Just when Wang Ke was thinking nonsense, he heard Li Jing's voice ringing, Wang Ke hurriedly came back to his senses and opened his eyes to look over. I saw that at this time, Li Jing had already stood outside the queue, and was arching his hand at Comrade Li Er and said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Wu has made great contributions to my Tang Dynasty this time, and in the opinion of the ministers, there should be a reward." Please ask the emperor for permission! ”

As soon as Wang Ke heard Li Jing's words, he knew what Li Jing had in mind. Li Ke's contribution this time is not small, everyone knows that Comrade Li Er will definitely show something, but the specific reward still needs to be considered, this Li Jing said this, Comrade Li Er will have to express his position now.

With Li Ke's identity, it is impossible to reward the title anymore, so he can only make up his mind in the official position. With Comrade Li Er's thoughts, now that Li Ke is in control of the most important ministry 'gate' in the Tang Dynasty, Comrade Li Er will never let Li Ke lose control of this ministry 'gate' and send an outsider to manage it.

Then, if you want to reward Li Ke now, you can only promote Li Ke's military rank, so that even if Li Ke is firmly tied to the side of the military, Li Ke may not be able to play any role now, but no one dares to say when Li Ke can play an immeasurable role for the military.

Wang Ke couldn't help but secretly admire Li Jing, an old fox, who really spared no effort for the interests of the military, even if he was an idle man, he would not give up.

Comrade Li Er wanted to reward Li Ke yesterday, but how to reward him, he didn't have a score in his heart, after all, Li Ke is his son, and now he is a prince, and the ministry he manages now is also a new ministry Door', it is very important for the armament construction of the Tang Dynasty, if Li Ke is promoted, then he has to change someone to manage here, change to outsiders, he can't be completely assured, change his own son, now no one understands this thing, and he has not been in contact, to imagine that Li Ke has managed it without any omission, it is estimated that it is impossible, so Li Ke can't go yet, he can only guard this stall. But the mere reward of some gold, silver, and silk does not show that this great merit has come.

Comrade Li Er thought about it all night and didn't make up his mind how to reward him, but now Li Jing stood up and asked, and Comrade Li Er immediately threw this question to Li Jing again: "What Li Qing said is good, Ke's credit this time is not ordinarily big, and it should be rewarded." In my opinion, how should I be rewarded? ”

As Wang Ke expected, Li Jing had thought about it before he stood up, and now as soon as he heard Comrade Li Er's question about himself, he immediately replied: "Your Majesty, the ministry 'gate' managed by His Royal Highness King Wu is very important, and it is not something that ordinary people can manage. The minister thought about it for a while, àp.(1)(6) is really not easy to do, but now His Royal Highness King Wu's military rank is still the rank of major general, and with His Royal Highness's merits this time, it should also be mentioned upward. The emperor will reward some money and things, which can be regarded as better. ”

Li Jing's proposal was said, but the extent of this military rank was not explained.

Li Jing's purpose in doing this is actually very simple, to what extent this should be mentioned, you are the emperor and you decide for yourself. My mission is to tell you that this time it was done by someone from my military! To put it bluntly, this time our military has done everything, and it has nothing to do with your civilian officials, although at the beginning the emperor asked you civilian officials to start, but in the end it was our military that could do it, and in the future, you civilian officials should not always think that our military will do nothing but fight, you must know that now we have the prince with us, and the military still has the right to speak!

Comrade Li Er didn't know what Li Jing thought, but Li Jing still approved of the idea he gave him, so he followed Li Jing's words and said: "Very good, according to Li Qing's words, raise Ke's military rank from major general to lieutenant general, and reward ten catties of gold, twenty catties of silver, and fifty horses of silk." In the future, if you have something to do, you don't have to report it, you can come directly to see me. ”

Comrade Li Er has no other rewards, and the last sentence is a little unacceptable, although Li Ke is his son, he is also a minister according to the rules. If there is something to be done, it must be reported to the authorities according to the procedure, and only after Comrade Li Er's permission can he enter. When there is nothing to do, it is not possible to enter the palace casually, but it must be summoned by Comrade Li Er or the queen and his mother to enter the palace.

Now as soon as Comrade Li Er's words come out, it means that Li Ke can enter the palace at any time, and there is no need to be like before, and it also shows that Li Ke's status in Comrade Li Er's mind has been greatly improved.

As soon as Li Ke finished speaking, he hurriedly knelt down to thank him, and the 'agitation' in his heart could be seen by anyone at a glance.

Wang Ke was also quite happy at this time, Comrade Li Er's reward for Li Ke, Wang Ke valued the last point the most, this is a good thing for Li Ke, and it is also a lot of benefit to Wang Ke invisibly, and it will be much more convenient for Wang Ke to let Li Ke do something for himself in the future.

Just when Wang Ke was thinking about 'chaos', the eldest grandson Wuji had already drafted the reward for Li Ke into a holy decree, and with the consent of all ministries, it was announced on the spot after it was 'handed over' to Comrade Li Er for sealing.

After the eldest grandson Wuji finished reading, Comrade Li Er said: "I want you Aiqing to come here today, just to let you Aiqing share this matter with me. Now that this matter is over, you Aiqing will go to the court to do your own business. ”

Gonggong Yang waited for Comrade Li Er to stand up, and hurriedly shouted: "Scatter the dynasty!" ”

After kneeling down to see Comrade Li Er leave, the civil and military officials stood up and congratulated Li Ke one after another.

Wang Ke stood outside the circle, smiled and looked at Li Ke, who was thanking the ministers, and waited for the ministers to leave one by one before he stepped forward, patted Li Ke on the shoulder and said, "Congratulations to Your Highness, these are all lieutenant generals." How about Ke invite His Royal Highness to the Humble House, how about Ke to celebrate the achievements of the Lieutenant General? ”

Li Ke smiled and punched Wang Ke's chest lightly and said: "Brother Wang, don't laugh at me, even if I am promoted to lieutenant general, I am not lower than Brother Wang, Brother Wang is a general." But when I went to Brother Wang's mansion to eat, Ke was still very willing. Why don't you go now? ”

The two came to Wang Ke's house with a smile, and when Nanping heard Wang Ke say today's incident, he also congratulated Li Ke vigorously.

Wang Ke stood aside and said with a smile: "Wife, let's hurry up and go to Zhang Luo for wine and food, I invited His Royal Highness to come over today to celebrate him." ”

Nanping looked at Wang Ke and said, "The general remembers the third brother, why don't you call several sisters-in-law together!" ”

Wang Ke said with a smile: "I really forgot, so please trouble my wife to call someone to invite you." ”

Nanping nodded, and went to get busy by himself. (1) (6) Wang Ke took Li Ke to the study and sat down.

The subordinates who didn't wait for the tea to go away, Wang Ke couldn't wait to ask Li Ke: "Tell me quickly, what did you do to Hou Junji during the negotiation, where is he now?" When you came back this time, why didn't you see him come back with you? ”

Li Ke pointed at Wang Ke and laughed, and only after laughing did he say: "I know that Brother Wang didn't have a good heart to let Hou Jun gather to command the troops, but Ke can't toss the surname Hou this time!" ”

When Wang Ke heard this, he was so happy that he couldn't do it, and urged again and again: "Hurry up and tell me how to toss him!" ”

Li Ke was determined to make Wang Ke anxious for a while, unhurriedly picked up the tea, tasted it carefully, and tasted it for a while, looking at Wang Ke's unbearable appearance, before slowly speaking: "Before leaving that day, Brother Wang brought Ke over, and what he said to Ke made Ke is cottage suddenly open, all the way, Ke is reminiscing about the method that Brother Wang said, not to mention, I used a lot of that in this negotiation... ”

As soon as Li Ke's words began, Wang Ke interrupted Li Ke's words impatiently with a wave of his hand, and said anxiously: "Don't talk about this, hurry up and tell me how you tossed Hou Junji!" ”

Li Ke shook his head and said, "Okay." For Brother Wang's initial advice to his father and the emperor, let Hou Junji lead the troops, Ke still can't figure out why, this is obviously a credit, why Brother Wang wants Hou Junji to go, and later Ke figured out that this leader is subject to Ke's control, and Brother Wang must want Ke to toss him well. ”

As soon as he said this, Wang Ke gave Li Ke a thumbs up and praised repeatedly: "Yes, yes, that's what I think." Even if he is meritorious, he can't get it easily, and if he doesn't toss him enough, how can he do it. ”

Li Ke looked at Wang Ke and said with a regretful face: "Ke has tossed the surname Hou, but the soldiers of the Left Guard Army have also suffered, and Ke is also a little uncomfortable in his heart, after all, it is my 'elite' of the Tang Dynasty!" ”

Wang Ke spread his hands and said with regret: "There is no way, just tossing Hou Junji, no one can do it." Let the brothers of the Left Guard participate in a hard training. ”

Li Ke heard Wang Ke say this, and felt that he could only think like this, nodded and continued: "Since arriving at the negotiation site, before the negotiation began, Ke has not let the surname Hou have a good time, not let him take the team into the town, but let them be stationed in the wilderness, every day non-stop drills, from time to time also cross the border between my Datang and Tuyuhun to carry out a 'commotion' disturbance, during the negotiations, in the name of wanting to cooperate with me in the negotiations, often in the middle of the night also asked him to pull the team out to show off. This scared Tuyuhun a lot, and tortured Hou Junji so much that he never had a good rest. But not to mention, the current soldiers of the Left Guard are much more agile than when they first arrived there, and they can do everything much faster, and if they really start a battle, they should be much braver than before! ”

Wang Ke smiled and said: "In Chang'an, the soldiers of the Left Guard Army were only guarding the palace, and their training was extremely limited, and they had not been tempered by actual combat at all. ”

Li Ke is not stupid after all, he immediately understood Wang Ke's words, and asked tentatively: "Brother Wang, you mean that my Datang army should be pulled out from time to time like this, and tempered in the actual combat environment, so that such a team can meet the needs of actual combat!" ”

Wang Ke nodded slightly and said: "That's it, if you blindly build a car behind closed doors, you can't do it, you can only combine it with actual combat, in order to train the soldiers well, and in the future battlefield, you can be invincible!" ”

Li Ke looked at Wang Ke with strange eyes and asked, "Brother Wang, you already knew about this problem, why didn't you tell your father?" ”

Wang Ke smiled bitterly and said, "Anyway, I haven't done this before, even if I say it, it won't have much effect." Now you also feel it, this matter should be told to the emperor, as long as the emperor attaches importance to this issue, and rotates the army of our dynasty to a certain proportion every year, at different times to conduct such training, I believe that it will not be long before my army in the Tang Dynasty will be raised to a higher level, and I don't know how much stronger than now. ”

Li Ke looked at Wang Ke thoughtfully, and thought for a while before saying, "Brother Wang is going to give this credit to Ke!" It is not once or twice that Ke has benefited from Brother Wang, Ke does not dare to receive it again this time, or Brother Wang will go and talk to his father! ”

Wang Ke waved his hand and said: "You are wrong, this is not that I gave you credit, but it is that you have a lot of feelings when you go out this time, and you go to tell the emperor much more clearly than I want to say." This is of great benefit to our dynasty, and who's to say it's not the same. Don't excuse yourself. ”

Wang Ke said that, in fact, everyone knows that as long as this matter moves Comrade Li Er, it will definitely be a great achievement.

Wang Ke has a clear understanding of his current situation, he has just been promoted, and it is useless to take this credit. And Li Ke is different, although he has just received the reward, it is impossible to be promoted again immediately, but this will greatly change his position in Comrade Li Er's mind. And Li Ke just came back, this matter can be regarded as a matter of immediate experience, Li Ke got some experience from it, it is also a normal thing, and now it is very appropriate for Li Ke to talk about Comrade Li Er.

Li Ke saw that Wang Ke had made up his mind not to go, so he had to agree to come down and say it himself. However, he thought about it, for this matter, he must not swallow it alone, one point is that he was inspired by Wang Ke, so he figured out the key to this, and if he wanted to merit, he had to pull Wang Ke together.

Wang Ke saw that Li Ke agreed, and he didn't expect Li Ke to have such a plan, so he was happy in his heart, and asked again: "You haven't told me yet, how is this Hou Junji now, why didn't he come back with you." ”

Li Ke said with a smile: "As soon as the treaty is signed, Ke will send him to lead the Left Guard Army into Tuyuhun, let them be stationed first, and the court will slowly arrange other teams to replace them, so that Tuyuhun can start to honor the terms of the treaty as soon as possible!" ”

Wang Ke looked at Li Ke blankly, he was stationed at this time, and it was 'very good', but it was actually quite difficult. Everyone knows that this treaty has just been signed, and no preparations have been made, so they go in like this, and they don't know how much suffering this team will have to endure.

Li Ke heard Wang Ke's question, and said with a smile: "What are you afraid of, it's just to let the surnamed Hou suffer for a few more days, and the soldiers should be exercised, what is there to say." What Ke is thinking about now is that I don't know if this surnamed Hou can hold on for a few days like this, if he can't hold on and runs back, it will be fun. ”

Wang Ke pointed at Li Ke, and he really didn't know what to say about him for a while.

At this moment, Nanping walked in and invited them down to eat, Li Ke immediately pulled out his 'legs' and ran downstairs when he heard it, he was the most active at this time.