Chapter 1823 Return
It takes ten days to reach the imperial capital from Songshan Town, and it takes ten days for a thousand miles of horses to travel thousands of miles a day, but the dragon horse that Li Shimin rode and the dragon horse that was mixed with the sweat and blood BMW only took three days, of course, if Lin Tian went by himself, then the time would be shorter, it would only take half a day to rush in a hurry, and one day would be enough if he was not in a hurry.
But now Li Shimin is anxious about the palace, and the Turks may attack the Tang Dynasty at any time, so he must go back as soon as possible and keep abreast of the movements at any time, so that he can strategize, as an emperor who came out on horseback, he knows better than anyone how important intelligence should be in the face of war, and without intelligence he is like a blind man.
And now that he is not in the palace, he doesn't know if anything will happen in the palace, so he must rush back as soon as possible, not for the sake of the country, but also for the sake of the people of Limin, because once there is turmoil in Datang, I am afraid that before the foreign enemy arrives, then Datang will already perish in the internal struggle first!
"Wei Zheng, are you willing to return to the palace with me and become an official in the court?" Before leaving, Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng who saw him off, Wei Zheng's performance in the past few days made him very satisfied, and he was honest and kind, but his temperament was relatively stinky, and he didn't know what it was called euphemism, but this was exactly the courtier he Li Shimin needed, so he would say such a sentence to him before leaving.
As the king of a country, Li Shimin knows very well that every emperor must have a loyal minister who dares to speak out, and at the moment, Wei Zheng is obviously the best choice, and Wei Zheng has a big plan, and with a little training, he will inevitably be a generation of famous ministers, so he threw out an olive branch.
Wei Zheng was stunned, he was a little stunned, he never thought that he was not strict under the rule not only did not be punished, but now he was even favored by the emperor, which made him very excited, to be treated like this by the emperor, how many people could there be in ancient times?
But after the excitement, he sobered up, Wei Zheng knew very well that it was not a problem to enter the court as an official, and even for him, it was just an easy little thing, but he also knew what his character was like, with his character, I am afraid that it would not take a few days to enter the court, and he would have to be so yin that there was no scum left.
Wei Zheng thinks that he is a loyal minister, but if the title of loyal minister needs to be exchanged for the price of his life, then Wei Zheng feels that it is not worth it, so he does not want to agree, no one in this world will think that he will live too long, even if he Wei Zheng is loyal and patriotic, he will not dislike his life too long.
"Your Majesty, Weichen has a few catties and taels, Weichen knows very well, he deserves His Majesty's Longen!" Wei Zheng's eyes rolled and he wanted to find an excuse to prevaricate the past, after all, entering the imperial capital would be a loss of brains, according to his straightforward character, I am afraid that once the emperor makes any wrong decisions, he will be scolded to death!
Knowing himself and knowing that he will not be defeated in a hundred battles, Wei Zheng knows his temperament very well, so after Li Shimin threw out an olive branch, he not only did not follow, but thought about how to refuse: "And the heirs of Weichen's family are all in Songshan Town, I am afraid it will be difficult to go to the imperial capital with Your Majesty, Baishan and filial piety come first, and Your Majesty doesn't want to see Weichen be an unfilial courtier, right?"
"Huh. Li Shimin smiled, smiled very happily, he originally thought that Wei Zheng would happily agree and be grateful to Dade, but he didn't expect him to refuse so decisively, so ruthlessly, and even with a good basis, even the reason was thought of, so that he felt that there was nothing wrong with it, because filial piety comes first.
But the more Wei Zheng is like this, the more Li Shimin wants to recruit him into the palace as a minister, well-founded and resourceful, such a talent, if he is not used, or even let him be buried for the rest of his life, is this his Li Shimin's character? Love is Li Shimin's famous label, so he will never give up Wei Zheng's talent who understands himself and others better.
Li Shimin is not afraid that Wei Zheng will not go with him, because he is the emperor, and Wei Zheng is a courtier, such a thing only needs to let a person go to Wei Zheng's house a little, and then I am afraid that Wei Zheng will have to go if he does not go with him, otherwise, I am afraid that Wei Zheng's old mother will have to beat him to death with a stick.
Li Shimin also knows very well what Wei Zheng is thinking and what he is afraid of, these are not necessary in Li Shimin's opinion, he Li Shimin is the king, there is no possibility of suspicion of the courtiers, let alone the intention of murdering the courtiers because of the courtier's talent, even if the courtiers are outspoken, he will accept them one by one and consider them carefully.
The monarch and the minister are harmonious, this is not just talking, he Li Shimin's country is also because of his corporal Lixian, true love comes, his court, gathered the world's top civil and military generals, but there is a lack of a loyal minister who dares to speak out, so Li Shimin made up his mind to take him back to Beijing after meeting Wei Zheng.
There is such a person who admits mistakes and dares to say when others are wrong, so in the future, even if he is as greedy as the tyrant Emperor Qin and does something wrong when he is old, there will be such an old minister by his side to remind him and urge him to get back on track at any time, so as not to go the wrong way.
"I know what Aiqing is worried about, and I know why you don't want to go back to the palace with me. Li Shimin smiled and patted Wei Zheng's shoulder, pointed to Songshan Town, and then pointed to the outside of Songshan Town: "But with Aiqing's talent, it is really a waste to nest in such a place, it can be said that it is my fault, so why don't you go back to the palace with me?"
Li Shimin didn't want to force Wei Zheng, he wanted to move him by himself, only in this way could Wei Zheng follow him willingly, so that Wei Zheng could be driven by him willingly, although he could force Wei Zheng to return to the palace with him, but that kind of ending would inevitably lead to Wei Zheng's backlash, and it would make Wei Zheng have a different mood, which was not what Li Shimin wanted to see.
Therefore, Li Shimin did not forcibly give the order, but tried to persuade him bitterly, only in this way can Wei Zheng be willing: "I also know Aiqing's character, but I need talents like Aiqing around me, does Aiqing want me to fall into the infamy of being talented?"
"Your Majesty Longen!" Wei Zheng was moved by Li Shimin's words, but he still did not give in, for the sake of his life, he would never return to the imperial capital with Li Shimin: "But please think twice, Your Majesty, now that the enemy is at present, time is precious, is it worth it to waste time here with such a small county order as Weichen?"
"It's worth it, why isn't it worth it?" Li Shimin changed his words and looked at Wei Zheng in a serious tone: "I know that you are worried that you will make too many enemies in the DPRK because you are too straightforward, I can promise you that no matter what happens in the future, as long as Aiqing does not do anything that is sorry for Datang, he will be exempted!"
"Your Majesty!" Wei Zheng suddenly knelt down, moved to tears and snot, Li Shimin even said such a condition in order to be able to move him, then if he Wei Zheng refused, he didn't know what to do, and he also got the promise he wanted, so it was enough: "Weichen is willing to go to the soup for His Majesty, at any cost!"
"Okay, good!" Hearing that Wei Zheng finally agreed, Li Shimin was overjoyed in his heart, said three good words in a row, helped Wei Zheng up, and patted Wei Zheng's shoulder heavily: "If I do anything wrong in the future, I can rely on Aiqing to mention a lot, and the cooperation of the monarch and the ministers can make Datang better and better!"
"Weichen obeys the order!" Wei Zheng got up from the ground with Li Shimin's strength to help him, and his heart was moved with mixed feelings, Datang has such a holy monarch, why worry about any danger, at least during Li Shimin's reign, Datang will have a situation where the people live and work in peace and contentment, which is enough.
"Lin Shangxian, I'll wait on the road. Speaking of moving Wei Zheng, Li Shimin no longer wasted time, and at the same time he turned his head to look at Wei Zheng and said: "Aiqing, you return to the imperial capital with me first, as for your relatives and dependents, I will send someone else to greet you at that time, I don't know what Aiqing wants, do you feel satisfied with my arrangement?"
"Thank you, Your Majesty Longen!" Li Shimin has already reached this point, if he Wei Zheng doesn't know what to do, then he really doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, so he immediately nodded and agreed: "Your Majesty's kindness, Weichen will never forget, he will definitely be loyal to his duties, and he will not hesitate to go up the sword mountain and the sea of fire for His Majesty, and he will never frown!"
"Well, Aiqing's words, I naturally believe it. Li Shimin nodded, and had no doubt about Wei Zheng's words, because he knew very well that a person like Wei Zheng would do what he said and respect the way of a saint and a gentleman, and such a person was what he Li Shimin needed the most, and he was also a virtuous minister needed by the people of Li in the whole world.
"Let's go. From beginning to end, Lin Tian didn't speak, he just watched Li Shimin and Wei Zheng talk, and then remained silent, and at the same time he was also very satisfied with Li Shimin's style, this is the posture that a generation of Ming Jun should have, such a person is the emperor, those who are displaced in the world, and those who have no family can be happy and live a stable life.
So for the matter of agreeing to help Li Shimin this time, Lin Tian no longer felt anything, if it was the kind of emperor who was selfish and only thought about himself, then Lin Tian would at most help casually, and would not help seriously, because it was just a transaction, and after the transaction, they would naturally part ways.
But Li Shimin is different, he is really for the sake of the people of the world, such an emperor is worthy of Lin Tian's sincere help, if nothing else, just for him to be willing to serve the people of the world, put down his own figure, and do something that other emperors can never do, and feel ashamed, this is enough.
The emperor is angry and ambushes millions of corpses, and if he can bow his head, he is a good emperor.