Chapter 70: Thunder at first hearing
After the collegiate read, it naturally set up a banquet to reward the generals. The rewards were given in large quantities, including chicken, duck, fish, pork and mutton, and the entire military camp was filled with joy.
After Li Anguo fought from an ordinary military general to become a Jiedushi, his fighting spirit was reduced. His mind was to maintain his current power and pass the position of the Jiedushi to his son and then to his grandson, preferably passed on it from generation to generation.
The four governors under Li Anguo, Cao Xin, the governor of Yizhou, was his direct subordinate and old brother, Li Anmin, the governor of Zhaozhou, was his uncle and brother, Su Bin, the governor of Shenzhou, was Li Anguo's brother-in-law and wife. These people followed Li Anguo step by step to their current status. Now that they are old this year, they will no longer have the desire to make progress.
Without the ambition, Li Anguo was the gospel of the people of Chengde. If he wanted to be safe and sound, Li Anguo naturally refused to collect levies and support the people. Over the past decade, the number of households in Chengde has grown steadily, and the population has increased by one-third. He has basically gone from the influence of the last peasant riot that swept across the country. He has become the richest area in the surrounding area.
Not to mention the Zhenwu and Lu Long, even if Gao Pian was in charge of Hedong, there was no way to compare with Chengde's wealth, because Gao Pian was always under pressure from Lu Long's direction and had to expand his troops to prepare for war year after year.
Li Anguo only raised three thousand soldiers. Including the four local governors, under the rule of Chengde, there were less than seven or eight thousand soldiers. The military expenditure was naturally more abundant in normal times, so Chengde's soldiers had good equipment and the treatment was the highest among the surrounding troops. Of course, with these two items, the loyalty of the soldiers was also quite good.
This time, Li Anguo was forced to get involved in the war. Lu Long and Hedong were all giants for him, and he didn't want to mess with him. But if he had to choose a side station, he would naturally choose Hedong, because Hedong represents the court and the righteousness. He was a military governor. Although the envoy from Lu Long was brilliant, Li Anguo was also an extremely smart person to be able to reach this point today.
Lu Long is indeed strong now, but Hedong alone has restrained a large number of his troops. Hedong, plus the three Jiedu governors of Zhenwu, Chengde and Henghai, will have to steadily surpass him, let alone look at the whole country. How many Jiedu governors are there in the Tang Dynasty?
There were nearly forty military governors of all sizes.
Li Anguo was not optimistic about what great things Zhang Zhongwu could accomplish.
Of course, it is not good to let the court completely destroy Zhang Zhongwu, and it feels like he is cold in his lips and teeth. Moreover, it is even more difficult for the court to send troops and horses. It is easy to invite gods to send gods. Is it not enough to have Gao Pian? Add Chen Bangzhao, will everyone still survive?
Once everyone worked together to destroy Zhang Zhongwu, the court would definitely appoint Chen Bangzhao as the governor of Lulong. At that time, one Gao Pian and the other Chen Bangzhao would have no other choice except to go to Chang'an to kowtow to the emperor honestly.
Of course this doesn't work. He is also counting on passing the position of the governor of De and his son Li Che!
It is precisely based on these considerations that Li Anguo and Zhenwu and Henghai joined forces to make trouble. In addition to the open tricks, they secretly bribed the Shizhong Tian Lingzi and Shangshu Ling Chen Bi, and were preparing to fight first while Zhang Zhongwu's main force was restrained by Hedong. After a few victories, the court naturally had no reason to send troops to them. Moreover, the three families could also grab some territory from Lu Long. Although Li Anguo was not enterprising, it was naturally good to get more territory to pass it on to his descendants.
Now Li Anguo realizes that his soldiers are powerful and his son Li Che is extremely promising. He does not have the aura of a second-generation official, and his civil and military skills are the best choices. Looking at the inheritors of many other military governors in the Tang Dynasty, Li Anguo was proud of himself from the bottom of his heart.
If he wants to pass on the family business, he will naturally have successors. At this point, he is extremely sober, so he has been very strict in his education of his son Li Che since he was a child, and Li Che has not disappointed everyone's expectations. At the age of 25, he has been recognized by Chengde.
Today, Li Che was even more popular in the school performance. Not only did he show his personal force, but he also showed his ability to coordinate military operations. Li Anguo started his own business by fighting, so he naturally could still weigh his son's weight. Even the picky Gongsun Changming, he could not find out about Li Che's fault in this kind of martial arts performance.
Li Anguo was happy. Faced with the enthusiastic encouragement of the generals, he had a drink. Before the banquet was over, he was already drunk and left the banquet early and handed over the work of hosting the banquet to Li Che.
As soon as Li Anguo left, everyone became even more unrestrained. In the hall, the smoke suddenly became angry. Not only did Li Che not disobey, he joined in happily, drinking and telling dirty jokes with the generals, making the generals laugh and drinking one by one, and they were carried out horizontally.
Even Liang Han was so confused that he was so confused that he kept his last bit of awakeness and did not fall down, just sitting in a daze.
There was only one person who kept awake during the meal, and that was Gongsun Changming.
To be honest, Li Che is indeed very good. If you hadn't seen Li Ze, Gongsun Changming would have thought that Li Che was the leader among the later generations, but you had to throw away goods and die with others. After seeing Li Ze's behavior and going back to look at Li Che, Gongsun Changming would inevitably feel disliked everywhere.
Not to mention anything else, just by understanding the general trend of the world, Li Che and Li Ze are not on the same level, and the difference is too far.
Thinking of this, Gongsun Changming couldn't help but sigh, raised the wine glass in his hand, and took a sip. He was a scholar and respected the governor Li Anguo. During the meal, no general dared to harass him. Anyway, scholars reached Gongsun Changming's level, and these five generals with great pride were a little awe.
Without a clear understanding of the general trend of the world, there will be no preliminary arrangements for preparation and will be a step behind. If you plan to lay out the world, you will fall behind step by step. Military is just a continuation of politics. After arriving in Zhenzhou, Gongsun Changming and Li Che also had many long talks, but in the end, the greater the hope and the greater the disappointment.
This made Gongsun Changming very puzzled. They were all born by the same father. Li Che had been a wise teacher and professor since childhood, while Li Ze was a self-taught master. But how could a self-taught person have such a cognition?
He took a sip of wine and looked at Li Che who was warmly entertaining his subordinates, and sighed. In his eyes, Li Che was very similar to Li Anguo twenty years ago. He not only looked like Li Anguo, but even his words and actions were very similar to Li Anguo when he was young. On the other hand, Li Ze was much thinner and weaker, and like Mrs. Wang, he wanted more.
Or Li Ze's IQ inherited more of the Wang family. After all, Wang family was also a family of scholars in the past. However, Li Anguo's wife, the Su family, was born in a local tycoon. She didn't read much, but there were some people who were rich.
Seeing that the last few guests were also sent out by Li Che, Gongsun Changming drank the wine in his glass and stood up. He dragged it up and was still sitting upright, staring at Liang Han who was still moving in a certain place.
"Sir, please stay." Li Che, who turned back, said voice. Li Che, who was still tilted and looked a little confused, had a steady pace and clear eyes at this moment. How could he tell that he was intoxicated?
Gongsun Changming was stunned, "I didn't expect that the Major General was so good at drinking? You didn't drink less than those people!"
Li Chelang laughed and said, "Sir, just a little trick. This is the Jiedu Mansion. I want others to get drunk but not myself. Is there any way, right?"
Gongsun Changming was stunned when he heard this. He looked at Li Che, and his eyes could not help but show a sarcasm that flashed through his eyes.
"I think the husband is not happy today and I haven't drunk much wine. Let me drink a few more drinks with him?" Li Che waved his hand and asked the servant to clean up the mess on the table, and served some fresh wine and dishes.
"Today is enough, isn't it better to have the aftertaste?" Gongsun Changming said with a smile.
"Sir, don't refuse. I have something to ask sir?"
"It's going to be late today."
"What I want to ask for is my younger brother's affairs, sir!" Li Che looked at Gongsun Changming with a smile.
Chapter completed!