Chapter 20 Prince Li Chengzong
Three days later, outside the outskirts of Chang'an City, looking into the distance, I saw flags waving and horse hooves sounded like thunder in the nine heavens. Li Haochen led the soldiers to quell the rebellion for three days and finally arrived in the outskirts of Chang'an. Emperor Li Jiancheng led a group of civil and military officials to wait outside the city for a long time.
Li Haochen took the lead and walked in front. He saw the emperor's ceremonial guard from a distance. Li Haochen turned over and dismounted one kilometer away from the ceremonial guard. The team stopped. Li Haochen ran to Li Jiancheng alone and bowed to him, "I am the waiter of Lecheng, the Grand Marshal Li Haochen, paying homage to His Majesty. Long live my emperor. I am ordered to fight against rebellion. Now I rely on Your Majesty's dragon power. Fortunately, I will not be humiliated and captured all the troops and horses of the rebel Li Shimin. I will come to report to Your Majesty!"
Seeing this, Li Jiancheng quickly helped Li Haochen up and said, "You are indeed a pillar of the country. You live up to my entrustedness. Today, you will win a great victory in the fight against rebellion. You should be the first to reward you. I will reward you with a lot. You will only talk to me if you want!" Li Jiancheng actually knew that Li Haochen's great achievements today should be rewarded, but he was already the marshal and a marquis. Li Jiancheng had not yet thought about how to reward Li Haochen for a while, so he said this.
Li Haochen could not understand what Li Jiancheng meant. If he really put forward any conditions now, I am afraid that even if Li Jiancheng agrees at this moment, he will punish him soon. This is the emperor's mind. Li Haochen is well aware of this, so naturally he will not put forward any conditions. He hurriedly said, "I have such a great victory, all thanks to Your Majesty, and I dare not take credit for it. Your Majesty wants to reward me is the kindness of the saint lord. I am ashamed of you. I would be willing to give you a generous reward to the soldiers who fight against the thieves this time. As for me, I am really ashamed of accepting it!"
Li Jiancheng nodded with satisfaction with Li Haochen's knowledge of advancing and retreating, and said, "The soldiers of the three armies naturally need to reward you. Your good deeds are in the country, so you naturally need to reward you. When you submit your merits to the Prime Minister, I will reward you together. If you don't reward you, if you don't reward you, it may be contrary to the reputation of the saint, and it is no different from a foolish lord! You don't have to say more about this matter, let's follow me into the city first!" Li Jiancheng said, and took Li Haochen's hand and prepared to enter the city with him and stand with the emperor. It can be seen that Li Jiancheng's courtesy to Li Haochen today.
Just as the two of them took two steps forward, a discordant voice appeared, "Father, what great achievements does this person have? How can you walk side by side with you? This is a great disrespect. Please punish your crimes and serve as a warning to the world to know that the imperial power cannot be trampled on!"
This man's words scared Li Haochen so much that he quickly let go of Li Jiancheng and held his hand, and knelt down and said, "I am not ruthless and offend Tianyan, please punish your majesty!"
Seeing this, Li Jiancheng quickly helped Li Haochen up and said, "It's me who pulls you, it's not you who pulls me. Why do you have any guilt? My dear me has made great contributions, what's wrong with walking with me? If I hadn't turned the tide, I'm afraid I've been the prisoner of that rank today!"
When the ministers heard Li Jiancheng's words, they all knelt down on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down, I am guilty!"
Seeing this, Li Jiancheng said, "This matter has nothing to do with you, please get up!" After Li Jiancheng said this with a gentle expression, his expression became stern in an instant. He shouted angrily at the person who said it just now, "Don't be nonsense! Why don't you apologize to Haochen's beloved Qing!"
Listening to Li Jiancheng's words, the young man named Chengzong said reluctantly, "Mr. Emperor is obviously unwilling to compensate Li Haochen."
Seeing this, Li Jiancheng was furious again and said, "Why don't you go quickly!"
At this time, the young man walked reluctantly and walked towards Li Haochen. Li Haochen glanced at him and saw that the young man was wearing a crown prince's clothing. Thinking about the young man just now, he knew the identity of the young man.
After Li Haochen walked up to him, he did not wait for the young man to speak, so he bowed to the authenticity and said, "My minister Li Haochen, I have seen His Highness, His Highness, His Highness, Thousand Years of the Crown Prince!"
Li Haochen saw it right. The person who came was Li Chengzong, the eldest son of the current Tang Dynasty crown prince Li Jiancheng. Li Chengzong has been pampering since childhood and has not experienced the baptism of war. He has never experienced the accusation of others. Just when he didn't know how to speak, he found that Li Haochen bowed directly to him. He looked at Li Haochen carefully and expressed satisfaction with Li Haochen's sense of the times, but he looked very right and arrogantly and said, "Get up! My father asked me to apologize for you, right now, I'm not going to apologize for you. I just offended the general, please forgive me!"
Everything in the world is that you respect me and I respect you. Li Haochen's knowledge of the times also makes Li Chengzong less resistant to the things that are not worthy of him.
When Li Haochen heard Li Chengzong's words, he stood up and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is so serious. What Your Highness said just now is very appropriate. The imperial power cannot be trampled on! Your Majesty does not punish me, but it is my love for me. I am grateful to you. Your Highness is not apologizing for me, but I really dare not accept it!"
Listening to the conversation between the two, Li Jiancheng laughed at Li Haochen and said, "You are a versatile Li Haochen. I asked the prince to apologize to you, but you said the prince is not wrong. Then do you mean I was wrong?"
Li Haochen heard this and said, "I dare not! Your Majesty ruled the world and was powerful in the country. Everything he said was all golden and jade. It is true, but it is true that His Highness the Crown Prince said to the crown prince for the majesty of His Majesty. If Your Majesty really wants to discuss right or wrong, then the wrong person is the minister!"
Li Jiancheng listened to Li Haochen's words, and there was a smile on his face that could not be concealed. "I praise you for being fat and you are still breathing. You have made great contributions to the court, and I can still tell the right and wrong. If you really say you are wrong, then I have become a foolish monarch like Yang Guang?"
After saying that, Li Jiancheng looked at Li Chengzong and said, "Chengzong, remember that some people can open dyeing workshops by giving three points of color. Such people cannot give grace. They can only show the majesty of the royal family to them so that they can be peaceful. Some people are loyal, and these people must give grace and great grace, so that they can make people pay more for the country and the country. Li Haochen in front of you is the second type of person. Haochen is my Tang Dynasty's white jade pillars and the sea purple gold beams, and my Tang Dynasty's future reliance!"
Li Haochen did not expect Li Jiancheng to give him such a high evaluation, and quickly bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wrong, I really don't dare to take it. I am willing to make everything stable for my Tang Dynasty!"
Listening to Li Haochen's words, Li Jiancheng nodded with satisfaction. Li Jiancheng knew that his evaluation of Li Haochen was not too much. You should know that Li Haochen took away the city defense force of the Chang'an on the expedition. If he had two intentions and led his troops to directly attack Chang'an, Chang'an would probably not be able to defend even one day. Of course, Li Jiancheng would not say these words to anyone.
A small episode ended like this, and the king and his ministers returned to Chang'an City in a mighty way. Of course, after this farce, Li Jiancheng did not pull Li Haochen forward again, but let him walk side by side with the prince, which was also a very high courtesy for Li Haochen.
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Chapter completed!