Chapter 255: No way to survive
Faced with Liu Wei's low-key behavior, Cen Wenben was unmoved, took a sip of tea and said, "Who cares about those troubles? I wrote a letter to retire in a few days and begged to retire. The government and the country were disturbed and loyal betrayed, but it was only the clouds and smoke in front of me, and it disappeared without any worries. Liu Shizhong was strong and powerful, and he was deeply trusted by His Majesty. He should be loyal to the king."
Liu Shi suddenly regretted it.
He defected to His Majesty Li Er to his own fault, and he also had the reality that he could get the best of both worlds.
Now Cen Wenben and Xiao Yu have joined forces to promote Shandong, and the clans of Jiangnan have entered the center. With the Guanlong clans withdrawing from all the central divisions and temples, their momentum is vast and unrestrained. Even His Majesty Li Er wants to avoid his edge and compromise. But His Majesty Li Er is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty and a powerful lord of a generation. He has extremely sharp control over the court. Once the limelight passes, he can control the situation. After all, His Majesty Li Er must be in charge of the Tang Dynasty!
Now relying on the general trend of the family families in Shandong and Jiangnan, he has achieved his position as a civil servant leader. In the future, he consolidated his position with His Majesty Li Er's trust and became a de facto giant in the court. Liu Shi is a few powerful ministers in ancient and modern times. He is truly under one person, above ten thousand people, and even the ministers of Zhenguan and the aristocratic families will crawl at his feet.
If you are lucky enough to survive His Majesty Li Er, you will definitely be appointed as the minister of the regent when the crown prince ascended the throne. If the King of Jin, who thought of becoming the youngest, wouldn’t he be comparable to Lu, and Huo, he controlled the government affairs and covered the sky with one hand, and also made the new emperor respectfully call himself "Xiangfu"?
Unexpectedly, when cooperating with His Majesty Li Er's actions to suppress Fang Jun, Cen Wenben regarded it as betrayal. This harsh words were almost the same as turning against each other...
Fortunately, how could Your Majesty let the clans in Shandong and Jiangnan seize the dividends of this situation he created? Yi Chu would inevitably make a big fuss with his family afterwards, so Cen Wenben was worried, but he expressed his dissatisfaction in anger and warned him, but did not turn against him on the spot, leaving a possibility of making up for the relationship between them.
The ups and downs of officialdom, everything is about interests. Today, Cen Wenben is so dissatisfied because Liu Wei destroyed their bottom line. If Liu Wei really becomes His Majesty Li Er trusted minister, he will take charge of the center, and they should let go of their old grudges...
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The prince came out of Wude Hall and went straight to Fang Jun through Xuanwu Gate and returned to Youtun Wei Camp. He ignored the inner family members who came to hear the news. He sat in the tent and had lunch and then drank tea. The prince looked depressed and Fang Jun was also particularly silent.
A stove of sandalwood and a pot of tea, the king and his minister sat opposite each other. The atmosphere was very dull.
His Majesty Li Er is as powerful as a rock and unstoppable. Now Yi Chu’s heart is as strong as iron and stone. Who can turn the tables against the trend?
However, the statement among King Wei and King Jin is that they do not compete for the throne. Perhaps it is a big change. His Majesty Li Er is as heart-warming as a stone. He can't force his sons to kill each other, right?
Li Chengqian said: "I cannot stay here for a long time, otherwise it will not only cause attacks and impeachments for Erlang, but also be considered by the emperor to use the army to make a mistake. In the afternoon, I have someone to clean up the East Palace, and I will move it back to the East Palace tomorrow morning."
As the crown prince, he is in the military camp and is very close to the army. He is in any dynasty. It is a major event that is beyond the distance. As long as someone impeaches him, he will be punished by the emperor. What's more, he is now in a turmoil and in danger of peace...
Fang Jun nodded, but did not talk about this matter, but mentioned another thing: "Yesterday His Majesty returned to the palace, and the empress found among the entourage members that the monk in charge of refining elixirs in Jiucheng Palace..."
Li Chengqian was shocked: "Is Erlang saying that his father is still taking pills?"
Fang Jun sighed, "I'm afraid that's true."
The "elixirs" prepared at present are not only far inferior to those mentally dependent drugs in later generations that harm the body, but even the "elixirs" that were widely circulated in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. They are just medicines made of herbs and minerals that can make people excited and overdraw their physical strength, and even the pharmacology of the specific substance content. However, for this reason, no one knows how much this "elixir" is taken to be taken in the right amount, so most people will gradually increase their dosage after taking it for a long time.
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The long-term stimulation of the central nervous system by excessive drugs not only greatly reduces the human body's fitness, increases the heart load, and has serious harm to the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular system, but also leads to hyperactivity, irritability, and sensitivity, which in turn leads to a major change in temperament.
Many emperors and generals in history have suffered this. The most typical example is Emperor Jiajing, the "King of Dan Mercury". This Ming emperor not only has a very high IQ, but also has a unique talent. He can still live to the age of sixty after taking "dan Mercury" for decades. However, he could have created something that is not inferior to his ancestors, but his temperament changed drastically due to "dan Mercury" and went astray and almost died by the hands of the palace maids...
Li Chengqian was stunned for a while and said dejectedly: "Because of taking pills, the court and the country advised him many times. His father also expressed his intention to not get involved again, but he always regretted it afterwards and obeyed him. If he takes it seriously, he is afraid that no one will persuade him."
His Majesty Li Er seems to be magnanimous and humbly accept advice in this life, but in fact, only two people can hear the words of them. One is Empress Wende and the other is Wei Zheng. Now that both of them are dead, who can convince the stubborn His Majesty Li Er?
The elixir and mercury have been circulating in the world for a long time. In addition, the prosperity of the Taoist sect since the founding of the Tang Dynasty has enabled it to develop greatly. The folk alchemy and eating elixirs have become a trend. Everyone knows the harm, but they cannot give up their energy and the effect of cultivating immortality. Of course, the former is immediate, while the latter is illusory.
However, the difference between human nature and wild animals is that wild animals only see the immediate interests, but people most admire the invisible but extremely perfect things in the future...
People can dream, so only people yearn for the illusory supreme way of heaven and work tirelessly to do everything in front of them.
The emperor who has mastered the supreme power in the world naturally hopes to continue this power for thousands of years, cultivate immortals and attain enlightenment, transcend the world, live with heaven and earth, and rot with mountains and rocks, which has become their dream ultimate goal.
However, the Chinese civilization has a long history, and many descriptions of the path of immortality have been passed down from ancient times, either word of mouth or in classics. In short, everything has traces to follow, as if the road to heaven is there, and as long as you try your best to find it, you will definitely find it...
How can the emperor resist such temptation?
However, no one can advise this matter at present. Even though they know that there are many hidden dangers, they can only leave it aside for the time being.
Fang Jun said: "In the afternoon, I am going to see His Highness, King Han, and ask him to write to His Majesty in the name of Zongzheng Temple, and ask His Highness, you to return to the Eastern Palace."
Li Chengqian nodded and said helplessly: "That's how it's a blessing."
The dignified imperial crown prince is now "occupied" by His Majesty Li Er because his temporarily lived in Wude Hall, and he has nowhere to go and has no home. Even if he returns to his Eastern Palace, he still has to ask His Majesty for an orderly request. He has to make a man of sufficient weight to go. Otherwise, if he begs to His Majesty Li Er, then His Majesty Li Er will return with a vague saying "The Eastern Palace is ruined and has insulted the identity of the crown prince" and issued an order to wait until the renovation of the Eastern Palace is completed before the prince will be allowed to return. That will make a joke in the world. The prestige of the crown prince will be gone. I don't know how many people who change their minds and turn their minds to jump up and bite the crown prince in order to show their loyalty to the next crown prince...
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When Fang Jun said goodbye and left, Princess Su walked into the tent, put the tray on the coffee table, picked up a cup of ginseng tea and handed it to Li Chengqian, and said softly: "The prince's night has been hard to sleep in the night these days, and he doesn't want to eat and eat. Don't hurt your body. Drink a few more ginseng tea to replenish your body, so that you can have the energy to deal with the dilemma."
Li Chengqian smiled bitterly: "What's the use of having energy? The father's heart is like iron stone, and it cannot be changed. I am not willing to do so, nor can I go against my father's order."
There is no idea like "the king asked his minister to die and his ministers to die." It was the saying that the Qing Dynasty was promoted after castration and distorted the Confucian classics. Confucian academics spread the world and followed the "Zuo Zhuan" "Therefore, the king died for the country, and died for the country, and died for the country. If he died for himself and died for himself, it was not his personal interests, so who dared to take it upon him."
But as the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, His Majesty Li Er firmly controlled the court, and there were hundreds of thousands of troops on the side of the Eastern Expedition. He could not completely withdraw from Guanzhong for a while. He was determined to want Yi Chu. Once he ignored the opposition of the government and the opposition and the infamy of future generations, who could resist it?
Although the Guanlong rebels were very dangerous and as dangerous as they were, they could at least breathe a sigh of relief and fight to the death. Now, facing the father's intention of Yi Chu, he has no power to resist at all.
Crown Princess Su sat next to Li Chengqian, leaning her head against his shoulder, looking sad and sighing quietly.
It is a fate. Even if there are such a stunning and loyal humeral like Fang Jun, it is still a waste of time to turn things around. On the contrary, the more a minister like Fang Jun is unfair to the prince, the more the prince will become a hidden danger in the court affairs in His Majesty, and it needs to be eliminated quickly.
Once the prince is sentenced to death, how can the Eastern Palace survive?
Even if Your Majesty is unbearable to harm the father and son, when the new emperor ascends the throne in the future, how can he let the deposed prince who has gained the support of countless court officials live?
Sooner or later, the fate of Li Chengqian and his family members in the East Palace has been destined.
The desperate situation may not be terrible, but it is the feeling of being slain with no resistance, which makes people fall into infinite fear and despair...
Li Chengqian put down the teacup and took his wife's thin shoulders deeply. He tightened his strength and said warmly: "There is no need to be too desperate. Erlang is a person with a weak character. As long as he can ensure his position in the court, he may be able to save your and your children's lives when disaster strikes in the future."
That's why he asked his father to give Fang Junchao a standard treatment and give him the title of "Shangzhu Kingdom". As long as his father's kindness is right, he will break himself cleanly, so as not to bear the reputation of "destroying his son with his father" for the sake of easy crown.
Perhaps this can be exchanged for the mercy of the father and leave him with a bloodline...
Chapter completed!