When Wu Zetian's figure just disappeared around the corner of the flower gallery, Xue Shao happened to walk in front of Li Zhi.

Just as he was about to pay homage, Li Zhi asked him to help him up left and right, "I sat so numb that my legs were numb." Xue Shao, accompany me to the garden. ”

"Yes." Xue Shao understood that Li Zhi wanted to avoid the eyes and ears of the eunuchs and palace maids. Of course, these people did not dare to betray the emperor, but they directly accepted Wu Zetian's management.

The county magistrate is not as good as the current management, and this rule also works in the palace.

Later, Xue Shao helped Li Zhi into the flower garden, followed by a group of palace maids and dust-whisking eunuchs.

The two of them admired Qiu Ju for a while, Li Zhi also chanted a few lines of poetry with great interest for Xue Shao to make peace with him, and the two of them played Feng Yasong, and unconsciously walked to the dense place of the flower forest. Therefore, the path is tortuous and obscured, and the eunuch palace maid behind him is gradually a little farther away.

"Tell the story." Li Zhi's voice suddenly sank.

"The minister has two things, and I ask His Majesty to fulfill it." Xue Shao said concisely and bluntly.

"Speak." Li Zhi turned his head to look at Xue Shao, his eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a hint of sharpness in his eyes that were often scattered.

"The minister still wants to join the army and take charge of part of the military power." Xue Shao said, "Duke Pei accepted me as a protégé and taught me what he had learned all his life, not to let the minister be a teacher." ”

Li Zhi frowned slightly, "What about the second thing?" ”

"The minister wants to make the martial arts academy a military academy for training military generals." Xue Shao said, "After returning to the field from Pei Gong's armor, the minister felt that the Tang Dynasty generals had withered, and even ancient old men like Xue Rengui had to be reactivated. If it is not paid attention to now, the army of the Tang Dynasty will be short of talents in the next few decades, and it will not be able to compete with the surrounding Hu. ”

Li Zhi's face became a little grim. As the supreme leader of the Tang Empire, it was impossible for him not to be aware of the problem Xue Shao had mentioned. In fact, over the years, Li Zhi has been forced to reuse Pei Xingjian, whom he does not trust very much, which has proved that after the death of Li Tao, the Tang Empire no longer has a military commander who can determine the country.

Therefore, Xue Shao's idea of opening a military academy and cultivating generals for the Tang Dynasty is in line with the current situation, and it is also in the hands of Li Zhi!

"Martial Arts Academy......" Li Zhi whispered these three words, "can it become the highest military academy in our dynasty like Guozijian?" ”

"Your Majesty, it's man-made!" Xue Shao said categorically, "If there is the full support of His Majesty, the minister will be able to run the martial arts academy at night." In the lifetime of the minister, the minister will let it continue to send countless generals and talents to the army of the Tang Dynasty! With a strong military backing, the Tang Empire will be strong and prosperous! ”

"Great!" Li Zhi praised and looked at Xue Shao with fiery eyes, "But why do you make me believe that you can run a good martial arts academy?" Why do you convince me that the generals you have cultivated can be of great use? ”

"Just because the minister is the only protégé of Duke Wei in the world! Just by virtue of the fact that it took less than three months for the minister to train a group of recruits of the Three Swords Brigade into an elite ace army that can rush thousands of miles to smash the black sand and capture the thoughts of the ten thousand troops! Xue Shao's eyes were firm, and his words were loud, "As long as Your Majesty is willing to be the strong backing of the minister, the minister will dare to let the 800,000 troops of the Tang Dynasty be reborn, and the minister will be able to let the foreign countries look at the banner of the Tang Dynasty army and flee in a hurry!" ”

"Can you really do it?" Li Zhi's expression was a little excited, but more hesitant.

"Minister, I must be able to!" Xue Shao answered categorically.

"How many years will it take?"

Xue Shao frowned slightly, "Your Majesty, freezing three feet is not a day's cold." The results can be seen in as short as three or five years, and as long as more than ten or twenty years, or it can be reborn! ”

"Three or five years, ten or twenty years...... I'm afraid, I don't have that time! Li Zhi stroked his hair and sighed, shaking his head again and again.

"That's why the minister has the first idea, hoping to have some military power in hand." Xue Shao lowered his voice and said, "Only in this way can the minister take root in the army; Only by taking firm roots can we resist wind and rain and grow gradually! ”

Li Zhi's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly turned his head to look at Xue Shao, "Xue Shao, you are ambitious!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister only has to repay the loss, and has no ambition!" Xue Shao looked at Li Zhi without avoidance and said, "After the Northern Expedition, there is a belief that has been deeply ingrained in the hearts of the ministers. That is, the minister is eager to defend every inch of Datang's territory from being violated, and the minister is eager to defend every Tang people's people from being bullied. The minister was even more eager to be able to shake Li Tang's artifact...... Undefiled! ”

The last sentence made Li Zhi's expression change slightly!

"Li Tang artifact", the imperial power of the Li family! - For the terminally ill Li Zhi, it is really worrying whether his useless prince can keep the dragon chair he left behind!

Li Zhi could not have predicted what was going to happen in the next few decades like Xue Shao, but he knew the current situation better than anyone else. Now that he is still alive, the monarchy has been somewhat restrained and divided, and some people led by the Queen of Heaven have been working hard to compete for power, trying to put him as the emperor in the air. The crown prince Li Xian can be said to be the most incompetent of his sons. Once Li Zhi returns to heaven by himself, can the prince, who is weak and incompetent and has no foundation in the court, be able to resist the strong queen mother and the veteran prime ministers?

But for the queen of heaven and the prime minister, Li Zhi knew that they all had a strong desire for power and could have an impact on their sons, but Li Zhi couldn't help but reuse them. Without them, the entire country of Datang will fall into collapse and chaos!

- "After my death, who will assist and protect the prince, and who will shake the Li Tang artifact", has become the biggest heart problem in Li Zhi's heart.

Today, Xue Shao made this issue clear in front of Li Zhi.

"Your words reminded me of a few years ago, when I wanted to make the queen queen." Li Zhi squinted his eyes and said leisurely in a nostalgic tone, "At that time, the government of the Tang Dynasty was firmly controlled by a group of ministers who took care of their lives, such as the eldest grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang. At that time, I invited someone to help me, and as a result, all the problems were solved. Do you know who it is? ”

"Sikong Li Tao, right, Your Majesty?" Xue Shao replied.

"That's right, it's him." Li Zhi looked at Xue Shao with blazing eyes, and said in a low voice, "Do you want to be the second Li Tao?" ”

"The minister is Xue Shao, and the minister doesn't want to be Li Tao." Xue Shao replied.

"What do you mean?" Li Zhi frowned.

"The minister means that the minister will use military power to help the emperor defend the imperial power at a critical time, like Li Tao. However, Chen is also very different from Li Tao. Xue Shao said, "Because, the minister is still your own nephew, and he is the concubine of Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping!" In the veins of the minister, there is a part of the blood of the Li family!! ”

Li Zhi instantly heard Xue Shao's voice-Li Tao is an outsider, not a minister! If the minister is good at defending Li Tang's monarchical artifact, it must be a sincere and sincere sworn protection to the death, not just out of gratitude and utilitarianism like Li Tao!

Li Zhi frowned, his lips were closed, and he slapped Xue Shao's shoulder with a heavy palm, "I, I didn't look at my left eye!" ”

"Thank you!"

"Three days later, it coincided with the fifteenth, the period of the Great Pilgrimage. When the time comes, I will go to court in person. Li Zhi took a deep breath, "You must also go to court!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Xue Shao's heart was full of blood!

Take the initiative to ask for help, this is a big gamble. If Li Zhi can really get things done, Xue Shao will be able to get the privilege for a period of time and get rid of Wu Zetian and Pei Yan's control and run his own exclusive business. More importantly, Xue Shao desperately wants a part of the military power, and only with the military power in hand will he have the real confidence to survive in the chaos.

"It's nice to be young!" Li Zhi stared at Xue Shao with an extremely envious expression, "How I hope that I can live for another twenty years." There's a lot more to come! ”

Xue Shao couldn't help but think of the song "I really want to live another five hundred years", such words came out of the emperor's mouth, and it felt very different. At this moment, how much pride, unwillingness and regret should Li Zhi have in his heart?

"I have been an emperor for more than 30 years, and I have been in the bag for half my life." Li Zhi frowned, looked up into the distance, and said leisurely, "Once, I also hoped that I could be like my father and ancestors, and be a majestic and powerful king. But after more than 30 years of being an emperor, I found that at most, I only achieved 'keep'. Whenever I have made a little achievement, it is because my father, Emperor Taizong, has laid a solid foundation for me. ”

Xue Shao hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you don't have to be presumptuous. Under your rule, the Tang Dynasty has been subjugating the people of the four seas for more than 30 years, which is still quite good. Subduing Baekje to pacify Goguryeo made up for the long-cherished wish of Emperor Taizong. Feng Chan Taishan, but also make His Majesty's achievements ancient and modern. ”

Li Zhi couldn't help but smile, "What I did is insignificant compared to Emperor Gaozu's founding of the state to sweep away the troubled times, and Emperor Taizong's Jingqingyu Neizhenguan Dazhi. What worries me even more is that today's Datang is full of crises and hidden dangers. Even though I have the heart to change it, I am powerless to break free from the status quo, let alone ask for my life from the sky! ”

Xue Shao could only be silent. In the whole world, no one is definitely more aware of the hidden dangers and internal worries faced by Datang than Li Zhi.

"I can only pin my hope on the next generation." Li Zhi's eyes narrowed, and his eyes became sharp, "Xue Shao, I hope that you can be like the Li Tao left to me by Emperor Taizong back then...... I can do my best to shake the Emperor's destiny and the artifact of the Tang Dynasty! ”

"Minister, swear to the death to defend it!!".

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