After the proclamation, everyone rejoiced. Li Yuan immediately ordered a banquet, and specially ordered people to find the best cooks in Langzhou City to take charge of the spoon and purchase fine wine, and the generals in the army all shouted over to accompany the Jinling angels in addition to being on duty.

During the banquet, Li Yuan and Liu Shaojian sat on the top and toasted frequently. And the brothers were promoted and rewarded, and it was when the excitement was too much, this group of military tycoons, who had already drunk a lot of alcohol, simply poured these Jinling officials into a drunken manner, and some officials even walked around wantonly and talked nonsense, which made everyone laugh. In the end, the host Li Yuan was present, and even if Liu Shaojian was unhappy in his heart, it was not easy to attack, and he was extremely helpless.

After a night in such a hurry, Liu Shaojian and his entourage set off to return to Beijing on the grounds that they were busy with official business.

At noon the next day, Li Yuan returned to the barracks and immediately ordered his soldiers to gather the generals, who were waiting for everyone to arrive in the tent.

Taking a sip of bitter tea, Li Yuan only felt a slight tingling in his temples, not that he had drunk too much alcohol last night, but that Liu Shaojian and the officials during the banquet had intentionally or unintentionally revealed some news about Jinling, which made him a little distressed. When he heard the so-called romance between King Yan and the pair of sisters, he was unmoved, this kind of thing is normal for the elite class, and then when he heard that the sixth prince Li Congjia was also crowned queen, Li Yuan's heart surged.

Others may not think much about it, but these two seemingly unrelated things happened one after another, and Li Yuan immediately reacted, and gave Li Hongji, the king of Yan, the advice he gave in Qingliang Temple a month ago, and Li Hongji must have done it all. The pair of sisters who died tragically are probably pawns used for temptation. The result is also clear at a glance, this move must have been seen through by Li Congjia, and he no longer hid it, but directly started a counterattack, and the meaning of the struggle for the crown is self-evident.

Thousands of miles away, Li Yuan didn't know the details, and he was a little annoyed, why was Li Hongji so unreliable? The dignified Yan King, there are countless people available under the account, and there is no shortage of money, but he was stunned to find a pair of fireworks women who were implicated with him to test his political opponents, but in the end, the other party found clues, gave people a handle, and lost his reputation in vain. Such a reckless move that outweighs the losses, and King Yan is such a calm person, but he is so inconsiderate, it is really incomprehensible.

For a moment, Li Yuan suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help swallowing his saliva, could it be that this Yan King believed in himself too much, and really chose people according to the standards of "small feet" and "good dancing"? Li Yuan couldn't cry or laugh, if you want to say that, you really don't blame others for this......

But from beginning to end, Li Congjia's actions made Li Yuan vigilant, although this person is fifteen years old, his performance is really amazing! first found a flaw in Li Hongji's temptation, executed the two women, and then made a big fuss about the cause of their deaths, and then created public opinion unfavorable to King Yan, and then decisively seized the opportunity to pretend to be sick, and let the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy speak with celestial phenomena, this set of coherent operations is really ingenious, and the images of the two princes are very different.

For a person who has been hidden in the mountains for a long time and has no authority, if he says that there is no help from others, Li Yuan naturally does not believe it.

Therefore, as Li Yuan previously inferred, this person's scheming was very deep, and he had already had the intention of competing for the prince, but because of the strength of the princelings and the Taidi party in the court, he lived in seclusion in Zhongshan to avoid trouble, but he had already secretly prepared to cultivate party henchmen. Li Yuan remembered very clearly that Xu Xuan in the Southern Tang Dynasty's famous minister "Han Xu" didn't live near Zhongshan, the well-deserved big brother of the Hanlin Academy today, and in history, this person did eventually become a staunch supporter of Empress Li.

Looking back, these two things happened in turn too coincidentally, and there is no lack of far-fetched words, such as the murder case, even though King Yan had some incidents, but the pair of sisters in Qingxifang had many visitors, and the rumors were involved in King Yan alone, and where did these rumors come from? When you think about it, it's full of flaws. Therefore, Li Yuan did not believe it, according to Emperor Li Jing's shrewd temperament, he could really believe those rumors in the market, and there was no clue in these two things.

But helplessly, Li Jing in history really has a distinctive characteristic, that is, he attaches great importance to the royal reputation and dotes on his children, which is precisely used by people with intentions. The matter of King Yan damaged the royal face, and Li Congjia's positive image of "deference, sincerity and filial piety" was needed to redeem it, not so much that Li Jing was greatly moved by Li Congjia, but that Li Congjia was crowned king and affirmed, which just met Li Jing's political needs.

"The water is too deep!" Li Yuan let out a long sigh, and now under his blind involvement, Li Congjia not only did not have any damage, but stepped onto the political stage early, and the fate ahead was uncertain. The only good thing is that this "Zhongshan hermit" is no longer lurking in the shadows, and Li Hongji can be prepared from now on.

But Li Yuan also understands that now he has got his wish, and the only important thing in building a festival abroad is to gradually increase his strength, as for the battle between the DPRK and China, unless he hurts his own body, there is really no need to mix too much, not to mention that the distant water can't save the near fire, and now I only hope that Li Hongji can stabilize his mentality......

In a short time, Li Yuan's two brothers, the strategist Xu Kuangheng, and the generals in the army have all entered the account one after another.

Seeing the generals standing on both sides full of energy, Li Yuan regained the clarity in his heart, and after encouraging everyone, he began to announce his plan.

Jiedu has the right to open the government and elect officials, and Li Yuan has long been aware of everyone's intentions.

First of all, Li Yuan's two righteous brothers, Liu Jiangsheng and Luo Erhu were respectively appointed as Wu Pingzheng's deputy soldier and horse envoy, Chai Kewu and Fan Renyu each led the horse step commander, and the rest of the generals also belonged to the government office, each with their own promotion and appointment, Li Yuan's personal army team was also officially expanded to the Ya (Ya) inner subordinate capital, and the former "temporary" pro-soldier captain Lin Sichang also officially became Li Yuan's personal subordinate commander.

As the only strategist, Xu Kuangheng deservedly served as a long history and concurrently served as a marching Sima (about equal to the second-in-command), and all the large and small political affairs in the jurisdiction were entrusted to him, as for the judges, envoys, secretaries, officials, inspectors, yatui and other civil officials, Xu Kuangheng was excavated from Langzhou and Lizhou under the jurisdiction of Wuping, in order to select more talents to serve Li Yuan.

The so-called rising tide lifts all boats, and while everyone is overjoyed, they have already quietly understood in their hearts that this majestic young man who is now sitting on the main seat is no longer what it used to be. All the glory came like a dream, and after that, he was really the official of the Eight Classics of the Frontier - the envoy of the Wuping Festival, and Li Yuan really became the Li Dashuai of the Tang Dynasty!

"Dashuai, this is the ten articles of governing the army and the peace of the people that were drafted last night, together with the relevant reward and punishment regulations, please take a look! If there is no problem, he will immediately order the whole army to be informed and a proclamation will be posted in the city. Xu Kuangheng got up unhurriedly and handed Li Yuan a few papers.

Li Yuan glanced at it roughly, the content was indeed detailed and detailed, this Xu Kuangheng was still fast and reliable, but on these dense words, all kinds of circles and dots were outlined, and there were almost no punctuation marks, and it could be seen that Xu Kuangheng had revised it many times, and he was very attentive, but it was a headache to see too much.

So Li Yuan replied lightly: "Just follow what Mr. Xu said." ”

Then Xu Kuangheng handed over a few more booklets, and seeing that Li Yuan had no intention of reading them, he had no choice but to report them roughly, which was nothing more than some basic statistics, such as the number of troops, horses and ordnance, the people in the state capital under his jurisdiction, the household registration land, and even the amount of money and grain in stock, etc., all of which were accurate to the millimeter, and all of them were told to Li Yuan.

Almost all the people present are generals, they are good at killing enemies on the battlefield, and they are not ambiguous when they receive rewards and money, but if they really want to let them handle these accounts and figures, they are afraid that their brains will hurt, so they can only open their mouths wide and see Xu Kuangheng talking there, and secretly admire in their hearts.

As these numbers continued to come out of Xu Kuangheng's mouth, Li Yuan listened carefully throughout the whole process, and gradually felt that it was really not easy to run a ruling machine well.

Now in Li Yuan's hands, in addition to the soldiers and horses taken away by Chen Jue, there are four armies left, with a total of more than 10,000 people. The 30,000 soldiers of Duolang Prefecture who had surrendered and captured before were still detained in the city at this time, and they were not dismissed, and the imperial court had no clear purpose. These Langzhou soldiers are all brave, almost all of them are trained by Liu Yan and others, how can Li Yuan not be mindful?

So he proposed in public that he wanted to reorganize the 30,000 Langzhou soldiers into his account. The generals naturally agreed, after all, everyone knew in their hearts that in this world, there are many soldiers in their hands, and their waists are naturally hard, which is better than anything else.

Only Xu Kuangheng didn't say a word, and after a while, he stepped forward and said: "Marshal, according to the military system of our dynasty, the envoys of all regions are the masters of the cantonment camp forbidden army, and the rest of the state soldiers are no more than 10,000 people. If the marshal wants to expand the army, he needs to ask the court for his life first, explain the reason, if he does it rashly, even if he recruits thousands of soldiers, it is a violation of the law, and he is afraid of being criticized! ”

Li Yuan thought so, so he nodded and said, "What Mr. said is very true. However, there are many reasons for the expansion of the army, the land of the four battles of Wuping, the barbarian Shu Kingdom in the west, and the Jingnan Zhou Kingdom in the north, and now the right wing of the Weisheng Army is still in the hands of Li Jinquan, and the commander is really short of soldiers and major generals! Since he was ordered to guard this place for the imperial court, the commander not only had to bring the 30,000 Langzhou soldiers under his command, but also continued to recruit new soldiers and expand his strength. ”

Xu Kuangheng took a deep breath and hurriedly asked, "How much does the marshal want to expand the army?" ”

Li Yuan smiled faintly and said, "Of course, the more the merrier!" How can I get seventy or eighty thousand people, less is not enough! ”

At this time, Fan Renyu suddenly stood up and said in amazement: "Dashuai, I'm afraid this matter is not easy!" Even if there are sufficient reasons for the expansion of the army, but 780,000 soldiers are 780,000 sets of armor and weapons, and they are more suitable for food and salary, where do these things come from? The sergeants each have at least three cents of silver per month, and they have to get one or two hundred thousand yuan a year, even if they report it to the imperial court, can they give it to us? ”

Xu Kuangheng thought for a moment and said proudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, I, Wuping, as one of the three sections of Chudi, although the number of state capitals under my jurisdiction is not as good as the other two sections, but the population is the most solid. Over the years, there have been few wars in Langzhou, and Ma Xicao and Liu Yan can be regarded as well-managed, and there are endless merchants and traders by land and water, and trade is very developed. At this time, not counting the state treasury accumulation, just the inner treasury of the king Ma Xicao, there are four or five million savings in ten years, and it is more than enough to raise 100,000 soldiers! ”

"How many?!" Not to mention Fan Renyu, the rest of the generals were also dumbfounded, and the generals who were responsible for transporting the inner library that day, like Luo Erhu, were also dumbfounded at this time. Naturally, they didn't know that the place where Zhou Xingfeng led them was only one of the large and small inner libraries in Langzhou City, as for the others, after Zhou Xingfeng returned to the court, Li Yuan ordered Xu Kuangheng to lead people to search around, and under the leadership of a group of officials in Langzhou, they were finally all seized.

Li Yuan frowned, and finally raised his hand and said: "In this way, in addition to the 30,000 Langzhou soldiers, 30,000 new soldiers will be recruited from Langzhou Qingzhuang, called the Wuping Army, which is subordinate to the Marshal's Mansion." The current quota of soldiers in the Wuping Army, according to the imperial military system, can apply for 120,000, which can be regarded as a part of the solution, as for the rest, the marshal will personally draw up a note later, and Mr. Lao Xu will go to Jinling for me! We have seized a lot of weapons and armor this time, and we can try to ask the court for more than 10,000 sets, but as for the money and food, we can't ask the court for it, so as not to fall into the truth. Since Your Majesty has ordered us to guard here, of course, we will raise the soldiers here! ”

"Obey the order!" Xu Kuangheng naturally understood in his heart that Li Yuan was anxious to expand the army, but if he wanted to do this, he must be cautious, and he really had to go back to Jinling in person to make some troubles.

After a while, Li Yuan opened his mouth and ordered: "Liu Jiangsheng! ”

Liu Jiangsheng, who was standing at the forefront, immediately straightened his chest and shouted: "The end will be!" ”

I saw Li Yuan beckoning gently, and after calling Liu Jiangsheng to his side, he whispered: "Jiang Sheng, this time you will also return to Beijing with Mr. Xu, and bring the old and young in our Jinling City to Langzhou." Remember, leave all the accompanying guards and horses outside the city, don't make a noise, and set off quickly after receiving people! ”

Seeing that Liu Jiangsheng nodded decisively, Li Yuan called Xu Kuangheng forward again, and instructed the two: "After you arrive in Jinling, you will go to the Zhou Mansion again, tell my father-in-law for me, requisition a few safe merchant ships, and secretly transport all the Uighur soldiers and horses in the Tianyin Mountain to Langzhou, be very cautious!" As for the ordnance and war horses purchased in the future, they will all be sent here. ”

Xu Kuangheng asked: "Dashuai, what should you do about your marriage?" Aren't you going back to Jinling? That's a big deal! ”

Li Yuan sighed lightly and said helplessly: "This matter is important, but at this time, the festival has just been established, and the affairs are busy, and I can't get out of it!" Mr. Xu, by the way, you can talk to Zhou Fu Haosheng for me, postpone the marriage in advance, presumably my father-in-law will understand. After January, I personally returned to Jinling and married Emperor E! ”

"Obey the order!"

"By the way, Mr. Xu, before leaving, find all the craftsmen from all the battalions in the city for me, I will be of great use!" Li Yuan smiled mysteriously.