Chapter 374: Joining the Guards as an Army (I)
got up the next day, and after Li Junxian got up from Mulan's delicate body, Mulan served Li Junxian and put on her clothes.
"Jun Xian, today I am afraid that the emperor will announce the establishment of the General Staff, and there will be no problem for Li Jing to serve as the chief of staff. But if I serve as the deputy chief left, I'm afraid this will cause a lot of trouble! I'm afraid that other people will stop me because I'm a woman, so what should I do? Mulan asked.
Li Junxian thought for a moment and said, "You have to prove your ability." Now it's just that the emperor supports you, but if you have the ability to prove yourself, I'm afraid others won't believe you. But the General Staff has just been established, and I'm afraid you won't have a chance to prove your abilities. Since this is the case, then you take the initiative to put forward a bill, so that everyone can see that you also have real materials. The bill needs to be big enough and sensational enough to be able to recognize you. ”
Li Junxian actually guessed Li Shimin's idea, that is, to make Mulan the deputy chief of the General Staff, then in fact, this position is for Li Junxian. Although Li Junxian is qualified enough, he has assumed the responsibility of teaching and educating people and cultivating reserve officers for Datang. Therefore, this position can only be placed on Mulan for the time being, so that Li Junxian can give full play to his talents, and it can also be regarded as a favor to Li Junxian's family. Moreover, this can be said to be a bright rise and a dark fall. Originally, the special guards had excellent combat effectiveness, but now they have been transferred to the General Staff as deputy chiefs, and this is the removal of military power. Li Shimin also has some thoughts on compensation, so Mulan can become the deputy chief of the General Staff.
"And what motion do I propose?" Mulan asked.
"I've got you covered!" Li Junxian said.
Since he is a husband, how can he not help his wife when she is in difficulty? Although Mulan is actually much stronger than Li Junxian in terms of specific operations, Li Junxian has a much longer vision than Mulan in terms of military vision. Moreover, Mulan is also politically poor, so Li Junxian needs to help make up for this, and this is different. And husbands and wives need to complement each other, and Li Junxian and Mulan can both play complementary roles. And Dugu Yiren just makes up for Li Junxian's economic thinking. As for Zheng Liwan. The level of political struggle is much stronger than that of Li Junxian, and this is also an aspect that makes up for it.
Soon, a plan for the military establishment was completed, and Mulan and Li Junxian also came to the palace.
"I announced that the Tang Dynasty would establish a General Staff Headquarters, which would be responsible for researching and formulating the outline of the Tang Dynasty's military development and commanding the army in times of war. Also, he is responsible for drawing up the battle plan of the imaginary enemy. Li Shimin said.
"The emperor is wise!"
Everyone knew that the General Staff Headquarters had to be established, and at that time, Li Junxian's special guard relied on the General Staff to help the operation, and everything went smoothly as a result. Now Datang is also going to set up a general staff. That can be regarded as a major contribution to Datang.
"I, the Datang General Staff, have set up a chief to be responsible for commanding the General Staff, and then directly responsible to me. I appointed Li Jing as Chief of the General Staff. Li Shimin said.
Next, a voice of praise for merit and virtue sounded, obviously praising Li Shimin's wisdom and touting Li Jing, the "commander in chief of the three armed services" who had just taken office. In fact, there is not much difference between the General Staff and the commanders of the three armed services, and although they are only indirectly commanded, their status is not low. And Li Jing's position is well deserved. There is no opinion on anyone.
Now everyone is concerned about who will be Li Jing's deputy? According to the convention, there is a chief official in every yamen, so naturally there must be an adjutant, and this kind of person was called Zuo Er in ancient times. It's also a very important position. And this deputy, I'm afraid the real power is not small, so everyone is staring at it!
"There are two deputy chiefs under this general staff, who are the left and right deputy chiefs. The left second length is from the third product. The second length of the right is about four frets. As for the deputy minister on the right, Liu Hongji will be in charge! Li Shimin said.
Liu Hongji can be said to be Li Tang's old minister, and now he is serving as Wei Weiqing. But this real power is very small. Now that he is transferred to serve as the right deputy chief of the General Staff, it can be said that he will be promoted in the open and in the dark, and ordinary people will not have an opinion. But everyone is more concerned about this left deputy commander, which is almost equivalent to the position of deputy commander. Although the grade is not high, the real power is not small, so everyone is very concerned.
Li Shimin looked at the ministers, and then said, "As for this deputy chief left, I plan to let Wei Mulan, the Duke of Liangguo, serve as it!" ”
"What?" "How is this possible?" "Your Majesty, what's going on?" ……
A large group of people began to exclaim, obviously Li Shimin's behavior was too surprising to them. Mulan was named the Duke of the Kingdom before, which has surprised everyone very much. Mulan can be said to be the first person to obtain the title of Duke of the country as a woman, and now she has to serve as the deputy chief of the general staff again, which is almost a historical precedent again. I'm afraid Mulan is also the first woman to serve as deputy commander of the army. And if she did this, how could Mulan possibly erect herself majesty? A deputy commander does not have his own prestige, this is probably a little unreliable!
But they didn't know at all that what Li Shimin needed was a deputy commander who had no prestige, and Mulan just fit Li Shimin's ideas. He is capable, but he can't generate much prestige because of his gender, and he can only rely on Li Jing's authorization to carry out his work. Isn't this a very suitable person? That's why Li Shimin is so supportive.
"Your Majesty, don't believe it!" Liu Hongji said first.
Although Liu Hongji is also the second chief, he is the right deputy chief of the small grade. If the deputy chief Zuo is someone else, I'm afraid Liu Hongji will also admit it. But it was actually a woman like Mulan, so he couldn't accept it. I was pressed down by a woman, and I'm afraid not everyone can understand this.
However, Mulan took the initiative to come out and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has a proposal, please discuss it." ”
"Say!" Li Shimin said.
Li Shimin knew that this was mostly Li Junxian supporting his wife, so he came up with a bill. And Mulan is Li Junxian's representative in front of the stage, and Li Junxian went to teach and educate people, and was relieved of military power. This is a very good way, not only to prevent Li Junxian from directly controlling the army, but also to allow Li Junxian to give full play to his talents. Now that Li Junxian wants to help Mulan establish his prestige, Li Shimin, as the emperor, naturally wants to support him.
"Your Majesty, the minister's proposal is to join the guard and serve as the army." Mulan said. (To be continued......)