Chapter 503: Hou Junji (3)
After the dispersal of the dynasty, Li Shimin summoned Hou Junji in the Ganlu Palace, he was dissatisfied with Hou Junji, which did not mean that he wanted to give up Hou Junji, on the contrary, he valued Hou Junji very much. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Hou Junji is a genius, a genius, but because of his background, he has not been well trained, and because of his character, he was a pretentious, proud and conceited and likes to boast about himself, playing with bows and arrows but not being proficient in his techniques, but he claims to be an ordinary person with martial arts.
But Li Shimin discovered his inner potential and took a fancy to his amazing military talent. Take it with you and bring it up. Let Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui teach him the art of war, strategy, and calculation, and let Li Jing take him as an apprentice and teach him a higher level of art of war and tactics.
Hou Junji also did not live up to Li Shimin's trust, under the cultivation of Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, Hou Junji's various values have risen sharply, and he has become a great figure in both civil and military affairs. Wen Ke became a member of his strategist group, and Wu Neng led his troops to fight and commanded thousands of armies, and he could still charge into battle. But Li Shimin was still a little dissatisfied with him, and Hou Junji's real talent was in the military. He needs Hou Juncheng to be a military commander like Li Jing who surpasses Li Shiji and can expand the territory for him for the future Tang Dynasty.
After Li Jing's guidance, and self-learning. Hou Junji's growth is eye-catching, his military level is directly after Li Jing and Li Shimin; The level of strategy, chasing after Fang Xuanling; Strategic foresight and Congolese decisiveness can also be compared to Du's obscurity. Although they are inferior to them in terms of these strengths, they gather the strengths of these people. But recently, Hou Junji's military progress has not been satisfactory, and compared with before, he has even retreated.
In the past, there was no reference object, but now that there is a Qin Feng, Li Shimin found that Hou Junji immediately compared him.
In the face of Qin Feng's progress, Hou Junji is like a turtle crawling.
Today, I want to take this opportunity to motivate Hou Junji and let him know that there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the sky.
What makes Li Shimin even more vigilant is that Hou Junji's heart is no longer in the military aspect, and he prefers to drill camps and contact with Wenchen, which is a good thing, but he has not learned the discipline of pedantic people, but he uses the integrity of these people to achieve his own goals. Not long ago, Wei Zheng, who was good friends with him, recommended Hou Junji many times, and asked Li Shimin to promote Hou Junji, saying that his talent was enough.
But how can Li Shimin be a fool?
He knew that if it weren't for Hou Junji's deliberate performance in front of Wei Zheng, Wei Zheng would never have made such a grand recommendation, the more Hou Junji was so utilitarian, the more Li Shimin would not dare to use it; The more Li Shimin can't use it, the more he doesn't dare to use it. Now that Hou Junji is here, Li Shimin's heartache is really indescribable......
The reason why Datang is thriving now is only because of the enlightened political atmosphere. Li Shimin is open-minded, lenient with others, and very self-aware. He knows that he governs the many affairs of the world, and everything is left to him, and mistakes are inevitable. Therefore, he humbly accepted advice. All major policies in the world must be discussed by hundreds of officials and planned by the prime minister before they can be implemented. He was afraid that people would not dare to speak the truth, and he always encouraged them to do so, and rewarded those who dared to speak the truth. Therefore, since his accession to the throne, a strong "democratic" atmosphere has emerged in the ruling circles and many ministers who dare to speak out and give extreme advice and bend the court for contention.
Therefore, there is no party or faction in the DPRK and China, and all the ministers are different only in their political views and not in the party.
Hou Junji's character is arrogant and self-centered, and he is the kind of leader who is easy to assemble a party. If he is the prime minister, whether intentionally or not, it will inevitably threaten the current Qingming dynasty of the Tang Dynasty.
Hou Junji has the talent of a prime minister, but he does not have the bearing of a prime minister, so he must not be a prime minister!
This is also the true meaning of Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui who did not hesitate to offend Hou Junji and did everything possible to obstruct it.
Fang Mou Du Du is the talent that Li Shimin relies on the most, and the two of them are thoughtful. One step at a time, one Congo is resolute, and the vision is long-term. Seamless with each other. In the world, there are few things that are difficult for this pair. Fang Xuanling can often pay attention to the details of things that others can't see, and when he asks him something, he can always get the answer he wants. These two phases have strongly denied Hou Junji, and Li Shimin has also paid more attention to Hou Junji, and this attention has found that Hou Junji has too many shortcomings, even several times more than his advantages.
"I've seen Your Majesty!" In the Manna Palace, Li Shimin waited for a while, a turmeric complexion. A tall and thin young man with long hands and feet and a square face walked in.
He is none other than Hou Junji.
"Junji, what do you think of Qin Feng?" Li Shimin deliberately opened the topic with Qin Feng.
Sure enough, strong jealousy flashed in Hou Junji's eyes, and he said against his heart for a while: "The dragon and the phoenix among people." ”
"Since introducing him to the pharmacist, his military level has become more and more solid!" Li Shimin sighed with emotion. glanced at Hou Junji, as if inadvertently said: "Junji, your strength lies in the military, which is also the foundation of your foothold in the court, and contact with those pedantic people will only limit your advantages." If you go on like this, you really want to let Qin Feng surpass you. ”
Li Shimin was kind, but Hou Junji was harsh in his ears, and responded with a smile on his face, but his fists were clenched behind his back, with strong jealousy in his eyes, and dissatisfaction with Li Jing.
Li Jing's military talent is known to everyone in Datang.
No one doubted his military ability, and even the invincible Li Shimin was militarily convinced of Li Jing.
Hou Junji was full of joy to get Li Jing's guidance, but after coming into contact with Li Jing, he always felt that Li Jing neither accepted him as an apprentice, nor taught him profound and useful things, and felt that Li Jing was secretly hiding, afraid that he would learn the real skills and surpass him, and had great prejudices against Li Jing. Later, I learned that Li Jing taught Qin Feng everything, and his heart was full of hostility towards the two.
Hou Junji can be regarded as an outlier among the generals of the Tang Dynasty, he has a violent temperament, strong martial arts, but he is resourceful, he is quite powerful in leading troops to fight, and he is also very good at giving advice. has made achievements in both aspects, so the sum of these military exploits and achievements, Datang is unmatched in the court, the only drawback is that he is too arrogant, too small-minded, too jealous, and too intolerant.
His eyes were bloodshot, and this hatred was born from his heart, and that kind of murderous intent came spontaneously.
Li Shimin is eloquent and strategic, and he is a general in a hundred battles, so he can't see Hou Junji's thoughts, and he can't feel the killing intent in Hou Junji's heart.
When Li Shimin saw this, he was furious. Li Shimin's eyes were full of raging flames, and his face was even a little distorted. He resisted the urge to scold, took a deep breath, closed his eyes and slowly calmed the anger in his heart, and at this moment, the words that Du Ruhui had said sounded in his mind.
"Your Majesty, for Wei Zheng and Lord Wei's strong recommendation of Hou Junji as the prime minister, the eldest grandson and uncle expressed his attitude in peace, and the minister did not dare to agree, and the minister did not know Hou Junji's talent. But for the prime minister, the head of the hundred officials, the ruler of the hundred officials, can not be outstanding. But you must definitely be open-minded and able to accommodate your political enemies. Just like the minister and you, Lord Wei, Lord Wei is stubborn, and we often disagree, and we often quarrel with him. But in private, our personal relationship is extremely deep. But Hou Junji can't do this, he has the temper of a general, the enemy is the enemy, and the enemy must be ruthlessly suppressed. Once he becomes a prime minister, he will inevitably launch a powerful blow to those who disagree with him. This will cause terrible party strife, and over the years, under the leadership of His Majesty, the politics have been clear, and there is no party or faction. If Hou Junji is a photo, I am afraid that it will be illuminated with unpredictable consequences. Therefore, the minister and Xuan Ling decided that Hou Junji could not be ...... each other"
At that time, Li Shimin was disapproving and skeptical, but now that he sees Hou Junji's appearance, he has already believed Du Ruhui's original words.
The king of a country, the minister of a country, and the head of a hundred officials, if there is no room for people! What will the world be like?
Li Shimin can't imagine!
But if Qin Feng heard Du Ruhui's words, he would definitely respond loudly.
Because he understands Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui's scruples. Qin Feng, who understands the prosperity and decline of the Tang Dynasty, can even understand this mood more than Fang Du.
Because he knows how Datang makes people finish.
As a posterity, no one better understands the dangers of the minister's tyrannical power than he does.
The defeat of the Tang Dynasty was in the period of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, and the biggest reason was that Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong formed a party for personal gain, constantly excluding dissidents, making the court and the central government unavailable, and the politics were dim, so that the famous Anshi Rebellion broke out, which opened the prelude to the defeat of the Tang Dynasty.
In the post-Tang Dynasty, because of the emergence of Tang Wuzong, he carried out reforms and had Huichang Zhongxing, which made the Tang Dynasty have a turnaround, but because of the outbreak of the Niu and Li party disputes, the ruling crisis in the late Tang Dynasty was deepened, making it difficult for the Tang Dynasty to have the possibility of revival.
It can be seen how terrible it is for a country and a court to form a gang in the court.
"Junji, I have a task and an order, I hope you will carry it out wholeheartedly and live up to my expectations." After closing his eyes and thinking for a long time, Li Shimin made a decision.
Hou Junji jumped up and said happily: "Your Majesty, please give an order, and the ministers will not hesitate to go to the soup and fire." ”
"It must be Your Majesty who remembers my ability and gives me the order to guard the frontier. Haha, the credit for this conquest of Tuyuhun is my Hou Junji. ”
As soon as he thought of this, his heart was hot, as long as he arrived at the border, he was still afraid that he would have no credit, and he was afraid that Tuyuhun would not take the initiative to provoke a war? Tuyuhun is also a powerful country in the Western Regions, although it is not as huge as the annihilation of the Eastern Turks, but compared to Li Ji's performance in the Eastern Turks, it is more than enough. Besides, my Hou Junji is still His Majesty's "old minister", and His Majesty will be more or less biased towards his own people, right?
"I hope your heart is the same, Junji, no matter what I ask you to sit on. You have to believe that I am doing this for your good and for the good of Datang. Seeing this, Li Shimin was a little unbearable, but for the sake of Hou Junji and the great cause of the Tang Dynasty, he had no choice.