Thief Emperor

Chapter 959 Listening to the Hadith
In the afternoon, General Su hurried into the palace holding a wooden box. He came all the way to Ganlu Palace, held the wooden box in both hands, handed it to Li Yun, and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, I have returned your sword."

Li Yun looked up at Su Sheng, was silent for a while, shook his head and said, "It's only you, Senior Brother. Who else dares to bring a knife into my Ganlu Palace?"

General Su is the emperor's senior brother and often goes in and out of the palace. When he enters the palace, few people dare to search him.

Su Sheng smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty dotes on the princess too much. How can you let your son take your holy relics to the battlefield?"

Li Yun put down the brush in his hand, stood up and stretched his body, then took the wooden box from Su Sheng, put it aside, and shook his head and said, "It's just a sword that has been used for a few years. It can't be considered a holy object. The girl is in love, and her mind is full of your Si Lang. It's rare to be innocent at this age."

Emperor Li sighed, "In a few years, she won't have such pure thoughts anymore. If that's the case, I, as her father, shouldn't spoil her fun."

Su Sheng looked up at Li Yun and said with emotion: "Your Majesty treats the eldest princess very well."

"It's much stricter with the princes."

"Because she is a princess, she won't have to bear too much burden in the future."

Emperor Li smiled and said, "Therefore, there is no need to be too harsh on her. As long as her mind is right and she does not do evil, that's enough."

"And those princes."

Emperor Li thought for a moment and said, "Everyone will have their own burdens in the future. If we are not strict with them now, I am afraid they will have a harder time in the future."

After saying this, Emperor Li turned his head and looked at Su Sheng. After a moment of silence, he said, "It's okay for Su Zhan to go to Hebei Province. Just think of it as a training exercise for him. As for the fourth child in my family, whether he goes or not is up to him, or it depends on how you, my brother, decide."

As a direct descendant of Emperor Li, it is naturally impossible for Su Zhan to serve in the Yulin Army forever in the future. He has to shoulder heavy responsibilities.

But Su Silang had no such worries.

Su Sheng said without hesitation, "I have already decided to send him to Meng Qing."

As he spoke, he looked at Li Yun and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, if my Silang has made some achievements on the battlefield and has not brought shame to Your Majesty, when he returns to Luoyang, I ask Your Majesty to give him this sword as a reward."

Li Yun looked back at Su Sheng and said in amazement, "Since you wanted this knife, why did you return it?"

"This is different."

"It is inappropriate for the eldest princess to give him the knife no matter what. If His Majesty gives him the knife as a reward in the future."

General Su said solemnly: "This is a treasure that can be passed down from generation to generation."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Li burst out laughing: "Brother, you are still very thoughtful."

"correct."

He looked at General Su and asked, "Have the rules of the Privy Council been drafted?"

Su Sheng thought about it, then said, "I think it will be delivered to Your Majesty tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

He looked at Li Yun and asked, "Your Majesty, when do you plan to use troops against Youyan?"

Li Yun said silently: "A few days ago, I sent an imperial edict to Meng Qing, allowing him to take full control of the battlefield and to launch an attack on Youyan within a month."

"During this month, when and when should we use troops against Youyan?"

"It's up to him to decide."

Since the establishment of the Jiangdong Army, there has been an unwritten tradition, which is to delegate the greatest possible power to front-line generals, especially commanders.

So that the generals on the front line can play their roles freely.

In other words, Li Yun only decides whether to fight and approximately when to fight.

The Privy Council was more responsible for overall strategic arrangements, coordination of troops from various locations, deployment of generals, distribution of military supplies and logistics, etc.

The specific way to fight is with Meng Qing.

Su Sheng was a little surprised and looked up at Li Yun: "Then your Majesty also asked the Privy Council to draft the regulations..."

"Do not conflict."

Li Yun smiled and said, "We will definitely fight Youyan, and no matter if it's me or Meng Qing, we have a good chance of winning. The rules I asked the Privy Council to draft were never for fighting Youyan."

"It is the charter for managing the entire Liaodong region."

Emperor Li thought for a moment and continued, "It would be best if we could take the entire Liaodong, including the peninsula."

"peninsula?"

Su Sheng was still unfamiliar with this term. He scratched his head and asked, "Your Majesty, where is the peninsula?"

"Silla, Baekje." Su Sheng was stunned, then smiled and said, "Why bother to take such a small place? As long as we defeat the Khitans, they will naturally become your Majesty's vassal."

"It's not enough to just be a vassal."

Emperor Li said, "It is better to take it down directly. Although this place is not important, if we take it down now, it may be very useful in the future."

Although Su Sheng didn't quite understand what Li Yun said, he still lowered his head and responded with a "yes".

"I will discuss the detailed regulations with the Privy Council tomorrow."

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Huainan Road, Yangzhou.

At this time, white flags had been hung in many places in Yangzhou City to commemorate the King of Jiangdu who had just passed away.

The King of Jiangdu had been a vassal king in Yangzhou for a short time, but he was the only vassal king in Yangzhou after all. In addition, during the years that Prince Zhou had been in Yangzhou, he had restrained his temper and was quite nice to the people of Yangzhou. Therefore, he was quite loved by the people in Yangzhou.

In addition, the people have always admired the strong.

At this time, no one cared about the cruelty of this former Pinglu Jiedushi when he was young.

Ten days after the death of King Jiangdu, Zhou Luo, the eldest grandson of King Jiangdu, finally rushed back to Yangzhou by traveling day and night.

After he entered Yangzhou City, before he reached the gate of the palace, he saw that the central door of the palace was wide open. All the servants of the Jiangdu Palace, led by his father Zhou Chang, had already arrived at the gate.

Zhou Chang stood at the gate of the mansion and bowed respectfully to Zhou Luo: "Your Highness, I am General Zhou Chang of Qingzhou. I pay my respects to the envoy."

Zhou Luo quickly stepped aside. He turned his head to look at Xue Gui, his friend who came back with him, and then he realized that his father was not praying to him.

Xue Gui also quickly dismounted, walked to Zhou Chang in three or two steps, reached out his hand to help General Zhou up, and said, "General, there is no need to be so polite. There is no need to be so polite."

After helping Zhou Chang up, Xue Gui clasped his fists and saluted Zhou Chang, saying, "General, I am deeply saddened."

Zhou Chang lowered his head, responded, and asked Xue Gui a few more questions before taking his son Zhou Luo and Xue Gui into the palace.

At this time, Zhou Luo had already taken the white headscarf from the servant of the palace, put it on his head, and then stumbled all the way into his grandfather's mourning hall.

It was no longer spring. Ten days had passed and King Jiangdu had already been buried. Only a tablet was enshrined in the palace. The eldest grandson of the Zhou family first went into the house to worship his grandfather's tablet, and then, led by his family, came to his grandfather's tomb, stumbled to his knees, and cried bitterly.

General Zhou Chang of Qingzhou, dressed in mourning clothes, was also mourning in front of his father's tomb. He silently looked at his son kneeling in front of his father's tomb, and then looked at Xue Gui who was following his son to pay homage.

After Xue Gui finished paying his respects, Zhou Chang stepped forward, invited him to one side, and said with a fist: "Mr. Xue, you have worked hard on your journey. I have prepared some wine to welcome you."

Compared with his returning son, Zhou Chang obviously valued Xue Gui more.

Because Xue Gui's identity is very special.

He is the nephew of the current emperor, and he has been living in the emperor's house since he was very young. It can be said that he was raised by the current emperor.

It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the son of the emperor.

More importantly, Xue Gui is also the eldest son and grandson of the Xue family. In the future, he will definitely take over the Xue family business and become an important figure in the court.

Not to mention, at this moment Xue Gui was carrying the emperor's edict and offering sacrifices on behalf of the emperor.

It is no exaggeration to say that at this time, he was an imperial envoy.

Xue Gui was a little embarrassed. He bowed his head to Zhou Chang and said with a wry smile, "General Zhou, when I was young, Zhou Luo and I were always together, just like brothers. This time, I just came to Yangzhou to pay homage to King Jiangdu on behalf of His Majesty."

"You don't have to be so polite to me."

"Besides, the King of Jiangdu has just passed away, so it is not appropriate to drink alcohol at this time."

Zhou Chang said sternly, "Your Highness is your Majesty's nephew, so he is of the same generation as me, and cannot be considered a brother to my son."

"Since you are here on behalf of His Majesty, you are the Emperor's envoy."

He said seriously: "Zhou should naturally respect you, sir."

Xue Gui blinked at Zhou Chang, then turned to look at Zhou Luo who was still burning paper in front of the ancestral tomb, and then turned to look at Zhou Chang again.

He thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty really has something to tell the general."

Zhou Chang took a deep breath, knelt in front of Xue Gui, bowed his head and said, "Your Highness Zhou Chang."

"Listen to the Hadith."

(End of this chapter)