To be honest, Li Shouren didn't do much after following Li Xiang to Fusang. He was busy with miscellaneous tasks most of the time. If he left Fusang now, he wouldn't be able to achieve much credit. At most, it would just be a hardship. After returning to Chang'an City, his hard work would not be able to be shown on the surface.
Li Shouren was half a royal family member, so when he was gaining experience outside, he had to get some merits. Only if he got some merits that could be presented to the public would he be rewarded after returning to Chang'an City. Otherwise, it would be like he had been out for nothing and would be laughed at by others after returning.
"Do you have anything to say?"
Ding Kui also thought of it at the last minute, so Li Xiang didn't ask Li Shouren. But it would be the same if he asked on the spot. Everyone has been together for so long, it is better to say it directly than to keep it in your heart.
"I have nothing to say. I am willing to stay and assist Lord Ding."
After hearing Li Shouren's words, Li Xiang nodded. Li Shouren was also a man with aspirations. After staying here for a full year, as long as there was no chaos in Fuso, this achievement would definitely be remembered. Although it was not as good as other military achievements, such achievements were the most important. The civil servants in the court valued such achievements.
Military officers need to capture cities, but civil officials need to govern the local areas. In this one and a half years, Fuso has provided countless things to the imperial court. As long as you can transport all these things to the Tang Dynasty, your contribution will be no less than that of Ding Jiayong and others.
Many generals in the court looked down on such work, but Li Xiang did not have such an idea, because Li Xiang understood the difficulty of governing the local area. It is easy to conquer an empire but difficult to keep it. This is not just talk. If Li Xiang were to govern the country, he would probably have to rely on his loyal ministers, and the system would not be able to help.
After deciding these most important things, all that was left was drinking. However, Li Xiang discovered that among the four Fuso ministers, Watanabe Taro was the most frustrated.
Of course Li Xiang understood what was going on, and this was also Li Xiang's deliberate arrangement. Watanabe Taro was one of the first people to surrender. If he were to be rewarded based on his merits, he would never be ranked last. He should at least be around second or third.
But Li Xiang never assigned any work to this guy. He just asked him to guard Fukuoka and Nagasaki. Now this guy has no other work to do. He is at the lowest position among the four. Especially Kato, this guy always comes to him to ridicule him, making Watanabe Taro's life very difficult.
Li Xiang did this for a reason. At present, the four ministers of Fuso did not have any major problems. Although Okawa Gensaburo and Kato Jiro were in a competitive relationship, it was only a competition at work, and the relationship would not cause any major problems, which was not conducive to maintaining the balance of Fuso.
So Li Xiang thought of another way, which was to deliberately suppress Watanabe Taro, so that there would be a gap in Watanabe Taro's heart. After today's banquet was over, Li Xiang would leave Watanabe Taro alone, and then with a little hint, Watanabe Taro would know what to do next. He would definitely keep a close eye on the other three people. When the other three people showed some signs of movement, his chance would come.
Of course, when Li Xiang was encouraging Watanabe Taro, a little eunuch accidentally heard their conversation, and this little eunuch accidentally told these words to others, and others successfully passed these words to the ears of the other three adults. This may be a political strategy.
As long as the other three adults know this news, they will not do anything too extreme in the future. They will always think that there are eyes watching them in the dark. If they do something too extreme, His Highness will know the news at any time.
At that time, Li Xiang's voice and appearance would appear in their minds, and maybe even the image of him punishing them. These people would probably get a chill out of nowhere and then would not dare to do this thing.
When the banquet was over, Li Xiang kept Watanabe Taro. Watanabe Taro was extremely depressed and was about to follow the three guys out. Moreover, the idiot Kato Jiro was drunk again. In the past, his official position could not catch up with Watanabe Taro, but now he is riding on Watanabe Taro's neck and would ridicule him whenever he got the chance. Whenever Asada Jiro drank too much, Watanabe Taro wanted to find a place to hide.
"I know you feel deeply wronged. You were one of the first to work for the Tang Dynasty and for me, but now your status is lower than theirs. I know you are very dissatisfied with this arrangement, but you should understand my painstaking efforts."
Li Xiang also drank a lot of wine at this moment. Of course, most of it was drunk with Ding Kui and other Tang Dynasty generals. As for the ministers of Fuso, seeing their pointed and monkey-faced looks, Li Xiang had no intention of drinking with them.
Watanabe Taro knew that Li Xiang wanted him to stay, so there must be something else. He thought that there was some private matter for him to do, but who knew that Li Xiang would say such a thing.
Watanabe Taro is also an extremely smart person. At the beginning, he couldn't figure out what Li Xiang meant, but soon he understood that His Highness wanted him to keep an eye on the three of them.
Watanabe Taro smiled when he thought of this. On the surface, my official position is not as impressive as yours, and you three can criticize me at any time as if I were your little brother. But after hearing what His Highness said, I know my true identity, that is, a spy who can report directly to His Highness.
"I understand. I will expedite the arrangements and have my men keep a close eye on these three. If they show any signs of disloyalty, I will report to you immediately."
Seeing that Watanabe Taro was so sensible, Li Xiang asked Princess Aiko to take out a token, which was also the token of the East Palace. If something really happened at that time, this guy could take this token to the military camp to mobilize troops, and all the soldiers mobilized were from the Tang Dynasty.
"Don't touch this token. If you misuse it, I can't guarantee the safety of your family in Chang'an."
The sign was handed to Taro Watanabe along with a warning.
