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After Yue Fei and Zhu Wu returned to the capital, Zhu Wu continued to serve as the deputy envoy of the Privy Councilor. As for Yue Fei, he served as the false position of Taiwei.

Li Yan, who had received Zhu Wu's detailed report, did not talk much with Yue Fei, but only gave Yue Fei a lot of books about the grassland kingdom and tribe.

Yue Fei's reaction was that no matter how slow he was, he understood that this was Li Yan's promise to him to lead his troops to fight the grassland in the future.

Li Yan's promise, especially his promise to his ministers, was not unfulfilled.

Therefore, Yue Fei, who received Li Yan's promise, completely settled down. Then, as soon as he got free, Yue Fei ran to the library to read books, never interacted with officials in the court, and completely sank.

A few days later, Liu Qi, Han Shizhong, Wu Jie and others also returned to Beijing one after another.

Li Yan generals Xu Guanzhong, Zhu Wu, Liu Qi, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Wu Jie, Yang Yizhong and others came to discuss the candidates for the ten founding generals and the top ten generals.

After sufficient discussion, Li Yan personally drafted:

The ten founding marshals were: Xu Guanzhong, Zhu Wu, Li Jun, Ruan Xiaoer, Liu Qi, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Wu Jie, Yang Yizhong, and Shi Bao.

The top ten founding generals were: Hua Rong, Zhang Xian, Wang Yan, Wu Lin, Guo Hao, Yang Zheng, Niu Gao, Wang De, Li Yanxian, and Li Bao.

Like the ten founding marshals and ten [m] generals in later generations, many people were dissatisfied with the ten founding marshals and ten generals whom Li Yan created, and believed that some people should be on the list, some people should not be on the list, and some people could replace some people.

For example, some people believe that Shi Bao should not serve as one of the top ten founding marshals. In terms of battles and merits, Zhang Xian, Wang Yan and Wu Lin can completely replace Shi Bao.

For example, some people believe that the reason why Yang Yizhong was able to become one of the top ten founding marshals was because he commanded the Central Imperial Guard, and he was a confidant among Li Yan's confidants.

For example, some people believe that although Hua Rong worked hard and made great contributions, his contributions were not as good as the National People's Congress, such as Zhang Xian, Wang Yan, Wu Lin, etc., who fought in the south and north, should not be ranked first in the top ten generals.

For example, some people believe that although Wang De and Li Yanxian can fight, their military achievements are incomparable to those of the top generals, and even those who failed to make the list, such as Li Zong, Wang Gui, Cheng Min, Jie Yuan, Yang Zaixing, Lu Junyi and others.

For example, some people believe that the reason why Li Bao was selected as one of the top ten generals was mainly because he was the most dazzling new general in the navy. Otherwise, with the contribution he received, there would be no possibility of being on the list.

etc……

Of course, there are also some who support Li Yan's choice.

Supporters defended Li Yan:

"When the Five Tiger Generals were still a soldier in the Song Dynasty, the four generals (Lu Zhishen, Bian Xiang, Shi Bao, Hua Rong) had already commanded the first, second, third and fourth wings to fight. Now, General Lu converted to Buddhism, and General Bian was not enterprising. Only General Shi and General Hua were still stationed in the frontier for the Central Committee. For the sake of reason, both of them should be selected as the top ten marshals. Now, they are one of the top ten marshals and the other are the top ten generals, which is well deserved."

"Mayor Yang is also one of the five tiger generals. He is a side by side with Mariser Liu, Mariser Yue, Mariser Han, and Mariser Wu. How could he be the reason why Mariser Yang is not on the list? Besides, although Mariser Yang's military achievements are worse than Mariser Liu, Mariser Yue, Mariser Han, and Mariser Wu, it is because Mariser Yang needs to protect His Majesty's safety and has fewer opportunities to fight. It does not mean that Mariser Yang cannot fight. If Mariser Yang also gets so many opportunities to fight, his contributions will never be less than Mariser Liu, Mariser Yue, Mariser Han, and Mariser Wu."

"Although General Wang De and General Li Yanxian debuted later, the contributions they made were truly undeniable. The former fought dozens of battles with the Jin army, and they were unable to win in one battle. Finally, they conquered Yanjing City. The latter also fought with the Jin army dozens of times and never lost. In the end, they conquered Juyongguan, the most difficult to conquer. They were good at fighting and were good at leading troops. How could they not join the ranks of the top ten generals?"

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In fact, nothing else is useless. In this society where imperial power is supreme, Li Yan said that whoever can do it is OK, and it is OK if he doesn't. Li Yan said that whoever can do it is OK, and it is OK if he doesn't.

Li Yan chose the top ten founding marshals and ten generals like this, so there was naturally Li Yan's reason.

The past contributions are naturally one of the criteria for consideration, but Li Yan pays more attention to the future.

Outsiders do not know that in addition to rewarding the meritorious generals, the ten founding generals were actually the commanding generals chosen by Li Yan for his descendants.

Time flies so fast that before I know it, Li Yan is already forty years old.

At this age, in later generations, it should be said that it has just entered middle age and is the time to be strong in the young and prosperous society.

But in this era, in this era when the average life span is less than forty years, this age has actually entered an aging process.

Although it seems that Li Yan is still in his early twenties, who can tell the truth about life and death?

Therefore, for the sake of Dazhong, even if it is just for himself (the rise and fall of a dynasty is closely related to the royal family. Regardless of life and death, Li Yan does not want to be dug his tomb by someone after he died a few years ago, and his descendants. Li Yan does not want them to suffer humiliation like the descendants of the Zhao family, and life is worse than death), Li Yan has to prepare for the future.

Therefore, the ten founding marshals and ten generals selected by Li Yan are all good at commanding troops. Generals like Yang Zaixing and Lu Junyi who are brave but lack the ability to command troops are not selected. In this way, if Li Yan really has something unexpected, the descendants of later generations will have a correct reference when choosing the generals to resist when encountering an invasion. In addition, those bravery in the early stages began to slack off in the later stages, or even if they had problems with their character, even if they were probably in problems, such as Cheng Min and Wang Gui, were also taken down by Li Yan, so as not to leave disasters to the descendants of later generations.

Of course, Li Yan is also very sorry for some people not being on the list, such as Li Yan's adopted son Li Zong, general Yao Xing, who Li Yan likes very much, etc...

But there is nothing to do about this. After all, there are only twenty on the list, so Li Yan must make choices and also make good comfort.

After the ten founding marshals and ten generals, Li Yan ordered people to cast statues for them in Zhaoxun Pavilion and carved their achievements on the stone slab behind their statues.

In addition to the ten founding marshals and ten generals, Li Yan selected twenty founding heroes.

They are: Wen Huanzhang, Wang Lun, Zhao Ding, Qiao Daoqing, Sun Jing, Xiao Jiasui, Chen Gongfu, Chen Kangbo, Jiang Jing, Zhao Kai, Qiu Xu, Guo Yong, Lu Jiang, Pei Xuan, Jin Fushi, Zhu Fu, Tang Long, Bai Waerhan, Yan Qing, and Wang Shiyong.

The first principle of choosing the twenty founding heroes is that you cannot choose newly surrendered ministers.

Therefore, Li Gang, Li Guang, Tang Luo and others were all not selected.

The only exception is that Wang Shiyong and Li Yan chose King Yong to enter the 20 heroes of the founding country, not only because he presided over the leadership of Zhao Song and forced Li Yan to abdicate and became the new emperor and handed the city of Bianliang to Li Yan intact, but also because under the leadership of Wang Shiyong, the construction of the Forbidden City was very consistent with Li Yan's wishes, and Li Yan then made Wang Shiyong one of the twenty heroes of the founding country.

The second principle is that the intelligence department's chief is not included.

The most important thing for those who do intelligence is to hide themselves, so that everyone knows you, so what else do you do? Therefore, Zhu Gui, Chai Jin and Shi Xiuquan were not selected.

Some people may ask, why did Yan Qing be selected?

Yan Qing was selected because he made too much contribution and was well known. In addition, Yan Qing has officially stepped down as a spyman and will no longer go deep into the enemy's back in the future. His current job is to train spymen.

The third principle is to encourage scientific researchers.

Since Li Yan is preparing to revive the country through science and technology, he naturally has to encourage scientific researchers. Therefore, Tang Long and Baivalhan are both selected.

After the twenty founding heroes were selected, they also cast the statue into Zhaoxun Pavilion, and carved the merits they made on the stone slab behind the statue for future generations to admire.

actually

Whether it is the ten founding marshals, ten generals, or the twenty founding heroes, the ones they choose cannot be said to be perfect.

But then again, there are not so many perfect things in this world, it’s just weighing the pros and cons.

In order to prevent civil and military ministers from becoming lazy and giving hope to future generations, Li Yan asked someone to leave ten places behind Li Bao and Wang Shiyong to declare that it is okay if you didn't choose this time, you still have a chance.

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Chapter completed!