On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 503 Erlang of the Li family

In Daxing City, Li Yuan, Duke of Tang Dynasty, looked sad and lamented his current situation from time to time.

In today's world, there is Cui Che in the north and Yang Guang in the south. The two heroes are competing, but he cannot please either.

To find out the reason, we need to talk about an old incident.

During the period of Emperor Wu of Zhou, Dou Yi, the Duke of Shenwu County, recruited a husband for his daughter. The daughter of the Dou family was well-known in Guanzhong. When she was six or seven years old, she advised her uncle, Emperor Wu of Zhou, to make the husband and wife harmonious and unite with the Turks to attack the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Thus he became famous.

Emperor Wu of the Zhou Dynasty, Yuwen Yong, was well known for his love for her, so the matter of the Dou family's daughter recruiting a son-in-law caused a sensation in the whole city.

Among them were three young men gearing up, vowing to embrace the beauty.

One of them was Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Dynasty, the second was Yang Guang, the second son of Duke Yang Jian, and the third was Cui Che, who had a high reputation among the scholars because of the incident of Xu Menlixue.

Of course, the result is well known to everyone. In the end, Li Yuan was selected, Yang Guang returned angrily, and Cui Che, who had practiced archery so hard, couldn't even get in.

Unexpectedly, things have changed, and the two frustrated people at the beginning are now the emperor of the Western Sui Dynasty and the other is a powerful official of the Eastern Sui Dynasty.

And it just so happens that these two people are not very big.

Li Yuan's mother and Dugu Jialuo are the same father and sister, so they are naturally cousins, but Yang Guang does not recognize him as a relative.

Once, Yang Guang summoned Li Yuan to meet the Holy Spirit, but Li Yuan was unable to make the trip due to illness. Yang Guang asked Li Yuan's nephew Queen:

'Why doesn't your uncle come for so long?'

Wang told Yang Guang that Li Yuan was ill in bed, and Yang Guang asked happily:

'Is he sick and dying?'

Li Yuan was so frightened that he drank excessively and accepted bribes to smear his name, and he barely survived until now.

Naturally, it was not Li Yuan's turn to do such a good thing as going to Jiangnan, and Li Yuan did not dare to send his wives and concubines to Jiangdu for resettlement.

Although his wife Dou is no longer young, Li Yuan is really unsure of Yang Guang's attitude. He stayed in the north and sent his wife to Jiangdu. If Yang Guang's bestiality became stronger because of what happened back then, wouldn't he be sending a sheep into a tiger's mouth?

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But the Dou family stayed in Guanzhong, and it cannot be said that they were able to sit back and relax.

After all, there is another man who claims to raise an army of 500,000 to conquer Cui Che westward, and is watching with eager eyes in Puzhou.

Li Yuan was helpless. Whether it was Yang Guang or Cui Che, these powerful people were not possessed by demons. Why were they always thinking about other people's wives?

Needless to say, Yang Guang, as soon as his father Yang Jian died, he was busy steaming his mother and having fun with Yang Jian's concubines.

As for Cui Che, he is even more heavyweight.

A few days ago, news came from Guandong that before Chang Sun Sheng's body was cold, Cui Che took his wife as his concubine.

Li Yuan feels that his current situation is that there is a wolf in front of him and a tiger behind him.

Yang Guang in the south wished he could die, not to mention Cui Che in the east. According to rumors, Cui Che had an argument with Princess Leping in the early years, and Princess Leping would make trouble for the Dou family.

If he really fell into Cui Che's hands, he might not end well.

Just as Li Yuan was sighing, a young man walked into the side room.

"Why do you sigh like this?"

The young man asked doubtfully.

This young man is not old, only ten years old, but his behavior is quite mature, just like the late Yuande Prince Yang Zhao, but compared to Yang Zhao, the young man is a little more intelligent and decisive.

"It's Erlang who is here. Now the country is in misfortune, the rebellious ministers are being cruel, and the father is worried about the country, so he sighs like this."

Li Yuan said perfunctorily.

This ten-year-old boy is Li Shimin, the second son of Li Yuan and the Dou family.

Li Shimin was precocious and intelligent, so he could be fooled so easily. It was not like he didn't know the true relationship between his father and his cousin Yang Guang. He was not so much worried about the country as he was worried about his own future.

But the crisis that his father is facing now is not something that a ten-year-old boy can solve.

I can only console myself by saying:

"Father, there is no need to worry about this. When the two Wei Dynasties were fighting, Gao Huan marched westward with an army of 200,000. However, Emperor Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty experienced a severe drought and lost seventy-eight percent of his population. The available troops were less than ten thousand, but he was able to fight in the sand

The battle of Yuan laid the foundation for the Zhou and Sui Dynasties, and Cui Che may not make the same mistake as Gao Huan.

"Cui Che falsely claimed that he would raise 500,000 troops, but he was just intimidating the ignorant people. Otherwise, how many civilians would have to be mobilized to supply the frontline needs.

"Therefore, I thought that after the reform and rent adjustment, and the sharp reduction in salt profits, Cui Che's 500,000, if only the civilians were included in it, the people who can really fight must be his 200,000 elite.

"As the saying goes, when the moon is full, it is waning; when the water is full, it is overflowing.

"Cui Che has been going smoothly before and has been invincible in battles. His troops must be arrogant. As the saying goes, arrogant soldiers will be defeated. It's time for Cui Che to stumble."

Even if these were just Li Shimin's own speculations, used to comfort his father and encourage Li Yuan to cheer up, it has to be said that Li Yuan did cheer up because of his words.

He lamented:

"Erlang, you were born into the wrong family. Whether it's Cui Qiji who is in charge of Xuzhou or Yang Zhao who died young, they are just a few years older than you. When it comes to intelligence, how can they compare with you."

Li Shimin said seriously:

"Even if your son has talent, it was given by his parents. Please don't say this."

Li Yuan nodded after hearing this and asked again:

"Why did you come here today?"

Li Shimin suddenly realized, he smiled and said:

"The kid was so focused on talking to grandpa that he actually forgot to hand over the letter sent back by his eldest brother to grandpa."

With that said, he handed over the letter that Li Jiancheng had sent from Jiangdu.

According to the Sui Dynasty system, when one reaches the age of fifteen, one cannot follow his or her parents abroad.

Li Jiancheng was born in the ninth year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign at the age of twenty. He is now an official in Jiangdu and often exchanges letters with his family.

After Li Yuan read the letter, his face turned a little gray.

Li Shimin said doubtfully:

"But there is bad news from Jiangdu?"

Li Yuan didn't answer. He handed the letter to Li Shimin and asked him to read it by himself.

After Li Shimin saw it, his face turned pale. It turned out that Yang Guang had rejected the proposal to ask for help from Tuyuhun.

Li Yuan sighed:

"The saint has always been proud, and now he is so proud that he is unwilling to ask Tuyuhun for help."

Li Shimin was so angry that he stamped his feet:

"In just four years, the entire Guandong was lost. Seeing that Cui Che was about to enter Guanzhong and unify the north, the imperial court could only be content with the south. At such a critical moment, it is still foolish to still care about the so-called face."

Li Yuan was startled and quickly blocked Li Shimin's mouth and scolded:

"When disaster comes from your mouth, how can you make unreasonable comments about your superior?"

Li Shimin had no choice but to nod towards Li Yuan, signaling that he would no longer discuss Yang Guang. When Li Yuan released his hand, Li Shimin lowered his voice and suggested:

"Since the emperor is immoral and always has the intention of harming my father, such a foolish king cannot be helped. Why doesn't my father simply surrender to the Eastern Army?"

Li Yuan sighed again. Yang Guang was a wolf and Cui Che was a tiger. If he really surrendered to him, he might die suddenly and strangely one day, and his wife Dou would also follow in the footsteps of Gao and be taken as a concubine.

, wanton insult.

In the previous chapter, Li Yuan at the end was written as Li Hu, which has been corrected.

Chapter 4 Before three o'clock in the morning

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