Chapter Seventy-Four: A Clever Secret Weapon (Part II)
After reading the "Burrow Ming" presented by the officials, Li Shimin was very depressed, looking at the officials who were still chattering below, Li Shimin was immediately angry, and scolded them in his heart.
These officials, last time they said that the prince was extravagant and profligate, and now they are the ones who say good things about the prince, and in the end, he, the emperor, has become a wicked person.
Who is this official? This is clearly a capricious villain!
And the prince doesn't talk like that, didn't he just deduct a few dollars from you? Do you need to make a "Burrow" out of the dad? It makes people think how much you have been wronged.
What is "Si is a burrow, but I am Dexin", if you are really virtuous, will you be so cheating?
There is also that "no silk and bamboo ears, no case of labor", don't think that Lao Tzu doesn't know that you are okay and let your daughter-in-law dance Hu Xuan dance, the chime rings that rings, and it can be heard in the Chengqian Palace.
It's embarrassing to say "no silk and bamboo", which is obviously nonsense!
I don't do anything all day long, neither go to court nor study, except for teasing women and children, this is embarrassing to compare with Nanyang Zhuge Lu and Xishuzi Yunting?
What a shame!
Can you still get a face?
The more Li Shimin thought about it, the more angry he became, at this time he couldn't wait to find a big tree immediately, and then hang the officials and Gao Ming on it together, from sunrise to sunset, and then from sunset to sunrise, beating them to cry bitterly, crying dad and calling mother, in order to relieve the anger in his heart!
But in fact, he really didn't dare to do it, he could only think about it in his heart.
Li Shimin knows very well that for these officials, let alone beating them, even if he speaks more heavily, these guys may be able to climb high and shout, shouting "The righteous death of the husband is today", and then the group went to kneel outside the Xuanwu Gate, and by the way, he had a good reputation of "making a mistake and giving a straight advice".
To put it bluntly, these officials are just a bunch of hob meat, chopping and chopping can't rot, cutting and cutting constantly, but they can disgust people to death, they really want to fight with them, there is really no other way than to slaughter them all, but if they are slaughtered, their good reputation that has been painstakingly operated for many years will be scrapped, which is what Li Shimin is most anxious about.
Thinking of this, Li Shimin suddenly showed a wry smile on his face.
"Gao Ming, this kid, this hand is really powerful!"
Li Shimin really had no other way, so he could only follow the wishes of the officials and announce in front of the Manchu Dynasty that the punishment of Gao Ming a few days ago would be cancelled, and he would also be rewarded with 100 yuan.
After hearing Li Shimin's will, the officials happily cheered His Majesty Shengming, and then retreated with satisfaction.
The officials don't care if their behavior this time is a slap in the face, what they care about is that Li Shimin compromised again, and this is the power of their officials!
To put it simply, it is cool to make the emperor deflated!
The officials were rejoiced, for they had once again triumphed; The ministers were also happy, because this incident was what they were behind the scenes, and Gao Ming was even more happy, because he was the ultimate beneficiary.
The only unhappy thing is Li Shimin's, he still had a straight face when he retired from the court, but everyone didn't know that after leaving the court, Li Shimin's face was immediately full of smiles.
"Gao Ming did a good job this time!"
Although the change of the order made him lose face a little, but in Li Shimin's heart, Gao Ming is his son after all, and now everyone says good things about his son, it is too late for him to be happy as a father, how can he be angry?
So when Li Shimin returned to the Forbidden Garden, he immediately wrote a "Burrow Inscription" by himself, and then hung it in the study with his own hands, hanging it with the previous "Ai Lian Said".
Looking at the two calligraphy and paintings that had been hung, the smile on Li Shimin's face did not stop.
"In terms of talent and quick wisdom, Qingque is not as good as Gao Ming!"
Gao Ming didn't know that at this moment in Li Shimin's heart, the balance between him and Li Tai had begun to slowly tilt to his side.
The ration of the East Palace was restored, and in order to celebrate, Gao Ming asked the Shang Food Bureau to make hundreds of cakes, which were not only rewarded to the palace maids and eunuchs of the East Palace, but also to the subordinate officials of the East Palace.
For a time, there were people everywhere in the entire East Palace who said good things about Gao Ming.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is generous."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is easygoing."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is merciful."
For Gao Ming, rewarding some small snacks is nothing, so he didn't care too much, but there was one person who made Gao Ming care a lot.
His name is Helan Chushi.
Helan Chushi is an East Palace Qianniu, just a small military attache in terms of official position, this is not what Gao Ming cares about, what Gao Ming cares about is his other identity-
Hou Junji's son-in-law!
Li Chengqian knew his identity, but Gao Ming didn't know, so he hadn't had any contact with him before, but after Gao Ming rewarded him with cakes this time, Helan Chushi came over to thank him, and invited Gao Ming to his house as a guest, saying that his father-in-law would also be present at that time.
"Hou Jun is coming?"
Hearing Helan Chushi's words, Gao Ming suddenly became vigilant.
Gao Ming had visited Wei Zheng before, and he had also visited other ministers, but those were all civil ministers, but Hou Junji was different, he was the secretary of the military department!
As the secretary of the military department, Hou Junji is a general in charge of military power, and Gao Ming, as the crown prince, has private contact with the general in charge of military power, if it is known, what will people think?
In fact, to be honest, Gao Ming felt that he was sitting up straight and was not afraid of people talking, if it was Cheng Yanjin or Li Ji and others, Gao Ming would dare to contact him, but Hou Junji couldn't, because at this time Gao Ming remembered something that he had ignored before-
In history, Li Chengqian's rebellion was instigated by Hou Junji!
And the most important thing is that Hou Junji did not instigate him because he was loyal to Li Chengqian, but out of his own ambition, so he wanted to use Li Chengqian.
It can be said that Hou Junji is very dangerous!
Gao Ming also realized this at this moment, and cold sweat suddenly came out.
Before, he thought that he had completely escaped Li Chengqian's fate, but the appearance of Hou Junji let him know that his crisis had not been completely lifted.
And according to Helan Chushi, before Li Chengqian was "sick", that is, Gao Ming crossed over, Li Chengqian, the second goods, had already invited Hou Junji into the palace, but whether they talked about rebellion, Gao Ming didn't know.
At this time, Gao Ming remembered one thing again, that is, the last time he was in the court, after Li Shimin announced that Gao Ming's "ideological and political" was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, Hou Junji gave him a meaningful smile.
Thinking of this, Gao Ming suddenly shuddered, and after thinking about it for a long time, Gao Ming finally made a decision.
"I have to solve this matter of Hou Junji as soon as possible, the best way is to stand up to him and take the initiative to pull him off the horse!"