Li Shimin looked solemn again: "Rentai, you should have known about the situation this time, right?"

"A little bit of it. ”

Zheng Rentai said hesitantly: "It seems that the Lingwu magnate Bai Yusao colluded with the Demon Dragon Babu, may it be?"

"He's reversed, I've gotten the message. Bai Yusao had returned to Lingwu County early this morning, and then commanded his descendants and horses, directly captured the generals of Lingwu Town, and occupied the arsenal of Lingwu Town. ”

——This is the latest news that Li Shimin has only learned, and it has been proved that the embroidered clothes guard is reliable most of the time.

This is the reason why he is ready to throw off his own pro-army and armored iron horses, Bai Yushao's movements are faster than he imagined, and more decisive,

"Is this the other way around?" Zheng Rentai was obviously taken aback: "This guy is such a big dog!"

"It's true that he has some courage, but when he comes to this place, there is no other way to go except **. ”

Li Shimin then brought the topic back to the topic: "So this time I went to Pingliang, most of the time I wanted to be on the battlefield, with this Lingwu hero, a superior." Let me ask you, have you ever been unfamiliar with your skills in the battle battle now?"

Zheng Rentai suddenly felt energetic for a while, and straightened his back: "I'm not afraid of the master's jokes, although my subordinates abandoned their posts and left because they couldn't bear the exclusion of their colleagues, but in fact, in my heart, I was still unwilling to be the majority." Therefore, Zheng has never given up studying the art of war and martial arts, and my brothers and the township party are often trained by me according to the rules of the army. The subordinates asked themselves that their current ability in war is better than before. ”

"That's it!"

Li Shimin's head seemed to spread: "This time, General Qu Tu allocated seven hundred iron horses to me, and then in martial arts, I gathered five hundred villagers. Now these people are the leaders of the dragons. You came back just in time for this, so how about you pick up this burden?"

"Subordinates are subordinate to the orders of the Lord. ”

Zheng Rentai was flattered for a while: "It's just, I'm afraid this is not suitable?

"What more qualifications do I need here?"

Li Shimin laughed at himself: "This general has only been an official for a few years, and the people around him are only two or three of you kittens in total." If you want to talk about closeness and trust, Fan Shixing is undoubtedly better than you. But firstly, he lacked experience in battle formations, and secondly, he could not convince the public. You Zheng Rentai, who used to be a battalion lieutenant in the border army, and you are a second-grade cultivator, so you are more suitable than him. And this time, you are nominally the commander of this cavalry army, but in fact you are going to be the deputy of Li Jing, a member of the driving department. ”

Assistant?

Zheng Rentai's eyes were puzzled, and he did not rush to speak, but continued to listen, he knew that Li Shimin's words were not finished.

Sure enough, Li Shimin's voice changed and turned cold: "Li Jing is only a civil official now. But his attainments in the art of war are something that even I admire. This time, I will entrust you cavalry to him, because I have great expectations for this man. However, he is not our own family after all, and we need someone to watch it for me, do you know what I mean?"

Zheng Rentai pondered for a while, then clasped his hands into fists: "The last general is always in charge of the cavalry, and he will consult Li Yuanwai on everything, and he will not make any claims." But if this person has other thoughts besides destroying the enemy, the last general will definitely obstruct it. ”

When Li Shimin heard this, his eyes immediately showed satisfaction: "I believe you must have your own measure,"

After Li Shimin saw Zheng Rentai, Zhang Yurou sneered: "This is watching the dishes under the plate, right? This Zheng Rentai gave him hundreds of thousands of yuan, and his reaction was average." You said that he should lead the more than 1,000 iron horsemen, and he immediately became energetic. Obviously, the 540,000 yuan can be bought from the imperial court to be a large internal official,"

"Donating officials? But Rentai's ambition doesn't stop there?"

Li Shimin shook his head, looking disapproving.

The system of donating officials began in the Qin Dynasty. History ** - Qin won the world, and ordered the people to accept Su and give them knights.

Later, during the Western Han Dynasty, due to the troubles at the border, the grain obtained in exchange for the title was no longer enough to pay for the huge military expenditure.

Therefore, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty first opened the system of "selling official titles", and sold titles and official titles at the same time to increase the income of the imperial court.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty marked the price clearly, selling for 20 million yuan for 2,000 stones, 4 million for 400 stones, and 10,000 for the third duke.

Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, spent 10,000 yuan to buy a Taiwei, and Cui Lie, the ancestor of the Boling Cui family, also bribed the nanny of the Tongling Emperor and bought Situ at half price.

In the Great Sui, there was also a system of selling officials and lords. However, the Son of Heaven and ** are not faint masters, and they are relatively restrained.

And this kind of bought knighthood and official position, in front of those grass people, can still shake its majesty. But in the eyes of the real children of the family and the powerful of the court, it is not worth mentioning, and they are even excluded from jokes.

And unless you are willing to continue to give money, there is absolutely no chance of promotion

"I didn't say to buy it from the household department, he can go to General Yuwen, or other noble days. As long as you can get their favor, wouldn't it have a great future?"

Zhang Yurou's words were slightly sarcastic, but then she changed the topic: "Speaking of which, you should also find a powerful bookkeeper, or a competent staff." Always rely on me and Tang Jian, what is this like?"

Li Shimin's money has always been in charge of himself, and after he started to do private salt business, the part in Kansai completely relied on Tang Jian.

After that, he searched the black market dark city in East and West Erjing, and all the stolen goods were handed over to Zhang Yurou for underwriting. The money that was exchanged is now being held in escrow by the latter.

So the current situation is really chaotic, and the accounts are already difficult to clarify.

"Even you say that—"

Li Shimin stroked his forehead with a wry smile, thinking that he had to find a way to find a staff member recently.

Originally, Li Xuandao was very suitable, and he was quite optimistic, but unfortunately-

Li Shimin shook his head: "I will pay attention to this matter, but the red whisk girl, talking about love with Li Jing's guy, hasn't it been enough?"

After Yang Hongfu was brought back by Luo Li and Zhou Yu, the first thing he saw was not him, but Li Jing.

But in the end, when he met with Zheng Rentai and talked about all the things that should be discussed, there was no movement over there.

This Pharmacist Li, doesn't he know that he is now running out of time this time?

Li Shimin was thinking like this, when he saw two figures, a man and a woman, walking in at the door. The first to go was Li Jing and Li Yaoshi, whose face was cold and indifferent, with an iceberg-like momentum that no one could approach;

Because the latter was covered with a red veil, Li Shimin couldn't see the woman's face, and naturally he couldn't see her expression clearly. I could only see that the eyes of the red-haired girl were red, as if she had just cried.

"Humble position, see Lord Kaifu!"

Li Jing first saluted Li Shimin, and then gave a slight step to the side: "Yang Hongfu has been brought to the lowly position, and I will ask the lord to send it down." ”

The woman also fell to her knees, and the little half of her face was as pale as paper. But he did not give any courtesy, nor did he say anything to plead, but just sat there silently, like a puppet.

Li Shimin didn't care about her attitude, and asked with an amiable smile: "Yang Hongfu, I think Senior Brother Yao, he should also explain the situation to you?"

"The folk girl has nothing to say. ”

The red-haired girl raised her eyelids, and looked at Li Shimin with a faint expression: "If the adult wants to find out the secrets of the Chu State Mansion from the red-whisked, it is to find the wrong person, make the wrong calculation, and the people's girl will never confide in half a word." ”

Li Shimin was stunned for a while, and then glared at Li Jing, who was pale. What the hell did this guy say to her?

"But if this official remembers correctly, not long ago, the Duke of Chu wanted to put you to death-"

"The Duke of Chu may have failed me, but the old master is still affectionate and righteous to my mother and daughter. At least from childhood to adulthood, Red Whisk has never lacked clothes and food. ”

The red-whisked woman Mu Mu said: "The folk girl is only bent on death now, and has no other intentions. ”

Li Jing suddenly frowned, and Li Shimin was also stunned: "Since you are bent on death, why do you have to go to great lengths to escape? Wouldn't it be refreshing to die directly under the knife of the people of the Yang Mansion?"

He could see that in the depths of the eyes of the woman opposite, there was indeed a will to die. Before he lost it, he still wanted to use this woman's life to take care of these two people, but did he think too much?

The red-haired girl didn't answer this time, but just looked at Li Jing next to her with bitterness in her eyes.

Li Shimin immediately understood his meaning, this woman fled here, but she didn't see Li Jing for the last time? The reason why she was willing to follow Li Jing to see him was just to prevent the latter from making it difficult for her.

If Pharmacist Li can comfort him with kind words, maybe he can make the red whisk girl,

However, Li Shimin was not disappointed by this, but sketched a smile like a fox at the corner of his lips: "It's very difficult for me to do this like this, do you know how much this relationship will be for the two of you? That's it, Pharmacist Li, you go out for a while, ** talk to this Miss Chen for a while!"

Li Jing didn't know why, his eyes roamed over Li Shimin and the red whisk girl. But after hesitating for a moment, he still retreated,

When it came to the lobby of the ancestral mansion of the Li Mansion, there were only three people left, and Li Shimin seemed to smile and said: "Miss Chen, I must have a deep affection for this driver. If I say that in the future or one day, I can let you get what you want and marry the person you care about, you Yang Hongfu - no, it should be said that it is Chen Chuchen, how should you repay me?"

So the two women in this hall changed color, and the stunned Qi Qi looked at Li Shimin.