Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 331
Li Yuan couldn't rest in his rage, so he immediately asked He Chang to withdraw his official uniform and throw him out of the Xuanwu gate, and the fifty army sticks could not escape.Xu Qing turned around and cupped his hands and said, "This humble minister is guilty,"

Li Yuan raised his hand and said: "Forget it, fortunately I saw these people, you, come, walk with me."

"Here," Xu Qing winked at Zhuge Yan, telling him to clean up the place, Zhuge Yan was taken aback, but finally understood.

After getting off the city wall, he returned to the school grounds: "Xu Qing, I heard that you met Concubine Wan Gui today?"

Xu Qing's heart trembled, no way, this Li Yuan is so jealous?Just met once, now come to ask the crime?Xu Qing hurriedly knelt down, and said: "I don't know the road in the palace, and I accidentally saw Concubine Wan Gui, so I saluted."

Li Yuan sneered and said, "It's just a salute? I heard that the two of you are still chatting happily!"

Xu Qing smiled bitterly in his heart, no wonder this Li Yuan has always trusted Prince Li Jiancheng, but once Li Shimin exposed Li Jiancheng's affair with Jieyu in the palace, he immediately distrusted Li Yuan.Xu Qing continued to plead guilty: "My minister, I don't know the effect of the sponge, so the imperial concubine laughed because of this, I am wronged."

Li Yuan's face turned gloomy, and he suddenly laughed: "Hahaha, okay, I'm teasing you. However, I don't understand one thing. You asked for a big bag of sponges. I don't know what to do with them?"

What is false is true, what is true is false, what is true is false, who knows whether Li Yuan is testing Xu Qing, or really teasing you?No one knew, especially Xu Qing, so he could only stand up and explained with a smile: "The reason I took this sponge is to make something small, and my wife wants it."

Li Yuan curled his lips, and said contemptuously: "Tsk tsk, Xu Qing, I didn't expect you to be a fearful person, a big man, what do you do for a woman?"

Xu Qing chuckled, Li Yuan suddenly pointed at the Xuanwu Gate, and the school said, "Xu Qing, do you know the function of the Xuanwu Gate?"

Xu Qing said solemnly: "Xuanwu Gate is the north gate of the palace city, connecting the Forbidden Garden and the Imperial Palace, it is the back and throat of the Emperor."

Li Yuan didn't look at Xu Qing, but stared at our school field in a daze, and then said: "Yes, do you know why I entrusted this throat to you?"

Xu Qing hurriedly knelt down again, and said: "I will live up to the trust of the emperor, and do my best to protect this Xuanwu gate, and I will spare no effort."

However, Li Yuan said with distaste: "I'm heartbroken. When it comes to being brave, you can compare to Zhuge Yan's bravery? Even if you are brave, you can compare to the thousands of troops outside the Xuanwu Gate? No matter how powerful you are, you can beat a lot of swords and guns?"

Without waiting for Xu Qing to speak, Li Yuan answered directly by himself: "You are inferior, but those thousands of troops outside the gate are not as reliable as you. The reason why I let you lead the Xuanwu Gate is to let You help me keep an eye on the people who guard the Xuanwu Gate. Look at the Xuanwu Gate, which has a materialistic aura, one person is the gate and no one can open it, but if there is civil strife, one person can break it."

Xu Qing stood up and said to himself, this school grounds is where your sons can kill each other.Back then, Li Shimin, Yu Chigong and others were ambushing in the school grounds. Li Jiancheng wanted to enter the inner gate but was killed by several people.

Li Yuan said to Xu Qing: "The guards in the Xuanwu Gate are Yuan Cong's Forbidden Army, which I brought from Taiyuan. However, there are many soldiers who have never experienced the battlefield, and there are also some domineering people. They have to be shaved off one by one. In a few days, it will be the Great Court Assembly. I will announce that there will be another imperial examination, and this time there will be no literary examination, and I will elect a hundred generals!"

Xu Qing was shocked, Wu Zetian came up with this method of martial arts, and Li Yuan thought of a method here, it must be said that it is powerful.

"When you come to the court meeting, I will let you be one of the chief examiners. You should choose a few generals for me and arrange them in this Xuanwu gate."

Xu Qing suddenly asked: "Why does Your Majesty trust me so much? I am just a vagrant. Your Majesty has promoted me from the army to this day. My honor and favor are so generous that I am terrified. I beg Your Majesty to answer."

Li Yuan laughed loudly and said: "The reason why I trust you so much is because you are wise and simple. I always see that people can't make mistakes. If they make mistakes, blame me for being stupid."

Not to mention anything else, at this time Xu Qing really had the thought of going up the mountain of swords and going down the sea of ​​flames for him in return for Li Yuan.In addition, Xu Qing felt slightly that the Xuanwumen incident should be nipped in the bud.

Xu Qing thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, my humble minister."

Li Yuan stretched out his hand to interrupt the words: "Stop talking, you have your secrets, there is no real connection between the monarch and his ministers, they all have their own little secrets. I understand that you have hardships to speak of."

Xu Qing said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, the emperor has a broad heart, and he will be loyal to all the subjects in the world."

Li Yuan said: "Don't say those words anymore, but you should think about it carefully, how should you do it?"

Xu Qing pondered for a while and said: "The emperor must also know that to guard the world and rule the world, you still can't rely on a group of civil servants, but military generals. But is it enough to have civil servants and military generals? I think it is not the case. How can all industries in the world be independent?" Civil and martial arts should be respected? The so-called gaining the Tao gives more help to those who lose the way, and if you gain the Tao, you must get help from all kinds of industries in the world. It is wrong to despise one industry and one industry."

Li Yuan nodded and said, "That's right, what else should you add to this imperial examination?"

Xu Qing replied: "Looking at the current situation, the most serious problem of our Tang Dynasty lies in the Turks. During the martial arts, we should also choose more cavalry generals. In addition, your Majesty must also know what I did in Liaodong. Although the cavalry cannot pursue and attack, they can greatly preserve their own strength. As long as the Turkic people cannot grab things and kill people, the Great Tang will definitely wipe out the Turks one day. Therefore, we should also Selecting many skillful people who can make bows and crossbows that can shoot farther and more conveniently, this is the way to strengthen the strength of our Datang army."

However, Li Yuan was noncommittal to Xu Qing's words, but thought of another thing: "The envoys sent to Liaodong have already set off, what do you think is the chance of successfully uniting them?"

Xu Qing returned: "Your Majesty, if either the Turks or the Tang Dynasty becomes stronger, it will be bad for the Dahe clan and the Bohai Kingdom. I think that if the two countries are allied, there is a [-]% chance, but if they just don't let them take refuge Turkic, I am ninety-nine percent sure."

Li Yuan's thoughts jumped a bit. At this time, he changed the subject and asked again: "Then what do you think about the Western Regions? The people over there are convinced."

Xu Qing's brain hurt for a while, but he still came back: "The countries in the Western Regions are many and small, scattered and not unified. Using the strategy of sowing discord to make them discord will benefit the Tang Dynasty."

At this time, the setting sun was just right, and the two monarchs and ministers walked through the school grounds of Xuanwumen, talking and walking.Walking to the inner door, Xu Qing asked the eunuch who came with him to bring Xu Qing all kinds of things that he should have, clothes, bedding, and even a toilet, just a little maid to warm the bed.Finally, Xu Qing asked Li Yuan how often he would take a vacation, and when Li Yuan came back, on the day of going to the court, if I didn't let you go to the court, you can go back for a walk.

(End of this chapter)