Chapter 215: The War

When Li Zhi came back in the evening, Yongning learned that it was Li Jing, the Duke of Weiguo, who was sick. Although Li Jing is a legendary figure that Yongning is very interested in, he has never had the opportunity to contact him, although he is slightly astringent in his heart, he is not too sad. But looking at Li Zhi's frowning brows, she couldn't help but worry and asked, "What's wrong?" Is Wei Guogong's illness serious? Has Doctor Sun ever been to see it? ”

Li Zhi sighed and said, "Duke Wei is nearly eighty years old, and now this disease, alas, this disease, I'm afraid it's ......."

Yongning poured a cup of herbal tea and handed it to Li Zhi, comforting: "Birth, old age, sickness and death, life is inevitable, you don't have to be too sad......"

"Father heard that Duke Wei was sick, and he was so anxious that he couldn't even hold the teacup steadily...... Li Zhi shook his head and said: "Originally, Father Emperor still intended to let Duke Wei supervise the battle of Qiuzi, but now it seems that ......"

"Turtles?" As soon as Yongning heard these two words, he immediately became energetic, and hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, has you already decided to attack Qiuzi?" Can the commander be decided? ”

Li Zhi shook his head in embarrassment, sighed and said: "When the spring of next year begins, I am afraid that the army will be dispatched, although the candidate for the commander has not yet been decided, but most of it will be the Marquis of Chen Guo...... I discussed with my father-in-law for a long time today, and I couldn't think of a candidate who could top Hou Junji, this time it's really troublesome" Regarding Hou Junji, he and Fang Xuanling have always had the same opinion, that is, this person is too rigid and arrogant, and should not be reused, but Li Shimin attaches great importance to Hou Junji, and every time there is impeachment, he is unwilling to delve into the old feelings, but Hou Junji is more and more unpopular.

As soon as Yongning heard Hou Junji's name, he couldn't help frowning, sighed with Li Zhi, and said: "If Hou Junji is really decided, then it is really necessary to persuade the second brother, or to dispel the idea of going out with the army this time, then Hou Junji has always been at odds with his father, and there is something about Wuyangzi a few days ago, according to his temperament, I am afraid that if the second brother falls into his hands, he will not get anything good......"

"Why do you think about this matter, my father-in-law has his own measure......" Li Zhi is not worried about Fang Yiai, with Fang Xuanling, Fang Yiai will definitely not be able to turn the sky, he rubbed his forehead, and was still worried about the choice of commander.

Yongning naturally understands that Li Zhi is absolutely unwilling to hand over the military power to Hou Junji, who has always been disagreeing with him, at this time, but now that those veterans are all old, and Li Jing's illness is left there, I am afraid that Li Shimin is also unwilling to let those older veterans go to the battlefield anymore, and Hou Junji's age is not too big, and his body has always been healthy naturally does not fall into Li Shimin's eyes.

Moreover, Li Zhi, as the crown prince, still has some concerns after all, this is related to military power, he is not suitable to say more, the father and son of the monarch and the minister, always the monarch and the minister in the front, the father and son in the back, if it is for the sake of military power, such a thing has buried a shadow in Li Shimin's heart, it is inevitable that the gains outweigh the losses.

"Jiulang ......" Yongning knelt behind Li Zhi, stretched out his hand to massage his temples, and said, "I also know what you are worried about, in fact, what is it that allows him to gain military power?" Isn't the army still my Datang's army? Those soldiers are also my soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, even if His Majesty named Hou Junji as the commander, but the deputy marshal, vanguard, and general of the army below, can he still cover the sky with one hand? You know, the one who really controls the army and deals with those soldiers is not a marshal......"

Li Zhi listened to Yongning's words, chuckled, pulled her to sit down beside her, and said: "What you said is the same as what my father-in-law said, and my father-in-law also persuaded me like this, instead of risking being suspected by my father and emperor, to compete with Hou Junji for the position of commander, it is better to select a group of young generals to come out and enrich them, first, to control the movement of the army, and second, to give young people a chance to hone......"

Yongning glanced at Li Zhi and said, "Since your father has already given you ideas, why do you still look so depressed?" ”

Li Zhi held Yongning in his arms, subconsciously put his hand on her stomach, and said softly: "I originally intended to mention Xue Rengui, Xi Junmai and your second brother in front of my father, but my father-in-law thought it was inappropriate, although he didn't elaborate, but I actually knew that he was worried that they would fold in Hou Junji's hands, no matter how capable they were, if the commander wanted to plot against them in the battlefield, most of them would not be able to dodge...... Although I understand this truth, I still can't let it go, and the opportunity is rare......"

Yongning understood what Li Zhi meant. Li Shimin is already old, this may be the last battle in his lifetime, if Xue Rengui, Xi Junmai and Fang Yiai can't catch up with this meritorious opportunity, then the next time to go to the battlefield will probably be several years later, after all, according to the law of etiquette, the new emperor does not need soldiers during the period of ascending the throne and keeping filial piety.

Li Zhi was afraid that it would drag on for too long, and when he was ready to use these young generals, their military merits and qualifications would be questioned and suppressed. These three people, of course, there must be more than these three people, Li Zhi's subordinates have gathered some young people with very good prospects at this time, in addition to their young qualifications, there is nothing inferior to them, Li Zhi is so taboo that Hou Junji is in charge, in the final analysis, he doesn't want these people to lose the opportunity to practice.

Li Zhi is now angry when he thinks of Hou Junji, he has tried to show friendship with Hou Junji several times in the past few days, but Hou Junji has avoided him, and he doesn't look like he is the crown prince in his eyes, and it is Hou Junji's attitude that makes Li Zhi more and more afraid to put himself under Hou Junji's command.

Although Yongning didn't know about Li Zhi's overtures to Hou Junji, he could guess some of Hou Junji's attitude. sighed in his heart, after all, Li Shimin was too lenient to Hou Junji, although this approach made Li Zhi not good at Hou Junji, but also made Hou Junji not respectful to Li Zhi.

The prince, after all, is not a king

"Jiulang, what did Hou Junji do to make you embarrassed?" Yongning hesitated, but still asked the question.

Li Zhi's body stiffened, pursed his lips and looked at Yongning without speaking.

Yongning didn't seem to notice that Li Zhi was wrong, and only said softly: "Although you are only a prince now, but after all, you are also a king, he dares to embarrass you, I am afraid that I will rely on him, and I must not relax my vigilance against him."

Yongning's words seemed to be clear and not clear, and Li Zhi also figured out the meaning of Yongning's words after turning around twice in his heart, nodded thoughtfully, and said, "You are right, his attitude is indeed problematic...... To say a big disrespectful word, my father is now getting old day by day, but my prince's position is very stable, he dares to embarrass me in front of people, I am afraid that he really has other calculations in his heart......" Speaking of this, Li Zhi couldn't sit still, and he couldn't even care about the darkness of the night, so he only comforted Yongning for two words, and left in a hurry with people.

After Yongning bathed by himself, he went to bed to rest, but although he lay down, he couldn't sleep. History has become a mess, the future is also at a loss, and she can't find the goal to work towards.

Li Zhi is very good, Li Cong is very good, and the Fang family is also very good. Yuan Tiangang cast a spell against the sky, and the purpose of bringing her back had been accomplished, and the future Martial Empress had already been eliminated before she had time to come out. So, what's next for her?

Do you want her to follow Li Zhiqing and me every day, and then have children and play when she has nothing to do? As a result, Yongning was gorgeously melancholy.

For a few days, Li Zhi was busy with political affairs and did not have the time and energy to pay attention to Yongning's mood changes, but Princess Xincheng, who often came and went during this time, saw Yongning's depression.

"Sister-in-law, what's wrong with you these days? I seem to be very unhappy...... It can't be a quarrel with Brother Jiu, right? There are many words without mistakes, "Princess Xincheng has changed a lot of the problem of not daring to speak in the past few months, although the volume can't be raised, but she dares to speak."

Yongning sighed softly, scraped some apple puree with a small silver spoon and fed it to Li Cong, and then said softly: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just a little confused, I don't know the meaning of my existence......" Although she said the truth, it made Princess Xincheng say that she didn't understand what it meant at all.

Looking at the eyes of the princess of Xincheng who were also confused by her, Yongning couldn't help but bow her head and chuckle, breathed a heavy sigh of relief, and said: "Actually, in the final analysis, it's just that I have too much idle time, and I have more time to think about it, so I'm in a low mood." ”

Princess Xincheng nodded knowingly and said, "It turns out that it's because of pregnancy......

In fact, Princess Xincheng said this literally, but in Yongning's ears, she came up with an impure formula: she was pregnant, so she couldn't have sex with Li Zhi, so she was idle, so she was depressed...... In fact, Princess Xincheng is such an innocent baby, she has no knowledge of this at all, and people just think that she is a pregnancy depression - this name is still heard from Yongning's mouth.

"Sister-in-law, why are you so red? It can't be a fever, right? There are not many words" Princess Xincheng looked nervously at Yongning, who was suddenly flushed, and stretched out her hand to probe her body temperature, but she seemed to be a little afraid to do so, and her hand stretched out a few times and finally took it back, just looking at Qingyan and Qingwan who were serving next to her, I don't know if I should let them go to the imperial doctor.

Qingyan and Qingwan have served Yongning for more than two years, and they know her better, so they just stand there pursing their lips and snickering, and they don't dare to say more or move more.

Yongning was a little embarrassed, neither daring to look at the princess of Xincheng who was full of melancholy, nor glaring at the few girls who were already faintly laughing behind her, and after burying her head and scraping a few spoonfuls of apple puree for her son, she suddenly looked at Princess Xincheng with shining eyes, and said: "Your Highness, let's invite Princess Gaoyang and Princess Jinyang to discuss and discuss together, and find something to do, how about it?" ”

"Huh?" Princess Xincheng was stunned for a moment, and asked puzzledly, "Looking for something to do?" What to do? ”()

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