Yin Hongzhi quickly brought his brother-in-law, Yan Hongxin, to visit Li You, and showed Li You his superb martial arts skills on the spot.
Then he came up with a comprehensive plan for recruiting and training strong men, including what excuses to use to recruit, how to hide it from others, how to train, etc.
They say they are strong men, but they are actually private soldiers.
Li You was convinced by him and authorized him to take full responsibility for the matter on the spot.
Finally convincing Li You, Yin Hongzhi was very excited.
Once something is done, there is no turning back, and this is the case with cultivating private soldiers.
It doesn't matter whether you are a prince, a nobleman, a prince, a grandson, or a prince.
Only the imperial court is qualified to recruit and train sergeants, and anyone else who touches them will die.
From the moment Li You agreed to recruit warriors, he had no way out.
Either succeed in seizing the heir, or fail and rebel. There is no other way.
Can he succeed in seizing the legitimate son? Yin Hongzhi knows better than anyone else that this is wishful thinking.
The queen's three legitimate sons are here, which turn will get the others?
Even if all three legitimate sons were killed, as well as Li Ke and the other princes, the cruel and childish Li You would never be able to get away with it.
What's more, only those who have personally come into contact with her know how terrifying that woman in the palace is.
When Li Shimin was commanding the troops outside, she dealt with the inner circle, the East Palace, and the civil and military ministers on her own, coordinating and maintaining the relationship between the Qin Palace and various factions.
He can definitely be said to be a good dancer, and he can fool countless people into applause.
On the day of the Xuanwu Gate Incident, I personally held a knife and sat at the gate. On the one hand, it was to calm people's hearts.
On the other hand, he leads the remaining maid servants of the Qin Palace to prepare for possible enemies.
Such a woman really thinks too much when she wants to snatch the throne from her son.
Li You has only one way, wait until the day he is discovered and rebel.
The rebellion between father and son would be a huge blow to Li Shimin's prestige.
It would be better if Li You could stir up some other turmoil and cause local instability when he rebelled.
Anyway, no matter what, Yin Hongzhi's goal was achieved.
He just wants to create conflicts and stains for Li Tang and avenge his family, and he doesn't take the consequences into consideration at all.
The sister in the palace and the nephew Li You were not taken seriously at all.
Li You is Li Shimin's son, so he deserves to die. Concubine Yin forgets her family and becomes a grudge, and is unwilling to take revenge together, so she deserves to die too.
Fearing that Li You would regret it, Yan Hongxin acted quickly, purchased a manor outside Chang'an, and recruited hundreds of bad guys to intensify training.
This is only the first period, used to serve as low-level officers.
Once they are successfully trained, use this as a basis to recruit more people.
With Yin Hongzhi helping to cover it up, the manor successfully escaped surveillance and everything seemed calm as usual.
However, it only seems so.
The Yin family was massacred by Li Yuan, but Yin Hongzhi escaped because of his young age.
But it was precisely because most of the family members were killed that he was unable to receive a complete education.
Later, when I went to work in the Prince of Qin's palace, I just learned how to learn and how to do things.
There are many deeper things that no one taught him.
For example, if a prince excuses himself from going to the fiefdom, no matter how good the reason is, it will arouse suspicion.
A person who had received a systematic aristocratic education would never take a chance on such a thing.
It's a pity that he didn't realize this, thinking that as long as he gave Li You a good enough reason, it wouldn't be exposed.
Little did they know, Li You had already become the brightest lightbulb in Chang'an City, so bright that it was dazzling.
Only they think they hide it well.
Their actions will appear in the palace in time, as if they are transparent.
After receiving the information, Changsun Wuji had murderous intent in his eyes and sent a note to Changsun Wuji.
There are only three words written on it: Yin Hongzhi.
Changsun Wuji knew what it meant after a moment's thought and immediately took action.
Naturally, Li Shimin immediately received the information about Li You's private collection of warriors, and his face turned livid with anger.
But the way he dealt with it was, wait.
But privately, more people were sent to monitor Li You and Yin Hongzhi, and the defense mission of the Forbidden Army was fine-tuned.
The generals who were related to Yin Hongzhi were transferred to the more peripheral defense areas.
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The list of the first batch of princes and kings was confirmed, which completely ignited the whole of Chang'an, and spread throughout the Tang Dynasty with the release of the new hope moon talk.
The people were very excited. Although it had nothing to do with who was enfeoffed, gossip was human nature, and now they had more to talk about after dinner.
This topic can go on for a long time, such as how these princes and kings build their own feudal kingdoms, how they spend their days and nights, and so on.
This is also an opportunity for those scholars whose talents have not yet been recognized.
A brand new vassal state will inevitably need a large number of officials, so will this be your opportunity?
First go to the vassal states to engage in politics, and once you have achieved results, you can use it as a springboard to find a way to join the Tang Dynasty.
Even if your achievements are not outstanding, you can still complete the transition in status, from civilians to officials. Officials in vassal states are also officials.
Many people were tempted and prepared to come to the capital to try their luck.
Of course, there are only a few people who have such courage. After all, the vassal state is a new thing.
Especially since the vassal states of the Tang Dynasty were all outside the mainland, no one knew what was going on there, and most people chose to wait and see.
Officials are relatively calm, and this matter really has nothing to do with them.
It was not their turn to enfeoff, and naturally they were not willing to take up posts there.
If the officials of the Tang Dynasty were not allowed to serve as officials and then went to serve as officials in the vassal states, there would be something wrong with their brains.
What is really exciting is the honorable men and the army.
No matter how many promises the court has made before and how many preparations it has made, as long as the first batch of lists has not been released, there is still the possibility of everything happening again.
Now that the list is down, it’s really a done deal.
The nobles were completely relieved, and then they were looking forward to the next batch of enfeoffments and when it would be their turn.
The army is in a state of excitement because the value of military merit has been substantially increased.
A big reason for the high combat effectiveness of the Tang Dynasty army is because of the military merit system.
I have made meritorious deeds and can immediately redeem them for corresponding benefits.
Countless young adults dare to go to the battlefield and fight tooth and nail in order to change their identities and achieve a class jump.
We are not afraid of death, but we are afraid that death is not worth it.
Honors are indeed very valuable, but valuable honors are not as valuable as those in actual vassal states.
Facing the enfeoffment, the army was naturally the most excited.
The impact of enfeoffment did not end there.
The soldiers fought more bravely. The number of Tang troops did not increase, but their combat effectiveness increased by a large margin, which put greater pressure on all surrounding enemies.
Some border troops have even shown signs of restlessness in order to gain military merit.
The consequence was that many tribes living around the Tang Dynasty began to take the initiative to migrate to distant places, and those who could not move had to become more active in paying tribute to Beijing.
There has once again been an upsurge in joining the army among the people, and countless young and middle-aged people with dreams have chosen to join the army.
In a very short period of time, Datang turned into a clockwork machine, waiting for Li Shimin to press the start button.
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The turbulent clouds outside had no impact on Chen Jingke, and the high wall of Zixiao Temple blocked all the violent storms.
After sending Li Chengqian away, he first discussed with Wu Shu how to help the princes and kings build their feudal kingdoms.
Naturally, they also have a map of the world at home. Chen Jingke drew it himself, and the young couple looked at the map and analyzed it.
Wu Shu frowned and said: "Zhuzi Kingdom plus the Ryukyu Islands only have one county in the Tang Dynasty, but they have to be divided into two kingdoms, two principalities and one princely state. The land is too small."
"No." Chen Jingke drew a circle around Honshu Island, Shikoku Island and the surrounding islands and said: "These lands will be the territories of the five feudal states in the future...but they are currently occupied by the Wonu Kingdom."
"When we completely conquer the entire island and eliminate the Wonu Kingdom regime and the Ezo tribe, we will re-divide the territories for the five countries."
Wu Shu had no doubt about this, nodded, and pointed to the islands farther north: "What about Ezo Island and Kuye Island? What are you going to do?"
Chen Jingke said: "Ezo Island will be entrusted to another vassal king. The harsh environment of Kuye Island is not suitable for establishing a feudal state, and it will be regarded as the territory directly under the Tang Dynasty."
"In the future, a supply base will be built here to ensure smooth waterways to another continent. The envisaged North Sea Fleet will also use this place as its headquarters."
He briefly introduced the future plan for Wonu Island. This plan was originally determined by Li Shimin after listening to his opinions.
As for when it will be fully completed, that is a matter for the future.
At least now Datang, as the central empire, must seize key nodes and plan for future global strategies.
Even if you won't use it for a long time, you still need to plan well so that when you use it in the future, you will find that you have blocked the road before.
After roughly understanding the plan, the two officially began to discuss the issue of building a feudal country.
Wu Shu said: "The most important thing in a fief is people and things. We can't do anything about the population, we can only provide help in terms of property."
If Taoism can help the princes and kings gain population, I am afraid that the first person who cannot sleep will be Li Shimin.
It can provide some talents, but what the princes and kings lack most is actually the grassroots population, followed by management talents.
Chen Jingke pondered for a while and said: "It's not that there are no people here. There are indigenous people on the Ryukyu Islands. It is estimated that there are between 10,000 and 30,000 people."
"These native people still live a primitive life, living in separate tribes in various places and islands, and there is relatively little communication with each other."
"If we conquer them, we can establish the framework of the feudal state. Then we will educate them, give them Han names, wear Han clothes, and speak Chinese..."
"If another one or two thousand families immigrate from the Central Plains and intermingle with them, these primitive people will become Tang people in less than ten years."
"Taoism can select some people with good language talents to learn their language in order to spread Taoist beliefs... Once these people convert to our religion, subsequent operations will be very easy."
Wu Shu nodded repeatedly and said: "This method is good. It not only spreads our religion, but also helps the princes and kings absorb the indigenous people to solve the population problem... But this method may not be useful for the people here in Zhuzi Kingdom."
Chen Jingke smiled and said: "It's useful, how can it be useless? You underestimate the strength of the Central Plains civilization and its attraction to the surrounding vassal countries."
"As long as we recognize that they are part of China, they will eagerly integrate into us."
"I wrote in the book "Chinese Civilization" that the people in the entire Japanese slave area are descendants of the pre-Qin Dynasty."
Xu Fu led 3,000 boys and girls as well as many boatmen and soldiers to the Japanese Nu Island, married the local indigenous people and evolved into the current Japanese Nu people.
The Tang Dynasty had consciously spread the book "Chinese Civilization", and almost no vassal congress denied it.
On the contrary, they were all very happy. Their ancestors had been barbarians for generations and suddenly became descendants of the Chinese. How could they be unhappy?
"Moreover, Zhuzi Kingdom was annihilated and enslaved by the Wonu Kingdom before. The people there hate the Wonu Kingdom very much, but they are afraid of the other party's power... They will only move closer to us."
"The Lord of Zhuzi is willing to give up three-fifths of the land to the Tang Dynasty because he hopes that we can establish a feudal state there to help them resist the invasion of the Japanese Nu Kingdom."
Speaking of this matter, Wu Shu still couldn't believe it and said: "It was really the Lord of Zhuzi who gave up these lands on his own initiative?"
Chen Jingke said with certainty: "This can still be false. At that time, we said that we would build several feudal kingdoms here, and the leader of Zhuzi Kingdom was happier than anyone else."
Wu Shu said in confusion: "Why? That is his land."
Chen Jingke explained: "Those lands were not originally owned by the Zhuzi Kingdom. The tiny land of Wonu Island was divided into hundreds of countries at most, and the smallest ones were not as big as our village."
"There were several countries on Tsukushi Island in the early days, but they were later conquered by the Wonu Kingdom... We, the Tang Dynasty, only helped the Tsukushi Kingdom to recover, and all other countries perished by default."
"At that time, in order to facilitate management, the entire Chikushi Island (Kyushu) was temporarily placed under the management of Chikushi Country. In fact, the people of those countries did not recognize Chikushi Country.
"Especially the last time Sugarushika attacked, the Lord of Tsukushi escaped alone, which made him completely lose his heart."
"Those places are actually managed by the Tang Dynasty's ocean-going fleet. They say they were given over by the Lord of Tsukushi, but in fact they are just an excuse for legality."
That land originally belonged to the Japanese Nu Kingdom. If the Tang Dynasty sent troops to occupy it and enfeoffed the princes and kings, it would be too unpleasant to tell, and it would also cause panic in some vassal countries.
Now, under the pretense that these lands belong to the Zhuzi Kingdom, they will take the initiative to give them to the Tang Dynasty for asylum.
At least it's fair to say the least, and there aren't any legal issues.
Wu Shu suddenly realized: "So that's it. If you think about it, the people there should also welcome the princes and kings of the Tang Dynasty to come."
Chen Jingke said: "Yes, when I heard that the Tang Dynasty was going to establish a vassal state here to rule, the people there welcomed it."
The few nobles who were not welcomed were also afraid of losing power, and then they really lost power.
Not only power, some people who were more repulsive to the Tang Dynasty even lost their lives.
The man who controlled all this was none other than Liu Rengui, the commander of the Tang Dynasty Navy stationed in the Purple Kingdom.
Having said this, he couldn't help but praise: "Liu Rengui is indeed a great talent who can act as a commander on horseback and as a minister on horseback."
"It is indeed a rare talent." Wu Shu didn't know much about these things, so he didn't feel deeply. He simply agreed and asked:
"How much population does the imperial court intend to give to each vassal state?"
Chen Jingke said: "There are two thousand households in the kingdom, one thousand five hundred households in the principality, one thousand households in the princely state, and five hundred households in the county and below."
Wu Shu thought for a while and said: "This number is indeed good. It can not only allow the princes to put up a show, but it will not cause too much loss to the court."
"It's also good for our religion. Just let the evangelists go there to preach, and then send some farm tools, cattle and other resources."
The thing is easy to say but not easy to do. The most troublesome thing is to appease the local people and complete their education.
Even if Taoism is very good at doing this, it can't be done in a short while, it can only be done slowly.
