Everyone in the world knows that the military power of the Tang Dynasty today is in the hands of three people!

In other words, the power structure is also divided into three parts!

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Datang, Luoyang.

There is a long street in the city called Tianshu Street. There is a mansion at the end of the street, which is named the Palace of King Qin.

There is also an attached plaque written to the General Tiance's Mansion.

This is the residence of Li Shimin, King of Qin in the Tang Dynasty.

It is the control center for one-third of the world's military power.

On a cold winter day, the north wind blew, but the meeting hall of Tiance Mansion was as warm as spring, because there were more than a dozen huge braziers burning in the hall.

Not only is it not cold, it is also very hot.

Rolling heat waves spewed out of the brazier, making crackling burning sounds from time to time.

In addition to the heat wave from the brazier, there is also a strong aroma of meat in the temple.

Today Li Shimin is eating meat and drinking wine with his subordinates.

There are civil servants!

There are generals!

The civil servants lowered their heads and talked softly, and the military generals raised their glasses and drank. When they were drunk, a man suddenly raised his head and said softly: "Your Highness, King Qin, it's time to take action..."

Your Highness, King Qin, it’s time to take action!

With just eight words, a pin drop could be heard in the hall.

Both civil servants and military generals all looked at Li Shimin, the leader.

There was excitement, desire, ambition, and apprehension in their eyes.

The civil servants lowering their heads and chatting just now were all pretense, and the military generals raising their glasses and drinking heavily were all pretense. They had gathered in Tiance Mansion many times in the past few days, just to encourage Li Shimin to make the final decision.

What decision?

Fight for another military power in the Tang Dynasty.

Bang!

A crisp sound.

But when Li Shimin released his wrist, he gently placed the dagger in his hand on the case.

Then.

Plop!

This time it was a muffled sound.

However, Li Shimin also released his other wrist and placed a freshly roasted leg of lamb on the table.

The meat-cutting dagger and the roasted lamb leg were put down at the same time, which meant that they did not intend to continue eating!

Everyone under his command was slightly shocked.

They vaguely felt that today's efforts to persuade them to come in would be in vain again.

really!

I saw Li Shimin's face was cold, but his tiger eyes were looking out of the hall. He seemed sad and reluctant to leave. After a long time, he finally condensed thousands of words into one sentence, as if murmuring: "That's my sister."

military power."

That's my sister's military power.

Just this sentence clearly reveals some kind of entanglement and sentimentality.

Everyone under his command was speechless for a moment.

Only one person in the palace stood up, cupped his hands and said softly: "Your Highness, Princess Pingyang is no longer here. If Your Highness is unwilling to take action, the Crown Prince will also take action. In this case, why should Your Highness..."

Unfortunately, before this person could finish his words, he suddenly heard a sharp shout from Li Shimin.

But when Li Shimin stood up suddenly, he said angrily: "How many times have you forced me this month? In your eyes, is the only army of women under Pingyang's command? Have you ever thought that that is my army?"

Sister Wang’s life-long effort...?"

There was another bang, but Li Shimin kicked the case out of anger.

Then the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty took a deep breath, suddenly raised his hands and saluted everyone, and barely suppressed his anger and said: "The wind is roaring like crying today, and I am not feeling well, so I won't drink with you. It's rude."

Don’t worry about it.”

After saying this, he let out a long sigh, looked deeply at someone in the palace, suddenly waved his sleeves, turned around, and strode towards the back of the palace.

In the blink of an eye, the figure was far away.

Only a few of his subordinates were left looking at each other.

After a long time, the person who had just persuaded me to enter was helpless and said regretfully: "Your Highness is still soft-hearted and can't make up his mind."

Another person looked towards the back of the palace and whispered: "Princess Pingyang has passed away, but the military power of the Tang Dynasty is still divided into three places. If Your Highness does not fight, others will definitely fight. If she falls into the prince's house, my days in Tiance's house will be very difficult."

It’s so hard.”

Everyone was speechless.

It has been six years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

Although the world has not yet become peaceful, the general trend has already taken a direction. Looking at the entire Central Plains, the Li family dynasty no longer has any rivals to keep pace with. What is left now is to continue to wipe out the world, and eventually it will inevitably dominate the world.

The Tang Dynasty is already the most powerful force in the world today.

However, this power was divided into three parts.

The military power of the Tang Dynasty was divided into three parts.

The first military power was in the hands of Emperor Li Yuan. It was stationed in Chang'an and Guanzhong. It had a total of 140,000 soldiers and horses, called the Gyeonggi Feather Army, and its combat power was extremely elite.

This military power is the emperor's personal army. It is said that only Emperor Li Yuan can take charge of it, but everyone already knows that Li Yuan intends to slowly hand over this military power to the prince.

The Prince's Mansion already has the right to inherit the throne, if they once again have the military power of the emperor's personal army...

The second military power was the famous Women's Army of the Tang Dynasty.

Although the name is called the Women's Army, the soldiers under his command are not delicate little ladies. On the contrary, they are all brave men who have experienced hundreds of battles.

During the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the Li family raised an army. It was originally just to protect themselves and had no strong ambitions. However, no one expected that a certain woman from the Li family could be so good at fighting...

Princess Li Xiuning of Pingyang started her life almost from scratch. In just one year, she raised an army of 50,000, and she used it to sweep across the entire northern part of the Central Plains. Her troops became stronger as the war progressed!

At the beginning, there were only 50,000 people, but as the war progressed, more and more people were fought. When Li Yuan managed to capture Chang'an with great trembling, he was shocked to find that his daughter had helped him capture most of the Central Plains.

The strength of the Detachment of Women under Li Xiuning was 200,000.

Half of the Li family's world is almost in the hands of the Detachment of Women.

This was the second military power of the Tang Dynasty.

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As for the third military power, it was in the hands of King Qin Li Shimin.

Two years ago, which was also the fourth year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, as the right-wing military governor, led an army to capture Luoyang and defeated the coalition forces of Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande. He achieved great success and gained a great reputation.

With extremely high military exploits, military power is also extremely high.

However, because Li Shimin was the second son, there was no possibility of inheriting the throne in this life. Therefore, Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty ordered him to take charge of the civil and military power in the entire eastern Tang Dynasty, and allowed him to establish his own princely shogunate in Luoyang.

Tiance Mansion.

Allowed to set up his own official office.

The government is allowed to collect taxes.

He was given 30,000 yuan of food.

Have the power to gather troops.

This is a unique power that stands above all princes.

What does ‘allowing one’s own official office’ mean?

It means that Li Shimin is allowed to recruit his own officials.

There is no need to go through the court's approval or the emperor's permission. As long as Li Shimin feels that a certain talent is useful, he can be recruited into the Tiance Mansion as an official.

What is ‘collecting taxes for the administration of land’?

This is another appalling privilege.

To put it bluntly, Li Shimin could collect taxes privately in the places he governed, and the taxes collected could be freely used by his soldiers and civilians.

In addition, he can also eat 30,000 yuan.

What is a food town? A food town means that people use their own output to support Li Shimin. The so-called 30,000 people refer to a food town with a population of 30,000 households.
To be continued...