, Li Haochen followed Li Jiancheng into the city, the banquet of the ministers is needless to say, Li Jiancheng ordered a three-day celebration banquet for the front-line counterinsurgency soldiers, these three days Li Haochen, the commander of the three armies, was very busy, after drinking the last meal, he never stopped at all, and he didn't even have time to go home, three days later, Li Jiancheng summoned Li Haochen into the palace to discuss the reward of meritorious soldiers, and Li Haochen was edicted to enter the palace.

As soon as Li Jiancheng saw Li Haochen, he retreated, and then said to Li Haochen: "The holy decree for you to reward you has been prepared, take a look!" Li Jiancheng said and handed the holy decree to Li Haochen, Li Haochen carefully took the holy decree, opened it and wrote: "Generalissimo Li Haochen, pacify Li Shimin's rebellion, merit is in Sheji, special promotion Li Haochen first-class protector of the country, lead the prince's fief to eat the yi, is the right lieutenant hussar general, Wangqing for my Tang Dynasty to make meritorious deeds, live up to my hope!" Li Haochen looked at this holy decree and broke out in a cold sweat, he received this holy decree that is really a very human minister, although he has merit this time, but after all, he did not capture Li Shimin, such a reward is really a bit too much, he is familiar with history books in his previous life, but if the king in history wants to sanction a minister, this minister currently sees that he has contributed to the court and has no obvious fault, so he will generally be rewarded generously, so that he thinks that the emperor favors him, and he will let him do things without scruples, ignore the law of the country, and do things out of line. Just like in his previous life, he read Nian Qianyao and Emperor Yongzheng written in the history of the Qing Dynasty, this approximate meaning, to put it simply, is the saying "If you want to make people perish, first make people crazy!" ”

Li Haochen is not a young man, he also knows Li Jiancheng relatively well, and knows that Li Jiancheng is not a ruthless person like Emperor Yongzheng, otherwise ten Li Shimin would also die, and he would not have been allowed to live to this day at all.

But today's incident really made him a little unbelievable, and he didn't know what to do, Li Jiancheng looked at Li Haochen with a solemn face and didn't speak, so he asked: "Haochen, are you quite satisfied with this reward?" ”

Li Haochen is full of thoughts at the moment, although he doesn't know how to be good, but Li Jiancheng asked, he also had to answer, and at the same time, when he answered, he also made up his mind in his heart, this reward must not be wanted, even if Li Jiancheng did not let him "die" heart, he did not want to be a very human minister, you must know that the merit is high and the lord is shocked, and he can't help but think that Song Gaozong killed Yue Fei, and the loyal minister Zhenzhu Mingjun also killed him, not to mention that his foundation in the court is still shallow, and he can't accept this high position.

Thinking like this, Li Haochen replied: "The minister is really a little surprised by this holy decree, the minister heard that the rewards and punishments of the Holy Lord Mingjun have scales, and the rewards are different depending on the size of the merit. If Your Majesty thinks so, the minister has nothing to say, the minister just wants to say that the minister is still young and has strength, if His Majesty doesn't think so, then if he makes meritorious contributions again in the future, how should His Majesty reward Haochen? Therefore, the minister thought that the reward was too thick, and the so-called speed was not reached, the minister knew that His Majesty was trusting the minister, and he would reward the minister, but the minister's merit was not as good as this, and he was guilty of receiving this reward, and the other was afraid of hurting His Majesty's sage, so that the ministers thought that His Majesty's reward and punishment were unknown, and he preferred the minister, if this is the case, it is really the minister's great fault, please take back this reward, and the minister really dare not accept it! Li Haochen said, holding the holy decree in both hands and respectfully raising it above his head.

Li Jiancheng did not accept the holy decree, but laughed and said: "I listened to what the Xiangshi said, fat people have a generous heart, and they are many honest and kind-hearted people, but on the other hand, you Li Haochen is afraid that the words of the Xiangshi are not complete!" I have known you for a long time, I know that you are full of scheming, scheming, can be described as extremely cunning, today you have made great contributions to the court, I want to reward you, but you refuse to accept it, what you say is polite and courteous, I know that the ministers do things for the court, each wants to be in a high position, holding great power, you refuse to accept the addition of officials to the knighthood, not because you don't want to, but because you feel that your foundation in the court is still too shallow, I am afraid that you will not be able to control it! In that case, I will no longer be reluctant to you! But there is a sentence you have memorized for me, as long as you are loyal to the Tang Dynasty and loyal to me, I am your backing, no matter whether you have a foundation or not, no one dares to touch you, but if you dare to have ill intentions and betray me, I will be the first to kill you! Li Jiancheng said the last two sentences, and his tone suddenly became very stern, and after speaking, he took the holy decree in Li Haochen's hand.

In fact, Li Jiancheng's holy decree is to test Li Haochen again, to see if he is proud of his achievements from time to time and whether he has ambitions, obviously Li Haochen's defense just now made him very satisfied.

Li Haochen saw that Li Jiancheng received the holy decree, as if he was amnestied, his heavy mood just now instantly relaxed, and at the same time hurriedly responded to Li Jiancheng's words: "Your Majesty Shengming! Your Majesty, please rest assured! The minister should be the Tang Dynasty and His Majesty, and he will do his best to die! Li Haochen's sentence of His Majesty's Shengming can be regarded as a pun, one is that Li Jiancheng said what he thought in his heart. The second is that Li Jiancheng's temptation of him is correct. He asked himself if he changed positions, he would be like Li Jiancheng.

Li Jiancheng nodded very satisfied with Li Haochen's answer, and then said: "Remember what you said today, I will keep this holy decree for you first, and when you are full of wings and can take on great responsibilities, I will give it to you!" ”

When Li Haochen heard this, he hurriedly saluted Li Jiancheng and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is grateful!" I am willing to serve Your Majesty to the death! ”

Li Jiancheng walked out of the dragon case, stepped forward to help Li Haochen and said three good words in a row, and then the two fell into a short silence, and after a while, Li Jiancheng said: "Haochen, in the past three days, I have almost been overwhelmed by the affairs of the counterinsurgency army, and the merits for you are about to break my table, I really don't know what to do for a while, you are the generalissimo of the counterinsurgency, you come to help me!" ”

Li Haochen listened to Li Jiancheng's words, and said with some surprise: "The minister asked himself if he didn't know any powerful people in the court, how could there be so many people asking for credit for the counterinsurgency army?" ”

Li Jiancheng sighed when he heard this: "Haochen, you don't know, do you know that you are a part of the counterinsurgency army, and there are relatives of powerful people in the DPRK and China in each army, and these powerful ministers naturally want to ask for merit and rewards for them, but it is not easy to say clearly, so naturally they are writing to me to let me implement the reward earlier." But the reward is a big deal, and I can't pay attention to it for a while, so I let you enter the palace to discuss this matter! ”

Li Jiancheng said as he spoke, suddenly paused, and then continued: "Of course, it's not all about rewards, na, I'll show you that there is a letter for me to cure your sins, take a look!" ”