Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 296
In the Tang Dynasty, Tiance Mansion was the largest military officer's mansion, its status was higher than that of the Fourteen Guards, and General Tiance was a first-rank official position, and his status was also higher than that of the Prince and the Three Dukes.

General Tiance's power is very powerful, besides being able to command the soldiers and horses of a government, he can also recruit talents to serve as officials in the government of Tiance, which is the so-called "Xu Zizhi's official subordinates".

For example, the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Cheng Yaojin, and Li Ji, who are now in high positions, were all born in Li Shimin's Tiance Mansion.

According to historical records, from the founding of the Tang Dynasty to its demise, Li Shimin was the only one who served as General Tiance, and this position has been vacant since then.

Therefore, it can be seen that its power is so great that those in power are afraid of it.

But now, Li Shimin gave this position to Gao Ming, which shocked both Cheng Yaojin and Li Jing.

What was even more shocking was Gao Ming. Although he was the one who came up with the idea of ​​attacking Goguryeo, he knew how much he was worth, so he heard that Li Shimin named him Tiance Admiral and planned to let him lead the army. At that moment, he quickly waved his hand towards Li Shimin.

"No, no, I can't do this Tiance Admiral, I'm not suitable!"

Originally, Li Shimin thought that Gao Ming would be very happy to get the position of Admiral Tiance, but he didn't expect him to reject it so cleanly, and even gave such a random reason.

Li Shimin frowned immediately.

"You really don't want to be this Tiance Admiral? Do you know what this Tiance Admiral is?"

Seeing that Li Shimin seemed a little unhappy, Gao Ming immediately sighed.

"Well, I know that you were the Tiance Admiral. Not only is the responsibility great, but it's also very meaningful. But if it's not suitable, it's not suitable. I've never fought at all. You put such a big burden on my shoulders. , are you not afraid of crushing me?"

Hearing Gao Ming's explanation, Li Shimin's complexion immediately improved a lot, especially when Gao Ming said that Admiral Tiance had "heavy responsibilities" instead of "big power", he felt even more satisfied.

"This kid is still the same, he doesn't care about power and the like, but this general Tiance has to be given to him!"

Thinking of this, Gao Ming immediately smiled at Gao Ming.

"You can take your time if you haven't fought a war before, but you must be the strategist!"

"..."

Hearing what Li Shimin and Gao Ming said, Cheng Yaojin and Li Ji were completely stupefied.

That is Admiral Tiance, the highest point that military generals can only look up to in their lives, and now they have been sealed off like this, and the people who accept it are still reluctant, you don't want me to come!
But they just thought about this kind of thinking in their hearts, because they also knew that only members of the royal family could be in Tiance.

The most important thing is that after the Xuanwumen incident, I am afraid that only the prince can take this position in the future. After all, Li Shimin does not want to experience the Xuanwumen incident himself.

In fact, the reason why Li Shimin had the idea of ​​making Gao Ming the Tiance Admiral was not his whim, but after careful consideration, because he felt that all his sons, except Gao Ming, were Not qualified!

Seeing Gao Ming's stunned eyes, Li Shimin immediately patted him on the shoulder.

"Gao Ming, I believe that you can do a good job as a strategic general, and you can write a military book like "Li Zi's Art of War". For you, it shouldn't be difficult to lead troops to fight?"

Seeing Li Shimin's firm attitude, Gao Ming was silent for a while, and then sighed.

"Well...well, since it's already this time, I can only tell the truth. In fact, I didn't write "Li Zi's Art of War", I copied it."

"Oh?"

Hearing Gao Ming's explanation, Li Shimin's eyes widened immediately.

"Copied it? Then tell me, where did you copy this art of war?"

"Uh……"

Now Gao Ming was stunned, because "36 Strategies" was written after the Ming Dynasty, so Gao Ming didn't know how to explain it.

Seeing that Gao Ming was speechless, Li Shimin's mouth immediately curled into a smile.

"Could it be a copy of "Sun Tzu's Art of War"?"

Gao Mingzheng didn't know how to explain it, but Li Shimin's reminder immediately made him very happy, and he nodded immediately.

"That's right, that's the copy of "Sun Tzu's Art of War", uh... "Sun Tzu's Art of War"?"

Seeing Gao Ming's bewildered expression, Li Shimin immediately burst out laughing.

"Hahahaha, there are so many generals who have read "Sun Tzu's Art of War" in the world, but you are the only one who can copy "Li Zi's Art of War" from it. If you can't be the chief strategist, who else can be? ?”

"Uh……"

Only then did Gao Ming realize that he had dug a hole and buried himself. Seeing Li Shimin who was laughing loudly, he suddenly showed a wry smile.

"Aren't you afraid that I'm talking on paper?"

"Not afraid!"

Gao Ming's voice was brilliant, Li Shimin smiled and nodded.

"My Tang Dynasty is now strong and powerful, and with the assistance of Li Ji and Cheng Yaojin, Goguryeo is naturally no problem, and taking a step back, even if you lose, it's okay, my Tang Dynasty can afford to lose, the worst is to wait another 20 Year!"

Looking at the high-spirited Li Shimin, Gao Ming's eyes suddenly showed a touch of emotion.

"This old man is getting more and more provocative..."

In fact, in history, after Li Shimin sent troops to Goguryeo in the 17th year of Zhenguan, he returned without success. It was not until more than 20 years later that Yuangai Suwen died and Goguryeo fell into civil strife. Tang Gaozong Li Zhicai sent troops to destroy Goguryeo in one fell swoop.

But this time, Gao Ming decided to advance the result.

Seeing Li Shimin's encouraging eyes, he immediately nodded with a serious face.

"Since you believe in me, it's really unreasonable for me to shirk. Well, I'm the general of Tiance, and I assure you, I will definitely beat those Goguryeo sticks into obedience!"

"it is good!"

After hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin nodded happily immediately.

"This is just like the son of my Li family."

"Hey Hey……"

Seeing Li Shimin and Gao Ming smiling at each other, Li Ji and Cheng Yaojin also smiled.

"Looks like my Tang Dynasty is about to produce a king with both martial arts and martial arts!"

Thinking of this, the two immediately took a step forward, and then bowed to Li Shimin and Gao Ming together.

At this time, the atmosphere in the imperial study was so good that Li Shimin could hardly bear to ask Yan Liben to come in and draw a picture of "Admiral Tiance's Order", but before he could open his mouth, Gao Ming spoke.

"Hehe...Old man, since I've already become Tiance Admiral, shouldn't you express something, for example, give me a few stones of top-quality agarwood first, and let me take it back to boil some water and cook some meat."

"hiss……"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Li Ji and Cheng Yaojin gasped.

Use the best agarwood to boil water?Thank you for thinking it out!

But Li Shimin's performance was more direct, he pointed at Gao Ming on the spot and cursed.

"Zhu Zi is so loud, even Yang Guang, that old thief, dare not say that he uses top-quality agarwood to boil water, and there is very little top-quality agarwood. Even here, it is only a mere 100 catties."

Hearing Li Shimin say that the top-grade agarwood is only more than 100 catties, Gao Ming also heaved a sigh of relief. He was really worried that Li Shimin told him that the top-quality agarwood weighed tens of thousands of catties. Rare feeling.

But now it’s better, although the amount of more than 100 catties is still a lot, but you must know that this is the palace, and even Li Shimin only has more than 100 catties, which shows how precious it is.

Things like this are considered to be in line with Gao Ming's collection standards, so he immediately smiled at Li Shimin.

"Hey, old man, I was just joking around. How could I use agarwood to boil water? Give me some of your top-grade agarwood. It doesn't need much, just seven or eighty catties is enough."

"Humph!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin glared at him immediately.

"These top-quality agarwoods are what I use for this year. New agarwoods will be delivered from Nanyue and Lingnan in April next year, so I can only give you ten catties at most."

"Ten catties is too little, fifty catties!"

"Twenty catties at most, don't bargain with me anymore!"

"Okay, it's a deal!"

Listening to the conversation between Li Shimin and Gao Ming, Li Ji and Cheng Yaojin suddenly showed surprise on their faces.

Is this still the Li Shimin they knew?

Seeing the surprised expressions of the two, Li Shimin suddenly coughed twice in embarrassment, and then called Liu Bing in.

"Ahem... Liu Bing, order me to go down and take twenty catties of high-quality agarwood, and send them to Duke Ying and Duke Lu respectively."

"Yes!"

Liu Bing agreed and went down. Seeing this scene, Cheng Yaojin and Li Ji quickly saluted Li Shimin.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward!"

Of course they didn't expect Li Shimin to give them the best agarwood, after all, even Gao Ming only asked for [-] catties for nothing, let alone them.

And it is very good to have high-quality agarwood, because many ministers burn only ordinary agarwood sold in the market, like the "offering incense" in the palace, which is not something ordinary people can use.

Therefore, at this moment, both of them were very satisfied in their hearts. At the same time, they looked at Gao Ming with some gratitude, because they knew that if Gao Ming hadn't made such a fuss, they would not have been able to get the twenty catties of Nanyue products. The top-grade agarwood, this is something that money can't buy.

After saying thanks, Li Ji and Cheng Yaojin took their leave and left. After they left, Gao Ming smiled at Li Shimin, rubbing his hands while laughing.

"Hey...that...my top grade agarwood..."

Seeing his flattering appearance, Li Shimin suddenly showed a face full of dumbfounding.

"Look at how promising you are, you can go back first, and I will ask Liu Bing to send it to you later."

"Okay!"

Hearing Li Shimin's affirmative answer, Gao Ming immediately ran away happily, seeing his immediate back, Li Shimin was a little dumbfounded.

"I didn't see him so happy when I gave him a plan, this bastard..."

Having said that, Li Shimin looked at Gao Ming with more satisfaction.

(End of this chapter)