Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 668 Ants on the Hot Pot
The Luoyang Army's performance of Qin Wang's Breaking the Array was good. At least Li Chengqian, who had watched this dance for many years, didn't find any faults. From this, it can be seen that the Luoyang Army really put their heart into it. All in all, the emperor who likes martial arts will definitely be satisfied with them.

When people are happy, they are generous. After rewarding a month's military pay on behalf of the imperial court, they ordered to reward the whole army with a meal, so that everyone can eat and drink well. The brothers live in the military camp all year round, and the fat and water in their stomachs There weren't many at all, so how can we reward everyone for so many days without having dinner together?

Because of his special status, the soldiers must be restrained by his presence, and they can't eat or drink well. Therefore, Li Chengqian refused everyone's persuasion, and planned to return to the palace after driving.But what didn't make him want to fight was that Li Jing followed up in a panic, calling it escort back to the palace, isn't that nonsense?
If the prince Gu is reduced to the point where he is escorted by an old man with a gray beard, can the country of the Tang Dynasty still survive in this world?Okay, if you want to follow, just follow, anyway, this old man is not missing a bite, after bidding farewell to the generals, he drove back to Luoyang Palace with Li Jing.

Luoyang Palace, let’s not talk about refreshments in the afternoon, but Li Jing still won’t leave at night. There’s no way, Li Chengqian can only pass on dinner, eat two bites, and write two memorials. If Li Jing wants to read books here, let’s see Who can beat who.

Seeing that it was getting late and the palace gate was about to be locked soon, Li Jing couldn't sit still. With the book in his hand, he said slowly: "His Royal Highness, the old minister wants to explain what happened in the barracks during the day."

oh?Can't sit still, Li Chengqian smiled inwardly, and then said with a faint smile, "General, there is no need to explain, I don't mean to blame you, besides, the love and admiration of the soldiers for you is the affirmation of your life's achievements in battle, Why are you so nervous. I followed you on the Northern Expedition when I was an orphan, and it will be almost ten years in a blink of an eye. During this period, I fought a lot of tough and vicious battles. How can I not know the rules in the army!"

No, no, while waving his hands, Li Jing said three no words in a row, with an unnatural expression on his face. This time is different from the past, the prince is no longer the young man who didn't understand anything.After many years of fighting and governing the country, he is a man with a head and a head that no one should underestimate him. Even his uncle and grandson Wuji dare not be as casual as before, let alone Li Jing.

"Your Highness is benevolent, generous, and doesn't care about his ministers. The old minister is deeply moved, but His Highness also knows that from the Wude Dynasty to the present, more than 30 years ago, there has never been a rumor about the old minister in the court. If there is no Your Majesty will repeat it Asylum, that veteran has long since died without a place to bury him, and those people's hatred for the veteran will never dissipate."

Li Jing is the nephew of Sui general Han Qinhu. This is a well-known fact. In addition to learning the art of war from his uncle, he also taught him the way of being loyal to the emperor and serving the country.

Later, Emperor Taiwu raised his troops from Jinyang. During the offensive and defensive battle in Chang'an, Li Jing beheaded many family members of bureaucrats who followed Emperor Taiwu under the orders of the capital division to stay behind, Wei Wensheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, and General Yin Shishi of Zuo Yiwei. , so after the capture of Chang'an, there was a story about the emperor's court rescued Li Jing when he was the king of Qin.

Between people, there are two kinds of enmity that can never be resolved. One is to cut off people's wealth, and the other is to kill relatives. Li Jing's life is saved, but this enmity cannot be resolved.Therefore, no matter what the situation of the court was, how fierce the war was, from the day he sent troops to the day he returned to the court in triumph, the memorials to impeach him to support the soldiers and conspire to rebel were sent to Hongwen Hall day and night.

When Li Chengqian was on duty in Zhongshu Province, he saw that Cen Wenwen read Li Jing's chapters one after another, and some people even read them several times.Except for Xiao Yu's subordinates at the beginning of Zhenguan, these people were not organized, and they played crowd tactics with the emperor. According to the statistics of Cen Wenwen at that time, there were basically more than 300 copies per day.

This is not to say that Li Jing killed [-] family members of officials. Some of these people really thought that Li Jing would rebel, and some of them really had grudges. As for friends, protégés and former officials, let's come together with those who have grudges and grudges, and see how many times the emperor can trust Li Jing.

Of course, this is not the whole reason for Li Jing’s unpopularity. When the emperor came to the throne, in order to stabilize the imperial power, he had to replace the prime ministers of the three provinces in power. Chen Shuda and the others are very knowledgeable. Since they look annoying, let’s go home and retire. .But because of their special relationship with Emperor Taiwu, and perhaps their special mission, Pei Ji and Xiao Yu refused to move away.

Under the hint of the emperor, he and Fang Xuanling designed a purge plan together, which not only pulled them out of the position, but also made their disciples and old officials to death. The power has shrunk severely, and everyone hates it in a panic.

For Fang Xuanling, they dare not, no matter whether it is the emperor or the prince, they all respect him, and they have been sitting on the throne for more than ten years, holding their official careers in their hands.But Li Jing is different, he is a person with a criminal record, whether it is the offensive and defensive battle of Chang'an, or the change of Xuanwumen, he has serious faults, in line with the idea of ​​breaking the drum, everyone will follow.

In the past, Li Jing didn't need to care, because he was still useful to the emperor. No matter what, the emperor had to keep him. If there were too many lice, he wouldn't be afraid of being bitten, and if he had too many debts, he wouldn't worry about it, as long as he dealt with it carefully.But it's different now, he's getting older, and he doesn't have a few years to live. His political opponents, just wait for him to kick his legs, and clean up the two unhealthy things in the house.

Now the emperor has added him as a casual official of the Hussar General, which makes him even more restless. Even the emperor doesn't want to protect him. Isn't that extremely dangerous.

In name, the crown prince is not only the crown prince of the country, but also his student. It is reasonable to ask him for something, and more importantly, only he can save the lives of himself and the whole family in order to gain face from the emperor.So this is also the reason why Li Jing changed his habit of shirking errands in the past, and ran to Luoyang after receiving the order.

The ideal is plentiful, but the reality is very skeletal. Li Jing could never have imagined that such an incident would appear in the Luoyang military camp today.Let's just say now, he can guarantee that the chapter impeaching him for being suspected of rebellion is already on its way to Hanyuan Hall.

Therefore, he had to explain so that the crown prince would not misunderstand, otherwise he would be dead without a place to bury him, or else at such an old age, how could he be so shameless and not go away!Li Jing's current state can be best described as an ant on a hot pot. .
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