When Li Dan rushed to Li Hong's palace, he heard Li Zhe chatting with Li Hong before he entered. Judging from the words of the two people, it was obvious that Li Zhe had only been here for a while. The conversation between the two was... The moment he stepped across the threshold, he didn't say anything substantial.
So when he looked up and saw the expressions of understanding on the faces of the two royal brothers, he understood that his arrival was actually expected by the two royal brothers.
"As expected, you lost. Please treat me to dinner at the best restaurant in Luoyang City in a few days." Li Hong pointed to the chair on the other side to Li Dan, who had just entered, and motioned for him to sit down, and then said to Li Zhe on the other side. said.
"Actually, I had expected that he would come too. Today, Lao Ba and I sent my father and mother back to the palace. The comments we heard along the way were no less than yours." Li Zhe looked a little unconvinced. Just now Regarding the bet with Li Hong on whether Li Dan would come, he was accidentally tricked by the emperor's brother.
After all, everyone knows that both he and the eighth brother Li Dan have been sincerely assisting the emperor's brother Li Hong over the years, and the emperor's brother has always trusted them both. Although he does not seem to have any supreme power, But if you think about it carefully, you will find that the power in their hands is no less than that of any important official in the court.
The emperor's brother was able to hand over these matters to them without any scruples and with great confidence. This also enabled the two of them to avoid having to think too much about their own situation after what happened in Luoyang today, and thus they could solve the problem at an extremely fast speed. Enter the palace calmly and discuss countermeasures with the emperor's brother.
"Are you also here because of today's incident in Luoyang City?" Li Hong looked at the kind and honest Li Dan and asked with a smile.
"Yes, Brother Emperor. I can't pretend to know anything about today's matter. I'm afraid it has already spread throughout Luoyang City. I'm afraid that at this time, everyone from the ministers to the common people will be here." Let's discuss this matter quietly." As Li Dan spoke, a hint of worry for Li Hong gradually appeared in his honest and simple expression.
"You have such a brain, you can only do academic work. It seems that you will never be able to learn tactics in this life. Don't laugh, you are not very good. As soon as you enter the door, you will be killed or chopped into pieces. If you follow the rules Your opinion of executing these 3,000 people will solidify your reputation as an emperor brother and me as a foolish emperor. Why don't you let the literati curse you for thousands of years?" Li Hong pointed at Li Dan and said a few words. Hearing Li Zhe chuckle, Li Hong unexpectedly changed the topic and said a few more words to him.
Li Zhe curled his lips in dissatisfaction and listened to Li Hong's reprimand and retorted: "I have paid too much attention to military logistics in recent years and cannot spare the energy to learn the art of controlling subordinates. What's more, in my opinion, this matter The wealthy family and the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes have gone too far. If you don't punish them severely at this time, how can you deter them? Once they do this, they will become even more aggressive, thinking that our royal family is afraid of them!"
"What do you mean?" Li Hong was too lazy to pay attention to Li Zhe's suggestion. After all, Li Zhe had always been a person who didn't use his brain to think about problems since he was a child.
Even if he knows it well in his heart, even if he can keenly perceive the importance of the incident, even if he knows that his method is the most inferior, he will only react conditionedly and immediately turn his instinct away. React and speak out.
See it through but don't tell it. It has always been like this when Li Zhe was following Li Xian's butt. It was only at the last moment, watching Li Xian go further and further on the road of no return, that he had to put it in his heart. He spoke the words to remind him, thus avoiding himself from embarking on the same path as Li Xian, and thus drawing a clear line between himself and Li Xian.
There is nothing wrong with what Li Zhe thinks and does. After all, as a royal prince, his identity is sensitive. What's more, his royal brother is now in power. There is no suspicion, fear or guard against him. Li Zhe still He left him in the capital without any doubt and gave him his favorite thing to do.
Therefore, in terms of Li Zhe's way of being a minister, if he wants to always maintain such harmony with Li Hong without any suspicion or suspicion between them, Li Zhe must not use his brain in anything, as long as he thinks of things that suit his personality. Just say it as a gut reaction.
The most important thing is that Li Zhe relies on him the most, or the reason why he can talk about government affairs in front of Li Hong without any scruples. Naturally, he opened up everything about himself to Li Hong from the beginning, and made it so Li Hong saw that there was nothing hidden in his heart called ambition.
"What do I mean?" Li Dan didn't expect that he hadn't spoken much before he sat down, so Lao Wu asked directly.
Perhaps because of the huge age difference between him and his fifth brother, Li Hong, Li Dan has always had an inexplicable awe and admiration for Li Hong over the years.
There was a ten-year age difference between the two. Li Hong was already the prince before he was born. In addition, since he was sensible, Li Hong had either led the army to conquer the country in the east or west, or sat in charge of Chang'an to supervise the country. The seeds of awe and worship were planted in his young mind from the very beginning when it came to handling government affairs.
Since he was a child, he believed that Li Hong was an omnipotent prince with the power to reach heaven and earth, and he was also the best candidate for the next throne. Therefore, he psychologically accepted the fact that everything should be controlled by Li Hong from an early age, just like ethics. The same as the father-son relationship in morality, it is an iron law that is never used and cannot be doubted.
In particular, Lao Wu has always taken good care of him. Whether it is in studies, life, or moving out of the palace to the palace, Lao Wu has given him great care. Sometimes he is like a father. He has always taken good care of him and fulfilled the duties of a true elder brother and father.
So after so many years, Li Dan has always respected and feared Li Hong. In many cases, even before Li Hong ascended the throne as emperor, he was more in awe of Li Hong than Li Zhi. Awe.
Now that Li Hong has become the emperor, it is like becoming the head of a wealthy family or an ordinary family. He has the final say in all matters. If anything happens in the family, he, as the younger brother, can only He instinctively obeys his brother's arrangements and decisions.
"I haven't thought about it yet. I came here... I just wanted to see if Brother Huang needs my help. I was sent here by Brother Huang." On the way here, Li Dan didn't even think about countermeasures. When he came here, he really I just wanted to follow Li Hong's instructions and see if I could be of any help to Lao Wu.
Seeing Li Dan's confused and somewhat ashamed face, Li Hong could only shake his head and smile bitterly. In recent years, Li Dan had focused all his thoughts on Taiyi City, and naturally he could not avoid matters in the court. Things in Yicheng are what he really wants to do and likes very much, so in Li Dan's mind, Li Hong should be the one to worry about the matters in the court, and then just tell him any instructions.
"Look at this." Li Hong picked up several memorials on the table and handed several copies to Li Zhe and Li Dan.
"Isn't this... inappropriate?" Li Zhe looked at the memorial that the emperor had personally opened. He wanted to take it but didn't dare to take it, as if the memorial was like a piece of burning red coal and would burn their hands immediately if they took it.
Li Dan on the other side shook his head like a rattle and said, "You'd better tell me. If there's anything I can do to help you vent your anger on Wu Xing Qi Wang, just tell me directly. , Emperor brother, although I don’t cause trouble, I’m not afraid of it either.”
"This is the memorial given to me by Li Shangjin and Li Sujie. It's okay for you to take a look. I can still hurt you!" Seeing that Li Zhe took the memorial tremblingly, but Li Dan still shook his head and refused, Li Hong He stared at Li Dan and said.
In the end, under Li Hong's pressure, the two of them each took several memorials, and quickly scanned them while the pages of the memorials made a slight noise and trembled.
Looking at the expressions of the two people, he guessed that they almost knew the contents of the memorial. Li Hong said slowly: "Li Sujie and Li Shangjin started to talk one after another less than half a month after we set off from Chang'an to accompany our father and mother. These memorials only gave me timely reports on the movements of some officials in their fiefdoms. I believe that among the officials who risked their lives to admonish me today, there are officials from their fiefdoms who are not here now. Fief, for such a long time, you have seemed to have forgotten your fief, and you have not received any memorials or secret reports from your fief officials. I have to say that you two princes are not competent at all. "
"I already said that the land is dispensable for me. I only need the palace in Chang'an. I really don't care about the rest." Li Zhe placed the memorial he had read in front of Li Hong and said nonchalantly. .
"I have forgotten that I still have fiefs. Since the year of the famine, Lao Qi and I have allocated most of the money in the house for disaster relief. I remember that after the disaster, I wrote a memorial to the emperor, saying that those fiefs still have Please take it back or take it into custody." Li Dan also put down the memorial in his hand, pushed it in front of Li Hong, and then looked at Li Hong and said softly.
At that time, various places were suffering from disasters. After Li Dan allocated money from the government to the fiefdom, he began to study with other students how to continue to accelerate the promotion of new crops.
After all, the storability and yield of the new crops are much higher than those of the original crops, and they do not affect the planting of the original crops. Therefore, in order to prevent the Tang Dynasty from suffering from famines in the future, when the people suffered from famine, he After fulfilling his duties as a fief, he began to think about this matter. After going back and forth, after the famine, he forgot about this matter, thinking that the court or the emperor's brother had already taken charge of his fief.
(End of chapter)