Chapter 1014 The Governor of Goguryeo

The grandfather and grandson complimented each other a lot, and the other three people present almost fell asleep. If you want to talk about political acting, these three people are not bad at all, but if you are watching other people acting, the three of them are not that big. interest of.

Seeing that Fang Xuanling was already yawning, Li Shimin remembered something serious.

"The imperial court is preparing to reorganize the surrounding areas, so some personnel need to be replaced. Show him. After all, he conquered these places, and he has the right to make suggestions in this regard."

Li Shimin asked Fang Xuanling to come up with a memorial, which was a list drawn up by Fang Xuanling. A group of chief executives and local officials were to be replaced in various places, including Tuyuhun, Xue Yantuo, Goguryeo and Gaochang.

Ordinarily, as long as Li Shimin issues an imperial edict, then these things will not matter. Do the people below dare to disobey? Even if those people are Li Xiang's people, they don't dare to make irresponsible remarks to the Tang Dynasty court now.

Li Xiang had heard about this a long time ago, and Li Shimin also asked Fang Xuanling to give Li Xiang a pass. Among the newly appointed officials, Li Xiang's people accounted for one-third, which is already quite high. At a certain ratio, Li Shimin's people accounted for another third. As for the remaining one-third, it must be divided among the major families. This can also be regarded as a way to maintain stability.

Before time travel, Li Xiang also thought that the world was full of fairness and that everything could be achieved through examinations. But after becoming the emperor's grandson, he realized how ridiculous his idea was. The major families themselves It is the interest factions in various places. Although Li Xiang has brought them a lot of losses after making one decision after another, they still have huge power in the local area.

And there are too few scholars now. If you plan to use the imperial examination to level the competition, then the poor will not have much opportunity. Most people have just solved the problem of food and clothing. Although Li Xiang has set up many free schools across the country, But those children are still under ten years old, how can they compete with the children of the nobles?

According to Li Xiang's plan, the first batch of civilian children will not take the imperial examination until about five or six years later. At that time, it will be the time to change the entire officialdom. Now we have to follow the previous rules honestly, at least the selected ones. These people are still considered excellent, but of course we cannot say that all of them are excellent, and some of them are just doing it for a living.

"My grandson has no objection to this. He is just the governor of Goguryeo. Although he thinks it is better for Fang Yiai to continue to be the governor."

When Li Xiang said this, Fang Xuanling frowned beside him. Although this guy had other sons, it was obvious that only this son had survived, and he had done a pretty good job as the governor of Goguryeo. If If you can return to the court, you can go through the six ministers' books and you can enter the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister in the future.

But now Li Xiang has actually blocked it. If this is the case, if he serves in Goguryeo again, it will be three years later. It is really hard to say what the situation will be in the court three years later. Fang Xuanling has already Many young people are emerging.

Because Li Xiang boldly hired young people, Li Shimin was also prepared to learn from Li Xiang. Take the current Zhongshu Province as an example. Five young officials were appointed within one year. Although they did not hold much power, they still had a lot of power. Fang Xuanling felt tremendous pressure, so she took advantage of the fact that she still had the power to arrange everything for her son in the future. This is what Fang Xuanling is thinking about now.

"Do you have any other plans in Goguryeo?"

Li Shimin knew that Li Xiang and Fang Xuanling had always been on good terms, and now was an important time for his son to rise. If there were no other things, Li Xiang would never be stuck with Fang Xuanling.

"The Korean Navy has been formed. Although its combat strength is not as good as that of the Dengzhou Navy, it is still capable of fighting. Although it is prepared to fight across the sea and directly capture Fusang."

Li Xiang had already planned this when he was in Nanzhao. What is the situation in Fusang country? Li Xiang knew clearly in his heart that even though they admired the Tang Dynasty very much now, they always had wolfish ambitions in their hearts. They always felt that they were the smartest nation in the world, but they grew up in an island country on the edge, and they were always dissatisfied. , always thinking about occupying my great Tang Dynasty.

Of course, Li Shimin didn't know these things. According to Li Shimin's idea, Fusang often sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty. They respected the Tang Dynasty so much that they could almost be treated as a vassal state and there was no need to occupy them.

However, Nanzhao was also a country like this before, and Li Shimin did not think about occupying it. But now that he has occupied Nanzhao, Li Shimin feels more at ease. The most important thing is that Li Xiang's war will not bring a financial burden to the country. On the contrary, it often brings some unexpected gains to the country, and the casualties of the army are also within the acceptable range.

"Then how many troops are you going to use?"

When Li Shimin said this, Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji looked at each other. Our emperor is so happy about his success. Everyone knows this. Now that Li Xiang has successfully ignited that small flame, I think it will be recorded in the history books again. Leaving a sum, Li Shimin will probably approve it again.

If he continues to stay as the governor of Goguryeo, Fang Xuanling is not willing to let his son waste time there. After all, the place has been calmed down and there will be no new achievements. But if he uses Goguryeo as his base, and then goes to If they attack Fusang, then Fang Xuanling will be willing to let his son stay there.

"The Goryeo navy has 17,000 men, plus the local 20,000 highland troops, and 3,000 Chang'an elite cavalry are enough..."

Li Xiang thought for a while and said, he also knew what Li Shimin was thinking. Li Shimin might not be happy if large-scale troops were mobilized from Chang'an City, but if you were to mobilize local troops from Goguryeo, how much would you be willing to use? We don't even care about how much they use. Anyway, those people's expenses do not belong to the Tang Dynasty. They are all raised by the governor's offices in various places.

"Who do you want to be your general?"

When Li Shimin said this, everyone present pricked up their ears. In these years, Li Xiang has never lost in foreign wars. If he can be followed by his back, it will be equivalent to taking the credit from the past. Who wouldn't? Are you willing to let your descendants have military success? Even if he makes any mistakes in the future, Li Shimin will definitely be lenient based on the achievements he has made on the battlefield.