Will Ming

Chapter 670 What I want is the heart of the old officials of the court

July is the time when the scenery in Chang'an City is the most beautiful. Because of the square construction of this big city, the corners and corners of the square city, and the majestic towering of the palace city and the imperial city, it looks so murderous. People are a little depressed.But no matter how chilling the place is, it also has a beautiful side, such as the small garden in Liu Hongji's mansion of Qiao Guogong.

It's hard to imagine that the mansion of the founding father of the Tang Dynasty is so ordinary and even small. Compared with the mansions of wealthy households in the city, it seems a bit cramped. Among the founding heroes of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Hongji's mansion is the smallest, but It's not that the emperor didn't pay much attention to him, it's just that he didn't accept the house that was given to him near the imperial city. Instead, he bought this yard in Dongcheng with his own money, with two front and back entrances, and a small garden behind it.

Although the garden is not big, it is full of greenery.There is a small pond with a radius of about 30 meters, and some lotus flowers are planted in it. It is in full bloom. Although the scale is small, it is quite aura.There is a gazebo beside the pool without exception. In the gazebo, there are no beauties leaning on the pillars in a sad state. There is only a big man with a skin on his face and a gauze on his forehead. .

The beauty leaning against the window and contemplating her eyebrows is undoubtedly a seductive scenery.Liu Hongji was in the scenery at this time, but he was the one who destroyed the scenery the most.

Li Xian walked slowly all the way, looked at the lotus, and broke a weeping willow branch to make a whip and swayed it casually a few times.He had never done this kind of childish action since he was a child.After all, the year he came, he was already an adult mentally.Things like children stealing childhood sweethearts and riding bamboo horses to play house are cute, but if Li Xian did it, he would disgust himself.

When Liu Hongji saw Li Xian coming, he immediately got up and greeted him.He's not an old monk so he doesn't get into samadhi, he just sits here doing nothing.The eyes have been staring at the lotus pond, but there is no lotus in the eyes.Instead, his eyes followed a carp wandering in the pond, and when the carp disappeared into the depths of the small pond, he saw His Highness King Yan walking slowly in black uniform.

He didn't dare to delay, because he was not the kind of hypocritical person.

"Liu Hongji, I have met King Yan."

He greeted him, then bowed respectfully to salute.

Li Xian didn't do anything and quickly walked a few steps to help him up, and then asked softly how the injury was.He just nodded, then walked over to the gazebo, rubbing Liu Hongji's shoulder.No question about the injury, no greetings, not even a word of kindness.

Liu Hongji straightened up, looked at King Yan's back with a wry smile and shook his head.

When he saw Xiongkuohai, he clasped his fists again and said, "The heroic general of the heavily armored Modao camp, I have long respected you."

Xiong Kuohai smiled and returned a salute: "I have met Qiao Guogong, the general of the Heavy Armored Battalion is just my side job... Today I am the lord's full-time groom. Since I am a groom, I must have the awareness of a groom. You can't do things that go beyond your status... so you should follow in the footsteps of the lord, instead of standing here and gossiping with me. I'll go to your lake to sit for a while, so don't keep the lord waiting for a long time."

Liu Hongji said in his heart that I am not qualified to keep His Royal Highness King Yan waiting for a long time, he smiled wryly again and shook his head and turned to follow Li Xian's pace.

Li Xian sat down in the gazebo, looking at the blooming lotus, it made people feel refreshed.Liu Hongji looked at Li Xian and realized that King Yan was such a miraculous person.He was in the army, he was so natural in front of thousands of troops, he was a commander who integrated into the army, it seemed as if he was born to be in the army.But now sitting in the pavilion in the lotus pond, he blended into the scenery, as if he was born to be in the painting.

"Gu knows why you don't go to court, so of course you also know why Gu came."

Li Xian didn't say a word of nonsense, but directly entered the topic.

He pointed to the largest and most prosperous lotus in the lotus pond and asked, "Are you here to enjoy the flowers, or are you alone?"

Liu Hongji was startled, and heard the dissatisfaction in King Yan's tone.

"It's just that I feel guilty, and I dare not see King Yan, and I dare not see His Majesty."

"Don't dare to meet Gu, you still want to meet after all. Don't dare to meet Your Majesty, but I don't know which Majesty you are talking about? The Majesty in Chang'an City is no longer the original Majesty."

Li Xian glanced at Liu Hongji, and then said with a chilly tone: "Give Gu a reason why you don't go to court, don't say you are injured, it's not that Gu has never been injured, the scars on his body are probably worse than yours." More. Even when the blood was pouring profusely, you have never delayed your business, and you are also from the military, so if you can do it alone, you can naturally do it."

"I……"

Liu Hongji opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to explain it.

"Feel guilty?"

"Yes"

"Guilty that you failed the trust of the Supreme Emperor?"

"Yes?"

"Can guilt be useful?"

Liu Hongji was silent for a while, shook his head and said, "I planned to meditate, but the more I calm down, the more I feel guilty, so His Highness is right to blame, guilt is useless, and hiding is useless."

"Gu didn't come to blame you."

Li Xian looked at Liu Hongji and said word by word, "I don't have the time to spare."

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"You should feel lucky, and you should be satisfied, and you can even be proud, because the reason Gu came to see you in person is because you are useful."

Li Xian said: "If you were a useless person, Gu would naturally not come to you."

The words became more and more direct, but this made it easier for Liu Hongji to accept.If Li Xian came in and asked for warmth, he was very concerned, he really didn't know how to respond.Should we be grateful, or should we see each other coldly?But neither of these two options could be reacted to his state of mind at this time, and no matter which one he chose, it was false.

"Your Highness, do you want me to become an official?"

Liu Hongji was silent for a moment and asked.

"You haven't left the court in the first place, what kind of official are you planning to become?"

Li Xianbai glanced at him and said: "Your status as Duke is reserved for you alone. Although the government office of the military preparation mansion has been withdrawn, there is naturally a place for you in General Tiance's mansion. Half of the soldiers in Chang'an City are from Half of your subordinates are under Princess Pingyang's subordinates, since Gu is reluctant to part with the tens of thousands of elite soldiers, he will naturally come to you."

Li Xian paused and said, "Even if you want to be a wild crane, it's useless. As long as you are still in Chang'an City, you have no other way to go."

"Gu can give you a military order to let you out of the mansion. If you don't come out, just ask someone to fork you out, but Gu came in person..."

Li Xian looked into Liu Hongji's eyes and said, "It's because the military adviser admired you so much. He said that there are not many people in the Tang army who can fight now. Among them, there are only two people who make the military adviser feel that they have real talents. One is Li Xiaogong, and the other is you."

"So Gu's Tiance went to the General's Mansion, and Gu reserved a seat for you."

Li Xian said bluntly: "A year ago, I had to use troops against Dou Jiande."

Liu Hongji was stunned, and said almost subconsciously: "Chang'an is just settled, the eastern capital Wang Shichong has not yet settled, Li Daozong still has 10,000+ elite Tang troops in his hands, and the counties and counties in various places have not yet been stabilized. Why is Your Highness so anxious?"

"I thought you would continue to play dumb."

Li Xian smiled, and his tone slowed down a bit.

Liu Hongji was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head.

"East Capital City, Gu must be taken. But Dou Jiande sent an army of 40 to the south. If he is not dealt with first, Dongdu will naturally have no way to fight in a down-to-earth manner. And only if Dou Jiande is defeated, the lonely army will be in the Li Daozong will give up on the vicinity of the Eastern Capital, that is an army of 10,000+, and he will not give up."

"Gu intends to let you go to Dongdu."

"I... am a general."

Liu Hongji swallowed with some difficulty, then raised his head to look at Li Xian and said, "I know what Your Highness means, it sounds like Your Highness is blaming and forcing you, but I can tell that it's His Highness' trust in you." But if this is the case, the minister will accept the job, which will not help His Highness much, but will cause unnecessary trouble. There are many heroes in the Yanyun army, and they can use more talent than the Tang court. If the minister leads the army out of the city, at the beginning It's okay, if time goes by, if the achievements are not completed, there is no guarantee that no one will suspect that the minister will collude with Li Daozong."

He changed his name, he called himself me just now, and now he calls himself a minister.

Li Xian obviously noticed this change, so the smile on the corner of his mouth became stronger: "The reason why I let you go is to show an attitude to the original courtiers in the court. Since Gu can use you to trust you, let If you lead troops to help Yuwen Shiji, then Gu will naturally use them, they will feel at ease, and things in the court will become more stable and stable."

From the beginning of the conversation, Liu Hongji did not have the slightest discomfort with His Highness Yan's frank confession.If Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, were to do this today, the way and tone of speech would be different.Li Yuan must first feel sad for a while, lamenting that few people do things to reassure him, and then confess his heart, say some heart-warming words, and finally pick out the main topic.

But Li Xian was very direct from beginning to end.

So Liu Hongji has a deeper understanding of Li Xian.

King Yan is by no means a person who only knows how to fight.

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From the beginning to the end, Li Xian did not say anything hypocritical.It was precisely because of this that it was easier for Liu Hongji to accept, and this way of talking made him feel very comfortable.This is the skill of speaking, just like Li Xian called Tan Guogong Zhang Gongjin to scold him, and the latter felt more at ease.

It's nothing more than reassuring the two of them.

Liu Hongji locked himself at home not only because of Li Yuan's guilt, but also because of his anxiety and uneasiness about his future.To put it mildly