Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 610 "Properly" Dealing With It
As big as leading an army to conquer and deal with government affairs, as small as observing words and demeanors to find out the gaps and make up for himself, among the princes Li Shimin is most satisfied with Gao Ming, and he is very satisfied with Chen Wanfu's punishment.Shu Bao is right, there are not many brothers in Prince Qin's Mansion, so if you can keep one, you should be one. Li Shimin doesn't want to die alone. When he can't walk, he can't even have someone to talk to!

What made Li Shimin even more satisfied was the strong combat effectiveness shown by the Six Rates during the Western Expedition. According to the casualty ratio compiled by the Ministry of War, it was as high as five to one. Fortunately, such a strong army was the Royal Guard Rate, otherwise Li Shimin would not even sleep in the Daming Palace. no.The rewards of the Western Expedition are over, the year is over, and all the rewards that should be rewarded have been rewarded, so my son must not be left behind!
Therefore, after discussing with Fang, Du and other important officials, Li Shimin issued a "surprising" imperial decree, which made the courtiers who were worried about the discord of the State Reserve two days ago instantly understand why they should be afraid of the East Palace. Power, what makes the desire to abolish the establishment are all people's imaginations. If the emperor really wanted to abolish the establishment, would he ignore the opposition of several important ministers and forcibly expand the power of the East Palace?
However, among the courtiers at the court meeting, Cen Wenwen and Zhang Liang uncharacteristically supported the emperor's decision, and clamored: Fair rewards and punishments for military merits are the prerequisites for our Tang army's strong combat effectiveness to remain unchanged for 20 years.It is true that the prince is the crown prince, but he is also a general of the imperial court. If he is rewarded for such great achievements, how can he explain to the 20 Western Expeditionary Army, and how to explain to the soldiers who died in battle. .
East Palace, Linde Hall, when Du Ruhui came with the imperial decree, Li Chengqian was reviewing this chapter of the preparations for Chunwei, and Lao Du was really taken aback by making such a formal scene. Staring at the confusion, Li Chengqian could only Get down on your knees and hear what's going on!
I saw Du Ruhui opened the imperial decree with a serious face, and read respectfully: The crown prince inherited Qian, rich and handsome, smart and powerful, destroyed the Turks, and made military achievements in attacking Tuyuhun. Now he broke Tubo in Songzhou, beheaded more than a hundred thousand, and sent troops Prestige in the southwest, Yangguo prestige in the four seas, actual investigation and encouragement. ., that is to restore the military establishment of the East Palace at the beginning of Wude, and add the left and right Zongwei rate, and the left and right Yuhou rate. The establishment is compared with the six rates. "

Hearing this imperial decree, Li Chengqian glanced at Lao Du quite unexpectedly, and before he could ask the question in his heart, the old guy quickly put the imperial decree into his arms, and then said in a low voice: "Properly" handle it properly, and then his big hands With a wave, he took a group of scribes and servants and went back to the business.

Before Lao Du left, Changsun Wuji and Dou Kuan arrived hand in hand. Without saying a word or showing courtesy, they just held the teapot and started pouring it. It seemed that the two were in a hurry , Li Chengqian also smiled, sat back by himself, and waited patiently for them.

After a while, after wiping his face with his sleeve, Dou Kuan immediately said: "Your Highness, you have to express your praise for this imperial decree. In the Zichen Palace just now, the second chancellor Fang Du almost made His Majesty change his mind, but Cen Wenwen and Zhang Liang, these two bastards kept singing high-profile, encouraging His Majesty to make an order quickly.

What's more, if it's not for not praising His Highness, it will chill the hearts of 20 soldiers of the Western Expedition. Is this what you are talking about?Doesn't this clearly mean that His Highness supports the soldiers with self-respect, and is proud of his merits?If you give shameless things, when I go back, I will ask the officials of the Ministry of Integrity to investigate this bastard's minions, and kill him so that they can remember. "

Dou Kuan knew in his heart that even if he knew that Cen Wenwen and Zhang Liang were harboring evil intentions, what would Donggong do to them in the open, who would let these two bastards be in the emperor's heart, so he planned to beat the dog to show the master, and by the way let the two Every prince knows that not every loophole can be exploited.

After Dou Kuan finished speaking, Changsun Wuji took the words and said in a deep voice: "No matter what those two bastards are planning in their hearts, the most urgent thing is to have the courage to express their words quickly, and we must not let His Highness stay in front of the world. If you are proud of yourself and support your own self-respect.

Otherwise, even if your Majesty trusts you, there will be no guarantee that there will be no misunderstandings when there are treacherous villains blowing the wind day and night.Moreover, the military system of limiting the six rates has been fully considered. Since His Royal Highness entered the East Palace, he has gained a lot, so he can't be greedy! "

Then Changsun Wuji talked to Li Chengqian again about the establishment of the East Palace army. At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the ten rates of the East Palace were established according to the old system of the Sui Dynasty: the rate of the left and right guards, the rate of the left and right officials, the rate of the left and right Qing Dao, and the rate of the left and right prison gates. , The prince's left and right internal command houses, a total of ten command houses, of which the prince's left and right supervisors lead the house, and the prince's left and right internal command houses do not control the soldiers.As the personal soldiers directly under the prince, he directly controls them.

Fifty army leaders in the East Palace lead [-] government soldiers, and about [-] to [-] troops are on duty at the same time.The three guards, the accompanying inner guards, and the prison gate should be the heroes of Yuan Cong or the disciples of the family. From the perspective of the establishment, it is completely a small sixteen guards.

Of course, this is done so that the State Reserve can have sufficient military power to control the court when he ascends the throne. This is an extra insurance for the alternation of imperial power. When Yuande Prince Yang Zhao was in the Eastern Palace, the Eastern Palace system was like this.The only difference is that the guards of the inner court belonged to the left and right supervisors and the prince's left and right inner leaders. At that time, they were called the left and right Zongwei rate, and the left and right Yuhou rate.

Later, when Emperor Taiwu let Pei Ji take over the military power, he deliberately eliminated the four guards who were in charge of the safety of the inner court of the East Palace, in order to show that he had no ambitions and reassure Emperor Taiwu.After Xuanwumen, Li Shimin became the prince and still adopted this military system. The reason why he didn't make any changes was that he was already in power and didn't care, and the second was because he wanted to leave a good example for Li Chengqian.

What is unexpected is Li Chengqian, the prince. Who would have thought that he, who grew up in the hands of women and children, would be so good at fighting. Its combat power is not lost to the Xuanjia Army at all.

You must know that the six ranks in the past were all government soldiers, but now the six ranks all recruit soldiers. Although the strength of the troops is similar, it is completely different.Furthermore, because the prince avoided sensitive issues, it was not wrong to reduce the guards in the inner court to show his loyalty, but the emperor then asked him to establish a guard team with the clan's children as the backbone, which was already a blessing from heaven.

Now if he accepts this imperial decree so generously, it will not only leave an excuse for people, but also make the emperor feel bad. Changsun Wuji dared not tell his nephew about it, so he followed the lead of the six. Speaking of history, I hope my nephew can stop and not be too greedy for military power. .
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