Chapter 105 Datang has no shortage of official positions
This time's military reform, the detailed establishment problem is not a big problem, because except for Li Xuan himself, others actually don't care much whether it is a team of ten people or a team of thirty people.
Because if it is just a change in the organization, it will not have a big impact on their own power.
What they really care about is, after the organizational changes, the candidates for each team's captain, deputy, and more importantly, the commander-in-chief of the new army.
In the past, the Standing Army of the Tang Dynasty had a total of five armies, including the Zhenxi Army, which fought independently. Fang Dongquan, Huang Xueren, Chen Tufu, Bai Yunqi, and Cai Erhu each served as commanders of one army.
However, now it is necessary to cancel these five armies and integrate them into one large army.
In this way, they have to worry about whether their power will be weakened!
Therefore, when everyone expressed no objection to the detailed establishment and also proposed adding six more teams under each team, the meeting hall fell silent again.
Because everyone knows that the next step is to discuss the candidates for each team and the commander of the new army. The newly established new army needs a general to command, and the following teams also need capable candidates to serve as team leaders.
Seeing their silence, Li Xuan didn't worry too much. He had been preparing for today for a long time. He already had a plan in mind, and even prepared at least two preliminary plans.
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He didn't believe it. Even though he was a modern man in the 21st century, he couldn't defeat these illiterate bandit leaders.
However, the silence in the meeting hall did not last long. Liu Bagou soon claimed to be the leader of the hundred officials. Liu Bagou, who had just been awarded the title of Grand Scholar of Zhongji Hall and Minister of Household Affairs three days ago, came out and said: "Now the new army has begun
We need a general to take charge of the new army, stabilize its morale, and train and prepare for war!"
At this time, Wang Wenhua and Qian Mengjiu both said one after another: "I second the proposal!"
For these three civil servants, whoever becomes the commander-in-chief of the new army will not have much influence on them. Since they cannot intervene in the military power anyway, they might as well settle down early and prepare for the Ming army with peace of mind.
But their words made Fang Dongquan and the other generals' expressions change slightly.
At this time, Bai Yunqi came out again and said: "What Mr. Liu said is true, the New Army personnel need to be decided as soon as possible!" At this point, he paused, then looked at Fang Dongquan, and said: "I am Datang
Although the King's Division has many powerful generals, in terms of strategic vision, only General Fang can assume the important task of commanding the new army!"
When Fang Dongquan heard this, he did not show any happy expression. Instead, he waved his hand: "How can I be the commander-in-chief of the new army? I think Master Huang is the most suitable!"
However, Huang Xueren also postponed: "General Fang, you have great prestige and seniority. If you become the commander-in-chief of the new army, everyone will accept it!"
Watching them postpone, Li Xuan frowned slightly.
Bai Yunqi recommended Fang Dongquan to be the commander-in-chief of the new army, which was naturally arranged by Li Xuan. There were three reasons for Li Xuan to do this. On the one hand, Fang Dongquan's prestige and qualifications were indeed the most profound among the generals. He came to be the commander of the new army.
The commander-in-chief is worthy of his name.
Secondly, he wants to intensify the contradictions and conflicts between Fang Dongquan, Huang Xueren, and Chen Tufu. Normally, everyone has the same status. Now, Fang Dongquan, you have gone to Huang Xueren. Will Huang Xueren surrender? He must not accept it!
The third and most important thing is to lift this person up high so that he can be elevated.
As for how to stand up? Li Xuan also plans to set up multiple deputy commanders in the new army. You don't need to guess who the candidates for these deputy commanders will be. They are Chen Tufu, Bai Yunqi, Cai Erhu and others.
The point is, Li Xuan plans to let the deputy coach directly serve as captain of each team below.
In this way, the high-ranking commander-in-chief of the entire army will most likely be ousted by the deputy commanders below who hold the actual power of each team.
In other words, Li Xuan wanted to deprive Fang Dongquan of the opportunity to directly control the grassroots soldiers!
Of course, if instead of Fang Dongquan, Huang Xueren becomes the commander-in-chief of the new army, Li Xuan can accept it. Anyway, no matter who becomes the commander-in-chief, Li Xuan estimates that he will be ignored by others in the end.
Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren are the most powerful. After defeating Jiguan Mountain, Black Tiger Village, and Huang Guishan, their left and right armies have expanded to a hundred people. Their left and right armies account for the total strength of the Tang Dynasty's standing army.
two-thirds of.
So it doesn't matter whether he can take advantage of Fang Dongquan or Huang Xueren, it is a good thing for Li Xuanli.
But Li Xuan prides himself on being smart and secretly lays the groundwork, but he is not stupid either. Whether it is Fang Dongquan or Huang Xueren, they are all delaying it. They may not be able to see all Li Xuan's intentions, but they will definitely guess to some extent.
When Li Xuan came out, the new commander-in-chief of the army looked good, but it was not a good job.
Seeing that they each declined, and the tone of the postponement was extremely strong, this forced Li Xuan to give up his previous plan. It seemed that it was too difficult to eliminate one of them, so he simply gave up the idea.
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So he immediately said: "The commander-in-chief of the new army has a heavy responsibility and it is indeed difficult to decide easily. Moreover, each team will be responsible for the subsequent training of the new army. So, the commander-in-chief will be discussed after some time. But the candidate for the commander-in-chief
We can postpone the discussion, but we can’t delay the appointment of the deputy coach and the head coach of each team!”
This time, Li Xuan did not let Bai Yunqi act as a pawn, but said in person: "As for the deputy commander, General Fang, General Huang, General Chen, General Bai, and General Cai will all serve as deputy commanders."
With his words, all the generals in the meeting hall except Wang Danxu, the commander of the Guards, were given the title of deputy commander.
And without giving everyone time to think about it, he continued: "My dear friends, do you have anyone to recommend to the team captains and deputy captains of each team?"
Since Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren could not be eliminated, Li Xuan adopted the second plan, which was to give all five of them the title of deputy commander. However, in the first plan, Li Xuan was prepared to let the deputy commander be appointed as deputy commander.
The coach should also serve as the coach of each team, but now this second option is no longer available.
In fact, whether it is the previous plan or the current plan, although there are many differences, they all have the same purpose, which is to try not to let Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren directly control the army, even if the team below is their confidant.
It's better to have subordinates than to take control personally.
But even though these captains and lieutenants are close confidants of Fang Dongquan and the others, people always have their own ideas. Li Xuan is doing some tricks behind the scenes, so if you don't believe it, you can't win them over.
To win over people, there is nothing that an official position cannot do. If so, then give it a bigger official position!
And the Tang Dynasty lacked everything except official positions!