"His Majesty the Emperor!"

With such a sound, the whole scene was quiet, there was still some crying, but the noise disappeared, Li Erma, who had been sad for several days because of Qin Qiong's death, finally appeared in front of everyone again, Li Ermaxi was wearing plain clothes, with a white ribbon tied on his forehead, and walked step by step towards Qin Qiong's coffin.

Everyone felt a little surprised, but they didn't think it was anything unreasonable, but they were moved by the emperor's majesty walking out of the city to greet the body of the old general Qin Qiong.

As an emperor, many things can not be done, the emperor has huge power, but also subject to many constraints, as a head of state, the emperor can not do things as he wants, the emperor who does what he wants is either overthrown by his courtiers or loses the country, this kind of emperor often appears at the end of the dynasty, and Li Erma Xià is not such an emperor, or the emperor he wants to be is different from the vast majority of emperors in history.

So he wore plain clothes and tied a white ribbon and came to Qin Qiong's coffin on foot.

Everyone had to salute him, except for Mrs. Qin, who was crying with Qin Qiong's body, Li Er's majesty just waved his hand, didn't speak, and after staring at Qin Qiong's body for a long time, he silently walked to the side of the coffin, and reached out and grabbed the first coffin on the left side: "I want to personally carry the coffin for Shubao!" ”

As soon as the words came out, the people around them were surprised. But soon, Li Chengqian responded, walked to the right side of Li Erma, grabbed a coffin, and then everyone understood, so according to the level of identity, one by one for Qin Qiong to carry the coffin, Suning was fortunate to be assigned to the fifth position on the right hand, standing on the right side of Su Dingfang, sixteen of the most senior civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty carried Qin Qiong's coffin and slowly entered Chang'an City.

This is bound to be a historic picture.

Qin Qiong's body was full of grief. All his thoughts. He was a soldier, a soldier all his life, and as a soldier, he wanted a horse leather shroud. He will die on the battlefield. Even if it's a conspiracy. It was a trap, a mortal deception, and he fought the enemy to the death.

As the general of the pillar country of the Tang Dynasty. Qin Qiong's status is beyond doubt, Li Er Majesty and his feelings are also beyond doubt, the change of Xuanwu Gate, Qin Qiong is the main cadre, Qin Qiong's prestige is a brave force, and the rest of the generals are different, and Qin Qiong's status is so high, and his relationship with Li Er Majesty is inseparable, and generally speaking, unlike favored ministers, Qin Qiong deserves such a status, no one has ever said that Qin Qiong is a courtier, Qin Qiong really relied on his own ability to get such glory.

No one raised an objection, no one dared to raise an objection, the criminal department headed by the Legalists and the Ministry of Rites headed by Confucianism made a compromise with each other, no one won against anyone, no one got any benefits, the dispute between Confucianism and law was forcibly terminated under the intervention of Li Erma, but when it will open again, no one knows, the Tang Dynasty court did not stipulate who has to win against whom, but the academic dispute is no less than the military dispute.

Qin Qiong's funeral ended like this, with the burial of Li Erma's own mausoleum as the highest honor reward, first for the emperor to guard the tomb, such glory is worthy of Qin Qiong's life's dedication, after this, Suning was arranged to go home to rest, waiting for the notice, Li Ermaxi presided over the funeral and handed over the government to the prince Li Chengqian to take care of, and rested behind closed doors, so there are good people who call this the friendship between Li Ermaxi and Qin Qiong, and praise it......

But the real situation is that when Suning had not yet arrived in Sanyuan County, he was personally brought over by Zhao Chen and taken to the palace from the path, where Li Ermajesty slept.

Suning knew what Li Ermajesty wanted to ask, and he also knew what the situation was, he had already made up his mind, after the celebration ceremony, he would avoid contact with government and military affairs, let everything go first, and wait for the limelight to pass, and then think about other things.

First of all, I still have to deal with the inquiry from Li Erma.

Suning knew what Li Ermajesty wanted to know the most, and also knew what Li Erma's thoughts were, as soon as he entered the palace, Li Ermaxi had not yet spoken, Suning first gave a big gift: "The minister deserves death, please punish His Majesty!" ”

Li Er's majesty didn't speak, and Suning said again: "The minister didn't notice it for a while, so that Li Chengyin alone caused a big battle, and let Yigong die to save the minister, the minister deserves death, but the minister has already killed Yuangai Suwen and Li Chengyin, these two are dead, and the northeast of the Tang Dynasty is already solid!" ”

Behind the curtain that Suning couldn't see, Li Erma's voice came out slowly: "Say a cold-blooded and ruthless word, say a word that an emperor should say, in my opinion, if you die, it will make me more uncomfortable than Qin Qiong if you die; But in my own opinion, even if you die a thousand times, you can't afford to die once! ”

Suning didn't speak, just listened quietly.

Li Erma continued: "You don't understand, and you don't need to understand the friendship between me and Shubao, Shubao's death, as well as your serious injuries, can't be completely blamed on you, but I really want to know why you and Shubao were given by that Li Chengyin, regardless of whether Li Chengyin is the son of Li Jiancheng or not, I just want to know, under the protection of thousands of troops, why did that happen?" ”

Suning decided not to hide it at all: "Because the minister is worried that he has made too many merits and done too many right things, it will make many people dissatisfied, and it will make His Majesty suspicious of the minister, if the minister is alone, forget it, but the minister has a family, and the minister has to think that since ancient times, people who have achieved high achievements have no good end, either the minister, or the thief, or overthrow the old master, and become the emperor himself, the minister is very worried that His Majesty and the ministers of the court will be so suspicious of the minister, especially as the minister gets older."

Since Zhenguan came out in the fourth year, he has not done anything wrong. The reform of the DPRK and China should come from the planning of the minister, and the plan should be proposed by the minister first, one or two can be done, but three or four five or six will be very dangerous, if everything has the shadow of the minister in it, then the minister will be very dangerous, before the conquest of the Japanese state, the minister has such doubts, and the minister announced that the minister made some mistakes. Maybe it's better than not making mistakes. This is true for the minister himself. ”

Li Er Majesty said coldly: "You don't hide it, tell me everything!" ”

Su Ning said: "Since this is already the case, as a member of the royal family, he should have told the reason for the incident. Whether it's for His Majesty or for his minister. That's all a good thing. The minister thought so, so after the successful return of the conquest of the Japanese kingdom, the minister was in a trance. I didn't know how to make a mistake or what mistake to make, so Yigong took his ministers into the mountains to hunt, hoping to relieve the worries in the minister's heart, so that the ministers could no longer worry about these problems and find a way to solve the problem, but as a result, they were discovered by someone with a heart. ”

Li Erma said in a low voice: "Then Li Chengyin really told you that he is the son of Li Jiancheng?" ”

Suning said, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Li Erxi was silent for a while, and said, "Do you think it's credible?" ”

Suning thought for a while and said: "The minister thinks it is credible, but as the minister told His Majesty at the beginning, it is impossible for the gang of the Japanese and Li Chengyin to get movable type printing and papermaking if there is no break in the palace, so if it is said that Li Chengyin's forces have been swept away, then it is nonsense, and there are probably some unknown things in the palace, and Li Chengyin's matter is nine times out of ten true, because there is no need for him to lie." ”

Li Er Majesty was silent for a long time before he spoke: "With the blood and blood drops, I will do my best to investigate, I have authorized you, from the prince to the common people, anyone can investigate!" Be sure to get these people out of here! ”

This time, Suning was silent, and Li Erma noticed that something was wrong, so he said, "What's the matter, do you feel dissatisfied?" I have not given you enough rewards? Or do you want to be a duke? ”

Su Ning said: "No, Your Majesty, the minister is here, and he also has some ideas of his own, for example, the minister asked for the command of the blood flower and blood drops, and His Majesty personally arranged for people to take over the blood flowers and blood drops, and the minister no longer manages any of them, and the minister is still a first-class marquis, as for the duke, the minister did not have such thoughts before he was thirty years old." ”

Li Ermaxi was silent again, silent for a longer time, the two of them alternated silence, and Li Ermaxi obviously occupied the initiative, Li Erma's silence could make Suning uneasy, and Suning's silence could not bring Li Ermaxi actual changes.

"Did you really decide that? The right to hand over blood flowers and blood droplets? You are the founder, and you have been in charge of it since it was created, and you are sure to give it to me? If you give me the blood flowers and blood droplets, I will probably never return them to you, you have to think about it! Li Ermaxi said inexplicably.

Of course, Suning understood what this meant, and said without hesitation: "It is originally Majesty's, and it has nothing to do with the minister, how does the Majesty want to use it, control it, that is all a matter of Majesty's affairs, and it has nothing to do with the minister." ”

Li Ermaxi replied quickly this time: "Then, what do you want from me, I also feel embarrassed to take away your hard work for so many years." ”

claimed to have changed from "I" to "I", which meant that his mood was relaxed and improved, so Suning thought about it carefully and decided to open his mouth: "The minister doesn't want to get involved in court politics for a period of time, the minister wants to spend some time with his family and teach his children, and in the past seven years, the minister has been with them less and more often, especially a pair of children, since they were born, the dust has not stayed with them for more than a year, and the minister really feels very sorry for them." ”

Li Erma was silent for a long time again, and then spoke: "If I were you, I wouldn't worry about any merits at all, how could you shock me?" Half of the world was beaten down by me, I can tolerate Li Shiji, Cheng Zhijie, Captain Chi Gong, and Li Jing, do you dare to say that you alone can compare to the ability of all of them? If not, I can't even tolerate them, why can't I tolerate you?

As you said yourself, you have a lot of good plans and ideas, these are all needed by Datang, Datang is mine, but not just me, I also need someone to help me govern this country, govern this court, govern all the people of Limin, I can't do these alone, so I need talents, I need courtiers, I need officials, you are the best among them, if you don't use it, you waste your talent in vain, I can't bear it. ”

Suning said: "If His Majesty hopes that in the era of the new emperor after His Majesty, the new emperor can still reuse the minister to continue to serve the Tang Dynasty, thirty years, forty years, fifty years, until the minister can't walk, then please agree to the minister's request, Your Majesty, the minister is willing to serve the Tang Dynasty, but the minister also needs a sense of security, Your Majesty, will you trust Cheng Chen, believe that the minister has no rebellious heart at all?" (To be continued......)