Chapter 512 Reorganization of the Black Armor
After entering Chengfu Gate, you will reach the East City, which is separated from the Palace City by only one wall. It is the garrison of the various guards in Luoyang City. Yaoyi City and Menbi City to the north of Luoyang Palace City are now the garrisons of the Tiance Army.

The palace guards were all composed of more than 6,000 guards from the Prince of Qi's palace.

Although the six generals from Chang'an were stationed in the Eastern Palace and their supply of food and military equipment was not interrupted, several of them were worried all day long.

Because they are very embarrassed now.

The six commanders of the Eastern Palace, the left and right guard commanders, the left and right road clearing commanders, and the left and right imperial guard commanders, totaled 6,000 men. They were elite troops formed by Emperor Taizong Wen when he was the crown prince, and he appointed his trusted confidants.

After the Battle of Gaoping, precisely because this team bore too heavy a stamp of Emperor Taizong's influence, the current Emperor Li Xuanqing was wary of them, so he sent them to the Hanoi battlefield to support the King of Qi. However, the war was over before they arrived.

Li Yuanhui did not treat them harshly. He directly let them move into Luoyang, but he never mentioned asking them to return to Chang'an.

This made the six generals somewhat worried about their future.

The six confidants of Emperor Taizong, Zhang Jin, the commander of the Left Guard, Zhai Changsun, Qiu Xinggong, the commander of the Right Guard, Houmo Chenping, Gao Daoyan, the commander of the Left Imperial Guard, and Jing Junhong, gathered together to discuss that staying in Luoyang like this was not a good idea. So the six of them decided that they could only go to see the King of Qi.

After all, this is in Luoyang.

At this time, Li Yuanhui was planning the military strategy against Eastern Wei in Qianyang Hall with Li Yaoshi, Li Qinglian and others. When he heard that the six generals wanted to see him, he let them continue and went to the side hall to meet the six people.

"General Zhang Jin (Zhai Changsun, Qiu Xinggong, etc.) pays homage to His Royal Highness the King of Qi."

Li Yuanhui sat in the main seat and said with a hearty smile, "No need to be polite, Zhang Jin, Zhai Changsun, and you, Qiu Xinggong. You are all old acquaintances of mine. There is no need to be restrained. Sit down and talk."

Zhang Jin said: "In that case, thank you very much, Your Highness."

Several people sat down on the chairs on both sides one after another. Zhang Jin said, "Your Majesty, it is a bit presumptuous for the six of us to come here today, but we are really confused. Please show us a clear way."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuanhui first smiled, then pondered and said, "You are all Taizong's old subordinates. You have been through life and death with Taizong, and you are also meritorious officials of the Tang Dynasty. Logically, you should not be allowed to stay in Luoyang for so long without any appointment or arrangement. But the current situation is special after all. Although the matter between Your Majesty and Taizong is now in the past, having you in Chang'an will always make people suspicious."

The six people were all silent when they heard this. They now knew that except for their close confidants, Taizong's old subordinates in the court were polarized.

Although the civil officials and advisers did not get promoted, almost all of them got actual positions. Even the Minister of Works Du Keming was recently given the title of Tongpingzhangshi, which means he became the prime minister.

However, almost all of Emperor Taizong's trusted generals were demoted in name only. The new emperor gave them special honors and high positions but left them idle. The various guards even experienced a round of large-scale relocation.

This is why everyone naturally understands. No matter who becomes the emperor, it is impossible for the great prestige of Emperor Taizong to continue to unite into a Taizong interest group.

Everyone understands that these generals will not remain idle forever, but they will not have the opportunity to command troops in the short term. The emperor himself will not let them out until he has completed complete control over Chang'an and Guanzhong.

Now the retired emperor, the late Emperor Taizong, still has a large number of his old subordinates in the court, so the new emperor can only do this at this time.

Li Yuanhui fully understood this. If the emperor could not control the court, the internal friction would only become more serious for the Tang Dynasty.

Even Li Yuanhui felt that his third brother's way of handling the matter was worth learning from. Firstly, there was no bloody conflict, and secondly, there were no complaints.

Because high positions, generous salaries and rewards are also real.

However, it was difficult for the emperor to deal with the Donggong Liuliu, a group of Taizong's loyalists, because the mark left by his second brother was too obvious on this group.

At that time, he was busy with excessive power. Even if he wanted to disband the team, he couldn't find a good excuse. He was also worried about backlash, so he just threw these people to Luoyang.

Li Yuanhui also wanted to recruit these people for his own use, but the staffing problem was not easy to solve in the short term. If they were asked to accept the change directly, they might not be willing. If they were asked to return to Chang'an now, the troops would be disbanded and the generals would be idle.

Therefore, Li Yuanhui has hinted very clearly that this is the situation if you want to go back.

Everyone fell silent for a moment, and finally everyone looked at Zhang Jin. As the most experienced and trusted general among the six generals of the Eastern Palace, his experience and military exploits were not inferior to those of the generals of the Guard Palace, such as Liu Zongxun, the General of the Left Guard, and Dou Cong, the General of the Right Guard.

As the head of the Eastern Palace Guards, he often participated in discussions between Li Er and his subordinates, and it was obvious that he was more closely bound to Li Er.

At times like this, everyone is willing to follow his lead.

Zhang Jin let out a long breath, stood up and bowed, saying, "Your Highness Prince Qi, we can't go back to Chang'an. Your Highness Prince Shu and Your Highness Prince Zheng are also in Luoyang now. We are willing to stay in Luoyang and serve the Tang Dynasty and Your Highness. Please grant us permission."

The other five people also stood up and bowed, "Please grant me your permission, Your Majesty."

Li Yuanhui did not express his opinion immediately after hearing this. Instead, he paused for a moment and said, "You don't have to do this. How about you sit down and listen to what I have to say?"

After hearing this, Zhang Jin and others immediately raised their heads and stood solemnly on the spot.

Li Yuanhui continued, "Emperor Taizong and I have a deep brotherly love. It is only natural for you to work for me, but the title of Donggong Liulu can no longer be used. You must understand this."

Zhang Jin said: "Your Majesty is right. The Six Commanders of the Eastern Palace are the personal troops of the Crown Prince. It is impossible for us to continue to use the name of the Six Commanders."

Li Yuanhui nodded: "So I plan to restore the Black Armor Army and make it subordinate to my Tiance Mansion. Do you have any objections?"

Zhang Jin, Zhai Changsun, Qiu Xinggong, Houmo Chenping, and the four of them were all brightened up, because they were all the four commanders of the Black Armor Army of the Qin Palace. At that time, Li Er carefully selected more than a thousand cavalrymen, all of whom were dressed in black armor, and divided them into left and right teams, with Qiu Xinggong, Zhai Changsun, Zhang Jin and others as commanders. In every battle, Li Er was personally led by the Black Armor Commander as the vanguard, taking the opportunity to attack and destroying everything. At its largest, it had only 4,000 people. It was a world-famous

In an instant, they all remembered how they had followed Emperor Taizong and gained great fame. In those years, the Black Armor Army was a fearsome existence that made the enemies of the Tang Dynasty tremble in fear on the battlefield.

The veterans of the Black Armor Army were almost all in the sixth rate. The original cavalry generals were also in the
"Your Majesty, Ke Liu and his family are all in Chang'an."

Gao Daoyan raised a very realistic issue. The six commanders had 6,000 people, all of whom were from Guanzhong, and their families were all in Guanzhong Jingzhao Prefecture.

Li Si smiled and said, "This is easy. I will write a letter to your majesty and ask them to move their families who are willing to come to Guanzhong to Luoyang. Of course, if they don't want to leave their homes and want to go back to Guanzhong, I can also let them go back. Whether they are in Chang'an or Luoyang, they are all serving the Tang Dynasty. There is no need to worry about it. They are all in the territory of the Tang Dynasty and can come and go freely between the two capitals."

This sentence solved the last worry for several people. After all, as His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi said, it is still the Tang Dynasty.

No matter how much the brothers of the Li family quarreled, they could not write two characters of the word "Li" with one stroke.

Zhang Jin then looked at everyone, signaled with his eyes, and then he was the first to bow to the ground and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for not abandoning me. I, Zhang Jin, am willing to serve you."

Zhang Jin was the first to perform the ceremony of paying homage to the king, and the others also bowed to the ground, "I am willing to serve the king."

Li Yuanhui personally stepped forward to help them up, "No need to do this, we are all family."

After this great ceremony, it also means that the master-servant relationship has been determined, rather than a simple superior-subordinate relationship.

Li Yuanhui was also very happy to be able to accommodate these powerful generals, Tiance Mansion, and Xuanjia Army.

This buff is almost stacked, right?

(End of this chapter)