Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4280 The Way of Being a King
Li Chengqian was worried about the battle on the west bank of the Bashui River last night. He didn't go to bed until the end of the ugly hour, after repeated reminders from Queen Su, he tossed and turned for half an hour before falling into a deep sleep.

The heavy brocade curtain blocked the morning light, and Li Chengqian, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by a light knock on the door. He opened his eyes in a daze, and saw a maid walking silently to the imperial couch with lotus steps. Li Chengqian opened his eyes and said softly: "Your Majesty, Duke Wei sent someone to report, saying that there is a report on last night's battle."

"Well."

Li Chengqian woke up instantly, and while letting the maid dress him, he asked, "How is the battle going?"

The maid asked why: "The servant waited outside the door last night and didn't know the situation outside the palace."

Li Chengqian hummed, after getting dressed, thinking about the military situation in his heart, he didn't care about washing up, so he pulled on his shoes and went directly to the outer imperial study room, where the people sent by Li Jing were already waiting.

After sitting in the book case, the visitor came forward to greet him. Li Chengqian saw that the visitor was Li Qi, the youngest son of Li Keshi, the governor of Chuzhou, Li Jing's younger brother, and said with a smile, "You are already serving under Duke Wei?"

Li Dazhi was less than 20 years old, with a handsome and youthful face, and he was a little nervous when facing the emperor. Uncertainty, the country is precarious, it is time for our generation to help the elders to stabilize the country, and dare not take shelter of His Majesty's love and enjoy life all day long."

Li Chengqian was very satisfied with this answer. Although the aristocratic family is a chronic disease of the empire, but the children of the aristocratic family have received a good education since childhood, and they are indeed far more precocious than the children of poor families and ordinary people.

He suddenly remembered that Li Jing's family came from a partial branch of the Li family in Longxi, so they had a blood relationship with the Li Tang royal family...

"Well said, you and the children of officials and eunuchs are paid for by their elders in exchange for meritorious service all day long, but if a family wants to pass on the inheritance, the children are born out of blue, so they must be brave in doing things, keep the thoughts of family and country in their hearts, be loyal, filial, benevolent and righteous Both are indispensable, so that we can stand up the backbone of the country and assist me in governing the world."

Now he is becoming more and more like an emperor, at least his forbearance skills have improved. Although he is extremely anxious about the war in his heart, he can still quietly encourage his subjects...

Although Li Qi knew that such a performance was a good thing for his subordinates to seek knowledge, once the words and actions caught the emperor's eyes, it would be nothing but a leisurely move to the top.But he had just started his official career, and he was serving in the army of his uncle Li Jing, and everyone was friendly with each other, so it was inevitable that he lacked experience. At this moment, facing the emperor, he was extremely nervous, and he just wanted to end it quickly.

Quickly took out the memorial written by Li Jing and the battle reports of Cheng Yaojin and Liang Jianfang, and presented them with both hands held high.

On the side, Li Qi, his own servant, took it from his hand and handed it over to Li Chengqian's desk.

Li Chengqian first picked up Li Jing's memorial, opened it and read it carefully.

However, after only one glance, he let out a "huh", thinking that his eyes were wrong, raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, collected himself, and looked at the memorial again...it was clear.

"The rebels who invaded the Shaoling Plain and the Gaoping Plain have been defeated, with no less than [-] casualties. Yu Chigong was defeated, and he desperately broke through and fled to the west bank of the Bashui River to gather the defeated troops and wait for them."

Li Qi spoke clearly and articulately, and was not affected by the nervousness in his heart.

Li Chengqian's eyes widened, he stared at the memorial for a while, and after confirming that he had only slept for less than two hours, the expression on his face turned into shock.

It is clear that Cheng Yaojin fled without a fight, and Liang Jianfang was ordered to supervise the battle, but when he woke up, everything changed. He escaped from his shell again, invited the king into the urn again, led the army into the trap, and returned the carbine again... And in the end, no matter how you look at it, the game has been lost. A battle that was decided, but actually won? !
Due to severe lack of sleep, Li Chengqian rubbed his temples and collected himself. It took him a long time to sort out the matter and understand the blunders behind this battle.

What a Cheng Yaojin, he still wants to ask for credit?
Li Chengqian was furious in his heart, he was extremely annoyed at Cheng Yaojin who only wanted to preserve his strength but had no loyalty, but after all, this battle was won and Chang'an City was not allowed to face Yuchi Gong's soldiers directly, so he endured it for now until all the dust settled, Calculate again.

Everyone bullies honest people, do you really think honest people have no temper?

snort!
Looking at the process and the battle report of the two of Liang, Li Chengqian knew that Liang Jianfang had been beaten up by Cheng Yaojin, but the big loss had been chewed and swallowed. Apart from being incompetent and furious, he could only let Cheng Yaojin Kim was compensated elsewhere.

And Cheng Yaojin was also unambiguous, directly pleading for credit for Liang Jianfang in the battle report, and suggested that the fallen soldiers under Liang Jianfang's command should be paid more heavily to reassure the army...

You have offended others because of your own wickedness, but let me wipe your ass?
The old thief is treacherous...

"Okay, I already know about the war, and I will tell Duke Wei when I go back. We will discuss the compensation for the fallen soldiers and the promotion awards for the meritorious soldiers after the war. As for the battlefield, everything is entrusted to Duke Wei, and I will never intervene." Word."

He most agrees with Mr. Fang Jun's favorite saying: "Let professional people do professional things." In terms of governance, he is not as good as Xiao Yu, Cen Wenwen and other civil servants. In terms of martial arts, he is not as good as Li Jing, Li Ji and other generals. Not to mention that as an outsider, blindly commanding will be completely bad, but if he is an emperor who must do everything himself, what do these officials do?
He knows that he is not a talented and ambitious person, and he doesn't have much desire to possess power. As long as his subjects are capable and loyal enough, he is willing to delegate power and let him do whatever he wants.

Li Qi bowed to the order: "Here! If Your Majesty has nothing else to do, I will take my leave for now."

Li Chengqian nodded and said: "Well, then step back. Being with Duke Wei not only requires you to do things well, but also to learn well. Duke Wei is a genius born in the world. Even if you only learn a little bit, it is enough to benefit you for a lifetime. Be calm and do more for yourself in the future." I share my worries and devote myself to state affairs."

This is tantamount to a promise from the emperor, as long as you have the ability, I will definitely praise you and give you a chance to rise to the top.

Li Qi couldn't hide his excitement, thanked him again and again, then took three steps back before turning around and exiting the imperial study.

Li Chengqian sat alone in the imperial study, took a sip of water, leaned back on the chair and let out a long breath, relaxing his tense nerves.

Although the strategy of "showing the enemy to be weak and inviting the emperor to the trap" has been formulated before, deliberately amplifying the momentum of the pheasant slaves to make those who refuse to submit to him, the emperor, jump out, and then cut them off one by one to completely clear the court, but this time After all, it is a bit risky, if the pheasant slave is too difficult to control, it is very likely to be self-defeating and cause trouble by breeding tigers.

But now that the Shaolingyuan battle is over, Yuchi Gong, the vanguard general under the command of the pheasant slaves and the most elite unit, has lost his strength and greatly reduced his strength, so the danger is naturally a little less.

Feeling relieved, he suddenly felt hungry, got up and told the servant at the side: "Have someone prepare breakfast, I'm a little hungry."

"Here."

The servant took the order, just turned around, and heard Li Chengqian say: "Send someone to look outside the Xuande Gate, if the Duke of Yue hasn't eaten breakfast, let him enter the palace to accompany me."

"Here."

The servant lowered his eyebrows, turned around and walked out of the imperial study, feeling a little shocked in his heart.

Everyone in the government and the public knows that His Majesty regards the Duke of Yue as a humerus, and he has a lot of trust and trust. He almost obeys his words and never disobeys them. As a companion, this honor has reached the pinnacle of being a minister...

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Fang Jun got up early, walked out of the barracks in only a uniform, and went out to exercise with the soldiers.

This was normal in the past when he just took over the Youtunwei reorganization and reorganization. The old soldiers in the army knew that their commander had no airs and were willing to mingle with everyone, laughing and cursing inappropriately.But since Fang Jun handed over the Right Tunwei, it has been a long time since this kind of thing happened, and today's reappearance made many old soldiers feel a lot of emotion, and they became more energetic when they went out for training.

First, there was a ten-mile long-distance run. Fang Jun remained in the leading position. After the ten-mile run, he was only slightly sweating, and he smiled and talked to some familiar old soldiers, without any shortness of breath.

Then there are training items such as lifting stone locks, push-ups, etc., and each of the results is the best one. After an hour, some new recruits almost dropped their jaws.

Although everyone has heard the rumors about Fang Jun's amazing power and bravery, but after all, now that he is in a high position and pampered, it is inevitable that his body will be hollowed out under the influence of wine and sex, and it is difficult to maintain an excellent physical condition.

But now even a young man in his twenties who is at the peak of his body is far inferior to Fang Jun's training intensity, which is incredible.

Could it be that this handsome man usually ignores his beautiful wife and concubine in the vacant room, and just spends his whole day stretching his muscles and exercising?
That's really unreasonable...

Fang Jun went back to the barracks, took a cold shower, dried himself and put on a set of regular clothes. Then he saw a servant coming quickly, saying that His Majesty invited the Duke of Yue to the palace for a meal.

The eyes of the soldiers and school lieutenants looking at their commander-in-chief became more and more high...

Fang Jun had no choice but to change into a straight blue suit again, and asked the soldiers to tidy up his hair. After tidying up the sun, he was handsome and heroic, and then he entered the palace with the servants.

When we arrived at the Hall of Martial Virtue, we sat together for breakfast with Li Chengqian, listened to Li Chengqian describe the process and results of the Shaoling Plateau battle last night, swallowed a mouthful of porridge, and said with a smile: "Mr. The rout of guilt has turned into a big victory, not only without fault, but with merit... It is really admirable."

"Humph!"

Li Chengqian took a chopstick of vinegar celery and chewed it in his mouth, as if he regarded the vinegar celery in his mouth as some annoying old thief...

Fang Jun was amused by Li Chengqian's expression. After eating the porridge in the bowl, he put down his chopsticks, wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty is very upset?"

Li Chengqian rarely asked back: "Should I be very straightforward?"

Fang Junqi said: "If you win this battle, Chang'an will be worry-free. The rest is our plan to 'invite you into the net'. As for whether anyone can get into the net, we can only resign ourselves to fate. Anyway, His Majesty's throne will be secure from now on, so we shouldn't be frivolous. ?"

Li Chengqian put down the bowl and chopsticks and remained silent.

Fang Jun said warmly: "You are His Majesty and the Emperor now, you must learn to look at problems and everyone from the perspective of an empire controller, and not just rely on your preferences. Lu Guogong's actions can indeed be deducted. It is normal for His Majesty to be disgusted with the accusation of 'not looking at the emperor'. But His Majesty must also be aware of the merits and status of Lu Guogong, which makes him have such a qualification to go his own way and not take the emperor in his eyes... In other words, even if His Majesty Seeing him is very unpleasant, what can His Majesty do with him?"

Li Chengqian's face was dark and sullen.

(End of this chapter)