Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 459

Chapter 459 Great Tang Overlord
With the Tang Dynasty, China was a martial nation, and the Great Tang was a dynasty that attached great importance to military contributions. It was impossible for the Emperor and the Imperial Court not to reward Qin Mubai for leading Guanxi Army to such a remarkable feat.

Right now, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty were wondering how the Emperor would reward Qin Mubai. The controversial young man who had risen to fame in recent years was also the son-in-law of half his son?

Not long ago, Because of Qin Shubao’s death, Li Shimin was greatly saddened. Not only did he personally come to the manor to offer his condolences to his brothers, but he also crippled the Qin Clan’s eldest son, Qin Tong, who was also the deputy envoy of his own personal guard, Baiji, inherited the title of Duke Qin Shubao and increased the number of food cities under Duke Yi’s name to 500. At the same time, Shi Qin Shubao for “Wu”, to Xuzhou Governor, changed the title of Duke Hu.

In ancient times, China had pursued emperors, generals, or royal celebrities after their death. Among them, the word Shi was even more noble, because only emperors enjoyed such privileges and bestowed Shi on their ministers. Zhou Shu Shi Fa Jie Youyun, “just relieving the direct day of martial, relieving the enemy virtue day of martial, punishing the people to overcome the day of martial”, is an extremely high evaluation.

In addition, some of Qin Shubao’s old friends and admirers felt that a single “Martial” title was not enough to cover all of Qin Shubao’s possessions, so there were many two-word “private titles”, among which the most widely recognized was “Zhen Wu”.

‘”Pure and innocent are the days of the festival. Great worry is the days of the festival. There is no concealment of unyielding loyalty.” This means that Qin Shubao is an open and honest and selfless person. He is a hero with high personal charisma. He is righteous and righteous, and he is a hero of the world! ”

Not to mention the folk, Qin Shubao had already been worshipped as a Gate God on the day he was born. After being valiant and heroic, he was even deified by the people of the Great Tang Empire who respected gods and martial arts. He became the symbol of the righteous Guardian God in the hearts of the people.

Li Shimin, please follow the pattern of Qin Shubao’s tiger-headed golden spear and forge a three-fold-sized bronze weapon. Standing in front of the Martial Palace Hall, you can show that the Great Tang is safe and peaceful without forgetting about martial matters. At the same time, you also miss Qin Shubao deeply. As for the original Tiger Head Golden Spear that the Imperial Court had already collected, it was treasured in the Inner Extension Treasure Pavilion as if it were a national treasure. Ordinary people would not be able to see it easily.

Actually, after Li Shimin ascended to the throne, Qin Shubao, the once famous founding hero of the world-famous Tiger General, had faded away for nearly ten years. Many people knew that this was partly because of Qin Shubao’s achievements and heroic death in the past two years, and the other half was because his son, who had risen to prominence, was now making great contributions to the war.

Therefore, everyone was speculating about how the Emperor would reward Qin Mubai if even his deceased father enjoyed such a privilege.

Many people habitually felt that the two victories of Illusory Moon Valley and Da Feichuan were enough to make the young prince-in-law, Qin Mubai, soar into the sky. There were also some old and spicy politicians who thought in their hearts, if the emperor gave Qin Mubai a generous reward, that meant that the war was almost over, it was time for Yan Ge to stop his troops and talk with Tibet. After all, it was extremely advantageous for the Great Tang to negotiate with Zhan Zhou and Yi Sheng.

On the other hand, if the Emperor only gave a symbolic recognition to Qin Mubai and Guanxi Army’s soldiers, then it meant that this battle really had to continue! The Emperor’s previous words that there was no compromise, truce, and alliance with Tibet were not bluffing.

Because the emperor is such a mental skill, the swertia rabbit is not extinguished, the eagle is not full–he suddenly rewarded his subjects, what if he doesn’t work hard in the future? What would he do if he continued to make great contributions in the future?

Sure enough!

Li Shimin opened his golden mouth, the dynasty announced that consort qin Mubai for the blue field marquis, xun cloud general, food city only two hundred households, three hundred taels of gold five thousand penetration, the south sea tribute night pearls twelve, two hundred silk; He still held the position of general manager of the Kansai Road marching army, and took over Qin Shubao’s important feudal military and political post-Anxi Protector General.

Among them, the most inconspicuous and unexpectedly sensitive one was General Yun Hui, the Martial Artist who was conferred the title of Martial Artist.

Xunguan 12th Revolution, the highest rank of military general Xunguan is the second rank Shangzhu Kingdom, Qin Shubao enjoyed this honor when he was alive. This official position does not have any actual position, does not enjoy privileges such as land, is purely a symbol of honor, (somewhat similar to today’s “first-class merit” and other titles). As for General Yun Hui, his corresponding rank was “Guardian Corps”, which was only at the third rank.

This was not the same as Kansai’s victory. When he calmed down Tuyu Hun in his early years, Xue Wanche, the lieutenant general accompanying him on the expedition, had already obtained the rank three general’s decorated officer!

The implication was that Li Shimin was telling Qin Mubai and the other officials that your contributions were not enough! He still had to continue to fight, continue to expand the results of the battle!

This battle had to continue!

Qin Mubai, if you want to soar into the sky, then it’s still early. It’s only now that you’ve spread your wings! The Great Tang Dynasty had only just begun to expand its territory and spread its might to cover the entire world with Qianqiu Haye!

Li Shimin didn’t say a single word about these heroic words in the court, but just this reward made everyone clearly feel the Emperor’s ambition and ambition at this moment!

The grand blueprint that Li Shimin, Qin Mubai, and the monarch and subject had secretly reached in their early years had finally ushered in the day of great display.

After Li Shimin ascended the throne and subdued the Turks, the Great Tang Empire, which had been peaceful for more than ten years, finally awoke from its slumber. It was like a fierce tiger descending the mountain and a divine dragon soaring into the abyss, opening a new chapter in its ambitions to dominate the world!

The crowd of civil and military officials could almost see that the history of the Great Tang Empire was about to be filled with a magnificent and majestic painting like a torrent of terrifying waves.

The person who wrote the pill was none other than the current Emperor, Qin Mubai, the weak-crowned rookie who was constantly creating wonders from thousands of miles away.

“In the future, how can we see this kid’s future?”

Unknowingly, many people began to secretly compare Qin Mubai with Eldest Sun Wuji and Li Ji. The frequent battles in recent years had caused the military generals who had been silent for a long time to start to recover strongly. Could it be that the situation where the civil servants in the Imperial Court were in charge of their mouths and their momentum was quietly reversing? !

The balance between civil and military forces was evenly matched, and they could not restrain each other. Was this what the emperor wanted?

…

An unexpected victory and a not-so-generous reward caused the undercurrents in the Imperial Court to surge again. The political pattern of the civil-military game was also changing subtly, and some minor changes were taking place.

The shrewd and wealthy Eldest Sun Wuji, who knew the Emperor quite well, naturally saw through all of this and thought about it clearly. He knew that there were strong enemies in the Imperial Court who were stubborn. This was not only created by the current situation, but also secretly done by the Emperor. However, this did not mean that the Emperor did not trust him and did not reuse him. He was confident that Eldest Sun Wuji still had it.

This was because the Sovereign King had always been like this. Especially for an overlord like Li Shimin, he would definitely not allow his subordinates to have the most powerful officials in the government. Over time, if Qin Mubai or someone else became too famous, even if they weren’t distrusted or weakened, another person would suddenly become stubborn and contend with him evenly.

Therefore, even though all the officials were secretly pinching cold sweat for Eldest Sun Wuji, or secretly mocking his loss of power and decline, Eldest Sun Wuji himself had always been at ease. He firmly believed that no matter what, his eldest grandson, Wuji, would never fall in the Chastity Monastery.

As for after Zhenguan? … wait and see!

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During the court meeting, Li Shimin said that because Guanxi Army’s credit card had not yet been submitted, he would only reward Qin Mubai “temporarily”. In the future, he would reward all the soldiers of Guanxi Army on merit.

This was precisely the reason why Li Shimin wanted the war to continue.

With such a great victory, the Imperial Court would definitely hold a banquet to celebrate. Li Shimin issued a decree saying that a banquet would be held at Taiji Palace’s Qide Palace tonight to celebrate. After the court meeting ended, Li Shimin called Fang Xuanling into the Imperial Study.

“Xuan Ling, is there anything wrong with my decisions today?” Li Shimin asked a very cold and humorous question, making it extremely difficult for Fang Xuanling to answer.

Fang Mou Du Duan is famous all over the world, and Fang Xuan Ling is famous for his good strategy and thoughtful loyalty. Normally, regardless of whether it was military, civil, or court affairs, Li Shimin would ask Fang Xuanling for his opinion if there was anything difficult to decide on Monday. But today, the emperor had already announced that Jun Wu was joking. Even if Fang Xuanling felt that something was wrong, what else could he do?

Therefore, Fang Xuanling only smiled and cupped his hands in reply, “Since His Majesty has already made up his mind, there is nothing wrong with it.”

“Haha!” Li Shimin laughed loudly and said, “I know what you want to say. Isn’t my decision too hasty? Also, the reward for Qin Mubai is too harsh?”

“Your Majesty is wise.” Fang Xuanling bluntly admitted.

“You are the Prime Minister of the Pavilion Department in charge of military affairs.” Li Shimin said, “I called you here because I wanted to ask you, where is the 300,000 troops outside the city?”

Fang Xuanling thought for a moment and replied, “This lowly official thinks that since His Majesty has broken his promise once, he cannot do it again.”

“Oh, what do you mean?” Li Shimin asked.

“Your majesty kissed a call to arms, to rate three hundred thousand troops to personally; The army was ready, but they suddenly didn’t go. Even though there was a reason for this, it was still a renege on one’s words that undermined the sovereign’s prestige. “Moreover, the enthusiasm of the officials and soldiers outside the city has been stirred up. Now that His Majesty has suddenly announced that he will not go out, it is like pouring cold water on them. It is easy to lose people’s hearts.” Fang Xuanling said. “Therefore, I thought that since His Majesty has decided not to defend himself, but this 300,000 troops that have just been recruited cannot be disbanded immediately. “First, it would be disappointing to the morale of the army and the people. Second, the Imperial Court has already spent a lot of money to recruit soldiers. If they disperse like this, it would be a waste of money.”

“This theory coincides with mine.” Li Shimin chuckled and said, “You’re right, I emptied out the treasury and even shipped the grain from the former Sui Dynasty to recruit these 300,000 troops. We can’t just disband them just by saying that they are disbanded.” In addition to the original guanzhong manor soldiers, there are now nearly six hundred thousand troops outside chang’an. I intend to select elites in the form of six choices and form a hundred thousand troops to be stationed in the garrison capital of Guanzhong, directly under my command. What do you think? ”

Fang Xuanling was slightly shocked, “Your Majesty means that the Imperial Court will keep these hundred thousand soldiers and horses in the future?”

“Right.” Li Shimin said, “The frequent battles over the past year or two have taught me a lesson.” Apart from the Guanzhong Zhu Jun Manor and the previous manor soldiers, I must have another standing field corps in my hands in case of danger. In case the situation before them happened again, they would recruit troops on an ad hoc basis. First, the Imperial Court might not be able to bring out so much money for the time being, thus creating a crisis. Second, the troops that had been recruited on an ad hoc basis were, after all, lacking in training and combat strength. I want to make sure that apart from the guards guarding the palace, the Golden Crow Guards, Niu Qianwei, and the other imperial guards, I also have a truly elite division that is capable of battle. They can rush to the battlefield to kill the enemy at any time. As for this field army, they were all recruited by the Imperial Court. General, I will personally appoint you. “I’ve even thought of the Left and Right Dragon Martial Guards!”

Fang Xuanling raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Shimin in shock … Dragon Martial Guard, this was a name he had used at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty but had now been abandoned. Once upon a time, Qin Shubao and Cheng Zhijie were the Great General of the Left and Right Dragon Martial Guards!

Li Shimin continued, “At the beginning of the formation, the officers of the Dragon Martial Guard were only selected from my personal Baiji. Let Qin Tong and Qin Bin temporarily be the commanders of the Dragon Martial Guards, and exercise their real power to select soldiers to train their horses on behalf of me. When the army takes shape in the future, I will appoint a general to lead them. The Great Tang already has left and right guards, left and right powerful guards, left and right Xiao guards, left and right prison guards, left and right Thousand Bull Guards, and left and right Golden Crow Guards, these twelve guards’ horses. Now, I want to expand them to sixteen guards! Apart from adding the Left and Right Dragon Martial Guards, the two Emperor’s personal garrisons, there was also the Left and Right Feather Forest Guards, the two Guards’ guards, who were specifically responsible for guarding the Imperial Palace. And the core of these two guards is our Baiji Guards. It can also be said that I want to expand the original Baiji into a two-guard regular army of around 10,000 men. ‘Baiji’, an irregular symbol, was abolished from now on, and the Baiji envoy was no longer specially set up. However, the officers and sergeants of the original Baiji stayed at the left and right Featherwood Guards to form the core of the army. Moreover, the Baiji Camp should also be retained and continue to train outstanding military personnel for the Great Tang. It’s just that there are some changes to the name … It’s called the ‘Baiji Supervisor’, which is equivalent to the rank of the Imperial College and the various government offices. The highest official is still called the Baiji envoy, and can be the original civilian official of Baiji. Didn’t Li Junxian have a long history in Baiji? But he will also be the envoy of Baiji and set up the Baiji Supervisor … ”

Li Shimin said endlessly that there was an incense stick of time. Fang Xuanling was shocked when he heard this. He thought in his heart, “It seems that the Emperor is really happy today.” It was one thing for Kansai to win the battle, and the most important thing was that the overlord’s blueprint that he had long drawn up was finally about to unfold. First of all, we should start from the military aspect, recruiting and expanding troops to gather military power. It seems that the war with Tibet will surely drag on for a protracted period of time. The Emperor still hasn’t given up on the possibility of personally marching. Perhaps he will personally lead the Dragon Martial Guards and kill them out of Guanzhong …

Thinking of this, Fang Xuanling was both shocked and amused. He thought to himself that Emperor Dulong Dengdabao had not worn away the courage and bellicose character of a soldier after so many years. Perhaps this was also an important reason why he and Qin Mubai had tacit ties of affinity. Both of them had the same courageous and aggressive heart.

“Xuan Ling, I’ve been talking for a long time. What do you think?” Li Shimin’s question interrupted Fang Xuanling’s contemplation.

Fang Xuanling cupped his hands and replied, “What His Majesty said just now is a major matter of the military kingdom. It is both important and cumbersome, and we still need to gather all the officials to discuss it and distribute it for implementation. Isn’t His Majesty being a little too anxious now?”

“Are you anxious?” Li Shimin waved his hand and laughed loudly, “I have been thinking for many years.” We have already been emperors for more than ten years, and the military organization is still the same as the Martial Dynasties, or even the examples of the former Sui Dynasty. Is this appropriate? Manor soldiers had the advantages of manor soldiers, and recruiting soldiers also had the advantages of recruiting soldiers. If the Emperor did not have a stable elite king master in his hands, if he really encountered any major problems, then he would catch Jing Jing to the elbow. I have decided that the new group of four guards are the Left and Right Dragon Martial Guards and the Left and Right Featherwood Guards. The former is to give consideration to the capital garrison and field attacks, each guard provisionally fifty thousand troops; The latter was a garrison of the imperial palace, with ten thousand troops per guard. They will all be under my direct command. “The core generals will be chosen from among the Baiji, or I will personally appoint them as capable generals for the future.”

Fang Xuanling nodded without saying anything. It seemed that the Emperor had already planned and made up his mind, so it was useless for him to say more. Moreover, the four guards of the new group had a huge role to play. They were also of great benefit to the Emperor’s maintenance of the capital. Apart from spending a little money and grain, it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. Li Shimin was an emperor who would immediately take down the world. He was more proficient in military affairs than anyone else. Fang Xuanling could hardly find anything that could be changed.

“I still have another thought. After the formation of the Dragon Martial Guards, I will first drag them to the battlefield and fight them.” Li Shimin said, “Any form of training is not as effective as actual combat. What I want is a true elite teacher, so they must pass the test of the battlefield.”

Hearing this, Fang Xuanling finally understood something … Could it be that the Emperor wanted to send more troops to Lanzhou after taking such a big detour?

“It’s time for me to give Qin Mubai some practical help.” Li Shimin said, “It’s reasonable for him to ask the Imperial Court for help, money, food, and medicine in his memorial. Only military forces are not needed. Why is that? Xuan Ling, have you ever thought about it?”

Fang Xuanling was stunned for a moment before replying, “Qin Mubai probably knows that there are not many troops left in the Guanzhong area.”

“No. He doesn’t want to make things difficult for me.” Li Shimin sighed and said, “Lanzhou has fought for so long, and I have not sent a single soldier to them.” Qin Mubai led the troops and civilians of Lanzhou to defend against the Tibetan and Turkic kingdoms. Whenever I think of this, I feel rather sad and self-blaming! Now that I have conscripted 300,000 troops and spent the money, it would be a waste if I didn’t use it! He chose 100,000 elites from the 600,000 troops in Guanzhong to form the 100,000 troops of the Dragon Martial Guards. He chose generals to lead them to Lanzhou and serve under Qin Mubai. “Because they are fighting against Tibet, Turkic and other countries, they are mainly cavalry-Xuan Ling, what do you think?”

“Uh, this” Fang Xuanling didn’t know how to answer. A hundred thousand elite cavalry, this was not a small number. Although it was true that Lanzhou had fought hard with a major general who lacked soldiers, wasn’t the Emperor too generous this time? Even the two Guards Legion Field Army that he was preparing to personally lead had been given to Qin Mubai-although the name was “Drag him to the battlefield to train and experience”, wasn’t it frankly given to Qin Mubai to squeeze out a hundred thousand troops?

To put it bluntly, in the future, at least one of the duties of the Dragon Martial Guard Grand General would fall on Qin Mubai’s shoulders. Originally, his father had been the Left Dragon Martial Guard Great General!

Kansai victory, Gaer Qinling three hundred thousand troops lost more than half; At the same time, Li Shimin gave Qin Mubai an additional 100,000 troops … What did this mean? Trying to get rid of all evil–could it be that the Emperor really wanted to step on the plateau to calm Tibet?

Thinking of this, Fang Xuanling’s eyes flashed as he looked at the Emperor. At the same time, Li Shimin smiled unfathomably, squinting his eyes as he waited for Fang Xuanling’s reply. The two of them had already tacitly acknowledged this!

“Your Majesty, I thought” Fang Xuanling even took a deep breath and said, “Tibet is different from the Turks of the past … Apart from political games and military battles, there is also an extremely special factor there, which is the Snowy Plateau that stretches for tens of thousands of kilometers!”

“So what?” Li Shimin slapped the dragon case, “Qin Mubai can send only a few hundred people over the Kunlun Great Snow Mountain that birds cannot cross and directly attack Golmud’s nest. If we send him another hundred thousand troops, he won’t be able to take down the cities of Luo and capture Gaer Qinling!”