Practicing martial arts is not an easy thing, Li Ze himself has also practiced martial arts since he was a child. However, he practiced martial arts not to go into battle to kill the enemy, but to strengthen his body and not get sick. In this era when there are no antibiotics, a cold may be killed. But even with such low requirements, I didn't eat less bitterness when I was a child.

Now that Li Ze is practicing martial arts, he has suffered more than Li Ze. Li Ze got the recipe from Shi Zhuang many years ago, but since he was three years old, he has let Li Tang soak it. Li Tang's body bones are indeed quite good, and over the years, he has been taught by famous teachers, which is much stronger than Li Ze back then.

However, Liu Ruyan's requirements are also higher.

In Li Ze's opinion, Li Tang can practice to this extent, but Liu Ruyan hopes that his son is an enemy of 100 people or 1,000 people, so the sparring exercises usually arranged are all real.

Liu Ruyan couldn't do it herself, so she asked Li Peng to do it, and she was staring at it on the side, if Li Peng released the water, she would beat Li Peng. Poor Li Peng is also a dignified third-grade general, Li Ze is the commander of the guard, facing a twelve-year-old and a half-year-old, and he has to hold back his strength not to really hurt the other party, but also to make the other party feel the real risk of killing, but it is really difficult for him.

"I'm going too!" Li Ning cleaned the porridge in the bowl three or two times, "Aunt Xiao Cicada said that she came to teach me how to hold a flying spear today." ”

"Go, go!" Liu Ruyan waved his hand, and Li Ning immediately followed behind Li Tang and ran away.

Most people think that Li Ze's family must be full of servants, but in fact, in the mansion where Li Ze lives now, except for the more guards, there are really not many people who really serve their family in the backyard. Aside from the guards, there were less than ten people who took care of their daily lives.

"Ning'er actually doesn't need to learn these things about fighting and killing." Li Ze said while drinking tea and rinsing his mouth.

Liu Ruyan flattened her mouth: "It's Xia He who blows the pillow wind for you again, right?" Tell her, no way. The daughter of the Li family, when she enters the door, she must understand the account book, she can hold the house, she can write poems, she can do articles, and when she goes out, she must be able to ride a war horse and dance with a knife. ”

"Do you want to learn embroidery or something?" Li Ze looked at Liu Ruyan with a smile. Seeing that Liu Ruyan's eyebrows were raised, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Embroidery or something, it's not of much use,"

There were only two people left in the house, Li Ze and Liu Ruyan.

Liu Ruyan said: "Cao Xin originally thought that he was the chairman of the Economic Development Committee, but now it seems that it is only a little dangerous. ”

"Not necessarily, who killed the deer, it is not yet known!" Li Zedao.

"You really don't care?" Liu Ruyan said: "A few days ago, Li Mi came to me and told me that his father-in-law wanted to be the chairman, and he also advised Cao Zhang to take a step back for the time being, not to participate in the election of this disciplinary inspection committee, and to give up directly. ”

Li Ze smiled but did not answer.

Looking at Li Ze's appearance, Liu Ruyan suddenly realized, "You don't like Cao Xin?" ”

Li Zedao: "Cao Xin has been a secretary for many years, and the ministry has always been the first majority. But he is too steady in his own right, and now he is even more cautious, which is not in line with our enterprising spirit at the moment. However, if he wins, I will respect the result. ”

Liu Ruyan pondered for a while: "Actually, you have already hinted to him that letting Cao Zhang become the chairman of the Discipline Inspection Committee actually means that he will give up, right?" But apparently, he didn't get it. ”

"It's not that he doesn't understand, he's just a little unconvinced." Li Ze said with a smile: "Now that I have made it clear that I am ignoring this matter, and the two of them will compete, and he is even more unwilling to lose to Xu Xiang." ”

"Xu Xiang is too young!" Liu Ruyan shook his head.

"I'm younger than him!" Li Ze said disdainfully: "Being young has never been a problem, the question is whether he can do good things." Xu Xiang is a person who dares to think, dare to do, has momentum, and has a powerful wrist, but he is really a good candidate, speaking of which, Han Qi and Xue Ping have a good vision. ”

"As soon as I think that this incident was the beginning of the two of them, I feel upset!" Liu Ruyan rolled her eyes and said, "I'll tell you the truth, on the day of the vote, I will choose Cao Xin!" Who do you choose? ”

"Guess?" Li Ze laughed and stood up, staggered out of the dining room with his hands behind his back, he was busy today, and he was going to meet the military generals who had returned to Chang'an.

All the generals did not meet and talk one by one, but gathered together and talked together.

Compared with Li Ze, the affairs of the army are simpler and easier to handle.

The commanders of the Twelve Guards all returned to Chang'an. There were about fifty representatives in each guard, basically covering the high, middle and low-level generals of the twelve guards.

More than 600 people sat in the hall, but the hall was so quiet that it seemed that even a needle could be heard clearly on the ground, such as You Yong, Wang Sili and other veterans, all sat up straight.

When Li Ze walked into the hall, there was a bang, and everyone stood up in unison, and saluted with their hands crossed at the same time.

"I've seen Li Xiang!"

The sound of unison, as if it was about to pierce the dome of the hall.

Looking at these people, Li Ze was also quite excited, he knew very well that Datang can have today, and the bloody battles of these people here are inseparable, and the new Datang is precisely because of such a brave and invincible army that it has come to this day.

In other words, he Li Ze's today, is also up to these people.

And in the future of the Tang Dynasty, such an iron army is also needed to defend.

"Sit!" Li Ze pressed his hands downward, and watched everyone sit down again. Then he walked to a wooden platform and sat down on a chair on it.

The eyes slowly looked from the first row to the last row, and everywhere their eyes passed, all the officers and soldiers held their heads higher and made themselves appear more upright.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you are the backbone of the Tang Dynasty, it is because of you that the Tang Dynasty is today, and it is because of you that we have unified the north, recovered the Western Regions, taken Liaodong, and shocked Tubo. Although the world is not yet unified, it is only a matter of time, and now, as soldiers, we can proudly say that we have regained the glory of the Tang Dynasty and especially surpassed it. Li Ze's voice was low: "For today, we have killed a total of 58,465 robes and 113,642 brothers. Their lives and blood have created today's glorious Datang. ”

Hearing these numbers, the breath in the hall was a little heavier.

"I don't want to say thank you! Because as a soldier, that's our duty. Li Ze continued: "Protect the family, defend the country, you are standing in front of the people of the Tang Dynasty, as long as you are still there, then you should stand in front of them without hesitation." ”

"Peace for all generations!" In the hall, the shouts of the officers rang out.

Li Ze stood up, walked to the middle of the officers, and said: "Sitting here today are not only soldiers from the Tang Dynasty, but also members of the Yixing Society, I believe that each of you can keep in mind the purpose of the Yixing Society, but I also believe that you may not really understand the meaning of this." ”

All the officers stared at Li Ze intently, some of them didn't quite understand the meaning of his words.

Li Ze's footsteps stopped and said, "So, today, I gathered everyone here just to tell you, what is the army?" ”

"What is the army? The military is an organ of violence. What is his greatest role? It is to defend the homeland and the country, to resist foreign insults, and to defend the honor and interests of the country! Li Zelang said. Where, what is the country? The state is the people. It is the thousands of Tang people behind you. An army is external, and if an army aims its swords and guns at the people they once protected, then they cannot be called an army. ”

"In the past few decades, why has Datang been in turmoil? Because of the local secession, these festival envoys relied on the army in their hands, suppressed the people, attacked each other, and ignored the country and the people for their own little interests, so we lost the Western Regions and Liaodong, and the Tibetans could drive straight in, and the alien races could show off their might. ”

"And now, why can we achieve national peace and security, because our army has finally found the right position and found the real enemy."

"Speaking of which, I want to ask you, who should the army be loyal to?" Li Ze looked at the hundreds of officers with blazing eyes.

The sound of breathing in the hall suddenly became rapid.

After a long time, a voice suddenly sounded: "Our army, swear allegiance to Li Xiang!" ”

As soon as the word came out, it immediately caused a roaring response.

Li Ze smiled and pressed down with his hands, waiting for everyone to be quiet before he said quietly: "Wrong." It is not me Li Ze who you want to be loyal to, but this country, all the people of this country, and the Yixing Society that represents the interests of all people. ”

The senior officers in the front row lowered their heads, not daring to look at Li Ze, but the more junior officers in the back, the more fearless they stared at Li Ze's gaze.

"Because Li Ze is going to die. Li Ze is dead, who are you loyal to? Allegiance to my son? Li Ze asked with a smile. How can he make you allegiance? Is it just because he is my son? ”

"So everyone, the object of allegiance of the army can never be a certain person, but the country and nation I just mentioned, and when it comes to reality, then it is allegiance to Datang and the Yixing Society that represents the interests of tens of millions of people in Datang. You are the army of the country and the army, but you cannot be the army of any one person. I hope that everyone will keep this point firmly in mind, and if you don't understand it now, keep it in your heart, and slowly ponder and experience it. To read the theory of the state and the theory of the nation several times more is not only to be able to read and memorize, but more importantly, to really understand it. ”

In the hall, everyone was silent.

"Next, let me tell you why this is happening!" Li Ze walked back to the high platform, looked at these officers who had been greatly impacted, and said calmly.