Chapter 1332 Rainy Night (4)
Tai Chi Palace.
After returning from the Wei Mansion, His Majesty Li Er washed himself, read several memorials, and felt a little hungry. In the afternoon, I first went to the Dou family to express my condolences, and then rushed to the Wei Mansion to visit Wei Zheng. After going back and forth, I didn't get a grain of rice.
Instructing the chamberlain to pass on the meal, he leaned on the couch and casually picked up a few memorials and looked at them, but he was so restless that he couldn't read them at all.
The candlelight was bright, and light rain was pattering outside the window. The raindrops dripped from the eaves, hitting the bluestone slabs under the corridor, making a rhythmic "tick-tock-tick" sound, which made people feel upset. There was no trace of the leisurely feeling of "listening to the rain at night quietly" Elegant?
Thinking of Wei Zheng, who looked haggard on the sick bed and had no trace of his former sharpness, His Majesty Li Er sighed slightly, with mixed feelings in his heart.
He and Wei Zheng have been in love with each other for more than ten years...
Regardless of whether it is intentional or not, the two monarchs and ministers are destined to complement each other. One is a wise emperor in the prosperous times who has the courage to accept advice and is open-minded, and the other is a famous minister through the ages who speaks out loud and dares to give advice. Once upon a time, even though strong murderous intentions arose in my heart several times, I still decided to give Wei Zheng a good death. This story of "a wise king and a wise minister" will go down in history as a good beginning and a good end.
Even when he saw Wei Zheng dying, there was an unspeakable joy in his heart, as if the iron chain tied to his body was finally broken, and he breathed a sigh of relief...
No one wants to have their every move watched and impeached for the slightest violation of the rules. Everyone yearns for freedom, and the emperor is no exception. However, His Majesty Li Er is not a fatuous king after all. He hates the way Wei Zheng holds his neck while thinking about his admonishment, but he also knows that it is precisely because of Wei Zheng's existence that he has been able to control the selfish desires in his heart for more than ten years. Don't dare to make any mistakes.
Kings also need restraint, even if this restraint is as uncomfortable as shackles...
Now that Wei Zheng is about to die, and the entire dynasty is civil and military, who can restrain him?
The eldest grandson Wuji, whom he has always obeyed, is too selfish. Fang Xuanling, who is an outstanding and upright gentleman, has a soft character. His uncle, Gao Shilian, is too old to care about government affairs... The rest cannot gain his trust because of his qualifications. Not enough to dare to speak in front of myself.
After Wei Zheng, who else can become a critic?
If there were no critics, would he be like a foolish emperor like Xia Jie and Shang Zhou in history, who would do all the wrong things and be scolded and ridiculed by future generations?
Thinking about it this way, I don’t really want Wei Zheng to die...
There was the sound of footsteps, and a burst of fragrance penetrated the nose.
"Your Majesty, please have a meal."
Wang De, the head chamberlain, held a jug of wine in his hand, followed by two maids. He placed four dishes on the table in front of His Majesty Li Er, gathered his clothes and retreated. Wang De filled a white jade bowl with the warm rice wine from the south of the Yangtze River in the jug, and then served a bowl of white rice to His Majesty Li Er. He said with a smile: "It just so happened that the seafood from Huating Town arrived today, slave. I ordered the imperial kitchen to stew two barracudas caught in the waters of Laizhou, which are the freshest. Your Majesty can try them.”
Hearing this, His Majesty Li Er took a piece of tender fish meat and put it into his mouth, chewed it slowly, and praised: "The seafood is still delicious, the meat is tender, delicious and refreshing, not bad, not bad."
Wang Dele's face turned pale and he kept saying: "Then your Majesty, please use a few more bowls."
His Majesty Li Er nodded and ate the barracuda, taking a sip of the warm rice wine from time to time, which was very satisfying.
Wang De was in a good mood when he saw the emperor eating deliciously. He waited on the side and said with a smile: "Today, Huating Town sent a large amount of seafood to His Highness Jinyang, including not only barracuda from Laizhou, but also crabs, sea cucumbers, etc." The things, which have traveled thousands of miles by land and water, are still alive and kicking when they are delivered to Chang'an. This ability is really impressive..."
His Majesty Li Er was eating deliciously. Hearing this, he remembered something and suddenly choked in his throat after a mouthful of rice.
Wang De was shocked when he saw this, and quickly turned over to get water. His Majesty Li Er waved his hand, picked up the white jade bowl, drank all the rice wine in the bowl, and then swallowed the rice he was choking on. Then he was in a bad mood, put his chopsticks on the table, and said gloomily: "Get out of here."
Wang De: "..."
The food was delicious just now, why did you stop eating it in the blink of an eye?
He was suspicious in his heart, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions. He quickly asked the maid to take away the food, made another pot of hot tea, put it on the table, and tiptoed out.
Your Majesty Li Er looked gloomy and felt extremely unhappy!
Mother!
The fish is good, but a certain person is an emperor, and he can only eat it because of his daughter?
How embarrassing...
How about following Fang Jun's example and building a waterway to quickly transport seafood from the East China Sea to the capital, so that you can eat fresh seafood every day? As soon as this thought arose, he suppressed it.
The East China Sea is thousands of miles away from Chang'an. The establishment of this channel requires a staggering amount of money and manpower. Although Wei Zheng is about to die, the imperial officials at the Yushitai are not vegetarians. When the time comes, there will be a flurry of memorials to impeach him as an emperor who spent money.
Besides, he is now focused on his grand ambition of conquering Goguryeo. How can he waste manpower and material resources just because he is greedy for a mouthful of seafood?
But if we use this channel that Fang Jun has opened now... what's the difference from now?
Mother!
Fang Jun, this bastard, doesn’t he know how to be filial and respectful to me, the emperor and father-in-law? Although the seafood brought to the palace is naturally for the palace to enjoy, but the lack of Fang Jun's words "please enjoy it, your majesty" made His Majesty Li Er feel as if he was snatching something from Si Zi's mouth to eat...
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. His Majesty Li Er felt irritable and wanted to catch Fang Jun immediately and give him a good beating!
What a damn girl...
With the sound of footsteps, Wang De walked in quickly and said: "Your Majesty, Li Junxian would like to see you."
His Majesty Li Er suppressed his anger: "Xuan."
"Here!"
Wang De responded and quickly exited. Not long after, Li Junxian stepped inside.
"The general has met His Majesty..."
Li Junxian looked worried and stepped forward to greet him.
"Excuse me, why?"
"Your Majesty, merchants and hawkers living in Anyifang in the south of Dongshi have gathered together and are instigating nearby people to enter Dongshi to denounce the forced demolition of Jingzhao Prefecture for disrupting business order and causing heavy losses to these people. Please ask Jingzhao Prefecture Give compensation.”
Li Junxian quickly explained the situation and said with a solemn expression: "There are a lot of merchants and hawkers. It is not yet the curfew, and many nearby people are also agitated. Now the East Market is in chaos, and Jingzhao Mansion must be there soon." I will go to suppress it. I dare to ask Your Majesty, "Hundred Cavalry" wants to participate?"
Unexpectedly, His Majesty Li Er not only did not answer this question, but instead angrily slapped the table in front of him and shouted: "This mallet! You know how to cause trouble all day long. Do you really think that I can't kill anyone with my club?"
Li Junxian: "..."
This doesn't seem to be any of Fang Jun's business, right?
The demolition of Dongshi has touched the interests of many people. Among them, the aristocratic family members have always been accustomed to being lawless, and sooner or later something big will happen. Being able to delay the emergence of such a group incident until now is already considered a prestige and reputation for Fang Jun, otherwise Chang'an City would have been in turmoil...
However, when he was charging into battle on the battlefield, he looked at death as if he were home, but when facing His Majesty Li Er, he was like a mouse seeing a cat. He was frightened and his legs were weak. How could he dare to say a word of criticism?
After thinking about it, Li Junxian looked at His Majesty Li Er's face and asked cautiously: "In that case... How about I capture Fang Jun first and give him a good beating? Then Your Majesty, you can order him to go forward." Going to deal with Dongshi?”
His Majesty Li Er was stunned and almost laughed angrily: "Chang'an City seems to be in chaos, but I first captured Jing Zhaoyin and gave him a beating?"
Li Junxian was shocked and quickly shut up.
It was you who said you wanted to beat Fang Jun, why did you blame me instead...
Okay, we won’t say anything, we’ll do whatever you say.
Talking too much can make many mistakes, and a thousand words are worth a moment of silence...
His Majesty Li Er snorted: "These cowards can only see the little benefit in front of them. As long as they touch the flesh in their mouths, they dare to fall out with anyone! Please inform Fang Jun immediately and order him to go immediately." Dongshi handles it, tell him, I don't care about him Whether it’s beating or killing, no matter whether he is suppressing or killing people, in short, when the sun comes out tomorrow morning, I want to see Chang’an City peaceful and quiet! If he hears the slightest bit of commotion tomorrow morning, let him come and get the plan himself!”
"Here!"
Li Junxian immediately accepted the order. Seeing that His Majesty Li Er had no other instructions, he performed a military salute, exited the hall, and hurried to inform Fang Jun.
Just walking, I was thinking: No matter if Fang Jun is beating or killing, no matter whether he is suppressing or killing people... this is clearly asking Fang Jun to act softly and not to act randomly. If someone really lost his life, how could everything be calm overnight?
Unless all the aristocratic families in the city were killed... He was suspicious, why did Fang Jun provoke His Majesty again?
(End of chapter)