Fu Tang

When Li Congjia heard that the word "marriage" came out of Li Guangrui's mouth, he had a bad premonition in his heart. After hearing that Li Guangrui's concubine sister had been brought, Li Congjia confirmed the other party's thoughts.

Li Yiyin's daughter, the princess of Dangxiang, even if she is a concubine, she is not worthy of any casual person, so she presumably wants to send it to Li Congjia.

Although Li Congjia's wife's position was occupied by someone, but there is no one else in his harem, and he has only one son now, so he is really the best marriage partner.

However, as soon as Li Congjia heard that Li Guangrui's words had this tendency, he couldn't help but glanced in Shi Xueting's direction. After seeing Shi Xueting calmly addressing him, he couldn't help but feel his chrysanthemum tighten, and couldn't help but want to rub his waist. .

After being together, Li Congjia knew that all non-human fireworks are fake, and this monk is not human when he is jealous!And after the two of them got together, Li Congjia said that he would not marry another woman and would not have other children. Anyway, he already had a son. Now it seems that Li Zhongyu is growing up well and is very healthy. Shi Xueting also said This child is not the face of premature death.

Li Congjia thought for a while. Li Zhongyu had been aggrieved in history. Even so, he still lived to be 38 years old. Now Li Congjia is very concerned about his health. It is impossible for his life to be so short, right?

Thinking of this, Li Congjia decided to resolutely refuse, he didn't want to plant a minefield with Shi Xueting, he was already wronged by being sneaky like this, and let him see his wives and concubines in groups?

Think about what Shi Xueting did last time?He ran back to Anning City directly, and put on a posture of never getting in touch with each other. If there was another time, Li Congjia was worried that Shi Xueting would go directly to wander around.

After going down to court, Li Congjia took Shi Xueting to the Zichen Hall and said: "You said... how about letting brother go?"

Naturally, Shi Xueting knew that Li Congjia was talking about marriage, so he couldn't help being a little surprised: "Li Yiyin is looking at you, how can he agree?"

Li Congjia shook his head: "Marriage is just an attitude. In fact, if there is a common enemy between the two sides, Princess Dangxiang's marriage will not affect our alliance. Conversely, if there is a conflict between the two sides, then Princess Dangxiang will not be affected. It will not make any party have concerns, and may even be pulled out to sacrifice the flag."

It is not that this kind of thing has never happened in history, but Li Congjia thinks that this kind of thing should not happen in Datang, which is against the code of conduct of scholars.

Shi Xueting just said: "I'm afraid Princess Dangxiang won't be reconciled, there is still a difference between a concubine and a concubine."

Li Congjia snorted: "Who does she think she is, and she has the right to pick and choose? If it didn't happen that my elder brother's wife died young and has not yet remarried, the one who married her might be my uncle's son."

Shi Xueting knew that the uncle Li Congjia mentioned was Li Jingda. Of course, Li Jingda was also named Duke, but no matter how he looked at it, he was not as good as Li Hongjijian in the heart of the emperor. Although his son was also a member of the royal family, his weight was even worse. Li Hongji.

Thinking of this, Shi Xueting suddenly said: "Although the old Duke is old, he is also good at marching and fighting. Your Highness may think about it."

In fact, Li Congjia also knew about Li Jingda's abilities. He even knew that besides being wary of Li Jingsui back then, Li Jing was most afraid of Li Jingda.

A scholar failed to rebel for three years, Li Jingsui is that scholar, but Li Jingda is different, he knows how to use troops and has prestige in the army, even Li Jing only dared to downplay his existence slowly, and did not dare to have too much fierce opposition to him means.

If Li Jingda was not Li Jingsui but Li Jingda was poisoned to death by Li Hongji back then, I am afraid that the diseases below would all rebel.

Not only that, Li Congjia felt that Li Jingda was probably the wisest among the brothers of his father's generation. He was so good at using soldiers and liked to train them, but since he arrived in the Western Regions, he began to live in seclusion and never asked about the military affairs of the Tang Dynasty. Actions, even in the big court meeting, they are like invisible people, standing aside and saying nothing.

Li Congjia feels that such an uncle is indeed worth using. He is not a boy with no roots at the beginning, and he is not afraid of being taken away from the military power. What's more, the most prestigious among the three armies is his pillow. People, all the recipes of the weapons used by the most powerful firearms army in the three armies are in the hands of Li Congjia's confidantes.

What has he to be afraid of?Li Congjia bowed his head and thought for a while, then said: "I just want to reform the military system when I look back. Before, there were too many things to do, and it was difficult to do it. Now that I have time to spare, Han Yu also went to Khotan and Kara Khanate. If I don't Surprisingly, we don't need to worry too much if the business path is opened up."

Shi Xueting nodded slightly, and the two of them didn't talk about Princess Dangxiang again. Li Congjia breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this test was probably over, but he didn't expect that Shi Xueting would need a reason to torment him?No need, just ask for sex if you want it, this monk is very frank in this regard, what is reserved and reserved is for outsiders to see!

The next day Li Congjia rubbed his back and saw Li Guangrui. He and Li Guangrui were also acquaintances. Impatient with Tai Chi, he said directly: "It is my wish that the princess would marry, but I already have a wife, so I dare not wrong the princess. My brother is short of a wife." A wife."

When Li Congjia talked about his wife, he glanced at Shi Xueting beside him.

Li Guangrui was still a little surprised: "You haven't seen Huaiyin? She is my father's favorite, and I never thought that my father would let her marry."

Li Congjia guessed that this was probably the name of the princess, and said with a righteous face: "Since this is the case, the princess can't be wronged. To be honest, my wife and I share weal and woe. When I was young, he never left him. Now It's finally safe, and I will treat her wholeheartedly."

After hearing this, Li Guangrui looked at Li Congjia with admiration. No matter what, people with a conscience can always win people's favor, so Li Congjia's disguised refusal to marry did not make him unhappy.

The main reason is that Li Guangrui's proposed marriage candidate is also very powerful. Li Hongji, Li Congjia's only elder brother, although he is only a prince now, will inevitably have a throne in the future. He attaches great importance to his elder brother, and he still gave him the position of wife. Li Guangrui is actually very satisfied, but he still said: "This matter needs to be discussed with my father."

Li Congjia let it go as soon as he heard it. As long as Li Guangrui didn't get angry or refuse in person, it means that this matter is almost a certainty.

The only thing that is not suitable is that Li Congjia, as a younger brother, is not very good at making decisions about his elder brother's marriage, but everyone has no objection. A wife who comes from a good family and is also very capable.

What Li Congjia didn't expect was the excuse he came up with for refusing to marry, and somehow it spread. Everyone praised Li Congjia for his love and righteousness. After all, such a conscientious emperor is rare in ancient times.

Everyone envied Zhou Ehuang, but Zhou Ehuang knew very well that the person Li Congjia said was not her, but Shi Xueting who had been by his side these days.

In the palace, the relationship between Li Congjia and Shi Xueting was almost tacit. Not only Zhou Ehuang knew about it, but even Queen Zhong knew about it.

But none of them interfered with Li Congjia, because Li Congjia was not someone who could change his mind at random, and they couldn't put pressure on Li Congjia. Shi Xueting was a breakthrough, but even Queen Zhong and Zhou Ehuang knew that Shi Xueting The title of the protector of the country was exchanged for the blood of the enemy.

In the future, the Tang Dynasty will inevitably use troops against the surrounding areas, at least to use troops against Ganzhou, which has become the consensus of the court. At this time, it is even more important not to hurt Shi Xueting. A thousand gold is easy to get, but it will be hard to find. Without Shi Xueting, where else would we go? Looking for such a powerful character?

So strangely, the relationship between Li Congjia and Shi Xueting was only known within the palace, and even the courtiers only thought that the relationship between the two of them was good, and didn't think much about it.

After Li Congjia was reminded by Shi Xueting, he went to the Privy Council to hold a special meeting belonging to the military system. After all, he was still the Privy Council envoy. I care whether the military power is in my own hands.

Li Jingda has been idle for quite a while, when he heard that the Privy Council envoy was invited, he almost couldn't believe his ears. When he got there, he found that the senior officials of the Privy Council were there, and even Li Congjia was there, so he was a little excited Sitting next to Li Congjia's left hand, although he had some suspicions in his heart, he remained silent and said nothing.

Li Congjia saw that everyone had arrived, so he started the topic of today's meeting. He directly threw out a concept: professional soldiers.

Everyone was stunned by his handwriting. According to past habits, soldiers in the army are generally recruited. They go to the battlefield when they need to fight, and farm when they don’t. Professional soldiers are actually not nobody. Thought about it, but there is no way to implement it - not to mention the cost, young and strong laborers are all going to serve in the army, who will farm the land?

Seeing that everyone disagreed, Li Congjia said: "Except for the Han people we brought, do you think there are any people here who can endure hardship and farm the land?"

Li Congjia's words are a bit arbitrary, of course there are, but... not many, Han people seem to be born with this skill point, while people from the Western Regions are more wild.

Li Congjia struck while the iron was hot and said, "These people from the Western Regions are subject to stricter controls than before, and they can bear it now. When they can't bear it, it will be terrible. This is a hidden danger in society. It's better to throw these people into the army."

Li Hongji asked, "Since these people are used to being lazy, how could they be willing to serve as soldiers?"

Li Congjia said cunningly: "Let them serve in the military, set the service period, within the period of time, they can stay if they perform well, and retire if they don't.

That's right, what Li Congjia was thinking about was the service system of future generations. At that time, it was said that the army was a plastic surgery facility, and no matter how unruly a boy went in, he would be completely reborn when he came out. Such a person would be more reassuring than those little hooligans in the society.

The plan that Li Congjia threw out was relatively complete, and some changes were made according to the current situation in Datang. Even a mature and prudent person like Li Ping couldn't say anything.

Zhu Yuan is a meticulous person. When he saw the plan, he couldn't help asking: "Your Highness wants to expand the army?"

Li Congjia nodded calmly: "There are too few people, and have you seen my standards? I don't want those who are too old or too young. This will reduce the number of people, but when the service system is implemented in the spring of next year, it will definitely be better than it is now. The number of people is large, and the results of Dasuo Maojue were reported a few days ago. A rough estimate can at least expand an army. However, my idea is that the new army cannot be all newcomers. It’s up to you all to work together.”

Everyone knew that Li Congjia wanted to mix the sand with the sand, so that the leading generals would not be too familiar with the army under his command, but he couldn't let them not be familiar with it at all, otherwise there would be no way to fight at that time.

And everyone also discovered one thing, the army that needs to be adjusted in the planning documents does not include the Tiance Mansion, and everyone knew that the Tiance Mansion was probably under the control of Li Congjia, and he wanted to firmly control this army. Nobody wants to make up their minds.

No one dared to make a decision. Isn't it courting death to compete with the boss for military power at this time?What everyone is thinking about is the new army. After the new army is established, there must be an army leader. Moreover, Li Congjia did not follow the previous army system, but re-established a more detailed plan. , more official positions, and at the same time the power of the military master is greater, and the number of people under his jurisdiction reaches 2 to [-].

Li Ping and Zhu Yuan were thinking about their subordinates, but Li Hongji and Shi Xueting knew that Li Congjia probably wanted to hand over the new army to Li Jingda.

So when Li Ping and Zhu Yuan were thinking about who to recommend, they heard Li Congjia ask: "I heard that my uncle is still strong enough. I wonder if my uncle can help me lead a new army?" Chew it and swallow it.

Li Jingda couldn't believe his ears, he didn't speak out from the beginning to the end of the meeting, and he was thinking about why Li Congjia called him here, but he never expected that such a big piece of pie was waiting for him.

Many years ago, Li Jingda didn't dare to think that he would have a day to lead the army.

Li Congjia saw that Li Jingda seemed a little unbelievable, and said with a slight smile: "I know Bai Guogong's ability. I was just worried that you were old and couldn't bear to make you tired. But now that the army is about to expand, I can only let you go out of the mountain." La."

Bai Guogong is Li Jingda's title, and Li Congjia couldn't bear to let Li Jingda bear the title of Gua Guogong. It happened that there was Baihu Pass in Guazhou, so he simply changed the name to Baizhou. Bai Guogong is always better than Gua Guogong.

Li Jingda immediately stood up and saluted and said, "I will live up to your Highness's trust."

Li Congjia smiled slightly: "Of course I believe in uncle."

Li Jingda's heart was hot, and he couldn't help asking the question that he still had doubts about: "Since Your Highness has already become king, shouldn't this title be changed?"

Li Congjia naturally understood what he meant. Your Highness certainly didn't sound uplifting enough. The people below must have had doubts for a long time. He said calmly: "The address is just a formality, there is nothing to change, and this is also urging myself. My goal has always been to restore the rivers and mountains, and I don't want to stagnate here, until that day...it won't be too late to become emperor and saint."

Several people were enthused by Li Congjia's words. Military officers are more enthusiastic than civil officials, not to mention the slogan of "recovering rivers and mountains", even civil officials can't help being excited when they hear it.

Of course, the most important thing is that Li Congjia doesn't like the title of saint at all, he thinks it's meaningless, and he doesn't want to be a saint at all.

Li Congjia's reform of the army was vigorous, and the civil officials knew that there were several dishonest censors who took the opportunity to write letters, so they almost said that Li Congjia was militaristic.

Li Congjia didn't give any face and called back on the spot: "The point of being militaristic is poor, but I'm not poor, at least I still have money to support these people, and the separation of the military and the government is not financially under the same control. There is something wrong with the army. This time, I am not used to everyone, and next time someone dares to stretch out his claws, don't blame me for chopping off his claws!"

The censors were all overwhelmed by Li Congjia's simple and rude style. They had never met a king who sat on the throne and talked to the bandits. The original censors of Suzhou looked at the censors from the Southern Tang with very Shock.

The dragon kings of the past dynasties mainly focused on moving closer to the Central Plains, and they all imitated the Central Plains people in their speech and actions. However, today they found that the Central Plains people seemed to be different from what they thought.

In this regard, the imperial historians of the Southern Tang Dynasty said that we also... did not expect our king to be in this style.

In fact, Li Congjia didn't know that he should be gentle and gentle, but he could be gentle and gentle in other things, but he couldn't do it in this matter. He had to tell all the civilian officials sternly that they couldn't touch the army.

Of course, when the water is clear, there will be no fish. It is also a good thing if there is a general in the civil servant's house, and it is impossible for him to stop people from entering.

Li Congjia is very satisfied with the results produced today. Sometimes it is better to be straightforward. Although he has always said that he is a descendant of the Tang Dynasty, what he is doing now seems to be no different from the founding emperor. We must set the tone from the beginning. Of course No matter how good the tone is set, it won't work if people don't cooperate later.

So Li Congjia began to intentionally get in touch with Li Zhongyu more.

Li Congjia doesn't like children very much. In his impression, boys at the age of four or five are very bears, and when they are eight or nine years old, cats hate dogs.

However, Li Zhongyu changed his impression. This child was well-bred, quiet but not rigid, very sensible, smart, and obedient. When Li Congjia talked to him, he would sit there and listen quietly whether he understood it or not. Only when Li Congjia asked him, would he bring up what he didn't understand.

Li Congjia is very satisfied with Li Zhongyu. He actually does very little now, that is, he has nothing to do to chat with Li Zhongyu, and he doesn't teach him anything. Of course, his level probably can't teach him anything.

However, this can be regarded as precept and example, Li Congjia is brainwashing Li Zhongyu little by little, making him accept his own thoughts, of course not all, but as long as he can make Li Zhongyu's thoughts different from his, that's enough.

After the wedding between Li Hongji and Princess Huaiyin, Li Congjia received the news that the peace talks between Zhao Kuangyin and Zhou Guo had collapsed.

Li Congjia originally thought that the party's scheming had played a role. When he was still feeling that they were quick to strike, he heard that the little emperor of Zhou was assassinated and seriously injured. He didn't know if he was dead or not. He confessed to Zhao Kuangyin when he was unconscious.

Li Congjia was very shocked, the party members still have this energy?Can you assassinate Chai Zongxun?They have dark lines in the Central Plains?

For a while Li Congjia felt that his surroundings were not safe.

Just when he was thinking wildly, Shi Xueting pushed the door in after finishing his morning class, and the sunlight gilded his body with a layer of gold, making him look very solemn.

However, Li Congjia quickly drove this idea out of his mind, solemn?I didn't see him so solemn last night!

Shi Xueting came over and glanced at the piece of paper Li Congjia put on the table, knowing that it was the news from Li Congjia's newly established intelligence department.

He raised his eyebrows and said: "The little emperor of Zhou was assassinated? His hands and feet are not slow."

Li Congjia keenly sensed the meaning of his words, and asked, "What's the matter? Could it be...your handwriting?"

To be honest, Li Congjia didn't quite believe it, but he felt that Shi Xueting was not a person who likes to talk big, could it be...

Seeing Li Congjia's curious expression like a cat, Shi Xueting couldn't help but lowered his head and bit the tip of his nose and said, "The Chai family has many enemies, I just pointed out a way for them."

enemy?Li Congjia's thinking is very divergent, from Shi Xueting he knows that this enemy must have something to do with Shi Xueting, thinking of the hardships Shi Xueting suffered before, he couldn't help asking: "Could it be that he is still a Buddhist? "

Shi Xueting pinched Li Congjia's ear and said: "Buddhists also have a vulgar heart."

As soon as Li Congjia heard it, he knew that Shi Xueting must have done something wrong. He probably didn't believe in the ability of party members. Shi Xueting didn't know why Li Congjia was so afraid of Zhao Kuangyin. …Now, if you look at the territory, it is about the same size as Li Congjia. In terms of military strength, that side may be stronger, and in terms of generals, the side is also stronger, but there is no gunpowder there.

However, Shi Xueting didn't ask too many questions. Li Congjia was worried, so he tried to make Li Congjia less worried. Killing Zhao Kuangyin was a good choice, but it was not easy, so he had to find another way and find someone else to kill Zhao Kuangyin.

I don't know how long Zhao Kuangyin can last under the attack of Ganzhou and Zhou Guo?

But soon, Shi Xueting knew why Li Congjia was so wary of Zhao Kuangyin. This man not only survived the two-sided attack, but even took down two Zhou states under such circumstances. Zhao Kuangyin and his men watched It doesn't look like a simple thing.

Just when Zhao Kuangyin expanded his territory again, Li Congjia took the news reported by the Ministry of Intelligence and called almost all the important officials to the Xuanzheng Palace on the days when it was not the Great Court Meeting. The first sentence was: "It's time to send troops to Ganzhou .”

Ministers:? ? ? ? ? ?

The author has something to say: Li Congjia: I asked Dangxiang to help Zhao Kuangyin.

Shi Xueting: They can't, look at me.