Chapter 50 Li Yuan's Ambition
After Li Jiancheng came to the first place in the center of the lobby and knelt down, Li Xiaogong and Li Shimin also sat down on his left and right positions. At this time, it means that the celebration banquet was about to begin.
Although the common food system has become popular among the people in the Tang Dynasty, the shared food system is basically used in such large banquets.
However, even if the food is divided, there are still rules for the seating arrangements.
At this moment, Li Jiancheng, as the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, has the power to supervise the prince. He has a very noble status and deserves to be the first in the middle.
His left head naturally sat on Li Xiaogong, the master of Luoyang, and his right head was the seat of King Li Shimin of Qin.
From this we can also see that in the current power system of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xiaogong's position is extremely important, even above Qin King Li Shimin.
This is normal. Since Li Yuan finally decided to upgrade Luoyang to the Eastern Capital a month ago, the Luoyang general manager in charge of Luoyang City, and the surrounding dozens of counties will be automatically upgraded to the Eastern Capital general manager. His identity will naturally increase, and he can be regarded as an important member of the comprehensive control of the military and political affairs of the Tang Dynasty.
In addition to the three positions in the lead, next are densely packed small cases separated on both sides, and then each person who participated in the banquet sat alone behind these cases for dinner.
The lobby of the Grand General Administration is extremely spacious. Now, there are nearly two hundred small cases, and there seems to be room left.
Of course, most of them had already known their location through the mouths of the general manager and the servants, but Xiao Feng was an exception.
Xiao Feng was accompanied by Maggie Li, so until now, he still doesn't know where he should sit down.
However, when Xiao Feng came to the first position on the upper left under the guidance of Maggie Li, he was really surprised.
Xiao Feng knew that this must have been specially arranged by Li Shimin and Li Xiaogong.
Xiao Feng knew the feelings of Li Shimin and Li Xiaogong, because they were grateful to Xiao Feng for their contributions.
Although Xiao Feng was unwilling to reveal that he was the hero who assassinated Jie Li Khan, they still gave Xiao Feng enough respect.
However, as he was a commoner, sitting in this noble position was probably too ostentatious?
After Xiao Feng sat down, Li Ma Yu also sat down in the first place of Xiao Feng. Then, Li Jing, Yuchi Jingde, Cheng Zhijie, Qin Qiong and others, and there were four rows behind these main officials and generals, including their family members, as well as generals and officials at the next level, etc.
On the right side of the lobby, there are also five rows of positions, and the first in the upper right is bound to be Xue Wanche.
Xue Wanche was Li Yuan's son-in-law and also one of the tiger generals who were powerful in the Tang Dynasty. Naturally, he was qualified to sit in this position. At Xue Wanche's lower head, he was the position of Wei Zheng and others. Then he was some of the direct generals of the King of Qin.
The position of the Grand General Administration Office is naturally very important to distinguish between the main and the guest. However, Xiao Feng, who was sitting opposite them, could also see that the teams of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Qin King are indeed clearly distinguished. Although they are both officials and generals of the Tang Dynasty, there are very few greetings when they meet.
After everyone sat down, ten out of the ten people looked at Xiao Feng, the number one in the left head, floated by.
Everyone present now has an increasingly intense interest in this young Xiao Feng.
In a sense, Xiao Feng can be said to be the protagonist of today's banquet.
Isn't it?
When he entered the Grand General Administration Office, the King of Qin and Grand General Administration personally welcomed the gate. In addition to Xiao Feng, only the Prince of Tang Dynasty, Li Jiancheng, was the one who enjoyed such honors.
But the problem is that although Li Jiancheng was welcomed by Li Shimin and Li Xiaogong, he did not receive attention from Li Ma Yu. At this moment, Li Ma Yu, who is highly anticipated, seems to be surrounding Xiao Feng and showing great care.
The Prince of the Crown Prince, who was originally supposed to be treated diligently in everyone's hearts, was almost choked to death by Li Mayu's words "Uncle".
Isn't this a very interesting thing?
However, who is Xiao Feng and what kind of capital he dares to do such a move similar to slapping His Highness the Crown Prince?
I am so pitiful to the victim Xiao Feng, I still don’t know very well how he offended the most powerful person in the Tang Dynasty in the future.
Just as everyone had their own ideas, Li Xiaogong, the owner of the General Administration, slowly stood up and began to give a speech.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness, Dear Tang colleagues, and all the heroes of the Tang army, today, we gathered together. We originally held a celebration banquet to celebrate His Highness's defeat of the 200,000 Turkic army and repel Liu Wuzhou's 100,000 troops. However, before the official celebration, I have to officially announce a good news first, but I believe everyone here knows this news, that is, from a month ago, Luoyang will officially become the accompanying capital of the Tang Dynasty! In a few days, we will hold a grand ceremony, and from then on, Luoyang can also be called the Eastern Capital of the Tang Dynasty."
When Li Xiaogong finished speaking, a burst of cheers suddenly erupted around him.
In fact, as Li Xiaogong said, most of the people present knew about this. However, when Li Xiaogong came back from Chang'an for a while, he had not officially announced the news and was preparing for the capital establishment ceremony, news of the Turkic invasion came. It was still a question whether Luoyang could be saved at that time. Who else would have the heart to take care of the capital establishment?
However, when Xiao Feng heard Li Xiaogong's words, he could also find that the cheers were mostly from Li Shimin and Li Xiaogong, while Li Jiancheng's team of people were basically still looking calm.
After thinking a little, Xiao Feng understood the twists and turns.
The Tang Dynasty designated Luoyang as the Dongdu, but it was not just the nominal Dongdu. In addition to this name, a complete set of management institutions will also be established in the Dongdu, and this complete management institutions must be built on the framework of the Luoyang General Administration.
Although this institution is not as comprehensive as the Chang'an court, it can be considered a small court.
This principle is just like the principle that after Chang'an was captured by Li Tang in the Sui Dynasty, the eastern capital Luoyang could immediately bring up another court, because there was this team in Luoyang at that time.
Obviously, the proposal of the eastern capital Luoyang is definitely the result of Li Shimin's efforts.
Just like in normal history, Li Yuan allowed Li Shimin to open the "Tiance Mansion" in Luoyang, allowing him to develop a certain amount of power in Luoyang.
Now that the Eastern Capital Luoyang has been established, the one who replaces Li Shimin to develop its power is Li Xiaogong, who is the chief manager of the Eastern Capital.
Now Luoyang is under the leadership of Li Xiaogong. The forces developed by Li Xiaogong are basically the forces that support Li Shimin, and there is no doubt about this.
As a result, although Qin King Li Shimin could not directly control the entire Luoyang forces, he could also rely on Li Xiaogong to slowly form his team.
In fact, in Xiao Feng's view, Li Yuan's move to determine Luoyang as the Eastern Capital was in a sense unwise, but from another perspective, it was extremely appropriate.
Although the position of the Eastern Capital is extremely important and it is also the forefront of Li Tang's dominance in Guanzhong, Sichuan and Sichuan, and the world, at the critical moment when the power of the Tang Dynasty was about to be transferred, giving Li Shimin such a good opportunity, wouldn't it add uncertain factors to the future of the Tang Dynasty and sow the seeds of turmoil?
However, after thinking about it, Xiao Feng roughly determined another thing, that is, when Li Yuan chose Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, he was still hesitating.
What Xiao Feng had to admit is that after only a few simple contacts with Li Shimin, putting aside Li Shimin's character, Li Shimin does have such strength and can lead the Tang Dynasty to a prosperous and powerful road.
Judging from the rumors among the people, Li Jiancheng is generous and kind, and has the wisdom to use people to identify others. It is suitable for being a wise ruler in a stable time, while Li Shimin is talented and has a long-term vision, and is suitable for expanding territory. When the Tang Dynasty was still attacked from all sides, Li Yuan determined the Dongdu as Li Shimin's sphere of influence, which may be of some benefit to the Tang Dynasty.
Perhaps in Li Yuan's thinking of finally upgrading Luoyang to an Eastern Capital, there is the idea that Li Shimin, the Eastern Capital, and you can do it. Anyway, the territory he captured was all the territory of the Tang Dynasty. His eldest son Li Jiancheng, as the prince's position as the governor of the country, steadily occupy the land of Sichuan and Shu in Guanzhong. Advance can lead to the world, and retreat can protect the territory of a country.
In Li Yuan's mind, no matter whether the land he captured was from Li Jiancheng or Li Shimin, it was from the Tang Dynasty, or in other words, from him, Li Yuan.
When one day the world is pacified, Li Yuan will choose one of the two sons who is most suitable to inherit the throne of the Tang Dynasty.
It has to be said that with Xiao Feng’s understanding of the entire Tang Dynasty and the surrounding situation, coupled with his extremely keen political analysis and observation and judgment skills, what he has done at this moment is already an extremely correct inference.
If Li Yuan knew what Xiao Feng was thinking at this moment, he would be really surprised.
Indeed, as Xiao Feng thought at this moment, the Tang Dynasty set Luoyang as the Eastern Capital when it was in turmoil and storm was to inspire the morale of the Eastern Capital soldiers and to admire the world.
The old horse is in the stable and has ambitions for thousands of miles, while the martyrs are in their old age and have ambitions.
Although Li Yuan was old, he still had ambitions and wanted to look at the Central Plains. His two best sons, Li Jiancheng, was good at maintaining success and not good at expanding territory. Li Shimin was very talented and capable. He wanted to pacify the world, and what he could rely on was his second son Li Shimin, and Li Xiaogong, the chief manager of Luoyang.
However, this is great news for the officials and generals of Li Xiaogong and Li Shimin, but this is not good news for the officials and generals of Li Jiancheng and other groups.
If the eastern capital Luoyang is established, it means there is an additional country in the country. Even if the throne of the Tang Dynasty finally falls on their crown prince Li Jiancheng, so what can it do?
In the future, how to deal with the matter in Dongdu?
For example, the foresighted Li Jiancheng officials like Wei Zheng had long been worried about this problem.
It’s no wonder that these Tang officials and generals have such small plans.
Because no matter who is, he is just a master.
This is the mystery of the Tang Dynasty's establishment of Luoyang as the Eastern Capital.
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