Li Shan was speechless. Where did he gain weight?!
"It is already the best font size." Princess Pingyang frowned and said: "If you hadn't made great contributions, my father would have stayed with the prince."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Shan thought for a while, "Actually, the heir may not necessarily have a single font size, but Handan."
"This is a gift from my father. Do you think I am discussing with you?" Princess Pingyang snorted angrily: "The Turks are trying to divorce you, and you have surrendered your military power and returned to the capital. If you don't give me a generous gift, there will be objections from both the government and the public!"
Li Shan looked at Li Yuan with a grimace, "Uncle, it's enough to show off when you wear golden armor and enter the capital."
Li Yuan smiled and said: "If he is the heir to Handan, he will be promoted. Does Huairen want to be in charge of the staff?"
"Isn't my nephew already serving as the Minister of Agriculture?" Li Shan was very indifferent to this. "If it weren't for the cotton armor this time, I might not be able to leave Xiaoguan, or go to the Ordnance Supervision... The Shaofu is also good!"
"Young Master?!" Princess Pingyang snorted, "I made cotton armor for my left hand and sold it to my right hand at a high price?"
"Third Sister, how can we joke about this?" Li Shan said seriously: "Cotton armor can withstand sharp arrows, and can also defend against iron spears and long knives. It is much lighter than iron armor, and it can also keep warm and is suitable for large battle formations.
It will be beneficial, and it will be of great use to conquer the grasslands and sweep Mobei someday."
Princess Pingyang was a little curious and asked a few questions in detail, but Li Yuan on the side brought the topic back, "Has Huairen thought about it?"
Li Shan rubbed his brows and said, "I listen to my uncle's instructions, but my nephew is still young and is about to get married. I hope he can cultivate himself for a while."
"That is the King of Wei. Later, I will ask Zhongshu to draft an imperial edict and perform the canonization ceremony." Li Yuan made the final decision, "For the time being, we will take charge of Sinong Qing and we will make a decision after the wedding. However, if there are any vacancies in the Sixteenth Guards, they will be filled immediately.
"
Li Shan was quite satisfied with this, and he gave up his military power and returned to Beijing. If Li Yuan deliberately tried to win over him, it would make him uneasy. The general of the Sixteenth Guards only served in vain during non-war times and had no actual military power. As for the canonization of an heir, then
It was decided after the Battle of Jingzhou. It seems that Li Yuan still trusts him, at least on the surface.
However, Li Shan also increased his vigilance. Pei Ji, Chen Shuda, Ling Jing, and Wei Zheng came out to greet him at the same time, and summoned him without a prince. The King of Qin was present to see Li Yuan, and Li Yuan was also testing his political stance.
Because from the outside, he was not involved in the fight for the direct heir, and he did not favor either the prince or the King of Qin... Before the battle at Tiantai Mountain, Li Yuan was assured of Li Shan's position as the direct heir, but now he wants to test it.
Actually this is a good thing.
If Li Yuan still defends the prince, there is no need to test Li Shan. Now he is probably afraid that Li Shan will be attracted by the East Palace... After all, Li Shan was recommended by Pei Shiju as the military commander of Lingzhou Road, and his successor Su Dingfang was recommended by the prince Li Jiancheng.
If there are no accidents, Li Shimin will soon take over the East Palace, but Li Shan is very sure that there will be accidents, but he doesn't know when and how it will kick off.
When Li Shan left Xiaoguan, he once ordered Su Dingfang to try to win over people in the army, because after the war ended, he hoped to transfer Qu Silang, Hou Hongtao, a large number of old grassroots troops and even Zhang Zhongjian back to Chang'an to prepare for any eventuality.
"It's almost time." Li Yuan pointed to Li Shan's damaged clothes, "Isn't Pingyang ready? Change into clothes and go to Lingyan Pavilion."
At this moment, there were crowds of people inside and outside Lingyan Pavilion. A large number of palace people and chamberlains were preparing for the banquet. Some officials had already arrived in advance. Today, there was a banquet in Lingyan Pavilion. Li Yuan summoned all the important ministers in the court. Only Pei Shiju, one of the provincial ministers, did not arrive due to illness.
Prince Li Jiancheng was almost the first to arrive. He and Wei Ting were asking Wang Junhao about the war in Yuanzhou with a smile. Liu Heier beside him was still a little stupid and stood there in a daze, as if he hadn't recovered yet... He had just arrived here.
Chang'an City, which is also very famous on the grassland, entered this magnificent Tai Chi Palace. Liu Heier looked at everything with an attitude of looking up.
King Qin Li Shimin is almost the latest to arrive. After all, he has officially exercised the authority of Shangshu Ling since October last year. There are countless affairs that need to be handled every day. Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, Ling Jing and others around him are now all
Already serving in the Sixth Department.
"Greetings to Your Majesty."
"Meet Your Majesty."
The ministers saluted Li Yuan who was strolling by. Liu Hei'er at the back took a sneak peek and saw Li Shanzheng standing beside Emperor Tang from a distance, with a smile on his lips and a relaxed expression... Liu Hei'er's heart suddenly lifted.
After falling behind, on the way to Chang'an, he accidentally heard that Li Shan might have invited himself back to Beijing because of rumors, and he felt relieved at this moment.
"Today I received the wind and washed away the dust for Huairen, which makes Huairen even more proud." Li Yuan sat at the top and said with a smile: "There are many talented people in Huairen's bodyguards, please come forward one by one."
Prince Li Jiancheng lamented: "Under Huairen's sect, Su Dingfang, Duke of Zhao, and Zhang Zhongjian, Duke of Weiyang County, were the most successful. Unfortunately, they did not return to Beijing."
Li Shan raised his eyebrows, but Li Yuan didn't care much about this sentence. In fact, few people cared about it in this era, although Li Shan once told Li Yuan that Su Dingfang was not a general of the Li family, but a general of the Tang Dynasty...
…But in fact, even Li Yuan and Li Shimin regarded Su Dingfang and Zhang Zhongjian as Li Shan’s disciples. This is the characteristic of the era of aristocratic families.
"Wang Junhaozhen remembers it." Li Yuan held up the wine cup and gestured to Li Shan to pass it over, "I have been with Huairen for a long time, and I have been brave enough to break through formations. This time I also followed Huairen to break through Xiao Pass in three days and two nights."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wang Junhao stepped forward to salute, took the wine cup and drank it all in one gulp.
When he returned to Beijing this time, Li Shan left all his old guards with some positions to Su Dingfang, and brought back not many people. In addition to Su Dingfang, there were also Zhou Erlang, who had a title, Fan Shiyi, and Mr. Qi who had been with Li Shan for a long time.
Three people came forward, the last one was Liu Heier.
Li Yuan pondered for a while and sighed: "I have agreed to Huairen's request, and the Xu Jihu clan has joined us and allowed us to trade with each other. I hope we don't want to have both ends of the rat."
"Your Majesty, Liang's thieves are immeasurable, and they are even more unkind and righteous, so Liu Hei'er was angry and joined him. On New Year's Eve, when Xiao Pass was broken, it was Liu Hei'er who entered the city holding the flag." Li Shan said softly: "I am Xiao Xiao.
When the pass begins, Liu Nu, the leader of Jihu, hides and joins the Liang army, so it will not happen again."
Last year Jihu attached himself to Liang Shidu, defeated Li Shenfu, and even followed Liang Luoren all the way to Renshou Palace. How could Li Yuan not hate him? But Jihu has surrendered now, and is now the vanguard of the Tang army in Lingzhou. In any case, he can only
relieved.
Li Yuan glanced at Li Shan in surprise, how could he say such words so easily...Who knows if these barbarians would take advantage of the Turks as they moved south!
But Li Shan was helpless. Su Dingfang and Zhang Zhongjian, whom he relied on the most, could not come back in a short time. Wang Junhao was a brave man, but it was a pity that he had no plans. But Liu Hei'er was worthy of the important task, and he always had to say a few words for him.
Even if you take some risks, it's worth it.
As expected, Liu Heier burst into tears of gratitude, knelt down on his knees, held up the wine cup, and said, "I will live up to my husband, and I will live up to your majesty."