The rise of the prince

Chapter 697 The Emperor's Countermeasures

Li Xingzhou and Wei Yubai were ordered to enter the palace together. He somewhat understood that the emperor might want to discuss the sale of arms with him, but why did he bring Wei Yubai?
What's even more strange is that Wei Yubai made great achievements in saving Jia and the Northern Expedition. For such great achievements, the emperor granted Dizhi, Yan Shen and others, and even Feng Cheng, Liu Ji and other officials in the army all had rewards, but Wei Yubai was not.

He thought that after rescuing her, she would be rewarded for several meritorious deeds, but there was no movement at all. Although she was a woman, how could she not be rewarded for such a great contribution.

The two entered the Changchun side hall together, where the emperor was already waiting.

They saluted and took their seats, the emperor waved them to sit on the opposite side of the table, and said: "Don't be so rigid, you have to get used to it earlier, state affairs are your business.

I have read your papers, and I know that you have always been resourceful and wise, but after reading the papers, I am still afraid of the trouble of raising a tiger. "

Li Xingzhou said: "It is inevitable for the emperor to be worried, but the firearms used by the new army are definitely better than swords. In front of firearms, swords are difficult to sustain. The future war will definitely change the situation."

The emperor thought for a while, but still frowned, but did not object.

He waved his old arms, "My body is not as good as before, and I can only sleep for two or three hours a day recently, I'm afraid I won't have much time."

"Your Majesty." Wei Yubai felt a little moved and wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything. The emperor gave Wei Yubai the impression that he was probably a bright and positive king, because she didn't have much contact with the emperor, and the emperor gave her a positive image a few times. .

In fact, the old emperor was a complicated person, suspicious, cruel, and ruthless, but sometimes he was affectionate and lenient.

"The emperor must take care of the dragon body."

The emperor nodded, "I want you to prepare more, many things, I will leave them to you one by one, you have to do hard, study hard, don't let me down."

Li Xingzhou nodded again.

"Since you think so, now that you are a privy envoy, a young supervisor of the Military Weapons Supervisor, or a minister of the Honglu Temple, you can make your own decisions on internal and external affairs, so I will mention you as the director of the Military Weapons Supervisor.

In this way, as a privy envoy, he can be in charge of the purchase and replacement of ordnance, and as the supervisor of the ordnance supervision, he can make ordnance and prepare arms.And Honglu Temple is in charge of dealing with foreign countries. With the addition of the three, you can make your own decisions and do things with peace of mind. "The old emperor said slowly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Xingzhou bowed his hands gratefully. Indeed, with his current status and power, he could do this in private, but he still planned to talk to the Emperor first.

The emperor nodded, then looked at Wei Yubai: "I and all the officials still owe you a favor."

Wei Yubai hurriedly got up and knelt down: "The emperor speaks seriously, and my subordinates dare not be so!"

The emperor smiled, the wrinkles on his old face looked much better, and he waved his hand: "Get up. You, your father, and your younger brother are all my arms, and you have contributed a lot to defending the country.

In the spring of this year, during the Northern Expedition of the three armies, I did not expect that both armies would be defeated. Only Wei Qing's East Route Army won consecutive battles, and finally defended the Yanshan Mansion for the new army. I will remember the merits of your family. "

Wei Yubai lowered his head and listened quietly.

"Are you wondering why I didn't seal you up for such a great achievement?"

"My subordinates dare not."

"You don't dare, but your boss, my grandson, has repeatedly reported this to me." The emperor said and glanced at Li Xingzhou, "He is more worried than you."

Wei Yubai lowered his head.

The emperor laughed, "In fact, I have thought about it a long time ago. Your Wei family has made great achievements for my Li family. Those rewards are not enough to match your achievements."

Li Xingzhou frowned. He thought that the emperor deliberately didn't reward him, because Wei Yubai was a daughter, so it was not easy to set a precedent, and he would offend many old-fashioned officials, but what was he going to do.

"The emperor's words are serious, and his subordinates dare not be." Wei Yubai cupped his hands.

"There is nothing to be afraid of." The emperor waved his hand, "And I have already thought about how to reward you."

Both Li Xingzhou and Wei Yubai looked at the emperor.

"The Wei family is the backbone of the imperial court and the pillar of the country. I want the royal family to marry the Wei family. You are just at the age of marriage. You are virtuous and talented, virtuous and gracious, and you are a capable follower of my emperor's grandson. I want to promise you Give it to him, you will be his concubine when Xingzhou inherits the country in the future, how about it."

Li Xingzhou was taken aback for a moment, and then became angry. The emperor was too cunning. He wanted to take Wei Yubai's chance to break the pattern. In the future, Qifang, Qiu'er and others can use the mouth of the official in a legitimate way, and in the future, the promotion of talents will not be bound by gender.

He has planned for this for a long time and waited for a long time, but he never expected that the emperor would follow him in this move. In the eyes of the world, even Wei Yubai and the Wei family, this is a favor, but it also deprives Wei Yubai of using military exploits in exchange for Come, the military power that should have.

Wei Yubai bowed his head, blushed slightly, and stopped talking.

"Your Majesty, I have objections!" Li Xingzhou said hastily.

"I knew you would have objections, but I am still the emperor, not to mention the orders of my parents and the words of the matchmaker, I have the final say on this matter." The emperor put away his smiling face, and his voice became stern.

Li Xingzhou was still about to speak, but the emperor raised his hand and interrupted: "Okay, I am arbitrarily determined on this matter, and it is useless if you say more. I can delegate power to you, so that you can confidently cut off major matters, foreign matters, but royal matters, internal matters." As the head of the family and the world, I will make my own decisions."

As he spoke, he looked at Wei Yubai, "Miss of the Wei family, you are willing."

Wei Yubai cupped his hands, "Subordinate, your life is like a mountain."

After leaving the palace, Li Xingzhou walked in front, his heart was messed up and he was very unhappy.

He didn't expect that in the end, the emperor would actually deal with Wei Yubai in this way. He was always thinking about how to counterattack the emperor's move. At least he must set a precedent. If he misses this time, it may be difficult to have such an opportunity again.

To find a woman who can compare with Wei Yubai in feats and life experience, it will be difficult in the future.

"My lord looks down. Is it because my lord looks down on my subordinates?" Wei Yubai's voice came from beside him.

Li Xingzhou returned to his thoughts, froze for a moment, and looked at Wei Yubai next to him. She was holding the rein, her face tensed.

Looking at the heroic and beautiful woman, Li Xingzhou smiled awkwardly. The two of them should be childhood sweethearts. How old is Wei Yubai older than him? a kind of expectation.

Meixue walked forward slowly, Li Xingzhou looked at her, "I don't want you to be restrained, your talents and abilities should not be locked in a cage like a beautiful bird. The emperor's proposal seems to be favored, but it is deprive you of military power"

As Li Xingzhou walked, he explained to her the intention of the emperor's move. In order not to break the rules of his ancestors, he exchanged his name for real power and wanted to hide Wei Yubaixue.

After he explained for a long time, the horse also walked to the river, the willows were blowing in the wind, and the water was sparkling.

Wei Yubai looked at him and said directly: "If I do it voluntarily."

(End of this chapter)