Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Emperor's Heart
"Liu Ji?"
Li Longji muttered this unfamiliar name, holding a detailed military report in his hand, which was jointly submitted by the three section marshals, and that was three months ago.
And knowing this name and leaving a deep impression came from Feng Changqing's recital, which almost mentioned more than half of the pages, which had to make him pay attention to it.
In order to avoid partiality and bias, he did not directly summon Feng Changqing, but hinted at Gao Xianzhi, who would naturally know what to do.
A day later, Gao Xianzhi reported to him the news he had heard, which was even more shocking than the descriptions on the song, but he paid attention to another detail.
"Li Jingzhong, the envoy of Anxi Town, why did he die in the city of the Tubo people?"
The question was very sharp, and Gao Xianzhi couldn't answer it right away, so he could only use their unanimous statement, but obviously, the Son of Heaven didn't believe that statement very much.
The envoy of a town is the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven, and the reason why Li Longji is suspicious is also this, if Li Jingzhong is still alive, his secret music must have been sent in early in the morning, and it is not difficult to know the truth when the two are compared, but the problem is here, he is dead.
What kind of miracle would a eunuch who does not have the right to command troops risk going deep into enemy territory to accomplish this? It's hard to be convinced, because even if he succeeds, he won't be promoted to a knighthood like an ordinary courtier, and maybe he will be suspected, and the role of the envoy is to supervise the army, which no one knows.
"Tubo Zampu is in the city, and the minister thinks that he might as well go to them for verification, maybe he will solve His Majesty's confusion." Gao Xianzhi proposed his own solution, and Li Longji waved his hand noncommittally.
"I just want to ask about this matter, Gao Qing doesn't have to be nervous, let's go back to Liu Ji." Li Longji took the military newspaper and the song and put it in front of him.
"Is he really only sixteen?"
"Back to Your Majesty, it is true." Gao Xianzhi instinctively felt that the Son of Heaven did not relieve his doubts, but there was no good way.
"When Huo Qu was sick at the beginning, it was so big."
Next, Li Longji's words surprised him, and he quickly explained humbly.
"He joined the army at fifteen, but he survived the first battle because of his ministers."
"I see."
Of course, Li Longji knew what he was referring to, and he did not pursue anything, and the casualties of more than 10,000 people were not a big deal at all in his mind, let alone the fact that things had changed.
Gao Xianzhi did not shy away from it, and even told about the ridiculous deeds of this son in Qiuzi City one by one, the more Li Longji listened, the more interested he became, and he couldn't help but get up from his seat and walk in the hall.
"Only bold can act recklessly, no wonder this son has such a practice, it is unimaginable, and only in this way can he take the capital of the Tubo people by surprise and attack without even preparing weapons."
"The minister thinks that if it is done step by step, the Tubo people have already prepared, and there will be no such effect."
"yes." Li Longji didn't know what he thought, and his expression darkened: "It's just that the casualties are too tragic." ”
"Why has no one ever reminded me that so many people have fallen into the hands of the Tibetans?"
This question is not easy to answer, Gao Xianzhi can only bow his head and stand up, Li Longji took two steps and reacted himself, who would bother him with such a trivial matter.
"Don't talk about it, let's settle it slowly in the future, Colliers."
"The old slave is here."
"Write down this incident and remind Shangshu Province that you must ask the Tubo people for it, and order the border counties to be properly resettled, and not to pass the buck."
"The old slave remembers, and immediately orders people to write all parts of the text."
Li Longji stopped and looked at Gao Xianzhi.
"His father, is it your former subordinate?"
"Exactly, Tianbao's six-year shortcut came from his hand."
Li Longji immediately remembered this, because that time he was equally impressed, and he captured three kings in one fell swoop and sacrificed the capital, and the scene was quite spectacular.
"It's him, I remember what year it was Jinshi?"
"Tianbao two years, the first place in Jinshike."
"Yes, yes, the champion talent, no wonder he can say such a truth, I didn't expect this kid to be a scholar, and he is all-powerful in civil and military affairs."
"Your Majesty is so boastful, the ministers are going to blush for him."
"A talented man, how can I be stingy with praise, where is he now in office, Anxi Town?"
Gao Xianzhi couldn't help but secretly envy the other party's good luck, and didn't do anything, just because he had a good son, he was immediately remembered by the Son of Heaven, which was clearly Jian Zai's heart.
"Right now, it should be Fengxian County, Fuzhong."
"County office?" Li Longji was stunned.
"Yes, the position of county lieutenant."
Li Longji was a little speechless, according to what the other party said, this person won the top prize in the second year of Tianbao, and then served as the judge of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and now nearly nine years have passed, and the position is not promoted but demoted, and he has become a county lieutenant in Chi County, Gyeonggi, there must be something hidden in this, of course it is inconvenient to ask at this moment.
After Gao Xianzhi left, Li Longji stood there quietly, only Gao Lishi was waiting, and after a long time, he suddenly heard him ask.
"Li Jingzhong, is it your person?"
"The old slave has no private person." Gao Lishi replied calmly: "He is from the East Palace. ”
The Prince's Man? Li Longji's eyes shrank slightly, but he didn't continue.
"This Liu Ji, what do you think?"
"Unbelievable."
Li Longji also felt the same way, nodded and said: "Yes, I still can't believe that the Tubo people have actually descended." ”
"I want to see him, you can arrange it."
"The old slave understands, is it to see him alone?"
"Let Feng Changqing bring him here, and." Li Longji thought for a moment and continued: "Send someone to Fengxian and summon his father. ”
"The old slave has written it down, but he has not yet returned to Beijing, and I heard that he is on the way, I'm afraid it will take a day or two."
"It doesn't matter what day it is, you just look at it, and if you don't figure it out, who should this throne be given to at the bottom? I still don't know. ”
Gao Lishi remembered his instructions and was staying, when he was stopped by Li Longji again.
"The Tibetans, also inquire and listen to what they say."
"Obey the order of the Supreme, the old slave will go."
Gao Lishi stepped back, Li Longji sat back on the Hu bed, picked up the piece and read it again, and was reading it carefully, but he was hugged from behind by a snow lotus-like arm.
"Third aunt? When did you enter the palace. ”
"In normal times, presumably the little sister hasn't gotten up at this time."
Mrs. Yang Yuyao said coquettishly, only a thin layer of powder was applied to her pretty face, and she didn't even light the flowers, in Li Longji's opinion, there was a different kind of temptation, and she couldn't help but hold her face and suffer deeply.
The woman's eyes swept over the note in his hand, and a name that had been specially circled with a red pen was remembered in her mind.
Liu Ji.