Don't be a prince

Seeing that the opponent had no intention of fighting, He Shou continued: "Mr. Li, I saw that you have been to the farm, so I intend to stop you to ask, who actually established this farm?"

Li Chengqian asked in confusion: "You don't know? Could it be that when the farm was established, no one told you that it was the farm of Prince Taishi Li Gang?"

He Shou snorted coldly and said: "Of course I have heard of it, and even know that there is a current prince behind this farm. However, the current prince is just a child, and Mr. Li Wenji is a well-learned Confucian, how can he indulge in breeding Do things that disturb the neighbors!

Therefore, this farm must have been opened by someone under the guise of Mr. Li Wenji and the prince.The breeding ground is located at the junction of Chang'an Wannian, but it is under the jurisdiction of Chang'an County.This official should not have crossed the border, but the free-range chickens and ducks also affected the people in the area under my jurisdiction.Mr. Li, I just want to ask you, who is the one who opened the farm! "

Li Chengqian couldn't help but glance at Wei Zheng...

It is obvious that the combat power of the enemy and ourselves is very different, and the courage to hold back your neck and ask questions under such circumstances is really exactly the same as some people.

Wei Zheng smiled, turned to Li Chengqian and said, "This county magistrate has extraordinary courage and quality, and I admire him very much."

Sure enough, those who are courageous and stiff-necked will cherish each other.

However, the county magistrate is also interesting enough. He even put aside the old man and him, and decided that someone else had established the farm.What if the guy learns that his guess is wrong?

With the thought of giving it a try, Li Chengqian took out a small seal from his arms and threw it to Yu Tai.

With the prince's seal, Yu Tai handed it over to He Shou.

He Shou was confused, but after taking the seal, he opened it and took a look.

Although the characters on it were engraved backwards, He Shou still recognized it directly. It was the crown prince's seal!

The words "Prince Li Chengqian" are clearly recognizable.Now the crown prince is not an adult, so there is no official seal, but even so, no one dares to imitate the seal with the crown prince's name engraved on it.

After looking at the guards with knives, He Shou finally understood why these people were so arrogant.

Hundreds of people, if they are the prince's guards, are indeed not too much.Only the prince's guards can have all horizontal swords.Otherwise, how could there be so many ruthless characters around Chang'an?

Looking up at the child standing on the carriage, especially the gorgeous sword, He Shou's heart shuddered, and he immediately fell to the ground: "The next official is not only the prince's chariot, he deserves death! It's just that these yamen servants and villagers It was instigated by a subordinate official, and it was not intended to be a collision, I hope the prince will forgive me!"

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The villagers behind the yamen were suddenly at a loss before this huge change.But seeing the county magistrate kneeling down, they could only kneel down.

Yu Tai snatched the seal with his hands, rubbed it hard several times, and then returned it to the prince.

Taking the seal and putting it in his arms, Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Magistrate He, Gu and Doctor Wei visited in disguise and did not reveal their identities. You don't know, so I don't blame you. It's just that this farm was built by Gu." , it’s not someone who is using his name to fool around.”

He Shou, who was lying on the ground with his head in the mud, suddenly raised his head when he heard this sentence.Even the trembling body returned to its original state.

The next moment, He Shou stood up and pointed his halberd directly at the prince: "The poor officials thought that someone was using the name of the prince to mess around! I never thought that it was His Highness who indulged wantonly? Your Highness, today you asked the farm to take back the chickens and ducks. That's all. If not, even if I knock on the que to meet His Majesty in person, I still have to ask for an explanation for the common people!"

Chapter 149 I'm going to be impeached

When did Yu Tai see someone who dared to point a halberd at the prince, he was dumbfounded, and subconsciously raised the horizontal knife with his right hand.As long as the crown prince gives an order, he must cut off the head of the unlucky county magistrate.He was used to killing people on the battlefield before, so he could guarantee that this little official's blood would not be spilled at the prince's feet, and his head would fly in front of the kneeling yamen servants.

The personal guards also gritted their teeth and glared at He Shou. This man actually wanted to impeach His Highness the Crown Prince?I really don't know how to live or die!

Compared with the restless guards, Li Chengqian and Wei Zheng were much calmer.

Seeing He Shouji pointing at the prince's furious look, Wei Zheng stroked his beard, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.It is rare to meet someone with the right temper. Such an official as a county magistrate can indeed benefit one party, but his fiery personality is also of great use in the court.He was confronted with the emperor all day long, and he had no choice but to think about successors.

Li Chengqian smiled slightly, but was not angry.

He Shou's trembling and anger were not fake, when he found out that he was blocking the prince, he was really scared.The end of offending the prince is not something he, the county magistrate, can afford, let alone those government officials and the people.Colliding with the royal team is the same crime as assassination, even if it is convicted of assassination, no one will say anything.In order to protect the people behind him, he fell to his knees, extremely humble.

But when he learned that the farm was indeed established by the prince, he stood up again, ignoring the more than 500 horizontal knives in front of him, and dared to yell at the prince in front of him.It is conceivable that such a person would not shrink back even in the face of the emperor.

For people with stiff necks, such as Wei Zheng, Li Chengqian actually hates them.But looking at He Shou in front of him, he couldn't hate him no matter what.Compared with some village directors and village party secretary 233 who stretched out their hands indiscriminately in later generations, He Shou is the real parent official.

After waving Yu Tai and the others to put away the horizontal knife, Li Chengqian squatted down, trying to keep his eyes on the same level as He Shou.

"Magistrate He, do you know that there is a deep meaning to raising these chickens and ducks alone? As for what to do, I can't tell you clearly. You just need to remember that what Gu is doing is actually for the benefit of the people."

"Hmph! Your Highness, do you think the officials will believe this? No matter what you are doing, it is the fact that those chickens and ducks have affected the people's farming. Don't think that the officials are joking. If you don't listen to the advice of the officials, The next official will definitely show up to the court!"

The impassioned He Shou's righteous words made the people kneeling behind and the government servants burst into tears.Having such a master Qingtian is a blessing that I have cultivated in several lifetimes.

Wei Zheng pinched his beard and couldn't help interjecting: "Magistrate He, old man Wei Zheng, can testify for the crown prince. You are indeed wrong about this matter. The crown prince is definitely justified in doing so."

It is a common problem of people to be reasonable and not to forgive others.

When Wei Zheng reported his family name, He Shou still didn't take it seriously and said: "Doctor Wei, I heard that you are a rare honest and upright minister in the court. Why are you talking nonsense with your eyes open now? If you don't believe me, you can go to the local government. Look inside. The ducks and geese are better, and the most chickens will always dig a big hole in the soft soil that the people have turned. They are all ordinary people who count on the harvest of the land to survive, and the loss is heartache!"

Wei Zheng and Li Chengqian looked at each other helplessly, not knowing what to say.

As the magistrate of this guy, he is not qualified to know about the locust plague.But let alone this, there is really no reason to give it to him.

Seeing the embarrassment on the prince's face, Yu Tai couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, you are just a small county magistrate. You don't need to be as knowledgeable as him. Let's go now. If he dares to stop him and say no, we will be fine." Just cut him with a knife, and afterward, as long as he led people to attack the car, he would be hacked to death."

You can't talk normally with generals, especially Yu Tai, who is full of muscles in his head.

There is no need to continue the conversation. A person like He Shou who believes in death will not agree unless the truth is put in front of him.

After clapping his hands, Li Chengqian stood up and said to He Shou: "Gu has to rush back to the East Palace, so I won't tell you anything more. All you need to know is that this matter is definitely justified. As for how to verify it, wait for a while." You will understand in two or three months. Now, the people who lead you get out of the way, and you also know what crime it is to block and hit the prince's car."

After speaking, he got back into the carriage.

Wei Zheng smiled helplessly, and went back.It's just that the name He Shou, the magistrate of Wannian County, was remembered in his heart.

The guards resumed their original formation, and the leading carriage started off.

The people kneeling on the ground and the yamen servants quickly stood up and moved out of the way.

He Shou was standing next to the convoy, stunned.When the convoy passed by, he was also covered in dust.

After a long time, he turned around, spat fiercely at the end of the line, and said angrily, "Prince, see you in the Lizheng Palace!"

Stubborn people will not compromise easily, Li Chengqian knows this truth very well, so when Wei Zheng became worried about him, he could only say: "Duke Zheng, when we do things, if we have difficulties and cannot tell the truth, we must Weigh the pros and cons. If it is something worth doing, so what if you have to bear some criticism? Anyway, now I feel that compared with being impeached by Magistrate He, it is more important to raise chickens and ducks and eat more locusts."

Wei Zheng said worriedly: "But, have you ever thought that although you are only nine years old now, and you can use your young age as a shield, the core of this matter is that you don't care about the people's hearts! In this world, you can stand directly opposite the emperor and be ashamed of yourself." The only ones who will not lose the wind are the common people. The only ones who can directly smash your position as the crown prince are the common people. No matter how many glutinous rice balls and mooncakes you send, no matter how hard you study and practice martial arts, and stand on the opposite side of the common people, even the brothers of the Yan family can only fight against the common people. I can draw a line with you."

Regarding Wei Zheng's worries, Li Chengqian smiled slightly and didn't care too much.

Now these people just think that chickens and ducks are free-range and destroy their crops, but when the locust plague breaks out, they don't think so.As long as I think about the guilt of these people, including He Shou, after the locust plague broke out, I will have expectations in my heart.

People are like this, when others feel ashamed of themselves, instead of being angry, they feel very happy.

Wei Zheng also knew that when the locust plague appeared, all voices of opposition to the prince would disappear.But before that, the crown prince will suffer a lot of criticism!

The carriage crushed the afterglow of the setting sun and stopped in front of Wei Zheng's house.

After getting out of the car, he stretched out his hand to take the fat chickens tied up with five flowers from the guards. Wei Zheng smiled, and said to Li Chengqian who poked his head out: "His Royal Highness, don't worry, if someone really makes trouble in the court, the old man I will come forward to help you."

Li Chengqian smiled, thanking Wei Zheng for his help.

On the way back to the East Palace, Li Chengqian deliberately drove the carriage to Changshoufang for a stroll.

The county government of Chang'an County is located in Changshoufang. Chang'an County, including Chang'an, can be said to be the most beautiful county in the world.

As expected, many common people gathered outside the Chang'an county government.Don't think about it, it's also because the problem of free-range chickens and ducks is keeping up with Shangguan's report.

Since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the treatment of ordinary people has not been generally good.Every year during the autumn harvest, many watchers and censors are ordered to travel around the countryside.As long as there is a dispute between the common people and the landlords, these officials will stand on the common people's side unconditionally.And the people in Chang'an County and other places closest to Chang'an are even more arrogant.As long as it involves arable land, let alone landlords, officials dare to resist.

As for the crown prince who is behind the farm, whoever cares about him will definitely have Lord Qingtian come out to uphold justice for him.

Bypass Changshoufang and return to the East Palace.

The Chongwen Museum has finished school, and now the two old gentlemen are chatting in the prince's study, seemingly happy.

Seeing that Li Chengqian's complexion was not very good, Li Gang directly asked the reason. When he learned the whole story, the old man's eyes were not very good.

Not to mention a group of common people, even if a common man stood up to challenge the prince, the impact of this matter would become very bad.

"Boy, even if the people will understand the truth after the locust plague breaks out, how many of them do you think will admit their mistakes to you? In other words, if you really suffer because of this incident, it's not worth it. The stupidest people in the world are those who are willing to sacrifice their own interests to help others. The most stupid people are those who are not successful in the end. On the contrary, only selfish bastards can live happily in this world. You are so smart, How could you do such a stupid thing?"

Although Yu Shinan is only 60 years old, he can say whatever he has in front of Li Gang.After this period of understanding, he also fell in love with the wise prince.

Li Chengqian sat down, drank a cup of tea in one breath, cupped his hands and said: "Mr. Yu, what you said is very reasonable, but you all know that you will suffer losses. What will it look like? The so-called benevolent deeds must first come from a kind heart. If it is a kind deed without a kind heart, it is called a calculation, and it is shameless. So, this time, if you suffer a little loss, you will suffer a little. Disciple I still have great confidence in the kindness in people’s hearts.”

Yu Shinan and Li Gang looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

Originally, they were worried that the prince would change his mind because of such a thing, but now it seems that they were worried for nothing.

Patting the prince on the shoulder, Yu Shinan hummed a little tune and left the study.He is different from Li Gang. Li Gang is qualified to live in a certain palace, but he can only live in Chongwen Hall.

One night passed, and the next day, everything was as usual, and nothing happened.But at night, Li Chengqian received an order from the emperor to go to court tomorrow.

If it is inferred according to the normal procedure, today, the memorials of the two county magistrates have almost been submitted to the emperor's desk.

Li Gang, who was eating dinner together, saw the eunuch leaving, and said to Li Chengqian with a smile: "Look, the trouble has come so soon. How is it? Boy, do you have confidence? If not, the old man will accompany you tomorrow." How about you go up to court?"

Li Chengqian swallowed a mouthful of chicken, and said indifferently: "It's just being impeached, it's not a big deal. Although my disciple doesn't have the ability to do it on his own, he won't be caught by what they say."

Li Gang nodded and said nothing more.

As Li Chengqian said, impeachment is nothing more than a big deal.As for the prince, although he is the next emperor, he has no real power in his hands, and the prince is just a status.Even today's emperor is always impeached, so what about the prince?This means that he is still young, if he is a little older, it is estimated that there will be no shortage of impeachment memorials every day.

After all, impeachment is not a big deal for the officials listed above.Those who have been impeached should be changed if there is one, and if not, they should be encouraged.Wei Zheng is probably the only one in the entire court who pays attention to real evidence to impeach others.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Chengqian first told a guard to wait for Li Jing and Niu Jinda at Mingde Gate, and then took a carriage to the gate of Chengtian Gate to wait for the court.

The regular court is different from the grand court meeting, only some officials who have been listed and a few top bosses will appear in the court hall.Therefore, outside the Chengtian Gate, there were actually not many people waiting.

Wearing court clothes, Wei Zheng was the only one who stood at the door and was blown by the wind.

The wind was quite strong this morning, so Li Chengqian had no choice but to open the car door and invite Wei Zheng to come in.

If it was normal, Wei Zheng would not refuse, but now he is going to the court, he is not willing to drive in the crown prince's car, it is unseemly.

But he is not a fool after all, Wei Zheng stood on the leeward side of the carriage, leaned on the carriage and chatted with Li Chengqian.

"Yesterday, the old man heard a few of his subordinates discussing how to perform well today. Moreover, I don't know how the news leaked out. Today, there are more officials watching the fun. It is the first time since His Majesty took the throne that you were impeached. How is it?" , what the old man said the day before has come true today."

Li Chengqian handed Wei Zheng a cup of hot tea, and said indifferently: "It's just talking about it anyway, can these people still scold their mothers? I don't bother to care about it. I have already thought about the countermeasures. I came here today just to see how many people watched it." I'm just upset."

Hearing that the crown prince had a countermeasure, Wei Zheng smiled and said nothing more.If it wasn't for the worry that Li Chengqian couldn't cope with the situation in the court, he shouldn't be here today.

Not long after, the palace gate opened, and Li Chengqian walked in the first place without hesitation, ignoring the pointers of some officials behind, and walked straight towards the Lizheng Hall.

Today is different from the past. After entering the main hall, Li Chengqian saw the emperor's father who was very interested in the throne.

That's right, he was very interested, and he probably looked forward to what happened today.

Otherwise, he would have to wait until all the civil and military officials had arrived before appearing.

After sitting down, Li Chengqian closed his eyes and began to rest his mind.first launch.. ..

Although he never scolded anyone in later generations, it was not once or twice that the old riders quarreled with others.Even shrews in later generations will shy away from the art of slandering people. It makes no sense that even these pedantic officials can't deal with it.

1 Chapter Fifty

Sitting in his seat, Wei Zheng couldn't help but look at the reactions of the officials around him.

It was originally a regular court meeting, but the officials who came to the court almost occupied half of the hall.If it is normal, just a few officials who have important matters to report come here in twos and threes.If you have a day without any major events, you don’t even have an early morning the next day.

Many officials are gearing up, especially the speech officials. Since the emperor ascended the throne, they have been ordered to speak out. They would rather impeach the wrong than let it go. Even if the emperor is wrong, they should argue hard.Because of this order, they severely impeached the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.But the impeachment is over, but there is no follow-up.

If it was any other time, no matter who the high officials in the court were, they would show their tails and get caught, but now is the beginning of the new emperor's enthronement, and many nobles from the old dynasty have been kicked down by the new emperor. Dare to commit a crime.As for the few who were promoted from Longsheng, fools would go to trouble if they had nothing to do.Occasional impeachment is okay, and everyone doesn't take it seriously, but staring at it all the time will lead to death.

As for the prince, I thought that the prince was young and had no chance of impeachment, but who would have thought that the nine-year-old prince would commit a serious crime.When you are an official, you have to do things. How can you be promoted if you don't do things?Therefore, Li Chengqian's "mistake" this time can be said to be a long drought and rain for these people.

With a sigh, Wei Zheng turned his gaze to the opposite side.

There were no military generals in the routine court meeting, but many generals came today.Li Jing, Duke of Wei, Cheng Yaojin, Duke of Lu, Bull Jinda of Langya County, and Chi Jingde, Duke of E, these people are obviously not here to discuss military strategies, but to support the crown prince.Mobile terminal../

Seeing that Zhao Guogong's eldest Sun Wuji and Shen Guogong Gao Shilian were all there, Wei Zheng was slightly relieved.

With such a luxurious lineup, it doesn't make sense that something will happen.

Fang Xuanling just lowered his head to straighten his clothes, and Wei Zheng's gaze collided with Li Chengqian's.

After the pair went online, Li Chengqian smiled at Wei Zheng, but was immediately blocked by Fang Xuanling.

Following the sound of the attendant's "Going to court", Fang Xuanling stood up as usual.This is the usual practice. No matter what happens today, you must first listen to the prime minister's report.Unless the priority of the matter requires even Fang Qiao to step aside.

"Qizou Your Majesty, the streamlining of officials in various ministries has been completed a few years ago. Three provinces, six ministries and other ministries have laid off a total of 720 people. Including local layoffs, a total of 270 people have been laid off. I am returning today."

Li Shimin on the throne nodded: "The speed is not slow. Our Tang Dynasty has reduced a lot of taxes and labor for the sake of allowing the people to recuperate. With less income, consumption will be reduced. I visited various places in the year of Wude and found that The matter of eating public grain is particularly serious. In some barren counties, there are as many as 100 yamen servants alone. When I took office in the three provinces, I also felt that there were too many redundant officials, and most of them were idle. It is beneficial to the people."

Although each family has officials who have been laid off, the courtiers still shouted long live.

After Fang Xuanling finished speaking, she returned to her seat.This is the only thing recorded on his wat board.