Chapter 140: Surprise
"Father, my son is back! ... The fourth prince, Ge Xiao, knelt in front of Li Xi, knocked a few times, and when he raised his head, his eyes were filled with tears. "Father, my son has missed you to death in the past few months."
Li Jia smiled and helped her, "Get up, come back from the south all the way, it's so icy and snowy, thank you for your hard work!"
"It is the duty of a son to do things for the father and be loyal to the great Yue, and it is not hard to do it." Li Xiao said humbly. "Is the father's body better?"
Li Jia looked at her fourth son thoughtfully, "Have you heard something outside?"
Looking at Li Jia's eyes, Li Xiao was slightly shocked and said, "Yes, my son is away and I heard a lot of rumors and was anxious. Now I can't express my joy when I see my father's health."
Li Jia laughed loudly. Li Xiao said this well. He should be happy. "The rumors stop at the wise!" he said.
"But Father, since you are in a good state, why are you not so arrogant and letting these rumors spread? This is not good for Dayue and the stability of the capital?" Li Xiao couldn't help but ask with courage when he saw that his father was in a good mood.
Li Jia smiled and sat back, "I was just about to see if I was in a bad state, what kind of ghosts and monsters would jump out to make trouble?"
Li Xiao couldn't help but be overjoyed. As soon as he returned from outside, his own people in the capital wanted to do something but couldn't find the backbone. He was suppressed for a while and couldn't breathe. His father said this naturally, he was referring to the eldest brother. It seemed that the eldest brother hit the gun this time.
At this time, it is not a good idea to attack the elder brother. Li Xiao suppressed the joy in his heart and said quietly: "Father is wise. What kind of big waves can the clown make? The father doesn't have to worry about it."
"You make sense. These people were killed after they were turned." After a glance at Li Xiao, Li Jia said lightly. After a change of the subject, he talked about another topic. "Originally, your elder brother was planning to lead his troops to attack the border town and attack those bold and arrogant people, but now your elder brother accidentally fell off. It would be better if it takes three or five months. Tell me, your elder brother can't go, so it's appropriate to send the general in the court to go?"
"I don't know who my father wants?" Li Xiao said carefully.
"Oh, our Dayue has not fought any war in decades. The old generals are old and sick. They really can't find anyone who can bear the great responsibility. I'm going to let Guan Pengju go again." Li Jia said.
"Father, General Guan is the treasure of our Dayue army. If the small méng people invade, they need to dispatch General Guan. It would be a bit of a big deal that would shock the Dayue government and the opposition. In my opinion, it would be enough to send a general and then a prince to take charge."
Li Jia sighed, "I thought so too. Feng Congyi had been fighting on the frontier for a long time and was very familiar with the méng people. He asked him to lead the army and then your elder brother was in the rear. But now your elder brother was accidentally injured and had to give up. Simply send Feng Congyi to the frontier, how can he suppress the officials in the frontier? Maybe he would suffer a heavy blow and make me more powerful!"
"Father, brother can't go, you have eleven sons!" Li Xiao said with a smile.
Li Jia waved his hand, "Eleven sons? Hehe, the fourth son, including you, except your elder brother, the remaining one of you knows the soldiers and understands the soldiers? Wouldn't you cause trouble if you go?"
Li Xiao suddenly stood up and knelt in front of Li Jia. "Father, although my son does not know the soldiers and does not know how to arrange troops, he is willing to go to the frontier to go and go on a journey."
"Since I don't know what the benefits of going there?" Li Jia looked at her fourth son, as if it was the first time she had known him today, which was obviously a bit unexpected.
"Father, I don't need my son to go to the frontier to fight and plan for the battle. What I have to do is to suppress the officials of the frontier for Feng Congyi, so that they dare not violate Fengyang, and raise military food and materials for the army to have heavy logistics. As for war, it is enough to have Feng Congyi. I don't understand and will not intervene. I believe that with my Great Yue's military strength, manpower and material resources, as long as I am properly allocated, there will be no major mistakes in the military, even if I suppress them, I will crush the méng people."
Li Jia stood up and walked back and forth several times in the house. "Do you really think so?"
The northern border is thousands of miles away from Dayue Shangjing, which is extremely bitter and cold, and maybe it will take three to five years to go there?"
"The heart of my son is expressive!" Li Xiao said, "I am willing to be so arrogant to the point of being a good person." He raised his head, his face full of determination.
Li Jia nodded in praise, "Very good, it's great that you can think so. If you think about this matter again, you are tired from running thousands of miles away, so go back and rest first."
"Yes, Father!" Li Xiao stood up. "Father, I found a good doctor for my father in the south. If my father wants, I will send him into the palace to treat my father."
Li Jia shook her head, "I know this old problem myself, I don't need it anymore.
"Father, this good doctor's surname is Wen."
Li Jiadi raised his head and said, "Wen Zhaolun?"
"The father's clarification is this person. Li Xiao responded with his hands down.
"He? Why is he willing to come back with you to diagnose me?" Li Bi asked in surprise, "This person should hate me to the core!"
"The father is in the body of Dayue, and Wen Zhaolun is a Dayue man. No matter how he says he is, he is a Dayue man. There is a grudge between him and his father. Although this person is partial, justice and anger are still clearly distinguished."
Li Xiao replied.
Li Jia nodded, "You have suffered a lot of grievances when you invite him to Beijing?"
Li Xiao smiled and said, "It is necessary to share the worries of the father and suffer some grievances."
"Okay, it's said that he's in. We're old friends. We can remember the past together. You, go back first!"
Li Jia knelt down and kowtowed, and walked out of Li Jia's room.
After a incense stick, a man wearing a rough cotton robe, as thin as a bamboo pole, with a blue face and a messy beard, walked into Li Jia's room in the Qianqing Palace under the guidance of Eunuch Huang.
There were more than a dozen ox candles as thick as arms in the hall. When they heard the sound of their feet, Li Jia raised her head and looked at the person coming into the hall. Her eyes were full of surprise, as if she didn't recognize the person coming.
"Are you Wen Zhaolun?" He stood up and pointed at the person who came.
Wen Zhaolun looked at Li Jia. No one was ashamed of the general public to see the emperor, nor was he afraid at all. Instead, he had a hint of sarcasm in his eyes. "Thirty years have passed, we have met again!"
"Bold!" Eunuch Huang on the side saw that this savage-like guy actually spoke to the emperor like this. He was shocked and shouted loudly: "Do you know who you are talking to? Kneel down!"
Wen Zhaolun remained motionless, raised his head and looked at Li Jia provocatively.
Li Jia smiled bitterly, "I'm really blamed for your temper as usual. How can you live to this day, so those officials in the south are so polite and polite?"
Wen Zhaolun sneered: "No matter how big or small he is, he will eat grains and grains, and he will get sick. You are the emperor of a country. Don't you think of me? Even if they hate me so much, they still have to respect me, because maybe I can save their lives that day."
Li Jia laughed, "That's the reason, but it's not Xiao'er who invited you, I really don't dare to bother you. It's beyond my expectations that you can come."
Wen Zhaolun said, "Are you not afraid of asking me to treat you, a medicine will directly kill you?"
Li Jia seemed to hear something ridiculous, and smiled and pointed at the brocade stool in front of her, "Sit, sit, do you think the emperor of a country is so easy to kill? Besides, this is not your style. Since you are here, I guess I can live a few more days. Come on, since you are here, let's take a look for me!"
Wen Zhaolun gasped for a few breaths, walked over, sat on the chair with a golden sword, stared at Li Jia for a while, and finally reached out to take the pulse for the other party.
Eunuch Huang at the entrance of the hall heard the shocking conversation between the two in the hall and had already been there. This was not a subject who was against the emperor, but it seemed like two people had a great hatred. Hearing the meaning of this, the two had known each other for a long time. Looking at the Wen surname, Eunuch Huang thought to himself, this is not enough, you have to report that the Empress is. What if the surname Wen surname is bad? Thinking of this, you can't help but sweat.
Li Xiao walked out of the palace and felt comfortable all over. This time he was bet right. His father was very satisfied with him and was satisfied with him. The elder brother was naturally dissatisfied. Moreover, after leaving the palace, the news he received made him even more overjoyed. His confidant, Xu Wei, the shilang of the Ministry of Justice, was appointed by His Majesty the Emperor and was promoted to the Minister of War, former Minister of War, and the eldest brother's iron-core Sha Qianli was forced to submit his resignation. Moreover, Cheng Qun led the left and right Jinwu Guards, Xue Chengyi led the left and right prison guards, and Feng Congyi led the left and right Lou Guards, these three were excluded.
Feng Congyi, the other two were old men. It seems that the father had already alerted the elder brother's power in the army and had already seized the elder brother's control over the imperial guards through a series of personnel mobilizations. What does this mean? The elder brother's power in the army was curbed, but he successfully reached his hand into the army. The strength of both sides was not simply increasing or deteriorating. Such a change would allow those courtiers with a sharper nose than a dog to see the direction of the wind and see who is the heir.
Li Xiao was overjoyed. Now there is only one of the most critical questions left. How long can the father live?
I hope Wen Zhaolun will not let himself down.
As long as the father can last for a few years and wait for his victory from the frontier to return, who else can the chair belong to besides himself?
A happy work, even the cold wind in the capital is not so annoying.
"Fourth Master, you're home!" The Shiwei who was accompanying him strangled the horses for Li Xiao. After returning to the capital, he beat Ma Nianyun and others to return to the mansion to report to Xinmei, but he had to go straight to the Forbidden City and hand over to His Majesty the Emperor before he could go home.
As Li Xiao turned over and dismounted, the gate of the Fourth Master's Mansion opened. Under the bright light, Xinmei led the mansion up and down and greeted him happily.
"I've met the Fourth Master!"!
Chapter completed!