Chapter 16: Discerning Right from Wrong

Li Zhen nodded when he heard this, his father was right, take the Tang Dynasty as an example, Xu Jingzong, Lu Qi, Li Linfu, Li Fuguo, which one is not full of poetry and books, but they either framed loyalty, or formed a party for personal gain, and finally ended up infamous through the ages. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

And this shows a truth, hooligans are not terrible, but learned hooligans are the most terrible.

"Please also ask my father to make it clear!"

"In fact, it's simple, just four words, distinguish between right and wrong!" Li Chengye said softly. "Knowing what to do and what not to do is what you should learn and understand, but do you know why your father never scolds you?"

Li Zhen replied: "I think it's because my son didn't do anything evil!" ”

Li Chengye nodded and smiled when he heard this: "Yes, that's right, your aunt died early, although I have no time to take care of you two brothers for my father's affairs, but I know everything you do on weekdays, you are lazy by nature and unwilling to be restrained, Mo'er is rough and reckless, but his heart is not bad, this is also the most gratifying place for his father, although today's things are done recklessly, but it is finally the right way, so not only will the father not punish you, but praise you!" Say, what do you want to open your mouth? ”

Li Zhen immediately grinned when he heard this, and said, "Hehe, it is the greatest honor of a son to be praised by his father, how dare he ......?"

Before Li Zhen finished speaking, he saw Li Chengye wave his hand and said: "Okay, it's rare that you have this heart, so I won't mention the praise for the time being!" ”

Li Zhen was stunned when he heard this, I was just polite to you! Did you have such a chat?! In this way, how can everyone live in a friendly way in the future?! Quality, what about quality?!

Then I saw Li Zhen looking at the mess in the house, with a gloomy, helpless but regretful expression on his face.

Li Chengye turned around and sat down, the smile on his face gradually retracted, and he looked extremely serious, "But ......"

After hearing this, Li Zhen's heart sank suddenly, and he secretly slandered himself: What you said before is foreshadowing! Next is the main topic?!

"You've done the right thing, but you've done a big job!" Li Chengye grabbed the bamboo pen on the low table with his hand and then fell to the ground heavily, his face changing so quickly that it was staggering.

Li Zhen looked at the innocent bamboo pen on the ground with a bitter face and distressed, and said stupidly: "Because the backstage of the Liu family is Bai Minzhong!" ”

Li Chengye didn't seem to expect Li Zhen to say the reason in one sentence, the sermon that was originally going to be a long speech was blocked back, and he didn't know what to say for a while, and he was stunned for a long time before he held back three words: "Go on!" ”

Seeing this, Li Zhen had the courage to continue: "Since the backstage of Liu Changshi's family is to be the chief assistant of the dynasty, it means that it will not take long for Liu Changshi to soar, and with his temperament, he will definitely not let go of his father!" ”

When Li Chengye heard this, he said angrily: "What does your trouble have to do with me!" ”

As soon as the voice fell, Li Chengye suddenly thought that this matter might really have nothing to do with him, and immediately snorted coldly and said, "Since you know this, why didn't you report me before you did this?!" Do you know that Liu Rui's husband dared to openly threaten me today?! ”

"What? He is a little fifth-grade Changshi who is not in the stream, and he dares to threaten the third-grade Shangguan?! Slap him! Did you slap him? ”

Li Chengye: "......"

After a long time, Li Chengye's anger gradually subsided, showing a helpless face, "Alas, you are still young, there are some things you don't understand, and you don't understand things in the officialdom, as you just said, although Liu Rui's official character is small, but behind it is a towering tree that no one can shake, since Bai Minzhong entered the cabinet, Liu Rui is even more unscrupulous, and now even the new Li Yuanjun has to let him have a few points!" ”

"On the second day of Bai Minzhong's entry into the cabinet, Liu Rui prepared several carts of gold and silver and sent them to Chang'an, as for who to give it to, it is naturally obvious, I believe that it will not be long before the imperial court's edict will come down!"

"At this time, you just stabbed this basket! And have you thought about it, with Liu Rui's character of retribution, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to the father and daughter! ”

After saying that, Li Chengye fell silent, Li Zhen didn't dare to say more, he stood there honestly and said nothing, but he didn't think much of his father's words, no matter how he said Liu Rui is also the long history of Jiangling Mansion, if he is not good for the father and daughter at this time, I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape the scolding of the world, and it will inevitably affect his promotion at that time.

And his father's personality Li Zhen is very clear, his ancestors come from the side branch of the Li family in Longyou, and he really belongs to the side room of the Tang royal family, but in this generation, he is the kind of relative who can't beat ten poles, and he is no different from a passerby.

But after all, he has the blood of a famous family in his body, and the traditional Confucianism in his bones has long been ingrained, but after experiencing the turmoil and war in the Tang Dynasty, his father gradually learned to compromise and forbearance, otherwise he would never have sat in such an important position as Yin of Jiangling Mansion.

But his father is by no means a corrupt official, since taking office, Jiangling Mansion has shown a trend of increasing income and household registration year by year, and has paid a large amount of silk official tax to the Chang'an treasury every year, and even in a sense, the reason why Datang was able to quickly recover from the war for many years is that his father is absolutely indispensable.

However, appropriate compromise and flattery have been necessary means of survival and ascension in the officialdom since ancient times, but the ministers used this as a way for themselves to seize and corrupt their families and countries, and the capable officials used this as a ladder to govern the country and prosper the country.

His father, Li Chengye, clearly belongs to the latter.

At this point, Li Zhen knew that his father would definitely compromise with Liu Rui, but to what extent he would compromise was not something Li Zhen could guess.

Li Chengye's face was replaced by a look of helplessness and sorrow, perhaps Li Zhen couldn't imagine the pressure his father was facing at this time and what kind of determination he needed to make.

But Li Zhen knew that this time the disaster seemed to make his father feel tricky and embarrassed, after all, no one was willing to do such a thing as begging someone to say good things, not to mention that the person who went to ask was his subordinate.

However, since Li Chengye already knew what happened in advance, he naturally did not need Li Zhen to teach him what to do.

"Alas, okay, I will personally go to Liu's house early tomorrow morning, but you have to remember for me that before Liu Rui leaves Jiangling Mansion, you must not cause any more trouble!"

Li Zhen hurriedly nodded yes, and then Li Chengye waved his hand to signal him to retreat, but just as Li Zhen turned to leave, he heard Li Chengye ask: "You called Li Mo!" I have something to say! ”

"Uh...... Today, Li Mo beat people too hard, making him physically and mentally exhausted, I'm afraid that I'm already asleep, so it's better to ......"

"Sleep a fart! Tell me, where the hell is he?! Li Chengye said impatiently.

Li Zhen saw that he couldn't hide it, so he had to whisper: "In ...... In the drunken moon move! ”

"What?! Where is it? You repeat! Li Chengye got up suddenly, the muscles on his face couldn't help twitching a few times, and he roared angrily.