Back to Tang Dynasty to be Emperor

The eldest grandson Bingning left, and Li Ke was depressed for a few days in the Han Palace.

However, an eldest grandson Bingning can never change his destiny, and he still has to fight against his own destiny.So, after being depressed for a few days, after Chai Zhewei brought the good wine he brewed for him to the palace, Li Ke got drunk for a day.He was finally freed from his depression.

Chai Zhewei has not been brewing wine for a long time, but because the alcohol content has increased a lot, the aroma is stronger than before, and it is approaching the end of the year, so the demand for wine is huge.Therefore, the wine shop worked overtime overnight, and could not keep up with the wine orders.

When Li Ke saw that Chai Zhewei handed him the bills for the past few days, he did not accept them, but said lightly, "Zhewei, you are fully responsible for this matter, and you are also in charge of the accounts. Expansion, the funds needed will come from here.”

"Third brother, I understand!" Then, Chai Zhewei asked carefully, "Third brother, is there anything wrong?"

"What can I have?" Li Ke asked back.

"It's fine, it's fine, it's fine, then Zhewei will go to work first, third brother, take a good rest!" Chai Zhewei finished speaking and left Hanwang Mansion.

Li Ke didn't keep him. Through a winter's contact, he got to know his sworn brothers.Therefore, for their future, he followed Cen Wenwen's suggestion and slowly kept a certain distance from them.And, from time to time, disclose some worries about yourself to them.

And they were grateful after knowing Li Ke's good intentions, and deliberately kept a certain distance from Li Ke.

Because, Li Ke told them that he needed their help.However, not now, but in the future.They are not stupid, they are not brain-dead, they understand what Li Ke means.

After Chai Zhewei left, Li Ke summoned all the people from Han Palace to the study to discuss matters related to the Chinese New Year.Moreover, he still has one important thing to discuss, that is, Li Shimin will form a new army after the Chinese New Year.He wanted to see what people thought about this matter.

In Li Ke's study room, the giants of the King's Mansion of Han sat on chairs, drinking tea slowly.The cold wind outside the house was bleak, and the fire inside the house was smoky, making several people very comfortable.And this meeting, Chu Suiliang and Cen Wenwen are also listed, as well as Chen Qi.

"The new year is approaching, and there is no major event in the palace. If you want to go home to celebrate the new year, you can tell the king that the king approves a few days of vacation for you." Li Ke laughed, he knew what the New Year meant.Therefore, I want to give my subordinates some extra time to reunite with their families.

In fact, his words were mainly aimed at Su Dingfang, Liu Rengui and Xu Jingzong.Although Chu Suiliang is the chief history of the palace, he was summoned by Li Shimin to the palace to discuss calligraphy with him from time to time, so naturally he had to be on standby at any time in case of Li Shimin's emergencies.Cen Wenwen was originally an official of the court, and he had to follow the standards of the court.Both Ma Zhou and Chen Qi have no family and can be ignored.Only Su Dingfang and the other three came to Chang'an City less than half a year ago, and their family members are all in their hometown.

The three knew that Li Ke was telling them, and Su Dingfang was the first to say, "Thank you Your Highness, there is no one in the general's house, so it's fine if you don't go back."

Then, Liu Rengui and Xu Jingzong also said that they did not want to go home.Li Ke knew that they said that because of what Su Dingfang said, and he understood it in his heart, and didn't point it out.

Then, he glanced at everyone and said, "After the Spring Festival, my father will change his year name to 'Zhenguan', which means you know it even if I don't tell you. Therefore, it is imperative to form a new army. You all talk about your opinions .”

After Li Ke said, no one reacted surprisingly, because they all knew about it.Everyone turned their attention to Chu Suiliang and Cen Wenwen.Because the two of them have the highest official positions and the most important status in the Han Palace.

Cen Wenwen motioned to Chu Suiliang, and Chu Suiliang did not refuse. After thinking for a moment, he said, "The purpose of forming a new army is to benefit the Turks in the north. Therefore, the formation of the new army will mainly consist of cavalry and supplemented by infantry."

"In the court, there are many generals who can fight well, and even more generals who lead great battles. However, the emperor will definitely not appoint one of them easily when forming a new army. Because the previous wars of the Tang Dynasty were all The infantry is the main force, and the cavalry is the auxiliary. It is easy for many generals to command the infantry to fight a battle. Let them use the method of commanding the infantry to compete with the Turkic cavalry who knows the way of cavalry. The emperor is not at ease. Therefore, the current court, Datang Few of the Chinese army understood cavalry warfare, and the new army formed was to compete with the Turkic cavalry. What the imperial court needs are generals who understand cavalry warfare, and the backbone of the formation of the new army will definitely be dominated by such generals.”

After hearing what Chu Suiliang had finished, Cen Wenwen added, "The emperor will definitely ask everyone to contribute ideas, and then choose the best method from them. As for the military trainers, in addition to needing a full command, a veteran who can suppress recruits Others. The rest of the people may choose from the group of people who have written and offered advice. Also, the emperor will definitely let everyone recommend talents who they think understand the way of cavalry."

Hearing this, Li Ke understood the meaning of Cen Wenwen and Chu Suiliang, "Then according to the intention of the master and the teacher, can I write a letter to offer advice? Recommend yourself to form a new army?"

"Your Highness misunderstood Secretary Cen's meaning." Chu Suiliang objected, "It's not His Highness's best policy, but Your Highness's recommendation of others to form a new army. Also, the person nominated cannot be someone who is fully in charge of the new army. But only partly responsible.”

"Your Highness, once the new army is formed, it will definitely be the elite of the Tang Dynasty in the next ten years, or even 20 years. The emperor attaches great importance to the selection of such an army. He will not easily hand it over to anyone, including you, your highness, the prince and King Wei will not hand it over to someone who is close to you. So, why do you think His Highness should meddle in this matter, and make the emperor jealous and dissatisfied with you?" Cen Wenwen said bluntly.

Li Ke was a little disappointed when he heard what Cen Wenwen said.Indeed, as Cen Wenwen said, with Li Shimin's personality, he would definitely do this.Then he was relieved and said with a smile, "I understand, so I will recommend Dingfang and Zhengzheng. I don't know what the teacher and sir think?"

"One person is enough!" Chu Suiliang smiled, "I can be sure that the emperor will only choose one of the two, so His Highness will recommend one person!"

"Why, both Dingfang and Zhengzheng are great generals, why did the emperor only choose one of them?" Li Ke asked.

"Balancer." Cen Wenwen said briefly.

At this time, Ma Zhou also interjected, "My minister also thinks that His Highness is enough to recommend one person. If all the generals in the new army become His Highness's people, what is the difference from His Highness forming a new army by himself?" Ma Zhou Meaningful way.

Li Ke couldn't help but nodded after listening. He really ignored this relationship.Because he wants an army of his own too much, and wants everyone around him to show their strengths.Therefore, he ignored some big taboos of ancient kings, that is, not allowing one's own army to become a sharp sword in the hands of others.Now, Ma Zhou's words woke him up, made him realize his rashness, and he couldn't help but blame himself for his stupid idea.However, one thing that also embarrassed him was who to recommend?Is it Su Dingfang?Or Liu Rengui?

His heart is biased towards Su Dingfang, but for Liu Rengui, he thinks that he should give full play to his talent in commanding the navy.Because, in the information about Liu Rengui, the first title he saw was Admiral of the Navy.Therefore, he felt that Liu Rengui's naval command ability would definitely be better than that of the army command ability.

Ma Zhou glanced at Li Ke, understood what Li Ke was thinking, and said with a smile, "Next year, the Cuju Temple will hold the Datang League. If we go to Cuju, we will lose a pillar. Your Highness still recommends a decision!"

When Ma Zhou said this, Liu Rengui also followed the trend, "Your Highness will recommend Ding Fang! The minister left when the Cuju Temple hosted the Datang League, and the pressure on King Bin and the Yan family may be too great, and the newcomers are not familiar with the Cuju Temple. Operation. Therefore, Weichen still stays and does his meager strength for the Datang League."

Seeing what Liu Rengui said, Su Dingfang was about to refuse when he saw Li Ke said, "Okay, then it's settled. After the new year, when the new army is formed, this king will write a letter to recommend Dingfang."

Seeing Li Ke's arrangement, Cen Wenwen and Chu Suiliang glanced at each other and smiled endlessly.

But Su Dingfang was even more grateful to Li Ke in his heart, and vowed in his heart that he would follow him to the death.