"This Tang Dynasty is in danger!"

An old sigh came from behind to Dou Wei's ears, which made Dou Rui slightly stunned. When he turned around, he saw two old men sitting in the seat behind him, about sixty years old, ordered a few plates of side dishes and a pot of wine.

Both of them were dressed cleanly and tidy, and they could tell they were wealthy. The one who was talking just now was a white-bearded old man. He picked up the wine glass and sighed, "If the court does not make up its mind, I probably won't be able to hold on next year."

"Next year?" another old man snorted, "If the Turks hadn't gone south, I think it wouldn't be able to hold on this year."

Dou Gui picked up the wine glass and stood up, walked to the two old men and smiled, "I am the surname Liu, and I am from the capital. I drink alone. Can we fight and talk?"

The two old men nodded happily, "It's okay, this guy just sit here."

Dou Gui waved his hand and asked the guy to bring his wine and food over. He ordered a few more good dishes and smiled at the two old men: "I don't have many friends, and few people talk. I wonder if the two brothers have no surnames?"

When the two old men saw that Dou Gui was very good at being a good person, they also had some affection for him. The old man with white beard pointed at him and smiled: "My surname is Chen, and the other person with Wei is from the capital."

When Dou Gui heard that another old man was surnamed Wei, he couldn't help but take a look at him. Could it be that he was a member of the Wei family? However, he knew all the important figures of the Wei family. I guess even if he was a member of the Wei family, he was still a concubine.

Dou Gui sat with them to listen to public opinion and the opinions of ordinary people in Chang'an on the current situation. Generally, the lowest-level people will not care about such things. The lowest-level people only care about the firewood, rice, oil and salt, and eat three meals a day. As long as it is not a chaotic bandit, they don't care who is in the world.

Most people with some experience and family background will care about such military and national affairs. They can come to Lantian Restaurant to drink, at least they are small and wealthy families, and such people can represent real public opinion.

Seeing that they stopped talking about the topic just now, Dou Gui smiled and threw a brick and said, "I have a relative who is also a fourth-rank official in the court. I chatted with him last night. He said that the people in the court are now in panic, and many officials are no longer doing things. They sit together all day to discuss the current situation. Recently, a series of current situations have really hit the hearts of the people. Now they are talking about it everywhere."

Dou Gui was telling the truth, and now the court is not at ease. He gathers together all day to discuss the current situation. He knows these situations very well, but he wants to listen to the voices of the people and the thoughts of ordinary people.

Dou Zhi's throwing bricks aroused the topic of the two old men. The old man surnamed Wei sighed and said, "I told Brother Chen just now that the Tang Dynasty still has hope, but it takes a broken arm to survive."

"Hope?" Old Man Chen sneered, "That's your idea. Where will the hope be? Go to Chang'an to inquire everywhere. Who says that the Tang Dynasty has hope, only knows internal strife, fight for power and profit all day long, and the lives of the people? Who cares about the price of grain has reached 120 cents, and Taiyuan has only 40 cents of rice. Do you think everyone is blind?"

Old Master Chen was full of anger in his words. Although it made some sense, Dou Gui felt uncomfortable when he heard it. He hurriedly asked the old man surnamed Wei: "Brother Wei just said that there is still hope in the Tang Dynasty. What is hope? Can Brother Wei say it?"

When Old Man Chen saw that Dou Gui was not interested in his words, he felt depressed, so he drank the depressed wine in one mouthful. The old man surnamed Wei slowly tasted a glass of wine, and then slowly said: "Do you know, do you know? Where is the real crisis in the Tang Dynasty now?"

"Tell me, I'll listen." Dou Gui picked up the wine pot and poured him a glass of wine and said with a smile.

"The biggest crisis in the Tang Dynasty now lies in land. The equal-field system has been said to be implemented since last year, but it has been more than a year now, and there is no news. As far as I know, Hedong, Hebei and Central Plains are now implementing the equal-field system on a large scale. A family can get one hectares of Yongye land on average, and in Fengzhou and Lingwu County, it can even get three hectares. What is the reason for the Tang Dynasty? The reason is that there is no land to be allocated in the hands of the government."

"What about Bashu and Jingxiang, is there no land?" Old man Chen next to him said unconvincedly.

"You can't say anything, there's really no land."

The old man surnamed Wei said proudly: "Bashu, Jingxiang, and Jingxiang are not as experienced as Hebei and Central Plains. There are too many people who died, and there are no owners everywhere, so it is easy to distribute. Bashu and Jingxiang are relatively stable, and the land is both masters, and there are many big landlords in the area. The court cannot take over the land there for the people of Guanzhong! Then there will be chaos."

Dou Gui took a breath silently. He was the prime minister of the current dynasty. Of course, this issue was very clear. In fact, he also knew that the Sui court had a large amount of unowned land that could be distributed to poor peasants to win the hearts of the people. In this way, the soldiers would have sufficient resources and the soldiers would use their lives.

On the contrary, the Tang court had no land in his hands, and the only little land was distributed to the royal family, resulting in the inability to implement the equal-land system, the people were unacceptable, and the morale was sluggish. How could it beat the Sui Dynasty?

The old man surnamed Wei said again: "The only hope of the Tang Dynasty now is to seize land from the powerful and distribute it to landless farmers, and stimulate the morale of the lower-class farmers to defend their families and the country. Then the Tang Dynasty still has hope. Otherwise, it would be meaningless to rely on the powerful and powerful to protect the Tang Dynasty. I am afraid that these powerful and powerful have surrendered in advance."

Dou Gui could no longer listen. It was a joke to deprive the powerful and distribute the land to the farmers. The Tang Dynasty was about to end. At this time, Dou Gui was not in the mood to eat or chat with the two old men. He took out a small ingot of silver and put it on the table.

"Two guys, there is something going on at home. You guys can use it slowly, I'll take a step first."

When the two old men saw that he had paid the bill, they were in a good mood and stood up to thank him. "Brother is a person with temperament. We will have a detailed chat if we have the chance in the future."

Dou Lu bowed his hand and turned and went downstairs. His carriage was parked at the door of the restaurant. As soon as he walked by the carriage, he heard someone calling him, "Master! Master, take a step slowly."

When Dou Gui turned around, he saw his butler riding a donkey and running towards him. Dou Gui stopped. After a moment, the butler rushed forward and pointed at Dou Guidao: "Master, the general is back. Please go back to the house immediately."

The general is Dou Kang, the clan brother, and he is appointed as the general of Qianniu and the general manager of Yizhou Xingtai. Dou Gui was slightly stunned. Why is Dou Kang back? He is far away in Chengdu, and the news should not be so fast.

Dou Gui nodded immediately, got on the carriage and ordered: "Go back home immediately!"

The carriage started and ran quickly towards Dou Mansion.

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Dou Gui's mansion is located in Chongrenfang, covering an area of ​​about 80 acres. It is also a famous mansion in Chang'an. The Dou family is an important representative of the Guanlong nobles. Their ancestors were also Xianbei nobles. They were extremely important royal relatives in the Sui and Tang dynasties.

Empress Dou of the Tang Dynasty was the daughter of the Dou family, and Dou Kang's mother was Princess Wan'an, the eldest sister of Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian, so the Dou family had a very important position in both the Sui Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty.

In the study outside, Dou Kang was walking back and forth with his hands behind his back, looking worried. He heard that Yang Yuanqing led his army to attack Chang'an a few days ago, and he immediately realized that something was wrong.

If the Tang army was defeated repeatedly against the Sui army, it was just a military defeat and there was room for recovery. Then, Yang Yuanqing led his army to attack Chang'an, which was a political turning point, which meant that the Tang Dynasty would fall into a passive state.

As the second-ranked figure of the Dou family, how could he stay in Chengdu again for a leisurely life at this critical moment?

In fact, Dou Kang's military power has been deprived. As the general manager of Yizhou Taiwan, Dou Kang only cared about the army of Bashu. However, less than a month after he took office, King Li Yuanji of Qi also came to Bashu and took away all the military power. Dou Kang became an idle man. He secretly rushed from Chengdu to Chang'an, and no one knew about it.

At this time, footsteps came from outside the door, and then the door opened. Dou Gui walked in, "When will the second brother come back?"

"I just came back, aren't you in a hurry to find you?"

Seeing his serious expression, Dou Gui understood a little in his heart. He closed the door and asked again: "Don't Li Yuanji know that you are back now?"

Dou Gui was very cautious. At this critical moment, Li Yuan would definitely pay attention to the movements of important officials of the court, especially after Tang Feng's surveillance on Yin Guiping was exposed, everyone was more careful.

Dou Gui snorted disdainfully, "That person is just hunting except for women. He has no ability. In such a cold winter, he actually went to Hanzhong to hunt."

Dou Gui was stunned. Hanzhong? This place is very sensitive. Recently, the prince and the King of Qin were competing for military power in Hanzhong. Tang Feng secretly told Hanzhong chief Luo Yi to get an empty salary, which caused Li Yuan to be furious and ordered the Censor and the Ministry of War to jointly investigate.

It is really unreasonable that King Li Yuanji of Qi went to Hanzhong to hunt at this critical moment, but did not come to Chang'an to worship his mother.

However, Dou Gui didn't care about this matter now. He sighed and said, "Second brother doesn't know what happened in Huining County yet!"

Dou Gui told Dou Kang in detail about the surrender of Sheng Yanshi and the annihilation of Li Shenfu's army. Finally, he smiled bitterly and said, "The emperor is already afraid of being beaten and wants to negotiate peace with Yang Yuanqing at all costs. He even wants to do something about Hexi. Second brother, the situation is worrying now!"

Dou Kang took a breath of air conditioning. Is the situation so serious? He asked again: "Third brother, how much time do you think you have?"

Dou Kang means the time when the Sui Dynasty attacked the Tang Dynasty in full swing, that is, how much time does the Dou family have? Dou Gui pondered: "I think that the Sui Dynasty took over Hexi means that Yang Yuanqing has turned his strategic attention to the inner city. Although many people say that the next step of the Sui Dynasty is the six counties in Qingzhou, I think Dou Jiande is no longer worth mentioning, and a general can lead his troops to sweep. Now in the negotiations between Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Sui army may go back to recuperate for a while, but at the latest next summer, as early as next spring, Yang Yuanqing will inevitably attack the five counties in Guannan and Hehuang counties to complete the strategic siege of Guanzhong. We will have at most several months."

After pausing, Dou Gui sighed, "It's still a cunning Dugu family. I just learned that Zhang Lei, the military weapon supervisor of the Sui Dynasty, turned out to be Dugu Lei, the skilled craftsman of the Dugu family in the past. Dugu Zhen had already arranged this move, and our Dou family was still one step slower."

Dou Kang stood up and said, "It's not too late to make up for the sheep. I'll go to Huining County and have a detailed discussion with Yang Yuanqing."

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Chapter completed!