Love Affairs in Chang’an Chapter 459: Datang Baye

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In the Tang Dynasty, China was a martial nation, and Datang was a dynasty that attached great importance to military merit. It is absolutely impossible for Qin Mubai to lead the Guanxi Army to make such remarkable achievements, and the emperor and the court will not reward them.

Now that the Manchu dynasty civil servants are wondering, how should the emperor reward Qin Mubai? ——This young man who has been controversial in recent years and has become famous, is also his half son's son-in-law?

As early as not long ago, because of Qin Shubao’s death in battle, Li Shimin was greatly mourned. Not only did he personally go to the house to mourn with his brothers, he also abolished the court in accordance with the usual practice, and let the eldest son of the Qin family, Qin Tong, also It was the deputy envoy of his own guard, Baiqi, who inherited the title of Uncle Qin Bao Yiguo, and added the only four hundred households under the name of Yiguo to 500 households. At the same time, the posthumous posthumous Qin Shubao was given to the governor of Xuzhou as a "wu", and he was changed to protect the state.

In ancient China, emperors, generals, and princes and celebrities always followed after their deaths. Among them, the posthumous posthumous character is even more noble, because only the emperor has the privilege to grant posthumous posthumous titles to his subjects. There is a saying in "The Book of Zhou? Posthumous Explanations", "Strong and straightforward reasoning is called martial arts, mighty enemies are called martial arts, and criminals are overcoming martial arts." This is a very high evaluation.

In addition, some of Qin Shubao’s old friends, colleagues, and those who looked up to the curtain felt that only one posthumous "wu" was not enough to cover all of Qin Shubao, so there were many double words "private posthumous", of which the most widely recognized The one is "Zhenwu".

"Innocent keeps the festival and calls it zhen, but if you are serious about it, it is zhen, and if you don't hide it, it is zhen." It means that Qin Shubao is magnanimous and upright. He is a heroic hero with extremely high personal charm. !

As for the folks, let alone, Qin Shubao was born and worshipped as a door **** in his life. After being brave and heroic, he was even more deified by the people of the Tang Dynasty who worshipped martial arts and gods, and became a symbol of the righteous patron saint in the hearts of the people. .

Li Shimin, ask the craftsman to cast a bronze weapon of three times the size according to the tiger-head chiseled golden gun pattern used by Qin Shubao during his lifetime, and stand in front of the Wude Hall, to show that the Tang Dynasty stays safe and peaceful and never forgets military affairs. At the same time, I miss Qin Shubao deeply. As for the original tiger-head chiseled golden guns that the imperial court had collected before, they were generally kept in Neiyanzhen Pavilion as a national treasure, and most people could not easily see them.

In fact, after Li Shimin ascended the throne, the once-famous Geshihu will be the founding hero Qin Shubao, which has been faint for nearly ten years. Nowadays, one night after his death, the honor is beyond reach. Many people know that this part is because of Qin Shubao's achievements and heroism in the past two years, and the other half is because of his vigorous son, who is now making great achievements. .

So everyone is speculating that even the deceased father enjoys such a privilege, how should the emperor reward Qin Mubai?

Many people habitually feel that the two great victories in the Magic Moon Valley and Dafeichuan are enough to make the young man-horse Qin Mubai soar into the sky. There are also some politicians in the Lao Lacheng Mansion secretly that if the emperor rewards Qin Mubai, it means that the battle is almost over, and it is time for Yange to stop the soldiers and negotiate with Tubo. After all, it is extremely beneficial to Datang to negotiate with war and win.

On the contrary, if the emperor merely commends Qin Mubai and the soldiers of the Guanxi Army symbolically, it means that this battle is really going to be fought! The emperor said before that there is no compromise, truce, or alliance with Tubo. That is not bluffing.

Because the emperor is like this, the roe rabbit is not dead, the eagle dog is not full-the courtier will be rewarded with a fierce, what if he does not work hard in the future? What if he makes great contributions in the future?

Sure enough!

As soon as Li Shimin's golden mouth opened, it was announced at the time that the official title of Ma Duwei Qin Mubai was Lan Tianhou, general Xun Yunhu, only 200 households in the food town, three hundred and two gold and five thousand guan in the South China Sea. Twelve night pearls, two hundred silk; he still leads the position of chief of the Guanxi Road marching, and he takes over the important post of Qin Shubao's military and political power-Anxi Dadu.

Among them, the most inconspicuous, unexpected, and precisely the most sensitive is the military honour officer named "General Yunhu."

Twelve ranks of ranks, the highest rank of ranks of ranks of ranks of ranks of rank and rank ranks is Shangzhu Kingdom, which is the second rank, Qin Shubao enjoyed this honor during his lifetime. This official position has no actual position and does not enjoy the privileges of Fenglu, land and property. It is purely a symbol of honor (somewhat similar to the title of "first-class merit" today). General Yunhu's corresponding rank is "Guardian", only from the third rank.

This is seriously incompatible with the military merits of the Kansai Victory. When Tuyuhun was put down in the early years, Xue Wanche, the lieutenant who accompanied him on the expedition, all got the ranks of the generals of Zhengsanpin Town Army!

The implication is that Li Shimin is telling Qin Mubai and his officials--you haven't done enough credit! Continue to fight and continue to expand the results!

This battle must continue!

Qin Mubai, you're going to soar into the sky, it's still early, just now you have just spread your wings! Datang's expansion of the territory and its prestigious Qianqiu dominance has just started!

For these brazen words, Li Shimin didn't say a word from the court, but just this reward made everyone clearly feel the emperor's ambition and lofty goals at this moment!

Li Shimin, Qin Mubai, and the grand blueprint reached by the secret and tacit understanding of the monarch and his ministers in their early years have finally ushered in the day of flexing their muscles.

After Li Shimin ascended the throne to pacify the Turks, the Datang Empire, which had been peaceful for more than ten years, finally suddenly awakened after a year of sleep, like a tiger descending from a mountain and a dragon, opening a new chapter of grand dominance!

All the civil servants have almost seen that the history of the Tang Empire will soon be added with a majestic and magnificent stroke like a torrent.

The writer of Danqing is the current sage, and the weak rookie, Qin Mubai, who is constantly creating strangeness thousands of miles away.

"In time, how can the future of this kid be seen?"

Unconsciously, many people began to compare Qin Mubai with Changsun Wuji and Li Ji. The frequent wars in recent years have caused military generals who have been silent for a long time to begin a strong recovery. Can this be expected, the situation where the civil servants above the court held the mouthpiece and the aura of one-sidedness is quietly reversing? !

The balance of civil and military forces is evenly matched, and mutual restraint is not erected. Is this what the emperor wants?

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An unexpected victory, a small reward, made the court surging again. The political pattern of the game between civil and military affairs is also imperceptibly, with some microsecond changes.

For all this, the grandson Wuji, who is shrewd and rich in the city and knows the emperor quite well, naturally sees and thinks clearly. He knew that there was a strong enemy stubborn above the imperial court, which was created by the times, and it was done by the emperor secretly. However, this doesn't mean that the emperor doesn't trust him or reuse him. This point of confidence still exists in Longsun Wuji.

Because emperors have always been like this, especially for a domineering Ming emperor like Li Shimin, he will never allow his subordinates to appear as a powerful minister. In time, if Qin Mubai or someone else is too prosperous, even if it is not suspicion and weakened, another person will suddenly become stubborn and evenly contend with it.

Therefore, even if all courtiers were secretly squeezing a cold sweat for Changsun Wuji, or taunting his loss and decline in secret, Changsun Wuji himself was always at peace. He is convinced that, no matter what, his eldest son Wuji will never fall in Zhenguan.

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

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At the time of the court discussion, Li Shimin said that because the Guanxi Army’s merits had not yet been submitted, he would only reward Qin Mubai "for the time being". Later, he would reward all the soldiers of the Guanxi Army for their merits and deeds.

This is exactly what has been confirmed. Li Shimin's guess that this war will continue.

Such a great victory, according to the usual practice, the court must hold a banquet to celebrate. Li Shimin made a decree and said tonight that a banquet will be held at the Qi De Hall of Tai Chi Palace to celebrate. After the meeting ended, Li Shimin called Fang Xuanling privately to the Imperial Study Room.

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

"Fang Mou Du Duan" is well-known in the world. Fang Xuan Ling has always been known for his good strategy and loyalty. It is usual for Li Shimin to ask Fang Xuanling's opinion whether it is military affairs or civil affairs or major or minor affairs. But today, the emperor has already announced it right away, and Jun has no joking. Even if Fang Xuanling feels something wrong, what else can he do?

So Fang Xuanling just smiled and replied, "Since Your Majesty has decided, there is nothing wrong with it."

"Haha!" Li Shimin laughed and said, "I know what you want to say. Is my decision a bit too sloppy? Also, the reward to Qin Mubai is a bit too mean?"

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

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

Fang Xuanling thought for a while, and replied: "Weichen thought that since your Majesty has broken his trust once, he cannot do it again."

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

"Your Majesty sent a message to the world, and wanted to rate 300,000 troops to conquer the army; the army was ready, but suddenly stopped. Although there are reasons for the matter, after all, it is a breach of words and fattening of the king. Moreover, the world’s people and the outside of the city The enthusiasm of the soldiers has been agitated, and now your Majesty has suddenly announced that he will not go out. It is tantamount to splashing them with a basin of cold water, which is easy to lose people's hearts." Fang Xuanling said, "So the Weichen thought, since your Majesty has decided not to take the initiative However, the 300,000 army that has just been recruited cannot be dismantled right away. One is the heart of the army, and the other is that the court has already spent a lot of money to recruit troops. If it is just dispersed, it will be a waste of nothing. ."

"This theory coincides with me." Li Shimin laughed and said, "You are right, I emptied the treasury and even the grain from the former Sui Dynasty was brought in for the newly recruited army of 300,000, but It can’t be said that it will be disbanded after dissolution. In addition to the original government soldiers in Guanzhong, there are now nearly 600,000 troops outside Chang’an City. I plan to select one of the six elites, and form one hundred thousand troops to be stationed in Guanzhong Town to the capital. Directly under my command. What do you think?"

Fang Xuanling was slightly taken aback, "Your Majesty meant 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 Guanzhong military mansion and the previous mansion soldiers, I must have another standing field army in my hand. Be prepared for it. In case the current situation happens again, temporary recruitment of troops. One is that the court may not be able to spend so much money at a time and cause a crisis, and the other is that this temporary recruitment of soldiers and horses, after all, lacks training and combat effectiveness. I want to make sure. In addition to the guards guarding the imperial palace, Jinwuwei and Niu Qianwei and other imperial forest troops, we also have a truly elite division that can be used to fighting, ready to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy. And this field army is all funded Recruitment of troops supported by the imperial court. General, appointed by me. I have even thought about the title of the commander—the left and right dragon Wuwei!"

Fang Xuanling raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Shimin in surprise...Long Wuwei, this is a squad name that was used in the early Tang Dynasty but has been abandoned now. Once, Qin Shubao and Cheng Zhijie were the generals of Long Wuwei!

Li Shimin went on to say: "At the beginning of the formation, Long Wuwei’s officers were only selected from my own honours and hundreds of horses. Qin Tong and Qin Bin were made to temporarily serve as generals of Long Wuwei and exercise their power. On behalf of me, select sergeants to train soldiers and horses. When the army takes shape in the future, I will then assign actual generals to lead them. Datang already has left and right guards, left and right guards, left and right guards, left and right guards, guards, guards of Qianniu, and Jinwu. Guarding these twelve guards horses, now I want to expand to sixteen guards! In addition to adding the two emperor’s guards of the field guards, the right and left Ryuwuwei, two guards and horses of the royal forest army, special Responsible for guarding the palace. And the core of these two guard horses is our Hundred Cavalry Guards. It can also be said that I want to expand the original Hundred Cavaliers into the two-guard regular army, the number of which is about 10,000. This irregular sergeant has since become obsolete, and the Hundred Riders are no longer specially set up. However, the officers and sergeants of the original Hundred Riders remain in the center of the left and right Habayashi Guards, forming the core of the military hub. Moreover, the Hundred Riders camp. We must keep it and continue to train outstanding military talents for us as Datang. It’s just that the name will need to be changed...it’s called'Hundred Cavalry Supervisor', which is equivalent to the level of Guozijian and various government offices. It can be called a Baiqi ambassador, and it can be held by the original Baiqi civilian official. Didn’t Li Junxian have a long history in Baiqi? He can first serve as the Baiqi ambassador and form the Baiqi Supervisor..."

Li Shimin kept talking about the time when there was an incense stick. Fang Xuanling was taken aback when he heard it. He thought in his heart: 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 blueprint for hegemony that he has drawn up in his heart is finally about to unfold. First of all, we started to make changes in the military, conscripting and expanding the army to consolidate military power. It seems that the war with Tubo will definitely be protracted. The emperor still did not give up the possibility of the imperial conquest. Maybe sometime, he would personally control Dragon Wuwei and get out of Guanzhong...

Thinking of this, Fang Xuanling was surprised and funny. The Emperor Longdeng Dabao of the Dark Road has been a soldier for so many years. He still has the **** and militant character of the soldiers. Perhaps this is also his and Qin Mubai. An important reason for tacit understanding, right? Both of them have the same courageous and aggressive heart.

"Xuanling, I have been talking for a long time, what do you think?" Li Shimin's question interrupted Fang Xuanling's contemplation.

Fang Xuanling replied: "What your Majesty just said is a major matter of the military. It is both important and tedious, and it must be discussed and implemented by the ministers. Now, your Majesty, is it too impatient? What?"

"Are you impatient?" Li Shimin waved his hand and laughed loudly, "I, I have been thinking for many years. I have been emperor for more than ten years, and the army establishment is still the example of the Wude Dynasty and even the former Sui Dynasty. , Is this proper? The military has the advantages of the military, and the recruiting also has the advantages of recruiting. I have witnessed in front of me that if the emperor does not have a standing and stable elite king master in his hands, he will catch Jing See the elbow. My intention has been decided. The new group of four guards are the left and right dragons and the left and right Habayashi. The former is both the capital guard and the field attack, and each guard is tentatively set at 50,000 troops; the latter is the palace guard, each Wei has ten thousand troops for the time being. They will all be under my direct command. The core generals will be selected from a hundred horses, or I will personally assign Deli Dafu to serve."

Fang Xuanling nodded without saying much. It seems that the emperor had already planned and decided, it is useless to say more. Moreover, the four guards of the new group have a huge role in defining their functions, and they are also of great benefit to consolidating the emperor and maintaining the capital. Apart from spending a little money and food, it is not necessarily a bad thing. Li Shimin is an emperor who will fight the world at once. He is more proficient in military affairs than anyone. Fang Xuanling hardly found anything that could be changed.

"I have another idea, that is, after the formation of the left and right dragons and guards, they should first be pulled on the battlefield and fight." Li Shimin said, "Any form of training is not as effective as actual combat. Effective. What I want is real elite teachers, so they must pass the battlefield test."

Hearing this, Fang Xuanling finally heard a little spectrum...The emperor went around such a big circle, is it because he wanted to increase his troops in Lanzhou?

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

Fang Xuanling was startled, and replied: "Qin Mubai may know that there are not many soldiers and horses to adjust in Guanzhong."

"No. He doesn't want to embarrass me." Li Shimin sighed and said, "Lanzhou has fought for so long, and I haven't sent them a soldier. Qin Mubai led Lanzhou soldiers and civilians alone to resist. The Tubo and Turkic countries’ full attack and killing, the front line is short of major generals, it is too difficult. Whenever I think about this, I am quite self-blame and sad!-Now that I have been enlisted The 300,000 army, money and food were also spent, it would be a waste of no need! I selected 100,000 elites from all the 600,000 army in Guanzhong to form a 100,000 army of left and right dragons and guards, and clicked on the general to lead the war in Lanzhou. Qin Mubai served under his command. Because he was fighting against Tubo, Turks and other countries, he was mainly cavalry-Xuanling, what do you think?"

"Uh, this..." Fang Xuanling didn't know how to answer for a while. One hundred thousand elite cavalry, this is not a small number. It is true that Major General Lanzhou Lack of Soldiers played hard, but was the emperor really too generous this time? Even the field army of the two guards that he was going to personally command was given to Qin Mubai. Although the good name is "pull to the battlefield to experience and practice", isn't it just giving Qin Mubai a hundred thousand army?

To put it bluntly, at least one of the positions of General Long Wuwei in the future will definitely fall on Qin Mubai's shoulders. Originally, his father was once General Zuolong Wuwei!

In the Great Victory of Guanxi, more than half of the 300,000 troops in the Garqin Mausoleum were lost; at the same time, Li Shimin gave Qin Mubai more than 100,000 troops...what does this mean? Where is the endeavor to destroy the evil? Does the emperor really want to flatten the plateau in one fell swoop?

Thinking of this, Fang Xuanling looked at the emperor's eyes with brilliance; at the same time, Li Shimin smiled unpredictably and was squinting for Fang Xuanling's reply. The monarch and the minister are already tacit understanding!

"Your Majesty, the Weichen thought..." Fang Xuanling even took a breath and said, "Tubo is different from the old Turks... In addition to political games and military contests, there is a very special factor there, which is The snow-covered plateau for thousands of miles!"

"So what?" Li Shimin took a picture of the dragon case with a palm. "Qin Mubai can only send a few hundred people over the Kunlun Snow Mountain, where no birds can cross, and go straight to Golmud to end the lair of the Garqin Mausoleum. ——If I add another 100,000 troops to him, he won’t be able to take down some of the cities, and can’t capture and abandon the sect for praise?!"