Rule the Roost in the Tang Dynasty: Forty-seven Undercurrents

Li Hong handed the broken portrait to Li Zhi and complained: "Look, Grandpa Emperor asked you to break the image. This glass was indeed a mistake by the son at the beginning. The original price was to keep the glass rare. Degree, is the so-called rare thing is expensive."

"Then tell me, what does it have to do with selling it to the palace for 10%?" Li Zhi put the badly painted portrait aside and asked in a leisurely manner.

Li Hong laughed awkwardly: "Isn't the child minister still having any money when the price was originally set, so I want to get from my father..."

"Huh, if you know you, you want money to be easy to say, but what do you want so much money for? Also, where did you get all the money you earned over the years? Don't tell me, just build the wall without In Taiyi City, the money was spent.” Wu Mei also asked for her husband behind.

Dare to love the couple in partnership to bully people, Li Hong said dissatisfied: "Mother, you have not taken less money from your son in the past few years, and your harem expenses seem to have been for the last two years. The minister came out."

"That's what you deserve. You accidentally burned Su Jie's palace with Jin. Shouldn't you lose money?" Wu Mei said frankly.

"Yes, I haven't asked you to settle the account for this matter. If you hadn't burned their palace, I would have planned to build the Daming Palace in another two years." Follow.

"Well, well, I can’t say you, you are so good, and you are reasonable. But my father is also thinking about you, Father, you want to rebuild in two years, isn’t it because the court is too opposed It’s so much. Now the price of glass is increased by 10%, and the money will be returned to you by Erchen. Wouldn’t you be able to save a fortune from the household? And the province will definitely not refute you or keep it. Don’t send it, right? Thinking about it this way, do you suddenly feel that your son has foresight?"

"Thirty percent, one less than Chengdu and quit, the palace your mother wants is too expensive..." Li Zhi bargained.

"Twenty percent, no more. If you build a Daming Palace, it means that your ministers have built several Taiyi cities!" Li Hong struggled.

"Okay, the two achieve 20%, but you must pay for the two burned palaces. I am also tired, your majesty, you and Hong'er can continue to paint." Wu Mei saw the Daming Palace finally A fee has been paid, and my heart is at ease.

Furthermore, she could also see that because of their own existence, the father and son had a lot of things that could not be said in front of them, and they were easy to talk when they left.

"Erchen sent his mother's queen." Li Hong walked to Wu Mei to help her, and said with a hippie smile: "Mother, you see that the sons and ministers have grown taller, but you haven't changed at all. You still followed the past. Just as beautiful."

Wu Mei gave him a white look: "Don’t just pick it up and say, Li Xian and Li Zhe (Li Xian's former name, Li Zhe is used in the novel, the difference is similar to Li Xian.) Recently, they are better than you. Many obedient, if you dare to instigate them to learn badly, be careful I let your father beat you."

Li Zhi turned his head and looked at the two supporting each other, and said cheerfully: "As long as the queen wants to beat him, even tell me, I am also itchy, but I can't grasp his handle. This So that he has been at large."

Wu Mei didn't even look at Li Zhi. When she walked to the door, she threw off Li Hong's arm on her elbow, and said lightly, "Ah...what does it matter if it sounds nice? I don't know who it was back then. Because twenty worthless crystal cards were bought."

Li Zhi touched a gray nose, and the old past was turned out again, touched his nose speechlessly, and continued to look at the portraits painted by Li Hong.

Li Hong didn't dare to laugh loudly. He was the one who caused it. Now whenever this matter is mentioned, the father wants to beat him.

After sending Wu Mei away, Li Hong went back to the room again and sat down next to Li Zhi. Without waiting for Li Zhi to describe, the charcoal in his hand danced quickly on the white paper. After a while , A mighty and domineering middle-aged man appeared on the white paper.

"Yes, this one looks like your grandfather, let's use this one." Li Zhi took it over and looked at it admiringly, staring at the person in the painting without moving for a long time.

After the death of the mother and queen, he was brought up by the father and the emperor, and he was sometimes taken with him. The father and son can be said to be "dependent on each other."

"What do you plan to do with Li Yifu's affairs?" Li Zhi put down the portrait in his hand, the maid carefully took it, and properly collected it. In the future, he will use this portrait to make a bronze statue.

"What else can I do, dismiss the office, and send it to Taiyi City. Your minister has reminded you a long time ago, and you thought he was a clean official." Li Hong muttered.

"This matter is the father's fault. Li Yifu has relied on the support of your mother to make complaints in the court over the past few years, but I am afraid it will be difficult for the court to calm the grievances just by dismissing. , He also did a lot of things in Zhongshu Province." Li Zhi sighed, shaking his head, and became indecisive again.

Li Hong said in his heart: "If it hadn't been for the past few years that I had been holding him down, I am afraid that the courtroom would be ten times messier than it is now."

Since his father became Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he has not been strong in the court. Over the years, more often than not, it was the mother's queen who helped him in the harem, and it was precisely because of this that Li Yi's mansion gradually became bigger.

Although I have tried my best to limit Li Yifu's misbehavior, my father has no choice but to go his own way. Now, Li Yifu is so arrogant that he buys and sells officials, even his own daughter and son-in-law are involved.

"Father, my son thought it would be better to dismiss the post of Li Yi’s Fuzhong Shuling, and then you promote him from the Prince Sheren to the Prince Taibao. The second grade of Zhong Shuling is promoted from the first grade. In this way, you can also Let him stay away from the court and be able to explain it to the queen mother." Li Hong said, looking at Li Zhi's contradictory expression.

"Prince Taibao?" Li Zhi asked in surprise.

"Yes, now the prince's prince is the Shangguan Yi, the prince is Xu Jingzong, the Taibao was originally Yang Sijian, and Li Yifu has always hoped to be promoted to the "three divisions" or "three young masters". It also fits his wish."

Li Zhi thought about Li Hong's proposal, so it was indeed possible to clean the court. But he hesitated again. Xu Jingzong was poached by Li Hong a few years ago, and he was relieved of all court officials, and he was relieved to be the prince and prince. Now if Li Yifu is also brought to the East Palace, does the prince have any plans?

Li Zhi was taken aback when he thought of this, and then said calmly: "Father will consider this matter again. If Li Yifu is removed, Du Zhenglun alone may not be able to support all the political affairs of Zhongshu Province."

As he grows older, Li Hong understands Li Zhi more and more thoroughly. His father is an extremely contradictory person. Sometimes he is indecisive in political affairs and has difficulty making decisions.

It is often necessary for others to help him make up his mind. In recent years, some of the big things in the courtroom have been out of the box. When it comes to making decisions, the queen's mother has helped him decide.

Now, he apparently realized that the queen was too close to the court from the harem, so he wanted to get rid of this dependence.

It's like he was restraining him in the courtroom in order to get rid of the confinement group headed by Changsun Wuji. But the problem is that there were mothers, queens, Xu Jingzong and others who helped him deal with Changsun Wuji and other veterans, but now he is missing a yin like Xu Jingzong.

The only one who can give him this kind of hope is Li Yi Mansion, so he also indulges Li Yi Mansion. He has done misconduct in private in the past few years, and even helped Li Yi Mansion clear the impeachment of Li Yi Mansion.

But after a few years, he didn't see any signs that Li Yifu was inclined to him, but Li Yifu was getting closer and closer to his mother and queen.

If it weren't for controlling Li Yifu himself, I am afraid that Li Yifu has replaced Xu Jingzong. At this time, in front of the mother's heel, it was already similar to the position of a close minister.

Today's palace seems to be peaceful and quiet, but in this situation it is a three-way game with undercurrents. That was himself, the father and the mother, the three of them were involuntarily propelled by the undercurrents in the court, and step by step came to this delicate situation.

I relied on his young age or "innocent ignorance" advantage, and Xu Jingzong had not received special attention from the mother's queen, and before the mother's queen was interested in the court, he stalked him from The mother fought over.

Another reason is that Xu Jingzong is older than Li Yifu, and it is easy for the queen to let go.

Li Yifu originally thought that he could come over at the same time, but he did not expect that he was opposed by his father and mother.

So in the end, a compromise method was adopted. Li Yifu was appointed as the prince's clerk, and served as the post of Zhongshu Province, and together with another Chinese scholar, Du Zhenglun, presided over the Zhongshu Province.

As the saying goes, "A single mouse **** can ruin a pot of soup." It is conceivable that if there were Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong in the court, it would be so smoky. The trend of history, I am afraid, will be the same as recorded in the history books, forming a situation of "the emperor and the queen" between the father and the mother ~ IndoMTL.com~ Li Hong also knows that even if Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong are resolved, the court will still There are Ma Yifu, Liu Jingzong and so on. But think about it, at this time, no matter who appeared in the court, the damage caused to the court and the opposition of the Tang Dynasty could not be equated with the harm of Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong.

Li Hong looked at his father's hesitation. He knew in his heart that the abilities of Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong gave the father and the queen tangible benefits. They would not easily take these two Personally let go.

In the case of the grandson Wuji, the father and the emperor got unimaginable benefits. The same is true for the mother and queen. At least, the queen's throne has most of the credit of Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong. As for the position of his prince, the shadows of Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong are also the brightest.

And I want to bring these two people to the East Palace together. It is conceivable that it is difficult for the father and the empress and the mother to feel shocked and suspicious.

Fortunately, Li Hong has done everything he has done so far that can be exposed to the sun, and nothing is unknown to Li Zhi and Wu Mei. And it was precisely because of this that he might eventually control Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong.

"Father, the son knows that you cherish the talents of Li Yifu, but you don't have to be in the court to give full play to it. Taiyi City is now under the control of the son, but the son has no experience and rewards. , I need officials like Li Yifu to help the children govern together. Besides, there will be the foundation of my Datang in the future. Li Yifu can still make contributions there, even more important than in the court."

Li Zhi didn't know whether he listened to Li Hong's persuasion, but he just nodded thoughtfully without speaking. At least he still had some doubts about whether Taiyi City was as important as Li Hong said.