He pushed Meijiaoniang in his arms away at a very fast speed, and kicked Pei Ji over, who was already drunk to death. Meijiaoniang quickly arranged her clothes with resentment, sat upright, and forced out a
He smiled at Li Gang and said, "Li Aiqing is here, why didn't you inform me in advance? I can also host a banquet for you!"
Li Gang said coldly: "Your Majesty, I don't dare to take my words of love for you. I have already withdrawn from the court. It's better for you to call me Li Gang."
The implication is that I'm not very familiar with you, so don't call me Aiqing, just call me by your first name.
The smile on Li Yuan's face froze, and then he smiled dryly and said: "Li Aiqing is joking. You have done a lot of hard work for me, the Tang Dynasty. If I don't call you Aiqing, who will call you Aiqing?"
With that said, he quickly winked at the visitor waiting on the side and asked him to show Li Gang his seat.
After the visitor brought the couch, Li Gang dragged the couch into the palace and placed it in front of Li Yuan. Then he sat down in front of Li Yuan with a golden sword and said with a stern face: "This is your majesty's debauchery and immorality."
reason?"
Li Yuan knew that Li Gang's visit this time was evil, but he didn't expect it to be so evil.
Li Gang's attitude became a little tough, and he seemed not to take him seriously as a king, which made him a little unhappy. He immediately said a little harshly: "When did I become dissolute and immoral? You don't take me seriously anymore."
The king saw this and began to disobey me. What else can I do besides indulge in wine and sex?"
Li Gang stared at Li Yuan and said unceremoniously: "If you don't treat your majesty as a king, how can your majesty go to the Tai Chi Palace to issue orders?"
Li Yuan was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to refute.
If he had not gone to Tai Chi Hall to show off his power just now, he could have retorted without hesitation and said forcefully that Xiao Yu and other officials did not regard him as a king and did not take him seriously.
Li Gang had no way to refute.
But he went anyway, showing off his authority in the Tai Chi Hall, and before leaving, he even said a harsh word.
Although Xiao Yu and others did not agree to his request, they treated him respectfully from beginning to end, allowing him to scold and arrest him.
Although Chen Shuda had a few words with him during this period, when he ordered the Qianniu Guards to arrest him, he did not resist, nor did he even defend himself, let alone say that he was not guilty.
People strictly follow the saying that if the king wants his ministers to die, they must die.
He is also the prime minister, and he has the power to reject his decree and correct his mistakes. Therefore, in detail, he is not wrong. It is his duty to support him.
On the contrary, he went a little too far.
Not only did he fail to uphold the dignity of his important ministers, but he also yelled at others to beat them and kill them because they disobeyed him.
So it's a bit untenable for him to say that people don't regard him as a king.
He could only argue: "Although I went to the Tai Chi Hall to give orders, they didn't obey them and forced me back. They didn't give me any face. Don't they regard me as a king?"
Li Gangpi chuckled and said: "Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, and Ren Gui, as prime ministers and assistants, are responsible for supporting the country and correcting the king's gains and losses.
Your Majesty’s order was wrong, and Xiao Yu and others did not obey it, isn’t that what they should have done?”
Li Yuan opened his eyes and looked directly at Li Gang.
This was the first time he heard someone tell him so righteously that if his order was wrong, Sanzai should reject it.
As a king, he still has to listen to Sanzai?
So where is his majesty?
"You ask me to obey them in everything, so where is my majesty?"
Li Yuan jumped a little waiting for Li Gang to shout.
Li Gang said coldly: "I did not ask your majesty to listen to San Zai in everything. I was just telling your majesty that if your majesty makes a wrong decision, San Zai is responsible for correcting it."
Although the meanings are similar, asking the king to listen to Sanzai in everything is completely different from Sanzai having the responsibility to correct the king's gains and losses.
If we admit the former, we are trying to usurp the throne and transcend.
The latter is different. The latter is an upright way for kings and ministers to get along with each other. Once you tell it, no one can find fault with it.
Who is Li Gang? How can he let Li Yuan gain the upper hand in this kind of matter and use his words to turn defeat into victory?
So he did not hesitate to expose the trap Li Yuan had laid for him in his words.
Li Yuan's plan failed, so he had another plan in his mind, "According to you, they should listen to me in everything. So, if they don't listen to me, does that mean they are wrong?"
Li Gang wanted to roll his eyes, but he blocked his eyes, and Li Yuan played such a childish trick on him.
In the court, it is common to dig holes for others and trap them in words.
But he has been in the court for decades. Why does Li Yuan think that his little thoughts and little traps in his words can fool him?
Do you think his past decades have been in vain?
If he couldn't hear the pit dug by people's words, he was trapped in it as early as the Sui Dynasty. How could he be alive today?
However, he did not roll his eyes in the end, because he was "teaching" Li Yuan a lesson in a stern voice. If he rolled his eyes and lost his serious image, Li Yuan would climb up the pole, talk to him with a playful smile, and then tell him about all the things that had happened before.
Calling it a joke, his trip failed.
So he said coldly with a straight face: "If your Majesty's order is right, they will naturally have to listen, but if your Majesty's order is wrong, then they will have to correct your Majesty's fault."
Li Gang never said from the beginning to the end that Xiao Yu and the others could not listen to Li Yuan, and did not leave any reason for Li Yuan to say anything.
But if Li Yuan's order is wrong, Xiao Yu and others will have to correct Li Yuan's mistakes. It is no different than if Li Yuan's order is wrong and Xiao Yu and others will not listen to Li Yuan.
It's just a cat meowing.
But Li Yuan could not refute.
"Li Aiqing..."
Li Yuan saw that he couldn't get any advantage with words, and Li Gang was impeccable and didn't give him any loopholes, so he could only trap him.
Li Gang interrupted him coldly before he could finish his words: "Your Majesty, let's call him Li Gang. I am not used to it. I don't want others to say that I am the beloved of an unprincipled and ignorant king in a hundred years. I cannot afford to be embarrassed."
that person."
Li Yuan was a little annoyed. He stared at Li Gang and said, "You say I am an ignorant and ignorant king?!"
Li Gang said indifferently: "I am almost eighty, can't you say that I can't say it? Besides, what is the difference between what your Majesty is doing today and that of an ignorant and ignorant king?"
As he said this, he glanced at the beauties in the palace, enjoying the fine wines and delicacies, and looked like, "Don't you know whether you are an ignorant and ignorant king?"
Li Yuan groaned angrily, but he didn't feel angry at Li Gang like he did with Xiao Yu and others.
Everyone told him clearly that he was almost eighty and at the age where he could do whatever he wanted. As long as he didn't break the rules, he could say whatever he wanted.
People have the title of Sangong. Although it is only an honorary position, it has the qualification to evaluate the king's gains and losses.
Now they have caught someone in action, and with all the witnesses and material evidence available, they say he is an unscrupulous and ignorant man. In addition to blowing his beard and staring at others, he also has a bad temper at others.
Of course, if he is really an ignorant and ignorant king, he can push people out and chop them as he likes. The problem is that he is not, and he does not want to be an ignorant and ignorant king.
He is very lecherous, but he still obeys the rules.
First, don’t covet other people’s wives; second, don’t bully other people’s wives in front of others; third, don’t climb on other people’s coffins to bully other people’s wives.
They are completely different from those unprincipled and ignorant kings from the Gao family in the Northern Qi Dynasty.
He was also a little overjoyed at success, but he was different from Yang Guang, an unscrupulous king who liked to do random things for the sake of achievement. He did not waste money and people, nor did he disregard the lives of the people and collect money and food to launch an expedition plan.
He felt that he was really a good emperor, and he also hoped that he could be a good emperor himself.
So he couldn't be like an ignorant and ignorant man who pushed Li Gang out and chopped him off because he disliked him.
In this case, Li Gang called him an ignorant and ignorant king. Not only could he not yell at others, but he also had to explain to them that he was not an ignorant and ignorant king.
"Li Ai...Li Qing, don't you think what you said is too serious? Although I am lustful, I am lustful but not lewd."
Li Yuan wanted to call Li Gang Li Aiqing, but when Li Gang looked at him with disgust, he immediately changed his name and defended himself.
Li Gang twitched the corner of his mouth and said hehe: "So you are right to be lustful? Is it what a wise king should do?"
Peng!
Li Yuan slapped the table angrily.
We can’t talk today!
Is there a problem with the king being lustful?
Is it a big problem?
Which emperor throughout the ages has not been lewd?!
Emperor Qin's Afang Palace was home to all the beauties from the six kingdoms, and the Han Dynasty had nothing to do with their beauties.
I, the great Emperor Li Yuan, hide some beauties in my palace and let them play with me when I have nothing to do?!
What happened to you, Li Gang?!
Li Gang didn't care whether Li Yuan was angry or not, he had the upper hand in words. After Li Yuan had nothing to say, he said straight to the point: "I heard that Your Majesty wants to invite His Highness the Crown Prince to come out to supervise the country?"
Li Yuan stared and said angrily: "Throughout the ages, there have been many things that the prince has to do to supervise the country. I have no interest in government affairs now. Is it wrong to ask the prince to supervise the country?"
Li Gang nodded without hesitation and said: "Yes! Since His Majesty has given His Highness King Yong the right to supervise the country, and now that His Highness King Yong's power to supervise the country has not been removed, how can Your Majesty appoint another person to supervise the country?"
Li Yuan said angrily: "That's the prince!"
Li Gang said neither humble nor arrogantly: "So what, Your Highness the Crown Prince? Now His Highness King Yong is in power, and everyone in the government and the public is convinced of His Highness King Yong! If Your Majesty doesn't want flesh and blood to fight against each other and brothers to fight against each other, please take back your orders!"
Li Yuan said angrily: "I can't make the decision on my own anymore?!"
Li Gang said calmly: "Sooner or later it will be passed on to the next generation..."
"Peng!"
Li Yuan didn't wait for Li Gang to finish his words before he stood up and shouted angrily: "Li Wenji! You have gone too far!"
