I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 148: Unbridled Rewards
In Chang'an City, Cai Yong's condition gradually improved under Hua Tuo's treatment. During this period, Li Shimin sent people to take care of him. .

Cai Wenji, who has been waiting around for a long time, is also very grateful to Li Shimin. It seems that her heart, which has been dusty for a long time, has been suddenly opened, but the difference in identity makes her more painful.

All of this was naturally seen by Li Shimin. In fact, Li Shimin was also deeply attracted by Cai Wenji's talent, and fell in love with this somewhat unfortunate woman. However, the power of the world is too strong, and Li Shimin dare not cross the line. Step, helpless can only pass a period of time.

Therefore, Li Shimin did not give any hints for the time being, nor did he show it on the surface, which made Cai Wenji very disappointed, and even avoided Li Shimin for a while.

This made Li Shimin see it in his eyes and hurt in his heart.

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After Cai Yong recovered completely, Li Shimin asked the emperor to appoint Cai Yong as Taichangqing. Taichangqing was the head of the nine ministers. In addition to being in charge of major court activities such as ancestral temples and sacrifices, Li Shimin also supervised the education of the world. Of course, in the Tang Dynasty Chao this Taichangqing is similar to the Minister of Rites.

The reason why Cai Yong was elected as the Minister of Taichang was that on the one hand, he himself was a well-known Confucian in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and he was also a recognized educator and historian, so he deserved his name.

The second is that he wants to use Cai Yong's fame to attract more students and scholars to him. In the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin said very proudly, "All the heroes in the world belong to me." Now at the end of Han Dynasty, he still can't let go. over this political force.

The scholar group is also the force he will focus on supporting in the future, used to balance the inherent aristocratic family and potential relatives.

The bigger conspiracy is that he needs to use Cai Yong's reputation to implement the imperial examination system in a small scale in the Han Dynasty.

Naturally, he would not be so stupid as to implement it immediately. After all, the officials of the Han Dynasty were all procuratorial, that is, they were filial and honest. Most of the officials came from aristocratic families. It is extremely detrimental to one's own hegemony.

That's why he has to be careful to promote it on a small scale.

After Cai Yong took office, the situation in the court changed dramatically. Although Cai Yong had no intention of participating in the court battle, after Li Shimin tried his best to save him, he was completely labeled as the "Li Party" and was banned. Everyone thinks it is Li Shimin's agent in the court.

Some ministers who were dissatisfied with Wang Yun's dominance of the court all took refuge in his name one after another. In their view, this was finding a big tree. Isn't it like climbing up to Li Shimin if they got close to Cai Yong? People think it's wonderful to follow the trend.

In addition to winning over the ministers in the court, he also successfully completed the opening of the mansion, and he aggressively named it the Mansion of General Tiance. General Ce has real power.

Generally speaking, the generals of the Eastern Han Dynasty have to add a title in front of them, similar to General Hushi, General Zhendong, etc. Therefore, Li Shimin simply named himself General Tiance.

Li Shimin also had the right to directly appoint and remove certain official positions, and a group of advisers and generals became his staff and subordinates, and his actions would be more legitimate in the future.

Of course, this was strongly opposed by many ministers in the DPRK and China, and they all wanted to denounce it, but the power of Li Shimin, a close relative in the DPRK, quickly launched a counterattack, thinking that Li Shimin had worked hard and made great achievements, and he would not exceed the limit if he proclaimed himself a Tiance General.

In addition, for the counselors and generals under his command, Li Shimin also decided that everyone should be rewarded. It is human nature to pursue fame and fortune. Now they can be officially appointed by the court. Own.

According to the discussions between Li Shimin and several major counselors, a reward for one general was set.

According to the official positions of the Han Dynasty at that time, the official positions of generals such as Sizheng General, Sizhen General, Si'an General, Siping General, and some miscellaneous generals were established.

General Guan Yu An Dong, General Zhang Liao An Xi, General Lu Bu An Bei, General Zhao Yun An Nan.These few are all generals who followed Li Shimin in the Southern and Northern Wars very early and have made outstanding military exploits.

Although Lv Bu joined late, he was unparalleled in pacification of Luoyang and made outstanding contributions. Therefore, Li Shimin specially promoted him to be General Anbei.

General Zhang He of Pingbei, General Xu Rong of Pingxi, General Gao Shun of Pingdong, and General Gao Lan of Pingnan, these four are also the commanders of the first army who led the army independently.

After Li Shimin recruited some elite soldiers in the pass, he upgraded the original camp into a camp army with [-] soldiers, all of whom were heavily armed.The Modao Battalion has also been promoted to the Modao Army, with [-] soldiers. Don't underestimate that these troops are only [-], and their power is no less than a [-] army.

In addition, the lieutenants of Wei Xu, Cheng Lian, Zang Ba, Pei Yuanshao, Gan Xinghan and Cao Wenbao who followed him first, as well as his own guard general Dianwei and Li Shimin were also appointed as Zhonglang generals and other official positions.

The generals are all happy.

As for the civil servants, Li Shimin did not have a clear appointment, mainly because he is now like a small imperial court.Each counselor is in charge, which is actually similar to the official position of the nine ministers of the imperial court. This is also planned by him in advance and intentionally. Therefore, from the perspective of avoiding criticism, Li Shimin did not appoint him.

For example, Xu Shu has been in charge of his own grain, grass, money and food, Xi Zhicai is mainly responsible for the evaluation, appointment and dismissal of officials in the area he occupies, Tian Feng is in charge of prisons and litigation, Jia Xu is in charge of supervising officials, and Chen Gong is in charge of Similar to the secretary supervisor in the Tang Dynasty, he is his confidential secretary, and these are candidates for the prime ministers of his three provinces and six ministries in the future.

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At this time, Li Shimin was also paying close attention to the war in Pingxi Liang. With the advice of Xi Zhicai and Tian Feng, he had made two sets of imperial edicts for them, but he didn't know the result.

Under Li Shimin's anxious waiting, the [-]-mile urgent courier sent by Zhang Liao finally arrived in Chang'an a few days later.

"Haha, great victory, unprecedented victory." Li Shimin was very pleased. This battle was fought beautifully. His more than [-] troops lost less than [-] people, and he wiped out the separatist forces of Han Sui and Ma Teng who were entrenched in Xiliang. It is really satisfying to capture these two people.

Li Shimin immediately ordered all the troops to commend the achievements of Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun.

Li Shimin had already made arrangements for Ma Teng and Han Sui, including the fierce generals under their command.In fact, the key to the importance of Ma Teng and others lies in planning the Western Regions.

In the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin set up the Anxi Protectorate, which is located in the ancient city of Gaochang, Turpan, Xinjiang, and governed the four towns of Anxi, Qiuci, Shule, Khotan, and Suiye.

Now in the Han Dynasty, it is natural that this place cannot be missed.

Therefore, he planned to appoint Ma Teng as the general of Zhenxi, and Han Sui as the governor of Liangzhou at the same time, so as to check each other.After this battle, the two naturally forged a deep blood feud, and it is certainly impossible for them to collude.

The reason why Ma Teng was appointed as the general of Zhenxi was naturally to point his sword at the Western Regions, but at this stage, he continued to train troops in the field and guard the west gate of the big man.

In addition, the soldiers who originally belonged to them continued to be handed over to them for command, and they were not allowed to recruit troops in the future.

For Ma Chao, Pang De, and Yan Xing, Li Shimin summoned them to Chang'an, and he wanted to meet them in person, and there would be important arrangements.

(End of this chapter)