Chen Fei was promoted again. From the fourth grade, the official position is not high, but it is very subtle. Because reaching the fourth rank official means that he is qualified to go to the court, stand with everyone present and discuss the government together.

Being an official in the same dynasty is the real official in the same dynasty.

Although the ministers knew that Chen Fei would definitely be glorified in the future, they didn't expect him to be promoted so quickly, jumping one level a year, compared to other ministers, his speed was really like a hanging.

Li Shimin got the result he wanted, his face soothed a little after a night's work, and the crowd dispersed, he also got up and went back to sleep exhausted.

On the way back, Li Tai was constantly thinking about how to get along with Chen Fei.

To be honest, he doesn't like Chen Fei very much. Because this guy is so cunning that I feel like I can't grasp him.

But it is precisely because of his cunning that Li Tai feels that this person has the value of wooing. It's a pity that people didn't win over, but they suffered several losses on him.

Now that Chen Fei has been promoted again, and his father is willing to promote his official position for him, he also let Li Zhuo get his hands on it, so that he can also be promoted to the fourth rank, which is enough to see the attention of his father.

Since Chen Fei doesn't eat soft and hard? What about Li Zhuo? Is it possible to open a breakthrough from Li Zhuo? Li Zhuo is also a swinger, proficient in eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, and such a person is often better to win.

It's just that....... Li Zhuo is not stupid, when he gets along with himself, although he is very polite to himself on the surface, it is not difficult to feel that he is still very wary of himself, and it seems that he can only be a friend of wine and meat, not a deep friendship. This also gave him a headache, and the tangled egg was painful.

However, no matter what, Chen Fei must have a good relationship, even if he can't become his confidant, he must not be biased towards the prince, he must be wooed by himself! On the way home, Li Tai kept thinking about his thoughts.......

On the other hand, Li Chengqian did not go home directly, but invited Hou Junji to sit in his carriage and asked Hou Junji why he wanted to steal the limelight and suppress the rebellion.

"Your Highness, if you want to start an incident, a thunderbolt fire is indispensable, and the minister will go to quell the rebellion this time, and he can steal a lot of thunderbolts from it, which will help His Highness to get into trouble! Therefore, the minister stood up and took this matter! ”

Hou Junji's eyes kept flashing fiercely, he had been dissatisfied with Li Shimin for a long time, and this time he was determined to follow Li Chengqian to rebel.

After hearing this, Li Chengqian nodded slightly, and then said with a smile: "General Hou, I'm afraid it's not just a thunderbolt, you have other purposes, right?" ”

Hou Junji was stunned for a moment, his eyes narrowed into a slit, he looked at Li Chengqian with a slight gloom, and said with a smile: "Yes, His Highness still understands me." The minister does have another purpose. Since the minister was released from prison, although His Majesty has reinstated the minister, he has not allowed the minister to go to the barracks to take charge of the army again. The minister is now just an idle courtier with an empty official position and no real power. This time the King of Qi rebelled, and the ministers just took this opportunity to regain military power! ”

Li Chengqian nodded, at first he was worried that Hou Junji was acting rashly, but now it seems that he is thinking too much.

"General Hou takes care of Lone so much, Lone has nothing to repay, if it is done, Lone worships the general as a face." Li Chengqian straightened his clothes and said in a positive way.

Hou Junji immediately replied: "His Royal Highness trusts Weichen so much, and the minister is grateful, and he will definitely go to the soup for His Highness, and he will not hesitate!" ”

.................

A month later, the army of the Western Expedition returned to Chang'an, and the soldiers were commended and commended by Li Shimin.

In the First World War of the Western Regions, the Tang army took a large area of land with minimal casualties, and opened the Silk Road, forcing the Western Turks to retreat.

Especially the actions of those small countries in the Western Regions to come to Chang'an to return to obedience made Li Shimin smile from ear to ear.

The happiest thing about being an emperor is that as soon as the king's domineering spirit is emanated, the kings of the surrounding small countries are scrambling to be the first to submit. Even Emperor Qin and Han Wu had never been so domineering as him, how could he not feel happy?

In addition to being happy, with a wave of his hand, the reward is naturally rich.

Of course, this "richness" is not enough for ordinary soldiers, and for Chen Fei and Cheng Yanjin, the two local tyrants.

However, what they care about is not the reward, but the importance that His Majesty attaches to them, so it doesn't matter what the reward is.

In the same month, Hou Junji led his soldiers to march thirty miles at night, bypassing villages and cities, and launching a surprise attack on Qizhou City.

With a thunderbolt and a sneak attack, they quickly blew open the gate of Qizhou, and the army rushed into the city at night, slashing and killing the soldiers when they saw them.

The rebels in Qizhou City were unable to resist in a hurry, so they had to surrender and submit to the imperial court. The rebel king Li You was also captured alive by Hou Junji's subordinates in the palace that night.

King Qi's rebellion was like a family, and it was cracked in less than a month. Even he didn't make much of a storm, he was tied into pork belly and sent to Chang'an, which was really a bit of an IQ arrears.

He probably didn't know that rebellion is also a technical job, and some people are born proficient, and as soon as they raise the banner, they are in full swing, devastating, and unstoppable.

Some people came out to be funny, and the rebellion couldn't even shout slogans, and it was over before it even began. Li You belongs to the latter.

Li You, the king of Qi, and his advisors, were all escorted to Chang'an along with the rebellious generals.

Except for the King of Qi and his relatives, the others did not need to be interrogated, they were directly beheaded at the entrance of the vegetable market, and the three clans were razed without any consultation. Li Shimin has always had zero tolerance for rebellious ministers and thieves.

As for Li You, although he is the prince and Li Shimin's own son, his situation is not very good at the moment.

Li Shimin didn't have much affection for him, he rebelled to death, and after being escorted to Chang'an, he didn't even see Li Shimin's face, and was directly put into prison, and was detained for ten days before he was brought out of prison and escorted to Dali Temple for interrogation.

What made Li You desperate was that he didn't see Li Shimin, but only heard cold words from Sun Fujia's mouth: "Degraded to a concubine, punished." ”

Three days later, Li You was ordered to go to the palace to meet Li Shimin. This was also the last time the father and son met, and that afternoon, Li You was given death in the public palace. Li Shimin ordered that he be buried with the rites of the Duke of the Kingdom. His mother, Concubine Yin, was sent to the cold palace.

The case of King Qi's rebellion has come to an end, but the case of King Qi has given the princes a lot of invisible pressure, and those princes who like to have fun have also settled down during this time and did not dare to make more moves. There is only one exception - Li Chengqian.

Hou Junji rehabilitated the king of Qi, privately seized a box of 20 thunderbolts, and sent people to the East Palace at night.

Because it was Hou Junji's cronies who managed the materials in the army, the private seizure of a box of thunderbolts did not attract attention, but was only lost in the war.

After Li Chengqian accepted the thunderbolt, he was nervous and excited.

The nervousness is because King Qi rebelled in front, and the end of defeat was also seen, it was very miserable, and his life was not guaranteed.

I am excited because with Thunderbolt, as long as you can grasp the opportunity, it is not difficult to capture Taiji Palace in one fell swoop!

(End of chapter)