Among the twists and turns that occurred at the end of the first year of Zhenguan, one small thing was the Turkic invasion.

If Li Jiancheng or Li Yuan were to deal with it, it might be difficult, and even cause unimaginable consequences.

But for Li Shimin, this is not an extremely worrying thing.

Because he has dealt with the Turks for more than ten years, he knows the Jieli Khan and his tribes very clearly.

Just as Luo Su made a judgment on the grassland, Li Shimin believes that although the strength of the Winter Turks is strong, "the Turks, Rong Di also, they are not like Xianbei Xiahua, they have the appearance of the first Huns, short-sighted, love goods, and have no long-term plan, I bribe their heads with small profits, and take their majesty, and they will shrink back." ”

Strategically, Li Shimin does not look down on the Turkic Jieli Khan, he believes that the Turks are far less powerful than the Sinicized Xianbei back then, but they are just the same as the Xiongnu at the beginning, plus Jieli Khan is not a British lord, so the Tang Dynasty can wait.

The fact is as he expected, Jieli Khan didn't realize that Datang was different from the past, and still treated Datang with the attitude he had before, giving Datang time to recuperate.

Li Shimin only used gold and silver cloth to let the Turks retreat, but they didn't know that for the current Tang Dynasty, the most important thing is only food.

As for the gold, silver, and silk that can only be enjoyed by individuals, "stay in the court of the Turkic Khan for a few years, and you will soon get it back." ”

Having said that, Li Shimin is certainly not a spiritual victory method, he turned his head and began to train the army, wanting revenge.

He even trained directly in the imperial city, and even entered the soldiers himself.

You must know that the palace has always been forbidden to bring weapons in, but now in front of the palace to practice soldiers and arrows, Li Shimin personally taught the soldiers to shoot arrows, as for Luo Xuanye, Wei Chigong, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, the commanders of the twelve guards, they are in and out of the army.

Naturally, there was the prime minister's advice, but Li Shimin said directly and indifferently: "I treat the soldiers sincerely, how can the soldiers hurt me?" ”

Under Li Shimin's exemplary and unsparing humiliating propaganda, coupled with the fact that since the late period of Wude, Datang has consciously never had a major war, and the war-weariness of the soldiers and the people gradually disappeared, and the mood of the soldiers gradually became high.

At the meeting to discuss military policy, Li Shimin said with great emotion: "I still remember that during the Wude period, the Turkic invasion, when I led the Tang army to the battle, the morale was extremely low, and my Tang warriors didn't want to fight, and even the rewards couldn't make them excited, far from the heroism of the founding of my Tang Dynasty, and now, I finally saw the high-spirited spirit again." ”

War weariness is a very easy emotion, especially in the absence of a noble faith and adequate material security, and it is a kind of torture for soldiers and military families.

Because people are not machines, the mental pressure of throwing a person in a deserted wilderness for a few years or even ten years, opening his eyes is a fight, and when he closes his eyes, he has to worry about the enemy's night attack.

In particular, these soldiers will wonder if my family will be bullied in my hometown because the man is not at home.

There have been many such cases in all dynasties!

Datang is no exception.

The Tang Dynasty followed the government soldier system, left and right Qilin, Qinglong, Vermilion Bird, Xuanwu, White Tiger, and Canglao, the twelve guards, and was in charge of hundreds of Zhichong Mansions.

In the case of no war, the government soldiers take turns to guard the capital every year, which is called Shangfan.

The frequency of coming to Chang'an Suwei is five months away from Zhichong Mansion, which is 100 miles away from Chang'an, and it takes five months to go to Chang'an Suwei for one month.

Five hundred miles away, every seven months to Chang'an Suwei for a month.

Thousands of miles away, every eight months to Chang'an Suwei for a month.

Two thousand miles away, every eighteen months, that is, one and a half years, to Chang'an for two months.

From this distance and time, it is actually very possible to see some problems, Luo Su after his incarnation, he studied this kind of military system that was common in the world.

His assessment was that it was a flawed military system that could only be used in the Central Plains.

The biggest drawback of this system is not even the need for a large amount of ownerless land, because it is not difficult for the royal family to obtain enough land.

It's another kind of difficulty that can't be overcome at all.

This kind of difficulty is not listed for the time being, and the fact that Datang was able to conquer the world so smoothly was inseparable from the large number of Zhechong Mansions distributed in Hedong, Guanzhong and Longxi.

Guan Long's second emperor is not casually talking.

But it was these people who were tired and had fought too many battles at the beginning, which led to war-weariness among the government soldiers.

At the beginning, Ji Zhao's Eastern Expedition also encountered this kind of problem, and the soldiers of Bang Zhou didn't want to fight, and they were already mentally miserable to the extreme, and in the end Ji Zhao could only withdraw Hojing.

It is also extremely important to recuperate and recuperate, not only to restore strength, but also to accumulate the country's heritage, to repair the hearts and minds of these people, and to rekindle the belligerent winds.

In this case, Luo Xuanye, the current number one person in the Tang Dynasty military, suggested to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that now is the time to summon the governors of Zhudao and the governors of Zhuzhou to return to Chang'an to report on their work. ”

As soon as Luo Xuanye spoke, the hall was quiet for a moment, and then there was a lot of discussion, but no one objected.

Seeing this, Li Shimin groaned slightly, and nodded slowly, it is indeed time to summon the governors of all provinces and the governors of all states to return to Chang'an.

Since Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, a year has passed now, and many of these military governors who have left the town and other states have not yet entered Beijing to meet the new emperor.

Because Li Shimin did not allow it, even at the enthronement ceremony, Li Shimin did not let them come back, but only sent an envoy to come, which is naturally not a healthy ecology for the new Zhenguan Dynasty.

I don't know how many people are worried in their hearts.

Especially the situation of Luo Xuanye is in front of everyone!

Luo Xuanye is the head of the Lingnan Road march, the history of the Guangzhou Thorn, thousands of miles away from Chang'an, such a distance, the Son of Heaven has to wait for him to go back, and the others are not called, which nakedly shows that the Son of Heaven is not his own person in his heart.

When all the generals were added to the knighthood, even Luo Jingcheng, the king of Gusu County, was added to the palace, and Mrs. Wu changed her title to Mrs. Chu, at least it shows that the Son of Heaven is in the emperor's heart for the two.

Those who are not even qualified to go back to the throne, and who have not been noticed by the Son of Heaven before and after, there is no need to say what their status is.

Among them, there are actually two people who are very unexpected by the ministers, that is, Li Jing and Li Ji.

These two people are not descendants of the Qin Dynasty, but their status in the Tang Dynasty military is not low, especially Li Jing, and Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian, together led the unification war in the south of the Tang Dynasty, in the current Tang Dynasty military, not counting Li Shimin, the status can be ranked in the top three.

But it's such a big guy, according to the news that came out from behind the Xuanwu Gate, the Son of Heaven didn't even write a letter to him to woo him!

The same is true for Li Ji!

The two held heavy troops and guarded the north of Chang'an, but Li Shimin, who was still the king of Qin, did not win over.

This is a rather intriguing signal, at that critical moment, the soldiers in the hands of Li Jing and Li Ji, the support of Li Shimin is very important to anyone, but Li Shimin did not win over.

There is only one explanation for this, and the Son of Heaven thinks that these two people are not credible, so he will deliberately ignore them.

Li Shimin's performance after ascending the throne proved this, not only did the enthronement ceremony not let the two come, but even the military department did not let the two come back, but only issued an edict to appease and let them guard against the Turks.

Li Shimin's performance directly scared the two of them half to death, and he didn't know how he had offended the Son of Heaven to such a point.

But in fact, why is Li Shimin like this?

He never said it on a formal occasion, only at a family banquet where there were only Li Shimin, Empress Changsun, Luo Xuanye, and Li Xiuning, when Li Jing was mentioned, he said it once by chance.

"Qingyang, you once said that Li Jing is unamiable, but now I think so, you, Jingde, Shubao, and Zhijie are all my old acquaintances, and I can treat each other with sincerity.

This Li Jing, it is easy to use it if you beat it, what my father said is right, it is better to make merit to him, it is better to make him afraid than to be grateful, and let him know that life and death, thunder and rain are all in my thoughts.

He didn't dare to rebel, and I wasn't afraid, so I hung him in the east of the river, so that he was afraid in his heart, and he would do things sincerely in the future. ”

Li Shimin's growth is too fast, his imperial technique is to use different methods for different people, in the face of his own people, he takes the grand road, does not engage in those small means, in the face of outsiders who are difficult to subdue, he also knows how to use radishes and sticks, do not seek loyalty, as long as he can follow the established plan.

Luo Xuanye now proposed to let Li Jing and Li Ji enter Beijing, and he also felt that it was almost over, and the time to dry Li Jing was enough, and now was the time to give Li Jing sweetness.

I have to say that Li Shimin's hand is very effective, and Li Jing's psychological changes can be described as intense in this year.

Especially in the later part of the first year of Zhenguan, he became more and more anxious and did not understand what awaited him.

For the first time in his life, he regretted why he didn't side with Li Shimin.

Finally, the edict summoning the governors and governors of various places to Beijing came down, and Li Jing's heart that had been hanging ended the torture.

Whatever the outcome, he could accept it, as long as he wasn't subjected to the torture he was experiencing.

There are not many people who are not Li Shimin's descendants and are qualified to go out of town.

After all, the sentence that the founding fathers are all in the Qin Palace, not nonsense, these people who went out of the town are not the kings of Zong, or the most important heroes of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, such as Li Ji and Li Jing.

After entering Chang'an, Li Jing went to visit Li Xiaogong as soon as possible, but Li Xiaogong closed the door and only sent him a note, which read, "It is inconvenient for King Zong to see the general." ”

It can only be said that in addition to Li Shimin, he is really worthy of being the first hero in the Li Tang clan, and now he is also the first person under the prince, and this consciousness is not comparable to ordinary people.

Li Jing and Li Xiaogong jointly led the war to pacify the south and got along happily, but Li Xiaogong himself was neutral between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, resulting in the inability to enter the inner circle of the Zhenguan Dynasty.

As the military department of Shangshu Province and the military director of the world, he didn't even know about Li Shimin's summoning of the governors of Zhudao and the governors of all prefectures.

This made Li Xiaogong very frightened, and now he naturally doesn't want to have anything too deep to do with Li Jing.

Different from Li Jing's experience, after Li Ji returned to Chang'an, he quickly got in touch with those old friends in Wagangzhai at the beginning, Qin Shubao, who had been promoted to General Zuo Qinglongwei, and Cheng Zhijie, General Zuo Zhuquewei, came to the end of the general, and the next step was to pay homage to the prime minister as a general, or to increase the rank of general manager.

But now except for the king of Zhou Jun, there are no other twelve chief managers at all, and they know that it is simply impossible.

It was a long wait, and the last one who came to Chang'an was Luo Xuanjing, the wife of Suzhou and Chu, Luo Jingcheng, the governor of Suzhou and the king of Gusu County, and the establishment of Jiangnan Dao has been removed, and now the husband and wife are in charge of the affairs of the old land of Jiangdong Wu.

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After these people arrived, they were summoned into the palace together, and sat down according to the rank and official position.

Luo Xuanye sat directly in the first position on the left hand, looking around at the generals in the hall, in the Tang Dynasty, the courtiers who could sit in front of Luo Xuanye were only Li Xuanba, the king of Qi, and everyone else had to face the back row, including Li Xiaogong, the king of Hejian.

Li Jing sat in a middle-class position, his status was not low, but compared to these people in the hall, it was not high.

This is not a banquet, naturally there is no light song and dance, only heavy drums and bells are ringing, and the ministers, under the leadership of Luo Xuanye, bow down together, "The Son of Heaven is safe, the Son of Heaven is blessed." ”

Li Shimin laughed loudly: "Zhu Qing'an." ”

The ministers sat down, and Li Shimin went straight to the point and said: "Since I ascended the throne, until today, I can finally see your Aiqing's faces, and I am very relieved."

This time I summoned Zhuqing, presumably the reason is very clear, the Turks are blazing, invaded my Tang Dynasty, I exchanged money and cloth for the children who were taken captive, but this is still the shame of the Tang Dynasty, I must be ashamed, I will call you all back, is to listen to you Aiqing, what is the situation under your command now, whether you can fight, and what you think.

Now that I am the Son of Heaven, I can't easily go to the battlefield to kill the enemy in person.

When the time came, I would choose one person from among the secretaries to be the general manager of the marching army, responsible for foreign warfare. ”

In front of the generals, the Son of Heaven publicly stated that he wanted to choose the general manager of the march, which was a big deal, and everyone automatically excluded Luo Xuanye, the king of Zhou County, this official position was too high, and it was basically impossible to go on the expedition, otherwise if he really won, he wouldn't even know what to reward.

Luo Xuanye involuntarily glanced at Li Jing, he came in with Li Shimin, many people didn't think deeply, just now he and Li Shimin had a very brief conversation like small talk.

At that time, the eunuchs came to report to Li Shimin that the governors and governors had entered the palace, and when Li Shimin and Luo Xuanye talked about these people, they couldn't help but talk about Li Jing.

Li Shimin asked: "Qingyang, do you think this Li Jing should be reused, and it is more appropriate to reuse it to the degree." ”

Luo Xuanye said without thinking: "Of course it must be reused, Li Jing's ability is outstanding above today's generals, his ability is comparable to no one, and the future of the Tang Dynasty cannot lack Li Jing."

As for the extent of reuse, it depends on Your Majesty and the world at that time, reuse and reward are also different, the minister's advice is not to be promoted too quickly, otherwise it will not be used before it is used a few times, and it will not be good. ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he immediately heard the sound outside the strings, Luo Xuanye was talking about himself, and he couldn't go to the battlefield now, he smiled and said: "Qingyang, do you still want to go to the battlefield?"

That's not good, you are my royal general, if I don't go on the expedition, you will accompany me in Chang'an.

Besides, if you have three longs and two shorts, it is not a good thing for my sister, Juncheng, and the prince, your role is not on the battlefield now, I may have few Tang Wenchen, but the fierce generals are like clouds, and Qingyang Ling will stay in Chang'an with peace of mind. ”

Luo Xuanye nodded, he understands what Li Shimin said, he is the prince and the prince, the prince and the prince, Luo Juncheng is the companion of the East Palace, he is the prince's Dinghai Shenpin, it is the insurance that Li Shimin added to himself and the prince, and he is also the key person who can guarantee the status of the prince in the eyes of the queen.

So no matter from which point of view, he can't easily set foot on the battlefield.

The military chiefs in various places reported to Li Shimin one by one on their local affairs, and these affairs were generally reported to Shangshu Province, but when the emperor asked, he naturally had to pick the key points again and talk about them again.

When it was Li Jing's turn, Li Shimin suddenly asked: "Li Qing is facing the front line of the Turks, does he have any insights on the Turks?" ”

Li Jing suddenly felt awe-inspiring in his heart, knowing that this was where his future was, and it was difficult to gain the emperor's trust, so the only thing he could rely on was his outstanding ability.

Today's emperor can even be reused by the princelings, not to mention how much he is confident, but he is definitely trustworthy enough, so it is not a problem for a neutral person to occupy a high position in the court!

With a thousand thoughts in his heart, Li Jing stood in the hall and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister does have some opinions about the Turks.

Since the Han Dynasty, the grassland has always been a big problem in my Central Plains, like a weed, inexhaustible, in addition to endlessly, all dynasties and dynasties of the grassland of various tactics, much the same, basically take advantage of the grassland just survived the winter, the horse is thin to attack.

Of course, this is the great way, but the minister thinks that this cannot quickly solve the Turks, in fact, the fastest way to defeat an enemy is to cause chaos within the enemy.

No matter how strong the fortress is, as long as the internal chaos, it will fall apart, when the Han Dynasty was strong, when the Emperor Xiaoxuan was the emperor, the Xiongnu were removed, but in the end they chose to let other Hu tribes guard the border.

It is the same reason for the extermination of the Turks, the Turkic Jieli Khan and the Turkic Khan, as we all know, have always been at odds, and civil strife is likely to break out, when the Sui Dynasty was in the beginning, it was to take advantage of the discord in the Turks, divide it, and then make the Turks submit.

The minister thinks that it is not enough to just make the Turks submit, and my Tang Dynasty can take advantage of the time when the Turks are divided to exterminate their subordinates in one fell swoop, as for how to make the Turks divide, then it is necessary for the court to come up with a plan that is not inferior to the Sui Dynasty to split the Turks. ”

From these words, it can be seen that Li Jing is a typical war-seeking faction, and Li Shimin is not the same way, Li Shimin sighed slightly: "What Li Qing said is quite similar to Han Wumu, all battles are based on planning first, if I conquer the Turks in the future, what I need must be such a commander." ”

Li Jing was overjoyed when he heard this, this is not a hint, it can even be said to be explicit.

Who knew that Li Shimin turned his head and said to Li Xiaogong: "King Hejian, as the leader of my Li Tang clan, you have to work hard, I have a book of Han Wumu's art of war, I give it to you, you have to study it hard." ”

Li Xiaogong didn't expect that this could have his own business, but he immediately hugged his fists and said in surprise: "Remember, I will go back to study Han Wumu's art of war." ”

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction and said to everyone: "All generals must work hard, since ancient times, I have never heard that there is a strong enemy in the north, and the world can be peaceful."

Now that my Tang Dynasty is confined to the Central Plains, and it has not yet reached the strength of the Han Dynasty, it is the first step to eliminate the threat of the Turks. ”

……

The door of the East Palace was painted red, inlaid with copper nails, a little rusty feeling, giving people a sense of the vicissitudes of wind and rain, in just ten years, this palace has changed three owners, it is indeed quite extraordinary.

Stepping into the East Palace, the courtyard is deep, the bricks and tiles of the main hall are paved, the eaves are warped, like a dragon with wings ready to fly, the sun shines on it, flashing with dazzling golden light.

The carved beams and paintings in the hall, the momentum is quite extraordinary, under the projection of sunlight, the light and shadow are mottled, and the charm is endless.

"Brother Prince!"

A childish delicate voice came from outside the hall, and then a series of slightly messy footsteps, Princess Changle ran in front, she was wearing a purple brocade robe, only revealing a childish little face, eyebrows were picturesque, very cute.

Behind Princess Changle, there were several palace maids, who followed step by step, for fear that this princess, who was extremely favored by the emperor, would be injured.

The sound of reading is ringing in the hall, it is the time for the prince Li Chengqian to study, Li Shimin is extremely concerned about his education, and the teachers sent to him are all famous figures, including those teachers from Fanbang, to give Li Chengqian long insight.

Li Chengqian heard the voice outside the hall when he was sitting in the hall, and he immediately squeezed his eyebrows with Luo Juncheng next to him and said, "Juncheng, bet, is Changle here to find Lonely, or is he looking for you?"

Just bet a penny.

Lone guess is looking for you. ”

Luo Juncheng was a little speechless, didn't this prince just want to pit him for a penny, he could ask for it directly, but he still had to make a bet with me.

After saying that, Li Chengqian didn't wait for Luo Juncheng to agree, and immediately got up and came to the door of the side hall. ”

Li Chengqian smiled when he heard this: "Changle, are you here to find your brother, or are you here to find your cousin."

If you look for your cousin, he has something to do today and didn't come to the East Palace. ”

Yes?

Princess Changle didn't know how to hide her emotions, and she was immediately a little lost, but she still said very politely and seriously: "Changle is here to see the prince's brother, not to find his cousin." ”

Li Chengqian saw the undisguised loss on Princess Changle's face, and couldn't help but smile and tease her: "In this way, I seem to have misremembered just now, Luo Juncheng is in the palace, but since you are not here to find him, then let's go to the courtyard outside the palace." ”

Yes?

Princess Changle felt that she had been deceived, and she was deeply deceived, and she was about to cry to Li Chengqian with a small mouth, so that he would be beaten by his father.

Li Chengqian was a little dumbfounded, no, I'll tease you, Luo Juncheng walked out of the hall and greeted slightly: "The minister asks the princess." ”

Changle immediately performed a big change of face, almost instantly withdrew his crying, and then pushed Li Chengqian away, hugged Luo Juncheng's arm, wrinkled his nose and grimaced: "Brother Prince is too bad, he only knows how to tease me, or my cousin is good to me, my cousin is better than Brother Prince." ”

When Li Chengqian heard this, he immediately said to Luo Juncheng angrily: "Juncheng, did this girl start being extroverted from such a young age?"

Before I got married, I started talking to your family.

It seems that this little girl must be married as soon as possible, otherwise I don't know how to complain about me bullying her in the future. ”

Luo Juncheng is quite accustomed to the quarrel between these two siblings, Li Shimin and the eldest grandson have three children, the eldest son Li Chengqian and the second son Li Tai, and the princess Li Lizhi of Changle.

For this only sister-in-law, Li Chengqian naturally loves him very much.

Luo Juncheng touched Li Liqin's little head, she was two years younger than Li Chengqian and Luo Juncheng, she had not yet developed, and she was completely like a child.

Princess Changle enjoys Luo Juncheng's touch, she likes to stay by Luo Juncheng's side, because Luo Juncheng always treats her very gently, and knows what she likes, and is willing to accompany her to do it.

After the three of them laughed, they all walked into the hall, Li Lizhi naturally also read, she was very smart, she looked at the books the two of them read and said with a smile: "Brother Prince, cousin, I want to tell my father that I will come to the East Palace to study with you." ”

The princess follows the prince to study?

Li Chengqian's first reaction was impossible, but then he thought about it, what is impossible?

Luo Juncheng's mother, his aunt, the eldest princess of Pingyang, Zhengyipin Town, who is the same as the third prince, used to be the prime minister, and now she is also one of the four governors of the Tang Dynasty, and the idol of almost all women in the world.

Li Lizhen's next sentence was, "I want to be a person like my aunt, the prince's brother can work for Datang, my cousin must also be an official, and I will also contribute to Datang." ”

She is obviously still a child, and her voice is still immature, but the words she says are loud, which can make people feel her seriousness and sincerity.

Li Chengqian didn't know what to say for a while, and even Luo Juncheng was shocked, he didn't expect that Princess Changle's small body would have such a strong spiritual power.

At this time, there was a laugh from outside the hall, but a hearty voice, "It is worthy of being my daughter, and she is really ambitious, I am very pleased." ”

Father!

As soon as this voice appeared, everyone in the temple knew who had come.

Li Chengqian, Princess Changle and Luo Juncheng hurriedly walked outside the hall, and Gong'e and the eunuch were already kneeling on the ground.

It was Li Shimin who came on.

Next to Li Shimin was Luo Juncheng's father, Luo Xuanye, who was also looking at the three of them with a smile at the moment.

(End of chapter)