Chapter 259 The reason for self-destruction (50-1)
"You kid has learned to be smart and know how to advance and retreat!"
"Mom, what are you saying? Why can't I understand... Little Shizi, do you dare to take your feet out of my mouth?"
"Hehe, stinky brat, I'm pretending to be confused in front of my mother!"
"Hehe... Mom's wise eyes are like a torch, and it turns out that nothing can be hidden from you... Little girl, where are you crawling? My brother is the prince. Have you ever heard of it? I dare to crawl on my brother's head!"
"But your father was also very angry!"
"Lizhi, can't you share some worries for me for my brother? Do you take this little devil away? That has nothing to do with me. Who has no naughty kid yet? You also know the rumors in the court now that I am the prince is so perfect. A perfect prince is not what everyone wants!"
"Hell... I'm not ashamed! How can I praise myself for being perfect!"
"By the way, my mom, my daddy..."
"Do you think your father doesn't know your little thoughts?"
"Well, that's right, I have this tacit understanding between my dad!"
"Taojie? Hehe... You guy, you can tell lies!"
In the main hall of Li Chengqian in the East Palace, the day after Li Chengqian was demoted, Empress Changsun brought Xiao Yizi, Li Lizhi and Li Zhi to see him.
However, Empress Changsun was not worried about Li Chengqian's problems. As the saying goes, "No one knows his son is better than his mother." Li Chengqian suddenly had such a thing, and she knew what her son was thinking after a moment of thinking... Of course, this also mentioned some things to Li Chengqian in advance, which made it easy for her to contact the reason!
As for why Li Chengqian suddenly had such a problem... This matter has to start with Li Chengqian's finding out the loopholes in the accounting method of the Tang Dynasty some time ago!
As mentioned in the previous article, even if His Majesty Li Er issued an order to minimize the impact of the matter and did not blame the officials who voluntarily pleaded guilty, but... there were too many people involved in this matter, so many that His Majesty Li Er did not really pursue it all the time. Apart from the imperial edict that made the officials "submit themselves", there was no other order in the future!
And His Majesty Li Er's imperial edict is more just to express an attitude to the officials, so that the change of accounting methods can be implemented smoothly!
Of course, the officials have nothing to say about His Majesty Li Er’s actions. After all, His Majesty Li Er has already made a big favour with extrajudicial mercy. But... the long-term interests have been cut off, so everyone should have a partner to vent their dissatisfaction, right?
His Majesty Li Er and the others could not and dared not to treat him as the target of venting, so these hatreds were transferred to another person - Crown Prince Li Chengqian!
How powerful is you, Li Chengqian, a problem that no one has discovered for thousands of years. Only you have "smart eyes" and can see the essence of the problem at a glance, and cut off everyone's wealth...
Therefore, Li Chengqian himself did not expect that he just wanted to burn some "spark fire" when he took office, but inadvertently showed a "steam of prairie fire" and lit up the entire grassland, offending a large number of vested interests, that is, those officials!
This is awesome? He is just the crown prince, not the emperor! Even if he becomes the emperor, he has not reached the level of His Majesty Li Er, without his prestige, and being missed by officials all over the world will not have good results, let alone he is just the crown prince!
Therefore, in order not to be missed by others all day long, Li Chengqian secretly gave himself a knife from time to time, and then hid himself, so that others would not have the chance to take revenge... It’s not that he has no backbone and dares to fight against officials all over the world, but... he really doesn’t dare!
He knew a truth well - if he offended His Majesty Li Er, he would lose his position as the crown prince at most; if he offended officials in the world, he would probably lose his life!
Therefore, we have many enemies, we are few, we are weak, and we are outnumbered... It is better to be low-key!
Of course, Li Chengqian didn't expect it at first and didn't realize it at all. Otherwise, he wouldn't have any special reaction when he knew that the entire Tang Dynasty had kept accounts in a "rough" way as the Honglu Temple!
As for how he finally understood...
Back a few days ago, when Li Chengqian went to the Ministry of Personnel to ask for his uncle, because his uncle Gao Shilian was called away by His Majesty Li Er, he could only ask the Minister of Personnel to ask for his servants, so that he could learn about the shortage of officials.
Before he could get anyone, Li Chengqian left the Ministry of Personnel, and as a result, he met his uncle on the way back to Honglu Temple. The old man also cared about him very much, analyzed the impact of the whole matter to him, and stated the powerful relationship, which made him sweat a lot!
So, when he saw Wei Tai and others fighting crickets, he not only did not stop him, but instead joined him!
...
Li Chengqian thought that he had been dismissed from office and was suspended from office, and that his nonsense at the Honglu Temple would be over.
However, what he did not expect was that within a few days, His Majesty Li Er "secretly" came to the East Palace!
The reason why it is called a "secret" is because His Majesty Li Er came to his residence at midnight!
"Dad, you are so old, is it interesting to do this?" Li Chengqian looked at His Majesty Li Er with a resentful look on his face.
"I have something to do!"
"If you have something, just pass on a message. Do I dare not see you? Or you can come to see me whenever you want during the day. Why do you have to choose night? And midnight? That's all, but you... But when you come here, you just sit on the head of the bed without making a sound... Do you know if people are scared to death?"
That’s right, His Majesty Li Er not only came to the East Palace when the moon is dark and the wind is high, but also... He did not let anyone inform him and came to Li Chengqian’s bed directly!
You came as soon as you say you came, even if you wake up Li Chengqian! His Majesty Li Er fell, moved a chair by himself, sat on the head of Li Chengqian's bed, looked at him quietly, waiting for Li Chengqian to wake up by himself...
When Li Chengqian was awakened by urine and was about to get up and put some water, as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a black shadow blocking in front of him, with only a pair of eyes shiny... Think about it, when you sleep at night, you wake up in the middle of the night, and when you open your eyes, you see a pair of bright eyes staring at you... Isn't it scary?
His Majesty Li Er ignored Li Chengqian's words and continued: "Do you remember potatoes?"
Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment, but did not react for a moment, and said in confusion: "Potato? Who is it?"
His Majesty Li Er glared at him angrily and said, "It's the food you found in those iron boxes, saying it's the food that can prevent the people of the Tang Dynasty from hungry!"
"Oh, oh, you mean this potato. I thought you were talking about humans!" Li Chengqian then realized, and then he was puzzled, "Yes, I remembered what you said, where are those potatoes? How are you growing now? Why haven't you heard you mention it?"
Even if the lights were dim, Li Chengqian could see that when his own question was heard, his face became gloomy. Li Chengqian could even clearly feel the thick... murderous intent in the other person's eyes!
Chapter completed!