Great Tang Southern Emperor

Therefore, I have the courage to ask my father to play the role of the emperor, and the reward of the son is fine, but I ask the father not to treat the heroes under the command of the son..."

Having said so much, the last sentence is Li Zhen's real purpose - first of all, it is impossible not to reward him for his great achievements, but he is already under one person and above tens of thousands, and he is even richer than a country. There is no reward for holding great power. Even if you give yourself a big reward, it will be icing on the cake, and it will not have much effect on yourself.

But it's because of my own merits that I can't be rewarded, otherwise even if I refuse, my subordinates will not be satisfied.

Then the only way is to split up your credit, and then distribute it to your subordinates according to the size of the credit-this credit is really too great, even if there are tens of thousands of people who need to be rewarded this time, but such a If a large share of credit is split up and distributed according to the credit, it is enough to make everyone earn a lot of money, completely calm their grievances, and even make them more grateful to themselves. It really kills two birds with one stone.

"Whoo~"

Baiguan finally breathed a sigh of relief this time. This is probably the best solution so far. Not only does he not have to worry about offending people, but it can also make the subordinates completely return to their hearts. It is really a wonderful move.

"Well, since that's the case, let's do it this way." Li Shimin turned around a few times in his heart, and nodded in relief,

But obviously, Li Shimin didn't intend to give up just like that. He planned to test Li Zhen again: "However, your subordinates' achievements are made by your subordinates themselves, and their rewards are what they deserve. Rewards for their respective contributions, but as their boss and direct controller, your contribution cannot be ignored. After all, you are the one who dedicated the navy to the country, and this contribution also needs to be rewarded... Zhener, what do you want, just say Coming out is..."

"..." Baiguan really wanted to jump up and grab Li Shimin and beat him up, and questioned him: Li Shimin, what do you want to do?What on earth do you want?You are only afraid that the world will not be in chaos. Could it be that chaos in the world is of any benefit to you?

Because all the officials lowered their heads, they didn't notice the expression on Li Shimin's face. On the contrary, Li Zhen saw the cunning in Li Shimin's eyes, and she immediately understood that this was Li Shimin's another test for herself.

After understanding Li Shimin's meaning, Li Zhen immediately bowed her head and said: "If the emperor insists on rewarding my ministers, then you might as well discount all the rewards from my ministers and give them all to my subordinates—speaking of them, they were the first to reward you." Some of them have been with Erchen for a full 15 years, and the shortest one has been for several years. These years, they have been diligent and hardworking, but Erchen has paid little attention to them. Since we are talking about them today, let’s take advantage of this opportunity Reward them well and reward them—and ask Father to agree..."

A smile appeared on Li Shimin's face immediately: "Very well, Zhen'er, you did not disappoint Father, I have granted this request...Wang Tingchu! This matter is entrusted to you...Besides, Zhen'er is so generous. The emperor can't lose to him, remember, this time the rewards will be doubled..."

"Slave obeys the order." Wang Tingchu's face was also wrinkled into a chrysanthemum with a smile. He was able to follow Li Shimin for decades, and sat in the position of chief eunuch for 18 years without falling out of favor. He has his abilities——in fact, it is true. With the continuous development and growth of Li Yusi, Wang Tingchu has even been called the inner minister in private. It can be seen that his ability is indeed outstanding. If he is not a eunuch, it is not impossible to be a prime minister.

Since he is known as the inner minister of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Tingchu's vision is of course extraordinary, and he can naturally see how dangerous the situation just now is - once the officials do not give Li Zhen a reward worthy of Li Zhen's contribution this time, even if Li Zhen gives up , His subordinates will also have complaints. With Li Zhen around, they may not rebel, but they will definitely keep this dissatisfaction in their hearts. it's too late.

Fortunately, Li Zhen knew how to advance and retreat, and did not pursue the issue of his own rewards and punishments. Instead, he took the initiative to ask for credit for his subordinates. What's even better is that in the face of Li Shimin's pressure, he also cleverly distributed his credit to Li Shimin. Killed two birds with one stone.

And this is not the most wonderful thing, the most wonderful thing is Li Shimin, his trick of double reward directly inserts himself into it-whether it is Li Zhen asking for credit for his subordinates or sharing his own credit with others. Subordinate, this is enough to appease and buy everyone's hearts, but there is nothing about Li Shimin in it.

Even though these rewards were all given by Li Shimin, the most people who received the rewards were to thank Li Shimin verbally, but the only thing they really appreciated and remembered was Li Zhen, and Li Shimin was just a passerby.

However, through this double reward now, Li Shimin has successfully grasped the initiative in his own hands, because the double reward not only includes Li Zhen's reward, but also the imperial court's participation. Facing the imperial court's reward, Li Zhen's Those subordinates will not only be grateful to Li Zhen, but also remember Li Shimin in their hearts - they really bought a good heart.

No matter what, the matter of rewards has finally been settled, that's good...

Chapter 947 Admiral

Chapter 3 and Six: Admiral of the Navy

"My sons and servants, thank you, Father, for your reward." Facing Li Shimin's double reward, Li Zhen naturally wanted to thank him.

As for Li Shimin's behavior of buying people's hearts, Li Zhen didn't care. The longest time those people followed him was 15 years, and the shortest was several years. If they were so easy to be bought, then they were as early as last year. When the age of sailing was just a sign, it was poached by those merchants waving banknotes. The shipyards under his name would have been empty by now, and he would have become a bare-bones commander long ago, not to mention With a thousand Ningyuan-class clipper ships, the era of great navigation has been completely opened.

What's more, Li Zhen also understood Li Shimin's small actions very well. After all, he is a peerless emperor, and he is also a generation of sages. Counting up to 3000 years, there are few emperors who can do better than him.What's more, Li Shimin is a good face (for example, a sentence of Tian Khan almost made Li Shimin brag all his life), and secondly, he pays most attention to his own reputation. He not only wants to be famous in history, but also wants people to think of it when they mention the court It's him.

Therefore, it is impossible for him to stand by and watch such a group of people, who only have the prince in their eyes but no emperor. They open their mouths to talk about His Royal Highness, and shut their mouths to say that the prince is wise. As for the emperor, they are completely ignored. This is really against him as an emperor. Great sarcasm...

The emperor is also a human being, and he also has emotions and desires. He will also be jealous, and Li Zhen expressed his understanding.

Besides, Li Zhen feels that only at this time Li Shimin is the truest self-good face, clever means, jealous, arrogant and a little bit cute...

Throwing away the messy thoughts in his mind, Li Zhen bowed to Li Shimin and said: "In addition, I invite my father, Liu Rengui is not only the founder of Dengzhou Shipyard, but also the founder of Datang Navy. I understand that Datang Yingren should be his opponent, but he is the ideal candidate for the best naval admiral—my minister recommends Liu Rengui as the first admiral of the Datang Navy, and I ask my father to agree."

"Ah? Me?" Liu Rengui was taken aback. As the person who knew the most about naval warfare in Tang Dynasty and even in the whole world, he would be lying if he said that he didn't have a peek at the position of Admiral of the Navy.

But Liu Rengui knows his own business, and his current position in Datang is very embarrassing - although he is the governor of the Yuezhou Fleet, don't forget that he was originally a civil servant at the beginning, but now he is only a civil servant. Military position, in the era of civil and military competition, people like him are the most likely to be ungrateful.

First of all, the civilian camp cannot go back. After all, he is competing for a military position, and his rank is still very high. It is impossible for his former colleagues to accept him.

And even if the military commander camp is willing to accept him, there are several big bosses in the military general camp. In Liu Rengui's mind, he can definitely take the position of admiral of the navy, but don't even think about being the first one. There are so many of them. As a veteran in the military, I am not sure that I can compete with them.

But he really did not expect that Li Zhen would recommend him as the first admiral of the navy—you must know that in a certain way, the position of admiral of the navy can be equal to the position of admiral of the army, and the major fleets are equivalent to The sixteen guards in the imperial army, the commander of the fleet is the general of the sixteen guards.And unlike the field marshal who can only be appointed temporarily (when the Eastern Turks were destroyed, Li Jing was in this position), the naval marshal is permanent, because the dispatch of the navy is more troublesome than that of the army, and someone needs to be commanded and deployed at all times.

That is to say, if Liu Rengui really becomes the admiral of the navy, then his position in the army will be the number one in the Tang Dynasty, even Li Jing is not as good as him. Is he really capable of holding such a high position? ?Are those big men in the army really willing to see themselves stepping up to the sky and stepping on their heads?Liu Rengui felt a little uneasy...

"My loves, I don't know what do you think of the prince's proposal?" Li Shimin asked casually, his tone was flat and without any emotion, because he had thought of this a long time ago, and in his opinion, Liu Rengui was indeed the most suitable The candidate was chosen not only because Liu Rengui was the founder of the Datang Navy, nor because Liu Rengui's understanding of naval warfare was far superior to others, but more importantly because Liu Rengui could be involved with Li Zhen and Li Shimin. A link between two people.

Don't forget that Liu Rengui was discovered by Li Zhen, and he had absolute trust in him from the beginning to the end. He can be called his bole. Liu Rengui has always been grateful to Li Zhen, even some time ago Li Zhen once dismissed Liu Rengui as a commoner in a fit of anger, but he still couldn't change his gratitude.

Correspondingly, Li Shimin also has the kindness to support Liu Rengui. After Liu Rengui was dismissed by Li Zhen some time ago, Liu Rengui finally understood what it means to be warm and cold, and the world is cold and cold. There was an endless stream, and when he was dismissed by Li Zhen, he was immediately left out in the cold, and even his former colleagues avoided him like a snake.

That is to say, under such circumstances, Li Shimin came, and on the second day after Li Zhen came back, he was re-promoted to become the governor of the Yuezhou Fleet, and then those sycophants rushed up again...

Therefore, Liu Rengui was also very grateful to Li Shimin. If it hadn't been for his action, even if Li Zhen resumed his official position, he would have to wait for a long time.

In other words, Liu Rengui is the link between Li Zhen and Li Shimin, and he is a candidate acceptable to both parties.

If this person were Li Jing, Li Zhen would definitely not agree. He dedicated the navy to the country, but he couldn't just sit back and watch the navy be taken away by the court. It has nothing to do with him from then on—— After all, the navy was established with the support of Li Zhen, which is equivalent to Li Zhen's child. Although he knew that the child would be given a better future by being raised by the state, but Li Zhen did not hope that the child would not recognize him in the future. Own.

Similarly, if the Admiral of the Navy was replaced by Xue Rengui, Li Shimin would not agree. Xue Rengui is Li Zhen's absolute confidant. What's the difference?

Therefore, only Liu Rengui is the admiral of the navy, which is the most acceptable to both sides.

However, that being said, both Li Shimin and Li Zhen supported Liu Rengui's promotion to the position of admiral, but the officials didn't see it that way...

Chapter 948 Opposition from all parties! ! !

Chapter 3 and Seven Oppose All Parties! ! !

"Your Majesty, I have something to say." Hearing Li Shimin's question, a man stood up.

"Wang Aiqing, but it's okay." Seeing the person who stood up, Li Shimin frowned slightly. This person was called Wang Minzhi, who came from a poor family. He was just mentioned a while ago as the minister of the Ministry of Rites. Li Shimin was still very optimistic about him at first, because at this time the court There are not many children from poor families. Wang Minzhi, as a representative of them, has climbed to the position of not being able to do so, so he can naturally attract Li Shimin's attention.

Speaking of poor families, we have to talk about officials who came out of poor families. Although books have begun to become popular because of printing and papermaking, it takes time to read and study.So even though countless disciples from poor families have started to study, it will still take some time before they can truly become talents.

This also led to the fact that the power of the poor family in the court is still weak. Fortunately, Li Zhen and Li Shimin jointly suppressed the family, otherwise the current court would have been controlled by the family long ago.

It is rare to find a talent from a poor family. Li Shimin is still very optimistic about this Wang Minzhi, and even plans to promote him again after a while. However, this Wang Minzhi is really not up to date. After getting involved, he worshiped an elder of the Wang family as his adoptive father, married a woman from the Wang family, and became the spokesperson of the family. Li Shimin was greatly disappointed, and his senses towards him became worse.

Seeing that Wang Minzhi took the initiative to stand up now, Li Shimin couldn't help being in a bad mood, and at the same time, he was also a little vigilant - you must know that after the family was suppressed, his vitality was severely injured. The emperor pointed out that he rarely expressed his opinion, but what does it mean now?Does the family want to make a comeback?

"Yes, I don't agree with the prince's proposal." Wang Minzhi opened his mouth to express his opinion, and without waiting for Li Shimin to ask, he took the initiative to say: "According to the truth, Liu Dadu is the direct founder of the navy. , is also the person who is most familiar with naval warfare in the entire Tang Dynasty, and there is no doubt that he will be the admiral of the navy.

However, there is one thing that must be paid attention to. Although Commander Liu is very suitable in all aspects, there is one thing, that is, he was not born as a military officer. avoid.

In addition, Liu Dadu's qualifications are too low. How long has he been in the army?It's only been three years (Liu Rengui was the director of Dengzhou Shipyard as a civil servant, not a military officer). There are many people with higher qualifications than him in the DPRK and China. Will be dissatisfied.If His Majesty insists on this, then what do you want those veterans who have been in the army for more than 20 years to think?

There is one last problem, that is, Governor Liu did not make much contribution during his tenure. This cannot be denied. His merits are convincing—Your Majesty, not rewarding meritorious service will chill the hearts of meritorious officials, but rewarding meritorious service is also a taboo. "

"Wang Minzhi, you have a vicious heart."

Liu Rengui was so angry when he heard it, Wang Minzhi's words seemed to be dedicated to the public, but most people could hear the insidiousness hidden in his words-don't look at what Wang Minzhi said so much, but in fact he He only did two things. The first was to sow discord between Liu Rengui and military commanders. Liu Rengui was originally a civil servant, and he was a monk halfway through. It made the generals very uncomfortable. Now that he is going to climb to a higher level, how can the generals be reconciled?

And Wang Minzhi not only criticized his background, but also took advantage of his biggest shortcoming, that is, his lack of qualifications. Those veterans in the army who heard Wang Minzhi's instigation would let Liu Rengui succeed in becoming a marshal. Bit, let him step on his head?

As for the second thing Wang Minzhi said, it is also Liu Rengui's shortcoming. Regardless of the fact that the foundation of the Datang Navy was built by Liu Rengui himself, he was also busy with construction, so basically he never led troops to sea to fight, even if It is to go to sea to perform tasks, and most of them are mainly training or escorting supplies. Such tasks can be done by individuals, so how can they be credited?