Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 516 Decision (continued)

In the Hall of Liangyi, Crown Prince Li Jiancheng, King Qin Li Shimin, and King Qi Li Yuanji were all on the list, and none of the ministers of the three provinces was left behind. Pei Shiju, who had been recovering from illness in the past few months, also came.

Feng Lun, who had just been appointed as Zhongshuling, was quite high-profile, and he exchanged pleasantries with Chen Shuda and Yang Gongren beside him... It didn't matter that these two people always said a few words stingily.

The sound of the report from the palace people came, and Li Yuan stepped into the hall, and Li Shan behind him looked calm and calm.

Everyone in the hall knew Li Shan's importance. After all, the matters discussed today were related to Daizhou and Li Shan... Only Feng Lun was a little confused. Li Shan actually followed His Majesty into the hall when Prince Zaifu was discussing matters?

The power of the prime minister, on the one hand, lies in the respective functions and powers of the three provinces, on the other hand, it also depends on the influence on the emperor and national policy... It is hard to say which aspect has a greater proportion.

And Li Shan's appearance in the Hall of Liangyi means that he has a lot of influence on Li Yuan, which makes Feng Lun swallow his saliva... On the surface, he and Li Shan are the only ones who have enmity among the ministers .

The ministers present were all veterans of the Sui Dynasty. Li Yuan had never been stingy with his gentle attitude towards these courtiers. After exchanging pleasantries for a while, he even specifically asked about Pei Shiju's condition before turning the topic to serious business.

The first and most important thing is the ownership of the Acting State Superintendent.

Li Shan witnessed the head-to-head confrontation between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin brothers on a formal occasion for the first time, and he speculated in his heart that it seemed that this did not match their respective styles.

Li Jiancheng has always been praised by the courtiers for being a polite and virtuous corporal, and he has always been gentle and refined, but today he is aggressive, and he brought out Cao Guogong Li Shiji's defeat to Dou Jiande in Hebei and Liu Heitai's defeat in the second.

However, Li Shimin has no image of fighting bravely in the battle. On the contrary, he is a little bit hidden. , Zhang Gongjin...

Li Shan heard about this matter from Ma Zhou. It happened at the beginning of the year before last. Xu Yuanlang rebelled and broke through Huaxian County and besieged Yucheng. Ren Gui, the comfort ambassador of Henan Province, ordered Cui Shu and Zhang Gongjin to lead more than 100 children of the state tyrants as hostages. To guard Yucheng... At that time, Cui Shu and Zhang Gongjin had just transferred from Wang Shichong to Tang, and the generals of the Tang army were afraid that these two people would rebel.

After Xu Yuanlang led the army to attack, Cui Shu and Zhang Gongjin had no choice but to kill the powerful proton threat... In the end Xu Yuanlang failed to break through Yucheng, and Cui Shu and Zhang Gongjin could no longer rebel.

From this incident, it can be clearly seen that Ren Gui's methods were so fierce that he almost stuffed the neck of the powerful proton under the knife of Cui Shu and Zhang Gongjin. People outside Rensai, but Ren Gui obviously does not meet this standard.

Li Shan secretly praised Li Shimin in his heart. The most important thing is that Li Shimin's excuse will definitely impress Li Yuan... Of course, this is because Li Shan informed Li Shimin through Ling Jing that Tuli Khan wanted to form an alliance.

Ren Gui is so ruthless and has a strong desire for meritorious deeds. If he finds an opportunity, he won't care whether his opponent is Jieli Khan or Tuli Khan.

Li Yuan listened for a while, then turned his head to look at Li Shan, "Huiren is now in charge of the Daizhou Governor's Mansion, and understands the situation, do you have any recommendations?"

Li Shan bowed and said: "This is a major matter for the military and the country. When your majesty discusses it with the prince and the prime minister, I dare not speak nonsense because I am insignificant."

"But it doesn't matter."

According to the written script, Li Shan stepped out and said in a loud voice: "Ma Yi is in hand, Yanmen can be secured, but the Turks will definitely invade this year, and the person who is the governor of the Daizhou must have a deep understanding of the art of war, good at defending and attacking .”

"If you are not good at defending, it is difficult for Yanmen to withstand the siege of the Turkic army. If you are not good at attacking, it is difficult for Yanmen to stand alone and watch Mayi fall."

This reason cannot be wrong, but it is basically nonsense. Li Jiancheng was a little confused, "So we should choose a famous general...Who does Huai Ren recommend?"

"Ambassador of Lingnan Dao, Secretary of the Military Department of Jiangnan Dao, and Li Pharmacist, Duke of Yongkang County."

There was a moment of silence in the hall, everyone exchanged glances, this candidate... most of the people knew it well, I'm afraid it wasn't Li Shanju's recommendation, but His Majesty's intention.

From the point of view of his deep understanding of the art of war, Li Jing deserved it. During the two months of flattening the beam, during which several battles were fought, some thunderbolts struck directly to the heart, some avoided the front of the soldiers, frustrating the enemy's spirit, or deployed suspicious soldiers to lure the enemy to surrender. Get the mystery of the art of war.

Afterwards, Li Jing appeased Lingnan again. Wherever he went, everyone looked forward to surrendering, and even went to 96 prefectures, which shows his means.

The most important thing is that although Li Jing was originally from the Prince Qin's residence, he was not regarded as Li Shimin's direct descendant... Li Jiancheng glanced at his second younger brother, who was probably still in the Duke of Qin's residence at that time.

In the two battles of Qianshuiyuan and Baibi, Li Jing did not fight. Later, he followed Li Shimin to conquer Luoyang, but was sent by Li Yuan to Sichuan soon after, where he was promoted to the chief of the army and concurrently served as the commander of Li Xiaogong's army.

In fact, many courtiers believed that Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhao County, seemed to have made great achievements, but in fact it was all thanks to Li Jing... Because in the four years of Wude's four-year war against Liang, Li Jing personally commanded several battles, and Li Xiaogong fought. After a disastrous defeat in the first battle, Li Jing made a move to turn defeat into victory.

Of course, the most important thing is that before the first battle of destroying Liang, Li Yuan wrote in handwriting "Appointment of the three armies, one to be entrusted with peace"... Li Jing is the de facto commander in chief of the three armies.

Afterwards, during the Jianghuai war, Li Yuan finally trusted Li Jing in regards to advancing step by step and taking Danyang directly with light soldiers.

It can be said that Li Jing is a famous general whom Li Yuan personally promoted. The latter once praised him so much, "Jing is Xiao Xian and Fu Gong Er, but the ancient famous generals Han, Bai, Wei, and Huo can't match it!"

Of course, in Longxi Li's Danyang House, Li Keshi entered Tiance Mansion, Li Qianyou entered Qi Palace, and Li Pharmacist belonged to Li Yuan... In a sense, they were on the same side as Donggong.

Therefore, Li Jiancheng quickly made a decision, and he glanced sideways at Pei Ji.

"The pharmacist is now serving as Minister of the Ministry of War of the Jiangnan Province, and has not yet stepped down as the pacification ambassador of the Lingnan Province." Pei Ji smiled and said, "It is difficult to go north to Daizhou in a short period of time."

"The Jianghuai war has not yet been settled, but now there is Huairen in Daizhou... In the spring and summer, the Turks will not attack rashly." Li Yuan nodded and said: "When the war is settled, let the pharmacist lead the Jianghuai soldiers to go north to the post. objection?"

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin looked at each other without saying a word. The former was thinking that although he could not win over Li Jing, at least the benefits did not go to his second brother.

And Li Shimin was thinking, the eldest brother will be like this in his life...

The prime minister below had no objection, Pei Shiju's white eyebrows trembled slightly, on the one hand he was frightened by Li Shan's influence on His Majesty, on the other hand he wondered if it was possible for Li Jing to be won over by Li Shimin?
Feng Lun, who entered the Liangyi Hall for the first time to discuss matters, said with a smile: "It's so good. Although Huairen and the medicine master have not met, they have a kindred spirit after all, and they will definitely cooperate seamlessly."

Li Shan slightly lowered his eyes and took a few steps back, ignoring this fellow.

These words are yin and yang, what kind of love, it is nothing more than Li Kai, who was appointed as the county magistrate, and Li Yaoshi, who worked in Tiance Mansion... Li Shan's impression of Feng Lun couldn't be worse, thinking about it in his heart Look back and look for an opportunity to knock this fellow a sap!

(End of this chapter)