Therefore, facing Cheng Zhi's thanks, Li Hao couldn't accept it with complete peace of mind, so he could only smile and pass it off in a humble manner.
In fact, the credit for quelling the Fanchang Rebellion this time is not very great. Nowadays, it is basically these local officials who give rewards and enfeoffments.
In addition to the old county magistrate Cheng and Cheng Zhi, Senior Brother Gongsun was also transferred back to the capital for his meritorious service in sending troops to help. It would not be so easy to meet Cheng Zhi in the future.
As for Li Hao and Ling Buyi, basically they will not be rewarded until they return to the capital. But normally, Li Hao's official rank may not be promoted. The most likely thing is to give Li Hao an additional food fief.
Because first of all, there is no suitable position in the East Palace for Li Hao to be promoted. Li Hao cannot be allowed to be the prince's young master at such a young age. This is somewhat unjustifiable.
But except for the East Palace, Emperor Wen was probably not willing to let Li Hao lead troops near the capital. There were no suitable positions in other yamen, and Li Hao didn't want to go, lest he block Yuan Shen's way.
In addition, it would be okay to transfer him to other places, but now that Li Hao has transferred his power to other places, there is a high probability that he will be in charge of a county, and Emperor Wen may not be able to do so with confidence.
So it is better to accumulate merit and reward him together at the right time in the future. Moreover, if Li Hao can really improve the prince, Emperor Wen must be reluctant to transfer Li Hao.
After all, the prince is the most important person in the world. If Emperor Wen really does not want to change the prince, then Li Hao's role for Emperor Wen will be too important.
After continuing the conversation with Cheng Zhi and the others, Li Hao asked Yuan Shen again: "By the way, His Majesty will continue his departure to Chengdu in two days. But Dr. Huangfu is not recuperating in Hua County due to illness, then Are you going with His Majesty, or do you plan to stay in Hua County?" After hearing Li Hao's words, no one present showed any strange expressions. Obviously, they should have known about this before, and then Li Hao understood Yuan Shen's intentions better. chosen.
Sure enough, Yuan Shen said: "I have explained this to the prince, and I will accompany Mr. Huangfu to recuperate in Hua County for easy care. The prince has also agreed. I originally planned to tell you, but you were busy at that time. Fan Chang's rebellion against the party has been forgotten in my busy schedule."
"I do believe this, but I don't know whether you are busy with business or private matters." Li Hao teased Yuan Shen after hearing this, and then said to Cheng Shaoshang: "Shaoshangjun, what do you think of me? What are you busy with, brother?" Cheng Shaoshang was rude to Li Hao after hearing this, and immediately replied: "Why do you care so much? Just mind your own business." As soon as these words came out, Li Hao Hao only felt a lump in his heart, but Yuan Shen laughed out loud, feeling only a breath of bad breath.
At this time, Sang Shunhua also smiled and spoke out to relieve the situation. After having lunch at the county government office, Yuan Shen followed Li Hao back to the palace.
On the way, Yuan Shen reminded Li Hao: "By the way, after you come back this time, you must return to the prince and continue to serve. Do you know that during this period, your majesty ordered the prince to handle military affairs, which can be said to be a mistake. It's all happening, and all the civil and military officers in the camp will see it." It was hard for Yuan Shen to say these words about the prince in front of the Cheng family. It happened that there were no outsiders around the two of them, so Yuan Shen directly mentioned it to Li Hao to wake up. .
Li Hao replied: "I have heard about this matter. It was Ling Buyu who told me. Don't worry, I have my own plans for this matter." Seeing what Li Hao said, Yuan Shen didn't ask any more questions. Anyway, He still believed in Li Hao's ability, so he naturally believed that Li Hao could handle this matter by himself.
After returning to the palace, Li Hao and Yuan Shen separated, and Li Hao stayed with the prince to complete his confidence cultivation plan.
As for asking Yuan Shen to keep an eye on Cheng Shaoshang, Li Hao didn't mention it again. After all, judging from the current situation, Yuan Shen was already quite proactive.
There was no interference from others, and the prince's obedience was quite good, so the step-by-step transformation was considered smooth.
Later, Emperor Wen broke camp from his palace, and everyone followed him to Chengdu, embarking on the final destination of this western tour.
After that, they encountered no further obstacles. After Emperor Wen appeased a number of officials and local wealthy families in Chengdu, everyone set off on their return journey.
Ling Buyi and Yuan Shen also caught up with the large army on their way back and returned to the capital together. Only Cheng Shaoshang could not follow.
After all, she is a woman. Apart from a small number of maids serving around Emperor Wen, there are no other women in the Western Inspection Team this time. Naturally, it is difficult for her to get involved.
She could only wait in Hua County to see when Cheng Shi would send someone to pick her up, and then she could set off back to the capital. Anyway, the Yuan family's tribe was still reserved for her, so there was no problem in terms of safety.
But Li Hao cared about the progress of her relationship with Yuan Shen, which was not very satisfactory. They had been together for such a long time and they still hadn't formally discussed their marriage, so Li Hao caught Yuan Shen and teased her.
Fortunately, according to the news from Yuan Shen, during their stay in Hua County, Ling Buyi had no contact with Cheng Shaoshang. At least the basic situation was stable.
As for the prince, after some careful training by Li Hao, he finally gained some decisiveness, which made Emperor Wen quite pleased.
Therefore, Emperor Wen also called Li Hao, praised him a lot, and gave Li Hao a banquet as a reward.
The prince was affirmed by Emperor Wen, and his determination to learn and change became stronger. Just when everything was developing for the better, everyone finally returned to the capital.
The inspection took less than half a year, so after returning to the capital, Emperor Wen decided to give all the civil and military officials who accompanied the inspection a few days of rest.
Li Hao was naturally very happy. He returned to the East Palace first, settled the East Palace guards who were on this tour, and then planned to say goodbye to the prince and return home.
But before this person left, he met Wang Chun and Grand Tutor Lou who came to visit the Crown Prince. Apparently they knew that the Crown Prince would be back today, so they came here to increase their presence.
Li Hao had nothing to do about this. He was just worried that after returning to the capital, there would be these troublesome guys around the prince, and the courageous flame that he had finally cultivated would be extinguished.
But if you think about it differently, it might not necessarily be a bad thing if it happens again and again. Because there is no harm without comparison, this may allow the prince to know more intuitively about the people around him, who can help him and who can harm him.
And it's not enough for the prince to know about it alone. Emperor Wen also has to know about it. After all, Li Hao's excellence cannot be shown without other people's support.
With this idea, Li Hao didn't think about taking care of it. He just said hello and left the East Palace.
After returning to the mansion, Li Hao took Qu Lengjun to pay homage to the Liang family, and then returned to his courtyard to get up.
By the way, Li Hao asked if anything major happened in the capital during the time he left the capital.
Qu Lengjun replied: "That's really nothing. Except for some rumors that there was some commotion in the capital when Fan Chang rebelled in Shuzhong, there is really nothing else. The only thing that was rumored to be a bit noisy was probably Lou Lou some time ago. The He family broke off the engagement, and soon afterward the He family started discussing marriage with King Yong. Even now, there are still people outside making arrangements, saying that the He family has climbed into another high-ranking branch, so they rejected the marriage because they disliked the Lou family. ." After hearing this, Li Hao immediately fell into deep thought. Without Cheng Shaoshang to interfere, Lou Yao and He Zhaojun still broke off their engagement, but it was a little later.
Li Hao had no objections to this marriage. After all, no matter how this matter developed, the blame would not fall on Li Hao.
Moreover, Lou Yao and Cheng Shaoshang have nothing to do with each other now. No matter how much He Zhaojun repeats, it will not fall on Cheng Shaoshang.
Just thinking that He Yong and his sons died tragically, Li Hao still wanted to help the He family if he could intervene and benefit himself.
But how to help requires a lot of thinking. But just after thinking for a while, he heard Qu Lengjun say: "What are you thinking about? What is the problem with the marriage between He Zhaojun and Prince Yong?" "?" This sentence brought Li Hao back to his senses. Looking at his fresh and refined wife beside him, Li Hao patted his head.
Can you think about these things at this time? With the beauty in front of you, you must live up to your time. Dangzhi said: "No problem, there is no problem. I'm just a little tired, so I'm a little distracted. I just want to take a nap, how about you take a rest with me." After hearing this, Qu Lengjun How could he not understand what Li Hao meant, so he replied with a slightly red face: "It's still broad daylight, so this is not good. What if someone comes to see you, you'd better rest by yourself first."
"As the saying goes, a goodbye is better than a wedding. You and I haven't seen each other for such a long time. What's wrong with talking about something private? If someone comes to see you, just let him wait." As he spoke, Li Hao picked up Qu Lengjun with a little force. He walked towards the bed, which also startled Qu Lengjun.
But after that, Qu Lengjun did not resist, but followed Li Hao to the bed half-heartedly.
Then, of course, the pretty pillow was flirting with the spring scenery, and the new clothes faded away, which made Li Hao very tired.
After everything calmed down, the maid outside came in to report that Yuan Shenyou had come to see Li Hao just now, but after hearing the maid's reply that she was taking a nap, she left directly.
Hearing this, Qu Lengjun immediately said angrily to Li Hao: "Look, I said I don't want it. I won't be laughed to death by my brother-in-law from now on." Li Hao smiled and said: "Don't worry, my maid didn't say I'm just taking a nap, my brother won't think nonsense, if he really dares to think nonsense, then I will beat him up, and then he will be honest." After hearing this, Qu Lengjun still glanced at Li Hao. , and then asked the maid to redress her, while Li Hao leaned on the bed and watched.
Needless to say, this scene really has a unique flavor, and it also made Li Hao feel more attached to this place.
But no matter how happy he was at home, he still had to do some serious business, so after a good day's rest at home, Li Hao went out and rushed to Ling Buyi's house to visit.
To be honest, this was Li Hao's first time here. However, as soon as he entered, Li Hao felt that he was too plain. From beginning to end, he was all male.
Even the work of serving tea and water was done by Heijiawei, and it was not known how much wages Ling Buyi received.
Of course, apart from this, Li Hao's treatment was very good. Maybe Liang Qiufei's use of the ointment was indeed effective. Anyway, he was quite enthusiastic about Li Hao, and Li Hao was not used to the enthusiasm.
After all, Li Hao is still used to keeping a certain distance from men. It would be a beautiful girl who could close the distance to a negative distance.
Just when Li Hao was about to find an excuse to escape, Ling Buyi finally came out of the inner room, making Li Haoneng breathe a sigh of relief.
"You just came back to the capital and came to visit me. What's the matter?" Li Hao replied: "I came today mainly because I heard some news about the marriage between King Yong and the He family. I don't know. Have you heard anything about it?" Ling Buyi nodded and said: "I have also heard about this, but this is a private matter between their two families. What does this kind of childish matter have to do with you and me? Why should I let you run away? This trip." Looking at Ling Buyi's neither salty nor indifferent look, if Li Hao hadn't known this guy's details, he might have been taken over by the lake.
"Who the He family is getting engaged to, of course it has nothing to do with me. It's just that King Yong is suspected of stealing and selling arms and Fan Chang's rebellion. At this time, the marriage between these two families will inevitably make people think too much, don't you think? ?" Li Hao asked.
Then seeing that Ling Buyi still didn't speak, he continued to ask: "By the way, didn't you escort Fan Chang back to the capital for interrogation? Now that it has been so long, is there still no news from Tingwei?" About Yong Yong. Ling Buyu didn't want to answer the king's question, but he could still talk about Fan Chang's matter: "That's not true. Fan Chang didn't speak during the previous interrogation at Tingwei Mansion. I have just returned to the capital, and I haven't heard anything yet. I will go to Tingwei's Mansion and investigate this matter personally. As for King Yong, if I really find out about him, I will report it to His Majesty and ask Your Majesty to deal with it strictly. You don't need to go too far. Worry." Li Hao smiled slightly after hearing this. Since Ling Buyi was so wary of him, Li Hao felt quite unhappy, so he planned to help him find a lake.
After making plans in his heart, Li Hao pretended to be normal again and chatted with Ling Busu for a while before standing up to leave.
After Li Hao left, Liang Qiufei couldn't help but ask: "My lord, why don't you explain the matter clearly to General Yuan? If he can help, it will be much smoother." Ling Buyi replied: "Of course I believe in his ability, but he represents more than just himself. Letting him investigate can easily lead to misunderstandings, and I also hope that I can find out the truth myself. Well, I won't mention this matter in the future. I The things I arranged for you before have been well prepared." After hearing Ling Busuo's words, Liang Qiuqi replied: "We are already preparing in Tingwei's prison, and we guarantee that we can do it without anyone noticing." Ling Busuo listened. Then he nodded and let the two of them go down.
After the rest period given by Emperor Wen ended, Li Hao returned to the East Palace to take up his post and continue to further train the prince.
But just as Li Hao had thought before, after returning to the capital, the prince's contact with people and things became more complicated, and the prince's concubine, Wang Chun and Taifu Lou were holding him back, causing a setback in progress.
Although Li Hao was mentally prepared for this, he was still not happy after all. But later, after Emperor Wen's reward for pacifying Fan Chang came, Li Hao felt much better.
Although Li Hao's official rank has not changed this time, the number of households in the city has only increased from 1,200 to 2,000.
But Yuan Shen's official position has changed significantly. He was directly promoted from the original Jingwei Station to Tingwei Mansion and served as Tingwei's Minister.
In one step, he changed from a false position to a position of real power. I am afraid that in addition to Huangfuyi's performance, Li Hao's contribution also played a big role in it.
