Chapter 731: His Highness the Crown Prince; work for another five hundred years
Hades.
This was Li Chengqian's first time coming to the underworld, but he didn't have stage fright.
Facing the Ten Great Yamas and the Three Great Judges, Li Chengqian looked as usual, neither humble nor arrogant.
He was not too arrogant because of his cultivation and identity. He just made his appeal to Yama and the three judges, "If those people who died have expired in the book of life and death, then the poor will naturally not hinder the three realms."
It is a normal cycle of life and death, but if they die unexpectedly before their yang life span is over...then Pindao hopes that Lord Yan can give them a chance to return to yang."
King Qin Guang nodded slightly when he heard this, and then motioned Cui Pan beside him to check the book of life and death.
Cui Pan took out the supplementary book of the birth and death book, flipped through it a few times, and found the page about the people in their village. After browsing it carefully, he said to the leader, King Qin Guang: "Today, there is no one whose life span should be exhausted.
To die for no reason."
"good."
King Qin Guang looked at Li Chengqian and said with a smile: "Since the Yang's life has not expired, then let them return the Yang."
"Thank you, King of Hell." Li Chengqian didn't expect that King of Hell would be so easy to talk to, but since the other party agreed to his request, Li Chengqian of course also wanted to thank him.
"It's just a trivial matter, nothing worth mentioning." King Qin Guang waved his hand slightly, but said to Li Chengqian, "The souls of the people can return them to the sun, but the souls of those servants..."
"They are slaughtering living beings wantonly in the mortal world. What's the law?"
"Of course it's the eighteenth level of hell."
"Infinite Taoist Master." Li Chengqian recited a Taoist slogan, saying that he would not stop the underworld from collecting the souls of those servants in the heaven. The reason why he kept these souls of the servants was not to scatter them directly, but to keep them with the King of Hell.
Let's discuss terms.
But he didn't expect that the kings of hell would agree to him very happily, and the kings of hell would not let these servants go for their own selfishness, so these souls of the servants, who were originally used as bargaining chips, would be of little use.
Li Chengqian did not stay in the underworld for long. After the matter was settled, he already wanted to leave.
Several Yin Luo indeed wanted to keep Li Chengqian to entertain them. After all, Li Chengqian had a special status. Firstly, he was the son of Li Shimin, and secondly, he was the successor of the Human Religion. These two identities were worth winning over to the Yinsi.
Make good friends with.
Li Shimin is the reincarnation of Emperor Ziwei, and the other incarnation of Emperor Ziwei is still serving as Emperor Fengdu in the underworld... Moreover, Emperor Fengdu once implicitly stated that Li Shimin's disciples are still the most important to him.
Li Chengqian, unfortunately his leg is lame.
This is an innate flaw in the soul. Even if they, the immortals, want to cure Li Chengqian's leg, it is not that easy... It is even said that if Li Chengqian's leg is cured, his life will be ruined.
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Therefore, even if there is a way to cure it, they will not do it easily... Of course, if Li Chengqian finds a way to cure his leg, that is a different matter. This is his own opportunity, and it will not be ruined by it.
One's own fate will even be strengthened accordingly.
But this restriction can only be broken by himself, and others can only give some pointers at most.
Otherwise, with Laojun’s way of creation, wouldn’t it be possible to cure Li Chengqian’s leg?
Looking at this in the Three Realms, no one is willing to believe this.
It was obvious that there was no friendship between the Yamas and Li Chengqian, but there was indeed one person in the Underworld who could make Li Chengqian behave obediently, and that was Wei Zheng, who came to lead the Underworld after his death and served as one of the great judges.
"Cheng Qian met Zheng Guogong."
When Li Chengqian saw that it was Wei Zheng who stopped him, he immediately saluted him.
Wei Zheng returned the salute and said: "Your Highness the Crown Prince."
Li Chengqian heard this title after a long time. He thought he had already let go of his past, but his heart still felt a little shaken. He calmed down and solemnly saluted Wei Zheng and said: "The student has let the teacher down. "
Wei Zheng had been Li Chengqian's teacher for a period of time, and Li Chengqian's position as Crown Prince was deposed after Wei Zheng's death... Therefore, when His Royal Highness heard Wei Zheng's words, he suddenly felt inexplicably aggrieved.
Obviously he didn't make any mistakes, but because of Li Tai's repeated provocations, he fought back, and his attacks were a bit cruel... which made his father think that after he succeeded to the throne, he would kill other brothers to consolidate the throne.
Li Chengqian actually lived under the shadow of his father Li Shimin for the first half of his life, but whether it was when he was the son of King Qin or when he was the prince... he has always worked hard, even if he was unable to do so, he never I have never relaxed my demands on myself and strive to do my best.
Even though his father doted on Qingque even more, Li Chengqian never thought of taking action against his biological brother.
But all this...everything changed after his leg problem appeared.
He could see the disappointment and hesitation in his father's eyes when he looked at his inconvenient leg.
Maybe it was because his father was too obvious, or maybe this was his father's imperial mentality, deliberately letting both himself and Qingque notice this change... Finally, Qingque began to be unable to bear it anymore, and from the very beginning of the test, When provocations were repeated again and again, so that the two officially "went to war" and the quarrel became almost unbearable——
The father took action, saying that neither he nor Qingque were suitable to be emperors.
In the past, Li Chengqian might not have understood much, but now... he somewhat understands his father's methods.
After all, he was the prince, and he was deposed just because he was lame in one leg. It would be difficult for him to convince the public in the court.
And it happened that the green bird popped up, and his father used it as a knife, and cut off his position as the prince with one blow... Perhaps his father was also worried that he would do something uncontrollable if he was just deposed. Things happened, so Qingque also became a victim.
Perhaps my father thought that having Qingque on his back would make him feel a little better.
In fact...at the beginning, Li Chengqian's inner pain was indeed offset a lot by Qingque, who also became a loser...but this was only treating the symptoms and not the root cause.
The resentment deep inside my heart will only become more and more deep-rooted as time goes by...sooner or later it will explode one day.
But before that, he first met the Holy Buddha Tripitaka, his uncle, and was taken under his disciple Li Chunfeng... In addition to being unwilling to forgive his father, Li Chengqian thought that he had let go of his obsession back then.
But now Wei Zheng's words of "Your Highness the Crown Prince" still pierced his heart.
Let go of your worries, but how could you forget?
Wei Zheng was also very sad about this. If he was still alive, he would definitely not let such a thing happen.
But by that time, he had already passed away... It can only be said that Li Er was indifferent and planned to "kill each other" with his two sons. Finally, it was said that the two of them could not be merciful.
If you, the father, had given me some correct guidance instead of encouraging Qing Que to covet the Supreme, things would not have developed to this point.
That is to say, this kid Li Zhi can definitely be regarded as a good emperor, otherwise... Wei Zheng would even want to wake Li Shimin up in the middle of the night and ask him what he really thinks.
In fact, without asking, Wei Zheng could have guessed that Li Shimin himself was the instigator and was afraid that his son would follow suit... Therefore, after sensing Qingque's character, he planned in advance to eliminate this hidden danger. At the same time, it can also bring down the "lame prince" naturally.
It can only be said that Li Shimin's ability to give birth to sons is indeed outstanding. Looking at the entire history of the Central Plains, in fact, both Li Chengqian and Li Tai can be regarded as very outstanding successors. If you put it on other emperors, they would laugh out of their dreams. ...How can you be willing to let the two of them fight and lose both sides?
Moreover, even if Li Zhi fails, there is still Wu King Li Ke as a backup... In short, unless all his sons die, Li Shimin will not worry about having no heir.
But now, whether his sons can obtain him is still a question.
A few days ago, Li Zhi wanted to challenge the Emperor's Death Tribulation...but after Li Chunfeng tested his strength, he thought he was not qualified yet.
Li Shimin had many and impressive sons, but Li Zhi was different. Although he had four sons, none of them were born to the same queen... Li Shimin never expected that Li Zhi, this child, would be everywhere. No problem, only something went wrong on this important matter of national importance.
Although Li Shimin and Empress Changsun made the decision to adopt Li Zhi's eldest son to Empress Wang... but because Empress Wang was not favored, even if he was adopted to Empress Wang and established as the prince, he would also be adopted. Not liked by Li Zhi.
Queen Wang died in depression, and Concubine Xiao Shu succeeded in ascending to the throne and gave birth to a son for Li Zhi - Li Lian, who was named King Yong and was deeply loved by Li Zhi. Li Zhi wanted to make Concubine Xiao Shu the queen and Li Lian the prince... But The matter was temporarily shelved without Li Shimin's consent.
But Li Shimin took Li Lian with him to teach him personally, and Li Shimin praised Li Lian for his alertness and studiousness.
The ministers in the Tang Dynasty actually didn't pay much attention to whether Li Zhi would establish a crown prince... After all, as long as the Supreme Emperor Li Shimin was around for a day, he would not be a crown prince, even an emperor in name only.
For Li Shimin, the emperor was more like his "Minister of Household Affairs"... At present, the first priority of the Tang Dynasty is to develop people's livelihood, to fill the national treasury, and to make money!
How to fight without money?
How to conquer the Three Realms?
How to prove the Taoist King?!
I have to say that Li Zhi did a good job in this regard, and the treasury of the Tang Dynasty was unprecedentedly full.
Not to mention Li Shimin, even all the previous emperors combined have probably never been so wealthy.
Li Shimin was also afraid of poverty, especially when he first came to the throne, he had a lot of waste to do and needed to spend money everywhere. Even if he collected taxes and money, he could not wait for Nuan Nuanhu, so all the ministries had to worry about him.
The Ministry of War needs food and salary, the Ministry of Personnel needs salaries, the Ministry of Industry needs money for repairing rivers, bridges, post roads and building imperial tombs, and the Ministry of Rites also needs money for sacrifices and various gifts...
Since you have to spend money everywhere, spend it wisely, and every penny counts.
At that time, he lived in the palace eating pickles... The entire palace lived a very simple life during that period, so much so that the ministers in the palace did not dare to show off even if they had some wealth.
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The young men in the various mansions in Chang'an did not dare to go out wearing new clothes... Cheng Yaojin, an old guy, even wore patched clothes when he went to court. If he didn't know that in his mansion, Duke Lu, a cow would kill him or her every other day.
He died of illness, and the court officials really thought that he was so poor that he couldn't even put on any clothes.
However, this method can only be used by him... Even if Wei Zheng did have patched clothes, he would not wear them in the court. After all, it would damage the country's prestige.
Even for a period of time, what Li Shimin wanted to hear most was the news about corrupt officials... If it was just a small corruption and it did not harm the people, Li Shimin would turn a blind eye, but if it was a big corruption
Greed...I'm sorry, no matter who you are, I, Li Er, have taken a liking to your property.
At that time, Wei Zheng was a very human minister in the human world, and he was also a human Cao official appointed by the Heavenly Court, responsible for the liaison between heaven and man. Now after his death, he is in the Yin Cao, and he is only a great judge half a level lower than the Ten Great Yamas. Even in
To a certain extent, Wei Zheng's authority is not under the Ten Great Yamas.
Li Chengqian had great respect for his teacher. Even though he did not teach him for a long time, he was deeply impressed by his character.
At that time, Li Chengqian followed Li Shimin to the Wei Zheng Mansion. Such a large Duke's Mansion looked so simple... As the prime minister of the imperial court, he had a breeze in his sleeves and served the country and the people. He was actually a model for the world.
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And a minister like Wei Zheng is obviously not something that any emperor can control... From this aspect, Li Chengqian also felt very helpless towards his father. He could tolerate Wei Zheng, but he could not tolerate him. No less than myself and Qingque.
As an emperor, Li Chengqian believed that his father was impeccable...but as a father, Li Chengqian believed that he was not qualified.
This is why kings and emperors all call themselves loners. After all, after sitting in that position, his identity is not just the father of one person or several people, but the king and father of the subjects and people of a country.
For this reason, you have to make trade-offs in some decisions.
Although Li Chengqian can now understand what his father did, as a son... he does not intend to forgive his father. But as a subject of the Tang Dynasty, Li Chengqian hopes that his father can sit on the throne again. Five hundred years.
As for whether foreigners want to see such a scene, that is their own business... If you have the guts, come to Datang and kill Li Shimin. If you don't, just hold back.
Wei Zheng and Li Chengqian hadn't seen each other for a long time, but they still talked about many things. Wei Zheng was very concerned about the people's livelihood of the Tang Dynasty and Li Chengqian's personal problems.
Li Chengqian also patiently answered Wei Zheng's questions one by one, and asked Wei Zheng for advice on some difficult matters.
If development continued normally, Li Chengqian would have been able to carry the Tang Dynasty, but it was a pity that His Majesty put too much pressure on him, coupled with his leg problems and his equally outstanding brothers... he was eventually given up by Li Shimin.
But looking at it now, maybe this is his destiny. He lost his position as prince, but he became the successor of human religion and a candidate for the Eight Immortals.