"Oh, it's rare that you have self-knowledge" Li Longji sat down again and said, "Tell me, where is the sin?" ”

Gao Lishi knelt on the ground and said in fear: "Confronting the crown princess in public will damage the royal face." ”

"The crown princess also dares to go out for a trip, her temper is good, tell me your reasons." Li Longji still said very calmly.

The two have known each other for many years, Li Longji knows that Gao Lishi's temperament will not be untargeted, when Concubine Li came to sue, the first thing she thought about was not how to investigate Gao Lishi's disrespectful crime, but how much the crown princess did and Gao Lishi couldn't help but take action, these judgments are based on the trust in Gao Lishi.

No matter who it is, no matter who it is, it can't damage the royal face, this is a bottom line, but Li Longji has long regarded Colliers as a family member.

It's not okay for outsiders to bully family members, but there are some conflicts between family members, which are internal problems.

In any case, the crown princess is high, and Gao Lishi is treated like that in public, if there is no suitable reason, Li Longji will also punish him.

This opening cannot be opened.

Gao Lishi didn't dare to slack off, and told him in detail what he knew about the matter, and then said with a straight face: "Zheng Peng is in Xiaobolu, who is under difficult conditions, risking his life to open up territory for the Tang Dynasty, if the family is insulted by the princess, it will not only chill Zheng Peng, but also chill the soldiers of the world, and the old slave is also for everyone's sake." ”

A trace of displeasure flashed in Li Longji's eyes when he heard this, and he quickly said: "Even if the crown princess's behavior is a little inconsiderate, she can be advised, and she can't be escorted back to the palace in front of everyone, Lux, do you know that this matter has reached the ears of the courtiers, especially the ears of the old stubborn, isn't this a reproach?" ”

Gao Lishi is an internal servant, but he has interfered in the government and politics, and has long caused a lot of criticism in the government and the opposition, and he is openly disrespectful to the crown princess, which is easy to push people to the forefront.

In other words, even if the crown princess behaves inappropriately, it is not Gao Lishi's turn to manage.

Of course, the displeasure in Li Longji's eyes was not aimed at Gao Lishi, but his dissatisfaction with the crown princess Xue, it was already too much to insult the family members of the meritorious ministers, and he even started beating people, he didn't know what to do, and these concubines just said that the two had some disputes, and they didn't mention the beating at all.

Gao Lishi said with a straight face: "Everyone, if it were someone else, the old slave would definitely not care about this kind of idle matter, but it was Zheng Peng's family, so he must not stand idly by." ”

"Why do you say this, just because Zheng Peng is the general of Zhenxi, just because Zheng Peng has cooperation with you and takes you to make a fortune together?" Li Longji said with some dissatisfaction.

It also depends on the owner to beat the dog, and now it is for outsiders, and the dog bites its own people?

"Everyone Mingjian" Gao Lishi immediately explained: "The old slave and Zheng Peng have cooperation, but only cooperation, there is no exchange of interests, here the old slave can swear to the sky, Zheng Peng has not asked the old slave to ask for an official here, nor did he ask the old power to give any convenience, even the taxes and fees are also paid in full, just use the name of the old slave when being maliciously embarrassed or blackmailed." ”

After a pause, Gao Lishi continued: "The old slave did this because he didn't want to chill the heart of a general who opened up territory for the Tang Dynasty. ”

As soon as he mentioned expanding the territory, Li Longji immediately came to his senses and asked anxiously: "Lux, can you gain anything from this trip?" When it comes to expanding the territory just now, is Zheng Peng really perfunctory? ”

Five years to conquer Tibet, to solve the Tang Dynasty's henchmen, this promise is so beautiful, so beautiful that Li Longji can't believe it, seeing that the deadline is approaching day by day, and the Ximen Fourth Army still has no movement, Li Longji is in a hurry, let Gao Lishi secretly visit.

When I saw Gao Lishi, I wanted to ask, but there was just one more incident of Gao Lishi confronting the crown princess, but it was delayed.

Gao Lishi said with some hesitation: "This time, Zheng Peng is afraid that he will live up to everyone's trust in him." ”

With a "snap", Li Longji slapped the case and said angrily: "What, dare to deceive me? I will reward him with a five-horse corpse according to the military order. ”

Zheng Peng trained the new army, all kinds of signs show that the so-called curse of Tubo Tang Army has really been overcome, Li Longji has also changed from the previous doubts to trust, no matter whether Zheng Peng mines illegal salt, delegates power to his subordinates, builds private houses, and participates in the black market trading in Tibet, he is turning a blind eye, just waiting for Zheng Peng to take out Tubo, as long as he gets rid of the thorn in the eye and the thorn in the flesh, he will also be famous for centuries, listening to Gao Lishi say that all this is fake, he couldn't hold back his little temper on the spot, and slapped the table on the spot.

"Everyone is angry," Gao Lishi hurriedly explained: "That's not what the old slave meant. ”

"What the hell do you mean, quickly, make it clear, and you can't hide half a sentence."

Gao Lishi responded, and said with a fluttering eyebrow: "Everyone, what the old slave means is that Zheng Peng has no problem merging Tubo into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but the problem is that five years may not be enough, and it may take a little more time to destroy Tubo." ”

There is no problem.

Li Longji was overjoyed when he heard this, as long as he could destroy Tibet, it would not be a problem to spend a little more time, but he didn't show it on his face, but asked calmly: "There is no problem?" Isn't this a bit too much, you must know that there are millions of people in Tibet, and the soldiers are brave, and they are so confident, Lux, you tell me what you see in detail. ”

Gao Lishi immediately told what he had seen and heard, including how Zheng Peng used illicit salt to improve the food and service of soldiers, how to use the transportation of illicit salt to secretly collect materials to make powerful weapons, and when he said that gunpowder easily blew up the cement wall, he even said it vividly, and even said that his little feet trembled with fright.

"What?" Li Longji's eyes were as big as bull's eyes, and he said in surprise: "A rock-solid cement wall can be destroyed like decay, and its power is comparable to that of heavenly thunder, is this possible?" ”

"Everyone, this is what the old slave saw with his own eyes, and there is no half-truth, but this matter is a bit mysterious, even if it is difficult to describe in words, the old slave specially asked for three clay pots and a craftsman from Zheng Peng, so that everyone can witness the power of the new weapon."

Lux is Lux is Lux and thoughtful, Li Longji heard that there was such a powerful weapon, he couldn't hold it back for a long time, and immediately made a decision: "Okay, what about the crockpot, submit it, I want to see now if it is really as domineering as Lux said." ”

With such a magical and powerful weapon, where can Li Longji still take care of the crown princess, he left the Xue family behind in the blink of an eye, and he is about to look at the new weapon.

Gao Lishi said cautiously: "Everyone, that kind of clay pot is too powerful, Zheng Peng also said to be careful of going off, the old slave did not dare to take it to the palace center, and he has been escorted to the forbidden garden, where the terrain is open, and there are no idlers, which is convenient for testing, but also conducive to secrecy. ”

"It should, it should" Li Longji saw that Gao Lishi was still kneeling on the ground, and hurriedly helped him up: "What are you still kneeling for, you don't need to use these false courtesies, get up quickly." ”

Gao Lishi secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and hurriedly thanked: "Thank you." ”

Li Longji paused for a moment, and soon had another idea: "The minister of the DPRK and the central government has a lot of controversy about Zheng Peng, and even impeached Zheng Peng for his private use in the last dynasty, and asked the army to dig up private salt for him, saying that I was too tolerant of him, and called them too, so that they could see why I valued Zheng Peng so much." ”

After speaking, he quickly added: "By the way, Zheng Peng said that this matter still needs to be kept secret, and it is not appropriate to make a big fanfare, so as not to leak the news, just call a few important ministers to visit." ”

Gao Lishi stood aside and didn't finish speaking, waiting for Li Longji to summon a few important ministers.

Li Longji thought for a while, and quickly sighed: "The years are not forgiving, Yuan Zhi (Yao Chong) has left, Zhang said that he is old, so he passed on Song Jing, Zhang Jiazhen, as well as Xiao Song, the secretary of the military department, and Li Linfu, the middle of the imperial history, to watch the new weapons together, by the way, call the prince too." ”

Yao Chong had several ups and downs in his life, defeated many enemies, but he could not defeat the years, and died in the ninth year of Kaiyuan at the age of seventy-one, which made Li Longji very sad, remembering Yao Chong's various exploits, posthumously presented the Taibao and Yangzhou Governors, and was nicknamed Wenzhen;

Zhang Shuo's advantages and disadvantages are equally obvious, the advantages are outstanding ability and strong execution, and the disadvantages are short-tempered, not on good terms with colleagues, and greedy for money, which makes Li Longji love and hate him, and deposed him in the middle of the year and let him think about it behind closed doors at home.

Yao Chong and Zhang Shuo can be said to be Li Longji's right-hand men, and the two of them died and one was spared, so that Li Longji felt that there were not many people around him who could be used, so he promoted Xiao Song, who had outstanding performance, and Li Linfu, who came from the Li clan.

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