All the officials praised Li Xiuning for her military uniform. They all praised Li Xiuning for being a woman and a heroine of the Tang Dynasty. However, they never mentioned the matter of Li Xiuning leading the army on the expedition.
There was no one who could speak to Li Xiuning.
In the end, it was Chai Shao who stepped forward and helped his wife hold on.
But it's of no use.
Because Li Yuan didn't want Li Xiuning to lead the army on the expedition, just like he didn't want Li Shimin to lead the army on the expedition.
After the news reached Wude Hall, Li Yuanji had to personally come forward to help Li Xiuning.
Li Yuanji rewarded Yin Ah Shu for delivering the message for him, and rushed to the Tai Chi Hall, dragging his "sick body" and sitting on the Baohu, as if he was about to fall asleep at any time.
When they arrived in front of the Tai Chi Hall, they saw thousands of Li Xiuning's troops, wearing armor and holding swords, kneeling on the ground.
"His Royal Highness King Qi has arrived..."
The eunuch guarding the entrance of the palace shouted loudly, and Li Yuanji held the treasure and pushed him into the Tai Chi Palace.
The officials didn't understand why Li Yuanji appeared in Tai Chi Hall, and they all looked at Li Yuanji.
Li Yuanji did not pay attention to the gazes of the officials, but instead focused on Li Xiuning, Ma Sanbao, Xiang Shanyi and others who were kneeling in the hall.
When Yu Wenbao saw Li Yuanji's sick look, he was startled and immediately stood up and walked towards Li Yuanji.
Li Yuanji glanced at him and said calmly, "Sit back."
Yu Wenbao hesitated for a moment and sat back down in a polite manner.
Seeing this, all the officials in the palace looked horrified.
Yu Wenbao ignored the court ceremony, Li Yuan, and the attitude of the officials, and ran over to greet Li Yuanji.
This shows that in Yu Wenbao's heart, Li Yuanji is more important than all of them, including Li Yuan.
Li Yuanji was able to stop Yu Wenbao with just one shout, which shows that Li Yuanji held Yu Wenbao firmly in his hand.
If the other people under Li Yuanji were also firmly in Li Yuanji's hands.
Then Li Yuanji can be regarded as the first tyrant of the Tang Dynasty.
After all, Li Yuanji had the power, soldiers, and money in his hands, and if he had a group of generals who obeyed his orders, then there would be nothing anyone could do to him.
Pei Ji, Chen Shuda, and Xiao Yu looked at each other with a hint of shock in their eyes.
Because they discovered that Li Yuanji had become the dominant tyrant of the Tang Dynasty without them knowing it, and without warning.
If Li Yuanji continues to develop, it is very likely that Li Yuanji will keep pace with Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.
"Yuanji, why are you here?"
Li Yuan didn't care at all about what happened between Li Yuanji and Yu Wenbao. The moment he saw Li Yuanji, his expression changed drastically. Regardless of his manners, he hurriedly walked down the imperial steps and walked a few minutes to the front of the palace.
"If you don't recuperate in the palace, what are you doing here?"
Li Yuan stared at Li Yuanji with concern and asked.
Li Yuanji smiled 'weakly' and said: "I heard that there is a little thief on the Southeast Road, which offends the Tang Dynasty. I want to lead my troops to go and teach this little thief a lesson, so that they know what the power of the Tang Dynasty is.
That’s why I came here to ask my father for a fight.”
Li Yuan looked touched at first, then turned serious, "My father knows what you mean. But you are sick and it is not appropriate to go on an expedition, so don't cause trouble."
Li Yuanji said "confidently": "Although I am ill and cannot lead the troops to fight in person, I can still command thousands of troops and teach those little thieves how to behave."
Li Yuan's eyes suddenly widened, "It's not like our Tang Dynasty has no one left, it's not your turn to lead the army to the expedition."
Li Yuanji 'suddenly' said with a regretful look on his face: "So, my father has decided on the candidate to conquer Fu Gongyou?"
Li Yuan wanted to say no, but Li Yuanji seemed to insist on going to the battlefield despite being sick, so he couldn't say it.
After all, Li Yuanji's stubborn temper grew and he dared to confront him.
If he said no and Li Yuanji insisted on going, he wouldn't be able to stop him by force.
Li Yuan subconsciously glanced at Li Xiuning who was kneeling in the hall, gritted his teeth and said: "It's decided, it's your sister."
Li Yuan is being pushed to the top.
Li Xiuning immediately took advantage of the situation and said: "Thank you father for helping me."
The officials looked at me one by one, and I looked at you. They had no other expressions except a strange expression on their faces.
The father and son Li Yuan and Li Yuanji were fighting, it was a father and son situation, and even if they had something to say, it would be hard for them to say it at this time.
Li Yuanji achieved his goal, but he did not leave. Instead, he stared at Li Yuan suspiciously and said, "Father, don't you always dislike letting my sister lead troops on expeditions?
Why did you change your gender this time?”
Before Li Yuan could speak, Li Yuanji looked around Li Yuan and Li Xiuning with a suspicious look on his face, and then said: "Could it be that you are deliberately acting to deceive me in order to prevent me from going on an expedition?"
Li Yuan stared blankly and shouted: "How could my father lie to you?"
After saying this, in order to win Li Yuanji's trust, he looked at the officials and asked, "Do you think I just decided that Pingyang will lead the expedition?"
The officials exchanged glances for a while, and spoke one after another to testify for Li Yuan.
They could see that Li Yuan had been cornered by Li Yuanji and had to let Li Xiuning lead the army.
Since Li Yuan has decided that Li Xiuning will go on the expedition, they have nothing to say. They just need to follow Li Yuan's words.
Although they did not want to see a woman standing in the court with her great military exploits and serving as a minister with them, they also knew that Li Yuan had no other choice but to choose Li Xiuning.
Rather than sharing the same palace with women as ministers, they did not want to see Fu Gong left unchecked and sitting on the southeast road, becoming a serious problem for the Tang Dynasty.
"His Royal Highness King Qi, the saint has the Tianxian in his mouth, how can he deceive you. Your highness is ill, so you should return to Wude Hall to rest as soon as possible, so as not to worry about the saint."
After the officials finished speaking, Pei Ji very considerately helped Li Yuan persuade Li Yuanji.
Li Yuanji said with a 'regretful' look on his face: "Since my father has chosen Sister A as his commander-in-chief, I will resign first."
After Li Yuanji finished speaking, he bowed to Li Yuan and with a long sigh ordered the people carrying him to carry him out of the Tai Chi Hall.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The reason why he forced Li Yuan to continue to express his position after Li Yuan decided that Li Xiuning would lead the army was because he was afraid that Li Yuan would regret it.
Pei Ji's words like, "Withholding the Tianxian, how can I deceive you?" are bullshit in his eyes.
If Li Yuan really couldn't lie, Li Shimin would have become the prince long ago. Why would he need to spend more time planning for the prince's position?
As soon as Li Yuanji left, Li Yuan returned to his throne with some helplessness.
Now that it was decided that Li Xiuning would lead the expedition, and Li Yuanji forced all the officials to express their stance together, it was hard to go back on his word.
In order to ensure that Li Xiuning's expedition against Fugong You was completely successful.
Li Yuan immediately appointed Li Jing as the commander-in-chief of the front army, Li Daozong as the commander-in-chief of the rear army, Huang Junhan as the commander-in-chief of the left army, and Luo Shixin as the commander-in-chief of the right army.
Sent 20,000 elite troops from the Twelve Guards of Chang'an and 50,000 troops from the Jingzhou General Administration, totaling 70,000 troops, to attack Fugong You.
In addition, the troops and horses of the states near the Southeast Road were also under Li Xiuning's control in the war.
Li Yuan put a lot of thought into arranging the personnel for the expedition.
On the surface, no one from the Tiance Mansion was selected, and none of the soldiers and horses under the control of the Tiance Mansion were dispatched.
Instead, the soldiers and horses of the Twelve Guards and the soldiers and horses of the Jingzhou General Manager's Mansion under the command of Li Xiaogong were mobilized.
The troops and horses of the Twelve Guards are being mobilized and are being cleaned up.
But the deployment of soldiers and horses from the Jingzhou Grand Administrative Office under the command of Li Xiaogong is somewhat intriguing.
Li Yuan obviously took Qu Tutong's words to heart, so he began to weaken Li Xiaogong's power.
After receiving the order, Li Xiuning rushed to Wude Hall without even bothering to return home.
When he saw Li Yuanji, he said with a bitter look on his face: "It's useless for me, sister. I want you to go to the Tai Chi Hall yourself to make a scene."
Li Yuanji arranged everything for her, but she still couldn't successfully win the opportunity to go to war from Li Yuan.
If Li Yuanji hadn't come forward and forced Li Yuan, she would never have had the opportunity to go on this expedition.
Li Yuanji asked Li Xiuning to sit down, sat cross-legged on the couch, and said with emotion: "It's not that my sister is useless, it's that my father doesn't want you to show up."
"I Have a Picture Book of Ghosts and Gods"
Whether Li Xiuning can go to war, the question has never been about Li Xiuning, but about Li Yuan.
Li Yuan took into account the mood of the officials, so he did not want Li Xiuning to appear in the court with his military exploits and serve as a minister with the officials.
It was also Li Yuan who cared too much about Li Xiuning's daughterhood and didn't want Li Xiuning to show up in public.
In the eyes of most people in this era, a woman who can support her husband, raise children, and expand her family business is a good woman.
If someone like Li Xiuning takes the body of a daughter and goes to the battlefield to fight, that is called deviant.
That's why Li Yuan doesn't want Li Xiuning to show up in public.
"Maybe after this war, my father will have a different view of me."
Li Xiuning couldn't tell Li Yuan's faults with Li Yuanji, so she could only comfort herself with such words.
Li Yuanji pretended that he had not heard Li Xiuning's self-deception and said to Li Xiuning with a smile: "I hope my sister will come back with a great victory."
Li Xiuning nodded solemnly.
Li Yuanji accompanied Li Xiuning to analyze the situation on the Southeast Road for a while, and then sent Li Xiuning away from Wude Hall.
After Li Xiuning left, Li Yuanji wrote several letters and sent them to Su Dingfang, Kan Leng and Xue Wanshu in Hebei Province.
Su Dingfang and Kan Leng had just surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and they didn't have much sense of belonging to the Tang Dynasty. The orders of the General Manager of the Fourth Army were not easy to use in front of them.
If Li Xiuning handed them over to the marching supervisors under his command, the marching supervisors might not be able to mobilize them unless they had a transfer order written by Li Xiuning himself.
Therefore, Li Yuanji had to write a letter in advance to explain everything.
When Li Yuanji sent someone to deliver the letter, Fang Xuanling, Qu Tutong and others rushed to the Xiuwen Museum with the news of Li Xiuning's expedition.
Li Shimin was lying on the treasure bed, proofreading the books compiled by Yu Shinan and others, and reading the actions of Xu Jingzong reported by his subordinates Baiqi.