After that, Li Si himself can not pay taxes, and the rent has nothing to do with Lao Tzu, but Li Si has to serve the country for forty years, and he can not retire until he reaches the age of sixty.

After enlisting in the army, the government soldiers do not serve all year round, and they still live with his relatives on ordinary days, farming for business, this time accounts for three-quarters of the year (three hours of farming), but every winter and November is convened by the Zhichong Prefecture to train formations and practice martial arts (temporary martial arts).

Ten soldiers in the government are a fire, the fire has a long fire, I learned "Mulan Poem" in junior high school, and I still remember that there is such a sentence "go out to see the fire companion", that is, because ten people in the military camp are a fire, so the same fire is called a fire partner.

Every five fires are a team, each team has fifty people, and there is a team. Each fire should bring six pack horses, donkeys (eight packs at first, later changed to six packs), as well as a set of living utensils, armor and weapons, etc., each fire has something to be prepared for each fire, and each team has something to prepare for each team, these courts do not care, only spend their own money to buy.

This is also the reason why + no + wrong + choose people with economic strength to enlist in the army, if you don't have economic strength, you still have to worry about eating by yourself, how can you come up with these things.

Every second team is a brigade (100 people), and the brigade has a brigade commander; Every second brigade is a regiment (200 men), and the regiment has a lieutenant; Each of the three to five lieutenants is a Zhechong Prefecture, the governor of Zhichong Prefecture is the Zhichong Governor, and the deputy governor is Guoyi Lieutenant.

Zhechong Mansion was subordinate to the Twelve Guards (expanded to the Sixteen Guards during the reign of Tang Gaozong Li Zhi) and the Six Rates of the East Palace, the Twelve Guards were directly subordinate to the Emperor's Praetorian Guards, but the Praetorian Guards did not only include the Twelve Guards.

The following is a list of the twelve guards and the six rates of the East Palace:

Left and Right Guard Generals (divided into Left Guard Generals and Right Guard Generals two guards, the same below)

Left and right, the general of the Xiaowei

Left and right generals of the Armed Guards

Left and right Weiwei generals

Left and right led the army to the general Wei

Left and right, General Kim Wuwei

The prince's left and right guards led the government rate

The left and right of the prince led the government rate

The left and right of the prince cleared the government rate

As a member of the "Guardian", Li Si's social status has been improved. There are no taxes to pay, but they have to serve the court. Every year, they take turns to have guards in the palace and go to the border places to defend them. The emperor gave an order to fight, and he couldn't say a word, he had to go with a weapon.

Although Li Si became a "guard", he either made great contributions or was appreciated by the emperor, otherwise it would be difficult to become a senior officer, and he would have worked hard all his life to climb the past, and it would be good to retire as a middle-level officer, but there is such a group of people in the Twelve Guards. was the closest to the emperor in the Twelve Guards, and he didn't stay long before he was transferred to a middle-level officer, and in the following decades, he became a senior officer and became a pillar of the country.

To tell the truth, such a group of people may not be stronger than Li Si, but they are born well, they are either the sons of meritorious heroes, or the children and grandchildren of high-ranking officials, and the second generation of top officials. One by one.

Li Yuan and Li Shimin's father and son are very good friends, it is not easy for brothers and brothers to pin their heads to the waistband of their trousers to fight the world, and if they become emperors, their descendants will either be emperors. Either it's the prince, it's a guarantee. But we can't forget the brothers and sisters, and it's not enough to give rewards to the brothers. also arranged their children and grandchildren, so that the brothers and brothers can die with peace of mind. "Don't worry, I've arranged it for you. Your children and grandchildren are all pillars of the nation. ”

In the twelve guards, these ** have a special name, "personal guard", "Xun Wei", "Ling Wei", this is not called casually, but also can not be called indiscriminately, in strict accordance with the rules and regulations, the three guards in the highest level, is the son of the third rank or above, the grandson of the second rank and above.

You say that you are a fourth grade, it is useless, your son is at most a "meritorious position", "personal guard" don't even think about it, it's useless to think about it, who made your old man climb all his life and only a fourth grade? Among the three guards, "Ling Wei" (five pinzi, four grandchildren, three great-grandchildren) is the worst, don't look at the worst, and it is much stronger than Li Siqiang. …

This group of people had about 20,000 people in the twelve guards, and they had to take turns guarding the palace like the government soldiers. They are the real guards of the emperor, acting as the emperor's support when he goes to court.

These people are promoted quickly, sometimes it's like taking a helicopter, the twelve guards are just the steps of these people's advancement, and after the soy sauce, they pat their butts and leave.

When he was in the palace guard, Li Si met the "three guards" personnel, watching people stride meteors, arrogant, showing off their might, so not majestic, the envy and jealousy in his heart, regretting that he did not study hard and took the Jinshi exam.

It is difficult to determine the true number of the Tang Dynasty's Zhichong Mansion in the history books, and most historians hold such a view that the number of the Tang Dynasty's Zhichong Mansion is constantly changing, and what is written in the history books is only the number of the Zhichong Mansion in a period.

In this way, it is understandable that the number of Zhichong Mansions in the history books is different, and it is generally believed that the number of Zhichong Mansions in the Tang Dynasty was about 600, less than 600, and more than 600.

Here are two examples, according to the research of historians, the number of Zhechong mansions in the ten years of Zhenguan of Tang Taizong is 594, and the number of Zhechong mansions in the last year of Tang Xuanzong is 638.

Regardless of whether the number of Zhichong Mansions is 500 or 600, one thing is certain, most of the Zhichong Mansions in the Tang Dynasty were close to Chang'an, the capital at that time, accounting for more than three-quarters of the country.

The country's government soldiers were subordinate to the Twelve Guards, all of which belonged directly to the emperor, and this layout was conducive to the consolidation and strengthening of centralized power in the Tang Dynasty, which was also the reason why the political situation in the early Tang Dynasty had been very stable.

Later, during the period of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the conscription system gradually replaced the government military system, and the situation of internal and external weight began to appear, and in 755 An Lushan launched the Fanyang Mutiny to alarm the whole country overnight, and it was out of control, and then although the Anshi Rebellion was calmed, the situation of internal light and external weight has not changed.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the government soldiers, there were also recruits and state town soldiers, and there were also Fan soldiers to help during the war, but the government soldiers were the most important military force, historians have researched, the Tang Dynasty government soldiers were about 600,000, and the emperor controlled such a huge army. Whoever can compete with the central government is looking for death.

The soldiers of the government have a brave character. Strong body, excellent armament. Appearing on the battlefield, it exerted strong combat effectiveness and became the main military force of the Tang Dynasty to stabilize the situation internally, suppress the people, and resist foreign enemies and invade foreign countries externally.

The government military system was revitalized in the Tang Dynasty, and Li Yuan integrated an army with super combat effectiveness based on the government military system, and finally unified the world.

Tang Taizong relied on the army under the government military system to attack the Turks, Tuyuhun, and Gaochang, and promote the prestige of the country and foreign lands. The day Khan returned to the heart of the world.

Tang Gaozong expanded his territory on the basis of his father, thanks to the help of the government military system.

In short, in the Tang Dynasty, the government military system, like the Juntian system, was the guarantee of the country's prosperity and prosperity, the Juntian system was responsible for ensuring the economy, and the government military system was responsible for ensuring the military.

Liu Wenjing's death Li Yuan became the emperor, which is very interesting, and he did not forget his old friend. The most ironclad friendship with Li Yuan belongs to Pei Lian, maybe the two have something in common, or Pei Lian is a sycophant and makes Li Yuan very comfortable. After a long time, I can no longer be separated from Pei Lian.

I think there should be both, and there are two children with different personalities who play together and have to fight. Not to mention the two heroic figures of the time? After ascending the throne, Li Yuan was very fond of Pei Lian. What kind of pampering is it?

Li Yuan rewarded Pei Lin with a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, and sent people to give Pei Lin the food he ate every day. When he sat side by side with Pei Lin in the last dynasty, there was no distinction between monarchs and ministers, and the two talked and laughed and frolicked after the next dynasty, Li Yuan called Pei Lin "Pei Jian", but not his name, including Li Jiancheng's brothers, no one could surpass Pei Lin in favor. …

Li Yuan doted on Pei Lin and surpassed everyone, one person couldn't stand it, it should be said that first envy, then jealousy, and finally hatred. This person is Liu Wenjing. Liu Wenjing had a lot of credit for the emperor at the beginning of Li Yuan's army until he ascended the throne, and at that time, Li Shimin's merits could not be compared with Liu Wenjing (at that time, Li Shimin did not level Liu Wuzhou, let alone Ping Wang to destroy Dou. ）

Let's review the three major contributions made by Liu Wenjing. The first merit: At the beginning of the uprising, he formulated a general strategic policy for Li Yuan, that is, to enter Guanzhong in the west first, and then dominate the world. The second merit: Shun lì completed the task of sending the Turks, which not only relieved Li Yuan's worries, but also enabled the Turks to send troops to help. The third merit: Blocking Qu Tutong at Tongguan, buying time for Li Yuan to attack Chang'an, and later capturing Qu Tutong and forcing him to surrender.

is also the chief adviser of Li Yuan's Taiyuan army, after Li Yuan ascended the throne, Liu Wenjing's treatment was different from Pei Lian's, under Pei Lian, and other Liu Hongji, Yin Kaishan and others were on the same level.

Liu Wenjing's heart is very unbalanced, why, Pei Lin didn't do anything, he would be a sycophant, and he was in front of me, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, as an intellectual, Liu Wenjing was not low-key, and he would not hide, so such a scene often happened in the court.

Li Yuan ordered the ministers to discuss one thing, Liu Wenjing first put forward his opinions, first for a while, and then said the main topic, the opinions put forward are very pertinent, but do not pay attention to the method of speaking, there is often a sentence that is very unpleasant, and inadvertently angered Li Yuan, but Liu Wenjing did not feel it, after putting forward the opinion, he glanced at Pei Lin with contempt, as if to say, can you do it?

Although the verbal exchange was carried out in silence, the atmosphere was quite harmonious. If Pei Lin first put forward his opinion, the atmosphere would not be so harmonious, often Pei Lin said the east, Liu Wenjing then said the west, Pei Lin said the north, Liu Wenjing went on to say the south, in short, it is a sentence, I, Liu Wenjing, am not right about people, I am here for you Pei Lian, understand? I don't understand, you go on, see if I can't kill you.

Watching the two chief ministers fighting back and forth, like the tip of a needle against Mai Mang, Li Yuan was very troublesome, Liu Wuzhou was enough for me to be upset, you are still like this, so he simply flicked his sleeves and walked out of the hall directly. This time, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were dumbfounded, the emperor left, Pei Lin hurriedly followed Li Yuan out, Liu Wenjing was still shouting there, Your Majesty, the matter has not been discussed yet?

After such a fuss, Liu Wenjing was still angry, and made up her mind that she would not give up if she didn't squeeze Bi Pei Lin out of the court. At home, Liu Wenjing and her brother Liu Wenqi were drinking a little wine and admiring the moon, the two brothers were chatting while drinking, and suddenly Liu Wenqi mentioned Pei Lian, Liu Wenjing also drank too much at this time, stood up angrily, pulled out his saber, and slashed the pillar. And swore an oath: "I must kill Pei Lian." ”

Liu Wenqi's house is constantly haunted, and many things that are difficult to explain often happen. So he found a wizard to suppress evil and eliminate demons. Liu Wenjing never goes to sleep with his little wife. The little wife was very disappointed and angry, and the consequences were much stricter than Liu Wenjing expected, so the little wife asked his brother to report to Li Yuan about Liu Wenqi's family asking the wizard and Liu Wenjing to speak wildly.

Immediately after Liu Wenjing was arrested, Li Yuan ordered Pei Lin and Xiao Yu to interrogate Liu Wenjing and investigate the case. I am Sima, Pei Lin is a long history, the status is the same, now the emperor favors Pei Lian, and alienates me, Pei Lin ranks first among the heroes, I am no different from other people, there is no extra money at home, and I go out to fight. My mother didn't even have a place to shelter from the wind and rain, and I was very disappointed, and I drank too much wine and complained. ”…

At that time, many ministers in the court believed that Liu Wenjing did not rebel. But Pei Lin has always been at odds with Liu Wenjing, and wanted to take this opportunity to dispose of Liu Wenjing, so he said to Li Yuan: "Liu Wenjing is scheming. More than ordinary people, the character is cunning and deceitful. Now that there is no stability in the world, it must be a disaster to stay. ”

Meaning: Liu Wenjing Even if he doesn't oppose it now, he will oppose it in the future, in short, it is not safe for this person to stay, I will build yì You should get rid of him as soon as possible. In September of the second year of Wude, Li Yuan beheaded Liu Wenjing and Liu Wenqi, and the family property was confiscated (it is estimated that there is nothing, if you copy Pei Lian's home, you will definitely gain a lot).

On the execution ground, Liu Wenjing sighed and said: "'The high bird is exhausted, and the good bow is hidden', this is right." "A generation of smart people, meritorious deeds, meritorious names will not escape the fate of "rabbit dead dog cooking", history once again proves that Fan Li and Zhang Liang are truly wise people.

Let's review this incident again, and you will find that this incident is extremely unusual, and can even be said to be full of loopholes. First of all, what is used to explain Liu Wenjing's rebellion, the wizard's methods, or Liu Wenjing's wild words, none of these can prove Liu Wenjing's rebellion. In fact, there is no need to prove it, because Pei Lin knows very well in his heart that Liu Wenjing did not rebel.

The reason why Liu Wenjing died was because someone wanted to kill him, is this person Pei Lian? This matter seems to be a power struggle between Liu Wenjing and Pei Lian, and it is Pei Lin who wants to kill Liu Wenjing, Pei Lin who is trying the case, and it is Pei Lin who is proposing opinions to Li Yuan.

But we must be soberly aware that the power of life and death is in the hands of Li Yuan, and Li Yuan has not been confused to the point of being at the mercy of Pei Lian, otherwise he would not be able to plan to unify the whole country.

Killing Liu Wenjing was allowed by Li Yuan, so it was not Pei Lin who really wanted to kill Liu Wenjing, but Li Yuan, Pei Lin was just a pawn of Li Yuan, at most it was a trick, whether he did it at Li Yuan's behest, or Li Yuan pushed the boat down the river, we don't know, I guess it was mostly a play played by Li Yuan and Pei Lin together. Here comes another question, why did Li Yuan have to kill Liu Wenjing?

For such a great hero as Liu Wenjing, Li Yuan can be alienated, he can not use it, he can be dismissed from office, or he can wait until the world is pacified before killing, there are many ways, I will not list them one by one, in short, Liu Wenjing is more useful alive than dead, in short, there is no need to kill Liu Wenjing.

However, Liu Wenjing still died, and the reason was that he had to die. Although the history books do not directly write the reasons for this, we can deduce one or two based on the records in the history books, and it is only my personal opinion that I am now famous.

During the reign of Wude (Li Yuan) in the Tang Dynasty, when the struggle within the ruling group is mentioned, the struggle for the throne between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin comes to mind, because its impact is far-reaching enough, and its events are extremely confusing and unbelievable enough.

(This is thanks to Li Shimin himself, because he does not want future generations to see the truth of history) So is the power struggle between Liu Wenjing and Pei Lin related to the struggle for the throne between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin? This starts with the relationship between Liu Wenjing, Pei Lian, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.

After Li Shimin ascended the throne, Liu Wenjing was dead at that time, and the heroes were re-divided, Pei Lin was still ranked first, above the eldest grandson Wuji and others, if Pei Lin was Li Jiancheng's party, Li Shimin would not be so polite to him, and at the same time, Pei Lin did not support Li Shimin, in the most sensitive event in the Wude period - Pei Lin chose neutrality, Mingzhe to protect himself, and the two did not help each other.

Isn't this matter incredible, as the most favored minister in the court, he actually made such a choice in such a big matter, I didn't understand it at first, but then I understood, although Pei Lian's military and political talents are not outstanding, but he is very smart.

He knows that it is good to enjoy the shade next to the big tree of Li Yuan, and he also knows that no matter who he helps, there is a risk, and if he falls, he will have to be finished with him, only no one will help the least risky, but Pei Lin is not the only smart person in the court, and there are two people who are equally smart - Li Jing and Li Shiji, and the two of them also chose neutrality. …

From the beginning of the army, Liu Wenjing and Li Shimin walked very closely, helping Li Yuan to give advice, waving his army to the west, and then attacking Xue Renguo together, if Liu Wenjing was alive, most of them would support Li Shimin in the battle for the throne between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.

It's a pity that he died too early, when he died in the second year of Wude, Li Tang only occupied the land of Zhongzhong and Hedong, not even half of the country, at that time the focus of the whole group's work was to resist foreign enemies and unify the world, and it had not yet developed into a struggle for the throne.

It can be said even more boldly that at that time, even if Li Shimin had an opinion on Li Jiancheng as the prince, he did not have much opinion, and his ambition to become the emperor only came after one victory after another. So will anyone foresee that Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin will have a battle for the throne?

Yes, Liu Wenjing's specialty is to analyze problems and be able to analyze the ideas, but the disadvantage is that he can't see himself clearly, facing Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and Li Shimin, Liu Wenjing, as an outsider, saw this, so in a confidential environment, Liu Wenjing told Li Shimin what he thought of, and persuaded Li Shimin to start early, too late, it was too late.

Although it was very secretive, it was still known by Li Yuan, and Li Yuan also thought of this, but he had no choice, as an old man, he understood the preciousness of his life, and as a son who continued his life, Li Yuan couldn't bear to make a choice among them, so he had to sacrifice Liu Wenjing.

can't let Liu Wenjing live, if he lives, it will cause a gap between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, and if he lives, he will instigate Li Shimin to kill Li Jiancheng, he is alive...... There is no good thing for him to live, so Liu Wenjing must die, and you can only blame you for being too smart.

I think this is the reason why Li Yuan had to kill Liu Wenjing, and it has nothing to do with Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, just because Liu Wenjing has been a strategist all his life, but he has not learned to be careful when he speaks, and don't say some things that should not be said, otherwise he will catch fire. It is understandable why this matter is so obscure in the history books?

Because the historian did not dare to write the truth, but he could not help but write, so he could only stop talking, which made us later people who read history books feel pain and joy. In a sense, Liu Wenjing killed himself, Liu Wenjing is a smart person who is mistaken by cleverness, he doesn't understand, some problems are not considered problems before they have reached the time that they must be solved. (To be continued......)

Chapter 229 [The Turbulent Times].

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