Chapter 459 Tang Dynasty Hegemony

With the Tang Dynasty, China is a martialous nation, and the Tang Dynasty is a dynasty that attaches great importance to military achievements. Qin Mubai led the Kansai army to make such a great achievement that the emperor and the court would not reward them, which was absolutely impossible.

Now the Wenwu of the Manchu Dynasty is thinking about how the emperor will reward Qin Mubai? - This young man, who has been controversial and famous in recent years, is also his half-son son-in-law?

As early as not long ago, because of the death of Qin Shubao, Li Shimin was greatly lamented. He not only went to the house in person to express his condolences to his brothers, but also to abolish the dynasty and sacrifice according to the usual practice. Qin Tong, the eldest son of the Qin family, that is, the deputy envoy of his own personal guard, inherited the title of Duke of Qin Shubao Yi, and under the Duke of Yi. Originally, the only 400 households were added to 500 households. At the same time, Qin Shubao was named "Wu", which was given to the governor of Xuzhou and changed to the title of Lord Protector.

In ancient times, China chased emperors and generals or princes and celebrities after death. Among them, the single word is more noble, because only the emperor enjoys such a privilege to give a single word to his subordinates. Zhou Shu • Interpretation of the Law has a saying, "The straightness of the law is called martial arts, the enemy's virtue is called martial arts, and the overcoming of the people is called martial arts", which is a very high evaluation.

In addition, some of Qin Shubao's old friends and people who looked up to the curtain felt that only one "Wu" was not enough to cover all of Qin Shubao's, so there were many double-word "private words", of which the most widely recognized was "Zhenwu".

"Innocence is called chastity, great worry is called chastity, and unyielding is chastity", which means that Qin Shubao is a frank and selfless person, chivalrous and righteous Bo Yuntian. He is a world-class hero with extremely high personality charm!

As for the people, not to mention that Qin Shubao was born and became a door god on the day of his birth. After his heroism, he was deified by the people of the Tang Dynasty and became the symbol of justice and guardian god in the hearts of the people.

Li Shimin, please ask the craftsman to cast a three-fold copper cast weapon according to the tiger-headed golden gun style used by Qin Shubao before his death, and stand in front of the Wude Hall to show that the Tang Dynasty is in danger, peaceful and does not forget martial arts. At the same time, it is also a deep nostalgia for Qin Shubao. As for the original tiger-headed gold gun that has been collected by the imperial court in the past, it is generally treasured in the Inner Yanzhen Pavilion as a national treasure, which is not easily seen by ordinary people.

In fact, after Li Shimin ascended the throne, Qin Shubao, who was once famous in the world, became a meritorious minister of the founding of the country, for nearly ten years. Now there is no trace of the honor after death. Many people know that this half is because of Qin Shubao's achievements and heroic martyrdom in the past two years, and the other half is because his competitive son, who is now made great achievements.

Therefore, everyone is speculating that even the deceased father enjoys such an exclusive honor, how should the emperor reward Qin Mubai?

Many people habitually feel that the two great victories of Magic Moon Valley and Da Feichuan are enough to make the young emperor's son-in-law Qin Mubai fly to the sky unmatched. There are also some politicians in the old Lachengfu who secretly think that if the emperor appreciates Qin Mubai, it means that the battle is almost over, and it is time for Yan Ge Xibing to negotiate with Tubo. After all, it is extremely beneficial for the Tang Dynasty to win the negotiations with war tactics and hostages.

On the contrary, if the emperor only symbolically commends Qin Mubai and the Guanxi soldiers, it means that this battle really needs to be fought! As the emperor said before, there is no compromise, truce and peace with Tubo, which is not a sting.

Because the emperor is such a mental skill, the hare is not extinct, and the eagles and dogs are not full - he suddenly rewarded the minister to the head. What if he doesn't work hard in the future? What if he will make great achievements in the future?

Sure enough!

As soon as Li Shimin opened his golden mouth, the dynasty announced that Qin Mubai, the emperor's son-in-law, was the Marquis of Lantian, and the general of Xun Yunfu. There were only 200 households in Shiyi, and the reward was 300 yuan and 5,000 yuan. There were 12 night pearls and 200 silks in the South China Sea. He still held the position of general manager of the marching on the Kansai Road, and took Qin Shubao's military and political position before his death - An He took over the protection of Xidadu.

Among them, the most inconspicuous and unexpected and exactly the most ** is the military officer "General Yun Yu".

The honorary official is twelve turns, and the highest level of the military general is the Shangzhu Kingdom of the second grade. Qin Shubao enjoyed this honor before his death. This official position has no actual position and does not enjoy privileges such as Fenglu Tian Property. It is purely a symbol of honor, (a bit similar to today's "first-class merit" and other titles). The corresponding rank of General Yunhu is "guard", which is only from the third grade.

This is seriously different from the military merits of the Kansai Great Victory. In the early years, when he paced Tuyuhun, Xue Wanche, the deputy general who accompanied him on the expedition, got the honor of the general of the Zhengsanpin town army!

The implication is that Li Shimin is saying to Qin Mubai and the ministers - your credit is not enough! We should continue to fight and expand the results!

This battle has to continue!

Qin Mubai, if you want to fly to the sky, it's still early. Now you have just spread your wings! The Qianqiu hegemony of the Tang Dynasty, which opened its territory and served all over the world, has just taken steps!

Li Shimin did not say a word of these heroic words in the court, but this reward alone made everyone clearly feel the emperor's ambition and lofty goal at this moment!

The grand blueprint reached by Li Shimin, Qin Mubai and Junchen in their early years finally ushered in the day of showing their strength.

After Li Shimin ascended the throne to pacify the Turks, the Tang Empire, which had been flat for more than ten years, finally woke up suddenly after a year of sleep, like a tiger descending down the mountain, opening a new chapter of grand hegemony!

Zhongwenwu has almost seen that a magnificent stroke like a torrent is about to be added to the historical picture scroll of the Tang Empire.

And the person who writes Danqing is the current emperor, Qin Mubai, the weak rookie who constantly creates wonders thousands of miles away.

"With time, how can this boy's future be seen?"

Unconsciously, many people began to compare Qin Mubai with Changsun Wuji and Li Yi. Frequent wars in recent years have led to a strong recovery of military generals who have been silent for a long time. Can you imagine that the situation of the former mouthpiece and one-sided momentum of the civil servants above the court is quietly reversing?!

The literary and military balance is evenly matched, and they can't control each other's powerful ministers. Is this exactly what the emperor wants?

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An unexpected victory, a not a generous reward, made the undercurrent surging on the court again. The political pattern of the cultural and martial arts game is also imperceptibly, and some microsecond changes have taken place.

For all this, Changsun Wuji, who is shrewd and rich in the city and has a good understanding of the emperor, naturally can see it clearly and think clearly. He knew that there was a strong enemy on the court, which was not only created by the situation, but also the emperor's secret intention. However, this does not mean that the emperor does not trust him and does not re-use him. He is still confident that Changsun Wuji still has this.

Because the king has always been like this, especially a domineering king like Li Shimin, he will never allow his subordinates to appear. In time, if Qin Mubai or someone else is too popular, even if he is not suspected and weakened, another person will suddenly be stubborn and compete with it.

Therefore, even if all the courtiers secretly sweated coldly for Changsun Wuji, or secretly mocked his loss of power and decline, Changsun Wuji himself has always been at peace. He was convinced that in any case, his eldest grandson Wuji would never fall down in Zhenguan.

As for after Zhenguan? ...Wait and see!

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At the time of the discussion, Li Shimin said that because the credit of the Kansai Army had not yet been submitted, he was only rewarded with Qin Mubai "for the time being", and then he would reward the generals and soldiers of the Kansai Army together.

This is exactly what is more evidence. Li Shimin hopes that the war will continue.

For such a great victory, it is customary for the court to hold a banquet to celebrate. Li Shimin issued an order to celebrate tonight at the Qide Hall of Taiji Palace. After the court meeting broke up, Li Shimin called Fang Xuanling to the imperial study in private.

"Xuanling, is there anything wrong with my decisions today?" Li Shimin asked a very cold and humorous question, which made it extremely difficult for Fang Xuanling to answer.

"Famou Du Duan" is famous all over the world. Fang Xuanling has always been known for his good strategy and loyalty. In the usual time, whether it is military and civil affairs or large and small affairs, but if there is something that is difficult to decide on Monday, Li Shimin will ask Fang Xuanling's opinion. But today, the emperor has announced that there is no joke. Even if Fang Xuanling feels something wrong, what else can he do?

Therefore, Fang Xuanling just smiled and replied, "Since Your Majesty has made a decision, there is nothing wrong with it."

"Haha!" Li Shimin laughed and said, "I know what you want to say. Is my decision too hasty? What's more, the reward for Qin Mubai is a little too mean?"

"Your Majesty is wise." Fang Xuanling admitted it bluntly.

"You are the prime minister in charge of the military." Li Shimin said, "I asked you to come, just to ask you, are the 300,000 troops outside the city like this?"

Fang Xuanling thought for a little and replied, "I think that since your majesty has lost his trust once, he can't do it again."

"Oh, what do you say?" Li Shimin asked.

"Your Majesty personally ordered the world and wanted to lead 300,000 troops to go on an expedition; the army was ready, but suddenly he did not go. Although there is a reason for what happened, after all, it is a bad word and a loss of prestige. Moreover, the enthusiasm of the people of the world and the soldiers outside the city has been agitated. Now your majesty suddenly announced that he would not go on an expedition, so he poured a basin of cold water on them, which is easy to lose people's hearts. Fang Xuanling said, "So Weichen thought that since your majesty had decided not to recruit in person, the 300,000 troops that had just been recruited could not be disassembled immediately. One is to lose the hearts of the army and the people, and the other is that the court has spent a lot of money and grain to recruit troops. If it disperses like this, it will be a waste.

"This theory coincides with me." Li Shimin laughed and said, "You're right. I hollowed out the treasury and even brought the grain of the former Sui to the newly recruited 300,000 troops. It can't be said that it's disbanded. In addition to the original government soldiers in Guanzhong, there are now nearly 600,000 troops outside Chang'an City. I plan to select the elite in the form of one out of six, and form a 100,000 army to be stationed in Guanzhong Town to garrison the capital, which is directly under my command. What do you think?"

Fang Xuanling was slightly shocked, "Your Majesty means that the court will keep these 100,000 soldiers and horses in the future?"

"Yes." Li Shimin said, "The frequent wars in the past two years have taught me a lesson. In addition to the military mansions in Guanzhong and the soldiers in the last round, I must have another standing field army in my hand to be in case. In case of the immediate situation again, temporary recruitment. One is that the imperial court may not be able to get so much money and food for a while, which will cause a crisis, and on the other hand, the temporarily recruited soldiers and horses, after all, lack training and limited combat effectiveness. I want to make sure that in my hand, in addition to the imperial guards guarding the palace, Jinwuwei, Niu Qianwei and other imperial troops, there is also a truly elite division that can be used to fighting, and can go to the battlefield to kill the enemy at any time. And this field army is all recruited by the court. General, appointed by me personally. I have even thought about my name - left and right Long Wuwei!"

Fang Xuanling raised her eyebrows and looked at Li Shimin in surprise... Long Wuwei, this is a nickname that was used at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty but has been abandoned now. Once upon a time, Qin Shubao and Cheng Zhijie were the left and right generals of Longwuwei!

Li Shimin continued: "At the beginning of the formation, the officers of Long Wuwei were only selected from my relatives. Let Qin Tong and Qin Bin, temporarily serve as the general of Long Wuwei of the school, and exercise the real power to select soldiers and train soldiers on my behalf. When the army takes shape in the future, I will appoint an actual general to lead them. The Tang Dynasty already has twelve guards: left and right guards, left and right Weiwei, left and right Xiaowei, left and right guard guards, left and right Qianniuwei, and left and right Jinwuwei. Now I want to expand to 16wei! In addition to adding the field garrison of the two emperors, the left and right Longwuwei, the two guards of the left and right Yulinwei will also be added, which is specially responsible for guarding the palace. And the core of these two guards is my Hundred Horse Guards. It can also be said that I want to expand the original hundred riders into a regular army of two guards, with a total of about 10,000 people. This unconformal name of Baiqi has been abolished since then, and Baiqi has no longer been specially set up. However, the officers and non-commissioned officers of the original Baiqi remained together in the left and right Yulinweizhong, forming the core of the military center. Moreover, the Baiqi Camp should also be retained and continue to cultivate outstanding military talents for the Tang Dynasty. It's just that some changes need to be made in the name... It's called 'Baiqi Prison', which is equivalent to the level of Guozijian and various government yamen. The highest officer is still called Baiqishi, which can be held by the original Baiqi civilian official. Didn't Li Junxian have a long history in Baiqi? He can first take the position of Baiqi envoy and organize the Baiqi supervisor..."

Li Shimin talked about the time of incense. Fang Xuanling was shocked when he heard it. He thought to himself: It seems that the emperor is really happy today. It is one thing for Kansai to win the battle. The most important thing is that the hegemonic blueprint that has already been drawn in his heart is finally about to unfold. First of all, we will make changes from the military and expand the military to collect the military power. It seems that the war with Tubo will certainly be protracted. The emperor has not given up the possible idea of the imperial expedition. Maybe at some point, he will personally lead the left and right dragon and Wuwei to kill out of Guanzhong...

Thinking of this, Fang Xuanling is surprised and funny. It is said that the emperor has been a big treasure for so many years, but he is still the soldier's blood and belligerent character. This is perhaps an important reason why he has a tacit relationship with Qin Mubai? Both of them have the same courage to win, positive and enterprising.

"Xuan Ling, I've been talking for a long time, what do you think?" Li Shimin's question interrupted Fang Xuanling's meditation.

Fang Xuanling arched his hand and replied, "What Your Majesty just said is a major event of the military and the country. It is both important and cumbersome, and you have to meet with the ministers to discuss and assign it for implementation. Now, Your Majesty, are you a little too anxious?

"Are you in a hurry?" Li Shimin waved his hand and laughed, "I have been thinking about it for many years. I have been the emperor for more than ten years. Is it appropriate for the army to be organized as examples of the Wude Dynasty and even the former Sui Dynasty? Government soldiers have the advantages of government soldiers, and recruitment also has the advantages of recruitment. It is witnessed in front of him that if there is no standing and stable elite royal master in the emperor's hand, if he really encounters something big, he will be overstretched. I have decided that the new group of four guards are the left and right dragon guard and left and right Yulin guard. The former is to take into account both the capital garriage and field attack, with a tentative set of 50,000 people and horses for each guard; the latter is the palace guard, with a tentative set of 10,000 people and horses per guard. They will all be under my direct command. The core generals will be selected from the hundred riders, or I will personally appoint them to serve in the future.

Fang Xuanling nodded and didn't say much. It seems that the emperor has already planned and made up his mind. It is useless for him to say more. Moreover, the four guards of the new group play a huge role in clarifying functions, which is also of great benefit to consolidating the emperor and maintaining the capital. In addition to spending a little money and grain, it is not necessarily a bad thing. Li Shimin is an emperor who fights the world immediately. He is more proficient in military than anyone else. Fang Xuanling has hardly found anything to make changes.

"I have another idea, that is, after the formation of the left and right dragon and martial guards, I will first pull them to the battlefield and fight." Li Shimin said, "Any form of training is not as effective as the role of actual combat. What I want is a real elite division, so they must pass the test of the battlefield.

Hearing this, Fang Xuanling finally heard a little idea... The emperor walked around such a big circle, did he want to send more troops to Lanzhou?

"I should also give Qin Mubai some practical help." Li Shimin said, "He is willing to ask the court for help, money, food and medicine. This is all reasonable, but he doesn't want soldiers and horses. Why is that, Xuanling, have you ever thought about it?

Fang Xuanling was stunned and replied, "Qin Mubai may know that there are not many soldiers in Guanzhong."

"No. He doesn't want to embarrass me. Li Shimin sighed and said, "Lanzhou has been fighting for so long, and I haven't sent them a soldier. Qin Mubai alone led the army and people of Lanzhou to resist the full attack of Tubo and Turkic countries. It was too difficult to lack soldiers and major generals on the front. Whenever I think of this, I also feel quite self-reproach and sad! - Now that I have recruited 300,000 troops and spent money and food, it's a waste! From all the 600,000 troops in Guanzhong, 100,000 elites were selected to form the left and right Longwuwei 100,000 troops, and the generals were selected to lead them to Lanzhou to participate in the war and serve under the command of Qin Mubai. Because it is fighting with Tubo, Turks and other countries, it is mainly cavalry - Xuanling, what do you think?

"Well, this..." Fang Xuanling really didn't know how to answer for a moment. Hundreds of thousands of elite cavalry, this is not a small number. It is true that the shortage of major generals in Lanzhou fought hard, but is the emperor really too generous this time? Even the two-guard Qinxun field army, which he was going to lead in person, was also given to Qin Mubai - although it was called "pull to the battlefield to experience", to put it bluntly, it was stuffed to Qin Mubai with 100,000 troops?

Besides, in the future, at least one of the positions of General Long Wuwei must fall on Qin Mubai's shoulders. Originally, his father was General Zuo Longwuwei!

In the Kansai victory, more than half of the 300,000 troops in the Chalqin Mausoleum were lost; at the same time, Li Shimin added 100,000 troops to Qin Mubai... What does this mean? Where is the task of chasing and fighting evil - does the emperor really want to flatten the plateau and calm Tubo in one fell swoop?

Thinking of this, Fang Xuanling looked at the emperor's eyes and flashed away; at the same time, Li Shimin smiled unfathomably and was squinting for Fang Xuanling's reply. The two emperors and ministers are already tacit!

"Your Majesty, Weichen thought..." Fang Xuanling even took a cold breath and said, "Thubo is different from the Turks of the past... In addition to political games and military competition, there is also a very special factor, that is, the continuous snowy plateau!"

"So what?" Li Shimin slapped the dragon's case, "Qin Mubai only sent a few hundred people to climb over the Kunlun Snow Mountain, where birds can't cross, and hit Golmud's nest in one fell swoop - I added another 100,000 troops to him, can't he take the cities and capture the abandoned sect to praise?"