Datang: You Can't Imagine the Happiness of the Prince

Those... savages looked fierce, but they were actually annihilated by a charge of the Tang Dynasty cavalry, like chopping melons and vegetables.

Qin Qiong didn't have to fight in person, after all, he was the deputy commander of the Hebei Road Marching Army, and now Wan Kuan has left Hebei, it means that all Hebei's military power will be allocated by Qin Qiong.

And this time, it's dealing with savages, and it's even more of a catch.

An official of Qin Qiong's position would not participate in such low-level battles.

But Qin Qiong hadn't charged with cavalry for a long time. Before, when he followed Li Shimin to fight in the north and south, he always took the lead.

Saved Li Shimin's life, killed the other's vanguard officer, every time he risked: the enemy's arrows rushed at the forefront.

Every time I was hit by several arrows, and then there were countless wounds on my body, and I could take a bath with blood.

Because of this, Qin Qiong's body has left hidden dangers. If it wasn't for Wan Kuan, Qin Qiong wouldn't have a good life for a few years.

Even if you hang your life with soup medicine, it is better to live than to die.

To let such a peerless general stay at home every day to drink medicine and soup, it is more uncomfortable than taking his life.

But Qin Qiong couldn't die. For the sake of his descendants and the inheritance of his family, he had to survive. This was the most sad thing.

However, Qin Qiong had the best luck. Wan Kuan had taken a fancy to Qin Qiong's quality, so he specially transferred him to Hebei as his deputy.

And Qin Qiong is also willing to keep honesty and know gratitude, so Wan Kuan gave Qin Qiong a chance to heal.

A chance to be reborn.

In fact, this Qin Qiong is not congenital anemia, but the acquired blood loss too much, resulting in insufficient blood supply.

This kind of thing has to be cultivated slowly and quit all bad habits.

Fortunately, Qin Qiong's self-discipline is indeed very good, and people with credit are generally very self-disciplined.

The world's glory and wealth can't corrupt them, and they won't abandon their beliefs for that...

Chapter 735

Chapter 736

Chapter 737

At this time, Xu Jingzong felt that he had underestimated Yuan Dake before, and this Yuan Dake's vision was absolutely profound.

And Yuan Dake said to himself: "Now Mr. Xu is a fan of the authorities, and Yuan and I are a bystander, so Yuan has said a few sincere words, and I hope Mr. Xu will think about it carefully."

Then Xu Jingzong nodded abruptly after hearing this: "Okay, wake up the dreamer in one sentence, I, Xu, thank Lord Yuan for the advice."

Yuan Da smiled and waved his hand, and the two of them chatted happily again.

In fact, Yuan Dake guessed it well. The reason why Wan Kuan did not transfer Xu Jingzong to the capital was because the time was not enough.

But when will the time come? Wan Kuan feels that it is almost here now.

Wan Kuan circled around Nanyang and returned directly to Dengzhou.

Before he came out this time, Li Shimin told Wan Kuan that he should visit Kyushu for a long time, because the scientific examination was about to start.

Originally, the scientific examinations were all scheduled for autumn, but now Li Shimin is in a hurry...... Wait.

He planned to advance the imperial examinations, and then change one subject every three years to one subject every two years, so as to speed up the selection of officials by the imperial court.

In fact, Li Shimin had long wanted to take action against the aristocratic family, but on the one hand, officials in the DPRK and China were still controlled by the aristocratic family, plus the large tracts of arable land controlled by the aristocratic family, so Li Shimin had no choice but to do it slowly.

But now Wan Kuan has already drained the family's arable land, and now Li Shimin has also decided to carry out drastic reforms to the court.

In fact, those in the imperial court...the top rank, high-ranking officials above the third rank have nothing to do with the aristocratic family, they are all new families in Guanlong.

But from the fourth rank and the fifth rank onwards, those... middle and lower-level officials are almost all inextricably linked with the noble family.

Therefore, Li Shimin intends to speed up the selection of officials and recruit a few more people for each department, so that the renovation of the court can be gradually completed.

So Li Shimin asked Wan Kuan to return to the capital quickly, and the two wanted to discuss the matter of the imperial examination.

Wan Kuan didn't want to pay attention to Li Shimin at first, but when he heard about the imperial examination, he was moved, and he had to take part in this thing.

In fact, Wan Kuan has long wanted to do something to the aristocratic family, but those aristocratic families are deeply rooted, and there are many of them in the court.

After all, those... middle- and lower-level officials are the foundation of the imperial court. If all these people give up their jobs, then the entire imperial court is still the imperial court. You can't let the prime ministers like Fang Xuanling. Go put up big-character posters, go to register documents, go to supervise projects.

When Wan Kuan went to Nanyang, he stopped in Lingnan for a few days, but when he went back, he did not stop. Using the current and wind direction, Wan Kuan took only four days to return to Dengzhou from Java Island in the South Sea.

This is already the limit speed of a sea-going ship, and it is wide all the way without stopping.

Because it is just early summer, there are no strong winds and waves at all, plus the combined factors of ocean currents, the speed must be fast.

After returning to Dengzhou, Wan Kuanma kept making arrangements, then left Wu Meier in Hebei to take care of the overall situation of Hebei, and then returned to Chang'an with Xu Jingzong.

Originally, Xu Jingzong passed by Yuan and said that he planned to wait patiently.

Who knew that Wan Kuan would bring himself back to Chang'an as soon as he came, which made Xu Jingzong a little dumbfounded.

He had been wanting to return to Chang'an before, but he couldn't.

But now when he let go of his obsession, Wan Kuan wanted to bring him back to Chang'an.

In fact, Wan Kuan wanted to bring Xu Jingzong back to Chang'an just to deal with the imperial examination.

While Wu Meier stayed in Hebei, she naturally wanted to take charge of the overall situation.

To deal with the family, Wan Kuan intends to kill two birds with one stone, using one strategy to weaken the power of the family from two aspects at the same time.

This time, when he encountered the Goguryeo navy at sea, Wan Kuan already knew that the family was going to fight him to the death.

That being the case, Wan Kuan couldn't keep them.

Get rid of them as soon as possible, and your heart will be at peace.

Sitting on the canal, he returned to Luoyang overnight, and then the carriage galloped on the cement official road. When Wan Kuan returned to Chang'an, it happened that Li Shimin also returned from Qinling Qin Palace.

As soon as they came back, before the father and son said a few words, Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng came to the audience with a generous expression of dying.

Then Li Shimin pouted and glanced at Wan Kuan, meaning...what are you going to do, kid.

Wan Kuan shrugged, then waved his hand, meaning... let these two prime ministers come in.

Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng waited at the gate of the palace for a while, then followed Xiaohuangmen to Liangyi Hall.

As soon as they entered the Liangyi Hall, they saw Li Shimin sitting on the dragon chair, and Wan Kuan sitting on a high stool beside him.

Li Shimin's face was calm, while Wan Kuan's face was a little gloomy, and Fang Xuanling's heart sank.

I would rather offend Your Majesty than the Crown Prince.

If you offend Your Majesty, Your Majesty will not do anything to yourself. After all, everyone is fighting in the wind and rain, and you are loyal, Your Majesty is naturally clear.

But offending the prince is different.

Although the prince is not an emperor now, he will be an emperor sooner or later, and the prince has to make a stumbling block for himself, and he has no reason to reason.

Fang Xuanling felt a little nervous in his heart, but Wei Zheng was not afraid.

He's just... a jerk, even if the king is in front of him, he's not afraid.

There is no need to give a big ceremony in the Liangyi Hall. After Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng greeted Li Shimin and Wan Kuan, they went straight to the topic.

Fang Xuanling put Qin Qiong's military documents in Liaodong on Li Shimin's desk, and Li Shimin knew at a glance what the two were here for.

Li Shimin didn't read that document either, what to see in these things is just a little bit of life.

Wei Zheng, who was on the side, saw that Li Shimin was a little disdainful, so he began to secretly build up his strength, and today he was going to risk his death to remonstrate.

"Your Majesty, this minister impeached Qin Qiong for dispatching troops without permission, arranging food and grass privately, intending to rebel, and also asked the emperor to arrest Qin Qiong and bring it to the Dali Temple for severe punishment."

What a big hat! Wan Kuan raised his eyebrows at this time, this Wei Zheng is really not astonishing, and he will die endlessly.

I know that I open my eyes and tell nonsense, and Qin Qiong rebels. If you say this, will anyone believe it? If you say something bad, even if Qin Qiong is really rebelling, you can't be convicted of this crime.

That Qin Qiong was Li Shimin's hard-core confidant, and the whole Tang Dynasty knew Qin Qiong's loyalty and righteousness.

Now you say that Qin Qiong is going to rebel, not only... is to hit Li Shimin in the face, or the entire Tang Dynasty.

Chapter 738

This Wei Zheng really doesn't know how to speak, and doesn't know how to do things.

At this time, Li Shimin's calm face also became a little gloomy. This Wei Zheng always said something that he hated.

Just to show off, it's really abominable.

On the other side, Fang Xuanling was so frightened that he almost fell off the stool. Originally, it was agreed today that the two of them came to report this matter, and then begged His Majesty to reprimand that... Qin Qiong would do.

Let these military generals not start to act indiscriminately just because they have military merit.

As a result, Wei Zheng didn't play cards according to the routine when he came up. Fang Xuanling has regretted it now. He knew that he was here alone. What did he do with Wei Zheng, a scumbag? At this time, Li Shimin turned over the documents on the crime and said lightly. : "Wei Zheng, when Qin Qiong rebelled and sent troops privately, it was clearly an imperial decree that he should send troops to the north of Liaodong. This imperial decree is known in all the provinces, and your censor station also has a record, how dare you keep it open. Don't be grandstanding with your eyes, or I will punish you for the crime of deceiving the king."

After hearing this, Wei Zheng cupped his hands and stood up directly, appearing to be righteous.

"Your Majesty, there is indeed an imperial decree for dispatching troops, but the imperial decree was not written by the Zhongshu Province, but written by Your Majesty himself. Although the Menxia Province signed it, it did not have the signature of the Shangshu Provincial Military Department, so it is not in line with the rules."

"And even if Qin Qiong had an imperial decree, he should report the grain allocation document to the Zhongshu Province, and then the Zhongshu Province would allocate the grain and forage nearby. As a result, Qin Qiong took the grain directly from the Hebei granary and left, so he did not take the court's law. For one thing, I also ask Your Majesty to punish him severely."

Wei Zheng is now filled with righteous indignation, because Qin Qiong didn't care about it originally. Although Qin Qiong won the battle, it did not conform to the rules of the court. If every general was like this, then the Tang Dynasty would have been in danger.

Since the imperial court has established such a set of rules, it is to limit the power of generals.

Otherwise, there are so many soldiers in the generals' hands, who knows if they are loyal or not. If they strike back, it will be the court, or the emperor, and Wei Zheng doesn't think there is anything wrong with him.

At this time, Li Shimin didn't speak after listening, and his eyes floated to Wan Kuan's side.

It means...let Wan Kuan handle it himself.

It was Wan Kuan who asked Li Shimin to dispatch troops quickly, so there was no delay, so Li Shimin issued an imperial decree casually to let Qin Qiong act cheaply.

Now that Wei Zheng has come to the door, as for how to explain it, Wan Kuan has to say.