Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 219 Touring the World
Ren Yaxiang listened to Lu Anshou's words, but for a moment he didn't know how to refute.

Even if he knew that he was training Yan Wang's personal soldiers, his treatment would definitely be better than that of the government soldiers.

After all, what is the treatment for the government soldiers? If the service time is short, the government soldiers are even required to prepare their own dry food, but the soldiers of the Yue Palace, as long as they are within the specified range, the court will even pay part of the money and food.

But even so, as a so-called personal guard, he was able to feast on fish and meat every day. Isn't this treatment a little too good?

Ren Yaxiang said, even if you are a son of a family, can you eat vegetables in winter?
"If there is anything else I don't know, just tell me!" Ren Yaxiang found out for the first time that training the personal guards for King Yan was the same as the kind of training that he remembered, training the personal guards so that he could master his talent Just leave, it seems a little different.

"It's nothing!" Lu Anshou scratched his head and said to Ren Yaxiang, "In addition to the better food, King Yan also arranged for people from the sixth department of the university to come over to assist us in training, and the other things about training the guards to master talents Have you given it?"

"Six subjects of the school?" Ren Yaxiang frowned when he heard this, "What is this?"

"Um, it's the sixth department of the school!" Lu Anshou said, "Agricultural department is responsible for what vegetables and staple food we can eat.

Liberal arts is responsible for teaching literacy and reasoning. King Yan said that he wanted to let his guards know why they were guards and why they were soldiers.

The mathematics department is responsible for teaching personal mathematics and helping us to count various training data, which we will definitely use in the future.

The medical department is responsible for emergency rescue. If there is any injury during training, they will be sent to treat it. Even King Yan dispatched many famous Chinese medicine experts to prepare some great tonic decoctions. Qi nourishes the body.

Mo Ke is responsible for assisting in the manufacture of various equipment, ranging from various combat weapons to small auxiliary sandbags.

Even at the request of King Yan, they made a kind of weight-bearing sand jacket weighing fifty catties, saying that they would wear it to these guys in the future.

Because these personal guards may wear the same armor to fight in the future, but such things as armor, even the prince is not allowed to keep them privately, so they can only be made to wear heavy-duty sand clothes to adapt.

In the end, King Yan had written to Lu Cai in Chang'an, asking this music genius to find a way to write military songs to assist training with talent. "

"King Yan is really well prepared!" Ren Yaxiang felt an eye-opening feeling after hearing Lu Anshou's examples one by one.

Is this the way the Tang royal family trained their soldiers?I always feel like a nouveau riche breath coming over me!
"That is, our King Yan has always been fully prepared for everything!" Lu Anshou proudly said to Ren Yaxiang.

Ren Yaxiang shook his head and nodded again, and said, "I see, I will follow Yan Wang's wishes and train them to death!"

"Does King Yan mean this?" Lu Anshou was a little dazed when he heard Ren Yaxiang's words.

"At least we must be worthy of King Yan's investment!" Ren Yaxiang's eyes gradually changed from surprise to firmness,

"I will practice all the knowledge I learned from General Su on King Yan's personal guards!"

Lu Anshou looked at the soldier next to him who was making a fuss just now, and for some reason, he always felt that at this moment, a fighting spirit burst out from him that even he dared not underestimate... Well, yes, fighting spirit.

Compared with Lu Anshou and Ren Yaxiang who started training their personal guards, Li Tai wrote a letter to Li Shimin at this time.

Because I need to report to Li Shimin about recruiting personal guards, and at the same time, I need the imperial court to grant me armor and crossbows.

Although it is said that Datang is not strict in weapons control, such as swords, soldiers, horses, bows and arrows, long guns, etc., can be obtained by oneself, and it is not a big deal to build light weapons in private.

But the armor and crossbow arrows need to be wholesaled by the imperial court, and they are not sent to their own hands, but sent to Zhechong Mansion in Youzhou for standing stock.

Only when there is a real fight can he let his own soldiers go to receive the armor and crossbow arrows in Zhechong Mansion.

As for the training of the personal guards, Li Tai will naturally not care about the specific training methods, as long as the corresponding logistics work is done well, as for the training, it is entirely up to Lu Anshou and Ren Yaxiang to handle it, and he does not want to interfere. .

For Li Tai, the only thing he hopes for is that his personal guards need to learn to think and understand righteousness.

Because I didn't plan to take the path of rebellion, but took the real path, using truth to fight against etiquette, and let my personal guards understand that only I can bring prosperity to Datang, and let them willingly die for themselves.

There is no way, because they are my own bodyguards and are related to my life, so I have to pay attention to them.

And Li Tai himself is not a loyal minister, and he can't be truly loyal to anyone, even Li Shimin.

This made Li Tai feel that it would be ridiculous if he wanted to gain the loyalty of anyone.

Because Li Tai felt that he was not worthy of the so-called loyalty, and he never expected so-called loyalty.

Therefore, Li Tai taught his own guards to read and write, let them know the truth, and conveyed his thoughts to them.

I don't believe in their loyalty, but I believe in their position, and I must cultivate their ideology and morality.

I kept proving to them that I was fighting for the prosperity of Datang.

Everything I do, every word and deed, is completely dedicated to Datang, showing myself with an absolute sense of ownership, and cultivating them.

And these reasons are just meaningless. Every month, I will choose a suitable place, let them help the local people build bridges and pave roads, and let them experience the suffering of the people at the bottom.

And from these social activities, it has been continuously proved that King Yan did not say one thing and do another, but was really constantly working hard for the prosperity of Datang.

Comparing the two, Li Tai hopes that the thinking of these guards can converge with his own, that is, only when they almost instinctively believe that no one can make the Tang Dynasty prosperous and strong except themselves, then for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, they are naturally willing to sacrifice their lives for themselves Forget about it.

If he became the emperor himself, then this idea of ​​fighting for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty would naturally pass through these people and become the seed for him to join the army.

If he didn't succeed in becoming the emperor, it would at least not be a bad thing for Datang if these personal guards had such an idea.

Therefore, Li Tai didn't care about the training of the personal guards, because Li Tai believed that Lu Anshou and Ren Ya would handle it well.

However, it is very important to spread the ideas about striving for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty by the students of agricultural colleges who were sent to teach them.

After all, the arming of the body is very important, but the arming of the mind is even more important.

Otherwise, what if I have finally cultivated some personal guards, and if they have milk, they are mothers and turn to other forces.

Although I don't believe in loyalty, I need what I need. Even if they choose to betray, at least they have to hesitate when facing high-ranking officials, high salary or wealth.

Otherwise, Li Tai felt that he was a bit of a failure as a time traveler, and he would sell it if he was told to sell it!

Li Tai continued to write his letter to the imperial court, and after finishing writing, he handed it to Bai He to send it to the post station.

And Baihe had already gotten used to Li Tai's work rhythm after he came to Youzhou, so he calmly took over and dealt with it.

Li Tai basically writes a month-end summary at the end of every month, and then submits it to the imperial court to report various things that happened in Youzhou to the imperial court.

At the same time, they will also write letters to the sage, Empress Changsun, Princess Changle, and Prince Li Chengqian, or talk about the knowledge of Youzhou, or talk about the scenery of Youzhou.

In addition, Li Tai's habit of writing a diary every month is still maintained.

The main reason is that I need to see what I have done every month, and I need to copy it from the diary, otherwise, after a month passes, I will not remember what happened at the beginning of the month!
All in all, Li Tai's development in Tianjin is stable, and everything is proceeding step by step.

What I need is to maintain a good relationship with Chang'an, and the monthly correspondence is naturally indispensable.

And Li Tai's letter of establishing his own soldiers was sent from Youzhou to Chang'an soon.

When this letter was sent to Chang'an, Li Shimin had just finished offering sacrifices to the tombs of Du Yan, Li Gang and others, and returned to Liangyi Hall.

The Ministry of War handed over a memorial, and Li Jing said, "King Yan is his personal guard, please play five hundred armor and crossbow arrows."

"Five hundred armored crossbows?" Li Shimin was taken aback when he heard the number, but immediately remembered that he had approved Li Tai's five hundred soldiers one after another.

On the contrary, his expression was calm, he didn't even look at the memorial, and said directly, "Zuza, another hundred armors are specially approved for spare!"

After all, Li Tai was in Youzhou, and now Tianjin had even followed Goguryeo on the merchant ship. Li Shimin felt that it was normal for Li Tai to pay attention to protecting himself now.

After all, Li Shimin was not afraid of rebellion even when Li Jing and others led troops. Now that Li Tai is asking Li Shimin for armor and bows, what does Li Shimin object to.

Seeing that King Yan's armor passed the request so easily, everyone present felt a little bit sighed.

Although King Yan has left Chang'an, Li Shimin still loves Li Tai very much.

However, Li Tai's affairs are trivial now. After all, whether it is Li Tai's development in Youzhou or the development of Cangzhou, many things are still under construction.

The most direct reflection for the court is that the tax revenue has not increased significantly, so for the court, as long as Li Tai does not come back to compete with Li Chengqian for the throne, it is just a trivial matter.

What is really being discussed in the courtroom now is Li Shimin's proposal:

"Since Zhenguan, I have been conscientious and conscientious, and dare not be negligent, but I only know papers and papers, and I don't know whether the people under my rule are poor or rich, the customs of the four quarters are right and wrong, and the morals of officials are greedy or honest.

So I plan to send thirteen ambassadors to patrol the provinces of the world. What suggestions do you have? "

"Saint, this matter is naturally a good thing, but now it's winter, and the Chinese New Year will be celebrated soon.

It would be a bit unreasonable to send envoys to inspect the world at this time, so please be careful, saint! "

Wei Zheng jumped out immediately and said.

"Of course I know about this matter, and I will send people to inspect the world in the spring of next year.

But this candidate must be selected first, and it will be easy to inspect next spring! "

Li Shimin waved his hand to show that he knew.

"Saint, since that's the case, have you decided on the candidates for the thirteen ambassadors?" Fang Xuanling couldn't help asking.

"It's never happened." Li Shimin thought for a while, then looked at Li Jing.

At this time, Li Jing was already a right servant, as for Du Ruhui, he was promoted to a left servant because of his meritorious service in disaster relief, and Fang Xuanling went one step further to become a minister.

Now that Du Ruhui is continuing to build the canal, theoretically speaking, a person from the second rank should take the lead in this matter.

Li Jing was naturally a very good choice.

Li Jing didn't expect that this matter could involve himself. With the principle of hiding if he can, and letting others take the lead if he can't hide, he said decisively,

"Servant Wei Zheng, upright and honest, well known by the government and the public, the minister recommended Wei Zheng as envoy!"

Li Shimin didn't expect that before he spoke, Li Jing had already recommended Wei Zheng, who seemed the most suitable.

Even Wei Zheng himself had his head held high, as if he was no one else.

Li Shimin shook his head and said: "Xuan Chengzhen sees that I am lost, and I can't be away from him for a day. I still use Qing as the main envoy, and the rest of the deputy envoys are decided by Qing and you.

These 13 people are envoys in all directions, inspecting customs and customs, inspecting the virtuous and unscrupulous officials, asking about the sufferings of the people, paying tribute to the elderly, helping the poor, and employing long-delayed people. "

Hearing this, Li Jing was somewhat surprised, but he also replied respectfully to Li Shimin, "I obey the order."

To be honest, Li Shimin has gradually begun to perform some civil duties for Li Jing, stripping off some of Li Jing's duties as a military officer.

After all, Li Jing achieved the feat of exterminating the Eastern Turks. As Li Jing grew older, Li Shimin also hoped to give Li Jing a decent leave. Now that Li Jing is given this inspection position, he hopes that Li Jing can resign on his own.

After all, if you don't do things like inspection teams well, you will offend the emperor. If you do well, you will offend your colleagues.

Although Li Jing still can't understand Li Shimin's thoughts, Li Jing is really stable in the officialdom.

Basically, after working in the inspection team for a period of time, you will soon realize Li Shimin's painstaking efforts.

The fact is that Li Jing suffered from a foot disease the day after the inspection tour, and he submitted his resignation from the post of You Pushe.

Of course, when Tuyuhun came to fight, his foot disease healed again, and not long after the fight with Tuyuhun, his foot disease returned.

It has to be said that this kind of intermittent foot disease was used by Li Jing with great proficiency.

Soon after Li Jing was appointed and dismissed as the chief envoy, the other deputy envoys were determined one by one under the discussion of the important ministers.

This time, the imperial court's idea of ​​sending an envoy to inspect the world's major states was quickly determined.

Of course, because this news was released publicly, Li Shimin did not hide it.

But the specific timeline of the inspection, and even who is in charge, these news were consciously blocked by the imperial court.

The purpose is to hang a knife over the heads of these officials so that they can think twice before doing things.

Li Shimin looked at the list, thought for a while, and said, "Is Zhang Liang in charge of Youzhou...

Adding another person beside Zhang Liang, Cen Wenwen from Zhongshushe went to record the affairs of Tianjin City and Cangzhou.

Inform Zhang Liang that Cen Wenwen only records but does not describe, and all actions are still based on him! "

(End of this chapter)