First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 36
35. Recommend talents
Li Shimin said so clearly, Gao Chong had no choice but to respond first, luckily it was only temporary.

Suddenly remembering what Li Shimin said just now, he is the only one who can be used. After a little thought in his heart, Gao Chong made up his mind, and immediately said to Li Shimin: "Second Young Master, you still lack talents under your command. If you want to achieve great things, You must get the help of talented people, I dare to recommend three people to you, and I ask the second son to consider it as appropriate."

Li Shimin was overjoyed when he heard the words, "I am just looking for talents, and if there are talents to help me, why worry about the big things not being done, you will tell me quickly." For my consideration, no matter how many talented people vote, they will definitely not be able to compare with Youzhi's status in my heart."

Gao Chong was embarrassed when he heard it, but this was what he wanted to hear. Anyway, the three people he wanted to recommend would join Li Shimin in the near future, so it's better to be a favor and gain a good reputation at this time.

In the future, there will be a kindness to recommend these three people. To be honest, this move is a bit shameless, but everyone doesn't know that he can be a prophet.

Immediately said: "This No. 1, the second son, you are also very familiar with, it is your wife and elder brother, Sun Wuji. I have long heard that the eldest sun Wuji is intelligent and knowledgeable. I have inquired about it, and I heard that he is now Luoyang is filial to his mother, so why don't the second son recall her to help her?"

Li Shimin was a little surprised when he heard this, "Yu Zhi also knows the talent of the elder brother of the auxiliary machine", and then sighed softly.

"I grew up with Auxiliary Machine since childhood, how can I not know his talent, Auxiliary Machine and my wife lost their father when they were young, and they were brought up by their uncle Gao Shilian.

Only in the ninth year of Daye, my uncle Gao Shilian was implicated in the escape of Goguryeo by Minister of the Ministry of War, Hu Sizheng, and was demoted to Lingnan. In order not to implicate the family, my wife and uncle placed my mother-in-law and auxiliary machines in Luoyang. Now Wang Shichong is raising troops, I just lost contact with the auxiliary machine, to be honest, I sent someone to Luoyang with my letter a month ago to find the auxiliary machine, but there is no news yet.”

Gao Chong nodded straight when he heard it, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, Mr. Shilian is the direct descendant of my Gao family in Bohai, and he has always been related to Keng." He is very witty, and after learning the news of Jinyang’s rise of troops, he will definitely try his best to come here, so the first task of my detailed organization is to find the eldest grandson’s auxiliary machine as soon as possible.”

Li Shimin also had a smile on his face when he heard the words, "If you can find the auxiliary machine, I will credit you, and quickly tell me who are the other two talented people?"

"A man named Du Ruhui, courtesy name Keming, was born in the Du family of Jingzhao, and was a county captain in Ganyang. At this time, he should have abandoned his official position and lived idle in his home in Chang'an.

Another person named Fang Qiao, styled Xuanling, was born in the Fang family of Qinghe. Both his grandfather and father were well-known scholars in Shandong.

However, Li Shimin had never heard of these two people. Hearing the name of Weifang Xuanling in Xicheng County, Li Shimin couldn't help being stunned. The governor of Xihe is ordinary, temporarily vacant."

Gao Chong smiled, "I've already inquired, and this Xicheng county lieutenant is indeed Fang Xuanling, who was appointed as an official at the end of last year, but this person doesn't seem to be interested in this position, and he hasn't taken up the post since then, so he must have traveled all the way. went".

Li Shimin also became interested when he heard the words, "The two people recommended by Youzhi really have quite personalities. One serves as the county captain of Ganyang and abandons his official position to live at home, and the other serves as the county captain of Xicheng, and he has been reluctant to take up the post for a long time."

"I've already arranged for someone to find Fang Xuanling, and after we find him, Second Young Master will know what kind of talent this person is." Gao Chong said confidently, "It's just that Du Ruhui is in Chang'an, and it will take some trouble. , we need to wait until Chang'an is broken, and then the second son will go to recruit in person."

After hearing this, Li Shimin immediately affirmed: "The one recommended by Youzhi must be a great talent. As for Du Ruhui, don't let me recruit him personally. As long as he is a talented person, I can lead a horse for him."

Seeing that Li Shimin's words were very sincere, obviously from the heart, Gao Chong was also amazed in his heart, at the age of eighteen or nineteen, he was so proud of his youth, he valued talents so much, without the arrogance of a son of aristocratic family, no matter how he criticized him, There is a reason for this success.

That night, everyone was very busy. Li Jiancheng followed the rules and wrote down Wang Shichong's detailed work to Jinyang overnight. Gao Chong racked his brains all night and drafted the relevant regulations of the secret service agency. Never touch this thing again.

The next day, at noon, the order from Jinyang came quickly, ordering Li Jiancheng and the two to execute Zhu Zhijin on the spot, and send the heads of Zhu Zhijin and Wang Er to Li Mi in Luokou.

Now that the main obstacle to the army's southward march has been removed, the city of Xihe, the prefecture of Xihe County, was broken, and the rest of Yong'an, Lingshi, Jiexiu and other counties fell upon hearing the news. The next day's swearing-in meeting will officially announce the rise of troops.

Without stopping at all, Li Jiancheng left a deputy commander to garrison Xicheng that day, and immediately returned to Jinyang.

This trip to break through Xihe County, counting the two days of the expedition and the squadron, took a total of five days. In just five days, it was the first obstacle to the southward march of Taiyuan troops. Li Jiancheng and his brothers were very happy. The huge Xihe The county, occupying all five days, is enough to be proud of.

In the evening, the army had already arrived in Jinyang City. Li Yuan attached great importance to this first victory, and personally led Pei Ji and others to meet outside Jinyang Palace. No, it should be the General's Mansion at this time. This Yang Guang His palace is already the mansion of General Cheng.

The 13th year of the great cause, the fourth day of the seventh lunar month, is a day of great significance, and the war of the times has kicked off.

Jinyang Palace City, the current Grand General's Mansion, the east gate is called Qianyang Gate.

The big flag flutters, and the battle flag flutters.

Li Yuan officially announced his rebellion under the title of "Xingjia Jinyang, Fengzun Daidi, Sweeping Xianluo, and Jining Yu County".

There are two white and red flags erected on the palace city. The red flag is the color of the Sui Dynasty. The white flag mixed with it means that Li Yuan's army was not completely attached to the Sui Dynasty.

According to the theory of mutual generation and restraint of the five elements, the Sui Dynasty advocated the virtue of fire, which was the red flag, and fire gave birth to the earth. The subsequent Tang Dynasty was the virtue of earth, which was the yellow flag.

Therefore, Gao Chong thought that the red and yellow flags should be erected, so he discussed it with his father, and Gao Junya gave him a lesson after hearing the words.

Everyone in the world knows that fire gives birth to earth, and when it is red, it will turn yellow. If the yellow flag is erected, then Li Yuan's intention of self-reliance in the Sui Dynasty is Sima Zhao's intention.

But this white flag... Gao Chong was also slandered in his heart.

After the cumbersome swearing-in meeting, Li Yuan immediately appointed his fourth son Li Yuanji as the general of Zhenbei and the governor of Taiyuan. He led an army of [-] and stayed in Jinyang City. Wan, sent his troops down the Fenhe River in Xihe County and went straight to Guanzhong.

　At this time, Chang'an City should still be called Daxing City. It was renamed Chang'an City only after Li Yuan took over the Sui Dynasty. Considering the reading experience, let's call him Chang'an City.In fact, Daxing City was named Chang’an City in the third year of Emperor Kaihuang’s reign (583) because Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty was conferred the title of Daxing Duke. The name was changed only 20 years ago. In fact, many people are still accustomed to calling it Chang'an City.

　　
　
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