Chapter 13: Taking the Bait
Since hooking up with Zhu Yougong, Li Ji's status in the palace has risen rapidly.
The guards were starting to fear him, which was a good sign, although the guards still followed him every step of the way.
And Zhu Yougong has been brainwashed by Li Ji, his mind is full of small money, and he often comes to the palace to discuss the opening of the mine with Li Ji in the past few days.
Who knew that Li Ji had changed his hexagram again and never mentioned the matter of opening the mine, which made Zhu Yougong very unhappy.
"Your Majesty, is the matter of having a mine in Yique County reliable?" Zhu Yougong pondered at home for a long time, and couldn't help but enter the palace again and asked.
"General Gong, it's not that I don't want to tell you. At that time, I was still young, and I seemed to have heard my father say that there was a mountain in the east of Yique County, which was the copper mine, but it seemed that the mining there would break the feng shui of my Tang Dynasty, so the matter was shelved. You know, where my Datang dragon vein is located, how can I wantonly destroy it. Li Ji said with great sincerity.
Wouldn't it be even more pleasing to my father-in-law if you broke your Tang dragon vein, Zhu Yougong was already carried away by money: "Your Majesty is not right to say so, right now, my Tang Dynasty soldiers are fighting bloodily on the front line, and what they lack is military salaries." If this mountain can be mined, the country will be rich, and the soldiers will be more energetic to fight. ”
Li Ji waved his hand: "This I really can't help you, you see that now I have people watching me when I go out, and it is inconvenient to go out of the palace." If you allow me to leave the palace, I will tell you where the copper mine is, but there is one thing, I am firmly against your mining. I think what Jiang Xuanhui said is quite reasonable, and it is not too late to wait for King Liang to come back and make a decision. ”
Zhu Yougong originally wanted to wait for Fan Gongbao to come back to discuss, but he couldn't wait, he wanted to mine as soon as possible to invite credit in front of Zhu Wen. When Zhu Wen came back from the battle, wouldn't it be beautiful to give him such a big surprise?
"Your Majesty can leave the palace at any time, and the minister does not dare to stop him. It's just that it needs to be guarded by guards, His Majesty is still young, and it is understandable that he likes food outside the palace. When King Liang returns, the minister will explain. ”
Li Ji only heard the thumping in his heart, Nima is okay?
But his face remained silent: "Alas. That being the case, I had no choice but to make it difficult. However, General Gong, I went to ask the queen mother yesterday, and was severely reprimanded by the queen mother. In this way, the mine belongs to you, and I will not take a penny, but I am against General Gong's mining. If something goes wrong, it has nothing to do with me, and I don't want to be reprimanded by the queen mother again. ”
Zhu Yougong was overjoyed and nodded busily: "Thank you, Your Majesty, the minister will guarantee that the mining matter is purely the minister's idea, and Your Majesty disagrees very much." ”
He had already heard from the guards that the emperor did love snacks outside the palace. This little faint gentleman is greedy for food and doesn't care about anything.
When Zhu Wen went to the west to fight against the vassal kings of various places, the emperor's freedom to leave the palace was not so strict. The biggest reason why Zhu Wen killed Zhaozong at that time was that he was afraid that he would go out to conquer, and Zhaozong would wait for the opportunity to move. Although the Tang Dynasty is already in the hands of Zhu Wen, after all, there are still some Qingliu pillars and some generals who oppose it.
At that time, Zhu Wen couldn't wait to become emperor, and most people came out against him, including Jiang Xuanhui and others, who thought that the time was not ripe.
Li Ji looked left and right, and then took out a map from his arms: "In addition to wanting to eat delicious food, I also want to go to Pei Shu's house." This map was brought out by me to Youwei from Hubu, and it marked the location of the copper mine, and General Gong could be careful to put it away. ”
Zhu Yougong's eyes were straight, and he stared straight at the map: "What is Your Majesty doing at Pei Shu's house?" ”
Suddenly, Li Ji became angry: "I want to go to worship the sky, but Pei Shu and Kong Lin, the two old things, have always been opposed, and I want to go to Pei Shu's house to discuss again." ”
Zhu Yougong secretly sneered in his heart: Pei Shu is afraid of his father-in-law, how can he promise you a little bastard to sacrifice to the sky? Be your little bastard dream.
Li Ji thought to himself: You must be laughing at me in your heart at this moment, and maybe you will scold me for being a little bastard. Scold, wait until you go to Yique County to mine, and see how Zhu Wen kills you.
Zhu Yougong took the map: "Your Majesty will go if you want, and I will say hello to the guards." His Majesty settled in the palace and retired. ”
In fact, the biggest reason is that Zhang Mao told Zhu Yougong that Jiang Xuanhui entered the palace last night and asked the emperor what the mine was about, how could Zhu Yougong not be anxious when he heard it. If this great achievement is snatched away by Jiang Xuanhui, what else will he do.
In fact, Jiang Xuanhui knew what copper mines he had, and all of this was just a bureau that Li Ji ordered Zhang Mao to do. The two had their own scheming, so they said goodbye to each other.
On the second day, Zhu Yougong couldn't wait, and he left the city early in the morning with five hundred guards in the direction of Yique County. There is only one purpose for this trip, according to the map to find the location of the copper mine, after the discovery of the mineral deposits, it will be excavated, and the righteous father will come back to the court, and when the time comes, he will enter Beijing to dedicate this credit, and the future is immeasurable!
Li Ji can't wait anymore, Zhang Mao is on duty today, Li Ji dressed up in disguise and left the palace with a promising future. Outside the palace, Li Ji felt like a bird out of the cage, and finally had a sense of freedom.
Zhang Mao and the others followed behind him inch by inch, and Li Ji did not delay and went straight to Pei Shu's mansion.
When Pei Shu heard that His Majesty was coming, he was immediately taken aback. hurriedly came out to greet them, everyone came to Pei's mansion, and someone had already come out to greet Zhang Mao and other guards, while the emperor and Pei Shu went to the inner room.
Although the guards felt that it was inappropriate, the chief of the guards acquiesced, and it was difficult for him to say anything. Besides, Pei Shu ordered someone to give each guard a bag of broken silver, and everyone was happy.
Youwei smiled outside the house and patted the ass of several guards, saying that this martial arts is excellent and that hero is amazing. Only a few guards who were photographed were dazzled and smiling.
Pei Shu took Li Ji's hand and entered the house, and exclaimed: "Your Majesty, how dare you go out of the palace to the minister's mansion without permission, if Zhu Wen knows about it, I am afraid it will not be good." ”
Li Ji smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay to have Zhang Mao here." I came to you today to discuss something with you. ”
Pei Shu was also overjoyed and said: "The minister also wants to tell Your Majesty a happy event. ”
As soon as he heard the happy event, Li Ji came to his senses: "Oh, then Aiqing, you say it first." ”
So Pei Shu told Kong Lin about going to Heyang Town to invite Mr. Mo Long out of the mountain, and Li Ji was overjoyed when he heard it: "If Master Kong can really invite Mr. Mo Long, there will be hope for this Tang Dynasty, and what I want to tell you is Zhu Yougong." ”
So Li Ji told Pei Shu how he tricked Zhu Yougong into mining, and Pei Shu cried with joy when he heard it: "This plan is wonderful!" If Zhu Yougong digs this mine, he will die without a place to be buried, this thief is one of the murderers who killed the emperor, and the ministers hate to eat his flesh raw. ”
Li Ji smiled: "I still want to tell you about this, Zhu Wen will be back in ten days." Let's do everything according to the original plan, as soon as Zhu Wen returns to Beijing, you will go to see him, and then tell him that I want to sacrifice to the sky, don't let Jiang Xuanhui take the lead. ”
Pei Shu nodded: "The minister understands, Your Majesty is careful in everything." ”
Li Ji patted him: "I can't stay longer, I will leave first, we still have to continue to perform this scene." ”
Pei Shu nodded, and his voice raised an octave: "If Your Majesty wants to go to the heavens, the old minister will never agree to this matter!" ”
"Humph! When the new emperor ascends the throne, how can there be no reason not to sacrifice to the sky! You Pei Shu is shameless! Li Ji flicked his sleeves and rushed out of the house in a huff.
The guards outside the house looked at each other, and everyone didn't know what to do for a while, why did the emperor quarrel with Pei Shu again.
Li Ji walked out of the door with Youwei in a huff, and Pei Shu shouted behind him: "If Your Majesty wants to sacrifice to the sky, you need to wait for King Liang to come back and make a decision!" ”