[Red Mansion] Let's listen to a general's order

"My great general! Is there anything we can't say between you and me?"

Facing the emperor's persuasive temptation, Li Lian bowed his head, and after a while, he heard a voice, "The emperor's instruction is very true, it is the minister who has overstepped the rules, and the minister should remember to abide by the distinction between the emperor and the minister."

The difference between monarch and minister?The emperor was stunned, why did he mention this for no reason?

Trying to think back to the words he blurted out just now when he was drunk and furious, the emperor came to his senses.

After finding the source, the emperor laughed relaxedly, "I don't drink as much as you do, and it's normal for me to say anything when I'm drunk, why do you take it seriously?"

"Your Majesty, tell the truth after drinking!" Li Lian cautiously probed, his eyes seemed to be fixed on the ground, but he was actually observing every expression of the Emperor.

"Bah!" The emperor took a sip without an emperor's attitude, "I forbade you to resign over and over again, but you don't give me any face, you kid, you insist on leaving all the time, I got angry, and said something Isn’t it okay to say a word of anger? You still can’t tell if I’m angry!?” It’s a sideways admission.

Speaking of this step, although Li Lian didn't completely believe it, his face finally softened a bit.

"Whether it is drunk talk or angry talk, ministers should be cautious in their words and deeds, and abide by their duties as a minister. This is the meaning that a monarch and minister should have."

Seeing that Li Lian's attitude was so alienated, the emperor couldn't help feeling a pain in his heart. He held his hand and said with a lot of emotion: "You and I are not only monarchs and ministers, but also good teachers and helpful friends. We are brothers and sisters, and the relationship is by no means comparable to others." If you talk about the beginning It's a hypocrisy, but after so many years, this feeling is no longer comparable to what it was back then.

"I know that ever since I ascended the throne, I have become more and more suspicious of you." Having said this, the emperor sighed softly.

Emotionally, he really regarded Li Lian as his nephew.Ever since Li Lian was young, the emperor has been following him, watching him rule the sky, his skin is like a monkey grandson, and every time he encounters a catastrophe, he will try to find ways to help him like an old mother. Monkey Sun cleans up his hands, is it easy for him?However, I don't remember when it started, but I started to be afraid of this child.This kid seemed so rough that he could be compared with Niu Jizong, but in fact he was always sensitive. I'm afraid he could see what he meant in the past few years, so he acted more and more calmly.

The emperor sighed softly, patted Li Lian's hand, "It is I who wronged you."

"Your Majesty! All these years, relying on the favor of the Emperor and the Supreme Emperor, I don't know how to advance or retreat, making it difficult for the Emperor." Li Lian hurriedly spoke out to take matters into his own hands.

Seeing this, the emperor was very considerate.

He waved his hand, "In the final analysis, I was blindfolded and wronged you."

Li Lian's degree of loyalty is among the best in the entire Zhou Dynasty. He doesn't know how to advance or retreat. It's just that he fooled the emperor last time when he was seriously injured and asked to rest.From the emperor's point of view, these two times were Li Lian's intention to avoid being overwhelmed by his achievements, and to avoid embarrassment for the emperor, he took the initiative to find excuses to back down.

Hearing the emperor's heartfelt words, Li Lian's eyes became hot, and he said movedly: "The emperor knows how to pull out ministers, and ordered them to form Tiance Mansion, and also granted them the high position of Tiance General. It is the greatest honor in a minister's life to have the right to levy Yue and to be in charge of the country's military.” Compared to this, the title of Champion is nothing, after all, without real power and trust, the title of Champion is nothing more than a nice title That's all.

"It's my honor, Li Tianjie." I can get you, Li Jingya, to help you wholeheartedly.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

At this moment, all barriers and rifts are swept away and no longer exist.

"From now on, the two of us will be of one heart and one mind, and we will never doubt each other, so that we can write a good story about the relationship between the monarch and his ministers. You should stop talking about going to the hospital to recuperate your injuries or resigning from office and leaving Beijing!"

"Your Majesty!" I was moved, but Li Lian was rational and expressed his objection.

"As the saying goes: when the water is full, it overflows, and when the moon is full, it loses. To put it bluntly, the minister is already an extremely human minister, and if he makes military exploits in the future, there will be nothing to reward him for."

The emperor was silent, and Li Lian's words were honest and blunt, without any suspicion of exaggeration.

In terms of title, although the champion is only a marquis, ranking second among Yu Gong, Hou, Bo, Zi, and male, he is actually more noble than the ordinary Duke.Moreover, after the founding of the country, the monarchs of the Great Zhou Dynasty have been working hard to reduce the titles, so as not to lose their tails. Therefore, according to some unspoken rules that everyone cannot express clearly, the highest titles can only be promoted to the Marquis, and there will be no new Dukes Award.

In terms of official position, Li Lian is already a Tiance General, with the power to govern the country internally, and the power to levy the battleaxe externally, and to control the military affairs of the whole country.Even the head of civil servants, the Grand Master of Baohe Temple, is not as high and powerful as he is, and he is majestic.

There is no way to seal these two things, and there is no way to promote him. Even if he wanted not to reward Li Lian, but instead rewarded Wei Qing's third son like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it would be a problem to be kind to his son Li Lian.In this campaign to wipe out and counterattack the Allied Forces of the Seven Nations, the court had already given Li Lian's reward to Li Lian—marrying Princess Chang'an.Although Li Lian doesn't look as stunning and talented as his father Li Lian for the time being, he is also very talented, not the kind of prodigal son who only relies on the glory of his father and grandfather to show off his might.If Li Lian's rewards were all piled up on Li Lian, what if Li Lian made great achievements in the future, like his father, there would be no rewards?One must know that Li Lian is only under the Double Tenth year, and he still has a lot of time!

As for the gold, silver, jewellery, jade antiques, and farm mansions, they can only be regarded as icing on the cake, and should not be used as main rewards, otherwise, everyone in the world will laugh at the court.

He is an extremely human minister, and there is no reward for him. If the emperor does not make up a crime for such a minister, or simply kill him and his whole family for nothing, why should he "reward" his own throne! ?

The emperor naturally understood this truth, but he was full of confidence in himself and Li Lian, and such a tragedy would never happen.

But this kind of thing can't happen if the emperor doesn't want to. At least the civil servants will generally watch from the sidelines, hoping to pull Li Lian off his horse.

Different from the previous dynasties who emphasized literature over martial arts, today's Confucianism is no longer the invincible existence that was cool and flamboyant in the past. They can dictate to generals and military at will, and even humiliate and kill at will.Now the situation is quite the opposite!It's hard to say that Li Lian, Li Mingzhu, and Niu Jizong will be fine if they beat up the civil servants of the second rank or higher, that is, Ran Feng, Lin Han and others. It will be fine.

At present, the mainstream opinion in Dazhou is that a good man will get fame immediately, and he would rather be a centurion than a scholar.This made the civil official group hate it. If Li Lian was pulled down, it would hit the military general group hard, and at least it would indirectly improve the status of the civil official. .

Before the emperor wanted to express his confidence in Li Lian, Li Lian stopped him first.

"Now is the time for the generals in the army to quickly accumulate experience. The existence of the minister will only hinder them, and it will do a hundred harms without any benefit."

If Li Lian stayed in the capital and served in the capital, even if he didn't lead the troops in person whenever there was a war, the strategy, overall situation and other matters would naturally be in his hands.Li Mingzhu, Niu Jizong and others charge into the battle and kill the generals in front of the battle is very cool, but they can only become a seasoned general in their whole life, and they will never become a handsome talent who can lead the overall situation.Li Lian was like a big mountain, holding them down so that he could not show his face.In the long run, after a hundred years from Li Lian, there will be a fault in the Great Zhou army, and who can support it at that time!

Li Lian wanted to resign from office and leave Beijing, and traveling around the world with Feng Zizhi was only one of the reasons (the main one). He also made this decision considering his future with Li Mingzhu, Niu Jizong and others.

The emperor asked tremblingly, "Is there really no other way?"

"…have……"

In fact, there is another method that the emperor and Li Lian both know, but they just don't mention it.

If Li Lian stayed in Zhuangzi all day long like the days when he was recovering from his wounds, never going out for half a step, seeing no outsiders, ignoring military affairs and state affairs, and not going out when Da Zhou was alive or dead.In this way, not only can Li Lian be preserved, but also Li Mingzhu, Niu Jizong and others can gain sufficient experience and become the new pillars of the country.

only……

This method is the same as breaking the wings of the free eagle in the sky, shutting it tightly into an iron cage without seeing the sun, breaking off the limbs of the wolf king, locking it in a secret room, and trapping it in a small four-walled What's the difference?

"...Your Majesty, you can't have your cake and eat it too." Li Lian lowered his eyes.

Either let me go, or break my legs!

During a long period of silence, "I will not allow you to resign..." The emperor thought it over.

Li Lian's face paled slightly.

Shouldn't...

"Retain the positions of General Tiance and Prince Shaobao, and I will give you the post of inspector censor to patrol the world on my behalf and supervise local government affairs. All political gains and losses, military and civilian benefits and illnesses, all have to be outspoken, and important events will be announced. Judgment, small matters are judged, and there is the right to deal with them on the fly."

Hearing this, Li Lian couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and cast a sad look at the emperor, couldn't he not breathe?Almost scared the baby to death.

The emperor smiled smugly, deserved it!I will tell you if I did it on purpose! ?How much trouble you have brought me these days, you little boy!Skin children are not good at learning if they are not scared!

The difference between Li Lian's new inspector censor and Lin Ruhai's former inspector censor was only one word, but the functions of the two were quite different.

Both belong to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and both are censors of the Procuratorate. Although their official positions are not high, they are quite powerful.The inspecting salt censor is responsible for inspecting the salt administration and correcting illegal activities, and inspecting local salt affairs on behalf of the imperial court.The Xunyan Yushi, also known as the Eight Houses Xunyan, was born to check and balance local officials.Not only can law-breaking officials be impeached, but even local officials can be directly judged, and substantive supervision can be carried out on government offices such as prefectures, prefectures, counties, and roads. In the process of supervision, they can also report on the shortcomings of local administration.

And Li Lian, the new inspector censor personally appointed by the emperor, is not only an upright representative of the emperor to inspect the four directions, is not controlled by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and is directly responsible to the emperor, but also because he retains the integrity of his body. The general and the second-rank prince Shaobao, even the second-rank governor, who is the highest administrative officer of a province, dare not ignore him or play sloppy eyes.Moreover, with Li Lian's identity, prestige, and ability, he was able to uproot all pests in all places.

Although the emperor's move was unreasonable, it was still reasonable. It could not only continue to entrust Li Lian with important responsibilities, but also satisfy Li Lian's desire to leave Beijing for pleasure.May I ask if Li Lian and Feng Zizhi left the capital, would they stand by and watch if local officials corrupted the law and exploited the villagers?In this way, we can take the opportunity to eradicate the local moths that are beyond the reach of the court, and transfer Li Lian away from the capital, giving Li Mingzhu, Niu Jizong and others a chance to grow up, and avoiding the possibility of killing Li Lian's family.

After snickering, the emperor smiled softly, "You and I have a heart-to-heart relationship, how can we bear it!" It seemed that he was not the one who deliberately panted to scare Li Lian to death just now.

Seeing this, Li Lian also had no choice but to speak in a high-sounding manner, "I am entrusted by the emperor, I dare not relax even a little bit, and I will devote myself to do my best in the future, so as to provide peace to the people, otherwise how can I repay the emperor's kindness!" This time I take note of it.

"Okay!" The emperor pretended not to understand what he meant, and smiled gratifiedly.

"Yawn! It's getting late, you'd better go back home! Although the palace gate has been locked, it's still possible to hang you down with a hanging basket. I'm afraid Yannian will be anxiously waiting."

The emperor was really sleepy for a long time this time. He looked at the western clock that was brought up as a tribute, and found that it was already three quarters of the sea (45:[-]), and he had already finished correcting it at this time in the past. The memorial was settled, and hurriedly urged.

When I was angry just now, I didn't think it was getting late, but now...the emperor tried his best to hold up his spirits, but he had to think about how to answer his father when he went to Ningshou Palace with Dai Banban.He dared to guarantee that as soon as Li Lian came out of the gate of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Dai Banban would appear in the Hall of Mental Cultivation with a smile on his face before he reached the gate of the palace, conveying his father's words.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness." Li Lian said overjoyed that he would have to make do with a night in the room where the imperial guards rested, but unexpectedly he could go home.

"Go! Go!" Seeing his happy appearance, the emperor was both happy and jealous.

The "culprit" can raise the bed to warm the pillow and sleep with his lover in his arms, but the innocent self not only has to work hard to answer the old father who is partial to his eyes, but also has to get up early and start a new day after sleeping for a few hours. Busy, how can this be described as miserable! ?

Not knowing and not wanting to know the next "end" of the emperor, Li Lian happily sat on a large hanging basket with Ben Xiao, and with the help of the guards of the imperial guards, after slowly falling to the ground, he immediately rode Ben Xiao back to the champion government went.

Although it was getting late, the entire Champion Marquis Mansion was still brightly lit, and some personal guards could be seen walking around the mansion from time to time.

As soon as Li Lianfu came back, sharp-eyed personal guards saw it and shouted happily: "The general is back! The general is back!" A dozen of the personal guards dispersed to tell other people in the mansion the good news.

The remaining four or five guards who were lying in ambush by the gate of the mansion rushed up, one pulled the night for him, one held the washbasin, one twisted the handkerchief to clean his face, and one kept pushing him forward behind him. .

So enthusiastic! ?I haven't returned home for half a day!Li Lian let them do what they did with a dazed expression.

After crowding people into the inner courtyard, the guards dispersed.

Unlike the brightly lit and noisy crowds outside, the courtyard was dark and quiet.

Li Lian was affected by the environment and did not dare to make too much noise, so he could not help but tiptoe into the room.

Looking at the back of the head of the person on the bed, he quietly took off his robe and then his inner shirt, revealing his muscular body covered in criss-crossing scars.

Without covering the quilt, Li Lian went to bed slowly and lay down next to the person in the bed, for fear of waking him up.

However, Li Lian could soften the sound and movement of his return, but his weight and fiery breath gave him away.

Sure enough, feeling the sinking of the bedside and the familiar aura coming from the person behind him, Feng Zizhi knew that it was his lover who had returned.

He was originally anxious because Li Lian hadn't returned for a long time. Although he didn't get angry, the chills on his body scared the champion Hou's mansion.Once you do something wrong, Feng Zizhi will only glance at you coldly and then look away. Although there is no beating or scolding, it makes people tremble and tremble from the bottom of their hearts.

"... are you back?" Feng Zizhi didn't turn around, but asked in a low voice.

Seeing that the man woke up, Li Lian didn't have to worry about anything else, and immediately hugged him into his arms.

Putting his chin on Feng Zizhi's neck, he rubbed it comfortably, and then said in satisfaction, "Well, did it wake you up?"

"Have you had dinner yet?"

"Yes, the emperor has kept me for dinner."

"Tired?"

"Not tired... um... just a little bit!" pretending to be pitiful.

"Hmm..." Although he knew that Li Lian was pretending to be pitiful, Feng Zizhi couldn't harden his heart when he thought of him standing outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation for a whole day. He turned around and supported himself with his hands, wanting to pinch Li Lian's feet.

"...Don't! I'm just joking!" Li Lian hurriedly stopped him, he didn't want Xiaozhi to work hard.

Holding Feng Zizhi's waist again, he said joyfully: "The emperor has allowed me to retain my original position, and granted me a patrol censor to patrol the world and supervise local government affairs. There should be a formal decree tomorrow, and we will Pack your bags, we can leave the day after tomorrow at the earliest.”

"Where do you want to go first? First go to see the scenery of the northern country, with thousands of miles of snow, or to see the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, with misty rain? After seeing all the scenery in Dazhou, let's go to the northern United Kingdom, see Look at the place where those foreign devils look like!" Li Lian hugged Feng Zizhi, counting with great interest.

"...However, it doesn't make any difference to go there first." After a pause, he stretched out his hand and gently wrapped Feng Zizhi's back of the head, pressing against his forehead.

"Because I will accompany you to travel all over the world, see all the wind, flowers, snow and moon, never leave, never give up."

Hearing this, Feng Zizhi's heart felt hot, his cheeks flushed slightly, and he gave him a fluttering look, "Did you use honey for this mouth of Lord Hou's? Why is it full of sweet words!"

"I think there should be other uses, the factory owner should know..." Li Lian whispered in his ear.

"Where did the scoundrel come from!" Even though he was an old man, Feng Zizhi was still not used to Li Lian's enthusiastic appearance, so he slapped his face away with a slightly shy palm.

Li Lian grabbed his hand and smiled happily.