After the sky is clear, it is the morning scene of Shaoliang City once a day, the emperor of the Great Zhou has not yet come out of the imperial study, there is already the imperial kitchen of the imperial dining room to prepare breakfast, according to the rules of the palace, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty will have a simple breakfast in the imperial dining room before going to the court, but it is said to be simple, in fact, there are as many as fifteen dishes, after eating breakfast, the emperor of the Great Zhou must change his clothes, and then he can go to the Chongde Hall to see the civil and military officials.

According to the ancestral system of the Great Zhou Dynasty, during the time when the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty had breakfast, the civil and military officials had to stand and wait outside the Chongde Hall until the Emperor changed his clothes and crown, and the bell rang three times before entering the palace, and during this period, if any minister could have breakfast with His Majesty the Emperor, it should be a rare thing, enough to show the status of this minister in the heart of His Majesty the Emperor.

Therefore, every morning before the court, waiting outside the Chongde Palace, the most favorite thing for the civil and military ministers to do is to see who has the opportunity to have breakfast with His Majesty the Emperor today, judging from the past situation, the Lord Li Ji is definitely the one with the most times, the head of the hundred officials has always been deeply valued by the emperor of the Great Zhou, although it is only from a poor family, but after entering the main political hall, it has already convinced the hundred officials, although it is not a famous appearance through the ages, but the four words of virtuous ministers and ministers are still worthy of it.

The hundred officials gathered outside the Chongde Palace, and the three or two stood together, talking to each other in a low voice, but Li Ji, who was standing in front of the hundred officials, stood alone, and there was no one else beside him.

This lord had a flat expression, neither looking at the Chongde Hall nor the hundred officials, just staring down at his pair of boots.

Just a moment, after the crowd, a thin little eunuch trotted here, came to Li Ji, and said softly: "Lord Zaizhi, Your Majesty has a will......

The hundred officials didn't hear what the little eunuch was talking about, but at this moment, the announcement was just a matter of having breakfast together, and the matter fell on Li Ji's head, and no one had any objections to it, so the hundred officials quickly watched the lord follow the little eunuch to the imperial dining room and disappear from everyone's sight.

Li Ji, who is only worthy of the armor this year, walked among the familiar palace walls and asked casually, "How is Your Majesty feeling today?"

The little eunuch replied softly: "Back to Lord Zaizhi's words, Your Majesty is the same today as in the past, when he is in the imperial study, the name of Lord Hubu Shangshu is the most pronounced. ”

Li Ji smiled and said calmly: "Old Master Xin has worked hard for the country, but it is worth saying a few more words to Your Majesty." ”

The government and the opposition all knew that this Lord Zaizhi and Master Hubu Shangshu Xin were old friends for many years, and it was common for this Hubu Shangshu to be talked about by Li Zaizhi like this, so the little eunuch just grinned and didn't say anything.

When he came to the imperial dining room, the little eunuch left by himself, leaving Li Ji alone to walk into the imperial dining room.

In the imperial dining room, the Great Zhou Tianzi sat at the table, watching this pillar of the country walk into the imperial dining room, he got up to greet him, Li Ji arched his hand, signaling that he didn't dare, the Great Zhou Tianzi didn't care, and after Li Ji sat down opposite, he asked: "Li Zaizhi, do you know why I let you accompany me to eat today?"

Li Ji looked at the Great Zhou Tianzi with a smile that could not be concealed, where is there a reason not to know, "It must be the victory of the frontier, which general is it?"

Da Zhou Tianzi smiled: "Li Zaizhi might as well guess." ”

Li Ji said to him: "The old minister can't guess that if you really want to say such a thing, it will be difficult for the old minister." ”

Da Zhou Tianzi waved his hand, unwilling to sell Guanzi, "That's Xie Ying's kid, I just gave him 5,000 cavalry, this guy can defeat 10,000 iron cavalry in the Southern Wei Kingdom, Xie Jiabaoshu used to be exaggerated by others, but now it seems that it should still be taken for granted." Tell me, if I give Xie Ying tens of thousands of horses to this kid later, will there be more people in the court?"

Li Ji quipped, "Old man Xin?"

Da Zhou Tianzi laughed and said: "Don't let that old guy come out with the money, this guy can't find a reason." ”

Li Ji didn't respond, just took a sip of a bowl of white fungus soup by himself, and said vaguely: "Your Majesty won't summon the old minister here today just for this matter, right?"

The Great Zhou Tianzi was silent for a long time before he spoke softly: "The Xie family of Yanshi City once sent me a secret letter, saying that in our Great Zhou, two immortal masters were discovered, one is a scholar of the Hengyang Academy, I don't think much about it, but the other is a young man in the market, who doesn't look like a scholar, of course, these are not important, the only important thing is that this young man is very likely to be our Great Zhou people's family, and he is now in Shaoliang City." ”

There was a sudden silence in the imperial dining room, Li Ji swallowed the last mouthful of white fungus soup in his mouth, and looked at the emperor Tianzi, he always knew that His Majesty the emperor had always wanted the Great Zhou to have the protection of a monk, and that idea seemed to be stronger than expanding the territory.

Li Ji said tentatively: "Since he is a young man, he must not be too high in cultivation, right?"

Da Zhou Tianzi laughed and said: "Since he is a young man who is qualified to embark on that monk's road, and now his cultivation is not high, so what, if he is willing to stay, I will naturally try my best to help him go further and further on this road, of course, the premise of this matter is that he is willing to protect Da Zhou, and he happens to be a Zhou person, two conditions, one is indispensable!"

Li Ji has read all his life, and he is no stranger to governing the country, but it is a little difficult for him to pay attention to such a thing.

Looking at His Majesty the Emperor in front of him, Li Ji asked, "Then what is Your Majesty going to do?"

The Great Zhou Tianzi said with a smile: "I naturally want to go to see him in person as a gift to the Great Zhou." ”

Hearing this, Li Ji quickly frowned, he shook his head and said, "Your Majesty's golden body, how can it be like this, if that young man has bad intentions, Da Zhou is in danger!"

Li Ji, as the head of the hundred officials, there are many times when his attitude is actually the attitude of the hundred officials, although there are many times when the hundred officials will have other voices, but it is obvious that at this time, for the matter of His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Zhou going out of the palace to see a monk, the attitude of the hundred officials will definitely be the same as Li Ji, at least not much different.

So Da Zhou Tianzi's head really hurt.

He was afraid of Xin Taikang, the head of the household who was holding the money bag in the court, and he was afraid of the lawless Princess Anyang in the palace, but in fact, he was most afraid of the head of the hundred officials, the lord of the Great Zhou.

But for this matter, Da Zhou Tianzi still wanted to try to see the young man, and he said softly: "The news from Yanshi City, Xie Ying's kid has been in contact with him, and found that the young man is actually not bad, and according to Xie Ying's temper, he thinks it's good, that's really good." Therefore, Li Zaizhi doesn't have to worry too much, besides, I have no grievances with him, and he doesn't need to take my life. ”

Li Ji was silent about this.

One monarch and one minister were silent and relative.

After a while, Da Zhou Tianzi seemed to be a little angry, he slapped the table, and said angrily: "Why can't I find someone for Da Zhou who can make Da Zhou live in peace for a long time?"

Li Ji said calmly, "According to the old minister's humble opinion, the peace of the Great Zhou Dynasty needs to have the soldiers of the three armies outside, and the ministers who govern the world to seek for the country, as for the rest, it is not too important." ”

The Great Zhou Tianzi retorted: "If there are other monks who seek my Great Zhou, my Great Zhou can only watch!"

Li Ji shook his head and said, "This is the mandate of heaven, why should Your Majesty worry?"

As soon as these words came out, Da Zhou Tianzi was furious, and the green tendons on his neck skyrocketed.

He stood up and scolded, "Pedantic!"

The Emperor of the Great Zhou pointed at the nose of the Great Zhou and scolded: "I never believe in the Mandate of Heaven, I only believe in my courtiers, my soldiers, and the people of my Great Zhou!"

But even so, Li Ji still looked at this Great Zhou Tianzi calmly and did not speak.