The secretary of the military department, the left and right attendants, the twelve guard generals, the twelve guard supervisors, and the two generals of the water division, all appeared in front of Li Ze in full clothes. And Li Ze also deliberately put on a set of armor, although it was indeed a little uncomfortable for him.

His days with armor were too few.

But today is different.

As the chairman of the Military Council, the highest military organ in the Tang Dynasty, this was the first time he had summoned his subordinates.

Therefore, there is still a sense of ritual.

Receiving the chairmen of the other committees, Li Ze sat in his emperor's grand hall. Because these people, on top of theory, can compete with him and are qualified to talk to him about conditions.

And these generals are different.

Therefore, the place where Li Ze met with these people was chosen as the office of the Military Commission. The Buwu Hall in the Taiji Palace.

Generally, in a festival hall like this, there is a picture of a roaring tiger descending the mountain in the middle hall, but behind Li Ze, there is a huge world map. Standing in the hall, as soon as you raise your eyes, you can see this map, and on it, a small red flag is clearly marked with a small red flag where Datang can set foot today.

Looking at the small red flags on the map, a qualified soldier will naturally have an urge to rush up and plant the flag all over his heart.

"I've seen the Generalissimo!" All the generals saluted with their hands crossed and spoke in unison.

The reason why he is called Generalissimo instead of His Majesty is because the chairman of the Military Council naturally becomes the military commander of the whole country. But this military commander doesn't have to be the emperor.

Li Ze has this ability, so he is both an emperor and a generalissimo.

Or one day, the generalissimo will be replaced by someone else.

The emperor can be a generalissimo.

But the generalissimo is not necessarily the emperor.

This is the rule set by Li Ze.

"Sit!" Li Ze waved his hand, and everyone sat down in order.

His eyes swept over the faces of these people one by one, and Li Ze said slowly: "Datang can have today, and I can sit in today's position, which is inseparable from the bloody struggle and dedication of everyone here." However, we are gathered today not to talk about the merits of the past, but to talk about the future of our Datang army. Today, the people sitting here can basically represent the will of the Tang Army, as long as we unify our thinking, then the future of the Tang Army can be decided. ”

"The army will always be Your Majesty's army, as long as Your Majesty calls, I will wait to go to the soup and fire, and I will not hesitate!" Tu Lichun stood up and said loudly. His position is the first place on the right, and it is far opposite to Li Anmin, the secretary of the military department opposite, which shows that his status is firmly ranked first among many generals. It was Shi Zhuang, who also sat under him.

"That's wrong!" Li Ze smiled and waved his hand: "The army is the army of the Tang Dynasty, the army of the Yixing Society, not the army of my Li Ze alone." ”

"Your Majesty!" Tu Lichun raised his head and wanted to defend, but was stopped by Li Ze with a wave of his hand. "General Tu, it looks like I'm going to have to ask Cao Zhang to give you a special lesson. If the army is my army alone, loyal to me alone, what is the use of me bothering to engage in these systems in Baal? Is it for the sake of good looks? Is it to deceive the world and steal fame? ”

Tu Lichun lowered his head.

"The idea that the army is loyal to only one person is dangerous." Li Ze said coldly: "Today, you are loyal to me, and that day, you have found a new person to be loyal to?" ”

These words were said seriously, and the dozens of generals in the hall all stood up with a bang.

"Sit down!" Li Ze slapped the table, "The army can only be the army of the country, the army of the Yixing Society, you are responsible for the country and the Yixing Society, not for me Li Ze." ”

After turning the big case and walking to the middle of the lobby, Li Ze said sharply: "If you don't understand this, or don't agree with this, then I can only ask you to leave the army." ”

Inside the room, there was the sound of spitting incessantly. Obviously, these generals were all shocked, and Li Ze's counterreaction to this point was beyond everyone's expectations.

"People will die, I will die, and you will die too." Looking at everyone's expressions, Li Ze slowed down his tone and said, "While our generation is still alive and can still speak, then we have to set up the rules." Whoever violates this rule will be doomed, and I want to emphasize here that no matter who he is, this is a red line, and no one can step on it. ”

Everyone was awe-inspired, and the hall was silent.

After a while, a person stood up, but it was Zhang Jia.

"Your Majesty, you are heaven to us people, and there is no possibility that we will not listen to everything you say. It's just one point, but there is a barrier in my heart, don't vomit or be unhappy! ”

"You say!"

Zhang Jia strode forward and said, "We listen to you, we have nothing to say, and if we listen to the little prince, we have nothing to say." But according to what you said later, it is possible that we will have to listen to other people, and this will be uncomfortable in everyone's hearts. I think that's what everyone means, right? ”

Li Ze nodded, turned around and walked back to the back of the big case, and sat down.

"Who else thinks like that?"

You Yong, Min Rou, and Wang Sili walked out silently.

Liu Chenglin hesitated, glanced at Li Ze with a somewhat complicated expression, and finally stood in place.

As for Li Mi, Shi Zhuang, and Li Cunzhong, they stood still and did not move.

"Your Majesty, we are all martial artists, unlike those civil officials, who have seven tricks in their hearts, we just think of where we go, where we speak."

"Since ancient times, they have said what the Li family army, the Yang family army or something, but now everyone looks back and sees, can these so-called soldiers really protect their masters all the time?" Li Ze said: "Don't talk about it far, let's talk about us now, those Jiedu envoys who are entrenched in one side after another, how can their army not be loyal to them alone, what will happen in the end?" Li Ze looked at everyone and said slowly.

"The army I want is an army with a soul and a purpose." Looking at everyone, Li Ze said: "Many of you have also heard me say that what I want to do is to be an emperor through the ages, and what I want to build is an empire that will be inherited for eternity." Then the army of this empire, the object of his allegiance, has only one object, and that is the country, not a certain person. Because this person may be virtuous, he may be stupid, or he may even be a madman. If such a person is allowed to control the army and the lifeblood of the entire empire, then the country is only afraid of the end of the country. ”

"This is also the purpose of my establishment of the Yixing Society, the purpose of the establishment of the Supreme Council. If you want to talk about selfishness, I naturally have it, if I am virtuous, I can naturally be like me, and if I am stupid, then be an emperor honestly, don't meddle in government affairs, so that at least I can keep a peace and security. Just like you, your son, if he can make a name for himself in the army in the future, and his son inherits his father's business, it will be good, if not, then it is good to be a rich and noble idler in peace. ”

Li Ze looked at everyone with blazing eyes: "Everyone also knows that now our military system has basically taken shape, and many rules are also imperceptibly affecting all soldiers. Therefore, I Datang is not afraid of any generals, to say a word from the heart, I can't wait for your descendants, all of them are good generals and brave generals in the world. Of course, I also hope that my sons and grandchildren will be extremely virtuous in the future. ”

But this is just an expectation, not a reality! Who can say for sure what will happen in the future? Therefore, we must guarantee it with the system. Ladies and gentlemen, as long as this country is always prosperous and developed, then my children and grandchildren, and your children and grandchildren, can at least keep their wealth and glory, right? ”

"Your Majesty, we understand what you say, but how can you guarantee that the person who takes over must be virtuous?" Zhang Jia asked rhetorically.

"The chairmen of our Supreme Council are all elected by the members of Yixing Society. Now we have millions of Yixing members, and there will be more in the future, if so many elected leaders are not virtuous and cannot lead this empire forward, it means that our Yixing Society is sick, and our Datang is sick, then there is no pity. Ladies and gentlemen, don't forget, you also have to vote. Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if there is a certain person who deceives the world and steals his name and deceives everyone, but there are six of them in the Supreme Council, is it possible that these six are all stupid people? That's why I'm sticking to it. Democratic centralism, democratic centralism, foundation, is still democracy! ”

Zhang Jia sighed: "Your Majesty, since you have said this, we have nothing to say. But in our opinion, isn't loyalty to you the same as loyalty to the country and the Yixing Society? ”

"It seems that you generals, you really want Cao Zhang to make up for you. It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, just today, Chen Wenliang, inform me that the generals will have Chinese food and dinner with me, and then send someone to invite Cao Zhang to come over and tell our generals what is the great righteousness of the country and what is the national integrity? What is the military spirit? ”

Chen Wenliang couldn't help but laugh and strode out.

"Your Majesty, what you said, we have already understood, there is no need to listen to the class, right?" You Yong said with a bitter face. was glanced at by Li Ze, but he lowered his head helplessly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, one thing, I can assure you, is that our army will not stop." Li Zedao: "The most important point of a country's strength is to see whether its army is strong or not, and a strong army needs to be constantly sharpened, so if the Southern Alliance is defeated, we will still advance, and there are Jiaozhi, Annan, and Champang, everyone look at the map behind me, how many blank spaces there are!" ”