Wei Zheng looked helpless at this moment. After all, he was the prime minister of the court and had a prominent status, but now he was forced to kneel down and apologize to Wang Can. Even Li Shimin stood by Wei Zheng's side, and he had no intention of doing anything.
Room for negotiation.
Wei Zheng took a deep breath, knelt on the ground with a plop, knocked his head on the ground and said: "Mr. Wang, Wei Zheng was wrong, please forgive me."
At this moment, all the officials in the court were horrified in their hearts.
Everyone is interested.
When doing things, you must not provoke Wang Can, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous.
Wang Can alone is enough to influence the situation.
It even affects national policy.
Wang Can said: "Prime Minister Wei, get up."
Only then did Wei Zheng stand up.
But after Wei Zheng stood up, he bowed his hands and saluted Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, I feel unwell, so I took the first step to leave."
After finishing speaking, Wei Zheng turned around and left without waiting for Li Shimin to agree.
Wei Zheng lost his fortune today.
Lost all face.
As one of the governors of the three provinces, he, Wei Zheng, was the prime minister of the imperial court, but at this time, he was forced to apologize to Wang Can. Wei Zheng was already proud, and now that he was humiliated by Wang Can, he couldn't bear it.
Li Shimin didn't care about anything, after all, he could understand Wei Zheng.
After Wei Zheng left, because of the incident between Wang Can and Wei Zheng, although the banquet continued, it lost the warmth and atmosphere. Everyone only toasted symbolically. They even toasted to Wang Can.
At the time, the words were all polite and I didn’t dare to say anything more.
By the time the banquet was over, although the atmosphere was warm, that was all.
When the banquet was over, Wang Can left.
In the palace, Li Chengqian stayed behind, and the two father and son sat opposite each other. Although Li Shimin and Li Chengqian both drank alcohol, they did not drink excessively, and they are in pretty good condition now.
Li Shimin said: "Prince, what do you think about the conflict between Wang Can and Wei Zheng today?"
Li Chengqian said: "Father, I have carefully considered what happened today. It stands to reason that with your mind, you will not get angry with Prime Minister Wei just because of a trivial matter. So I think that what you did is
, due to two considerations.”
Li Shimin said: "Which two aspects?"
Li Chengqian said: "The first aspect is because Prime Minister Wei criticized Mr. Xiang by name. If Mr. Wang does not deal with this matter, I am afraid that the next time it involves Mr., more and more people will target him.
Sir. So this time, sir, you want to scare the monkeys, and you want to make the matter bigger."
Li Shimin nodded and said, "What about the second aspect?"
Li Chengqian said: "This second aspect is because Mr. Wei really does not approve of what Prime Minister Wei has done. In fact, from the bottom of my heart, I also agree with part of Mr. Wei's words. Prime Minister Wei impeached and spoke casually,
You are just talking nonsense if you don't understand, and you are talking casually if you don't understand. Such an arrangement is naturally inappropriate. If the evidence is solid and there is enough supporting evidence, then the ministers will agree to the impeachment. But like this
The indiscriminate treatment is inappropriate in my opinion."
Li Shimin stroked the beard under his chin and said with a smile: "It's good, good, that you can have such an understanding!"
Li Chengqian said: "Father, you are so complimentary."
Li Shimin said: "The reason why I kept you here is because I treated Wei Zheng a little harshly today. After all, in front of civil and military officials, such a thing happened, which was too embarrassing. It is not convenient for me to go there in person, so
On my behalf, you go to Wei Zheng's house to offer condolences, and to move him to understand him with love and reason, so that he can eliminate the depression in his heart."
Li Chengqian said: "I understand."
Li Shimin waved his hand and said: "Go!"
Li Chengqian said: "My son, I will go now."
Immediately, Li Chengqian stood up and left. After leaving the palace, he went straight to Wei Zheng's mansion. The mansion where Wei Zheng lived was also in Yongxingfang, so it didn't take long before he had arrived outside the Wei family's residence in Yongxingfang.
Li Chengqian immediately stepped forward and knocked on the door.
There was a knock on the door, and the door opened immediately. The door of the Wei family opened, and the concierge poked his head out and asked, "Who are you, which one are you looking for?"
Li Chengqian said: "Go and inform Prime Minister Wei that Li Chengqian is coming to visit."
As soon as the concierge heard Li Chengqian's name, his expression changed slightly, because Li Chengqian was the prince of the East Palace. The concierge led Li Chengqian into the main hall, and then went to the study. When Li Chengqian came to the study, he saw Wei Zheng and bowed: "Master,
The prince has come to visit and is waiting in the hall."
Wei Zheng said: "I understand."
He stood up, left the study, and went to the living room. When Wei Zheng entered the living room and saw Li Chengqian, he saluted and said, "Your Majesty, Wei Zheng, pays homage to His Royal Highness."
Li Chengqian quickly returned the greeting and said: "Prime Minister Wei, please!"
The two guests and host sat down.
Wei Zheng was sitting on the main seat. He looked at Li Chengqian and said, "I don't know that the prince is visiting, but what's the matter?"
Li Chengqian said: "Mr. Wei, the reason why I came is because of what happened with Mr. Wang earlier."
"No need to mention it again."
Wei Zheng looked solemn and said decisively: "Wang Can and I are absolutely incompatible."
Li Chengqian said: "Prime Minister Wei, regarding the conflict between you and Mr. Wang, as a bystander, I will not make any unnecessary comments. However, there is one thing I want to say."
Wei Zheng asked: "What happened?"
Li Chengqian said: "The starting point of Prime Minister Wei's advice is good, and I believe that Prime Minister Wei has no bad intentions. However, Prime Minister Wei did not know the situation, so he gave advice, so we have today's situation. Prime Minister Wei, Mr. Wang
Have you ever known about his strength?"
Wei Zheng said: "I don't know."
Li Chengqian said: "Although Mr. Wang's strength cannot fly into the sky and escape from the earth, Mr. Wang's strength can far exceed that of any general in the court. No one is Mr. Wang's opponent. Among all the troops, Wang
It is easy for Mr. Wang to kill generals and seize the flag. A person like this, coupled with many other inventions and many grain seeds, has no shortcomings. Especially Mr. Wang now
, and even masters the power of Buddhism. Buddhism regards Mr. Wang as the most respected person and bluntly said that if Mr. Wang says a word, the entire Buddhism will obey orders."
Wei Zheng frowned when he heard this.
He suddenly realized that there were too many things he didn't understand about Wang Can.
Completely ignorant of the situation.
Li Chengqian continued: "In addition, countless people in Chang'an City, well, to be precise, thousands of people in Xincheng, were all solved by Mr. Wang. These people are grateful for Mr. Wang's kindness.
I am extremely grateful to Mr. Wang. Under this premise, once the news comes out that the Wei Dynasty is dealing with Mr. Wang, do you know what the public opinion will be like?"
After a pause, Li Chengqian continued: "The reason why my father is on Mr. Wang's side is actually because of many considerations. So I hope that Prime Minister Wei can understand and will not blame my father."
Wei Zheng said: "How can I dare to complain about Your Majesty? What's more, I can also understand His Majesty's difficulties."
Li Chengqian said: "If Prime Minister Wei understands, I feel relieved, and my father is also relieved. My father hopes that Prime Minister Wei will not have any psychological burden, and will continue to do what needs to be done. What should be done, continue to do."
Wei Zheng said: "I understand."
After a pause, Wei Zheng continued: "Speaking of it, when it comes to Wang Can, he is so powerful. The existence of such a person is a certain threat. At first, I thought Wang Can would be helpful to the Tang Dynasty.
So it was never dealt with. But now, Wang Can has affected the Tang Dynasty. It may even affect the operation of the Tang Dynasty. Such a person is a black sheep. I think it is inappropriate to continue to keep him now."
Li Chengqian sneered in his heart when he heard this.
Wei Zheng is holding a grudge against Wang Can.
In fact, Li Chengqian was on Wang Can's side and approved of Wang Can's deal with Wei Zheng. Now Wei Zheng still looks self-righteous. Li Chengqian is shameless in his heart.
But Li Chengqian couldn't say it.
He can have his own ideas.
But he couldn't say it.
Otherwise, Wei Zheng would have some ideas about the royal family.
Li Chengqian continued: "Prime Minister Wei, in short, Mr. Wang is extremely important. What's more, Yuan Jianzheng once said that Mr. Wang is the lucky star of the Tang Dynasty. Because Mr. Wang is there in the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty can be so prosperous.
Only then can he recover so quickly and destroy the Turks and Tubo. It is impossible for an extremely miraculous person to be affected."
Wei Zheng's heart sank even more.
This is a bit mysterious.
The problem is, Yuan Tiangang is a real outsider, and even Yuan Tiangang agrees with it, and even Yuan Tiangang does not object to it, so this matter is almost a certainty, and no one can doubt its legitimacy.
Wei Zheng took a deep breath. He knew that Li Chengqian was here to dispel his thoughts of being hostile to Wang Can. Especially after listening to these words of Li Chengqian, Wei Zheng sighed and said, "Prince, I understand. Please rest assured, Prince, I will not fight with Wang Can."
What kind of conflict does it have with Wang Can? If I see Wang Can again in the future, I will step back and take the initiative to avoid him."
Li Chengqian said: "It's not necessary to say that you need to stay three feet away. In short, just live in peace and harmony. Under such a premise, it is already excellent."
Wei Zheng said: "Prince, I understand."
Li Chengqian nodded and said no more. In fact, he didn't think he was relieved much, but no matter what Wei Zheng thought, at least the royal family specially arranged for Wei Zheng to come and comfort him. It was not a bad treatment.
Wei Zheng. What's more, the conflict between Wei Zheng and Wang Can was caused by Wei Zheng himself.
There is no one else to blame for this, only Wei Zheng himself.
Li Chengqian said goodbye and left. After leaving Wei Zheng's mansion, he went straight to Wang Can's house in Yongxingfang. Something happened in the court. Although the banquet was successfully concluded, Li Chengqian didn't know what Wang Can was thinking. He had to go
