Xu Jingzong left, Xue Rengui came to visit Li Hong, he had stayed in Luoyang before, and there was a mansion in Luoyang, and now he returned to Luoyang to report on his work in the military department, so he hurriedly came to see Li Hong. He already knew everything that happened at the Tang Dynasty meeting, so he knew that it was imperative for the prince to conquer Tibet, compared with attacking Goryeo, following the prince to conquer Tibet, the achievements would be higher, and compared with defeating a country, destroying a country would make a military general famous, so he came to see Li Hong, which was to show Li Hong his intentions, and he wanted to follow Li Hong to conquer Tibet.

The reason why Xue Rengui was so anxious was because when he went to the military department to report on his work, he heard that Li Ji intended to let him go to the Liaodong battlefield, and since his task of supporting Li Hong had been completed and Li Hong was sent back to Luoyang smoothly, he should not stay in Luoyang anymore, but return to the front line.

This is Li Ji's counterattack to Li Hong today, he did not suppress Li Hong in the court, he was ready to teach Li Hong a lesson in the field where he had absolute advantages, everyone knows Xue Rengui's individual combat ability, the general's novel www.quledu.com heads-up, cutting the general and capturing the flag, no one can compare to Xue Rengui, and in the battle of Tubo, if there is a situation of the Tubo military general going head-to-head, as long as Xue Rengui is sent to play, there will be no victory that cannot be achieved, so Xue Rengui will be transferred from Li Hong's side, It's definitely a good move.

"See Your Highness!" Xue Rengui saw Li Hong, bowed down and said, his etiquette is in place, this is not Hezhou City, not in the barracks, it is the East Palace, he has to look like a courtier.

Li Hong smiled slightly and said, "Xue Qing doesn't need to be polite, why did he come to find Gu so quickly, is there something that can't be done?" Otherwise, you should have a few days of rest at home! ”

"Your Highness—" Xue Rengui stopped talking.

"Xue Qing, if you have anything to say, just tell Gu, don't spit out." Li Hong said, his tone was a little solemn, he would definitely not be too small to make Xue Rengui so entangled.

Xue Rengui's face was embarrassed, but with Li Hong's encouragement, he said with courage and courage, "Your Highness, the last general wants to attack Tubo with you, do you think it's okay?" ”。

"What did Xue Qing say, Lone is going to conquer Tibet this time, and the person he wants to bring is it!" Li Hong smiled, suddenly his face was a little gloomy, and asked, "Could it be that someone wants to stop you?" ”

"The last general went to the military department today to report on his work, and I heard them say that the British duke is ready to let me go to Liaodong tomorrow." Xue Rengui said depressedly.

Where there is a battlefield is the place where military generals dream of it, but Liaodong is different, the Tang Dynasty has fought countless battles in Liaodong, but it can't see results, military generals go to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions, in the Tang Dynasty on the battlefield of Goryeo, Silla and Baekje, in addition to Liu Renliang has been promoted, which general has such treatment, either demoted, or standing still, and the war will die at any time, he is fighting with his head, but after fighting for a few years, he can't see the light at all, to be honest, Xue Rengui doesn't want to go, In the past, he may not have had this idea, but now that his son Xue Na has grown up, he has to think about his son, his son has no ability for him, so he can only rely on him, the old man, to earn credit for his son.

"Li Ji again?" Li Hong is very atmospheric, why is Li Ji so ignorant of current affairs and always against himself? When is it now, is it important for Xue Rengui to follow him to attack Tubo, or is it important to stay on the battlefield in Liaodong, can't Li Ji see this problem? This is obviously Li Hong taking revenge on himself, and wants to give himself a powerful counterattack in this way.

Li Hong was very angry, he felt that there was nothing to fight between ministers, fighting for skills and ability, it was no problem for you to play yin or to be real, it was no problem for you to stab a knife in the back or smash a hammer in the chest, but you should not put the fight between each other on government affairs and national affairs.

This is not a personal issue, it is already a matter of national interest.

With personal grievances, the interests of the state are involved, and the interests of the country are ignored, and only their own feelings are cared for. Li Hong hates this kind of person the most...

Xue Rengui was silent, Li Ji is the first person in the current Tang Dynasty military, Li Hong can criticize Li Ji, but he can't, unless he is determined to follow Li Hong's side and Su Dingfang's side to mix military achievements.

When it comes to Su Dingfang, Xue Rengui is also very envious, no matter how impressive his military exploits are, but because he has no appreciation, and because of his previous improper background, he has been suppressed by Li Ji, which has not been affirmed for more than ten years, this time he was valued by the prince and entrusted with a heavy responsibility, Su Dingfang suddenly won high praise, and now there are some rumors circulating in the army, everyone says that Li Ji is much worse than Su Dingfang's military merits, if you want to say who is the first person in the military now, it should be Su Dingfang, Because he is unattainable in both official positions and military exploits.

Yes, in terms of military merits in official positions, Li Ji lacks a prince in his official position, although the prince is a honorary title, it is very respectful, and it is not something that ordinary people can obtain. In terms of military merits, Su Dingfang opened up the territory of the Western Regions for the Tang Dynasty, which is the credit of expanding the territory, and Li Ji does not have such credit.

"Xue Qing, are you willing to follow Gu to conquer Tibet?" Li Hong asked suddenly.

Since he wanted to stand up for Xue Rengui, he had to ask Xue Rengui what he thought. Because once he stands out for Xue Rengui, it means that Xue Rengui is his person. In the future, Li Ji commanded revenge on Xue Rengui and would not appreciate Xue Rengui, although he wanted to poach Xue Rengui, but he also wanted Xue Rengui to submit to himself willingly, instead of persecuting.

Xue Rengui is naturally willing to follow His Royal Highness the Prince, because his son Xue Na held an important position in the East Palace before, although the position is low, but he is a military general in the East Palace, and his future is unlimited, and in this war against Tubo, his son has made a contribution, although the military merit is small, but the merit is merit, which can be used as the basis for promotion, and Li Hong wrote his son Xue Na's military exploits in the recital to Gaozong, which means that his son is already the prince's person, and he is a hardcore princeling.

In this case, why didn't he also turn his head to the prince and be like this?

In this way, the father and son will serve under the crown prince together, and their achievements will be better in the future.

Because Xue Rengui thought so, he eagerly came to Li Hong.

Because if Li Hong really transferred him to the Liaodong battlefield, it would be difficult for him to return to the northwest battlefield in the future, unless the war in the Liaodong battlefield ended, but is this possible? From his point of view, the Tang Dynasty could not end the battle against Goryeo in Liaodong for three or five years.

Against Goryeo, the Tang Dynasty showed too much weakness, and this weakness was not military weakness, but punishment weakness, which led to the fact that the Goryeo people were not afraid of their own defeat and were not afraid of their own defeat, which was very terrible.

"The last general is willing to follow His Highness to attack Tubo, and he is also willing to defend the northwest border pass in the future." Xue Rengui said. Compared with Liaodong, he was stationed in the northwest, and it was easier to go home because it was closer.

Li Hong got Xue Rengui's answer, so he nodded slightly and said, "Okay, this Gu knows, Gu will find a way." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Xue Rengui said gratefully.

"Xue Qing, after attacking Tubo this time, after occupying Tubo, I want you to defend the territory of Tubo, are you willing?" Li Hong asked suddenly.

"What does Your Highness mean?" Xue Rengui was a little puzzled.

"The territory of Tibet is too large, and if you don't set up a governor's office, it will be difficult to govern them." Li Hong said, "Gu is going to set up the Tibet Governor's Mansion after conquering Tibet, let you be the Grand Governor, and let Guo Shifeng and Heizhi Changzhi be the Deputy Governor and Changshi, what do you think?" ”

All of a sudden, he became the governor of the official position, and this promotion was too fast, right?

The metropolitan governor and the metropolitan governor of important towns in the Tang Dynasty are both concurrently served by the prince, just like Gaozong led the metropolitan governor of Yangzhou when he was still the prince. Now that Li Hong has made Xue Rengui the governor of the newly established Tibet Metropolitan Government, Xue Rengui's heart is beating faster, and his thinking is a little unable to keep up.

Seeing that Xue Rengui was a little confused, Li Hong smiled and said, "It is necessary for a general like you to guard Tubo, so you have to make great efforts to conquer Tubo this time, and you must deter the Tubo people by force, so that they can be the best people after being conquered by the Tang Dynasty." ”

This time, Xue Rengui understood what Li Hong meant, so he nodded slightly, and did not refuse again, in fact, he didn't want to refuse, this was the position of the governor of the capital.

"Xue Qing, Lone is very optimistic about you, don't let Lone down!" Li Hong said to Xue Rengui again.

Xue Rengui received the order and assured Li Hong, "Your Highness, rest assured, the last general should know what to do." ”

Since he has served the crown prince, Xue Rengui is loyal, and besides, the position of the governor of Tibet has been given to him, what reason does Xue Rengui have to rebel against Li Hong?

Seeing Xue Rengui leaving in a hurry, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Li Hong's mouth. Li Ji is still a little tender to fight with him, because Li Ji lacks what he has, that is, he is an official and a knight, he is the crown prince, small official positions can be sealed casually, and big official positions only need to ask Gaozong to play, basically Gaozong will approve it, but can Li Ji do it?

Moreover, his identity is the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty and the future emperor of the Tang Dynasty, what is Li Ji? What about the first person in the Datang military? You're still a courtier, not a king. What can you do even if you have a martial queen by your side, the martial queen is the queen's mother, and it is unjustifiable to compete for power with the crown prince.

Li Hong believes that he is not only the loyalty of Xue Rengui and Xue Na's father and son in exchange for being a governor of the Western Regions, but also the contribution of all the generals in the Tang Dynasty who dream of being promoted and hope to use their military exploits to achieve promotion. Because Xue Rengui is a good publicity, as long as you follow him, you will have meat to eat, money to share, and the best signboard for official promotion. Moreover, Xue Rengui's combat effectiveness is very strong, and after he was appointed as the governor of the Western Regions, he will not be stopped by military merits, so the smooth promotion is a demonstration of Li Hong's strength.

Therefore, Li Hong believed that the position of Governor of the Western Regions that he sent out would give him 200 percent in return.

Because, Li Hong gave everyone what Li Ji couldn't give - an official position!

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After Xue Rengui left, Li Hong went to see Gaozong, since Li Ji had already made a move, he couldn't be careless, lest Li Ji shoot too quickly, he took a step slow to give Xue Rengui away.

When Li Hong came to Gaozong's dormitory, he saw Gaozong lying on the couch, and Helan Minyue was serving him.

Helan Minyue saw Li Hong, her body trembled, she hadn't seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for a long time, the eternal Wulang in her heart, the man she loved.

Helan Minyue looked at Li Hong, as if she wanted to see Li Hong enough.

Gaozong found out that Helan Minyue's mood was wrong, so he turned his head and found Li Hong.

"See Father, see Lady Wei." Li Hong saluted Gaozong and Helan Minyue.

Gaozong got up, Li Hong and Helan Minyue were busy supporting him in front of the mountain, and inadvertently their hands touched together, Li Hong immediately withdrew it as if he had been electrocuted, but Helan Minyue was in a trance, she hadn't touched Li Hong's hand for a long, long time, and she had forgotten the temperature on his hand.

"Hong'er, why are you here? Is there something you want me to decide for you? Gojong sat up and asked.

"Father, the son-in-law heard that Li Ji was going to transfer Xue Li to the battlefield in Liaodong, and the son-in-law implored the father to give Li Ji a decree and transfer Xue Li to the son-in-law." Li Hong directly expressed his intention.

After listening to Li Hong's question, Gaozong asked, "Is Xue Li important to your conquest of Tibet?" ”。

Li Hong replied, "The Tubo people are ferocious and brutal, if we want to make them surrender sincerely, we have to behave more ruthlessly than them, and in this regard, no one among the Tang generals can compare to Xue Li, and my father also knows Xue Li's original achievements and achievements." ”

It is naturally impossible for Gaozong to forget the great battle when Xue Rengui became famous in the first battle.

At the same time, he also knew that a military general like Xue Rengui following Li Hong's side would increase Li Hong's chances of winning the expedition to Tibet, so he nodded and agreed without thinking about it.

To tell the truth, attacking Tibet is now Gaozong's most concerned issue, and other issues can be put aside.

Because according to Li Hong's meaning, it only takes three months to attack Tubo, and now it is June, and three months later it will be September, and he can only go to Mount Tai in October to seal Zen, if he can catch up with Li Hong to destroy Tubo, and then seal Tubo into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, he will feel that his Zen is more perfect and more convincing.

Therefore, on the issue of attacking Tibet, as long as Li Hong's request was not excessive, Gaozong would definitely agree, because he had no reason not to agree.

Seeing that Gaozong agreed to his request, Li Hong was very happy, which meant that Xue Rengui would be his person in the future and his number one general. Now there are many military generals around Li Hong, including Confucian generals, like Pei Xingjian and Wang Fangyi, as well as military generals, like Guo Shifeng and Heizhi Changzhi, Zhao Zhongyong and. Now that there are more fierce generals like Xue Rengui, he is very happy in his heart.

Judging by the number and quality of the generals around him now, he is no longer inferior to the military queen in terms of force.

After receiving Gaozong's promise, Li Hong left satisfied.

He didn't want to disturb Gaozong's rest anymore, because Gaozong's rest and health were better, which would be more beneficial to him. The current situation is that only Gaozong can contain Empress Wu for him, otherwise if Gaozong falls ill, his foundation in the court is still very shallow, and he will definitely not be Empress Wu's opponent at that time.

Li Hong walked out of Gaozong's dormitory, and before he had taken two steps, he heard someone calling him, and he turned around and found Helan Minyue following him.

"Is there anything wrong with Mrs. Wei Guo looking for Gu?". Li Hong was taken aback, he didn't dare to have anything to do with Helan Minyue here, otherwise it would be a big problem, this is the palace, it is Gaozong's bedroom, not Helan Minyue's mansion.

"Your Highness, Minyue is fine, I just want to ask Your Highness, how long are you going to stay in Luoyang?" Helan Minyue asked with concern.

"It's probably only three to five days!" Li Hong replied.

"Tomorrow, can Your Highness enjoy the light and have a drink at Minyue's mansion?" Helan Minyue asked, her eyes were full of ardent hope, she really wanted Li Hong to come to her house for a drink, even if it was a glass, even if she didn't drink to sit down!

Li Hong hesitated, and then refused, "Forget it!" Thank you Mrs. Wei Guo for your kindness. ”

After Li Hong finished speaking, he strode away.

"Your Highness, wait!" Helan Minyue refused to give up, and stopped Li Hongdao, "Your Highness, can't you promise Minyue once?" ”。

Li Hong was a little anxious, there would definitely be a problem with entangled with Helan Minyue here, but why didn't Helan Minyue understand? Did she do it on purpose?

"Mrs. Wei, what exactly do you want to do?" Li Hong asked unhappily.

"I just want His Highness to sit in Minyue's mansion, isn't it?" Helan Minyue said, her tone was a little cold, "Your Highness, you know Minyue's character, if you don't agree..."

"Alright, let's wait for the situation!" Li Hong didn't want to entangle with Helan Minyue anymore, so he said lightly.

Helan Minyue burst into tears and smiled, and said, "Thank you, Your Highness." ”

Li Hong waved his hand to signal her not to thank her.

"Then Minyue will be waiting for you tomorrow night!" Helan Minyue said happily.

Nima!

Li Hong was almost scared out of half his life, and immediately ran away from the palace.

After leaving the palace, he went to the military department, and even though Gaozong had agreed to his request, he still wanted to go to the military department. At the entrance of the military department, Li Hong met Li Ji. Li Ji's face was obviously ugly, and beside Li Ji, he also saw Gaozong's inner eunuch.

Li Hong knew that a certain amount of Gaozong's will to Li Ji made Li Hong very dissatisfied, but Li Ji had no choice but to receive the will.

"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" When the eunuch saw Li Hong, he hurriedly saluted.

"There you go!" Li Hong nodded and said.

The chamberlain left gratefully, knowing that if he stayed here, he would only receive special treatment from Li Hong and Li Ji.

When Li Ji saw Li Hong, he didn't say anything, and he didn't have any courtesy at all.

Li Hong smiled, "The British prince looks good today?" Did you encounter any happy events? ”

"Your Highness can see this, it is worthy of His Royal Highness the Prince!" Li Ji also replied, he didn't take Li Hong in his eyes, he was at the beginning, and he is now. A hairy boy, fighting with himself, is still a little tender, if it weren't for his identity and His Majesty, what qualifications would you have?

"What happy events have the British princess encountered, can you tell me about Lonely?" Li Hong said with a smile, Li Ji, you pretend, you continue to pretend, see when you pretend.

"It's not a big deal, it's just a little thing, just now Niangniang summoned Xue Li to let him enter the palace to meet Niangniang, the old man just did a small thing for Niangniang to let Xue Li go to Liaodong as soon as possible." Speaking of this, the corner of Li Ji's mouth showed an arrogant smile, "Your Highness, you are a step late." ”

With that, he walked away.

What the?

Nima?

Li Hong was a little stunned, could it be that Li Ji's movements were so fast, Empress Wu had already made a will, Gaozong's will was late, and it was difficult to change the matter of Xue Li going to Liaodong?

Li Hong is a little crazy, he is unwilling!