Li Ji bowed respectfully to Li Yuan and said, "My son and I see our father in all our eyes!"
Li Yuan was a little speechless and felt chest tight at Li Ji's words.
Li Yuan asked angrily, "Then why are you running away?!"
Li Ji glanced at the sword in Li Yuan's hand and said respectfully: "The Master said: A small stick is used to receive, and a big stick is used to move away. The father held the sword and looked like he wanted to kill his son. In order to prevent his father from making mistakes, the son held the sword.
In order to avoid getting the reputation of being unfilial and tarnishing my family tradition, I had no choice but to run away."
What Li Ji said was a bit unreasonable.
But that’s how filial piety was in ancient times.
If I beat my son, my son will suffer.
If your life is in danger, you must run.
If you don't run and get killed, it's your fault.
It was your unfilial piety that caused your father to make mistakes.
Li Yuan was speechless by Li Ji's words.
After a long time, he threw the sword to the ground, pointed at Li Ji's nose and asked, "Tell me, what is your intention in taking Dou Jiande's young daughter away from Yeting Palace, and recruiting Dou Jiande's old minister Ling Jing into the palace?"
Li Ji had already guessed that he would be questioned by Li Yuan, so he had already thought of his words.
Li Ji looked at Li Yuan in astonishment, "Where did my father start talking about this?"
Li Yuan glared, "The documents regarding your appointment of Ling Jing to join the army as the Registrar of Prince Qi have been sent to Menxia Province. Do you still dare to deny it?"
Li Ji immediately said: "My son did not deny it, and it is true that Ling Jing is Dou Jiande's old minister. But Ling Jing has surrendered to our Tang Dynasty, and his father has also made Ling Jing the pastor and supervisor of our Tang Dynasty. Then Ling Jing is
I am an official of the Tang Dynasty.
The kind that makes sense.
As a prince of the Tang Dynasty, I appointed some officials from the Tang Dynasty as subordinate officials. What is wrong?"
Li Ji's words were well founded, and Li Yuan was confused for a moment and didn't know what to say.
Seeing Li Ji standing in front of him with a proud look on his face, Li Yuan was furious.
Li Yuan gritted his teeth and said: "Then do you know that Dou Jiande's old subordinate Liu Heitai has rebelled, and dozens of cities in Hebei have been captured. Ling Jing is Dou Jiande's old subordinate, what if he colludes with him?"
Li Ji nodded, "What my father said makes sense, but did Ling Jing collude with Liu Heitai? Does my father have evidence? If there is evidence, I will immediately chop off Ling Jing's head."
Li Yuan pointed at Li Ji angrily and trembled.
If he had evidence, he would still talk nonsense to Li Ji.
He was purely self-respecting and felt that it was not his fault that Liu Heitai rebelled, but that Dou Jiande's old subordinates had ulterior motives, so he believed that all of Dou Jiande's old subordinates had problems.
Li Yuan gritted his teeth and said: "When I get the evidence that Ling Jing colluded with Liu Heitai, do you think it will still be useful? By that time, Liu Heitai will probably have already arrived.
You just think that I am too comfortable as an emperor, so you are causing trouble for me!"
Li Ji rolled his eyes inwardly. Li Yuan's words were obviously a bit unreasonable.
Is Liu Heitai going to attack Chang'an City?
What ability does he have?
Even if he instigates Li Yi in Youzhou and Du Fuwei in Yangzhou, and with the support of the Turks, he can only reach Luoyang at most.
Troops approaching Chang'an City?
Do you think Li Shimin is a decoration, or do you think Li Xiaogong is a decoration?
The reason why Liu Heitao occupied dozens of cities in Hebei with great momentum was not because of how powerful he was.
It's because you, Li Yuan, after killing Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong, also killed their confidants, and also killed a group of people who followed them to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.
It scared some people who also surrendered to Tang Dynasty.
After Liu Heitai rebelled, many people who had connections with Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong, as well as some people who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, also rebelled.
It was also with their help that Liu Heitai was able to capture most of Hebei in just a few months.
"Father's words are serious. Although Thief Liu is fierce, he can't shake the foundation of Li Tang."
Li Ji bowed to Li Yuan and said unhurriedly.
Li Yuan breathed quickly and said, "Even now, don't you still know that you were wrong?"
Li Ji bent down and bowed deeply to Li Yuan, "Liu Liu's rebellion against our Tang Dynasty has nothing to do with Ling Jing. Ling Jing sincerely serves Li Tang, please give him a chance!"
Li Yuan's eyes turned red, "What if I don't give it?"
Li Ji bent over and said nothing.
Li Yuan asked, "Are you going to disobey me for the sake of Ling Jing?"
Li Ji still bent over and said nothing.
"You're a traitor! You're a traitor! Get out of here!"
Li Yuan roared angrily, his voice louder than ever before, and it spread throughout the inside and outside of Ganlu Hall.
Li Jidao: "My son, please retire!"
After saying this, Li Ji left the front of Ganlu Hall, got on the treasure boat and left in a hurry.
Li Yuan looked at Li Ji who was walking away, gritted his molar teeth and said: "Give me the order, cut... cut... cut..."
Li Yuan said the word "cut" three times, but still did not say anything about cutting Li Ji's title.
A rebellious son returns to a rebellious son, but he is still a son after all, he is still a relative, and he is still a direct descendant.
Li Yuan made several attempts to reduce Li Ji's title, but in the end he did not say anything.
"Cut him off his household seal! Cut off his honor guard!"
Li Yuan beat his chest and stamped his feet, shouted angrily, and plunged into the Manna Hall.
The eunuchs who were waiting to deliver Li Yuan's decree looked at me and I looked at you with blank expressions on their faces.
So how should the decree be conveyed, and how much should be cut to reduce the number of closed households? And what kind of honor guard does it mean to cut the guard of honor?
Li Ji is a prince. To reduce the number of feudal households, there must be a specific number, and the ceremony must clearly indicate which one it is.
"Okay, don't wait any longer. Let's go back to our respective places."
Liu Jun gave instructions and followed Li Yuan into the Manlu Hall.
As a close eunuch of Li Yuan, Liu Jun knew very well that Li Yuan's words were all angry, and he would not cut off Li Ji's title or honor guard at all.
So there is no need to preach the message.
If Li Yuan really wants to reduce Li Ji's feudal status, he will definitely demote Li Ji's title first, and then talk about how many households and honor guards will be reduced.
There is absolutely no such ambiguous intention to be given to people.
The eunuchs dispersed in confusion, Liu Jun ran to make Li Yuan happy, and Li Ji returned to Wude Hall on the Baochu.
Sitting at the head of the Wude Hall, Li Ji's heart fluttered.
When Li Yuan got angry, he was really majestic and powerful.
Li Ji almost couldn't resist the pressure that hit him.
"It's better to calm down a little bit in the next few days..."
Li Ji sighed.
Li Yuan is a very face-saving person.
This is not difficult to see from Li Yuan's attitude towards the surrendered ministers.
Li Yuan was quite generous to anyone who gave Li Yuan face and was willing to take the initiative to bring his territory and people to join him. He started as a Shangzhu Kingdom, and then based on the size of the territory and the number of people, he would grant titles to the king.
The representative figures are Li Yi, Du Fuwei and so on.
Anyone who fought with Li Yuan to the end, caused heavy losses to Li Yuan, and surrendered after being defeated in the end, Li Yuan would be very ruthless and would kill if he could and would never hold back.
The representative figures are Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande.
It is precisely because of this that after Li Yuan killed Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong and forced Liu Heitai to rebel, no one dared to say that it was Li Yuan's fault. They also helped Li Yuan to create hostility and suppress the old troops of Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong.
Everyone in the Tang Dynasty was taking care of Li Yuan's face.
As Li Yuan's son, Li Ji did not take care of Li Yuan's face.
Not only did he not take care of Li Yuan's face, he even gave Li Yuan a hard blow just now in the Manlu Hall.
Li Yuan's anger probably reached Tian Ling Gai and almost overflowed.
Li Ji guessed that if he did something that made Li Yuan angry again, Li Yuan would definitely deal with him.
So he can only stay calm recently and can no longer stroke Li Yuan's beard.
Li Ji sighed for a while, then returned to the bed behind the screen to sleep.
The next day.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Chen Shanyi standing at the head of his bed.
Li Ji stood up and called out kindly, "Ms. Chen..."
Chen Shanyi put on a stiff smile, catered to her, and then led a group of maids to dress Li Ji.
After getting dressed and watching Li Ji eat, Chen Shanyi left.
Before leaving, he told Li Ji that there was no need to incarcerate himself for her.
Li Ji looked at Chen Shanyi's back and couldn't laugh or cry.
Chen Shanyi 'released' his self-imposed confinement, but he didn't dare to go out.
Li Yuan was angry. If he went out to hang out at this time, if he did something that angered Li Yuan, wouldn't he get cold?
In order to live, in order to live well, I can only continue to stay in Wude Hall.
In order to make his nest more comfortable, Li Ji continued to study "Treatise on Febrile Diseases".
In one morning, Li Ji studied two volumes of "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" and gained some experience on the entry of wind and cold into the body, as well as the suturing techniques included in "Treatise on Febrile Diseases".
When Li Ji was about to find someone to try the ancient suture technique, Ling Jing took a look at Li Ji and gave Li Ji a shocking news.
"Your Highness, His Highness the King of Qin has transferred Cao Dan to Tiance Mansion."
Ling Jing bowed and stood in front of Li Ji and said in a solemn tone.
Li Ji was stunned and shocked, "Am I being used as a gun?"
Ling Jing nodded solemnly.
Li Ji felt like vomiting blood.
He went to great lengths to recruit Ling Jing despite Li Yuan's anger.
However, Li Shimin followed behind him and secretly got Cao Dan into Tiance Mansion.
Fortunately, he ate it all, and Li Shimin got a big advantage.
He had seen Cao Dan's name in Xie Shufang's 'investigation report'.
Due to Cao Dan's special status as Dou Jiande's uncle-in-law, he was unwilling to provoke Li Yuan too much, so he recruited Ling Jing first.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be cheaper for Li Shimin.
Li Ji wanted to curse, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Can you dig Cao Dan out from Tiance Mansion?"
If Li Shimin is in the first year of junior high school, don't blame him for being in the fifteenth year.
Although poaching people from Tiance Mansion would offend Li Shimin.
But Li Shimin also offended him by picking peaches from his hand.
Ling Jing said with a solemn expression: "Your Highness wants Cao Dan to die?"
Li Ji was stunned.
He was only focused on fighting for his breath, but he forgot that Cao Dan was Dou Jiande's uncle-in-law, who was already highly suspicious in the Tang Dynasty.
He and Li Shimin were fighting over one Cao Dan, and if there were rumors of disagreement, Li Yuan would most likely cut Cao Dan in half and give half to each of their brothers.
He is also Dou Jiande's old subordinate. If he doesn't care about Cao Dan's life or death, Ling Jing will most likely have opinions about him.
"I just said it casually, but I just can't swallow it."
Li Ji said angrily.
Ling Jing said honestly: "You have to swallow it if you can't. Your Highness is no match for His Highness King Qin."