A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 239 Junior Brother Hou Junji

Li Zhengdian.

Li Shimin was reviewing the memorial, and Empress Changsun kneaded his shoulders for him, and talked about Wu Huaiyu worshiping Li Jing as his teacher to learn the art of war.

Today my cousin came to visit the palace, and I mentioned this while chatting.

"Oh, Li Jing accepted Wu Huaiyu as a student? Wu Huaiyu offered it on his own initiative, but Li Jing actually agreed?" Li Shimin stopped what he was doing and asked after hearing this.

"Your Majesty guessed wrong. It wasn't Wu Huaiyu who wanted to be a teacher, but Li Jing who took the initiative to accept an apprentice. I heard that Wu Huaiyu originally brought his concubine to the Li family as a guest. Didn't he have a concubine before who was the maidservant of the Li family? Well, Mrs. Zhang donated it to Wu Huaiyu, and specially accepted it as her righteous granddaughter. Because of this relationship, Wu Huaiyu would often visit the Yongkang mansion..."

Li Shimin knew about this relationship a long time ago. After Wu Huaiyu came down from Zhongnan Mountain, he first communicated with Li Jing's family, then the warrior Xun and the warrior Leng brothers, and then Qin Qiong Cheng Yaojin and the others.

"I didn't expect that Li Jing would be so fond of Wu Huaiyu, and would take Wu Huaiyu as a student on his own initiative. It's so strange."

For Li Jing, Li Shimin's attitude is actually quite complicated.

At the beginning, when the Li family was still planning to raise troops, Li Jing, who was the county magistrate in Mayi County in the north of Taiyuan, secretly found out that he had committed a crime by fraud, and asked the county officials to put him in a prison cart and take him to Jiangdu. Send the Li family to rebel.

Fortunately, the world was in chaos at that time, thieves were everywhere, and the roads were impassable. Li Jing was trapped in Chang'an. Until Li Yuan and his son invaded Chang'an, Li Jing was still in Chang'an.

After Li Yuan wanted to kill Li Jing, it was Li Shimin who pleaded for Li Jing himself and saved him.

Later, Li Yuan asked Li Jing to go to Shannan to attack Xiao Xian. As a result, Li Jing was blocked by a group of barbarians in Badi and could not attack for a long time. Later, Li Jing assisted Li Xiaogong to destroy Xiao Xian and wiped out the southeast.

Li Shimin was not mean to Li Jing, and tried his best to win him over, but it was a pity that Li Jing refused to accept it.In the emperor's mind now, Li Jing is the kind of person who is indeed more capable, but not a confidant, and belongs to the old noble line of Guanlong. Such a person must be used and used carefully.

Originally, after Jieli withdrew, Li Jing was most suitable to succeed Li Daozong as the governor of Lingzhou.

Li Shimin did indeed transfer Li Daozong back to the court to be Dali Qing, but now the emperor still let Li Daozong return to Lingzhou to serve as the governor, while Li Jing remained in Anzhou in Shannan.

Although he is the governor, Shannan is in the interior, and he has no military power in his hands.

Li Shimin leaned back.

Slowly close your eyes and think about it, is there any deep meaning here?
To be honest, Li Shimin was very worried about Li Jing, he was too capable to be his confidant, such a person was very dangerous, just like Li Yi, Li Xiaogong and so on.

Empress Changsun didn't bother her husband any more, and gently massaged him.

Later in the day, Li Shimin asked Zhao, who had just been promoted to the right guard general, to gather into the palace.

"Has the Youwei Yamen been sorted out?"

Li Shimin asked this childhood friend.

"With His Majesty's will, all the generals of the right guard are very cooperative."

Hou Junji was not only Li Shimin's childhood friend, but also Li Shimin's relative, because Hou Junji's mother, Dou Shi, and Li Shimin's mother, Dou Shi, both came from Fufeng Dou's family. Therefore, Li Shimin and Hou Junji are actually cousins.

When they were children, they grew up together in martial arts in the west of Beijing, studying and practicing martial arts riding and shooting. Hou Junji followed Li Shimin since childhood, and later they set up troops together to fight the world. It is determined to be tied for the first place with Yuchi Gong's eldest sun Wuji Fang Du and the others.

On the surface, it seems that Hou Junji did not make any great achievements that day. In fact, the most critical action that day was in the Tai Chi Palace, not in the Xuanwu Gate.

When Li Shimin was in ambush at the Xuanwu Gate and built Yuanji, Hou Junji led a group of dead soldiers to rush into the palace, killed Li Yuan's guards, and took Li Yuan from the dragon bed to the dragon boat in the sea, otherwise it would be dark I ran to go boating in Haichi, which is very close to Xuanwu Gate.

When Yu Chigong went to ask Li Yuan to give an order with his bloody horse, the emperor was still in shock on the dragon boat in his nightgown.

This matter cannot be clearly stated, so when discussing merit later, it was originally supposed to rank first with Wuji, Yu Chigong, etc., but many ministers objected, especially ministers such as Xiao Yu and Li Shentong.

In the end, the emperor named Hou Junji, the son of Quanjiao County, as Lu Guogong, Shifeng Qianhu, and Zuowei General.

From the chariot and cavalry general of the Prince of Qin's mansion to the current general of the right guard and Lu Guogong who has sealed thousands of households, Hou Junji has gained the emperor's trust and absolute confidant, even before Yuchigong Qinqiong.

Hou Junji, Xu Luoren, Qiao Wendu and Duan Zhixuan are the most trusted partners of the emperor.

"Have you read anything recently?" Li Shimin asked.

"When I touch a book, I get a headache. If I read two more lines, it's either my eyes hurt or I fall asleep. Your Majesty asked me to read, which really makes my minister embarrassed. I am a general, not a civil servant. It doesn't matter if you read less books, as long as you can read."

Li Shimin shook his head helplessly, "Who said military generals don't need to study? If you don't read the Nine Classics, don't you also read Sun Tzu's Art of War?"

Hou Junji was very brave. When the country was founded, he was very valiant in charging and fighting. He was a good cavalry general. However, Hou Junji was not good at two things when he was young. One was reading and the other was archery. Not yet.

"I plan to ask you to worship Li Jing as a teacher and learn the art of war. Li Jing is very good at using troops. If you can learn his military skills, you will not only be a warrior, but a famous general.

In the future, no one will dissatisfy you as a great general. In the future, no matter if you are in command of the army, or you are the minister of the Ministry of War or even the prime minister, you will be able to convince the public. "

When Hou Junji heard that he was going to learn the art of war from Li Jing, he was very unhappy, "That old bastard Li Jing, His Majesty did not give in to all kinds of courtship at the beginning, he is really a stubborn idiot, what can we learn from him."

Li Shimin shook his head helplessly, Hou Junji is so impetuous.

"Li Jing's ability is a thousand times better than yours. I dare not say that I am better than Li Jing just by using soldiers. You will bring the ceremony of apprenticeship tomorrow and take my imperial edict to the Yongkang Duke's residence to learn art from a teacher. You will not learn it." I'll take care of you."

"Your Majesty, my subject is Lu Guogong, and Li Jing is just a Yongkang County Duke. If Your Majesty asks the Duke to learn the art of war from a county duke, don't you want the people in the world to laugh at you?"

"This kind of opportunity, others want to learn it, but there is no chance. Li Jing just took Wu Huaiyu as his apprentice to teach the art of war. You go to learn together. When the time comes, I will see which of you has learned more."

"Wu Huaiyu?"

Hou Junji couldn't help frowning when he heard the name. He saw that Wu Huaiyu painted a good portrait before, so he wanted to draw a big one for himself. To give him face, he refused.

For Lu Guogong, who is now proud of his spring breeze, this is quite an unfriendly behavior.

Now that he wants to worship Li Jing's old stick as a teacher with Wu Huaiyu, and become a fellow apprentice with him, Hou Junji is very unhappy.

Li Shimin waved his hands impatiently, "Back off!"

Seeing that the emperor had lost his temper, Hou Junji hurriedly resigned.

After receiving the order of apprenticeship, Hou Junji returned to the Duke Lu's mansion, and obediently asked his family to prepare several carts of money and silk.

"Choose a few more good things. If they are expensive, put more money in them."

As the emperor's playmate and confidant, and now a great hero, Hou Junji is very rich, loaded with several carts of money and various gifts, Hou Junji even put on a purple robe and jade belt and rode on the emperor The rewarded royal horse went to Pingkangfang Yongkang County Government to learn from his teacher.

Yongkang Mansion.

Wu Huaiyu has been staying at Li Jing's house for two days, Li Jing, the teacher, is still not willing to let Huaiyu go home, no matter it's almost Chinese New Year, Wu Huaiyu still has a lot of things to do.

Li Jing is a dedicated old man. He is especially keen on military art of war. He is even a little crazy. He chats endlessly. Although Wu Huaiyu is young and has not fought many battles, Wu Huaiyu has a lot of flashes in some military solutions Point, after all, the traveler, there are some things in the mind that do not exist in this era.

For example, the development and application of firearms, and even water warfare and naval warfare.Another example is when it comes to dealing with the Turks in the grassland, some of Wu Huaiyu's views were originally used by Li Shimin later, and even the valuable experience summed up in the countless wars of the Central Dynasty against the grassland.

Li Jing was very inspired by what he heard, and felt that Wu Huaiyu was talented, so he didn't want to let Huaiyu go home, so he dragged him to chat during the day and talk at night, drawing pictures from time to time, doing war games and so on.

"Ah Lang, Duke Junji of the Lu Kingdom came to visit and brought several carts of gifts, saying that he came to pay homage to Alang as his teacher and learn the art of war." The housekeeper came in and reported.

I was discussing with Wu Huaiyu how to succeed if the Tang Dynasty sent troops to attack Goguryeo again. Huaiyu proposed to unite with the Silla Kingdom on the peninsula, destroy the weakest Baekje first, and then mainly contain the northern line, and the southern line of the peninsula Open up the second battlefield, use Silla's soldiers, horses, money and food to support the Tang army to cross the sea to destroy Goguryeo.

Li Jing who was interrupted was very dissatisfied.

"Hou Junji has always been arrogant and conceited, and now he is even more arrogant, so he is still willing to worship me as a teacher?" Li Jing also knew Hou Junji a long time ago, and he also looked down on Hou Junji.

This kind of person is also the ability of the chief of the first battalion. It is okay to charge and attack, but commanding and planning is not his specialty.

"Go and dismiss him, find a reason." Li Jing didn't even want to see him.

The butler left, and returned after a while.

"Ah Lang, Hou Junji said that he came here to learn the art of war by order, and he really has an imperial order from His Majesty."

Hearing this, Li Jing couldn't help frowning.

Why did the emperor order Hou Junji to learn the art of war?
In fact, Wu Huaiyu on the other side had already guessed that it might be Li Shimin's order when he heard Hou Junji came to apprentice just now, and he even almost believed that this matter might have something to do with him.

Li Jing accepted him as a student on his side, and Li Shimin asked his confidant Hou Junji to learn the art of war. It was not such a coincidence.

"Since the sage ordered it, why don't the teacher go and see what's going on?"

"Hey." Li Jing sighed, he really didn't like Hou Junji, and he didn't want to accept such a student at all.But the sacred order is hard to violate, "Okay, let's go and have a look."

(End of this chapter)