Chapter 91 The Sixth Prince was beaten in the palace (Third update, please be the first to order)
"Li Ji?"
Li Changfeng frowned and began to search for the memory of Li Ji in the memory of his predecessor. After a moment, he showed a sudden look.
The reason why the predecessor was thrown into Baishi City was, on the one hand, because he had the blood of the previous dynasty flowing through him, and on the other hand, it was because he saw the sixth prince Li Ji raping a civilian girl in the street, but he couldn't stand it while he was wandering around. After encountering him, he tried to stop him. As a result, a quarrel broke out and a fight broke out.
During the fight, the predecessor kicked Li Ji hard between his legs, causing one of his legs to break, and almost made him become a eunuch.
At that time, this incident caused a storm in the whole capital. Li Ji's mother-in-law and uncle, who was a general, refused to let him go and complained to Emperor Qianwu to put pressure on him.
Emperor Qianwu was furious when he learned about this. Because Li Changfeng had no background, no one could speak for him. In addition, his mother-in-law was a princess of the previous dynasty. In order to appease his anger, Emperor Qianwu finally had to use Li Changfeng's adult status as an excuse to have Li Changfeng removed. It was thrown into the barren land of Baishi City.
It can be said that the tragic experience of the predecessor was caused by Li Ji.
Now, Li Ji took the opportunity to target him because of a trivial incident of disrespect in front of the palace.
At this time, he was still adding words of jealousy, trying to get Emperor Qianwu to punish Li Changfeng severely: "Father, the Nine Emperors brother's crime is unforgivable, and it is difficult to convince the public without severe punishment. My son suggested that he be removed from his status as a prince and demoted to a commoner. Get out of the capital!"
This suggestion is very cruel.
Once Li Changfeng loses the protection of his status as a prince, shouldn't he be left to his own devices?
Even if you kill him directly, there won't be any problem.
As soon as this statement came out, the whole hall was in an uproar.
Even many ministers who couldn't stand the Ninth Prince's flattery couldn't stand it. No matter how serious the incident was, there was no reason to elevate it to the level of demoting the prince's status.
After hearing his words, Li Changfeng's face immediately became gloomy.
Emperor Qianwu's face didn't look good either. How could he not know what Li Ji was thinking?
Back then, he was deceived by Li Ji, and in anger, he drove Li Changfeng out of the capital and threw him into a barbaric place such as Baishi City. Afterwards, he found out the truth.
It's just that the imperial edict has been issued, and as the emperor, he can't change it day and night, so he can only let Li Changfeng continue to stay in Baishi City, feeling a little guilty in his heart.
As for Li Changfeng's behavior just now, no one knows the reason better than him. There is no disrespect at all as Li Ji said.
Emperor Qianwu glanced at Li Ji coldly, and said in an indifferent tone: "I understand that Xiaojiu is filial, and there is no disrespect intended. Let's drop this matter."
Hearing this, Li Ji was stunned. Just as he was about to speak, Emperor Qianwu waved his hand and said, "Princes, please step back."
Li Ji knew that Emperor Qianwu didn't want to pursue the matter, so he had no choice but to retreat. Anyway, he didn't have high hopes at the beginning. If he could kill Li Changfeng, he would kill him. If he couldn't, it would be no loss to him.
But before leaving, he gave Li Changfeng a cold look, his eyes full of resentment.
Li Changfeng looked at him without fear, with a hint of disdain in the corner of his mouth.
Want to trick me to death?
Okay, the prince has recorded this account today!
After the princes retreated, Emperor Qianwu said with a headache: "My dear friends, what should we do about the flood in Shangzhou?"
During this period, continuous heavy rains in Shangzhou caused floods to surge, making the disaster more serious, and signs of embankment breaching appeared in many places.
Although the 300,000 taels of disaster relief silver raised previously only had time to spend tens of thousands taels, judging from the current disaster situation, it is far from enough.
Emperor Qianwu was helpless and could only continue to discuss with his ministers.
Feng Quji immediately stepped out of the queue, frowned and said with cupped hands: "Your Majesty, the top priority is to strengthen the dike. Once the dike breaks, the consequences will be disastrous!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Tiancheng, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, stood up with a rather helpless expression: "What the Prime Minister said is absolutely true, but now the heavy rain has made the construction speed extremely slow. The current situation cannot keep up with the rising speed of the flood! "
Emperor Qianwu interjected at this time: "Why not increase the manpower?"
Gu Tiancheng cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I think so too, but now all the young and middle-aged people who can be used have been recruited, and the rest are old, weak, sick and disabled. The people below are also very helpless!"
Hearing what he said, Chen Dingyuan, the Minister of Household Affairs, was a little puzzled. He frowned and asked, "Sir Gu, Shangzhou, a land of fish and rice, has a large population. How can it be that we can't even find the manpower to build the dam?"
Emperor Qianwu was also quite confused about this and looked at Gu Tiancheng.
Gu Tiancheng explained: "It is true that the population is large, but it is difficult for ordinary ships to pass due to the flood, and many people are unable to rush to the embankment. Moreover, local officials have to allocate some people to participate in disaster relief, which leads to a shortage of manpower." ."
As soon as these words came out, the court suddenly fell silent.
This problem now seems to be completely unsolvable.
Just when everyone didn't know what to do, Chen Dingyuan, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, spoke again: "Your Majesty, the national treasury is empty, and the money problem needs to be solved!"
Emperor Qianwu frowned slightly and said, "Didn't we raise 300,000 taels a while ago, and haven't we spent all of it yet?"
Chen Dingyuan cupped his hands and said: "The money has not been spent, but it will be spent sooner or later, and there is still a gap of two hundred thousand taels. We have to find a way to solve it, right?"
Having said this, Chen Dingyuan hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said: "If the dike breaks, countless victims will need rescue. Rebuilding the dike is also a huge expense. No matter what the outcome is, it will require a lot of money. As the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, I , naturally we need to make early plans and raise money for the future!"
As soon as these words came out, all the officials in the court were shocked. They did not expect that Chen Dingyuan would tell the worst result so straightforwardly.
If you offend His Majesty, wouldn't you be asking for trouble?
However, Emperor Qianwu was not angry, and nodded with satisfaction and said: "I am very pleased that Chen Aiqing is so far-sighted. In my opinion, what should I do about the silver?"
Chen Dingyuan said helplessly: "Wei Chen hasn't thought of a suitable solution yet!"
Emperor Qianwu was speechless.
What can you say if you can't help it?
Emperor Qianwu looked at the ministers again: "What do you think we should do?"
However, all the officials bowed their heads and remained silent, and no one stood up to speak.
Emperor Qianwu frowned. He couldn't help but think of Li Changfeng and searched with his eyes.
I saw Li Changfeng leaning on a pillar in the corner of the hall, sleeping with his eyes closed, not caring at all about the national affairs discussed by the ministers.
Seeing this scene, Emperor Qianwu was furious and said in a deep voice: "All of you princes who have been sent abroad to serve, you have all experienced in the field for several years and have extensive experience. Let's talk about how this matter should be done!"
After hearing this, Li Changfeng opened his eyes and glanced at Emperor Qianwu, and found that his eyes seemed to be looking at him, so he hurriedly lowered his head.
He has no interest in this kind of limelight thing, so he can just be a little transparent.
Li Ji, on the other hand, felt that this was a rare opportunity to express himself. As soon as Emperor Qianwu finished speaking, he bowed his hands with full courtesy and said with confidence: "Father, I think that for the present plan, we can only stop it temporarily. To provide disaster relief, mobilize everyone to reinforce the dams, and at the same time, order the world to increase the tax burden and collect it into the national treasury as quickly as possible for future use!"
As soon as Li Ji finished speaking, the entire court fell silent, and Emperor Qianwu couldn't help but frown tightly.
The method does work.
But giving up rescuing the victims and devoting all their efforts to building dams and increasing the tax burden on the world may shake the country, and no one will dare to speak out easily.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Emperor Qianwu took the initiative to ask: "What do you think, dear ministers?"
As soon as this statement came out, the ministers in the DPRK who secretly supported Li Ji spoke one after another.
"Your Majesty, I think what the Sixth Prince said is reasonable!"
"As of now, this is the only way!"
"I second the proposal!"
"I also second the proposal!"
For a time, more and more people supported the Sixth Prince.
Upon seeing this, the eldest prince Li Chengye raised his hands and said: "Father, although what the Sixth Emperor said is a good method, it also has obvious shortcomings. If we give up on relieving the victims, it will definitely lead to widespread resentment among the people. It is inevitable that people from Fengtianhui will take the opportunity to cause chaos!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Sixth Prince retorted: "Brother, how unwise is it? If we don't build the dike, the dike will burst and Shangzhou will turn into a vast ocean, and more people will die. We can only protect the big one! "
Li Chengye frowned slightly and said nothing more.
He also knew this truth, and the reason why he pointed out the inappropriateness was to let Emperor Qianwu know that he was also concerned about the country and the people, and was not so useless.
It is enough to achieve this purpose.
It's just that Li Ji's rebuttal to him was quite fierce and a bit aggressive, which made him feel a little annoyed.
Li Shou intended to compete for the crown prince position, so naturally he would not remain silent at this time. He bowed to Emperor Qianwu and said, "Father, what the Sixth Emperor Brother said is not unreasonable, but the tax burden on Daqian is already very high. If If we increase it any more, I’m afraid the people of the world will be dissatisfied!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Ji retorted loudly: "Brother, what you said is wrong. Do you want to let the land of Shangzhou be ignored? Don't you know that it is difficult to have the best of both worlds? Increasing the tax burden will certainly lead to dissatisfaction among the people, but Do you have a better way?"
"伱......"
Li Shou was immediately stunned and speechless.
He really had no better way, so he could only glare at Li Shou coldly and remain silent.
Li Changfeng lowered his head and remained silent like an outsider. He could not be more low-key.
Emperor Qianwu felt a little unhappy when he saw this, and said in a deep voice: "Changfeng, do you have any good ideas for this?"
He didn’t even use the nickname ‘Xiaojiu’, but called his name directly.
"Ah? Me?"
Li Changfeng was a little surprised. He didn't expect Emperor Qianwu to leave so many ministers alone and ask about himself instead.
"Yes, it's you, tell me what you think!" Emperor Qianwu said, somewhat hating that iron cannot become steel.
"Oh, I can't help it." Li Changfeng said immediately, are you kidding me? He is just a little transparent and a ghost in such a big matter. He may be noticed by several princes vying for the throne every minute. Isn't that a big deal? Trouble.
A sixth prince had targeted him like this, and if a few more came, he would still find it troublesome even if he wasn't afraid.
Seeing that he answered directly without thinking, Emperor Qianwu said angrily: "Did you not think about it or did you really have no choice?"
Li Changfeng said helplessly: "I really have no choice. How can I understand how to help the victims and increase the tax burden? Father, please discuss it with the others."
He had already made up his mind to pretend that he didn't understand anything and not attract anyone's attention.
After hearing this, Emperor Qianwu couldn't help but frown, feeling annoyed in his heart.
He felt that Li Changfeng didn't think about these issues at all, and that he was completely perfunctory by saying he didn't understand.
If Li Changfeng was so miserable, how could he manage Baishi City to be so prosperous?
How could it be possible to start such a profitable business as Xiaoyu Tea, Refined Salt, and Mixue Bingcheng?
How could we develop such incredibly powerful weapons as artillery and muskets?
When Li Ji saw this, he smiled coldly and said: "Humph, it's true that the mud can't support the wall, and I don't understand anything. No wonder I can only stay in a dilapidated and wild place like Baishi City!"
The clay figurine also had three points of anger. Li Changfeng was inevitably a little angry when he was targeted again and again, but because he wanted to continue to be patient, he did not want to respond.
At this moment, an idea flashed in Li Changfeng's mind.
No, isn't this a good opportunity delivered to your door?
Back then, his predecessor kicked one of Li Ji's balls to pieces and was sent to Baishi City. Wouldn't it be enough to beat him up now?
As long as the matter gets bigger, I believe Emperor Qianwu can only let him continue to return to Baishi City. This is the result he wants!
The more I think about it, the more excited I get!
After hearing what Li Ji said, Emperor Qianwu couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, feeling that he had gone too far in repeatedly targeting Li Changfeng.
Just as he was about to reprimand him, he heard Li Changfeng shout: "You bastard, you are really sick, aren't you? You think I'm easy to bully, don't you?!"
Before he finished speaking, Li Changfeng punched Li Ji on the nose.
Bang!
Li Ji felt dizzy and fell to the ground with a plop.
Li Changfeng refused to let him go and simply rode up and beat him up.
"Who are you to say that to this prince?"
"Back then, when you raped a civilian girl on the street and I kicked your balls to pieces, you didn't learn a lesson at all, right?"
"Whether this prince is mud or not, what does it have to do with you?"
"I don't understand anything anymore. What's bothering you?"
Every time Li Changfeng said something, he would pick a spot that was indestructible but very painful, and punched him hard. Li Ji turned pale and screamed in pain.
"Ah! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!"
"Stop fighting, stop fighting!"
"Father, help me, Li Changfeng is going to kill someone!"
Li Jizhen was a little scared. He couldn't help but think of the scene when his balls were kicked to pieces, and he felt a chill in his heart.
But Li Changfeng had no intention of stopping, and took this opportunity to avenge his predecessor, punching him one after another.
"You know it hurts now? Why did you go there earlier?"
"I thought you were so stubborn that you knew how to ask for help?"
"Oh, by the way, you don't have an egg, so you're still half a eunuch. How can you be so angry?"
"Trash!"
Li Changfeng still punched him hard every time he said a word.
Who would have expected that Li Changfeng would suddenly fight against another prince with a good background on such an important occasion as the court meeting.
For a moment, all the ministers and princes were a little unresponsive, looking blankly at Li Changfeng beating Li Ji.
Emperor Qianwu never thought that Li Changfeng would hit someone in front of him, so he was stunned on the spot. He didn't react until Li Jijie shouted for help, and his face became extremely gloomy.
"You bastard! Why don't you stop it? Isn't this a place where you can mess around in the court?"
Li Changfeng naturally would not disobey the imperial edict, so he immediately raised his hands and said: "My son, I obey the edict!"
Then he looked at Li Ji fiercely and said, "For the sake of my father, I will spare you today!"
Although he said this, his feet did not stop, and he continued to ride Li Ji and kick him violently.
The cheap emperor’s father told him to stop, but he didn’t tell him to stop!
Everyone who saw this scene was shocked.
Are you trying to show your Majesty's face?
What do you mean by sparing others?
Emperor Qianwu was even more furious: "You bastard! Gao Dali, go and pull him away!"
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