains."
He took the long wooden pole and pointed to the sand table and said, "Among the three major forces in the Central Plains, Li Mi is the strongest and Dou Jiande is the weakest, but Dou Jiande is actually a body with Li Mi, so Wang Shichong is the isolation of the three.
More importantly, from a strategic perspective, taking down Luoyang blocked the Tang Dynasty's path to the Central Plains in the east, making it difficult for it to develop eastward."
Du Ruhui, among the five motherland, said, "But your highness has never thought about it. Taking Luoyang is equivalent to being between Li Yuan and Li Mi. If they form an alliance, we are very susceptible to both sides and back attacks, and it is difficult to gain a foothold in Luoyang."
"The idea of the Prime Minister Du is very correct, but it is indeed a big problem. In order to restrain Li Mi, we might as well consider forming an alliance with Du Fuwei of Jianghuai, let Du Fuwei restrain Li Mi from the south and disperse Li Mi's troops, so that we can take it down.
In Luoyang, Li Mi could not do anything to assist the Tang Dynasty. In fact, I have sent an envoy to Du Fuwei to contact him, and there will be a result soon."
At this time, Cui Junsu asked, "But we still have an alliance with Wang Shichong. If we attack him at this time, what will the people in the world think?"
"Covenant?"
Yang Yuanqing sneered disdainfully: "We and Wang Shichong have never had any written alliance. At that time, in order to deal with the Tang Dynasty's attack on Hongnong County, we reached a mutual assistance agreement with him, and it was clear that,
The agreement reached by Yang Yuanqing and Wang Shichong alone has nothing to do with the court. The court can completely refuse to recognize the existence of this agreement. More importantly, we have sufficient reasons to start a war with him."
"Does Your Highness refer to the Zhuo of Wang Shichong usurped the throne?" Cui Junsu understood what the King of Chu pointed out.
Yang Yuanqing nodded, "No matter what, we are the same as the court in Luoyang. - Dan Wang Shichong usurped the rebellion, and he pushed down the Sui Dynasty. If we were indifferent, this would cause criticism from the world. Therefore, we actively prepare for war and wait patiently.
Opportunities are what we need to do. I hope the court can support the army in the south to attack Luoyang."
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Since capturing Luokou City and obtaining a large amount of food, the food shortage in Luoyang has finally been lifted. With the abundant food, prices have quickly calmed down and public security has gradually improved. Wang Shichong took a series of powerful measures to calm people's hearts, and Wang Shichong himself was also extremely powerful.
Gained the hearts of the people.
"People in Luoyang only know Shichong but not the emperor's strength. The scholars and common people bow to Shichong's carriage, and those who shout long live long time ago will never stop the road of prosperity. There are strange phenomena in the sky, colorful auspicious signs, and turtles offer totems, and I hear them from time to time...
This is the notes of a famous scholar, which really "spread the wings without a watermark" records the signs that Luoyang King Shichong is about to ascend the throne.
In fact, Wang Shichong could no longer wait. The reason why he did not ascend the throne immediately after launching a mutiny was to gain the support of the people and win the hearts of the people. After nearly half a year of governance, the hearts of the people have gradually begun to turn to him, Wang Shichong.
Wang Shichong of this well was already impatient.
In the morning, Emperor Tai Yang Tong, who was sitting at the table and studying, had no real power, but was just a puppet, and all the power was monopolized by King Zheng and Wang Shichong.
At this moment, the eunuch's voice suddenly came from outside the door, "The Lord is studying, what are you doing with so many people?"
"We have important important "spreading wings without watermarks" to report to the Lord, please dodge it!"
Then the door opened, and more than a dozen ministers came in, led by Duan Da and Yun Dingxing. They walked to Yang Tong and knelt down. Yang Tong frowned, "Dear friends, is there anything important?"
More than a dozen ministers looked at each other, Yun Dingxing said in a deep voice: "All kinds of auspicious signs have appeared. This is the will of heaven. Now King Zheng is very good and virtuous. He should think that the emperor will respond to God's will. I hope that Your Majesty can obey Tang Yao.
With Yu Shun's approach, he abdicated the throne to King Zheng."
"What!"
Yang Tong changed his color and was furious in his heart. He scolded them: "The world is the world of Emperor Gaozu. If Sui Yun has not yet perished, such words would be a traitor. If it is really the will of heaven, there is no need to abdicate. You can just hold him.
Just get to the throne. You are all Sui ministers and have beentrayed by Sui for a long time. Today, you can say such words as having no father or king. Do you still have the face to appear in front of me?"
Emperor Tai looked grim, and everyone present burst into cold sweat. At this time, someone shouted loudly, "The palace of King Zheng is here!"