889、Important
When they heard someone coming out to ask for a fight, everyone looked over. This person was Hou Junji, the general affairs chief of the Tang Dynasty. Now Hou Junji is no longer the Minister of War, but he has been transformed into the general affairs chief. Although the scope of his administration is not so large, the matters under his jurisdiction are actually more refined. Moreover, there are more people under his jurisdiction, so the power has not been reduced. Moreover, the personnel issues in the army have to be under his jurisdiction, so he is in charge of the appointment of officers, so no one dares to underestimate his status.
Now he has taken the initiative to go out, and it seems that he also wants to make contributions quickly. Many people may have guessed that Hou Junji has set his sights on Li Jing's position. Although Hou Junji is one of the three chiefs, he can only rank second, so he wants to become the chief of military affairs as soon as possible and become the leader of the military. This can be said to be the highest ideal of being a soldier, so of course he has to work hard to accumulate political capital. Li Jing will retire in less than two years, and Hou Junji is still young. If he can take advantage of the current opportunity to accumulate enough political capital, he can completely become Li Jing's successor next.
"Hou Qing's family is very enthusiastic, and I am very satisfied. However, this time I plan to personally lead the army!" said Li Shimin.
"What? Your Majesty, no!" a large group of people immediately shouted.
When hearing that Li Shimin actually planned to lead the army in person, this almost made many crazy. Li Shimin was the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, so the emperor could not easily go out to fight outside, which was simply unreasonable. If the emperor went out to fight, it would generally be a very dangerous country, and he would lead the army in person to boost morale. Once the emperor went out to fight outside, there would be some accident outside, it would probably be miserable. After all, the emperor was the core of a country in ancient times, and if there was an accident, the country would probably be in chaos.
"What's wrong? I have been in a military life and have experienced countless battle formations? Can't I be the commander of a 100,000 army?" Li Shimin asked.
Wei Zheng immediately said: "Your Majesty. If you are not afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of one. If there is an accident, then I, the Tang Dynasty..."
"Hmph, can those clowns of Goguryeo still hurt me? I have a hundred thousand troops to protect me, so what's wrong?" Li Shimin asked.
And Wei Zheng immediately said: "Your Majesty, I am not afraid of Goguryeo, but the internal army..."
"Well? Wei Zheng's beloved, my Tang army is full of loyal ministers who are loyal to me Tang Dynasty. What do you mean by these rattle words?" Li Shimin asked.
And the generals looked at Wei Zheng and wanted Wei Zheng to give an explanation. If according to Wei Zheng's statement, if you are worried about the inclination of the army, wouldn't it be that someone present was scolding someone who was planning to be ill? Or if someone subordinate had problems, he was a traitor? Obviously, Wei Zheng's speech was very inappropriate this time, so the generals also looked at Wei Zheng tightly. If Wei Zheng dared to say anything again, he would spray him to death.
"Your Majesty, I don't mean this? But..." Wei Zheng seemed to be saying something.
Li Shimin immediately said: "Wei Zheng's beloved minister. When Emperor Yang Guang of Sui was able to personally lead a million military region to conquer Goguryeo. Is there any problem with me taking a hundred thousand troops to conquer? So, do you mean that I am not as good as Emperor Yang Guang of Sui?"
Li Shimin's words were a bit heartbroken, that is, if someone dared to continue to refute, it means that Li Shimin is not as good as Emperor Yang Guang of Sui. Yang Guang is a recognized tyrant in the eyes of the Tang Dynasty. Can everyone say that Li Shimin is not as good as Yang Guang? So this cannot be said, so Wei Zheng was also silent. No matter how much he said, he could not directly say that the emperor was a tyrant!
Some people probably guessed that there was a profound reason why Li Shimin wanted to lead the army in person. The reason was that Li Shimin wanted to fight against Emperor Yang of Sui. Since Emperor Yang of Sui fell a big fall in Goguryeo, Li Shimin naturally had to get up here. When Emperor Yang of Sui suffered a big loss in Goguryeo, Li Shimin naturally wanted to get back the face of the Emperor of Central Plains. After all, the face of the Emperor of Central Plains was lost in Goguryeo. As an heir to the Taoist dynasty of Emperor Yang of Sui, Li Shimin naturally had to regain this face. Li Shimin also wanted to prove that he was stronger than Emperor Yang of Sui. To compare the abilities of two people, the best way is to let them do the same thing, so that they can do it well and quickly.
The reason why Li Shimin wanted to attack Goguryeo personally was because Emperor Yang of Sui personally went to attack Goguryeo, but failed. However, Li Shimin wanted to attack Goguryeo this time, so he naturally had to go to war with him and then destroy Goguryeo. This not only could he recall face to the Central Plains again, but he could avenge the Chinese children again, but he could even prove that the Tang Dynasty was better than the Sui Dynasty. Because the Sui Dynasty fell on Goguryeo, the Tang Dynasty could regain its face, which means that the Tang Dynasty was better than the Sui Dynasty. Whether it was good or not, this was actually a comparison. If there was no comparison, it would be impossible to think it was better.
As long as they can defeat and destroy Goguryeo, it will make the Tang Dynasty look much better than the Sui Dynasty, which will make everyone see the power of the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, Goguryeo has been doing the right thing for many years, and when the Central Plains dynasty was strong, they will also surrender. If the Central Plains dynasty was weak, they would also take the opportunity to expand and then occupy the territory of the Central Plains. Therefore, such people are so khan, and the expansion is so powerful, so they will never be able to keep them. This kind of people are similar to the later Japanese devils in Jing Wen's heart. When they are weak, they will beg for mercy and surrender, as long as they can save the stolen land. But once the Central Plains are weak, they will eat up the Central Plains land step by step, and their goal is to become people on par with the Central Plains dynasty. Such people have endured for hundreds of years, and this time they cannot let them continue like this.
"Okay, I personally led the war to the east army to fight, but who would like to go out with me?" Li Shimin asked.
"I am willing to go!" Everyone said together.
Since it is inevitable that the emperor will be in charge of the army, everyone wants to go with Li Shimin to fight. Although not everyone must go, they must also show their loyalty. Therefore, everyone also requests to go to war, so that they can seem to be loyal.
Chapter completed!