At the beginning of the one-yuan, Vientiane is renewed. Li Shimin finally spent most of the year, at the annual court meeting, when all the ministers kowtowed to him, he finally knew that he was not only a husband, but also the monarch of the world, and the entire Tang Dynasty expected him to make a difference.

"Li Dongsheng hasn't been settled yet? It's been almost a year, why hasn't there been an explanation? Li Shimin asked Ma Zhou in surprise.

Ma Zhou looked at the prime ministers around him who had their ears pricked up and said, "Your Majesty, the officials are waiting for your attitude." ”

"Wait for my attitude?" Li Shimin pondered for a moment and was furious: "Last time, I wanted to arrange for Li Dongsheng, saying that I didn't need to ask about the appointment and dismissal of a six-grade official, and now I said that it depends on my attitude?" What about the eldest grandson Wuji? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the eldest grandson Wuji has been recuperating at home for half a year because of excessive grief, and he has not yet come to the room."

Hearing Yu Shi say this, Li Shimin lowered his head, and said after a while: "Li Dongsheng is also a talent, and it is impossible to say that he has been idle for a year, so I will find a good place to go and appease me." ”

Only Ma Zhou said: "Your Majesty Shengming!" ”

Li Dongsheng was dumbfounded when he received the decree, and asked the little eunuch who came to announce the decree: "Is this what Your Majesty meant?" Make no mistake, right? ”

The little eunuch smiled and said, "There must be no mistake, this holy decree dictated by His Majesty and written by Lord Chu himself." ”

"But I'm a civilian official, and I'm a jinshi, how can I go to be the chief officer in the barracks?" Li Dongsheng was still confused: "What's more, where is this firearms battalion and where is it stationed, I haven't explained it?" I didn't say where I went to work. Besides, I don't know anything about this military affairs, and I ask you to bring the holy decree back to the palace, just say that I, Li Dongsheng, don't understand military affairs, and don't dare to joke with the lives of my Tang Dynasty soldiers, I don't accept this appointment. ”

The little eunuch was taken aback: "Li Tanhua, don't harm me, you can go to the military department to know the specific affairs, I'm just a messenger, how can I not accept it?" If you have any doubts, I will definitely explain it to you. ”

Thinking about it, it's also meaningless to embarrass a little eunuch. Li Dongsheng decided to go to the Ministry of War tomorrow to explain things clearly, this appointment is too weird, generally officials of his level are appointed by the Ministry of Officials, and suddenly Li Shimin personally came to a holy decree, which is simply the first time in history, his own weapon has already told him, it does not have the nature of large-scale promotion, why is there such an appointment?

Entered the Ministry of War, this place is not as crowded as the Ministry of Officials, seeing Li Dongsheng and the little official still smiled and nodded, Li Dongsheng has never been to the Ministry of War, so he pulled a person by his hand and asked: "Brother Tai, I don't know which department to report to this appointment?" ”

The official saw that Li Dongsheng was young, and he was probably not a big official, so he said directly: "You take out the documents and I'll see where you are going." ”

"Well, I don't have the paperwork yet...

As soon as the official wanted to say what kind of joke, he didn't have any paperwork to report to the military department, but he saw Li Dongsheng take out a yellow cancan thing from his arms: "Your Majesty gave me a holy decree, and the military department has never come, so please take a look." ”

The little official was taken aback, he was appointed by the Holy Decree at such a young age, he must be the descendant of a big man, and hurriedly said: "You must be personally arranged by Lord Shangshu, and I will take you there." ”

Walking through the two courtyards, the little official said: "This is the place where Lord Shangshu works, I can't enter with a low level, you can go by yourself." After speaking, he didn't wait for Li Dongsheng to say thank you, and ran away.

After Li Dongsheng reported it, he quickly went in, and the current secretary of the military department is Hou Junji, who is also a famous general, although the ending is not very good. After entering, a person in his forties was working behind the desk, with a long face that was dark and big, and he didn't speak anywhere he read the documents, Li Dongsheng knew that this was the normal posture of the officials, that is, to hang you for a while and secretly observe your character. He thought to himself that such an old-fashioned thing has been used for many years, so he can't change the trick?

After waiting for a while, he put down the case file in his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Dongshengxian, you are the queen of the gate, and now you have finally arrived at us, haha, everyone is very pleased." ”

Li Dongsheng, who was called by a virtuous brother, was terrified, and hurriedly said: "I don't dare to call Lord Shangshu like this." ”

"Why can't you afford it, Gong Wei is my teacher, of course we are called equals. You sit, come on, serve tea! ”

After Li Dongsheng sat down, Hou Junji asked Li Jing about his physical life again, and then said slowly: "What do you think of this firearms battalion?" ”

"Don't have any ideas? Hou Shangshu, I was also stunned when I received this holy decree, you know that I am a civil official, and suddenly let me be the chief officer of the firearms battalion, this is not appropriate, right? The army is meant to fight, and I, a person who has never been on the battlefield, to command others, is not joking with other people's lives! I also ask Lord Shangshu to reply to Your Majesty, I really can't do this thing. ”

Hou Junji said with a smile: "You are behind the gate, how can you say that you don't know how to fight?" Didn't you also participate in the first battle of Dingxiang, and you also came up with a lot of ideas, as long as the chief officer thinks about how to win, someone is naturally responsible for the specific march, logistics, and drills. Your Majesty appointed you as the chief officer, there must be his considerations, we will carry it out, I don't know what the specific establishment of your battalion is, first give you 3,000 people, you go to the right guard camp to pick it yourself! ”

With a depressed expression, Li Dongsheng said goodbye to Hou Junji, took the appointment documents of the Ministry of War, and went straight to the right military guard.

The foundation of the Tang Dynasty army was the world-famous government military system. This is a system based on the system of equalizing the land of soldiers and peasants, and first, the system of integrating soldiers with peasants.

A number of "military offices" have been set up in various parts of the world, and the "government soldiers" are selected by the military governments in various localities from among the peasants in the prefectures and counties where they are located, and they are exempted from military service in their twenties and 60 years old, and they produce at home and train in agricultural leisure in peacetime.

However, the "military government" only manages the household registration and daily training of the "government soldiers," and it cannot command the "government soldiers" of the "fanshang," still less does it have the right to command in wartime.

The soldiers of Fanshangfu, commanded by the generals of the Sixteen Guards; Wartime command was in the hands of the marshal chosen by the emperor.

The system of guarding the government is to unify the "government" with "guard". The Sixteen Guards are not only the forbidden soldiers of the garrison division, but also the leading body that commands the "government soldiers" in the world.

The Tang Dynasty's "Sixteen Guards" led the world's 657 Zhichong Mansions, located in the middle of the imperial perimeter, garrisoning the Beijing Division, which was the unity of the government soldiers and the forbidden army. However, it is worth emphasizing that the 16th General Wei only has a "remote command" over the military government of the world, and does not have real wartime command. During the war, the emperor temporarily sent the generalissimo of the march as the supreme commander, and the name of this commander was the general manager of the march of a certain road, of course, in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, due to the serious annexation of land, the government military system did not exist, and now it is still the time when the Tang army can fight the most.