Li Shimin and Niu Jinda exchanged a few words of greeting, and also focused on the silver armor on Niu Jinda's body, he looked at the cavalry with silver armor again, and his heart was inexplicably shocked, he said: "Jinda, the Songzhou defenders are wearing such armor?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, if it weren't for this invulnerable armor, the Songzhou defenders would not have been able to defeat Tuyuhun's 80,000 army so easily." Niu Jinda said honestly, since Li Yu asked him to bring soldiers wearing armor to Chang'an, he didn't care about exposing the defensive weapon of plate armor.

Niu Jinda's words were very casual, but it made the other generals gasp, the Songzhou defenders were all wearing such armor, they really wanted to try the defensive power of this armor, Cheng Yanjin secretly said that Li Su had such a good thing and didn't know how to send a set, how to say that he is also Cheng Huailiang's brother-in-law, he is the brother-in-law and his father, he was greedy, he said: "Jinda's armor looks tight, don't look at it and use it." Everyone can hear the sourness in the words.

Niu Jinda and Cheng Yanjin are also old acquaintances, and he said: "What is useless!" After speaking, he pointed to the two cavalrymen who came and said, "You show it to the generals." ”

The two horsemen looked at each other and stood opposite each other, and one of the cavalrymen drew his horizontal sword and slashed at the other's armor.

The sheer force of the sword caused the cavalry to retreat again and again, but only a few shallow marks were added to the cavalryman's armor, and then the soldier stood still again, allowing the cavalryman to attack from different directions, and he was not hurt at all under the tight protection.

After demonstrating this, the two cavalrymen fought against each other according to Niu Jinda's instructions, showing the flexibility of the armor, and the generals were dumbfounded, even Li Shimin couldn't take their eyes off it.

"How? Now convinced! Niu Jinda said to Cheng Yanjin, "According to His Royal Highness, the value of this set of armor is at least a thousand sets, how can such an expensive armor be useless." ”

"A thousand?" One minister exclaimed, and the other ministers also discussed. The meaning is very clear, this armor is really not something that everyone has the money to equip.

All the generals were also envious, they all heard that Li Su's fiefdom is now implementing a conscription system, after these soldiers are recruited, not only food, but also monthly salaries, and the soldiers' equipment is all provided by Li Su's palace, and there is no need for soldiers to bring their own.

In other parts of the Tang Dynasty, the government military system was implemented, and the soldiers were soldiers and peasants, and they were only called up for training when they were fighting. Moreover, he had to prepare his own weapons and war horses, and it was impossible for him to equip him with these luxurious equipment.

Li Shimin also knows this, but he can't just think about such a small area like Li Su, what he wants to consider is the entire Tang Dynasty, there is just some surplus money in the treasury, if he tosses like Li Su, it will be over in a few clicks, and he will be able to drink the northwest wind in the future.

In fact, this thousand sets of words were just talking and joking when Li Yu and Xue Rengui were joking, and the most valuable thing about this plate armor was the material. However, this material was purchased by Li Su from modern times, and if it was really built according to the actual ability of the Tang Dynasty, this piece of armor would not be measured by money, because there was no such material at all. But according to modern capabilities, this armor does not cost much money, he has his own aluminum alloy factory, and the cost price is only. And in Taoyuan, it's just processing, it doesn't cost much, he didn't expect Niu Jinda on the side to take it seriously.

Li Shimin looked left and right. Seeing the different expressions of the ministers, he said: "There are few people in Shudi, and the Shengtang Chamber of Commerce will make money, and it is normal to be able to equip these armors, you don't want to be too envious, if other places in the Tang Dynasty can be as rich as Yizhou, I can also implement the recruitment system, and I can also equip soldiers with these armors, but now that the national situation is like this, I am also helpless, you should always remember the four words of rest and recuperation, take it as your responsibility to make the country rich and strong, and don't always think about some crooked ways." ”。

Li Shimin took the opportunity to teach the courtiers a lesson, and reminded them not to think nonsense, but at the same time he was thinking in his heart about blackmailing Li Su with a batch of armor, he couldn't afford to equip the army, but his direct Praetorian Guard could always equip some, 10,000 people of equipment Li Su couldn't take out, he could always have two or three thousand sets, when the time came, these soldiers would go to the Taiji Palace, and he would have face on his face, wouldn't he?

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The ministers bowed in response.

After receiving this batch of war horses and white sheep, Li Shimin led the hundred officials back to the Taiji Palace, and he was ready to take advantage of today's announcement of the reward to Li Su, and at the same time discuss how to deal with the matter of Tuyuhun.

"Songzhou is a great victory, the six princes have captured Murong Fuyun and Murong Shun, the khans of the Tuyuhun Khanate, how to deal with them now, you all talk about it." Li Shimin sat down and said.

In the past fifteen days, many ministers have been thinking about this problem, just waiting for Li Shimin to ask, Wei Zheng said: "Your Majesty, Tuyuhun has a land of thousands of miles, although this defeat is a loss of troops, but the strength is still there, Murong Fuyun was imprisoned in Songzhou and can't go back, his son King Zun will definitely take the opportunity to ascend to the throne, and the King of Tianzhu, who has been instigating Tuyuhun to oppose the Tang Dynasty, has also escaped, it is said that he has always supported the king, and the king is also very new to him, thinking that it is inevitable that he will not be Koubian again." ”

"Your Majesty, what Wei Zheng said is reasonable, it is better to take advantage of the instability of the throne of King Zun Khan to take the opportunity to attack it, and support a Prince Tuyuhun who is close to the Tang Dynasty to ascend to the throne." The eldest grandson Wuji said.

Li Shimin nodded when he heard this, "But who should I support?" Murong Fuyun also surrendered to the Tang Dynasty back then, but later he still changed his hexagram. ”

"Father, there is a candidate for the son." Li Tai said at this time.

"Tell me about it!"

"This person is the captured Murong Shun." Li Tai looked at Li Shimin, "This Murong Shun first made a proton in Qiansui, and then made a proton in Chang'an, and only returned to Tuyuhun a few years ago, but after he went back, his position as the crown prince was robbed by the king, so he has been dissatisfied for a long time, if he is allowed to go back, he will definitely snatch the throne with the king, at that time we can send troops to help him, once successful, Murong Shun will be grateful to the Tang Dynasty, and he also has half of the blood of the Han people, and he also has some feelings for the Tang Dynasty." ”

Li Shimin nodded frequently after listening, it seems that Li Tai has put a lot of effort into this issue, and he praised: "Yes, it is indeed a good policy." ”

Li Chengqian was not far behind, he had already thought of this method, but he didn't expect Li Tai to take the lead, he said: "Father should leave Murong Shun in Chang'an as a hostage, and let him write an edict to abolish the crown prince of the king, and let Murong Shun inherit the throne, so that Murong Shun can go back justifiably." ”

"Well, that's good!" Li Shimin showed an appreciative gaze, Li Chengqian was getting more and more motivated, which made him very satisfied, "Do you have any other ideas?" ”

Fang Xuanling said: "The prince and King Wei have already thought about it very thoroughly, and the old minister also thinks the same!" ”

Seeing that no one else had any objections, Li Shimin said: "Then let's do it, and let Li Su send someone to escort the two to Chang'an tomorrow." ”

After a pause, Li Shimin's voice changed, and he said: "The six princes have made this miraculous feat, shocking Tuyuhun, I intend to change his two-word king back to the one-word king, and divide the seven prefectures of Bazhou, Longzhou, Tongzhou, Hezhou, Yuzhou, Luzhou, and Rongzhou into his fiefdoms, these seven states consume a lot of money and grain every year, and there is no local tax, and it is adjacent to Li Su's fief, so it is better to hand it over to him to manage, and at the same time it can resist the Xiyuan barbarians." ”

The ministers had already prepared in their hearts, and Li Su had to be rewarded for such a meritorious service, but what they didn't expect was that Li Shimin's reward would be like this, and this two-word king changed back to a one-word king It was still a reward, and the seven states were completely a responsibility to add a border to Li Su.

These two rewards are really chicken, as soon as Li Yu's words fell, there was a sound of praise in the court, Wei Zheng had nothing to say, and the other ministers were even more vying for approval, who would not do the things that were favorable.

A harmonious atmosphere dispersed the dynasty, Li Shimin returned to the Ganlu Hall to let Wang Qi draft the will, Li Shimin was blackmailing Li Su at this time, in addition to changing the title of Li Su Chengdu King back to the King of Shu and dividing the seven states, he also focused on how he persuaded the ministers to agree to this reward, in short, he can get these rewards are all the credit of his emperor's father.

If those ministers who agreed with it knew that Li Shimin had written them all as heinous bastards, they didn't know what it would be, and at the end of the will, Li Shimin also seemed to have inadvertently mentioned the matter of plate armor - the two soldiers were compared to the silver armor, and the generals were envious.

After Wang Jue finished writing it and asked Li Shimin to review it, the corners of Li Shimin's mouth rose, and asked Wang Jue to send it to Zhongshu Province for review, and this will was quickly sent to Songzhou.

When Li Shimin's holy decree went to Songzhou, Li Su held a military meeting with Qin Huaiyu, Zhu Youzhi and others in the Songzhou camp to discuss the management and deployment of the army, Li Su summed up the experience of modern army management, and decided to station an elite unit in Yizhou, which would be directly ordered by Li Su, including the musket team, which was equivalent to the emperor's Praetorian Guard, the modern Central Army.

The local army in the border states will adopt a rotation system, the highest commander of the local army is the captain, and the subordinate is the lieutenant, the long history, and then the lieutenant, these are the same as the military system of the Tang Dynasty, but the function of the long history has added the ideological education of the soldiers, which has become somewhat similar to the modern instructor, and has the right to remove the lieutenant from the position in an emergency, which includes the rebellion of the lieutenant and the wrong decision, and the long history still has to obey the orders of the lieutenant in peacetime, but whether it is the lieutenant and the long history in each state are rotated every two yearsto avoid collusion between local and local forces.

At the local level, the armed forces are separated from the government affairs system as an independent system, and the army's clothing, food, housing, and transportation are all managed by the army's logistics in a unified manner, and the military system does not interfere in government affairs, and the government affairs system does not manage the army. (To be continued!)

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