I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 28
He instructed Zhou Cang and Gan Xinhan face-to-face to let Zhou Cang continue to secretly station in Yunzhongshan, stop looting, and keep a low profile and secretly act.

Continue to absorb the young and middle-aged among the refugees, organize them into an army, and send people to deliver food.At the same time, Gan Xinghan was retained to assist Zhou Cang in cleaning up military discipline and training the new army.

Eliminating some old, weak, sick and disabled, five hundred young and strong were selected from the cottage as the starting team of this partial teacher. Gan Xinghan was asked to train for a period of time, and he would come to pick him up when he returned from Jinyang.

To Li Shimin's surprise, a large amount of iron ore was found behind the cottage. It seems that the reserves are large and the quality is not bad.Li Shimin asked Zhou Cang to continue to organize mining, and at the same time called some craftsmen among the refugees who could forge iron, and made iron and armor at the same time.

Li Shimin stayed in Zhoucang's cottage for a few days to make arrangements for the affairs here.

Seeing that there is not much time left in a month, he hurriedly headed towards Jinyang without stopping.When I arrived in Jinyang, I found a remote place to rent an inn, and settled down more than 20 of my guards.Then he went to the governor's mansion alone to meet Zhang Yi.

The governor's mansion is located in the core of Jinyang. It looks like it has hundreds of acres, with carved galleries and painted buildings, which is magnificent.After Li Shimin posted the greeting card, he waited respectfully behind the door. Not long after, the yamen servant came and invited him into the main hall, waiting for Zhang Yi to receive him.

Zhang Yi was indeed very busy. Li Shimin waited in the lobby for half an hour, but Zhang Yi hadn't been seen yet.But he was not in a hurry, he just waited patiently, without a trace of impatience.

In fact, Zhang Yi has been here for a while, and he has been observing Li Shimin behind the screen, as if admiring a work of art.

Seeing Li Shimin's respectful demeanor, Zhang Yi was not dissatisfied with the long wait, and nodded in satisfaction.Just looking at his back, one can feel that this person, Yuan Ting Yue Chi, is like a sharp sword out of its sheath, with an extraordinary bearing.

With a light cough, Zhang Yi walked in from behind the scenes.Li Shimin heard the movement, turned around quickly, and saw two people walking towards him, one in front and one behind.

The middle-aged elder in front had a thin face, sharp eyes, and seemed to be able to read people's hearts, with a majestic demeanor in every gesture.Impressively following behind was Linghu Chu, whom he had dealt with last time. Li Shimin didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly saluted.

"My lower official, Li Shimin, magistrate of Mayi County, has met Lord Inspector and Lord Changshi." Li Shimin said neither humble nor overbearing.

I saw that Linghu Changshi introduced with a smile: "Master Inspector, this person is Li Shimin, the magistrate of Mayi County that you have always wanted to see."

Zhang Yi just nodded slightly, showing no sign of happiness or anger, and it was regarded as a greeting.

He had been secretly looking at Li Shimin, and saw that this man was handsome and elegant, with brilliant eyes, an extraordinary bearing, and a compelling spirit all over his body, as if he had an unattainable temperament.

This surprised Zhang Yi who had seen countless people, "This son is absolutely extraordinary!" He was very satisfied with Li Shimin.

Zhang Yi suddenly asked, "I heard that your ancestral home is Jinyang, Bingzhou, and both your parents died when you were young?"

Seeing Zhang Yi asking him about his hometown, Li Shimin didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the governor's gourd.Carefully replied: "Lord Inspector, it is true that your ancestral home is Jinyang, Bingzhou, and was adopted by your family teacher since childhood, but I also heard the teacher say by chance that I am a descendant of Li Mu, but I don't know if it is true."

"Oh, you're actually a descendant of Li Mu, one of the four great generals of the Warring States Period?" Inspector Zhang became interested when he heard that. "However, it is really possible. This Li Shimin's temperament must be from a famous family. If he is from a poor family, how could he be so popular in Tsinghua University." Zhang Yi himself began to think of it.

Of course, what Li Shimin said was actually to exalt his background and make it easier for him to act in the future.During the Han and Tang Dynasties, the powerful families were still high in the clouds. They were born with strong influence and appeal. If you can become a member of them, you will get twice the result with half the effort.

Moreover, Li Shimin was not afraid of them going to investigate. With so many descendants of Li Mu, it was normal for one or two of them to go missing, besides, he himself was genuine.

Sure enough, upon hearing what Li Shimin said, Zhang Yi's attitude also made a 180-degree turn, and he began to warm up.

After chatting for a while, Zhang Yi started to get down to business.

Soon, Zhang Yi got straight to the point and said: "This time in the battle of Mayi, the people of the world have made great contributions. It has greatly destroyed the prestige of the Hu people and raised my heroic prestige. It is very good!"

Seeing Zhang Yi mentioning the Battle of Mayi, Li Shimin felt that the next conversation would still revolve around the Hu people.

Sure enough, Zhang Yi continued: "Our battle has caused heavy losses to the Hu people. They won't fight again in a short time, and the state will pay attention to it. In the long run, the threat is still very huge."

"In addition, Bingzhou is currently in trouble internally and externally. Internal chaos is rising, which is quite like a prairie fire. If the external barbarians do not deal with it properly, Bingzhou will be in danger, and we will be the sinners of the big man."

Hearing these words, Li Shimin also had sincere admiration for Zhang Yi in his heart. This man was indeed loyal to the big man, and his only thought was how to protect the environment and the people, and reorganize the country, which is very rare.

Zhang Yi looked at Li Shimin and asked, "Shimin, tell us your opinion on the foreign aggression in Bingzhou and how to resist the barbarians."

Li Shimin had already had a plan for this, and he talked eloquently: "Reporting to the governor, I think we should focus on managing Mayi. At present, we are in a clear disadvantage with Xianbei, and Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Shuofang, and Wuyuan counties are actually Already under the control of the Xianbei people, our Han army has already retreated to the front line of Yanmen, if Mayi is lost, Yanmen will not be able to protect it, if Yanmen is lost again, Bingzhou will be in danger."

"Oh? Let's continue." Zhang Yi's view on this was also refreshing, and he asked Li Shimin to continue.

Mayi is located between Guancen Mountain and Hongtao Mountain. The two mountains are far apart. Although there is no natural geographical advantage, it is also a necessary place to enter Yanmen County.Moreover, Mayi is also the outpost of Loufan Pass and Yanmen Pass, and the three are in the shape of a character. If the defense of Mayi is strengthened, the three places can help each other and watch and help each other, so that Yanmen will have no worries, and Bingzhou will have no worries.Li Shimin confessed his thoughts.

"This opinion has a unique insight, and the people of the world have great opinions. It can be called the talent of Qilin." The more Zhang Yi heard it, the more frightened he became, and he felt that this suggestion was very feasible.

In fact, the reason why Li Shimin was invited to Jinyang was that he saw the hope of fighting against the Hu people. Zhang Yi's idea was to stabilize the border between Bingzhou and the Hu people. The momentum of human invasion was contained.

Li Shimin had a good grasp of Governor Zhang's thoughts. What Zhang Governor wanted was definitely not how to recover Yunzhong County, which was actually controlled by the Hu people. It was obviously unrealistic now. What he wanted was a relatively stable and stable border.

To fight against the outside world, we must first secure the inside, so that he can free up his hands to deal with the intensified banditry in Bingzhou.So he urgently needs someone to help him with advice, and even said to guard Yanmen directly.After all, Huangfu Festival is already old, and he can't do it for too long. At present, there is really no successor.

Seeing that Li Shimin understood his intentions well, Zhang Yi was also very pleased, and continued to ask: "Since Mayi is so important, and Mayi is next to the barbarians, they are eyeing them. How are you going to guard Mayi?"

Li Shimin didn't hide it, and continued: "Lord Inspector, I think there are a few things as follows."

"Let's talk and listen." Zhang Yi was also looking forward to it.

"All the people are soldiers. They are farmers in leisure time and soldiers in wartime. All the young and strong in the city are recruited, and about 2000 standing soldiers are selected from them. The rest are registered county soldiers. They all participate in military training in peacetime and practice hard to kill the enemy. , so that the source of soldiers will continue to flow. And everyone is very motivated to join the army in order to protect their own land." Li Shimin said his first point.

In fact, to put it bluntly, he copied the military system of the Tang Dynasty. Zhang Yi listened with great interest, and was brought into thinking by Li Shimin's words for a long time.

Li Shimin went on to say the second point: "Why do barbarians commit crimes? Isn't it because they are envious of the beautiful life of the big men. They are short of products, and they have nothing to do with production, so they can only come out to rob. But the cost of robbery is very high. Like this battle of Mayi, the Hu people can’t afford to lose.” “If we strengthen trade with the Hu people and organize official large-scale trade between the two sides of the border, we will buy the Hu people’s cattle and sheep, and send some of the goods they urgently need. Buying them daily necessities and exquisite Han Dynasty silk fabrics has improved their living standards, and the two sides are mutually beneficial. Even if the Hu leader is ambitious, how many of his people are willing to do this loss-making business again?"

"Wonderful, this trick has fundamentally reduced the invasion of the barbarians." Zhang Yi also felt very surprised.

This also strengthened Zhang Yi's determination to take Li Shimin for his own use, but before that, he had to figure out his identity.Zhang Yi would not dare to reuse someone whose identity is unknown. If he was really a member of the Li clan, then everything would be logical...

After this exchange, Zhang Yi also admired Li Shimin very much, and his affection doubled. He asked him to stay in Jinyang for a few more days, and said that he would be summoned again in a few days.

　Li Shimin is indeed a descendant of Li Mu, which is also recognized by Li Shimin, so it is reasonable for the author to say so.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)