"Li Ji, you are the only opponent left in this prince. Speaking of this, I have to thank the Ninth Emperor Brother."
Li Chengye's face was full of smiles.
He originally had two opponents, the second prince Li Shou and the sixth prince Li Ji, who were both capable of competing with him.
What's the result?
Not only was Li Shou's house confiscated and became poor but was also imprisoned for a year. His forces under his command had already fallen apart and his reputation among the people was even worse.
After a year, the custody is lifted, it is almost impossible to regroup.
Besides, although Li Ji has not been completely beaten by Li Changfeng, he has been beaten by Li Changfeng in front of many court officials many times, and has been beaten by Emperor Gan Wu with his belt several times.
Now Li Ji's prestige in the hearts of court officials has been declining again and again, and is no longer as powerful as before.
Some court officials who originally supported Li Ji have begun to disobey him, and some even secretly surrendered to him.
And all of this was done by Li Changfeng.
But Li Changfeng was not interested in inheriting the throne, and he knew how to make money.
"Since you like money, as long as you don't become enemies with this prince, I will inherit the throne in the future. What if I give you more money?"
Li Chengye said proudly with a smile.
On the other hand, Li Ji felt that this was an important opportunity to attack Li Changfeng's prestige.
"Li Changfeng, Li Changfeng, I thought you were reckless but generally a smart person, but I didn't expect you to do such an outrageous thing. I'll see how you ended up!"
Li Ji sneered, called his confidant over, and asked him to secretly arrange people to spread the matter everywhere, striving to achieve the level that everyone in the world knows.
In this way, the impact of Li Changfeng's failure will be great, which will inevitably affect the royal face. Emperor Gan Wu's favor for him will naturally decrease.
Only then will he have the chance to take revenge.
Given the current level of favoritism of Emperor Gan Wu to Li Changfeng, he is wrong in everything he does and has no way to take revenge.
With such a big disturbance, Emperor Gan Wu naturally heard the news and learned the people's opinions on what Li Changfeng did. He couldn't help but furiously sent someone to call Li Changfeng to the palace to scold him.
"A bastard! You only go there every once in a while. Artillery manufacturing is related to the fate of the country, and you don't worry about it!"
"You said that you need money to do artillery and scientific research, so I can't help but let you mess around. Now? It's ridiculous that you actually want to grow vegetables in the middle of winter!"
"Can't you do some serious business all day long?! I'm almost angry with you!"
Emperor Gan Wu pointed at Li Changfeng's nose and cursed, trembling with anger, looking as if he was disappointed.
Li Changfeng retorted: "Father, why do you curse people every time you meet? You might as well think about it. After scolding others, after I explained the whole story, are you all ignored it? You can't just be the emperor. If you are the father of a son, just curse people casually?"
After hearing this, Emperor Gan Wu calmed down a lot.
Indeed, since he had expressed great expectations for Li Changfeng, he always demanded high standards, and the number of reprimands has indeed increased.
Part of what Li Changfeng said is also true. There are indeed several times when Li Changfeng did something that seemed unconventional and incredible that made him angry, and in the end it was proved that he was wrong.
The most important thing is that it is indeed a bit inappropriate to scold people indiscriminately, whether as an emperor or a father.
However, Emperor Gan Wu is the emperor who is doing big things today, so he would not admit it. He snorted coldly and said, "Okay, I want to listen, what are you saying this time!"
Li Changfeng said in a deep voice: "The artillery battalion has professional training. What's the use of children going to go every day? Do you train with them? Or are you worried about Li Jianye, father? "
The people who train soldiers are from Erchen, the equipment is provided by Erchen, and the ammunition is provided by Erchen. Please rest assured when staying in the military camp every day? Father, you are not afraid that Erchen will control such a powerful branch. Become more powerful and stronger? Father, you are not afraid of your sons, but you are afraid of being treated as a powerful minister!”
Li Changfeng actually had some understanding of Emperor Gan Wu's mind. He said this on purpose, with the purpose of deliberately stimulating Emperor Gan Wu to make him angry and reflect on himself.
Otherwise, if this father, who had never seen any world, would scold him as soon as he made some new things, how could he bear it?
The training of Emperor Gan Wu has long been within his plan. At the very least, Emperor Gan Wu must not be angry at him at all times in the future.
Hearing this, Emperor Gan Wu shivered in anger and pointed at Li Changfeng and couldn't speak.
"You...you..."
He was so angry!
He obviously wanted to cultivate Li Changfeng well, but he had never been so fond of the prince, but he didn't expect that Li Changfeng was thinking so, so he was also careful to beware of him.
Gao Dali was also shocked by Li Changfeng's words. He was so anxious. How could he say such words randomly?
He quickly winked at Li Changfeng and said, "Your Highness, don't talk nonsense, hurry up and apologize to Your Majesty!"
But Li Changfeng was unmoved and continued to stimulate Emperor Gan Wu: "Let's talk about making artillery. Father, do you think that the child cannon can be quickly built by sleeping in the factory all day long? Don't you know that you have specialized in art and professional things? It should be left to professionals. Is it necessary for the son-in-law to intervene randomly?"
"Besides, you have not investigated and asked how Erchen did it. You must be sure that you will not be able to grow vegetables in winter? My father, please think about it yourself. Is it appropriate to scold Erchen directly?"
Emperor Gan Wu ignored Li Changfeng's words and said heartbrokenly: "Changfeng, tell me, are you really thinking that? Are you really worried that I will regard you as a powerful minister?"
Seeing that Emperor Gan Wu was so angry that his goal had been achieved, Li Changfeng no longer continued to stimulate and did not want to lose the friendship between father and son.
He shook his head and denied, "Of course I don't worry about my father. How can I not know what kind of mind you are? Besides, you also know that my son has no intention of the throne. But other princes don't think so, and the ministers in the court can't think so either. Ah, I believe you know this better than me, otherwise why would the son-in-law be assassinated one after another?"
"Young minister just wants to do the things at hand well and make some efforts to make some money for the development of your big work. But you always don't believe in your son, and you always wrongly accuse me of your son and scold me of your son. My son is not happy. !”
Hearing his words, Emperor Gan Wu couldn't feel relieved. Thinking of Li Changfeng's repeated assassination, he felt that there was no problem doing this. To put it bluntly, he just wanted to protect himself.
It is his blessing to have such a talented prince who is not greedy for power and is still thinking about his big things!