Chapter 174 Despising the court
Although His Majesty Li Er and others were waiting for the arrival of Prince Li Chengqian, they did not sit still and talk.
After instructing Li Chengqian to come, His Majesty Li Er turned to Li Ke and asked, "Sanlang, as the head of the business department, please tell me what happened yesterday!"
Li Ke hurriedly stood up and replied: "Yes!" Then he took a deep breath and said loudly, "The Commercial Department asked Jinwuwei to cooperate with the capture of the shopkeepers and clerks and sealed those shops, all because they violated the laws of our Tang Dynasty. All the actions of the Commercial Department were acted in accordance with the law and there was no usurpation!"
Li Ke said the draft that had been prepared long ago, which immediately aroused the rebuttal of the ministers who accused the Business Department.
"Just, I dare to ask the King of Shu, which one of my Tang laws stipulates that the Commercial Bureau has the right to take people? If I remember correctly, the Commercial Bureau is only a trial department, and its power is only to manage Chang'an City merchants?"
"I also asked King Qi for advice... Which law did those shops and shops violated my Tang Dynasty? Which law does the Commercial Bureau act according to?"
Li Ke looked at the two who spoke out to refute him, and smiled slightly and said, "Patent Act!"
"Well? Shuchen is ignorant. Why have you never heard of such a law in the Tang Dynasty?"
"If you don't know, it doesn't mean there is no! The "Tang Empire Patent Act" passed the review of Menxia Province a month ago and was released and implemented by the Shangshu Province!"
Li Ke's words caught the two ministers off guard. They really didn't pay attention to whether there was a new law promulgation last month. Moreover, when Li Chengqian suggested to His Majesty Li Er to implement the Patent Act, he was foolish and did not propose it in the court, but privately asked His Majesty Li Er.
"Your Majesty, although I am not sure what the "Patent Act" mentioned by the King of Shu is, no matter what, even if the shops and related personnel did violate the law, but... the people who went to shop to buy items did not violate the law, right? The Commercial Department also arrested them together. Is it reasonable and legal?" The minister named Dou said again, "And... if I guessed it wrong, this so-called "Patent Act" should have been implemented by the prince, right? The prince was the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, and did not want to share the worries of His Majesty and seek welfare for the people, but he has been involved in business with merchants. I am afraid it is not the blessing of the people, nor is it the blessing of the Tang Dynasty!"
The Dou official's words immediately made Li Ke very dissatisfied and directly retorted: "Hmph, why do you determine that what your elder brother did was not for the people, but for the Tang Dynasty? Whether it was proposing to establish a business department, or drafting and suggesting that the father implement the "Patent Act", the elder brother's starting point was for the thousand-year foundation of our Tang Dynasty!"
"How can the King of Shu determine that the prince did these things because of his own selfishness?"
"I..." Li Ke was ready to continue refuting without thinking, but suddenly a noise interrupted his words.
"Stop pulling your hair, it will be completely messy. There are so many people in the court, do you want my image as brother?"
"Okay, okay, just a moment, my brother will take you back and continue riding a horse soon, okay?"
"Yeah, so well-behaved!"
All the ministers in the court, including His Majesty Li Er, were attracted by the voices that came in before Li Chengqian arrived, and then...
His Majesty Li Er's face turned dark, Fang Xuanling and others were confused, Cheng Zhijie and others were laughing hard, while those censors and others were full of resentment...
I saw Li Chengqian sitting on his shoulder. The latter grabbed Li Chengqian's ear with one small hand and his hair with the other hand. The two short legs hanging on Li Chengqian's chest were still swaying.
When I saw the numerous civil and military ministers in the court, the little girl stared at her big round eyes and looked cute and cute when she couldn't figure out the situation.
Li Chengqian was full of helplessness and held the little girl's body with both hands to prevent her from falling down.
"…I pay homage to my father!"
No matter how thick-skinned Li Chengqian was, under the gaze of so many people, he still walked up unnaturally and saluted His Majesty Li Er.
The little rhini, who was placed on his shoulder, saw His Majesty Li Er sitting on the high platform, immediately let go of his hand that had been holding Li Chengqian's hair tightly, stretched out his hands to His Majesty Li Er, and smiled and sang, with a very obvious meaning, and wanted His Majesty Li Er to hug him!
His Majesty Li Er really wanted to walk down and kick his son out of Tai Chi Hall with a smile on his face!
"Why bring Jinyang here?"
"I don't want to do it either, but this girl kept holding on to me!"
Without waiting for His Majesty Li Er to speak again, Li Chengqian was unable to continue to explain. Many ministers stood up and began to give advice!
"Your Majesty, the prince's behavior is obviously a contempt for the court. I ask Your Majesty to punish the prince for being disrespectful!"
"I commented on it! The prince used to be rude and rude. Today, he actually brought his young children to court. In fact, he ignored the etiquette of the prince and the prestige of the court, and asked His Majesty to punish the prince!"
"I'm going to discuss it!"
"I'm going to discuss it!"
...
Li Chengqian turned his head and looked at the group of civil and military ministers behind him who bowed to advise His Majesty Li Er, and his face became very bad.
On the one hand, it was because he felt that he was inappropriate in bringing Xiao Yizi here, and on the other hand, it was because these people were idle and distressed? Why did he always grasp these minor problems and then attack him with added fuel to the fire?
“Wow wow wow wow…”
Little Shizi, who was above Li Chengqian's head, did not receive a response from His Majesty Li Er for a long time. In addition, so many people suddenly appeared, they immediately burst into tears with grievance, and then...
"Good, be good, don't cry, don't cry, your father is here, your father is here!"
His Majesty Li Er cried when he heard his heart and soul crying. He walked down from the stage quickly, and hugged the little girl directly from Li Chengqian's shoulder, comforting her softly!
“Wow, wow…”
The little girl cried even harder, as if she wanted to vent all the grievances just now. So under the gaze of civil and military officials in the court, His Majesty Li Er began to tease his precious daughter and flirted them all aside!
Li Chengqian didn't care about the "interaction" between his father and his sister, but turned around and glanced at the ministers who asked Li Er to punish him. His mind was turning quickly, thinking about how to fool him... No, he was fighting for reason and rationalizing the matter he brought to him!
"Go and send the princess to the queen!" After finally comforting the crying little Shizi, His Majesty Li Er handed him to Eunuch Liu beside him and asked him to Queen Changsun. Then he looked at Li Chengqian with an unpleasant look, "Tell me, how should I punish you?"
Although it was only a short moment, Li Chengqian had already made a basic idea of how to defend himself. So as soon as His Majesty Li Er spoke, he said righteously: "How the father punishes his sons, you will accept all the sons, and there is no complaint at all!"
Li Chengqian's words not only stunned the ministers, but even His Majesty Li Er couldn't react, thinking that why did this little brat suddenly change his sexual desire? He was willing to be punished without justification?
Chapter completed!