Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 887
Wu Meiniang stood outside the tent for a long time, with many thoughts in her heart.She found that Wang Ping'an's luck was really not so good, and any troubles that bothered him could turn into good things, and his official position and title were swiftly promoted, and he had never been seen falling out of favor at all.As a minister, being able to do this is really worth learning!
After a long while, Wu Meiniang sighed softly. She had spent a lot of effort, and her status in the palace hadn't improved much, but Wang Ping'an took advantage of her efforts and even sealed her. king!
What is the purpose of being king?It must be related to my own business, but how did the two things get together?You have to ask the emperor.

Wu Meiniang gently raised the curtain and looked inside.Seeing that all the ministers in the tent retreated, only Li Zhi was left alone, and Li Zhi put his hand on the table and covered his head. It seemed that he had a headache again!

Gently, Wu Meiniang entered the big tent, came to Li Zhi's side, and whispered: "Your Majesty, your head hurts again? Do you want to find the uncle of the concubine and ask him to come and show you?"

Li Zhi said softly, raised his head, looked at Wu Meiniang, and said, "Meiniang, why did you come in? You don't need to call Wubing, he is probably happy at this time, and the flatterers keep coming. Yibo, he is busy!"

Wu Meiniang pretended not to know about Wang Pingan becoming king, and asked: "Uncle is the prime minister, it's normal for others to flatter him, isn't it true that people flatter him every day?"

Li Zhi forced a smile, but soon a sad face appeared on his face again, he said: "I named Wu Bing the king of Liao County, he is now a prince, and I will give him a golden seal tomorrow. He became a king with a different surname, Naturally, the other ministers have to curry favor with him, and he must be busy to death!"

He casually said a dead word, Li Zhi's face became even uglier, he thought of Li Sujie again, a good son, just gone, he was as sad as a father, he even wanted to find someone place, cry aloud.

Wu Meiniang sat beside Li Zhi, and said: "Your Majesty, I know you are sad now, but you can't always be sad, so don't think about those bad things, let's talk about other things. Why do you have to be a vassal?" Is my concubine's uncle the king of the county?"

Li Zhi sighed, and said: "It's still because of that Shi Yifu's nonsense that caused trouble. I can only change the original plan. In order to eliminate Li Ke's disaster forever, I have to send Wubing expedition. "He roughly said what happened just now.

Wu Meiniang was shocked when she heard this, and she instructed Li Yifu to talk nonsense, with the intention of embarrassing the queen and resolving Wang Ping's dream, but she didn't think that the empress didn't make any trouble, but turned Wang Pingan into a prince!
Even if this incident made her want to break her head, she would never have imagined such a result!

Wu Meiniang murmured: "The concubine is going to congratulate uncle."

Li Zhi sighed, and said: "There is nothing to congratulate. In fact, if you don't get sick, you don't get any benefits. If you have to say that you have it, that is, you can lead troops to fight. It can be regarded as having actual military power, but he is not interested in military power at all. No. If I hadn’t been torn apart by Li Ke’s affairs this time, I guess he still wouldn’t have led the army.”

Wu Meiniang thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, because Shi Yifu said something wrong, you won't blame him, right? He is too honest, a little stupid, and he doesn't know how to change things. How should I put it, he is a bit of a bookworm. It looks like my head is stupid!"

Li Zhi shook his head and said, "It's strange, of course it is to be blamed, but I won't punish him either. There are not many straight ministers like him now."

Wu Meiniang nodded and said: "Yes. This person from Shi Yifu expects him to do great things, but he can't be counted on, but if he is asked to supervise others, to tell the truth, it can be useful. He is sincere, not afraid Offending people, sometimes offending people, even he himself doesn't know it, dare to tell the truth, a bit stupid!"

Li Zhi sighed, and said: "Yes, this person is indeed a bit stupid, but it would be a good idea to let him be the supervisory censor, he dares to say anything!"

Wu Meiniang asked again: "Your Majesty, my concubine's uncle is going on an expedition to Goguryeo, who will act as his deputy?"

Li Zhidao: "I can only leave it empty for now, and then he will continue to take up the post after he comes back without illness. Those who are without illness cannot stay in the fief, didn't I tell you just now!"

"However, who should handle the affairs of the province during this time? Is the elder grandson also in charge?" Wu Meiniang asked again.

In fact, Changsun Wuji has always been in charge of the affairs of the province. Changsun Wuji is very willing to do this, but Wang Pingan never said it, and Changsun Wuji is not stupid enough to mention it to the emperor himself. Isn't that a taboo? , two of the three provinces are under his control, and if something happens to Ma Zhou, is Changsun Wuji the emperor, or is Li Zhi the emperor?
Even if Li Zhi was turned into an empty shell, no one dared to tell him, so Li Zhi always believed that Wang Ping'an was very conscientious and a very conscientious prime minister!

Others didn't mention it, and Li Zhi didn't think about it, but no matter what he thought, he would not agree to let Changsun Wuji take care of it. This is not a matter of trust or distrust, but that no prime minister can manage two For important departments, this is the rule, and Li Zhi never thought of breaking this rule.

Li Zhidao: "It's impossible for uncle to take care of it, but Wang Ping'an also has assistants, they can also handle affairs, and there will be no delay!"

Wu Meiniang pretended to think about it, and asked for power for her confidant.She said: "Your Majesty, isn't Shi Yi's mansion just from a lower school, he must be familiar with the affairs of the yamen, and you let him be the supervisory censor, according to the officials and concubines, why don't you let him supervise the lower school, it's not necessary Give him any specific duties, just ask him to write a memorial to the emperor every day about what happened in his family, and report it to the emperor."

Li Zhi frowned, and said: "This seems inappropriate. In this way, the officials of the province will complain, and maybe they will embarrass Shi Yifu together. What you let him do will greatly offend people. Yes!"

Wu Meiniang saw that Li Zhi was thinking about Li Yifu, and she was afraid that Li Yifu would be embarrassing. She was happy, and persuaded: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, Lu Yao knows the horsepower, and it takes time to see people's hearts. If Shi Yifu can survive this period , wouldn’t it prove that he can be of great use. Moreover, let the concubines say that the uncle’s expedition to Goguryeo will take at most two years, and he may return in one year. The time is not too long. During this time, the emperor will protect him. No matter how arrogant the officials of the lower province are, they can't kill Shi Yi's mansion, can they?"

Li Zhi was soft-hearted, and when he heard what Wu Meiniang said "makes sense", he nodded and said: "Yes, you are right. And if there is no prime minister in the province, the officials must be slack, and someone will supervise it." , at least it can act as a deterrent.”

Wu Meiniang said: "Yes, as long as someone writes memorials every day, a group of people can do things well, which is very worthwhile, and even if Shi Yi's mansion is wronged, as long as the emperor treats him better, he will not be upset." grumbling."

Li Zhidao: "Just do what Meiniang said, let's do this. Well, you call Shi Yifu in, I told him, and comfort him by the way, lest he think he said something wrong and be afraid outside !"

Wu Meiniang agreed, and went out of the imperial tent to find Li Yifu. Li Yifu almost fainted when he heard that Wu Meiniang had begged for such an errand for him. In fact, it is the most convenient way to make money among the officials.To act impartially would definitely offend others, but he never planned to act impartially. Wouldn't it be more in line with his principles to be a man?

Li Yifu followed Wu Meiniang into the imperial tent, thanked Li Zhi, followed Wu Meiniang out of the tent again, and listened to Wu Meiniang's detailed instructions to him on how to write memorials, if he could attract a group of officials to the banner.

In Changsun Wuji's tent, Prince Li Zhong's illness has been relieved after taking medicine, and the child has already fallen asleep.After Changsun Wuji saw him, he took Wang Pingan to Chu Suiliang's tent, and everyone discussed how to repair Li Ke.

After some discussion, Changsun Wuji personally drafted the imperial edict, and asked Wang Pingan to send people to Zheliu, and let the Turkic soldiers move to Yingzhou, so that Wang Pingan didn't have to go directly to Zheliu, but just waited for the army to arrive on the way. It's done.

Everyone discussed for a long time, and discussed all the expected accidents. Then Wang Pingan bid farewell to Changsun Wuji and others, and returned to Chang'an City. He went back to pack his luggage first. He only waited for Li Zhi's edict to be formalized, and he set off immediately , launch an expedition.

After Wang Ping'an returned to Chang'an, he went to see his parents first, and told about his title of king. The Wang couple were naturally overjoyed, and their son became a prince, which is a great thing.But when they heard that Wang Ping'an was going to lead an expedition, the old couple became sad again, and they were unwilling to let Wang Ping'an go. After a few days together, the family was about to separate again.

Wang Ping'an would never tell about Wu Meiniang's matter. He only said that the capital was not at peace recently. He led an expedition and would not be able to return for a while, so he wanted his parents to stay in a fief, which was far away from Chang'an, and it was his own The fief, even if there are any changes in the court, they will not be involved.

Although the Wangs were reluctant, but they heard that strange things happened in the palace recently. Once the son went on an expedition and was not in the capital, if something happened, the old couple really couldn't solve it, so they agreed immediately and let the servant People packed their luggage and prepared to go to the willows.

The next day, Li Zhi's imperial decree came down, and Jin made Wang Ping'an the king of Liaojun, and ordered [-] Turkic soldiers to go on an expedition to Goguryeo.He also appointed Li Ke as the general manager of the Liaodong march, and Wang Pingan as the deputy manager. A series of edicts were issued, and officials from various ministries immediately began to get busy preparing for the expedition.

Wang Pingan completed all the formalities for the canonization of the county king, and immediately sent his parents and Xiao Taiping out of Beijing to Zheliu, while he went to Li Zhi to thank him, and after finishing everything that should be done, he took Brother Ouyang with him. He and the bodyguard group set off for Yunzhou, where he will join [-] Turkic soldiers and go to Yingzhou together to "assist" Li Ke and crusade against Goguryeo!
During this period, Li Zhi issued another imperial edict, highly praised Li Ke, and revealed that as long as Li Ke destroyed Goguryeo, he would grant Goguryeo to him as a fief.
Now that he had decided to leave, Wang Ping'an stopped dawdling, took his confidants, and traveled day and night. It took only half a month to arrive at Yunzhou. Soldiers come and go like the wind, whether they are gathering or marching, they are extremely fast, which can be called the best in the world, but in such a hasty situation, the Turkic soldiers can't keep up no matter what, and they haven't even left the border of Zheliu, Ah Shi Naqi Bo'er only sent a vanguard force of 2000 people to meet Wang Ping'an, and it would take at least half a month for the large force to arrive at Yunzhou.

This is the fastest speed, there is no possibility of going faster, even if Wang Pingan urges him again, there is no way for the Turkic soldiers to arrive in advance.

After Wang Ping'an arrived in Yunzhou, he did not enter the governor's mansion, but went out of the customs, found a place outside the customs, stationed the accompanying army, and saw the vast grassland outside the customs, and there were only a few hundred guards around him. There was not enough manpower, so they called Ouyang Li and others to discuss countermeasures.

In the big tent, Wang Ping'an and Ouyang brothers sat on the ground.Wang Pingan said: "We used Turkic soldiers for this expedition. In terms of loyalty, the Turkic soldiers may not be so loyal to me. They just have to be loyal to me because they live in my territory. We only have a few hundred people. If we want to command an army of [-], it may be very difficult. What if they rebel and are unwilling to fight or shed blood for my Tang Dynasty?"

Ouyang Li said: "This is quite simple. If you want the Turkic soldiers to be obedient and go to war obediently, the best way is to allow them to rob Goguryeo. If there are benefits, they will of course be willing to do it. But I'm afraid that the robbing will be easy." Now, they have committed the old problem again and robbed the territory of Liaodong, my Tang Dynasty, and this is what we need to pay attention to."

Ouyang Yi said: "Master, you are the prince now, and it is also during the expedition period. We can recruit some auxiliary soldiers, train them, and send them to break willows in the future. This can also be regarded as our own strength."

Ouyang Shuang also said: "Yes, we must have a decent army, we can't just rely on Turkic soldiers whenever something happens!"

Wang Ping'an hummed, and said: "Actually, I think so too. I should have some strength of my own. Then why don't we recruit some auxiliary soldiers in Yunzhou, how many do you think?"

Ouyang Li thought for a while, and said: "The people here in Yunzhou are tough and there are many capable people and strangers, but the population is far less than that of Chang'an, a prosperous place, and even if there are capable people and strangers, they may not be willing to go with us. .According to my subordinates, it is estimated that at most a thousand people can be recruited!"

Wang Ping'an patted his thigh, and said: "It's not bad to have a thousand people. You can't eat a fat man at one bite. If you take away tens of thousands of people in one go, the governor of Yunzhou will not do it!"

After thinking for a while, Wang Ping'an said again: "Let's not talk about recruiting troops, let's set up a ring, set up a lottery, let capable people and strangers scramble for it, and then use this excuse to recruit again, and it is estimated that more people will come. "

(End of this chapter)