Chapter 49: All-Star Lineup
Xie Shufang agreed and prepared to pass on the message.
"etc……"
Li Yuanji stopped Xie Shufang and ordered, "Send someone secretly to ask if the person who just bought the official position from me wants to serve under the King of Qin."
Xie Shufang looked at Li Yuanji in astonishment, not understanding why Li Yuanji asked this.
Li Yuanji did not explain much, but just waved his hand and asked Xie Shufang to go down.
The reason why Xie Shufang was asked to investigate those who had just bought official positions to see whether they wanted to serve under the King of Qin was also to get some more grain from them.
If Li Shimin asked him to resell official titles, he would definitely not do it.
However, taking advantage of Li Shimin's idea, transferring officials in the mansion to Li Shimin's side and extorting some grain from them would be a capable idea.
Li Shimin had a great reputation and was on track to replace Li Jiancheng and become the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty. There must have been many people willing to serve under Li Shimin.
You don't have to worry about getting a bad reputation by doing this.
After all, the horizontal transfer between officials has nothing to do with the reselling of official titles. If it gets out, it will at most be considered as accepting bribes and helping others find jobs.
There are countless people doing this kind of thing in the government and the country. One more or one less won’t make any difference.
No one would stare at such things and scold him.
Moreover, he didn't need to show up in person for such matters. He only needed to send out a discarded pawn, and then let Li Shimin send out another discarded pawn, and let the discarded pawns do it.
When there were benefits, he took the lion's share and Li Shimin took the smaller share.
If there is any harm, let the abandoned child bear it.
If you meet a talented person, keep him in the Prince Qi's Palace.
If you meet a fool, just stuff things into Li Shimin's hands.
Since Li Shimin wanted food, he had to endure the nausea and swallow those idiots.
If you don't want those idiots, then don't ask for food, and don't even think about controlling him anymore.
Since Li Shimin spoke with such righteousness, he could tolerate swallowing some fools, right?
If he can't stand it, why should you persuade him to do the right thing?
"call……"
Li Yuanji stood alone in a side hall of Luoyang Palace and let out a long breath.
"If I didn't want to see the cannibalism in Hebei, I would have disgusted you to death and not given you a single grain of food."
It is almost predictable what Hebei will become after this war.
If he couldn't see it, he could pretend he knew nothing.
But if he could encounter it, he couldn't pretend he knew nothing.
The people of Hebei are descendants of Yan and Huang, and he is also a descendant of Yan and Huang. As descendants of Yan and Huang, how can he stand by and watch someone die?
A difficult one, P Plus support.
The wealthy families in the Tang Dynasty didn’t understand, but he did.
Li Yuanji sighed for a long time and suddenly discovered something.
That is, when Li Shimin convened the "military meeting", he did not seem to let Xie Shufang inform him, and he did not call him when he left, and now he has not sent anyone to pass on the message.
"I, the rear army commander, have really become a mere decoration?"
Li Yuanji wondered.
It didn't matter whether he attended Li Shimin's "military meeting" or not.
After all, it was impossible for Li Shimin to let him take on important combat tasks.
The problem is, Li Shimin had just taken control of him, and now he was not invited to the "military meeting". What did he regard him as?
Use it when you need it, and throw it aside when you don’t?
Even the clay man still has some anger!
He had just confronted Li Shimin, and he was not afraid of disgusting Li Shimin again.
If Li Shimin held a grudge against him because of this matter, or even resorted to violence against him, then Li Shimin would not be qualified to be the greatest emperor of all time.
"Someone come here!"
Li Yuanji greeted.
The guard guarding the palace gate immediately appeared in front of Li Ji and knelt on one knee.
"Greetings, Your Highness."
"Go, pass on my military order and summon Han Liang here to report on the transportation of grain and grass."
“Yes!”
“…”
The front hall of Luoyang Palace.
Li Shimin had just finished telling Changsun Wuji about his experience in the side hall of Luoyang Palace. Changsun Wuji stroked his beard and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness the Prince of Qi is indeed different now. Just one sentence has made Your Highness lose face."
Li Shimin stared, "He has no respect for his brother..."
Li Shimin was angry .
Li Yuanji's heart-piercing words made him very angry.
Zhang Sun Wuji understood Li Shimin's personality and did not indulge him, so he said, "Your Highness feels that His Highness the Prince of Qi is disrespectful to his brother. I think that Your Highness is too eager for quick success and has ignored His Highness the Prince of Qi's feelings."
Li Shimin was stunned and looked at Changsun Wuji in astonishment.
Li Shimin's advantage is that he is good at accepting advice, and his subordinates dare to speak freely in front of him.
Changsun Wuji continued, "Your Highness only wanted His Highness the Prince of Qi to do what you ordered, but you never thought about how His Highness the Prince of Qi would feel after knowing the consequences he would have to bear.
His Highness seemed to have never cared about the feelings of His Highness the Prince of Qi from beginning to end.
Your Highness treats His Highness the Prince of Qi as a subordinate, not a brother."
Changsun Wuji stopped talking here and did not say anything else.
With Li Shimin's wisdom, he was able to figure out the key points after reading this.
Li Shimin stood there in a daze, as if... he really didn't treat Li Yuanji as his younger brother this time.
If he regarded Li Yuanji as his younger brother, the first thing he did when he saw Li Yuanji was to remind Li Yuanji to obey his orders on the battlefield and not to fight recklessly.
He should also have implicitly told Li Yuanji to hide in a safe place as much as possible, and wait until he had dealt with the enemy almost completely before coming out to pick up heads and gain military merit.
He has always done this in the past.
But he didn't this time.
All he was thinking about was reselling official titles and obtaining more grain from the wealthy families, and doing something bad to the wealthy families at the same time.
He only wanted Li Yuanji to agree to this matter as soon as possible and then do it quickly.
He didn't treat Li Yuanji as his younger brother, nor did he care about Li Yuanji's feelings. No wonder Li Yuanji made him lose face.
Li Shimin's expression was somewhat complicated.
He knew in his heart that he was wrong, but he was unwilling to admit it.
Changsun Wuji just smiled and said nothing more.
As the guards at the door reported, the front hall of Luoyang Palace was soon filled with people.
Li Daozon, Qu Tutong, Yin Qiao, Liu Hongji, Luo Shixin, Guo Zihe, Han Liang, Yu Zhining, Huang Junhan, Yuchi Gong, Qin Qiong, Shuang Shiluo, Tian Liuan, Qi Shanxing, Li Junxian, Zhang Shigui, Fan Shixing, Li Shou, Wang Junlang, Lan Mou, Wang Xu and other generals and officers gathered in the front hall of Luoyang Palace.
Including Li Shentong, Li Ji, Li Xiuning, Li Yi, Li Shiji and others who were not present, this is the complete lineup for the expedition against Liu Heita.
Li Shimin sat on the main seat in the front hall with his horse and sword. After Li Daozon and others had paid their respects to him, the commander-in-chief, he coughed lightly and spoke slowly: "Since the troops of various divisions have gathered, let's discuss together how to conquer Liu Heita."
Before Li Daozon and others could express their opinions on the war, a guard broke into the hall.
Everyone in the hall looked sideways.
After asking the reason, he found out that Li Yuanji summoned Han Liang to the side hall to report on the matter of supervising the transportation of grain and fodder.
All of a sudden, the expressions of everyone in the hall became interesting.
Li Yuanji did not summon Han Liang earlier or later, but summoned Han Liang at this time. Wasn't he deliberately trying to make things difficult for Li Shimin?
The corner of Li Shimin's mouth twitched.
He just tried to control Li Yuanji, but before he could do anything, Li Yuanji started to find fault with him.
It's true that I didn't get to eat the mutton, but I got into trouble.
Qu Tutong, Luo Shixin and Yin Qiao, the three people who had a good impression of Li Yuanji, all smiled bitterly.
Yin Qiao could not help but stand up and clasped his fists towards Li Shimin, saying, "When the army is on the march, food and grass are of utmost importance. Your Highness, the Prince of Qi, as the commander-in-chief of the rear army, shoulders the important task of supervising the transportation of food and grass. It is reasonable for you to ask about matters related to supervising the transportation of food and grass."
Yin Qiao was afraid that Li Shimin would get angry, so he spoke up to defend Li Yuanji.
Li Yuanji saved Yin Qiao's life in Hangu Pass, and everyone in the hall already knew about it, so when Yin Qiao excused Li Yuanji, no one showed any surprise.
Li Dao Zong hesitated for a moment, then slowly said, "In theory, His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi is the commander-in-chief of the rear army in this expedition against Liu Heita. We are here to discuss military affairs, so he should be present.
Why didn’t he come, but instead asked us who were present to come over?
Could it be that something went wrong when the people below conveyed the commander's order?"
Although Li Daozon was Li Yuanji's cousin, he could call Li Yuanji "Silang" in private.
But officially, he was a duke and Li Yuanji was a king, so he had to address Li Yuanji as "Your Highness".
As soon as Li Daozon said this, everyone in the hall nodded.
Li Shimin was disgusted by Li Yuanji's move, but he had no temper towards Li Yuanji.
He knew Li Yuanji's ability. He did not expect Li Yuanji to make any achievements in this war, nor did he expect Li Yuanji to come up with some highly feasible combat strategies, so he did not summon Li Yuanji here to discuss military intelligence.
Li Yuanji went to Han Liang to report on the supervision of the transportation of grain and grass without knowing that he was going to hold a military meeting Is there a problem?
no problem.
Since Li Yuanji did nothing wrong, why should he be angry with Li Yuanji?
"Pass on my military order and summon King Qi here to discuss military affairs!"
Li Shimin had no way to reprimand Li Yuanji for his wrongdoings, nor could he let Han Liang really go to see Li Yuanji, so he could only call Li Yuanji to a side hall in the Luoyang Palace.
Not long after Li Shimin's command reached the side hall of Luoyang Palace, Li Yuanji rushed to the front hall of Luoyang Palace.
As everyone in the hall bowed and saluted, Li Yuanji nodded calmly and sat not far from Li Shimin.
Li Shimin glared at Li Yuanji fiercely and continued to hold the "military meeting".
After Li Yuanji arrived, Li Daozon and others began to express their opinions.
Li Yuanji listened roughly and found that the opinions of Li Daozon and others could be roughly divided into two types.
One method was to divide the troops into three routes, advance from Weizhou, Huazhou and Zezhou, attack Xiangzhou from both sides, and bury Liu Heita in Xiangzhou.
One is to gather all the troops together, station them in Weizhou, and fight Liu Heita openly to severely crush his morale.
Li Daozon and others not only gave the route of advance, but also gave suggestions on how to fight.
Both methods have their own advantages, but they have little to do with Li Yuanji.
Whether the troops were divided into three groups or concentrated in Weizhou, he always played the role of garrison.
Before the Tang army captured Xiang and Ming states, he needed to garrison in Luoyang.
After the Tang army conquered Xiang and Ming states, he needed to garrison in Guangzhou.
Guangfu is also known as Guangping Prefecture City. After Dou Jiande established the Great Xia Kingdom and conquered Mingzhou, he moved the capital to Guangping and built a city in Guangping, which was called Guangping Prefecture City.
After Li Yuanji understood the role he was going to play, he no longer had much interest in other battle plans.
He began to observe the officers in the hall.
