Li Ji paid some attention to Chen Shanyi, and briefly spoke to his wives and concubines. He also told his children to be quiet and to listen to Yang Miao's words.
Then he naturally took Yang Miaoyan's hand and explained it in detail.
Li Ji explained in a gentle voice, Yang Miaoyan's eyes turned red as she listened.
Yang Miaoyan had just started to have some feelings for Li Ji, but before Wen Cun could wait, Li Ji was about to go on an expedition.
This journey may take as short as half a year or as long as one or two years.
Yang Miaoyan felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
Li Ji wiped away Yang Miaoyan's tears and said with a smile: "Silly girl, why are you crying? You are the mistress of Prince Qi's Mansion, and you can easily make people laugh if you cry."
"I...I'm not afraid of other people laughing at me."
Yang Miaoyan said with a slightly choked voice.
Li Ji gently held Yang Miaoyan in his arms.
The cold armor pierced the skin with a chill, but Yang Miaoyan didn't care.
Li Xu and Li Xi insisted on hugging each other even though they were arguing.
Li Ji could only whisper a few words in Yang Miaoyan's ear, and ran to hug Li Xu and Li Xi.
Li Xu and Li Xi have been playing crazy with Li Ji these days, and they have developed some feelings for each other. Although they don't understand it yet, they seem to feel that Li Ji may leave them for a long time. They also cried in Li Ji's arms.
stand up.
Chen Shanyi, all the ladies and concubines also secretly shed tears.
Li Chengye was the only one having fun.
I don’t know what he is having fun with.
Li Ji felt a touch of the warmth of home and the heavy responsibility while they were crying.
The rise and fall of the people in this house, the survival of the people in this house, rests on his shoulders.
Li Ji pinched Li Chengye's face hard and made Li Chengye cry, then he got on the horse.
The guard quickly handed the horse to Li Ji.
Holding a ten-foot-long horse spear in his hand, carrying a straight horizontal sword at his waist, look at the strong bow on the horse's back.
Li Ji realized for the first time that he was still a general galloping on horseback.
"Teacher, I will take you to travel around the mountains and rivers, and enjoy all the happiness in the world."
Sitting on the horse, wearing thick armor and holding a sharp blade, Li Ji felt an inexplicable feeling of pride in his heart and loudly made a promise to the female relatives in the house.
"drive!"
Li Ji rode out.
The six hundred guards in the mansion rushed out like a tide.
Accompanied by the wind and snow, it dissipated in the wind and snow.
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Li Ji ran out of Wude Hall, Tai Chi Palace, and galloped arrogantly on Zhuque Street.
When Wu Hou, who was patrolling the streets, saw this, he immediately hid far away for fear of running into the evil star Li Ji.
As we walked all the way to Kaimingfang, we saw countless cavalrymen, with the cavalry roaring towards them.
Some of the leading cavalrymen were known to Li Ji, and some were unknown to Li Ji.
Most of them hugged Li Ji and saluted, then left in a hurry.
This time Liu Heitai conquered soldiers and horses from Shaanxi Province.
Some generals who commanded armies now only command their own retainers, tribesmen, and personal soldiers.
Some of them need to rush to the various states to receive the troops and horses under their command; some of them need to go to the big cities in the various states in advance to do the subsequent work of integrating the troops and horses, rectifying the troops and horses, and distributing the troops and horses.
The Tang Dynasty implemented the government military system.
The soldiers of the government work for farmers who cultivate the land in peacetime, train during farm breaks, and join the army to fight in wartime.
Once there is a war and local soldiers need to be mobilized, the imperial court will issue a document to the local Husband's Palace, which will recruit all the local soldiers. The soldiers prepare their own weapons and horses and rush to the Husband's Palace to recruit.
After counting the number of people, the government will distribute armor, bows and crossbows to them.
After everything is ready, the Hussar Mansion will hand over all the soldiers to the local Governor's Mansion.
The state general manager will lead the soldiers and horses to the designated place and obey the dispatch of the marching general manager.
This time, Li Yuan ordered to recruit the imperial troops of Shaanxi Province. The Hussar Generals, the chief officers of the Hussar Palace, and the Chariot Generals of the deputy palaces in the states under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi Province, many of them were part-time employees of the high nobles in Chang'an City.
Therefore, many of them had to rush to the place first to recruit their own soldiers.
For example, Li Sixing, an official of the Prince of Qi's Mansion, held the position of General of Hussars, which was a similar official position. His full name of General of the Hussars was General of the Hussars of the Prince of Qi's Mansion.
The hussar generals of the Tang Dynasty were far less powerful than the hussar generals of the Han Dynasty.
The hussar general of the Han Dynasty was a military boss.
The hussar general of the Tang Dynasty was a local military commander.
This time, Li Yuan sent out soldiers from the Shaanxi Province Daofu, and the Qi Qi Palace of the Prince of Qi's Palace was also among them.
In other words, they were the soldiers on King Qi's fiefdom.
Li Sixing was in the Taiji Hall and learned that Li Ji was on the expedition and that the soldiers and horses from King Qi's fiefdom were also on the march. After he left the Taiji Hall, he ordered his entourage to go back to his hometown and explain to his family, and he took the
Several guards rushed to King Qi's fiefdom.
In the past, King Qi had always been the hands-off boss in matters like this.
Li Sixing had been handling any trivial matters, so he didn't ask Li Ji for instructions.
Li Ji also enjoyed the peace and quiet.
Li Sixing was only responsible for recruiting soldiers and horses, equipping them with armor, bows and crossbows, and then handing them over to the local governor's office. He was not responsible for taking charge of the soldiers and horses to fight. Li Ji was not afraid of Li Sixing causing any trouble.
Of course, it is not impossible for Li Sixing to lead the troops of Prince Qi's palace to cause trouble.
All it takes is Li Ji issuing a transfer order.
Li Ji has the right to dispatch the troops directly from the Prince of Qi's palace at will without going through the local general manager's office or the general manager of each march.
But Li Sixing had not yet surrendered to Li Ji wholeheartedly. How could Li Ji leave the soldiers of King Qi's fief to him to dispatch at his will?
When Li Ji crossed the horse and rushed to Mingde Gate (the south gate of Chang'an City), two puffs of smoke and a single horse rushed to Li Ji's side.
The two puffs of smoke are the retainers, tribes and soldiers led by Qu Tutong and Yin Qiao respectively.
Li Yuan asked Qu Tutong to take care of Li Ji Zhouquan, and asked Yin Qiao to accompany Li Ji to Luoyang. Naturally, the two of them had to lead their followers to join Li Ji.
As for the single horse, there was a knight sitting astride it. He was thin and frail, with a goatee. Judging from his face and body shape, he was obviously a scribe, but he was wearing armor.
"Zuocheng, Daxingtai, Shaanxi Province, works in the Tiance Mansion, Han Liang, and has met His Highness the King of Qi."
Han Liang cupped his fists on horseback and saluted, speaking in a neither humble nor arrogant tone.
Li Ji nodded slightly, indicating that he had seen it before.
Han Liang's reputation in history was not as great as that of Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, but Li Ji did not dare to underestimate him.
He was able to fight his way through Daxingtai in Shaanxi Province and Tiance Mansion. Sitting on top of a group of outstanding people, his ability must be very outstanding.
You must know that Li Shimin does not accept incompetent people under his command, and it is impossible for the outstanding people under Li Shimin to let an incompetent person ride on their head.
"The marshal ordered me and Yu Duzhi to collect the grain and fodder needed for this army. Your Highness is the general manager of the rear army and is responsible for supervising the transportation of grain and fodder, so I came here specially to obey your command."
Han Liang saluted Li Ji again and said slowly.
Li Ji was thoughtful. Li Shimin was obviously worried about him supervising the transportation of grain and grass, and was afraid that he would cause trouble, so he asked Han Liang to sit under him.
Han Liang said that he would obey his orders, but in fact he wanted to keep an eye on him to prevent him from causing trouble, and he also wanted to find a way to take away the power of supervising the transportation of grain and grass from him.
Li Ji understood the connection and smiled calmly: "It's not about dispatching. Since my second brother has entrusted you with the matter of requisitioning grain and fodder, he must believe in your ability.
I don't doubt my second brother's vision, nor do I doubt your ability.
It is said that those who can do more work, how about I also leave the supervision of the transportation of grain and fodder to you?"
Han Liang was stunned for a moment, with a look of astonishment on his face.
Yin Qiao was also a little dazed.
Only Qu Tutong looked calm.
Qu Tutong had been on the battlefield with Li Ji, and he knew Li Ji's temperament and his preferences.
Supervising the transportation of grain and fodder is a tedious and boring chore. If you do it well, you won't have a great reputation. If you don't do it well, you will be beheaded immediately.
Li Ji is definitely not afraid of having his head chopped off, but he definitely doesn't like tedious, boring, and unattractive errands.
Li Ji handed over the matter to Han Liang, and he was able to clear up the matter.
Han Liang has done this well, and everyone will take the credit together. If he can't do it well, then Han Liang's head will be chopped off.
If something goes wrong, Han Liang can still take the blame, which is in line with Li Ji's usual style of doing things.
So Qu Tutong is not surprised.
"has a problem?"
Li Ji felt a little funny when he saw Han Liang looking at him in astonishment.
Happiness came so suddenly that Han Liang couldn't believe it.
Li Ji happily handed over the matter of supervising the transportation of grain and grass, but it was not as complicated as Qu Tutong thought.
He simply felt that he might not be able to do it well and there was no capable person to help him, so he handed over the supervision of the transportation of grain and fodder to Han Liang.
The food and grass needed for the Tang Dynasty's expedition against Liu Heita were all raised by Daxingtai of East Shaanxi Province themselves.
With local granaries everywhere being empty, he had no idea how the officials in Daxingtai, Shaanxi Province, could raise this food.
He didn't know where the grain and grass came from, so he couldn't reasonably arrange the route for transporting the grain and grass.
If you insist on getting involved in this matter, you might cause trouble.
Once trouble occurs, the soldiers at the front may not have food to eat.
The soldiers were fighting in the front at the risk of their lives. In order to be competitive, he disrupted the transportation of grain and grass, causing the soldiers in the front to starve. He felt very sorry.
"No... no problem."
Under Li Ji's questioning, Han Liang spoke subconsciously.
After speaking, he immediately realized something was wrong and hurriedly said: "I thank Your Highness for your kindness, but I dare not exceed my authority."
Li Ji's reputation is too bad.
Han Liang was afraid that Li Ji was setting him up.
He didn't believe that Li Ji could hand over his power so easily.
Li Ji stared at Han Liang and said, "Didn't you just say that? You came under my command specially and obeyed my orders. Now I ask you to be responsible for all matters of supervising the transportation of grain and grass this time. It is not overstepping your authority."
Han Liang couldn't guess what Li Ji was thinking, so he could only grit his teeth and say: "But His Highness is the general manager of the rear army for this expedition..."
After saying this, he gave Yin Qiao a special look.
Yin Qiao understood Han Liang's thoughts from Han Liang's eyes.
Han Liang was asking him what kind of trouble Li Ji was making.
Yin Qiao couldn't see through Li Ji's thoughts, so he shook his head.
