Li Shimin was reviewing the memorial, and Queen Changsun rubbed his shoulders and talked about Wu Huaiyu learning the art of war from Li Jing.
Today, my cousin came to visit me in the palace, and I mentioned this while chatting.
"Oh, Li Jing accepted Wu Huaiyu as his student? It was Wu Huaiyu who proposed it, and Li Jing actually agreed?" Hearing this, Li Shimin stopped what he was doing and asked.
"Your Majesty guessed wrong. It was not Wu Huaiyu who wanted to become a disciple, but Li Jing who took the initiative to accept a disciple. I heard that Wu Huaiyu originally brought his concubine to visit the Li family. Didn't he have a concubine who was a maid of the Li family?
Well, Mrs. Zhang gave it to Wu Huaiyu and specially adopted it as her adopted granddaughter. Because of this relationship, Wu Huaiyu would often visit the Yongkang Duke's Mansion..."
Li Shimin had known about this relationship for a long time. After Wu Huaiyu came down from Zhongnan Mountain, he first interacted with the Li Jing family, then the warriors Xun, the warriors Leng brothers, and then Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and others.
"I didn't expect that Li Jing would be so fond of Wu Huaiyu and take the initiative to accept Wu Huaiyu as his student. It's strange."
Li Shimin actually had a complicated attitude towards Li Jing.
I think back then, when the Li family was still planning to raise troops, Li Jing, who was serving as the county magistrate in Mayi County in the north of Taiyuan, secretly discovered that he had actually committed a crime and asked the county officials to put him into a prison car and take him to Jiangdu, so that he could personally confess to Yang.
It turns out that the Li family is planning to rebel.
Fortunately, the world was in chaos at that time, bandits were everywhere, and roads were blocked. Li Jing was trapped in Chang'an. Until Li Yuan and his son invaded Chang'an, Li Jing was still in Chang'an City.
Afterwards, Li Yuan wanted to kill Li Jing, but Li Shimin personally interceded for Li Jing and saved him.
Later, Li Yuan asked Li Jing to go to Shannan to attack Xiao Xian, but Li Jing was blocked by a group of barbarians in Badi and could not attack for a long time. Li Yuan doubted Li Jing's loyalty and asked his old classmate Xu Shao to execute Li Jing on the spot.
Later, Li Jing assisted Li Xiaogong in annihilating Xiao Mian and sweeping the southeast.
Li Shimin treated Li Jing well and tried his best to win over him, but it was a pity that Li Jing refused to accept it. In the emperor's current mind, Li Jing was the kind of person who was indeed more capable but not a confidant, and belonged to the old aristocratic order of Guanlong.
People need to use them, but they also have to use them carefully.
Originally, after Jie Li retired, Li Jing was the most suitable person to succeed Li Daozong as the governor of Lingzhou.
Li Shimin indeed once transferred Li Daozong back to the court to be the Minister of Dali, but now the emperor still asked Li Daozong to return to Lingzhou as the governor, while Li Jing has always been in Anzhou, Shannan.
Although he was the governor-general, Shannan was inland and he had little military power.
Li Shimin leaned back.
Slowly close your eyes and think about it, is there any profound meaning here?
To be honest, Li Shimin was very worried about Li Jing. He was too capable and not his confidant. Such people were very dangerous, just like Li Yi, Li Xiaogong, etc.
Empress Changsun didn't bother her husband anymore, and held him gently.
Later that day, Li Shimin summoned his confidant, the Duke of Lu, who had just been promoted to General Youwei, into the palace.
"Has the Youwei Yamen been sorted out?"
Li Shimin asked this childhood friend.
"According to His Majesty's decree, all the generals on the right guard are very cooperative."
Hou Junji is not only Li Shimin's childhood friend, but also a relative of Li Shimin, because Hou Junji's mother Dou and Li Shimin's mother Dou are both descendants of the Fufeng Dou family, although they are slightly distantly related, but they also belong to the same family.
They are sisters, so Li Shimin and Hou Junji are actually cousins.
When they were children, they grew up together in martial arts in the west of Beijing, studying and practicing martial arts, riding and archery. Hou Junji followed Li Shimin since childhood, and later they raised armies together to conquer the world. They were indeed loyal, especially on the fourth day of June, Hou Junji was even more attracted by Li Shimin.
It is ranked as the first achievement with Yuchi Gong, Sun Wuji, Fangdu and others.
On the surface, Hou Junji did not seem to have made any great achievements that day. In fact, the most critical action that day took place in the Tai Chi Palace, not at the Xuanwu Gate.
When Li Shimin was ambushing the Xuanwu Gate to build Yuanji, Hou Junji led a group of dead soldiers directly into the palace, killed Li Yuan's guards, and hijacked Li Yuan from the dragon couch to the dragon boat in the sea pool.
So I went boating in the sea pool very close to Xuanwu Gate.
When Yuchi Gong took the bloody horse to ask Li Yuan for an edict, the emperor was still in shock on the dragon boat in his nightgown.
This matter cannot be explained clearly, so when the merits were discussed later, he was supposed to be ranked first with Wuji, Yuchi Gong and others, but many ministers objected, especially Xiao Yu, Li Shentong and other ministers.
In the end, the emperor conferred the title of Lord Duke of Lu in Quanjiao County, enfeoffing thousands of households and making him the general of Zuowei.
From the chariot and cavalry general of the Prince of Qin to the current right-guard general, who was granted the title of Duke of Lu State for thousands of households, Hou Junji was extremely trusted by the emperor and was an absolute confidant, even before Yuchi Gong and Qin Qiong.
Hou Junji, Xu Luoren, Qiao Wendu and Duan Zhixuan were the emperor's most trusted companions.
"Have you been studying recently?" Li Shimin asked.
"I get a headache when I touch a book. If I read more than two lines, my eyes will hurt or I will fall asleep. Your Majesty asked me to study, which really puts me in a difficult position. I am a military commander, not a civil servant. It doesn't matter if I read less. I just need to know the words."
Li Shimin shook his head helplessly, "Who said military generals don't need to study? If you don't read the Nine Classics, don't you also read Sun Tzu's Art of War?"
Hou Junji was very brave. When the People's Republic of China was founded, he was very brave in charging into battle and was an excellent cavalry commander. However, Hou Junji was not good at two things since he was a child. One was reading and the other was archery. He has been unable to do so to this day.
Not yet.
"I plan to ask you to become a disciple of Li Jing and learn the art of war. Li Jing is very good at using troops. If you can learn his military skills, you will not only become a general, but also a famous general.
From now on, no one will be dissatisfied with you as a great general. In the future, whether you are commanding troops and sitting in command, or serving as Minister of War or even Prime Minister, you will be able to convince everyone."
When Hou Junji heard that he was going to learn the art of war from Li Jing, he was very unhappy and said, "That old guy Li Jing was indifferent to your majesty's attempts to win over you. He is really a stubborn idiot. What can you learn from him?"
Li Shimin shook his head helplessly, Hou Junji was such an impetuous person.
"Li Jing's ability is a thousand times better than yours. I can't even say that he is better than Li Jing in terms of military use. You should bring the apprenticeship ceremony and my edict tomorrow to the Yongkang Duke's mansion to learn the skills from your apprentice. You can't learn it."
I will take care of you."
"Your Majesty, I am the Duke of the State of Lu, and Li Jing is just the Duke of Yongkang County. Your Majesty lets the Duke learn the art of war from a County Duke. Don't you want the world to laugh at me?"
"Others who want to learn the art of war have no chance to learn this kind of opportunity. Li Jing has just accepted Wu Huaiyu as his apprentice to teach the art of war. You go and learn together. I will see who of you learns more skills when I get there."
"Wu Huaiyu?"
Hou Junji couldn't help but frown when he heard the name. He had seen that Wu Huaiyu's portrait was good, so he wanted to paint a big one for himself. He also specially asked someone to buy several carts of money and silk as a gift. Who knew that Wu Huaiyu was not good at all?
To give him face, he actually refused.
For the now proud Lord Lu, this was quite an unfriendly behavior.
Now, Hou Junji was very unhappy that he and Wu Huaiyu had to become teachers of the old man Li Jing and become fellow disciples with him.
Li Shimin waved his hand impatiently, "Back off!"
When Hou Junji saw that the emperor was angry, he quickly resigned.
After receiving the order to become a disciple, Hou Junji returned to the Duke's Mansion of Lu State, but he was very obedient and asked his family to prepare several carts of money, silk, etc.
"Choose a few more good things, they are more expensive, and you have to spend more money on them."
As the emperor's playmate and confidant, and now a great meritorious official, Hou Junji was very wealthy. He packed several large carts of money, silk and various gifts. Hou Junji even put on a purple robe and a jade belt to ride with the emperor.
The rewarded royal horse went to Pingkangfang and Yongkang County to become a disciple.
Yongkang Duke's Mansion.
Wu Huaiyu has been staying at Li Jing's house for two days, and Li Jing, the teacher, is not willing to let Huaiyu go home. No matter that it is almost the Chinese New Year, Wu Huaiyu still has many things to do.
Li Jing is a dedicated old man who is particularly enthusiastic about military art, even a little crazy. Once he talks, he will never stop talking. Although Wu Huaiyu is young and has not fought many battles, Wu Huaiyu has a lot of flashes in some military solutions.
Point, after all, there are things in the minds of time-travelers that are not yet available in this era.
For example, the development and application of firearms, and even water battles, naval battles, etc. For example, when it comes to dealing with the Turks in the steppe, some of Wu Huaiyu's views were originally used by Li Shimin later, and were even summed up in the countless wars between the Central Dynasty and the steppe.
valuable experience.
Li Jing was very inspired by what he heard and felt that Wu Huaiyu was talented. He was not willing to let Huaiyu go home at all, so he took him to chat during the day and at night. From time to time, he would draw pictures and do war games and so on.
"Alang, Duke Junji of the State of Lu came to visit. He brought several large carts of gifts. He said he came to worship Alang as his teacher and learn the art of war." The steward came in and reported.
He was discussing with Wu Huaiyu how to succeed if the Tang Dynasty sent troops to attack Goguryeo again. Huaiyu proposed to unite the Silla Kingdom on the peninsula and destroy the weakest Baekje first, and then mainly contain the northern line, and then control the southern line on the peninsula.
Open up a second battlefield and use Silla's troops, money and food to support the Tang army in crossing the sea to destroy Goguryeo.
Li Jing was not satisfied with being interrupted.
"Hou Junji has always been arrogant, and now he is even more arrogant and proud. How can he still be willing to worship me as his teacher?" Li Jing had also known about Hou Junji for a long time, and he also looked down on Hou Junji.
This kind of person is the general manager of a battalion. He is good at charging into battle, but commanding and planning is not his specialty.
"Go and send him away and find a reason." Li Jing didn't even want to see him.
The housekeeper leaves and comes back after a while.
"Alang, Hou Junji said that he came here to learn the art of war as a disciple, and indeed he had an imperial edict from His Majesty."
When Li Jing heard this, he couldn't help but frown.
Why did the emperor still decree that Hou Jun gather to learn the art of war?
Wu Huaiyu on the other side had actually just heard that Hou Junji had come to be his disciple, and he had already guessed that he might have come under Li Shimin's orders. He even almost believed that this matter might have something to do with him.
He was accepted as a student by Li Jing, and Li Shimin asked his confidant Hou Junji to learn the art of war. It was not such a coincidence.
"Since it is the will of the saint, why don't you, teacher, go and see what happens?"
"Hey." Li Jing sighed. He really didn't like Hou Junji at all, and he didn't want to accept such a student at all. But it was hard to violate the holy order, "Okay, let's go and have a look."
