Chapter 70 Sixty-nine

After hearing Li Shimin's statement, Hou Junji's complexion changed, he fell to his knees, and said in a somewhat cold tone: "Forgive me for not accepting the order, please the emperor choose another good general!" Li Shimin glanced at the other party with a surprised expression on his face. Yi said: "This shouldn't be what you Hou Junji said!" Hou Junji raised his head and said: "Please go to a place with your majesty and ministers to have a look." After saying that, he got up and took Li Shimin to a small courtyard door in his back house. There were dozens of children sitting on the ground inside. A gentleman teaching them to read.The gentleman said loudly: "The so-called father's kindness and son's filial piety mean that a father should love his children, and a son should be filial to his father."

A child asked: "Teacher, I have never seen my father, how can I be filial to him?" Then several children said: "We have never seen my father!" Li Shimin, who was standing outside the door, was sad and asked Hou Junji said: "Are these children orphans of the Flying Tiger Army?" Hou Junji said with a sad face: "The reason why the Flying Tiger Army can fight is only one secret, which is to dare to die. Look at these poor children, their fathers died on the battlefield. These warriors went to heaven, but Leaving the heavy pain behind, not only made these orphans lose their father's love, but also filled my heart with guilt, which was almost broken, and I could no longer bear new suffering." After finishing speaking, Hou Junji knelt down respectfully, kowtowed and said, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Li Shimin looked at Hou Junji's pained expression, and felt anxious: "Junji, it's hard for you!" Hou Junji looked up at the sky and said in a mournful voice: "The Flying Tiger Army has left and will never come back again. !" Li Shimin glanced back at those children again, feeling unspeakably heavy. Li Ke was reading in a small pavilion by the pool. A fishing rod was hung on the railing of the pavilion. His buddies Chai Zhewei and Quan Wanji came over.The rough-natured Chai Zhewei yelled from a distance: "Your Highness, you are so calm, what time is it, and you still have the leisure to fish here." Li Ke lifted his eyes from the book and said: "When and when? gone?"

Chai Zhewei walked up to Li Ke and said: "The emperor is choosing soldiers and generals for the Flying Tiger Army, and many children of the clan and noble relatives are vying to squeeze in." Quan Wanji said: "I drafted a plan for Your Highness. A self-recommendation form, we can fight for this military power!" After finishing speaking, Quan Wanji handed over a manuscript. Li Ke took it over and put it on the table after reading it. He glanced at the two of them and said, "You said that the children of the clan and nobles are all scrambling to squeeze in?" Chai Zhewei said, "That's right, even my father entrusted me Get it in, he said that the emperor regards this army more important than the imperial forest army, and worshiping generals and making them marquises is a shortcut to the south."

Li Ke smiled lightly: "Do you know why my father formed the Flying Tiger Army? This is a powerful army prepared for the Northern Expedition, and it is my father's trump card against Jieli! You don't know what kind of skills these clan and noble children can make. Clearly? The emperor puts so much emphasis on the Northern Expedition, if this soldier can't be trained to be a steel sword, how can this General Flying Tiger explain to his old man? It would be a disaster to steal this general's seal!" Quan Wanji suddenly realized: "Oh! Why didn't I realize this level? I almost missed His Highness with this seal." After speaking, he picked up the seal and was about to tear it up.

But Li Ke stopped him and said, "Don't tear it up, give it to me! I'll make a copy, and I'll play it right away." Chai Zhewei and Quan Wanji looked at each other, both of them confused.Li Ke looked at their puzzled expressions and said with a smile: "If I don't use myself as bait, with the old fox Changsun Wuji following behind, will the ones in the east be baited?" Quan Wanji was a clever man, so he immediately understood Li Ke's intentions, looked at him with sly eyes and said, "You want to drag the prince through this muddy water?" Li Ke stared at the pond without saying a word.At this time, the Seven Star Reed on the water floated for a while.Li Ke hurriedly drew back his rod, and a big fish was dragged out of the water with a bang.

Li Ke's tricks really had the expected effect. The think tanks in the East Palace heard the news that the King of Shu was going to compete for the Flying Tiger General, and urged Li Chengqian to recommend himself. Realizing the importance of military power, he tried his best to advocate Li Chengqian to fight for the general seal of the Flying Tiger Army to the East Palace. After these seals were delivered to Li Shimin, he saw clearly the attitudes of the princes.Although the children of the Li family have always had a tradition of joining the army at a young age. He himself went to the battlefield at the age of sixteen, and his younger brother Yuan Ji took the place of his father Li Yuan in command of the army in Taiyuan at the age of fifteen. Compared with the previous generation, if they really let them lead the army, they must be defeated.The princes are also aware of this point, but each one of them is scrambling to stand out. What they are fighting for is not the chance to fight, but their respective powers in the army.Li Shimin was like a bright mirror in his heart, but he didn't want to pierce this layer, and made Li Chengqian the Flying Tiger General with a swipe of a pen.

Zuo Pushe Fang Xuanling broke out in a cold sweat after seeing the edict in Shangshu Province, and hurriedly ran to Chengqing Hall to persuade Li Shimin to withdraw his order.He said euphemistically that although the prince is talented, he is still too young and needs training. He asked the emperor to choose another general who is good at fighting in the court to train the Flying Tiger Army.But Li Shimin said that this is the best experience, and with one sentence pushed Fang Xuanling back. Of course, Fang Xuanling didn't know what the emperor was thinking. It was fake for Li Shimin to use Li Chengqian as the Flying Tiger General, but it was true to force Hou Junji out of the mountain. In times of dilemma, Hou Junji will stand up and stand up for this future son-in-law.