After more than half a month, Tang Ji returned to the place where he almost lost his life. Before he had time to sigh, he found that the eunuch not far away ran away like a ghost when he saw him. He also discovered that
The silver that fell on the ground thought that the man in yellow was trying to bribe the eunuch. Then he remembered that the old eunuch Bai Chang also made an appointment with him in the emperor's harem, and he couldn't help but sigh that the eunuch was so awesome.
He shook his head to come to his senses, watched the man in yellow get up from the ground, and asked the little eunuch beside him: "Hey, who is he?"
"Master Tang, this is Prince Yin." The eunuch also knew that Tang Ji had beaten Prince Yin's son, so he lowered his voice and replied.
Hearing this, Tang Ji frowned slightly. It turned out that this was King Yin. Sure enough, the upper beam was crooked and the lower beam was crooked. His son was addicted to wine and sex, forcing good girls into prostitution. His father ran into the palace and bribed the eunuchs. The genetic gap between the old Li family is too big.
He was a little nervous, and he originally wanted to go up and help the other person, but now... He shook his head to withdraw his thoughts, bypassed King Yin and walked straight over.
In front of the stone arch door, the eunuch bowed and said: "Master Tang, Manager Bai is waiting for you inside, so I won't follow you."
Tang Ji nodded slightly and walked into Qingshui Garden.
Seeing him walking away, the eunuch turned around and left, but was stopped halfway.
"Wait!" Li Yan picked up the silver scattered on the ground and put it back in his sleeve. He looked at the stone arch with sharp eyes and asked in a deep voice, "Who was there just now?"
The eunuch had a bitter look on his face. The two enemies had collided. Why did he have to be caught in the middle and suffer?
Although he thought so in his heart, he still replied with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Qi Yin, that person just now was Lord Tang Jitang."
"Tang Ji!" Li Yan had a suspicion just now and groaned through gritted teeth. Why did His Majesty have time to meet this sixth-grade official, but did not want to chat more with his imperial brother? Why did he only punish this boy?
He was given a month's salary, but his nephew was taken to Dali Temple? Why on earth?
Seeing this, the eunuch did not stay any longer, bowed and left quickly.
On the other side, Tang Ji had also crossed the small stone arch bridge in Qingshui Garden and reached the other side.
This place has become much brighter than the night half a month ago, and of course it is safer. At least he did not come in in the name of an assassin today. It is still the familiar stone platform, but the middle-aged man sitting on it
He wasn't playing the piano, but was drinking soup from a jade bowl.
Emperor Ning glanced at Tang Ji, then looked at the seat opposite him, and said: "Sit!"
Tang Ji walked over slowly and knelt down, imitating the other person's behavior. For some reason, he always felt that the other person's temperament didn't look like a eunuch, but rather a bit like a cold general like Su Ling.
Emperor Ning took a spoonful of soup and put it into his mouth, and asked, "Have you had breakfast?"
Tang Ji raised his eyebrows slightly. Breakfast was just breakfast and breakfast. Sure enough, everyone in the palace had a lot of trouble eating. He was still gnawing steak in his dream when he was woken up by the eunuch. How could he have time to eat breakfast? He immediately shook his head.
He shook his head.
"Then let's eat something together." Ning Huang handed the small bowl aside to Tang Ji.
Tang Ji was not polite. After taking it, he filled a small bowl of rice porridge. After tasting it, his eyes lit up. Suddenly he felt that the other party was quite easy to talk to, so he started chatting: "Manager Bai, you are not afraid to sit here and have breakfast in broad daylight."
Have you been discovered by His Majesty? No, you are the chief chamberlain, so you should always be with His Majesty, right?"
Emperor Ning coughed lightly, thought for a few breaths, and replied: "It's not that you and Prince You did something good. Your Majesty didn't sleep well last night and is currently resting."
Hearing this, Tang Ji nodded. No wonder the old eunuch dared to be so arrogant.
Seeing that Tang Ji was eating so deliciously, Emperor Ning couldn't help but add some rice porridge to his bowl, and then said: "In half a month, first King Hao, then Mr. Yang of the Ministry of Rites, and now Prince Yin, how about you?"
You really know how to cause trouble, but do you know that if His Majesty hadn't protected you, you, a ninth-grade chief, would have died several times!"
Tang Ji picked up a small dish similar to dried meat with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth, and then replied: "Wang Hao and Yang Tianhao have nothing to do with me. They both suffered their own injuries. As for Prince Yin, he was unfaithful to my wife."
, then of course I can’t let him go.”
"Did you know he is from the royal family? Call Your Majesty Imperial Uncle!" Emperor Ning continued.
"I call him Uncle Huang and Uncle Li. I only know that if anyone bullies my relatives, I will fight with him!" Tang Ji said this subconsciously, but suddenly felt that it was not appropriate to say this in front of the old eunuch.
Then he explained: "If I can't protect the people around me, then what's the point of being an official in the court?"
Hearing this, Emperor Ning put the scooped rice porridge back into the bowl, narrowed his eyes and asked, "You only joined the court to protect your family?"
"A country, a country, there is no home without a country. If the country is in trouble, let alone officials, even ordinary people should try their best to defend the country. But everyone has selfish motives. If the country is not in trouble, who doesn't want their small family to be in harmony?
The family is in harmony and the family is safe and sound." Tang Ji felt that today's meal was the best breakfast he had in the world. While eating, he talked nonsense and continued: "The key to governing the country is fairness and integrity, no partiality, no partiality, no
For selfish reasons, Kyoto is at the feet of the emperor. Your Majesty must know how many bad things that guy Li Chonghan has done, but your Majesty has not dealt with him for a long time. If it were anyone else, he would have died hundreds of times. Is this fair and upright? If the people are allowed to
Do you know, will the people be disappointed in the court? Over time, who will trust the court? In the same way, I heard that there are frequent peasant uprisings in the northwest. The business in the northwest is not very developed, and agriculture has been affected. The people
If they can no longer survive, they will of course choose to rebel. The people can carry the boat and capsize it. If things continue like this, Ningguo will be on the verge of subjugation... Ahem, anyway, the court should pay more attention to the people."
"The key to governing the country lies in fairness and integrity. The people can carry the boat and capsize it..." Emperor Ning looked at Tang Ji, thinking about what he just said, and then sighed: "Of course your Majesty knows that the people in the northwest
Life is difficult, but there is an eyeing Jiang State in the northwest, which often invades our border with Ning State. Money is needed to raise troops and taxes cannot be reduced, so we urgently need you to promote agricultural reform!"
"Your Majesty really accepts death, and agricultural reform cannot be completed in a day or two." Tang Ji muttered softly.
Emperor Ning frowned, stared at him and said, "Do you have any idea?"
Tang Ji served himself another bowl of rice porridge, then put his favorite side dishes in front of him, and said casually: "Yes, isn't the commerce in the northwest underdeveloped? But it's not like there are no commodities in the northwest. The imperial court can control the commerce in the northwest.
Provide support, such as lowering business taxes, government support for business development, allowing businessmen to come over, and driving local employment. Also, since the northwest needs money, then the court can only allocate money to raise troops. Don't say that the court has no money, as long as the court has few officials
Holding a few banquets and arresting a few more corrupt officials will be enough to support soldiers in the northwest for several years. If that doesn't work, we can only raise taxes in the commercially developed areas of the south, and there will be many people's livelihood problems..."
Emperor Ning listened patiently to his words, and the corners of his mouth could not help but raise.
I originally called him here to warn him to be more low-key in his normal work, but unexpectedly, he was taught a lesson by this kid!