Li Shimin wanted to light the remaining one himself.
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui quickly grabbed him. Xu Luoren was still talking like thunder, and he kept saying that they had no sound. Who would be responsible if His Highness the Crown Prince got a few cuts on his face, his face was bloody, or he was deaf.
rise.
"Hahaha!"
"The thunder in the palm is indeed a good thing. This closed disciple of Xiaoyaozi is just different." Li Shimin laughed.
He directly attributed this to the Taoist secrets left by Xiaoyaozi.
Zhou Shaofan looked at Xu Luoren who was in a very embarrassed state, and thought to himself that he was lucky that he had not fired it himself just now, "Your Highness, if this palm thunder were made larger, even if it is as big as a bamboo tube, the power would probably be several times greater, right?"
Gao Shilian even stroked his beard and said: "If we take a big box and load it into a box or a carriage, light it and then rush into the enemy's formation, even a copper wall, an iron wall, a shield wall and a gun formation can't stop it, right?"
Li Shimin, on the other hand, laughed and said, "This thing is so small but has the power of thunder. It must not be easy to make from a single material."
"As long as the imperial court recruits people and supplies, it will be fine. After all, Wu Erlang can make hundreds of them in the military camp on the Longyou front line." Fang Xuanling said.
Li Shimin, Fang Du and other confidants were discussing how to maximize the effect of this thing in the corridor of His Highness. The biggest enemy of the Tang Dynasty is the Turks, and the Turks are good at cavalry and shooting. They come and go like the wind. Last year in the Hedong war, the right guard
Zhang Jin, the general and commander-in-chief of the Bingzhou Road March, led his army in Hedong, but could hardly stop the Turks and allowed them to plunder everywhere.
Fang Xuanling said: "I suggest that we add three more ranks and give him the title of Xuanyi Lang from the seventh rank, so that he can wear dark green robes."
Li Shimin directly awarded him a viscount reward. He was not a confidant of the former vassal department of the Prince of Qin and did not participate in the Xuanwu Gate Incident. To be able to receive a viscount reward is simply unbelievable nowadays.
But as the prince said, the current situation is special. Li Shimin changed his position and took over the throne. However, the Turks invaded and the prince rebelled, making the prince's position extremely unstable.
"Your Highness, official titles are national treasures and should not be given lightly and indiscriminately. Wu Huaiyu is only eighteen years old. He was born informally and was specially awarded to become an official. He has only been in office for more than a month. Now the award is extraordinary and should not be done!"
"The country has its own system for appointing officials, promoting and dismissing people. How can we do whatever we want?"
"Then we only recorded the merits of capturing the formation and jumping around, not counting the merits of killing the enemy general's special service." Li Shimin said.
In this battle, the Tang army lost tens of thousands of troops. In the end, Li Jing and Li Ji rushed to Taigu, and Li Shimin was ordered to rush to Puzhou. After the Turks won, they also suffered heavy losses and finally retreated.
A Turkic special agent, who was also at the level of a Tang Dynasty clan king, managed to annihilate a thousand and five elite cavalry with less than 2,000 Yi Zheng disciples, and even saved the city of Longxi. He also cooperated with Chai Shao and finally succeeded in annihilating 10,000 Turks. This is a credit
Being knighted is not an exaggeration.
An early court meeting was held in the Xiande Hall of the East Palace. Li Shimin highly praised the outstanding performance of Longyou Xingying, especially Chai Shao's well-coordinated work, Niu Xiu, Wu Huaiyu, Cheng Chumo and others for their meritorious service in bloody battles.
After the military merits and honors are promoted to the Shangzhu Kingdom, they can be transferred to their children if they cannot be promoted.
The more eye-catching among the generals in the Longyou camp was Wu Huaiyu.
For this reason, Li Shimin directly issued the Crown Prince's Order directly from the palace and issued special rewards to Chai Shao, Niu Xiu, Wu Huaiyu, Cheng Chumo, Xue Wanche and other generals who defeated the enemy, beheaded generals, and captured the city.
Du Ruhui, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, replied: "Chai Shao is in Longyou. In order to inherit the privilege of worshiping, Wu Huaiyu has been awarded the post of Sima of Weizhou and the general of the hospital, and his military exploits have been reported."
"Too low."
"Going back to Your Highness, I was originally the prince from the fifth rank of the Eastern Palace to wash the horse, and I have already entered from the fifth rank to invite the officials to the court."
"Chai Shaojia is the general of the town army, Xue Wanche is the general Yunmo, Niu Jinda is the general Zhongwu, and Wu Huaiyu is the guerrilla general!"
What's more, in the battle of Xingxingchuan, Wu Huaiyu showed more tenacity and bravery."
"Two bloody battles, with seven levels of honors and one rank of officers, it would be fine if he were an ordinary general. However, the hospital town commanded by Wu Huaiyu was not a regular army. One thousand and ninety-nine Yi Zheng disciples, etc., annihilated one thousand and five people.
The Turkic cavalry fought four bloody battles in one day and night, injuring themselves and leaving no more than 500 disabled. This achievement was better than that of many veterans on the battlefield.
"The honors book of the officers and soldiers of the Longyou camp has been submitted. The Ministry of Civil Affairs and Honors Department must quickly verify and award the awards without delay." The prince requested that a special matter should be handled. Before the upcoming battle with Jieli, the meritorious officers and soldiers of Longyou should be awarded immediately.
reward.
Chai Shao gave the most generous rewards, including gold, silver, pearls, jade, various slaves, horses, and fields. His two sons were also transferred to him as honorary officers and were given additional ranks. The prince also directly married the seventh daughter of Princess Baling to Chai Shao's direct descendant.
Zichai Lingwu.
"If we can produce this palm mine in large quantities, we will have another magic weapon to defeat the enemy when facing the Turkic cavalry."
Gao Shilian reminded the prince, "Wu Huaiyu is only eighteen years old, and it has only been more than a month since he was specially appointed by His Highness to become an official."
"The purpose of establishing honorary titles in the country is to reward military merit. If you, Wei Zheng, could go to the battlefield, lead a thousand and nineteen righteous men, annihilate fifteen hundred Turkic cavalry, kill the enemy's special forces, and then defeat the enemy in a bloody battle, participate in
If you kill Qi Jin, do special duty, and wipe out ten thousand enemy cavalry, Gu Ye will not hesitate to give you a viscount."
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All the Longyou generals were promoted to higher ranks and awarded honors.
Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng, "Do you think the rank given to Wu Huaiyu is too high?"
"Summon Wu Huaiyu, the chief of the north gate."
In the battle of Xingxingchuan, Wu Huaiyu and the hospital camp should also be credited with the first contribution."
Li Shimin's face turned ugly when he saw that Wei Zheng was refusing to accept his offer.
As long as there is outstanding merit, Li Shimin will never be stingy.
Li Shimin still shook his head, "When the country is in trouble, we miss our good generals, and when we are in trouble, we find loyal ministers. In the past two years, we have been suppressed and beaten by the Turks. Especially after the defeat of Taigu last year, the Turks became more and more arrogant. Now Jieli has entered the pass."
, Compared with Li Yi, Li Youliang, Zhang Jin, etc. who are the princes and generals, although Wu Huaiyu was specially appointed to the official position not long ago, his performance far exceeds that of Li Yi and others."
In the hall, Wei Zheng, the fifth-level admonishment doctor in the scarlet-robed Silver Fish, stood up and objected loudly.
"Your Highness, I still insist that the reward is too much, and this is not a good thing. It is not a good start for the country, for Wu Huaiyu, and for Your Highness."
"Directly add Sanhao guerrilla general, grant the title of Viscount of the founding of Daling County. Grant two horses, ten Turkic captives as slaves, a hundred pieces of silk, and a pair of silver bottles."
In the eighth year of Wude's reign, the Turks swept across Hedong, but this year they invaded Longyou, and now they have even reached Guanzhong.
Li Shimin sneered twice, "If I remember correctly, Wei Zheng, you were the chief registrar of the Prince Zhan Shifu last month, right? Now you are the admonishing doctor. What rank is the chief registrar of Zhan Shifu? What rank is the admonishing doctor?"
"How many honors have been remembered?" Li Shimin asked.
Li Shimin scratched his beard, "Just look at it, this battle with the Wushanchuan Hospital Army can definitely be regarded as a victory in the battle, one thousand nine versus one thousand five, the number is quite good, nine hundred civilians are not included. Not to mention there are beheaded generals.
Capture the flag and jump to the vanguard.
In the Battle of Taigu, one hundred thousand Turkic cavalry marched across Hedong as if they were in an uninhabited land. At one time, they all reached the Shangdang Zelu area of Huang Junhan, the commander-in-chief of Huang Junhan. The Tang army was said to be one hundred thousand, and all roads converged, but Zhang Jin's entire army was wiped out, and Zhang Dezheng's
The whole army was also wiped out, and Li Gaoqian and others also suffered serious losses. Only the 10,000 Jianghuai troops led by Shi Li Jing, the governor-general of Yangzhou, who arrived later, and Li Ji's army were spared.
"I advise the official Wei Zheng to object."
"How do you think I will reward Wu Huaiyu?"
Li Shimin shook his head.
In the end, the Taigu battle lasted for seven days, and the entire army was wiped out. Zhang Dezheng, the governor of Yunzhou, died in the battle. Li Yuan's confidants, Zhongshu's minister, and marching commander Shi Wenyanbo were also captured. Only Zhang Jin's Qingqi escaped and ran to Li Jing's army.
Before the expedition, the prince had specially granted him the official rank. He joined the army from the ninth rank, and now he had to be granted the title of Imperial Son, and even be given the title of guerrilla general, as well as the rank of sixth rank military officer.
Killing a general and seizing the flag is a special skill, not to mention that the one he killed was Teqin. He also had a share of the credit for killing Gu Teqin and Yili Qijin.
Du Ruhui said, "Then two battles will accumulate eight-level medals. Calculated according to the merits of Tiao Dang, two battles will lead to a direct promotion to the fourth level. Wu Huaiyu was originally from the ninth rank to this level. For meritorious service in Qinzhou, he has been awarded one-level medals. This is calculated as follows.
, the Jin Dynasty was promoted from the eighth rank to Chengfeng Lang, and the ninth rank was promoted to the rank of general."
"Oh, so you went from being promoted to the seventh rank to the fifth rank within one month. Is it inappropriate to employ someone alone?"
It is obvious from the prince's words that Wu Huaiyu's achievements are already very conspicuous, but now it is the most critical time and people's hearts are in turmoil. At this time, it is even more necessary to set an example.
Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng, who was stiffening his neck. He wanted Qianniu to be ready to fork him out, but he still took a deep breath and held back, "Military merit is the most important thing in this dynasty. Military merit is rewarded generously, and promotions are not unusual. Officials
Although there are regular rules for transfer, it is necessary to accumulate qualifications, assessment, and selection. However, those who are promoted to the second level when they are appointed as officials will be directly promoted to the second level. This is clearly written. If you kill the general, capture the flag, and defeat the king, you will win.
It’s a very special category, and it’s an extraordinary reward.”
"Xue Wanche was awarded the title of Duke of Wu'an County by the Governor of Longzhou, and Wu Huaiyu was awarded the title of Viscount of the Founding of Daling County, General of the Hospital Town, Chief of the North Gate, and was promoted to the rank of General after nine rounds of honors."
"In the battle of Wushanchuan, it is recorded that the first class was won in the lower formation, plus the first class vanguard merit, and the third rank decoration was recorded, plus the direct promotion to the first level. The battle of Xingxingchuan was recorded that the first class was won in the middle formation, and when
Record the fourth turn of honor."
"Wu Huaiyu's merits can definitely lead to a knighthood."
Wei Zheng replied, "The chief secretary of Zhan Shifu has been promoted to the seventh rank, and the admonishment official has been promoted to the fifth rank."
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Early the next morning.
"Chai Shao also made great achievements this time. His honor was already in the Shangzhu Kingdom, so he awarded his honor to his two sons. Chai Zhewei and Chai Lingwu were each awarded the fourth rank. Chai Zhewei was promoted to the second rank."
"Rewards for meritorious deeds, rewards and punishments should be clear and timely." Li Shimin was invincible when he led troops in battles, and the most important thing was to lead troops. The key was that he had clear rewards and punishments. For example, when Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and others defected to the Tang Dynasty and returned to his command, it only took two or three years.
, he accumulated merit and became the Shangzhu Kingdom and was granted the title of Duke.
"Your Highness, we have more than 600 military palaces in the Tang Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and countless battles and bloody battles. How many titles can we get? How many people can be awarded the title of fifth-grade guerrilla general in just one month?"
"Once this bad start is made, won't things be chaotic in the future? It's better to have a valuable national weapon than to have it indiscriminately!"
"Are you going to do nothing but reward your merits? Who among the soldiers in the world is willing to fight for the country, and who among the disciples is willing to join the army again in the future?"
The prince and Wei Zheng were at odds with each other, and the atmosphere became tense.
"Your Highness, I would like to ask you, Warrior Xun!" Huangmen Shilang, leaving Yongzhou, Chang'an Taoist Master Shi Xun, stood up!
