When Li Chengyou presented the memorial to Emperor Qianxi, especially when he heard that it was Ling Yun's memorial, he couldn't help but be a little surprised. In retrospect, Ling Yun had been away for more than a few months, and this was the first time he had seen his memorial.
Looking at the memorial on the royal desk, Ling Yun's appearance appeared in his mind, and he felt a little emotional. He wondered how that boy was doing in Nanyi Prefecture, and whether he was bullied by local officials and squires.
The corners of his mouth raised slightly, he opened the memorial neatly, and quickly browsed the contents of the memorial.
But when he saw the content clearly, his face looked like Li Chengyou's, smiling again, but his face turned livid. He browsed it twice in disbelief. When he found that he had not read it wrong, he remained silent for a while, chuckled and said, "Haha... interesting, really interesting." "
He raised his head slightly, looked down, and said thoughtfully, "Li Aiqing, this student of yours is really amazing! As soon as he went to Nanyi Prefecture, he did harm to the people and destroyed the local cottages. Well, he also brought fish and meat to the village. It’s really good that my colleagues were brought down.”
Although Emperor Qianxi said with a smile, his words were full of joking. Coupled with his half-smiling expression, Li Chengyou couldn't figure out for a while whether this was a compliment or a joke.
I don't understand, Quan thought Emperor Qianxi was praising him.
After a pause, Emperor Qianxi praised him again, "Tsk tsk... Li Aiqing, you are really an amazing student. You killed bandits for the local people in just a few months. Except for corrupt officials, you have done two major things and are unwilling to stop. Now, He even set his sights on the Tujia Fort in the south. The content of the memorial was that he wanted me to give an order to agree with his proposition and send troops to support him. Li Aiqing, in your opinion, do I agree with his proposition or not?"
Li Chengyou's face was extremely dark, especially the harsh words of Emperor Qianxi, which made him feel very uncomfortable. It is undeniable that he was extremely unwilling to have an accident happen to his apprentice, so he naturally did not want Ling Yun to take risks and start a war.
War means there will be casualties. Besides, Ling Yun is a scholar who studies how to govern the country and benefit the people. How to understand the essence of marching and fighting? This is simply nonsense.
But then he thought about it, thinking that his apprentice was bullied and injured because of it, and he felt faintly angry in his heart. It was true that his apprentice didn't know how to fight, but wasn't there still a governor in Lingnan?
Li Chengyou had his own small thoughts and selfish motives. As for Ling Yun's proposal, he believed that sending troops could be done. As for whether to let Ling Yun lead the troops, it was still open to question. After all, the governor was on top, so it was naturally not his apprentice's turn to send troops to fight.
Between emotion and reason, it cannot be justified.
After thinking for a moment, Li Chengyou said, "Your Majesty, the scoundrels are ignorant and always like to think out of their way when doing things. I think that scoundrels have this idea because they care about the people. Seeing Tujia Fort killing people for no reason is nothing more than I want to stand up for the people of Nanyi Prefecture and ask for justice."
"Well, your words are well founded."
Emperor Qianxi nodded slightly in agreement.
Li Chengyou went on to say, "Your Majesty, my bad disciple is a Jinshi, a scholar, and is not familiar with the art of war. When I was the governor of Nanyi, I still had some shortcomings, and it was even more obvious when it came to marching and fighting. Therefore, I will reply to him later, Scold him once or twice, let this kid understand that as an official, you should focus on benefiting the people and governing the country's borders, instead of provoking troubles and starting wars."
Emperor Qianxi stared at him and said, "So, Li Aiqing disagrees with Ling Aiqing's proposition?"
Li Chengyou said calmly, "Exactly!"
"Yes! I understand."
After Li Chengyou withdrew, Emperor Qianxi looked at his back and cursed secretly, "This Li Chengyou is really cunning and cunning. He clearly wanted me to help his disciple, but he didn't even say a word of supplication, and he did so in front of him. In my face, you have to reply and scold me, what a good plan!"
Little Li Zi next to him gave a confused look, "Your Majesty, what does this... mean? I didn't hear any of Master Li's pleas just now, but I heard Master Li scolding Master Ling."
Emperor Qianxi flashed his wise eyes, glanced at Xiao Lizi lightly, and smiled, "Haha... This is the brilliance of Li Chengyou. When he talks, he does not mention any pleas, but he never fails to plead."
"Think about it, if he doesn't agree with Ling Yun's idea and doesn't want me to send troops, he can obviously not hand this memorial and envelope to me, he can just cut it off and reply with a scolding letter. Why bother to come here? It’s not the one who scolds Ling Yun in front of me.”
As soon as these words came out, Xiao Lizi suddenly understood and praised without hesitation, "Oh~ I see, your majesty is wise, your majesty is wise! It's incredible that you can see Master Li's tricks with just one glance!"
Emperor Qianxi rolled his eyes and said angrily, "You are a flatterer. Every time you speak, you can make me speak to my heart and make me feel comfortable. You are indeed my good slave!"
Xiao Lizi smiled, blinked and asked curiously, "Your Majesty, do you agree with Lord Ling's proposition or not?"
Emperor Qianxi paused for a moment and said hesitantly, "Well~ This matter needs to be discussed. After all, the situation in Tujia Fort is quite special and it is not easy to start a war. However, it is not impossible to give it a try. After all, Wang Mingzhi was really hateful back then. He was so disgusting. Over the years, I haven't found any way to punish him, but now this is not a bad thing!"
After thinking about it, Emperor Qianxi thought of a way to get the best of both worlds, which was to agree with Ling Yun's suggestion and send troops to attack Tujia Fort.
In this way, he not only followed Ling Yun's request, but also satisfied Li Chengyou's plea. The most important thing was that if he made mistakes in the battle, he would still have an excuse to punish Wang Mingzhi. This was simply a good strategy that killed three birds with one stone.
Immediately, he slapped the imperial desk with force and ordered loudly, "Little Lizi, quickly study the ink for me. I want to issue an order for Wang Mingzhi to send troops to assist Lingyun and attack Tujia Fort."
At the same time, he snorted coldly and said meaningfully, "Huh, Wang Mingzhi, I want to see how you deal with it this time."
This chapter has been completed!