Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 351 Choice
Li Shan was still performing thankless operations in Mayi City and caring for the wounded. Except for Liu Shirang asking a few words occasionally, the rest ignored him.

But Chang'an ushered in a grand ceremony.

There are Turks in the north and south, and Jianghuai rebels in the south. Qiao Guo Gong Chai Shao led the army to repel Tuyuhun, defeated the enemy several times, beheaded two kings, captured Khan alive, and made him voluntarily enter the pilgrimage. This is a great victory to stabilize the morale of the army.

Not to mention, this was Li Tang's first battle with foreign tribes after he changed his flag and flag. Li Yuan sent the prince and Princess Pingyang to meet him at Changlepo, and held a banquet in the palace to congratulate Chai Shao.

Although he is not in a good mood recently, Li Yuan praised Chai Shao greatly, and gave food to [-] households on the spot... Giving food to [-] households is normal at the state level, but actually giving [-] households is considered It's very grand.

Chai Shao is a dignified person, he repeatedly declined, and then he turned to praise the meritorious service of the generals. Today, there are three people who accompanied him into the palace to have an audience, namely Ma Sanbao, Kan Leng, and Su Dingfang.

Ma Sanbao is an old man. Back then, he joined the Princess Pingyang in the army and contributed a lot. This time, he is the General You Xiaowei. Kan Leng is the adopted son of Du Fuwei.

Li Yuan didn't hesitate to confer rewards, and on the spot, he bestowed the three treasures on the horse, the son of Xinxing County, and Kan Leng was granted the title of Marquis of Linji County.

Ma Sanbao was born as a servant, and was named a county male.

The Jianghuai army is causing troubles in the south of the Yangtze River, and Kan Leng was named a county marquis, obviously out of deliberate sympathy.

Li Yuan's eyes fell on the burly Su Dingfang, "This is Huairen's personal guard, Shandong Su Lie?"

"Su Lie pays homage to the saint." Su Ding looked resolute and calm.

"Fast as thunder, beheading generals and capturing the flag, he is unstoppably brave, but also possesses the profound art of war. Huai Ren can be said to know people." Li Yuan laughed and said, "I will not hesitate to reward you for this great achievement, including Shandong's military exploits."

Su Dingfang bowed his head and said: "Don't dare to be praised by a sage. Xiaomin has not yet entered an official position. He once killed Tang generals in battle. He only hopes to pay for it with merit."

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, beheading Tang generals?

Li Shimin came to the front and whispered a few words, Su Dingfang's adoptive father Gao Yaxian was beheaded by Li Shiji's generals in the battle of Luoshui, and Su Dingfang beheaded him the next day for revenge.

Li Jiancheng on the side just felt unlucky, this guy is too bad at talking... Why do you talk about it on this occasion?

But Princess Pingyang and Chai Shao exchanged glances, Su Dingfang may not be able to speak, maybe Li Shan was instigated.

Uh, in fact, it is not necessarily true. Su Dingfang has not been promoted for more than 20 years after breaking through the king's account of Jieli Khan in history... No matter what the reason is, it is certain that he will not be an official.

After thinking for a while, Li Yuan awarded Su Dingfang Zuowei Zhonglang General and Shangqi Duwei.

Zuowei Zhonglang will be under the fourth rank, and he is already a senior military post. In the twelve guards system, he is second only to the general and general, and he is a position of real power.

Shangqi Duwei is the sixth turn of the twelve turns of the Chaozhong Honorary Officer, which is equivalent to the fifth rank.

Considering Su Dingfang's meritorious service in the Shandong war, this time he defeated King Tianzhu and captured Khan alive in the Western Expedition, so he did not get a knighthood for such great achievements, so it would be appropriate to confer the title of Zuowei Zhonglang General.

This banquet, because of the prohibition on alcohol, was substituted with water, so it broke up after a while. Su Dingfang went straight back to Sun Moon Lake, and visited his mother immediately.

His father died early, and mother and son depended on each other for life. Su Dingfang was extremely filial to his mother, and never slack off in the morning and evening.

"Haven't been knighted?" Su's mother was a little disappointed, but then asked carefully, and said, "General Zhonglang... who is General Zuowei?"

"Dou Cong, Duke of Fufeng County."

Su's mother's eyes lit up, "We must help the Fengdou clan."

"The younger brother of Dou Gui, Duke of the State of Feng."

Looking up at the happy expression on his mother's face, Su Dingfang hesitated for a while before saying, "Mother, my son wants to resign from his military post."

"What?!" Mother Su suddenly stood up and shouted, "What are you going to do, Da Lang?"

Su Dingfang didn't say a word, but bowed deeply.

After being quiet for a while, Mother Su said angrily, "Are you still going after Dai County?!"

"Bang bang bang."

At this time, the knock on the door interrupted the mother and son's conversation, Ling Jing looked indifferent, and walked in slowly, "Why do you speculate on Huai Ren so much?"

This sentence was obviously aimed at Su's mother.

The reason why Su Dingfang went out with Chai Shao was that on the one hand, he was appreciated by Chai Shao, and on the other hand, Li Shan didn't want to see Su Dingfang always stay by his side as the leader of the personal guard.

But Su Dingfang's side... mainly came from the promotion of Su's mother.

For Su's mother, she is grateful for Li Shan's life-saving grace, but she doesn't want her son to devote himself to his life... Who doesn't want his talented son to make contributions?

Li Shan had already discovered Su's mother's mind, and he understood it very well.

But neither Ling Jing nor Su Dingfang himself agree with this.

On the one hand, it is the kindness of saving his mother, which is a great kindness that may not be repaid in a lifetime. On the other hand, Su Dingfang and Li Shan are already one in political stance.

Facing Ling Jingyin's vague accusation, Su's mother was speechless and allowed the other party to pull her son away.

"Don't worry." Ling Jing raised his wine cup and took a sip, and said to Su Dingfang who was sitting opposite him: "After the good news comes, Huairen will leave immediately."

"Before leaving, he said with kindness, the one who decides the prescription is a famous general, how can he be confined to his side."

Su Dingfang was not stupid, and he quickly understood the implication of this sentence... If he didn't make a great contribution this time, Li Shan would wait for him to go to Dai County together.

But after he made a great contribution, Li Shan set off immediately to take up the post, just to avoid embarrassing himself... Since he had to be rewarded by the court, could it be that Li Shan watched him resign from the official position to vote?

This is not something Li Shanneng can do.

"That kid is careful." Ling Jing sighed, stroked his beard.

Su Dingfang drank the wine in his glass and said in a low voice: "I promised to be a slave back then, but I have to treat him like a brother with kindness, so much love and righteousness..."

"Now that Huai Ren is going to Yanmen, there will be a war. Although Jun Hao is brave in the battle, commanding troops is not his specialty. How can he sit in Chang'an?!"

After a pause, Su Dingfang added: "I heard that the Duke of Fufeng County, General Dou Cong of the Left Guard had a rift with the King of Qin in his early years."

Ling Jing nodded, "It's true."

"But what can you do now that you are rushing to Dai County?"

"Liu Shirang was appointed Sima of the Dai Prefecture, and was ordered to manage Mayi. General Zuo Wuwei Li Gaoqian moved to Yanmen." Ling Jing shook his head and said, "Huiren can't control the whole situation. He only leads his personal guards, and Jun Hao is enough."

"General Zuowei Zhonglang, it's a good position...Maybe in the future..."

Su Dingfang's eyes lit up, "Does Huairen have an explanation?"

"That's not true." Ling Jing was about to continue, but he heard the neighing of a horse outside the door.

It's already night, why would someone rush over, the opposite is Li's house.

Su Dingfang got up and opened the door, carefully identified it, and shouted: "Fan Shishi!"

Fan Shiyi with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks jumped off his horse, "Brother Su is back, where is Mr. Ling?"

"Your Majesty has an urgent message."

Ling Jing was a little nervous. He had read the Shuozhou battle report yesterday. Yuan Junzhang led more than [-] troops to invade the south, and now Mayi is fighting... At this time, Li Shan asked anxiously, what happened?
After opening the letter and reading it ten lines at a glance, Ling Jing first heaved a sigh of relief, then read it carefully, handed it to Su Dingfang, and said with a smile: "Huiren is lucky."

After Su Dingfang finished reading, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"You can make trouble anywhere!" Ling Jing cursed with a smile, "But if you want to spread some gossip in Chang'an, it's not so easy..."

"This matter cannot be ignored... this old man is an official of Tiance Mansion, so he cannot get involved in it."

Ling Jing looked at Su Dingfang, "Let's go to Dingfang, it's better to put this matter in the center."

"Princess Pingyang?" Su Dingfang nodded slightly.

(End of this chapter)