On the fifth day of the sixth month, around the time of the son, the brother of the Western Turkic Turkic Turkic Khan, who had lived in Beijing for many days, formed an association rate, coerced the son of the Turkic Khan, He Luohu, and privately married nearly 100 elite soldiers of the Benben tribe, and ambushed outside the palace at night, attacked the palace, killed dozens of guards, and the palace people did not count.

Fortunately, more than a dozen guards patrolling in front of the palace resisted desperately and blocked it in front of the gate of the forbidden palace.

Long Yan was furious, and before dawn, dozens of people entered the palace, and the military generals of Wenchen, the prince and the grandson, and Li Tai were also on the list.

Li Tai rushed to the palace from the Wei Palace, and the Taiji Hall was already full of people, and when he looked at it, the members of the third grade or above were rarely seen, and several princes, including the prince, were waiting outside the door.

"Biography, Sun Wuji, the chief secretary of the military department, Fang Qiao, the secretary of the middle book, Li Xiaogong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Cheng Zhijie, the general of the left leading army, Hou Junji, the general of the right guard, the prince Chengqian, Wu Wangke, Wei Wangtai, Qi Wangyou, meet you."

The chamberlain raised his voice and summoned nine people to the temple to face the saint.

In an uneasy atmosphere, Li Tai followed the crowd into the hall.

On the way here, several people roughly heard that they were in distress in the palace last night, and afterwards, the association that took the lead in rebellion fled from Beijing, but after facing the holy face and bearing the anger of Li Shimin, they knew how serious it was.

"I thought that this imperial city was impregnable, I never thought that it would be broken by a few hundred people, all the way to the palace gate, killed and wounded dozens of guards, is it not a cadre of guards to resist and delay, wait for the forbidden army to rush, he is a small Turkic leader, can lead a group of rabble to attack my Taiji Palace?"

Li Shimin sat cross-legged behind the dragon case, wearing a dragon robe on his shoulders, revealing his plain clothes inside, not wearing a crown, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was slightly tired.

The group of people below are mostly people who can shake three times by stomping their feet in this capital, and when they saw him angry, they didn't dare to gasp.

It's no wonder that Li Shimin will be furious, last night Xu Jieyu in the harem accompanied him, the red sleeves in the imperial study were fragrant, and the love of children was like making people live in middle age, and he returned to his young and suave years, until midnight, the full moon was good, but he heard a wave of anti-thieves attacking in front of Taiji Palace at night, which shocked the beauty and angered the king.

"Hou Junji, you are the commander of the right guard, and the soldiers are fighting a few battles, you come to tell me, the wolf son of the association will have the heart to make trouble, this Turk is not painful enough to be beaten by me, and not enough to eat when he loses the battle!"

Hou Junji was unlucky to be named, took a step forward in panic, and saluted:

"Your Majesty is angry, the association rate this son, since entering the Tang Dynasty, he has done many scoundrel things in Beijing, and he is a villain, but His Majesty is magnanimous, gives him a farmhouse, and allows him to enter and exit, he is not only not grateful, but seeks this rebellious thing, and there is no forgiveness for the crime."

Cheng Yanjin couldn't hold his breath, and said: "Exactly, the emperor, and Rong Chen led the men and horses to pursue and kill them in Siye!"

"Chasing?" Li Shimin's anger calmed down a little, but he still didn't have anything to do, "By the time you chase it, people will have already fled to the edge of the sky." ”

Cheng Biting Jin was speechless, his black beard shook a few times, and he stood there awkwardly, but Fang Qiao was kind and stepped forward to relieve him:

"Your Majesty, the top priority at the moment is indeed to arrest this son of the association and punish him severely, so as to set an example."

Li Shimin waved his sleeves and said coldly: "No need, an hour ago, this son was pursued by Xun Wei and killed five miles outside Jingyao's gate." ”

When everyone heard this, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, this person was killed immediately, if he escaped, the emperor's anger might be several times greater.

Li Ke took advantage of the situation and said: "Father, according to the ministers, the guards who have made meritorious contributions tonight should be rewarded, especially this soldier who killed the traitor." ”

It is obvious that this soldier who killed the association rate, after this night, will not be missed by Li Shimin, and it is not impossible for him to make steady progress.

"I will reward him, as for those rebellious parties who cooperate with the association and conspire against each other, you will do it with the introspection, and if there are any fish that slip through the net, the whole city will post notices and arrest them quickly. Filial piety, you will take someone to the Liangyi Pavilion tomorrow to thoroughly investigate the group of barbarians, if there is a wrongdoer, no one will be missed. ”

"Yes, the minister."

"Brother obeys."

Lost his temper at the courtiers, and arranged the follow-up, Li Shimin's mood settled, pulled the dragon robe on his shoulders, swept his eyes over the few people in front of him, and finally fell back on the head of the eldest grandson Wuji:

"Auxiliary machines, among the three guards, and in Jingzhao, there are gaps to be filled."

The Ministry of War is in charge of the assessment of military attachés below the sixth grade, since the emperor speaks, it must be a position above the sixth grade, and the last must be a military attache above the sixth grade.

"Back to Your Majesty, there are still two lieutenants vacant in the upper mansion."

The lieutenant of this Shangzhichong Mansion is the deputy of the unified army, with as many as 1,500 people in one mansion, receiving the rank of semi-general, and the official residence is from the fifth grade.

The eldest grandson Wuji calculated clearly, a guard who patrols at night, no matter how high he is, is from the sixth grade, in this way, he has been promoted to three poles in a row, which is really not slack.

But Li Shimin shook his head and asked directly: "Among the Shangfu, there are people who command the army to sue the elderly, or they are not dead and unbearable. ”

Hearing this, everyone was shocked, and when they heard this, the emperor actually wanted to appoint the commander of the four products to the soldier

Shangfu commands the army, this is a military general in charge of 1,500 elite soldiers, and it is enough to see wherever it is placed, and this time it will be distributed to a person who doesn't even know his name and surname, in case it is the opposite, what can I do?

Hou Junji immediately stepped forward and persuaded:

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this general is worthy of the award, but it is too heavy, there are many dead and wounded in the guards tonight, if one person is encouraged, the people's hearts will be difficult to peace, it is better to be in the lower mansion, find a lack of captains, and give this general."

Shangfu and Xiafu, although there is a difference of one word, but the official is two grades lower, five levels apart, Hou Junji's abacus, everyone present knows that they can't get it, and they must not let others please them.

"The minister seconded the proposal." The eldest grandson Wuji is self-conscious, and it is reasonable that he would agree with Hou Junji.

"Erchen seconded."

"The minister seconded the proposal."

The crown prince, Li Ke, and Fang Qiao agreed one after another, that is to say, half of the people in this room vaguely opposed Li Shimin's idea of killing the soldiers of the association rate to unify the army of the four grades.

The remaining half, Li Xiaogong turned his head to look out of the window, pretending to be stupid, Li Tai has always been silent, not knowing what to think, Li You and Cheng Cheng bite the gold The two of them are looking at this, looking at that, and can't make up their minds.

"Li Tai, do you think this reward is too heavy?"

was named, of course, he couldn't continue to stand dry, Li Tai shook his hand, looked down at the ground, and said slowly:

"It's all at the will of my father."

Cheng Yanjin seemed to think about it, and without waiting for Li Shimin to ask, he interjected again:

"The minister thinks that there is nothing to do, as the saying goes, a soldier is a bear, and a nest of bears will be bears. There are thirteen places near the capital and Shangfu, the troops are the same, but the strength is uneven, there is such a fierce general, it must be able to operate a strong team, it is better than a mediocre leader, and a nest of soldiers is beared. ”

Li Shimin looked at him with satisfaction, "You are an assertive." ”

Cheng Biting Jin touched his head and laughed, Hou Junji and the others were bored, what is this called, listening to the emperor's words is assertive?

"Hyo-gong, what do you think?"

Only then did the king of Hejian twist his head back and said with a smile: "The younger brother is brave and dares to ask which family this soldier is." ”

This is the point of asking, everyone pricked up their ears to listen, Li Shimin snorted lightly, took the tea cup served in the inner service, took a sip, and said unhurriedly:

"It's the widow grandson of Huai Guogong, Lu Nian'an."

At first glance, when he heard Lu Jun's name, even Li Tai couldn't react immediately, and among the few people, the first to speak out happily was Cheng Yanjin.

"It turned out to be this kid, hehe, good, good."

The next moment, several people turned their attention to Li Tai, the widow of Lu Guogong, isn't that the brother-in-law of King Wei?

In order to take a seat for the right number, Li Xiaogong said suspiciously: "If the minister is not mistaken, this Lu Nian'an went to Songzhou with the army to fight last year, and he was the one who captured the southern capital of Tubo to protect Zapuye?" ”

Li Shimin's face darkened all night and began to smile a little, "That's right, it's him." ”

Li Xiaogong sighed: "Sure enough, after the gate, there is a successor to Huai Guogong." ”

This side Cheng Bites Jin is happy alone, and the other people are anxious, since they know who the person is, they can't let this piece of fat fall into Li Tai's mouth.

Before Li Ke could say anything, Li Chengqian took the lead:

"Father, the son thinks that he should be rewarded, but this Shangfu unified army is indeed too much, why don't you take up the post of sending a central government to unify the army?"

The emperor of the lower mansion is too low, and the upper mansion is too high, so it is better to compromise and no one wants to take advantage of anything.

Hou Junji has a very good personal relationship with the prince, so this helps, "Exactly, since the lower mansion is not appropriate, why not take up the post of lieutenant of the central government, firstly, to praise him, and secondly, to avoid disobedience from other guards." ”

Hearing this, Cheng Yanjin was not happy, he was Lu Zhongzhi's son, Lu Jun was half of his nephew, seeing that his nephew was developed, how could there be a reason for anyone to lose, so he said to Hou Junji:

"What do you not accept, which one is not convinced, why don't you chase five miles outside the city to kill the rabbit cub at the association rate, people have made meritorious contributions, and they are rewarded for meritorious deeds, who dares to say irresponsible things? You're not the only one chirping here. ”

Hou Junji glared at him and reprimanded: "I'm just talking about things, you don't want to mess around." ”

"Okay, what's the quarrel, what kind of system," Li Shimin interrupted the argument between the two, his eyes slid over Li Tai and Fang Qiao, and he glanced at the eldest grandson Wuji again, and said:

"That Lu Nian'an last night with one enemy ten, after being wounded, did not forget to bravely pursue the thief, if the association led the thief to escape, it will definitely disturb the people's hearts, I am uneasy, seal a unified army to do, how much is it too much. I have made up my mind, today's illness will be avoided as soon as possible, and after I go back, I will think about it carefully, why this little leader of Fanbang dares to rebel, and after three days, it will be folded and presented to me, and they will all retreat. ”

Seeing that his face was tired, pinching his forehead with one hand and waving away with the other, obviously not wanting to say more, a few people who still had something to say wisely closed their mouths, even though they were depressed in their hearts, but their faces still respectfully bowed and withdrew from the door:

"The emperor takes care of the dragon's body, and the ministers retire."

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