Chapter 759: Reinstatement and Promotion
Li Su didn't like to see Li Shimin very much. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Because every time he faced Li Shimin, he always felt very pressured, even if Li Shimin smiled and chanted at him, but the imperial power that was invisibly exuded still made Li Su tremble.
In this era, the advantages of the time-travelers are not too obvious, and sometimes they even fall into disadvantages, what about the knowledge of a thousand years more than the ancients? The wind and waves that others have experienced in their lives, the scheming city has already been trained extremely deep, if you really want to fight wits and strength, those emperors and generals can play Li Su casually when they get serious, the reason why Li Su has not been hit by them over the years is not because of the farsightedness of the traverser, but because he can be a man, make more friends and make fewer enemies, and can live to this day in Datang, and live a prosperous life, a large part of the reason is because of being a person.
Li Su is a natural liberal, how high the achievements of this kind of person in his life depends on the individual, but he is always wary of totalitarianism in his heart, and will always subconsciously distance himself from the totalitarian, because in his heart, the totalitarian is dangerous and uncontrollable, even if he is loved by the totalitarian, there is still a strong sense of crisis in his heart.
So Li Su is not reluctant to see Li Shimin, over the years, he has become more and more aware that the phrase "accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger" is very reasonable, just like his portrayal now.
The gate of Taiji Palace is high, the palace is majestic, tomorrow is the Shangyuan Festival, the palace is full of lights, and the usual cold expressions on the faces of the eunuchs and guards are also much more relaxed, and there is a bit of joy between the eyebrows.
Walking through the Taiji Palace, passing through the Liangyi Gate, Li Su gradually found that the faces of the eunuchs coming and going in the inner palace were not quite right, all of them were trembling, and they walked more and more quietly, for fear of making a sound.
Li Su's heart sank.
People who have been in and out of the palace many times know that the faces of the eunuchs in the palace are weather vanes, they indicate the emperor's mood today, and the emperor's mood is very important, it means that when he faces the emperor today, he should say what he should say and what he should not say......
Li Su secretly paid attention to himself as he walked inside.
You must control your mouth today, and always take Li Shimin's expression as your expression, he cries when he cries, he laughs at himself, even if the atmosphere is not right, it is best not to use bad excuses such as "it is not early, and there is soup stewed on the stove at home", because Li Shimin definitely has the strength to put him Li Su into the soup and stew.
Under the guidance of the eunuch, Li Sujing came to the door of the Ganlu Palace, took off his shoes under the steps, and stood quietly under the corridor of the hall with only his clothes.
Li Su's court etiquette is very standardized, honestly hanging his head and holding his breath, entering the hall to salute, and the etiquette is not bad at all.
After saluting, he couldn't raise his head, Li Su still hung his head and waited quietly for Li Shimin to speak.
The palace was silent for a long time, and Li Su wanted to look up at the situation, but thinking of the reaction of the eunuchs in the palace today, he knew that Li Shimin's mood might not be very good, and maybe he would be unlucky as soon as he raised his head, so he had to hold back.
After a long time, there was a long wine burp in the hall, and then Li Shimin's slightly drunk voice was heard.
"Li Qing is exempt from courtesy, come and give a seat."
Li Su heard a sore tooth.
"Li Qing"...... Tut!
It seems that he drank a lot, otherwise he would never have screamed so sensually.
The eunuch standing in the hall hurriedly moved a soft seat, and a low table was placed on the table, and Li Su obediently knelt on the seat and continued to be silent. People are in a bad mood, try not to speak, say too much and make mistakes, and the trouble will come from the mouth.
raised his head and quickly glanced at Li Shimin, Li Shimin's face was flushed, his eyes were blurred, his mind was open, revealing a palm-wide black hair that protected his heart, one leg was crossed, and the other leg was unruly resting on the low table, looking like a gangster eating a bully's meal, obviously really drunk.
Li Su pursed his lips, he really doesn't treat himself as an outsider, if Wei Zheng's old guy is present, do you dare to try it like this? With Old Man Wei's temper, it's normal to scold you for half a year.
Li Shimin didn't realize that the loyal minister in front of him was silently complaining about him, taking a cup of wine to himself, and then raising his eyes to look at Li Su.
"There are many people who are good at it, thunder, perfumes, spirits, and green vegetables in winter...... Speaking of earth-shattering thunder, this is the most important weapon of the country, and I value it very much, but if I say what I like the most, only your home-brewed spirits, the entrance is strong, a cup can eliminate all the sorrows in the world, very good! Come, as the brewer of this wine, you should conspire with me to get drunk, so as to live up to this prosperous world and this wine! ā
When the words fell, the eunuch immediately brought a small jar of wine, the wine jar is very familiar, it is the tribute wine that the Li family brewing workshop is specially brewed for the Taiji Palace every year, and the wine is more mellow than the one on the market outside, and there are two more distillation and filtration processes, otherwise how can it be called tribute wine?
In the glossy pottery wine jar before meeting, Li Su's face was bitter.
Although the wine is made by him, but he never likes to drink home-brewed wine, in his eyes, the wine made by his own workshop can only be regarded as a commodity, and Li Su's amount of wine is not good, this kind of liquor is almost a glass of poured, two glasses will float, if you really drink wine in this manna hall today, I am afraid that you will be drunk and foreign, and more seriously, in front of the emperor who is in a bad mood, the end should not be too good......
"Your Majesty, you know the minister, the minister...... I can't drink enough, I'm afraid I will sweep away His Majesty's Yaxing......"
Before he finished speaking, Li Shimin's dragon eyes glared: "Drink!" ā
Li Su had to obediently take a cup and drink it all, of course, played a little cautiously, a lacquer ear cup with four taels of feet, the wine in the mouth was actually only a little, the action seemed heroic, but in fact, most of it was sprinkled on the placket, well, I learned it from the Hong Kong and Taiwan martial arts films in the previous life, every time those knights in the movie drank Li Su felt very embarrassed, and the momentum was heroic and dry, but in fact, all the people at the table were blind, Leng didn't see it, but after drinking, there was a burst of applause, and I didn't know that the guests at the same table were all lacking in heart. I still didn't dare to worry about seeing the knight with a weapon......
Li Su's performance was also perfect, but instead of waiting for the expected applause, he heard Li Shimin's disdainful laughter.
"Drink a drink and cheat, Li Zizheng, can't you do an upright thing in your life?"
Li Su's eyelids jumped, he always felt that Li Shimin had something to say, he looked up and looked at his expression carefully, but found nothing, it seemed that Li Shimin's words were really just for his own drinking, and he didn't mean anything else......
"In addition to drinking, ministers have always been upright and honest when they do other things." Li Su was half-truthful and half-truthful.
Li Shimin sneered twice, but he didn't talk about the topic.
"The rice seeds of Zhenla Country have arrived in Chang'an, and more than 100 old farmers from Zhenla Country have all been sent to agronomy, do you know this?" Li Shimin asked in a drunken daze.
Li Su should be.
Li Shimin sighed: "Three or five years later, the improvement of Zhenla rice varieties will probably have a result, and the national grain production capacity will be increased by 30 percent...... It is comparable to opening up the territory, and it is a great achievement to stabilize the society and settle the world......"
Li Su hurriedly lowered his head and said, "The minister just took advantage of the situation, and didn't dare to take credit." ā
Li Shimin shook his head: "It's your credit is yours, don't push it, I have been rewarded and punished clearly since I ascended the throne, in fact, you have made a lot of contributions over the years, but I have not rewarded you, firstly, because you were young at the time, the promotion was too afraid of attracting discussions from the government and the opposition, and attracting right and wrong for you, and secondly, your temperament really needs to be sharpened......
After a pause, Li Shimin suddenly stared at his eyes, and said slowly: "Li Zizheng, you are like a sharp sword in my eyes, the errands that have been given to you over the years, no matter how tricky and troublesome they are, as long as they are handed over to you, you have never disappointed me, I am very glad that sometimes in the middle of the night, I am even secretly grateful to God for letting me discover such a talent as you, but your temperament is too sharp, even if you try your best to hide your edge, even if you have rolled in a sea of corpses and blood like Xizhou, But your edge has not been sharpened, I said, you are a sharp sword, but although the sword can hurt others, it can also hurt yourself, so you have made a lot of contributions over the years, I still dare not reward you too much. ā
Hearing Li Shimin's rare comments on himself, even if Li Su knew that these words were somewhat suspicious of inviting people's hearts, Li Su's heart was still flooded, and an indescribable emotion came to his heart, but when he heard the latter few words, Li Su couldn't help but argue: "Your Majesty, such a lazy person...... You call me 'sharp', this ......"
Li Shimin's gaze suddenly became sharp, and after staring at Li Su's face for a while, he sneered: "'Lazy' is one thing, 'edge' is another, the so-called 'lazy' is just a means for you to deliberately hide your edge, I have lived all these years, if you can't even see through a young man like you, this age will inevitably be in vain." ā
Li Su's forehead oozed sweat slightly.
It is worthy of the heavenly khan, a pair of eyes can penetrate the fog, see through the heart, and he is almost naked in front of him, so ashamed......
Seeing that Li Sune couldn't speak, Li Shimin half-closed his eyes a little tiredly, and continued: "After all these years, you are twenty-three this year, right?" ā
"Yes."
Li Shimin muttered: "Twenty-three, I have really grown up, I think about the time I knew you, it was still a matter of Zhenguan for ten years, at that time you were just a jerky peasant boy, eight years have passed in a blink of an eye, I am glad to see that the pillars of my Tang Dynasty have become mature, I am looking forward to it, how much credit you can make for my country......
Looking at Li Su with a smile, Li Shimin snorted and said, "Of course, I'm also looking forward to how many more troubles you can make......
Li Su hurriedly said: "The biggest growth of the minister over the years is that he has become more and more obedient, and he will never cause trouble in the future." ā
Li Shimin laughed: "Haha, pat your conscience first, do you believe what you said?" ā
After a pause in laughter, Li Shimin suddenly said: "Li Su, come forward and listen to the seal." ā
Li Su hurriedly straightened his clothes, walked two steps towards Li Shimin, and then knelt down.
"Li Su of Jingyang County, has made countless contributions to the Tang Dynasty, Zhenguan recovered Songzhou in 11 years, made a thunderstorm to save the decadence, Zhenguan was transferred to Xizhou in 12 years, although the enemy is still not easy at present, and he is bloody in defending the lonely city, Zhenguan in the sixteenth century The Son of Heaven patrolled the Jinyang civilian chaos, at the end of the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, he stood up and refused the Tubo mission, raised my Tang national prestige, and offered Zhenla national rice seeds, solved the suspense of Zhaomin, compared to the opening of the territory, Deze Wanshi, this is not Jin, Xi can serve the public? With Li Suguan reinstated, the lord can be crowned the prince of Jingyang County, can wear purple clothes, wear goldfish bags, and give the palace to the court. ā
After Li Shimin finished speaking, Li Su suddenly raised his head, with a look of shock in his eyes.
Before entering the palace today, Li Su roughly guessed that he might restore his official title because of the real wax rice planting, which was expected, but he never expected that not only the official title was restored, but the title was also promoted to the first level, which was very unexpected.
Twenty-three-year-old county magistrate......
Spread it out, the government and the opposition must not fry the pot!
Looking at Li Shimin's expressionless face in a daze, Li Su suddenly realized that the weight of real rice seeds in Li Shimin's heart was probably much more important than he expected, otherwise he would not have given himself an unprecedented promotion to a first-class title in the context of Datang's intention to reduce his title.
Of course, the real rice seed may only be one of the reasons for Jin Jue, the reason why it is so rewarded, I am afraid that there are some other reasons mixed in this, and this reason is not something that I can guess, I can only leave it for the future to slowly understand.
Suddenly, Li Su's mind was racing, and countless years flashed through his mind, but his first reaction was hesitation.
He is hesitating whether to refuse to be promoted, the high title seems to be prominent, but it also means that more troubles will find him, and Li Su is really tired of the life of intrigue, and it is undoubtedly very cost-effective to exchange his originally calm and tranquil life for the title of the county duke.
Looking up and seeing Li Shimin's expression that could not be refused, Li Su frowned.
It's really a coincidence, just when Li Shimin is in a bad mood today, if he refuses to give a reward at this time, I'm afraid the consequences will be very serious......
"Minister...... Thank you, Your Majesty, Long. Li Su had no choice but to bow his head and thank him.