But it was said that Li Shanchang was confused and got into the carriage in despair. When he returned to the mansion, his younger brother Li Cunyou was waiting at the door.
Seeing his brother return home, Li Cunyou hurriedly greeted him, "Brother! You have finally returned home. Can your superiors lift the ban on my family?"
As for the reason for this palace invitation, although Li Shanchang was cautious when he went, Li Cunyou was extremely optimistic. His brother was the first contributor to the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and he was always highly regarded by the superiors, but he only helped those officials to make plans.
No big deal.
The misfortune in front of the superiors was over after all. The Li Mansion was ordered to be banned by the emperor for the past few days. It really drove Li Cunyou crazy. He couldn't go on the flower boat on the upper reaches of the Qinhuai River. He couldn't survive a day.
Hearing the word "superior", Li Shanchang trembled instinctively, pushed him away and tried to help Li Cunyou, and said fiercely: "I have ascended the throne now, how can you call me superior?"
"From now on, if you don't address your Majesty, I will break your legs!"
Li Cunyou was stunned and didn't understand why his brother was suddenly so excited. When he wanted to ask, Li Shanchang had already gone to the back house.
Li Shanchang dismissed his servants and walked straight to the study. The more he thought about the meaningful words the emperor just said, the more frightened he became. After sitting there for a long time, he actually found a rope and hung it on the beam.
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"Master, I have cooked a bowl of bird's nest porridge for you..." Seeing that there was still light in the study, Li Shanchang's concubine knocked on the door of the study on the pretext of delivering porridge. After knocking for a long time, there was no answer.
When the person answered, she boldly pushed the door open, and the scene in front of her almost scared him away.
"Someone! Come quickly! Master... Master has hanged himself!"
"Qi'er, I don't want to be a father... I don't want to be a father either!"
After everyone else was far away, Li Qi came to Li Shanchang's bedside and sighed: "Father, why is this happening?"
All kinds of regrets turned into a long sigh, and it was useless to say anything at this time. Thinking of Lao Zhu's methods when he was young, Li Shanchang shuddered: He is not as optimistic as this son. If he rises to power... His Majesty has made up his mind to kill me.
Even if you hide back in your hometown, what's the use?
"No, I have to find a way to make up for my mistakes..." Li Shanchang frowned and thought. He finally plucked up the courage to commit suicide. After being blocked, he no longer had the courage to commit suicide. Moreover, being able to establish a country overseas and being a loner, Li Shanchang has no influence on Li Shanchang.
For such a power-hungry person, it is really very attractive.
"...Get out, get out!" The Duke, who had regained his breath, was obviously very angry. Li Cunyou still wanted to howl, but seeing Li Shanchang staring at him as if he were an enemy, he had to swallow back half of his words.
. It was Li Qi who took charge of the overall situation. First, he asked everyone to exit the study to allow more air circulation. Then he pointed out a few trusted housekeepers and asked them to block the news and not let the matter leak out easily.
"I regret listening to what you said back then!"
A few days later.
You must know that Li Shanchang was the first to do great work in Dingbang, and his contribution was greater than that of Xu Da. If any foreign countries were to be enfeoffed, he would definitely have a share. But now...
"Qi'er stays..." After making arrangements, he was about to exit, but his father suddenly spoke. Li Qi was stunned for a moment, and finally stopped.
Li Shanchang felt angry and regretful at the same time. What he was angry about was that his son was so stupid and loyal and accused him, his father, of being unfaithful. What he regretted was that he had forgotten the word "loyalty" and thought he was the founder of the country.
The first hero can dominate the court and forget the cautious way.
Li Qi touched the wound on his face and said to himself that if he had known what happened, why would he bother in the first place? After he went to the palace to inform him that day, Li Shanchang beat him frequently when he came back. Even the status of the prince must be given to a favored one.
The bastard of love.
Li Shanchang immediately forgot his pain, jumped up from the couch, and began to write furiously on a blank memorial...
Zhu Yuanzhang would not be merciful to the stumbling blocks on the road to the Ming Dynasty, even if he was a former comrade. This was his style as the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
"Dad, it's okay." Li Qi was stunned for a moment, but he was more open-minded than Li Shanchang. "Even if His Majesty wants to take back the land certificates, there are still hundreds of acres of land in his hometown in Dingyuan, so he won't be able to survive.
Don’t go down.”
If you can, if you please Your Majesty...
Alas! I, Li Shan, have been plotting all my life, but in the end I lost a lot because of a small thing, and I am not safe at the end of my life...
"...asked me if I was almost seventy years old, and said that you are loyal. This is because I have lived too long and should have died long ago! It is useless for me, Li Shanchang, to claim to be smart, but to come late... Your Majesty
If I don't die, how can I save this huge family property for you?"
If you say you have no resentment in your heart, that would be a lie. But after all, you can't watch your father die like this, so Li Qi advised: "Your Majesty's intention may be that you should never interfere in the government affairs... Dad, why don't we do it tomorrow?"
I'll go back to my hometown in Dingyuan and live my life by farming and studying."
"Biao'er, didn't Jinyiwei come to report that Li Shanchang failed to hang a beam a few days ago and was seriously injured? Why did he give us this memorial? Could it be a legacy?" Lao Zhu asked doubtfully. What he said last night,
It was indeed hinted that Li Shanchang meant to commit suicide. Although half of it was an angry statement, if Li Shanchang had died last night, he would not have felt seriously.
Then, he told his son all the unexplained things Lao Zhu said to him.
The entire Li Mansion was in a state of chaos, with countless servants and servants rushing in and helping to pull Li Shanchang off the rope. Fortunately, he discovered it early, and the rope Li Shanchang found was not very strong either.
The pillar of the mansion is still alive. After a while, Li Qi, Li Cunyou and other Li family members also came. When Li Cunyou saw Li Shan's appearance, he was frightened out of his wits: "Brother! Why is it like this? Why is it like this!"
"As a minister, you should be loyal and loyal. Dad, you colluded with the party for power and property, which is disloyal. Even if you are a farmer and save the name of my Li family, why not?"
"Hey... Your Majesty intends to take back the nobles' death-free iron coupons and the land they have hoarded. Even if they want to farm and study the family heirlooms, they can't do it now..." Li Shanchang shook his head and sighed. The more he thought about it, the more he felt distressed. He had no military power in the first place.
, naturally not among those nobles who exchanged military power for land without having to confiscate it. Now that he is despised by the emperor, even if His Majesty assigns the qualifications for establishing an overseas country, it will definitely not fall on his Li family.
""Please set up a tax department to collect business taxes"?" In Jinshen Hall, Lao Zhu couldn't help but be a little surprised when he looked at the familiar handwriting on this memorial.
But it’s just that Li Shanchang didn’t die. He actually wrote a memorial to himself early in the morning... This is worthy of discussion. You know, it was the old guy’s handiwork that gave those people advice to fight against commercial taxes. Could it be that,
Does that old guy think that if he switches sides now, we will spare him?
Lao Zhu threw the memorial aside.
"Dad, this memorial was delivered to the cabinet by the Korean father-in-law himself early in the morning. After my son looked at it, he immediately brought it to you for your royal viewing." Seeing Lao Zhu throw the memorial on the ground, Zhu Biao quickly picked it up with great care.
He stood up, dusted off the dust on his head, and presented it with both hands: "I think you should read this memorial."
"The strategies written in this memorial...maybe can really solve the urgent needs of the Ming Dynasty!"