Chapter 311 is difficult to decide

"In this way, we only have three choices, Donglai Sushang, Hebei Dou Jiande, and Taiyuan Li Yuan." Wei Xiu thought for a moment, and then asked, "Which one does General Wang think is better to choose?"

Wang Junkuo shook his head and said with a wry smile: "These three families have their own advantages, but these are all legends, I haven't seen their soldiers in the army, so I can't say which one is better, you can consider it yourself!"

Everyone pondered in silence, and after a while, a general surnamed Zheng stood up and said, "I suggest choosing Taiyuan Li Yuan." Li Yuan's family are all talented people, Li Yuan himself is far-sighted, planned and then moved, Li Jiancheng is humble and polite, is a talent for governing the country, Li Shimin is a military wizard, Li Yuanji... Such a family, whether it is marching and fighting, or ruling the country, is proficient in everything. Only by taking refuge in them will we be more likely to make meritorious achievements and be crowned with wives and children. ”

The general surnamed Zheng is named Zheng Yang, a native of Dongjun, and he is a member of the Zheng clan in Xingyang.

"I agree with General Zheng's suggestion!" A general surnamed Liu spoke out in agreement.

Like Zheng Yang, he is a native of Dongjun, and he has a good relationship with Zheng Yang, and he also has a very unusual relationship with the Zheng family in Xingyang.

"Li Yuan's family is meticulous in military strategy, since the beginning of the army, they have been advancing all the way, without any defeat, and they are the world's big clans, and there are many big clans behind them to support, I also think they are the most likely to seize the Great Sui world."

"I don't approve of it! I think it's better to choose Dou Jiande, he is also from the rebel army..."

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In the next half an hour, in addition to Huang Junhan, Wei Xiu and a few others, more than 20 generals spoke out to express their opinions, and finally they were divided into three groups, each supporting one family.

After some discussion, they first eliminated Dou Jiande from Hebei, but the remaining two supported half of the number of people, and for a while, the discussion was a bit intense, and each could not convince the dissidents.

Looking at the people who were getting more and more excited, Huang Junhan and Niu Xiu glanced at each other and couldn't help but smile a little bitterly.

At this time, Cheng Yanjin, who had not spoken out to express his opinions, knocked on the table and said, "Can the generals listen to my old Cheng's opinion first?"

Cheng Biting Jin's voice was a little loud, which immediately disrupted everyone's discussion, and they all looked at Cheng Biting Jin, but they didn't dislike it, after all, although Cheng Biting Jin was a little reckless, his usual popularity was still good!

Cheng Yanjin hugged his fists to Huang Junhan and Niu Xiu, and said: "Taiyuan Li Yuan is a big family, we are a civilian rebel army, the two are not all the way, Lao Cheng thinks it is not very suitable to take refuge in Li Yuan."

The general surnamed Liu and Zheng Yang glanced at each other and said, "General Cheng said this, isn't it a bit too absolute?" Although Taiyuan Li Yuan is said to be from a big family, he is broad-minded and can accommodate talents from all over the world. ”

"Not bad!"

Zheng Ying also agreed, "Although Li Yuan is a member of the family, he can be a virtuous corporal, bow down to recruit talents from all over the world, never discriminate against civilian generals, let alone judge heroes by his background, he is the image of the master!" ”

Cheng Yanjin shook his head and said: "Maybe as General Zheng said, Li Yuan can be a corporal and treat all generals equally, but General Zheng should not forget that the reason why Li Yuan was able to advance and be undefeated after the uprising was not only to rely on his elite soldiers, but more to rely on the relationship of the big family." From Li Yuan's army to the present, his army has rarely fought bloody battles, and most of the cities they captured have relied on the transfer relationship of the big families, and they can easily win it under the cooperation of the inside and the outside, so what Li Yuan really values is the big families. You might as well imagine that if a civilian general has a conflict of interest with the family members, can Li Yuan still deal with it impartially? ”

Everyone was suddenly silent and fell into a short period of thought.

At this time, Wang Junkuo spoke up: "I also agree with General Cheng's opinion. Li Yuan is supported by a big family, so most of his henchmen are clansmen from big families. And if we take refuge in Li Yuan and want to achieve something, we will definitely squeeze out the interests of the big families, and then they will definitely jointly squeeze out us in front of Li Yuan and design against us. Think about it, under the joint exclusion of the big families, do we, the generals from civilian backgrounds, still have a chance to come out? ”

"Not bad! I'm just worried about this! I think everyone knows that before Lao Cheng joined Wagangzhai, he was a general in the court. At that time, Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin and I followed General Zhang Xutuo to fight in the south and the north, and made a lot of contributions. It stands to reason that with the military merits of the three of us, it will be more than enough to be crowned an eagle, and the generals have repeatedly asked for merit and rewards for us, but because we are all civilians, those officials of the family not only withheld the general's merits for us, but also repeatedly took our military merits. Until the end, I was only made a captain, and those generals who were not as good as ours and came from a big family had already been named Eagle Yang Lang General. ”

The generals were silent again, most of them were from small civilian families and had no background, Cheng Yanjin's worries were also their worries.

The general surnamed Liu also fell silent, but Zheng Yang was a little unwilling, but he couldn't find any suitable reason to refute it, after all, what Cheng Yanjin said was the truth, once the civilian generals were involved in the interests of the big families, the big families would put aside their prejudices, unanimously squeeze out the civilian generals.

After a long time, Zheng Yang finally found a point of rebuttal and said: "The big families crowd out the common people, no matter where it is, it's the same!" Donglai Sushang also has many family officials under him, and they will also crowd out officials from civilian backgrounds. ”

"This General Zheng is wrong!"

Cheng Yanjin shook his head and said, "I have met Donglai Sushang a few times, and I have lived in Donglai County for a period of time, so I still have some understanding of Donglai Sushang's work." As General Zheng said, Su Shang's subordinates also have many officials from families, but Su Shang's background is similar to ours, they all started from civilian rebels, so he values generals from civilian backgrounds the most. As far as I know, at least seventy percent of the generals in the Confederate army were from small civilian households. ”。

Cheng Yanjin paused, looked at everyone, and continued: "Moreover, Su Shang attaches great importance to the training of generals, and he has an allied military academy in Donglai County, and he is the headmaster. Su Shang once ordered that every general who joins the Allied Army, whether it is a member of the family or an ordinary person, must first enter the Allied Military Academy to study before he can take up his post! ”

Everyone had heard all kinds of rumors about the Donglai Alliance, but they didn't believe it at first, and they all thought that those were exaggerated rumors, but now that they were confirmed by Cheng Yanjin, they were all a little moved!