Seeing Lao Cao and Xiao Cao happily enter the alley, Li Chongyan waved his hand lazily, and finally spit out two words: "Go back to the palace!" ”

The prince followed and whispered: "Your Highness, when you first entered the Baitai Gate, the palace has already delivered a message, saying that Your Majesty has a will, so that you will go to see him as soon as you return to the imperial capital." ”

"Oh? Is my father in a hurry? ”

"It seems so."

"But I'm also anxious to see the crown princess, what should I do?" Li Chongyan smiled evilly.

I haven't seen the crown princess for too long, and now she is pregnant with Liujia, even if she can't touch it for the time being, that delicate face makes people want to pinch it. Oh, speaking of which, in fact, the female snitch I met on the edge of the Hanjiang River a few days ago is also very good, with a different kind of romance, but in terms of docility and loveliness, she is far inferior to me, the princess.

Li Chongyan thought about the face of the eagle tail, but forgot about being scared to pee.

"Then you go to the Zhaohua Hall first, and the old slave will find a way to block it for a while when he returns to the palace." The prince still replied with a smile.

I don't know why, every time he spoils the prince, he feels an indescribable comfort in his heart.

He saw Li Chongyan looking at the corner with a foolish smile, knowing that he was wandering thousands of miles, so he turned around and motioned to the coachman to hurry into the palace.

It was past noon when the carriage tossed back and forth to the gate of Zhangren Palace, and Li Chongyan shouted that he didn't want to enter the palace, so he went to Nanxing Tower on the side to have a meal first. The kung pao chicken there is made of boy chicken from Xing'anzhuang, with walnut kernels from Chengde County, and stir-fried with Liu Biju's yellow sauce, which is a must.

Wang Gonggong hurriedly rummaged through the treasure shirt for cotton handkerchiefs and orange wood toothpicks, and a person walked at the gate of the imperial city.

It was Gonggong Li in front of Emperor Wen.

"Yo, why is it Gonggong Li."

"The prince has worked hard all the way."

The two great eunuchs looked at each other, and their words were as smooth as the set of words.

Gonggong Li bowed to the car: "Your Highness, the old slave is waiting here at the behest of His Majesty, and I want you to enter the palace as soon as you arrive at the palace." ”

Li Chongyan saw the Nanxing Building signboard in the distance, and said impatiently: "But I haven't eaten yet!" ”

"Your Majesty learned that His Royal Highness entered the imperial capital this morning, and he has already passed the meal in the Yixian Pavilion of the Evergreen Palace, so I will wait for His Highness."

Li Chongyan was really unhappy in his heart, Nanxinglou couldn't eat, and the crown princess couldn't see it, what was there that made him go over in such a hurry, and even took up the effort to eat.

Seeing Gonggong Li's posture, the prince felt that it was unusual, and hurriedly whispered: "Your Highness, Your Majesty must miss you too much, let's hurry into the palace, we can't let Your Majesty wait for a long time." ”

Gonggong Li blocked everyone at the gate of the city, what else could he do?

Li Chongyan waved his hand irritably and motioned to enter the city.

The carriage drove into Zhangren Palace quickly, passed the Chongjing Gate, Yingxi Gate, and Chenglu Gate, and just arrived outside the Changqing Gate, and suddenly stopped.

The prince wondered why he stopped the car before he was in front of the Evergreen Palace, and Gonggong Li had already gotten out of the car and said, "Your Highness, Your Majesty has a decree, please enter the palace with the old slave alone." ”

Even the prince won't let him in?

Li Chongyan became more and more surprised, and he had no choice but to obey his fate at the moment.

What does my father want to do today?

Gonggong Li took Li Chongyan to Yixian Pavilion, didn't even raise his head, and only retreated in a hurry, leaving Li Chongyan stunned.

The tea fragrance in the pavilion is bursting, the warmth is caged, and the huge twenty-four screens depict the picture of the tiger stepping on the stream and chasing the deer written by Li Mengchu, the holy hand of Danqing.

Behind the screen, the clothes were vaguely rustling, and a person turned out, wearing a red gold crown of the dragon traveling in the four seas, wearing a purple gold dragon brocade robe, three wisps of clear beard under the chin, and a scroll of poetry in his hand, his face was like a crown of jade, and his smile was like a spring breeze, which was Li Houcong, the lord of Cangwu Kingdom.

"Emperor, you are back." Li Houcong's face was full of joy, and his eyes were full of love.

Li Chongyan was a little irritable when he didn't enter the palace, and when he saw Li Houcong doing a handstand, he left it behind, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed.

This affection is really Li Chongyan's sincerity, his father has always loved him, and he has not allowed it since he was a child, and there is no one in this world who is more amiable and respectable than his father.

"I heard that you haven't eaten yet, and my father has passed it on for you, so sit down and eat."

"Hey, why don't you have any subordinates?" Li Chongyan looked around strangely, only the table was full of dishes.

"Eating without saying a word, sleeping without a word, is an ancient precept. But my father was happy to see you and wanted to talk to you, so he ......"

Li Chongyan understood.

It is reasonable that the food in the palace is given, and you can't speak until you finish eating. The father wanted to eat unrestrainedly, and he didn't want his subordinates to say that he had no rules, so he simply sent them all out.

The father is such a person, who not only cherishes his reputation, but always wants to tear up the way for his son, for fear of suffocating his son, but he still says that he wants to talk to his son.

Li Chongyan smiled knowingly, "Then please ask my father to forgive my son's rudeness." After speaking, he sat down at the table, picked up the chopsticks and ate by himself.

Li Houcong saw that his complexion seemed to be darker again, and he couldn't help but feel a little distressed, so he scooped a bowl of soup with his own hands and handed it over.

"Xinyang County is located in a remote area, and my son has suffered this time."

"Not bitter, not bitter." Li Chongyan grinned.

"I thought about it again and again, and I hesitated to put you in such a dangerous place. However, it seems that my son is very strong-willed, and he can enjoy himself in hardship, which is really a piece of hard work in vain. ”

Compared with when he first came out of the imperial capital, Li Chongyan has indeed changed, at least the latter word in the word Jiaojiao has been reduced by four or five points compared with before. Although Xinyang County is poor, he can't find fault with him too much, and his interaction with Cao Xiwen has also imperceptibly changed a lot of temperament.

"I also heard that you have raised a new policy in Xinyang County, built roads, opened more canals, and attracted bandits to guard the county gate for you, which is very ingenious."

"It turns out that my father knows so thoroughly." Li Chongyan couldn't help but feel proud.

"Although it cost a little more money, even if the previous county order cost money, I have never done a good job, which shows that my son is indeed a smart talent."

What Li Houcong said was not all preference. In previous years, the county decree declared the relief money of the imperial court has never been less, but as soon as the silver arrived in the county, it was like mud into the sea, and I couldn't even hear a sound. Li Chongyan spent more than them, but it is not a miracle that he can achieve such immediate results in more than a month.

Having said that, in fact, even if he gave the same silver to those county orders, he would never have imagined Li Chongyan's flower method, as the so-called stone of other mountains can attack jade, and he will hand over this cangwu country to his son one day, maybe he can really bloom a new dynasty and a new atmosphere.

However, in some things, the son is still a little immature, and now the time is not waiting for me, even if it is to help the seedlings grow, I have to teach him hard.

"It is a good thing that my son can find a unique way to rectify government affairs, and it is also a merit to benefit the people. However, my son will be the crown prince who will inherit the throne in the future, and as an emperor, do you know what it is that you still need to learn? ”

Li Chongyan stopped and asked, "What is it?" ”

"The art of checks and balances."

Oh...... Checks and balances. Li Chongyan has not heard of it, the emperor has always paid attention to the art of checks and balances, but for the Li dynasty, the word checks and balances are a little incompatible. Everyone in the world knows that the kings of all dynasties have appointed the government to the Muyun clan, and the Taishi Mansion is a monopoly, and there is no competition, and there has never been a change. If you want to talk about checks and balances, where do you start?

"Although you are not in the court, you have probably heard that now the Taishi Mansion has become an empty mansion. There are seven or eight out of ten ministers who used to be attached to the Muyun Gate Valve, and you also said to me in this Evergreen Hall a year ago, it seems that it is my Li clan's country, but it is in the hands of his Muyun clan. Now that the Mu Yun clan has dispersed, the situation in the court has changed, and it has changed greatly compared to before. Li Houcong suddenly accepted Fang Cai's kind eyebrows and became serious.

"However, this does not mean that the ministers in the court are all subservient to orders, if there is no substitute or no one else, although it is the best among the people who can take on the great responsibility, but it is often difficult to control, and it is not easy to dispatch, so there is this art of checks and balances."

"Oh......" Li Chongyan was refreshed when he heard it, and he had already put down the bowl and listened carefully. He had never heard his father talk about it.

Didn't my father just talk about the tea scriptures or games? The major affairs of the imperial court are also appointed to various ministers, and there are very few times when they do it themselves. People in the world sometimes even criticize the father for being a little sloppy, but the father doesn't care, even the side hall in the evergreen hall is named Yixian Pavilion, how can he suddenly change his mind and work so hard?

Li Houcong continued: "The art of checks and balances is divided into 16 systems, among which there are pairs and singles. ”

"Father, what do you mean by this?"

"For the system, as the name suggests, it is to prevent some powerful officials from standing alone, and to find officials of similar strength to compete with them, so that the two can compete for the emperor's use."

"Oh......" Li Chongyan asked thoughtfully, "But what if this solo show is too popular and no one can compete with it?" ”

"Then you need to make a single system, and take precautions before it becomes a big deal. I know what you want to say, Mu Yun is actually like this, but when I ascended the throne, Mu Yun was already in control of the court, and I couldn't do anything about it. So there are two words for the key to the single system, one is early. The sooner you shoot, the less likely you will be anti-guest-oriented. ”

Li Chongyan never imagined that his father would say such a thing, when he complained to his father about Mu Yunzuo's dictatorship a year ago, his father refused to say a bad word about Mu Yunzuo, and now it seems that it was Taoguang's strategy to raise obscurity. Father is a wise man!

"The father asked the child at that time, and felt that the father had mental deficiency, but the child said never. It turned out that the father was deliberately deceived by the Mu Yun clan......"

Li Houcong smiled slightly: "Okay, the Mu Yun clan is already an ancient, so don't mention it again." Do you understand what I just said? ”

"Father said that there are two words, one is early, and the other is what?"