Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 309 Recognize the reality
As long as there was still a chance, Suzong Li Heng didn't want to give Li Fei any rewards.

It's just that it is more important to keep Datang's country. In the current situation, Datang can no longer withstand any setbacks, in order not to separate people's hearts, but also to boost morale.Suzong Li Heng could wish to cut Li Fei into pieces in his heart, but he must not treat Li Fei harshly at this moment, he wants to show his king's "magnificence".After all, few people are willing to work hard for a narrow-minded king.

Unable to make up his mind, Suzong Li Heng asked the most important eunuch Li Fuguo to help him out.

"Your Majesty doesn't want to give Li Fei the prince of the county, and he doesn't want to give Li Fei more real power, so he will add the same amount of land and food as the prince, and then make him a prince and grand teacher, and add a dozen others. It’s okay to have a false title.” Li Fuguo also hated Li Fei extremely, and he didn’t want to see Li Fei get the county prince or more real power, because Li Fei was the first one who pointed at his nose and scolded him. The 'little eunuch', he felt extremely ashamed and humiliated, and wanted to find a chance to kill Li Fei in the future.

"The prince's master? Li Fei is almost ten years younger than the prince. It seems inappropriate to let him be the prince's junior teacher, right?" Suzong Li Heng frowned, and he didn't care about the other dozen false names. The numbers are just a bluff. Both Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong held dozens of false positions, which is actually useless.But the prince's grand teacher is different, that is the prince's legitimate teacher, and Li Fei is so much younger than the prince, to be the prince's teacher?No matter how I think about it, I feel a little awkward.

"Your Majesty, the crown prince's grand teacher is just a false name. There have been many teachers for the princes in the past, and I have never seen any one who can really be named the prince and grand teacher. Moreover, few people who have been awarded the title of prince and grand teacher in the past have really taught the time. This is just a vacant post for appeasing important officials or meritorious generals in the past. It sounds loud, but it doesn't have much practical significance. It is worthwhile for Your Majesty to exchange it for the prince of Li Feijun!" Li Fuguo explained with a smile.

Don't look at the fact that the duke of the state is only one level behind the prince of the county, but it is a qualitative change. He can be called a "prince". The top title of the royal family is much more meaningful than a prince or grand master.

Suzong Li Heng thought about it, and felt that it was true, and it was better than giving Li Feijun Wangjue or more real power, so he reluctantly agreed.

The decree was issued quickly.

Although only the Lutian and Shiyi were given to Li Fei County King, but not the title of Li Fei County King, but there are princes and grand masters who are at the same level as the county king and more than a dozen other empty positions, and ordinary people and generals can't tell them apart The substantial difference, the quantity alone is enough to scare them away.

Sure enough, the morale of the Lingwu court was greatly boosted.

Seeing this scene, Suzong Li Heng felt a little better.

There are still many difficulties to be solved.

It was the first time to send troops to recover Guanzhong and Chang'an City. Not only did they suffer a disastrous defeat, but they also lost more than [-] troops. The strength of the Lingwu court suddenly became empty. Maybe the attack on Chao Lingwu will be very difficult. From this point of view, when will Datang be rehabilitated?
Fang Guan presided over the expedition and suffered a disastrous defeat. Not only was he dismissed from the position of prime minister, but he was also unsuitable to continue to be the coach who led the army to rehabilitate, so he had to choose other suitable candidates.

Suzong Liheng immediately held a court meeting to discuss the candidates for the new leader to preside over the rehabilitation.

This is a matter that determines the future fate of the Tang Dynasty. With the lessons learned from Fang Guan, whether it is Suzong Li Heng or other civil and military officials, they all recognize the reality.It is more appropriate to lead troops to fight and need experienced generals.No one dared to mention another person who has no experience in leading the army to be the rehabilitated coach, even if this person's status is higher than that of Prime Minister Fang Guan.

After a round of selection, there were only a few people, Guo Ziyi, the governor of Shuofang, Lu Jiong, the governor of Shannan Road, and Li Guangjin, the former leader of the North Route Army.

Leaving Li Guangjin alone, he didn't have many outstanding achievements in the first place. It was only because of his good background and high rank that Fang Guan suggested him to be the leader of the Northern Route Army.Although the three main generals, Liu Guizhe and Yang Xiwen, all surrendered to the rebels in the end, only Li Guangjin did not, and should be praised, but it does not mean that he is directly risked and made the rehabilitated coach.

Lu Jiong once served under Ge Shuhan's command, followed Ge Shuhan's illustrious military exploits, and was promoted all the way to become the Jiedushi of Shannan Road. He also successfully defended Nanyang some time ago to prevent Xiangyang, Jiangling and other places from being threatened by the rebels. He has rich battlefield experience. , whether it is military exploits or experience is not bad.

The last is Guo Ziyi, as Shuofang Jiedu envoy, Guo Ziyi has been attacking Hedong with great momentum since he sent troops from Jiuyuan.Although Hedong Road is almost once again occupied by the rebels, Guo Ziyi's previous contributions cannot be denied.Moreover, at this moment Lingwu's Datang army, the Anxi Army and the Longyou Army have been abolished, with less than [-] remnants left, while Guo Ziyi's Shuofang Army has not been hurt at all, and there are still [-] people. Lu Jiong is more suitable.

In fact, Guo Ziyi was a suitable candidate for the last expedition to recover Guanzhong and Chang'an City.It's just that after experiencing the An Lushan rebellion, Li Fei led the cavalry in Mawei Station to forcibly intimidate him. Suzong Li Heng was just like Tang Xuanzong in his heart, subconsciously full of wariness towards the leading generals.Just because of the defense in his heart, Suzong Li Heng would rather not use it if he could not use it, but suppressed it.This is also the reason why Guo Ziyi still couldn't even be the commander-in-chief of one of the regiments, even though there was Prime Minister Fang Guan who held the position of marshal last time.

After the obvious defeat at this time, he turned around and asked Guo Ziyi to be the coach. Suzong Li Heng felt like being slapped in the face.

Seeing that Suzong Li Heng was still hesitant, he seemed to be dissatisfied with the three candidates.

An official didn't know what he was thinking, but suddenly stood up and proposed Li Fei.

Needless to say, someone took the lead, and suddenly a few more people who agreed came out.

In order to prove that they were right, these officials also counted out Li Fei's military exploits in recent years.

I don’t know if it’s not counted, but once counted, it seems that there is really no one in Datang who is more likely to lead the redress than Li Fei.From the first battle with 8 iron cavalry attacking and destroying the Khitan King City, to defeating the 6 troops of the Bohai Kingdom and approaching the capital of the Bohai Kingdom, forcing the Bohai Kingdom to submit to desperation.Later, An Lushan rebelled, and Li Fei wiped out the Khitan and Xi clan who rebelled with An Lushan, and also annihilated the Youzhou defenders who were dispatched by the rebels to rescue the Xi clan. In the old lair of the rebels in Anlu Mountain, they also talked about the two great victories that Li Fei had just heard one after another. They annihilated more than [-] rebels in the siege of Nanyang, and wiped out more than [-] rebels in the siege of Suiyang.

If you count the army of the Bohai Kingdom, in less than three years, Li Fei has almost 30 enemy troops. If Ge Shuhan and Gao Xianzhi are still there, only these two generals The record can steadily beat Li Fei's front line, and the current Guo Ziyi only relies on the merits of several battles in Hedong, but it is still far behind.
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