Chapter 409: I Have Something to Say
Yu Shinan, Kong Yingda and others praised Li Yong without hesitation, although Li Yong, a talented man, did not become a civil servant, but became a nobleman, which made them feel a pity, but they recognized Li Yong very much, recognized Li Yong's talent, and recognized Li Yong's merits, and Li Yong appeared in Chang'an for the first time to compose poetry was when they knew what was called famous poetry, and then Li Yong was suspicious of him by the emperor, and they also ran to the palace to intercede for Li Yong because of their talents. They are very proud, at the beginning many of them looked down on this country boy, but then one thing after another made them begin to change, it can be seen that in the early days of the Tang Dynasty, there are still a lot of loyal ministers and ministers, watching Li Yong shine in Chang'an, they have a feeling of watching their nephews and nephews, plus they also feel that Li Yong's achievements in the matter of white stacked flowers are the greatest, so they are all praising Li Yong, Hou Junji next to him couldn't help but feel very depressed when he heard these praises, today should be his most glorious moment, However, these old ministers are all praising Li Yong, it is true that he knows that Li Yong's merits are indeed not small, but he led the army to the long journey to destroy Gaochang Kingdom, and brought back so many seeds of white stacked flowers, is his merit not as good as Li Yong? After all, Li Yong just moved his mouth, and it was he Hou Junji who really contributed, however, these old ministers praised Li Yong all the time, and even the emperor looked like he agreed. Li Er really agrees with Li Yong's achievements, and he feels very face-saving when he listens to everyone's praise, after all, Li Yong is his son-in-law! Although he is still jealous of this son-in-law, he is no longer as suspicious as he was at the beginning, Hou Junji's eyes swept over a group of former Qin Wangfu comrades, and as a result, Cheng Biting Jin, Wei Chigong, and Li Ji all looked approving, Hou Junji was speechless and helpless, this is my triumphant ceremony! What's the matter with you praising Li Yong at my triumphal ceremony? This is the work of destroying the country! A feat that will go down in history forever! Isn't it worthy of your praise? Are you doing that? When Hou Junji was appointed by the emperor as the head of Jiaohe Road before, he was still proud of his holy family, because he knew that many people envied him, but now he was very envious of Li Yong's holy family, not only the holy family, but also Li Yong's status in the court, like him, although he has a holy family, although he is in the position of the prince of the country, but his status in the court is not high, because there are too many princes in the court, and there are many old ministers with deep qualifications and meritorious achievements in the founding battle, so he also admitted, but speaking of rising stars, Then I can't help but talk about Li Yong, Li Yong is much younger than him, much younger than him, but Li Yong has a posture above him, and at his triumphant ceremony, Hou Junji felt a little sour.
"Okay, good, so many white stacked flower seeds, plant them this spring, and when they fall together, they will definitely produce enough seeds, and they will be able to plant the entire Datang next year, and the people will no longer have to worry about being frozen!"
Li Er said excitedly, not only white stacked flowers, this spring, corn will be planted all over Guanzhong, it is conceivable that when autumn comes, it will be another fruitful harvest season, Kong Yingda touched his white beard, and his face was full of wrinkles with a smile.
"In two years, our Datang will no longer have hunger and cold!"
Yu Shinan had been in Huating County, and he knew early on how important it was to Datang what Li Yong had worked so hard to find back, if it wasn't for the emperor to transfer him back, he probably would have retired directly to stay in Huating County, so he couldn't help but praise.
"With the Holy Monarch in the Dynasty and the assistance of virtuous ministers like Li Yong, this is the prosperous world without hunger and cold!"
Hou Junji felt that he couldn't do this anymore, this was his triumphant ceremony, and Li Yong couldn't let him steal his demeanor.
"Sage, the minister knows that although there are seeds of white stacked flowers, our Datang has never planted white stacked flowers, and we don't know how to plant them, so the minister brought back hundreds of farmers who are familiar with white stacked flowers from Gaochang Kingdom......
Hou Junji loudly invited merit, Li Er, who was holding the white stacked flower seeds in his hand, couldn't help but be surprised when he heard it, although he got the white stacked flower seeds, but he was still a little worried about planting the white stacked flowers, but he didn't expect Hou Junji to catch an experienced farmer in Gaochang State, this is really a surprise, Li Er couldn't help but laugh in surprise when he heard it.
"Okay, very good, Hou Junji, you have a heart! I was still a little worried about how to plant white stacked flowers, but I didn't expect you to catch an experienced farmer, which even I didn't expect, this is even more surprising than capturing King Gaochang alive! ”
Not only Li Er was surprised, but even Wei Zheng and other ministers were also surprised, originally everyone was worried that the people of Sinong Temple did not know how to plant white stacked flowers, but they didn't expect Hou Junji to bring back the farmers of Gaochang Kingdom, the emperor was right, bringing back the experienced farmers of Gaochang Country is much more surprising than bringing back the king of Gaochang Kingdom, I didn't expect Hou Junji to be quite prescient, listening to the praise of the emperor and a group of important ministers, Hou Junji was very proud, and finally grabbed back his style and face, Hou Junji said respectfully.
"It is the duty of a minister to share the worries of the saints!"
Li Er nodded.
"Okay, okay, I'll give you another credit!"
From beginning to end, Li Yong just stood behind Li Er and watched quietly, with a faint smile on his face, even if Kong Yingda and they kept praising him, he was not proud, because he had heard too much of this praise, and he was almost numb, since it was the triumphant ceremony of the soldiers who went on the expedition, Li Yong felt that it was better to keep a low profile.
"Wait a while, talk to a certain and Zhongqing about the expedition!"
Li Er was very interested and said, Hou Junji finally found the demeanor of a triumphant hero, is this the treatment that a meritorious hero should have?
"Yes, saint!"
Hou Junji said respectfully, the next thing is to reward the soldiers who went out, the emperor will set up a banquet in the palace to entertain the generals who leave the palace, and the Ministry of Rites will also reward other soldiers who went out of the palace, the royal car set off to return to the palace, the civil and military officials returned to the palace in a mighty way, Li Yong rode on the horse and slowly fell behind, so far he has not been able to say a word to Su Dingfang, first, his triumphant ceremony is a very formal etiquette, everyone is very solemn, and the distance between Li Yong and Su Dingfang is too far, after all, Su Dingfang is just a small general, Even if he didn't have the qualifications to face the saint at all, he could only follow behind in front of so many important ministers in the court, so Li Yong could only slowly fall behind and find Su Dingfang, otherwise when he arrived at the imperial banquet in a while, his and Su Dingfang's positions would be far apart.
"Master Hou!"
Su Dingfang couldn't help but be a little excited when he saw Li Yong, as if he had countless things to say, after all, this was also his first expedition in the true sense.
"General Su! Great work! ”
Li Yong said with a smile.
"It's not hard, it's not hard at all!"
Su Dingfang said with a smile, he has always dreamed of leading the army to go on the expedition, so although this expedition is far away, but his heart is full of excitement and expectation, so he didn't feel hard at all, others say that he is not tired may be modest, but Su Dingfang said that he is not tired, it should be true, this guy is stronger than a cow, and he is not too old among the generals of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yong believes that as long as Su Dingfang is full, he really doesn't feel tired, what can't he say tomorrow? Why do you want to go to Lijiazhuang with him to drink? Li Yong was very surprised when he heard this, Xue Wanche has been on the expedition for so long, shouldn't he be eager to go back to the princess to quench his thirst when he returns to Chang'an? He doesn't know if the princess misses him or not, anyway, he misses the princess a lot, Xue Wanche said with a smile.
"I haven't seen Master Hou for a long time, I'll go to Lijiazhuang with Master Hou first, let's talk about wine, it just so happens that I still have something to say to Master Hou!"
Li Yong said with a smile.
"Looking forward to the time when we are fighting side by side, you have been on the expedition for so long, the princess must miss you very much, go back and have a look!"
Then of course he has to let Li Yong take him! Even if he only gives him a few thousand cavalry as a vanguard, if he fights in the future, the Shenji Battalion will definitely participate in the war, and even play an increasingly important role, then Li Yong is likely to lead the troops to the expedition, and this expedition also proves the power of the musket, the emperor will definitely attach great importance to the Shenji Battalion, and the Shenji Battalion will definitely expand, don't look at Xue Wanche's arrogance, but sometimes he also has a heart, after this expedition, he is completely on Li Yong's side, not only himself thinks so, but the ministers in the court also think so, After this war, Xue Wanche felt that there would be more wars in the future! The Western Turks have to fight, right? Tubo has to fight, right? Xue Wanche said heroically.
"There will be a chance in the future, when you will be the general manager, I will give you the vanguard to take the lead, I heard them say that Lao Xue is an immortal general, it is true, but unfortunately, I can't see your heroic posture on the battlefield."
Li Yong said with a smile, and Xue Wanche said with a smile.
"Rejoice and rejoice, if there is no recommendation from you, how can I have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions! But it's a pity that Gao Changguo is too unbeaten, and I haven't used my skills to make a few percent! ”
This time, Xue Wanche's contribution is indeed not small, it can be said that it is second only to the chief manager Hou Junji, not to mention that Xue Wanche has repeatedly led the cavalry to charge into battle, but Xue Wanche's capture of King Gaochang alive is not a small credit.
"Lao Xue can, this time you have made a great contribution! Congratulations! ”
Li Yong smiled and congratulated, a group of civil ministers and military generals, one by one blushing and walking to the outside of the palace, Xue Wanche came to Li Yong's side in three or two steps, so many brilliant poets in the long history have not been able to write famous poems to celebrate their achievements, and I have nowhere to memorize them if I want to! How can there be a poem to celebrate? Every time I go to this kind of celebration banquet, there will always be someone who suggests that Li Yong compose poems, and every time Li Yong wants to spit on him fiercely, you can go home! After observing the dance of King Qin, the celebration banquet finally came to an end, and Li Yong finally breathed a sigh of relief, of course, like Jieli Khan, he couldn't help but dance, because he didn't dare not dance, every time he danced, he would leave tears of excitement, and even the envoys of some small countries would be infected by the music and dance and couldn't help dancing, this is the climax of the imperial banquet, and when it came to the link of breaking the array dance, whether it was a military general or a civil servant, he couldn't help but sing and dance, and even the emperor was sometimes infected by music and dance, put down the emperor's shelf and joined in, too majestic! It's too spectacular, in fact, Li Yong is also looking forward to the breaking array dance, although he has seen it several times, but he will still be infected by the momentum of the Qin King's breaking array dance, what Su Dingfang is looking forward to the most is the breaking array dance, this is the emperor's celebration banquet, Su Dingfang is very much looking forward to the next imperial banquet, Li Yong smiled.
"It's just a gesture, and then you can participate in the royal banquet!"
"Thank you Hou Ye for taking care of them!"
Su Dingfang said respectfully, now that he heard Hou Ye personally say that his mother and sister were fine, he was completely relieved, although he knew that Hou Ye promised to take care of him, nothing would happen, but it was still inevitable to worry, although he did not experience a fierce battle on this expedition, but Su Dingfang already felt very satisfied and very enjoyable, and the only thing he was worried about was his mother and young sister.
"The old lady and the little sister are very good, you can rest assured, they are very happy to hear your triumph!"
Li Yong said with a smile, although he knew that there were no casualties, but when he heard Su Dingfang say it in person, Li Yong was completely relieved in his heart, feeling that this expedition was perfect, and the reason why there were no casualties was because the Shenji Battalion was only responsible for releasing guns, and it was simply close to the Gaochangguo army, and Hou Junji took great care of the Shenji Battalion in Li Yong's face, not to mention the deputy general Xue Wanche, who was the person recommended by Li Yong, Su Dingfang said modestly.
"In fact, the last general does not have any credit, the biggest credit should be Hou Ye, it is Hou Ye who has trained this strong army, and he can do the order and prohibition at any time on the battlefield, so the last general can be like an arm, and although this expedition is hard, but the battle intensity is not large, the army of Gaochang Kingdom is just a wave of muskets and bows and arrows, and then the cavalry will be defeated as soon as they rush."
Not only did he bring the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion to shine on the battlefield, but also brought all the soldiers back, Li Yong felt that it was not too much to praise Su Dingfang.
"Good! That's great! That's great! General Su, you have lived up to my trust, and you have contributed a lot to this expedition. ”
Li Yong did not hesitate to praise, after all, zero casualties are difficult to do in the Xishan camp, thinking that when the Turks were defeated, the Xishan camp was about to be scrapped, although Li Yong guessed that the Shenji battalion would have casualties at the beginning, but he didn't expect it to be zero casualties, it seems that his plan was perfectly successful, and when he mentioned the casualties, Su Dingfang was even more excited.
"Master Hou, there are no casualties among the soldiers of our Shenji Battalion, and all the soldiers of our Shenji Battalion have returned!"
Li Yong asked with concern.
"What about the casualties of the soldiers?"
Su Dingfang said excitedly.
"It's a pity that I didn't try the artillery, but thanks to the foresight of the Hou Ye, otherwise it would be useless to bring the artillery, because it can't be used at all, and I don't understand why King Gaochang still makes a lot of nonsense!"
Li Yong nodded with a smile and said.
"Not surprisingly, the musket is powerful and has a long range, and of course it will be of great use on the battlefield."
Su Dingfang said excitedly.
"Hou Ye, the last general and the others didn't embarrass Hou Ye, Hou Ye's musket really shines on the battlefield, the musket is too strong, much stronger than a bow and arrow!"
Li Yong said with a smile.
"I'm so happy to feel that you have come back smoothly, and I have been worried about you!"
How can Su Dingfang say that he is also a Zhonglang general, he is no longer the general who is excluded by everyone, he can be said to be shining in the Shenji Battalion, when Li Yong saw Xue Wanche's spring breeze, Li Yong was thinking about Xue Wanche's ruthless indulgence in Gaochangguo? It's not that this possibility is impossible, but it's impossible to indulge all the way back to Chang'an!