Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 831 Influence
East Palace, side hall of Xiande Hall.

Prince Li Jiancheng sat at the head with a complicated expression, and whispered softly: "So fast..."

It was indeed very fast. Handan King Li Huairen had an audience this afternoon. Only half an hour later, Li Yuan issued an edict to make up for the vacancy of the generals of the Beiya Imperial Army. Su Dingfang or Li Shan's recommendations were all accepted.

It is true that Li Gaoqian and Feng Li, the direct descendants of the crown prince, were not expelled, but they were replaced by two officials of the Tiance Mansion. .

These two people are not particularly outstanding under Li Shimin's command. It is difficult to compare the reputation of bravery with Yu Chigong, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and others, but they are all hardcore. In other words, they are all Li Shimin's brothers-in-law.

Among them, Zhang Cong's identity is a bit more complicated. His grandmother was from the Li family in Longxi, and his mother was from the Dou family in Fufeng, so they can barely be regarded as foreign relatives.

Crown Prince Zhongyun Wanggui nodded and said, "Your Majesty has a lot of trust in the King of Handan...and it is reasonable."

Li Jiancheng didn't continue to say anything, and the staff below didn't say anything, but everyone knew that the phrase "so fast" by the prince just now did not refer to His Majesty's trust in Li Shan so he accepted it so quickly, but to Li Shan's recommendation of two Li Shimin's brother-in-law, and His Majesty made a choice so quickly.

After Wei Zheng informed Li Shan of his visit today, Li Jiancheng and Wang Gui could accept such a result, but what was hard to accept was that Li Yuan made a decision so quickly.

Li Jiancheng knew it well, if it was other officials of Tiance Mansion, it would be fine, but it was difficult for Li Keshi and Zhang Cong to win them over, because the relationship between the other party and Li Shimin was too close.

Indeed, facing a list of more than ten people this time, it was Du Ruhui who named Li Keshi and Zhang Cong without hesitation.

Everyone present knew in their hearts that Tiance Mansion was actually a small imperial court. Once Li Shimin ascended the throne as the emperor, the bureaucrats must be important officials. He recommended a large number of generals and school staff, even Du Ruhui.

In addition, Li Huairen recommended many generations of descendants of high-ranking tribes to serve as officials, and most of them were stuffed into the Beiya Imperial Army, which was still under the control of Princess Pingyang at that time.

Pei Shiju sighed, and counted with his fingers. From Li Shan down, his old subordinates and cronies included Su Dingfang, Zhang Zhongjian, Ma Sanbao, Kan Leng, as well as Qu Silang, Hou Hongtao, He Fang and his personal guards. Generals of middle and lower ranks.

Pei Shiju wondered in his heart whether it was the idea of ​​Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, or Li Huairen himself... This kind of relationship can only be imagined by someone who knows the inside story of the court.

But at this moment, the Chengqian Hall was full of joy, Li Shimin said with a smile: "In the past, Xuanling chose people to obtain the Dharma, and made some recommendations, but this time it is the merit of Keming."

The other one was even more unexpected to Pei Shiju. It turned out to be Kan Leng, the adopted son of Du Fuwei, the king of Jianghuai. Luo Yi, who was in the same vein, was demoted in a fight in the imperial city.

Ling Jing who was at the side suddenly interjected: "Huiren once said that by His Highness's side, Fang's schemes will be stopped."

But Pei Shiju didn't expect Li Shan to recommend Zhang Cong. This person is no longer an official of Tiance Mansion, but in terms of in-law relationship, Zhang Cong's mother is the daughter of Dou Rongding, Duke Chen of the former Sui Dynasty, and Dou Rongding's son is Pingyang The princess used to control Dou Kang of the Beiya Forbidden Army.

Du Ruhui, who has always been rigid, couldn't help but tease: "Huiren may take the position of Xuanling."

Today's Li Shan is also quite famous in this regard. Generals such as Su Dingfang and Zhang Zhongjian all rose from the grass. Of course, what is more important is the "Ma Shuo" that has been circulated in the past few months.

He is not a prince, otherwise he would have mutinied enough to seize the throne himself!
In a word, Li Shan has completely controlled the Forbidden Army of the Beiya, which is equivalent to King Qin controlling the Forbidden Army of the Beiya. At the critical moment, Li Shan and Su Dingfang are sure to control the entire imperial city, and this is absolutely unacceptable to Pei Shiju.

Afterwards, Kan Leng went north to Yanmen, where he was under Li Shan's command for a long time. Li Gaoqian was defeated and fled. Li Shan sent Kan Leng out of Yanmen Pass. Kan Leng has joined the battle.

One is Ma Sanbao, Marquis of Xinxing County, from Princess Pingyang's Mansion. This person was a servant of Chai Shao's family in his early years, and later made great contributions. Although Guji Town did not participate in the First World War, Nao County made great contributions in preventing the Turkic cavalry from going north. He has a very close relationship with Li Shan. close.

Standing up and pacing back and forth in the small room, Pei Shiju looked solemn. If the news of Li Huairen's secret vote for the King of Qin was released before, it would probably be effective, but now the news is released... I am afraid that the public opinion in the court will not lean towards the East Palace. Even His Majesty would suspect that it was Donggong's tricks, and it could only be counterproductive.

However, Pei Shiju didn't care much about these two people, because it was on the surface, and the key was the other two candidates.

"Fang's plot to end it?" Li Shimin was startled, looked at Fang Xuanling, then at Du Ruhui, thought for a long time and sighed: "Huairenguo has vision."

Li Shimin laughed loudly and nodded repeatedly, "It seems to have this appearance, it seems to have this appearance!"

Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "Brother Keming is Wang Zuo's talent."

In other words, Dou Kang is Zhang Cong's brother-in-law and Li Yuan's brother-in-law.

At this moment, in the province on the left side of Chengtianmen Street, Pei Shiju was frowning and thinking hard. He didn't expect Li Yuan to trust Li Shan so much, and he didn't expect Li Shan's selection of four candidates to be so clever.

Fang Xuanling clasped his hands to Ling Jing and said, "Please also send a message from Mr. Ling, I would like to abdicate for the virtuous."

Last year, Kan Leng followed Li Jing to the north, defeated the Turks in Nao County, and became the Duke of the county. However, after returning to the court this year, he has been the general of the right guard, living in seclusion.

Pei Shiju had guessed Li Keshi's candidate. After all, Li Shan had to be selected from the officials of Tiance Mansion, and Li Keshi had a deep relationship with Li Shan, so he would definitely be selected.

Some people even commented that, Pei Hongda in the former Sui Dynasty is now Li Huairen.

"Having benevolence will be of great use in the future." Li Shimin said with a smile, "I'm afraid he won't be able to sit in the yamen. It is said that he hasn't been to Si Nong Temple since he returned to Beijing?"

Now Li Shimin's attitude towards Li Shan is quite different from before, not only because Li Shan led his troops to rescue the siege, but also not only because Li Shan has basically controlled the Beiya Imperial Army now.

Since the civil strife after Turkic defeat first last year, King Qin's lineage has been frequently suppressed, Li Yuan is ready to cut power, Li Shimin has been forced to a dead end... and all this is caused by the change in the situation between Turkic and Datang Yes, and this is Li Shan's masterpiece.

However, after the first battle in Tiantai Mountain, the situation changed drastically. Li Shimin had a chance to regroup, and he suppressed the East Palace faintly in public opinion. Even in Li Yuan's mind, Li Shimin's status today would at least not be lower than that of Li Jiancheng.

These were also brought by Li Shan, how could Li Shimin not be grateful?
(End of this chapter)