Tang Cheng didn't let her carry the lantern to serve, and Xiaoqing went back to the room.

Zheng Lingyi in the room was silent in front of the brilliant candle flame of the tree, and his expression could not tell whether he was angry or happy.

Thinking about Tang Cheng's appearance when he left just now and the explanation he left behind, and seeing Zheng Lingyi's look again, the corners of Xiaoqing's mouth moved and said softly: "If you want to say that my uncle can really be called a good temperament, he really feels sorry for Miss, I haven't seen him blushing with Miss for so long since I got married, this time it's ......."

Zheng Lingyi, who turned his face when he heard this, smiled silently, "What do you know about this girl!" Under the candlelight, her already outstanding appearance was matched with this sweet smile flowing from the bottom of her heart, and the beauty of the moment made the lamp tree dim.

Xiaoqing understood that she wanted to left, so she didn't say anything more at the moment, and walked to the edge of the couch and stretched out her hand to clean up the empty soup bowls and dishes.

"Let it go", Zheng Lingyi opened his mouth to stop Xiaoqing's movements, "Let me do it myself."

Xiaoqing looked at the young lady in amazement.

Zheng Lingyi was looking at the mess on the table, and the gentleness and tenderness on his face that belonged to the young woman almost overflowed, "Xiaoqing, you haven't seen me wash the dishes yet......."

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Tang Cheng walked quickly to the gatehouse and looked inside, wasn't the person sitting by the fire cage drinking tea Zhang Liang who he hadn't seen for more than half a year?

We got along for more than two years. Tang Cheng has accepted Zhang Liang as a friend from the bottom of his heart. At this time, it is not a joy to see old friends. "Mingyuki. Well done".

Since Tang Cheng just came in. Zhang Liang has been looking at him.

Half a year ago, Tang Cheng was almost forced to drive out of Chang'an. Such an encounter was really in great contrast to his previous achievements. Immediately afterwards, in terms of official arrangement, he was assigned to this remote county, which can be called the northernmost part of the Tang Dynasty. Let's be honest. Zhang Liang was actually mentally prepared on the way to the ground tonight, and he was depressed when he saw him. Complaining, Tang Cheng was mentally prepared.

But his preparation didn't come in handy at all. In front of him, Tang Cheng was pleasantly surprised when he saw him, and it was indeed from his heart. The smile on his face was as hearty as that day. These are by no means deliberately pretentious. This point of eyesight is still grounded.

looked at Tang Cheng who was hearty and smiling. Zhang Liang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and at the same time a burst of appreciation arose.

After leaving Beijing, he was assigned to the border. Any one of them is a big pain in life. This kind of thing is difficult to accept even for those who have been up and down for many years. Not to mention that Tang Cheng is an impulsive teenager of this age. It was even more difficult to hit the ground one after another after making great achievements. I can not be depressed or discouraged in the face of such adversity. Don't complain. How can such a heart and will not be admirable?

At this moment, Zhang Liang remembered the famous sentence in the inscription poem of Emperor Taizong's Lingyan Pavilion, "The wind knows the strength of the grass, and the bandang knows the sincere minister", Tang Cheng, a real man!

"More than half a parting, now I see that there is no shortage of heroism, my heart is very relieved!" , Zhang Liang, who had a relaxed smile on his face, didn't hold his fists and gave his hand, and punched Tang Cheng heavily on the shoulder.

"Laughing is also alive, crying is also living, laughing is better than crying", Tang Cheng laughed and pulled Zhang Liang up, "Let's go, the internal government will speak."

Hearing this, Zhang Liang shook his hand, "I won't go to the inner office, I came in a hurry this time, and I have to leave early tomorrow morning.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" After all, the porter was not a place to speak, Tang Cheng didn't insist anymore, and after instructing the doorman on duty at night to report the news inside, he and Zhang Liang came out and got into the carriage.

In the carriage, Tang Cheng didn't say any more pleasantries, and asked directly: "Mingzhi, what happened to you this time?" ”。

"It's nothing, I'll talk about this later", Zhang Liang smiled and signaled Tang Cheng not to worry, "It's that the foolish brother is very ashamed of Wuji, and you and His Highness ......."

Before Zhang Liang could say more, he was interrupted by Tang Cheng, "The way of a friend is to know your heart, and it is not interesting for you to say this, so I will not mention it."

"It's that I'm clichéd, so whatever, whatever you want", Zhang Liang reached over and patted Tang Cheng's shoulder again, then took out a letterhead from his arms and handed it over, "This is what His Highness ordered me to bring to you before leaving Beijing this time."

Tang Cheng didn't say anything this time, and immediately opened it after taking the letterhead, and looked at the dim and flickering lights in Xuan's car.

There is only one paragraph on the letterhead on one page, a vulgar sentence from "Mencius" that has been passed down for thousands of years:

Therefore, the heavens will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and act chaotically.

"Before leaving Beijing, His Royal Highness summoned me, and when I arrived in the south study of the East Palace, there were no less than four or five pages of discarded letterhead on His Highness's desk, and one page was about to be filled, but the paper he wrote was still blank. No defects, the foolish brother has been following His Highness for a long time, and this is the first time I have seen him write a letter with someone so hesitant and don't know how to put pen to paper. Although these few sentences are few, it is true that His Highness wrote after deep thought", at this point, Zhang Liang sighed softly, "In the past half a year, His Highness has not often mentioned you without defects, but when he encountered difficulties twice, he asked the foolish brother lightly: 'If there is no defect, how will this matter be dealt with?'" ', Brother Xian, Your Highness has high hopes for you, and the matter of Chang'an and the awarding of officials to Longmen that day is indeed a last resort."

In the small carriage, Zhang Liang's words full of emotion were indeed very warm.

Tang Cheng was quiet

The letterhead in his hand, but his mind is not in this period of time in the later life, Zhang Liang has long memorized the situation when Li Longji wrote the letter, from Yangzhou to Chang'an, he did a lot of things for Li Longji, and he did all the big things that benefited him a lot, but correspondingly, he not only did not get anything in return, but was forced to leave Chang'an in embarrassment and run to this remote place where birds don't to be an official. As long as Li Longji is still a person, he can't help but feel guilty about it, but with his current status as the crown prince, it is inconvenient to directly express this guilt in the letter, so he will be so embarrassed when writing the letter.

Or it should be added that for Li Longji, who has not yet sat on the throne of the emperor, he is indeed useful, and probably this is an important reason why Li Longji feels embarrassed when facing him.

Agarwood bait, fishing for golden turtles. If you want to catch a big fish, you have to put the hook deep, as long as Li Longji has this guilt, sooner or later there will be a big reward.

"The soldier died for his confidant, His Highness is like this, it really makes me feel uneasy!" , Tang Cheng folded the letterhead and solemnly took it into his arms, "I also participated in the whole process of Chang'an, how can I not understand His Highness's hardships and difficulties?" Whether it was forced out of Beijing that day or the subsequent awarding of officials to Longmen, the root is in Taiping, and I can still distinguish the land in this section. If His Royal Highness and Mingzhi think that I have resentment, then they really underestimate Tang."

"Good!" , Zhang Liang was obviously excited, "What a Tang Cheng!" ”。

"Alright, don't praise me. , why are you out of Chang'an at this time? It's coming at the end of the year."

Tang Cheng's attitude really made Zhang Liang a lot more relaxed, and when he laughed again, he was bright, "If it weren't for the time when Li Yanji died, why would I suffer this crime." This time, I came down on an errand with Lord Zhao of Honglu Temple, if it weren't for Zhao Qingzheng, who couldn't stand it and was too cold this day, and wanted to rest at the post house over Suoyang Pass for two days, I would have to wait to see you when I returned from Raole."

Li Yanji, who was given the surname of the country, is the current King Xi and the Governor of Raole, who just died not long ago, Tang Cheng heard about this from Tu Yezhuo, because Li Yanji was sick in the prime of life, and the time from illness to death was too fast, so he didn't have time to support a successor with absolute superiority, which led to the fact that the patriarch of the five Xi tribes had been fighting openly and secretly for these days. According to the regulations of the imperial court, the affairs of the future affairs of the king of Fan and the succession of the new king need to be sent by the imperial court to be present, and the yamen in the imperial city that should be in charge of such affairs is the Honglu Temple.

"This is the due errand of Honglu Temple, Lord Zhao has to suffer this crime, why do you bother to suffer from it."

"This is what His Royal Highness meant", Zhang Liang shook his head with a wry smile, "This dynasty has a lot of border affairs in the northeast, and although there are many Tibetan people in the northeast, it can't get around Rao Le regardless of which clan is inside, it is just stuck in the mouth of the Central Plains in the northeast and south, the geographical location is too important, His Royal Highness has the intention to return it to the hands of the imperial court, so that the border army defense can be pushed north from the first line of the Great Wall to the south of the Songmo Khitan, which is conducive to directly deterring the northern ethnic groups, and in case of a war, it will not affect the prefectures and counties directly under the imperial court."

"Give up the Great Wall and risk going on offensive defense?".

"It's not that I want to give up the Great Wall, but I want to send part of my troops to Raole, so that if something happens, the court will have more room to deal with maneuver. This is just a rough idea of His Highness, and he sent me to follow Honglu Temple on this trip to see the situation of Rao Le on the spot."

"I'm afraid it's difficult, not to mention Xi Ren himself, even the Khitan, Murwei, and even the imperial court will not directly control Rao Le", saying this, Tang Cheng actually understood Li Longji's thoughts very well in his heart.

Although when Li Shimin was the emperor, the Tang court had several real wars with the northern Tibetan people, but the nature of those wars was still defensive, and the Tang Dynasty's real foreign expansion war was in the hands of Li Longji, which was related to his desire to establish a great martial arts to repay the defeat, and another more important reason was that after the accumulation of the previous dynasty and the prosperous Kaiyuan Dynasty, the dynasty itself had the material basis for expanding the border war.

Changed the military system of the government to the Jiedu Envoy to unify the army, set up the Ten Towns Jiedu Envoy on the border of the Tang Dynasty, gave the absolute power of the Jiedu Envoy to control the military and government, and expanded the border army to the scale of 550,000, Li Longji's series of layouts are all preparations for expanding the border, and 180,000 of the 550,000 border troops are placed on the northeast border, and the reason why An Lushan can rise like a rocket in ten years is not only because of the good flattery, but also because he is prepared to grasp Li Longji's mind, and often take the initiative to provoke border provocations and then send troops to attack the north. And then with these "side skills" quickly promoted.

From this point of view, it is not surprising that Li Longji now has this idea and sent Zhang Liang to Raole Le, take precautions!

"This is just a rough idea of His Highness, and it may not be implemented.

The court situation is like this, it is not easy for His Highness to do it", just at this time, the carriage had arrived outside the Longmen Inn, Zhang Liang waved his hand, "That's it, don't talk about this errand, get off."

After arriving in Zhang Liang's room, Tang Cheng took away the shopkeeper Guan Pingchao who followed with a smile on his face, and the two talked behind closed doors.

After inviting a full bottle of drink, Zhang Liang personally filled Tang Cheng with a full bottle of wine, and then put away the smile on his face and said: "No defects, I ask you something."

Tang Cheng wondered why Zhang Liang was suddenly so serious, "What? ”。

"After the New Year, His Royal Highness intends to transfer you back to Chang'an, what do you think?"