"Of course, you said it yourself. Husband and wife are one. It's the same for you and Yue Chan." If I reward you, I will reward Yue Chan. Then I'll give you another favor! Pass on my decree, set up the left and right guards of the King of Qi, the left and right prison gates to lead the government, the soldiers and generals needed, by the King of Qi from Yongzhou government soldiers selected.”
Hiss ~~
When the ministers heard this, they all gasped!
Li You was the Prefecture Overseer of Yongzhou and was in charge of 50,000 soldiers. In the end, these prefectural soldiers were under the dual leadership of the Ministry of War and the Prefecture Overseer. They had daily tasks to pacify the region. Li You couldn't make a decision. At most, these people could do odd jobs for Li You or act as eyes and ears.
It wasn't easy to mobilize Yongzhou Prefecture soldiers during a rebellion.
However, it was different to lead the prefecture soldiers!
They were Li You's personal army, and their only duty was to follow Li You's orders. These people could be mobilized at any time, and they could even go through life and death with Li You.
Why did Li Er initiate the Black Tortoise Gate coup instead of attacking the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace?
Because they couldn't beat him!
The Crown Prince had ten commanderies, and each of them had 500 men, which meant 5,000 men!
What about Li Er's Prince Qin's mansion? Sorry, 400 people. During the Xuanwu Gate coup, Li Er was the governor of Yongzhou, but the soldiers used for the coup were only these 400 people.
Li You was even worse off. His Imperial Qi Residence only had two hundred personal guards.
But now, Li Er directly gave Li You four commanders-in-chief. That was 2,000 people! Their military strength had expanded by ten times!
If Li You had these four commanders yesterday, Li Junxian would have been scared to death and wouldn't have dared to find trouble with Li You!
But then again, no one said anything.
He had just eaten Li You's roasted meat and obtained Li You's big plan to make a fortune. He might even borrow money from Li You in the future.
Now that he was opposing Li You's expansion of power, could he really save face?
Even Wei Zheng looked up at the sky and stayed out of it.
Li You was really a little embarrassed and said,"No need, Imperial Father, there's really no need! Your gall water mine…"
Li Er raised his eyebrows and said impatiently,"I've already given you the gallbladder water mine. I won't change it. Why? You don't believe me when I promise you in front of so many ministers. Do you have to swear an oath?”
"Your son didn't mean that…"
"If that's not what I mean, then don't reject it.”"Do you think the rewards given by these four officials are too much?" Li Er asked. I thought it was too little! Here…take this!"
As he spoke, Li Er untied a jade pendant from his waist and said,"Take this jade pendant. Remember, the reward is not this jade pendant, but a promise. In the future, if you want anything, as long as it doesn't violate the law, you can return this jade pendant to me. I will definitely allow it.”
"Then…thank you, Imperial Father!”
Seeing that Li Er insisted on giving it to him, Li You could only accept it.
Besides, Li You couldn't bear to decline.
This was Li Er's promise! The Son of Heaven's words were like gold and jade. One word could lift a person up to the clouds of the nine heavens, and one word could demote a person to the depths of the nine netherworld. With a stomp of his foot, the world shook!
If he really agreed to Jing 'er's request, he didn't know what kind of urgent need this promise could solve.
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"Yes, it's delicious. This meat skewer is really not bad. Shen Shan Chang, roast two more skewers of pork belly for me! Sigh, even with this special spice, the pork is so delicious!”
no debt, one's whole body is light.
After rewarding Li You and Wei Ting, Li Er was in a good mood. He felt that he had completely regained his face. He even ate the roasted meat with confidence.
People's hearts are bitter and dissatisfied. After getting Longzhou, they look forward to Shu again.
After he was 70 - 80% full, Li Er looked around and said,""You 'er, I and all the ministers have come to your Qi Manor as guests today. Are you only giving everyone food and no wine?”
If you want to drink, just say it. Why are you being so eccentric?
Your temper has grown after you've rewarded me!
Li You secretly rolled his eyes and said,"There's wine, of course there's wine.”
"Yes."
It didn't take long before the maids shuttled back and forth, and jars of fine wine were served.
"Hmm, this is Spring in the Earth Cave, right?" Li Er took a sip and said,"Although it can't compare to Qu Michun in the palace, it's still not bad."”
"She's not just inferior to Qu Michun!”Yuchi Gong took a sip and said,"Recently, Xi City has a new type of wine called Stone Frozen Spring. It's quite good."?Sigh, this incomparably delicious roasted meat really didn't match with the average-tasting Spring in the Earth Cave!”
Cheng Yaojin shook his head and said," Your Highness 'barbecue is superb, but this wine is really not good. What a pity!"”
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Everyone spoke one after another, expressing their disappointment at the fine wine provided by King Qi's estate.
It couldn't be helped. After everyone tasted the incomparably delicious roasted meat, their expectations rose. They thought that Li You's wine would surprise everyone, but it was just an ordinary wine.
Some people even suspected that Li You had hidden some good wine and was unwilling to let everyone drink it. He wanted to provoke them.
Of course, the main reason was that he had nothing better to do. Now that everyone was almost done eating, they began to nitpick about their diet.
Li You didn't mind. You bunch of freeloaders are still picky? It was already good enough that there was food!
However, Shen Shan Chang could no longer hold it in.
"Your Majesty, Generals, Prime Minister," he said boldly,"I have no right to speak here." However, I am the Food Officer of the Qi Mansion. The food in the Qi Mansion is my responsibility. I would like to say a few words.”
"What are you trying to say?"
"Actually, it's not like we don't have good wine in the Qi Imperial Residence." The so-called Spring in the Earth Cave and Spring in the Frozen Stone were not even worthy of carrying shoes when compared to this wine! It was only because there were too many of you and too little wine that I did not bring it up.”
"Haha! I knew that there was good wine in King Qi's Imperial Residence!”"Hurry!" Cheng Yaojin shouted. Hurry up and bring that good wine over. Don't hide it!”
"Yes, quickly bring the wine over. What was there to be afraid of? He would rather eat a mouthful of fresh peaches than a basket of rotten peaches!”
"King Qi is not a petty person! Shen, don't act on your own and hide all the good wine!”
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Thinking of the delicious roasted meat and Shen Shan Chang's confident tone, everyone present became excited and urged him.
Li You was slightly puzzled. Where did the top-notch wine come from in the Qi King's mansion? Why didn't I know?
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