The atmosphere was very depressing, and many things were gathered together. Li Yuan originally planned to hold a military-national meeting in the side hall, but Zhao Liming committed suicide. He did not want to expand the incident, so he changed it to the imperial study room.
In fact, Li Yuan did not hate counseling ministers. He wanted to establish the image of a wise ruler, so on the surface he wanted to welcome ministers' advice and also acted as a humble attitude of listening to advice.
But Zhao Liming's advice was really sharp, and his advice was aimed at the King of Qin, and his advice was impossible to do so. The abolition of the Tiance Mansion and deprived the King of Qin of military power was extremely annoyed by Li Yuan.
The King of Qin killed him, which also relieved Li Yuan's heart disease. Moreover, the King of Qin did a beautiful job, even Zhao Liming's family thought he was hanging himself.
However, even if he committed suicide, Li Yuan had to make some gestures to calm Li Jiancheng's anger.
Li Yuan sat down and looked at everyone, "I am deeply sad about Zhao Liming's suicide, but it has happened. In addition to grief, we can do something else, pass on my will, and bury Zhao Liming with great burial.
, the posthumous title is 'Zhi', and one of his sons became an official."
Li Jiancheng wanted to pursue Zhao Liming's death. Although Zhao Liming's advice had nothing to do with him and was not his instructor, the death of such an upright official was a huge loss to the Tang Dynasty.
More importantly, Li Jiancheng didn't believe that Zhao Liming committed suicide. If Zhao Liming really wanted to die, he would have hit the head in Wude Hall, gaining the reputation of a loyal minister who has been famous in history, and would never die silently at home.
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Li Jiancheng was almost certain that Zhao Liming was killed by the King of Qin, but he had no evidence, which made him hate him to the core.
Li Jiancheng was about to investigate the cause of Zhao Liming's death again, but Li Yuan looked at him vigilantly. Zhao Liming's suicide was over and he did not allow Li Jiancheng to overturn the case again.
"Son of the Emperor, tell me about Nanyang County! I want to hear your opinion."
Li Jiancheng swallowed up the words he said, and his father did not allow him to talk about Zhao Liming again, which made him both angry and helpless. It should be because his father and King Qin had just talked about something, and Zhao Liming's death could no longer be overturned.
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Helplessly, Li Jiancheng had to swallow this breath and bow and said, "Father, the Sui army's capture of Nanyang County may not be necessary to attack Jingxiang. After all, with the national strength of the Sui army, it is impossible to bear another large-scale battle, and there is even no adjustment in Taiyuan.
The movement of soldiers and generals was so my son thought that this was just an action outside the plan of the Sui army."
Only then did Li Shimin next to him realize that the Sui army actually sent troops to Nanyang County. What about Xiyang County? Was it taken away by the Sui army?
At this time, Pei Ji explained on the side: "His Royal Highness of Qin may not know yet, but he had just received news from Xiangyang. The Sui army sent 10,000 troops to occupy Nanyang County and Xiyang County, and had blocked the passage between Shangluo County and Xiangyang County.
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Sure enough, Xiyang County was also occupied. Li Shimin felt a little nervous because he advocated Nanyang. The two counties of Xiyang did not station troops and maintained a transitional area with the Sui army. This would ensure the safety of Jingxiang, but the Sui army would
He went back on his word and directly occupied these two counties, making him passive.
Li Shimin asked Li Jiancheng again, "I don't know what the emperor's brother meant in addition to the Sui army plan?"
Even though Li Jiancheng was so well-educated that when Li Shimin killed Zhao Liming, his heart was filled with anger. He had a gloomy face and said nothing, ignoring Li Shimin's question.
The atmosphere in the imperial study became a little awkward. At this time, Xiao Yu smoothed out: "His Royal Highness Qin, what the prince said was that this matter was not in the Sui army's plan, it should be a temporary decision. Otherwise, there would be no
Any signs.”
Xiao Yu bowed to Li Yuan again, "Your Majesty, I support the Crown Prince's statement. This matter should be the temporary decision of the Sui army. If the Sui army did not have a plan to attack Jingxiang, then there would be no way to take over Nanyang County and Xiyang County.
The meaning is that they do this only one reason. Increase the favorable conditions for negotiation.”
Several other prime ministers in the Imperial Study Room agreed with Xiao Yu's analysis. The Sui army captured a large number of Tang troops, most of which were from Guanzhong and Bashu, and it was difficult to be transformed into Sui army.
According to convention, negotiations are generally conducted to redeem prisoners of war. Just before the negotiations are about to be held, the Sui army occupied Nanyang and Xiyang counties, obviously in order to increase the weight of the negotiations.
Li Shimin had already understood the whole story, and he thought for a moment. He said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, my son and I have something to say."
Li Yuan nodded, "Please tell me, my son!"
"Father, now the most precious resource for the major forces in the world is not money and food, but population. Especially for the Sui Dynasty, the population is of great significance. Whether it is Hebei or the Central Plains, it was greatly affected by the war and the population withered. Since last year's situation
Look, Yang Yuanqing was about to leave more than 20,000 captured Guanzhong soldiers, turning these 20,000 Guanzhong soldiers into elite soldiers. The son-in-law meant that no matter what, the family of the prisoners of war could not be handed over to Sui.
In the court, it would rather send troops to retake Nanyang County and Xiyang County."
Li Jiancheng snorted coldly, "I'm afraid that the two counties will not be taken back, and even Jingxiang will be lost."
Li Shimin was ridiculed repeatedly and became a little angry. He glared at Li Jiancheng, "Did the emperor want to give the prisoners of war and his family to the Sui army and redeem the captured soldiers?"
"I didn't say that. I just opposed to rushing troops. It is not realistic to retake the two counties of Nanxi by force. I think we should first listen to Yang Yuanqing's conditions."
Speaking of this, he ignored Li Shimin and wanted Li Yuan to bow and bow, "Father, the emperor, and his son recommended Chen Prime Minister as the chief negotiating envoy, and discussed the issue of releasing prisoners on behalf of the Tang Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty."
Li Shimin did not show any weakness, and bowed and said, "Father, Prince Pei and Yang Yuanqing have had a deal. He is more suitable for negotiations with the Sui Dynasty. My sons recommend him as the chief negotiator."
Both brothers wanted to compete for the dominance of negotiations with the Sui Dynasty, and both sides knew it well. Since the father ordered the five prime ministers to go to the imperial study to negotiate, the negotiation officer must be one of the five prime ministers.
At present, the two brothers are evenly matched in the Zhengshi Hall. Since Liu Wenjing was killed, the Dou family has become prime minister as they wish. Dou Wen, the Minister of Revenue, became prime minister and became the Minister of the Shangshu Youpushe.
The Dou family supported Li Shimin, and Pei Ji was a loyal supporter of Li Shimin, which reached a balance of power with Li Jiancheng in the Political Affairs Hall. This was also the reason why Li Yuan handed over the military power of Bashu and Hanzhong to Li Jiancheng.
We must make appropriate concessions to Li Jiancheng.
Li Jiancheng's political affairs hall forces were Chen Shuda and Dugu Zhen, while Xiao Yu was a centrist. Although the two brothers reached a balance in the political affairs hall, Li Jiancheng still had a great advantage in the power of civil servants in the imperial court.
Almost 70% of civil servants support Li Jiancheng.
Li Yuan pondered for a moment and said slowly: "No matter what purpose Yang Yuanqing occupied Nanyang County and Xiyang County, he could only resolve it at the negotiating table. I think Xiao Xiangguo had some experience in negotiating with the Sui Dynasty last time.
, I still think that Prime Minister Xiao is more suitable to serve as the negotiator of this negotiation. Of course, Prime Minister Chen and Prime Minister Pei are also very good, but Prime Minister Xiao is more experienced."
Li Yuan made a fist move, neither leaning against Li Jiancheng nor Li Shimin, but sent the middle-aged Xiao Yu to negotiate. In fact, Xiao Yu was just a representative, and the decision-making power was still in Li Yuan's hands...
At this time, Yang Yuanqing entered the Tang Dynasty. His current location is a hilly area east of the Yellow River to the north of Huining County. There are many mountains in this area, with plains and Gobi between mountains. The land is barren and the population is sparse.
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But this is also a passage leading to the Hexi Corridor. Crossing the Yellow River to the west, you will enter Wuwei County, at most merchants travel here.
The Tang army stationed about a thousand troops in this area. Except for a few garrisons, the rest of the troops were concentrated in Huining County. However, at this time, all one thousand troops had surrendered to the Sui Dynasty.
Pei Xingyan led 10,000 Sui cavalry to suddenly arrive, leaving the Tang army here with nowhere to escape, and had to surrender to the Sui army, and the beacon towers were too late to ignite.
Huining County was the focus of Yang Yuanqing's inspection. In some memories of his previous life, he knew that the mountains near Huining County contained huge wealth. This area was renamed Baiyin in later generations, a name named after precious metals.
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Unfortunately, he forgot about this at first and did not seize Huining County into the six counties in the north of Guanbei. It was not until later when he wanted to find a silver mine that an official told him that silver was produced in Huining County since the Han Dynasty.
Only then did I remember that this place was a rich mine in later generations.
At this time, the Tang Dynasty mined copper mines in Hanzhong and Bashu. The exploration army had not yet reached Huining County. Yang Yuanqing had to seize this Dafu Mine before the Tang Dynasty.
The person who led the way for Yang Yuanqing was the county magistrate of Huining County, named Zhang Fangnong. He was about forty years old and was a local from Huining County. He was very familiar with the geography and mineral conditions in this area.
He pointed to several bare mountains in the distance and said, "The locals are called Longbaoshan in those mountains. Many locals take ore here and use native smelting. They can easily refine copper and silver, probably in the ninth year of Kaihuang.
Emperor Wen banned private mine refining, and some mine pits were abandoned, but the government did not mine here either."
Yang Yuanqing looked at the green mountains in the distance. This was not the forest on the mountains. These mountains were all stone mountains and there was no vegetation, but the whole mountain was blue-red.
The Sui Dynasty first mined in Hongtieshan in Yanchuan County. However, Hongtieshan was mainly iron ore and there were not many copper ore, so when a vein was mined, there were very few copper ore, and they had to find another way out.
These mountains in Huining County are rich in silver and copper, which is exactly what he urgently needs. More importantly, they are close to the Yellow River, and they can use the Yellow River to transport ore to Lingwu County for smelting.
Yang Yuanqing nodded and asked, "Can the officials of the Ministry of Works and Shaofu Temple gain anything?"
Before leaving Taiyuan, Yang Yuanqing sent officials from the Ministry of Works and Shaofu Temple to lead exploration craftsmen to find mineral deposits. It is said that they have gained something.
At this time, an official stepped forward and bowed to report, "Report to Your Highness, we have found a silver vein and two copper veins. Regardless of the copper and silver content, it is very rich, and Lingwu County contains a large amount of carbohydrate, which can be completely in Lingwu.
Wujun smelted a large amount of copper and silver."
Pei Xingyan said with some concern: "But Your Highness, this place is in the Tang Dynasty after all, and I am worried that the Tang Dynasty will not give up."
Yang Yuanqing smiled faintly, "Don't worry! I will let Li Yuan obediently ced Huining County to me."