Chapter 678: It is not easy to rebel
Since the Wuchuan Office’s official residence was burned and Li Yuanji went to Bashu, Wuchuan Office has been much more low-key, unlike before, and after several months of silence, people have gradually dared to talk about political affairs in public. Now the two things people are concerned about are the defeat of Li Mi and the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty’s western tour of Bashu.
Li Mi is over, there is nothing to talk about, just say it.
People care about when the war between the Sui and Tang dynasties will come, and whether the emperor's Western tour was a prelude to moving the capital. On the first day, this matter caused a lot of controversy; on the second day, it was more like a raging fire with tinder oil, and people in and out of the wine shops, brothels, inns and other occasions were talking about this.
The whole incident felt like it was driven by an invisible force, which made people feel full of strange aura and a gloomy sign before the storm came. However, two days passed by, but the court had no explanation, and the emperor also said that he could not get out of illness, and all the state affairs were managed by Prince Li Jiancheng.
This is Li Yuan’s amazingness.
Because in the power struggle, attracting and not emitting is an extremely clever method, which means that when a major event occurs, there is no need to rush to deal with it, but let it develop, maintain a situation of waiting for changes, and once the time is ripe, a thunder strike will be blown.
Li Yuan is now just inducing but not venting. On the one hand, he did not make a conclusion on the Western Tour and moved the capital, but on the other hand, he hyped up public opinion. Under this high pressure of storms, people in bad moods must be intimidated and flawed, and then there will be flaws. This can give Li Yuan the best opportunity to take action.
Two days is enough.
Li Yuan seemed to be a little overestimating about his cousin. Dugu Cheng, the head of Dugu family, just suffered more than a day of pressure and was a little restless by this strange atmosphere.
The matter was just as Li Yuan and his son guessed. The assassination of Li Shimin was the Dugu family's work, with the intention of making Li Yuan crazy in the pain of losing his son. However, Li Shimin was very lucky and escaped. However, this incident seemed to have never happened, which made Dugu Cheng worried that Li Yuan had captured the evidence and began to suspicion, and he had never thought about how to make arrangements or deal with it.
This is a lack of Dugu Cheng's experience. Before, Dugu Zheng had sheltered him from the wind and rain, and almost just acted according to Dugu Zheng's ideas. Even if he became the head of the family, Dugu Zheng was still helping him behind the scenes, but after Dugu Zheng died, the pressure was pressed on him, and the heavy burden made him unable to withstand it. At this moment, he missed the passing Dugu Cheng especially.
At this time, Dugu Cheng frowned in the study room and only heard the butler's voice sounding outside: "Head of the family, the head of the family is here."
"Please." Dugu Cheng was overjoyed when he heard that Yu Yun was coming.
Generally speaking, when any regime encounters a life-and-death crisis, the king will often be more suspicious of his subordinates, but at this time, the court will always be in a state of chaos, and Li Tang is no exception.
Today, when the Li Tang crisis is getting worse, many people are reluctant to die for the Tang Dynasty, especially the Li Tang Dynasty has become a regime that is full of military and military force, and the people are trapped in a fire and water. Therefore, not only the aristocrats of aristocrats ruthlessly abandoned them, but ordinary people also hated them to the core. In this case, how could the Guanlong nobles, Guandong gentry, and southern gentry who have always cherished their lives be trapped in a regime that destroys their ideals and ambitions and destroys their families?
When Yang Guang fought against Goguryeo three times, he wasted the people and suffered money, causing chaos in the world; Wang Shichong was in a military state, and Heluo was in chaos, and the Kanto gentry was betrayed one after another; Li Mi was a bandit, which made famous scholars dislike him, and Yang Tong abandoned the gentry as if he had broken his shoes, and no children of the gentry went to die. The Li Tang Dynasty rose slowly, as if it had just risen to the Chaoyang, and Li Yuan attracted talents and was as humble as a valley, which naturally attracted the attention of countless people.
However, in just a few years, the Li Tang Dynasty was destroyed by Li Yuan's repeated mistakes and almost destroyed the internal struggle for power and profit. Many people's lives were also threatened, so how could these people who followed Li Yuan and rebelled against Sui and could not be disappointed and still serve Li Yuan? But they themselves didn't know where to go. It was also at this time that Dugu family was like a bright lamp, pointing out the direction for everyone, that is, surrender to the Sui and rebel against the Tang Dynasty, and make meritorious service.
Everyone thought it was good, so they boarded the Dugu family's ship, including the Yu family, who had a marriage relationship with the Dugu family.
After a while, Yu Yun quickly entered the study and bowed, "I have met my brother." "You are so polite, let's sit down." Dugu Cheng forced a smile. When Yu Yun sat down, he asked, "You are more than a day has passed. The emperor has neither replied nor dealt with our petition. There are many discussions on the streets and alleys, and the atmosphere is very wrong."
"You don't have to worry about this. This is a normal suggestion. Even the emperor cannot find a way to deal with us. Moreover, it is reasonable for us to oppose the Western Tour before the news of Li Mi's defeat. If the emperor really wants to pursue it, at most he will admit his mistake and say that he does not know about Li Mi's affairs. He changed his words and said that Xiangyang has become the frontier of the war and the court is unsafe here. Then he will work together to support him in moving the capital. In short, he will never doubt us." Yu Yun said.
Dugu Cheng laughed dryly, but he did not tell Yu Yun about the assassination of Li Shimin. He was worried that Yu Yun knew that he had acted without permission and was not successful, so he felt uncomfortable, so he simply stopped talking.
Yu Yun took a sip of tea and continued, "I came to see my brother today to talk about the uprising of the army. I also told Huaien last time that my Yu family soldiers had secretly gathered in the manor of Fangling. The number was as many as three or four thousand, and they were well-trained and well-equipped. I would fully support my brother in action. In addition, each family that advances and retreats with us has at least 30,000 troops, but our army is in charge and even has conflicts with each other. If there is no convincing general to command, it will be a group of mobs."
Dugu Cheng also understood this truth. It is absolutely impossible for an army to have soldiers alone, if there is no such thing as a general, but Dugu has no general who can make a move. If he replaced it with other family leaders, it would probably not be convincing. After thinking about it, he said, "What do you think of Dugu Yanyun?"
Dugu Yanyun is the grandson of Dugutun, the general of the Sui Dynasty, and the son of Dugu Kai, the general of the Right Guard. Their surname was Li, but because Dugutun was Dugu Xin's family general before he became rich, he changed from Litun to Dugutun, which continued from generation to generation. Dugu Yanyun's uncle was Dugu Sheng, the general of the Right Guard of the Sui Dynasty. When Yuwen and the launch of the Jiangdu Palace Incident, he brought his son Dugu Sengda, nephew Dugu Lingyun, Dugu Jingyun, and Dugu Tengyun to fight to the death. The father, son, uncle and nephew died at the end of his life.
In Dugutun, only Dugu Kai's son Dugu Qingyun and Dugu Yanyun were left. Compared to his elder brother, Dugu Yanyun was more good at military affairs. The two brothers were enthroned by Yang Tong and received the title of Sui Dynasty on behalf of their father and brother. They could not bear to be damaged in the name of loyalty and righteousness, and did not serve in the Tang army, and were willing to be generals of the Dugu family.
"Dugu Yanyun?"
"Yes." Dugu Cheng nodded and said, "Dugu Qingyun was given the title of the county duke of his father Dugu Kai, and Dugu Yanyun inherited the title of the county duke of Dugu Sheng. In name, he was already Dugu Sheng's son. In fact, their brothers were all ministers of the Sui Dynasty. Since we surrendered to the Sui Dynasty and opposed the Tang Dynasty, if Dugu Yanyun took out the status of the Sui minister, it would be even more convincing."
Yu Yun thought for a while and said, "Since that's the case, let their brothers lead the troops together. One of them uses the Dugu family soldiers as their personal soldiers, and the other uses my Yu family soldiers as their personal soldiers. They have the name of Sui ministers and the full support of our two families is enough to intimidate the soldiers of other families."
"It couldn't be better."
"This gold medal can mobilize my Yu family's soldiers." Yu Yun took out a gold medal from his arms and handed it to Dugu Cheng, and said, "The two need to be familiar with the soldiers and horses. The faster they take over the soldiers, the better."
"It's better for me to think carefully, I'll let them set off immediately."
"I'm worried that someone will monitor me, so I won't stay for a long time, so I'll say goodbye first!" Yu Yun stood up and said goodbye.
Dugu Cheng called Dugu Qingyun and Dugu Yanyun and asked them to secretly leave Xiangyang with the gold medal. He suddenly felt upset and he could not feel joy at all.
After silently sorting it out carefully, Dugu Cheng slowly realized that rebellion was not as simple as he thought. He always felt that he was not prepared enough everywhere and was not comprehensive everywhere, and he felt confused even when he should go the next step.
Chapter completed!