The lights in the Taiji Hall are swaying, and the sound of bells, drums, silk and bamboo is very pleasant. Because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is entertaining the trusted Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty, Su Dingfang, a famous Tang general in the Western Regions.

Since Gaozong and Empress Wu left Chang'an and took away two-thirds of the ministers of the court, the officials of the three provinces and six ministries in Chang'an City have decreased sharply, and they can only maintain basic operations, but even so, there are many people attending the banquet tonight, and the main ones are the children of the nobles.

And the most active people at tonight's banquet are the children of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion!

"Su Xiang, how many of them do you think can be generals?" Li Hong opened his mouth and asked Su Dingfang on the side.

Su Dingfang shook his head slightly and said, "One generation is not as good as the next!" ”

This sigh seemed very bleak, like the silent nostalgia of a late general, the most empire.

Indeed, Li Hong doesn't blame Su Dingfang for saying this, it is really difficult to find generals like Li Jing and Li Ji among the children of these powerful people, and it is also difficult to find fierce generals like Qin Qiong and Wei Chi Jingde and Cheng Yanjin, not to mention famous ministers like Changsun Wuji and Du Ruhui.

However, Li Hong also heard the veteran's pity from Su Dingfang's emotion.

As a battlefield veteran, he also wants his son to be stronger than him and inherit his mantle. But the problem now is that his son doesn't have half his ability at all, not to mention his son, even his grandson is not very promising.

While Su Dingfang sighed at the incompetence of the sons and daughters of the nobles, he was also sighing at the incompetence of his children and grandchildren.

"However, Qin Zhan and Xue Yan can lead the troops, and the two of them are considered to be good people in this group of noble children." Su Ding said to Li Hong. Obviously, the murderous aura on Qin Zhan and Xue Yan belonged to the temperament of a military general that attracted Su Dingfang's attention.

"Indeed, both of them are good!" Li Hong said, very satisfied with Su Dingfang's evaluation of the two, although the two of them cannot be cultivated as generals, they can lead the army alone, which is enough for Li Hong.

"Your Highness, the veteran has agreed to the establishment of an academy to train generals, but the establishment of such an academy costs a huge amount, and Your Highness must be mentally prepared." Su Dingfang said slowly after taking a drink.

Li Hong knew that it would cost far more money to establish a martial arts academy than the academy, because to train a qualified military general, weapons, armor, war horses, and the like were needed, which could not be compared with a few books. However, with Li Chunfeng's tomb robbery group, coupled with the output of his iron ore and gold mines in the future, as well as the revenue of the caravan, he felt that the money spent by the Martial Arts Academy was not enough for him, so he said loudly, "Please rest assured Su Xiang about this, Lone allocates a hundred copper coins to the Martial Arts Academy every day, do you think it is enough?" ”。

"A million copper coins?" Su Dingfang was taken aback, if Li Hong allocated so much money to the army, he would not be surprised at all, but just for a martial arts academy, he allocated so much money in a year, which made Su Dingfang very shocked.

Li Hong said with a smile, "A thousand gold is easy to get, but good will be hard to find." If the Martial Arts Academy can train a general in a year, it will be considered a profit to allocate one million to the Martial Arts Academy, what is the pity? ”

"Your Highness can say that, and the veteran will be relieved." Su Dingfang said with a smile, becoming more curious about the martial arts academy that Li Hong was going to establish, so he asked, "I don't know if His Highness has named the martial arts academy?" ”

"Does Su Xiang have any suggestions?" Li Hong asked, he really hadn't thought about what kind of name to give the Martial Academy, but he attached great importance to Su Dingfang's proposal, a domineering name that echoed the identity of the Martial Academy was indeed needed.

"This-" Su Dingfang did not answer Li Hong immediately, but fell into thought, which shows that he also attaches great importance to this matter. Li Hong didn't bother him when he saw that Su Dingfang was in deep thought, and he began to think about what kind of name he should give to the Martial Arts Academy. After a long time, Su Ding said to Li Hong, "It's called Jiangwutang, what does Your Highness think?" ”

"Shogun?" Li Hong pondered, and really felt that he expressed the identity of the academy, and did not lose his masculinity, which was very in line with the current martial arts academy. Li Hong was very satisfied with this name, so he said to Su Dingfang, "Su Xiang, this name is good, let's call it Jiangwutang." Of course, you will be the first sacrificial wine of the Jiangwu Hall, and you won't refuse this now, right? ”

"His Royal Highness has agreed to the veteran's request, what other reason does the veteran have to refuse?" Su Dingfang said with a smile. Li Hong once again received Su Dingfang's affirmative reply, which made him feel a lot more relieved. He was afraid that Su Dingfang would not agree, and whether the establishment of the Jiangwu Hall would cultivate useful generals, Su Dingfang would play a great role in it. Because there are many famous generals in the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing, Li Ji, Li Xiaogong, Li Daozong, etc. are all famous generals in the Tang Dynasty, but have you seen them train disciples? No. In fact, it's not that they don't want to, they can't meet such people, or they don't have the ability to do so. In other words, Li Ji really wants to cultivate talents in this area, but he just doesn't believe it. Therefore, Su Dingfang, as a famous general, can still cultivate so many children, he must have his own special features.

Su Dingfang agreed to Li Hong's request, and the atmosphere between the two became more active. Li Hong began to ask Su Dingfang about the process of forming the Jiangwutang, and shared his thoughts with Su Dingfang, Su Dingfang nodded slightly after listening, and put forward different opinions to discuss with Li Hong, and the two chatted happily. This was originally a banquet held by Li Hong for Su Dingfang, and everyone also came to the banquet for this purpose, one is for His Royal Highness the Prince, and the other is to curry favor with Su Dingfang, the newly appointed Prime Minister. Now the prince and Su are chatting very happily, and everyone has no time to talk to the two, so they can only watch the song and dance with envy and depression below.

With Li Hong's appearance on weekdays, the unprecedented chat with Su Dingfang today was so speculative, and the ministers in the main hall couldn't help but guess. Of course, smart people will understand the meaning of the prince at once, when Li Ji has completely fallen to the queen's mother, the prince urgently needs a person who can compete with Li Ji, and this is Su Dingfang.

But at this moment, a Qianniu guard hurriedly rushed into the main hall. At the same time, his words suddenly shocked the ministers in the main hall. "Northwest 800 Miles Expedited !!"