Chapter 35 Brothers and Enemies
Looking back, the tall walls of Chang'an City slowly moved away, Meng Qiao secretly clenched his fists, he was a ranger, but he was deeply favored by His Majesty, and became the first military staff officer in history.
On the way back to the palace, Li Jun glanced at Ji Meng with a little meaning and said: "Ji Qing, since ancient times, I feel that it makes sense to be a hero, I am ready to continue to carry forward the position of military staff officer, so I will start with my pro-army Yu Linwei and Long Xiaowei, you go back to find it, are there still characters like Meng Qiao, but you remember one thing for me, don't be ambitious." β
"No, Weichen obeys." Ji Meng happily agreed......
In Shangshutai, Li Jun was dealing with the folds, and He Shen led a young man in and said, "Your Majesty, it's time for you to eat." β
Li Jun raised his head and saw that He Shen was still followed by a young man, so he asked with a smile: "Your name is Yan Jiao, put down the fold, and I will approve it after eating." β
"No."
Li Jun continued: "Sima Da's father is sick, and he recently went home to serve the sick, and he recommended you to me when he left, you should do a good job, and don't live up to the expectations of me and Master Sima. β
"Your Majesty, rest assured, this is the responsibility of the minister, and the minister will definitely go all out." Yan Jiaocheng said with trepidation.
Li Jun nodded and said, "Okay, then it's okay, you can step back." β
Yan Jiao hesitated for a while, and finally took out a letter from her arms tremblingly and said: "Your Majesty, this is some of Mencius's thoughts that the minister has recently sorted out, please correct them." β
Li Jun smiled, he didn't expect Confucianism to understand his intentions so quickly, no wonder later emperors liked Confucianism, this kind of school that can be unprincipled and can change their minds at any time, who doesn't like it?
Li Jun opened it and looked at it, pointed out a few places he didn't like, Yan Jiao firmly remembered it, and finally when he left, Li Jun warned meaningfully: "Yan Jiao, I don't like who is close to the people around me, only this once, not for example." β
Yan Jiao was frightened into a cold sweat, and immediately knelt down and said, "The minister is guilty, please forgive your majesty." β
"Alright, stand down." Li Jun waved his hand.
"No, the minister resigns."
Yan Jiao cautiously exited the main hall, then wiped the cold sweat on her head and said with a bitter smile: "Master Dong, you really almost killed me......"
Li Jun was eating, Ji Meng trotted in and said, "Your Majesty, it's not good, Yin Baoqing of Jingzhao Mansion detained the governor of King Zhao's Mansion, and now King Zhao is making trouble in Jingzhao Mansion." β
Li Jun frowned and asked, "What is the crime?" β
"King Zhao was drunk last night, and he broke into Xuanwu Avenue at night during the curfew and killed two officials of Jingzhao Mansion." Ji Meng replied cautiously.
Li Jun was so angry that he lifted the case all at once, the vegetable soup was spilled all over the ground, the palace maids and attendants knelt on the ground and trembled, He Shen immediately comforted: "Your Majesty, stop your anger, you only have such a brother as King Zhao, if you make any jokes, it won't sound good to spread it." β
Li Jun tried his best to control his emotions and instructed Ji Meng: "Ji Meng, you take the Imperial Forest Army to Jingzhao Mansion in person, bring King Zhao's bastard into the palace for me, and find out who King Zhao was with last night?" β
"No, the minister will do it now."
After Ji Meng left, He Shen hurriedly picked up Xiaoqing, He Shen knew that once His Majesty was in a bad mood, the only one who could make His Majesty suppress the fire was Xiaoqing.
Xiaoqing came, Li Jun's face was much better, and after playing with Xiaoqing for a while, Ji Meng came back out of breath, Li Jun handed Xiaoqing to He Shen and asked lightly, "Is that bastard here?" β
"The minister is incompetent, and King Zhao was taken away by the queen mother's maid Qiu Ya halfway." Ji Meng replied in fear.
Li Jun was furious and went straight to Changle Palace, He Shen and others immediately followed, came to Changle Palace, and saw King Zhao and Empress Dowager Wei looking like a mother and son, Li Junqiang held back his nausea and saluted Empress Dowager Wei, and then glared at King Zhao fiercely, King Zhao shrank his neck in fright and hid behind Empress Dowager Wei.
Empress Dowager Wei waved her hand and said: "Emperor, okay, don't be angry, although King Zhao was not born to the queen mother, he has also been raised in the harem of his mother for several years, and you only have such a brother, don't hurt the feelings between your brothers for outsiders." β
Li Jun smiled indifferently and said: "What the queen mother said is very true, the son let King Zhao enter the palace, in fact, it was also to protect him, and he was used by those traitorous villains outside to do foolish things." β
Empress Dowager Wei said with a smile: "In this way, the queen mother will be relieved." β
Then he angrily scolded King Zhao behind him: "Bastard, your imperial brother has forgiven you, don't hurry over and thank you." β
King Zhao honestly came to Li Jun and said, "Brother Huang, my brother knows that he is wrong. β
Li Jun picked up King Zhao, pointed to King Zhao's forehead and said with a smile: "Bastard boy, if there is anything to discuss with me in the future, don't do this kind of foolish thing again, it will make the queen mother unhappy." β
"My brother knows."
Li Jun accompanied Empress Dowager Wei to have dinner and went back to the palace, because King Zhao stayed in Changle Palace today, and Li Moyue didn't like King Zhao either, so Li Moyue also followed Li Jun back to Daming Palace.
When he arrived at Daming Palace, Red Sleeves took Li Moyue to rest, and Li Jun called Ji Meng over and asked, "Who was with King Zhao last night, have you found out?" β
"Your Majesty, in addition to the officials of King Zhao's Mansion yesterday, there were two others, one is Doctor Wang Qing, and the other is Sun Li, the deputy commander of the Royal Forest Army."
According to the regulations, the Imperial Forest Army belongs to the royal family, so in the past, the position of the commander was the royal prince, for example, when the first emperor reigned, the commander of the Royal Forest Army was the King of Chu, although they were only fictitious, but they still had a certain weight in the capital.
After Li Jun succeeded to the throne, because the princes and kings were jumping around, Li Jun had never established the post of commander of the Imperial Forest Army, and in the eyes of the ministers, King Zhao was the most suitable candidate, so many people moved closer to King Zhao, and Sun Li was one of them.
Thinking clearly about the cause and effect, Li Jun immediately issued an order: "Sun Li, the deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army, is delirious, Ji Meng takes over his position, the post of commander of Jinyi Wei is replaced by He Shen, Wang Qing has an illicit passage through Northern Liao, beheaded, and his protΓ©gΓ©s and former officials will not be hired." β
"Thank you, Your Majesty." He Shen and Ji Meng immediately thanked him.
Ji Meng is really happy in his heart, he wants to revitalize the family, it is not possible to rely on Jinyi Wei, he can only take the right career, and now he has become the deputy commander of the Royal Forest Army, as long as he makes some more military achievements, maybe he can become a guard lieutenant, become Jiuqing, and it will not be far from the marquis.
At this time, He Shen cautiously asked: "Your Majesty, as far as the old slave knows, Wang Qing is a great Confucian, and he did not have an illicit relationship with Northern Liao, and General Sun Li is also very sane." β
Li Jun hated the iron and scolded him: "It's really stupid, Imperial Doctor Hu made a list, Sun Li is not sick, as for Wang Qing, won't the people of Jinyiwei even frame him?" β