I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 132
Inside Chang'an City, the General's Mansion, everyone was anxiously waiting outside the door for some news.Cai Wenji kept looking towards the room with a worried face.

It turned out that the genius doctor Hua Tuo brought from Hangu Pass arrived, but Li Shimin didn't have time to exchange greetings, so he asked him to diagnose and treat Cai Yong.

Hua Tuo is worthy of being a genius doctor, and he quickly found the crux of the matter: "Cai Zhonglang suffered from unforeseen misfortunes this time, and his heart was stagnant. In addition, the sky was extremely cold, and evil spirits entered his body, which led to his coma. The average doctor must be helpless. But the old man has a good prescription that can cure the disease."

Hua Tuo was a fairy, he stroked his long beard and said leisurely, and when he was about to continue his long speech, Li Shimin interrupted him roughly: "Since the genius doctor has a cure, let's do it quickly."

"Uh... that's fine." Hua Tuo was interrupted reluctantly, making Hua Tuo feel depressed for a while.

Hearing that Hua Tuo said that her father was still alive, Cai Wenji felt relieved, she swept away her old frowns, and expressed her deep gratitude to Li Shimin.

Seeing that Hua Tuo was making medicine for Cai Yong, Li Shimin left voluntarily. Before leaving, he arranged for the maids in the mansion to take good care of him. He glanced at Cai Wenji who was smiling, and Li Shimin was overjoyed.

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Yang Feng and Zhang Yang have arrived in Chang'an from Luoyang, but Li Shimin has never thought about how to arrange them.

In history, Yang Feng was very ambitious. At one point he also wanted to fight for the control of the emperor Liu Xie, and also wanted to be a grand master. Later, he was defeated and pushed out of the center of power.He defected to Yuan Shu, was later rebelled by Lu Bu, and finally returned to his old profession, became a thief, and finally died at the hands of Liu Bei.

Although Zhang Yang has always been self-reliant, he has never turned to anyone since then. He has never had any ambitions.

The reason why they left Chang'an and came to Luoyang was actually to make it easier for Jia Xu and Lu Bu to control Luoyang, and at the same time win over their old department.

At this stage, for the princes who surrendered, Li Shimin's idea is to reward them with high officials and rich salary, so as to win them over, so as to show his broad mind and tolerance, and set a good example for calming down other princes in the future.

Before the Son of Heaven formally summoned the two of them, Li Shimin still invited the two of them over first. He wanted to meet them in person. In fact, he wanted to see that the two of them were really determined to surrender.

Since the two of them are also separatist princes, then Li Shimin has a way to distinguish the true from the false.

Zhang Yang and Zhang Yang were nervously led through the front yard of the carved gallery and painted walls to the festival hall of the General's Mansion. The reason why they met here was to show the importance they attached to them, and also to coerce them deliberately. The intention of the two.

After the two entered the hall, they saluted respectfully and fearfully: "My subordinates, Zhang Yang and Yang Feng, have seen the general."

"Haha, generals of the two armies, please hurry up. We have been close friends for a long time. Today we meet. The two generals are indeed brave and handsome, with extraordinary temperament." Li Shimin was also very polite, without any domineering posture.

In fact, both Yang Feng and Zhang Yang had heard of Li Shimin before, but they had never seen him. When they saw him today, they found that this man was so young, exuding a domineering aura all over his body, making people afraid to look directly at him.

The two calmed down a little, and forced a smile and said: "I wait for the general of the defeated army, how dare I speak bravely, but the general has a noble temperament, and the posture of a heavenly man makes us ashamed."

"The two generals are absurd, but I invite you two to come here today, and I also want to ask you two future plans, whether to continue to practice martial arts, or to abandon martial arts and follow literature, so that I can petition the emperor for you two." Li Shimin said It's honest and reasonable.

The two of them thought over Li Shimin's words repeatedly in their hearts, and understood the deep meaning behind him.Originally, these two were military generals, so they naturally continued to lead troops. Why did they abandon martial arts and follow civil affairs and become civil servants?
For a while, the two looked contemplative, not knowing how to answer.

Li Shimin was not in a hurry, but quietly observed the reactions of the two.

It was Zhang Yang who reacted faster, and hurriedly saluted: "General, I am already a little tired of this life of beating and killing, and I am willing to disarm. Please, General."

Seeing that the situation was stronger than others, Yang Feng also understood Li Shimin's intentions. Wasn't it just to hand over military power and become a civil servant?

Li Shimin was very pleased to see these two people being so upright, and said with a smile: "My lords, I will definitely not regret the choice I made today, and I will definitely be rewarded generously by the emperor. I, Li Shimin, swear to the Tianmeng that as long as the two of you do not rebel, I will never hurt either of them."

The two of them saw that since Li Shimin had said so, the two of them had nothing to hesitate. It was good to be a civil servant, at least they didn't have to go into battle to kill the enemy.

Immediately paid homage and said sincerely: "Thank you, General."

Later, under the strong recommendation of Li Shimin, Zhang Yang bestowed the title of Marquis of Xingyang County, with a thousand households in Shiyi, and promoted Henan Yin, which is equivalent to the mayor of Luoyang City, similar to the mayor of Beijing today, and is considered a high-ranking official.

Yang Fengci was awarded the title of Marquis of Yiyang County, with a thousand households in Shiyi, and he was promoted to Guanglu Xun. Of course, it was only a vacant post, similar to today's Minister of Defense, and he can be regarded as one of the nine ministers.

In addition, Li Shimin also decided to reward the two of them with a reward of 5 taels, as well as thousands of horses cast and forged by Lingluo.The city of Chang'an rewarded each of them with a mansion and hundreds of beautiful women.

In fact, from the perspective of promotion to official positions, it seems that Yang Feng's official position is higher, but because the San Gong has existed in name only, his "Minister of Defense" is actually an honorary position.

And Zhang Yang doesn't seem to have a high official position, but he has real power after all, but Jia Xu's Lieutenant Sili is in charge of him, so he is not afraid of him making any troubles.

So the two sides are basically similar, and besides rewarding Li Shimin in this way also has the intention of dividing the two.

Naturally, Liu Xie would not refuse, and agreed to Li Shimin's reward for the two of them.

The two were naturally very satisfied, and after the award was over, Li Shimin held a banquet at the General's Mansion, and invited all the officials and generals in the court to have a banquet to congratulate Yang Feng and his wife.

At the banquet, there were staggered cups and cups, and the conversation was very joyful. The atmosphere was very warm. Zhang and Yang could also feel Li Shimin's warm hospitality, and they all put down their guard and toasted to Li Shimin frequently.

Xu Shu was naturally overwhelmed by Li Shimin's superb skills. In today's words, this is the Three Kingdoms version of "a cup of wine releases the power of soldiers".

Not only eliminated the threat of the two men, cut off the military power, but also won over the two princes with high officials and rich salary, and established an image of generosity and benevolence, which played a good role in quelling other rebellions in the future. Li Shimin is of great significance.

Although Li Shimin drank a lot of wine during the banquet, he was actually abnormally sober. He had been secretly observing Zhang and Yang. Although they chose to surrender, they still could not relax their surveillance.

When the banquet was coming to an end, Zhang Yang sneaked over and invited Li Shimin to a place where no one was around.

Li Shimin didn't know why at first, but after he took out the jade pendant, he suddenly realized that he had it too.

What Zhang Yang said was very similar to what Lu Bu said. It was given to them by a wandering Taoist priest. He also said that Zhang Yang has a kingly spirit, so let him take good care of it, and it will be of great use in the future.

Now that he has decided to take refuge in Li Shimin, this idea of ​​being king and hegemony naturally cannot be kept, so he gave it to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin was naturally very pleased and completely relieved of Zhang Yang's support, but what made him a little wary was whether Yang Feng had...

(End of this chapter)