Outside the palace gate.
Li Chengqian looked up to the sky and sighed: "Before the Tang Dynasty becomes the most prosperous age in the history, you, Li Shimin, cannot grow old..."
After saying that, he shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Although life seems very long, more than ten years go by in a blink of an eye.
…
November of the eleventh year of Zhenguan.
Within the Tang Dynasty, a vast military reform began.
The first was the government troops across the country. The imperial court personally issued an order to disband the armies across the country, and also disbanded the Zhechong Prefectures across the country.
Once upon a time, many military brigades that opened up territory for the Tang Dynasty and fought on the battlefield were all disbanded at the same time.
Liangzhou Army, Bingzhou Army, Xiangyang Army, Jiangnan Army, Youzhou Army, Shu Army, and many other teams were disrupted and reorganized at the same time.
From top to bottom, only one number is retained.
Later, the imperial court also sent recruiting officials.
According to the current policy, the recruitment of soldiers and horses was restarted locally.
Li Chengqian only had one request, that is, the complete separation of soldiers and civilians. Soldiers are soldiers, and people are civilians.
Democratic production, the military dominates the military. From now on, there will be no master-slave relationship, and there will be no intersection.
Moreover, the imperial edict issued by the imperial court also clearly requires that those who join the army need to sign a five-year contract with the imperial court.
Within five years, a person is in the army and must obey all orders of the army. Except for major holidays, there is no time to go home.
In order to make up for the loss of a labor force in the family of origin caused by soldiers leaving home.
The local government will allocate part of the tax revenue at the beginning, middle, end and three quarters of the year as compensation to the families of military personnel.
Soldiers also have a fixed monthly salary in the army, and their food, clothing, housing and transportation are all borne by the court.
To a certain extent, this is a good thing.
After all, in the previous military system, money could only be earned during wars, and there was basically no income at other times.
Of course, for the soldiers, what makes them even more happy is that the original order of receiving rewards based on the leader has not been cancelled.
In the future, they can still rely on their abilities to kill more enemies on the battlefield and earn more money for themselves.
The soldier's matter is settled.
Next, there are the generals recorded in Zhechong Mansion.
After the imperial decree was promulgated, all generals rushed to Chang'an City as soon as possible to wait for new instructions.
And it was time for Li Chengqian and others to get busy.
After all, assessing generals is a big project that cannot be completed in a day or two, let alone one or two people.
After Li Shimin promulgated the decree, Li Chengqian also immediately selected the examiner responsible for the assessment.
It goes without saying that he himself must be among them.
Secondly, Gao Zhixing, Cheng Huailiang, Li Chongyi, these generals who have fought with him for a long time are naturally the top candidates for the examiner.
Of course, there is also Xue Li, a young general who rose to prominence in this war.
In addition to these people, Li Chengqian also found someone that no one expected.
The former King of Shu, Li Ke now doesn't even have a title.
When Li Chengqian came to find him, Li Ke was also very surprised.
He looked directly at Li Chengqian and said, "Have you lost your mind?"
"I am someone who has fought with you."
"Many of your Liangzhou Army and Qianzi Camp died in my hands."
"You want me to test the world's generals now?"
"Aren't you afraid that I will secretly cultivate my confidants and fight you again later?"
Hearing this, Li Chengqian also laughed.
“If you want to cultivate it, cultivate it, if you want to do it, it’s up to you.”
Li Chengqian looked straight at Li Ke and said, "You can't beat me anyway, so what can I do if I have to make some preparations for you?"
He is also an old scoundrel.
Li Ke was speechless at what he said: "I really don't know whether I should say you are confident or arrogant."
"What you say about me is none of your business."
"Whether I let you go over to help or not is my business."
Li Chengqian looked straight at Li Ke and said, "You are not as good as me in opening up territories and long-term planning, but I am not as good as you in understanding people."
What he said is also true.
Not to mention being fat, it can be seen from the development of the Liangzhou Army and the Shu Army in recent years.
These generals of the Liangzhou Army, whether they are Liu Qi, Feng Guangyao, or even Changsun Chong and Cheng Huailiang.
These are basically what Li Shimin left to Li Chengqian.
And the talents he has trained himself are very few, and the only one he can take advantage of is Luo Ding'an.
But Luo Ding'an was at best a general who could charge into battle.
And what about the Shu army?
Zhang Xiao, Chen Fukuan, Zhuge Ying, Shang Yunxian and others, any one of them is enough to be the commander-in-chief of an army.
It is not difficult to see from this the real gap between Li Chengqian and Li Ke.
And this is actually where Li Shimin's selfishness lies.
When Li Shimin first trained Li Chengqian, he trained him in the direction of an emperor and learned all the techniques of emperors.
But Li Ke is not like that.
Since childhood, whether it was martial arts or military tactics, Li Shimin had almost always given him personal guidance.
The purpose is the same, and it is nothing more than to make all his sons dependent on each other, like hands and feet, no one can live without the other.
It's just that Li Ke didn't realize this at the beginning.
Now, looking at Li Chengqian's appearance, Li Ke couldn't help but sigh.
"My royal brother."
"It's not that I don't understand your good intentions."
"But have you ever thought about me?"
"I hated you when I was less than ten years old."
"And this hatred has lasted for ten years now."
"Now, you want me to throw away my hatred and stand up again, I know."
"But do you really think I can leave you?"
He looked directly at Li Chengqian and said, "Besides, do you know how much unwarranted abuse you will suffer if you treat me like this?"
"Look, you've even called me Emperor Brother."
"In that case, what will happen if I get more infamy for you?"
Li Chengqian raised the corner of his mouth and said, "And you don't need to worry about these things, let alone take care of them."
"Your Imperial Brother, I am short on time and have heavy tasks. I don't have much time to make so many detours with you."
"Right now, I'm going to ask you a question."
"Will you do this or not?"
"Assessor, do you think this is inappropriate?"
"Are you going to the assessment site?"
Hearing these words, Li Ke couldn't help shaking his head and smiling bitterly.
It's not that Li Ke doesn't understand what Li Chengqian means, but he really doesn't want to accept Li Chengqian's kindness.
Because then, he would no longer be able to hate this person.
After a long time, Li Ke looked directly at Li Chengqian and said, as if his strength had been drained, "In that case, I will listen to you."
"Then why are you talking so much nonsense?"
Li Chengqian rolled his eyes and said: "Hurry up and pack up. See you at Dali Temple tomorrow morning."
After saying that, Li Chengqian stood up and walked out regardless of Li Ke's expression.
Looking at Li Chengqian's leaving figure, Li Ke pursed his lips tightly, holding one sentence in his heart, but he hesitated to speak.
But until Li Chengqian left, he could not say it out.
But there are some things that don’t need to be said.
It mainly depends on how you do it, especially between brothers.
Li Chengqian understands Li Ke's heart, and is also willing to help Li Ke get down from that high platform...
