At night, the entire military camp was filled with the smell of meat.
The soldiers sniffed hard and inhaled the alluring aroma.
Don't they join the army just to make a living, and having meat to eat is the happiest thing for them.
These soldiers didn't understand any big principles, but they knew that Lin Xuan was good to them. They were very grateful to Lin Xuan, and their loyalty to Lin Xuan gradually increased.
Lin Xuan looked at the smiles on the faces of those soldiers and also smiled.
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Chang'an
Li Tai was a little confused when Li Shimin suddenly sent someone to send a lot of rewards.
Li Shimin often rewarded him in the past, but there was always a reason.
But this time it was delivered so suddenly. He asked the servants, but they didn't get any useful information, which made him confused for a while.
I sent someone to look for Han Wen, but Han Wen was not at home.
Li Tai sent someone to tell him and asked Han Wenhui to come over and see him as soon as possible.
In the evening, Han Wen returned to Furong Garden. When he heard that Li Tai was looking for him, he didn't dare to delay and immediately went to see Li Tai.
"See Your Highness. I heard that Your Highness is looking for me. What's the important matter?" Han Wen asked with a salute.
"My father sent someone to send some treasures and precious medicinal materials today, but he didn't give any reason. I have been thinking about it for so long and I still can't figure out the reason. If I don't understand the reason, I really can't feel at ease." Li Tai said.
Han Wen frowned. Generally, there was a reason for rewards. This was the first time he had seen someone send something directly without any reason.
"Your Highness, I think His Majesty feels a little guilty towards His Highness and wants to make amends with His Highness." Han Wen thought for a while but couldn't figure out the reason and guessed.
"Made up?" Li Tai looked at Han Wen with some confusion.
"Yes, in the morning court a few days ago, His Majesty was forced to issue an order for Your Highness to become a vassal in half a year. Afterwards, I must have felt that I owed His Highness something, so I sent something to make up for it."
The more Han Wen talked, the more he felt that his guess was correct.
He really couldn't find any other reason other than this.
Li Tai's face was a little gloomy. He didn't care about these treasures at all. He really wanted to ask Li Shimin, you clearly know what I want, why don't you give it to me?
Li Tai took a few deep breaths and said, "Let's not talk about it for now. Hou Junji was sent to the southwest border. Do you know about this?"
Han Wen's eyes were gleaming, but he lowered his head slightly and was not noticed by Li Tai.
"Your Highness, this matter has been widely circulated, so naturally I have heard about it," Han Wen said.
Li Shimin sent Hou Junji to prevent Tubo from annexing Tuyuhun and becoming stronger, and he had no intention of war with Tubo.
Therefore, when the troops were sent out, there was no cover-up at all, but rather a bit of fanfare.
"This article agrees with what the gentleman said before, but most of the private soldiers of the aristocratic families have never been on the battlefield and are not the elite opponents outside Chang'an City. In order to increase the success rate, we should find ways to gain some military power." Li Tai
said.
Han Wenda knew that Li Tai wanted to interfere with the military power. He frowned slightly and said: "Your Majesty has a very tight grip on the military power. Those who hold the military power are all close confidants. It is difficult to win them over. If someone is not good, your Majesty will find out."
, but it’s a disaster.”
The Li family raised an army to seize the world, and Li Shimin seized the throne through the Xuanwumen Revolution. It can be said that Li Shimin participated in two rebellions in his life.
The first time he rebelled against the Yang family, the second time he rebelled against his own father.
The more rebellious a person is, the more he will guard against others revolting against him. The same is true for Li Shimin.
Therefore, he had a very tight grip on military power, and even the Sixth Command of the East Palace, which was supposed to be controlled by the prince, was also in his hands.
Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao mutinied and used the yellow robe to replace the Later Zhou Dynasty.
Then Zhao Kuangyin became very wary of those military generals. If you support me today, I will become the emperor. Then tomorrow if you support someone else, will you be able to replace me if you play a yellow robe?
For this reason, Zhao Kuangyin released his military power with a glass of wine and took away all the military power of those generals.
However, there was no great unification at that time, and there were foreign tribes watching eagerly, and the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were also in the hands of foreign tribes. This was not the time when swords and guns entered Kuma and released Nanshan.
In order to centralize power, the Song Dynasty implemented a system of rotation of generals and soldiers. Generals and soldiers would be rotated every once in a while. If this was a period of great unification, such a policy would enable better centralization and better training.
The adaptability of the troops. However, wars often occurred during the Song Dynasty, which meant that when the Song Dynasty needed a strong team, it was rare for the Song Dynasty to be able to provide one.
When it came to dealing with military power, Li Shimin chose to hold on tightly, while Zhao Kuangyin chose to suppress it, which also created two results in the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty.
When it comes to power, the first people people compare to are the Han and Tang Dynasties.
When talking about weakness, the first thing that comes to mind is the Song Dynasty.
In fact, the Song Dynasty was the most economically developed dynasty in history.
But the military was indeed very weak, giving people the impression that the Song Dynasty was very weak.
Closer to home, Li Shimin had a very tight grip on military power, and the family tried to intervene many times but failed to deploy manpower.
It's not that the aristocratic families didn't get involved at all. The local county magistrates did have some people from aristocratic families, but they only had some county soldiers in their hands.
The combat effectiveness of those county soldiers is far inferior to that of the Sixteenth Guards. Even their equipment is the worst, and they are not as good as the private soldiers of aristocratic families.
"I do have a good candidate, but I need help from aristocratic families." Li Tai said.
"I wonder what your Highness is talking about?" Han Wen asked with some confusion.
"The Dukes and Lords of the State of Lu are gathered together," Li Tai said.
Korean secret passage is indeed the case.
When Hou De came to see Li Tai before, he noticed something was wrong.
Last time Li Tai met Hou Junji in secret. Although he didn't know who Li Tai was meeting, he was aware of it.
Now it seems that it is not Hou Junji but Hou De.
He naturally knew about the Cui family's wooing of Hou Junji, but now it seemed that Hou Junji was unwilling to be a pawn and had other thoughts.
And Li Tai's words also made him realize that Li Tai was not that easy to control.
It seems that Li Tai wants to use the hand of the family to push Hou Junji up, but Li Tai may not have the idea of using Hou Junji to balance the family.
Han Wen sneered in his heart. People who don't understand the family only think that the family has a long history and have no idea how strong the family is.
It is simply ridiculous to try to balance the family with just one Hou Junji.
"Your Highness should know that your Majesty is very wary of the aristocratic family. If the aristocratic family interferes, it may be self-defeating." Han Wen said with some embarrassment.
Li Shimin was very guarded against the aristocratic family. Cheng Yaojin was related by marriage to the Cui family, but he never had any contact with the Cui family. Not only that, he also opposed the Cui family at every turn.
On the one hand, it is to keep up with Li Shimin's pace, on the other hand, it may not mean that he does it for Li Shimin to see.
The marriage between the Cui family and those military generals was also tacitly approved by Li Shimin.
After all, he failed to fulfill his promise to the aristocratic family. If he stopped the marriage between the aristocratic families, it would be unjustifiable.
Although Li Shimin acquiesced, Cheng Yaojin and others who married daughters from aristocratic families did not dare to get too close to their father-in-law's family like ordinary in-laws.
On the contrary, they have to deliberately keep their distance.
"It's impossible for the family to only have these forces on the surface, right?" Li Tai looked at Han Wen with a half-smile.