And after he expressed his opinions and told others what he would do, he would be criticized mercilessly.
Then others will give him some new suggestions and ask him to give them orders so that they can personally go to the battlefield and fight according to the new strategies and tactics they gave.
If it was just like this, he could endure the humiliation and bear the burden silently.
But those old men were so arrogant that they treated him as a coach as a servant. They didn't give him any face as a coach. After they called him "pointers" and failed to win the war, they would ask him to serve tea.
Water, meat on the legs and shoulders, all kinds of outrageous meals provided, and even punches and kicks if someone is not being served well.
For example, a certain Mr. Qu Tu, who did not want to be named, had a whim one day and wanted to eat a roast lamb leg smoked with grass that is only found in Liaodong, so he had to make it.
His place is thousands of miles away from Liaodong. Where can he get it?!
He deliberately tried to argue with others, trying to get them to change their food, but he was hung at the door of the tent, stripped of his clothes, and severely spanked.
He was almost forty years old. He was hung at the door of the tent and spanked in front of many people. He was too embarrassed to live.
"Puff puff puff puff..."
Chu Suiliang, the newly appointed secretary of Sherenyuan and a member of the Yongwang Palace Record Office, after reading what happened to An Xiuren, couldn't stop laughing.
Chu Suiliang was the son of Chu Liang, one of the eighteen scholars.
Wei Zheng, who had been concentrating on studying knowledge at home, was summoned by Chen Shuda and when he returned to Beijing to report on official duties, he bumped into him on the street of Chang'an City. Seeing that he was quite talented and learned, he recommended him to the three provinces.
After Chen Shuda passed him through the school examination, he placed him in Sherenyuan.
When he was busy with official duties, Li Yuanji wrote to Chen Shuda and the others to ask for someone, and Chen Shuda sent him over.
Li Yuanji knew very well whether he had talent or ability, so he stayed without even trying it out.
It is worth mentioning that not long after Wei Zheng recommended him to serve as an official, his father Chu Liang recommended Wei Zheng's second son, Wei Shuyu, to join the army in Luozhou.
You can guess what's going on here without using any tools.
However, Li Yuanji did not pay attention to this matter, and did not punish Wei Zheng and Chu Liang for their previous crimes of seeking personal gain, because this was the norm in the Tang Dynasty, especially in the early Tang Dynasty.
The current official selection system adopted by the Tang Dynasty is a parallel system of imperial examination and recommendation.
There are only less than twenty or thirty Jinshi selected in each imperial examination, and there are also a large number of related households mixed in.
And these twenty or thirty people were obviously not able to meet the needs of the Tang Dynasty.
After all, in the Tang Dynasty, more than this number of officials were dismissed or beheaded for crimes every year.
Therefore, in addition to the imperial examination, it is inevitable to adopt the recommendation system to select scholars.
It has become a norm for officials to recommend the children of official families.
In other words, if you directly recommend your own children, you will be called shameless and looked down upon.
Otherwise, there would definitely be a large number of incidents in the Tang Dynasty where people were promoted to virtuous people without avoiding relatives.
"Just laugh if you want to. What's wrong with holding it in? Those who know know that you are holding back your laughter, but those who don't know think you are possessed by some evil spirit."
Li Yuanji put down the pen in his hand, glanced at Chu Suiliang, and said something neutral.
Although Chu Suiliang was a famous official in history, now he is just a novice in officialdom who has just entered the official career.
Although Chu Suiliang is now in his thirties, almost a round older than Li Yuanji, in terms of political lifespan, he is less than one year old, so Li Yuanji does not need to treat him as a person, let alone be kind to him.
What about Chu Suiliang?
Li Shimin is lying down now, let alone you, Chu Suiliang?
Famous minister?
The most important thing that the Tang Dynasty lacked was famous ministers.
The famous minister named Changsun has now been sent to the southwest to join the savages.
When Chu Suiliang heard this, he quickly suppressed his laughter, stood up and said: "I am rude, please punish me..."
Now Chu Suiliang is still very young, but he is still respectful and cautious in front of Li... ahem, big boss.
Li Yuanji glanced at Chu Suiliang and said calmly: "You are rude, but there is no crime. After all, when I read An Xiuren's document, I wanted to laugh, but I couldn't.
A wise man can be killed but not humiliated.
Duke Qu Tu went too far, and my father indulged Duke Qu Tu too much."
After all, An Xiuren is still in his forties. What's going on when he takes off someone's pants, hangs them at the door of the tent, and spanks them in front of many people?
You, Qu Tutong, are older, more senior, and have a higher rank.
But if he is over forty years old, he is still qualified to be called an old man.
How can you humiliate people like this?
The same goes for Li Yuan. Without Li Yuan's connivance and even confusion, Qu Tutong would not have been able to do such a ridiculous thing, let alone do such a thing openly and openly in front of his brother.
When Chu Suiliang heard this, he quickly lowered his head.
When Qu Tutong was spoken, he could still listen and speak a few words.
But what is wrong with Li Yuan is that he cannot listen to it, let alone discuss it, and cannot even reveal half a word to the outside world.
Li Yuanji criticized Li Yuan and said that Li Yuan was not good. He even pointed at Li Yuan's nose and said that Li Yuan was wrong. Li Yuan could not do anything to Li Yuanji.
But let alone criticizing Li Yuan, even if he revealed even a few words about Li Yuanji's criticism of Li Yuan, it would give Li Yuanji a disrespectful reputation, and both Li Yuan and Li Yuanji might cause trouble for him.
"You draft a document to reprimand Qu Tutong for me. Your words should be sharper."
Li Yuanji gave orders to Chu Suiliang.
An Xiuren's lawsuit has come to this point. It's not okay if there is no one to express his position.
If An Xiuren commits suicide in grief and anger because he has nowhere to redress his injustice, Qu Tutong will be buried with him.
The An family and the Kutu family will also form a deadly feud.
This may be nothing to the An family, but it will definitely be a disaster for the Kutu family.
Because the Kutu family has no successors, the An family can still be glorious for many years.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As for Li Yuan, the instigator and instigator behind the scenes, nothing will happen.
Who made someone the emperor?
Sons, grandsons, great-grandsons, and even more generations were emperors.
A minister cannot afford to offend him, let alone harbor any resentment against him.
Otherwise, if he doesn't take care of you, his descendants will also take care of you.
"Is this...appropriate?"
Chu Suiliang asked a little cautiously and hesitantly.
He was not a fool, so how could he not see that Qu Tutong did this kind of thing under Li Yuan's instruction.
Otherwise, how could Qu Tutong marry the overlord family in Liangzhou in his twilight years? Was he kicked in the head by a donkey?
In this case, admonishing Qu Tutong is no different from admonishing Li Yuan.
If Li Yuan is angry, then a small matter will become a big deal.
Li Yuanji said calmly: "There is nothing appropriate or inappropriate, just do as I say."
Chu Suiliang hesitated for a while, and seemed to have made up his mind. He gritted his teeth and said, "I think that there is no need for Your Highness to reprimand Duke Qu Tu. Your Highness can reward General An and appease General An to calm the matter."
Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment, stared at Chu Suiliang with interest and said, "Are you teaching me how to do things?"
Chu Suiliang hurriedly bent down and said with sincere fear: "I don't dare, I just don't want your highness to hurt the harmony between you and the saint."
This is the common thought of most of the courtiers who stand between the emperor and the prince.
That is to try to prevent the emperor and the prince from getting on bad terms, causing a feud between father and son, or any other bad scandal.
Li Yuanji laughed and said: "Be kind? Do you think my father still needs to be kind now?"
Chu Suiliang's waist lowered in an instant and he did not dare to reply.
This is not a topic he can discuss.
Li Yuanji put away his smile and continued: "He has started to humiliate Qu Tutong openly. If the trouble continues, who knows what he will do.
So he doesn't need to be nice now, he just needs to be calm."
Chu Suiliang quickly raised his head, having something to say.
Li Yuanji continued: "Also, don't think about teaching me how to do things in the future. If you want to teach me how to do things, you must at least reach the fifth level."
To be precise, only officials of the third rank and above have this qualification.
Chu Suiliang was speechless for a moment and lowered his head again, this time lower.
Obviously, he had realized that he had just joined the army and had done something he was not qualified to do.
Seeing that Chu Suiliang had realized his mistake, Li Yuanji waved his hand and said: "Okay, sit down and draft the document as soon as possible as I said."
Chu Suiliang didn't dare to say anything now. He bowed and agreed, then carefully sat down again and began to draft the document.
After Chu Suiliang started writing vigorously, Li Yuanji picked up the pen again and began to review the documents.
Although the war in Tuyuhun was messed up due to the efforts of Li Yuan and others, the situation was still dominated by the Tang Dynasty.
At present, Datang has helped Murong Shun re-establish his foundation in Tuguhun, and is slowly advancing towards the west Tuguhun occupied by Dayan Mangjiebo.
Dayan Mangjiebo, while resisting the attacks of Tang Dynasty and Murong Shun, frequently asked for help from Tibet and the Western Turks, but so far no response has been received from either party.
If this continues, the Tang Dynasty should be able to capture the entire territory of Tuyuhun by November.
After all, Tuyuhun was only such a big place, and compared to the behemoth Tujue, it was like a small quail, so it didn't take much time for the Tang Dynasty to clean it up.
As for the war in the Liang Kingdom, it is almost coming to an end. After Ashinabil, who lost his troops in Suni, made it clear that he could surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty also expressed its intention to surrender, the Liang Kingdom has already
Lost hope of resisting the Tang Dynasty with the help of Suni's lost troops.
Except for Liang Shidu himself who was still struggling to his death, other Liang officials were resigned to the situation.
Some of them defected to the Tang Dynasty before the Tang Dynasty officially launched its attack on the Liang Kingdom, and some defected on the battlefield.
Su Dingfang has placed them all in the place they were previously in charge of. Officials from the three provinces and six ministries have begun consultations on how to arrange them in the future. After the Liang Kingdom is completely destroyed, I believe they will have a suitable place for them.
Nowadays, only one remaining city in Shuofang City, the capital of Liang State, is still in the hands of Liang State, and the rest have been captured by the Tang Dynasty.
This includes the two acropolis of Shuofang City.
The Tang Dynasty captured the Liang Kingdom in the blink of an eye.
Su Dingfang has not yet made a decision on how to capture Shuofang City, and wrote to ask for instructions.
The main reason why this happened was that after the two acropolises of Shuofang City were breached, Liang Luoren offered to help the Tang Dynasty capture Shuofang City without bloodshed.
Su Dingfang didn't know now whether he should go all out and deal the final blow to Liang Guo, or follow Liang Luoren's wishes and capture Shuofang City without any bloodshed.
Although it would be more advantageous to capture Shuofang City without any bloodshed, it would not be to any extent.
But the battle has reached this point, and the morale of the soldiers has reached its peak. They all want to establish the power to destroy the country, capture Liang Shidu, and also want to make a good fortune after conquering Shuofang City.
Windfall.
If Shuofang City takes the initiative to surrender at this time under the leadership of Liang Luoren, the morale of the soldiers will be frustrated.
If the Tang Dynasty went out to conquer the Liang Kingdom here, then the morale of the soldiers would be dampened. Anyway, there would be no war later, so just give them some comfort.
However, the Tang Dynasty's expedition was an all-out war against the entire north. The Tang Dynasty would also invade Suni and lose its troops. If the morale of the soldiers was dampened, their strength would be greatly reduced.
In the process of conquering the lost troops of Suni, if you suffer several defeats, the gains will outweigh the losses.
Su Dingfang just couldn't make up his mind, so he sent a letter to ask.
