In early October of the 20th year of Yanping, the grain and grass escorted by Wei Chongxin arrived in Jinyang. Li Jun was overjoyed and went out of the city to greet him personally.
According to official etiquette, court officials must kneel down and worship the prince when they see him. In the past, because Li Jun was seriously ill and unable to take care of himself, some omissions in etiquette were inevitable. But now that Li Jun has recovered, and his relationship with Wei Haohao is good, in order to maintain the relationship between the two families, Wei Chongxin has taken etiquette to the extreme.
But as soon as he bent down, he was helped up by Li Han. Li Han smiled and patted his shoulder and said: "Brother, there is no need to be polite. You are Hao Hao's brother, and you are my brother. These are all Forget about all the red tape."
Li Jun's words were a gesture of goodwill to the Wei family. Wei Chongxin naturally understood that he didn't care about these details immediately and said bluntly: "Fortunately, these are the first batch. The second batch of food will arrive in a few days. My father told me that the prince is defending the city, and the Wei family will give its full support to the prince."
Emperor Yan Ping. When I was granted the marriage to the Wei family, I didn't really want to find a backer for Li Han. He felt that Li Jun was doomed. Wei Guangdu of the Wei family was at odds with Wei Guanglu, the prince's lineage, and the brothers were feuding. So he would add fuel to the flames and grant a marriage to the Wei family in response to Wei Guanglu's advice. Then the prince would personally deal with the King of Jin, so he would be teased. Wei Guangdu must have been so angry that he formed a relationship with the prince. The Wei family in the capital had no backer, so they could only rely on Emperor Yan Ping. In this way, Emperor Yan Ping's position would become more stable, and there would be no need to worry about the situation where the prince's family would dominate after Li Han's death. The emperor's mind is the way of checks and balances.
For the Wei family, if Wei Liu was originally married, the situation would be much better. Although the Wei family is new to Kyoto, they know many secrets. The King of Jin was not favored and was trapped in the palace. The words of joy had already indicated that this person was not going to die soon, so they naturally would not take him seriously. But because of Wei Liu's genius, Wei Haohao offered to marry on his behalf. Although Wei Guangdu was reluctant to give up, he knew there was no other way. In order to occupy a place in the turbulent court, how could he leave such a big handle and happen to send the handle to his political opponents. If he had compromised and still let Wei Liu marry the King of Jin, the consequences were completely predictable. The Wei family's property will definitely return to Wei Guanglu's hands, and they will be driven out of Kyoto after losing their use value.
Even so, the relationship between their family is very deep. As her father and brother, they, of course, deplored the fact that Wei Haohao was innocently robbed, and unconsciously brought out their dissatisfaction with Li Hao. Although this matter has nothing to do with Li Han, it is difficult for them to accept Wei Haohao marrying a dying person. What's more, if she marries a prince like Li Hao, even if Li Hao dies, Wei Haohao cannot remarry. And she is still so young and has no heirs, how will she live in the future? The experience of Wei Haohao's marriage also made them very angry. They knew that they could not blame Li Hao, but they would inevitably be a little dissatisfied.
Fortunately, the two of them finally came to an end, and Li Han's body returned to normal. but, after Li Jun recovered, he had not yet entered the gate of the Wei family, which made them feel a little uneasy. Although Wei Guangdu had expressed goodwill several times in the court, Li Jun never responded. During the siege of Kyoto, Li Jun made an exception and gave Wei Chongxin a chance to make a name for himself, and that battle also allowed Wei Chongxin to successfully stand out from the crowd of generals and become the now hot deputy commander of the Imperial Guard. But Li Jun and the Wei family still had no positive communication.
This time, Wei Guangdu asked Wei Chongxin to personally prepare food and fodder. In fact, he took the initiative to show his loyalty. Regardless of whether they want it or not, the Wei family has now been branded as the King of Jin in the eyes of everyone. If there are any more shackles between them, it will be a situation where one loses and both lose.
Li Jun seemed to know what he meant behind this, and smiled and said: "Brother has come a long way and is still injured. Let's go to the city to rest before making any plans."
Wei Chongxin asked in surprise: "How does the prince know?"
Wei Chongxin did not tell anyone about his injury. Firstly, he did not want to worry his family, and secondly, he did not have the habit of complaining. As long as it doesn't affect his ability to complete his mission, he can tolerate it no matter how painful or painful it is.
Li Jun teased: "I can't tell that eldest brother is quite good at pleasing girls."
When Wei Chongxin heard this, he knew it must be the news from the woman in brocade.
"You know her? Then who is she? Ahem." Wei Chongxin was so anxious that he injured himself.
"Brother, don't worry. When you return to Kyoto, you will meet sooner or later."
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"Why don't you say it now?"
"I'm afraid if I say it now, she will be unhappy."
Wei Chongxin could not refute and did not continue to ask. But early the next morning, he bid farewell to Li Jun. Li Jun repeatedly tried to persuade him to stay, but he remained unmoved. Seeing this, Li Jun had no choice but to let him go.
The problem of food and grass in the army has been solved. But then another thing happened that Li Han could not expect.
"Is there a famine in the city?" Li Jun doubted his ears.
In times of war, famine does occur. However, it has been half a year since Li Jun took charge of Jinyang. Under his strong suppression, there has been no unrest in Jinyang. The people can be considered to be living and working in peace and contentment for the time being, and all undertakings are being carried out in an orderly manner. This year is not a year of famine. There is no drought or flood. Not to mention a good harvest, basic daily supplies are absolutely no problem. How could there be a sudden famine?
"What is Wei Chongnian doing?" Li Jun's first suspicion was that Wei Chongnian was up to something.
Zhang Guang said: "Although these account books seem to be impeccable, compared with the information we collected, it is completely different. They are using short-selling false accounts to force us to admit this boring loss."
"Even so, the people in the city have indeed begun to run out of food.Besides, we can't fill their stomachs with this kind of statement, right? "
"Lu Tong, Cousin Lu, why do I think you are taking advantage of the opportunity to attack and gloat?
Lu Tong hurriedly shook his head and said, "The King of Jin is serious. I am just stating a fact." "
Li Han walked up to him, put his arms around his shoulders, and said sadly: "You and I have different positions. I understand that you want to harm me, but the people are innocent. How can you do this? A matter of conscience? "
Lu Tong hurriedly clarified: "The King of Jin speaks carefully. This matter was indeed not done by the prince, and the official had just learned of it, and there was absolutely no collusion with anyone. "
Li Han nodded and said, "If you say that, I feel relieved. ”
In this court, besides the prince, who else could do this? Just take a guess.