Li Yuanji saw Su Dingfang standing there with a depressed expression and said nothing, so he couldn't help but ask.
Su Dingfang smiled bitterly and said: "It's not that I don't say anything, I just feel that His Highness's understanding of capable people and warriors is a bit biased. Liu Heitao has many capable people and warriors under his command, but if they can be appreciated by Liu Heitai, they can get
Liu Heitai promoted very few people.
Not everyone can be like me and meet a wise master like His Highness and be entrusted with important responsibilities.
Most people may not be able to meet a wise master and be entrusted with important responsibilities throughout their lives."
Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought of Han Yu's "Horse Theory".
There are Bole horses in the world, and then there are thousand-mile horses. There are always thousand-mile horses, but there are not always Bole horses. Therefore, although there are famous horses, they are only humiliated in the hands of slaves, and die in a stall, and are not called thousand-mile horses...
Talent is like a thousand-mile horse. If you don't meet someone who can appreciate you, you may spend your whole life doing nothing.
"You are right, but I was negligent..."
Li Yuanji said to Su Dingfang with emotion on his face.
Su Dingfang's words reminded him that after he traveled to the Tang Dynasty, he had been wandering among the famous people in history, always trying to recruit those who left their names in history, but ignored those talents hidden among the people.
The talents hidden among the people are not necessarily inferior to those who have left their names in history.
Some people have a strategy in mind, but due to personal reasons, they are unwilling to serve Li Tang, so they choose to hide from the world.
There are also some people who are remnants of the previous dynasty. They are afraid of being liquidated by Li Tang, or they hide some shameful secrets, so they stay hidden from the world.
There are also some who simply have no chance and have not been discovered, so they can only become unknown and do nothing.
Take Su Dingfang for example.
If he hadn't known about Su Dingfang's achievements in history, brought Su Dingfang into the palace and entrusted him with important responsibilities.
After the Tang Dynasty's war to pacify Hebei is over, Su Dingfang will return to his hometown in seclusion. It will not be until many years later that he will come out again and start from scratch.
Historically, Su Dingfang did not start to shine until the Yonghui period of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty. Before the Yonghui period, he sat on the bench for a full twenty years.
At that time, he was already over fifty years old.
If he could have joined Li Tang's team earlier, been discovered earlier, and been entrusted with important tasks, his achievements would have been much higher than in history.
"Are those captains and warriors you mentioned really useful?"
Li Yuanji stared at Su Dingfang and asked.
Su Dingfang nodded without hesitation and said: "I have already noticed them when I was under Liu Heitai's command. However, I spoke lightly, and my adoptive father was not valued by Liu Heitai, so it was difficult for me to gather them under my command."
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Now that they have surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and His Highness has the ability to gather them together, I naturally hope that His Highness can gather them under his command."
Li Yuanji pondered and nodded.
After he realized that there were some deviations in his ideas, he immediately began to correct them.
Since Su Dingfang said those people were capable and could be put to use, there shouldn't be anything wrong.
Su Dingfang has led troops for many years, and his vision is definitely not wrong.
"You go and tell Qu Tutong that I can help him support 20,000 civilian husbands and 20,000 women, but he must send them to Weizhou, and I have to decide who will be the governor of Weizhou."
After careful consideration, Li Yuanji decided to let Qu Tutong get his wish.
Since Su Dingfang cared about those captains and warriors, he recruited those captains and warriors to his house.
This move has two benefits.
First, it can quickly make up for the losses of Zuo Ertong's mansion, and second, it can allow Su Dingfang to completely take root in his mansion.
Su Dingfang was a demoted general. When he first entered his house, he would inevitably be looked down upon by others. Some senior lieutenants might even tease Su Dingfang and embarrass him.
After all, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.
Once something like this happened, it would be hard for him to come forward and help Su Dingfang solve it.
After all, if he ends up speaking for Su Dingfang, it will affect Su Dingfang's prestige in the hearts of the soldiers.
The soldiers would regard Su Dingfang as a favorite, doubt Su Dingfang's ability, and obey and disobey Su Dingfang's orders.
This is not conducive to Su Dingfang's integration into the family.
If a group of surrendered soldiers and generals are recruited to be led by Su Dingfang, then Su Dingfang will become one with them. If some senior people in the house want to take advantage of Su Dingfang, they will also have to be wary of other surrendered soldiers and generals.
When the surrendered soldiers and generals first join his command, they will definitely want to make some achievements quickly so that they can gain a firm foothold under his command.
In this case, Su Dingfang's wishes were met.
As long as Su Dingfang leads them to win one or two battles, he will be able to gather them firmly around him and become a real helper to Prince Qi's Mansion.
Although the Prince of Qi's Mansion has already prepared to build the Zuo Yitong Army Mansion and the Zuo Second Tongjun Mansion, the Zuo Yitong Army Mansion and the Zuo Second Tongjun Mansion are not yet considered to be the real assistance to the Qi Prince's Mansion.
Because the Zuo Yitong Army Mansion and the Zuo Ertong Army Mansion had just been established, although the soldiers inside had a certain degree of combat effectiveness, they had not yet been completely integrated into a true corps.
They also need to get along with the generals who lead the troops, and they also need to get along with their comrades.
As for asking Qu Tutong to send people to Weizhou and take over the power of appointing the governor of Weizhou, one is to save some food, and the other is to avoid raising those civilian husbands and women in vain.
Since those peasant men and women had eaten his food, they should do something for him.
Not to mention fighting the enemy for him, when he is fighting the enemy, it is okay to stand behind him and wave the flag and cheer for him.
"Does your Highness really mean what he said?"
Su Dingfang stared at Li Yuanji with surprise and asked.
Li Yuanji had resolutely rejected Qu Tutong just now, but now he relented easily.
He couldn't believe it.
Li Yuanji stared at Su Dingfang and said angrily: "When did I ever make a joke in front of you?"
Su Dingfang was overjoyed and said excitedly: "I will go find General Qu Tu right away."
Li Yuanji raised his hand to stop Su Dingfang, "Don't worry, there is something I must tell you."
Su Dingfang immediately raised his hands and said, "Your Highness, please give me your instructions!"
Li Yuanji said sternly: "There are rules for recruiting soldiers in the palace. All the soldiers who enter the Tongjun Palace must go through the arena set up by the soldiers of the Tongjun Palace. Only by drawing or winning can they become the soldiers of the Tongjun Palace."
Soldiers.
If we lose the battle, we can only go to the main camp of the unified army and serve as reserve soldiers."
This rule was set when we were in Luoyang City. Everyone in the left-right and left-hand military command offices knew this rule, so they must abide by it.
Although Su Dingfang has approved the surrender of troops and generals, they still have to pass the assessment of the Tongjunfu.
Li Yuanji would not break this rule because of Su Dingfang, because it would be unfair to the officers and soldiers of the Left, First and Left Tongjunfu, and would easily arouse the dissatisfaction of the officers and soldiers of the Left, First and Left Tongjunfu.
Su Dingfang had no objection to this and said without hesitation: "I understand that I have long heard that there is such a rule in His Highness's house. Naturally, I will not break this rule."
Su Dingfang had been hanging out with the soldiers of the Zuo Ertong Army Mansion for several days, and he had known about this kind of thing for a long time.
After all, soldiers like to brag in their spare time. The most worthy of bragging these days is the Luoyang Competition and helping Qin Qiong defeat Gao Yaxian.
In front of Su Dingfang, it was naturally difficult to talk about helping Qin Qiong defeat Gao Yaxian, so he could only talk about the Luoyang Competition.
"Go ahead..."
Li Yuanji waved his hand.
Su Dingfang cupped his fists and saluted, and left the room happily.
After Su Dingfang left, Li Yuanji thought about the candidate for the governor of Weizhou.
Weizhou was not conquered by Liu Heita, so the governor of Weizhou is still in office.
He not only had to consider the candidate for the governor of Weizhou, but also how to arrange the current governor of Weizhou.
Li Yuanji spent the whole morning thinking about it.
In addition to briefly washing up and eating some breakfast, I have been thinking about this matter.
How to place the current Weizhou governor is easy to do.
During Liu Heita's rebellion, the governor of Weizhou was able to defend the state, which can be regarded as meritorious.
During the Tang Dynasty's campaign against Liu Heita, although the governor of Weizhou did not provide much help, he did not cause much trouble, which can be considered a meritorious service.
As long as he wrote a letter to Li Yuan to show his merits to the governor of Weizhou, the governor of Weizhou would be promoted immediately, and the position would naturally be vacated.
It’s just that it’s hard to choose the new governor of Weizhou.
Currently he has no suitable candidates.
At noon, while Li Yuanji was still thinking about it, Su Dingfang burst into the room excitedly.
"Your Highness, the matter is settled."
As soon as Su Dingfang entered the door, he did not bother to salute and reported to Li Yuanji.
It was obvious that he was very happy and excited, otherwise he would not have even forgotten to give the gift.
Li Yuanji didn't care about it at this time. He just glanced at Su Dingfang and said, "I threw out more than 20,000 shi of grain in one breath. It would be strange if it didn't work."
When Su Dingfang heard this, he calmed down a lot. He also realized that he did not seem to have saluted Li Yuanji just now. He quickly bowed and said: "General Qu Tu not only agreed to His Highness's request, but also happily took over the person he wanted.
handed it over to the minister.
Now, eight of the sixteen captains have arrived in Mingshui City, six of them are willing to serve for His Highness, and five of them have already won the challenge set up by the captains of the Second Tongjun Mansion."
Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment and sighed: "In this way, the person you chose is not bad."
Among the six people, five of them defeated the challenge set up by the captains of the Second Left Army Command. This shows that the quality of the surrendered captains selected by Su Dingfang was very high.
The captain of Zuo Ertong Military Mansion was selected from the guards of Prince Qi's Mansion.
It's hard to say whether his commanding ability is strong or not, but his martial arts skills are not weak.
The people selected by Su Dingfang were able to beat them, and the ratio was so high, it was really good.
"Your Highness dares to employ people and is willing to employ them. How could I bring some useless Yu to show up in front of His Highness?"
Su Dingfang said with a smile.
Li Yuanji smiled and said: "They will be under your command from now on."
The smile on Su Dingfang's face changed, and he hurriedly said: "I am just a brigade commander, how can I command five captains?"
Li Yuanji smiled and said: "From now on, you will be the deputy commander of Zuosan Tongjun Mansion. They were chosen by you. You are quite familiar with them and can use them easily."
Su Dingfang was anxious and wanted to refuse.
Li Yuanji did not give him a chance to refuse, "There is no need to refuse. You rushed to the aid of Mingshui City, fought bloody battles in Mingshui City for several days, and beheaded Zhou Wenju and Cui Yuanxun. Your merits are enough to be promoted to the rank of deputy commander-in-chief."
job.
Moreover, the Military Palace of the Third Left Army is different from the Military Palace of the First and Second Army of the Left Army.
The Third Army of the Left Army currently does not have iron armor equipment, and its strength is naturally not as strong as that of the Army of the Second Army of the Left. Apart from you, other people who are qualified to serve as deputy commanders are probably not willing to go."
