Protector of the country.

This position is the most special position, although it is only a lieutenant general, but the power of this position is still above the general, and even all the soldiers and horses can be mobilized in an emergency, and there is no need for tiger charms.

Since the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties have lasted until the later feudal dynasties, for thousands of years, this position has only appeared once, that is, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty implemented the 'depose of the hundred schools and respected Confucianism', the person who served as the general of the protector was the famous Wei Qing.

It was precisely because of Wei Qing's strength and absolute ability that Emperor Wu had a smooth transition, and the rest of the hundred families did not make a wave until they disappeared, but as far as Li Kong knew, there were more than hundreds of thousands of dead people at that time, accounting for one-tenth of the total population of the Han Dynasty.

Looking at Li Shimin's expression, Li Kong knew that this time Li Shimin had made up his mind, but this protector of the country was really not a good errand, the pen of those scholars was too powerful, Emperor Wu reigned for fifty-four years, and the deposition of the hundred schools lasted for nearly forty years before it subsided.

But Li Shimin has only reigned for twenty-three years in history, which means that Li Shimin will burp in another nineteen years.

Even if Li Kong thinks that he has a lot of advanced consciousness, he is not sure, as for the future emperor, whether it is Li Chengqian, who is gradually maturing now, or Li Zhi, who may become the emperor, he does not have a particularly strong feeling towards the family, and Li Kong cannot pin his hopes on the monarch of future generations.

"What? Are you Li Yunfeng cowardly? Seeing that Li Kong was slow to speak, Li Shimin squinted his eyes and said.

Li Kong was shocked, and said: "That's not it, it's just that the minister needs to plan well, but he already has a draft in his heart, if His Majesty has nothing to do, the minister will retire first, strive to complete the article as soon as possible, and then implement the action." ”

"Give me an exact time!"

"Two days later!"

"In that case, you will step aside!"

Half an hour later, Li vacated the Taiji Palace, this time the matter was too big, he didn't expect Li Shimin to hand over such an important task to him, in his original guess, it should be Li Jing who carried out this task, no matter how bad it was, it should be Li Xiaogong or Hou Junji, he ...... Too young.

But sadly, he just ran into an emperor who didn't play his cards according to common sense, what could he do? He's desperate too.

He didn't even have the heart to see Changle.

"Young Master, will we go back to the house now?" Outside the Taiji Palace, Laifu trotted in front of Li Kong, handed over a fur, and asked in a low voice.

Now that the weather has entered late autumn, and it is now approaching the evening, Li Kong took the coat and put it on his body, clenched his hands to his mouth and exhaled a breath of warmth, which made him feel more comfortable.

"Go to Lu Guogong's house first!"

"Yes!" Laifu answered, jumped on the wheel, waved his horsewhip and rushed towards Cheng Yanjin's mansion.

……

Cheng Yanjin was very irritable, he went to a few houses, but the effect was not very obvious, except for Qin Qiong's clear statement that he would stand on Li Shimin's side, Li Jing and Wei Chi Jingde were a little swaying, or rather, the wives of the two of them were not the daughters of the scholars, so the two did not want to get involved in this matter.

As for the attitude of other people, Cheng Yanjin didn't bother to think about it, except that most of those people were civil officials, in fact, the relationship between Cheng Yanjin and them was not very good now, and even in order to reassure Li Shimin, he offended ninety percent of all the founding achievements.

"Is this a lonely palm?" Cheng Yanjin sighed deeply, rolled up his sleeves and walked towards his mansion, the cold wind blew the hem of his clothes, and the beard hanging down to the collar flew to the back of his cheeks.

"Uncle Cheng, stay here!" Just when Cheng Biting Jin was discouraged, a calm voice came into his ears.

Turning to look, Li Kong just jumped out of the carriage and rushed towards him.

For Li Kong, Cheng Yanjin's feelings are a little complicated, he used to appreciate and envy Li Tao for having such an outstanding son, and even more so he had praised Li Kong in front of Li Shimin before, but now, it is such a hairy boy who wants to pull out the entire Shi clan.

"Uncle Cheng is worried about the affairs of the Shi clan?" Li Kong walked up to Cheng Yanjin, blew his hand, and asked with a smile.

"You kid really gave the old man a problem this time, let's say, what is the purpose of you coming to me at this time? If it's embarrassing for the old man, it goes without saying! ”

"That's not it, the little nephew came to Uncle Cheng this time to ask Uncle Cheng to introduce the principal of the Cui family, and it is best to call Qinghe and Boling over!"

"What do you mean?"

"It's not interesting, this time the Wang family did it, Uncle Cheng imagined, if this matter was put on your uncle, what would you do?" After Li Kong said this, he no longer spoke, but silently opened up some distance from Cheng Yanjin.

Cheng Biting Jin is an old fox, although Li Kong didn't say it explicitly, he still quickly understood the meaning of Li Kong's words, the corners of his mouth were frivolous, and said: "I can't pack a ticket with you, after all, the five surnames and seven families are the same thing, and I am afraid that they will not agree to your little thoughts." ”

"Hehe, there is nothing that cannot be compromised in the face of life, and it is a huge family business? The little nephew believes that the Cui family will definitely make the wisest choice, of course, these still need Uncle Cheng to help in the middle, otherwise, the little nephew has to say sorry to the uncle first! In the end, the momentum on Li Kong's body changed.

Cheng Yanjin's face was slightly gloomy, and he squinted and said, "Are you kid threatening the old man?" ”

"The little nephew just doesn't want to make it difficult for the uncle, oh, I forgot to tell the uncle, the little nephew has just received the position of the general of the protector of the country!"

As soon as these words came out, Cheng Yanjin's face sank directly, with a trace of cold killing intent in his eyes, but this erasing intent disappeared in a flash, and then a deep sense of powerlessness spread throughout his body.

Feeling the change in Cheng Biting Jin's momentum, Li Kong's heart tightened slightly, and then he shook his head helplessly, and said: "Uncle Cheng should understand that His Majesty's tolerance for the Shi clan is limited, and even, even if there is no little nephew, with the Shi clan's current behavior, sooner or later it will be cleaned up by His Majesty, the little nephew is just a knife in His Majesty's hand, and the little nephew hopes that Uncle Cheng will not do anything that he regrets." ”

Li Kong said, how could Cheng Yanjin not know? But knowing that he knows, he has been pretending to be stupid, hoping that all this is fake, and he will slowly boil it, and maybe he will compromise when the king of the future generations comes?

Looking at Li Kong, who looked resolute and helpless, Cheng Yanjin took a sharp breath of cold air and said, "I will do this matter, but you have to give me time!" ”

"I can only give it to my uncle for two days!"

"Enough!"

The two parted, but both knew that a huge trench that could not be healed had appeared between them, and it would never be returned!