As soon as he entered the palace, three servants surrounded Liu Chang, standing in three directions, and wanted to take Liu Chang to Xuanshi Hall.
Liu Chang knew these three people.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
"Don't pretend you don't know me. I just gave you some food the day before yesterday!"
The attendant whispered: "A minister was assassinated, and the ministers thought it was the king."
"Fart! Which bastard wronged me?"
Liu Chang's eyes widened. When he rushed to the Xuanshi Hall angrily, Liu Ying, Chen Ping, Zhou Bo, Cao Shen, Guan Ying and other ministers were already in the hall. Liu Ying was walking back and forth, looking particularly uneasy.
, when Liu Chang came in, Liu Ying finally couldn't help it and asked loudly: "Shuzi! Yesterday evening, a minister was killed in the palace! The ministers have questions to ask you! You have to answer truthfully! Do you understand?!
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Cao Shen looked at Liu Ying helplessly. You might as well tell him all the details.
Liu Chang was stunned and roared angrily: "Why are you asking? This has nothing to do with me!"
Xuanyi asked seriously: "Where was your Majesty last night?"
"I'm in the Taiwei's house! If the Taiwei doesn't believe it, you can go back and count your chickens to see if there are two missing!"
Liu Changyi retorted eloquently.
Zhou Bo's face darkened and he asked, "Who can testify?"
"Zhou Shengzhi, Zhou Yafu, Zhou Jian, Fan and his wife, from Fanshi, Chen Mai, Xiao Yan, Lu Lu, Lu Zhong, Guan A, Lu Tazhi! These people can all prove it!!"
Zhou Bo was immediately speechless and looked at the ministers around him.
Liu Ying said: "It seems that this matter really has nothing to do with King Tang. Let him go back."
"Your Majesty! Censor Zuo Cheng impeached the King of Tang just the day before yesterday, and was stabbed in the throat by a crossbow to death last night! How could this have nothing to do with the King of Tang?"
It was Cao Shen who spoke. When Liu Chang heard this, he pointed at him and cursed: "Then I really should kill him! But I didn't kill him! How dare the thief Cao wrongly accuse me!"
"Eldest brother...don't be rude."
Liu Chang gritted his teeth, looked at the ministers around him, and said, "If I know who framed me, I will never spare him!"
As he spoke, his eyes fell on Chen Ping.
Chen Ping didn't care about the look in Tang Wang's eyes, he half-closed his eyes and said nothing.
The ministers began to interrogate again. The king of Tang was very uncooperative. He shouted angrily and almost started fighting with the ministers. Finally, Liu Ying came forward and announced that the king of Tang had nothing to do with this matter and asked the king to return to Jiaofang.
temple.
The ministers stayed in the Xuanshi Hall and continued the discussion.
Liu Chang was brought back to Jiaofang Palace by his attendants, who were guarding the door.
Liu Chang rushed into the Jiao Fang Hall, his face turned red and he clenched his fists, "Mom! Someone has wronged me!!"
Empress Lu glanced at him and said, "Sit down."
"Mom!"
"Don't talk, just sit quietly for a while."
Liu Chang gritted his teeth and sat angrily in front of Empress Lu. After sitting for a long time, his expression calmed down.
"Do you understand now?"
"Understood, I will kill Chen Ping later."
"Nonsense!"
Queen Lu cursed and asked: "Who do you think the people in the court think is the murderer?"
"It must be me! Not long ago, I threatened to scare the officials by stabbing their throats with a crossbow bolt, but someone was actually stabbed. They will definitely doubt me!"
"If not you, who else would they suspect?"
"They will still..." Liu Chang woke up suddenly. He looked at Empress Lu and said, "They will doubt my mother."
Empress Lu nodded, "You still have some brains...I haven't studied in vain...then who do you think did it?"
"No need to ask? It must be Chen Ping!"
"If he did it, then why did he do it?"
"He did it...to intimidate the ministers and establish authority for His Majesty...to restrict my mother and me...to make the ministers unite to attack us..."
Liu Chang murmured.
"Then how do you explain it?"
"How can I explain this! Do you want to tell the ministers that Chen Ping killed the minister in order to establish his brother's prestige?"
Empress Lu did not speak any more and continued to read the memorial table.
Liu Chang figured it out, but he still felt aggrieved, "I hate being plotted against! This guy Chen Ping, I have to cook him!"
"In the past few days...you should not go out."
"Don't think about retaliating against Chen Ping... By doing this, he is also trying to establish his prestige for you in disguise. After this incident, the ministers will not be too casual in front of His Majesty... because there is someone who is being indulged and is lawless.
Yes, the cruel and ruthless princes will always keep an eye on them...Chen Ping is the sharp blade your father left to your elder brother."
"I know I know!"
Although Liu Chang was still angry, he still listened to Empress Lu and did not leave the palace again. He went to study in Tianlu Pavilion with peace of mind.
Today, Tianlu Pavilion is empty.
Only Liu Chang and Gai Gong were left.
One-on-one teaching gave Liu Chang no chance to dawdle. Gai Gong would ask questions from time to time. He could only study obediently. If he couldn't answer, he would be beaten.
"Sir... I already know the things outside the palace. You don't have to worry about it. Only when you are not shocked by honor or disgrace can you feel the truth..."
"Aren't you surprised by honor and disgrace? A few days ago, when my uncle and grandson passed by, you were not like that. You almost got into a fight with him..."
"So I am still pursuing the great path. If I have reached the point where I am not shocked by honor or disgrace, I will not need to continue studying."
Gai Gong looked at Liu Chang and said, "It's just that you have to bear a bad reputation..."
"Notorious? What if I have a bad reputation? As long as I make the Tang Dynasty strong and have a large army, who in the world dares to say that I am evil?!"
"Shu Zi! We must conquer the masses with virtue! Those who conquer the masses with force will surely perish!"
"Conquering the masses with virtue? I have seen what it means to conquer the masses with virtue. The court meeting is the same as that of the city. The ministers all have their own opinions and no one has made up their minds. The ministers criticize each other. All major matters are left to the prime minister.
This decision prevented policy chaos. If Cao Cao was not here, I don’t even dare to think what the parliament would be like..."
Gai Gong was stunned for a moment, then sighed with emotion: "It's different. Your Majesty is virtuous enough to convince the public, but he doesn't do it...sigh..."
"Chief, don't let these things affect you. When you go to a feudal country in the future, remember that you can't bully the people with power, but you must convince the people with virtue... Otherwise, even if the people are afraid of your power, they will still feel it in their hearts.
Scolding you...will not really serve your purpose."
"Hmph, what's the point of convincing people with virtue? If I go to the Tang Dynasty, I will definitely try my best to oppress the people... If there is a great sage like Mr. Huang to assist me, I might be a little more restrained... Master, what do you think?"
"What? Are you threatening me with the people of Tang State?"
"It's not a threat. Anyway, I said that if the master is not here, only God knows what kind of atrocities I can do to the people of Tang Dynasty. If others ask, I will say that you taught me."
Facts have proved that Liu Chang has found the wrong person by playing rogue. Gai Gong is not Chu Mo, and he is not the "Lumberjack of Chang'an". When Liu Chang was beaten by Gai Gong with a wooden sword and was howling on the ground, he finally realized it.
My own mistake, "Master! I serve everyone with my virtue! I serve everyone with my virtue! Oh~~stop fighting~~~"
In this way, after staying in the palace for more than ten days, Liu Chang only felt tortured.
At this moment, the climate is gradually getting colder and the wind is howling.
Liu Chang finally got permission to leave the palace. As soon as he walked out of the palace, three nobles stood in front of him.
"King!"
Several people came to pay their respects, and Zhang Buyu came up to him with a smile and said, "We are sincerely convinced when we learn that your Majesty has done great things!"
Liu Chang was stunned, and then shouted: "I can't kill people at all!"
Zhang Buyi nodded hurriedly, blinked and said: "Yes, yes, it was not killed by the king at all! I understand!"
"Luan Bu, how are things going at Shang Fang's place?"
"Cao Xiang came in person and was extremely surprised when he saw the waterwheel. He also rewarded the craftsmen and ink practitioners... He said he wanted to promote it throughout the country."
"Oh, he is just thinking of promoting it now? I told him a long time ago that Datang has probably already built dozens of waterwheels by now, and is he thinking of promoting it now?"
"Where are the soldiers?"
"They are still practicing... The art of war that the king gave me has been delivered to Liu Buhai. Would the king want to go out of the city to have a look?"
"Alas... His Majesty has issued an order not to allow me to leave the city."
Liu Chang squinted his eyes, not knowing what he remembered, and suddenly grinned, "You guys, come with me to the Chen Mansion."
Luan Bu was a little surprised and asked: "Isn't the king going to find the Marquis of Huaiyin?"
"We'll go find the master later. Let's go find Chen Hou first. He has been very kind to me... I have to repay him well!"
Seeing Liu Chang grinning, Luan Bu advised: "Your Majesty, Chen Hou is an important minister in the court..."
"Hey, don't worry, I know! I regard him as my father-in-law! I won't be rude to him!"
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Chapter 138 It must have been Chen Ping who did it!!