There is an expectation between people, and the difference is only in the level of this expectation.

For example, if the other person is a person who always does good deeds, then everyone will generally have high expectations of him, hoping that he will always do good deeds, and if one day this person suddenly does a bad thing, then everyone will be very disappointed in him.

On the contrary, if the other party is a person who often does bad things, then everyone's expectations of him are undoubtedly very low, and everyone generally only expects him to do two bad things less, because if the expectations are high, everyone will find it unrealistic.

And if he suddenly does a good thing at this time, then everyone will definitely feel very happy, and feel that this person is actually still cured.

One is a good person who occasionally does a bad thing, and the other is a bad person who suddenly does a good thing, but everyone reacts to them very differently, and this is the effect of high and low expectations.

And Gao Ming's current situation is undoubtedly the latter.

When Li Chengqian was the crown prince, it can be said that the entire Tang Dynasty government and the opposition were already disappointed in him, and those calls for Li Shimin to choose another prince have not stopped, but Li Shimin has never agreed, and even did not hesitate to let Wei Zheng, who was seriously ill at home, serve as the prince and teacher, in order to show his determination not to replace the prince.

In fact, to be honest, Li Shimin was also very hesitant, because according to the royal family's rule of "standing tall and not young", he himself was not qualified to be the emperor, so he desperately smeared Li Jiancheng after he took the throne, and at the same time, he was also conscientiously managing the Tang Dynasty, for fear that everyone would gossip.

In such a situation, if he changes the crown prince, isn't it equivalent to telling people that Lao Li is not right on the top and crooked on the bottom?

Therefore, although Li Shimin was also very disappointed in Li Chengqian, he still hoped that Li Chengqian could be a little more restrained, at least not to become the laughing stock of Datang.

It can be seen from here that the expectations of the entire Datang for Gao Ming are very low, and even so low that they don't require him to have much ability, as long as he doesn't get into trouble and embarrass people.

But since Gao Ming replaced Li Chengqian, the changes that have taken place in him can be said to have far exceeded the expectations in Li Shimin's heart, making Li Shimin's heart like a roller coaster, up and down, and even the smile on his face when he went to court was a little more.

Not only Li Shimin was happy, but even those ministers were also happy.

For the Wenchens, whether it is "Ai Lian Said" or "Burrow", or the "Gao Ming Rhyme" that has been spread now, they all made their eyes shine, which made the flame that was about to be extinguished in their hearts ignite again.

For the generals, Gao Ming's several performances in the court can be called brave and strategic, although the means are a little dirty, but they are very suitable for the appetite of these generals.

The most important thing is that in the eyes of the generals, even Gao Ming, a useless person like Li Su, is willing to help him, which shows that this is a kind and righteous person for the prince, if these generals can do things for Gao Ming, then Gao Ming will still treat them badly?

Even Cheng Biting Jin's big slippery head couldn't help but jump out to test Gao Ming, it can be seen that Gao Ming, the prince, is still quite good in the hearts of the generals.

It can be said that today's Gao Ming has far exceeded everyone's expectations, so in everyone's opinion, he is naturally a good prince and will be a good emperor in the future, if he doesn't stand on his side, where else can he stand?

Cheng Yanjin also thought so, so when Gao Ming admitted in front of him that he had no good impression of Hou Junji, Cheng Yanjin was so happy that he even moved out the same set of rhetoric when he was a bandit.

"Since the prince said so, my Lao Cheng's life will be yours in the future, as long as you say a word, I Lao Cheng is willing to go up the knife mountain and down the sea of fire, of course, rebellion is definitely not possible, I Lao Cheng has rebelled all his life, and now he is old......"

“……”

Hearing that Cheng Biting Jin had begun to "sell the old", Gao Ming suddenly shook his head helplessly.

"Uncle Cheng thinks too much, do you think I still need to rebel? To put it mildly, even if I'm useless, as long as I don't make any big mistakes, the throne will fall to me sooner or later, even if I don't want to do it, I can't do it, so Uncle Cheng, you don't need to help me rebel at all, you just need to let others can't rebel against me! ”

Hearing Gao Ming say this, Cheng Yanjin immediately slapped his chest with a "bang".

"Your Highness, don't worry, I Lao Cheng only went to exterminate the wingmen a few years ago, and now his skills are quite neat, if His Highness doesn't believe it, I will take the horse lance to practice for His Highness!"

“……”

Obviously, I just said that I was old, and I immediately prepared to take the horse lance to perform all martial arts, were you farting just now?

At this time, Gao Ming was no longer able to complain, and seeing that Cheng Yanjin had already walked out of the study and was about to carry his weapon, Gao Ming hurriedly stopped him.

"Uh...... That one...... Uncle Cheng, this horse lance is not necessary, you see that we have finished talking about this matter, and it is not too early......"

Gao Ming's implication was that he was going to leave, but Cheng Yanjin didn't seem to hear it at all, so he dragged Gao Ming to the backyard, and then took out his horse lance and danced in the backyard.

After about a cup of tea, Cheng Yanjin was still a little dissatisfied, so he simply asked people to call his two sons, Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chuliang.

After the two arrived, they first gave Gao Ming a salute, and then the father and son took out their weapons and started a melee in front of Gao Ming in the backyard.

For a while, the sound of the collision of weapons suddenly "clanged".

Cheng Yanjin is only in his early forties now, it can be said that he is in the prime of life, Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chuliang are his opponents, and in less than a cup of tea, the two of them were knocked off by him, and then knocked to the ground.

After knocking his two sons to the ground, Cheng Yanjin stopped laughing, and then walked in front of Gao Ming with his weapon on his shoulder.

"What does Your Highness think of the old man?"

Looking at Cheng Biting Jin with a confident face, Gao Ming suddenly couldn't laugh or cry.

"Uncle Cheng is naturally the unparalleled general of the Tang Dynasty, but the two virtuous brothers are lying on the ground, are they really okay?"

Gao Ming said as he spoke, and glanced at the Cheng family brothers who were still lying on the ground with some concern, but Cheng Biting Jin obviously didn't have this worry, and immediately went up and kicked each of them.

"Useless things, why don't you get up for me quickly, Lao Cheng's family didn't lie on the ground and pretend to be a dead dog, why don't you get up for Lao Tzu?"

After being kicked by Cheng Jin, Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chuliang quickly stood up, and then arched their hands towards Gao Ming.

Gao Ming also walked to their side at this time, and then patted the shoulders of the two of them.

"Sure enough, it is a tiger of the gate, with two virtuous brothers, the Cheng family will be regarded as a successor in the future, and I will have two more tiger generals in Datang!"

Gao Ming's words were obviously suspicious of sycophancy, but at this time, who was still accounting for this, as soon as his words fell, Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chuliang immediately bowed down and saluted him, and Cheng Yanjin laughed even more.

"Hahahaha, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is serious, these two stinky boys are still far away, hahahaha......"