Chapter 0551 Rejection of Appointment as General Zhenyao
Man Tang Hong Chapter 0551 Refuses to Appoint General Zhen Yao
"Tell him to come in!"
"..."
"Your Majesty, your Majesty!"
Ling Jing entered the palace and bowed with excitement.
On the way here, he had already understood what happened in the palace. He knew that most of the power in the Tang Dynasty had now fallen to His Highness, and his status was about to rise accordingly. How could he not be excited?
He just looked a little embarrassed, his hair was a little messy, and his clothes were a little tattered.
"Why don't you change your clothes and come back?"
Li Yuanji looked at Ling Jing's slightly embarrassed look, frowned and asked.
Ling Jing hurriedly said: "I was busy cleaning up the mess in Jiulongtan Mountain. After hearing His Highness's summons, I came over without stopping. I didn't have time to go back home to change clothes."
This is understandable.
Li Yuanji no longer chased and shouted, but asked with rare concern: "How are the princess, Chengye, Ling'er, Xu'er, Mrs. Wang and the others?"
Ling Jing looked solemn, cupped his hands and said, "General Arima will protect you to the death. The princess, several highnesses, and Mrs. Wang were not harmed in any way."
Speaking of this, Ling Jing hesitated for a moment, and then said with an ugly expression: "But General Ma's situation is not good, and he is not out of danger yet."
Li Yuanji frowned again.
Li Xiuning stood up immediately and asked anxiously: "Ma San is injured, is he still not out of danger?"
Ling Jing nodded solemnly.
Li Xiuning hurriedly shouted: "Where is the person? Take me to see him quickly."
Li Yuanji stood up slowly, stopped Li Xiuning who was looking anxious and was about to leave Guanyun Palace, and said in a deep voice: "Sister, please be patient, I should have been sent to Chang'an Xinglu. There are many people in Chang'an Xinglu."
With the diagnosis and treatment from Xinglin experts, General Ma should be fine."
"You also said that everything should be fine. I have to go and take a look."
Li Xiuning ignored Li Yuanji's obstruction and left Guanyun Hall without looking back after saying these words.
When Li Yuanji saw this, he quickly sent someone to follow him.
After Li Xiuning left, Ling Jing smiled bitterly and said, "Her Highness the Princess is too hasty..."
Li Yuanji rolled his eyes at Ling Jing and said angrily: "It's not that my sister is too impatient, but she doesn't care about many people, and Ma Sanbao is one of them."
If it was Chai Shao who was not out of danger, Li Xiuning would not be in such a hurry. She would leisurely finish a cup of tea here before leaving.
In Li Xiuning's heart, her father, brothers, and sons are what she cares about most.
Next are her loyal servants such as Ma Sanbao, He Fanren, and Xiang Shanzhi.
It’s Chai Shao again.
Ling Jing said sincerely: "General Ma is definitely lucky to meet such a wise master."
Li Yuanji rolled his eyes at Ling Jing again and said, "What do you mean by this, I am not the wise master?"
Ling Jing hurriedly said with a smile: "That's definitely not the case!"
"Um?!"
Li Yuanji raised his eyebrows and said in a bad tone: "No?"
Ling Jing immediately realized that he had said something wrong and quickly changed his words: "What I mean is that Your Highness is definitely a wise master, a wiser master than Her Royal Highness the Princess."
Li Yuanji snorted and said dissatisfiedly: "Stop flattering me. I came to you because I have something important for you to do."
Ling Jing bowed without hesitation and said: "Please give me your orders, Your Highness!"
Li Yuanji sighed: "I don't need to tell you what happened in the palace, you should know it too, right?"
Ling Jing nodded.
Li Yuanji continued: "I need you to convince the officials in my eldest brother Zhan Shi's mansion to make them all submit to me."
Ling Jing asked: "What if they don't obey?"
Li Yuanji glanced at Ling Jing and said coldly: "What should you do? Do you still need me to teach you?"
Those who follow me will prosper, those who go against me will perish!
Don't be merciful at this time.
Once a group of officials loyal to Li Jiancheng get together and form an alliance, it will be very troublesome to deal with.
Now that the Tang Dynasty is about to fall into the most serious internal and external troubles, Li Yuanji does not want to create another opponent for himself because of his soft heart.
Ling Jing hesitated and said: "But there are many outstanding officials among the officials of Zhan Shifu. If they are eliminated because they are unwilling to submit to you, it will be a big loss to the Tang Dynasty and to you."
Li Yuanji said speechlessly: "You won't lock up those who can be used for your own purposes, wait until everything has settled, then let them out, and then slowly persuade them."
Ling Jing roughly understood the scale he wanted to grasp, and quickly bowed and said: "I know what to do, I will do it immediately."
Li Yuanji waved his hand to signal Ling Jing to leave quickly.
This guy is good at everything, but he is a little too cautious. He has to ask questions clearly about everything.
There is no way that he can know what he wants to do with just a look or a word, or without doing or saying anything, and can do what he wants to do properly according to his thoughts.
A minister?!
Isn’t it about martial virtue? Aren’t all the outstanding figures in the Zhenguan and Zhenguan dynasties such people?
Why didn't he meet any of them?
Chen Shuda, Xiao Yu, Pei Ji, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Xue Shou and other famous officials in history also had to ask for instructions three times and four times when doing things.
There is no one who can help the lord to do what the lord wants without the lord saying anything.
Of course, it is not ruled out that Chen Shuda, Xiao Yu, Pei Ji, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Xue Shou and others have this ability, but they just put it away after staying in the court for a long time.
After all, what the court emphasizes is 'do more and make more mistakes, do less and make less mistakes'. After asking for instructions and completing something, you will definitely be rewarded. Even if you fail, you will be punished very hard.
Small.
But if you do something without asking for instructions, you may not be rewarded. If you fail, the punishment will be severe.
In this case, who dares to make an independent decision?
Do you think your rank is too high?
"Your Highness, the sage ordered me to wait until your arrival to listen."
Not long after Ling Jing left, four veterans, Chen Shuda, Xiao Yu, Pei Ju, and Li Gang, appeared in Guanyun Hall.
None of the four veterans had much expression on their faces, so it was difficult to guess their inner thoughts.
Li Yuanji did not expect to know so easily what the four veterans thought of him after he came to power.
After the four old ministers each saluted him, Li Yuanji said with a surprised look on his face: "My father is actually willing to send you four to serve me before I drive?"
What does this mean?
This shows that Li Yuan said that he wanted to test him, and that he didn't care about all the affairs of the Tang Dynasty.
In fact, he still couldn't trust him or Datang, so he sent these four capable confidants to assist him.
This is definitely good news for him.
This means that he no longer has to carry everything in Datang on his shoulders.
This also means that Li Yuan will help him share some of the pressure from all aspects of Datang in the future.
He had to admit that Li Yuan was indeed a good daddy with a hard mouth but a soft heart.
It would be better if Li Yuan could ride on Li Shimin's head, stare at Li Shimin, force Li Shimin tightly, and let Li Shimin do hard work for him.
Chen Shuda and the others did not know what Li Yuanji was thinking.
After hearing what Li Yuanji said, Chen Shuda said with an expressionless expression, "I dare not disobey the sage's order."
Xiao Yu also held up his hands expressionlessly and said: "The errands that Your Highness has entrusted to me have already been handed over. If there is anything else that Your Highness needs me to do, just ask me."
Pei Ju and Li Gang did not speak, and looked at people with complicated eyes.
Obviously, the two of them still find it difficult to accept the current result.
Li Yuanji didn't care either. After Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu finished expressing their opinions, he nodded with satisfaction and said: "The four of you came at a good time. I happen to have something that the four of you need to do."
Xiao Yu took the lead and said, "Please give me your instructions, Your Highness!"
Chen Shuda, Pei Ju, and Li Gang also handed over their hands and waited quietly for instructions.
Li Yuanji did not rush to give orders, but asked: "Has the decree been issued regarding conferring me the title of General Zhenyao and opening the Zhenyao Mansion?"
Xiao Yu didn't understand why Li Yuanji suddenly asked this, and hesitated for a moment without speaking. Chen Shuda said without any scruples: "Not yet..."
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Li Yuanji nodded and said, "Then we won't send it out now until I discuss it with my father."
Xiao Yu and the four others were stunned and looked at Li Yuanji suspiciously, not understanding what Li Yuanji was going to do.
Li Yuanji did not hide it, and said frankly: "After careful consideration, I found that my father's decision was not appropriate, so I want to discuss it with my father to see if I can cancel this decree."
Li Yuanji had indeed thought deeply about this matter.
It was precisely because of careful consideration that he discovered that after the Zhanshi Mansion under Li Jiancheng was abolished, and the Tiance Mansion and Xiuwen Hall under Li Shimin were abolished, it made no sense to open Zhenyao Mansion.
Li Yuan named him General Zhenyao and allowed him to open the Zhenyao Mansion. The purpose was to enable him to command hundreds of officials in a legitimate and legitimate manner.
Just like Li Shimin before.
But the reason why Li Shimin wanted to command the hundreds of officials under his command as General Tiance, and to open the Tiance Mansion and the Xiuwen Hall to accommodate the hundreds of officials under his command, was because there was also a prince named Li Jiancheng.
With Li Jiancheng holding the status of prince and supervising the country, if Li Shimin wanted to control all the officials in his hands freely, he had to have an identity that Li Jiancheng could not control and a yamen that Li Jiancheng could not control.
But now Li Jiancheng has been stripped of all his power and imprisoned in the East Palace. Li Shimin has also been deposed from all his official titles and is permanently imprisoned in Chengqing Palace.
There was no one above him.
There is no need to go to any trouble to open Zhenyao Mansion.
He only needs to ask Li Yuan for a decree to supervise the country as a prince.
Doing this will not only greatly reduce the impact of the change of power in the Tang Dynasty, but also allow him to quickly accept and digest the power of the Tang Dynasty.