Mr. Yangui

Chapter 157 Chapter [-]
Royal study.

The emperor sat on the chair and looked at Li Lingwu who stood respectfully beside him.

After the next court, the emperor asked Li Lingwu to chat with him.

Li Lingwu knew that the emperor should be doing it for Zhou Sheng, so he didn't speak first, waiting for the emperor's question.

There was a long silence.

The emperor said: "Li Qing, what do you think about Zhou Sheng's victory?"

Li Lingwu quickly thought about the meaning of the emperor's words. Zhou Sheng's victory was already a fact, and now the emperor called Li Lingwu, who had helped Zhou Sheng, to question him. It was hard to say what his intention was.

After thinking for a while, Li Lingwu said: "Your Majesty, it is really helpless that the food and grass escorted by the Ministry of Housing and the Ministry of War were burned by the robbers. This involved many forces, and they came prepared. It is reasonable that most people are not prepared, and the remaining [-]% ​​of food and grass should be handed over to Liaodong. I believe it is also a comprehensive consideration, after all, the situation in Liaodong is more serious than Anle."

After a pause, he continued: "General Zhou should understand the difficulties of the court, but Your Majesty, my ministers, and General Zhou all grew up together when they were young, and they all know that he is extremely loyal. In this case, he can only Find a way on your own, Weichen and Zheng Shilang knew his difficulties, and privately raised a batch of silver for him to raise food and grass, this is the crime of the humble minister, but the situation is urgent, it is definitely not disrespectful to His Majesty."

The emperor waved his hand and said: "Li Qing doesn't need to explain further. You mentioned this matter before, and I have noticed it. You, General Zhou and Zheng Qing are all first-class loyal ministers, and you will do your best for the great Yan Jiangshan. , General Zhou even became a seller, it is really hard work, how can I blame you, I want to ask you, will Jizhou be protected?"

Li Lingwu sighed: "Your Majesty, you are a first-class general, so why bother to ask me? If there is only Khitan as a foreign aggressor, there will naturally be more choices, but the current situation is very obvious. If you give up the northern part of Jizhou, you can rely on General Zhou's stubbornness." Temper, will definitely die on the battlefield, and the eight counties in the north of Jizhou will surely become the new strongholds of Khitan and Goryeo. There are enough sites and resources for development. Yanmen is certainly a good place to defend, but Hejian is not. How about it, once Hejian is lost, Yanzhou and Qingzhou may not be able to hold it for half a year. On the land, there are Khitan cavalry, and the two fronts of Koryo, water and land can deal a blow to Yanzhou and Qingzhou. In addition, they will collude with Japanese pirates. At that time, I am afraid that both Yuzhou and Yangzhou are in danger, because the area to be defended is too large."

This is indeed the case. Zhou Sheng's big victory this time was due to the large number of people, 9 against [-], and a proper strategy.

Of course the emperor understands these truths. Hearing Li Lingwu's eloquence, he still couldn't help frowning, and said, "Oh, why don't I know? It's just that Qin Siyu sent me a secret report, saying that the Huns around Wuyuan County have It's changed."

"what?"

Even though Li Lingwu had seen countless storms and waves, he was still taken aback by this news.

Qin Siyu is a general at the border. He has been guarding Wuyuan County and observing the movements of the Xiongnu. He has been doing nothing for so many years. Unexpectedly, at this juncture, the Huns would come to such a hand.

No wonder the emperor knew that Jizhou must be defended, so he still asked Li Lingwu. The Huns were extremely powerful. If they supported Jizhou too much, Jizhou could certainly hold on, but Dayan's stronghold, Yongzhou, might be in danger.

The emperor continued: "Yuan Ke also came to secret report. You know that he pays great attention to intelligence. He said that he recently observed that the Huns may be united with Khitan and will invade Liaodong. It can be seen that the Huns should have premeditated and let Khitan Playing forward with Goryeo, I will use two prongs, on the one hand to support Khitan, and on the other hand to be ready to move in Wuyuan County."

Li Lingwu said: "Then we can't give up Jizhou. Letting the Xiongnu enter the Central Plains is much more harmful than the Khitan people."

He had dealt with the Huns before. The Huns were not only strong and strong, but most of them were rebellious and unruly people. They regarded killing as a pleasure, not to mention others, even they were fighting endlessly and chaotically.

The emperor sighed: "Dayan is full of disasters and disasters. All kinds of wars have never stopped. Khitan, Xiongnu, Tubo, Koryo, Jiaozhi, and now even Japanese pirates have participated in it."

Who can be blamed, only the prosperity of the Central Plains can be blamed.

Li Lingwu couldn't think of any reliable method for a while.

The emperor was silent for a while, and said: "There is no good way now, I plan to send Yuan Yu to Wuyuan area to preside over the overall situation, Qin Siyu may not be able to handle this situation, what do you think?"

Liangzhou is still relatively peaceful. The governor, Jia Song, is quite talented in both civil and military affairs. What a big turmoil.

Li Lingwu nodded and said: "Your Majesty's arrangement is very appropriate. His Highness the King of Shu is not inferior to the King of Beihai in terms of talent and martial arts. If he can go to Wuyuan to support the overall situation, the Huns should not dare to mess around in a short time."

After the arrangement was completed, the emperor explained a few more words, and then changed the subject, saying: "General Zhou came to Mi Zhe, saying that your son Li Wuchang did his best to treat the old lady of the Zhou family in Chang'an, so that he has no worries. I have rewarded Li Wuchang heavily, and even gave up my own achievements, what do you think?"

Li Lingwu was stunned for a moment, never expecting that the emperor would mention Li Wuchang, a bastard on such a serious occasion, and said with a smile: "What credit can that brat do? It's his honor to help the old lady of the Zhou family cure her illness. Please ask Your Majesty to ask." It really shouldn't be, if His Majesty really wants to reward him, just give him some silver, that kid is notoriously greedy for money."

The emperor laughed and said: "Li Qing doesn't need to be modest. Although I have never met your fourth son, I have heard his name mentioned many times recently. Even my very low-key emperor brother Yuanzhi has mentioned it to me a few times. Once, I said that he has great talent and is a pretty good young man."

After a pause, he said solemnly: "Zhou Sheng is a filial son, and he is very measured in his actions. What is certain is that your son has not only treated his mother, but must have given Zhou Sheng great support in other aspects."

Li Lingwu was startled, and said, "Other support? I really don't know?"

The emperor waved his hand and said: "Li Qing, don't be nervous. I don't mean to pursue it. Since Zhou Sheng didn't say it clearly, I won't ask in detail. I have thought about it carefully and proposed a viscount to his son Zhou Chengwang. Your son Li Impermanence is the same, give a viscount"

Li Lingwu turned pale with shock, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this is inappropriate..."

The emperor interrupted: "Zhou Sheng asked me so solemnly, he must give this face... When Li Wuchang cured Zhou Sheng in the first place, I wanted to reward him heavily. You don't need to refuse, it's settled."

Official positions are easy to get, but titles are hard to find.

According to the general practice of Dayan, no one can be conferred without military merit.

The titles of big families are handed down because of the meritorious service of the ancestors in the founding of the country. When the first son of the family is born, a small title will be sealed to indicate his identity. When he inherits the family, it will be withdrawn and cannot be passed on to future generations.

Now Li Wuchang, a bastard, actually got a viscount, which was conferred by His Majesty himself. It not only symbolizes the noble status, but also receives money from the court every year, and the title can be passed on to future generations. This is a great reward.

Li Lingwu immediately knelt down and said respectfully: "My humble minister bows down to thank God!"

The emperor helped him up himself, and said: "Li Qing doesn't need to be too polite, I am also happy for you to have such a son, have you arranged any errands for him?"

Li Lingwu said: "Weichen plans to send him down to practice after a while."

The emperor smiled and said: "Very well, Li Qing, it would be best if you have arrangements...Okay, you go down, Xue Shanglin will stay in Chang'an for a day or two, you go and see him."

"The minister obeys the order!"

……

When Xue Shanglin boarded the gate of Dongli Restaurant, Shopkeeper Chen greeted him at the gate.

"The little old man is just welcoming Governor Xue on behalf of the owner. Governor Xue, please go this way. Master Li is already here." Shopkeeper Chen greeted respectfully and led the way, with many fellows following him. grand.

Xue Shanglin had already been here last time, and when he came again this time, he found Dongli Restaurant more and more lively, so he asked casually, "Where is Li Wuchang?"

Shopkeeper Chen respectfully said: "Back to Governor Xue, it's not that our boss disrespects Governor Xue, but that our boss was punished by Mr. Li and needs to face the wall for ten days, and he is still being punished now, but he has made repeated orders. If he sees Governor Xue, he must Treat him well with all sincerity, and if there is anything else, please let Inspector Xue just give orders."

Xue Shanglin snickered, unexpectedly, Li Wuchang was punished to face the wall, and he didn't know what big mistake he made, so he didn't ask any further questions, and followed shopkeeper Chen to the second floor.

In the best private room, Li Lingwu was already waiting there, with Li Hu beside him.

"Brother Xue, I have been waiting for you for a long time." Seeing Xue Shanglin coming, Li Lingwu hurriedly got up to say hello.

"Brother Li, we're going to have a good drink today." Xue Shanglin said with a smile.

Xue Shanglin did not come here with much fanfare this time, and only brought Duan Long, the captain of the personal guard.

The four greeted each other and sat down.

Xue Shanglin was the guest, so he naturally sat at the head, Li Lingwu sat next to him, Li Hu and Duan Long accompanied him at the bottom.

Only then did shopkeeper Chen order the waiter to serve wine and food. He paid special attention to it today, and personally went to the kitchen to say hello. In addition to various signature dishes, he also prepared a few quite good new dishes, as well as two kinds of wine. Good Erguotou and new fruit wine.

After the food and wine were served, shopkeeper Chen bowed and said, "Master Li, Inspector Xue, the little old man is waiting outside the door, if you have anything to do, please tell me."

After all, he took his buddy and retreated slowly.

After shopkeeper Chen and others left, Li Lingwu filled Xue Shanglin's cup first, and said with a smile, "Come on, let's have a drink first. My brother sees that you have been busy suppressing bandits recently, and you don't look very good."

Xue Shanglin gulped it down, said something good about the wine, and said: "Brother Li is so relaxed, but he is loyal to the emperor. This time I am in court thanks to Brother Li for his good words, otherwise I would They must have made their faces covered in ashes again."

When old friends meet, of course, they should first be polite and gossip.

(End of this chapter)