Chapter 418: Lingyan Pavilion

Wei Zheng's death made Li Shimin feel a little cold. Life is so short, and in the blink of an eye, this person disappears from this world. Even if he is the emperor and the king of all vehicles, he cannot escape the fate of this heavenly reincarnation.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin couldn't help but feel a little confused.

Suddenly, he remembered the elixir that Li Chengqian offered, and listened to Li Chengqian's persuasion that although he could not live forever after eating, he could prolong his life, which made Li Shimin feel excited.

However, he would not take this pill until the effect of this pill was completely determined.

Wei Zheng's death also made Li Shimin realize that the old comrades-in-arms who fought side by side with him at the beginning are now dying one by one, and there are few left. Therefore, Li Shimin cherishes these people very much, and often calls these people to drink together and reminisce about what they have experienced together.

At a party, Li Shimin suddenly said: "I want to set up a separate pavilion in the palace and record the great heroes of my Tang Dynasty since the founding of the country." What do you think? ”

As soon as these words came out, how could these courtiers say no? Everyone knows that if his name can be recorded in it, it will be a matter of glorifying the ancestors, shadowing future generations, and leaving a name. Therefore, these people nodded in agreement: "Oh, Your Majesty is still thoughtful!" There are a few old brothers like me, there are not many left, today His Majesty recorded their names, and they should also smile under the nine springs! ”

"Yes, as soon as Your Majesty's move comes out, it will also inspire future generations, they will definitely go forward for this great glory, and when the time comes, I don't know how many warriors and ministers will appear!"

"Your Majesty is far-sighted, and the ministers admire it to the extreme!"

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For a time, these ministers spoke out one after another in support of Li Shimin's idea. Li Shimin couldn't help but smile when he saw the enthusiastic performance of the ministers.

"Weichen dares to ask, I don't know where Your Majesty wants to build a pavilion to worship the heroes? In addition, how many heroes should be enshrined? Although the ministers were excited, their brains were not hot, and someone immediately asked Li Shimin about it.

Li Shimin twisted his beard and smiled: "Well, I have already chosen the location, it is in the Lingyan Pavilion in the palace!" I will order Yan Liben and Yan Aiqing to record the portraits of twenty-four meritorious ministers in the Lingyan Pavilion, enjoy the royal incense, and worship them in the past dynasties. ”

Twenty-four? The ministers couldn't help but feel a pang in their hearts, and they only took twenty-four people! If that's the case, wouldn't it have to be ranked according to the level of merit?

Li Shimin seemed to know the thoughts of the ministers, and said with a smile: "There are only twenty-four people, so those who have made the greatest contributions should be used first!" ”

Zhang Yunwen sat below and listened to Li Shimin talk about the matter of Lingyan Pavilion, and couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart, among the heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, the military generals accounted for the majority, and more than one-third of those who were no longer alive in the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, and the remaining places were divided by everyone in the hall.

But why did Li Shimin not leave the thirty-six ministers, but had to appoint twenty-four ministers?

Just when Zhang Yunwen was thinking nonsense, he suddenly felt that someone around him touched him, and when he looked over, it was Cheng Jinzheng looking at him with a smile on his face: "Hey, what are you thinking about this kid?" Your Majesty didn't respond to your calls? ”

When Zhang Yunwen heard this, he stood up immediately, hugged his fists at Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty!" ”

His voice "Your Majesty" was very loud, and in an instant, the entire hall fell silent. The ministers looked at Zhang Yunwen puzzled.

Li Shimin also asked with a smile: "What?" Yunwen, do you have something? ”

And Cheng Biting, who had reminded Zhang Yunwen, looked at Zhang Yunwen with a puzzled expression, like other ministers.

At this moment, how could Zhang Yunwen not know that he was tricked by Cheng Biting Jin. However, at this time, it was already difficult to ride a tiger, and in the face of Li Shimin's gaze, if he said that he was teased by Cheng Biting Jin, I am afraid that he would laugh and be generous. ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of Li Shimin and the ministers couldn't help but sink.

Seeing this, Zhang Yunwen was not in a hurry to explain, but said slowly: "Weichen followed His Majesty during the Battle of Tiger Pass, inherited His Majesty's kindness, and formed a 100-person reconnaissance battalion. But to this day, there is not one out of ten in the original 100-man reconnaissance battalion. Most of them died on the battlefield! Although Wechen could pronounce their names one by one, in the days that followed, these names became more and more fading in his memory, and eventually disappeared. Similarly, there is also His Majesty's Xuanjia team back then, how many people are still alive today? How many names can Your Majesty name? Not only the Battle of Tiger Prison Pass, but also the subsequent war with the Turks, the war with Tuyuhun, the war with Gaochang and Tubo, countless Han sons and daughters died on the battlefield! But how many people in the world can remember their names? Wechen only knows that they are called 'heroes'! ”

Hearing Zhang Yunwen's words, Li Shimin and the ministers couldn't help but be stunned.

Zhang Yunwen said again with a hot iron: "Your Majesty only remembers the heroes of the year, but forgets those thousands of ordinary soldiers. However, it is their lives that have achieved the name of heroes, and it is these thousands of ordinary soldiers who are the cornerstone of my Tang Dynasty and the dry city of the country! Speaking of this, Zhang Yunwen paused, "So, Wei Chen suggested that a giant monument be built in front of the Chengtianmen Gate to include all those soldiers with names and those without names!" For all surnames to look up to, for a hundred generations! ”

The more Zhang Yunwen spoke, the more excited he became, and he was almost shouting loudly in the back. The sound echoed above the hall for a long time.

When Zhang Yunwen finished saying this, he also let out a long breath, looked around at Li Shimin and the ministers, and saw that they all bowed their heads and pondered, silent.

After a while, Li Shimin sighed and said: "Yunwen's words are deafening, and I am really a little ashamed to say it!" I think that at the beginning, since the beginning of Jinyang, countless children of the Three Jin Dynasty and Guanzhong Erlang have fought everywhere with the Tang army, and some of them can't even find a single corpse! Even if they survived, they were scarred. Now that I think about it, I really have a good boy! ”

The eldest grandson Wuji also said beside him: "Your Majesty, why don't you spend part of the money from the household department every year to support those soldiers who have made contributions to the country?" It's also a heart-to-heart chat! ”

Li Shimin nodded: "Okay!" Tomorrow you write a piece of music and come up, and I've approved it! In addition, I also agreed to the matter of the monument that Yunwen said! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhang Yunwen hurriedly said.

Li Shimin waved his hand, signaling that Zhang Yunwen did not need to be polite.

"Then Your Majesty, what about the matter of Lingyan Pavilion?" As soon as Zhang Yunwen sat down, Cheng Biting Jin asked.

"Lingyan Pavilion? Hehe, of course this has to be built! I will raise this matter tomorrow and list twenty-four heroes for discussion. ”

As soon as Li Shimin's words fell, Cheng Biting Jin immediately drank with a smile. Suddenly, he felt a gaze coming from beside him. This Cheng Yanjin put down his wine glass, turned his head, and looked at Zhang Yunwen: "Yunwen, is there something wrong?" ”

On the second day of the meeting, Li Shimin first announced the news of the construction of the monument and the annual expenditure of a part of the money from the household department to support the soldiers and the relatives of the war dead. Although Tobe Tojiro's expression was a little distressed.

Then there is the long-awaited list of Lingyan Pavilion and the twenty-four heroes.

The chamberlain standing beside Li Shimin recited in a sharp voice: "Zhao Gongchang Sun Wuji, Zhao Junyuan Wang Xiaogong, Lai Cheng Gong Du Ruhui, Zheng Wenzhen Gong Wei Zheng, Liang Gongfang Xuanling, Shen Gong Gao Shilian, E Gongwei Chi Jingde, Wei Gong Li Jing, Song Gong Xiao Yu, Bao Zhongzhuang Gong Duan Zhixuan, Kui Gong Liu Hongji, Jiang Zhong Gong Qu Tutong, Yun Jie Gong Yin Kaishan, Qian Xiang Gong Chai Shao, Pi Xiang Gong Chang Sun Shunde, Yun Gong Zhang Liang, Chen Gong Hou Junji, Pingzhou Gong Zhang Yunwen, Lu Gong Cheng Zhijie, Yongxing Wenyi Gong Yu Shinan, Yuxiang Gong Liu Zhenghui, Ju Gong Tang Jian, Ying Gong Li Shixian, Hu Zhuang Gong Qin Shubao. ”

With each name, the ministers looked in unison at the minister whose name was being recited. First of all, the eldest grandson Wuji, when everyone looked at him, they saw that although his face was calm, there was still a strong joy in his eyes.

The civil servants are all like this, their faces are calm, and their hearts are churning.

And the generals are different, most of them are smiling, looking around proudly, that gaze seems to say, haha, there is me, I am also a hero of Lingyan Pavilion!

Of course, Zhang Yunwen and Li Jing and others are much calmer.

After the list was announced, there was a brief silence in the temple.

"Do you have any opinions?" Li Shimin asked in a deep voice.

Of course, those ministers who are already on the list have no opinions, and those ministers who do not carry enough weight do not have opinions, and only those ministers who are also meritorious ministers have opinions.

However, whenever they suggested that their own merits were no less than those of them, Li Shimin compared the merits of the two to convince the minister who raised the objection.

Zhang Yunwen found that there were several ministers who had enough credit, but they were loyal to Prince Yin at the beginning. For example, Xue Wanche.

Obviously, some clever people also saw this, so they didn't raise any further objections.

Zhang Yunwen was also happy that he could be ranked above the heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, and he took a closer look, wanting to find out which hero he would be in history. After reading it twice, I finally found it, and it turned out that I had squeezed the late Tan Xianggong Zhang Gongjin down.

Looking at these 24 heroes, nine of them have passed away. Just look at the titles in front of their names, such as Wei Zheng, he was originally Zheng Guogong, and when he died, he was called "Wenzhen". That's why it's called "Zheng Wenzhen". Another example is Xiang Gong Chai Shao, the armor has Lao Xiang, and the word "Xiang" is his nickname.