Chapter 227: The Persistent Empress Wu
At that moment, he sighed secretly in his heart, moved out of his position, and said in a deep voice to the martial queen.
"The queen mother, the sixth brother has the heart to learn, and the sons naturally have no opinions, not to mention that the sixth brother is older now, and he should be familiar with government affairs in the future to manage the fiefdom, but the prince has not yet been customized to enter the court, if he only listens to the government in the court, it is inevitably illegal, the sixth brother, I don't know what position he plans to study government affairs in this court?"
Li Hong's face was calm, but there was a little more inexplicable taste in his tone, but the last sentence was asked to Li Xian.
After that, his eyes faintly swept towards Li Xian, the king of Yong, who was standing tall and jade, and just saw a frozen smile on his handsome face, and his face quickly became a little gloomy.
In fact, Li Hong also just thought of this section, logically speaking, the general prince will not enter the court to participate in politics, and when he reaches the age, he will go to the fief to become a vassal, as for the government affairs of the fief, most of them are handled by the governor of the palace and the local governor.
But the so-called rules can be changed, and the above rules are just effective for some unfavored princes, such as several of his cousins, all born to palace people, and they were sent to the fiefdom as a prince of peace early.
And the four princes born to Empress Wu, regardless of age, have always stayed in Chang'an City, never in the domain, not only that, Empress Wu and Li Zhi also invited the best prince for them, Li Hong needless to say, since childhood was made a prince, the East Palace officials are all erudite.
Li Xian, Li Dan's boys are also the best teachers invited, and today's Li Xian is literary and romantic, and the cultivation of Empress Wu and Li Zhi can be said to be indispensable.
Even a minister wrote that Li Xian had already passed his age and should be a vassal domain, but he was prevaricated by the emperor and queen under the pretext of being young and stubborn.
It can be seen that Empress Wu and Li Zhi love Li Xian!
Besides, there is a rule. But the emperors of previous dynasties did not abide by it very much, like Li Shimin during the time of Gaozu. Li Tai, King of Wei, and Li Ke, King of Wu, during Taizong. It's all allowed to be a vassal and don't have to be a vassal domain, you can't have this before, and when you get to Li Zhi, you have to send your son away!
So the ministers gradually stopped paying attention to this matter.
In the same way, there are many princes of the Tang Dynasty who participate in politics, but most of them have official titles, not simply participating in politics as princes.
For example, Li Shimin, the king of Qin back then, was Shang Shuling, and Li Hong only remembered at this moment that if he followed the old rules, Li Xian would inevitably have an official position when he entered the court. Because of his status as a prince, this official position will not be low, and today's high-ranking officials are all a radish and a pit, only recently, there happened to be a certain Zhongshu order falling......
Li Xian is making a move at this time, and his thoughts are simply self-evident!
As soon as he thought of this, Li Hong sneered, he had a good calculation!
"Well, the prince's brother is serious. The younger brother had no intention of ruling the government, not to mention that this matter was arranged by the queen mother, how dare the younger brother speak presumptuously! ”
After a pause, Li Xian's face immediately returned to normal. With his usual gentle and innocent smile, he arched his hand and replied to Li Hong.
This sentence made the hearts of the ministers in the palace a little calmer, and it seems that His Royal Highness King Yongwang is still the Royal Highness King Yongwang who guards and respects his brother. Presumably, the queen is not used to seeing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the limelight recently, and wants to launch it to fight with His Royal Highness the Prince!
Li Hong quietly took the looks of the ministers into his eyes. For what they think in their hearts, they can also guess seven or eight points. For a while, I couldn't help but admire my younger brother, who was plotting for the position of the East Palace early in the morning, and he had pretended to be so many years without revealing any clues.
If he hadn't repeatedly knocked down Helan Minzhi and Li Yifu and others, I'm afraid he would still be kept in the dark by him now, thinking that his enemy was the queen mother on the throne.
However, what Li Xian didn't expect was that Li Hong was no longer the Li Hong he used to be......
"The queen mother, the sixth brother is an idle character, the son has watched him grow up since he was a child, and naturally knows about it, the court is dull and boring, and it must not be a favorite place for the sixth brother, not to mention that the sixth brother also said that he has no intention of government, why should the queen mother force the sixth brother to do what he does not want, and now there is no suitable official position for the sixth brother in the court, according to the opinion of the son, it is better to add food for the sixth brother, which can not only reward the sixth brother, but also seem to be the emperor's grace!"
A smile appeared on Li Hong's face, and he turned to the Empress Wu and said.
Li Xian was stunned for a while, he just ...... It's just a modest prevarication, who can't hear this Manchu Dynasty civil and military, but he, the fifth brother of the crown prince, really takes it seriously? !
Could it be that the battle for the opening of the mountain, which he had been planning for so long, was defeated so gloomy? Especially just now, Li Hong put on a high-minded appearance of teaching his younger brother, which really made Li Xian a little uncomfortable.
As soon as he thought of this, Li Xian couldn't help but feel a little anxious, and hurriedly explained.
"The queen mother, the son-in-law ......"
But before he finished speaking, he felt two sharp gazes shoot directly at him, which suddenly made Li Xian sober up!
Empress Wu's voice was indifferent, vaguely displeased, obviously a little disappointed by Li Xian's reckless behavior.
"What does Xian'er have to say?"
"The queen mother, the sons have no opinion, everything is at the disposal of the queen mother!"
Li Xian also found that his behavior just now was inappropriate, and for a while, he had no choice but to blush and say sneeringly.
"Hong'er is also worried!"
After a while, Empress Wu said lightly.
One sentence instantly made Li Xian's heart rise to his throat, but fortunately, Empress Wu continued.
"But the jade is not cut into a weapon, after all, Xian'er is going to go to the fief in the future, if he is completely unfamiliar with political affairs, it is not a good thing, now Xian'er is still young, and he is not suitable for official positions, so he will temporarily enter the court to listen to politics, how about it?"
Keen people feel that Empress Wu's attitude has softened at this moment, not as resolute as at the beginning, and at the beginning, Empress Wu's reason for letting Li Xian enter the court was "to assist the prince well in the future", but now it has become a "better management fiefdom"!
Assisting the crown prince, it is natural to stay in Chang'an and manage the fiefdom......
I am afraid that the deep meaning of this is not just a momentary gaffe!
However, Li Hong did not react lightly to the gentle attitude of the Empress Wu at this moment, because both he and the Empress Wu knew that at this point, Li Hong had already occupied a part of the advantage, and now even if the Empress Wu forcibly let Li Xian enter the court, I am afraid it will attract criticism.
And if Li Hong agrees to this matter, it is obvious that there is a price to pay, and Empress Wu has not given up on Li Xian's matter just now, that is to say, she has the confidence to let Li Hong agree to this matter.
Therefore, Li Hong was not in a hurry to express his attitude, he was waiting, waiting for Empress Wu to play his chips......
Sure enough, after a while, Empress Wu saw that Li Hong did not react, and sighed secretly in her heart, but her face was not revealed, and she said lightly.
"Now that Li Yifu has been exiled to Shanzhou, the Zhongshu Provincial Decree cannot be abolished, and Hong'er has someone in mind about the successor of Zhongshu Ling?" (To be continued.) )