"Where is Old Doctor Sun, why are you back alone?" Li Hong in the hall had been waiting for a long time. When he saw Zhang Zong coming back alone, he couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"Master Sun has his own residence and has brought his family and disciples together. Of course he has to go back to his own home!" Zhang Zong asked strangely when he saw Li Hong. He really didn't expect that Li Hong would come and wait for him to come home. You must know that although Li Hong has delegated a lot of power during this period, he is still very busy. For example, he has not left Furong Garden for a long time.

"Go home?" Li Hong was stunned when he heard this, and then said anxiously, "Then have you talked to Taoist Master Sun? Will he accept the imperial court's granted official?"

When Zhang Zong heard this, he suddenly remembered that when he told Li Hong that Sun Simiao was coming to the capital, Li Hong was very excited to ask him if he was willing to accept the official position awarded by the court. Zhang Zong didn't care much at that time, but he didn't expect that Li Hong came to him to ask for this matter.

However, after thinking about it carefully, Zhang Zong also understood Li Hong's thoughts. You must know that Sun Simiao is not an ordinary person, and many people even regard him as a living god. In particular, Sun Simiao rejected Li Shimin's enlistment and Li Zhi's enlistment. But if he could accept the official position rewarded by Li Hong, wouldn't it mean Sun Simiao's support for Li Hong? This undoubtedly brought great reputation to Li Hong.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zong couldn't help but smile helplessly and said, "Your Highness is probably going to be disappointed. With my understanding of Taoist Master Sun, he will never accept the official position rewarded by the court. In addition, Taoist Master Sun is not young anymore, and he has not even had the energy to treat people in the past two years, let alone accept the official position."

When Li Hong heard Zhang Zong's answer, he couldn't help but look disappointed, but finally asked again: "Can I meet the old miracle doctor Sun? He had helped me diagnose and treat it. Although it could not cure my disease, it also greatly relieved my condition. I have also been very grateful to him over the years."

"This should be fine. Tomorrow, Master Sun will go to the Pharmaceutical Collection Bureau in Furongyuan to participate in the compilation of textbooks by the medical school. Your Highness can summon him if he has time." Zhang Zong replied immediately.

When Li Hong heard that Sun Simiao was going to Furong Garden tomorrow, he clapped his hands excitedly. Writing textbooks cannot be completed in one or two days. In other words, he could use this period of time to manage a good relationship with Sun Simiao.

"Your Highness, you came to me specifically. Is it just to tell me about this?" Zhang Zong asked again at this time. He always felt that Li Hong came to him specifically for Sun Simiao's affairs, which was really unreasonable.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhang Zong said, Li Hong hesitated for a moment, then said, "In addition to the affairs of Old Doctor Sun, I have three more things to discuss with you."

"Three things?" Zhang Zong also showed a surprised expression when he heard this. Although he guessed that Li Hong had other things, he did not expect that there would be so many.

"The first thing is that after we negotiated peace with Tubo, both countries began to withdraw troops from the border, so General Xue is coming back, and his father's appointment has also come down." Li Hong said with a serious expression at this time.

"Her old general Xue has been appointed, your highness wants him to take any position?" Zhang Zong also asked anxiously. He was still very concerned about the veteran general Xue Rengui.

"This time the appointment of the Old General Xue is very unusual. His father ordered him to be the General of Qianniu Guard and inspect the Yulin Army. In other words, almost all the guards of the imperial city were handed over to the Old General Xue alone." Li Hong replied.

Zhang Zong also showed a surprised expression when he heard this. Qianniu Guards were in charge of guards and guards, and Qianniu was even more guards around the emperor. It can be said that they were directly responsible for the emperor's safety, so Qianniu Guards must be held in charge by someone the emperor absolutely trusts.

Of course, from this point of view, Xue Rengui is indeed very suitable for this position, and Qianniu Guard is one of the sixteen Guards, and Xue Rengui's contribution is enough to take on the position of general.

However, the Yulin Army inspector was somewhat unexpected. In the Ming Dynasty, the Yulin Army was actually synonymous with the imperial guards, but during the Tang Dynasty, the Yulin Army was just a private army affiliated to the emperor, which was essentially different from other armies, because the Yulin Army was not a mansion soldier, but a recruitment, which is a professional army recruited by the emperor.

When talking about the Yulin Army of the Tang Dynasty, we have to mention another name, that is, the Northern Imperial Army, and the opposite is the Southern Imperial Army composed of the Sixteen Guards. The essential difference between the two is that the composition of the army is different. The Sixteen Guards are all government soldiers, serving the people in peacetime and in wartime. The Northern Imperial Army is a pavilion soldier, which is a professional soldier supported by the state.

However, the Northern Ya Imperial Army has not yet been formed, and there is only a newly established Yulin Army. Although this Yulin Army appeared very early, the number of people has not been large. It was used to be called Zuo Tun Camp and was stationed in Xuanwu Gate. It was not until the second year of Longshuo that it was renamed Zuo Yulin Army, with a total of only 6,000 soldiers.

Although the number of Yulin soldiers was not large, he was the first recruiting soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, which was also the beginning of the imperial guards in the Northern Yaya. The emergence of the Yulin Army was also an important symbol of the restructuring of the Tang army, and it was also the beginning of the collapse of the Tang Dynasty's military.

Speaking of the Tang Dynasty's prosperity, the system of government troops can be said to have made great contributions. The government soldiers usually serve the people, farm in farming, organize and practice in their spare time. When they go to war, soldiers also have to bring their own weapons, horses and food, but the morale of the soldiers is very high, because joining the army can not only be exempt from taxes, but also making military contributions can also reward large areas of fertile land. This also leads many people to change their destiny by joining the army and fight actively on the battlefield. This is also one of the main reasons for the Tang Dynasty's military strength.

However, as time went by, the soldiers of the government faced a huge crisis, that is, there was no fertile land to be given to soldiers. In fact, the Tang Dynasty had a lot of land, but most of the land was not suitable for cultivation. Although Zhang Zong had previously suggested that the court could use some minerals and grasslands to reward soldiers, it could only alleviate and not solve the fundamental problem.

In this case, the government military system will sooner or later be eliminated, so the Yulin Army was found, which was also the first step in the Tang Dynasty's military reform. In addition, the Yulin Army is a professional soldier, who does not work hard every day and has strong combat effectiveness, so it has always been stationed in Xuanwu Gate, responsible for the security of the imperial city, and military power has always been under the control of the emperor.
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