Chapter 131: Conversation between the Monarch and the Minister

Li Yuan was furious, and immediately asked He Chang to withdraw from his official uniform and throw him out of the Xuanwu Gate, and the fifty military sticks could not escape. Xu Qing turned around and arched his hand and said, "Weichen is guilty,"

Li Yuan raised his hand and said, "Forget it, these people, fortunately, I saw them, you, come, accompany me for a walk." ”

"Huh," Xu Qing glanced at Zhuge Yan and asked him to clean up here, Zhuge Yan was stunned for a moment, but finally understood.

got off the city wall and returned to the school ground: "Xu Qing, I heard that you met Wan Guifei today?" ”

Xu Qing's heart froze, wouldn't it, this Li Yuan is so jealous? I just met, and I came to ask for guilt at this time? Xu Qing hurriedly knelt down and said, "Weichen didn't know the road in the palace, and when he got to Wan Guifei without any opinion, he saluted. ”

Li Yuan sneered: "Just saluted? I've heard that you two are still having a great conversation! ”

Xu Qing smiled bitterly in his heart, no wonder this Li Yuan has always trusted the crown prince Li Jiancheng, but as soon as Li Shimin revealed that Li Jiancheng had an affair with Jieyu in the palace, he immediately distrusted Li Yuan. Xu Qing continued to plead guilty: "Weichen, Weichen doesn't know the effect of sponges, the concubine Niangniang laughed because of this, and Weichen was wronged." ”

Li Yuan's face turned gloomy, and he suddenly laughed: "Hahaha, okay, okay, I'll tease you." However, there is one thing I don't understand, you asked for a big bag of sponges, I don't know what to do? ”

Fiction is real, reality is fiction, reality is fiction, who knows if Li Yuan is tempting Xu Qing, or is he really teasing you? No one knew, Xu Qing didn't know, so he could only stand up and explain with a smile: "The minister took this sponge because he wanted to make some gadgets, and Neiko wanted it." ”

Li Yuan pursed his lips and said with disdain: "Tsk, Xu Qing, I didn't expect you to be a person who is afraid of the inside, a big man, what do you do for women?" ”

Xu Qing smiled, Li Yuan suddenly pointed to this Xuanwu Gate, this school field and said, "Xu Qing, do you know the role of this Xuanwu Gate?" ”

Xu Qingzheng said: "Xuanwu Gate is the north gate of the palace, connecting the Forbidden Garden and the palace, and it is the emperor's back and throat. ”

Li Yuan didn't look at Xu Qing, looked at me in a daze, and then said, "Yes, do you know why I really handed over this throat to you?" ”

Xu Qing hurriedly knelt down again and said, "The minister will live up to the emperor's trust and do his best to protect this Xuanwu Gate, and he will not hesitate to do anything." ”

Li Yuan said with disgust: "Liver and brain, speaking of bravery, you are comparable to Zhuge Yan's bravery?" Even if you are brave, are you comparable to the thousands of troops outside the Xuanwu Gate? No matter how powerful you are, can you fight the enemy with swords and guns? ”

Without waiting for Xu Qing to speak, Li Yuan answered directly by himself: he said: "You can't compare, but those thousands of troops outside the door are not as reliable as you." The reason why I let you lead the Xuanwu Gate is to let you help me watch over the people who guard the Xuanwu Gate. Look at this Xuanwu Gate, materialistic momentum, one person should not open it, but if someone is born with civil strife, then one person can break it. ”

Xu Qing stood up and said in his heart, within this school field, is the place where your son killed each other. In that year, Li Shimin, Wei Chigong and others were ambushed in the school grounds, and Li Jiancheng wanted to enter the inner gate but could not, and was killed by several people here.

Li Yuan said to Xu Qing: "The defenders in this Xuanwu Gate are the Yuan Cong Forbidden Army, which I brought in Taiyuan. However, there are many of them who have never been on the battlefield, and there are also some people who cross paths, and you must shave them one by one. In a few days, it will be the Great Pilgrimage. I am going to announce that I will hold another imperial examination, and this time, I will not hold a literary examination, and I will choose a hundred generals! ”

Xu Qing was shocked, this martial arts method was made by Wu Zetian, and Li Yuan thought of a way here, which must be said to be powerful.

"Then you are going to come, I will let you be one of the main exams, and you will choose a few generals for me and arrange them in this Xuanwu Gate."

Xu Qing suddenly asked, "Why does Your Majesty trust Weichen so much?" Wechen is just a vagabond, Your Majesty promoted me from the army to today, and the honor is so thick that Wechen is frightened and asks Your Majesty for an answer. ”

Li Yuan laughed and said: "The reason why I trust you so much is because you are wise and simple, I have always been wrong to look at people, if I am wrong, I will blame my old foolishness." ”

Not to mention anything else, Xu Qing at this time really had the idea of wanting to repay Li Yuan for him to go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire. In addition, Xu Qing also felt slightly that the Xuanwumen incident should be nipped in the bud.

Xu Qing thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen ......"

Li Yuan stretched out his hand to interrupt this and said: "Don't say it, you have your secrets, between the monarchs and ministers, how can there really be any heart-to-heart communication, they all have their own little secrets." You have suffering, I understand. ”

Xu Qing said: "Your Majesty, the emperor is broad-minded, and the courtiers of the world will be loyal." ”

Li Yuan said: "Don't say those words, but this martial arts, think about it, how to do it?" ”

Xu Qing pondered and said: "The emperor must also know that guarding the world and ruling the world still can't rely on a group of civil servants, and military generals are needed." But is it enough to have a military general, the minister thinks otherwise. There are all industries in the world, how can you respect both civil and military affairs? The so-called more help for the righteous and less help for the unjust, and if you get the way, you must get the help of all industries in the world, and it is not appropriate to despise one line and one industry. ”

Li Yuan nodded and said, "That's right, then what else should be added to this imperial examination?" ”

Xu Qing replied: "Judging from the current situation, the serious trouble of my Tang Dynasty is in the Turks, and when the martial arts are raised, more cavalry generals should be selected." In addition, what the minister did in Liaodong, His Majesty must also know that although the strong crossbow cavalry cannot be pursued, it can greatly preserve its own strength. As long as the Turks can't grab things and can't kill people, under the influence of one another, I, Datang, will one day destroy the Turks. Therefore, we should also select many skilled people who can make bows and crossbows that can shoot farther and more conveniently, and this is the way to increase the strength of my big * team. ”

Li Yuan was noncommittal to Xu Qing's words, but remembered another thing: "The envoy sent to Liaodong has already set off, what do you think are the chances of successfully uniting them?" ”

Xu Qing returned: "Your Majesty, if either side of the Turks and the Tang Dynasty becomes strong, it is not good for the Dahe clan and the Bohai State, so the minister thinks that if the two countries are allied, there is a fifty percent chance, but if they are just not allowed to join the Turks, I am nine out of nine." ”

Li Yuan's thinking jumped a little bit, and at this time, he changed the topic and asked: "Then what do you think of the Western Regions, the people over there are not convinced,"

Xu Qing's brain hurt for a moment, but he still returned: "There are many and small countries in the Western Regions, scattered and unified, and using the strategy of sowing discord to make it discordant can benefit the Tang Dynasty." ”

At this time, the sunset was just right, and the two of them walked through the school field of Xuanwu Gate, talking and walking. Walking to the inner door, Xu Qing instructed the eunuch who came with him to send Xu Qing all kinds of things he should have, clothes, bedding, and even toilets, just a little palace maid to warm the bed. In the end, Xu Qing asked Li Yuan, how often is it a vacation, Li Yuan returned, on the day of the last dynasty, if I didn't let you go to the court, you could go back and walk.