I opened a tavern in Datang/Datang: My peerless talent was exposed

To put it bluntly, a patriarch who is already a veteran in the army and has a stable position is paired with two sons who have basically reserved the rank of general. The father and son are still in different branches of the military.

Why, this is to dominate the entire army.

This kind of thing is really not a joke. The head of the family and his two sons are both generals, and they are in different military branches.

Zhang Nuo can be called No. 1 in the army in terms of military rank, record, and military exploits. This is recognized by everyone, but he will not be called the first in the army, because he is the only one in his family. middle.

It's not that there are no nephews in other families who have been in other military branches or the army, but compared with the old Cheng's family, the others are not enough.

As people of the same age, Cheng Chusi and Cheng Chumo brothers are almost the best at present. If there are no accidents in the army, it is a slow step. You can be promoted, but in fact, qualifications are definitely useful.

To put it bluntly, if everyone is a major, if I become a major one year before you, then I will have one more year of seniority.

What's more, there is another problem here. Those who get promoted first generally mean that they have to adjust their posts first. You are still a company commander. Others have already become deputy battalion commanders or battalion commanders. What can you do? Maybe it's just this year's effort, and others have already achieved different results in their new positions.

Everyone knows that in a war, a regimental commander who can win a battle is not at the same level as a company commander who can win a battle.

So, looking at the current situation, the eldest and second child of the old Cheng family are already ahead of all their peers. If there are no old things like them blocking the way, and their qualifications have not survived, these two boys are about to take off.

It was precisely because of these situations that there was actually only one solution left, either Lao Cheng was out of the game to make way for his own boy, or the two boys stopped their progress.

But if you think about it with your toes, you know that Lao Cheng will never let himself become a hindrance to his family. After all, to put it bluntly, he went up so desperately at the beginning for the development of the entire family. Isn't the current situation just right? What he wants to see.

What's more, even if he left the army, he would only give up his official military position and active military rank, but he was still the top honorable Duke Lu in the Tang Dynasty.

Even if Lao Cheng retired from the army, Lao Cheng's influence in the army would not fade in the past few years, but he lost his actual military power.

After talking about Cheng Yaojin, Li Shimin and Zhang Nuo continued to chat about the candidate for the commander of Datang's first official overseas operation.

But unexpectedly, on this issue, the two actually had a serious disagreement.

According to Li Shimin's thinking, it is natural to choose a reliable veteran among the veterans. After all, these people have been in the military for so many years, and they have never seen any weird situations.

Li Shimin naturally hoped that a steady veteran would make this overseas operation go smoothly. After all, Datang's retaliatory action this time was a full bet. Almost [-]% of the navy also had attached merchant ships and army troops.It can be said that the transfer this time has stretched the military strength of the entire Tang Dynasty.

If it weren't for the stable political situation in the Tang Dynasty and the honest folk customs, Li Shimin would really not have the courage to do this, but it is precisely because of the large investment this time that Li Shimin wants to reduce the risk as much as possible.

But Zhang Nuo's view is just the opposite. He believes that in this new situation, young and middle-aged generals should be the commanders of the joint forces.

"Old Li, you have to understand that those veterans are safe, but their so-called experience is based on previous combat experience, but when those experiences are applied to naval battles and joint operations, what is the use of their experience? "

"If there is a unified command, they don't have that ability, because they don't know how to command a fleet at all, but if there is no unified command, then what is the use of this commander?"

Zhang Nuo's words hit the nail on the head, but this happened to be the actual situation under the current new situation.

Datang really lacks new-style senior officers, especially new-style officers who have combat experience and have the combat literacy of the new army. Datang is currently at a fault in this regard.

That's right, especially at the level of senior commanders, it can be said that apart from Zhang Nuo, a half-reader of God of War, Datang actually has none.

But Zhang Nuo can't let Zhang Nuo do everything, what's the matter? Could it be that this day is over, Zhang Nuo is just like a donkey in the production team, wandering around to work for Li Shimin?

Zhang Nuo was not so free, and Li Shimin was also embarrassed.After all, Zhang Nuo has everything he should have, whether it is military rank, title or status, except for the rights he doesn't want, they have already reached the point where they can't be sealed.

What can I do?If they were not rewarded, the entire military merit system would be destroyed, but if they were rewarded, they would not know how to reward them. Fortunately, Zhang Nuo himself did not want to do these things.Otherwise, Li Shimin will be even more embarrassed.

Therefore, Zhang Nuo has pushed everything that Zhang Nuo can push now!

But Li Shimin, who was very talkative in the past, was extremely stubborn this time, insisting that the young generals were inexperienced and unreliable, no matter what Zhang Nuo said.

And Zhang Nuo persevered in a rare way, the two of them were stubborn!

Chapter 973 Li Jing with Low EQ

Although the two were stubborn on this point, they both knew that this was not a personal grievance, let alone that their friendship was gone, it was just that they disagreed on a certain matter.

So don't look at the two people who are arguing now, their faces are red, but in fact there is nothing wrong!

But the problem still needs to be solved after all. When no one can explain the truth to the other party, then we have to think of other ways.

Zhang Nuo was tired after arguing for a long time, so he finally had a showdown.

"Old Li, I'm too lazy to argue with you. You know in your heart that from now on, you must vigorously train those young officers!"

"Although the children of the old Cheng's family are developing well at present, they are just emerging after all. In a few years, they may be able to grow up, but for now, it is not enough!"

"So, my idea is to let Su Dingfang go out this time!"

Li Shimin was stunned when he heard the name. In fact, the two had argued for a long time just now, but they didn't come up with a specific name. Li Shimin always thought that Zhang Nuo wanted to recommend a child from the old Cheng's family, but after a long time, he came up with a Su Dingfang is coming?

He had a little impression of this name, because Su Dingfang had a good teacher——Li Jing!

That's right, Su Dingfang is a student of Li Jingzheng'er's Eight Classics, and at the same time, he still has the kind of master-student relationship that is taught by precept and example and word of mouth.

However, Su Dingfang seems to be working in the staff department of the military department at present, and there is no specific record to support it.

When Li Shimin raised his question, Zhang Nuo was amused, and then explained Su Dingfang's awesomeness.

"Old Li, you have to know that since the establishment of the Navy, the Naval Academy has been continuously recruiting students and sending officers to the Navy. After the establishment of the Air Force, the Air Force Academy is even more so!"

"However, there is a very interesting thing here, that is, everyone knows that if you enter this school, as long as your grades are good, you will definitely be able to be an officer in the future. So, unless you are disabled during training, or there is an accident at home It's a big deal, otherwise I definitely won't drop out of school!"

"However, such a person appeared in both schools. When he came in, he was greeted by someone. He learned in two years what other people could only learn in four years. Then when he graduated, he only took part in the assessment. Join!"

"That is to say, this person has endured more hardships than others, and is more tired than others. In the end, when it is clear that the harvest can be bumper, he stops. Lao Li, do you think this person is interesting?"

Zhang Nuo smiled playfully, but what he said was true.

Li Shimin was stunned when he heard this,

"I know that Su Dingfang is quite capable, and he was able to stand out from the crowd when he was in the staff department. But, I don't know, he actually trained in the navy, and what you mean is that he was also trained in the air force?"

Zhang Nuo nodded noncommittally, saying that Lao Li, whether you poke the needle or not, you guessed it all, what a clever little ghost.

Li Shimin opened his mouth, not knowing how to comment.

Rationally speaking, he is very satisfied with such an officer who was born as an old-fashioned officer, has studied the art of war in an orthodox manner, and has been on the battlefield with Li Jing. At the same time, he can study new knowledge hard and obtain excellent grades. He made himself a model among officers.

But emotionally speaking, just hearing his master's name made Li Shimin feel uncomfortable.

Li Jing, how should I put it, Zhang Nuo has never had any friendship with him, it's not that Zhang Nuo can't understand him, but Zhang Nuo has often seen Li Jing's name in later generations of film and television works and books.

Moreover, Li Jing is really capable, and he is really capable of winning battles.

But this person is extremely stupid in politics, extremely mentally handicapped in interpersonal communication, and can even be said to be a model of low EQ!

When Zhang Nuo rose up in the Tang Dynasty, everyone thought that even if he couldn’t make friends with Zhang Nuo, it’s better not to offend him. Why offend him, especially since Zhang Nuo never set foot in court?

But Li Jing was the most special one. He actually hid inside and pretended to be sick when Zhang Nuo came to visit as usual.

How stupid is this damsel to avoid celebrities like Zhang Nuo, not even willing to say hello?

It's not that no one asked the reason afterwards, Zhang Nuo asked someone to inquire about it. After all, Zhang Nuo was also wondering, and he didn't do anything, so why did he offend Li Jing?

This question is not only interested in Zhang Nuo, but everyone including Li Shimin and a large number of ministers are very interested, because Zhang Nuo and Li Jing really had nothing to do with each other before.

In the end, Li Jing's answer made people speechless. His reason was simply because Zhang Nuo rose too fast. If he reached the sky in one step, he might have a dispute with His Majesty in the future. He didn't want to stand in line ahead of time.

Everyone was speechless after hearing this answer.

It's good that you don't want to stand in line in advance, but no one wants you to stand in line. You're hanging around in Chang'an City, but anyone who is smarter doesn't know that Zhang Nuo and Li Shimin are so good that they both wear a pair of pants?

Not to mention that Zhang Nuo made it clear that he would not touch the court, how could he need a minister to stand in line with Li Shimin.

What's more, Li Jing kept saying that he didn't want to stand in line, but in fact he was standing with Li Shimin.

And it's still when Li Shimin doesn't need anyone to stand in line?

To put it bluntly, this is to sow discord between Li Shimin and Zhang Nuo!

From then on, the relationship between Zhang Nuo and Li Jing became very cold. Although they did not become enemies, they basically lost friendship.

The funniest and most terrible thing is that this incident not only offended Zhang Nuo but also Li Shimin.

That's right, although Li Jing kept saying that he didn't want to stand in line and get involved with Zhang Nuo, but in fact, Zhang Nuoke had just been named King of Qin by Li Shimin at that time, and the friendship between the two was really good.

If Li Jing does this and doesn't give Zhang Nuo face like this, isn't that actually not giving him face?

What's more, although Li Jing seems to be on Li Shimin's side.But in fact, he and Li Shimin are also inseparable. What's even more stupid is that Li Chengqian is 100% firmly seated as the crown prince, and he was ordered by Li Shimin to learn from Li Jing, but this girl actually said that the prince cannot make friends with courtiers , and then drove Li Chengqian out.

Damn, Li Shimin is literally torn apart.

Therefore, in the past few years, Li Jing has basically been idle. Anyway, now that the military has Zhang Nuo, the god of war, and Dinghai Shenzhen, there is really no need for Li Jing to come out. Li Shimin is really not used to him!

Chapter 974

The topics between Li Shimin and Li Jing are far more than that. In fact, the relationship between Li Jing and Li Shimin was not very good long before Zhang Nuo came.

The stupidest thing about him is that he always insists on his principle of non-involvement, hehe, it seems neutral, but in fact this is just a fool.

That's right, in the thinking of normal people, when it comes to this life-and-death imperial power struggle, as long as you are a courtier, you can't stand in line, unless you either have a very good relationship with both sides, and you have agreed not to help each other, or you are Insignificant passers-by, if they help, they will be in vain.

But Li Jing, who is in a high position in the court, is not either of the two.Therefore, his so-called non-help is actually a fool.

It's no wonder that Li Shimin made a list after he took office.

Of course, in the original history, Li Jing did this kind of coquettish operation more than once or twice. In history, when Li Shimin went to the east, he just wanted to see if Li Chengqian would turn around.

Then Li Jing was placed in Chang'an City, but Hou Junji was asked to assist Prince Li Chengqian in supervising the country!

This is actually an opportunity for Li Jing, because with Li Jing's No.1 status in the military, as long as Hou Junji and Li Chengqian jump back, then Li Jing can quickly set things right, and then firmly grasp the military power.

But unfortunately, Li Jing came up with another trick of not helping each other, just watching the show.

Fuck, this makes Li Shimin completely annoyed.

To put it bluntly, Li Shimin had just one idea, co-authoring your "Two Do Not Help" means that no matter who I am with, you will not help me.

That's not to say, you have done too much credit, it's a bit unreasonable to hack you to death, but don't think about it, just stay where you are cool.

In fact, Li Jing, as the No.1 in the army of the Tang Dynasty for many years, really lost himself because of his low EQ. In addition, he didn't have a few outstanding heirs, so in the end he was so obsolete. up.

Therefore, it is not a joke that Li Shimin dislikes Li Jing emotionally.

If it weren't for the relationship between Su Dingfang and Li Jing introduced by Zhang Nuo this time, Lao Li would have forgotten him for a long time.

However, now that he heard Zhang Nuo's introduction, he was really interested in this kid.

Especially when he heard that Su Dingfang was able to graduate from both the Naval Academy and the Air Force Academy ahead of schedule, as an emperor, he knew much more about how difficult it was for the Naval Academy and the Air Force Academy to graduate early.

To put it bluntly, it is an exam that only gives geniuses a chance.

After all, everyone understands how beneficial it is to be able to go to the army two years earlier. If the opening is not tightened and the threshold is not set higher, maybe at some point, there will be students who graduated early everywhere.

As for Su Dingfang, according to Zhang Nuo, he is the only one who has successfully graduated early from the two schools in recent years, and even many years later, he may be the only one who can graduate from both schools at the same time.

After all, ordinary people don't say whether they have the ability to graduate from two schools ahead of schedule, just entering two colleges and universities of different military branches, this is actually not something that ordinary people can do.

It can only be said that in order to let Su Dingfang enter the school, Li Jing, a person with a low EQ, turned down his face and asked many people to speak. After all, he also understood that Zhang Nuo took the initiative to visit him, but he refused. The door was blocked, and if this guy came to ask for help, it would be no wonder that Zhang Nuo gave him a good face.

Anyway, I won't talk about the process in the middle, but at least, judging from the current situation, Su Dingfang's achievements are worthy of Li Jing's embarrassment and begging for help.

Of course, it was precisely because Su Dingfang was good enough that Zhang Nuo recommended him as the joint commander at this time.

In fact, there is no other way. In the entire Tang Dynasty, apart from Zhang Nuo, who was cheating, only Su Dingfang had contact with and thoroughly studied all the combat systems of the three armies.

Zhang Nuo laid out all these things in front of Li Shimin in a reasonable manner, but Li Shimin was also speechless.

Damn, why couldn't Lao Li cultivate a few of these kind of good people by himself, why couldn't they be cultivated by other families, it had to be cultivated by Li Jing, a stubborn and stubborn idiot.

To be honest, Su Dingfang is also dependent on blessings and misfortunes. On the one hand, because his master is Li Jing, he enjoys treatment that other people cannot enjoy. You must know that if ordinary people serve in the army, if they want to enter the Naval Academy and the Air Force Academy to study across military branches, that is nonsense.

But his master solved it for him, but Xiao He was successful and Xiao He was defeated. The reason why he could only stay in the staff headquarters and could not visit the frontline troops in person was because his master had offended too many people, and there were two At present, the biggest bosses in Datang, one of them is the emperor and the other is the king of Qin.

To put it bluntly, if Zhang Nuo hadn't really cherished his talents, and at the same time, the mission this time was very important, Su Dingfang estimated that he might only be able to stay in the military as a staff officer for the rest of his life.

After struggling for a long time, Li Shimin glanced at Zhang Nuo and then laughed. Zhang Nuo was immediately frightened by Lao Li's greasy laughter.

"Damn it, Lao Li, don't laugh like that, I'm panicking when you laugh like that, what's your idea!"

Li Shimin was so blocked by Zhang Nuo's complaints that he didn't know what to say. After blinking his eyes, he figured it out. It's still useful to be a rascal, so he just leaned back, slumped on his seat and said lazily,

"I didn't make any plans. I just want you to be the head of the joint force. Su Dingfang, don't you think so? Let him be your deputy. By the way, I will select some talents from the army. I will go with you this time. I can be your staff adviser to give you ideas, and I can also gain insights with you!"

Zhang Nuo stared at Li Shimin dumbfounded, was speechless for a while, and finally sighed deeply,

"Lao Li, you deserve to be the emperor. With your shamelessness, no one can compare to you. You kept saying that you would reunite with the Hongyu couple and have a child sooner, but how many times did you send me? I have work, where the hell am I going to find time to have a baby with Hongyu?"

Zhang Nuo's words were a typical slap in the face, so Li Shimin felt a little embarrassed when he heard this, and his old face blushed.

But there was no way, he thought about it and found that Zhang Nuo was the only one who was truly capable and prestigious, and the others were all nonsense.

So, let's lose face if you lose face, let's settle the matter first, anyway, it's not once or twice to lose face in front of Zhang Nuo, and it just so happens that there are no outsiders here!