Not long after, Li Zhiyun returned to the mansion with random thoughts.
As soon as he entered the mansion, he heard cheers coming from the side courtyard.
"Who's making the noise?"
The soldier said: "Your Majesty, there is a man named Li Junxian who claims to be an old friend of your Majesty. He has brought a few people to pay a visit. Just now General Xie Shufang came and found one of them to compete in martial arts."
Li Junxian?
Li Zhiyun threw away his riding whip and went directly to the side courtyard without changing his clothes.
At that time, Li Mi returned to the Tang Dynasty, and Li Zhiyun went to the Ministry of War to check the list of surrendered generals, but he could not find Li Junxian at all, not even Cheng Yaojin and others. Only then did he remember that Cheng Yaojin and others were Wang Shichong who surrendered first.
Now, this big baby suddenly appeared in my home.
What is pie in the sky?
When he arrived at the side courtyard, he saw a circle of people surrounding the small bluestone field. In the center of the field, a lanky man with a pale golden complexion was wrestling with Xie Shufang.
Li Zhen was about to announce the arrival of King Chu, but Li Zhiyun raised his hand to stop him and silently watched the contest between the two in the middle of the field.
Not long after, Uncle Xie was defeated, and the lanky man stood tall and proud.
"Brother Qin is very skilled. I lost." Xie Shufang is an upright man. If he loses, he loses. He will not cheat.
Qin Qiong cupped his fists and returned the salute, "Brother Xie is very skilled in martial arts, so I have to go all out."
Xie Shufang knew that this was Qin Qiong's modesty, so he waved his hand and turned around, only to see the King of Chu standing in the corridor.
"Your Majesty."
Everyone was shocked and looked around quickly.
Li Zhiyun, dressed in purple, was seen standing not far away.
In the hall, the maids served fresh meat and vegetarian dishes, fine wine and other items.
Li Zhiyun raised his glass and said: "Everyone, at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the country was not yet rich and had plenty of food and wine. However, I really don't have any beautiful girls who can sing and dance. Please forgive me."
The Wagang brothers quickly said that it would be great if they had enough food and wine, and they did not dare to ask for anything else.
Everyone drank three glasses of wine in a row.
Li Zhiyun looked at Li Junxian and said, "Junxian, you still remember the agreement you made with me. I am really happy."
"I don't dare. You can only surrender your general. If you can be accepted by your Majesty, I can't ask for anything more."
Li Zhiyun waved his hand and said: "To me, you are not surrendered generals. Jun Xian, your father was an official of the Sui Dynasty. Shubao, Yizhen, Jinda, Shixin, were once generals of the Sui Dynasty. I, a saint of the Tang Dynasty, got
The Emperor of the Sui Dynasty abdicated. You were Sui generals before, and now you are naturally my Tang generals. I am very happy that you did not stay in Luoyang. Here, I respect you all generals."
"Your Majesty, please." Wagang brothers quickly raised their glasses.
Another drink, and then some small talk.
Li Zhiyun told lies without any drafts. In order to build a good relationship with these reckless people, he cursed and made dirty jokes one after another, instantly closing the distance between the two parties.
In the eyes of Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and others, the King of Chu of the Tang Dynasty must be arrogant and arrogant. But the King of Chu in front of him had no airs at all and chatted with them very happily. The Prince of Chu's palace was full of talents and he spoke well.
, love it, love it.
Of course, the King of Chu would sometimes ask some ridiculous questions. For example, he asked Qin Qiong if he had a family secret, and asked Cheng Yaojin if he could play the Thirty-Six Axes of Tiangang.
Qin Qiong couldn't laugh or cry, and explained that he did know a set of tricks, but it was not a family tradition, but used to exercise the strength of his arms. Cheng Yaojin also explained that he did not know the Thirty-Six Tiangang Axe, and his weapon was Ma Shu.
The guests and hosts enjoyed the meal together.
Later, Li Zhiyun told Li Zhen to personally arrange for Qin Qiong and others to stay in Chang'an. If the money was insufficient, he could pick it up at any time.
At the same time, he assured Qin Qiong and others that the appointment documents from the Ministry of War would be delivered to them within three days.
Everyone thanked him profusely.
After sending Qin Qiong and others away, Li Zhiyun was also slightly emotional. This time God gave him not only one big treasure, but four or five big treasures.
"The king seems to value that person named Qin Qiong very much?" Du Ruhui sorted out the documents and looked at Li Zhiyun aside.
Li Zhiyun held his head with one hand and said, "Did you see it?"
"Yes." Du Ruhui smiled lightly, "Although the king did not reward her with a heavy reward, during the dinner just now, the king's words were very complimentary to Qin Qiong."
"Do you think he's worth winning over?"
Du Ruhui stroked his beard and recalled: "During the dinner just now, Qin Qiong drank very restrainedly, which was very different from Cheng Yaojin and Jinniu Jinda. In addition, the king's spoken language was similar to that of a wild man in the mountains, and Cheng Yaojin and others got to know each other very quickly.
But Qin Qiong is still somewhat alienated. From this point of view, Qin Qiong is a cautious person."
"This man's martial arts surpass General Xie's, and he is highly regarded by Zhang Xutuo and Li Mi. This shows that he is not a cunning person. Your Majesty has a very good eye for people."
Nonsense, can you be wrong? This is a fierce general of the Tang Dynasty who will leave his name in history.
"It's just that I'm afraid it won't be easy to win over." Li Zhiyun rubbed his eyes. He doesn't have the strength to shake his body, let out his domineering aura, and make all the heroes in the world bow to him.
Du Ruhui smiled and said: "If Qin Qiong immediately agrees to be loyal to the king, the king may find it difficult to believe him."
Hearing this, Li Zhiyun laughed and nodded: "That's right, so I didn't force him to hold an official position in the Chu Palace. Although he came with Li Junxian, he didn't make a choice. I can't be anxious.
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"Your Majesty is absolutely right to send troops. After all, they are old generals from Wagang. If they were directly accepted into the Prince of Chu's Mansion, they would inevitably attract criticism," Du Ruhui said.
There is no problem in leaving the Ministry of War. Now the person in charge of the Ministry of War is not the Minister of War, Qu Tutong, but the Minister of War, Zhao Cijing. He has a very good relationship with Li Zhiyun. As long as they can just talk, Qin Qiong and others can join the job.
Li Zhiyun did admire Qin Qiong very much, but he was somewhat conflicted.
The contradictory point is the Xuanwumen incident.
According to historical records, Qin Qiong participated in the Xuanwu Gate Incident, but the subsequent history seems somewhat unexplainable.
Because Qin Qiong is the last among the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion. According to his military exploits, it seems that this should not be the case.
What's more important is Li Shimin's attitude towards Qin Qiong's descendants.
Qin Qiong's son Qin Huaidao did not inherit Qin Qiong's title of Duke of the country, but became the founding county Duke.
If Qin Qiong really participated in the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Li Shimin would never treat Qin Qiong's son badly based on his attitude towards heroes.
If the Duke of the country doesn't give it, the Duke of the county should give it.
Moreover, Li Shimin always liked to marry his daughter to the son of a hero. After Qin Qiong died early, the Qin family declined. For the sake of the past, Li Shimin wanted to help the Qin family and marry his daughter.
But no.
This makes people doubt whether Qin Qiong participated in the Xuanwu Gate Incident. Or was Qin Qiong, like Xu Shiji and Li Jing, neutral at the time?
However, he personally still prefers that Qin Qiong participated in the Xuanwumen Incident, because many historical materials have proved this.
After thinking about it, Li Zhiyun retracted his thoughts. There is no use in worrying about these things now. Let's just observe again.
"By the way Keming, speaking of Wagang, something happened in the court today."
"What's the matter?"
Immediately afterwards, Li Zhiyun told Li Mi about his request to go to the Central Plains.