The powerful power displayed by Xue Rengui shocked everyone, even he himself was frightened by his actions, and as soon as he let go, the deformed bronze lion smashed to the ground with a "boom", and the jade ground of the Taiji Hall suddenly cracked.

Instead of getting angry, Li Er laughed and said, "Okay! Sure enough, the hero is a teenager! ”

Only then did Xue Rengui realize that he had destroyed the ground of the Taiji Hall, and looked at Li Er above with a nervous expression.

Li Er smiled at him with satisfaction and said, "I said that if you can move the bronze lion, I will make you the general of Tianfu, and you will compete in the Ability Contest in two days." ”

As soon as the words fell, the entire Taiji Hall remembered a burst of inhalation, the word "Tianfu" is not trivial, and it is the head of all military attaches to these two words, that is, Li Jing, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, these veterans who have fought with him for many years, no one has ever received such an honor.

In fact, "General Tianfu" is a weakened version of "General Tiance", and General Tiance's position is above the prince and the three dukes, second only to the nominal first three divisions of civil officials, and only one person in the entire history of the Tang Dynasty has ever obtained the position of General Tiance, and this person is Li Shimin.

Li Shimin, the general of Tiance who was awarded the title of Wude in the fourth year, is the third person in the Tang Dynasty under the current emperor Gaozu Li Yuan and the crown prince Li Jiancheng, and now he is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Although General Tianfu is not as good as General Tiance, he can be regarded as the head of the military attaché, which is enough to show that Li Er attaches great importance to Xue Rengui, and even Wang Xiang did not expect that Li Er would give Xue Rengui such a great favor.

Xue Rengui didn't know what kind of official position General Tianfu was, and when he heard this, he whispered to Wang Xiang and asked, "Brother Wang, what is General Tianfu?" ”

Wang Xiang reacted from surprise when he heard his question. He whispered: "It's a very big official." Bigger than most people here. ”

Xue Rengui asked excitedly, "Is that bigger than Brother Wang's official?" ”

Wang Xiang froze when he heard this. I was a little depressed in my heart, Li Er had always been stingy when he gave him the title of official and knight, until now he is only a judge of the Wupin Academy, plus the title of Marquis of Jiayuan, not to mention compared with the position of the general of Tianfu, the official position of everyone who can stand in the Taiji Hall is higher than him.

Thinking of this, he was quite envious of Xue Rengui, although he had no interest in officialdom, but it was quite majestic to get the name of General Tianfu. Back in the last days, I can still brag to my dad and them.

Wang Xiang coughed lightly and said: "Theoretically speaking, General Tianfu is bigger than my official, but I am your eldest brother, so even if you become General Tianfu, I am still older than you, you still have to listen to me, you know?" ”

Xue Rengui nodded excitedly and said, "Well, I must listen to Brother Wang's words, if Uncle Li and Grandpa Zhao know that I am a big official, they will be very happy." ”

Wang Xiang nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "They will be happy for you." ”

However, Li Er's move obviously made it difficult for many people to accept.

Wei Zheng couldn't help but open his mouth and admonished: "Your Majesty, the position of General of Tianfu can only be held by those who have made great military achievements. I am afraid that it is inappropriate to canonize a person with no military merits as a general of Tianfu at will. ”

Although the others didn't speak, they knew from the expressions on their faces that they had the same opinion as Wei Zheng. Although Xue Rengui's strength is amazing, he has just entered the court, has not made an inch, and is still young, so he is named the general of Tianfu, which makes them embarrassed by these decades of old ministers.

At the beginning, the Tang Dynasty was almost entirely defeated by Li Shimin, which can be regarded as a military merit, that is, Li Jingping destroyed the Turks, and the merger of the Western Regions is not a military merit, so no one can take the post of Tianfu general.

Li Er had long expected that everyone would have such a reaction, in fact, his decision to make Xue Rengui the general of Tianfu was not impulsive, although he didn't know as much about the things of the capable as Wang Xiang, but definitely more than other ministers, the future world is the world of the capable, and the strength shown by Xue Rengui is definitely the strongest he has ever seen, that is, Li Yuanba and Yuwen Chengdu are also inferior. In addition, he could guess from Wang Xiang's reaction after hearing the words "Xue Rengui" just now that Xue Rengui was by no means an ordinary person.

"General Tianfu is the head of all generals, do you think Xue Rengui's strength can surpass the head of all generals?"

Even Li Yuanba and Yuwen Chengdu felt that they were inferior to others, of course, they would not have other ideas, Wei Zheng opened his mouth and said: "Xue Rengui's strength is indeed strong, but General Tianfu does not just rely on strength, how can he serve the public without military merits?" ”

Li Er, who was used to Wei Zheng's top cylinder, was not angry, and said lightly: "Now that the Great Dynasty is coming, the Ability Contest is not only about the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, but also about the stability of the Tang Dynasty. There are many capable people in the world, not only my Datang has strong abilities, but Fanbang also has strong abilities. ”

Li Er paused for a moment and continued: "Everyone knows what happened yesterday, the person with the ability to Fusang is in my place in Datang, in Chang'an, and he openly killed the son of Dali Siqing under my nose, where is the person with the ability to Fusang now?" ”

Everyone was silent, and Li Er said angrily: "They injured the soldiers of the patrol, and now they are still showing off their power in Chang'an, and they have vowed to defeat the capable ones of Datang in the Ability Competition!" ”

"Once they win the Ability Competition, do you think they will be indifferent to the splendid country of my Datang? The Turks, the Battle of Tibet, and the rebellion of the rebels, I think you can all understand that the current war no longer relies on the art of war and tactics and ordinary soldiers and horses, and a strong ability is the key to winning the war. I named Li Yuanba as the king of Zhao, and Feng Yuwen Chengdu as the general of Tianbao, precisely because they can defeat thousands of armies with the strength of one person, can't people like them deserve the world's military merits? ”

Seeing that Wei Zheng was about to speak, Li Er interrupted: "Or if any of you think that you can be powerful for me in the Ability Competition, I don't think I will be disadvantaged." ”

Wei Zheng opened his mouth, and finally just sighed, stepped aside and stopped talking, he is not a pedantic person, Li Er's words He also understood that if Li Yuanba and Yuwen Chengdu are willing, they can completely shake the Tang Dynasty with the power of one person, and Xue Rengui's strength is stronger than Li Yuanba and Yuwen Chengdu, if such a person can be used for his own use, even if he has a high official position and title, it is worth it.

Wei Zheng didn't speak, and the others naturally had no opinion, so Xue Rengui, who was only twelve years old, became the general of Tianfu, the official at the head of all military attachés, and accompanied Li Yuanba and Yuwen Chengdu to compete in the Ability Contest two days later.

The twelve-year-old Tianfu general soon spread in Chang'an, and the people of Chang'an talked about it, and it was rumored that King Zhao and General Yuwen had tried it against the twelve-year-old Tianfu general in the school field, and no one knew what the result was.

(To be continued.) )