Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 994 Lingyan Pavilion
"Single name heir... King Wei?"

Li Shan was speechless, where did he gain weight? !
"It's already the best name." Princess Pingyang frowned and said, "If you hadn't made great contributions, father must have stayed with the prince."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Shan thought for a while, "Actually, the king of succession may not be a unique name, it should be Handan."

"This is a gift from my father, do you think I was discussing it with you?" Princess Pingyang snorted angrily, "The Turkic envoys are plotting to divorce you, and you have returned to Beijing after disbanding your military power. If you don't give it generously, everyone in the court and the public will have objections!"

Li Shan looked at Li Yuan with a bitter face, "Uncle, entering the capital wearing a golden armor is enough to show off."

Li Yuan smiled and said: "If Handan is the heir, then he will be promoted. Does Huairen intend to be an official?"

"Isn't my nephew already appointed Secretary of Agriculture?" Li Shan didn't care about it, "If it wasn't for the cotton armor this time, I'm afraid it would be difficult to get out of Xiaoguan, or go to the Military Weapons Supervisor... Shaofu is also good!"

"Young Mansion?!" Princess Pingyang snorted, "The left hand made cotton armor and sold it to the right hand at a high price?"

"Third sister, how can you be joking about such things?" Li Shan said solemnly: "The cotton armor can withstand sharp arrows, and can also defend against iron spears and long knives. It is much lighter than iron armor, and it can also keep warm. It is beneficial, and it will be of great use in the future to conquer the grasslands and mop up Mobei."

Princess Pingyang was a little curious, and asked a few questions carefully, but Li Yuan at the side brought the topic back, "Has Huairen thought about it?"

Li Shan rubbed his brows and said: "But listen to uncle's orders, but my nephew is still young and is about to get married, so I hope to cultivate for a while."

"That is the King of Wei. I will ask Zhongshu to draw up an imperial edict later, and perform the canonization ceremony." Li Yuan made a final decision, "For the time being, we will lead the Minister of Agriculture, and we will make a decision after welcoming the relatives, but if there are any vacancies in the sixteen guards, they will be filled immediately. "

Li Shan is quite satisfied with this, and he gave up his military power and returned to Beijing. If Li Yuan deliberately wins over, it will make him feel uneasy. It was decided after the first battle in Jingzhou. From this point of view, Li Yuan still trusts him, at least on the surface.

However, Li Shan also raised his vigilance. Judging from the fact that Pei Ji, Chen Shuda, Ling Jing, and Wei Zheng came out to meet him at the same time, and that he was summoned without the presence of the prince or king of Qin, Li Yuan was also testing his political stance.

Because from the obvious point of view, I am not involved in the dispute for the heir, and I am not biased towards either the prince or the king of Qin... Before the Tiantai battle, Li Yuan was at ease with Li Shan's position, but now he wants to test it out. In fact, this is a good thing.

If Li Yuan still defends the crown prince, then there is no need to test Li Shan. Now he is probably afraid that Li Shan will be wooed by the East Palace... After all, Li Shan was recommended by Pei Shiju as the head of the Lingzhou Road, and his successor Su Dingfang was recommended by the crown prince Li Jiancheng.

If there are no accidents, Li Shimin will soon be in charge of the East Palace, but Li Shan is sure that there will be accidents, but he doesn't know when and in what way it will kick off.

When Li Shan left Xiaoguan, he had ordered Su Dingfang to try his best to win over people in the army, because after the war ended, he hoped to transfer Qu Silang, Hou Hongtao, a large number of grassroots old troops and even Zhang Zhongjian back to Chang'an in case of accidents.

"It's almost time." Li Yuan pointed to Li Shan's torn clothes, "Isn't Pingyang ready? Put on your clothes and go to Lingyan Pavilion."

At this moment, there were crowds of people inside and outside Lingyan Pavilion, a large number of palace people and servants were preparing the banquet, and some officials had already arrived in advance. Today, Lingyan Pavilion held a banquet, and Li Yuan summoned all the important officials in the court.

Prince Li Jiancheng was almost the first to come here, and he and Wei Ting were asking Wang Junhao about the war in Yuanzhou with a smile. Liu Heier, who was beside him, was still a little stupid, standing there in a daze, as if he hadn't recovered yet... just arrived at this Chang'an City, which is also very famous on the grassland, entered this magnificent Taiji Palace. Liu Heier looked up at everything.

Qin Wang Li Shimin is almost the latest to come. After all, he has officially exercised the authority of Shangshuling since October last year. There are countless affairs that need to be dealt with every day. Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, Ling Jing and others around him are now very busy. Served in six departments.

"Meet Your Majesty."

"Meet Your Majesty."

The ministers saluted Li Yuan who was strolling along, and Liu Hei'er at the back stole a glance, and saw Li Shanzheng standing beside Tang Huang from a distance, with a smile on his mouth and a relaxed expression... Liu Hei'er raised his heart immediately On the way to Chang'an, he accidentally heard that Li Shan invited him back to Beijing because of gossip, so he was relieved at this moment.

"Today, Huairen is able to clean up the dust, which makes Huairen praise his merits." Li Yuan sat at the head and said with a smile: "Huairen's personal guards, there are so many heroes, you can step forward one by one."

Prince Li Jiancheng regretted, "Under Huairen's sect, Su Dingfang, Duke of Zhao State, and Zhang Zhongjian, Duke of Weiyang County, are the most outstanding. It's a pity that they haven't returned to Beijing."

Li Shan frowned, but Li Yuan didn't care much about this sentence. In fact, few people care about it in this era, even though Li Shan once told Li Yuan that Su Dingfang was not a general of the Li family, but a general of the Tang Dynasty... ...But in fact, even Li Yuan and Li Shimin regarded Su Dingfang and Zhang Zhongjian as Li Shan's disciples. This is the characteristic of the era of aristocratic families.

"I remember Wang Junhao." Li Yuan picked up the wine cup and motioned for Li Shan to pass it over, "Always followed Huairen's side, broke through the battle bravely, and this time also followed Huairen to break Xiao Pass in three days and two nights."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wang Junhao stepped forward to salute, took the wine cup and drank it down in one gulp.

When he returned to Beijing this time, Li Shan left all the old personal guards with some positions to Su Dingfang, and not many people brought back, except for Su Dingfang, there was also Zhou Zhoulang who had a title, and Fan Shiyi and Qi Lao who had followed Li Shan for a long time. Three came forward, and the last one was Liu Heier.

Li Yuan pondered for a while, and sighed: "I have agreed to Huairen's invitation, and Xu Jihu's family is attached to him, and Xu Hushi is in the market. I hope you don't want to be the first and the second."

"Your Majesty, there are countless thieves in Liang, let alone benevolence and righteousness, that's why Liu Hei'er joined him in anger. When Xiaoguan was broken on New Year's Eve, Liu Hei'er was the first to enter the city with a flag." Li Shan said softly: "I am from Xiao Guan Qicheng, the leader of Jihu, Liu Nv, hid himself and defeated the Liang army, so there will be no repetition."

Last year, Jihu attached himself to Liang Shidu, defeated Li Shenfu, and even followed Liang Luoren all the way to Renshou Palace. relieved.

Li Yuan glanced at Li Shan in surprise, how could such words be said so easily... who knows if these barbarians will take advantage of the Turks going south and rob them!

But Li Shan was helpless, Su Dingfang and Zhang Zhongjian, whom he relied on the most, would not be able to come back in a short time, Wang Junhao was brave and brave, but unfortunately he had no plan, but Liu Heier was worthy of the heavy responsibility, and he always had to say a few words for him, It's worth the risk, though.

Sure enough, Liu Heier was so grateful that she knelt down on both knees and held up her wine cup, "I will never fail my lord, and I will never fail my majesty."

(End of this chapter)