The most important thing is that it is much easier to recruit the general of Tongguan as the general of Zuojianmen than to recruit the general of Tongguan as the Sima of Prince Qi.
In Li Yuan's eyes, the former is barely his own.
In Li Yuan's eyes, the latter is his son.
When Li Yuan was annoyed by the fight between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, he felt worried about his son.
When Li Xiaogong heard Li Yuanji's words, he stared blankly. He didn't know whether to cry or laugh. Anyway, he said in a weird tone: "He? General Zuojianmen? Do you think Zuojianmen Mansion belongs to my family?"
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Yu Wenbao's title and rank are enough to serve as the general of Zuojianmen.
But his record and qualifications are a bit unqualified.
To be precise, I have no record of success to speak of, and I don't have enough qualifications to compete with anyone Li Yuan can trust.
More importantly, he's not very smart.
Li Xiaogong really didn't know what he could do to convince Li Yuan to agree to appoint Yu Wenbao as the general of Zuojianmen.
Li Yuanji smiled and asked: "Isn't the Zuojianmen Mansion owned by my cousin?"
Li Xiaogong was stunned for a moment, and was speechless after being retorted by Li Yuanji.
Disregarding the relationship between concubine and concubine, the Zuojianmen Mansion does belong to his family.
"You are really shameless enough to say such things."
Li Xiaogong stared angrily and cursed.
Compared with others, Li Yuanji is obviously more qualified to say that Zuojianmen Mansion belongs to his family.
Li Yuanji pretended not to hear Li Xiaogong curse, and still smiled and said: "If my cousin has any difficulties, you can tell me and I will see if I can help my cousin solve it."
Li Xiaogong glared at Li Yuanji and said angrily: "Go and fight for that seat. As long as you win that seat, you can solve any problem I have."
Li Yuanji laughed and said: "My cousin should know that this is unrealistic. My cousin should be more explicit."
Li Xiaogong snorted and said: "Yu Wenbao is useless, what do you want me to recommend him to be the general of Zuojianmen?"
Before Li Yuanji could speak, Li Xiaogong said again: "It is enough for Yu Wenbao to serve as Sima in your house. Why do you need to help him plan for the position of general of Zuojianmen? What are your plans?"
"Don't forget, once the people under our command enter the Twelve Guards and Four Houses, we can no longer move them around at will."
"..."
Li Xiaogong spoke very fast and said many words in one breath.
There are questions, reminders, and warnings.
Li Yuanji said funnyly: "Why does my cousin call me like a careerist?"
Li Xiaogong said meaningfully: "You are qualified to be a careerist."
Li Yuanji waved his hand without hesitation, "No, I don't want to ask for trouble. I just want to be a free and easy prince who doesn't care about anything."
Li Xiaogong sneered and said: "You want to ignore everything, you want to be free and easy, how can it be so easy? If you are willing, your father and your brothers are not willing either."
Li Yuanji, one with two big heads, said in a puzzled manner: "Why do I feel that my cousin is acting weird today?"
Li Xiaogong snorted coldly and said: "It's not my fault, it's your fault. You clearly know what kind of situation you are in, but you want to be a free and easy prince."
Li Yuanji opened his mouth, but didn't speak.
Li Xiaogong stepped forward and said seriously: "If you want to fight, I can help you."
Li Yuanji's eyes widened and he said in shock: "Cousin, are you drunk too much?"
Li Xiaogong continued: "If you want to fight, tell me as soon as possible. I can help you win over many people before I completely step down from the position of chief manager of Jingzhou.
Once I completely step down from the position of General Manager of Jingzhou and all the old departments are transferred to others, if you want me to help you then, I will not be able to help you."
Li Yuanji said without hesitation: "It seems that my cousin really drank too much..."
Although Li Xiaogong's words were pleasant and even somewhat feasible, Li Yuanji didn't feel any disturbance in his heart because he didn't believe a word of Li Xiaogong's words.
A person who you have only dated a few times suddenly tells you sincerely that he wants to help you win your legitimate son-in-law. Do you believe it?
If Li Xiaogong were a passionate young man of eighteen or nineteen, then his words would still have some credibility.
But Li Xiaogong is a man in his thirties. He has been in the field of power and on the battlefield for more than ten years, and his mind has become very complicated. Only he knows how credible his words are.
"If you think I drank too much, then I did."
Li Xiaogong suddenly sat upright and sighed.
Li Yuanji looked at Yu Wenbao, who was still dancing his sword not far away, and said, "Let's talk about meeting Yu Wenbao."
Li Xiaogong followed Li Yuanji's gaze, looked at Yu Wenbao, and snorted again, "Since you don't want to tell me what your plan is for letting Yu Wenbao serve as the general of the Zuojianmen, then I won't ask.
But Yu Wenbao is useless, there is nothing in him that is worthy of your father's attention.
Even if I agree to help you and fully recommend Yu Wenbao, your father will not appoint Yu Wenbao as the general of the Zuojianmen."
Li Yuanji withdrew his gaze, looked at Li Xiaogong and said, "What if I insist on asking Yu Wenbao to serve as the general of the Zuojianmen?"
Li Xiaogong also withdrew his gaze, clicked his lips, and said with waning interest: "Then you have to find a way to help Yu Wenbao get a dazzling record, or make up for Yu Wenbao's qualifications in a very short period of time, or...
Let Yu Wenbao win extremely high appreciation in front of your father."
After a pause, Li Xiaogong said frankly: "However, I think this is unlikely."
In Li Xiaogong's view, Yu Wenbao's people had no chance of achieving dazzling results in Chang'an City.
Even if God takes care of it and creates an opportunity for Yu Wenbao at this time, Yu Wenbao may not be able to get it.
After all, there are so many princes in Chang'an City that any opportunity to perform meritorious deeds will definitely be divided up among the princes. It is impossible to give Yu Wenbao a chance to make a move as a marquis.
Don’t even think about making up for your qualifications in a short period of time.
Because qualifications are something that is built over time and cannot be replenished in a short period of time.
There is still a little hope of winning Li Yuan's appreciation for the rest.
However, Li Xiaogong felt that with Yu Wenbao's wisdom, he probably couldn't think of any way to win Li Yuan's appreciation.
"Then what if the two generals of the left prison gate are vacant?"
Li Yuanji questions.
Li Xiaogong was stunned and asked: "Do you have a way to make Fan Shixing move his position?"
There is a general, two generals, and four lieutenant generals in Zuojianmen Mansion.
Now among the two generals, one is vacant and the other is taken up by Fan Shixing.
If Fan Shixing gives up his position again, both generals of the Zuojianmen Mansion will be vacant.
Competition for a position not only makes you look dazzling, but also creates great pressure.
When the two positions compete, they will not be so dazzling and the pressure will be reduced.
Li Yuanji pondered and said: "I can ask my father to promote Fan Shixing to the position of general manager of Weizhou."
Li Xiaogong was stunned again, and sighed: "I thought you were planning to murder Fan Shixing, and after doing this for a long time, you were trying to help Fan Shixing get promoted. This is a way. Fan Shixing will definitely thank you if he knows about it."
Although he was only promoted one level, he was still promoted from a capital official to a local official. A promotion meant no promotion.
But the meaning is different.
In Chang'an, although Fan Shixing's official position was not low, his influence was better than nothing; in local areas, Fan Shixing was a feudal official with far-reaching influence.
For officials like Fan Shixing, who are stuck in the middle and are stuck in the middle, being a local official is far better than being a capital official.
After all, being a local official means you can gain political performance and be promoted.
As a Beijing official, you can hardly gain any political achievements.
Promotion depends entirely on connections and qualifications.
"I don't need Fan Shixing to thank me, I just need Fan Shixing to be the ladder for Yu Wenbao's promotion."
Li Yuanji said with a calm smile.
Li Xiaogong thought about it and said: "But even so, the hope of Yu Wenbao becoming the general of Zuojianmen is very slim."
Yu Wenbao's record and qualifications are still too shallow after all.
Li Yuanji said: "I will recommend Yu Wenbao to be the Qizhou Cavalry Commander."
Li Xiaogong nodded thoughtfully, "That does have some hope..."
Qizhou is the fiefdom of Li Yuanji, and the hussar generals in Qizhou are more important and higher than the generals of Zuojianmen.
If Li Yuanji recommended Yu Wenbao as a hussar general, Li Yuan would definitely be in a dilemma.
Agree, Yu Wenbao is not qualified, and Li Yuan is not worried.
Don't agree. Li Yuanji is recommending his subordinates to take up official positions in his house. Li Yuan cannot be too partial.
After all, when Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin recommended people under their command to serve as officials in their palaces or houses, Li Yuan always responded to their requests.
If Li Xiaogong ran to recommend Yu Wenbao as the general of Zuojianmen at this time, Li Yuan would have a high chance of agreeing due to the dilemma.
"Then give it a try?"
Li Yuanji asked.
Li Xiaogong glanced at Li Yuanji and said, "Just give it a try, but I have to compete with Yu Wenbao first to see how good Yu Wenbao is."
Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment, and said in confusion: "I think you don't want to spar with Yu Wenbao, you want to find a reason to beat Yu Wenbao."
Li Xiaogong stood up slowly, stretched his muscles, and said without concealment: "You beat my son, and I'll beat your subordinates, you won't lose."
After saying this, Li Xiaogong put on his boots and walked towards Yu Wenbao eagerly.
Li Yuanji doesn’t even know how to evaluate Li Xiaogong.
Li Yuanji originally thought that in the Li Tang clan, only Li Yuan was the most protective.
Now it seems that Li Yuan can only be ranked third.
The first one on the list is undoubtedly Changsha, who didn't even want to die for his son.
Ranked second is obviously Li Xiaogong, who cares about trivial matters.
"Snapped……"
"Snapped……"
"..."
Li Xiaogong didn't know when he found a thin bamboo and whipped Yu Wenbao violently.
Yuwen Baozang couldn't hide, and he couldn't kill Li Xiaogong with a knife, so he could only be beaten passively.
Li Xiaogong slapped Yu Wenbao dozens of times in one breath, then he left the bamboo with satisfaction and returned to the thatched cottage.