Chapter 596: Xiongdu (39)

When the Daxing Palace was built during the Kaihuang period, the needs of the celebration were already taken into account. The main gate of Daxing Palace is Chengtianmen, which is the place where the Great Dynasty Meeting is held on New Year's Day and the Winter Solstice, and it is attached to the "Great Dynasty" or "Outer Dynasty" of the palace of the Zhou Dynasty. It's just that this kind of celebration is a part of the ritual, and it is not the same as the folk festival celebration. After the great chaos, the first thing is to show the prestige, the people are in awe, and even the emperor himself has never considered having fun with the people.

He would never have imagined that Daxing Palace, which he regarded as the world's most solemn and solemn place, would one day become a place for military generals to gather and drink. The Chengtian Gate was wide open, and the solemn places such as Menxia Province, History Museum, Hongwen Museum, Zhongshu Province, and Sheren Yuan became a place for martial artists with generals and lords to drink. Those military generals with lower status are in the corridor, drinking and eating meat and scolding their mothers loudly, drinking so much! Turning the court, which is related to the dignity of the imperial court, into a place for military generals to drink, this is the first time since the founding of the Great Sui Dynasty.

Li Yuan's troops now have more than 120,000 soldiers and horses, and the number of generals is naturally extremely impressive. Moreover, these soldiers and horses come from different sources, such as Li Shentong or other families when they raise troops, and indiscriminately issue the rank of general, resulting in the overflow of celebrities. At present, there are many generals in the Jinyang Army, even if they are all miscellaneous generals who do not hold power, it is still a heavy burden for Li Yuan.

After a big victory, there is a reward, which is the rule of iron in the barracks. Fighting Han charged into battle without avoiding arrows and stones, and it was a matter of course to use his own life to gain wealth and wealth. When he was about to fight, he gave an order, and he didn't have much to say when he went to the soup. However, after the deed is accomplished, if the lord is stingy and refuses to reward, so that these generals and soldiers are resentful, it will also cause great trouble.

Especially in the current turbulent times, people's hearts are not easy to grasp, once the three armies are disappointed, it is not surprising that there will be a mutiny or a roar. This kind of situation also happened during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, when the battle was originally won, but because the reward was not timely, or the reward was not enough, the army was discouraged, and the army was discouraged, and from a big victory to a big defeat, or a big rout and fled, so that the opponent took advantage of nothing.

For the military master, fighting a war is of course to seek victory, but how to appease the soldiers and ensure that the three armies obey orders after victory is also a great test of the commander's ability.

Li Yuan was born in a family of generals, and he was familiar with the training of the court, so he was naturally no stranger to how to control the soldiers and generals. Compared with most of the current martial artists, Li Yuan's skills in this area are more skillful. Although Chang'an is now in his hands and has a wide range of gold and silver goods in his hands, he does not squander his money at will like an upstart, and scatters his wealth to invite people to buy people's hearts.

After all, it is a long process to fight the world, and there will be wars in the future, and if you squander the savings of the Great Sui for decades at a time, you will have a sad life in the future. If you cultivate the appetite of the soldier into a bottomless pit, you will suffer in the end.

Guarding the mountains of gold and silver, it is natural that we cannot but give rewards, but we cannot blindly buy people's hearts with gold and silver. For these capable generals, the way to buy their subordinates is far more than just a way to buy goods, just like the current banquet, which is one of the means.

The so-called soldiers follow the generals, and the generals are the cornerstone of controlling the three armies, and if they are encircled, the entire army will be controlled. Although Li Yuan does not stay with military generals like Li Shimin on weekdays, he also has a clear grasp of the thoughts of these people. Even if it is the general of the Eagle Yang of the Six Prefectures in Hedong, he has never seen Chang'an, let alone the palace, let alone the other newly attached soldiers.

These people's curiosity about the palace is far beyond the expectation of goods. As long as they pass this addiction, they will rejoice in their hearts, and they will look down on their possessions. Eating and drinking in the palace and making a lot of noise is something they dare not dream of. Fulfilling this wish is more satisfying than getting a large sum of money.

A banquet with no expense can be worth the amount of money in Shanghai, which is naturally the best choice. Even if a small number of generals only want money and are dissatisfied with such an arrangement, they will not be able to make waves alone. For the Li family, it is naturally a good deal to make sure that you don't lose money. As for the loss of the face and body of the imperial court, this point is not within Li Yuan's consideration at all.

After all, the so-called emperor is still Yang Yu, and he is also shaved with the skin of the Great Sui, so that the generals can toss casually, and there is no harm to himself. When the world arrives in the future, it is not too late to make rules for yourself.

Li Yuan's chief is located in the Daxing Hall where the Son of Heaven listens to the government on the Shuowang Day, and he is in the first place, and there is a palace lady behind him. Although he is still wearing an official robe, his style is no different from that of the Son of Heaven. Those who drank at his table were Pei Lian, Wen Daya and other henchmen, and among the surviving ministers of the DPRK and China, they were the most intimate and important figures with the Li family.

Unlike the children of the Yang family, the Chinese martial arts of the dynasty were worried about their lives before they surrendered, and they had to compete for a position of authority after they surrendered. If you can't satisfy them, you will definitely find an opportunity to make trouble. The world is undecided, and these people are the role models of other Great Sui courtiers. The so-called daughter buys horse bones, the better it is for them, the easier it will be for other Great Sui courtiers to be grateful to Li Yuan, and it will save a lot of effort to persuade them to surrender in the future. It is because Li Yuan spares no effort to satisfy this group of courtiers. Arranging them in the chief is naturally also a means to win people's hearts.

At this table, civil officials are the mainstay, and even a military general is an old man with white hair. People don't take their muscles and bones as their ability, no matter how brave they were in the past, they are now powerless to charge into battle, and the so-called martial artist identity is just a title. In the true sense of the word, there is only Xu Le.

The fire in Chang'an City made Xu Le's name spread among officials again, and it was louder than when Pujin cut the fish. After all, the affairs of Pujin can not be seen by Chang'an Wenwu, not to mention that it is common for a military general to die on the battlefield, and it is not strange that Yu Juluo is old and killed. It was the fire in Chang'an City that made the city's Chinese martial arts afraid of Xu Le in their hearts.

Even if the fire was put out in time, six squares and alleys were turned into white ground in the sea of fire, and more than a dozen squares were implicated, and more or less houses were burned down. If it weren't for Wei Xuan's decisive and timely surrender, these mansions would inevitably be burned. Since the founding of the Great Sui Dynasty, there have been many fierce generals and heroes who can kill and fight well, and there are many bold and ambitious people. But Xu Le was the only one who dared to set fire to Chang'an City unscrupulously, and even prepared to burn the palace.

Li Yuan has such people under him, just like a white-fronted tiger with a hanging head, I don't know when it will come out of the cage and hurt people. Everyone looked at Xu Le's eyes full of vigilance, and their attitude towards Li Yuan was also extremely deferential.

Yu Qunchen's attitude Xu Le knows well, he has always admired heroes and heroes, and looks down on incompetent rats. This kind of flies and dogs are naturally difficult to see. How much if they are dissatisfied or wary of themselves? His own family has a foothold in the Li family, relying on his skills, and he sacrifices his life to fight with a knife and a gun, and he doesn't need to worry about the thoughts of these rats. Besides, for a new fighting general, if it is everywhere, I am afraid that it will be a blessing and a curse. He entered the city much earlier than Li Yuanwei, but this is also the reason why he didn't make friends with these people. If these ministers were particularly enthusiastic with themselves at today's banquet, Li Yuan would not let him go no matter how benevolent he was.

In the final analysis, the fighting general is like a sword, it is a sharp weapon for the master to overcome thorns and thorns. For Li Yuan, he can intimidate the ministers, and at the same time, he is alone, so he thinks about him. It is because the more unpleasant these people look at themselves, the more happy they are. Therefore, although there was a staggered and loud laughter at the banquet, Xu Le did not say a word, his face sank like water, and he looked sullen. This appearance obviously made the group of ministers nervous, and they were extremely careful in their words, for fear that saying the wrong thing would bring unforeseen disasters to themselves.

In addition to deterring the ministers, Xu Le really didn't have the heart to laugh. Although the capture of Chang'an made great achievements in the war, the Li family turned defeat into victory and completely established the hegemony of Guanzhong, but the price paid was also extraordinary. There were repeated battles inside and outside the city, and more than 80 people were lost in Xuanjia Paoze. Due to the fact that the elite route has always been pursued, the number of Xuanjia cavalry is not large, and such losses can be regarded as wounded muscles and bones, and even the army that has just made great achievements has to be transferred to a state of rest.

What's more, many of these members of the Xuanjia Cavalry who died in battle were Xujialu villagers or warriors of the Lianghaite tribe. I led them to join the army to kill the enemy and break the formation, in order to find a bright road for everyone to live with their heads held high in the troubled times, and they can live a good life in the future, which can be regarded as worthy of the entrustment of their own grandfather and Luo Dun's grandfather.

Unexpectedly, after a series of fierce battles, these people left them one by one, and there were fewer and fewer familiar faces around them. I wanted to find a way for them to live, but instead led them into the ghost gate. Grandpa said in his daily life that he would not lead the troops, and he thought that he had trained himself to be hard-hearted, but now it seems that it is far from enough. Just thinking of those robes that died in battle, I feel sad in my heart, and it is difficult to eat the elixir and jade dew, how can I laugh?

Fortunately, he is notorious, no one dares to provoke him, as long as Li Yuan is not strange, others will follow him. Otherwise, at such a time, everyone was drinking and laughing, and Xu Le was the only one with a straight face, and he would have to cause some trouble.

Li Yuan is easy-going, especially before the banquet, there is no shelf, and he eats and laughs like a generous elder in the family. While eating and drinking, he praised Xu Le beside him: "Ah Le is the deceased of my Li family, although he is a different surname, he is really a family, and he is treated as his own son and nephew." He was born in Shenwu since he was a child, and he doesn't understand the rules of the capital. ”

Today's Li Yuan is like a hidden son of heaven, and there are very few people who can let him open Chrysostom to protect him. The ministers have been able to live until now, and they are naturally very well-behaved characters. Just hearing this, he knew that Xu Le's status in the Li family was not trivial, and he must not be regarded as a fighting general, so he dared not provoke him.

At this moment, Dou Fengjie staggered towards Xu Le with a pot in his hand and a cup in his hand.