Chapter 144 gives you a chance Age is not an excuse, the path you choose, you have to go down on your knees.
This is Li Zhen's famous saying, and it is also the life creed he believes in, he will not commit it himself, and he will not allow others to commit it.
Meritorious service will be rewarded, and fault will be punished, this is a code of conduct that Li Zhen must maintain as a superior, and no one can escape this regulation.
No matter how much merit you make, Li Zhen will give you a great reward, but in the same way, no matter how big a mistake you make, you have to accept multiple punishments, and no one is allowed to disobey without special circumstances.
"But His Highness also said that even God will forgive children when they make mistakes."
"But is Rollin a child?"
Li Zhen asked rhetorically. "......"
Xue Rengui was speechless, of course Luo Lin is not a child, his age is about the same as Li Zhen, Li Zhen is seventeen years old, has two children, and two wives are pregnant, how can such a person be considered a child?
Even in later generations, people of this age will be able to pay for their actions – even though they are legally considered adults at the age of eighteen.
"That's it......"
Li Zhen sighed: "Since you asked for it, then I will give you a chance......"
Li Zhen really wanted to punish Luo Lin, but just like Xue Rengui said, he has followed him for more than ten years, and he has made outstanding contributions and made countless achievements, but he has never asked for anything from himself.
Even if he really refuses with a hard heart, it will not only hit Xue Rengui hard, but also make the rest of the cloth feel cold, and the gains outweigh the losses.
Xue Rengui was overjoyed: "Thank you, Your Highness." ” Li Zhen waved her hand: "Don't be in a hurry to say thank you, this opportunity is not easy to take." ” Xue Rengui said firmly: "No matter how bad it is, my subordinates will definitely complete it." ” "Very well, then I'll wait and see......"
"Please also ask Your Highness to command."
"I have two prerequisites before I get this opportunity."
Li Zhen stretched out two fingers: "First of all, the commander of Luo Lin's Qianjia Battalion can't do it, I want to expel him from the Junior Army, you have no opinion on this, right?"
” "The subordinates have no opinion."
Xue Rengui understands very well that Luo Lin has made such a big mistake, even if Li Zhen wants him to continue to be the commander of the Qianjia Battalion, the five thousand youth army under his command will not be convinced, not only that, but he also has to face the strange eyes of his former colleagues, with Luo Lin's age, he will collapse sooner or later after facing the accusations of others for a long time.
On the contrary, it was a kind of protection for him to be expelled from the boy army and keep him away from the past.
"Second, since you want to pray for his life, then you have to give something in exchange."
"Please instruct Your Highness, as long as your subordinates can take it, you must not be stingy."
Xue Rengui said firmly.
"I don't want anything from you."
Li Zhen shook his head: "I want the military merits you have accumulated over the years - that is to say, if you are really sure to save Luo Lin, then from today onwards, all the merits you have made before will be cleared, and if you want to continue to be promoted, you can only make meritorious contributions again." ” Li Zhen's request can not be said to be harsh, Xue Rengui has made a lot of contributions over the years, if all of them are settled, it is enough to seal two princes with his merits - since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there have been many princes, but there are few people who have been knighted purely for military merits, Li Jing, Li Ji, Qin Qiong, Wei Chi Jingde, Cheng Yanjin, Hou Junji, etc., there are less than ten people.
This shows the preciousness of military merits, if this is an ordinary person, I am afraid that I will not agree to it anyway, but the person Li Zhen is facing is Xue Rengui.
Xue Rengui has never taken military merit in his eyes - of course, he can't say that, he can only say that if Xue Rengui wants to make meritorious service, it can only be said that it will be easy with his ability.
As long as there is a war, as long as he is in command, then this war is basically won.
In history, Xue Rengui fought in his life, except for a defeat in the Battle of Dafeichuan, in the hands of Qinling (the first general in Tubo), he has never suffered a loss in his life, not to mention that in the Battle of Dafeichuan, if it was not caused by Guo Zhifeng's disobedience to military orders, he and Xue Rengui would not have much to do with it.
"No problem, thank you for your mercy."
Xue Rengui really doesn't care about military exploits or anything, he is still young, only twenty-nine years old, not only is the peak of his life far from coming (for soldiers, the peak period should be between thirty and forty-five years old, at this age, the body has completely developed to the peak, the experience has also accumulated incomparably rich, and the mind has become extremely mature after the first thirty years of training, and only then can he become a qualified general), with the current speed of Datang's external expansion, it does not take ten years, at most five years, Xue Rengui can accumulate so many military merits again, and then Li Zhen should almost inherit the throne, and he will be crowned the prince of the country.
"Well, let's do this for now, you go down."
Li Zhen said indifferently, he was not in a very good mood in his heart, but usually he would not vent this unhappiness on others, but today Xue Rengui disobeyed him, which made his mood even worse, if Xue Rengui didn't leave, Li Zhen didn't know if he could control the anger he wanted to vent.
"But Your Highness, Luo Lin's next arrangement is......"
Xue Rengui did not leave, Li Zhen promised to give Luo Lin a chance, and now the punishment has been issued, but the opportunity in Li Zhen's mouth has not been given. “…… I will arrange for him to enter the Listening Wind, the Listening Leader has been deposed by me, and now that the four deacons are vying for the position of Commander, I will arrange a position of arbitration for him......
As for where he can climb, it's up to him.
Li Zhen thought for a while, and said lightly, Tingfeng is one of the intelligence organizations under his command, and he once appeared at the ceremony of sacrificing prisoners, but they did not perform well at that time, Li Shimin was seriously injured in the assassination, and now he has not recovered, Li Daozong was broken and died tragically in Taimiao, twelve nobles were poisoned and injured, and the most seriously injured one died in the early morning of the next day due to ineffective rescue......
This assassination can be said to have dealt a heavy blow to the Tang Dynasty, although it did not hurt the Tang Dynasty, but it lost face in front of foreign countries.
On the first day of Li Zhen's imprisonment, the generals responsible for guarding the safety of the sacrifice were sent to the guillotine, and the three major intelligence organizations of the imperial court, the Green Cavalry Army, the Flying Tiger Army, and the Peach Blossom Internal Guard, which were responsible for the secret protection, were cleaned, and then those who misbehaved in the court were also cleaned up by Li Zhen by taking this opportunity.