Chapter 4100 Forced into the Palace
Li Ji greeted him at the door, and Li Zhi strode in and hurriedly bowed to greet him: "I didn't greet you from far away, your highness, please forgive me."
"Hey! Why should the British Lord be like this? I am here uninvited and I am a bad guest. I hope you don't get weird..." Li Zhi had a bright smile on his face and stepped forward to stop Li Ji from being rude. His gentle attitude made people feel like spring breeze. .
All politicians who have achieved success throughout the ages have generally had this kind of approachable temperament. This is a gift and cannot be forced...
Li Ji wanted to let his soldiers serve tea, but Li Zhi waved his hand to stop him and said with a smile: "No need to bother, I will have a few chats with the British Duke and then leave."
Li Ji knew this, so he naturally stopped insisting and asked Li Zhi to sit across from him on the floor at the coffee table in front of the window.
The rain is gurgling outside the window and the night breeze is cool.
Li Zhi didn't want to be long-winded. The roundabout greetings were useless in front of people like Li Ji, and would arouse the other party's resentment. He went straight to the point and said bluntly: "What do you think of the ownership of the reserve?"
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Li Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he did not expect Li Zhi to be so direct. He pondered for a moment and said: "The ownership of the crown prince has been decided by His Majesty. As a minister, you should only act according to His Majesty's orders. How dare you risk your own life?" Is your foolish opinion confusing your Majesty’s sacred heart? I dare not answer this question.”
Li Zhi persisted: "My lord, you are my father's loyal minister, and you have always treated me like a humerus. Naturally, you understand my father's wishes for the throne. Regardless of whether there is a posthumous edict or not, you have already chosen me to succeed the throne... But do you agree?" ”
He did not ask Li Ji whether he approved of his succession to the throne and his enthronement as emperor in the future. Instead, he played a trick and asked Li Ji whether he admitted that his father preferred him to succeed the crown prince and become the crown prince. This seemed to be evasive, but in fact it was quite scheming.
Li Ji avoided answering and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is the supreme king in the world, and our ministers only act according to the holy will."
This seems useless, but it actually tells Li Zhi clearly: if there is a legacy, the legacy will be followed. If there is no legacy, the prince will be canonized by the Golden Code, and no one can override him.
Li Zhi was unwilling to accept it and asked: "If the emperor's father's wishes are contrary to Zong's succession, what should the Duke do?"
Sacred Heart? The Sacred Heart prefers me to be the crown prince. Who knows, both in the government and in the public? If there is no edict to depose the prince and establish himself, will you still act according to your father's wishes?
Li Ji was silent for a moment, and then said softly: "How do you know that there is no edict left, Your Highness? The edict...maybe there is."
When any emperor ascends the throne, no matter whether the process is justified or not, he always finds a rhetoric to appease the world and whitewash himself.
If the crown prince ascends the throne, it is natural that the previous golden canonization has not been deposed, and it is logical for His Majesty to inherit the throne after his death.
If other princes ascend the throne, there will inevitably be a legacy left by His Majesty that will be revealed to the world to show legitimacy...
As for authenticity, who cares?
All authenticity will eventually be hidden behind the thick dust of history, making it difficult to see the true face...
Li Zhi looked at Li Ji and pondered silently.
Li Ji picked up the tea cup and took a sip.
It is simply that these days there is no such thing as "serving tea to see guests off"...
From the moment he entered the door, Li Zhi had almost no reservations in his words, trying to win Li Jizhi's support. After all, once Li Ji sided with the prince, he would have no chance. Words can only move forward, not backward.
Li Ji himself was sharp with words and shrouded in mist. He seemed to have given Li Zhi some hints, but after careful consideration, he seemed to have no accurate words...
Li Zhi had a headache, but he also knew that he could not continue talking in depth. He suddenly smiled, stood up, bowed his hands to the ground, and said softly: "Thank you very much, Mr. British, for clearing up my doubts. I am extremely grateful and I will not forget it in this life."
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Li Ji stood up and returned the courtesy, and said slowly: "This is the duty of an minister. I dare not take the words of His Highness."
After the ceremony, the two looked at each other, and Li Zhi resigned and left.
Li Ji sent him to the door and watched his figure gradually disappear in the rain. Then he turned back, picked up the tea cup and drank the remaining tea. Then he sat quietly and thought carefully about Li Zhi's intention of suddenly visiting the door and the possibility. The impact of...
After a long time, he stood up, extinguished the lights, and stood in front of the window with his hands behind his hands, looking at the thin raindrops in the light outside the window, with a deep expression on his face.
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In the side hall on the other side, Li Chengqian, dressed in regular clothes and not sleepy, was sitting across from Fang Jun drinking tea. Outside the door, a waiter informed him that Yu Zhining and Lu Deming were asking to see him.
These two people entered the palace together with Li Chengqian, but were banned by Li Xiaogong and were not allowed to leave the palace...
Li Chengqian looked at Fang Jun and wondered: "These two masters have tried their best to teach Gu for many years. Even if they are a little selfish, it is human nature. Erlang does not need to worry about Gu being instigated by them, but he still needs to take care of Gu for his sake. It’s not difficult for them to be good.”
On one side is his master, on the other is his humerus minister. If there is a conflict, he will be caught in the middle.
Yu and Lu were both famous scholars, and their reputations spread all over the world. They were always proud and arrogant. Moreover, this place was a royal palace, so they might think that Fang Jun was jealous and overbearing. But he knew Fang Jun's temper and dared to beat Zhou Daowu in the palace. How could he take Yu and Lu seriously?
If you really piss me off, you might get a good beating...
Fang Jun was speechless: "Your Highness has misunderstood. I have always respected the old and loved the young. Even if the two masters are disrespectful and rely on their elders, how can I have the same understanding as them?"
"Ha!" Li Chengqian laughed: "It's better not to let Mr. Ji Xin hear this..."
"Ji Xin" is the character of Linghu Defen, who was forced to hit a pillar and pretend to be fainted by Fang Jun and Wu Meiniang to escape the disaster...
Not long after, Yu and Lu arrived hand in hand. When they saw that the sky was already dark and Fang Jun was there, they immediately looked ugly.
This shows how much His Highness the Crown Prince values Fang Jun and how harmonious their relationship is...
The two of them sat down, and Li Chengqian gestured to invite them to drink tea, and asked with a smile: "Two teachers came hand in hand, what do you want to teach them?"
Yu Zhining picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, then put the teacup down, leaning forward slightly, his eyes burning: "Your Highness, what a God-given opportunity!"
Li Chengqian was slightly stunned: "What does the teacher mean by this?"
Yu Zhining was a little excited, his face slightly red: "May I ask, does Your Highness think there is any chance of His Majesty recovering?"
Fang Jun glanced at Yu Zhining, drank tea slowly and ignored it.
Li Chengqian was a little stunned, and after pondering for a while, he said: "My father is the most respected person in the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and he is a lucky man and a good man. There is no danger of danger."
These words are just nice to hear, but everyone knows that His Majesty Li Er will definitely be in trouble this time...
Yu Zhining did not criticize him. After all, the prince's filial piety comes first. How could he speak ill of his father? Then he nodded and said directly: "His Majesty's fainting this time was too sudden compared to the last time. He must have not left any posthumous edict in advance... Whether there is a posthumous edict or not is completely different."
Li Chengqian pondered without saying a word.
This truth is naturally obvious. Not only does he understand it, but Prince Jin also understands it... But Yu Zhining came over in the middle of the night just to remind himself?
Lu Deming saw that Yu Zhining was delaying in mentioning the important point, so he couldn't bear it and said: "If there is really no imperial edict, then His Highness will still be the legitimate crown prince of the empire. He only needs to cut off those ambitious people, support the imperial court, and purify the world. Naturally, Create a legacy that will last forever! ”
Fang Jun sighed slightly, these two men were really persistent and never missed any opportunity to instigate the prince...
Yu Zhining also said: "The King of Jin is bound to get the throne. If His Majesty is still there, or if there is a legacy, the throne will definitely belong to the King of Jin. His Highness will lose the throne and it will be rare for him to die well... But now His Majesty has fainted. And there is no edict left. His Highness should take advantage of this opportunity to take charge of the throne. He will only be able to live up to our support when he is promoted to the throne one day!"
As for whether there is a posthumous edict or not...what does it matter?
If you win, you will be the king, if you lose, you will be the bandit. As long as you can suddenly launch a surprise attack to completely cut off the line of Jin kings and help the crown prince ascend the throne as emperor, who cares about the edict when the overall situation has been decided?
In the same way, if the King of Jin takes the lead and finally wins the battle for the crown prince and takes the throne, what will happen even if there is no edict to confer him as the crown prince?
The ship is done, the situation is established, who dares to talk about fame and righteousness?
After saying this, Yu Zhining stood up and bowed his head to the ground: "Your Highness, please make a decision quickly!"
Lu Deming followed closely behind and also stood up to salute: "Strike first will gain strength, but if you strike later, you will suffer disaster. If you continue to cut off, you will suffer chaos!"
The two of them saluted together, obviously intending to force the palace into submission.
The situation has developed to this point, and it can be said that it is a life-and-death situation. Whoever takes action first will take the lead and have a better chance of winning. If you delay in taking action and hesitate, leading to missed opportunities, it will be too late to regret it.
However, the prince was bewitched by Fang Jun and did not want to bear the reputation of "killing brothers", causing opportunities to be missed again and again. This was absolutely unacceptable to the two of them.
Because they cannot afford the consequences of the East Palace overthrowing and the crown prince losing power, which will completely sink the two families and make it difficult to reenter the center for decades, or even fall into the mortal world and be unable to recover...(End of Chapter)