Horse on the World

Chapter 112 The Emperor
I've been too busy these two days, let's make up the chapter I owed yesterday first!Tickets are still required.

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This unexpectedly long wait, from early morning to afternoon, from the cautiousness at the beginning to the boredom at the end, Li Qing's patience was exhausted little by little, looking up at the sun, it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon Right now, the morning court actually lasted until this time, which surprised Li Qing a little. His stomach was already growling with hunger, and the emperor and ministers who were still discussing matters in the morning court were probably not much better.

He wandered around the Hall of Central Harmony several times, and admired the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall several times. He chewed half of the tea leaves that were brewed earlier, and he didn't know how long it would take.

Li Qing didn't know that his actions at this time had already surprised the little wooden eunuchs in the Hall of Zhonghe. It was a great honor to be summoned in the Hall of Zhonghe. Respectful, of course, those bigwigs are not included, it is common for them to come here.But this one is good, he was very disciplined before, but after two hours, he began to fidget, and finally he regarded the Hall of Central Harmony as his own home, walking around, admiring calligraphy and painting, enjoying himself.

Probably aware that the wooden people were staring at him, Li Qing turned his head and smiled at them, and the wooden people who were rolling their eyes to follow Li Qing were startled, quickly straightened their heads, and kept their eyes straight again.

Really well-trained!Li Qing sighed in his heart.

It was uncomfortable to be stared at by these eyes. Li Qing sat down again. The brocade stool looked comfortable, but after sitting for a long time, without a backrest, it made people feel a little uncomfortable. There was a comfortable chair in the Zhonghe Hall. , but no matter how courageous Li Qing was, he would not dare to sit on it, because it belonged exclusively to the emperor.Stretching his two long legs, Li Qing folded his arms around his chest, and actually dozed off. Yesterday he talked with his second uncle for a long time, and today he woke up early again. He sat here for a long time, but he was really tired.

In a vague way, Li Qing felt that someone had entered the Hall of Zhonghe. It was a military general, and he was extremely alert. When he got close to him, his subconscious mind automatically started to call the police. Huo Di opened his eyes, and Li Qing saw that there was a person who was far away from him. Less than two meters away, someone was staring at him with interest.

emperor!Li Qing jumped up suddenly, not everyone could wear the bright yellow clothes, especially the golden dragon with teeth and claws embroidered on the man's chest, although I don't know how many claws it has, it seems that the emperor's dragon has nine claws, but Standing behind this person were two white-faced and beardless guys who looked like eunuchs, staring at him with unkind faces, and farther away, Eunuch Huang looked panicked.

"My minister sees Your Majesty!" Li Qing fell to his knees with a bang, and the armor leaves on his body touched the ground, making a crisp sound.Even if he was bold, he was sweating a little at this moment. Who is the person in front of him? It's the emperor. He had only seen it on TV before, but the one in front of him is the real thing.Although I don't have a great sense of awe towards the emperor, but his identity is there, and I actually fell asleep, and I didn't know it when the emperor walked up to me. Li Qing knew that it was impossible for Emperor Tianqi to let himself lose his head.

Not only was I a little annoyed, but I used to see the emperor go to a certain place on TV, and when he was far away, there would be a male duck shouting loudly that the emperor was coming. I thought I had this voice, but with my hearing and vigilance You will wake up with a start, and you expect the emperor to arrive at the Zhonghe Hall as quietly as a cat.It seems that those directors in the previous life were either idiots, or they bullied the people who didn't understand and made up things.

Emperor Tianqi chuckled, "Sure enough, he is a general who has fought old battles. I have deliberately stepped lightly, and I didn't allow anyone to make any noise, but it still woke you up. Get down, General Li!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Qing kowtowed heavily and stood up. Don't look at the loud bumps on his head, it's because he still wears an iron helmet on his head. If his head was bare, Li Qing would not use such force. The floor of the Hedian is covered with gold bricks, which will break your head.

Emperor Tianqi seemed to have seen through Li Qing's careful thinking, smiled slightly, turned around and walked behind the case, sat down, followed by an older eunuch who patted his palms lightly, and immediately walked in four Little Tai Lin, who was holding a gold-plated wooden plate, carefully placed four plates of delicate snacks in front of Tian Qi, as if he was a little hungry, Tian Qi picked up a piece and threw it into his mouth, and began to chew.

Li Qing was still lowering his head at this time, smelling the fragrance, he couldn't help moving his index finger, his stomach gurgled uncontrollably, and his face immediately turned red, what a shame!

"Hungry?" Emperor Tianqi twirled the snack with two fingers and asked with a smile. "That's right, it's already afternoon."

"My humble minister is rude."

"Come on, Wu Li, give this plate of dim sum to General Li!" Emperor Tianqi waved his hand, and the older eunuch immediately brought a plate to Li Qing.

"Thank you, my minister!" Li Qing took the dim sum, and was so hungry that he held the plate in one hand and the dim sum in the other, and ate it in big mouthfuls. The taste of dim sum in the palace is really extraordinary. After Li Qing finished eating a plate, he was still unsatisfied. He even wiped it with his hand, then licked his fingers, smacked his lips, and stared at the eunuchs in the room dumbfounded, thinking that this general It's too impolite, the emperor rewarded it, it was a great grace, the one who got the reward didn't care a little bit, and then carefully put it away, but he was lucky, he actually ate everything, it seems that he didn't eat or drink , the meaning is still endless.

Tian Qi was also dumbfounded, the courtier had seen it a lot, and this was the first time he saw this kind of appearance, pinching a piece of snack with two fingers, unexpectedly forgot to feed it into his mouth.

Li Qing, who was eating dry mop, raised the plate high with both hands: "Thank you for the reward from the emperor." At the end, he added: "The dim sum is really delicious."

Tian Qi burst out laughing, and the sense of uselessness that he had endured this morning seemed to dissipate with this smile, "Only a true hero, he deserves to be the general who herded horses for me, no wonder Xiao Yuanshan lost to you inside."

Li Qing raised his head in surprise. The fight between him and Xiao Yuanshan is something that everyone understands, but no one will say. This meant that the imperial power had lost its due majesty, but Emperor Tianqi seemed to ignore this problem, and directly pointed it out.

In Li Qing's eyes, Emperor Tianqi was thin and pale, his middle-aged man had white silk in his hair, and his long and narrow eyes were black and white, but bloodshot. This shows that this emperor is really a laborious errand. , no wonder there were not many emperors who lived long in history. In Li Qing's memory, there were still a few emperors who were exhausted from life to death.

"Surprised, isn't it?" Emperor Tianqi sneered, dropped the snack in his hand, leaned back his vest, his originally gentle eyes suddenly revealed a sharp light. In recent years, the open and secret struggles between the aristocratic families have become fierce. , His majesty as an emperor has become less and less important to them. If it weren't for the fact that he still has a certain amount of strength in his hands, as well as the support of the scholar Lin Qingliu headed by Chen Xiyan and the civil service system, it would be even more unbearable. The aristocratic family is already too big to lose, even if he tried his best, it still had little effect.

After seeing Li Qing's series of reforms in Dingzhou, he saw hope from Li Qing's reforms. Although Li Qing came from a family, he came to power in a dishonorable way, but this was a dog eat dog between the family, he was too lazy Guan also has no power to control, what he values ​​is that Li Qing vigorously destroys the methods used by the aristocratic family to accumulate wealth in Yizhou. This series of actions of Li Qing is not only about prying open a bottom brick of the high and thick wall of the aristocratic family, This shows what?This shows that Li Qing doesn't care about the power of the clan. Otherwise, it would be too late for him to hate Li Qing's method of eradicating Xiao Yuanshan. Li Qing is needed to carry him forward, turn him into a raging fire, and turn him into a sun shining on the earth.

Li Qing was also thinking, what does it mean for Emperor Tianqi to tear up this last bit of fig leaf?But due to emotion and reason, he had to justify.

"Your Majesty, everyone knows that there is a conflict between this minister and Marshal Xiao. If Marshal Xiao hadn't issued a secret order during the final battle to wipe out this minister, this minister would not have used such a drastic method. .”

"Hmph, in the end you spared his life and sent him back whole, to show your magnanimity and broad-mindedness?"

"No!" Li Qing made up his mind, he really wanted to tear his face apart, who is afraid of whom, he really didn't believe that the emperor dared to do anything to him, not to mention the Li family, if something happened to him here, he dared to say Dingzhou immediately It will become Bayar's pasture. "I didn't kill Xiao Yuanshan because I couldn't kill him. With the way Xiao Yuanshan dealt with me, I wish I could kill him."

"You are honest!" Emperor Tianqi snorted, "But where do you send to the court, where do you send to me, the commander of a state, you actually give and receive in private, and at the end give me a memorial and you're done?"

Li Qing was surprised when he saw that Emperor Tianqi was always comparing Zizhu, but he didn't know that Emperor Tianqi had been pissed off in the early days.

"Your Majesty, haven't you returned to Beijing under the imperial edict?" He smiled slyly. Didn't you say that we gave and received privately, but I accepted your imperial edict and returned to Beijing to receive the title.

Emperor Tianqi was furious, his face turned from white to red, and from red to purple, he breathed heavily in his chest, and couldn't help coughing violently, Wu Li hurried forward and patted Tianqi's back lightly.

After coughing for a while, Tian Qi passed his breath, looked at Li Qing with a calm face, remembered his original intention, and gradually calmed down, "You are indeed very courageous!" He said slowly, "But today I I don't want to hear about the troubles between you and Xiao Yuanshan, I want to know, can you afford Dingzhou?"

(End of this chapter)