Chapter 13 Joining the Military

Sun Simiao's stay in the East Palace was finally settled under Li Er's decision, and the current East Palace is indeed the best choice, Sun Simiao wants to check his son's condition nearby, it is impossible to live outside the palace, but let him live in the harem, but the old doctor is absolutely unwilling. So after Sun Simiao prescribed a prescription for recuperation, he went to his residence during this time with Li Chengqian and rested for a while.

Li Kuan didn't leave, he was stopped by Li Er when he was about to leave, these days his table Xiàn made Lille very satisfied, Li Kuan showed his concern for his son in these days, Li Er saw it in his eyes, and was very useful in his heart. After all, what he did a few years ago became a heart disease anyway, which made him worry that his children would follow in the footsteps of the previous generation, which was also one of the reasons why he sent Li Ke out of the capital, the reason why Li Kuan and Li Tai were left also has a deep meaning in it, Li Tai is out of a preference, this fat prince has not yet shown the slightest bastard, and he likes to dance and ink. Plus, this fat guy hasn't reached the age of the feud yet, so he stayed. As for Li Kuan, there are two reasons, one of which is because of his son's body, since the imperial doctor was not optimistic about the condition of this little princess, Li Eryou remembered Li Kuan. He was also young and sick, and was even judged to die early by the imperial doctor, but now he is the healthiest of all the princes and princesses, and he has the best skills, so Li Er has saved a glimmer of hope in this regard. And Li Kuan did not live up to it, and really took care of this little sister's body well.

As for the second reason, this is the reason why Li Er stopped Li Kuan now. Only since the first year of Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty has attacked the Turks in addition to the north. There is little fighting, even if the enemy is watching from outside. But Li Er still kept restrained and never used his sword in vain. And not just because the aliens didn't invade on a large scale. The main reason is that Datang's national strength is insufficient, not enough to support a huge war. In recent years, the recuperation has been quite effective, and the people of Datang have gradually been able to eat and clothe themselves, although there will still be people displaced in the year of the catastrophe, but compared with when they just took over Datang, the situation is undoubtedly much better. So Li Er's ambition began to burn, hoping to teach a lesson to those alien races who were eyeing each other. But when checking the soldiers under his command, Li Er found a problem, that is, Datang can be called a fierce general. Wise generals are like rain, but most of these people are not confused, and some are even over half a hundred years old, and the generals of the Tang Dynasty have a situation of not receiving green and yellow. At the beginning, those fierce generals who fought the world with him, Qin Qiong was no longer able to go to the battlefield to fight, and Du Ruhui had passed away. Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji have been converted to civilian positions, and the court can no longer do without them, so it is impossible to lead the army to fight anymore. The younger ones are only Hou Junji. Li Shiji, these two, and the rest are like Cheng Yanjin, Wei Chigong, and Qu Tutong. Duan Zhixuan, Liu Hongji, and Zhang Daliang are still in their fighting years. However, they are mostly fierce generals and lack resourcefulness. And Li Jing, who is the first person in the Tang military. Although this man has outstanding achievements, his background makes it impossible for Li Er to fully believe him.

That's it. There is a lack of generals in the Tang Army, and there is a lack of a general who can completely reassure Li Er. Of course, there is another more hidden reason: although there are countless fierce generals leading troops to garrison the Quartet, can the royal family be completely relieved? Among the soldiers and horses in the world, only Li Xiaogong, the king of Jiangxia, is the only one, and as for Li Er's own cousin Li Shentong, don't say anything. Therefore, in order to prevent the general from supporting the army and respecting himself, and even having some careful thoughts in his heart, Li Er not only installed a large number of Wuli Sima in the army, but also had a completely trustworthy person to go to the army and sit in charge of him on his behalf.

So Li Kuan, who had already shown a little grandeur, entered the scope of Li Er's investigation, and as early as that war deep into the grassland, Li Er began to observe. After that, Li Erdu did a lot of research on Li Kuan's actions, and finally made a decision when Li Kuan returned to Beijing this time: let Li Kuan enter the army and become the representative of the royal family in the military.

This representative not only represents the face of the royal family, but also represents the rule of the royal family over the army, and in order to do this, in addition to being able to gain a firm foothold in the army, it is also necessary to establish a large number of military merits. Although Li Er also had the intention to let Li Chengqian do such a thing, he gave up after thinking about it, and the prince still stayed in the court. If you go to the army, you may not be able to suppress those unruly generals, although the prince is also diligent in martial arts, but his skills are mediocre, which is far from his two brothers who are close in age. Li Kuan didn't say anything, his strong skills have been affirmed by the military generals group, as for Li Ke, although this guy is usually silent, but his martial arts are not to be underestimated, especially his swordsmanship, which is not far from Li Er, and not only martial arts, but also poetry and songs, and classic strategies, the three princes are also outstanding. This made Li Er very suspicious that the bloodline of the royal families of the two dynasties was really so powerful, making Li Ke so talented? Or did Li Chengqian not really study hard?

However, even if Li Ke was so good, he was still brought to the land of Wu Yue by Li Er, and let him stay there, so as not to make a few brothers in this Chang'an City face to face and heart to part, and the small actions at the bottom continued. Sending him out is also a statement. is telling him that that position will never be passed on to him, the main reason is that everyone knows it clearly, how could the Li family pass the country to a prince with the blood of the former Sui royal family?

Of course, no one will say these things clearly, everyone is figuring out by themselves in their own actions, how much can they understand, that is their personal ability, but as a weak party, if you understand the mistake, then I'm sorry, you have to pay the price for your stupidity, or this price is something you can't afford anyway, but you can only blame yourself for not having that eyesight, and you can't blame others. This thing is like this, draped in a fig leaf, so that others can guess what the carcass is under this fig leaf. If you don't have a little brain, don't mix it up.

Li Kuan has such self-knowledge, he knows that if he enters the court, it will be a toy ravaged in the hands of those old foxes, and there is no power to fight back, so he didn't think about making a name for himself in the court, but in the army, there is not so much intrigue, compared to the court of deceit, it is simply a pure paradise, a group of military warriors who are not willing to use their brains, it is very simple to get along, whose fist is big, who has the final say, of course, except for the assignment from the superiors, It's the same rule at the same level.

This is also the reason why military generals in the army like to compare fists with each other, as long as your fists are big and hard, then you other miscellaneous people must all lie down. This kind of life makes these guys who don't like to use their brains like it very much, and at the same time, they are very much in line with Li Kuan's thoughts.

"Kuan'er, I hope that you can make a difference in the army, the royal family's control of the army, there can be no flaws, I can say when I am here, if I am not there, these generals may not be able to suppress the court alone!" Li Er's rare words to say such a somewhat discouraged thing are not that he has no confidence in himself, but that he is starting from the aspect of overall planning. He is very confident in governing the country, he is as stable as Mount Tai in the entire empire, but he is not so confident in his children and grandchildren, although Li Chengqian has done a decent job, but how much water is there, Li Er is very clear, and there are some things that are not in the stream, Li Er also has an account, but these things have not yet been put on the surface, and he has hinted many times that Li Chengqian has been restrained, but he has begun to have some other thoughts in Li Er's heart. Therefore, if there are really some unpredictable changes in the army in the future, then a person who can suppress the three armies will be needed to stabilize the situation. He chose Li Kuan, which is also the least of all his children who don't need him to worry about for the time being, and this guy does a lot of things that are bold, but I have to say that he does it beautifully.

"Erchen in the army? OK! Li Kuan thought about it and agreed: "It's just that the son hopes that his father will agree to one thing!" Li Kuan took the opportunity to put forward conditions, of course, this is also Li Kuan's patent, and the rest of his brothers do not have this guts.

"You kid, tell me, what is going to happen this time?" Li Er knew that he was the second son, and it was impossible for him to do something not to agree to a few conditions, and the things that this kid proposed were not unacceptable, so Li Er had already prepared for it.

"Erchen wants to take charge of an army alone this time, it doesn't take too much, more than a thousand people are enough!" Li Kuan stated his conditions.

"What, you want to train an elite army?" Hearing Li Kuan's conditions, Li Er knew what he was thinking, this guy wanted to train an army like Xuanjiawei by himself.

"Father is wise!" Li Kuan never thought of hiding his thoughts, he just wanted to train an elite army, which could go up the mountain to fight tigers and go down to the sea to fight Jiao. Such an elite is what he wants, after all, Tubo is far away on the plateau, and the Japanese state is even more overseas, if there is no such team, I am afraid it will be really difficult to deal with.

"I'm right, such a team can be built up by you, but I want your training skills!" Li Er also talked about the conditions with his son. With this training technique, he can combine it with the Xuanjiawei training technique in his hand to train more elite troops, which is of course also a kind of defense against this new army in Li Kuan's hands.

"Good!" Li Kuan agreed very happily, anyway, these are not confidential things. (To be continued......)