Chapter 10: The Princess
After the end of the expedition to the Turks, Li Jing's contribution in the Tang Empire reached its peak, but this person was extremely cautious, and after returning to China, he lived in Beijing for a long time, which also made Li Shimin let go of his wariness of him.
After all, the master of Gong Gao Zhen is not a joke, after he solves the threat in the north of the Tang Dynasty, if he still wants to lead troops in the army, then it is estimated that Li Shimin will not be able to tolerate him.
The surrounding nobles are also whispering, this Tang Dynasty military god usually never takes one more step, doesn't say a word, is more careful than anyone else, what's wrong today?
Send a son over to give a gift, just follow the crowd, how can you come in person?
Including Li Chengqian, although everyone had question marks in their hearts, Li Jing, the Duke of Weiguo, had a lofty status, and everyone came to the door to greet him.
I thought that Li Jing, the Duke of Weiguo, would say a few words to everyone, but who knew that a holy decree was drawn out at the door, and everyone knelt down again.
"Li Xiang, the king of Chengping County, listened to the dispatch of the general Li Jing, and the Liaodong Division of the Ministry of Troops agreed to level Gaolice, and tentatively appointed the deputy palm seal of the Liupin Liaodong Division."
The holy decree was very short, only a few short sentences, but it set off a monstrous wave in the hearts of everyone.
The princes and grandsons have only one name, and they have never had a specific position, especially related to the military, except for the garrison in their own palace, they cannot be related to any army.
Li Xiang joined the military department all of a sudden, and he was the Liaodong Division that has been hot recently, although he was not directly in charge of the army, but the thirteen-year-old military deployment officer, let alone in the Tang Empire, even in the previous dozen dynasties, it was unprecedented.
Is the emperor so eager to cultivate His Royal Highness?
Some people regret a little at the moment, is the gift just sent a little thin?
I thought it was a meeting gift, so I didn't prepare a valuable gift, and now the emperor let him enter the military department, that is the real dragon real body appears more, and there are a few nobles with bitter faces, but now it's not such a thing to make up for it.
Therefore, these people began to inquire about the critical date of the emperor's eldest grandson, and learned that the fifth day of the next month was the birthday of his biological mother Liu, and these people immediately took it into account.
"Your Highness, take the order."
Li Jing understands that this is the emperor's official reward to Li Xiang, if it is an ordinary commoner, maybe he will also give a noble title, after all, to solve the matter of Goguryeo, there are not many five-rank officials, not to mention that in some details, it is indeed necessary to consult His Royal Highness the emperor's eldest grandson, who is the proposer of the strategy, and must have different opinions in some aspects.
"Thank you, Lord Long."
Li Xiang calmly took the holy decree, and the evaluation of Li Xiang by the people around him went up to another level, under the gaze of so many people, Li Xiang did not have any loss of manners, they could no longer find the words to modify Li Xiang, if there was, it would be a demon.
"On the morning of the day after tomorrow, all the officials of the Liaodong Department of the Ministry of War will be present to discuss the Ping Gao Lice, and the emperor will also be present, please be sure to be on time."
After Li Jing's words were finished, there was a whisper around him, this is a major matter to discuss the military aircraft of the imperial court, you can enter the house at the age of thirteen, it is really better than people to die, goods have to be thrown away, looking at all the children of nobles, who has such treatment?
If this is said from someone else's mouth, it may be to inflate the person's status, and it may not have any practical effect.
However, the old men of each family have already said when they go home that Pinggao Lice was indeed proposed by His Royal Highness the Emperor Eldest Sun, so it is by no means a face-saving project for people to participate in the discussion of military affairs at the Ministry of War.
"Please rest assured, Lord Li, my subordinates will go on time."
Li Xiang is very good at speaking in a measured manner, at this moment Wei Guogong Li Jing is the secretary of the Ministry of War, we are the deputy palm seal of the Liaodong Division, we can call it whatever we want, and it is also a disguised way to tell the officials of the Ministry of War present that after arriving at the Ministry of War, only Li Xiang, the deputy palm seal of the Liaodong Division, and there is no king of Chengping County.
"Your Royal Highness is humble, this knife is a treasure knife of the Northern Expedition to the Desert, the Turkic King, the emperor has high hopes for His Royal Highness, and he will give this knife to His Highness, I hope His Highness can hold this knife in his hand one day, and open up territory for the emperor and my Tang Dynasty."
After Li Jing, the Duke of Weiguo, said this, the people present were even more uneasy, this knife was the Turkic prince's, after bringing it back to the capital, the emperor gave this knife to the prince Li Chengqian, and later because Li Chengqian was messing around, the emperor took the knife back and gave it to the military god Li Jing, but he didn't expect to go around and around again, and he went to the East Palace again.
Although it did not go to the hands of the crown prince Li Chengqian, but in the hands of Li Xiang, this also represents a meaning of the emperor, that is, he is not to blame the prince Li Chengqian, and the East Palace is still the original East Palace.
If it weren't for the emperor's nod, how could this scimitar with extraordinary significance get into Li Xiang's hand? Li Jing didn't have the courage to make his own decisions.
"Elephant..."
When Li Chengqian saw Li Xiang, he was about to reach out to pick it up, and hurriedly stopped it.
These days, he was stupid by the emperor, and thought that this was another temptation, if you took it, the emperor might think that you had the ambition to be in charge of the army, Li Xiang thought about it was the same thing, and his hand was hanging in the air.
"That's what Your Majesty meant."
This sentence was said by Li Jing after thinking about it, after all, the emperor didn't say it explicitly, but if he didn't say so in this situation now, Li Xiang would definitely not take the knife, not to mention that Li Jing has been wearing the prince's knife all these years, and every day is like stepping on a brazier, and now there is a chance to throw it out, even if it is a little overstepping, then it can't take care of so much.
As long as we don't rebel and don't kill people and set fires, with this half of the credit on our bodies, the emperor will not count some minor mistakes, not to mention that you really want your grandson to hold this knife, but you didn't say it.
Li Jing couldn't help but put it in Li Xiang's hand, said a few more gossips, turned around and left the East Palace, this knife is a hot yam, the prince and grandson are fine, and he is really frightened as an outsider.
Hou Kui saw all this in his eyes, and Li Tai and Li Jin's disciples also saw it, and when they went back, they had to start making plans against this kid, otherwise the throne of the Tang Dynasty would really fall into the hands of this kid.
It is normal for Li Shimin to have such a move, several sons have fought to the death over the years, but no one can stand out, Li Xiang's appearance made Li Shimin see the light in the dark, and Li Xiang is also red, more than several other people have the background to become an emperor......
The only stain is not that the crown prince is born, but who is the crown princess is not Lao Li's words?