Although Li Congjing has the title of Tongping Zhangshi, he does not have to go to Zhongshu Province or the Sixth Department to sit on weekdays, as a prince, he opened a mansion and built teeth, and his own mansion was originally where he was on an errand, and now Li Siyuan has crowned him as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and his position is higher than the third division, so he naturally wants to pull up the team of the marshal's mansion again, and there is no doubt that the office is also in the Qin Palace.

Li Congrong and Li Conghou are both county kings, and now they are thrown by Li Siyuan in front of Li Congjing as followers, but they also have to run errands in the Qin Palace-Marshal's Mansion.

The two boys have little experience in military and political affairs, Li Congjing first arranged for them to study with the government officials, as for the official position, it is not important, because both of them also have titles such as school inspector Situ and Yushi Dafu, of course, nominally, the official position of the two is still Li Congjing's "deputy envoy".

The main officials of the Marshal's Mansion, Li Congjing pulled some from the courtiers, and also added some from the Qin Palace, and there is no need to elaborate on the details, under the three brothers of Li Congjing, Mo Li is still a long history, and Sang Weihan assists him. To a certain extent, the officials of the Qin Wangfu and the officials of the Marshal's Mansion can be roughly regarded as two brands and one team.

However, it cannot but be admitted that the opening of the Marshal's Mansion marked the beginning of the process of separating civil and military officials under Li Congjing. The military faction headed by Mo Li, Sang Weihan, and Zhang Ziyun and the political faction headed by Wang Pu, Wei Dao, and Du Qianshu officially had their own teams.

The separation of civil and military forces is naturally a trend, but it is interesting to say that Mo Li, Wang Pu and others, who are headed by them, have to be counselors of military and political officials, just like the three provinces and six ministries have their own affairs, but for the prime ministers, the military plan is indifferent.

Zhang Ziyun, Wei Dao, Du Qianshu and others, although they are under Li Congjing, are now running errands in the town. As long as the festival envoy still has real power, the prince will inevitably concurrently serve as the festival envoy, or even the director of the festival envoy, which is a reality that cannot be changed.

Since Xu Zhihe left Luoyang, Li Congjing's main energy was devoted to the marshal's mansion, and he began to prepare for the selection and training of the forbidden army - before the autumn harvest, the main and only preparations could be made.

"The first batch of forbidden troops, in addition to the hundred battle army, desperately selected 7,000 elite people from each town, and the soldiers were mainly drawn from the feudal towns with high loyalty, good combat power, and relatively simple nature. Youzhou Lu Long Army, Yunzhou Datong Army, Jinyang Hedong Army, Luzhou Zhaoyi Army, Qingzhou Pinglu Army, etc., were the main feudal towns for the selection of the forbidden army this time. ”

During the discussion, Li Congjing said. Among them, the two armies of Lulong and Datong are border armies and have the duty of guarding the border, but now that the border is stable, there is no need to worry about war for the time being, and the first major war of the empire in the future will inevitably be against Shu, so take into account this main contradiction first, "Among the 10,000 soldiers of the first army of the Praetorian Guard, the other 3,000 people are selected from the Hundred Battles Army." ”

The First Army of the Forbidden Army, which was so reorganized, can be said to have brought together the most elite soldiers in the entire Tang Army, and it is not difficult to imagine what kind of combat power they will have.

"With the first batch of forbidden troops as the backbone to stabilize the foundation, when the forbidden army is transferred in the future, the elite can be selected mainly from the powerful and unruly feudal towns. This has two advantages, one is to weaken the power of these feudal towns, and the other is to worry about not being able to reform these feudal towns. Mo Li further explained that after the elite of the feudal towns were transferred, except for the border army, they would basically not allow these feudal towns to replenish their military resources.

"Your Highness is really ready to cut out the Hundred Battles Army?" After the discussion, the officials dispersed, and only Li Congjing, Wang Pu and others were left in the room, Sang Weihan asked questions at this time, and when he saw Li Congjing looking over, he hurriedly added: "The elite of the Hundred Battles Army is incomparable, it is the sharp weapon of the country, if the army is withdrawn and the flag is removed, it is not only a big loss, but also a lot of harm to the soldiers of the Hundred Battles Army!" ”

How could Li Congjing not know that Sang Weihan's inner little Jiujiu, the other party was worried about him, afraid that he would lose the "pro-army", which would be detrimental to the future, so he said to him: "Father and Gu also have a draft for this, the Hundred Battles Army retains 10,000 soldiers, and the whole system is organized into a forbidden army, and it still uses the banner of the Hundred Battles Army. Another 10,000 soldiers, 6,000 people, and the elite of the feudal town formed two armies, and the remaining 4,000 soldiers stayed in Heyang. ”

"I see." Sang Weihan was stunned. In this way, although the soldiers of the 10,000 100 battle army after the reorganization have shrunk by half, since they are the soldiers who have retained the banner of the 100 battle army, they must be the absolute elite of the 20,000 100 battle army today, how can the combat power not be refined?

Of course, this also means that half of the soldiers in the current Hundred Battles Army will not be able to continue to enjoy the glory of the "Hundred Battles Army".

A huge question mark suddenly popped up in Sang Weihan's heart: Is the army of the Prince of Qin reorganized in this way downsized or expanded?

This question Sang Weihan will not ask, King Qin naturally has no way to know, if King Qin has insight into his inner thoughts, he will definitely laugh at his small belly, if Mo Li knows his thoughts, he will also laugh at him, if Wang Pu knows his doubts, he will definitely shake his head and sigh, you really don't understand the ambitions of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Empire and His Royal Highness the King of Qin!

The reorganization of the forbidden army is not only related to the transfer of the elite of the feudal army, but also means the abolition of some of the previous guards and the six armies, which is inevitable, the empire only wants to organize and train the forbidden army, but does not want to expand the army on a large scale.

The matter here, although it is a big project for the Qin Wangfu or the Marshal's Mansion, there are not too many difficulties to complete, and the only thing that makes Li Congjing slightly worried is the selection of the two commanders of the First Army of the Forbidden Army.

Li Siyuan proposed two people, both of whom were his most trusted former right-hand men - Shi Jingjiao and Li Congke.

This almost made Li Congjing fall off the seat, Li Congke fell down, Shi Jingjiao must not be.

Li Congke is now in Puzhou, serving as the envoy of the Hezhong Festival, and Shi Jingjiao is now in Shaanzhou, serving as the envoy of the Baoyi Army.

Let the Jiedu envoy be the commander of the envoy, it can be seen that the weight of the forbidden army in Li Siyuan's heart is indeed different, Li Congjing said that it was inappropriate and wanted to be replaced. Li Siyuan believes that the two can be crowned as the left and right generals to solve the identity problem of the two. Li Congjing still said that it was inappropriate and insisted on replacing him.

"Li Shuai and Shi Shuai are indeed the pillars of the country, but because they are the pillars of the country, the military and political affairs in peacetime are complicated, so they cannot be the commanders of the forbidden army. Those who prohibit the army, enter the arch to defend the important places of Gyeonggi, and go out as the weapon of the country, for the generals, when there is no feudal town, only know the things of conquest, but there is a royal order, and they charge up to make meritorious deeds and serve as the arm of the empire. Li Congjing's eloquence is good, his mouth is full of lotus flowers, and he moves with emotion and reason, which finally makes Li Siyuan feel that the commander of the forbidden army should indeed be a pure martial artist.

In the end, the two commanders were Huang Fulin and Gao Congzhou.

Huang Fulin doesn't need to say much, just transfer from a hundred battles, speaking of which, this person was the commander of the Liang Dynasty's crane army five years ago, and he made many meritorious achievements after following Li Congjing, and now he is leading an army alone, as if he has finally returned to the original point, but in fact it is not what it used to be.

Gao Congzhou, a member of Li Siyuan's former pro-army left shooting army, has made many military exploits, and can be said to be the first person in the left shooting army under Shi Jingjiao.

The leading generals are decided, and then the soldiers are screened, this matter is also easy to do, let Huang Fulin take Gao Congzhou to the various feudal towns to select, with Huang Fulin's many years of experience in the Hundred Battles Army, the selected sergeants will definitely not disappoint Li Congjing.

Finally, there is the name. It can't just be called the First Army of the Forbidden Army. Li Siyuan's father and son pondered for a while, and finally decided on a name: rampage.

This name is not up or down, but the better names, such as Longwu, Yulin, Shenwu, Longxiang, Tianxing, etc., are all occupied by the Sixth Army of the Son of Heaven and the guards who stand in the pit and don't.

The name has another benefit, it has a provenance.

In the third year of Qianning, Li Siyuan's reputation was not obvious, and he accompanied the general Li Cunxin to rescue Yan and Yunzhou. In the first battle of Shen County, Li Cunxin was defeated by Luo Hongxin, the envoy of Wei Bojiedu, and Li Siyuan led 500 cavalry to complete the army and return. Li Keyong used this 500 cavalry number as the "rampage capital", and Li Siyuan as the military envoy. After that, in the east of Hebei and Hedong, Li Siyuan was called "Li Hengchong".

Li Congjing's filial piety made Li Siyuan laugh with relief, and he was naturally happy to appreciate it.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, and the first army of the forbidden army, the half-mounted rampage army, will be launched this autumn.

White Horse Temple is a famous temple in Luoyang, Qi Ji followed Li Congjing to Luoyang, and settled here.

Li Congjing planned to purge Buddhism, on the one hand, to release labor, on the other hand, but also to return the land to the people, as for the Buddhist assets, like Zhou Shizong Chai Rong, he also hoped that at this time, the world of great controversy can be used by the country.

Li Congjing's expectation is that he can lead Buddhism, cooperate with the policies of the imperial court, reduce the resistance in the process of imperial governance, reduce the adverse impact of this matter, and at the same time promote Buddhism to the real beneficial side of the country and the people, instead of competing with the people for profit and wealth.

If it can be developed well, whether it is to attack Shu or Jiangnan in the future, during and after the war, with the help of Buddhism to break some resistance, comfort some people, and stabilize some order, it is Li Congjing's expectation. Religion is a thing that has its demagogic and influential, and it is indeed a sharp blade when used well.

Now that Li Congjing is so busy, he naturally has no time to take care of these things, of course, whether as an individual, but as the king of Qin, he can't take care of the state affairs and take everything into his arms. After discussing the matter of Buddhism, Li Congjing and Li Siyuan decided to hand it over to the imperial court, and it was Feng Dao and Li Qi who decided to be the prime minister.

Li Congjing came to the White Horse Temple today, which was to bring Feng Dao, Li Qi and Qi Ji to meet, and the reason why the three of them came to the temple instead of recruiting Qi Ji to go to the yamen can be regarded as a piece of worship Buddha's heart.

followed Li Congjing together, and the fifth girl, last time Qi Ji saved her, she has always been grateful, these days, often come to visit Qi Ji, bring him some snacks to eat, the little girl is actually very good-hearted.

Li Congjing didn't plan to talk to Qi Ji about Buddhism and wit, but this was what Feng Dao and Li Qi were willing to do, the former sat with the three of them for a while, and let them make tea and talk about Taoism, poetry and scenery, and then he planned to leave.

Before leaving the temple, I saw a person, thin Luo shirt with gold mud seams, and embroidered Luo shirt with branches, standing quietly beside the path, looking at him from a distance with a pair of resentful water-cutting eyes, and wanted to speak.