"You all have military affairs to be busy with, so you can take turns and go to the school to teach those little rabbits!"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
All the generals quickly bowed their hands in salute.
"Your Majesty, I would like to stay in the martial arts hall forever!"
Li Jing said again.
"Um?"
Everyone was shocked.
"Pharmacist, you are the minister's right servant, serving as the duke of the country. There are so many political affairs that need to be handled by you every day. How can you be permanently stationed in the martial arts school!"
Li Shimin said quickly.
"Your Majesty, I have reached my sixtieth year this year. I have been fighting for the Tang Dynasty for decades. I also want to take a rest and enjoy a wealthy life.
Your Majesty may not know that in his spare time, the veteran minister often envies the kind of life lived by His Highness the Prince of Jin.
However, the Turks will not be destroyed, and the old minister is unwilling to do so.
Nowadays, the Turks have been destroyed, Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, and the Japanese are in chaos, and the old minister is also suffering from foot diseases, and he can finally enjoy peace and happiness with peace of mind.
As for military and national affairs, please forgive me. I am just a warrior and cannot handle any major military and national affairs. If there are small foreign vassal countries that dare to offend the power of the Tang Dynasty, I can lead my troops to destroy them!
As for military and state affairs, there are good ministers such as Fang Xiang, Du Xiang, and Wei Xiang in the court, and it doesn't matter whether they have old ministers or not.
Now, Your Majesty wants to build a martial arts school, which is a blessing to all the distinguished generals of the Tang Dynasty. Although the veteran officers do not have much ability, they have many years of military service and have experienced hundreds of battles, large and small, and have rich experience in marching and combat.
These decades of experience are just a lesson for those little bastards.
In his spare time, the old minister can also be elegant and write down his many years of military experience in a military book to pass on to future generations!"
Li Jing's words were sincere and his tone was sincere. He really wanted to retire and be a schoolmaster with peace of mind.
After hearing this, Li Shimin still felt a little reluctant to give up.
You know, when Li Jing first became an official, he was a civil servant in the Sui Dynasty. Although his official position was humble, many people knew that even Yang Su of the Sui Dynasty valued Li Jing very much.
Otherwise, Li Shimin would not have let Li Jing serve as Shangshu Zuopushe, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, because he was just a military general!
After thinking for a moment, he sighed softly and said slowly: "Since the pharmacist has this wish, I will fulfill your virtue!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Hearing this, Li Jing also breathed a sigh of relief.
He had long wanted to retreat. In the Tang Dynasty, his military achievements were already great, and he had already reached the rank of Minister Zuopushe. If he did not retreat, there might be disaster!
"However, the pharmacist is the pillar of our Tang Dynasty, and we cannot leave the government affairs of the Tang Dynasty alone. I specially designate you as a special minister, give you a thousand pieces of silk and satin, and two horses. When you are free every day, you can come to the door of Zhongshu.
Pingzhang political affairs!"
Li Shimin said again.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Li Jing bowed his hands again.
Te Jin is a literary and prose official of the Tang Dynasty, with the same status as the Third Duke, the second rank!
"In addition, I will reward Uncle Bao with a thousand pieces of silk and satin, and a thousand pieces of Zhixuan silk and satin..."
Then, Li Shimin rewarded the generals who were willing to come to the martial arts school to give lectures.
All the generals were naturally beaming with joy.
Later, the discussion about the martial arts school became even more positive.
It’s just that the best school for the children of Confucian civil servants in the Tang Dynasty was the Imperial College. The martial arts school in the Tang Dynasty was also named Wu Zijian?
Many generals were very reluctant to do this.
This name is not only unpleasant to listen to, but they also don’t want to imitate those sour scholars!
How could they, the noble disciples of martial arts, go to the martial arts academy to learn from those sour scholars even in their names?
Moreover, the generals were also very opposed to what the paper said about asking those bastard boys to calculate the daily expenses of the Twelve Guards Army.
Li Shimin also knew the reason for this, but he really couldn't let those bastards interfere with the military affairs of the Twelve Guards!
So, after a whole afternoon of discussion, the martial arts school only discussed a group of martial arts masters, a lot of guest appearances, and two permanent ones!
Li Shimin couldn't help but feel headache about this.
The next day.
After the morning court, he took Li Jing, Qin Qiong, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others to Lijiazhuang again.
After greeting each other.
"What's the matter, Your Majesty? But my two giant steel ships have been completed?"
Seeing Li Shimin, Li Xuan looked happy and asked with expectation.
Hearing this, Li Shimin's expression froze.
"Xuan Ba, I have asked the Shaofu Superintendent to speed up the smelting of the steel needed for the Iron Cang Ship. Once it is smelted, it will be shipped to Qingzhou!"
"Then your Majesty is coming this time?"
Li Xuan continued to ask.
At the same time, his eyes couldn't help but look at Li Jing and Qin Qiong who were standing aside.
One was a military master of the Tang Dynasty, and the other was the most benevolent and righteous general of the Tang Dynasty. He couldn't help but be curious.
"Xuanba, it was you who proposed the martial arts school. I would like to ask, what is a better name for the martial arts school? Originally, I thought of Wu Zijian..."
"puff……"
As soon as he finished speaking, the tea in Li Xuan's mouth that he had not yet drank spurted out.
Fortunately, Li Xuan reacted quickly, lowered his head and sprayed on the ground, without causing any serious mistakes.
Li Jing, Qin Qiong and others couldn't help but widen their eyes as they wiped the tea around their mouths with clean paper. King Jin was so extravagant?
However, Li Xuan didn't pay attention, but asked Li Shimin helplessly.
"Your Majesty, why did you choose the name Wu Zijian?"
"Xuanba, Confucianism has the Imperial Academy." Li Shimin said.
"I'm going to open a Wuzi Prison based on the Imperial College!"
"Then Your Majesty, why is it not called Jun Zijian? Why not Tang Zijian..."
Li Xuan was speechless.
Li Shimin smiled and asked, "Does Xuan Ba have a good name?"
"Your Majesty, since martial arts students are enrolling here and a group of military generals are giving lectures to those little brats, it might as well be called a martial arts lecture hall."
"Lecture on martial arts hall?"
Hearing this, Li Shimin, Li Jing and others couldn't help but murmur to themselves.
Immediately, everyone's eyes couldn't help but light up, and their faces were full of joy.
"Jiangwu Hall, Tang Dynasty Jiangwu Hall!"
"Although this name is common, it expresses its meaning directly. It is a school where our generals from the Tang Dynasty teach the art of martial arts to a bunch of little martial arts bastards!"
"In this way, it will be called the Tang Dynasty Lecture Hall!"
Li Shimin said directly.
In this regard, Li Xuan was also a little helpless, "As long as your Majesty likes it!"
At this time, Li Shimin was even more expectant, "Xuanba, where should the Tang Dynasty Martial Arts Lecture Hall be built?"
"Your Majesty, you can build it wherever you think there is more open space!"
Li Xuan looked indifferent.
"There is one more thing, Xuanba still needs to think of a solution again!"
Seeing that Li Xuan didn't seem to have a good place, Li Shimin asked again, "The expenses of the army are secret affairs of the army. It's inconvenient for those little bastards to keep an account book all day long and keep accounts every day."
,calculate!"
"Your Majesty, the expenses of the Twelve Guards are paid for by the imperial court. Why can't we let those little bastards calculate it?"
Li Xuan looked startled.
However, Li Xuan didn't bother to pay attention to those things and waved his hands casually.
"Since the Twelve Guards won't let those little bastards participate, then let those little bastards manage buses and carriages, keep accounts of transportation teams, or keep accounts of those inns on cement roads!
Or, Your Majesty can build a farm for the martial arts hall, where some homeless veterans will farm, raise horses, and raise hogs, and all the account books of this farm will be managed and kept by those little brats!"
"farm?"
Hearing this, Li Shimin, Li Jing and others couldn't help but their eyes lit up, their faces full of interest.