Fu Tang

After Li Congjia heard the news, an expression of disbelief appeared on his face. In fact, not only him, but also the heads of the Privy Council were very surprised.

After all, this is the first time that someone rebelled after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, or someone in the military system rebelled. Whether it was to kill chickens to scare monkeys or to make a quick decision, the Privy Council gave Lei Youzhong a lot of soldiers and horses. worthy.

In a rough calculation, Lei You finally led more people than the opponent, so he still lost?

It's true that a saint would be angry, but Li Congjia has passed the age of impulsiveness. After the initial anger rose, he asked again: "How did you lose?"

Li Hongji glanced at the military newspaper and said: "He underestimated the enemy. After Xia Shuang received the news, he pretended to be defeated, and he led people directly into the city. Unexpectedly, Xia Shuang had already set up an ambush in the city. Thanks to Lei It is better to have a weapon in your hand, and finally rush out, otherwise I am afraid that the entire army will be wiped out."

Li Congjia couldn't help asking: "He fell for such a mentally retarded scheme? Was it so careless?"

Everyone looked at each other and thought, this matter is really hard to say, now Datang's army is almost synonymous with invincibility, even if it encounters Khitan, it can basically be crushed with weapons, which caused many generals to like speed Quick decision, after all, this can make them appear more powerful.

Li Congjia also reacted quickly, scolded a mother silently in his heart, and said angrily: "Datang's development of military industry and research and development of various weapons is not for the purpose of making generals more and more stupid, if they can be crushed with weapons , What do I need a general for? Just find someone, take a team of soldiers, and just bombard the enemy when you see it. The question is, is this possible? Is Lei Youzhong stupid? He has weapons, and Xia Shuang has them, even if Xia Shuang The ones in Shuang's hands are not very good, but he knows the power of these weapons, how could he not take precautions?"

All the heads of the Privy Council listened to the training with their heads down, scolding Lei Youzhong bloody in their stomachs. Once they heard Li Congjia say such a series, they knew that Li Congjia was really angry.

Of course, the problems exposed this time are indeed big.Li Hongji glanced at Li Congjia secretly, and found that he didn't seem to intend to continue talking, then looked left and right, then took a step back, and stepped on Zhao Kuangyin's foot.

Originally, Li Hongji thought that Zhao Kuangyin would definitely make some moves after this kick, and as long as Li Congjia saw it, he would be called by name. In fact, the ideas of several of their generals were similar, so let Zhao Kuangyin be a representative.

However, the fact is that he had a good idea. The problem was that Zhao Kuangyin didn't cooperate. The guy actually held back, didn't move at all, and even gave Li Hongji, who looked back at him, a contemptuous look.

When Li Hongji raised his eyebrows, he couldn't believe that Zhao Kuangyin's feet didn't hurt!As a result, just when he wanted to continue, he heard Li Congjia say: "Brother, do you have something to say?"

Li Hongji:? ? ? ? ?When he turned his head, he found that everyone around him was looking at him. He suddenly realized that his actions were too big just now, and when he turned his head, he saw Zhao Kuangyin's gloating expression.

Li Hongji gritted his teeth, and he stood up after being called and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much. Generals like Lei Youzhong are rare after all. What's more, with the lessons learned from the past, everyone will definitely wake up. I also remembered this lesson, and I probably won’t do it again next time.”

Li Congjia pondered for a while and said: "You mean, tell me not to change generals?"

Li Hongji looked confused, he didn't say that, it's just... Li Congjia already called him by name, what else could he say?

But now his emperor's younger brother seems to have interpreted other meanings from his words. Does he want to explain it?

Changing generals just before the battle also depends on the situation, like Lei Youzhong's current situation, it is normal for the court not to trust him.

As a result, just when he was about to come out to explain, Zhao Kuangyin behind him said loudly: "I think the King of Shu is right. Changing generals now might delay the military opportunity. It's better to let Lei Youzhong take the blame and make meritorious service."

Li Hongji's nose was almost crooked after hearing this, why did he make sense?He didn't mean that at all, did he?Is Zhao Kuangyin looking for trouble?

Of course, Zhao Kuangyin was not just looking for trouble, he really wanted to intercede with Lei Youzhong.In fact, Lei You is still talented, otherwise everyone would not have let him lead the army, but who would have known that such a thing would have happened?

Of course, Zhao Kuangyin's sudden kindness was mainly due to the fact that Lei Youzhong had been with him through life and death, at least it was an old friendship, so he could help if he could at this time.

As a result, after Zhao Kuangyin finished speaking, he received stares from the two royal brothers, and immediately stood aside as quietly as a chicken and stopped talking. Anyway, he has already done what he can do, and the rest depends on Lei Youyou's luck.

Li Congjia also had some conflicts in his heart. He really wanted to transfer Lei Youzhong back, but if he sent another person there, it would take a while to travel, and it might really delay the military situation.

In the end, Li Congjia let go and said: "Since Duke Qin begged for mercy, let Lei Youzhong take the blame and perform meritorious service."

Zhao Kuangyin heaved a sigh of relief, thanks to Li Congjia not getting dizzy, otherwise he would probably be thrown to Yizhou.

Although Zhao Kuangyin is not afraid of war, but this kind of thing that cleans up the mess can be avoided.

After Li Congjia returned from the Privy Council, he saw Shi Xueting holding a book and reading it, and after a closer look, it turned out to be "Luxury" and "Governing the Country" in "Guanzi".He couldn't help asking: "Why do you think of watching these?"

Shi Xueting put down the book in his hand and said: "Don't talk about it, you've lived to learn, I haven't read a book for a long time, and many things have been forgotten, now take the time to review it."

Li Congjia was a little puzzled. Of course he didn't expect it to be because his thinking was jumping too much before. Shi Xueting felt that he couldn't keep up, so he started to make up lessons for himself. Can't understand?

However, the results of Shi Xueting's make-up lessons...was not very good. Although he did learn a lot, he couldn't figure out Li Congjia's thinking thread from these books. His ideas seemed to appear out of thin air.

It's just that Shi Xueting was not discouraged. He felt that he must not have read enough books, so he directly asked people to prepare many kinds of books for him, and the most were about the national economy.

It is a pity that there are too few such books. Even if he has experienced the war, many books have been lost. It is not easy for Shi Xueting to study on his own. Unless he can find those lonely books, he even began to think about whether he should also go to the academy. go to school?

I have to say that having an emperor's companion is really impressive.

However, Li Congjia didn't notice Shi Xueting's pressure at all, he leaned over and kissed Shi Xueting's forehead and said, "Just take a look, don't make yourself so tired."

Shi Xueting did not continue this topic, but said: "I heard that the collection of antiques from all over the world has begun to be identified in an orderly manner. I wonder if there is anything useful?"

Li Congjia said: "It seems that some of them have been identified. Generally speaking, there are more fakes than real ones."

Shi Xueting asked: "How many genuine products are there?"

Li Congjia took a sip of tea and said, "It's less than [-]%."

Shi Xueting was very surprised: "The difference is so much?"

"Hey." Li Congjia smiled and said, "It would be great if the authenticity rate can reach [-]% out of the [-]%."

Shi Xueting asked strangely: "Why do you say that? The people invited to judge this time are all university scholars, so there will be fakes?"

Li Congjia said: "In the antique industry, there are people who can make fake imitations look more real than real ones, so you can't be too careful."

Shi Xueting thought for a while and said: "If that's the case, then the fake can only be taken as the real thing. After all, no one can see it, so isn't it the real thing?"

Li Congjia raised his chin and said, "Who says you can't see it? Isn't there me here?"

Shi Xueting didn't believe that Li Congjia could be better than those university students, but he didn't want to complain about Li Congjia, so he changed the subject and said, "Are there many rare books in these antiques?"

Li Congjia knew that Shi Xueting didn't trust him very much, so he could only wrinkle his nose and said, "It seems that there are quite a few. Why, why are you interested in these books now?"

Shi Xueting said in his heart: Isn't it because of you?

Shi Xueting found that he probably couldn't keep up with Li Congjia's footsteps in terms of money, so after understanding a part and ensuring that he would not fail to understand what Li Congjia said, he turned around to study other things—such as medical science. museum.

Shi Xueting studied under Shi Qingsong, Shi Qingsong is still very good at practicing medicine and asking medicine, Shi Xueting also learned a lot of things from him, now Li Congjia wants to standardize the regulations of the medical clinic, although he can wait for the court To investigate, but Shi Xueting was still worried.

Some things are easier to get out of shape as more people handle them. This is a good thing in the first place, but if the people below want to be opportunistic, there is no certainty what will happen.

So Shi Xueting planned to open a medical clinic by himself to find out, but he studied medicine many years ago, although these years are not considered a step backward, but they are not considered progress, and there are still many things that have been forgotten, Shi Xueting Now that I have started reading and studying again, I naturally have to pick this up.

Seeing that Shi Xueting liked it, Li Congjia asked people to bring over some ancient books that had been appraised, but it was not easy, after all, most of the ancient books that can be called antiques in this era are bamboo slips!

Liu Yi, who was in charge of this, took people to move several times, and only half of them moved here, which almost filled up Li Congjia's study.For the first time, Li Congjia understood the meaning of a great deal of money from reality.

He turned his head to look at Shi Xueting and asked, "What are we going to do now? How about I change the place for you?"

Anyway, there are many houses in the palace, and there are only two concubines in his harem, occupying two palaces to death, and the rest are breeding mosquitoes, why not set aside a special room to put these slips for Shi Xueting to read.

When Shi Xueting saw that this was not good, he hurriedly said: "Don't worry, where are these slips? I'll go over and read them myself, it's not good for the ancient books to move around like this."

When Shi Xueting lived in the temple in the palace, he was disliked by others. In the end, he had to set up the National Teacher's Mansion to prevaricate everyone, so that he and Li Congjia wanted to go to the real place to make out.

Now if Li Congjia really opened up a palace for him to read books, the following people might not say anything.

After hearing this, Liu Yi looked at Li Congjia with some embarrassment and said, "The environment where these bamboo slips are stored is not very good."

Of course, it’s not good. Many of the bamboo slips that have been collected for appraisal are not in good condition and need a little repair. Now Liu Yi’s moved here are all in good condition or have been repaired, and the bamboo slips may need to be used in the process of repairing. Drugs, the conditions in this era are not very good, the extraction methods are very rough, and the smell inside is really bad.

Li Congjia lowered his head and thought for a while and said, "Find someone to copy the books. As long as these bamboo slips are authenticated to be authentic, they should be preserved carefully. Some of the bamboo slips are orphan copies, so it's not easy to lose them. Let someone copy the books."

Just when Liu Yi said that it was inconvenient to carry, Li Congjia realized that it would be very inconvenient for Shi Xueting to hold the bamboo slips to read. It is better to find someone to copy the books, anyway, they can be printed in the future.

After hearing this, Liu Yi turned to work on the matter without saying a word, Li Congjia turned to look at Shi Xueting and said with a smile: "It seems that you won't be able to read these books these two days."

Shi Xueting said calmly: "It's not that I don't have nothing to do if I don't read books!"

Shi Xueting specially accentuated the word "do", and Li Congjia blushed when he heard it. He felt that after being together for so many years, his face didn't seem to be tempered.

When Shi Xueting did not forget to molest Li Congjia in his studies, Lei You finally received Li Congjia's reprimanding edict. What reassured him was that he was not escorted to Beijing for questioning, but instead made to commit crimes and make meritorious service.

Lei Youzhong, who was already terrified, was resurrected with full blood. As long as he can win this time, it doesn't matter if he doesn't give a reward, at least he can keep his current official position without being punished.

Lei You finally turned his head and counted his men, and then discussed with the county magistrate Li Hui for a long time, and found that Yizhou City was not easy to fight, but a good way was to besiege the city. After all, Yizhou is not very big, and the city cannot Self-sufficiency, many things have to be brought in from the outside, who makes this place so crowded?

But if the besieged city is waiting for the opponent to surrender, I don't know how long it will take, and such a victory feels meaningless, not to mention that Lei Youzhong is currently committing crimes and meritorious deeds, and must be resolved quickly. clean up.

Lei You finally decided to attack by force, and he didn't stop after opening the city gate.

Li Congjia, who was studying how to provide pension and medical insurance, had just promoted the progress of the work, and then received the news that Lei You finally won and beheaded more than [-] people.

After hearing this, Li Congjia breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This year should be a stable one."

While talking about Li Congjia, he wondered why there are so many traitors?And beheaded so many, that is to say, after Xia Shuang ran away, these people also ran away with him?

That's probably the same number of generals and soldiers who followed Xia Shuang's rebellion in the report, so not many people were killed during the fight, and no one surrendered?

This is unscientific, right?How much do these people hate the court?

Li Congjia began to think about whether to send someone to Yizhou to find out what went wrong there. If Xia Shuang's rebellion was because he believed the rumors, it would be very problematic if these soldiers refused to surrender.

When Li Congjia was thinking about whether to send someone or let the intelligence department work hard, Shi Xueting came over to Li Congjia with a very bad face and said, "Five thousand of the more than [-] people who were beheaded by Lei Youzhong were ordinary people."

Li Congjia:! ! ! ! !

He just felt wrong!I really thought that those who followed Xia Shuang's rebellion had the demeanor of revolutionaries!

Li Congjia asked very calmly: "Chunsheng, ask Zhao Kuangyin to send someone to Yizhou to bring Lei Youzhong back to Lao Tzu!"

After Chunsheng heard this, he couldn't help but tremble, and silently gave Lei Youduan a root of wax in his heart, thinking that this man really went all out for his military exploits, and actually used the head of a commoner to pretend to be a high mountain, and the emperor was far away, so his majesty wouldn't know?

Zhao Kuangyin, who is now in charge of the military court, was spending his days leisurely all day long. When Chunsheng found him, he was holding a purple clay pot to watch flowers and feed birds. After listening to Chunsheng's words, Zhao Kuangyin was so scared that the purple clay pot in his hand fell off. It fell to pieces.

However, the two of them didn't have the time to take care of the purple clay pot, so Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help asking: "Did Lei Youzhong really do that? Why did he do it?"

Chunsheng said with a bitter face, "Who knows? Beheading [-] people is no small feat. He... hey, His Majesty is very angry now."

Zhao Kuangyin asked reflexively, "Is the national teacher here?"

Chunsheng looked rejoicing: "Yes, otherwise, it would not be me, but His Majesty himself."

Zhao Kuangyin trembled, although he could occasionally joke with Li Congjia occasionally, but when it came to business, Zhao Kuangyin was still somewhat afraid of Li Congjia.

Judging from this incident, he, the judge, had not received the news, but Li Congjia already knew about it, so he didn't dare to think about where the intelligence department in Li Congjia's hands had extended.

Zhao Kuangyin scolded Lei Youzhong in his heart for being stupid, and at the same time sent people to bring Lei Youzhong back. However, because he had just won the battle, Zhao Kuangyin decided not to take coercive measures in order not to panic the people below. If you don't cooperate with him, there are other ways.

It's just that Lei Youzhong seemed to have expected this matter long ago, he held a celebration banquet in Yizhou regardless of the rules, and then waited for the people sent by Zhao Kuangyin, and followed them to leave Yizhou calmly.

As soon as Lei Youzhong came back, he was thrown into the military prison. Two days later, Li Congjia knew the reason why Lei Youzhong killed so many people.

Speaking of which, Xia Shuang is well-known in Yizhou. At least some common people are willing to fight against the imperial court for him. The reason why Lei Youzhong fell into the trap so easily before was because the people who set the traps were the common people. He was on guard, and because he was a commoner, Lei Youzhong didn't dare to attack because he didn't have an order, which caused him to lose so many soldiers.

This time to regroup, Xia Shuang probably tasted the sweetness and planned to do this, but the people were unscrupulous because they were confident that the court would not raise a knife against them.

In the beginning, Lei You was restrained, but later he simply let go, not caring so much.

The reason why he did this was not only because he wanted to win the battle, but because they were merciful to the people, but those people had never shown mercy to them, and many soldiers died at the hands of the people.

With such good weapons, they didn't die in the hands of the enemy, but in the hands of the people he guarded. Lei You finally couldn't accept it, so he knew that he might be questioned, so he still gave the order to kill without mercy.

After reading it, Li Congjia was in a dazed state. He looked up at Shi Xueting and asked, "Am I so unpopular?"

Shi Xueting said calmly: "Do you think the people who dare to challenge the court are ordinary people? I checked before, and most of them are rangers. Xia Shuang promised them many benefits, so they did this."

You Xia, Li Congjia is very convinced, so this matter becomes very difficult, Lei Youzhong's choice can be said to be forced, so how to deal with him has become a problem, after all, under the existing law This thing hasn't been specified yet.

Because this matter was Li Congjia's concern, Zhao Kuangyin did not go to the trial, but waited for Li Congjia's instructions.

As a result, before Li Congjia could figure out what to do, the censor couldn't bear it, saying that Lei had the heart of a beast, and that he actually used a knife against the people, and he must be severely punished.

Li Congjia's face sank after hearing this, and the hearts of the bosses standing in the front row also sank: This damn is going to go crazy!

However, Li Congjia did not speak for Lei Youzhong, he only said: "Do you know what it means to perform their duties?"

Just this sentence blocked the rest of Yushi's words. The separation of military and political affairs is not a joke. There is a trial and review agency within the Privy Council, so you need to jump up and down to point fingers?

The censor belongs to the civil service system. In fact, after the establishment of the Procuratorate, Li Congjia has been thinking about whether to cancel the censor platform, but the cabinet has always opposed it, so he let this matter go.

Li Congjia was getting angry by this incident, this guy came to show his presence, said nothing, and let you go!

So the jumping censor was driven home to eat himself, but there was no way to intercede for this matter, after all, this was done according to the law!

After Li Congjia dealt with the censor, he thought carefully for a long time, and directly threw Lei Youzhong to Yazhou to be the Marquis of Yu. Although this official position was not low, it was indeed relegation for Lei Youzhong, let alone in Yazhou... Such a place in the south, in the eyes of everyone, is almost like exile, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to return to the center in this life.

No one objected to Li Congjia's treatment, but before they knew it, Li Congjia met Lei Youzhong, and told him, "I'm going to train hard, and keep an eye on Dali by the way."