Chapter 422 - Unashamed
Despite everyone's endless worries, Li Shimin still settled the matter with great interest. When the dust settled, all we were thinking about was how to win as soon as possible.
The most unhappy person was Li Zhi, who frowned and sighed, thinking that he would be in charge of the country for a long time in the future, which was a lot of work.
"Hey, everyone in the world wants to be the emperor, but I don't know that this is the hardest errand. The father and emperor have been disturbing him for a long time, so he came up with something to drive the royal expedition. Otherwise, Goryeo will be in chaos every year, why should he think about going to the conquest this year, it is really too much to exalt it. Li Zhi said angrily.
Wu Mei couldn't help laughing, leaned over and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, isn't there still me?" Although the two of us together may not be able to catch up with Your Majesty, we are not inferior to any important minister, right? ”
"Fortunately, I have Sister Mei by my side, otherwise I really don't know what to do." Li Zhi said with a smile.
"Okay, you go and rest for a while, and leave it to me here." Wu Mei took care of everything, Li Zhi was very grateful, because he had a headache, and he couldn't resist the temptation of being busy, so he wrapped his arms around Wu Mei's waist and asked, "Sister Mei, how can I repay you?" ”
"In the future, I will be an emperor who is full of words, so that I will no longer be afraid of being lonely and dying of old age." Wu Mei said casually.
"With me, my sister will never end up here!" Li Zhi swore by it.
Li Zhi has also grown up, Wu Mei gets along with him day and night, and he is an amorous little warm man, it is inevitable that Fang will secretly agree, but Yuan Ziyan has repeatedly ordered that the two must not cross the last boundary, otherwise it is really possible to implement this relationship.
Busy helping Li Zhi every day. Although Wu Mei was tired, she enjoyed it.
"Paulie, why are you back so late today?" Yuan Ziyan asked.
"Back to my aunt's words. It was supposed to come back an hour earlier, but His Majesty received the minister, so it was delayed. Wu Mei said truthfully, seeing Yuan Ziyan looking at herself with distrust, her pretty face turned red, and she lowered her head and whispered: "Auntie, I know your rules." did not exceed the rules with the prince. ”
"Hehe, it's good to know." Yuan Ziyan put his mind at ease.
"Auntie, there's something wrong with Pauline?"
"Hmm."
"Since my aunt intends to let Pauline contact the prince. Why is it not allowed to think about non-separation, Bollywood really can't figure it out. Wu Mei asked with a red face.
Hey, Yuan Ziyan couldn't help sighing, and said quietly: "All men in the world are the same. A wife is not as good as a concubine. It is better to steal than to steal, and it is better not to steal than to steal. Zhi'er is going to become the emperor in the future, and at that time, there will be a large number of women younger than you who are more beautiful and younger than you entering the palace, and you can give all your money to it, and how long can you ensure that this relationship can maintain the freshness? ”
"I listen to my aunt?" Wu Mei knelt down on Yuan Ziyan's knee and listened carefully.
"Paulie, again, suffers hard. Fang is a master. If you want a man to really die for you, you have to live in his heart. Not the flesh. You still have a long way to go, think in the long run, if you don't have a trace of privacy in front of Zhi'er, Zhi'er will lose his curiosity about you. Infatuated emperors are rare, because their temptation is too great, and only by keeping a proper distance can they win a chance for their future. ”
Looking at Wu Mei with a blank face, Yuan Ziyan raised her face with a wry smile, "Child, I know you can't understand these words now, but one day, you will find that your aunt is really for your good." ”
"Now my aunt is the best for Pauline." Wu Mei gently rested her head on Yuan Ziyan's knees, she is undoubtedly happy with love and family affection at present.
There is a lot more tacit understanding and less conflict, Yuan Ziyan and Bollywood get along very well, and from the point of view of appearance, the two are like sisters. But emotionally speaking, they are more like mother and daughter, relying on each other and warming each other in the cold deep palace.
As soon as the news of the emperor's personal expedition to Goryeo spread, the whole country was boiling. Needless to say, the generals are gearing up to give full play to their residual heat, and those young people who have never experienced a war are also eager to try, hoping to be recruited into the army and serve the country.
Hearing that the recruitment work outside is very hot, Li Shimin couldn't sit still and wanted to go out to have a look, Yuan Ziyan also wanted to buy more working time for Wu Mei, of course he strongly agreed.
The two changed into civilian clothes, took a few guards, and walked out of the palace gate.
"Haha!" Li Shimin stretched out his arm and said happily: "I haven't breathed so freely for a long time!" ”
"That's not right, the air is the same everywhere, no matter inside and outside the palace." Yuan Ziyan said with a smile.
"In my opinion, it's different!" Li Shimin said that he actually pulled Yuan Ziyan's hand and ran forward, Yuan Ziyan's feet were off the ground, if he didn't know how to escape, he was afraid that he would have to lie on the ground.
"Shimin, slow down, I'm going to fall to the ground!" Yuan Ziyan said urgently.
"With me, I will never let you fall to the ground." Li Shimin laughed and continued to run forward, as if he wanted to sway out all his years of depression.
The guards behind held back a smile and followed closely, lest there be any mistakes, and they didn't dare to relax a step.
The two talked and laughed, and they would buy a few snacks in their hands along the way, and a long queue appeared in front of them, which was very lively.
"Shimin, this should be a place for recruiting soldiers." Yuan Ziyan said with a smile.
"The people are enthusiastically joining the army, and I am very relieved." Li Shimin nodded.
"Or the state subsidy is abundant, these young people don't want to make a living from family farming, with an economic foundation, who doesn't want to go into battle to kill the enemy and create a career of their own?"
As he was talking, he saw several officers and soldiers pushing a stout young man over, Yuan Ziyan felt funny when he saw this person, quite a contemporary second-rate youth, with long hair, unusual clothes, and a grin in his mouth.
"You people are blind, don't need your grandfather and me, don't want to win this battle!" The young man shouted.
"Cut out your tongue with more nonsense!" An officer and soldier glared and bluffed.
"Come on, the tongue will give you, lulu." The young man was undaunted, stretching his neck and sticking out his tongue.
Several officers and soldiers were impatient, pushed him violently, and scolded: "How can such a person be a soldier if he is idle at home, and he can only eat by relying on his father-in-law?" ”
"Don't pay attention to what you say, there are people in my father-in-law's house who farm and collect rent, and laundry, cooking, and having children are not the things that the old men do. If I am a soldier, I will be crowned with a knight, and let you grandsons look down on my grandfather! ”
This person talked nonsense a lot, provoked a lot, and several officers and soldiers surrounded him, and crackling was a beating. The young man was also hard-mouthed, he just refused to admit defeat, and he still refused to say a soft word after being beaten and his nose was blue and his face was swollen.
"Shimin, what do you think of this person?" Yuan Ziyan, who was watching the bustle on the side, asked.
"Although he doesn't accumulate virtue in his mouth, he is by no means greedy for life and afraid of death." Li Shimin has countless soldiers, and he still has his own uniqueness in knowing people.
"Then you will be a magistrate and see if he can make meritorious contributions?" Yuan Ziyan was a little interested, Li Shimin laughed, whispered a few words to the guards, and soon led the young man over.
The young man spat out a mouthful of blood and looked up to see two people standing in front of him. The man walks with a tiger and does not allow offense, and the woman has bright eyes and a smile like a flower.
The young man pinched his inner thigh and scratched his head suspiciously: "Could it be that I have been beaten to death and seen the Heavenly God Fairy?" ”
"Okay, my lord has taken a fancy to you, if you can answer a few questions from him, maybe I can help you intercede in the army." Yuan Ziyan said with a smile.
The young man's eyes lit up, really? However, seeing that the two of them were brightly dressed, either rich or expensive, they also knelt down with interest: "The little one wants to join the court, and I hope that the two nobles will be promoted." ”
"Why do you want to join the army?" Li Shimin asked slowly.
"Hey!" The young man tilted his body and sat on the ground, "My family is poor, but I also handed over shit luck, and I made an eyebrow with Miss Liu's family, secretly married a bead fetus, and became a door-to-door son-in-law." Although I don't have to worry about food and clothing every day, my wife who is ridiculed and blinded by others secretly weeps, and it is really not a good feeling in my heart. ”
"It turned out to be just for face." Li Shimin was a little disappointed.
"But it's not a hypocrite to go straight to the point." Yuan Ziyan said.
"The noblewoman is right! If I am the right person, I will fight with my life! The young man slapped his chest loudly, and the dust on his clothes splashed a layer of dirt.
"You are just talking wildly, this time the conquest of Goryeo will establish a miraculous feat, and make a marquis, I, uh, it's really incredible." Li Shimin asked again: "How many military books have you read, can you lead troops to fight, why do you have such confidence?" ”
"I haven't read a book of soldiers, books are dead, but people are alive, and I can't let books trap me." The young man said: "I haven't fought before, I was not old enough at that time, but whether it was Tuyuhun or Xue Yantuo, I could expect the final result." ”
"Don't be ashamed!" Yuan Ziyan said disdainfully.
"Don't believe it, because of this, I also won a few taels of silver in a bet! The silver hairpin on my daughter-in-law's head was beaten with this money! The young man said proudly.
"Oh? It turns out that you also know some strategies, so let's talk about it, how should this expedition to Goryeo be? Li Shimin was a little interested and asked.
"It's easy!"
With a snap, the young man spit two mouthfuls of saliva into his palm, then rubbed it, picked up a few small stones on the ground, and opened them with a gesture.
To the uninitiated, a pile of rubble seems to be nothing. But insiders can see at a glance that this is really a more professional sand table.
"First of all, this battle will be won!" The young man squinted at Yuan Ziyan as he spoke, but Yuan Ziyan snorted disdainfully and said: "The strength of the Tang Dynasty is on the table, it's strange if you can't win, this can't be counted, so I won't give you silver." ”
"Hehe, how dare you ask a nobleman for money." The young man laughed twice, and soon his face was full of confidence again: "But if you can finish the battle in March, you have to use three years, so it is not worth it." It's like the people farming, and it's better to use more people to concentrate on a few days to finish it than to do a little bit every day. My father-in-law, he just doesn't listen to persuasion, and he spends a lot of money and complains! (To be continued......)