Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 84

Li Chengqian's words made Fang Xuanling a little embarrassed, as if he had a small belly and a small mind.

"Your Highness, you are being polite. The old minister and their father are ministers in the same palace, and they have been friends for many years. Naturally, they will not care about them. The old minister is afraid that they will ruin the plan of the Northern Expedition. When the time comes, His Majesty and you will not be able to explain this. of."

Li Chengqian sighed and said: "It's not bad that the teacher is the prime minister of my Tang Dynasty. It is true that a big belly can tolerate things that are difficult for the world. Chengqian really admires them, but they really find someone to take care of them. I don’t know what will happen in the future. I don’t know if the teacher has a suitable candidate.”

Fang Xuanling pondered for a while, then said: "Your Highness, have you heard of Liu Rengui, Prime Minister of Luoyang County?"

The county magistrate, the official is too young, he has never heard of it, so he asked: "What is this person capable of?"

"In the early days of Wude, Ren Gui, the appeasement ambassador of Henan Province, drafted a memorial to discuss state affairs. Liu Rengui revised a few sentences for him after seeing the draft. Ren Gui was surprised by his talent and learning, so he was sent to join the army for Xizhou.

Later, Liu Rengui was transferred to Chencang county lieutenant.At that time, Lu Ning, the captain of Zhechong, arrogantly violated the law because he was His Majesty's personal soldier, and all the previous Chencang county magistrates had nothing to do with him.

After Liu Rengui took office, he specially warned Lu Ning not to commit another crime, but Lu Ning was still brutal and arrogant, so Liu Rengui beat him to death with a stick.The officials in the prefecture reported the matter to the imperial court, and His Majesty said angrily: "A county lieutenant actually killed my captain Zhechong. Is this a rebellion?"

So he summoned Liu Rengui to the court for questioning, but Liu Rengui replied: "Lu Ning insulted me, so I killed him." His Majesty believed that Liu Rengui was upright and upright, not only did not punish him, but promoted him to Xianyang county magistrate.You said that if you let him serve as the Sima of the Hangzhou Navy, it will be easy to control these two bastards. "

Li Chengqian thought about it, he was really a hated character.Calling this person to be Sima is to put a spell on these two troublemakers.

"The teacher is really good at knowing people. Okay, let's call this person to be the Sima of the Hangzhou Navy."

Li Jinghuan and Li Chongyi respectfully kowtowed to Fang Xuanling to apologize, and Fang Xuanling showed the demeanor of a prime minister to treat them well.Now the two realized that they were really wrong. If they really offended the generals of the Sixteenth Guards, even though their father is a prince, there is nothing he can do about it.

Even Li Chengqian didn't dare to do this. It can be seen that these two guys are really brave. If they don't find someone who can take care of them, then it's not God.

Seeing Fang Xuanling gone, Li Jinghuan patted his numb knees and wanted to get up, but when he looked up, he saw Li Chengqian's serious expression, stuck out his tongue, and didn't dare to move.

There was no sound in the study, Li Chengqian ignored the two of them, and just annotated the documents on the case.Li Jinghuan is usually more evasive, so he can bear such a serious atmosphere, and said to Li Chengqian with a bitter face: "Your Highness, this is all the attention of the minister, if you want to punish me, it has nothing to do with the elder brother."

"What nonsense are you talking about, Your Highness, please don't listen to his nonsense, I am the eldest brother, and I am responsible, Your Highness, please punish this subject."

Seeing two people rushing to take responsibility, Li Chengqian felt a little better.After all, no matter how badly they did it, they still cared about the brotherhood, which is very rare among the royal children, unlike his brothers.

So he sighed, stroked his hands to the two, and signaled them to get up. "You guys, what do you want me to be a brother? Sit down."

"Your Highness, all the ministers are too arrogant and domineering, which makes His Highness embarrassed."

Li Jinghuan was still a little dissatisfied when he heard what his brother said, and murmured: "It's not that the people in the Ministry of War look down on others, otherwise we wouldn't be able to fight with them, let alone contradict Fang Xiang."

Li Chengqian shook his head involuntarily, the military has always ranked seniority according to seniority, no matter what your origin is.As long as your qualifications are not deep enough and your combat achievements are not high enough, then you will not be respected by others.

The two brothers used to be generals in the military, and the officials in the lobby of the Ministry of War who were used to seeing great generals certainly wouldn't take them seriously.

So he explained: "This is normal, not only in the Ministry of War, but also in every yamen in the Tang Dynasty. The prince of this palace and the others are often rude, let alone you. As long as you make enough meritorious deeds, you are not afraid of being unreasonable." gain the respect of others."

"Okay, let's forget about this matter. Fang Xiang recommended a powerful Sima to me, named Liu Rengui. When he was a county captain, he dared to kill his boss. He was an upright minister and a ruthless character. With him Watching the two of you save you a lot of trouble."

After listening to Li Chengqian's words, the two brothers both had bitter faces, which is understandable, no one wants to be looked at by such a person.

"Okay, don't put on a sour face, Fang Xiang said that this Liu Rengui is very talented, I will meet you in a few days.

But say hello to you two in advance, don't put on the airs of the royal children to others, as long as they have talents, we must make good use of them. ", Li Chengqian said so, what else can they do, so they both nodded in agreement.
Liu Rengui, who was on duty in the Luoyang government office, was very strange. He had no acquaintances in the imperial court, so why did the Ministry of Public Affairs send a document for him to report.

Liu Rengui, who was confused, handled the transfer documents under the strange eyes of his boss, and set off for Chang'an.

"My next official, Liu Rengui, met Fang Xiang." Looking at this energetic young man in his 20s, Fang Xuanling nodded in satisfaction.He still listened to Li Shimin's talk about Liu Rengui's deeds when he was chatting with the emperor.The emperor was full of praise for him, and today it seems that this young man is really good.

"Liu Rengui, yes, excuse me."

After sitting down, Fang Xuanling smiled and said to Liu Rengui: "Hehe, I must be confused about the Zhongshu Province's transfer of you to Chang'an."

Liu Rengui cupped his hands and said, "Master Xiang is very observant, I'm really confused."

"The imperial court is going to form the Hangzhou Navy. This time, I recommend you as Sima to His Highness the Crown Prince. You can go to the East Palace to admonish His Highness in a while."

Liu Rengui was even more confused, Fang Xuanling was the prime minister, so many people wanted to follow him, and he had no acquaintance with him, so why would he recommend him.

"Forgive me, Xiangye. I'm a straight-talking official. I'm a low-ranking official. Is it too fast to be a naval officer? Besides, why does Xiangye love the next official so much?"

Fang Xuanling laughed, this Liu Rengui is really a firecracker, such a person is really suitable to live under that man.

"Your Majesty once praised the old minister for your uprightness, and His Majesty just needs such a talent, so the truth recommends you, so you understand."

(End of this chapter)