I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

After watching the two people go out, Li Chengqian hesitated to speak.

"Gao Ming, do you have anything to say?" Li Shimin glanced at Li Chengqian and asked.

"Yes, Aye. I want to ask why Aye... agreed to Lao Shi this time. This matter is a bit... a bit..."

Li Chengqian was considering his words.

"A bit too much, right?

You want to ask, why did I agree to let Lao Shi set fire to kill people and plunder in Chang'an City? "

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian and expressed his thoughts directly. This was a foolish move and a bad move.

Li Chengqian is different now, and his thoughts are naturally different from before. Where is this? This is the capital, at the feet of the emperor.

Did his father indulge Lao Shi too much? He killed people, set fire to and robbed people in Chang'an City. Isn't this the same as rebellion?

This has fueled Li Shen's arrogance. Will he do bigger things in the future?

Now that his father is still alive, there is still someone who can suppress Li Shen, but what if it is in the future?

King Ji disobeyed discipline and did something wrong in the end. How should he deal with it? The last thing he wanted was to force him to kill his brother in the end.

Li Shimin also guessed his son's thoughts, stood up and walked towards the waiter next to him, followed by Li Chengqian.

When he came to the tea room, Li Chengqian consciously went to the tea making position and started making tea for Li Shimin.

"Alas~~~ I also know that this shouldn't happen, but Gao Ming, I can't do anything about it. The family is well prepared this time.

Counting the pheasant slaves, a total of fifteen families are united together. It is difficult for Lao Shi to rely on himself.

Lao Shi didn't want to wait too long. He wanted to defeat the Aspirational Chamber of Commerce in a short time, so some of the methods he adopted were a bit extreme.

Otherwise, as long as Lao Shi fights steadily, he will win within one or two years, but the court will lose millions of wealth in these two years.

All this wealth went into the mouths of the aristocratic families.

And from the letter that Lao Shi wrote to me, I feel that Lao Shi is a bit of a gangster. "

Li Shimin took a sip of the tea handed over by Li Chengqian.

"But Aye, Lao Shi has no other plan, so he has to use such an extreme method?

If someone found out about this, it would be a serious crime. "

Li Chengqian also poured a cup of tea himself, looked at the tea and said leisurely.

"Gao Ming, I know what you are worried about. Don't worry, this time is just an exception, and this is the only time.

If it wasn't to deal with the noble family, I wouldn't allow him to do this.

Lao Shi is a person who knows how to advance and retreat, and he also knows what he should do.

In the future, you should be kind to him after you succeed to the throne. He will be a great help to you and you can leave many things to him.

How clever, the aristocratic family is deeply rooted. I have tried every means to suppress them in the past ten years, but now they still retain their strength, and they want to make a comeback whenever they have the opportunity.

Therefore, I will not let go of any opportunity to weaken them, and I will not hesitate to use any means.

In the future, after you succeed to the throne, you will have fewer difficulties and concentrate on running the country, making our Tang Dynasty stronger and more prosperous, and the people will have enough food and clothing to live and work in peace and contentment. "

Li Chengqian looked at Li Shimin's sincere eyes and was quite moved. Since he came to power, his father has slowly begun to change.

Unlike before, he didn't have anything but demands.

Now Li Shimin looks like a father, caring about his son and protecting him from wind and rain.

In the past, Li Shimin only knew how far he wanted Li Chengqian to go and didn't care what he thought.

"Aye, I understand. I will not let Aye down. I will work hard like Aye and be a good emperor for the people and the Tang Dynasty.

Let the foundation of my Li family be passed down to generations to come. "

"Well, that's good if you think so, but you're right. Lao Shi's move this time is indeed a bit extreme." Li Shimin nodded.

"Aye, I still have something unclear."

"What's the matter?"

"Aye, if Lao Shi is doing it for money, then why bother making trouble in Dongshi? Can't he just burn the spices in the warehouse?

Ruo'er's guess was correct, that spice merchant should also be from Lao Shi.

Even if he is not Lao Shi, Lao Shi can still get triple compensation, so why bother to steal the gold? "

This made Li Chengqian puzzled. Although 800,000 yuan was a lot, it was nothing to Prince Ji's Mansion.

Doing such a big thing in Chang'an City for 800,000 yuan is indeed not worth the gain.

"Hahaha, Gao Ming, you guessed it right. I also suspect that this spice merchant is from Lao Shi, but do you think Lao Shi is here for triple compensation?

The 2.4 million guan was divided among 15 families, and each family only received 100,000 guan. This was not a big deal to them.

It can't reach the role of Lao Shi in dealing with the Qidian Chamber of Commerce. Lao Shi wants to defeat the Qidian Chamber of Commerce.

So I guess that this spice merchant should be an important chess piece of Lao Shi, and the compensation is just to make some money on the way.

Moreover, both sides make money. Now that the gold bricks in Prince Ji's Mansion have disappeared and the spices have been burned, the spice merchants will definitely demand compensation.

The family can only use 800,000 yuan to compensate the spice merchant, and Lao Shi will probably make a fuss about it.

Because Lao Shi knows them very well. "

Li Shimin laughed loudly. If he didn't steal the gold, how could Ma Hu do anything?

"Gao Ming, you need to pay more attention to some of Lao Shi's methods. There are not only ruthless plots in them, but also evil plots.

Just like this incident, the whole process was caused by Lao Shi forcing the Qidian Chamber of Commerce to get involved. This was a conspiracy.

The Qunding Chamber of Commerce naturally knows that Lao Shi must have a conspiracy, and they don't want Lao Shi to get involved, but Lao Shi has deep meaning in every step he takes.

As long as you refuse them, your reputation will be greatly damaged, so you have no choice but to follow Lao Shi step by step and be cautious in everything.

The same is true in the court. All parties are seeking their own interests. How to deal with them to ensure the interests of our royal family and achieve the purpose of checking and balancing them is the most difficult thing.

Being too repressive will cause them to alienate me from the royal family, and being too indulgent will also allow them to develop ambitions and shrink the imperial power.

This is the royal way that I want you to learn. "

After speaking, Li Shimin picked up the teacup and started drinking alone. He had said enough today and needed to be digested by the prince.

Li Chengqian had already fallen into deep thought and understood the meaning conveyed to him by his father.

Today, the father is kind and the son is filial, all because of Li Shen, who is using his own methods to change Li Shimin's stubborn thinking.

Li Chengqian was very grateful to this younger brother for this. He had been the prince for more than 20 years, and Li Shimin had put too much pressure on him in the first ten years.

It was so stressful that he couldn't breathe, and at one point he couldn't bear the pressure and took a detour.

If Li Shen hadn't helped him upright again and again, he might not be a prince now, or even a prince.

And his father is now able to teach him by words and deeds all the time because of what his younger brother said,

Only the emperor can teach the emperor, not a group of great scholars who have never been emperors.