Prince Li Jiancheng sat upright with a complicated look on his face and murmured softly: "So fast..."
It was indeed very fast. Li Huairen, the king of Handan, paid an audience this afternoon. Only half an hour later, Li Yuan issued an edict to fill the vacancies for the generals of the Beiya Imperial Army. Su Dingfang or directly Li Shan's recommendations were all accepted.
The prince's direct descendant was Li Gaoqian. Feng Li was indeed not expelled, but he was replaced by two subordinate officials of the Tiance Mansion. They were Li Keshi, the hussar of the right third army of the Tiance Mansion, the former third general manager of the left army, and Zhang Cong, the current general of the left guard.
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These two people are not particularly outstanding under Li Shimin, and their reputations for bravery cannot be compared with those of Yu Chigong, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and others, but they are all considered hardcore, and the reason is very simple. Their wives are both from Luoyang Changsun family.
In other words, they are all Li Shimin's brothers-in-law.
Among them, Zhang Cong's identity is a little more complicated. His grandmother was from the Li family in Longxi, and his mother was from the Fufeng Dou family. They can barely be regarded as relatives.
Prince Zhongyun and Wang Gui nodded and said: "Your Majesty's great trust in the King of Handan... is also reasonable."
Li Jiancheng didn't say anything more, and the staff below didn't say anything either, but everyone knew that Prince Shicai's words "so quickly" didn't mean that His Majesty trusted Li Shan so he accepted them all so quickly, but that Li Shan recommended two people.
Li Shimin's brother-in-law, and His Majesty made the choice so quickly.
After Wei Zheng informed Li Shan of Li Shan's visit today, Li Jiancheng and Wang Gui could accept this result, but what was difficult to accept was that Li Yuan made a decision so quickly.
Li Jiancheng knew very well that it would be easy to win over other officials of the Tiance Mansion, but it would be difficult for him to win over Li Keshi and Zhang Cong because their relationship with Li Shimin was too close.
At this moment, in the Menxia Province on the left side of Chengtianmen Street, Pei Shiju was frowning and thinking hard. He did not expect that Li Yuan would trust Li Shan so much, nor did he expect that the four candidates selected by Li Shan were so clever.
Pei Shiju had guessed the candidate for Li Keshi. After all, Li Shan had to choose from among the officials of the Tiance Mansion. Li Keshi had a close relationship with Li Shan, so he would definitely be selected.
But Pei Shiju didn't expect that Li Shan also recommended Zhang Cong. This person is no longer an official of Tiance Mansion, but in terms of marriage relationship, Zhang Cong's mother is the daughter of Dou Rongding, the former Duke of Chen State in the Sui Dynasty, and Dou Rongding's son is Pingyang
The princess previously controlled Dou Kang, who controlled the Beiya Imperial Army.
In other words, Dou Kang is Zhang Cong’s brother-in-law and Li Yuan’s brother-in-law.
Pei Shiju wondered in his mind whether it was Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, or Li Huairen himself who came up with the idea... Only those who know the inside story of this dynasty can figure out this relationship.
However, Pei Shiju didn't care very much about these two people, because it was on the surface, and the key was the other two candidates.
One is Xinxing County Hou Ma Sanbao from Princess Pingyang's Mansion. This person was a servant of Chai Shao in his early years and later made many meritorious deeds. Although he did not participate in the battle of Guji Town, Guo County made great achievements in preventing the Turkic cavalry from going north. He has a close relationship with Li Shan.
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The other one that Pei Shiju never expected was actually Kan Leng, a famous Jianghuai general and the adopted son of Wu King Du Fuwei. This man was recommended by Li Shan to conquer Tuyuhun in the west a few years ago, and he was granted the title of Marquis of Linji County for his meritorious service. However, he later became the same as Dong Gong.
The famous Luo Yi was demoted after a fight in the imperial city.
Later, Kan Leng went north to Yanmen. He stayed under Li Shan's command for a long time. Li Gaoqian was defeated and fled. Li Shan sent Kan Leng out of Yanmen Pass to stop the enemy with infantry and gather the remaining soldiers. He then attacked the Turks at night and forcibly recruited Yuan Junzhang.
Kan Leng also joined the war.
Last year, Kan Leng followed Li Jing to the north, defeated the Turks in Nao County, and became the Duke of the county. However, after returning to the court this year, he has been the virtual leader of the right guard general and has lived in seclusion.
Pei Shiju sighed and calculated on his fingers. From Li Shan down, his old subordinates alone included Su Dingfang, Zhang Zhongjian, Ma Sanbao, Kan Leng, as well as Qu Silang, Hou Hongtao, He Fang and his personal guards.
A middle- and lower-level general.
In addition, Li Huairen recommended many generations of local tribesmen to serve as officials, and most of them were sent to the Beiya Imperial Army, which was still under the control of Princess Pingyang at that time.
In other words, he is not a prince, otherwise he would have rebelled to seize the throne!
In a word, Li Shan has completely controlled the Beiya Forbidden Army, which is equivalent to the King of Qin taking control of the Beiya Forbidden Army. At the critical moment, Li Shan and Su Dingfang are sure to control the entire imperial city, which Pei Shiju will never accept.
Standing up and pacing back and forth in the small room, Pei Shiju looked solemn. If the news that Li Huairen secretly defected to the King of Qin had been released before, it would probably have been effective, but now that the news was released... I am afraid that the public opinion in the court would not favor the East Palace.
Even His Majesty may suspect that it was Dong Gong who did this, which could only be counterproductive.
But at this moment, the Chengqian Hall was filled with joy. Li Shimin said with a smile: "In the past, Xuanling chose people to get the Dharma and recommended them. Unexpectedly, this time it was the result of Ke Ming."
Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Brother Keming is Wang Zuo's talent."
Ling Jing on the side suddenly interjected: "Huairen once said that by His Highness's side, there will be no plans for the emperor."
"Fang plans to stop?" Li Shimin was startled, looked at Fang Xuanling, then at Du Ruhui, thought for a long time and sighed: "Huairen Guo has a vision."
Indeed, this time when faced with a list of more than ten people, Du Ruhui named Li Keshi and Zhang Cong without hesitation.
Du Ruhui, who has always been rigid, couldn't help but joke: "Huairen may take over Xuanling's position."
Li Shimin laughed loudly and nodded repeatedly, "It seems to be like this, it seems to be like this!"
Everyone present understood that Tiance Mansion was actually a small court. Once Li Shimin ascended the throne as emperor, his subordinates and staff would surely become important ministers, and Fang Xuanling's first position was likely to be Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs... because Li Shimin's subordinates
, a large number of generals and school staff were recommended by him, even Du Ruhui.
Today, Li Shan is quite famous in this regard. Su Dingfang, Zhang Zhongjian and other generals all rose from the grass. Of course, what is more important is the "Horse Theory" that has been circulated in the past few months.
Someone even once commented that Pei Hongda in the former Sui Dynasty is Li Huairen in the present.
Fang Xuanling cupped her hands to Ling Jing and said: "Please send me a message from Duke Ling. I am willing to abdicate in favor of someone worthy of my honour."
"Huairen will be of great use in the future." Li Shimin said with a smile: "I am afraid that he will not be able to sit still if he is stuck in the office. It is said that he has never entered Sinong Temple since returning to Beijing?"
Li Shimin's attitude toward Li Shan is now very different from before, not only because Li Shan led his troops to rescue the siege, but also because Li Shan now basically controls the Beiya Imperial Army.
Since the Turks were defeated and then had civil strife last year, the King of Qin's line has been frequently suppressed. Li Yuan was already preparing to reduce power, and Li Shimin was forced into a corner... and all of this was due to the change in the situation between the Turks and the Tang Dynasty.
, and this is Li Shan's masterpiece.
After the Battle of Tiantai Mountain, the situation changed drastically. Li Shimin had the opportunity to regroup and suppress the East Palace in public opinion. Even in Li Yuan's mind, Li Shimin's status today is at least not lower than Li Jiancheng.
These were also brought by Li Shan. How could Li Shimin not be grateful?