Chengxin Hall in Jinling Palace has been the residence of the emperor to cultivate his heart and study since the founding of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Today, after Li Jing returned from the court, he looked angry. He first summoned the left and right servants of Shangshu, Sun Sheng, Feng Yansi, and then ordered people to call Chen Jue and Han Xizai to enter together.

Liu Shaojian was ordered to guard the door of Chengxin Hall, silently listening to the emperor's anger from time to time, and the palace ladies around him were all trembling. At this time, Empress Zhong, holding a new book in her hand, led several palace maids to slowly walk over, stopped in front of the door, frowned, and gave a gentle look at Liu Shaojian.

"The queen is here!"

The sharp tone sounded, and the quarrel in Chengxin Hall gradually weakened. Zhong nodded to Liu Shaojian with satisfaction, then walked into Chengxin Hall, and saw the four important officials in the central center of the dynasty at a glance, all bowing their heads and silently, while Li Jing was crossing his legs on the golden couch, his face turned ashen, and obviously he was holding his anger.

Zhong seemed to have become accustomed to it, but said softly: "Your Majesty, these are some new good poems recently published in Jiangnan. I will send you a look."

Although Li Jing's expression was unpredictable, the person who came was his first wife, so it was difficult for him to continue to have an attack. So he said coldly to Sun Sheng and the other four: "I am tired, so you all retreat."

The four of them had just had a dispute in Chengxin Hall because of different political views. As a result, the emperor was upset and angry, and no one could fall for it. At this time, he hurriedly bowed to the emperor and empress, and hurriedly retreated.

Zhong raised his hand to call a palace maid and ordered the lotus seeds and jade dew soup that had just been prepared, and then sat gently beside Li Jing.

"Your Majesty, why did you get such a big temper today? It's not good to be too angry. Your Majesty's dragon body is important."

Li Jing reached out and grabbed Zhong's white wrist, stared at the queen who looked like a fairy for a moment, and then patiently explained: "A month ago, I sent a total of three armies to pacify Chu in one fell swoop. The navy was smooth throughout the journey. Liu Renzhan took Yuezhou on the 25th of last month."

"Encourt Liu Jie is indeed a good general, so your Majesty should be happy!"

Li Jing snorted lightly, rubbed his forehead gently with his hands, and said in a deep voice: "My Tang naval army has always been good at fighting, and the Yuezhou city is also a big general. I am not surprised. But the two armies on the land have disappointed me too much! I ordered Zhang Luan to lead the army south to capture Guizhou. If I win, my Tang Dynasty can capture all the land of Lingnan in Chu! But he passively avoided the war and was afraid of the enemy like a tiger. Liu Renzhan has returned to the court to receive the reward, and Zhang Luan's army is still on the road!"

Mrs. Zhong seemed to have already felt the same resentment, but she still advised her kindly: "Your Majesty calms down! It's better to summon Zhang Luan back to the court and send another general to attack Guizhou."

Li Jing leaned on the silk mat powerlessly and sighed with a wry smile: "Oh! Queen, it's too late! It's a pity that the Han Kingdom in the south, ordered the general Wu Huaien to quietly enter Mengzhou. He took Guizhou just after the middle of the month, and then conquered the eight states of Lingnan one after another! I thought that I had been planning to destroy Chu for many years, and this time my army had occupied the best opportunity. The land of Lingnan was already in my pocket. Unexpectedly, the Han Kingdom took the opportunity to take it away! I am so sad! My subjects are incompetent, and my subjects are incompetent..."

Zhong said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, I heard that the Lingnan area is remote and has many barbarians. In the end, it is still not as rich as our Jiangnan. Why should we be so worried? After Your Majesty ascended the throne, our Tang Dynasty was in good weather and the country was rich and the soldiers were strong. I sent a large army to take it back again..."

Li Jing continued with a headache: "I was the original intention when I went to court today, but Chu was already in chaos at this time. I asked Li Jianqi's troops to enter Hengyang and wait for an opportunity to capture Langzhou, but he remained silent until he submitted a memorial report half a month ago, saying that the governor of Langzhou Liu Yan was willing to surrender. Well, I approved the letter to send a guest envoy to announce the edict. As a result, Liu Yan and others accepted the edict but refused to enter the court! Instead, they built high walls and deep ditches to stalemate with our army. Now it is a situation where they do not surrender or fight!"

"I just summoned four central ministers, but they had a dispute in front of me. The two of them rushed to march and the two of them were resting and recuperating. Didn't this throw the problem to me again? Alas! I have established the ambition to unify the world after ascending the throne. Unfortunately, the two factions in the court fought each other and were powerless!"

Unexpectedly, Zhong shook his head with his lips, gently stroked his chest and sighed.

Li Jing hurriedly asked with concern: "Is the queen in good health? Why do you sigh?"

Zhong stretched out his jade hand and gently placed the new Jiangnan poem he had just brought on Li Jing's knees, and replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, I am not in trouble. I am just feeling uncomfortable. It's a pity that Your Majesty is so dedicated to governing, but I don't know how to share the worries for the Lord, and it's even offended the heavenly face! Your Majesty would rather be more at ease than accompany me to read some lyrics and verses?"

Li Jing smiled bitterly and said, "I know the queen is considerate, but I really have no thoughts... Queen, do you think I can dominate the world?"

Zhong said without hesitation: "Your Majesty is a wise ruler, and he will definitely restore the Central Plains in the future!"

Seeing Li Jing looking lost, Zhong began to feel heartbroken. Since marrying Li Jing as the princess of Qi, she has been more than 20 years since she married Li Jing, so she has no idea about Li Jing's ambitions? Although she is confused about military and national affairs, she is by the emperor every day and night and listens to some political affairs from time to time. For example, the Privy Councilor Chen Jue, who is the most fierce pro-war faction in the court. Although her reputation is not very good, Li Jing's political views are very much in his opinion. You must know that after Li Jing ascended the throne, he was fighting wars almost every year.

Therefore, although Zhong was not convenient to directly interfere in the government affairs, in order to fulfill his husband's ambition, the simple queen began to secretly support Chen Jue Cha Wencheng and others. The so-called deep love and a little understanding of the government affairs, Zhong, who always relied on intuition, could do everything to suit Li Jing's thoughts.

What's more, Li Jing mentioned just now that he wanted to send troops to fight, so Zhong decided to persuade: "Your Majesty has always known people and uses them well. I heard that the Privy Councilor Chen Jue did not offer a plan to pacify Chu last time? It would be better--"

Li Jing interrupted her directly and said a little disgusted: "Ha, Chen Jue? He has given me a good plan, but see who he recommended to me?! When Li Jingzhi arrived in Tanzhou, he moved into the Chu Palace first, and not only plundered the people, but also plundered the rich businessmen! The defenders in the city almost mutiny! Fortunately, Bian Hao handled it properly and quickly entered the city to pacify the people and quell the rebellion, otherwise the Chu land would be completely lost! The queen mentioned Chen Jue at this time, how could I not know that Li Jingzhi was his brother-in-law?!"

Zhong was obviously startled, and quickly stood up and bowed down, and said stutteringly: "Your Majesty calms down! It's all nonsense! Please forgive me for your crime!"

After spending half a lifetime together, Li Jing always cherished this wife in every way, and quickly helped her up and said, "Oh! Get up, I know you have a kind intention, how can I blame you? But Chen Jue is a loyal and good planner, but he doesn't know how to know people and is very happy about merit. This time, Li Jing's incident caused a lot of discussion among the government and the public. I really dare not use him!"

Zhong still maintained the temperament of the lord of the harem. He didn't want to seem too artificial in front of the emperor, so he slowly stood up and wiped away the tears. After thinking carefully, he whispered: "Your Majesty, I think Chen Jue was just a moment of sight. I still remember that when Chen Jue destroyed Chu last time, he submitted a memorial to recommend a young man with both wisdom and courage? It seemed that he was calling Li Yuan? Although I was in the palace, I often heard some palace people tell the story of this young man, Mr. Yu, in Chu!"

"Li Yuan?" Li Jing frowned and was in a daze for a while, and said lightly: "I remember it! I summoned him here a month ago. This man seemed calm and smart when he was doing things. Last time I thought of him, I made an exception and promoted him. Unfortunately, I was too young and had no military achievements. I don't know anything about his martial arts and military skills. It takes time to practice more!"

Then he raised his lips slightly, and he smiled and said, "But a few days ago, I heard from the Censorate report an interesting story, saying that when Li Yuan returned to Chuzhou to visit relatives, he happened to meet local officials being besieged by bandits. He led a battalion of imperial guards to suppress all bandits, and the bandit leader among them was the main culprit in the case of selling private salt!"

Zhong was also stunned for a while, and then couldn't help laughing: "What happened? Can Your Majesty reward him?"

Li Jing smiled embarrassedly and said, "Commendation? Haha, someone in the court has submitted a memorial, accusing him that Li Yuan was not a rescue of local officials, but went straight to the group of bandits. You must know that without the Privy Council order to privately mobilize the imperial guards, it is a crime of rebellion! But I still don't know that Nianqian, and I have made great contributions to suppressing bandits and solving the case, so he has made all his merits and demerits! However, this kid is smart. After returning to Jinling a few days ago, he took the initiative to submit a memorial to apologize, and I have comforted him!"

Zhong continued to smile and said, "Your Majesty, didn't Li Yuan go back to visit relatives after he received the reward? When he returned to Chuzhou, he wiped out bandits for the people in his hometown, which just showed His Majesty's power and his wisdom to identify people. This is a good thing for the country and the people!"

"This is pretty good!" Li Jing nodded thoughtfully, and then said suspiciously: "Queen, why did you say so many good things about this person?"

Zhong seemed to push Li Jing lightly, and then said softly: "Your Majesty is teasing me again! I just thought that since Li Yuan had followed the army to Chu, if Your Majesty uses troops to Chu again in the future, he might be able to use him. Your Majesty just said that this person is young and has no military achievements, so why not take this opportunity to let him temper and make contributions to Your Majesty! Is this person a piece of uncensored jade? You can tell in one battle?"

Li Jing waved his hand straight away to deny it and sneered: "Absurd! I have many military generals in the Tang Dynasty, and there are many people who are good at fighting! Li Yuan is only twenty years old, and even if he has a genius, he is definitely not the choice of the commander. If he is mediocre and incompetent, wouldn't he be trapped in the Jedi? I will never take such a risk!"

"I don't understand military affairs, and I didn't say that he can be the head commander! But Your Majesty has to train some successors for the Tang Dynasty..." Zhong's words were not against his will. In fact, in her eyes, Li Yuan and Wang Yuan, as long as there are more people who can fight and fight for the emperor's great cause, he won't have to worry every day.

Li Jing was quite proud of this: "The Queen's words are reasonable. It is natural to cultivate successors, but this matter must be slowly planned. Wouldn't you hear that the seedlings are forcing them to grow? I am the king of a country, and I have a sense of my own heart, so there is no need to say too much!

As for the unpolished jade that the queen mentioned? I am afraid that he is a stubborn stone that cannot be chiseled..."
Chapter completed!