As soon as Wen Tianxiang returned to the Tang Dynasty, he was appointed as the chief lieutenant of the Military Division's Office, and his position was the same as that of the secretary, but everyone was not surprised.

Because his qualifications and fame are here, no one can not be convinced.

Today's Tang Army has 100,000 soldiers and horses, but it does not have a supreme management organ. It's time to set up this body.

Because he knew Wen Tianxiang's personality, Li Luo was very relieved to let him be a captain. No ambition, talent, and qualifications, it's too suitable.

Li Luo's newly established Military Division Office is in charge of the supreme military order, strategic research, logistics coordination, and civil and military coordination. It is similar to the Privy Council of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, but without the weight of the Privy Council, and is more like the military aircraft department of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Because, in Li Luo's imagination, the four lieutenants of the Military Division's Mansion are essentially his military and political advisers, and they do not have much decision-making power. The Privy Council of the Song and Yuan dynasties had great decision-making power.

In the future, there will be four lieutenants, eight military divisions, and twelve military lieutenant generals, a total of 24 people. Formed the military and political organs of the highest military order of the Tang Dynasty.

Set up the military division's office, what does the soldier Cao (military department) do? Bingcao is mainly in charge of military personnel power, military budget expenditure, recruitment of new soldiers, resettlement of retirement, awarding of samurai and military ranks, and martial temple sacrifices.

The commander-in-chief is only responsible for training troops and fighting battles, and carrying out tactical goals.

Li Luo said again: "The widow is divided into Chinese warriors as third-class, corresponding to the third-class fame of literati. The rank of Captain, Lieutenant, and Lieutenant is the Lower Samurai. Join the army, the capital of the army, and the rank of Sima is the upper samurai. The four military ranks of general, general, governor, and general are great samurai. ”

"The scabbard of the lower samurai Tang sword is dyed with black lacquer, the upper samurai scabbard is dyed with blue lacquer, and the great samurai scabbard is dyed with red lacquer. Those who use colors indiscriminately will be punished. ”

"Confer the rank of General Wen Tianxiang, Great Samurai."

This is the insidious part of Li Luo. Wen Tianxiang is obviously a great literati, and Li Luo turned him into a great warrior and a general with one sentence. Then, if Wen Tianxiang wants to stand on the side of the civilian official group to suppress the generals, he has no choice.

After all, the ass decides the head. For example, Sun Chuanting and others at the end of the Ming Dynasty were obviously civil officials and scholars, but in the end they stood in the position of military generals.

In addition, with the help of Wen Tianxiang's new identity, he can also guide the literati to practice martial arts, promote the spirit of the samurai, and improve the social status of the samurai.

So is Wen Tianxiang eligible for the status of a great samurai? Yes.

Because Wen Tianxiang commanded the army for several years and fought with the Yuan army many times, he had the experience of leading the army to fight, and his command ability was not bad, and his strategic vision was clever. Second, in order to resist the Yuan, Wen Tianxiang also practiced bows, sabers and guns, and he was not a person who was powerless.

He possessed the loyalty, bravery, righteousness, wisdom, and faith required by the morality of the Tang warriors, and of course had the qualifications to be a great warrior.

What the? General, Great Samurai?

Wen Tianxiang really hesitated this time. The Grand Lieutenant of the Military Division, he could guess something like a privy envoy. But this great samurai... When you hear it, it's a pure martial artist.

Although he knew the military affairs and dared to go into battle with a sword, Wen Tianxiang never regarded himself as a general. Wen Tianxiang wanted to refuse, but seeing that Li Luo was quite interested, it was not good to refuse in front of the civil and military officials when he first arrived.

This middle-aged handsome uncle had no choice but to give up his hand rather helplessly: "Minister, Xie Jun is trustworthy and dares to disobey his fate." ”

Wen Tianxiang is not a person like Wei Zheng. Back then, he wrote to the Song court many times, but was ignored or vetoed, and he did not admonish bitterly.

Li Luo saw that Wen Tianxiang finally reluctantly agreed, and he was a little proud in his heart.

Cui Xiuning thought to herself, this man is really more and more like a monarch now, not in vain.

Li Luo stepped down from his seat, paced in the hall with his hands behind his back and said: "In the past, the Yellow Emperor conquered Chiyou, Gaoyang conquered Jiuli, Qin and Han conquered the Xiongnu, and Sui and Tang conquered Bald Jue. ”

"On his day, I Tang restored the Central Plains and conquered Mengyuan, but I attacked the strong beam with the weak and attacked the whole country with a corner, which is dangerous, and I don't know if I ask. Yes, there are thousands of things, and the military is the first priority. ”

"There are three major priorities in the military. The first is to strengthen the army and train troops; the second is ordnance, money and food; The third is the martial style. If these three major tasks are done well, I will win half of the victory. As for the hearts of the people of the Central Plains, it is naturally in me, and I hope that the righteous teachers of the Han family are like looking forward to Ganlin, so that there is hope for recovery. ”

Li Luo's meaning is very clear, that is, all civilian officials must cooperate with the military, carry out work around the military, and prepare for war.

Lin Biju came out very knowingly and said: "Please be relieved, the ministers will definitely collect grain and grass, rush to build weapons, buy war horses, inspire the people, and think that the world is fighting!" ”

Du Lie, who was in charge of military training, also stood up and said: "Your Excellency, rest assured, the ministers will definitely train military horses and battle formations every day, and train our Tang army into the elite of the world!" ”

"Good!" Li Luolang looked around, "In this way, the widow has no worries." ”

After the man's performance, he returned to his seat, looked at a Japanese musician in the corner of the main hall, and shouted, "Kazuya Yanagi! ”

That day, the Chinese musician's body trembled, and he hurriedly stepped forward, kneeling down respectfully, "Yanagi Kazuya, meet Your Highness!" ”

He was very worried in his heart, thinking that it was because the previous music and dance choreography was not good, which angered His Royal Highness Tang Jun.

Who knew that Li Luo smiled and said: "The Tang Le you arranged is very good, and the widow is satisfied." You deserve to be the head of Kyoto Sarakuri. From today onwards, the Taile Department will be restored, subordinate to Licao, and you will be appointed as the Taile Agency and awarded the seventh rank. ”

Yanagi Kazuya was excited, and his voice trembled and thanked him: "Weichen Yanagi Kazuya, thank you for Your Highness's kindness!" ”

Li Luo said: "In the future, your surname will be Liu, well, you will be called Liu Shenghe." ”

Kazuya Yanagi kowtowed again: "No! Liu Sheng and His Royal Highness Xie give the name! ”

Princess Jizi, who also participated in the banquet, couldn't help but smile bitterly in her heart. She has become Xu Ji, and Yanagi Kazuya has now become Yanagi Kazuya.

Forget it, anyway, Japan has been occupied by the Yuan army, and Japan has already perished, so what's the point of thinking about it again?

What can she change?

She had been studying the Taoist scriptures all these days and was very interested. When the Zhongwu Divine Palace is repaired, she wants to beg Cui Xiuning to make her a female Taoist official, which is also a good way out.

Towards the end of the banquet, Cui Xiuning ordered someone to bring the mooncakes that had been prepared a long time ago and distribute them to everyone. Although moon cakes appeared in the Zhou Dynasty, the custom of eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival was not yet popular.

Cui Xiuning said: "In the future, I will eat moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival." From next year, except for the war, there will be a break for nine festivals a year. ”

"Madame Xie's reward!" The cultural relics officials were very happy to distribute the mooncakes.

Cui Mu came out and said: "Your Majesty, now my Tang has a population of more than 700,000 and a land and water army of 100,000. I beg you to be a prince! ”

Lin Biju Gong Kan and others also echoed and said: "Please call the king!" ”

Of course, Yang Xu and other generals would not be left behind, and they all stood up one after another, "Please call the king!" ”

Called the public? Li Luo was not surprised, he had already received information from the Special Investigation Bureau, saying that the civil and military had privately discussed and persuaded him, saying that the king would definitely not agree to be the king, and if he could be called a prince, he was likely to agree.

So, is Li Luo ready to agree?

Promise.

The current Tang State already has the qualifications to be promoted to the Duke Kingdom, at least no worse than the Song Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period. In this way, it can also better unite people's hearts. By rewarding a number of low-level titles, civil and military officials are more motivated.

However, Li Luo planned to at least pretend to excuse himself. As for the three words, it's not the emperor, it's not necessary.

"The Tang Kingdom is newly created, and the Central Plains has not recovered an inch of land, how can a widow be called a public? Don't mention it again. Li Luo said in an ambiguous tone. As long as he is not stupid, he knows what he thinks in his heart.

Of course, everyone understood, and they didn't plan to agree to Li Luo once. This kind of thing always has to be excused once to conform to etiquette.

After the banquet, Li Luo thoughtfully sent a set of courtyards as Wen Tianxiang's temporary residence, and also sent a few slaves to take care of his daily life. Of course, Li Luo did not forget to reward Tang Dao.

Anyway, Wen Tianxiang, a great warrior, should be decided.

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"I don't know who the bright moon shines on, the bright moon is only similar every year." At night, the bright moon rises, and the light is like water. Li Luo hugged Cui Xiuning and admired the moon in the Moon Pavilion in the inner house.

Cui Xiuning looked at the moon, her eyes were full of confusion, "I don't know what year it is." Luo, you say, how is modern now? ”

Li Luo stroked her satin-like hair, "What can I do?" It's not that technology is changing with each passing day, but the heart is empty and impetuous, which is not necessarily good. Mobile phones and the Internet are so convenient, but the feelings between people have become indifferent and more and more out of reach. Let's just say that in the Mid-Autumn Festival, how many people will reunite with their families to enjoy the moon? No. ”

Cui Xiuning turned his head, his jewel-like eyes shining in the moonlight, "You mean, it's not a good thing that technology is too developed?" ”

Li Luo pondered for a while, and said uncertainly: "I don't think it's a good thing. If the way of life is too convenient, people will inevitably be objectified. Could it be that the ultimate effort of human beings is to be convenient and relaxed? Technology is certainly good, but if the development is too advanced, it is not. Everything must be measured, including technology. This is... Heaven. ”

Cui Xiuning smiled: "Forget it, this topic is too heavy, let's not mention this." Cui Xiuning pulled down a small piece of moon cake and stuffed it into Li Luo's mouth, "Plug your mouth, see if you are still beeping." ”

Li Luo pouted his head, refused to send the moon cakes to his mouth, and said with a smile: "If you want to gag me, why do you need moon cakes, don't you just ......"

Before he could finish his sentence, he was punched several times. So, as soon as the man was "angry", he couldn't bear it anymore, and he caught the person in his arms for a while, so he was light.

Strawberries are not only in spring, but there is no love.

After half a ring, the woman snorted and pushed the man away, laughing and scolding: "I'll go!" You octopus! It's hard for me to see people tomorrow! ”

The man smiled, "I see what you mean." Well, next time I change places, I can't see the storage. ”

it! The woman slapped her forehead and stood up fiercely, "I won't play with you, you can watch the moon by yourself, and wait for Chang'e to come." ”

The man couldn't help but laugh as he looked at the woman's figure leaving in the moonlight.

Li Luo sat alone under the moon for a while bored, and then returned to the bedroom. Cui Xiuning was feeding the child, and when she saw him coming in, she immediately said vigilantly: "My son will cry when he is hungry in the middle of the night." ”

Li Luo had a black line, "Where do you want to go?" Am I that unbearable? I'm here to discuss business with you, the civil and military officials. ”

Cui Xiuning's eyes rolled, "Is it a matter of knighthood?" ”

Li Luo nodded, glanced at the snow-white place without a trace, and said seriously: "Yes, it is a knight." But it can't be high, now at most the barons are at the top, and there is a light car lieutenant below. ”

Cui Xiuning said: "Now there are only two classes? ”

"Third class." Li Luo explained, "Pavilion man, village man, that is, the baron is divided into two levels, plus the light car captain. ”

What the? Cui Xiuning looked at Li Luo as if he didn't know him, "Pavilion man, village man?" Are you serious? I've only heard of Tinghou, never Tingnan. I read a lot, don't lie to me. ”

Li Luo spread his hands, "Tinghou is not right. Is it appropriate to eat a pavilion with a marquis? Then this Hou is too worthless. ”

Cui Xiuning shook his head, "I don't think it's appropriate, it's not as good as a first-class man and a second-class man." Your Pavilion Baron Village Baron doesn't look like a nobleman at all, it's not good. ”

Li Luo thought about it and felt that it was too earthy, so he accepted Cui Xiuning's opinion, "Then a first-class man and a second-class man." Come to the daughter-in-law, let's sum up who should be knighted and how to determine the treatment. ”

"There are still the number of people to control, my setting is that even if we sit in the world, the number of people who will be awarded the final sixth-level title cannot add up to more than one hundred and twenty. Now, there are only a maximum of more than thirty seals. Li Luo added.

Cui Xiuning asked: "How many titles has Zhu Yuanzhang sealed?" We can refer to the following. ”

Li Luo showed a strange look, "There are no viscounts and barons in the Ming Dynasty, let alone light car captains, all of them are dukes and lords. Zhu Yuanzhang sealed a total of sixty-five princes, and he... Fifty-eight were killed, and the vast majority of them were exterminated. ”

Cui Xiuning was a little dazed, and slowly shook his head: "It's too ruthless and poisonous, such a person... Inhumanity. You, don't learn from him. ”

Li Luo said: "Zhu Yuanzhang mainly broke the rules and left an extremely bad impression on the military generals of the Ming Dynasty. ”

The two of them muttered and wrote and painted for a long time, and finally settled down.

Three days later, on August 18, after another resignation, Li Luo finally accepted the persuasion of the ministers and ascended to the position of Duke of Tang.

On the same day, Li Luo took Cui Xiuning and his son Li Zheng to Taishang Dao Palace to worship. At the same time, the decree of the knighthood was read.

Wen Tianxiang, the captain of the Fengjun Division, is a first-class male who founded the country, is a fourth-class man, with an annual salary of 1,000 taels, and is awarded 600 acres of Yongye field.

Feng Shangqing Lin Biju, Gong Kan, Cui Mu, and Gu Kai were the four civil officials who founded the country as second-class men, from the fourth grade, 800 taels per year, and 500 acres of Yongye field.

Feng Dulie, Wutu, Jiang Jun, Zheng He, Yang Qingque, Chen Shuzhen, Yang Xu, Hu Gu, Guangxia, Zhu Jie, Xiao Bei, Zhang Yong, Liu Tuo, Wu Yan, Luo Yu 16 people are second-class men, the same year is 800 taels, Yongye field 500 acres.

Feng Han Shao, Shen Peanhua, Qu Shi, Zong Day, Li Yong, Li Yang, Li Zhi, Yan Falcon, Liu Dadao, Yan Tong, and Shi Coral were the lieutenants of the founding light car.

The light car is from the five products, the annual salary is 500 taels, and the Yongye field is 300 acres.

A total of 32 people were knighted.

It also stipulates that the title of Tang State is divided into two types: hereditary demotion and hereditary replacement. Anyone with the word "founding" will be hereditary.

The purpose of this is to make this group of people in the Haidong period die for effectiveness. If it is only a hereditary replacement of the founding title and does not abuse the title, it will not cause much burden to the country.

Take the Ming Dynasty as an example, the founding title was hereditary, but because of the rarity of the title, it did not spend too much money. The hereditary replacement of the Ming Dynasty clan is the most fatal.

Therefore, the first people who followed Li Luo to start a business, those who have a knighthood must be hereditary. And his own children and grandchildren will be demoted to the rank of lord.

As soon as the knighthood was ordered, all the people who got the knighthood, except for Wen Tianxiang, who didn't care, were all surprised and happy. And those who did not receive the knighthood also felt that the title was indeed fair, and it gave them hope.

Although the highest title is only a baron, and they are all low-level titles, but the Tang Kingdom has not yet raised troops, and when the army rises against the Yuan, I am afraid that there will be no chance of promotion?

In addition to the generals, there are also civil ministers, and even craftsmen and women have been knighted this time.

Suddenly, the morale and internal cohesion of the Tang State were once again raised to a higher level.

After the knighthood, the afternoon was a grand military parade.

The Tang Army's 80,000 land divisions, more than a dozen infantry brigades, all neatly arranged on the undeveloped plains in the west of the mountains, stretching for several miles, waving flags, swords and guns like forests, the momentum is incomparably majestic.

A big pole embroidered with Tang characters stood tall in the center of the military formation, and was hunted by the autumn mountain wind.

Cavalry, heavy infantry, mixed light infantry, crossbowmen, mountain soldiers, and even the newly formed firearms company of more than 300 men were all waiting to be reviewed.

At the end of the afternoon, Li Luo was wearing a gorgeous Xuan armor tailored for him by Gu Kai, wearing a dark black cloak, a purple sheath inlaid with gems and gold-handled Tang knives at his waist, riding a white food horse rewarded by Kublai Khan, and the army of people from north to south was in high spirits.

Cui Xiuning stood on the general platform not far away, and couldn't help but smile on his lips when he saw Li Luo's appearance in such a stylish manner.

It's been three years, and I've finally come to this point. The ambitious man of her family, this fugitive, finally has some capital to fight for the world.

Wen Tianxiang looked at the huge military array in front of him, and his heart also set off turbulent waves. He didn't expect that the Tang Army not only had so many men and horses, but also looked like elite soldiers in armor. Moreover, the military formation is strictly organized, the troops are complete, and the momentum is dry, and it is obviously a strong force.

In Wen Tianxiang's opinion, although he doesn't know what the real combat power is, his spirit is no longer inferior to the Mongolian iron cavalry.

In fact, this is not surprising, although the Tang Army did not have much combat experience, but its training was very hard, and the hard training day after day, as well as the ideological education of the members of the army, had invisibly shaped the fighting spirit of the Tang Army. The new samurai system also made the martial spirit of the Tang Army begin to transform into martial arts.

All this makes the temperament of the entire Tang Army very different from that of the Song Army.

As soon as Li Luo appeared in front of the military formation, an earth-shattering shout suddenly sounded.

"Your majesty! Mighty! Mighty!! ”

The shouts of 80,000 people were deafening, and the sound reached the sky, which simply changed the color of the wind and clouds.

Oha is full of swords and bows, and the king is on a patrol.

As soon as Li Luo reined in his horse, he hissed with a long hiss, raised his hooves and half stood up, together with his noble owner, and suddenly showed a great tension between static and dynamic changes.

Tang Guogong was slightly proud in his heart, this hand, he has been practicing for a long time, and he will definitely not show foreign appearances, only show off.

Li Luo immediately raised his whip and shouted loudly: "Warriors, why are you fighting!" ”

"Drive out the Tartars! Restore the Central Plains! Bloom again! ”

"Drive out the Tartars! Restore the Central Plains! Bloom again! ”

Li Luo shouted again: "Warriors, who are you fighting for! ”

"Fight for the king! Fight for Datang! ”

"Fight for the king! Fight for Datang! ”

Li Luo dropped his horse's head, raised his whip and pointed westward, and roared: "Warriors, look to the west!" That's hometown, that's the Central Plains! There are thousands of slaves, thousands of suffering! You will wash away your shame with iron and blood! Save or get revenge! One day, the widow will take you and kill you back! ”

Tens of thousands of people shouted in unison: "Kill back!" Kill back! Kill back! ”

Li Luo waved his hand vigorously, "Okay!" You train well, stay on your back, wait! Waiting for the widow's life! ”

After Li Luo roared these words, his throat was broken, and his mouth was a little salty. Originally, he wanted to be a horn, but he didn't like it because it wasn't cool enough, so he deserved it.

This was followed by a large-scale all-army drill held once in January.

The various arms of the armed forces cooperate with each other, change different formations, and then divide into two armies to practice offensive and defensive battles with each other. This training is mainly about coordination, formation changes, and the soldier's sense of battle.

How the infantry fought against the cavalry was the focus of the exercise, and the imaginary enemy was very clear.

It's not the first time Li Luo has watched the whole army's drill, and he feels that it is still not enough. Especially against the cavalry, although it is true, Li Luo thinks that it is still a little passive.

It seems that the cavalry should still be strengthened. Otherwise, no matter how strong the infantry is, it will be difficult to carry out an annihilating blow to the Yuan army. Even if he had tens of thousands of firearms, it would be difficult for him to chase after the Mongol cavalry.

Li Luo was not very satisfied, but Wen Tianxiang was very satisfied.

Strong! It's really a strong soldier in the world!

It's a pity that there were fewer cavalry, only 10,000 people. Against the Mongol army, it is difficult to win a big victory. It would be much better if there were 30,000 cavalry.

Wen Tianxiang saw at a glance the weakness of the Tang army, there were few cavalry.

Cavalry, it's not like you can have horses. It's about training. This is something that will be difficult to solve in the short term. Unless, Bingyuan is originally a person who is good at riding horses.

The 10,000 cavalry of the Tang Army was very sophisticated, and Wen Tianxiang only learned that it was a Jurchen and a small number of Khitans. It is no wonder that the vast majority of Han people do not have years of hard training, so it is impossible for them to be so skilled in riding and archery.

In addition to the Jurchens and Khitans, the only Han people who were good at riding and archery at this time were the Han people in the northwest. Wen Tianxiang was thinking about the cavalry, and he didn't pay attention to the army drill anymore.

What exactly should be done to solve the cavalry soldiers as soon as possible? Wen Tianxiang fell into deep thought.

After the end of the army's large-scale exercise, Li Luo ordered the soldiers to reward each with one tael of whale meat and half a catty of rice wine, and pay the autumn military salary in advance.

"Your Majesty, our Tang army is full of vigor and bravery, and the infantry of the Yuan army will definitely be vulnerable. But if you encounter the cavalry of the Yuan army, it is difficult to have a big victory, and it is even very dangerous. Wen Tianxiang said to Li Luo for the first time.

Li Luo was also thinking about this headache, "In Mr. Yi's words, what should I do?" ”

What worries him the most is not the war horse, but also the source of cavalry. The Mongol Iron Cavalry and the Tanma Red Army were both skilled in riding and archery. What's the use of you engaging some people who have just learned to ride a horse? That's a death send-off.

The cavalry was not to fight the cavalry of the Yuan army, but to protect the infantry, compete for the initiative on the battlefield, and expand the results of the battle.

But now, he is searching with all his might, and the cavalry of the Tang Army who can ride and shoot is only more than 10,000, and ninety percent of them are Jurchen and Khitan.

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