Ji Tang

Chapter 1104 Win-win!

""Please establish the Military Law Department"?"

Li Shimin leaned on his chair and put down the memorial in his hand, looking thoughtfully at Li Ji who was a little worried.

"Maogong!"

"Ah, the minister is here!"

Li Ji quickly said: "Your Majesty, please give me your instructions!"

To be honest, he regrets it now.To a large extent, this matter touched the emperor's back. If you think about it deeply, the hat of a man who wants to win people's hearts is definitely locked.

But now this is a rare opportunity. The local army has not experienced war for a long time, and the leading generals have never even been on the battlefield. In the long run, one can imagine the combat power of the Tang army!

This law seems to strengthen the power of the military, but it actually reorganizes the military and prevents civilian officials from taking part in the military.Not only can the cohesion of the generals in the army be higher, but they can also directly attack the army at some times.

But he is still hesitant about whose hands this right should be placed. If Li Jing was still there, he would still have someone to negotiate with, but now.
Go to Ji Song?

He shook his head. This memorial was written by Ji Song. If he wanted to say it, he would have said it long ago.Just throwing it out for everyone to discuss is enough to show that he only provides opinions and does not participate in other matters.

In fact, this is what he wanted. After seeing this memorial, he knew that his opportunity had come.

He was a dignified British duke and a veteran of the Tang Dynasty, but in the end, he let a rising star take the blame. This made no one convinced.

Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong were wearing the same pants as Ji Song, but not now!

There are also many veterans who have complained in front of him more or less, which makes him even more dissatisfied!
Why?Why can Ji Song sit at the head of Wuying Pavilion?He also leads the Military Intelligence Department, supervising the rights in the military.Why can't I?
Li Shimin looked at Li Ji with a somewhat surprised and inexplicable look.It seems to be regretting, and it seems to be sighing! !

"This matter will be discussed later. As for whether it can be done, I leave it to everyone!"

Then he said a little tiredly: "Stay back!"

"His Majesty."

But when he saw the emperor waving his hand, he suppressed his doubts and exited the hall.

When Li Ji left, Li Chengqian walked out from behind, looked outside the door, and whispered: "Is he dissatisfied with Ziyi? Or does he want to win people's hearts?"

"Have it all!"

Stretching his body, Li Shimin said without surprise: "You are being taken advantage of and you don't realize it. I really don't know if you are really old or are you blinded by power?"

"Be exploited?"

Li Chengqian was obviously a little surprised.

"Can't see that?"

Throwing the memorial to the prince, he stood up and said, "Although the handwriting on it was not written by Ji Song, the tone is clearly his."

"You copied it yourself and thought it was yours? What a joke!"

He said with a headache: "This kid is going to cause trouble. He thinks he has too much power and wants to find himself an opponent? Or does he want to avoid suspicion?"

Ji Song's arrangement was the optimal solution that he came up with after thinking about it for a long time.If Ji Song was not disabled, he would really not dare to put him in such an important position.

The current Wuying Pavilion is not the former Wuying Pavilion. It now not only supervises the army, but also manages the assessment and promotion of generals above the fourth rank, and also has the right to allocate military resources.

Although he only allocated it, it was finally reviewed by the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War, and it could only be implemented after approval.But this is already a great right.

Li Jing did not have these rights at the beginning, which shows how much he values ​​Ji Song!
The Tang Dynasty is so big now that an extra piece of land suddenly appeared at some point.Even a tribe or a country was merged into the Tang Dynasty.

The strength of the border army greatly exceeds that of the local garrison in the country. Once something unexpected happens, it will be a huge disaster!But if we weaken the frontier troops, what is the difference between cutting off our own arms?
If something goes wrong with the border troops and the jackals lurking around take advantage of the situation, it will be the beginning of the decline of the Tang Dynasty.Those people don't dare to act arrogantly when they are there. Once they are gone, who knows what will happen?
Cheng Qian is good, but he doesn't know the cruelty of the army. Those warriors who fought out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and expected them to be loyal to someone, would be a fool if they really believed it.

He does not deny that he has loyal ministers, and there are many of them.However, most generals were still submissive when the emperor was strong, but once the central government weakened, they would not hesitate to raise their weapons against their former loyal subjects.

Therefore, he needs to support someone who can intimidate these arrogant soldiers to sit in the middle of the court, so that those people do not dare to have the slightest ambition.Even if something unexpected happens to the court, there are still people who can clean up the mess and prevent it from collapsing!
It was Li Jing before him. Li Jing was only cautious in his life. His merits were great and his military exploits were great.It is not an exaggeration to say that Datang is number one.With him here, who dares to explode?
It's a pity that Li Jing is dead!
When Li Jing died, he suddenly discovered that the Tang Dynasty army was in a state of decline!
This scared him into a cold sweat. Fortunately, he found it in time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous!

The old brothers who followed him to conquer the world are now retiring and dying. The remaining ones can't last more than a few years. Only Li Ji can step up, but he is too selfish and has a gloomy personality, so he is not suitable. Sit in that position.

He looked through the Tang Dynasty and found that the only generals in the Mesozoic era were Ji Song, Su Lie, Zhang Shigui, Liang Guo Gongqi Bi Heli and others.Three generations of potential generals are still in the stage of accumulating experience.Xue Li, Liu Rengui, Pei Xingjian of the Pei family, Gao Kan of the Bohai family and others.

The only person who can really convince most people is Ji Song, but Ji Song's leg was disabled and he even wanted to retire after returning to Chang'an, which made him unable to sit still.

He even used rogue means to force him to the position of head of Wuying Pavilion, and for this he did not hesitate to bear the reputation of being inconsiderate to his ministers.

Don’t you want Ji Song to take a good rest?

He thought, more than anyone else.He knew Ji Song's ability. As long as he was here and as long as the emperor was not stupid and incompetent, the Tang Dynasty would not be in chaos.Even if there is chaos, someone will step up and clean up the mess.

And this person is Ji Song.

Moreover, his relationship with the border army is not close. In recent years, he has consciously transferred most of the military's strength to the navy, and he has seen all this.

But he didn't care. Compared with the army in front of him, the navy's limitations were too great. Even if there were disagreements, the navy would only be the overlord of one side at best, and it would be difficult to become a powerful force.

Therefore, such a military leader who is not closely connected with the border army and the local army and does not involve many people is a perfect match.

In addition, Ji's involvement with the royal family was too deep, to the point where both prospered and suffered losses.The Ji family is destined to be the most loyal family in the royal family.

Looking at his record, it is a reputation that he achieved with one knife and one shot.Just hearing his name, those who are ambitious will not dare to take the lead, otherwise they will die.

His own personality is relatively fair, which is what he wants as the head of Wuying Pavilion.

But now this kid seems to know something, and he actually tempted Li Ji to seize power with him?What is he afraid of?
"This bastard, I really want to beat him!"

Li Shimin walked back and forth a little irritably. This kid was restless. He had to find a way to dispel this bastard's thoughts.Military Justice Department?

correct!

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he thought of a way to take advantage of the situation!

After the awarding ceremony, the threshold of the Duke's Mansion was almost trampled to pieces.But without exception, all naval officers and soldiers who came to visit were turned away.

However, under Ji Song's instruction, Ji Run, the eldest son of the Ji family, was sent to invite them to Zuixian Tower for three days of feasting.

There were many reasons for not seeing him, but the real reason was that Ji Song didn't want to see him.

Even if everyone in the world knows that the Nanhai Navy Fleet is almost becoming his direct descendant, those who should avoid suspicion must still avoid suspicion.Some things cannot be said but cannot be done, but some things cannot be done!

I won’t go into details here about the twists and turns!

The naval officers and soldiers left one after another after accepting the rewards. They belonged to the sea. Although this place was prosperous, it did not belong to them.

Ji Song has never been to the early morning meetings during this period, but he knows the contents of the early morning meetings clearly!
He didn't expect that Li Chengqian would actually act with the emperor after missing the opportunity!

For many days, Li Chengqian went to court with a sad face. Everyone didn't know why, so they sent someone to inquire.Only then did I know that it turned out to be a conflict with the emperor over Ji Song's proposal to reward courtiers last time.

When he learned that the emperor found out about this, he scolded Ji Song for not being a son of a human being and talking nonsense. He even scolded the prince who begged for mercy, saying that he was unwilling to reward courtiers for their military merits!

But for some reason, the prince was determined to confront the emperor. He was scolded by the emperor for repeatedly awarding rewards to ministers, which was not his original intention!
After learning about this, the courtiers felt sad, really.
Although they did not go to the battlefield, they were working diligently to ensure logistics at the rear, and even counseled military aircraft and made suggestions. However, in the end it was those Qiu Ba who received the reward. How could they be mentally balanced?
If Ji Song hadn't mentioned this, they would have admitted it.

However, they had hope but failed to achieve it, which made them extremely unhappy. Some even began to slack off in their work. Official tasks that could be completed in one day had to be delayed for several days. For a while, the officials in the court were not interested in doing things, and The emperor makes this silent resistance!
But when the courtiers went to court listlessly, they discovered that something was wrong. Why was the emperor here?

Before they could figure out what was going on, they heard the emperor say to Chen Shou with a dark face: "Declare the decree!"

Chen Shou bowed and then stepped forward to unfold the imperial edict. He glanced at the confused ministers, chuckled secretly, and read it out loud.

".In the battle of the South China Sea, the Tang Dynasty soldiers came to the battlefield in person and killed the enemy, so they should be rewarded. But all the ministers and ministers who sat in the rear, ensured the army's logistics supply, counseled military affairs, planned military aircraft, and held on to half a point, should be rewarded."

"Fang Xuanling!"

Fang Xuanling was stunned for a moment, glanced at the dark-faced emperor and the somewhat happy prince, then stepped forward and said, "I'm here!"

"Zhongshu Ling, Shangshu Zuopushe, and Sikong. Liang Guogong Fang Xuanling led hundreds of officials during the war. He worked hard to prepare for the war and stabilize the country. He planned military aircraft to seal [-] households, [-] acres, ten pairs of pearls, and hundreds of gems. "

"The minister leads the order!"

Fang Xuanling, who was completely confused, accepted the reward with the prince's encouragement.

Now the ministers were in a rage.

But that's just the beginning.

Just listen to Chen Shou continue to read: "Inspector of the school, minister of the Ministry of official affairs, moved to the right servant, Cai Guogong Du Ruhui. Granted [-] households, [-] acres of land, three pairs of pearls, and fifty gems."

"The minister leads the order!"

Du Ruhui patrolled in front of the emperor and the prince thoughtfully for a moment, then looked at the officials who were looking at him, then he smiled bitterly and stood back up as if nothing happened!
Next, basically all the officials who participated in the South China Sea War were awarded rewards. Those with titles were granted additional households, fields, and treasures.Those without titles will also be promoted to one level, half a rank of noble officers, and some gold, silver and gems, the first level of spoils after this battle.However, most of these people are concentrated in the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, the first-level generals and supervisors, and the Qilin Pavilion and other departments.

After all, the war is related to these departments, so there is nothing wrong with it!
However, as long as other officials worked conscientiously and adhered to their duties during the war without any fault, they also received some financial rewards. It can be said that everyone is happy!

After this reward, Li Shimin stood up with a dark face, glared at the ministers, and said to the prince: "Are you satisfied now?"

Li Chengqian said in fear: "I don't dare!"

"Hmph, what else are you afraid of?"

After saying that, he ignored the grim-faced prince and looked at the crowd and said: "Since you have received the reward, go back and do your work well. If I hear someone being passive and sabotaging their work again, this is the first time, but it will be the last time!"

"You can do it for yourself!"

Everyone looked at each other, but they could only lower their heads and say nothing.

The emperor stormed off, after a brief silence.Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were the first to step forward and said loudly: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

The ministers also reacted at this time, and said with joy and gratitude: "Your Highness the Holy Ming!"

Wuying Pavilion.

Ji Song played with this pair of beautifully carved jade balls and said inexplicably: "Your Highness, the Holy Ming."

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is simply a play staged by the emperor and the prince.Those who knew kept silent, and those who didn't knew were overjoyed. Praise for the prince's benevolence, wisdom, and martial prowess was everywhere in the government and the public.

Of course, as the basis of this matter.The South China Sea War, which had long since cooled down, has been brought up again.And it is getting worse and worse, with all kinds of news flying all over the sky, giving it a somewhat mythical flavor!
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty fought bravely to kill the enemy and wiped out the entire army of the cannibals.What kind of magic weapon descends from the sky, it is considered an inexhaustible strategy.One of the naval officers was as good as ten, and they were all heroes of the Tang Dynasty.

There are also some good people who revealed the whole story of the battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Great Cannibal.What about fighting for the Maritime Silk Road, opening up maritime transportation, opening up maritime territories, etc.

It also quotes scriptures to describe the significance of this war, its profound impact on the Tang Dynasty, and its impact on the people.Once the Maritime Silk Road is opened, merchants will be able to trade directly with the West and earn more money, and the goods in the hands of the people will be more valuable.

He also said that the Great Eater set up checkpoints on land, collected goods from the Tang Dynasty at "low prices", and then sold them to Western countries at high prices, earning more than a hundred times the profits of the Tang Dynasty!

The officials who received the benefits vigorously boasted about the achievements of this war. Otherwise, if the merits were small, wouldn't their rewards be meaningless?
Ji Song listened to the people below talking about the news outside. He just smiled and ignored it!

The emperor's goal was achieved, and his own goal was also achieved.Such a win-win ending should satisfy most people, right?

(End of this chapter)