A pure black war horse in the stable, with hot breath coming from its mouth and nose, and bright eyes, looked curiously at Zhu Yunxi who was caressing its neck, and at the same time looked at the humble Li Jinglong behind Zhu Yunxi.
Zhu Yunxi smoothed the mane on the horse's neck, then clapped his hands, turned around and said, "Get up!" He said, walking forward with his hands behind his back, "Come on, walk two steps slowly with me!"
For some reason, Li Jinglong suddenly felt panic in his heart.
Based on his understanding of Zhu Yunxi, if the emperor was furious, most of the time this matter would be reduced to a minor matter, and if he was beaten and scolded, it would be considered a case.
If the emperor is not angry when something happens, but instead sneers and speaks calmly, then this matter will be troublesome.
There was another thing that was most elusive to him, which was that the emperor was always neither angry nor smiling, but kept a straight face and spoke very gently.
"The last time I remember seeing you alone was at the East Palace, right?" Zhu Yunxi said.
"Long live your memory is really good!" Li Jinglong said with a smile, "At that time, Long live had just been awarded the title of King of Wu. On the day he summoned me, I was practicing in the camp, so I entered the palace wearing iron armor. When I saw you, the emperor, I remembered my past.
The prince even shed tears."
"Were you practicing in the camp?" Zhu Yunxi smiled and teased, "How did I hear that you were at home at the time? When you heard that I summoned you to the palace, the armor you temporarily changed into was the armor your father wore back then!
"
"Ah this"
The lie was exposed on the spot, and Li Jinglong was sweating profusely.
"Does my family have Jin Yiwei's spies?"
"Or did someone in the back house tell this?"
"It's over, it's over. Isn't this holding a chicken in your hands? It's over?"
His eyes quickly rolled a few times, and he said loudly, "I am guilty, and nothing can be hidden from the eyes of Lord Long Live." After saying that, he swallowed, and quickly continued, "Actually, I didn't mean to deceive you at the time. Although I am the emperor, I
My dear, but before that Long Live Lord probably wasn’t very close to me!”
"That day, I suddenly heard that the Lord Long Live told me that I was a mute marrying a mother-in-law, and I was indescribably happy. I was so happy that I thought that I must not let the Lord Long Live look down on me. So I put on my father's armor.
If I don’t ask for anything else, I just ask that at that time, Long Live Lord, you would look up to me!”
"Although Lord Long Live was the King of Wu at that time, you were the crown prince's legitimate son and the legitimate grandson of the Ming Dynasty. In my heart, you are the one"
"Okay, okay!" Zhu Yunxi continued to move forward and said, "I just said a word, and you said a lot of things! I didn't punish you, so why are you panicking?"
"Besides, I was not the emperor at that time, so even if you tried to deceive me, it would be nothing!"
In the first half of the sentence, Li Jinglong felt a little more at ease, but in the second half of the sentence, he immediately wanted to explain it all with his mouth.
"I usually have an exaggerated temperament, like to speak loudly, and behave impetuously. But if I say that I dare to deceive the emperor, I would never dare!"
"Among the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, other ministers dare not boast. When it comes to loyalty, I ask myself the second question."
"Stop, stop, stop!" Zhu Yunxi frowned and said, "Stop bragging!" As he said that, he stopped and looked back at Li Jinglong, saying angrily, "You are a hereditary duke and a blood relative of the royal family.
Can you do something serious besides flattering others and playing clever tricks all day long?"
"You don't lack talent. You don't lack connections. You don't lack ability either!"
"You have scheming skills and a good eye for popularity. But why don't you make progress?"
"I intend to promote you, but you are determined to become a jester! Look at the truly virtuous ministers throughout the ages, which one is like you?"
"Long Live Lord has taught me a lesson, I am not living up to expectations!" Li Jinglong replied, "I am ashamed that I have let down Lord Long Live's sacred heart! I, I understand that this is just a little cleverness, and I can't handle big things.
You can be by Long Live Lord's side and help Long Live Lord solve your worries."
"You've been talking for a long time, but there hasn't been a single sentence in which you didn't praise yourself!" Zhu Yunxi sighed, "A little cleverness can't achieve great things!"
After saying that, he paused again, "Help me share my worries, it's not just about doing these things. You have to be really down-to-earth and make some achievements."
"You obviously have this talent, why don't you work hard and focus on pleasing me?"
"It's just that you are not practical and refuse to calm down and calm yourself down. Pat your chest and ask yourself, what have you tried 100% to do? You have a touch of everything, and you can do anything.
But you just won’t make it a success!”
"Do things seriously?"
Li Jinglong thought to himself, "As the old saying goes, the more you do, the more you make mistakes. Those thankless tasks are not done with the intention. If you offend others, if you don't do well, you will be punished if you do something wrong later. Throughout the ages, I have only heard that
Good and loyal ministers will end badly, but I have never heard of any of the emperor’s close ministers ending up badly!”
"Just rely on your little cleverness, and it will always run out!" Zhu Yunxi continued, "I will always get tired of it! Sometimes it won't work well, and sometimes bad things will happen!"
The second half of the sentence suddenly made Li Jinglong panic again.
For no reason, what does the emperor mean by this?
"If it weren't for the sake of past friendship! Do you think I would be willing to tell you this?" Zhu Yunxi walked to the end of the stable and looked at the horses in the racecourse that were let go by the Yulin Guards' cavalry and were having fun on the grass. "These
I’m warning you, if you don’t listen, you will be the one who will be destroyed in the future!”
"Long live the Lord, I cannot be more kind to you!" Li Jinglong stepped forward, his voice choked with sobs, "I know my own faults, and these words are so bitter to my mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. In this life, apart from my father and the late prince, Long live the Lord."
You said it!"
"I hope that you can really become the pillar of the country!" Zhu Yunxi said lightly again, then slowly sat down in the pavilion and looked into the distance, "As a king and a minister, I also wish you well!"
"I will definitely change my ways in the future. I will definitely handle all the errands assigned by Long live the Lord and stop being clever."
Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Yunxi continued, "I plan to put more burden on you!"
"Want a promotion?"
Three words flashed into Li Jinglong's mind.
"In addition to Honglu Temple, I plan to establish another yamen to manage the vassal state, the Lifanyuan." Zhu Yunxi said slowly, "The Lifanyuan is on par with the six ministries. You can become a minister!"
Lifanyuan? Manage foreign countries?
Li Jinglong was puzzled, "Doesn't that seem like there's not much to gain?"
"Remember, this is the most important department for the future of the Ming Dynasty!" Zhu Yunxi said solemnly, his eyes solemn, "Japan, Myanmar, Annan, Nanyang Islands, Mongolia, and all ethnic groups in Liaodong are all within the jurisdiction!"
"Which one to fight, which one to appease, which one to win over and which one to alienate are all the duties of your vassal council!"
"In the future, if the Ming Dynasty sets up military camps and general mansions in these border areas, the Lifan Yuan will be directly responsible!"
Li Jinglong had only a partial understanding, but he already understood Zhu Yunxi's meaning somewhat.
Seeing that the emperor was so solemn, he could only lean down and say, "I will do my best to save my heart and brains!"
"Who wants you to mess up your brain?" Zhu Yunxi looked at him seriously, "I want you to do a good job. The Minister of the Lifan Yuan is more important in my heart than the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Officials. If it weren't for your cleverness, you wouldn't be able to do this job.
