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Chapter 590 Difficult System Task

However, the usual duties of the Left and Right Guards are to guard the inner and outer gates of the Eastern Palace. The Crown Prince's Palace is also a part of the palace, and needs to strictly follow the overall garrison system of the palace. It has a fixed scope of duties and responsibilities, and is actually managed by the general of the imperial guards appointed by the emperor.

They are the security guards at the various gates of the East Palace. If they are put together, there are quite a lot of them. But if they are dispersed and divided into several shifts, can these people be unified and deployed as an armed force?
It's obviously impossible. With so many gates in the East Palace, doesn't anyone need to guard them?

Yang Ji's General of the Left Thousand Bull Guard was initially responsible for guarding a part of the palace city. He was recently transferred to the palace city to serve as a patrol guard for Li Shimin.

The last two were the mobile escort forces that Li Yan could directly command and mobilize. Each Nei-Lue-Fu had only 400 people, for a total of 800 people.

Normally when Li Yan did not go out, he would stay in Xineiwan outside the north gate of the Prince's Palace, which was the garrison of the imperial guards in the northern court. He had set aside a small area as a military camp and stationed there.

As the crown prince, if Li Yan needed these people for ceremonial guards when he went out, or ordered the arrest of someone, to do something or something, and needed to use force, he could mobilize the appropriate number of people based on the crown prince's order. For example, when he went to Sanyuan County for sacrifice last time, he did not need to go through the emperor or the court, and he could mobilize within 800 people at will.

The Left and Right Inner Courts were similar to a smaller version of Li Shimin's Northern Ya Imperial Guards, except that Li Shimin had 30,000 imperial guards, but when it came to the crown prince Li Yan, he only had 800 small imperial guards.

This is also why Li Shimin was able to turn the tide during the Xuanwu Gate Incident with only 800 brave soldiers, while Li Jiancheng's ten generals from the Eastern Palace were of no use?

Those soldiers on duty could not be mobilized, and it was too late. The only ones he could mobilize were the mobile forces of the left and right inner commanders. The people from the left and right gate commanders were scattered among the gates, and there were not many of them. They could not be gathered together at once, and their combat effectiveness could not be guaranteed.

General Feng Li of the Guards also made an immediate decision and mobilized the Prince's Left and Right Internal Affairs Offices stationed in the Western Inner Courtyard and the Qi Palace Guards led by Xue Wanche, the Qi Palace Guard, to gather 2,000 troops and attack Xuanwu Gate.

Helplessly, the commander of the imperial guards guarding the Xuanwu Gate often sided with Li Shimin, preventing him from entering to rescue Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji. Finally, the eight hundred brave soldiers led by Li Shimin completed the task, killed Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, controlled Li Yuan, and took control of the overall situation.

In the name of the court and the emperor, the imperial guards were mobilized to wipe out the armies of Feng Lihe and Xue Wanche. In the end, Feng Li was captured, Xue Wanche escaped, and the rest of the troops dispersed.

Li Yan also came to the Tang Dynasty and entered the Eastern Palace. After personally understanding the court configuration, he understood why Crown Prince Li Jiancheng, who was in charge of the Eastern Palace's ten forces and nominally had a guard force of over ten thousand, could not break through the Xuanwu Gate. In fact, the mobile force near the Crown Prince's Palace that Li Jiancheng could directly mobilize at any time at that time was only 1,200 people from the left and right inner forces.

Li Jiancheng's trusted confidant, General Zuo Yi, commanded 50,000 troops, including 20,000 cavalry alone. They were all well-trained and powerful forces. However, they were stationed far away in Jingzhou. The distance of 200 kilometers meant that Luo Yi could not help at all, and he didn't even know the news until the next day.

After personally learning about Li Shimin's power in the ninth year of Wude, Li Yan felt scared just thinking about it. At that time, Li Shimin was not only the General of Tiance, with the power to open government offices and build palaces, he could act on behalf of the emperor and lead wars, but he also held twelve important core positions.

The first-class Tiance General is higher than the princes and the three dukes, and second only to the emperor and the crown prince. He is the head of the military generals and can recruit subordinates at will.
The first-rank title of King of Qin;

The first-rank Taiwei was nominally in charge of the nation's military affairs.
The first-rank official, Si Tu, was nominally in charge of the country's taxation;
The second-rank official, Zhongshuling, was in charge of formulating and drafting imperial edicts, decrees, and other national policies;

The Shangshu Ling, a second-rank official, was in charge of specific administrative management and was equivalent to the head of the civil service.
The second-rank official in charge of the Shandong Circuit was in charge of all the troops in the Luoyang area, Hedong, and Hebei.
The third-rank Right Guard General was in charge of the palace guards;

The third-rank Right Wuhou General was in charge of the chariot and went out to guard the camp;
The third-rank generals of the Left and Right Twelve Guards were in charge of the twelve guards who protected the capital.

The third-rank governor of Yongzhou was in charge of the military and political management of Yongzhou, including Chang'an.

The third-rank governor of Liangzhou was in charge of the military affairs of the four provinces of Liang, Gan, Gua and Su.

Looking at the power represented by the densely packed positions above, it would be strange if Li Jiancheng could sleep well. I'm afraid anyone would feel uneasy.

Of course, each of these official positions represents a piece of territory that Li Shimin conquered for the Tang Dynasty. They were not awarded by Li Yuan, but were won by Li Shimin himself. They are all manifestations of merit. It can be said that Li Shimin was not an emperor, but he had the achievements and strength of an emperor.

Although Li Shimin was nominally below the emperor and the crown prince at that time, his actual power was far greater than that of the crown prince. Even Li Yuan did not dare to shake Li Shimin's position easily. He just wanted to wait until the world was at peace and then gradually reduce his power.

In fact, until Li Shimin's Xuanwu Gate Incident, Liang Shidu, one of the rebel kings at the end of the Sui Dynasty, was still entrenched in the Shuofang Yunzhong area, relying on the support of the Turks, establishing a country and confronting the Li Tang Dynasty. In the north, the Turks continued to invade the border, and the foreign threats of the Tang Dynasty were not completely resolved. Li Shimin's role still needed to be played, and Li Yuan needed Li Shimin to stabilize and deter the Tang Dynasty, which had just been initially unified and the people's hearts were still unstable.

However, after years of fighting and countless bloody battles, Li Shimin had already acquired the mind and vision of an iron-blooded emperor. He had extremely rich combat experience and had taken into account all the plans of Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng.

Strike first and gain the upper hand, catching the opponent off guard.

Although Li Shimin's military strength outside the city of Chang'an was greater, the military force that could be mobilized at any time in the small area of ​​Chang'an was not as good as Li Jiancheng's, and far less than Li Yuan's. He simply took the advantage of striking first and completely grasped the initiative of the war.

Li Yan believed that Li Jiancheng also had palace gate guards like Chang He, as well as a large number of undercover agents sent to the Qin Palace that could be used, but he was concerned about Li Yuan's attitude and dared not take the initiative to attack. He only wanted to engage in palace fighting in the court and weaken Li Shimin bit by bit.

However, no one expected that Li Shimin would break the rules and use physical destruction to solve all obstacles, including Li Yuan, in one fell swoop. This can be said to be a man of great vision and courage.

After Li Shimin came to power, he stayed in the Crown Prince's Palace for a while and then ascended the throne directly. After Li Yan became the Crown Prince, the already scarce guards of the East Palace were reduced to a scarce number of 800 people.
After the rebellion of the kings in the ninth year of Wude, after Li Shimin came to power, many of the third-generation princes, including Li Yan, although nominally crown princes or princes, were only of honorable status, far from having the mighty power and influence of princes such as Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji in the founding period.

Li Yan added 500 people in the name of Jinyiwei, but Li Shimin didn't care at all. Not to mention that these people would be dispersed soon. Even if Li Yan's guards were increased to 5,000, Li Yan would still not be able to turn the tables.

That is, he did not have the strength of Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, nor did he have the prestige to conquer most of the world. He had almost no other choice except to slowly outlast Li Shimin and then take over the throne.

It can be said that if Li Shimin had not controlled the power and influence of the entire world, the Tang Dynasty would have fallen apart and the world would have been in chaos after the Xuanwu Gate Incident. This is why Li Jiancheng did not dare to play the same way as Li Shimin.

Even so, Li Shimin actually had a backup plan, that was Li Yuan who was under house arrest. If Li Shimin could not control the world, he could only invite Li Yuan out again, restore order, die to atone for his crime, and put the Li family's Tang Dynasty first. Otherwise, Li Shimin would be the sinner of the Li family.

The main task of the system requires Li Yan to defeat such a person, so it is so difficult.

Returning to the East Palace and coming to the study room of Cheng'en Hall, Li Yan eliminated those famous generals who had already become famous, held military power in the court, and those who were in poor health and recuperating at home from the generals of the early Tang Dynasty that he had found through the computer before coming to the Tang Dynasty world.

There are also some who would shine in the middle and late Zhenguan period, Gaozong period, and Wu Zhou period, but they are too young now, or have not even been born yet.

He picked out a dozen or so people who were not much different in age from himself, and carefully marked down their family backgrounds, native places, addresses, etc. These information found in later generations might not be accurate, so Li Yan wrote as detailed as possible, and then gave instructions to some guards in the East Palace.

Fifty or sixty people were mobilized, divided into groups of three. They were asked to take the conscription business cards from the Prince's Palace, withdraw money, and go to all corners of the country to look for people!

Li Yan was there to train those young men since childhood, and Su Dingfang and Liang Jianfang were there for Li Yan to train and lead the five hundred spies of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. He couldn't rely on just one Chang Sheng, and Li Yan was not sure whether he could completely subdue them, so he had to find two who could replace him at any time.

If Chang Sheng cannot be conquered, or his identity is exposed, this man will be ruined and dead, and Li Shimin will not tolerate him. Therefore, Li Yan cannot pin all his hopes on him and bet that he will give up revenge and work for him.

Fortunately, there were many famous ministers and generals in the early Tang Dynasty, so there was no need to worry about not having anyone to use them.

Most of the officials in the Eastern Palace were vacant. The people who were recruited were randomly assigned an official position and could work for the Eastern Factory with the salary from the court.

In fact, these officials in office do not cost much money as they are all supported by the court. The real expense is the huge information network that will be laid out throughout the country with 500 soldiers as the seeds. That is the real expense.

Li Yan learned the lesson of fighting alone in the Qing Dynasty world, and fully exerted his influence as the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty. He recruited more thugs to work for him with justification. This was far better than doing it himself and racking his brains to wrestle with those troublesome brothers.

After finishing everything, Li Yan breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that a large group of talented people were about to join his team, Li Yan finally felt a little like conquering the Tang Dynasty. He stretched his body, called Wenjun, and prepared to have a good meal in the evening to relax his recently tense nerves.

(End of this chapter)