At the end of the banquet, Li Hao personally sent Li Ji out, and when he arrived at the door, Li Ji looked at Li Hao and sighed: "Poet, I really didn't expect you...... Alas, this time it's me who is quick to talk and say the wrong thing, you might as well persuade King Jin again. ”

"It's fine." Li Hao smiled and shook his head, "Since His Royal Highness King Jin likes to go out of the palace to live, let him go, Uncle Li, you don't have to worry about this matter, it's just a trivial matter." ”

Li Ji saw that his expression was indifferent, and he really didn't seem to take it to heart, so he breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't expect that he was a wise man, and he accidentally broke Li Hao's plan, he still blamed himself a little, Li Hao's light-hearted attitude made him feel a lot better, and he said slowly: "I hope you didn't mean to comfort me, in addition, don't forget my reminder." ”

"Yes." Li Hao nodded, "Uncle Li don't worry, whether they play conspiracy or yang conspiracy, I am not afraid, of course, I am invincible with two fists and four hands, if I really can't cope with it, I hope that the three uncles will help one or two." ”

"That's nature." Li Ji looked around and said in a low voice, "This is not the place to talk, I'll go back first, in order to avoid tongue-in-cheek, I may not come to you often, during this time, it's better for us to see each other less." ”

"Okay." Li Hao arched his hand and suddenly raised his voice and said, "Congratulations to Uncle Li." ”

Li Ji immediately understood, and raised his voice very cooperatively: "Don't send the poetry madness." After saying that, he turned around and left with a group of guards.

Looking at Li Ji's back and disappearing into the night, Li Hao suddenly sighed, he was still very concerned about Li Zhi moving out of the Taiji Palace, just in order not to let Li Ji blame himself, he pretended to comfort him indifferently, but the matter has come to this, he can't dissuade Li Zhi anymore, first of all, he doesn't have a good reason to persuade him, and secondly, he doesn't want Li Zhi to be unhappy, although Li Zhi will listen to himself in the end, but this will make Li Zhi's good impression of him discount somewhat, so the gain outweighs the loss.

Li Hao stayed in Dingzhou for another three days, and all the victims had already been dismissed and returned home, and local officials would send people to distribute relief food money to each household to ensure that every household could receive it.

The snow disaster is also considered to be the end of governance, Li Shimin's holy will has not yet arrived, Li Hao decided to hold a wedding for Chen Song and Jin Ling'er, after all, now Jin Ling'er's parents and relatives are in Dingzhou, it is more convenient to hold a wedding, otherwise in Chang'an, Chen Song has no relatives, and Jin Ling'er's relatives and parents are not around, so the wedding will be too lonely.

This wedding is also a little lively, because Chen Song has no relatives, Li Hao is cheeky to be a high hall, although he is younger than Chen Song, but his status is noble, and the official position is very high, the ancient people valued the identity, so Li Hao has no pressure to be a high hall at all.

After the big ceremony, the bride was sent into the cave room, Chen Song wore a red robe to show everywhere, wandering around the banquet, as soon as he saw the Jin family seniors, he smiled and stepped forward to salute and accompany the wine, which was completely different from his previous cool appearance of dragging.

Li Hao and Lu Yun sat at the wine table, looking at Chen Song walking in the banquet from a distance, Lu Yun suddenly sighed: "He is completely like a different person now." ”

"yes." Li Hao smiled and said, "The mentality has changed, he is now a family again, not a ranger, so he is down-to-earth." ”

Lu Yun said slowly: "It's not because he has a family that he has changed, but because he has changed, he will become a family, and the person who changes him is you." ”

Li Hao grinned, raised his eyebrows again and again, and said, "Am I so awesome?" Do you want to change too? ”

Lu Yun rolled his eyes: "Go away." ”

"Think about it, Jin Zhu'er is very good, think about it, you two are my left and right protectors, married a pair of twin sisters, how interesting, Dora Feng, right......"

Lu Yun silently picked up a wine jug and walked outside the courtyard.

Seeing Lu Yun's heavy expression, Li Hao sighed helplessly, this guy still can't forget his senior sister, Li Hao also knows that love is the most unpredictable, sometimes you can fall in love with someone at a glance, and sometimes, you will remember a person for the rest of your life, if no one walks into Lu Yun's heart, his heart will always be occupied by his deceased senior sister.

On the third day after Chen Song's wedding, Li Shimin's holy will arrived, and Dingzhou Beijia temporarily took over the post of assassin Shi, and summoned Li Zhi, Li Hao, and Li Ji to return to Chang'an to restore his life.

The day after receiving the holy will, the three of them led the team to leave Dingzhou and embarked on the road back to Chang'an.

Li Ji deliberately kept a distance of three or four miles from Li Hao and his team, and he was still very careful when it was time to avoid suspicion.

More than a month later, they finally arrived in Chang'an, outside the Mingde Gate, the procession stopped, waiting for the holy order.

Li Zhi suddenly came to Li Hao's side and asked in a low voice, "Sir, do you say that my father can promise me to move out of Taiji Palace?" ”

Li Hao thought for a while and said: "Your Highness, you have made meritorious contributions to the disaster and rebellion this time, Your Majesty will definitely reward you, you don't want any reward at that time, you want a palace, Your Majesty will agree." ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Li Zhi shouted happily when he heard this, "Mr. is smart!" Well thought out! ”

"Huh." Li Hao really wanted to shave his ears, obviously he didn't want him to move out of the Taiji Palace, but he still had to help him come up with ideas, he felt like he was making a mistake.

After a while, Li Hao said again: "You and I have credit for this trip to Hebei, but I hope you will give me all the credit." ”

"Oh." Li Zhi nodded and said, "No problem, I didn't do anything in the first place, everything was done by you, and of course all the credit will be given to you." ”

"That's not what I said." Li Hao said solemnly, "There is a reason why you want to give me the credit." ”

Li Zhi asked puzzledly, "What is the reason?" ”

Li Hao pulled him aside and said in a low voice: "For me, I have offended all the gate lord clans in Datang, and I will face a lot of pressure, so I need to be supported by a lot of credit, do you understand this?" ”

"Yes, I understand this." Li Zhi nodded solemnly, he knew that the gate lord clan was very powerful, and Li Hao was able to get rid of a Cui clan, in fact, he had racked his mind, but there were still so many scholars in Datang, and Li Hao couldn't deal with it alone.

Li Hao then said: "For Your Highness, you are the prince and the son-in-law, and it is not appropriate to get too much credit at the moment, otherwise there will be people who suspect that Your Highness wants to compete for the crown." ”

"Huh?" Li Zhi was dumbfounded when he heard this, fighting for the reserve? What about funny? He hadn't even thought about it.

"I'm just in case." Li Hao said, "If you can have one less trouble, you will have one less trouble, and Your Highness doesn't want to be suspicious of your brothers." ”

"I don't want to." Li Zhi shook his head and said, "I understand what Mr. means, Mr. is here to protect me." ”

"Yes, His Highness is still very intelligent, and he can understand it at all."

Li Zhi smiled innocently, a little shy: "Where am I smart, I am too far behind my husband." ”

"It's not a good comparison." Li Hao sighed slowly, "Your Highness is simple-minded, and I am good at strategy, if there is a word for strategy, then it will involve conspiracy, in short...... It's not a good thing, sometimes, I wish I was like Your Highness, very simple and kind, but it's a pity that ......"

Li Zhi saw his expression, and listened to his sighing tone, he wanted to comfort a few words but didn't know how to comfort, who made Li Hao so smart, his little brain capacity couldn't comfort Li Hao at all.

At this moment, a team went out of the Mingde Gate and announced the decree, and the group hurriedly received the decree, and the holy decree was written, asking Li Hao to hand over a cadre of Cui clan to the criminal department, and all the property obtained from the Cui clan was handed over to the household department for storage, and Li Hao and Li Zhi went to the Ganlu Hall to face the saint.

After Li Hao received the holy decree, he and Li Zhi led the team into the city, Li Zhi went directly to the Taiji Palace, and Li Hao had to go to the criminal department first, and then to the household department, and when he was done, it was almost evening.

When Li Hao walked into the Ganlu Palace, the sun had just set, and the lights were lit up in the hall, and under the light, only Li Shimin was sitting on a high seat, and there were not even eunuchs and palace maids beside him.

There is a table in the hall, on which the wine and food have been arranged, and Li Shimin's dragon case also has a set of identical wine and food, after Li Hao saluted, Li Shimin smiled and spread his hands and said: "Poetry madness, take a seat." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Hao thanked him and took a seat.

Li Shimin raised his wine glass with a smile and said, "I know that you are not good at drinking, but what I have prepared this time is wine, come, I will give you a glass!" ”

Li Hao knew why Li Shimin wanted to respect him, one was for his meritorious service in fighting disasters, the second was for quelling the rebellion, and the third for bringing down the Cui family's gate valve, and the three major merits together were worthy of Li Shimin's respect for him with a glass of wine.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Hao raised his glass, raised his head and drank it all.

Li Shimin also drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, paused the wine glass vigorously, and said happily: "Poet, why do you always make me so happy?" ”

Li Hao grinned and said, "Because Weichen is a capable minister." ”

"Oh? Nengchen? Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and smiled when he heard this, and asked curiously, "What is a capable minister?" ”

Li Hao said calmly: "Able ministers, naturally they must have extraordinary talents and abilities, they can be safe and secure when they get off the horse, they can govern the country when they get off the horse, they are loyal to the monarch and patriotism, and they are righteous and evil, Your Majesty, let me ask such a courtier, which king doesn't like it?" ”

"Well, that's a good point." Li Shimin clapped his hands and praised with a smile when he heard this, "Poet madman, you are indeed able to secure a state when you get off the horse, and you can govern the country when you get off the horse, and your wisdom and talent are first-class." ”

He paused, suddenly became interested, and said: "It's a rare opportunity today, why don't you come and comment on the hundred officials, what kind of courtiers are there in the Tang Dynasty of my country." ”

"This ......" Li Hao frowned when he heard this, and commented on the hundred officials, is this Li Shimin bad brain, if he said bad things about those ministers, wouldn't he be remembered, he had already made enemies everywhere, did this thing still want to make himself an enemy of the Manchu Dynasty?

Seeing his hesitation, Li Shimin immediately thought of his worries, smiled and waved his hand: "You don't need to name names, you just need to name what kinds of courtiers there are." ”

"Since Your Majesty has an order, Weichen will obey the order." When Li Hao heard this, he was not restrained, and said, "Above the Tang Dynasty, there are loyal ministers, Zheng ministers, strategists, and incompetent ministers. ”

Li Shimin frowned when he heard this, and said slowly: "I have heard of other people, is this incompetent minister the opposite of what you said about the capable minister?" ”

"Roughly yes." Li Hao nodded.

Li Shimin thought for a while and asked, "Then can you comment on the incompetent minister?" ”

Li Hao said: "Most of the incompetent ministers are full of poetry and books, but it is a pity that the reading of the brain is stupid, do not understand the way of governing the country, do not understand the affairs of the soldiers, they like to quote the scriptures, send long speeches, although there are a thousand words in the mouth, but there is no strategy in the chest, and the governance of the country is not very useful, so the micro minister is called the incompetent minister." ”

Having said that, Li Shimin basically understands what Li Hao means, and also knows who Li Hao is talking about, in fact, Li Shimin himself has already felt that there are always some corrupt Confucians in the court, always contradicting him in political affairs, pulling him back, when discussing court affairs, they talk eloquently and quote scriptures, and the great truth is endless, but when they really want to let them take an idea, they either have no idea at all, or they just give him a headache idea, Li Hao's comment is really a breakthrough.

But Li Shimin is very helpless, he really doesn't like this group of people, but he can't do anything to them, because these people are very famous in the Confucian world, and they are deeply respected by the majority of scholars, Confucianism is the first of all learnings, and Confucius is regarded as a god by the world, although he is the emperor, he does not dare to oppose it.

In fact, Li Shimin's idea has gone into a misunderstanding, almost everyone in ancient times has entered such a misunderstanding, only Li Hao knows, Confucianism and Confucius are not wrong, but want to use Confucianism to govern the country, this is a bit far-fetched, Confucius is a thinker, he created Confucianism with the intention of cultivating the mind and establishing the body, not governing the country, this is like letting a scholar who only knows how to read all day to farm, there will definitely be no good harvest, why, the profession is not right.