Wang Can stayed at home and was busy with his own affairs. His main thing now was to accompany Li You and let Li You raise the baby with peace of mind. While waiting like this, time passed by in a hurry, and it was February of the new year in the blink of an eye.
At this time, the weather turned slightly warmer.
At least it's not as icy and snowy as in the cold winter, so at this time, Wang Can has been walking around with Li You from time to time. After all, the reason is that she has been pregnant for nearly eight months. Walking around at this time will be conducive to childbirth in the future.
Wang Can did not take care of the government affairs of the court, but news had been sent back that Li Jing had led an army into Tubo territory, arrived at Qiongba City, the capital of Tubo, and destroyed Tubo.
From then on, Tubo was destroyed.
As for Tubo, it has been directly affiliated with the Tang Dynasty and needs to re-divide the region and establish prefectures and counties. On the other hand, Puji and Xuanzhao have led people to start preaching and spread Buddhist teachings widely to make the people believe in Buddhism.
These messages were specially sent to the house by someone.
Wang Can takes a look occasionally.
I saw it all as news.
There was no special news in this era, that is, some newspapers, but they were of little use. Wang Can didn't care about it. He lived a leisurely life in the palace. Now he doesn't interfere with government affairs or take care of government affairs. Everything is fine.
, so I am too lazy to do news.
As the time entered March, news came back that Li Jing was leading the army in triumph.
The army has returned to Chang'an.
Li Shimin personally led all civil and military officials to greet Li Jing and celebrate Li Jing's triumph.
When Wang Can received the news, Li Shimin personally arranged for the palace servants to invite Wang Can to a banquet in the evening. This was a reception banquet prepared for Li Jing, Li Chengqian and others.
Wang Can agreed.
In the evening, Li Yuan entered the palace with Wang Can.
Today, Li Yuan is dressed in fine clothes and neat clothes. In particular, he has a rosy complexion and is full of energy. He has not been affected by his Zen position at all. On the contrary, he looks like he is nourished by life.
Li Yuan smiled and said: "Boy Wang Can, tonight's reception banquet must be extremely lively. Speaking of which, this can be regarded as a grand event in our Tang Dynasty. It is because of your participation that today's grand occasion is possible. Although Li Jing is
The protagonist, Li Chengqian is the protagonist, but you are also one of the protagonists. Without you in this battle, the battle with Tubo would not have been known."
Wang Can smiled and said: "I just provided a little help, it's not worth mentioning."
Li Yuan shook his head and chuckled.
Wang Can is not a little help, but a huge help, and even plays a key role. You must know that the epidemic in the army is unsolvable in this era, it cannot be resolved at all, and the court has not solved it at all.
method.
So Wang Can is the key.
Li Yuan and Wang Can were chatting and laughing, and then went to the palace.
After the two arrived, Li Shimin and Li Yuan sat in the same row to show respect for Li Jing. Wang Can sat at the top of the left side, and even Li Chengqian sat under Wang Can.
First. In addition, Li Jing sat in the first place on the right, followed by Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and all the civil and military officials in the court.
Civil servants and military officers gathered together.
It can be said that there are many talents.
Li Shimin picked up the wine bottle in his hand and said: "The battle against Tubo destroyed Tubo, and established prefectures and counties in Tubo, making Tubo included in the area controlled by the Tang Dynasty."
"The victory of this battle depends on the dedication of many soldiers."
“It relies more on the collective efforts of the masses.”
"However, if I can win this battle, the first person I want to thank is Mr. Wang Canwang. Because of Mr. Wang's presence, I was able to turn the tide and win this battle."
Li Shimin continued: "This first glass of wine is not for Duke Wei or the prince, but for Mr. Wang Can."
"Your Majesty, I have objections."
At this moment, it was Wei Zheng who raised an objection.
Wei Zheng said sternly: "Your Majesty, according to the current news, although Wang Can has great achievements, in fact he only cured the soldiers in the army and saved them from diseases. In fact, this is what a doctor does.
Therefore, I believe that although Wang Can has meritorious service, in fact, his meritorious service is limited and he does not deserve this first glass of wine."
As the biggest troll in the court, Wei Zheng had a great say in front of Li Shimin, because every time he came forward, Li Shimin was speechless and Li Shimin could only hold his nose and admit it.
This is the great thing about Wei Zheng.
Li Shimin narrowed his eyes, glanced at Wang Can, and immediately Li Shimin said: "Wei Zheng, the reason why Mr. Wang Can is said to have the most important contribution is because he saved the soldiers in the army. The situation at that time was an epidemic.
The infection has worsened, and more and more people are dying and injured every day. It is like a prairie fire that cannot be suppressed. If it continues, there will inevitably be countless casualties."
Wei Zheng said: "Even so, it's not necessarily the first achievement."
Li Shimin said: "Isn't this considered the first achievement?"
"It doesn't count!"
Wei Zheng shook his head and said: "If we follow this standard, then countless doctors in the army may have been promoted to high positions. Therefore, doctors' treatment of diseases is very simple and normal. Although they have merit, they are not like this.
For a great achievement, you don't have to be the first to toast, this is my point of view."
Li Shimin was unhappy.
Just when Li Shimin was about to forcibly scold Wei Zheng, Li Chengqian had already put his hands on his legs and was about to stand up. However, when Li Chengqian was about to stand up, he was stopped by Li Jing with his eyes.
Li Jing and Li Chengqian had been together for a long time and had a good sense of Li Chengqian. So under this premise, Li Jing was willing to stand up and help Li Chengqian resolve Wang Can's embarrassing situation.
When Wei Zheng saw Li Jing coming forward, his expression changed slightly.
Li Jing is not an emperor.
Li Shimin wants to be a sage king, so as long as Wei Zheng, a big troll, is able to criticize Li Shimin, it will be almost impossible for Li Shimin to refute him. Otherwise, Li Shimin will lose his virtue and become an unethical king. Such things,
It was something Li Shimin was unwilling to do, so Wei Zheng became known as a big troll because of Li Shimin.
Li Jing is different.
Many rules that could be applied to Li Shimin were of no use to Li Shimin, or even useless. Therefore, Wei Zheng was quite cautious in his heart.
Li Jing stroked the beard under his chin, smiled slightly, and said: "Prime Minister Wei!"
Wei Zheng solemnly said: "Duke Wei."
Li Jing said: "Speaking of it, we can destroy Tubo this time and win this battle. Although I have the preparations of the old man, the prince, and the army officers, in fact, Mr. Wang has three merits."
Wei Zheng said: "Duke Wei, please speak."
If Li Shimin had spoken, Wei Zheng would have retorted directly, which would have made it difficult for Li Shimin to speak. But things were different here with Li Jing. Li Jing was the great god of war and represented the military. Li Jing took the initiative to speak and threw out
At the end of the conversation, Wei Zheng couldn't refute him directly. He could only let Li Jing speak first, and then refute him one by one.
This is the only way for Wei Zheng to win.
There is no other way.
Li Jing smiled and continued: "The first aspect of merit is that Mr. Wang used great means to save the soldiers in the army and prevent them from being affected by the disease. If not, all the soldiers would have been seriously injured, especially
The consequences of the epidemic are unimaginable and the price is simply unbearable."
"Especially because Mr. Wang cured everyone, we had a follow-up plan. My plan to deal with Tubo was based on the soldiers recovering from the epidemic. I hid the news that the soldiers had recovered, and then made arrangements accordingly."
"Of course, Prime Minister Wei said that this is not a meritorious service, but is just a doctor's duty. The problem is that Mr. Wang is not a doctor, and his duty is not to take care of the soldiers in the army."
Li Jing talked eloquently and seemed very organized.
He spoke slowly but with an unmistakable meaning.
Wei Zheng frowned. If it were Li Shimin, he would still fight back, leaving Li Shimin speechless. But here, Li Jing's status was too noble, so Wei Zheng could only ignore it for the time being and let Li Jing continue.
explain.
Li Jing said solemnly: "The second aspect of merit is that we were able to win this battle, and even be able to destroy Tubo in a short period of time and win the war, also because of Mr. Wang's weapons and other weapons. Because there are
Only with the presence of these weapons can we achieve victory and not make any progress at all."
After a pause, Li Jing continued: "The third aspect of merit is actually simpler. This time the prince fell ill in the army and was also infected with an epidemic. The situation was extremely dangerous. It was Mr. Wang who worked tirelessly and traveled thousands of miles to achieve the goal in the shortest time.
We rushed to the Tibetan border within a short period of time and rescued the prince. Without Mr. Wang, the prince's condition would have been unpredictable. After all, all the doctors in the army have said that they are helpless."
"The prince is the crown prince of a country and the heir to the country."
"If the Crown Prince is affected, then the entire Tang Dynasty will be affected. So based on this matter alone, it is only natural that His Majesty proposes a toast to Wang Can and the first glass of wine to Mr. Wang."
Li Jing said solemnly: "Xiang Wei, what do you think?"
Wei Zheng's expression changed again and again.
Because of Li Jing's three aspects, the first and second ones don't have much weight, and they don't really matter. But when it comes to the third aspect, it is the most important, because the prince is the crown prince of the country and the most critical person.
The life or death of the prince is related to the future of the Tang Dynasty.
So when Li Jing's reasons were brought out, Wei Zheng didn't dare to argue at all. He could only smile and said: "What Mr. Wei Guo said is reasonable, but I didn't know that the prince was also infected with the disease, and the prince was also treated by Mr. Wang.
I neglected this point."
Li Jing smiled and said: "Xiang Wei understands, then there will be no problem."
At that moment, Li Jing bowed and returned to his seat, while Wei Zheng bowed to Wang Can to express his apology and returned to his seat without saying anything more.