First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 120 Xiao Yu, Zi Shiwen
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Fufeng County, Great Earthquake Pass.

Li Shimin's army of [-] troops stationed in the pass added a lot of popularity to the pass on Longshan. With the complete takeover of the two counties of Tianshui and Anding, the situation has stabilized. Xiao Yu of Hechi County also led thousands of troops to the Great Earthquake Pass. .

As soon as the two sides met, Li Shimin regarded himself as a junior and a nephew. Xiao Yu was very satisfied when he saw this, and smiled happily.

When seeing Liu Wenjing and the others, Li Shimin was in a rather complicated mood, so he could only say: "Zhaoren, rest at ease and heal your wounds. After the teacher returns to the court, I believe my father will deal with it as appropriate."

Liu Wenjing was expressionless when he heard the words, and just bowed: "Second son does not need to be comforted, he will be killed and punished, but he will be dealt with by the king of Tang." Li Shimin took a deep look at Liu Wenjing, and he felt that Liu Wenjing seemed to be a little different.

After they all sat down, Li Shimin filled the wine glass, and before he lifted the glass to speak, Xiao Yu stood up with a tough face, "Qin Guogong, someone in this banquet has insulted me, I swear not to sit with him in the same hall."

Li Shimin was shocked when he heard the words, "Why did my uncle say that?" He looked at everyone present, and said hastily, "Is there a misunderstanding?"

"There is no misunderstanding, it is Liu Wenjing, Sima of the Prime Minister's Mansion. He was defeated and came to vote. I kindly hosted a banquet to invite him, but this fellow actually tore up my invitation card and threw it on the ground to trample on it. Wouldn't it be humiliating for me to behave like this?" Xiao Yu With a cold snort, he pointed at Liu Wenjing mercilessly and scolded, "I swear I won't have a banquet with this beast."

Liu Wenjing was furious immediately when she heard the words, "I haven't accused you of beating an official of the imperial court yet, how dare you be rampant here."

"If you dare to insult me, I will beat you. How will you treat me?" No matter who Xiao Yu was, the king of Xin'an County who used to run rampant in Jiangling City only bullied the tough, not the weak. The tougher Liu Wenjing was, the more Xiao Yu fought. Yong, staring at Liu Wenjing angrily.

Li Shimin was a little shocked, and immediately waved his hands and said: "You two calm down for now, I have something to say." He said to Liu Wenjing, "Zhaoren, have you ever tore up the invitation card?"

"Tear off".

"Why tear it up?" Li Shimin didn't understand. It was tantamount to slapping someone in the face. Liu Wenjing and Xiao Yu had no grievances or enmities, so it was completely unnecessary.

"If you don't want to go, tear it up," Liu Wenjing said with a straight neck, he didn't bother to explain.

Li Shimin felt a headache, and the familiar Liu Wenjing came back again, "Zhaoren, you...you are teaching me how to talk about you".

After the words fell, Gongsun Wuda and Liu Shirang in the hall looked at each other and stood up together, "Qin Guogong, we will not have a banquet with Liu Wenjing either."

Li Shimin's face turned dark when he heard the words, and he slapped the desk angrily and said, "If you have any opinions, please speak up quickly, don't try to imitate others."

"Liu Wenjing was greedy for meritorious deeds, refused to listen to dissuasion, and forcibly imprisoned Dou Zhiyi, causing the army to fall into a heavy siege, resulting in the defeat and capture of the army. He should be held responsible, and I hope that Qin Guogong will learn from him." Liu Shirang swallowed, and immediately worshipped.

After Liu Shirang finished speaking, before everyone was surprised, Gongsun Wuda also said: "If Liu Wenjing hadn't insisted on going his own way, it would not have been a complete defeat."

Li Shimin was silent for a long time, and then he looked at Liu Wenjing and sighed: "Dou Zhiyi also impeached you after returning to Beijing, Zhaoren, you...".

Li Shimin really didn't know what to say. He had made friends with Liu Wenjing when he was in Jinyang. He once thought that Liu Wenjing was just arrogant, but now he found that Liu Wenjing's problem was fatal. Ten thousand soldiers were lost in this battle. None of the civil and military officials was kind to him.

Seeing this, Liu Wenjing twitched the corners of her mouth, and said with a sneer, "By the Yongning River, you don't have such a face." After saying that, she got up and flung her sleeves to leave. Li Shimin opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to comfort him.

Gao Chong watched with interest, it seems that Liu Wenjing's downfall should be faster than the original trajectory.

Seeing Liu Wenjing leave alone, very embarrassed, Xiao Yu smiled happily.

However, Li Shimin was a little uninterested. Gao Chong raised his glass and said: "I have learned Gao Chong, who is named Youzhi. I have met the governor of Xiaojun. I have heard for a long time that the governor of Xiaojun is very elegant and knowledgeable. I am lucky to have a See, well-deserved reputation".

This is not Gao Chong's flattery. Gao Chong admires Xiao Yu's character very much. Xiao Yu doesn't care about your official position. As long as you dare to do evil and exceed the rules, he will impeach you.

In history, when Li Jing destroyed the Eastern Turks, he deliberately indulged his soldiers to plunder the grassland. First, he could reward the soldiers, second, he could suppress the grassland tribes, and third, he could tarnish his own reputation.

Li Jing has made great achievements in destroying the country, and he will undoubtedly become an extremely human minister. The company commander Sun Fangdu and others also turned a blind eye and closed their eyes, pretending not to know. He hangs high.

But Xiao Yu couldn't see it. He really just couldn't see Li Jing's violation of military discipline and looting. Although Xiao Yu might know the reason, a violation of discipline is a violation of discipline.

Ever since, when Li Jing's class teacher returned to the court to accept the award, everyone congratulated him, but Xiao Yu stood up alone, and there was no way to impeach Li Jing's army.

Xiao Yu was able to comment on the four characters "bone is straightforward". Li Shimin also said to the left and right: "Xiao Yu should not be lured by generous profits, nor should he be feared by torture. He is a true minister of the country", and then wrote the famous "Gift to Xiaoyu", one of the lines "The strong wind knows the strong grass, and the toughness knows the honest minister" has been passed down through the ages.

With such a personality, Gao Chong cannot help being disrespectful. Although in other words, Xiao Yu's temper is stinky and tough, but Gao Chong just respects such a person even more. If there is any problem, solve it face to face, just like what Xiao Yu said just now, " If you dare to insult me, I'll beat you", it's so direct, it's better than flirting behind the back.

"Gao Chong?" Xiao Yu frowned, seeing Gao Chong's tall and straight figure and handsome face, his first impression was very good, he nodded and praised: "What a young man!"

"Uncle Biao doesn't know something, but you are my confidant and the son of the prime minister's mansion," Li Shimin introduced, shaking off the unhappiness in his heart just now.

"Gao Junya's son, is that the Duke of Qi after Zhaoxuan?" Xiao Yu's eyes lit up immediately, "Duke Zhaoxuan is known as the real prime minister, I really admire it."

Gao Chong hurriedly toasted humbly, but Xiao Yu was thinking for a while, and asked with a smile on his face: "When was Youzhi born? Have you ever been married?"

Gao Chong almost choked on a sip of wine, Li Shimin shook his head and smiled wryly, "Don't think about my uncle, you are the same age as me, and he is already engaged to my sixth sister."

After hearing this, Xiao Yu shook his head and sighed, "It's a pity that he is not the son-in-law of my Xiao family, despite being a talented person."

Hearing this, everyone laughed, and Gao Chong smiled helplessly, and only a straightforward person like Xiao Yu said it so bluntly.

Little did he know that Xiao Yu had thought a lot in just a short period of time. She was born in the Gao family of Bohai, so she was worthy of being a noble daughter of the Xiao family in Lanling. He is upright, but also extremely resourceful.

　Brothers, I'm really sorry, I have to work overtime tonight, so I can only update one chapter, and I will make it up when I rest on Monday.

　　
　
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