After returning from the Wei Mansion, His Majesty Li Er washed himself up, read a few memorials, and felt a little hungry. In the afternoon, he first went to the Dou family to express his condolences, and then rushed to the Wei Mansion to visit Wei Zheng. After a long trip back and forth, it was a grain of rice. The rice has not been entered.
Instructing the servants to pass the meal, he leaned on the couch and casually picked up a few memorials and looked at them, but he was so restless that he couldn't read them at all.
The candlelight was bright, and light rain was pattering outside the window. The raindrops dripped from the eaves and hit the bluestone slabs under the corridor, making a rhythmic "tick-tock-tick" sound. It was disturbing. There was no half-hearted feeling of "listening to the rain at night quietly". Elegant?
Thinking of Wei Zheng, who looked haggard on the sickbed and had no trace of his former sharpness, His Majesty Li Er sighed slightly, with mixed feelings in his heart.
He and Wei Zheng have been in love with each other for more than ten years...
Regardless of whether it was intentional or unintentional, the monarch and his ministers were destined to complement each other. One was a prosperous emperor who had the courage to accept advice and was humble, and the other was a famous minister through the ages who spoke out loud and dared to give advice. Once upon a time, even if a strong murderous intention arose in his heart several times, But he also decided to give Wei Zheng a good death. This story of "a wise king and a wise minister" will go down in history as a good beginning and a good end.
Even when he saw Wei Zheng dying, there was an unspeakable joy in his heart, as if the iron chain tied to his body was finally broken, and he breathed a sigh of relief...
No one wants to be stared at every move, and be impeached for the slightest violation of the rules. Everyone yearns for freedom, and the emperor is no exception. However, His Majesty Li Er is not a fatuous king after all. He hates that Wei Zheng is holding his neck and thinking about himself. Although he looked like he was admonishing, he also knew that it was precisely because of Wei Zheng's existence in the past ten years that he had been able to control the selfish desires in his heart and not dare to make any mistakes.
Kings also need restraint, even if this restraint is as uncomfortable as shackles...
Now that Wei Zheng is about to die, and the entire dynasty is civil and military, who can restrain him?
The eldest grandson Wuji, whom he has always obeyed, is too selfish. Fang Xuanling, who is an outstanding and upright gentleman, has a soft character. His uncle, Gao Shilian, is too old to care about government affairs... The rest cannot gain his trust because of his qualifications. Not enough to dare to speak in front of myself.
After Wei Zheng, who else can become a critic?
If there were no critics, would he be like a foolish emperor like Xia Jie and Shang Zhou in history and do all the wrong things and be scolded and ridiculed by future generations?
Thinking about it this way, I don't really want Wei Zheng to die...
There was a sound of footsteps and a burst of fragrance penetrated my nose.
"Your Majesty, please have a meal."
Wang De, the chief chamberlain, held a jug of wine in his hand, followed by two maids. He placed four dishes on the table in front of His Majesty Li Er, gathered his clothes and retreated. Wang De filled a white jade bowl with wine and warmed it in the jug. He brought rice wine as a tribute from Jiangnan, and then served His Majesty Li Er a bowl of white rice. He said with a smile: "Today happened to be the arrival of seafood from Huating Town. The servant ordered the imperial kitchen to stew two barracudas caught in the sea of Laizhou. , the freshest, your Majesty, try it."
Hearing this, His Majesty Li Er took a piece of tender fish and put it into his mouth, chewed it slowly, and praised: "The seafood is still delicious, the meat is tender, delicious and refreshing, not bad, not bad."
Wang De was so happy that he kept saying, "Then your Majesty, please use a few more bowls."
His Majesty Li Er nodded and ate the barracuda, taking a sip of the warm rice wine from time to time, which was very satisfying.
Wang De was in a good mood when he saw the emperor eating deliciously. He waited on the side and said with a smile: "Today, Huating Town sent a large amount of seafood to His Highness Jinyang, including not only barracuda from Laizhou, but also crabs, sea cucumbers, etc."
The things, which have traveled thousands of miles by land and water, are still all alive and kicking when they are delivered to Chang'an. This ability is really impressive..."
His Majesty Li Er was enjoying his meal. Hearing this, he remembered something and suddenly choked in his throat after a mouthful of rice.
Wang De was shocked when he saw this, and quickly turned over to get water. His Majesty Li Er waved his hand, picked up the white jade bowl, drank all the rice wine in the bowl, and then swallowed the rice he was choking on. Then he was in a bad mood.
He put his chopsticks on the table and said with a sullen face: "Get out of here."
Wang De: "..."
The food was delicious just now, why do you stop eating it in the blink of an eye?
He was suspicious in his heart, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions. He quickly asked the maid to take the food away, made another pot of hot tea, put it on the table, and tiptoed out.
Your Majesty Li Er looked gloomy and felt extremely unhappy!
Mother!
The fish is good, but a certain person is a majestic emperor, and he can only eat it because of his daughter?
How embarrassing it is...
Or should he follow Fang Jun's example and build a waterway to quickly transport seafood from the East China Sea to the capital, so that he can eat fresh seafood every day? As soon as this idea arose, he suppressed it.
The East China Sea is thousands of miles away from Chang'an. The establishment of this channel requires a staggering amount of money and manpower. Although Wei Zheng is about to die, the officials at the Yushitai are not vegetarians. They will be impeached when the time comes.
The emperor's extravagant memorials must be like flakes.
Besides, he is now focused on his grand ambition of conquering Goguryeo. How can he waste manpower and material resources just because he is greedy for a mouthful of seafood?
But if we use this channel that Fang Jun has opened now... what's the difference from now?
Mother!
Fang Jun, this bastard, doesn’t he know how to be filial and respectful to me, the emperor and my father-in-law? Although the seafood brought to the palace is naturally for the palace to enjoy, but the lack of Fang Jun’s words such as "please enjoy it, your majesty" made His Majesty Li Er
It feels like I'm snatching something from Si Zi's mouth to eat...
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. His Majesty Li Er was in a irritable mood and wanted to catch Fang Jun immediately and give him a good beating!
What the hell...
With the sound of footsteps, Wang De walked in quickly and said: "Your Majesty, Li Junxian would like to see you."
His Majesty Li Er suppressed his anger and said: "Xuan."
"Here!"
Wang De responded and quickly exited. Not long after, Li Junxian stepped inside.
"The general has met His Majesty..."
Li Junxian looked worried and stepped forward to greet him.
"Excuse me, why?"
"Your Majesty, the merchants and hawkers living in Anyifang in the south of Dongshi have gathered together and are instigating the nearby people to enter Dongshi to denounce the forced demolition of Jingzhao Prefecture for disrupting business order and causing heavy losses to these people. We ask Jingzhao Prefecture to
Provide compensation.”
Li Junxian quickly explained the situation and said with a solemn expression: "There are a lot of merchants and hawkers. It is not yet the curfew, and many nearby people are also agitated. Now the East Market is in chaos, and Jingzhao Mansion must be there soon."
We are about to go to suppress it. I dare to ask Your Majesty, if the 'Hundred Cavalry' wants to participate?"
Unexpectedly, His Majesty Li Er not only did not answer this question, but instead angrily slapped the table in front of him and shouted: "This mallet! You know how to cause trouble all day long, do you really think that I can't kill anyone with my club?"
Li Junxian: "..."
This doesn’t seem to be any of Fang Jun’s business, right?
The demolition of Dongshi has touched the interests of many people. Among them, the aristocratic family members have always been accustomed to being lawless, and sooner or later something big will happen. Being able to delay such a group incident until now is already considered a high prestige of Fang Jun.
If you have a great reputation, there would have been an uproar in Chang'an City long ago...
However, when he was charging into battle on the battlefield, he looked at death as if he were at home, but when facing His Majesty Li Er, he was like a mouse seeing a cat. He was frightened and his legs were weak. How could he dare to say a word of criticism?
After thinking about it, Li Junxian looked at His Majesty Li Er's face and asked cautiously: "In that case... How about I capture Fang Jun first and give him a good beating? Then Your Majesty, you will order him to go forward."
Going to deal with Dongshi?"
His Majesty Li Er was stunned and almost laughed angrily: "Chang'an City seems to be in chaos, but I first captured Jing Zhaoyin and gave him a beating?"
Li Junxian was shocked and quickly shut up.
You were the one who said you wanted to beat Fang Jun, why are you blaming me instead...
Okay, we won’t say anything, we’ll do whatever you say.
Too many words make many mistakes, a thousand words are worth less than a word of silence...
His Majesty Li Er snorted: "These cowards can only see a little benefit in front of them. As long as anyone touches the flesh in their mouths, they dare to fall out with anyone! Please inform Fang Jun immediately and order him to go immediately."
Dongshi dealt with it and told him that I don’t care whether he fights or kills, whether he suppresses forcefully or kills people, in short, when the sun comes out tomorrow morning, I want to see the city of Chang’an is peaceful! If I hear the slightest bit of noisy tomorrow morning
, let him come and get the board by himself!"
"Here!"
Li Junxian immediately accepted the order. Seeing that His Majesty Li Er had no other instructions, he performed a military salute, exited the hall, and hurried to inform Fang Jun.
Just walking, I was thinking: No matter if Fang Jun is beating or killing, no matter whether he is suppressing or killing people... this is clearly asking Fang Jun to act softly and not to act randomly. If someone really died, how could it be possible overnight?
Will everything be calm?
Unless all the aristocratic families in the city are killed...
He was suspicious, why did Fang Jun provoke His Majesty again?