Li Jing was a well-known eccentric in Chang'an. His Majesty once intended to appoint him as the Crown Prince's tutor, hoping that he would pass on all his military strategies to the Crown Prince, but he politely declined.
Finally, with no other choice, His Majesty the Emperor had to personally engage in a long conversation with Li Jing in the form of a dialogue between ruler and subject, discussing the merits and demerits of military strategy. The conversation was eventually compiled into a book, known as "Questions and Answers of Duke Li Jing".
Outsiders would have no way of knowing about this, but Princess Changsha, as a member of the royal family, naturally knew about it.
However, the fact that such an eccentric person had taken on a disciple truly astonished Princess Changsha.
"Duke of Wei, is this person truly your prized student?"
"certainly!"
Princess Changsha took two deep breaths upon hearing this, and then spoke in as gentle a voice as possible.
"Since he is a distinguished student of the Duke of Wei, then this princess will spare his life. As long as he personally comes to apologize, I will no longer pursue the matter of him shooting my son!"
Upon hearing this, Li Jing felt a headache coming on. Although he hadn't known Li Jue for long, based on his understanding of the child, he knew that the child would never apologize to the son of the Princess of Changsha, even if he were beaten to death.
To put it bluntly, it's already quite an achievement that he could restrain himself and refrain from taking the initiative to retaliate against Princess Changsha. How could we expect this child to apologize?
"I'm afraid I'll disappoint Your Highness, but my disciple will not apologize!"
"What?"
"Duke of Wei, I respect your military achievements for the Tang Dynasty, which is why I have treated you with such courtesy. If you do not know your place, I will go and reason with His Majesty!"
Li Jing suddenly laughed upon hearing this.
If Princess Changsha were to go to the Dali Temple to complain, he really wouldn't know what to do. But if she were to go to His Majesty, then Princess Changsha would have come to the right person, hahaha!
"Do as you please!"
"But I'm making this clear today: if I find anyone daring to bully my disciple again, I will not let them off the hook!"
"you!"
Princess Changsha was so angry that she couldn't speak, and the fat on her face trembled uncontrollably.
Although she was a princess of the Tang Dynasty, she didn't have as much influence in the court as Li Jing, a mere subject, even before the Emperor...
"Okay, okay!"
"The Duke of Wei is indeed quite imposing, daring to bully me! I will go to the palace immediately to see His Majesty and ask him to uphold justice for me!"
Princess Changsha arrived and left quickly, so much so that Hu Delu hadn't even finished gathering his men before she slunk away.
"Old Mu, where is Princess Changsha?"
"You're gone!"
"They've left?"
"That's impossible! I just saw that woman wasn't going to let my lord rest until she beat him to death. How could she just leave like that?"
"The princess says she wants to go to His Majesty the Emperor to seek justice!"
"ah?"
Hu Delu panicked upon hearing this. How could his lord be compared to a royal princess?
If the princess were to report this matter to His Majesty the Emperor, then his lord would surely be executed.
"Old Mu, I know you hold a high position in the court. I beg you to put in a good word for my lord and prevent the emperor from beheading him!"
"If all else fails, we'll arrest the old man and make him the scapegoat, saying he shot and injured the princess's son!"
Upon hearing this, Li Jing waved his hand dismissively.
"Don't worry, your lord will be fine!"
"ah?"
"She's a princess!"
"Your lord is no less impressive!"
Li Jing went straight back to the courtyard, leaving Hu Delu and a few young men standing at the village entrance, muttering to themselves.
"Isn't it bad?"
"My lord is not comparable to a princess?"
"Tsk tsk..."
When Li Jing returned to the courtyard, he saw that Li Jue had also sat down to eat, and immediately said with a smile.
"I just used my face to finally settle things with Princess Changsha for you. Shouldn't you become my disciple, kid?"
Upon hearing this, Li Jue looked at the old man in disbelief, then at Old Li, who was eating heartily beside him.
"Uncle Li, who exactly is Old Mu? How could he even handle the Princess's residence?"
Li Shimin was enjoying his meal and had no time to pay attention to him, so he could only give a vague answer.
"Old Wood is an official in the Imperial Clan Court, in charge of the salaries of members of the imperial clan. Do you think the Princess's residence wouldn't be afraid of him?"
"ah?"
Li Jue was stunned again upon hearing this.
"Understood!"
"Isn't this a case of 'the local official having more power than the distant one'?"
"You little rascal, your summary is pretty accurate, hahaha!"
After having dinner with his two old friends, Li Shimin returned to Chang'an together. However, before leaving, he left a team of guards behind to prevent Princess Changsha from becoming desperate and doing something truly heinous.
At the same time, he secretly ordered the magistrate of Xianyang County to send his yamen runners to patrol near Sanglin Village. If anyone was found to be plotting against Sanglin Village, the county's soldiers could be dispatched to suppress them without waiting for the imperial order.
Although Old Li left guards for Li Jue, Li Jue still organized the local militia to patrol day and night, fearing that they might encounter another attack on the village by powerful local bullies.
Now that we have organized the militia, we must train them.
Li Jue had no idea how to train soldiers, so he could only copy the military training methods from his previous life.
On the first day, Li Jing dismissed Li Jue's training methods. On the second day, seeing the troop beginning to take shape, Li Jing's attitude softened somewhat. After three days, seeing Li Jue blowing his whistle and leading three hundred strong young men running around the manor, Li Jing finally approved of Li Jue's training methods.
"Boy, where did you learn your training methods from?"
"What training methods?"
"I'm just practicing casually!"
"Just practicing casually?"
Li Jing curled his lip in disdain, thinking to himself, "Is this kid trying to fool a fool?"
Discipline is paramount in the military. This kid started training in formation right from the beginning, isn't that to cultivate the soldiers' discipline?
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