Striding forward to chase, Zhou Jitong finally stepped into the hall before Xue Shao, and glared at him coldly, "Do you understand the rules, wait!" ”

Xue Shao smiled indifferently and stood still waiting.

"Your Majesty, the minister has brought Xue Shao here." Zhou Jitong entered the worship road.

Before Emperor Li Zhi could speak, a crisp female voice rang out, "General Zhou, how did you speak?" Could it be that Xue Shao is a prisoner, and you want to 'bring' him? ”

"That's not what the minister meant! The minister's words are inappropriate, please forgive your majesty! Please forgive your sins! Zhou Jitong hurriedly said.

"That's it!" Li Zhi's voice.

Xue Shao stood outside the hall and heard Princess Taiping's voice, and couldn't help but be happy. Listening to the tone, Princess Taiping was very unhappy with Zhou Jitong, could it be that there was a festival before?

It stands to reason that the people who can come to Fengchenwei on an errand are all children who were born in official eunuch families, are well-read and sensible, and understand some of the rules and unspoken rules of officialdom better, and it is not a wise move to offend people casually, even if they offend their subordinates. But why did Zhou Jitong make it clear that he was my enemy as soon as they met, could it be that he had something to do with Princess Taiping?

When Xue Shao pondered these things, the eunuch's voice came from the hall, "Xuan, Xue Shao has entered the Danqi Face Saint." ”

A section of steps and open space outside the threshold of the palace where the emperor lived was often painted with Danzhu, so the place where the emperor was located was called by Danqi.

The two Qianniu guarding the door prepared themselves, carefully checked Xue Shao's body to make sure that he did not bring sharp weapons, and then asked him to sit on the threshold and take off his shoes before entering.

Xue Shao walked into Danqi and turned the two imperial hall screens, and saw Li Zhi sitting above His Majesty, Princess Taiping sitting on the side holding a book and reading it seriously, quite like a dedicated student who only reads the sage book and ignores the things outside the window.

Xue Shao was funny when he saw her like this, and he pretended to be pretending!

Zhou Jitong stood on the side of His Majesty with one hand on his waist and the handle of the knife in the other, very close to Li Zhi. In addition, four thousand oxen in rusty clothes stood under the pillars of the temple in armor and with knives, a little farther away.

"Minister Xue Shao, meet Your Majesty!" Xue Shao stepped forward to bow.

"Excuse me, give me a seat." Li Zhi's voice is very ordinary, neither intimate nor unfamiliar.

"Your Majesty."

The eunuch brought a pair of couches, and Xue Shao knelt down to sit on them. Although I am not used to this kind of sitting posture, this is not at home, and I can only enter the country and follow the customs.

"Xue Shao, you will immediately take up the post of Qianniu today and become my personal guard." Li Zhi said, "Do you know what your responsibilities are? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister knows the way. The minister must do his best and die! Xue Shao bowed. It's just a polite remark, and I guess I don't need to talk about it at length.

"Good. Then I won't say much more. Li Zhi didn't seem interested in talking nonsense, he turned his head and glanced at Zhou Jitong next to him, and said, "Qianniu talks about martial arts, do you know the way?" ”

Xue Shao's heart moved slightly, "Minister, know a little bit about it." ”

Li Zhi stroked his beard lightly and nodded, "Since you are a newcomer to Qianniu Preparation, according to the custom, the Wei Mansion should make a special trip to hold a Qianniu martial arts meeting for you." Zhou Jitong also said to me, it is better to choose a day than to hit the day, and I will hold a thousand cow martial arts meeting for you today. What do you think? ”

As soon as Li Zhi said this, Princess Taiping, who pretended to be concentrating on studying, couldn't pretend anymore. She put down the book and looked at Li Zhi in surprise, although she didn't speak, her expression was obviously expressing doubt and opposition.

Li Zhi turned a blind eye to Princess Taiping, just looked at Xue Shao calmly, waiting for his answer.

Zhou Jitong stood quietly beside Li Zhi, always like non-existent air or lifeless clay puppets, and the bodyguards were very professional.

Xue Shao hugged his fists, "Your Majesty's Chrysostom has been opened, and it is a precedent for the Wei Mansion, and the ministers should be like their lives." ”

"That's okay, Zhou Jitong, you go and arrange it." Li Zhi casually raised his hand.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhou Jitong hugged his fist, glanced at Xue Shao, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a cold and murderous smile, and then strode outside.

As soon as Zhou Jitong left, Princess Taiping eagerly pulled Li Zhi's robe and said in a low voice: "Father, how can you let Xue Lang participate in the Thousand Cow Martial Arts Lecture?" ”

"Why not?" Li Zhi asked rhetorically.

"This ......" Princess Taiping was speechless for a while, blinking her eyes anxiously, and her expression revealed a lot of worry and anxiety.

Xue Shao sat calmly, as if he hadn't heard anything.

Li Zhi picked up a book and said: "All the people employed by the imperial court must be capable in their posts. Qianniu Beishen is the most indiscriminate and indiscriminate minister, and Qianniu's martial arts is a test after Qianniu Bei enters the door, which is very necessary. Taiping, do you think that my safety is not important, so there is no need to hold a thousand bull talks? ”

"Erchen didn't mean that......" Princess Taiping was speechless, with a look of guilt and anxiety on her face, like a child who had done something wrong, looking at Xue Shao with grievance and concern.

Xue Shao turned a blind eye and still sat calmly. thought to himself, Li Zhi's words were very reasonable, and he was right to do so. As the saying goes, "the imperial power is not lower than the county", which literally means that the king cannot directly give orders to the yamen at the county level. It is true that the king has supreme power, but officialdom has its own system, each system and each yamen, and has its own set of conventional methods and rules. If the emperor "oversteps" and interferes with the affairs of the people below, it will destroy the system and rules, leaving the people below at a loss. Even if you have to take care of the affairs at the county level, the emperor will be tired and half dead.

Therefore, if it is not a special situation, the emperor generally only needs to manage the prime ministers and important ministers around him, take care of the central yamen of the imperial court, formulate national policies, and issue national decrees. The emperor of the empire took Gege and his brothers to the people for three days and two ends to toss and fight everywhere, and this kind of bloody bridge break usually only appears in romance dramas.

"Xue Lang, what can I do about this?" After all, Princess Taiping is just a little girl, and she is in a hurry, but she can't help it.

"Taiping, you can't say much." Li Zhi reprimanded lightly and said: "Since you dare to recommend Xue Shao to be this Qianniu preparation, and he himself has assured himself that he can do it in front of the queen, then he must face all this himself, and he can't expect anyone to help him exonerate or bear it." ”

"What Your Majesty said is very true." Xue Shao arched his hand, "Minister, I am willing to fight generously at the Thousand Cow Martial Arts Conference!" Win or lose, reap the consequences! ”

Princess Taiping's face turned white, and her body trembled slightly, "Xue Lang, Qianniu Beishen, these people's martial arts and kung fu are very good, in case they hurt you......"

"Shut up." Li Zhi interrupted her a little impatiently, "Since you have no confidence in Xue Shao so much, why do you recommend him to be this Qianniu preparation?" ”

"That's what Your Majesty said." Xue Shao smiled slightly, "Your Royal Highness doesn't have to worry. Minister, you have your own response! ”

Hearing the words "self-contained", Li Zhi's calm and indifferent expression changed slightly, looked up at Xue Shao, and said, "I heard that you know some martial arts. But the skills of these thousand cow guards around me are probably not what you can imagine. Xue Shao, you seek more blessings and do what you can. If it really doesn't work, it's a big deal to admit defeat. Those colleagues won't really treat you like that. ”

Xue Shao still smiled slightly, "Your Majesty, minister, you have your own response." ”

"Okay, I'll see." Li Zhi didn't say much.

Since Zuo Fengchenwei has the precedent of "Qianniu Lectures on Martial Arts", and Zhou Jitong, who is a Zhonglang general, has also officially proposed it, then Emperor Li Zhi has no reason to oppose it. Otherwise, what he destroys is Zuo Fengchenwei's rules, and what he damages is the authority and prestige of his guard captain. How will Feng Chenwei still operate normally after that, and will Zhou Jitong still be loyal to him?

In the eyes of the emperor, this kind of thing is the most rewarding and not to lose.

In addition, Xue Shao is Li Zhi's nephew and quasi-concubine, if Li Zhi refuses to talk about martial arts, it is nothing more than announcing to others, "Xue Shao can't do it, I'm afraid that he will be humiliated or injured", which is nepotism and selfishness. Such a reputation is also the last thing the emperor wants to bear. Therefore, although Li Zhi has always loved Princess Taiping and has a good impression of Xue Shao, he can only let Zhou Jitong do it as usual in the matter of Qianniu's martial arts meeting.

Li Zhi opened a page of the book in his hand and said leisurely: "The way of a gentleman is to go far and be self-defeating, and to be inferior if he ascends...... Taiping, do you understand the meaning of this sentence? ”

Princess Taiping looked at Xue Shao with a bitter face on the side, completely deaf to Li Zhi's words.

Xue Shao didn't feel a little graceful, and Princess Taiping also came to Li Zhi to study "The Book of Rites".

"Taiping, I'm talking to you!"

"Oh......" Princess Taiping picked up the book and read it babblingly, "Men don't say anything, women don't talk outside." No sacrifice, no mourning, no mutual instruction! ”

Xue Shao suddenly smiled, it was obvious that the little monk was chanting the scriptures without intention, and she didn't listen to Li Zhi's question at all.

Li Zhi was also a little crying and laughing, and threw the book on the book table, "That's it, you can read it yourself!" If you don't understand something, ask me again! ”

Xue Shao smiled secretly, a teacher like Li Zhi and a student like Princess Taiping are really a good match. Although Li Zhi also has some imperial majesty, he is still quite lenient on the whole. In comparison, Wu Zetian is much more powerful!

Having said that, Li Zhi's attitude today is very different from that day in the imperial study, probably because of these thousands of cows around. Behind those screens also sat the living room who recorded the emperor's words and deeds, the left history recorded the words and the right history recorded the deeds, even if Li Zhi was the emperor, he didn't dare to talk and do things randomly. Otherwise, the bad words and deeds will be recorded in the history books, and they will be notorious and criticized by generations of descendants.

Therefore, even if he is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, his behavior is subject to all kinds of constraints and supervision. Unless he is determined to be a faint king and a tyrant with no reputation, he doesn't have to worry about this.

Zhou Jitong came back after a while, and replied to Li Zhi that he had arranged the affairs of the Qianniu Martial Arts Conference. After noon, all the ministers of the left Fengchenwei gathered in the Beiya school field, and even those who were on duty asked the colleagues of the right Fengchenwei to replace them. In addition to the inspection general Li Xiaoyi, the holders of the six Thousand Bull Imperial Swords gathered together.

"When the time comes, let Xue Shao choose one to challenge!" Zhou Jitong said.

As soon as he said this, Xue Shao and Li Zhi frowned at the same time, didn't there be only four Thousand Ox Imperial Swords participating in the competition? Nakaro will not accept the challenge!

Zhou Jitong hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, in fact, the minister has always felt that General Zhonglang should also participate in Qianniu's martial arts. Otherwise, Lieutenant General Lang is easy to be proud and complacent, and maybe one day Zhonglang will be worse than his subordinates' martial arts, but he doesn't know it. This is obviously not enough to convince the public, and it is easy to commit the crime of dereliction of duty! ”

Li Zhi nodded, "What Zhou Aiqing said is not unreasonable. Since it is a family matter in your palace, it is up to you to discuss and decide. ”

"Your Majesty!" Zhou Jitong bowed his hand and said, "The minister has already discussed with Li Zhonglang, since His Majesty allows it, then from today on, Zhonglang will also participate in the martial arts of Qianniu, which will become the new custom of the Benwei Mansion." ”

Turning his head, Zhou Jitong looked at Xue Shao with a cold look in his eyes, "Xue Shao, do you dare to challenge the general?" ”

The muscles and ligaments of Xue Shao's whole body tensed almost at the same time!

"Xue, it's better to be respectful than to obey!".

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