Chapter 340: North and South Ya

Zhang Yunwen asked people to send this gift list to Li Yu in the backyard. There are some things he still has to explain to Li Yu, after all, Li Yu is his wife and the eldest wife of the Zhang family.

At this moment, Li Yu was in a hurry, the baby kept crying in Li Yu's arms, and the tender limbs were dancing and kicking, so that Li Yu covered the baby with silk cloth for a while, and coaxed the baby for a while. When he saw the gift list sent by the maid, he took a cursory look at it and said, "What's so interesting about this thing!" He was about to let someone take it away, but suddenly he felt that something was wrong, and said again, "Wait, let me see again!" ”

When his eyes swept to the place where the gift list was placed, Li Yu was suddenly stunned. It turned out that someone was urging Zhang Yunwen to get married quickly. Thinking of Wang Yan's gorgeous face, Li Yu's heart couldn't help but feel slightly sour. At this time, the baby in his arms cried loudly again, and Li Yu hurriedly patted the baby's back gently and coaxed softly.

"You go back to the master, just say what you have to do, some things have to be done sooner or later!" When the baby's crying gradually became quieter, Li Yu said to the maid.

The maid made a note, bowed, and left the room.

Li Yu looked at the lovely cheeks of the child in his arms and couldn't help but sigh softly.

After listening to Li Yu's answer, Zhang Yunwen knew that the matter had been completed, but the rest of the matter needed Li Shimin's consent. At the beginning, he promised to marry in public, but now that it is a period of military reform, will Li Shimin take care of his own affairs?

Although he was a little apprehensive, Zhang Yunwen still came to the Taiji Palace and was ready to tell Li Shimin about it.

However, when I came to the Taiji Palace, I saw that all the generals were here, with serious expressions. Seeing Zhang Yunwen coming in, Cheng Biting Jin smiled on the spot: "Hehe, you kid flew over!" The chamberlain sent by His Majesty to summon you has just gone out less than half an hour before your boy arrives! ”

Zhang Yunwen suddenly smiled in his heart: "Heh, that's a coincidence!" ”

After waiting for a while, I saw that Li Daozong, Wei Chigong and others also appeared in the main hall. These people were originally governors of one side, and they were officials outside, but they didn't expect to come to the main hall today.

"Hehe, Yunwen, I heard that your kid's son was born with eight catties and three taels, is it true? When are you going to invite us to drink?" Cheng Yanjin said with a grin.

As soon as these words came out, the generals standing around also coaxed.

"Eight pounds and three taels?" Zhang Yunwen couldn't help but look stunned, "This, who said this?" ”

"It has been spread all over Chang'an, saying that Her Royal Highness Princess Runan gave birth to a son for you, weighing eight catties! Hehe, Yunwen, you finally have a successor! ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yunwen was silent for a moment. This kind of rumor must have been spread by Empress Changsun, and I don't know what Runan and Zhirou should think after hearing this rumor!

When he was groaning, he suddenly felt a weight on his shoulder, and a big hand fell on his shoulder, but it was Wei Chigong who was patting his shoulder: "Yunwen, you like your son, and you didn't even notify your teacher, when you entered the city for your teacher yesterday, I knew that you had a son!" ”

Zhang Yunwen hurriedly confessed: "Hehe, master forgive me, the kid thought that you were sitting in Xiangzhou, so he sent someone to Xiangzhou to deliver a letter, but I didn't expect the master to come back first!" ”

"yes, it's back!" Wei Chigong sighed and said, "The old man won't go out again, and the rest of the days will be spent in Chang'an to enjoy his old age!" Oh, by the way, I heard that you and General Li made up a military reform, although the specific old man hasn't seen it yet, but Yunwen you have to remember that everything must be in line with reality, step by step on the ground and fly too high, and fall hard! ”

"Yunwen has been taught!" Zhang Yunwen bowed and bowed.

Wei Chigong nodded and said no more.

At this time, Li Shimin walked into the main hall.

Everyone immediately bowed and said, "Your Majesty!" ”

His eyes swept over the crowd below, and he said loudly: "You Aiqing have worked hard, you don't need to be polite, get up!" ”

After everyone got up, Li Shimin smiled and said: "Wei Chiqing's family, Daozong, you came from afar, I called you here without letting you rest." And Yunwen, not long after I got a child, I'm afraid I'm at home to get a child, I was called by me, I really can't stand you! ”

Zhang Yunwen and everyone hurriedly said: "Where is Your Majesty, sharing worries for Your Majesty is really a matter within my own responsibility, how dare you excuse it!" ”

Li Shimin smiled, and then said solemnly: "Today, I am looking for Qing and others to come here for this military reform." Now that the military reform has been carried out for more than a month, everything is going well, and more than half of the soldiers have been recruited. The 100,000 forbidden troops and 300,000 border troops have recruited more than 300,000 people. For this reason, the state treasury has spent nearly 500,000 yuan, and I am afraid that it will be even more in the future. Now the remaining thing is to structure and lead the yamen organization of more than 300,000 people! ”

Speaking of this, Li Shimin's eyes swept over everyone in the hall, as if he had returned to the time when he was on the horse, sitting on the handsome platform and sending troops to generals.

"I will set up the left and right Yulin armies in Beiya, and the four armies of the left and right Longwu armies, each army is established, and it is set up with reference to the twelve guards. The 12 guards of the Nanya led 300,000 troops, of which the left and right guards were the leaders of you, leading 30,000 soldiers and horses, and the remaining 10 armies were equally divided. The left guard leads the left and right Xiao Wei, the left and right Weiwei, the left Jin Wuwei leads the army, the right guard leads the left and right military guards, the left and right leading the army guards, and the right Jin Wu Wei plus the four armies of the Beiya Forbidden Army take turns to garrison the border and garrison Guanzhong. ”

Hearing Li Shimin say this, Zhang Yunwen couldn't help but be stunned, his original suggestion was to let the forbidden army sit in the pass, but he didn't expect Li Shimin to send these forbidden troops to the border.

As if seeing through Zhang Yunwen's thoughts, Li Shimin looked in the direction of Zhang Yunwen and said: "If the forbidden army is stationed in Guanzhong for a long time and is fascinated by prosperity, its combat power will definitely decline. That's why we made this decision! Now I am here to announce the preliminary personnel appointments, well, if Aiqing has any opinions or reasons for being difficult to bear, you can say them later, and I can consider them at my discretion! ”

After speaking, he motioned to the attendant on the side to start reciting.

The chamberlain immediately took out a document and began to recite the appointment plan in a sharp voice.

In the Northern Ya, the left Yulin Army was served by Li Daozong as the general, the right Yulin Army was served by Wei Chigong as the general, the Left Longwu Army was served by Li Daoxuan as the general, and the Right Longwu Army was taken over by Cheng Yanjin. As for the Nanya Zhuwei, there has not been much change, and they are still served by the original generals, such as Hou Junji as the general of the right guard, Li Daliang as the general of the left Weiwei, Zhang Liang as the general of the left Xiaowei, etc. However, several new faces still appeared, such as Ashina Sheer as the general of the left guard, Qibi He Li as the general of the right leading army, and Ashina Simo as the general of the left leading army.

As soon as the results came out, several people raised different opinions. Wei Chigong was the first to say: "Your Majesty, the old minister is old, and when he returns to Beijing this time, he wants to resign from his official position and retire for the rest of his life, please allow the old minister to return!" ”

Li Shimin said: "I know that Ming Gong is hard, and the Yulin Army is the Imperial City Guard, and it has to be a hard-working person like Ming Gong to be competent." Hehe, as for the affairs of this army, Ming Gong can be handed over to his subordinates to do it. Besides, in the Yulin Army, there are not many official duties! ”

Hearing Li Shimin say this, Wei Chigong had no choice but to say nothing.

Then Ashina Sheer said: "The foreign minister is a newly surrendered general, and he has not made an inch of success today, so he led the army of the left guard, and he is really panicked!" ”

This Ashina Sheer led the troops to join the Tang Dynasty in the first month of this year, and it is true to say that he has not made an inch.

However, Li Shimin laughed: "Who said that you have not made an inch? When it was first attached to the Tang Dynasty, 50,000 people from the leading tribe came to vote, isn't it a great merit? ”

Ashina Sheer smiled embarrassedly: "Didn't you give the left cavalry guard first?" ”

Li Shimin laughed: "You are sincere!" But you, Ashina Sheer, crisscrossed the Western Regions, and became a self-reliant khan, and when it came to leading the field battle, you were also among the best among the generals, if it weren't for the disparity in strength with Xue Yantuo, how could you be defeated? I have made up my mind, don't say more! ”

Ashina Sheer was immediately silent.

He is the second son of Luo Khan of the Turkic Division, and when he was eleven years old, he was famous for his wisdom and bravery, so he worshiped Tuoshe (tribal leader) and built a tooth banner in Mobei. In the first year of Zhenguan, when the Turkic Jieli Khan conquered the rebellious Xue Yantuo and Hui Hui, Ashina Sheer was defeated by Yi Nan. In the second year of Zhenguan, Ashina Sheer led the people to the west, attached to the Khan Futu, and developed his power in order to stand on his own. In the fourth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin destroyed the Eastern Turks. At this time, the Western Turks were fighting endlessly, and the Lulu Khan brothers were vying for the throne. Ashina Sheer took the opportunity to go to the deception and surrendered, and then led troops to suddenly attack the Western Turks, captured nearly half of the country, with more than 100,000 people, and called himself Dubu Khan. After his power grew, he thought about taking revenge on Xue Yantuo, so he led an army of 50,000 to attack Xue Yantuo, fought fiercely for 100 days, and was finally defeated. fled to Gaochang, and feared the attack of the Western Turks, so it was convenient for Zhenguan to lead the people to the east in the ninth year and annex the Tang Dynasty.

And the rest of the generals did not object to his appointment as the general of the Left Guard.

In addition to Wei Chigong and Ashina Sheer, Qibi He Li also raised objections. He thought that it was inappropriate for him to lead the right army to lead General Wei, and he was too young to take on this important task.

Li Shimin said with a smile: "Qi Bi, in the battle to destroy Tuguhun, you pursued at the last moment, and even wanted to put aside the Xue brothers and Zhang Yunwen, and led the army into the moraine, and finally destroyed that Murong Fuyun." How can you not receive the post of general with such merit? ”

In the end, Chebi Holi finally accepted the appointment.

As a result, the candidates for the northern and southern armies were decided. Looking at the candidates for the generals of these armies, there are five people from the grassland alone: Ashina Sheer, Ashina Simo, Qibi He Li, Zhi Zhi Sili, and Ashina Zhong. This made Zhang Yunwen have to sigh at the tolerance of the Tang Dynasty, for these former enemies, they can be so open-minded to give high-ranking officials a prominent position, holding heavy troops, this kind of courage is really admirable.

However, while sighing, Zhang Yunwen suddenly found a problem, there seems to be no name among these people. It stands to reason that he Zhang Yunwen has made such a great contribution, and this military reform plan was created single-handedly, and there is no merit and hard work, why hasn't he even fished a general until now?

While he was puzzled, Li Shimin said again: "Finally, I will talk about this military police. At the beginning, after listening to Yunwen's words, this gendarmerie was in charge of the army that violated discipline, and it was dedicated to recruiting soldiers, just like the imperial history platform in the army, and had the right to detain people for questioning anytime and anywhere. Its power is not insignificant. After thinking about it for a long time, I decided to assemble the cantonment battalion and the reconnaissance battalion into the gendarmerie battalion. Its duties are threefold, one is to assist in battle, the second is to supervise military discipline, and the third is to defend the imperial city. This battalion has one general, Zhonglang will have four and the rest of the establishment refers to Zhuwei, and now it is set to establish 10,000 people, and Zhang Yunwen will lead the post of general! ”

As soon as this measure came out, Zhang Yunwen couldn't help but be stunned, looking at Li Shimin, but he didn't know what to say.