The best idlers of the Tang Dynasty

Obtaining the military power of the Flying Tiger Army as he wished is indeed a good thing for Li Chengqian, the Taiping Prince. However, when Li Chengqian was in the East Palace, the world was still beaten down by his grandfather. He did not have the experience of serving as a young man like Taizong. Since he was born, he has never experienced any battles. Now it is really difficult for him to lead an army rashly.

To put it bluntly, Li Chengqian is indeed not expected to lead soldiers, not to mention that most of the people in the Flying Tiger Army are dudes who are accustomed to living a comfortable life because of their father's meritorious deeds. Yuanyuan, most people have been practiced by their fathers since they were young, and they have some methods, but the laziness brought about by a comfortable life cannot be changed at all.

In a few days, this barracks of the Flying Tiger Army, which was given high hopes by Emperor Taizong, almost turned into a large playground, a place where those honorable children held parties, and there were people who gambled and drank all day long.

Li Chengqian's trust in Taizong was sincere and fearful, and he also wanted to make a career out of it. Whenever he had time, he wandered around the camp, but the soldiers figured out the rules of his appearance, and when he came, he danced a few times on the school grounds. With the knife and gun down, he went on to play again as soon as he left.

One day, Taizong was unwell because of the dragon's body, so Li Chengqian visited the camp one hour earlier than usual, but when he arrived at the gate of the camp, he found that there was not even a soldier standing guard.As soon as he walked in, he heard the sound of shouting and drinking from a military tent.

Li Chengqian's expression changed immediately, and he led Heng Lian and the others over, broke into the tent and saw that a group of people were forming a dense circle and gambling with a pair of dice, and their shouts almost knocked down the roof of the tent.These guys were so excited to gamble that they didn't even pay attention to Li Chengqian bringing someone in.

Li Chengqian's face turned pale with anger, and he took advantage of the pause in the hustle and bustle and said, "Hey! It's so lively! How about I come and gamble with you all?"

When everyone looked back, they recognized that it was the current prince, and their faces turned pale with fright.A minor corrector was overjoyed and said forgetfully, "Okay! How much do you want to bet?"

Li Chengqian shouted angrily: "The bet I want to bet is too big, I wonder if you dare to bet?"

The schoolboy lowered his head and said impatiently: "Who doesn't know that my surname Duan is the most courageous. When I am in a hurry, even my wife dares to bet on the gambling table! Stop talking nonsense, tell me quickly, you want to bet!" How big!"

Li Chengqian was furious when he heard the words, pointed at Xiaoxiao's head, and said, "Okay, then I'll bet on your head, do you dare to come?"

The little school surnamed Duan came to his senses just now, and was startled. When he looked up and saw that it was the prince, his expression was so frightened that he knelt down and pleaded guilty: "His Royal Highness, forgive me!"

Li Chengqian made a serious face: "How bold! What kind of place is this? How dare you gather people to gamble and drag you down to beat thirty army sticks!"

But as soon as the military order was issued, Heng Lian, who was standing beside Li Chengqian, reached out and pulled his sleeve covertly, and said in his ear, "Your Highness! This man is Duan Gui, the son of Duan Zhixuan, the old guard of the Holy Majesty. Duan Zhixuan used to be a The bodyguard of the emperor, in the ninth year of Wude, when Jieli went south, all four sons died in Weiqiao, and Duan Gui was the fifth child. He entered the Flying Tiger Army because the emperor personally protected him."

Upon hearing this, Li Chengqian's expression also changed, and he looked at Duan Gui again, hesitating for a while, but he changed his mind, and ordered Duan Gui to be locked up for a day.

Duan Gui was not severely punished, and the gang of dandies in the camp became even more arrogant. They sent people to watch at the camp gate in turn, and gathered to gamble almost every day.Among them, Duan Gui is the most vigorous one, but his luck has not been smooth for several days, he lost all his money, his hands were itchy, and he had no money left, so he came up with the idea of ​​​​a military horse. He was really courageous, so he stole a few horses and went to the horse market to sell them.Li Ke, who didn't want to run into Weifu, brought Chai Zhewei, Quan Wanji and others to the horse market for a stroll, just in time to hear Duan Gui selling military horses, and kept saying that they were special horses for the Flying Tiger Army, and they could be called one of the best horses in a hundred. .

At that time, Chai Zhewei said to Li Ke: "Your Highness, look at the good soldiers trained by the Eastern Palace. They even sold their horses! Let's arrest them and send them to the Holy Lord, and see how the prince ends up?"

Li Ke stopped Chai Zhewei, with a smile on his face, and said: "We don't need to take care of this matter, someone will take care of it, you go and invite Mr. Wei here to have a look."

Chai Zhewei was stunned for a moment, but immediately realized that Li Ke wanted to borrow a knife to kill someone. Everyone knew that Mr. Wei was a stubborn guy, and when he got angry, he didn't show affection even to Emperor Taizong. Hearing this, his face suddenly showed admiration , grinned and said, "Okay, then I'll invite Mr. Wei here."

After speaking, he turned and left quickly.

The Master Wei that Li Ke mentioned was Wei Zheng. After Taizong appointed Wei Zheng, Wei Zheng sincerely assisted Li Shimin, and proposed to Li Shimin the political strategy of "struggling with martial arts, cultivating literature, and calming the people", which played a significant role in stabilizing the political situation and revitalizing the economy.Wei Zheng had political strategies, and Taizong also obeyed his advice. After a few years, he established a high prestige in the court and the public, and his status among civil servants was second only to Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling.Wei Zheng is a counselor, and even a straight minister. He has a straightforward personality and hates evil like a vengeance. Even if Taizong has occasional minor mistakes, he will not let them go easily. He will always argue clearly with Taizong in front of the officials. Li Ke expected such If he found out about the matter, he would definitely not ignore it.

Sure enough, Wei Zheng was very angry when he heard about this, and immediately went to Jingzhao Yin Chuheng, and told him that someone was stealing and selling military horses. Chu Heng sent a team of fast-moving soldiers, led by Wei Zheng himself, and captured Duan Gui on the spot. This incident caused a sensation to Chang'an.

After hearing Wei Zheng's performance, Emperor Taizong was also furious: "Come here! Bring the prince to me!"

When Taizong sent someone to come, Li Chengqian was preparing to leave the palace. Since he received the seal of the Flying Tiger Army, he was also very busy. The Ministry of Households allocated military salaries, food, and ordnance, and Du Rui didn't go to Du Rui's place for a long time.

But in the past few days, Li Chengqian was not very happy. The fatigue of the Flying Tiger Army made him feel powerless, and he didn't know what to do to make those cockfighting dudes look more like a gangster. They are a strong team, they can't think of a good way, and the officials of the East Palace around them are all full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, convincing people with reasoning. Neither could be found.

Unable to think of a good solution, Li Chengqian thought of going to Du Rui for attention, but before he could go out, he was blocked in the palace by people sent by Emperor Taizong.

"Father asked me to go there, do you know why?" Li Chengqian had a premonition that something was wrong, and couldn't help feeling anxious.

Wang Dedao: "Your Highness, hurry up to Chengqing Hall! The Holy Majesty has lost his temper, so don't contradict your Highness when you get there, just confess your guilt!"

Wang De had served Emperor Taizong for more than ten years, and he had watched Li Chengqian grow up. He also cared for this kind and kind prince from the bottom of his heart.

When Wang De said this, Li Chengqian felt even more uneasy. He knew that Taizong let him go there must be related to the Flying Tiger Army. When he thought of the smoky barracks, Li Chengqian felt powerless all over.

Following Wang De into Chengqing Hall, Taizong, who was already on fire, couldn't explain it, and cursed angrily: "You are really a good soldier, and you even sold your war horses. What else do you dare not do? You Really humiliated the Li family who have been generals for generations."

Taizong's furious scolding made the prince's face very ugly.Fortunately, after Taizong scolded him, he didn't do anything to deal with it. He just asked Li Chengqian to strictly enforce military discipline and make meritorious deeds.