Wang Shan is the younger brother of Wang Shou, the head of the Wang family in Taiyuan. Zhang Xuan discovered from the scholar Wang Junya that Wang Shou had completely turned to the Great Zhou. So can the Wang family, which has a significant impact on Taiyuan, help him with his help in taking Taiyuan?

Wang Shan was slightly stunned and hurriedly said, "What does Your Majesty need the Wei Me to do?"

"I want to know whether there are any generals you are familiar with in the Taiyuan defenders?"

Wang Shan immediately understood the emperor's meaning. He thought for a while and said, "At present, there are no Wang children in the Taiyuan defenders, but we can influence many generals, two of them have a significant impact."

"Who are the two?" Zhang Xuan asked afterwards.

"One is Pei Hongjian, who is Pei Ji's nephew, but he is also the son-in-law of the Wang family, and the other is Wang Junkuo."

"Wang Junkuo?"

Zhang Xuan was stunned, "His one has anything to do with the Wang family?"

"Your Majesty, Wang Jungu's background is not very good, which has had a great impact on him, so he has always been close to the Wang family in Taiyuan, hoping that his father's tablet could also be put into the Wang family's ancestral hall. He said this was his father's only wish before his death, and he could recognize his ancestors and return to his hometown."

"Does Wang Junguo have a connection with the Wang family in Taiyuan?"

Wang Shan smiled bitterly and said, "It's hard to say that he is from Shiai County, Taiyuan County. The Wang family in Taiyuan does have a branch in Shiai County. However, that happened at least forty years ago, and it was a branch. More importantly, Wang Junkuo couldn't find the genealogy. Your Majesty also knew that Wang was a big surname, and there were at least one million people with the surname Wang in the world, and only two truly famous families, one was the Wang family in Taiyuan, and the Wang family who crossed south during the Five Barbarians' Invasion of China. As for Wang family in other places, it generally doesn't matter much."

Zhang Xuan thought for a while and said, "What is your brother's attitude? Are you willing to accept Wang Junkuo's father's spiritual position?"

"This cannot be decided by the elder brother alone. According to the clan rules, several elders of the house need to negotiate and decide together."

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "If Wang Junguo can be fought over, I feel that there is hope for peacefully taking over Taiyuan. Tell your brother! I hope the Wang family can do their part to peacefully recover Taiyuan, and I believe he doesn't want to see Taiyuan's creatures suffer."

"I understand, I immediately wrote a letter to tell my brother."

"Is there a way to contact me?" Zhang Xuan asked.

Wang Shan nodded, "There is a flying pigeon in the city's manor and the manor outside the city. As long as the Weichen sends the letter to the manor outside the city, the manor manager will send it to the city with the pigeon letter, so that we can contact us."

Zhang Xuan's heart moved. This was a way to contact Taiyuan City.

He smiled and said, "I hope there will be good news in Taiyuan!"

At this time, the guards outside the door reported: "Report to your Majesty, the military advisor is urgently requesting a meeting."

"Please come in!"

Wang Shan hurriedly said goodbye. At this time, Fang Xuanling hurriedly walked in, holding a red eagle letter in his hand, which meant that something urgent had happened.

"Is something wrong in Chang'an?" Zhang Xuan asked.

Fang Xuanling smiled slightly, "It's news that Your Majesty is interested in."

He presented the Eagle Letter to Zhang Xuan, "This is an emergency letter from the Intelligence Agency. The Guanlong nobles rebelled in Guanzhong."

Zhang Xuan was immediately overjoyed. The moment he had been waiting for for a long time finally came.

Li Yuan still underestimated the determination of the Guanlong nobles to safeguard their fundamental interests. Just as Li Yuanji imprisoned fifteen heads of the family on the tenth day, news suddenly came from Fufeng County that the army of about 20,000 people, led by the Dugu family, including the Yuan family, the Yu family, the Zhao family, the Houmo Chen family, and other 10 major families, gathered in Yong County and put forward the slogan of "clearing the king's side and marching the court's slogan". The general Dugu Huaide led to Chang'an.

Just when the army gathered in Yong County, the magistrate of Yong County sent someone to Chang'an secretly and reported the news urgently. This news shocked Li Yuan very much. He could no longer fall asleep and summoned important officials overnight to discuss countermeasures.

In the Wude Hall, more than 20 important officials gathered together. As the direct initiator of the Guanlong noble incident, Li Yuanji also attended the important discussion.

There was a silence in the lobby, and Li Yuan said with a deep expression: "I didn't expect that such a result would be. The group of people I rely most and trusted the most betrayed me and actually summoned 20,000 troops to Chang'an. What do they want to do? Do you want to overthrow my country? I will never tolerate it, nor do I want to tolerate it. I will summon all my dear friends tonight, not to seek any compromise. I will firmly suppress it. I hope you will offer suggestions from this perspective."

After Li Yuan finished speaking, Pei Ji stood up and said, "Your Majesty, please allow me to speak first."

Li Yuan nodded with relief, "Pei Xiangguo is willing to take the initiative to stand up. I am very pleased, please tell me!"

"Your Majesty, since the heads of these Guanlong nobles are all in the hands of His Majesty, it is actually very easy to deal with this rebel army. Take the heads of the family to the front and ask them to order the army to lay down their weapons and surrender. I think that even if they are stubborn for a moment, they still want to save their lives when they are at the critical moment of life and death."

Li Yuan nodded. Pei Ji's suggestions were consistent with his ideas, but he still wanted to hear some broader and deeper opinions. He saw that Chen Shuda seemed to have something to say, but Chen Shuda looked at Dou Guan next to him, but refused to say more. Li Yuan understood what he meant. Dou Guan was also a member of the Guanlong nobles, and Chen Shuda had something to say in front of him.

Li Yuan turned his gaze to Li Shentong and asked him: "What kind of plan does the Prince of Huai'an have to quell the rebellion?"

The reason why Li Yuan asked Li Shentong was because the army in Guanzhong was controlled by him, and he should know the current situation better than anyone else.

Li Shentong nodded and sighed: "Your Majesty, the situation is indeed quite complicated now. As far as I know, only a small part of the Guanlong nobles' army is in Guanzhong, most of which are distributed in Longxi County, Tianshui County and Honghua County. Now they are gathered in Yong County. My ministers' biggest worry is that the 5,000 defenders in Dasanguan have surrendered, otherwise how could they enter Guanzhong silently? If so, their army would be more than 20,000, or at least 25,000."

"It is normal for the army in Dasanguan to surrender."

Dou Wen, who had been silent, spoke: "Sima Wende, the chief general of Dasanguan, was recommended by the Dugu family to join the officialdom. Their three generations of ancestors and grandchildren were all members of the Dugu family. In addition, Your Majesty also needs to prevent the surrender of generals in other troops. There are many children of Guanlong nobles in the Tang army. I think Your Majesty should clean up the army first, so as to avoid a turnaround in the last battle."

Li Yuan suddenly changed his face. Dou Guan said that the Guanlong nobles had penetrated deeply into the army during the Sui Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty was no exception. In addition to the tribesmen directly in charge of the army, their disciples, family generals, Shinu, etc., all served in large numbers in the army. Moreover, the 20,000 imperial guards were basically Guanlong children. They couldn't figure out how many people were related to the Guanlong nobles. If they really fought, they didn't know how many people would rebel.

Li Yuan suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem. The reason why the Guanlong nobles' army dared to rebel was that they were fearless.

At this time, Li Yuan glanced at Chen Shuda again and said, "It's already late at night. Everyone will go back and rest first. We will discuss the issue of sending troops tomorrow morning."

Everyone stood up and left one after another. Li Yuan gave Li Shentong another wink and asked him to stay. Soon, only Li Yuan, Chen Shuda and Li Shentong were left in the hall.

Li Yuan then asked, "Chen Xiangguo just wanted to say something but stopped, what did he want to say?"

Chen Shuda smiled slightly, "Your Majesty, I actually want to say that this is a good opportunity."

Li Yuan was excited and asked quickly: "What opportunity? The Prime Minister said it carefully."

"Your Majesty, the army of the Guanlong nobles has always been a hidden danger to the Tang Dynasty. In the past, everyone was sitting at the same table to eat, and the Guanlong nobles would not cause trouble. However, since the Yu Yun incident, the Guanlong nobles began to turn to Zhang Xuan, and the Guanlong nobles became our biggest hidden danger. It can be imagined that once the Zhou army headed south from Hexi and the troops were suppressing Longyou, would the Guanlong nobles welcome the Zhou army into Guanzhong like they did when they welcomed His Majesty? If it weren't for the rebellion of the Guanlong nobles this time, we would never have imagined that the Dasanguan, which is famous for its steepness, would have been thrown away so easily. To be honest, I am grateful."

"Chen Xiangguo said it very incisively!"

Li Shentong rarely praises Chen Shuda. Today, Chen Shuda also talked about his heart. He said to Li Yuan: "Your Majesty, Sima Wende, the chief general of Dasan Pass, was originally a Sui general and a native of Tianshui County. My brother thought he was very capable, so he promoted him to the chief general of Dasan Pass. But if Dou Wen had not exposed his background today, I would not have known that he was actually a general of the Dugu family. Now I think about it, I am still afraid that how many generals in our army are from the Guanlong nobles?"

Li Yuan nodded and asked Chen Shuda again, "Is the opportunity the Prime Minister said is to capture all the Guanlong nobles in one go?"

Chen Shuda nodded, "Since they rebelled, we have an excuse to deal with them, deprive them of their land, property and food. I believe that Your Majesty will gain a lot of money and will completely improve our unfavorable situation of material shortage and financial shortage. With a large amount of land, you can use the land to reward military merits, which will help us continue to compete with Zhang Xuan. Your Majesty, this is our chance to turn the tables."
Chapter completed!