Can Li Chengqian really be set aside?

Many people who know Li Chengqian's character know that Li Chengqian will definitely look for an opportunity to interfere in government affairs.

Therefore, some ministers had to avoid Li Chengqian every time they saw him walking leisurely in the camp or chatting with some ordinary soldiers, for fear that Li Chengqian would find something wrong with them and intervene in the government again.

But Li Chengqian never did anything, except for firmly holding the two uncles and nephews Tumi and Wusu who surrendered to him, he did nothing more.

Li Chengqian did not express his opinion on the government to his ministers through his heart, nor did he give any orders to his henchmen in the East Palace that were contrary to Li Shimin.

He just ordered the servants of the East Palace to perform his newly composed tune to all the soldiers at the bottom in the barracks, telling the story of his battle with Xue Yantuo and the Mobei tribes along the way.

Occasionally, I would go to the battalions to chat with the generals and talk about the present and future of the Tang Dynasty.

"Now the weapons and armor of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty have to be purchased with their own money, and when the court has money in the future, the court will pay for it.

You see the armor and weapons of the East Palace, those are all made by the iron-smelting factory on the Dragon Head Plain, and more sophisticated weapons can be made in the future......"

"This time, the Tang Dynasty won the Mobei Tribes, so they can't let them go easily, and let them herd sheep and cattle on the grassland in the future, and then exchange the cattle and sheep for the food of the people of the Tang Dynasty.

You don't know, there are still many people in Datang who can't afford to eat meat.

You are all children of middle-aged families, and you have not been hungry since you were a child, but there are many people who usually can't eat enough, so in the future, you must let all the people of the Tang Dynasty be hungry and eat meat......

We found silver and copper mines in Lanzhou, but no one has mined them yet, so I'm going to let those who surrender go to some of them to mine for us.

With money, the imperial court can do a lot of important things, build water conservancy, make more gunpowder, and give more pensions to some dead and wounded soldiers......

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Every time Li Chengqian said these simple words, the simple soldiers listened to it and breathed heavily, obviously very moved, and they also believed that His Royal Highness the Prince, who was capable of writing and martial arts, could do what he said, because there was no need to lie to them as Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian's actions gave hope to the soldiers and gave them motivation, which made the morale of the entire camp high.

Of course, there are also some things that make people feel very headaches, such as spreading the news from the low-level soldiers, Li Chengqian's whereabouts were leaked, causing Li Chengqian to be surrounded by the Hui soldiers and almost killed. This made those simple soldiers sympathize with Li Chengqian, and they also hated the traitor who leaked Li Chengqian's whereabouts.

As soon as such news came out, it immediately attracted the attention of the entire line, and everyone was waiting for Li Chengqian or the ministers of the East Palace to stand up and speak.

However, Li Chengqian, including the people of the Eastern First Faction, did not say a word on this matter, neither did they ask Li Shimin to thoroughly investigate the matter, nor did they explain the reasons to the public.

In the end, Li Shimin still listened to what Yang Hongli said, and when he first heard about this, Li Shimin also felt very angry, and wanted to personally interrogate Tumi and Wusu when he didn't see Li Chengqian playing.

But when he asked Tu Mi and Wu Su, he couldn't judge Xue Rengui for a while.

Li Shimin had no choice but to ask Li Chengqian, and Li Chengqian's answer was very simple, and now it is not appropriate to inquire about this matter, lest the army's morale be unstable.

Only then did Li Shimin wake up that these news were deliberately released by Li Chengqian, but what good did this do him?

Li Shimin couldn't figure it out.

However, Li Chengqian still didn't ask about political affairs, so Li Shimin just let it go.

A few days later, Wei Chi Gong, Xue Wanche, Zhang Shigui, Qiu Xinggong, Qi Bi He Li and other people who had fought with the Mobei coalition army in the northwest came back, and they also brought back many war horses and weapons to capture the materials of the Mobei army, but they did not bring back a single soldier, which made several generals feel deeply disgraced.

Because of these, they surrendered to Xue Rengui and Liu Renliang, and after Xue Rengui and Liu Renliang accepted the surrender, they camped on the spot to transform the Mobei armies, and they had no intention of returning to the camp.

At the celebration banquet that day, Li Shimin still praised Li Chengqian's good dispatch, Xue Rengui's bravery, but after the banquet, Li Shimin left only Wei Chigong alone.

Li Shimin wanted to know why Wei Chigong had not taken over the military power after accepting his will?

This is the point that Li Shimin is most vigilant about Li Chengqian.

In order to reassure Wei Chigong, Li Shimin also sent out all the attendants in the tent.

In the middle of the night, the two old friends were relatively speechless, and the lights on the small table were getting darker and darker, Li Shimin looked at Wei Chigong with a look of not knowing where to start, and waited patiently for him.

After a while, Wei Chigong groaned and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is incompetent. ”

Li Shimin looked at Wei Chigong and was speechless in horror, Wei Chigong has always been arrogant, before the Xuanwu coup, Wei Chigong was known for his bravery, at that time Li Yuanji had repeatedly solicited him to ignore him, Li Yuanji hated the design to kill him, and then persuaded Li Shimin to launch a coup d'état in front of Li Shimin day and night.

After Xuanwumen, he repeatedly accused the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling of their mistakes, and was finally driven out of the capital, and occasionally returned to Beijing for banquets, and he also beat Li Daozong.

Is that really a master who is not convinced by anyone, and now he actually claims that Li Chengqian is deeply popular with the army?

"Isn't that a rhetoric?" Li Shimin looked at him suspiciously.

"The minister doesn't dare, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is indeed deep in the army, and he still has the heart of the lowest generals and ordinary soldiers." Wei Chigong said with a solemn face.

Li Shimin was very surprised when he heard this, looked at Wei Chigong and said, "Jingde, let's talk about it, how did he get the military heart." ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince's generals all have the talent to command the army...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince attaches the most importance to the low-level soldiers, he personally formulates military regulations, personally asks the wounded soldiers, and the most important thing is that whenever His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has free time along the way, he is not drinking with the generals, but talking to the low-level soldiers about the ancient ...... Therefore, the low-level soldiers in the battalion are the most loyal to His Royal Highness the Prince, as long as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not agree, no one can take away his military power. ”

Li Shimin listened to Wei Chigong's explanation that Li Chengqian's troops were all unheard of, and he could not understand the key to it at all. Because neither he nor Wei Chigong understood the importance of doing political and ideological work for the low-level soldiers, they often only did some mobilization on the battlefield to stimulate morale with money and materials, such as how much money to reward for cutting off a head.

Therefore, Wei Chigong couldn't say it clearly, and Li Shimin couldn't understand it.

The ancients often said that a thousand armies are easy to get, and a general is hard to find, because in ancient times, the so-called thousand armies were some rabble who could only fight with the wind. Generals who are brave or strategic and overwhelmed will naturally win the battle, otherwise these people will become the fastest defeated army on the battlefield.

Wei Chigong said for a long time, and finally said: "The generals under His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are all good talents, and only Liu Renliang is scheming and treacherous, and I am afraid that it is not easy to match him." Then he talked about Liu Renliang's design, and let him deal with the enemy under the banner of Li Chengqian.

Li Shimin listened to Wei Chigong's words, remembered what Li Chengqian had done in recent days, and became less confident in himself and Li Chengqian.