Feeling the hot water stains on the back of his hand, Yang Guang also felt a sour and spicy feeling in his heart. Yun Dingxing was Yang Yong's father-in-law. In order to stabilize his power, Yang Guang soon transferred his brothers and his party members to the throne after he came to the throne.
Shovel it clean. He has been keeping Yun Dingxing in the border army for these years, just to avoid seeing him as little as possible to avoid feeling guilty. But people always miss family affection more and more when they are more difficult, even emperors are no exception.
.If he hadn’t driven several brothers to death and crazy, today we all join hands to tide over the difficulties, maybe the Great Sui Dynasty would be in a different situation!
Thinking of this, Yang Guang patted the back of Yun Dingxing's hand, sighed and said: "Old General, I often go back to Dongdu when I have time. I will always keep your mansion for you! We, the kings and ministers, have a beginning and an end!"
Looking back, he turned his attention to Li Xu. "You have to behave yourself. Our Sui frontier army has always been the most brave and skilled in fighting. You must not lose the reputation of the old general in the future!"
"Old minister (last general) respects the order!" Yun Dingxing and Li Xu agreed at the same time. Pei Yun, Yu Shiji and others saw that it was a foregone conclusion that Li Xu would take charge of a frontier army, and it was too late to stop him, so they had no choice but to give up.
"Fortunately, I didn't enter the court!" Pei Yun glanced at Li Xu and thought to himself. In their minds, the court is the center of the country, and the closer it is to the emperor, the more prominent its status. As for the
Although the border army generals had the right to open mansions and establish government offices, they were far away from the two capitals and could not threaten their interests at all.
Originally, Li Xu had no grudges with these powerful officials in the court. The reason why everyone worked together to exclude him was because they all came from aristocratic families, but he came from a poor family, so he didn't like it no matter how he looked at it. This was like a sudden appearance in a pond of koi.
Jumping into a loach, what everyone hates is just its earthy color, without asking whether its specific actions pose harm. When Li Xu was expelled from the court as expected, many people felt relieved. Not only did they not want to do it again
Continuing to chase him, he showed kindness to him instead.
"The people around Fenyang are in decline, and it is difficult to raise supplies by ourselves. I think that your majesty can ask General Li to lead his troops to move to Zhending and supply supplies from Lingshou, Shenze, Boling, Zhaojun and other places!" Huang Gun, the official of Chaosan, said
He smiled at Li Xu and then asked Yang Guang to consider the practical difficulties of Fenyang Army.
"I second the proposal. General Li's reputation has spread far and wide, and he moved to Hebei, just to deter those rebellious officials and traitors!" Taifu Qingyuan Wendu came out to agree.
Yang Guang had already considered this level just now, but he just didn't think about where to place this power in his hand to better utilize Li Xu's brave and good fighting skills. After listening to the advice of several courtiers, he slowly had an idea in his mind.
Good idea.
"Li Xu comes forward to listen to the order!" Yang Guang said loudly after walking back to the imperial court with a smile.
"The general is here!" Xuzi strode to the center of the golden palace, stood upright with fists clasped, and gave Yang Guang a military salute upright.
"This time Yanmen defeated the thieves, Li Qing was indispensable. I make you the champion general, the chief administrator of the Fenyang Army, and the Marquis of Boling County. You are specially granted the title of founding a government office, commanding the Fenyang Army, and conferring the title of Zhuojun.
, Shanggu, Hengshan, Boling, Zhao, and Xindu six counties to appease the ambassador, undertake the task of deposing the county civil and military officials to replace the county. To suppress bandits and put down rebellion, in times of crisis, supplies can be deducted from the local money and grain!"
"Ah!" As soon as Yang Guang finished speaking, Pei Ju, the minister of Huangmen, who was in charge of the government, and Yu Shiji, the minister of internal history, who was in charge of the government, took a breath of cold air at the same time. Just now, they were secretly congratulating themselves on the success of blocking Li Xu from entering the court.
Unexpectedly, Yang Guang would give the opponent such a big benefit as soon as he turned around. The champion general was dismissed from the second-grade martial arts. In terms of rank alone, he was half a level higher than the general Zuotunwei. And the general manager of the Fenyang Army
It was an actual conferment, indicating that Li Xu could not only take over the Fenyang army under the command of General Yun Dingxing, but he could also decide all matters in the army by himself, and had the power to kill or kill subordinates who disobeyed orders. The establishment of a government office was a special feature of the imperial court.
The power given to high-level military generals. Military generals with this power are qualified to promote officers below the rank of captain. From the fifth-grade governor to the third-grade general, he can also recommend anyone under his command to the court, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel
Often the seal is granted just for formality, without any veto. However, the six counties appease the ambassadors, depose the governors, and select the county civil and military officials. Their power is comparable to that of the princes. In theory, all civil and military officials within their jurisdiction can do so.
Appoint and remove at will!
What is even more unacceptable is that there are clearly more than a dozen counties in northern Hebei, but Yang Guang just assigned the six counties near Hedong with the least banditry to Li Xu to "pacify". As for the Dou Jiande rebels in Hejian and plains
The occupied areas were under the rule of Luo Yi, the Huben general who might face rebellion. Yang Guang asked Li Xu to avoid them all. In this way, even if there was a big chaos in Hejian, Jixian and other places in the future, if Li Xu felt that he had the strength
If it's not enough, you can just sit back and ignore it. Because his jurisdiction does not include those counties, the courtiers cannot impeach him for passively avoiding war!
It can be said that since Yang Guang ascended the throne, no young man has ever been so favored. Even Yu Wenshu and Lai Huer's nephews do not currently have such great power. With these powers, the Fenyang Army's station
Then they can move smoothly from the north of Hedong Road to the west of Hebei Road. With the money and food in the six counties, even if someone in the court secretly stumbles Li Xu, they can't stop the rapid development and growth of Fenyang Army. As for the nobles, they can go further.
Compared with the huge real power, the title of Marquis of Boling County is not so shocking.
"Congratulations to General Li Lang!" Qu Tutong and Yun Dingxing congratulated Li Xu at the same time before their colleagues could recover from the shock.
"Idiot, you still don't express gratitude!" Luo Shixin screamed in his heart. He could see that many people were very dissatisfied with Yang Guang's decision, but no one took the lead for a while, so he didn't raise any objections. The guy behind the case had his ears
His bones are as soft as silk. If he doesn't seize the time to lay the groundwork, I'm afraid this benefit will be taken away in the blink of an eye.
Over the years, Li Xu has been wallowing in the officialdom. No matter how stupid he is, he can still understand the implications of the words of Qu Tutong and Yun Dingxing. He immediately bowed deeply, accepted the order to thank Yang Guangshu, and asked Yang Guangshu
He was wearing armor and could not perform a full salute. However, he said that after taking over, he would live up to the government's trust, march eastward as soon as possible, wipe out the thieves in the six counties as soon as possible, and restore peace to the court and the people.
"Don't rush to march eastward. I will patrol Hedong Road for a few days. You will lead the Fenyang Army to guard the perimeter of the Yulin and Xiongwu Armies. When I enter Taiyuan, you can go back to Fenyang to clean up.
We haven't seen each other for a while. You have won so many battles over the years. How did you win? Take the time to come to me and talk about it. I like to hear it!" Yang Guang finally made something that satisfied himself.
Things, added happily.
"This boy's lucky star is shining!" Yu, Pei and others regretted it, but they could not force Yang Guang to take back his life. They had to smile and congratulate the court on getting another good commander, and congratulate Li Xu on his promotion to the second-grade military position. Li Xu also
I didn't mind the connotation of the other party's words, and returned the gifts to the other party with a smile. At the same time, I humbly expressed my lack of talents and hoped that several highly respected senior officials would not hesitate to give me advice. As for the food, grass and weapons for the troops,
He also didn't forget to take advantage of Yang Guang's presence to ask directly for help from Lord Pei Ju, who was in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of War.
Pei Ju could not shirk it in front of Yang Guang, so he had to agree and hand over the matter to Zhao Xiaocai, the Minister of War. Li Xu had saved Zhao Xiaocai's life outside Xingyang City that day, and the latter had always wanted to find an opportunity to repay the favor. See Reference
Pei Ju, who was in charge of the government, did not stop him and immediately boldly agreed to the matter and actively suggested that Li Xu prepare more war horses so that he could chase down the fugitive bandits on the plains.
"This time we intercepted and killed the Turks, but we captured a lot of good horses. They were all kept outside the city by special personnel, ready to be delivered to the east capital at any time!" Li Xu thanked Zhao Xiaocai first, and then mentioned casually.
"It's easy to say. It's easy to say. Li Lang will first deduct the portion that the Fenyang Army needs, so as not to increase the cost of escorting them back and forth. When we return to the division, you can also bring the remaining military rations and equipment from Yanmen County."
Let’s go in groups. The people on the border fortress have just suffered a disaster, and I can’t bear to ask local officials to recruit them to escort supplies!”
"Thank you Zhao Shangshu, thank you Lord Pei, thank you emperor!" Li Xu clasped his fists and saluted around. He and Li Shimin had gained a lot in the battle to intercept Shibi Khan, and they were thinking about how to find an excuse to deduct a
They were batched out and sent to Henan to solve the urgent needs of the children of Qi County. Now that Zhao Xiaocai has given an explanation, there is no need to bother looking for excuses.
Yang Guang was in high spirits, so he didn't care that Zhao Xiaocai opened the back door for Li Xu in front of him. Besides, the Sui soldiers were fighting outside, and it was common practice for most of the captured items to be embezzled by the generals and soldiers. Only Zhang Xutuo and Li Xu were like this.
Only those who are honest and self-responsible will honestly return all the spoils of war to the public. At that moment, he told Li Xu a few words about the people's sentiments that he needed to understand after arriving in the place, and also told the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs to reissue the Fenyang Army's military pay as soon as possible, and then
Only then did I find time to commend Qin Shubao, Luo Shixin and others who had been left out for nearly a morning.
Dugu Lin was already the general of the auxiliary country, so his military position could not be promoted any further. Yang Guang raised his title to one level and rewarded him with 500 pieces of silk and satin. He took him back to the Eastern Capital to collect it from the Ministry of Household Affairs. Li Shimin fought bravely.
Yang Guang was pleased with his merits as an enemy, so he was directly awarded the rank of fifth-grade Qingchao Lieutenant, and returned to Taiyuan to assist his father Li Yuan. Qin Shubao and Luo Shixin belonged to the county army establishment, and their positions were the same as those of the government soldiers and frontier troops.
They were not the same, so Yang Guang specially gave the two of them a Martial Cavalry Lieutenant and a Xiaoqi Lieutenant with the rank of fifth grade and casual duty. As for the specific positions in the local army, they were promoted at the discretion of their immediate superior, Zhang Xutuo.
Qu Tutong had senior qualifications and was very open-minded. He was good at listening to advice before the war, and he did not steal other people's achievements after the war. Therefore, Yang Guang promoted him to the general of the army, and added the title of Zhuguo. He continued to command the troops under his command and sat in Guanlong.
, Hexi two roads and fifty states. When it came to discussing the rewards for other people, Yang Guang hesitated. Especially for the soldiers and horses participating in the defense of Yanmen, he promised in advance that after the Turks retreated, everyone alive would be awarded at least the sixth grade.
However, because the Turks retreated early, the survivors of the Royal Forest Army and the Xiongwu Camp combined to reach nearly 15,000 people. The salary of these 15,000 sixth-grade officials could not be afforded even by the huge Sui treasury.
