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After Yue Fei and Zhu Wu returned to Beijing, Zhu Wu continued to serve as the deputy privy envoy, and Yue Fei served as the vacant post of lieutenant.

Li Yan, who had already received Zhu Wu's detailed secret report, didn't talk much to Yue Fei, but only rewarded Yue Fei with a lot of books—books about the grassland kingdom and tribes.

Yue Fei's reaction was that no matter how slow he was, he also understood that this was Li Yan's promise to him—a promise to let him lead troops to fight the grassland in the future.

Li Yan's promises, especially those to his courtiers, were not unkept.

Therefore, Yue Fei, who got Li Yan's promise, completely settled down, and then, as soon as he was free, Yue Fei went to the library to read books, never interacted with the officials of the DPRK and China, and sank completely.

Within a few days, Liu Qi, Han Shizhong, Wu Jue and others also returned to Beijing one after another.

Li Yan summoned Xu Guanzhong, Zhu Wu, Liu Qi, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Wu Jue, Yang Yi and others to discuss the candidates for the top ten marshals and ten generals of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

After full discussion, Li Yan personally formulated:

The ten founding marshals were: Xu Guanzhong, Zhu Wu, Li Jun, Ruan Xiaoer, Liu Qi, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Wu Jue, Yang Yizhong, and Shi Bao.

The top ten founding generals are: Hua Rong, Zhang Xian, Wang Yan, Wu Lan, Guo Hao, Yang Zheng, Niu Gao, Wang De, Li Yanxian, and Li Bao.

Like the top ten marshals and top ten generals of the founding of the People's Republic of China in later generations, there are also many people who are dissatisfied with the top ten marshals and top ten generals of the founding of the People's Republic of China made by Li Yan, thinking that some people should be on the list, some people should not be on the list, and some people can replace some people.

For example, some people believe that Shi Bao should not be one of the ten marshals of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and in terms of battles fought and merits, Zhang Xian, Wang Yan, and Wu Lan can completely replace Shi Bao.

For example, some people believe that Yang Yizhong was able to become one of the ten marshals of the founding of the People's Republic of China because he commanded the Central Forbidden Army, and he was one of Li Yan's cronies.

For example, some people believe that although Hua Rong also worked hard and made great achievements, his merits are not as big as Zhang Xian, Wang Yan, Wu Lan and others who fought in the southern and northern wars, and should not be ranked first among the top ten generals.

For example, some people believe that although Wang De and Li Yanxian can fight, their combat exploits cannot be compared with the generals in front of them, and even with Li Zong, Wang Gui, Cheng Min, Xie Yuan, Yang Zaixing, Lu Junyi and others who failed to make the list.

For example, some people believe that the reason why Li Bao was selected as one of the top ten generals is mainly because he is the most dazzling rookie general in the navy, otherwise, with the credit he has obtained, there is no possibility of being on the list.

Wait a minute......

Of course, there are also people who support Li Yan's choice.

Proponents defended Li Yan, saying:

"Back then, when the five tiger generals were still soldiers in the Song Dynasty, the four marshals (Lu Zhishen, Bian Xiang, Shi Bao, Hua Rong) had already led the first box, the second box, the third box, and the fourth box to fight on the battlefield.

"Yang Dashuai is also one of the five tiger generals, and he is listed alongside Liu Dashuai, Yue Dashuai, Han Dashuai, and Wu Dashuai. Moreover, although Yang Dashuai's military exploits are worse than Liu Dashuai, Yue Dashuai, Han Dashuai, and Wu Dashuai, it is because Yang Dashuai needs to protect His Majesty's safety and has fewer opportunities to fight, not that Yang Dashuai can't fight, if Yang Dashuai also gets so many opportunities to fight, his contributions will never be less than Liu Dashuai, Yue Dashuai, Han Dashuai, and Wu Dashuai. ”

"Although General Wang De and General Li Yanxian debuted late, the merits of the two of them are really not discounted, the former fought dozens of battles with the Jin Army, none of them were invincible, and finally conquered Yanjing City, the latter also fought with the Jin Army dozens of times, and never defeated, and finally conquered the most difficult Juyong Pass, the two of them can fight well, and are good at commanding troops, how can they not be among the top ten generals?"

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In fact, it is useless for others to say anything, in this society where imperial power is supreme, Li Yan said that whoever can do it, whoever can't do it, can do it, and Li Yan says that whoever can't do it, who can't do it, can't do it, and it can't work.

And Li Yan's selection of the top ten marshals and top ten generals of the founding of the country naturally has Li Yan's reason.

Past merit is naturally one of the criteria for consideration, but Li Yan pays more attention to the future.

Outsiders don't know that the top ten marshals and top ten generals of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in addition to being rewarded for meritorious generals, are actually the generals selected by Li Yan for his children and grandchildren.

Time flies too fast, and before you know it, Li Yan is already forty years old.

At this age, in the next generation, it should be said that he has just entered middle age, and it is the time when he is in the prime of life.

But in this era, in this era when the average life expectancy is less than 40 years old, this age is actually considered to be aging.

Although it seems that Li Yan is still in his early twenties, who can say for sure about life and death?

Therefore, for the sake of Dazhong, even if it is just for himself (the rise and fall of a dynasty is closely related to the royal family, regardless of life and death, Li Yan doesn't want to be dug up his grave before he dies for a few years, and his own children and grandchildren, Li Yan doesn't want them to be like the descendants of the old Zhao family, they have suffered a lot of humiliation, and life is better than death), Li Yan also has to take precautions.

Therefore, the top ten marshals and the top ten generals selected by Li Yan are all good at commanding troops, like Yang Zaixing, Lu Junyi, and other generals who are brave but lack the ability to command the army are not selected, in this way, if Li Yan really has some accidents, future generations, when encountering invasions, when choosing generals to resist, it is good to have a correct reference, in addition, those who showed courage in the early stage but began to slack off in the later stage, or have problems with character, even if they are only generals who may have problems, like Cheng Min, Wang Gui was also taken down by Li Yan, so as not to leave a disaster for future generations.

Of course, Li Yan is also very sorry that some people failed to make the list, like Li Yan's righteous son Li Zong, like Li Yan's favorite general Yao Xing, and so on......

But there is no way to do this, after all, there are only twenty on the list, so Li Yan must make a choice, and he must also do a good job of appeasement.

After selecting the top ten marshals and ten generals of the founding of the country, Li Yan ordered people to cast statues of them in the Zhaoxun Pavilion and engrave their exploits on the stone slab behind the statues.

In addition to the top ten marshals and top ten generals of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li Yan also selected the 20 heroes of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

They are: Wen Huanzhang, Wang Lun, Zhao Ding, Qiao Daoqing, Sun Jing, Xiao Jiasui, Chen Gongfu, Chen Kangbo, Jiang Jing, Zhao Kai, Qiu Xi, Guo Yong, Lu Jiang, Pei Xuan, Jin Fushi, Zhu Fu, Tang Long, Bai Valhan, Yan Qing, Wang Shiyong.

The first principle for selecting the 20 heroes of the founding of the country is that you cannot choose new ministers.

Therefore, Li Gang, Li Guang, Tang Luo and others were not selected.

Among them, there is only one exception, only Wang Shiyong - Li Yan selected Wang Shiyong to become the twenty heroes of the founding of the country, not only because he presided over the abdication of Zhao Song to welcome Li Yan as the new emperor and handed over Bianliang City to Li Yan completely, but also because, under the auspices of Wang Shiyong, the Forbidden City was built very much to Li Yan's wishes, and then Li Yan made Wang Shiyong listed as one of the twenty heroes of the founding of the country.

The second principle is that the head of the intelligence services is not included.

The most important thing for those who engage in intelligence is to hide themselves, so that everyone knows you, what kind of intelligence do you have, so Zhu Gui, Chai Jin, and Shi Xiu were not selected.

Some people may ask, how did Yan Qing get selected?

Yan Qing was selected because his credit was too great, and it was already well known, and in addition, Yan Qing had officially stepped down from his job as a spy officer and would no longer go behind enemy lines in the future - his current job is to train spy personnel.

The third principle is to encourage researchers.

Since Li Yan is preparing to rejuvenate the country with science and technology, he naturally has to encourage scientific researchers, so Tang Long and Bai Valhan can both be selected.

After the 20 meritorious heroes of the founding of the country were selected, they also cast a statue into the Zhaoxun Pavilion and engraved their merits on the stone slab behind the statue for future generations to admire.

Actually-

Whether it is the top ten marshals of the founding of the country, the top ten generals, or the 20 heroes of the founding of the country, none of the choices can be said to be perfect.

But then again, there are so many perfect things in this world, it's just a matter of weighing the pros and cons.

In order to keep the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs from slacking off and give hope to future generations, Li Yan asked people to set aside ten positions behind Li Bao and Wang Shiyong, declaring to everyone: If you are not selected this time, it doesn't matter, you still have a chance.

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