On November 27, Li Yuan hosted a banquet at the Taiji Palace to comfort the meritorious soldiers who pacified Longyou.

Li Yin and his generals Su Dingfang, Luo Shixin and others were indispensable to attend, and the generals who had made outstanding contributions in this battle, such as Liang Shi, the head of the march, and Pang Yu, the general of the Right Martial Candidate, were also present, and people like Li Baiju, the king of the plains, who did not perform much in this battle, were also invited, which made Luo Shixin, Qiu Xinggong and others very dissatisfied.

When the banquet was in full swing, Li Yuan took the opportunity to say to the ministers: "Your common assistance and support have enabled me to achieve the cause of the emperor, and if the world is peaceful, we will definitely be able to jointly protect the wealth and nobility." But if Wang Shichong is ambitious, can you still have a life and a net worth? Like Xue Rengao Junchen, it is a lesson for us! ”

"Ministers obey His Majesty's teachings!" After listening to Li Yuan's words, all the generals immediately responded in unison.

Seeing this, Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction. Li Yuan also knew that if he was there at the dinner, the generals would inevitably feel a little restrained, so they left early in the middle of the dinner.

After Li Yuan's imperial drive left, the protagonist in the banquet undoubtedly became Li Yin, the supreme commander who destroyed Western Qin.

Hundreds of officials and generals came to congratulate him, and someone asked curiously by the way: "When the king of Jin won the victory at the beginning, he suddenly abandoned the infantry, and in the absence of siege equipment, he rode lightly until the enemy city, and everyone thought that it was impossible to conquer the city, but he won quickly, what is the reason for this?" ”

Li Yin said: "Zong Luohu's subordinates are all Longyou, the generals are brave, and the soldiers are fierce; The king only defeated him by surprise at that time, and did not kill much. If they don't pursue for a long time, they will all return to the city, and Xue Rengao will comfort them and send them to fight, which will not be easy to defeat; If you pursue quickly, you will be dispersed back to the west of Longshan, and the forces around Xue Rengao will be much weaker, and in a hurry, Xue Rengao will be frightened and have no time to plan, which is why I won. ”

When everyone heard this, they were all convinced.

In a corner of the dinner, Li Shimin was drinking stuffy wine alone with a wine glass, and he looked at Li Yin, who was in high spirits at this time, with a complicated expression.

Li Shimin always had a feeling at this time, standing in Li Yin's position at this time, it was originally him who was celebrated by the audience, but because of Li Yin's existence, the opportunity that originally belonged to him was snatched away. Because of the existence of this feeling, Li Shimin's hatred for Li Yin at this time suddenly increased a lot.

"King Qin, why are you drinking here by yourself? Why don't you listen to King Jin tell you the details of this big victory? Pei Lin walked to Li Shimin's side with a smile on his face at this time.

After Li Shimin heard this, he felt a tingle in his heart, glared at Pei Lin with tiger eyes, and then walked outside the palace without saying a word.

"Hmph, what's there to be angry about?" After Pei Lin saw Li Shimin so faceless, he felt a burst of anger in his heart. He originally planned to provoke Li Shimin's hatred for Li Yin, but he didn't expect that without saying a word, Li Shimin brushed his sleeves away, which made him feel quite disappointed.

At this time, the court officials of the Tang Dynasty had involuntarily begun to stand in line, and the three major power camps of the East Palace, the Qin Palace, and the Jin Palace, had begun to take shape, but Pei Lin would not belong to any of the forces, because he was only loyal to Emperor Li Yuan.

Li Yuan treats Pei Lin very generously, and the ministers have nothing to compare with, even in the court, he does not call Pei Lian's name but calls his old official name "Pei Jian", and the items given to Pei Lin for taking and playing cannot be calculated.

Based on Li Yuan's favor, Pei Lin also completely depends on his own intentions in his actions, and is not afraid of offending Li Yin, Li Shimin or even Li Jiancheng.

So far, the worst relationship with Pei Yin belongs to Li Yin, the reason why Pei Lin said last time to let Li Yin go on the expedition is completely out of his own interests, and the relationship between the two sides will not be eased because of this.

"Hmph, sooner or later, I have to let you make a mistake, otherwise how can you make a revenge for insulting me repeatedly?" Pei Lin looked at Li Yin from a distance, and said with hatred in his heart.

On the 28th, Li Yuan issued an edict to reward the meritorious people who pacified Longyou, Yin Kaishan and other people who were dismissed because of the last defeat were all restored to their official positions, and other people who went out with the army also discussed meritorious deeds one by one.

Among Li Yin's descendants, Su Dingfang was named the Duke of Linqing County, Luo Shixin was awarded the title of Shangyi and the Third Division of the Four Grades, Fang Xuanling rewarded Silk Thousand Forging, Huang Junhan, Qiu Xinggong and other generals also had their own rewards.

However, on this day, Li Yuan did not reward Li Yin.

The Tang Dynasty established the country by force, and now the world is undecided, it is the time to use soldiers, and it is extremely important to distinguish rewards and punishments, which is the same down to ordinary soldiers and marshals of an army, although Li Yin's status is expensive, but he cannot be rewarded regardless of meritorious deeds, otherwise it will have an impact on the morale of the whole army.

Therefore, Li Yin must not only be rewarded, but also rewarded, otherwise he will not be able to convince the public and stabilize the morale of the army.

But how to reward Li Yuan in the end gave Li Yuan a headache for many days, not only to consider the balance of power and responsibility, but also not to be too cold, the light and heavy of the reward must be properly handled, so Li Yin's reward will be delayed for a long time.

On the first day of December, Li Yuan dedicated Li Yin's achievements in pacifying Longyou to the Taimiao, and rewarded Li Yin, worshipping Li Yin as the general of Zuo Wuhou, the envoy, and the secretary of the Taishang Book of Eastern Shaanxi.

The Tang Dynasty was founded only half a year ago, and in many systems it still generally inherited the Sui system, and the current big change is that it is just changing the county into a state. In terms of the military system, the implementation is still the government military system since the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the local prefectures and counties set up the Yingyang Mansion, which is under the command of the Central Sixteen Guards.

The sixteen central guard mansions are the left and right Yiwei Mansion, the left and right Xiaowei Mansion, the left and right Wuhou Mansion (later changed to the left and right Wuwei Mansion), the left and right Weiwei Mansion, the left and right leading army Guard Mansion, the left and right Jinwu Guard Mansion, the left and right Prison Gate Guard Mansion, and the left and right Qianniu Guard Mansion. (The title of the Sixteen Guards of the Tang Dynasty is partly the name of Emperor Wen of Sui, and partly the name of Yang Guang.) ）

Each of the sixteen guards is set up with a general, three products, two generals, from the third grade, in addition to the long history, from the six products, and then there are records of joining the army, Cangcao, Bingcao, joining the army and other official positions.

Li Yin was named the general of Zuo Wuhou at this time, and he was one of the sixteen generals of the central government, but the left and right Wuhou Mansions, compared with other Wei Mansions, were slightly weaker in terms of authority, in charge of the car, out of the pioneers, after retreating from the palace, patrolling day and night, arresting traitors, patrolling the division, and being in charge of the camp and ban, and generally biased towards managing the public security of Gyeonggi.