Li Gang saw that Li Yuan was so unreasonable, and he was so angry that he blew his beard and glared.

Pei Lin coughed and said, "Your Majesty, after Wei Huo, there is no one to compare!" ”

Li Yuan saw that all the ministers in the hall couldn't bear to look at it directly. Li Yuan sighed leisurely and said, "I lost my words! ”

If the emperor of the Qing Dynasty is really called Chrysostom. Even if the emperor said something wrong, it would be right. Because the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are all undisciplined cowards and soft eggs.

Li Gang nodded solemnly, with a look of "teachable" in his eyes.

In order to hide his embarrassment, Li Yuan hurriedly threw out another topic: "Discuss merit and reward!" ”

Meritorious service must be rewarded, and mistakes must be punished, this is the real reason why the Tang army can be invincible. If a dynasty really reaches the point where merit is not rewarded, and there is a time when there is no punishment, it will basically live to the end. A million Qin troops swept through the six countries and unified the world. However, in the later stage, he lost consecutive battles and was very disappointed.

It's not that the Qin army has become weaker, it's not that the enemy has become stronger. It was because of the reckless behavior of the Second Emperor that he destroyed the farming and warfare system of the Great Qin Empire and destroyed the twentieth rank lord system of the Qin State. Shaofu Zhang Han, armed with Lishan punishment into an army, with freedom as the reward goal, can be said to have recast the soul of the Qin army, but the second Hu Hai refused to fulfill his promise. The second broke the letter of the Lishan prisoner, and the Lishan prisoner made the second lose the country.

Li Yuan, who is familiar with history, attaches great importance to the issue of reward, so the Tang Empire will become stronger and stronger. At this time, however, the problem arises again.

Chen Ying successively defeated the four Turkic formations, beheaded nearly 20,000 people, captured more than 30,000 people, and even killed Shibi Khan, but how to reward it was a big problem.

Chen Ying is so capable, as the person who recommended him, Li Jiancheng is also very happy, and he shows his face greatly. finally did not let Li Shimin be favored alone in terms of military merits.

Li Jiancheng said: "Chen Ying is too young, and now he is already a high-ranking official of the fourth grade, if he rewards the official again, it may not be a good thing for him!" ”

Li Yuan nodded and said: "In your opinion, how should this Chen Ying be rewarded?" ”

"If you can't reward the official, then give the knight!" Li Jiancheng said: "Chen Ying is now the county uncle of Xiuwu, so he will be promoted to the sixth-class Xiuwu County Marquis and 1,000 households." Give him 1,500 acres of Yongye land! ”

Although Li Yuan was unhappy that Li Jiancheng's hand was stretched too long, it was undeniable that Li Jiancheng had a public heart and did things fairly. did not favor Chen Ying because he was his protégé. The only exception to this is the granting of an extra 100 acres of land. Chen Ying was a sixth-class founding county marquis, regarded as a second-class county, and should be given 1,400 mu of Yongye land according to the system, but Li Jiancheng mentioned 1,500 mu.

Is a hundred acres of land more?

If you want to say less, it's really a lot, but compared with Chen Ying's credit, it's really not much.

However, just when Li Yuan was about to let Chu Suiliang draft his will, Li Gang said loudly: "Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, this move is not appropriate!" ”

Li Jiancheng bowed down and said, "Master Li, what do you think should be done?" ”

Li Gang said: "In ancient times, Ganluo was the secretary at the age of twelve, Huo Qubing was knighted at the age of seventeen, with 1,600 households, the official residence of the captain of the Yao school, the captain of the Han Dynasty, the rank of the Tang Dynasty from the three generals, the champion Hou deserved, why should General Chen deserve it?" ”

Pei Lin also said: "Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal!" ”

"The ministers seconded it!" When the ministers saw Li Gang come forward, they all stood up in support of Chen Ying.

Li Yuan naturally had Li Yuan's considerations, and Chen Yingbei's defeat of the Turks was very happy. At the same time, it also allowed people with intentions to spread the rumor that Li Yuan was a minister of the Turks. Chen Ying's unintentional actions made Li Yuan extremely happy.

Don't look at Li Yuan, who is the supreme of the Ninety-Five at this time, but the Turkic Ye Hu Mohe, at most, is equivalent to the prince of the Tang Dynasty, when he saw him, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, instead of kneeling, he had an arrogant attitude and could not be beaten. This made Li Yuan also very dissatisfied.

Rerewarding Chen Ying is actually more beneficial to Li Yuan. Chen Ying is like a horse bone, he can play a very good role in attracting the world's heroes to be used by Li Yuan.

Li Gang's meaning is very clear, Chen Ying is not an important official position, there is no reward, he can only be knighted, and at this time, there is no conflict between adding an official and giving a knight.

In fact, Li Yuan thought about it, the news of Chen Ying's defeat of the Turks had been sent to the world by him, and as time went by, Wang Shichong of Luoyang, Dou Jiande of Hebei, Liu Wuzhou, Song Jingang and other separatist forces would know the news. At this time, Chen Ying is like making news headlines in the future, and any action about Chen Ying will fall into the eyes of people with intentions.

If it is not fair, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will take the opportunity to cause trouble. You must know that it is not only the Tang family that suffers from the Turks, but also Dou Jiande in Hebei, but in comparison, Dou Jiande is stronger, and his territory is agglutinated, unlike the three enclaves of Datang, which are not connected to each other and are easy to be broken by each.

If Chen Ying is not rewarded, Dou Jiande or Wang Shichong will definitely not be stingy with rewards.

In fact, Li Yuan really thought too much at this time, even if Dou Jiande or Wang Shichong gave Chen Ying a prince, he would not take refuge in Dou Jiande or Wang Shichong.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan said: "Prince, with Chen Ying's merits, how to increase the official?" ”

Li Jiancheng thought for a while and said: "Then the commander will be increased to three turns, and to the ninth turn of the general (Zhenguan ten years, the general and the general of the twelfth turn of the commander will be changed to the upper guard army and the protector army respectively!) The real post is the general of the right Wuwei. ”

The left and right guards are a very special existence among the twelve guards, his defense area is actually Chang'an City, responsible for the palace ban, if the left and right guards are compared to the Beijing Military Region in later generations, then the right military general is almost equal to the Beijing Military Region into the deputy position of the Standing Committee.

"No!" Li Yuan overturned Li Jiancheng's opinion without hesitation.

The reason is very simple, Li Yuan will definitely not hand over his security guard work to one of the prince's disciples.

Li Gang also said: "It's not proper! ”

Pei Lin said: "It's not proper! ”

Liu Wenjing said; "No!"

Li Shimin said: "It's not proper! ”

Li Yuan's inappropriateness is because he is not worried about Chen Ying, and Li Gang's inappropriateness is that Chen Ying is a hanging eye tiger, how can he be a watchdog? Pei Lian's inappropriateness was that he was worried that Li Jiancheng controlled the Right Guards with Chen Ying's hand, which was not good for Li Yuan. And Liu Wenjing's inappropriateness is purely because of the difference in factions and opposition because of opposition.

Li Shimin's inappropriateness is mainly the same as Li Gang's opinion, since Chen Ying has won consecutive victories over the Turks, he should not return to Chang'an at this time, but defend the Lingzhou frontier for the Tang Dynasty.

It's okay if Li Jiancheng doesn't mention that Chen Ying should return to Chang'an, but he can't let him come back when he mentions Li Yuan.

In the end, Li Yuan made a decision: "Shangqi Duwei, Xiuwu County Bo, Zhongwu General, and Right Guard led Chen Yingjia to be the general, give the marquis of Wugong County, 1,500 households, give Yongye 1,500 acres, and promote him to the head of the Lingzhou Governor's Office!" It has jurisdiction over Shengzhou, Huazhou, Xiazhou, Yanzhou, Suizhou, Yinzhou, Fengzhou and six military governments! ”