Li Cheng has been a eunuch in the palace since he was a child, and he has no heirs, but his intention to continue the incense has never been broken, in the eyes of the ancients, whether it is a stepson or an adopted son, it is no different from a parent, and the same can continue the incense and pass on the ancestry

At the end of this piece of paper, Li Yuan proposed that a person named Li Ben should be the general of the Reserve Mansion, that is, the supreme governor in charge of the left and right Reserve Mansions, and Li Ben was Li Cheng's stepson, a secret that few people knew, but Li Yuan knew

Li Cheng has a younger brother, but he gave birth to a large number of children, Li Ben is his brother's second son, step-nephew, is a common practice of the ancients, but his younger brother does not know what evil he has fallen into, just refuses to agree, and later Li Yuan does not know where he heard about it, and sent fifty acres of fertile land to his younger brother to negotiate this matter, so this matter is not only known to Li Yuan, but also promoted by Li Yuan

The reason why this matter was able to succeed was not only that the fifty acres of land played a role, although Li Cheng's level in the palace was not too high, but the money to buy fifty acres of land was still affordable, the eunuchs of the Sui Dynasty had a humble status, even if they were like Xu Tingfu and others, they also relied on carrying the banner of Yang Guang to run rampant in the market, because of this, Li Cheng's younger brother was unwilling to pass his son to him, and what really relieved his younger brother was Li Yuan's identity as Tang Guogong

Therefore, Li Cheng owes Li Yuan a great favor, so he will take the risk of killing his head to help Li Yuan complete this big thing

Last night, Li Yuan told him that he would give him another surprise, and he vaguely guessed that it was about Li Ben, at first Li Cheng didn't have too many extravagant hopes, just thinking that it would be good to arrange a small official for Li Ben at that time, but when the list that decided the fate of many people really came to him, he couldn't help but hope to see Li Ben's name, and it turned out to be as he wished

The official is not so easy to be, for Li Ben, who has not read many books and has no foundation and background, sometimes it is even a kind of torment, but Li Yuan considered it very carefully, and arranged for Li Ben to serve as the general of the reserve mansion, Yang Gao, once he became the emperor, Xiao Concubine was the queen mother of the dynasty, and the head of the inner mansion was none other than him, Li Cheng was the one who took care of him, and he still had to worry about whether Li Ben would be the general of the reserve mansion, but in this way, he owed Li Yuan a great favor

When Li Cheng looked at the list on the paper, Xiao Concubine kept looking at him, and when she saw his expression, she couldn't help but relax until her face was full of smiles, and asked, "Do you say that this palace wants to promise him?"

Li Cheng put away his smile and said: "Li Yuan just wants to ask for a few official positions, what does it matter if he wants power to give it to him, as long as Jiangshan is still surnamed Yang Niangniang, what is there to worry about?"

"That's right, even if he is a few more officials, it's nothing, isn't this country still surnamed Yang" Concubine Xiao was originally an unassertive person, listening to Li Cheng's words, it seemed that she suddenly opened up, but she saw the piece of paper and felt a little regretful, "It's a pity that there is no one in the maiden family of this palace, otherwise wouldn't there be a few more loyal ministers like you?"

How did she know that the last one on the list was Li Cheng's son, and she didn't know that although Jiang Shan was still surnamed Yang now, she was afraid that she would change her surname to Li in a short time, as for her mother's family, she couldn't count on it at all, even if someone was here, what could Yang Jian's Jiangshan snatch from her son-in-law in the first place

Li Cheng kept a heart in his eyes and asked in a low voice: "I don't know where my mother's house is."

Concubine Xiao was just an ordinary palace maid, if it weren't for the prince asking Yang Guang for her, she was afraid that she wouldn't see the emperor in this life, and now that her sons have become emperors, she has also become the queen mother, and she doesn't seem to have any scruples anymore, and said without thinking: "The father and brother of this palace are all old people of the Southern Dynasty, and the family has long been separated, presumably they are still in Jiangnan, alas, I just don't know if there is a chance to meet in this life."

Li Cheng said with a smile: "Please rest assured that after the emperor ascends the throne, the slave and maid will definitely send someone to Jiangnan to visit Niangniang's family."

Two days later, under the auspices of Li Yuan, Yang Gao's enthronement ceremony was held as scheduled, Li Yuan was named Shangshuling, Li Jiancheng was the general of Zuo Xiaowei, Li Xiaogong was the general of Zuo Lingwei, Liu Wenjing was the general of Zuo Wuwei, Zhang Xutuo was the general of Zuo Tunwei, Li Ben was the general of the Reserve, Pei Lin was the prisoner of the house, Yu Shinan was the secretary, Gao Shilian was the secretary of the ministry, and the rest of the hundred officials were each promoted to one level

Immediately afterwards, Li Yuan sent troops to raid the Qi Palace, rescued many folk women, captured Qiao Lingze, Liu Qian'an and other villains, and all of them were beheaded in the city

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Just when Li Yuan used the means of empty gloves and white wolves to grasp the military and political power of Luoyang in one fell swoop, Liu Ziqiu also preliminarily completed the army reorganization activities in Weiding City

Liu Ziqiu's army consisted of two parts, one was the 2,000 nomadic cavalry formed by the herdsmen of the Xihai tribe, and the other was the 6,200 nomadic cavalry of the Great Sui garrison who were willing to stay

Registration: On the day that the army came to Weiding City, Zhao Ling took a few scribes to complete the registration, and the content was determined by Liu Ziqiu, including name, age, place of origin, previous position in the army, martial arts he was good at, etc., all the soldiers were registered, even Liu Yu, Jiang Yu, Wen Hao and Gui Haiqiu were no exception, and even Liu Ziqiu himself was registered

When the registration results were summarized, Liu Ziqiu found a problem, and the people who stayed behind were basically ordinary soldiers, except for his old brothers, and there were not even team deputies among the others, but this also facilitated his integration of the army

According to the martial arts that the soldiers were good at, Liu Ziqiu organized them into cavalry, archers, wrestlers, spearmen, and sword and axe hands, and when he selected them, he also followed this order

If you want to fight in the land of the West Sea, you can't do without cavalry, Liu Ziqiu can't wait for all the troops to be reorganized into cavalry, but the biggest problem is not the lack of war horses, but the lack of qualified riders, and in the end, Liu Ziqiu only selected a thousand cavalry

Although most soldiers knew how to shoot arrows, Liu Ziqiu's requirements for choosing archers were very strict, and they must be able to pull out the three-stone hard bow ten times in a row, and five out of ten arrows from a hundred paces away could be selected, and in the end, only 1,000 people were selected

Lux is Liu Ziqiu's newly established troops, these people have no other characteristics, that is, they have great strength, everyone can carry two hundred pounds of grain bags, go to Lixu Road, and form a wrestler, one is responsible for carrying grain and grass, and the other is responsible for throwing stones and trees under the city when defending the city, of course, there is another purpose, Liu Ziqiu hid it in his heart, did not say, that is, in the future, when the conditions permit, the formation of the Mo knife army, Mo Dao is heavy, there is no strength, but there are a lot, these wrestlers are the best candidates

The remaining soldiers served as pikemen and axemen

The original military system has also completely changed, and the captains, brigade commanders, captains, team deputies, gang commanders, army commanders and other officers at all levels have all been cancelled, and the three-level officers of the ten-division commander, centurion, and thousand-division commander have all been earned by virtue of their own strength, through layers of selection, and even Gui Haiqiu, who has been following Liu Ziqiu, only got a centurion in the hands of the knife and axe, while Wen Hao overwhelmed the crowd and won the position of the commander of the cavalry

In the selection process, Liu Ziqiu also picked up a treasure, that is, Shi Danai, the commander of the wrestlers, Shi Danai, who was originally from the Western Turks, came to Lida, and later made a military household in the way, and was unwilling to return to his hometown, so he stayed, among the six commanders, except for Wen Hao and Liu Ziqiu, he only had a little impression of Shi Danai's name, and no one else had heard of it

In fact, there is another person who is also a famous person, but Liu Ziqiu doesn't know, that is, the archer, the commander Zhang Liang's name is very ordinary, and his background is slightly cold, but he is one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion in history, and he is honored by Zhang Liang, who is a martial artist, especially good at archery

As for the spearman and the commander of the thousand, Lu Tong, the sword and axe hand, the commander of the thousand, Tong Zhengyun and Liu Ada, these three people are really unknown, and they should all belong to civilian heroes like Wen Hao

Liu Yu and Jiang Yu were originally lieutenant colonels in the army, Liu Ziqiu did not let them participate in the selection, but directly appointed the two of them to join the army, and there were another two hundred older soldiers who were formed by Liu Ziqiu to form a teaching army, these veterans are a little older, but they can maintain their enthusiasm and take the initiative to stay, it is really commendable, Liu Ziqiu will not let them go to the battlefield easily, but most of these veterans have rich combat experience, but they can play the role of passing, helping, and leading in training

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This army reorganization activity lasted for two days, and in a blink of an eye, it was Tuoba Yuanju and Liu Ziqiu, who was holding a wedding on a sunny day, packed up and prepared to go, in fact, there was nothing to prepare, that day, Tuoba Qianyu had already brought the gift when she followed her brother, Liu Ziqiu thought that he couldn't be empty-handed, so he prepared another 500 catties of pig iron

For the steppe nomads, salt and iron are the two things that are most lacking, but here it is not the case, there are large salt ponds by the Xihai Lake, producing the best quality green salt, and Tuoba will not lack salt, but pig iron is definitely what they want

Ji Rentai took a green horse and the snow leopard had already been returned to Tuoba Qianyu, although this green horse was not as good as the snow leopard, but it was also a good horse in a thousand, Liu Ziqiu's left foot had just stepped on the stirrup, and before he could step on, he saw Zhao Ling running over panting, and shouted loudly: "Wait a minute, lord"