Man Tanghong

Chapter 718 Li Jing is back!
"Let's go."

Li Yuanji waved his hand and said something.

The imperial servant in the palace walked into the palace and announced loudly, "Retire!"

All the civil and military ministers stood up and saluted: "Respectfully, Your Highness!"

Li Yuanji got up slowly, flung up his sleeves and left the Tai Chi Hall.

After Li Yuanji left, all the civil and military personnel left the venue one after another.

The civil and military people gathered together in groups of three or four, some for relations, some for going through the back door, some for discussing government affairs, chatting and laughing, and left the Tai Chi Hall noisily.

When Li Yuanji brought Liu Jun and other eunuchs back to Wude Hall, before they had time to eat, the servants at the gate of the hall rushed to the main hall to report that Yu Wenbao had something to ask for an audience.

Yu Wenbao has now been promoted to the rank of the county prince, and he is already considered a high-ranking noble. Although he is still a close minister, he can no longer freely enter and exit the Wude Hall as a domestic servant like before, so when entering the hall , need to report.

This is the dignity that Li Shi gave to all civil and military personnel, and the purpose is to let all civil and military personnel know that they are Li's courtiers, not Li's servants.

Although most of the military officials don't care about this, civil servants care about it very much.

In their view, being a courtier of the Li family and being a servant of the Li family are completely different things.

A courtier is someone who serves the king's affairs and helps the king share his worries. He is someone who is invited by the king to do things with a high salary.

A servant is a servant of the king, serving the king wholeheartedly, taking the will of the king as the main body, helping the king to do anything, not having his own opinions, letting the king kill him, without dignity.

Civil servants are people who want to be famous and strong. They care about their dignity very much, so naturally they don't want to be slaves.

If the Li family wants to use civil servants, it is natural to give them such dignity.

Besides, during the days when the Great Tang was first established, all civil and military ministers knew how the Great Tang was established, contributed a lot to the Great Tang, and witnessed the rise of all heroes, so in their eyes, they and the Great Tang Don is a cooperative relationship.

It was they who worked hard and helped Li to win the world.

Now that the world is at peace, it is time for them to share the fruits of these years of hard work with Mrs. Li.

If Mrs. Li treats them as servants, they will definitely feel dissatisfied.

In more serious cases, they may even conspire to rebel.

Liu Wenjing just felt that she had done more for the Tang Dynasty than Pei Ji when the country was founded, so when Li Yuan led Pei Ji far better than him, she was dissatisfied, slandered after drinking, and was finally ransacked and wiped out.

Regarding the matter of Liu Wenjing, the civil and military ministers made some reflections, and Li Yuan also made some reflections.

So after Liu Wenjing's death, Li Yuan regained all the etiquette, and began to treat the ministers with courtesy, and formulated a set of etiquette rules for this.

Low officials and low nobles must be courteous when passing high-ranking officials or high-ranking officials on the road, which is one of them.

It was because of this rule that Yin Ashu broke off Du Ruhui's finger, making him dumb.

"Announce him in."

Li Yuanji gave an order, and not long after, the waiter at the gate of the hall brought Yu Wenbao to the main hall of Wude Hall.

Seeing Yu Wenbao's hurried look, Li Yuanji asked curiously, "You came to see me in such a hurry, what happened?"

After bowing and saluting, Yu Wenbao quickly said: "There is news about Li Jing and the others..."

Li Yuanji stood up suddenly, and asked, "Where is the man?"

Li Jing has disappeared for several months since he successfully raided the Turkic royal court. During this period, Li Yuanji sent people to search for him several times, but no trace of Li Jing and others was found.

When Liu Hongji, Su Dingfang and others conquered the Great Wall, Li Yuanji specially told them to search for Li Jing's things as much as possible.

But Liu Hongji, Su Dingfang and others got nothing.

Now that there is finally news about Li Jing, Li Yuanji is eager to know what Li Jing has been through in the past few months and where he is.

Yu Wenbao clasped his hands and said, "Return to Your Highness, I'm in Daizhou."

Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment, and said unexpectedly, "Why is he in Daizhou?"

Yu Wenbao said: "The person who came back said that after Li Jing and the others raided the Turkic royal court, they guessed that Xieli might send troops to block their retreat, and there was a group of Turkic troops behind them The army chased after him, so he detoured eastward and reached Daizhou."

Li Yuanji thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Li Jing was right when he guessed that Xieli would send people to block their retreat, so he chose to do things cheaply.

If they returned from the same route, they would definitely be ambushed by Yugu, leading to the annihilation of the entire army.

You quickly send people to Daizhou to welcome Li Jing and his party back to Beijing. "

Li Jing made a great contribution this time, and led his people to escape in Turkic for several months. He is probably exhausted, so it is appropriate to welcome him.

After all, Li Jing took his life to raid the Turkic royal court this time, and if he failed, he might die in Turkic.

After paying such a high price and making great contributions, no amount of welcome can be overstated.

Yu Wenbao solemnly agreed: "I obey."

After speaking, Yu Wenbao quickly left the Hall of Martial Virtue.

As for Li Jing's confiscation during this trip, and whether the confiscation was rich, Yu Wenbao didn't say, and Li Yuanji didn't ask either.

Because judging from the tasks performed by Li Jing and others this time, as long as people are alive and come back, it is enough.

It doesn't matter if it was captured or not.

With this in mind, Li Yuanji waited for Li Jing and others to return in Chang'an City.

However, he didn't expect the slap in the face to come so quickly.

When the people sent by Yu Wenbao arrived in Jinzhou, An Xinggui and Ma Sanbao escorted two carriages back to Chang'an in a hurry.

Accompanied by four hundred cavalry, full of murderous intent.

Some people have three horses for one person, some have two horses for one person, and some have one horse for one person.

When the guard guarding the Tonghua Gate tried to stop An Xinggui and his party for interrogation, Ma Sanbao whipped him more than a dozen times with a whip.

When An Xinggui and his party rushed from Tonghua Gate to Yanxi Gate and said they would enter the palace for an audience, the memorial to impeach Ma Sanbao had already been handed over to Li Yuanji's desk.

Li Yuanji was stunned when he looked at the book "The Eldest Princess's Servant Assaults" handed over by Li Shentong himself.

Ma Sanbao has already reached the county level, but he has always regarded himself as Li Xiuning's servant, so when they impeached him, they didn't save him face, and bluntly said that he was a servant of the eldest princess's mansion.

It can be said to be extremely humiliating.

It can be seen how badly Ma Sanbao has drawn the Tonghua goalkeeper.

If he hadn't made him miserable and offended him severely, he wouldn't have impeached him with a very humiliating word when the eldest princess was in full swing.

However, after Li Yuanji quickly flipped through the memorabilia, he didn't bother to pay attention to the memorabilia itself, but said with a look of astonishment: "Ma Sanbao and the others have returned?"

Li Shentong nodded, and said with a cold snort: "I've come back, and I've lost my temper, and I don't even pay attention to our family members. It seems that I feel that I have made enough contributions, so I don't need to treat our family members Put it in your eyes."

Li Yuanji didn't care what Li Shentong said at all, and asked quickly: "Where is the man, why didn't he enter the palace?"

Li Shentong was stunned for a moment, and said angrily, "It's because you pamper them so much that they dare to bully your cousin!"

Li Yuanji shook his head slowly and said: "Ma Sanbao is a man of measure. He must have a reason for doing this. After seeing him and understanding clearly, it's not too late to make a decision."

After saying this, without waiting for Li Shentong to continue speaking, Li Yuanji quickly told Liu Jun who was waiting on the side: "Go and see where Ma Sanbao is, and when you find him, let him go to the palace to see you immediately." I."

Liu Jun agreed, and rushed out of the hall. When he reached the entrance of the hall, a little eunuch hurried forward and whispered something in his ear, and then Liu Jun returned to the hall, smiling. Reported: "Your Highness, Ma County Duke has arrived at Yanxi Gate and is waiting to enter the palace."

"Yanximen?"

Li Yuanji was taken aback for a moment.

Li Shentong snorted coldly: "It's really presumptuous!"

The Yanxi Gate is the east gate of the imperial city, it will only be opened during the big ceremonies, and only a small gate will be opened on weekdays for the purchasers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to enter and exit.

Foreign ministers who want to enter the palace can only go through the south gate of the imperial city, which is the Suzaku gate.

Ma Sanbao went to Yanxi Gate and said he wanted to see him, which was obviously a bad rule.

However, Li Yuanji can't take care of this anymore. Ma Sanbao has repeatedly violated the precepts, so he must have encountered something that urgently needs to enter the palace, so it is better to call him into the palace to understand clearly.

"Call him to an audience!"

Li Yuanji ordered.

Liu Jun hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice: "Maxian Gong also brought four hundred soldiers and two carriages."

Li Shentong snorted, and when he was about to criticize Ma Sanbao, Li Yuanji waved his hands and said, "No problem, let them come in together."

Bringing soldiers into the palace is a taboo in the palace.

Except for the emperor's permission, bringing soldiers into the palace is tantamount to rebellion.

Although Ma Sanbao had asked for instructions in advance, he could still be labeled as having an evil heart.

There are also rules for driving in the palace. So far, apart from Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and the princes, only Li Gang and Pei Ju, who are 70 years old, are eligible to drive in the palace.

Others driving in the palace is a violation of the law.

If it is light, it will be distributed, and if it is serious, it will be decapitated.

However, the more Ma Sanbao was like this, the more important it was that what he wanted to report was very important.

So Li Yuanji let Liu Jun let Ma Sanbao in without hesitation.

As for whether the [-] soldiers brought in by Ma Sanbao will plot evil or pose a threat to him, he doesn't care at all.

Let alone four hundred armored soldiers, adding another four hundred would not be enough for him.

"Chen An Xinggui..."

"The three treasures of the minister..."

"See Your Highness!"

About a quarter and a half later, Ma Sanbao and An Xinggui arrived at the Tai Chi Hall.

The attires on the two people are considered complete, but they look tattered, and both of them have more or less frostbite on their faces and hands.

It can be seen that the two of them traveled in Turkic territory for several months and suffered a lot.

(End of this chapter)