Second, Ping'an mentioned Xu Jingzong. Li Shimin, ah, he was surprised! Do you also know about the affairs of the old Ye Junguo?

Not only Li Shimin was surprised, but the ministers were also quite surprised, Xu Jingzong is a Chinese scholar, this official is really not small, but what kind of ability he has, the ministers all know. Xu Jingzong's greatest ability is to be patient, and his greatest strength is to be shameless, no matter whether it is a big or small matter, as long as he gives it to him, no matter how difficult it is or how cumbersome. He can do it patiently, so if you encounter anything that everyone is not willing to do, leave it to him!

To put it bluntly, Xu Jingzong is a person who specializes in doing dirty work in the imperial court, and the ministers don't value him very much, and even sometimes they don't like him, so they have to refer to him. But people like Xu Jingzong are still lacking in the imperial court, no matter which department. You need people who specialize in doing dirty work, so Xu Jingzong is not favored. is not taken seriously, but he is still in front of a high-ranking official, doing things that others don't want to do! can be said that Xu Jingzong understands military affairs, this is a bit of that, if he really understands military affairs, can he still do dirty work? He can't afford to work so hard, he has already been the shopkeeper!

Ma Zhou, as the supreme governor of Zhongshu Province, turned his head to look at Xu Jingzong, with no expression on his face. Prime minister, even if he is surprised, he will not show it on his face. Xu Jingzong saw that his head was looking at him, and he hurriedly bent down slightly. didn't dare to show Ma Zhou's smug expression.

Ma Zhou raised his chin lightly and said, "Xu Jingzong, what Wang Ping'an said is the truth, have you ever talked to him about the border pass?" ”

Xu Jingzong hurriedly said: "Yes, Xiaguan and Wang Sheren are friends who have forgotten the New Year, and they have a good conversation. During the chat, it was indeed mentioned about the Turkic herdsmen at the border pass. ”

He thought to himself: "No wonder Wang Ping'an suggested that I should watch this recital, it turned out that I should be here at the right time." It seems that the emperor attaches great importance to this matter! It's just a pity. I wrote a disagreement with Wang Ping'an, it is estimated that he did not read the article Chen, but was righteous and friendly, and recommended me in front of the emperor! ”

Li Shimin frowned, he thought it was Wang Ping'an's suggestion, but he didn't expect it to pop up again. Xu Jingzong. If Xu Jingzong really has such a clever view on military affairs. That shows that he didn't know people before and didn't reuse Xu Jingzong, for the emperor, this is a mistake of negligence!

Wang Ping'an glanced up at Xu Jingzong, smiled at him, and slowly retreated to the court, which meant to tell Xu Jingzong, I can help you say good things, and you can do the rest yourself!

Xu Jingzong's expression was serious, but his heart was full of joy. has been an official for so many years, and has been so valued by the emperor and ministers in the court, this is the first time!

Li Shimin turned his head and asked Li Zhi, "Zhi'er, what you did was scraped with military tactics, but you referred to the opinions of Wang Ping'an and Xu Jingzong?" ”

Li Zhi hurriedly said: "Back to his father's words, the sons only referred to Wang Ping'an's opinion, not Xu Jingzong's. "He's genuine. I haven't referenced it, I just haven't referenced it, and I don't want to take care of Xu Jingzong at all!

Li Shimin hummed and said below: "Wang Ping'an's opinion is based on Xu Jingzong. In this way, this is a plan for the use of troops. It was Xu Aiqing who first proposed it! As he spoke, he looked at Xu Jinglai

Ma Zhou turned around again and glanced at Xu Jingzong. said: "Lord Xu, don't come forward to give a detailed reply to the emperor!" ”

Xu Jingzong hurriedly agreed, walked out of the court class quickly, and came to the red carpet in the middle, he was really excited, don't look at him every time he participates in the court meeting, but in addition to following other ministers and saying: "The minister seconded the proposal!" "Besides, this is the first time that it has been performed alone, and it has been valued by the entire court, so I am not excited. That's fake.

Li Shimin said: "Let's talk about it, what do you think about this matter?" ”

It's one thing to be in the limelight, but if you really talk about why you made this plan Xu Jingzong would be a little stammering, things happened suddenly, he didn't make a good draft, and before speaking, he would inevitably hesitate.

Seeing that he didn't squeak, the eldest grandson Wuji frowned and said, "Lord Xu, if you have anything to say, don't take care of it." This is the court, you said the wrong thing, there will be no ginseng for you! ”

Because Xu Jingzong is tired of doing dirty work, it is inevitable that there will be "immoral" performance. So the ministers often bullied him and impeached him for his mistakes. That's why the eldest grandson Wuji said this and told him not to worry. The important thing in court is to say what you think. Instead of being afraid of saying the wrong thing.

Xu Jingzong took advantage of this moment of effort, and finally remembered something related to Guanbian. He bowed slightly to Changsun Wuji to express his gratitude, and then said: "The old minister once thought that some time ago, didn't the imperial court fund a Turkic prince to return to the grassland, so he wanted to make a fuss about him. ”

The ministers came out in unison, I see, you hit the idea on Ashinaqi'er! In this way, everyone understands, after Ashina Qi'er returned to the grassland, he was quite able to toss, and it is said that he had recruited a lot of subordinates, and this winter, the imperial court authorized him to be stationed outside the Yumen Pass, so as to receive help nearby, so as to wait for the spring of next year and continue to plague the grassland.

Li Shimin touched his beard, nodded, and said, "So, are you going to drive the wandering Turkic herdsmen to Yumen?" ”

Xu Jingzong didn't think it was so far-reaching, but the emperor reminded him in a word. He hurriedly said: "Yes, the old minister thinks so, you can drive the Turkic herdsmen to Yumen Pass, and then encircle and annihilate them!" ”

Li Shimin snorted and said, "Although the Turkic herdsmen are extremely fast, they are more than a thousand miles away from Yumen Pass at this time, and there are many of them, how do you think we can drive them there?" ”

The ministers looked at Xu Jingzong together, and they were secretly amused in their hearts, let's talk about it on paper, who wouldn't talk big words! You let a group of hungry herdsmen run a thousand miles to Yumen Pass? What are you kidding, if they have this kind of ability, they still need to run around, and they will directly enter the customs. Maybe you can surround Taiyuan!

The sweat on Xu Jingzong's head came out when he brushed the ground. In a hurry, how could he think about it thoroughly, but he could only think of something, and quickly say it.

He had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "It's man-made, how to drive away the wandering herdsmen should be done randomly according to the actual local situation." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji glanced at him, his heart was very greasy, and he walked randomly, what do these four words mean? Obviously, you don't have any "meaning", you don't have a score in your heart at all!

It is estimated that you casually bragwned, posing for old qualifications in front of Wang Ping'an, a young man, and blowing three times and six whistles, but Wang Ping'an was able to summarize a good idea from your nonsense, and said it to the prince, and in the court, you took credit! As a result, when I asked about your head, you were blind, why mocking...... Don't come out!

Not only did the eldest grandson Wuji think so, but almost all the ministers were thinking: "Mules and horses, they can't go into battle, even if they catch up with the battle, they are still a sloppy goods!" ”

Li Shimin snorted twice. Looking at Xu Jingzong, he thought, "This person can also do some errands that others are not willing to do!" "After thinking about it again, it was impossible to send troops to scrape in one step, so we had to send someone to contact the Turkic herdsmen. Or to incite the herders. This will make it easier to drive the herders into the encirclement!

Anyway, Xu Jingzong usually does work that others don't want to do, so just send him to this matter!

Li Shimin showed a smile on his face and said, "Okay, it's a good random thing, this is what the cadre should say!" Those who don't have the ability to do it at home, and those who have the ability to go directly to the office, which saves time and effort! ”

Hey. Why did the emperor talk like that? The ministers were all surprised, and instead of blaming Xu Jingbei, they even praised him!

Xu Jingzong was also very surprised, no, my brain was hot, so I said something random. The emperor admired it so much, how could this be?

Received praise from the emperor. Naturally, you have to thank your courtiers. Xu Jingzong hurriedly said: "The old minister accepted the emperor's praise, but he didn't dare to be ashamed!" ”

Li Shimin smiled: "Deserved, deserved." So be it. Xu Aiqing, you will get out of the customs. Go to the border to inspect and see the actual situation of the Turkic herders

Before he finished speaking, Xu Jingzong was stupid! What the? Let me go out of the customs to go on patrol, and I will also see the situation of the Turkic herdsmen: "They will kill me, and if there is a shortage of food, then see how fat I grow, and catch me for meat",

"Send someone six hundred miles in time to expedite the return, and the Lian might as well predict as soon as possible, where to encircle and annihilate those wandering Turkic herdsmen!" Li Shimin finished speaking. Xu Jingzong didn't sweat in his head this time, but sweated all over his body, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the old minister is very willing to share the worries of the court, but the old minister is not well, and he is too obese to hurry up. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji was looking at him and was tired of it, and then he spoke. He said: "Although the grassland winter came early, there is still some time before the harsh winter, and there is enough time, Lord Xu doesn't have to worry, you won't make a mistake!" ”

Ma Zhou smiled faintly and said, "Lord Xu is clever and knows how to act randomly. If you want to change someone else to patrol outside the customs, it will really be a mistake! ”

The other ministers nodded their heads and said yes. Lord Xu, you are a godminister, very capable, you are an irreplaceable figure in our Tang Dynasty, there is a big incident at the border, who will you go if you don't go? Shall we go? We're not as good as you!

Wang Ping'an looked up at Shi Zhongchen, who smiled very faintly at him. What is Xu Jingzong called, this is called being smart but being mistaken by being smart, he knows how to climb up, but he forgets to climb higher and fall harder.

Xu Jingzong stood in the middle of the red carpet, listening to the praise of the ministers, and almost cried in public! Am I so great? Why don't you usually say it, you know that you are joining me, but now you say that I am amazing and can do things, why did you go earlier!

Li Shimin said: "Okay, this matter is settled." ”

Shi Zhongchen hurriedly fell into the well and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to draft a holy decree and let Lord Xu take it with you, and wait outside the gate." He's so random! ”

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Yes, it is to draw up a will." It's up to you! ”

Shi Zhongchen agreed and looked at Xu Jingzong below. I thought, "I'm going to be I'm going to be I'm going to be going to be going to be going Lord Xu, who made you talk a lot, there is grass by the river, and a donkey with a lot of mouth, since you are a donkey, you have to go out to work! gone", don't come back! ”

Xu Jingzong had no choice but to retreat to the court, but he thought in his heart: "Wang Ping'an, no wonder you pushed good things on me, you already knew about it." Whoever comes up with the idea will do something, you will hurt me! ”

Wang Ping'an looked at Xu Jingzong in front of him, saw that his clothes were soaked with sweat, and thought, "Brother Xu, you are wrong to blame me, I didn't know in advance."

It's Manager Shi who asked me to think about you a little bit, who knew that he would send you out of the customs to drink the northwest wind! ”

After discussing specific matters for a long time, the court meeting was dispersed.

As soon as he got out of the hall, Xu Jingzong ran over and grabbed Wang Ping'an. With a bitter face, he said, "Lord Wang." The old man is going to go outside the customs, I'm so old, and it's a big winter, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back! ”

Wang Ping'an also said with a bitter face: "Lord Xu, I am kind to recommend you to the emperor, who would have thought that he would send you out of the customs!" I just read your note below. It's different from what I said. When you were playing to the emperor at that time, why didn't you explain it? As he spoke, he took out the strip from his bosom.

Xu Jingzong wants to cry without tears, this is a trap, this is definitely a trap, why am I so stupid, I jumped in when I saw the pit, but now I can't climb if I want to!

Wang Ping'an sighed and said: "Lord Xu, if you have military merits, you will be crowned the prime minister, if you want to be the prime minister, you have to have some military merits!" It's not a bad thing to get out of the customs. If you lose your nose and lose your horse, you don't know if it's a blessing! ”

Seeing what Xu Jingzong wanted to say, he hurriedly said: "That's it, I'll send Master Xu a poem." The kind that will definitely last through the ages. The rain in Chang'an is mixed with light dust, and the grassland outside the gate is new in snow. Persuade you to have a glass of wine, and there is no reason to go out of Yangguan in the west! Lord Xu, I still have something to do, so I'll go first! He turned around and ran away, and he didn't dare to listen to Xu Jingzong's wordiness!

Wang Ping'an ran fast, ran directly to Chongxian Pavilion, and after waiting for a while, Li Zhi also came back.

Li Zhiqi said: "No disease, why did you say good things about Xu Jingzong today?" That's right. Didn't he write a note? Take it to Lonely. ”

Wang Ping'an took out the piece of Chen again and showed it to Li Zhi. Li Zhi looked at it. It was even more strange, and said: "This Chen is not the same as our plan, why are you still saying good things about Xu Jingzong?" ”

Wang Ping'an sighed and said: "I can talk to Lord Xu quite well, he told me that he wants me to say a few kind words in front of His Royal Highness, if you can make him the prime minister, it is the best." Today, in front of His Highness and the Emperor, I said good things about him together. ”

Li Zhi sighed and said, "Just like him, he still wants to be the prime minister, it's too self-conscious." Moreover, he doesn't appreciate your affection! ”

Wang Ping'an said: "Yes, if you don't accept my love, these days, it's hard to be a good person!" ”

Li Zhi said: "You always like to be a good person." I can't even stand being lonely, so my kindness is treated as a donkey's liver and lungs. In the future, there are many hearts. Don't just help alone! ”