Fu Tang

Zhou Zong really wanted to ask Li Congjia if he was a seven-year-old crown prince with brain disease, and supervised the country?

Is this teasing him?

Seeing Zhou Zong's surprised expression, Li Congjia sighed and said, "Unfortunate things happen, if something happens...at least Dalang's ascension to the throne can reduce the resistance, and then I will rely on the chief assistant to assist Dalang."

Zhou Zong almost knelt down to Li Congjia when he heard this, he said a little unsteadily, "Is your highness not optimistic about this trip? If so, why should your highness insist on going?"

Seeing that Zhou Zong was in a bad mood, Li Congjia quickly said: "I'm just taking precautions, taking precautions. If you're done, you'll count your defeat first, so you have a way out. Putting all your eggs in one basket is the only choice when you have to."

Zhou Zong looked down at Li Zhongyu and said: "His Royal Highness... is still young, and supervises the country..."

Li Congjia smiled slightly: "As long as he appears in the political affairs hall, it's not a very important matter. You should teach him more, teach him by precept and example. I have no experience myself, and I can't do well. Naturally, I have to rely on you."

Zhou Zong frowned. In his opinion, Li Congjia was taking the opportunity to give Li Zhongyu a sense of presence, and by the way let Li Zhongyu accept the influence of the cabinet's political atmosphere.

He naturally agreed with both hands and feet, but others...

Zhou Zong decided to persuade other cabinet ministers for Li Congjia, but to his surprise, none of the others had any intention of objecting.

Among them, Han Xizai was most in favor of it, and he also had his own ideas. Seeing that he was about to retire, after he retired, Han Chou was now the highest official in the Han family. However, Han Xizai was not sure whether he could join the cabinet.

Joining the cabinet requires not only ability, but also a little bit of luck. It seems that there are not many people in Datang who can join the cabinet, but that is because Li Congjia himself is very young, and his own people have not yet been cultivated.

After more than ten or twenty years, his people will grow up and compete with Han Yu. At that time, it is hard to say how high Han Yu will reach, and Han Xizai will not be able to help him because of his retirement, even if he has passed away at that time. , it is even more useless.

For his sake, the Han family can get some preferential treatment during Li Congjia's reign. However, when Li Zhongyu ascends the throne in the future, if the Han family has no outstanding members, they will only become more and more marginal. Swipe up the favorability, at least let him think of the Han family.

Others thought similarly to Han Xizai, probably to invest ahead of time, and they could see that Li Congjia's successor would definitely be Li Zhongyu if there were no major accidents, and Li Congjia was also very dedicated to Li Zhongyu's training, so don't take advantage of the prince's year When you invest in love when you are young, what are you waiting for?

The news about Li Congjia letting Li Zhongyu supervise the country reached Zhou Ehuang, Zhou Ehuang had no choice but to visit him in person and said, "Why does Your Highness let Da Lang supervise the country? He is still young after all."

Li Congjia didn't explain much to her, but said: "The cabinet has already agreed, so don't worry about it. As for the others... don't worry too much about it. It doesn't matter whether I'm here or not. It's just the same as before."

Zhou Ehuang's heart skipped a beat, she heard the warning in Li Congjia's words, but what she didn't understand was, what was Li Congjia warning?She felt that she hadn't done anything out of the ordinary.

Zhou Ehuang's question was answered by Mrs. Zhou, after all, she was her own mother, so she said directly: "Your Highness is telling you, don't think that you can be a mother when the crown prince is young."

Zhou Ehuang's heart beat faster, and the words "mother and empress facing court" made her a little excited and a little nervous, as if she wanted to do it, but didn't dare.

Mrs. Zhou understood her daughter after all, and said in a low voice: "Don't do stupid things, if you turn around and hurt Da Lang, the loss outweighs the gain."

Zhou Ehuang calmed down, and then realized that Li Congjia was just going on an expedition, not... She still had no room to intervene in political affairs, so she could only calm down and say, "I have never done such a thing before, and he is so defensive against me."

Of course, this sentence was said to Mrs. Zhou. Her relationship with Li Congjia... It's strange that Li Congjia didn't guard against her. Now her only comfort is that Li Congjia and Li Zhongyu have a good relationship. Maybe Li Congjia really regarded Li Zhongyu as his son and said indefinite.

Mrs. Zhou really did not doubt that there was him, but she just said comfortingly: "Your Highness, this is first... well, I want to protect you by making it clear first. If you make a mistake and do such a thing, even if he doesn't blame him You, the courtiers will not let you go."

Mrs. Zhou originally wanted to say that Li Congjia was a villain before a gentleman, but after thinking about it, she felt that this sentence was not very respectful to Li Congjia, so she had to change it.

Zhou Ehuang had no idea in mind, as long as Li Congjia was kind to her son, she could bear anything.

Li Congjia's travel ceremonial guard made him cut it again and again, until the Ministry of Rites almost rolled over the ground for disagreement, and even the cabinet protested.

The Ministry of Rites almost wanted to die because of this overtime work. Li Congjia didn't want to torment them. It was mainly because of the various etiquette systems formulated by these people before. Just waiting to win Chang'an and become emperor, but not now, so Li Congjia used this reason to start cutting.

At first everyone thought that was the meaning, but Li Congjia was probably addicted to hacking, so he was sent to travel easily, so how could that work?At any rate, the guard of honor of Tang Wang's trip represents Tang's face, okay?You can't let people look down on you!

Li Congjia had no choice but to follow their advice, and he wasn't losing face, if he wasn't in a hurry, he would have hoped that he would be as gorgeous as he was, and how he would be as strong as he was.

However, Li Congjia felt after reading the previous guard of honor that he probably wouldn't be able to reach the front line after half a year's journey, or by the time he got there, the battle would be over!

Then why did he lead the army in the past?Multi-day tour from the Western Regions to the Central Plains?

Now I can barely see that the number of people traveling is not that large, and it won't hinder the speed too much, so that's fine.

There are not many people traveling, so there is not so much time to prepare. However, the seven days Li Congjia planned is also the life of everyone in the Ministry of Rites. I wish I could work 24 hours a day!

Li Congjia was also very emotional. When he first arrived in the Western Regions seven years ago, he took people away as soon as he wanted to go, but now he still has to prepare for so long!

But what made him even more emotional was that it had been almost ten years since he passed through, and even this body was about to be three years old, and time passed so quickly.

It wasn't long before he felt emotional, the Ministry of Rites finally came to tell him that everything had been prepared, just waiting for him to trigger it.

There is still a set of rituals to be done when we set off, and it is close to noon when everything is done, and we have to stop and camp before dragging the brigade. After all, it is not suitable to drive at night in the Western Regions. Once the sun sets, the temperature difference between day and night is enough Frozen to death, the tent must be set up before sunset, the rest should be rested after dinner, and the patrol should be patrolled.

Li Congjia brought Yang Xin and Zhou Ye with him on this expedition. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that he wanted to focus on training these two people, but many people did not regard Yang Xin as an opponent. It was because Yang Xin's shortcomings were obvious. The missing childhood education cannot be made up later if you want to make up for it. In comparison, Zhou Ye seems to be more competitive.

However, none of them thought that as long as Zhou Ye didn't have any outstanding credit, Li Congjia would not let him join the cabinet. If Zhou Zong was only the chief assistant, then Zhou Ye would have no problem joining the cabinet. Ye and Li Zhongyu are cousins, that's not good, the Zhou family is full of favor from two generations, and troubles are prone to happen.

Neither is Han Chou. Han Chou is too biased. He is suitable for being a diplomat, not for being a elder. In fact, Li Congjia is still very optimistic about Yang Xin. Apart from these few people, he is most optimistic about Shi Xingyi. A young apprentice, Luo Ziyan, but now Luo Ziyan's official position is too low. If Li Congjia wants to use him, he must let him be promoted step by step to brush up his resume.

However, the appearance of Luo Ziyan put him in a good mood. Luo Ziyan is a representative, which means that the students of Shi Xingyi's academy have begun to slowly enter the court, and it will not be long before they will become the backbone of the court.

When Li Congjia was thinking about whether Han Xizai should be transferred to the cabinet if Han Xizai begged for the bones, Yang Xin who had been sitting with his hands reading a book suddenly asked, "Your Highness, my master...is he really all right?"

Yang Xin was about to suffocate himself to death. Shi Xueting's letter was just to report his safety, and he didn't say anything specific. Because of Yang Xin's status, he didn't even read this sentence to report his safety. As a disciple, how could Yang Xin Are you worried about Shi Xueting?

It's just that Li Congjia didn't seem very nervous before, so he endured it. Now there are only the two of them in the tent, oh, and Chunsheng and Tao Fu, but they are also acquaintances, so Yang Xin will not hide it. Tucked away, he asked decisively.

Li Congjia put down the writing brush in his hand, took the cloth towel handed over by Chunsheng, wiped his hands and said with a smile, "I thought you were not worried anymore, why did you just think of asking now?"

Yang Xin scratched his head and said, "Everyone was busy before, and I asked them and they told me there would be nothing wrong, but they couldn't tell me anything, so I just..."

Li Congjia said helplessly: "Don't blame everyone, really... even I don't know where the national teacher is now. He only said that he is safe, not where he is. If he tells me, maybe I can make a judgment."

Fortunately, Yang Xin didn't have to know Shi Xueting's location, as long as he was safe.

However, Li Congjia and Shi Xueting always seemed to have a kind of tacit understanding. As soon as he said that he didn't know the location of Shi Xueting, Shi Xueting sent him a letter, and it was a personal letter, telling him where he was.

After Li Congjia got the letter, he found that the letter was not short. In addition to telling him where he was, he also told Li Congjia not to bother looking for spies in the Privy Council, because he already knew who the informer was.

That was a person that Li Congjia never expected before—Feng Herong!

Li Congjia was at a loss when he saw these three words, Feng Herong?How can it be?How could he know Shi Xueting's marching route?

Even if Feng Yansi is still alive, he may not be able to know these things. Feng Herong does not have any official position, and he is a playboy, how could he know these things?

However, since Shi Xueting has come to a conclusion, he must have investigated it a long time ago. After Li Congjia continued to read, he realized that Feng Herong is indeed not qualified to know these things. All the families related to the Feng family were expelled from the court across the board.

It was very easy for Feng Herong to know the news, and what happened later was also very simple. Seeing that things were not good, Feng Herong directly left the rest of the family, and took his wife and children all the way to Northern Zhou. After arriving there, Feng Herong relied on the information he knew to become an official in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Naturally, Shi Xueting's marching route no longer became secretive. Even Bei Zhou knew that Tang's previous stance of wanting to fight Liao was fake. They didn't want to drink, what they wanted was Chang'an !

Although Chang'an has all kinds of inconveniences nowadays, the terrain and water transportation are not easy to solve, but after all, it is his own territory, and Northern Zhou cannot easily let it out, and he can't win against Khitan, so it is still safe to fight against Xitang , so I hit it directly.

After Li Congjia read the letter, he hated Feng Herong so much in his heart, and felt that the handling of Feng's family was too easy.

He sat in front of the table for a while, raised his head and said to Yang Xin: "Come, help me draw up an order."

Yang Xin almost threw the book out of his hands when he heard this: "What... what?"

Li Congjia raised his eyebrows and asked, "Didn't I make it clear?"

Yang Xin quickly waved his hand: "No... no, I just want to say, let me go and call Zhou Sheren."

Li Congjia glanced at the hourglass and said, "No need, it's late, he must have gone to bed, and he has to hurry tomorrow morning."

Yang Xin said with a bitter face, "But I can't."

Li Congjia had no choice but to say: "The purpose has a fixed format, and the words are also particular. It's not difficult..." Halfway through his speech, Yang Xin really might not know those exquisite words, after all, many words seem to be superficial. It meant one thing, but actually it meant another, so he had no choice but to say, "Well, let me tell you, remember, and give it to Zhou Ye to sort out a copy tomorrow morning."

Yang Xin breathed a sigh of relief, he is indeed making up cultural lessons now, but such things as drafting decrees are too high-end, and he hasn't made up there yet.

Fortunately, Yang Xin's calligraphy is not bad now, and his writing speed can keep up. After Li Congjia tried a few sentences, he felt relieved while thinking and speaking, no longer worrying about Yang Xin's writing speed at all.

His decree this time is mainly to let the Privy Council continue to strictly investigate. Although Shi Xueting said that the spy this time did not come from within, in Li Congjia's view, this is also the lack of strict internal supervision of the Privy Council.

What is confidential?The secret is that parents, wives and children can't talk about it, unless one day this matter is no longer a secret, otherwise it must rot in the stomach and hide it for a lifetime!

Feng Herong can get the news so easily, can others also get the news?These days, there are not only one or two traitors. As long as there are foreign forces who want to get news and are willing to spend money to dig them, there will always be someone who cannot resist the temptation and speaks out.

Li Congjia didn't ask everyone in the Privy Council to keep their mouths shut, but at least the middle and high level must be able to do it, right?Otherwise, Li Congjia paid such a high salary, is it for the sake of raising spies?

Must rectify!And it needs to be rectified immediately without delaying the Eastern Expedition. This request is not low, but Li Congjia did not ask for a deadline, nor did he have hard rules. As for how to do it, it is up to Li Jingda and the others.

Li Congjia's tone was serious, but the request was not because he was soft-hearted, but because he suddenly realized that he was the Privy Council envoy when he remembered that he was the first to bear the brunt of the responsibility for such a big incident.

Li Congjia felt a little guilty, throwing blame was not his habit, but it was not easy to admit his mistakes to his subordinates, so he had to criticize severely and let it go gently.

After writing the decree, Li Congjia took out the map, Yang Xin looked at him and couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, it's getting late, go to bed."

Li Congjia smiled and said: "I'm fine, I can always catch up on sleep in the car, you go to sleep first, and I'll check the position of the national teacher."

Yang Xin didn't want to leave even after hearing this, and followed along wanting to see where Shi Xueting was now.

Shi Xueting said in the letter that he is now in Huazhou, to be precise, he went directly to Huashan along the Qinling Mountains!

Li Congjia admired Shi Xueting's ability to cross mountains and mountains very much, and he didn't know how he got deep into the enemy's rear under the enemy's nose!

Yes, Shi Xueting is now in the territory of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Logically speaking, his move is too risky. In fact, the best way should be to gather the tribe in time, join Zhao Kuangyin, and then discuss how to attack the capital. Zhaofu.

However, Li Congjia felt that he could vaguely guess what Shi Xueting was thinking - didn't he just want to intercept Bei Zhou's reinforcements halfway?

With the 5 troops in Shi Xueting's hands, it may not be easy to completely intercept the opponent's reinforcements. Li Congjia felt that he had to help Shi Xueting relieve some pressure, so the next day, he ordered that Pan Mei led five thousand soldiers and horses to Tongzhou, and they had only one task - to take down the warehouse and block the river!

After hearing this, Pan Mei was a little surprised, and couldn't help but ask, "Did the national teacher say to fight like this?"

Li Congjia raised his eyebrows: "You don't believe me?"

Pan Mei bowed her head immediately. Of course he didn't dare to question Li Congjia openly, but he couldn't help muttering a few words in private. Everyone has to admit that Li Congjia is indeed good at civil affairs, the establishment of the official system, taxation, and even the development of weapons. It can barely be counted, but these are all civilian jobs, and his military leadership resume is actually the same as that of the generals.

And Pan Mei is actually one of Zhao Kuangyin's famous generals. Before Zhao Kuangyin attached to Datang, Pan Mei was already famous, and he was indeed qualified to doubt Li Congjia's military quality.

However, what Li Congjia relied on was not his military vision, what he relied on was his tacit understanding with Shi Xueting!

Of course, this kind of thing cannot be said, Li Congjia said directly: "I let you go, you go, the national teacher will naturally cooperate at that time, and I will also order Zi Tinghou to cooperate. I am not asking you to die. Just remember it."

Pan Mei was still a little uneasy: "If the national teacher...doesn't have this intention?"

Li Congjia smiled and said nothing, but what he was thinking in his heart was that if Shi Xueting didn't even have this kind of tacit understanding with him, then he would go and kill Shi Xueting to death!

Pan Mei left full of doubts, no matter how much credit he had, Li Congjia had given him orders, and it was impossible for him to really disobey.

At the same time, Li Congjia issued an order to Zhao Kuangyin before the people arrived. Of course, it was not particularly detailed. He just asked Zhao Kuangyin to start attacking Jingzhao Mansion after receiving the news that Pan Mei had already attacked. It's completely in place, let's take it down first.

As for Li Congjia...he decided to go to Huashan!

Originally, he came out to meet Shi Xueting, but now that he has the whereabouts of the other party, he has a reason.

Yang Xin and Zhou Ye were on the verge of crying. They thought that Li Congjia would be in Binzhou even if he came here, but they never expected that Li Congjia would take someone to Mount Hua!That's enemy territory, okay?If people knew that Li Congjia was coming, those reinforcements would probably not have to go to Jingzhao Mansion, they would just rush here to take Li Congjia away and win!

But neither of them could persuade Li Congjia. Li Congjia brought a total of 1 people, 5000 to Pan Mei, and he even allocated 3000 people to help Zhao Kuangyin, so he took 2000 people to the enemy's territory. Armed Tourism!

I really wanted to kneel to him, Yang Xin and Zhou Ye did kneel, Li Congjia didn't care about them at all, Zhou Ye made Li Congjia a mark, and decided to go back and sue his father, and let everyone leave Li Congjia behind. Capital, don't come out to convulse!

Yang Xin and Zhou Ye followed Li Congjia bitterly. What's more, Li Congjia actually let them break up into pieces and shuttle between the mountains, which really killed Zhou Ye!

Although Zhou Ye can be regarded as a person who has experienced the rise and fall of a country, he has not suffered much since he was a child, and this time he has basically suffered all the hardships he has not experienced. The most deceitful thing is that Li Congjia should be better than him. A more pampered man is better suited to jungle life than he is!

Not to mention Yang Xin, Zhou Ye suspects that he is the reincarnation of a monkey, and he is more comfortable in the mountains and forests!

Li Congjia wanted to see Shi Xueting very urgently, and he didn't have time to be considerate of Zhou Ye, so he had to ask Zhou Ye to follow behind as much as possible, and if he couldn't keep up, he would take someone to find a place to wait for him.

Zhou Ye naturally didn't want to be left behind, how could a courtier allow the monarch to go into danger while hiding aside and surviving?

So he resolutely followed, and fortunately, he followed, which made him feel that he had opened the door to a new world.