Datang: Dad, I really didn't want to rebel!

Chapter 117 Putting the Middle Finger Up in Praise

Chapter 149 Putting the Middle Finger Up in Praise

"Stop beating, you can't kill anyone, isn't this a waste of time!"

Yuchi Jingde, Li Daozong, Xue Wanche and others hurried forward to pull them away.

"Old man, continue!"

"Let go of me, I'm going to kill him!"

The two were held tightly by someone, but their hands and feet were not idle, they kicked forward vigorously, no matter whether they could kick each other or not, anyway, they couldn't lose in momentum.

"enough!"

Li Shimin shouted angrily, and the two stopped their hands, and then glared at each other like a rooster who refused to admit defeat.

"What kind of noise is there in the Tai Chi Hall!"

Li Shimin stared at them with a gloomy face, "With this strength, why not go to the battlefield and kill a few more enemies!"

Cheng Yaojin and Li Ji then lowered their heads.

It's not easy to be an emperor, as the saying goes, slap him on the face, since he scolded him, he must be appeased.

"British public policy is suitable for leading troops in war, so I appointed him as the general manager of the Liaodong Road March."

Li Ji smiled, this compliment is really comforting.

But Cheng Yaojin pouted his mouth, full of dissatisfaction in his heart.

Li Shimin continued: "I and Zhu Aiqing will personally march together. Chang'an needs someone to guard it. Duke Lu, you are the champion of the three armies. It is perfect to stay behind."

Cheng Yaojin also showed a smile on his face, and while he was in a good mood, he also readily admitted his mistake, "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong."

After speaking, he gave Li Ji a provocative look, as if to say, "Did you see, Your Majesty praised me".

For his look, Li Ji could only give a blank stare in return.

"Well, in the early autumn of this year, the army will set out to conquer Goguryeo!" Li Shimin took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

"Here!"

All civil and military officials responded in unison, and the voice resounded through the sky. Even a locust tree outside the Taiji Hall was shaken to drop a few leaves.

Cheng Yaojin tidied up his clothes in satisfaction, and then slowly gave Li Shimin a middle finger under everyone's astonished eyes.

This action stunned everyone.

Li Shimin looked at him and asked doubtfully: "Gong Lu, what do you mean?"

Cheng Yaojin grinned, and said triumphantly: "Hey, the middle finger is meant as a compliment. Take a look, is this middle finger the longest among the five fingers?"

Everyone took out their fingers and saw that it was exactly as Cheng Yaojin said.

"Haha, it makes sense! It makes sense!"

Li Shimin laughed twice, then raised his middle finger to the civil and military officials, "You are all well done!"

"Your Majesty is also doing well!"

Civil and military officials also extended their middle fingers in return.

As a result, the original solemn and solemn Tai Chi Hall suddenly changed its style. Li Shimin was unable to stand alone, and he fought against hundreds of civil and military officials with domineering power.

The two parties show their appreciation for each other by giving each other middle fingers in the hall.

...

After preparing for more than a year, the Eastern Expedition proposed since the 17th year of Zhenguan should have started in the autumn of 18th year.

However, because Li Chengqian formulated two strategies against Goguryeo, Li Shimin refused for more than half a year, and did not officially prepare to conquer Goguryeo until the beginning of May 19!

After a formal decree, the whole Chang'an began to get busy.

The [-] elite soldiers gathered outside the city, and the officials of the household department cleared up all the food needed for the expedition. After ensuring everything was safe, the [-] civilians took the food and grass on the road.

The storm that had been brewing for more than a year finally swept through the entire Tang Dynasty under Li Shimin's personal urging!

An imperial decree was issued directly from the Taiji Palace. On the land, Li Ji, Minister of the Ministry of War, was the general manager of the Liaodong Road March, and led an army of [-] to march towards Liaodong.

At the same time, Zhang Liang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, was the general manager of the march on Pingxiang Road, leading more than [-] navy troops to march from Laizhou to Pingxiang by sea.

In addition to Zhang Jian and other ministries who are fighting Goguryeo, the main force of the Tang army this time is about [-] people.

In addition, if the emperor marches on his own expedition, Chang'an must be guarded by someone.

The candidates for supervising the country had already been decided before, and Wei Wang Li Tai and Jin Wang Li Zhi jointly supervised the country.

This decree is quite shocking. Originally, it was common for the emperor to personally conquest, leaving the prince to supervise the country. This person may not be the prince, but he will definitely be the prince in the future!

It is normal to keep one, but you can keep two...

This made the ministers very headache.

Li Shimin was really impeccable in the matter of setting up the crown prince, and did not give outsiders a chance to guess at all.

Wei Wang Li Tai has a great chance of becoming the prince, because he has been in Chang'an for many years, and he was even able to compete with Li Chengqian for power, which shows how powerful he is.

However, in the past two years, Li Tai disappointed Li Shimin again and again, and Jin Wang Li Zhi entered the eyes of civil and military officials.

In terms of power, Li Zhi is not as good as Li Tai, but in terms of favor, Li Zhi is even better.

Now that the two meet together, all civil and military officials have some headaches if they want to stand in line.

Originally, he wanted to take advantage of this State Supervisory Council to see which prince had a role to play, but Li Shimin did a great job and brought the two together to supervise the country.

The civil and military officials expressed their distress. Once the political investment fails, it will cost them their lives.

Just like the officials who belonged to Li Chengqian's prince line before, although they did not participate in the rebellion, they were still mercilessly cleaned up by Li Shimin afterwards.

Therefore, although political investment can bring benefits, it can also lead people to a place of eternal doom.

King Wei and King Jin, these two names were like nightmares, tightly entangled in everyone's hearts, and they were so overwhelmed that they couldn't breathe.

...

These things have nothing to do with Li Chengqian after all.

The former prince is always the former prince and will never become the new prince, so no one pays attention to him, but this is just right, he is very happy.

In a few days, he will return to Chang'an. Calculating the time carefully, he and Li Shimin should be on the same front foot and the other back foot, not a few days away.

In the past few days, Li Chengqian took Su Han to visit Chang'an City every day. Chang'an is so big, so he always has to go around.

Li Chengqian visited one hundred and eight squares for more than half a month, but only visited more than a dozen squares.

There are also east and west cities. Apart from walking around the main road twice, I haven't had time to do anything else.

Li Chengqian was not interested in shopping, but it was a good thing to see the prosperity of Chang'an City.

In general, Chang'an left a good impression on Li Chengqian.

Of course, if there wasn't a certain old man named Cheng, the impression might be better.

The long-lost Qianwang Mansion's gate was finally knocked open... Knocking is a bit too elegant. That day when Li Chengqian and Su Han were showing their affection under the locust tree, there was a sudden rush of knocking on the door outside.

"Who..."

Li Chengqian was about to ask who it was, but the door was kicked open with a "bang".

The two innocent wooden doors announced their honorable retirement not long after exerting their residual heat.

Li Chengqian stared blankly at the wooden doors scattered on the ground, then gritted his teeth and glared at the person who came, "You pay!"

"Hey, what are you paying for..."

The visitor smiled coldly, not caring at all that he had just destroyed other people's property.

"Uncle Cheng..." Su Han next to him got up first and bowed to Cheng Yaojin.

Cheng Yaojin nodded with a smile, and said softly: "You seem to be called Su Han, right? In the fifth year of Wude, I met your great-grandfather, the former Sui Shangshu Zuo Pushe, and Su Wei, Duke of Pi. .”

"I didn't expect her great-granddaughter to grow up so big!"

Cheng Yaojin said with emotion: "By the way, your father's name seems to be Su Dan, right?"

Su Han's heart shuddered, and he immediately said, "Yes, Uncle Cheng."

Cheng Yaojin nodded, "Oh, you kid, have you suffered a lot with Chengqian these years?"

Su Han shook his head, looked at Li Chengqian with a smile, his eyes showed a bit of happiness, "No, Your Highness treats me very well, and I am living happily now."

(End of this chapter)