Chengxin Hall in Jinling Palace, since the founding of the Southern Tang Dynasty, is the residence of the emperor to study and study. After Li Jing returned from the court today, he was angry, first summoned Shangshu's left and right servants Sun Sheng and Feng Yansi, and then ordered someone to summon Chen Jue and Han Xizai to enter together.

Young Eunuch Liu was ordered to guard the door of Chengxin Hall, silently listening to the emperor's angry rebuke from time to time, and the palace people around him were all trembling. At this time, Queen Zhong, holding a new word in her hand, led several palace maids to walk slowly, stopped in front of the door, frowned, and glanced at Young Eunuch Liu.

"The queen has arrived!"

This shrill tone sounded, and the quarrel in the Chengxin Hall gradually faded. Zhong nodded to Young Eunuch Liu with satisfaction, and then walked into the Chengxin Hall, and saw at a glance that the four important ministers in the center of the dynasty were all bowing their heads and silent, while Li Jing was cross-legged on the golden couch, his face was pale, obviously holding back his anger.

Zhong seemed to be accustomed to it, and just said softly: "Your Majesty, these are a few new good words recently published in Jiangnan, and the concubine specially sent them to you to see." ”

Although Li Jing's face was not worried, after all, the person who came was his wife, and it was not good to continue the attack, so he said coldly to Sun Sheng and the others: "I'm tired, you all retreat." ”

These four people had just had a dispute in Chengxintang because of their different political views, but the emperor was upset when he heard it, and he was angry, and no one could get any good. At this time, he hurriedly saluted the emperor and queen, and hurriedly retreated.

Zhong raised his hand to summon a palace maid, ordered the lotus seed jade dew soup that had just been prepared, and sat down next to Li Jing gently.

"Your Majesty, why did you lose your temper so much today? It's not good to be too angry, Your Majesty's dragon body is important. ”

Li Jing reached out and grabbed Zhong's white wrist, stared at the immortal-like queen for a moment, and then patiently explained: "A month ago, I sent a total of three armies to pacify Chu in one fell swoop. The sailor had a smooth journey, and Liu Renzhan took Yuezhou on the 25th of last month. ”

"Envoy Liu is really a good general, then Your Majesty should be happy!"

Li Jing snorted lightly, gently rubbed his forehead with his hand, and said in a deep voice: "My Tang Navy has always been good at fighting, and the Yuezhou City is also a small general, so I am not surprised." It's just that the two armies on land have disappointed me too much! I ordered Zhang Luan to lead the army south to take Guizhou, if he wins, then my Tang Dynasty can take all the land in the south of Chu State! But he passively avoided the war, fearing the enemy like a tiger, then Liu Renzhan had already returned to the court to receive the reward, and Zhang Luan's army was still on the way! ”

Zhong seemed to be able to feel the same indignation, but he still persuaded him with good words: "Your Majesty, stop being angry!" It is better to summon Zhang Luan back to the court, and then send another general to attack Guizhou. ”

Li Jing leaned weakly on the silk cushion and sighed with a wry smile: "Alas! Queen, it's late! hated the Han State in the south, so that the general Wu Huaien quietly stationed in Mengzhou, and just after the middle of the month, he had already taken Guizhou, and then conquered the land of the eight states in Lingnan one after another! I want to plan to destroy Chu for many years, this time my army has occupied an excellent opportunity, and the land of Lingnan is already in the bag, so I didn't expect that the Han Kingdom took the opportunity to take it! I am so sad! The courtiers are incompetent, the courtiers are incompetent......"

Zhong said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the concubine heard that the land of Lingnan is remote and barbarian, and it is still not as rich as our Jiangnan, so why worry so much!" After Your Majesty ascends the throne, my Tang Dynasty will be smooth and prosperous, and the country will be rich and strong, and I will send a large army to recapture it another day......"

Li Jing continued as if he had a headache: "When I went to court today, this was what I intended, but Chu Di was already in chaos at this time. I asked Li Jianqi to enter Hengyang and wait for an opportunity to capture Langzhou, but he did not move until half a month ago, saying that Liu Yan, the assassin of Langzhou, was willing to surrender. Well, I sent an envoy from the guest province to announce the decree, but Liu Yan and others accepted the decree but refused to enter the court! Instead, they built high walls and deep ditches to hold on to our army. Now it's a situation of no surrender and no war! ”

"I summoned four central ministers, but they had an argument in front of me, and the two of them waved their words to march and the two of them said to rest and recuperate, didn't this throw the problem to me again? Alas! Since I ascended the throne, I have set up an ambition to dominate the world, but the two factions of the DPRK and China are fighting each other, and I am powerless! ”

Unexpectedly, Zhong pursed his lips and shook his head, stroked his crisp chest and sighed.

Li Jing hurriedly asked with concern: "The queen is in poor health?" Why sigh? ”

Zhong Shiyu stretched out his hand, gently put the Jiangnan new word he brought just now on Li Jing's lap, and replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, the concubine is fine." The concubine is just uncomfortable, but it is a pity that His Majesty is so hard-working, but the courtier does not know how to share the worries of the Lord, and even offended Tianyan! Your Majesty is angry, why don't you be relieved and read some words with your courtiers and concubines? ”

Li Jing smiled bitterly: "I know that the queen is considerate, but she really doesn't have much thought...... Queen, do you think I can rule the world? ”

Zhong Shi hurriedly said without thinking: "Your Majesty is a generation of Ming Jun, and he will definitely be able to recover the Central Plains one day!" ”

Seeing Li Jing's stunned look, Zhong began to worry about it. Since marrying Li Jing as Princess Qi, it has been more than 20 years, how can she not know Li Jing's ambition? Although she is ignorant of military affairs, she accompanies the emperor day and night, and also listens to some political affairs from time to time, such as the privy envoy Chen Jue, who is the most fierce main battle faction in the court, although the reputation is not very good, but this person's political views just make Li Jing very like. You must know that after Li Jing ascended the throne, he was fighting almost every year.

Therefore, although it was inconvenient for the Zhong family to intervene in the government affairs, in order to fulfill her husband's ambition, this simple queen began to secretly support Chen Juecha Wenxuan and others. The so-called deep feelings, the Zhong family, who knows nothing about the government and politics, has always only relied on intuition, in short, everything can go along with Li Jing's thoughts.

What's more, Li Jing mentioned that he originally wanted to send troops to conquer, so Zhong decided to persuade him: "Your Majesty has always known people and makes good use of them, and the concubine heard that the privy envoy Chen Jue, didn't she offer a plan to pacify Chu last time?" Why don't—"

Li Jing directly interrupted her words, and said with a little annoyance: "Heh, Chen Jue? He gave me a good plan, but who do you think he recommended to me?! When Li Jingzhi arrived in Tanzhou, he first moved into the palace of the king of Chu, not to mention, but also looted the people and robbed the rich merchants! The defenders of the city almost mutinied! Fortunately, Bian Hao handled it properly and quickly entered the city to pacify the people, otherwise Chu would have been completely lost! The queen mentioned Chen Jue at this time, how could I not know that Li Jingzhi was his brother-in-law?! ”

Zhong was obviously startled, hurriedly got up and bowed his waist, and muttered, "Your Majesty is angry!" It's all concubine gibberish! Please forgive your majesty! ”

After getting along for half a life, Li Jing has always cherished this married wife in every way, and hurriedly picked it up and said, "Alas! Get up, I know that you have good intentions, how can I blame you? It's just that Chen Jue is a person, although he can be regarded as a loyal and scheming person, but he doesn't know people and is so happy, this time Li Jing's incident has caused a lot of discussion among the government and the opposition, and I really don't dare to use him! ”

Zhong still maintained the temperament of the lord of the harem, and didn't want to deliberately look too contrived in front of the emperor, so he slowly got up and wiped away his tears. After thinking about it in his heart, he said softly: "Your Majesty, I think that Chen Jue has also looked away for a while. The concubine still remembers that when he destroyed Chu last time, didn't Chen Jue recommend a young man who was both wise and brave? It seems to be called, called Li Yuan? Although the concubine is in the palace, I often hear some palace people tell the story of this young man Du Yu Marquis in Chudi! ”

"Li Yuan?" Li Jing frowned and was in a trance for a while, and said lightly: "I remembered it!" I summoned him here a month ago. This person seems to be calm in his speech and actions, and he is also a little resourceful. The last time I read that he made a head, I made an exception to be promoted. It's a pity that he is too young and has no military achievements, and he doesn't know how his martial arts and art of war are. It will take time to practice more! ”

Then the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and he stroked his palms and smiled: "But a few days ago, I heard an interesting story reported by Yu Shitai, saying that when Li Yuan went back to Chuzhou to visit relatives, he happened to meet the local officials who were besieged by bandits, so he led a battalion of forbidden troops to suppress all the bandits, and the leader of the bandits was the main culprit in the case of selling illicit salt!" ”

Zhong was also stunned for a while, and then couldn't help laughing: "There is such a thing? Can His Majesty reward him? ”

Li Jing smiled wryly: "Commendation? Oh, someone in the DPRK has already gone up to him, accusing him that Li Yuan was not to rescue the local officials, but to go straight to the group of bandits. You must know that the unauthorized mobilization of the forbidden army without a Privy Council order is a crime of treason! But I still remember that he is young and doesn't know, and besides, he has made meritorious efforts to solve the case, so he has made his merits offset his merits! But this kid is clever, after returning to Jinling a few days ago, he took the initiative to ask for guilt, and I also comforted him! ”

Zhong continued to smile and said, "Your Majesty, didn't Li Yuan go back to visit his relatives after he got the reward?" After returning to Chuzhou, he exterminated the bandits for the people of his hometown, which just showed His Majesty's heavenly prestige and wisdom to the world, which is a good thing for the country and the people! ”

"That's a good thing!" Li Jing nodded thoughtfully, and then said suspiciously: "Queen, why did you say so many good things about this person?" ”

Zhong seemed to be willful and gently pushed Li Jing, and then said coquettishly: "Your Majesty is laughing at the concubine again!" The concubine just thought that since Li Yuan had entered Chu with the army, if His Majesty used troops against Chu in the future, he might be able to use him. Your Majesty just said that this person is young and has no military merits, so it is better to take this opportunity to let him hone and hone and make contributions to His Majesty! Whether this person is a piece of jade or not, you can know in the first battle. ”

Li Jing waved his hand in denial, and sneered: "Ridiculous! My Datang generals are full of talents, and there is no shortage of people who are good at fighting! This Li Yuan is twenty years old, even if he is a genius, he is definitely not the choice of the coach. If you are mediocre and incompetent, wouldn't you be trapped in a desperate army? I would never take such a risk! ”

"The concubine doesn't understand military affairs, and he didn't say that he can be the commander! It's just that Your Majesty, you have to train some successor young generals for the Tang Dynasty......" Zhong's words are not against his will, in fact, in her eyes, what Li Yuan Wang Yuan, as long as there are a few more people who can fight well, saddle up for the emperor's great cause, and win more battles, he doesn't have to worry about it every day.

Li Jing did not hesitate to praise these words: "The queen's words are reasonable. It is natural to cultivate successors, but this matter has to be slowly figured out, don't you hear the seedlings to grow! I am the king of a country, and I have my own sense of proportion, so I don't need to say more!

As for what the queen said? I'm afraid he's a stubborn rock that can't be chiseled......"