In the hall, the siblings recognized each other.
Empress Zhangsun looked at her younger brother who had grown up and was filled with emotions.
He had not been by her side all these years, but he had encountered many fortuitous encounters.
"Now that the world is not stable, the north is in chaos, and there are strong enemies waiting outside. His Majesty is thirsty for talents, Minzhi, you have a genius."
Empress Zhangsun changed the topic." But I know your temperament. I won't force you, and I won't let anyone force you."”
Zhangsun Minzhi looked at her sister and said,""I'm not an official, but I can get a title and get a salary. It's okay for me to visit you occasionally.”
Empress Zhangsun was delighted to hear that. It was good that he was willing to enter the palace and meet the Emperor occasionally to discuss political affairs and give him some pointers.
However, Li Shi Min's face darkened when he heard this. He didn't expect this brat to only enjoy himself and not work.
At this moment, Chang Le rushed into the hall with a small box in his hand. He handed it to Zhangsun Minzhi with both hands and said in a childish voice,"
"Uncle, this is a gift from Chang Le.”
"Thank you!" Zhangsun Minzhi smiled and opened the box to find an exquisite jade pendant inside. It was translucent and exquisitely carved.
After he put on the jade pendant, he smiled and patted Chang Le's little head.
Seeing that her daughter and younger brother were getting along harmoniously, Empress Zhangsun was very happy. She took his hand and began to chat about family matters.
......
When Li Shimin returned to the Dew Palace, a eunuch came forward to report," Your Majesty, Lord Zhangsun requests an audience."”
Why was he here again?
Li Shimin frowned slightly, but he still let the eunuch summon Zhangsun Wuji into the hall.
"Wuji, let me tell you some good news! Just now, that brat and the Empress have reunited. I wonder when he will be allowed to acknowledge his ancestors and return to the clan so that I can confer him the title of Imperial Brother-in-law.”
Li Shi Min smiled when he saw Zhangsun Wuji,""This is the fortune of the Zhangsun Clan!"
The Zhangsun Clan was Li Shimin's greatest ally in the Imperial Kingdom.
Empress Zhangsun, Zhangsun Wuji, and Gao Shilian now had the enigmatic Zhangsun Minzhi.
However, Zhangsun Wuji hesitated and said,"Zhangsun Minzhi was playful and active when he was young. He didn't read the Four Books and Five Classics."
Although Zhangsun Minzhi had offered the stirrups, Zhangsun Wuji still thought that Zhangsun Minzhi was still acting like a child.
Li Shi Min could tell that the two brothers were not on good terms and interrupted him," You two brothers should get along well. You should imitate Meng Tian and Meng Yi and be loyal to the Qin Dynasty. In the future, you will assist Chengqian together.”
These words showed how ambitious Li Shimin was, wanting to be on par with Qin Shihuang.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have said that the Zhangsun brothers imitated the Meng brothers.
"I heard that the kid's swordsmanship has reached the peak and he managed to subdue Ji Ruxue with one move. I will make him the leader of the generals and take charge of the Tang army in the future. And you will be the head of the civil officials, in charge of the internal affairs of the court.”
"A man of literature and a man of martial arts, why worry about the injustice of the world?”
Li Shi Min said heroically, exuding an air of arrogance.
However, Zhangsun Wuji smiled bitterly and thought to himself,""Zhangsun Minzhi isn't a person of the pool. He's lazy and doesn't like fame and fortune, so he's not bound by them. I'm afraid it's difficult for Your Majesty to control him.”
He cupped his hands and bowed." Your Majesty, I've found the whereabouts of a pair of siblings. Your Majesty will definitely be interested!"”
"Hmm?" Li Shi Min raised his eyebrows.
"The youngest son and daughter of the Underworld Master!"
Swoosh!
Li Shiming's eyes became sharp." Where?”
"Among the refugees, this pair of siblings is under the protection of the Yin Clan's Patriarch.”Zhangsun Wuji said in a deep voice.
Li Shi Min paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, recalling the events from ten years ago.
He had an irreconcilable hatred with the Underworld Master. The Underworld Master had killed Li Zhiyun and hung his head on Chang 'an City. He had even dug up the Li family's ancestors and whipped their bones.
The Li Consortium was humiliated!
Later, when Li Yuan and Li Shimin invaded Chang 'an, the first thing they did was to capture the entire family of the Underworld Master.
However, they only caught the eldest daughter of the Yin Shi Master, and there was still a son and daughter missing.
In a fit of anger, Li Yuan killed the Underworld Master and gave his eldest daughter to the King of Qin, Li Shimin.
This action was not to show mercy, but to deliberately humiliate the Yin Clan's elder daughter and the dead Yin World Master.
Aren't you very powerful, Underworld Master? How dare you dig up the Li Consortium's ancestral grave? But now, your daughter can only bear the crotch of the enemy and even bear the child of the enemy.
This woman was Concubine Yin, the concubine of the Tang Emperor.
Although many years had passed, the grudge still existed. Li Shi Min could let go of the 200,000 to 300,000 homeless members of the Yin Family, and even let go of the Yin Family's Patriarch, Yin Shouxin.
However, he could not let go of the youngest son and daughter of the Underworld Master.
"Capture him and imprison him to death!" Li Shiming stared at Zhangsun Wuji and said coldly.
Zhangsun Wuji muttered,"Concubine Yin's place."
"This is the Yin World Master, the Yin family owes me!”Li Shi Min said firmly.
Li Shimin recalled the matter of the stirrups. This matter was related to the Battle of Jingyang and the Tang Empire.
"Zhangsun Minzhi, how many stirrels have you forged? Is it useful?"
Even Zhangsun Wuji, who hated Zhangsun Minzhi the most, had to admit that the stirrups had changed the situation.
"Last night, 1,700 people from the Ministry of Works worked overnight to make them. Now, there are already 10,000 stirrels. By tomorrow, there should be 20,000 stirrels.”
Yesterday, Li Shimin ordered the Ministry of Works to stop all manufacturing, including farming tools, plows, utensils, and only the stirrups.
After all, the war in the north was related to the situation of the world.
Li Shi Min asked excitedly, his hands trembling under his dragon robe." How is the effect?”
The battle prowess of a cavalry was largely dependent on the rider's control over the horse. This required several years of training on horseback, and this was the advantage of the Turkic cavalry.
The difficulty Chang 'an City was facing now was that there were tens of thousands of horses but no experienced riders.
If you let an experienced infantryman forcefully act as a rider, once the battle started, he would only fall off his horse and die because of his poor horsemanship.
The stirrupes that Zhangsun Minzhi had given him could shorten the training time of the cavalry and increase the production of the cavalry.
Zhangsun Wuji smiled bitterly." Li Jing chose 10,000 infantry who don't know horsemanship to ride on horses with stirrers. Cheng Yaojin chose 10,000 cavalrymen who have been trained for many years. Both sides practiced outside the barracks.”
"The result."
"Tell me!" Li Shimin shouted.
This outcome was related to the rise and fall of the Great Tang and the Imperial Court's next strategy.
"In the end, Li Jing led 10,000 men and was defeated.”
Li Shiming was disappointed. This was within his expectations, but Zhangsun Wuji's next words shocked him.
"But none of these 10,000 infantry who don't know how to ride horses fell off their horses!”
Hiss!
Li Shi Min took a deep breath. When he was learning how to ride a horse back then, he could only do it in the second year.
Not falling off the horse was the lowest threshold in horsemanship. It was extremely important to see if a rider was qualified.
If you fall off your horse when you charge into the enemy's formation and scout around, how can you still be a cavalryman?
"Tomorrow, with 20,000 stirrups, we can arm at least 20,000 cavalrymen. As long as we get used to it, we can support Jingyang.”
Zhangsun Wuji calculated.
He naturally couldn't allow infantry who didn't know how to ride horses to fight the Turks while stepping on stirrups.
This was simply treating war as child's play!
In Chang 'an, there were 30,000 trainee riders. These riders had only been trained for one or two years. In the past, it would be awkward and certainly not useful.
Now that he had the stirrups, he could barely become an official cavalry to support Jingyang.
In an instant, there were 20,000 more cavalrymen. It was as if a divine weapon had descended from the sky!
Li Shi Min was overjoyed. His brother-in-law was right.
The next day, Li Shi Min planned to send these 20,000 cavalrymen out to support Yuchi Gong in Jingyang.
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