These two views are supported by many people in the court, and even the East Palace and Tiance Mansion cannot have a unified understanding.
For example, among the prime ministers, Xiao Yu and Pei Shiju agreed with the former view. Such great achievements must be heavily rewarded, otherwise who would be willing to fight bravely in the future?
Chen Shuda and Pei Ji agreed with the latter view. Titles are important weapons of the country and should not be awarded lightly.
It happens to be separated from the East Palace and Prince Qin's Mansion.
However, Yang Gongren and Feng Lun are the two leaders of harmony and have no obvious positions.
Li Yuan sighed and looked at Li Shan, "Huairen served as the marching commander of Lingzhou Road for several months and was in charge of the war in Jingzhou and Yuanzhou. It can be said."
The corner of Li Shan's mouth twitched, "When I first heard about this, I didn't dare to speak nonsense."
"Don't you dare to speak nonsense?" Li Yuan snorted with a half-smile, stretched out his hand and nodded to Li Shan, turned around and asked, "Da Lang?"
Prince Li Jiancheng looked hesitant. It was obvious that there was no unified view on this within the East Palace. After a while, he said: "Father, this matter should be decided by my father."
In fact, it doesn’t matter to the East Palace. There are many generals from the King of Qin’s lineage in the Lingzhou Army, but there are also those from the East Palace. And relatively speaking, the difficulty of promotion is less difficult than that of generals from the King of Qin’s lineage. .
Li Yuan turned around and asked, "Erlang?"
Li Shimin said simply and neatly: "What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is true. Father is decisive."
Li Yuan was speechless. The two sons who fought to the death could actually maintain the same point of view on one thing. This is really strange!
Last night, Li Shan asked Ling Jing. The latter's attitude towards Li Shimin and Li Yuan was a bit vague, but Li Shan, a time traveler, could make targeted guesses with the help of his memory of historical books.
Li Shan could almost guess what Li Yuan was thinking. The founding monarch of the Tang Dynasty had already begun to regret. He regretted that he had carried out many titles giveaways in the previous years, so that now the county princes were all over the country. County uncles and county men are not as good as dogs.
Although Li Yuan himself knew it well, the time when he raised troops in Jinyang was relatively late among the heroes in the world. Guannei and Hedong were slightly better. At that time, there was a war in the Central Plains. Yu Wenhuaji, Wang Shichong, and Li Mi were killed to the death. Dou Jiande also Get involved from time to time.
A large number of outstanding people came to Guanzhong and joined the Tang Dynasty. When Li Yuan accepted them all, he made sure to win over the people through their titles. At the same time, Li Yuan could not ignore the old people who followed him to join the army... so this was the reason why the county officials were full of people. Let’s go, the current situation of county marquis, county uncle, and county men are inferior to dogs.
In fact, since the Battle of Hulao in Luoyang, the overall situation of the world has been decided, and Li Yuan also deliberately stopped showing favors casually. The year before last, Li Shan defeated the Turks. After all, it was the first time that the Tang Dynasty went out to defeat the Turks, so Li Yuan relaxed his words, and This time Li Yuan deliberately tied his pockets tightly.
What else to do?
From now on, when the princes of the country and the county go all over the country, the county princes are not as good as dogs?
But the problem is that there have indeed been several great victories in the past six months, the Turkic rats have swarmed, and the Liang Kingdom has been destroyed. If he does not carry out large-scale rewards, his label of being mean and ungrateful will be firmly established.
Li Shimin actually didn't care much about this. Historically, after Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty ascended the throne, most of the old men who followed him were made Dukes, and he also used these old men to sweep the grassland. He also had enough prestige and means to control situation.
To put it bluntly, Li Yuan lacked confidence, but Li Shimin had plenty of confidence. After all, it was the latter who basically conquered the country, and their styles of conduct were also very different.
Li Yuan frowned slightly and looked at Li Shan again, "Has Huairen thought about it?"
Are you targeting me? You used me as a raft last time, are you coming again this time?
It’s endless!
Li Shan secretly slandered and took two steps forward. "Last year, I asked for orders from the Taiji Hall to go on an expedition. Fortunately, I won. When I delivered the victory report, I had attached a list of meritorious generals. How to award the reward should be discussed by your Majesty and the ministers. I dare not Going beyond the bounds of duty.”
"Don't you dare to go overboard?" Li Yuan looked at the serious Li Shan expressionlessly, "There was a banquet in Lingyan Pavilion that day. I remember that several of Huairen's personal guards were praised by Huairen. Shouldn't they also be rewarded?"
Li Shan was also speechless. You are making excuses!
What everyone was discussing was whether to award large amounts of rewards. Even opponents like Pei Ji and Chen Shuda only suggested reducing the number and range of rewards. Liu Heier, Fan Shiyi, and Qi Laosan all followed them to Xiaoguan on a snowy night. Generals, and they had made meritorious service in several battles. In addition, as the heir of Wei, he did not receive any substantial rewards, so they should be promoted to the nobility.
Li Shan looked at Li Yuan with a trace of grievance in his eyes... It seems that you acquiesced at that time, are you going to regret it now? !
Don’t have a face anymore!
Li Yuan seemed to have noticed something. After thinking for a moment, he waved his hand and said, "Huairen stays."
The prince, the King of Qin, and all the ministers and ministers withdrew one by one, and several of them cast pity on Li Shan... Everyone knew that although it was said that the leader of the Lingzhou Army was Su Dingfang, in fact, the war that lasted for half a year was almost unbearable. Every major victory marked this army with Li Huairen's mark.
In this case, it was difficult for Li Shan to make a choice. If he agreed to large-scale rewards, His Majesty would be dissatisfied. If he agreed to reduce the rewards, the generals and colonels below would also complain.
People like Li Shimin, Pei Shiju, and Feng Lun all felt that Li Yuan was most likely going to take the blame for Li Shan... Li Yuan had done similar things before, and that was how Li Shan came to be the Prince of Handan County.
After everyone left, Li Yuan did not ask Li Shan immediately. Instead, he left Liangyi Hall and headed west along the road.
"I heard that Duke Zhao Guo hasn't been to the Yamen these days?"
Facing Li Yuan's seemingly unintentional inquiry, Li Shan said cautiously: "Brother Dingfang is already thirty and has no heirs. His mother is quite worried. These days... it is said that he has been working hard."
As soon as Li Shan spoke, Li Yuan frowned... Li Shan regretted that he didn't go up to Li Yuan to talk in Liang Yi Hall. The box of leeks in the morning was in vain!
But when he heard what happened next, Li Yuan stopped and glared at Li Shan, but he couldn't help but burst out laughing... He works hard, this kind of words is too frivolous.
"A few days ago, Pingyang also mentioned something." Li Yuan said casually: "If Huairen has a son next year, he may be able to become a good man like Qin and Jin."
"Third Sister didn't say that." Li Shan clicked his tongue twice, "But it's a good thing."
Anyway, although he is a member of the royal family, he is not actually of royal blood, so there is nothing wrong with marrying Princess Pingyang... Li Shan thought in his mind that Chai Shao is quite handsome, and Princess Pingyang is heroic and her appearance is above the standard line.
Of course, he is also famous for being a handsome man, and Eleven Niang is even more beautiful... Li Shan suddenly felt sour in his heart, and there was no one around. He could already feel the same as his father-in-law Cui Xin.
(End of chapter)
