Li Linqian's original idea was not like this, in fact, he also knew that it was impossible to fight for the control of the standing army, so although the competition for the position of the commander was very fierce, it was just a foreshadowing to seize another position.

Originally, Li Linqian was ready to give up the position of the commander, even the position of deputy commander, and go all out to compete for the second rank of the superintendent he valued the most, because compared to the deputy marshal, the weight of this commander is much heavier, because he is not only responsible for supervising the standing army, but also responsible for supervising hundreds of officials along the way, which is an extremely important position.

For the officials of the queen's party, the most fearful point of the standing army is also because of this supervision and promotion, if this position falls into the hands of the emperor's first family, then the queen mother party officials everywhere will be in fear.

The commander decides the movements of the standing army, and the inspector is in charge of monitoring the way, and if these two positions are not under his control, then the officials of the queen mother's party will be like blind people with thousands of waists, and they can only be slaughtered.

However, today's sudden attack by Liu An made Li Linqian feel the crisis, I am afraid that the emperor will not make any compromise with them this time, and he wants to completely control the standing army, so Li Linqian temporarily came up with a method of decentralization, in order to disrupt Liu An's deployment.

Seeing the ministers kneeling on the ground in the hall, Liu An's eyes flashed a trace of anger, although the discord between him and the Queen Mother was just an illusion that he deliberately spread, but above the court, the emperor's family and the queen mother's party are real, not that they have evil intentions and want to plan a coup, but because of their different governing philosophies and naturally gathered factions, this is also the political form that a strong empire should have, and it does not change by anyone's personal will.

Shang Peng, who had not made a sound, stepped out of the queue, came to Li Linqian's side, hugged his fist towards Liu An, and then turned his head to look at Li Linqian and said: "Lord Li, as the saying goes, snakes can't fly without heads, birds can't fly without heads, since the emperor wants to sit in the imperial city, and has no time to command the standing army, which is led by two deputy commanders, so who should the standing army listen to?"

Li Linqian stared at Shang Peng without showing weakness, hugged his fists towards Liu An and said, "Naturally, I listen to the emperor." ”

Shang Peng smiled slightly, and said lightly: "General, if all actions have to wait for the emperor's order, then what is the point of establishing a standing army?"

Li Linqian seized the loophole in Shang Peng's words and attacked: "Then according to what Master Shang said, the general can not stop the dispatch of the court outside and act without authorization?"

However, how could the scheming Shang Peng be in a mess because of Li Linqian's attack, and still said unhurriedly: "No, what this official means is that the establishment of the standing army is to observe the people's situation in various places, supervise the officials in various places, and exterminate those rogues and horse thieves who do not respect the king's law and bring disaster to the country and the people. ”

Li Linqian knew that Shang Peng said so much just to oppose his proposal, so he asked lightly: "Then what does Lord Shang think?"

Shang Peng smiled and said to Liu An: "Your Majesty, in fact, what Lord Li said is not unreasonable, the standing army should be personally commanded by the emperor in order to show the power of heaven, but it is enough to set up one deputy marshal for the emperor to be in charge of the standing army, and it is not much use to set up two deputy marshals except for restraining each other." ”

Li Linqian also hurriedly said to Liu An: "Your Majesty, having two commanders in the army is the consistent structure of my Dacheng army, when the commander is unable to command the army, the deputy commander can take the command on his behalf, how can he ignore it because of the suspicion of constraints?"

Shang Peng smiled slightly, turned his head to Li Linqian and said: "Hehe, Lord Li, the duty of the standing army is not to fight in a foreign country, but to patrol my Dacheng world, do you think that there are still forces in my Dacheng country that can pose a threat to the standing army?"

Li Linqian frowned, this question is not easy to answer, if you answer something, doesn't it mean that the prosperity of Dacheng is just an illusion, and the standing army of 10,000 people still has to worry about the assassination of the commander, isn't it ridiculous.

And if you answer no, it is in Shang Peng's arms, isn't it superfluous to set up two deputy marshals?

The officials of the Queen Mother's party became nervous, and they all looked at Li Linqian quietly, hoping that Li Linqian could come up with a way to deal with it.

After pondering for a while, Li Linqian opened his mouth and said: "Lord Shang, you can't say that, looking at all the armies of my Dacheng country, all of them are one main and two commanders, even if the standing army will not encounter threatening bandits, but if there is only one deputy commander, what if there is a situation of improper command?"

Shang Peng glanced at Lin Jinmin behind him, and then said to Li Linqian: "Lord Li, don't forget, the Standing Army also has the post of Inspector, do you think that the deputy marshal alone can be honored in the Standing Army?"

"This... Shang Peng's words blocked what Li Linqian was about to say, he really wanted to say that if only one deputy marshal was set up, wouldn't it be a standing army and a one-man army of deputy marshal, but in a hurry, he ignored the difference between the standing army and the ordinary army.

Seeing that Li Linqian was speechless when asked by Shang Peng, the hall remembered a sigh, it seems that the Queen Mother's party lost this first confrontation, and I don't know if it will have an adverse impact on the subsequent competition.

After the two finished arguing, Liu An also sat up straight, and said with a smile: "All Aiqing are all flat, I don't know who else has to add to what Shang Aiqing said?"

There was a rustling sound in the hall, which was made by the ministers kneeling on the ground when they got up, but there was no other movement except for these sounds, Liu An's words had been said very clearly, he asked if there was anything to add, what else could be added?

Seeing that no one spoke, Liu An waved his hand, and Xiao Canzi, the pen-holding eunuch who had been waiting behind him, hurriedly walked to the side of the dragon case, spread out a roll of yellow silk on the dragon case, picked up the imperial pen, and waited for Liu An's orders.

Liu An said majestically to Xiao Canzi: "From now on, a standing army will be established, translated as Kunlong, 10,000 people will be recruited, and it will be supervised by the internal government, with a commander, and I will personally take command, with a deputy commander, a second rank, a supervisor, and a second rank." ”

As Liu An's words fell, Xiao Canzi also wrote the holy decree on the dragon case according to Liu An's intentions, and after the pen and ink were dry, Xiao Canzi handed the holy decree to Liu An, waiting for Liu An to stamp the jade seal that symbolizes the supreme power of Dacheng.

Liu An looked at it carefully, and after making sure that the holy decree was correct, he picked up the jade seal on the dragon case, pressed it on top of the holy decree, and then handed it to Xiao Yuanzi, who had already prepared it next to him.

After Xiao Yuanzi received the holy decree, he walked to the steps, this time he did not go down the steps, but stood on the top, and shouted loudly: "The Son of Heaven Holy Decree, everyone kneels~"

The sound of squirming sounded again, and all the ministers in the Qiming Hall knelt on the ground, ready to listen to the holy decree, although they all knew the content of the holy decree, but this was a ritual, so they could not respect it.

After waiting for Xiao Yuanzi to finish reading, the ministers in the hall got up one after another, and the officials belonging to the Queen Mother's party will go all out to compete for the post of Supervisor after losing the competition for the deputy marshal, and they are determined to win this position, otherwise, the Queen Mother's party will suffer a heavy blow.

Feeling the worried gaze of the ministers, Li Linqian's back was also soaked with sweat, as the leader of the Queen Mother's party in the court, he was burdened with unimaginable pressure.

is different from Shang Peng, except for the emperor, in fact, he is the actual leader of the emperor's family, and the ministers gathered around him are also willing to surround him and obey Shang Peng's command, because no one can shake Shang Peng's position, unless he himself makes an unforgivable mistake and loses the emperor's favor.

And Li Linqian's position in the queen's party is relatively much more embarrassing, in terms of official position, he is Yaxiang, the highest official position in the queen mother's party, in terms of title, he is Qi Yuanhou, and he is also the most honored person in the queen mother's party, but in terms of prestige, he is slightly deficient in the queen mother's party, not that his ability is not enough, but in the queen mother's party, there is another person named Qin Yushuang, no official and no lord, but he is the actual controller of the queen mother's party, many officials think that as long as they can get Qin Yushuang's appreciation, they can be high-ranking officials and have a worry-free career, and often ignore Li Linqian in many cases, so although the queen mother's party seems to be more powerful, but in the previous battles with the emperor's family, they were all at a disadvantage, all because everyone's hearts were uneven, and they didn't put their strength in one place.

Now in the battle for the standing army, the Queen Mother's party has lost the most important position of commander, although most people understand that this position could not be fought for in the first place, but there will still be some people who blame the failure on Li Linqian's incompetence, thinking that he was at a disadvantage in the dispute with Shang Peng, so he lost the position of commander.

Li Linqian felt a little helpless in his heart, he had tried his best to fight for it, but Shang Peng and his ilk were well prepared, not that he could save the current decline in a few words, I just hope that in the next competition for the supervision of the Tiji, the Queen Mother's party can give him more help.