Beijing Chapter 14: Friendship Volume: Stratagem (2)
Liang Taishi's subordinates, after many days of investigation, confirmed that Li Mingyuan did have a habit of breaking sleeves. Coupled with the Jiangnan scribe incident in the Jingwang Mansion a few days ago, he wrote a note and presented it to the emperor.
When the emperor learned of this, he was very shocked.
Although King Jing's Mansion drove out the Jiangnan scribes, it was not worth mentioning in the eyes of the emperor, but he Li Mingyuan was also a member of the royal family, if he really had a habit of breaking his sleeves, spread it out, and lose the royal face, how could this be.
The emperor immediately summoned Li Mingyuan.
"Li Mingyuan, why did you cause so many troubles when you just came to the capital!" The emperor was already angry.
"The minister was frightened, and he didn't know what was going on, and he angered the emperor." Li Mingyuan responded calmly.
"I don't know what? This has all been reported to me, saying that you instigated the subordinates in the palace to drive away the Jiangnan scribes. "The emperor thought about it earlier and decided to mention this matter first.
"Back to the emperor, the minister has no such intention." Li Mingyuan paused word by word, and what he said was righteous and strict.
Seeing that he was so calm and composed, the emperor asked, "But someone framed you?" ”
"Your Majesty, a few days ago, the people in the palace did have conflicts with some literati and scholars, but the minister had already personally apologized to those scribes yesterday, and the minister was indeed responsible for not being strict in discipline." This is in Li Mingyuan's plan.
It wasn't a big deal, but the emperor casually asked, "Who are the people in your house?" ”
"Back to the emperor, the subordinates in the minister's mansion, except for the 60 guards brought by the minister to protect the money, the rest should be in the palace." Li Mingyuan said.
"Manpower in the palace?" The emperor looked at Gonggong Liu beside him, because he arranged the manpower arrangement in the palace on weekdays, "Is it?" The emperor asked.
Gonggong Liu noticed that Li Mingyuan deliberately passed it on, and he didn't want to be involved, "Back to the emperor, the original cleaning and cleaning of King Jing's Mansion was arranged by the miscellaneous family, but later the palace manpower in King Jing's Mansion really didn't know." ”
After hearing this, the emperor frowned slightly, "Who arranged the manpower in the palace of the Jing Palace?" ”
"Will it be Master Liang, because he told me about it, let me give him full authority." Gonggong Liu was originally going to send someone over by himself, but later Taishi Liang took over the matter, saying that the queen wanted to arrange it personally, so he ignored it.
"Oh? Master Liang, did you arrange the manpower in the palace of King Jing's Mansion? "Although the emperor originally instructed to deploy some people to watch Li Mingyuan, he didn't expect that Taishi Liang would take full power.
Seeing this, Taishi Liang was a little out of his control, "Back to the emperor, those Jiangnan scribes only said that they were subordinates, not from the palace, maybe they were the guards of the little marquis." ”
Li Mingyuan thought to himself, this Master Liang is really scheming, fortunately, I have already arranged it.
"Is that the one in the palace, or his guards?" The emperor helped his forehead and said upset.
Li Mingyuan had already made careful preparations, just waiting for this Liang Taishi to take the bait, "Your Majesty, it's better to call that scribe and ask." ”
Go back to the previous days.
After the crown prince Li Minghao left the Jingwang Mansion, he returned to the mansion to recruit Hong Xueming, gather some Jiangnan scribes, and lobby about the troubles of the past few days. But when I think of the eyeliner they mentioned just now, "If I really have eyeliner around me, I'm afraid this thing will leak out." After thinking about it repeatedly, I decided to go to the Taigong Mansion to discuss the matter with the Taifu Gong first.
"Why did the prince come here today to find me?" Taifu Gong saw Li Minghao arrive in a hurry.
"Taifu Gong, I just went to Li Mingyuan, and he told me something......" Prince Li Minghao looked around vigilantly.
Tai Fu Gong saw his intentions, "It's all my own people here, so it's okay to say it." ”
"Say that I have Taishi Liang's eyeliner by my side." Li Minghao continued.
Tai Fu Gong sat up straight, "Didn't we find out about this matter before?" ”
"Well," Li Minghao paused, "but I haven't found out who that person is, but I'm sure that Taishi Liang must have planted eyeliner next to me." ”
Tai Fu Gong sighed, "We still have to think about this matter in the long run." ”。
Li Minghao continued: "Although this eyeliner only transmits some news to Liang Shanshan on weekdays, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no greater threat one day. He still wanted to find out about this person.
"That's what I said, so what can Li Mingyuan do?" Tai Fu Gong then asked.
"Li Mingyuan is talking about a solution."
"Oh? It seems that this Li Mingyuan still has some brains, what is the solution? Tai Fu asked.
"A few days ago, didn't there be a scribe in King Jing's Mansion who went there to make trouble? He wanted to use the matter of the scribe as the cause first, and then release a temptation to lure Taishi Liang to the emperor, and then take the opportunity to replace the eyeliner in King Jing's mansion. Li Minghao said.
"Replace the eyeliner of King Jing's Mansion...... And what about the eyeliner around the prince? Tai Fu Gong asked.
"The eyeliner between the Jingwang Mansion and the Prince's Mansion, if they are all laid out by Taishi Liang, then there will definitely be a relationship between them. He was going to find a time to get those eyeliners to communicate, and he might be able to find out the person by touching the vine. Although the crown prince Li Minghao knew that this might just be an excuse for Li Mingyuan to clear his eyeliner in the house, it was also a method.
"It seems to be a solution, so how do you get them to communicate with each other?" Tai Fu Gong narrowed his eyes and asked.
"He didn't say that." Li Minghao said, shaking his head slightly.
"Oh......," Tai Fu Gong looked worried, "could this be just an excuse for him to clear his eyeliner?" ”
"Well, I'm worried about that, but there's really no other way to do it right now." Li Minghao said.
"There is one more thing," Li Minghao continued: "The Jiangnan scribe who made trouble in the Jingwang Mansion that day, I originally wanted to gather some people to help him lobby, but I was worried that this matter would be known by the eyeliner, so I wanted to find Tai Fu Gong and think of another way." ”
Taifu Gong felt that the prince seemed to be too helpful to Li Mingyuan, "Hao'er, although this Li Mingyuan is your cousin, his father is the king of Dingbei after all, in case he rebels to save his father, he will not necessarily be grateful if you help him like this." ”
Li Minghao was silent for a long time after listening to it, and then slowly said: "During the Lantern Festival last year, I met Uncle Huang and chatted with him a few words. Uncle Huang is not as others say, but very wise and has a very gentle personality. ”
Taifu Gong heard his grandson praise him as an imperial uncle, and said: "King Dingbei is a very talented person, when the first emperor was still alive, he loved him very much, he was entrusted by the first emperor to assist the emperor, and he will not rebel, but Li Mingyuan ...... Young and vigorous, and eager to save his father, maybe he can't say. "Tai Fu Gong doesn't think he can help him too much.
Li Minghao pondered, yes, if his brother really rebelled, how should he deal with himself.
For a long time, "Although I am the crown prince, I have never had a good friend, and before I was made the prince at the age of nine, I have been oppressed by the three imperial sisters, and Queen Liang persecuted my mother even more." Although they have some scruples now, Taishi Liang still refuses to give up, and insists that I marry that Liang Shanshan. Taishi Liang is now more and more powerful in the court, even if he can ascend the throne one day, I am afraid that I will be swayed by him. Li Minghao sighed deeply after speaking.
Tai Fu Gong looked at his grandson, and always felt that he was still like a child, and when he heard these words today, he knew that his grandson had grown up.
"Hao'er, if Taishi Liang is still pressing like this in the future, Taifu Gong will definitely help you!" Tai Fu Gong said firmly.
"Well, so Li Mingyuan must help, Taishi Liang is so difficult for him now, he should also be afraid that he will be used by me in the future and will be unfavorable to him." Li Minghao still saw it thoroughly, "And my brother is quite honest." He is clear about this Lin Qingran, I think ...... I'm afraid it's already a deep root. ”
"This Lin Qingran, I was going to be the crown princess for you at the beginning, why didn't you fall in love with others?" Tai Fu Gong quipped.
She ...... Gluttonous, fun-loving, and bad-tempered, she is not the woman I like, and only my brother can stand her. Li Minghao curled the corners of his mouth, showing a bitter expression, he didn't want to.
"Hehe, you boys~ I've heard, you have a crush on that Zhao Zhiyi." Taifu Gong also knows that his grandson is just beginning to fall in love, and he also has someone he likes.
"This is the ...... I will tell Tai Fu Gong in detail in the future, I have to solve the eyeliner first today! Li Minghao was shocked, so he found a reason to fool the past for the time being.
"Okay, I'll definitely help with this eyeliner. I also heard about the incident in Jingwangfu, it was that Zhu Chengming, he was a scoundrel, and I will arrange this meeting at that time. Tai Fu Gong said.
"Very good, please leave this matter to Master Taifu."
"Yes."
Back to today's court.
Zhu Chengming is just a lifter, and it stands to reason that he can't see the emperor.
When the emperor heard that Li Mingyuan was going to summon those scribes, he was also dissatisfied, those literati and bachelors usually liked to write scribble, so the prince was willing to befriend them, and the emperor was not interested in those people. But after thinking about it, if this matter is not resolved as soon as possible, the matter of broken sleeves cannot be mentioned.
At the time of hesitation.
Taishi Liang didn't agree, thinking that this Li Mingyuan was afraid that he would come prepared, if this person talked nonsense in the palace, it would also be bad for him, "Your Majesty, these scribes have a low status, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to meet him." ”
Li Mingyuan knew that he would stop him, "If Taishi Liang doesn't allow it, then how can the people and guards in this palace decide?" ”
"Whether it's the people in the palace or the guards, aren't they all the subordinates in your house, what's the difference?" Taishi Liang wanted to complicate things and confuse the public.
"I'm afraid this difference is because Master Liang doesn't want people to know." Li Mingyuan also has a way to deal with this kind of confusion common in officialdom.
"There's something I can't let people know." It seems that Li Mingyuan has to get people up.
"In that case, what's the point of asking?" Li Mingyuan continued.
"Your Majesty's ......" Taishi Liang turned his head again to ask the emperor's opinion.
The emperor wanted to solve this matter as soon as possible, and since it can be solved by asking, "Then summon me to ask." He said impatiently.
"It is rumored that the Jiangnan scribe Zhu Chengming has met!"