Back to Tang Dynasty to be Emperor

When Li Ke woke up, it was already high in the sun.Last night, because Chu Suiliang and Ma Zhou belonged sincerely, he was so happy that he was so drunk that he still had a headache.Absolutely not to drink too much in the future, Li Ke lightly thumped his head thinking, although the alcohol content is low, drinking too much will also hurt the body.

Seeing that Li Ke woke up, Lan'er said: "Your Highness, you are awake. Mr. Dong has been here three times, and every time he saw that His Highness hadn't woken up, he went back again."

Li Ke was shocked when he heard the words, and immediately remembered that Dong Boren said that he would teach him painting today, and quickly asked: "After the king was drunk last night, who else talked to the king? What did they say?"

While combing Li Ke's hair, Lan Er said: "Your Highness was escorted back to the room by General Su after he was drunk. He didn't say anything to His Highness, but Mr. Cen left very late. I don't know what he said to Your Highness. .It's just that when he left, he sighed slightly, and the servants didn't know what he was sighing about."

After listening to Li Ke, he regretted endlessly, complaining that he drank too much last night, and his performance must have disappointed Cen Wenwen.He immediately said to Lan'er: "Tell Yang En to prepare to drive to the Cen Mansion." He was anxious in his heart, and he couldn't lose the heart of a top counselor like Cen Wenwen because of this.

Seeing this, Lan'er cautiously persuaded: "Your Highness, Cen Wenda is handling official business in the palace and can only return home at night."

Li Ke was taken aback, he was in a hurry, and forgot that it was only noon, so he smiled slightly and said to Lan'er: "You are still smart."

Lan'er smiled and said, "Your Highness is just too impatient."

Seeing what Lan Er said, Li Ke didn't care. He was thinking in his heart that he would go to Dong Boren's place later, and he would go three times a morning, so he had to give the old man an explanation.And he also discovered Dong Boren's rigorous academic attitude, and he admired it in his heart.

When Dong Boren was about to visit Li Ke for the fourth time, Li Ke came with an apologetic smile. He gave Dong Boren a deep salute, and blamed himself: "Mr. Ke has come and returned many times, so I am here to apologize." Dong Boren Quickly helping Li Ke up, he nodded and said, "Your Highness, don't worry too much. You are very pleased to come here today to apologize to the veteran." Li Ke felt hot in his heart, and quickly helped Dong Boren to sit down. Dong Boren talked about some paintings Li Ke feels that he has benefited a lot from his common sense.

Returning to Juyi Hall from Dong Boren's residence, Su Dingfang led Chen Qi and was waiting for Li Ke. After the two saluted, Su Dingfang said to Li Ke: "Your Highness, the elite soldiers selected yesterday have been organized into five teams, each with ten people. There is one team leader and one team deputy. The remaining 400 people have been organized into a battalion at the end, with a total of three groups, each group has five teams and 50 people, and each group has a brigade commander and two brigade deputy managers.”

Li Ke did not expect that Su Dingfang had already assembled the Xunwei transferred from various places in just one day. He was quite pleasantly surprised and said with a smile: "Dingfang is indeed a great talent. The Xunwei will be handed over to you, and you will also be in charge of the king's personal guards."

Su Dingfang said happily: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness, everything will be arranged by Your Highness."

Li Ke nodded in satisfaction, and suddenly thought that he should give his guards a name instead of always being called "guards" or "guards". After thinking twice, he said: "From now on, all the guards in the mansion will be called 'Black Guards'." , Black-clothed guards must wear black clothes and black armor."

In doing this, Li Ke imitated the black armor elite soldiers of the Qin Dynasty.The Qin army won the world by sweeping the country, and its military might is so fierce that it is rare in the world. It can be said that it is the most victorious army with the nature of a national army among the Chinese armies of all dynasties. Whoever commands it can achieve brilliant results, and the strength of its army is jaw-dropping.The Qin army not only had the best military system in the world at that time, which was enough to arouse the desire for war in the soldiers' hearts, but also had the strictest military discipline in the world at that time, with military orders like mountains, and marched to the death.Plus the best chariots and crossbows in the world at that time.All these made it dominate the world in the battle of Hetao, and the Xiongnu did not dare to go south to herd horses for ten years.Therefore, Li Ke hoped that his guards would be as brave and invincible as the black-armored elite soldiers.

Seeing that Su Dingfang had no objection, Li Ke continued: "The king's personal guards are called 'Black-clothed Eagle Guards', and Chen Qi is in charge of training them."

After Chen Qi heard this, he was very excited and hurriedly said: "The last general takes orders."

Li Ke continued: "All the remaining [-] soldiers form a battalion, called the 'Black Wolf Guards', and they are trained by a designated party. I want them to become iron cavalry when they mount a horse, and fine armor when they dismount. I want them to become great soldiers." Don's wolves."

Su Dingfang was in a turbulent mood. Li Ke named it so, and attached so much importance to these 400 people. It is expected that he will be of great use.So he said repeatedly: "Don't worry, Your Highness, within four years, the last general will be able to train elite soldiers comparable to the Qin army."

Li Ke knew Su Dingfang's ability, and said to him: "With your words, I can rest assured. If you need anything in the future, just tell me, and I will fully support you." Afterwards, Li Ke said to Chen Qi again: " The training of the Black-clothed Eagle Guards is not like that of the Black-clothed Wolf Guards, which only requires one to fight ten. The first thing I ask them is martial arts, and the second thing I ask them is to have a skill. Do you understand?"

After thinking about it, Chen Qiwei understood Li Ke's meaning, and said loudly: "Don't worry, Your Highness, the general will definitely live up to His Highness's expectations."

Seeing that Chen Qi understood what he meant, Li Ke was relieved that Su Dingfang had indeed found a talent for himself, and said to Chen Qi: "This king asked you to select six people with outstanding qualifications and abilities from among the 56 strong soldiers. elected?"

Chen Qi said respectfully: "The last general has selected six people, and they are waiting for His Highness to summon them at the back of the palace."

Li Ke is very satisfied with Chen Qi's performance. He needs a handsome talent like Su Dingfang, and he also needs a capable talent like Chen Qi.After all, Su Dingfang wanted to return to the battlefield to make contributions, but after he left, he had to have a loyal general by his side. Chen Qi was his chosen person. Li Ke didn't have time to ask Chen Qi yesterday what abilities Su Dingfang would like. Today, I wanted to know more, so I asked Chen Qidao directly: "Chen Qi, I don't know what special skills you have that can make Dingfang favor you?"

Chen Qi seemed to have known that Li Ke would ask this question, so he said without hesitation: "His Royal Highness, the general is born with infinite strength, and has been practicing martial arts since childhood. He has no other skills except brute force." After finishing speaking, he scratched his head embarrassingly. .

Li Ke wanted to confirm it, and asked again: "Are you capable of carrying a tripod?"

Chen Qi said modestly: "Your Highness, please forgive me for giving it a try."

Li Ke nodded slightly and said, "You hold it up for me to see."

Chen Qi looked around and walked towards a big bronze tripod outside the main hall. Before coming to the big tripod, Chen Qi put his hands on the two legs of the tripod and slowly exerted force. He lifted it up until it was over the top of his head, and then slowly put it down.

Li Ke was shocked, he finally saw the thing in the book today that "the power of the overlord can carry the tripod", but the person who carries the tripod now is Chen Qi.After a long time, Li Ke came back to his senses, and said to Chen Qi: "You are the king's evil, with a general like you, not to mention the safety of the king, even Xieli Dazhang can go there."

Chen Qi knew a little bit about words, and knew that the evil Li Ke was talking about was Dian Wei, Cao Cao's guard during the Three Kingdoms period. Chen Qi was very touched that Li Ke valued him so much.

Li Ke stopped Chen Qidao: "Don't be humble, you deserve it."

At this time, Liu Rengui walked in, seeing what Chen Qi had just done, he was very happy that Li Ke had won this general, and he stepped forward to Li Ke and said, "Congratulations, Your Highness, for having another general."

Li Ke smiled at him and said, "It's just right for Zheng Ze to come, and this king happens to have something to discuss with you." After speaking, Li Ke motioned the three of them to sit down and talk.

"Please speak, Your Highness." Liu Ren said.

Li Ke pondered for a while, and said: "Ding Fang has formed the 'Black Guards' of the palace. They will be my private soldiers in the future. I want to give them a monthly salary to help them support their families. What do you think? Sample?"

There is a reason for Li Ke to think so. The Tang Dynasty implemented the Fubing system, unlike the later Song Dynasty, which had a fixed imperial guard.The most important feature of the Fubing system is the integration of soldiers and farmers.

Fubing is usually a farmer who cultivates the land, trains between farms, and joins the army to fight in wartime.The weapons and horses to participate in the war need to be prepared by themselves. At that time, there were Zhechong Mansions responsible for the selection and training of soldiers in the whole country.There are two types of military service: recruitment and defense. Recruitment means temporary deployment, and defense means fixed deployment. Qian, all the peasants in Yongyetian are on duty, five times a year, generally no more than three years, otherwise it is easy to cause soldiers to flee.

Therefore, except for the twelve guards of the imperial court and the six commanders of the East Palace, who were selected from various Zhechong mansions and belonged to the standing army, the rest were only in military service and had no military pay.If Li Ke gave them silver salaries, it would definitely be an encouragement to the soldiers and make them feel his benevolence even more.

All three felt that Li Ke's proposal was very good, so that the soldiers would have no worries, they would be desperate to kill the enemy on the battlefield, and the army would be more capable of fighting.So, all agreed.

Li Ke was delighted, and said to Liu Rengui, "Then Zhengze will come up with a specific plan and hand it over to the king."

Liu Rengui, as the governor of the mansion, also took on the subsidiary duties. He was in charge of the affairs of the prince's mansion, including judging meritorious officers, warehouses, and households. promise.

After dealing with the matter of the Fuwei, Li Ke turned to Su Dingfang and Liu Ren: "I told you yesterday that I will find a convenient weapon for you, and I happen to be free today. You can see if these two weapons are what you want." As soon as he finished speaking, Yang En led a few followers and walked in with two things wrapped in gauze, and put them in the hall.

Su Dingfang and Liu Rengui hurried to the front of the weapon, and as the gauze was taken away, they couldn't help but see surprise in their eyes.Su Dingfang's was a long lance, about ten feet long, with metal lance heads and polygonal lance tips shining silver in the sun.Liu Rengui's is a big gun, the length of the gun is more than ten feet, the black handle and the tip of the gun are unusually thick, as if the whole gun is going to be shot.