Chapter 698: A challenge from my brother-in-law

Li Xian is fighting for Xue Rengui's new appointment in the court.

Recently, Empress Wu has been very good wife and mother, although she is absolutely unwilling to let go of some power, but for some inconsequential personnel appointments, she has gradually delegated to her two sons. This certainly made Li Hong and Li Xian more free in deciding major matters, but at the same time, they also lost one of their strongest tongues.

For example, today, there are many officials who have different opinions on the issue of Xue Rengui's transfer from the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate to the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate. There is a way that supporting troops has always been a taboo for kings outside, not to mention that Xue Rengui is not an ordinary general, but a famous general with countless achievements. There are less than 10,000 people stationed in the Andong Protectorate in Liaodong, but Anxi is different.

Now the center of gravity of Datang's strategy is in the northwest, and the specifications of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate are one level higher than Anton. According to the words of some people, Xue Rengui went from east to west, is there no one in the northwest of the Tang Dynasty?

Of course, there are people, but they are more suitable than Xue Rengui, and Li Xian can't find them for the time being. Wang Fangyi is still usable, but Lian is quite old; Hei Tooth Chang Zhi is a fierce general, but unfortunately it has only been six or seven years in total, and his qualifications are not enough; Cheng Wuting has won the trust of the central imperial court, and the problem is not as good as Xue Rengui's experience in actual combat.

Anxi not only needs brave generals, but also needs a certain amount of governance skills, I think when Pei Xingjian just returned to Chang'an and was promoted to prime minister, wasn't the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate almost messed up?

In order to stabilize the general situation of unity and show the purpose of power during the war, Li Xian had to fight in all directions, and when the result was finally reluctantly decided, it was proposed that although Xue Rengui had conquered Tiele in the east, he was not familiar with the situation of the four towns in the Western Regions, and before the time came. It needs to be assessed by the palace. And such a proposal was soon unanimously approved by the temple. Even Li Xian himself has to admit that it is indeed not enough to have a lot of enthusiasm.

Of course, before informing Xue Rengui to prepare, his first priority was to go to his mother of the Empress Taishang and explain the reason for using Xue Rengui instead of Cheng Wuting. Empress Wu was a little unhappy at first, but when she heard that Li Xian was going to replace the old and weak Wang Fangyi with Cheng Wuting, she approved this plan. After all. The Liangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion can be said to be the first line in the face of Tibet.

"Queen Mother, although there is civil strife in Tibet, it may not necessarily be powerless to attack. I think that since Qinling has succeeded to the throne, he will definitely start a great war in order to consolidate his power and establish his prestige. If he wins, he can justifiably subdue the opposition. Therefore, Liangzhou is only afraid that the pressure will increase. Tuyuhun is even more precarious. ”

Empress Wu didn't know much about military affairs, but she especially adopted her son's more reasonable advice. She is not bad at this knowledge. While nodding, she suddenly remembered something, and suddenly showed a smug smile: "Liu Renliang is not in Liangzhou, after all, there is still a lack of an old man who seeks the country." Cheng Wuting is still young after all, if he really fights, he can command all the way to be reasonable, and the overall planning is only slightly inferior. Pei Xingjian had great achievements in the past, so let him go to Liangzhou to sit down. ”

There is a saying that women have the problem of being cautious, even if they reach such a high level as the Empress Wu, they still can't help but be worried about some things. Pei Xingjian said those things behind his back in the past. She can not care, but she can't mind. This seizes the opportunity, and naturally it will still have an attack.

Regarding his mother's little Jiujiu, Li Xian only thought about it for a while and then understood. However, this is the right thing to do in the big picture. After all, Pei Xingjian's military literacy is there, don't worry. What he has to worry about is what will happen after the battle, because it is conceivable that his mother must be biased towards Cheng Wuding, and if there is a crime, it will definitely fall on Pei Xingjian. If there is merit, it must be the most successful. It's definitely a hassle when the time comes.

Of course, it's too early to think about that. What he needs to consider the most is the allocation of political affairs. As soon as Pei Xingjian left, the rest of the people were Li Jingxuan, Liu Zhi, Pei Yan, all the Wuhou Party. While all three of them had a good relationship with him, it was a bit bad from a balanced point of view. Moreover, there is really not enough manpower these days.

Gotcha, go back and discuss with Shangguan Yi Hao Chujun to see if you can get a few people who are at least neutral to fill in the political hall, and reduce his work burden without causing his mother to rebound. After a full day of continuous rotation, when Li Xian returned home, it was already a starry sky. He rolled off his horse, stretched lazily and yawned, and then stepped slowly through the door. However, this exhaustion was mixed up by a promisingly report.

"Your Highness, Lu Chenghui is back today."

Li Xian was stunned for a long time before he realized that what people were talking about was Hamier, and he was immediately overjoyed. In the past three years, although there have been occasional news from the Western Regions, they are all concise and to the point, and it is even difficult to determine the return date. He happily rewarded the man with a piece of money, and hurriedly quickened his pace and walked inside. When he walked through the corridor to the hall, he saw the splendor from afar, and heard laughter and laughter from afar.

"It's really a lively day!"

Hearing Li Xian's signature loud voice, all the women in the hall who were laughing happily turned their heads in unison. Immediately after, the three figures rushed over excitedly, and the fastest Mo'er even pounced on Li Xiandi's neck, while Li Chen and Li Xi could only grab their father's two hands aggrievedly. The only exception is the voice that calls Daddy, and the soft voice makes people's hearts soften when they hear it, as if it is about to melt.

The boys are not so coquettish, Li Jia is the leader, Li Sheng and Li Zheng staggered behind, and they also called Daddy together. Li Xian, whose hands and neck couldn't move, could only smile at them, and it was easy to get the three clingy little girls away, so that he had the time to take a look at his infant daughter.

When the children were all close, he walked up to Hamiel and stared at the still bright eyes. With a slight smile, he stretched out his hand and gently pressed it on her shoulder: "It's good to go home, you don't have to worry about other things, I have it!" ”

Listening to this familiar voice, Hamiel suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of peace of mind, and nodded unconsciously. Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of Ganle on the side looking curiously, and immediately panicked. Before she could introduce Li Xian, Gan Le strode over and looked at Li Xian with his head held high—not that he deliberately put on any arrogant posture, but because Li Xian was too tall, and with his tall stature among the Qiuzi people, he had to be half a head shorter than Li Xian.

"You're my brother-in-law?"

Li Xian couldn't react to this person who suddenly came out, and when he heard the words, he immediately laughed. After laughing, he clasped his hands and nodded playfully: "That's right, I'm your brother-in-law!" ”

Although he already knew in his heart that this brother-in-law was only afraid that he was also a figure like the prince of the Tang Dynasty, but when he thought that he had been separated from his sister for many years and had never even seen him get married, Gan Le still held back a sense of resentment. At that moment, he didn't even notice Hamier's eyes, took a deep breath and said, "According to the rules of Qiuzi, before my sister marries you, you must at least have a competition with me." Although I didn't have a chance before, I have to make up for it now! ”

"Oh?" At this moment, Li Xian was interested, looked at the puffing young man in front of him, and then looked at the wives who were gloating, and then caught a glimpse of Hamier's face full of embarrassment, he nodded without thinking, "What kind of competition, you draw the next way, I will continue it all!" ”

Gan Le didn't understand what it meant to draw the next line, but he still understood Li Xian's willingness to compete, and he was overjoyed: "Okay, this is what you said!" The first is a sumo wrestling, the second is a horse race, and the third is archery! As long as you can win me, I will recognize you as a brother-in-law! ”

Although Li Xian has been managing every opportunity in the past few years, and he naturally has less time to practice martial arts, he still attaches great importance to these exercises in line with the purpose that the body is the capital of the revolution. At this time, seeing that Hamier's younger brother was full of confidence, he agreed. It's been a long time since I've really moved my muscles and bones, so it's time to practice well.

As soon as Li Xian agreed, the room full of women suddenly became noisy. A few young children didn't understand this, but Mo'er and Li Jia barely understood, Li Jia was okay, he had usually seen Li Xian practice martial arts, but Mo'er didn't know, so he hugged Li Xian's arm worriedly, but the words that came out of his mouth were not worried, but cheering.

"Daddy, don't lose!"

Li Xian laughed when he heard this, and immediately rubbed the little girl's head to show comfort. However, even if it was to-morrow, he ordered that Ganle be taken down to rest first, and that after the children had been laid out, he looked at his wives with a wicked smile.

All the women have learned Li Xian's arbitrariness, and at that moment, Helan Yan pulled Su Yu up and slipped away, and when she went out of the door, she didn't forget to turn around and make a grimace: "I'll sleep with Xiao Su tonight, Xian'er, don't have any night attack ideas, be careful that Xiao Su beats you all over the head!" Hamiel has just come back, you should feed her well first! ”

As soon as the two left, Qu Tushen had no choice but to pull Xu Yan to retreat, and he didn't forget to leave a solemn warning before leaving. Seeing that only Ah Luo and Ha Mi'er were left, Li Xian was about to say something, but unexpectedly, Ah Luo Shi Ran stood up and gave him a roll of his eyes lightly: "If you are going to lose to that kid tomorrow, you can enjoy it tonight!" I'll go back and see those two little girls first, they've been very skinny lately, if you break in in the middle of the night and disturb them, you'll have a hard time tomorrow! ”

Seeing that the girls were hiding and scattering, leaving only Hami'er, who was full of crimson, Li Xian simply went up and grabbed Yiren's hand, and before he could move, a touch of red lips suddenly sealed his tongue.

After so many years, how much more than a little bit of lust Hamier has accumulated?

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