Datang: Activate the combat merit system at the beginning

"By whom?"

Li Chengqian stared at Li Yuanchang with doubts in his eyes.

"Duke Zheng and Wei Zheng!"

Li Yuanchang said calmly.

"Will Wei Zheng support the ninth brother?"

Li Chengqian said suspiciously.

"Wei Zheng may not directly support the ninth brother, but as far as I know, Wei Zheng is quite critical of King Wei. He doesn't like King Wei being favored by His Majesty, and he impeached King Wei.

Because of this, King Wei spoke ill of Wei Zheng in front of His Majesty. "

Li Yuanchang coughed lightly and said with a serious expression.

"Even once, because Wei Zheng didn't respect King Wei enough, King Wei took the opportunity to slander Wei Zheng to His Majesty.

When His Majesty heard that his beloved son had been wronged, he immediately called Wei Zheng into the palace to question him severely.

After this incident, Wei Zheng complained more to King Wei, always looking for opportunities to join him. "

"From this point of view, if the fourth younger brother dares to prevent the ninth younger brother from taking up the position of Marquis Youwu, Wei Zheng will take the initiative to oppose the fourth younger brother even without the presence of people from the East Palace." Li Chengqian said while thinking.

"That's right!" Li Yuanchang nodded.

"Okay, you and I don't need to do much, just wait and see the good show. Haha!" Li Chengqian laughed.

"Speaking of watching a play, I suddenly thought of something."

Li Yuanchang rolled his eyes and said with a smile.

"What's the matter?" Li Chengqian asked anxiously.

"I have recently found a Le Tong. This person is more than ten years old. He has a beautiful appearance and is good at singing and dancing. Has Your Highness met him?"

As Li Yuanchang said, he smiled charmingly and profoundly.

"Where is this person?" Li Chengqian's eyes lit up.

"Already waiting outside the palace."

"Well, tell him to come and see."

"promise!"

Li Yuanchang stood up, bowed to Li Chengqian and retreated.

Not long after, Li Yuanchang came in with a boy.

This young man's name is Xin, just as Li Yuanchang said, he is more than ten years old, fair complexion, with a touch of gentleness in his delicate features!
Seeing this Le Tong, Li Chengqian couldn't help standing up, staring at him without blinking for a long time.

Seeing Li Chengqian's reaction, Li Yuanchang's eyes flashed an unnoticed cunning.

……

The Hall of Liangyi.

After handling the main political affairs, Li Er ordered his servants to read out the imperial edict formally appointing Li Zhi as the Marquis General of Youwu.

After the imperial edict was read out, before Li Zhi had time to step forward to accept the order, Cen Wenwen was the first to go out to give the performance.

"Your Majesty Qizuo, there is an old saying that no meritorious deeds will be rewarded. Now the King of Jin has neither military merit nor commendable deeds. I believe that the King of Jin is not qualified for the position of the Marquis of Youwu."

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Liu Ji stepped forward and agreed, "It is not in accordance with the laws of the Tang Dynasty that the king of Jin will serve as the general of Youwu Hou."

"Your Majesty, I want to impeach the king of Jin's secret affair."

Cen Wenwen continued to play.

"As a prince, King Jin ran to the house of a criminal minister every three days, which was inconsistent with etiquette."

Hearing these two people say this, several ministers immediately voiced their support.

Li Er's eyes narrowed slightly, and dissatisfaction flashed across his eyes.

"Your Majesty, I don't think there is anything wrong with King Jin taking up the post of Marquis of You Wu!"

Just as Li Er was thinking about how to respond to the impeachment of Cen Wenwen and Liu Ji, Wei Zhengwei tremblingly came out to play.

Li Er's eyes lit up, and he looked at Wei Zheng.

"Although King Jin has no military exploits, King Jin is dignified and serene, generous and kind, and harmonious with brothers!"

Wei Zheng continued to speak neither humble nor overbearing.

"A person doesn't need to do commendable deeds, but he can maintain the rules, do not do things that are out of line, and do not do things that violate the law and discipline, which is a great contribution!"

"The minister waits for the second opinion!"

Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang looked at each other, and hurriedly came out to support Wei Zheng.

Strange, why did Wei Zheng speak for me?
Li Zhi thought to himself.

"As for the impeachment of the guilty ministers that the King of Jin had secretly made friends with, I would like to ask, which criminals did the King of Jin make private friends with?"

Wei Zheng said, his eyes fell on Cen Wenwen's face.

"The king of Jin has a personal relationship with the criminal minister Wei Hao."

Cen Wenwen said calmly.

"I think you're making something out of nothing."

Wei Zheng said disapprovingly.

"As a prince, King Jin has the right to make friends.

As far as I know, you are also a guest at Prince Wei's mansion, so can I also impeach King Wei for having a personal relationship with you? "

"I came to Wei Wang's mansion with His Majesty's permission to assist Wei Wang to check Kuo Di Zhi!" Cen Wenwen retorted.

"Okay, you all don't say a word!"

Li Er interrupted with a dignified tone.

"I've made up my mind, you don't need to say more!"

Li Er scowled.

"From today onwards, Li Zhi will concurrently serve as the Great General of Youwuhou, and he and Zuowuhou will be in charge of the chariot and drive out of the camp to lead the soldiers!"

Even Wei Zheng, who likes to criticize people and argue the most, supports it, so Li Er doesn't care about the objections of other ministers.

"As for the impeachment of King Jin's befriending Wei Hao, I already knew about it, so don't mention it again!"

As Li Er spoke, he glanced at Cen Wenwen, looking dissatisfied.

Cen Wenwen always thought that Li Er hated princes or ministers forming cliques for personal gain, but he didn't expect that Li Er would not take his impeachment of Li Zhi and Wei Hao seriously.

Seeing that Li Er had already made up his mind, Cen Wenwen and Liu Jie had no choice but to give up.

If Li Er insisted on doing this alone, they could still argue with reason, but now there are ministers such as Wei Zheng, Changsun Wuji, and Chu Suiliang who support Li Zhi.

These ministers are not to be trifled with, if we continue to argue with them, I'm afraid they will lose everything.

Li Zhi bowed his hands to accept the order, but he couldn't understand why his father insisted on being the general of Youwuhou himself?

At this time Li Zhi was not keen on power, he just wanted to be an ordinary prince.

……

Li Zhi looks cowardly and timid on the surface, but he is somewhat rebellious in his heart.

Since a minister impeached him for befriending Wei Hao, he ran to find Wei Hao as soon as he retired from court.

Seeing Li Zhi coming to the house again, Wei Hao was about to call Li Yueer out, but was stopped by Li Zhi.

Li Zhi told Wei Hao that he didn't come to visit Li Yueer today, but to find Wei Hao.

Li Zhi has no real friends, and no ministers are willing to approach him.

Many ministers felt that he was cowardly, powerless, and just an ordinary prince who had just participated in political affairs, and they were unwilling to curry favor with him.

Even if some ministers were willing to approach him, they all said some hypocritical words and did not treat him sincerely.

He had a lot of contact with Wei Hao because of Princess Jinyang.

He has the best relationship with Princess Jinyang. Now that Princess Jinyang is married to Wei Hao, he loves the house and Wu, and he also regards Wei Hao as his own.

The two had a lot in common and gradually became friends.

Li Zhi told Wei Hao many things that he could not usually say to others.

Wei Hao took Li Zhi to the side hall, turned away from the left and right, and asked him what's the matter.

Li Zhi didn't hide anything, and told Wei Hao that some ministers tried to prevent His Majesty from letting him take up the post of Youwuhou General in the court today, and that he was impeached for his personal relationship with Wei Hao.

Wei Hao frowned after hearing this.

"Brother Wei, I really don't understand. I didn't do anything wrong. Why would a minister want to prevent me from taking up the position of Marquis Youwu?"

Li Zhi looked at Wei Hao and sighed helplessly.