His Majesty, who was supposed to curb Fang Jun's power, agreed to Zheng Rentai's appointment as Li Ji's assistant. However, Fang Jun, who was served by Zheng Rentai, strongly opposed it regardless of His Majesty's dignity... When such a scene appeared in the court, the ministers had different thoughts.
Li Chengqian suppressed his displeasure and said slowly: "What does Yue Guo think is wrong?"
Fang Jun didn't seem to notice the emperor's dissatisfaction, and said slowly and calmly: "The Zheng family in Xingyang contributed to the rebellion of the King of Jin and was rebellious. Your Majesty's refusal to investigate is an act of extrajudicial mercy. If you have committed a crime, you will not be punished or even promoted. For How humiliating were those soldiers who died in battle while defending His Majesty? Your Majesty's equal treatment is praised by the world, but rewarding merit and punishing demerit is the most basic responsibility."
Then he glanced at Li Chengqian, whose face was ashen, and continued: "The original intention of the military reform is to strip away the involvement between the army and the family members. Zheng Rentai, as the head of the Zheng family in Xingyang, is bound to work hard for the interests of his family. We can learn from his experience. Although we have rich strengths, we cannot let them get mixed up in the 'committee' to make waves, otherwise wouldn't it be putting the cart before the horse?"
The ministers remained silent, their hearts shaken.
Fang Jun has always been the staunchest and most loyal supporter around Li Chengqian. Even when he faced the pressure of Emperor Taizong, he never changed his position. Even when he was deprived of all his official positions, he kept supporting Li Chengqian.
Emperor Taizong died, and the government and the public were shaken violently. The Guanlong and Jin kings mutinied twice, but they were only one step away from overthrowing the imperial power, making Li Chengqian irreversible. It was Fang Jun who fought bloody battles to turn the tide.
After Li Chengqian ascended the throne, he also had great faith in Fang Jun, followed his advice, and his favor and trust were unparalleled.
The king and his ministers are in harmony, internally and externally, and many people believe it will become a good story.
But is this a complete split now?
If Fang Jun's firm support is lost, the throne will be shaken in an instant. Don't forget that even today, the clan has not fully recognized Li Chengqian's throne. Many people still express their covetousness for the throne openly and secretly...
Wouldn't it be self-destructive to break up with Fang Jun at this time?
Besides, His Majesty supports Zheng Rentai so much, doesn't it mean that Zheng Rentai has already become His Majesty's man? On the surface, Zheng Rentai and Fang Jun have deep conflicts of interest, which will naturally push Zheng Rentai to ascend to power. But if he does this now, I am afraid that Fang Jun will turn around. You can strangle Zheng Rentai to death...
This is extremely unwise.
Li Chengqian looked angry, glanced at Fang Jun, and stopped arguing, which was degrading.
Liu Jie was slightly scolding: "The Duke of Yue is a little emotional. Why is this? Even if we have different opinions, we should discuss with each other and should not act so arbitrarily."
He was also very helpless. He secretly agreed with Zheng Rentai to be loyal to His Majesty and joined the Ministry of War as an "internal agent". However, after His Majesty did this, who didn't know that Zheng Rentai had defected to the emperor? It's no wonder that Fang Jun strongly opposed it. Who would let him? How can a "fine work" be on an equal footing with oneself?
Fang Jun also seemed to feel that it was inappropriate to have such a face-to-face argument with Li Chengqian, and that he had lost his duty as a minister, so he nodded and said: "Your Majesty, please don't blame me. I understand your guilt. Since your Majesty is interested in Zheng Rentai, I will obey your order." That’s it.”
Li Chengqian still had a bad look on his face.
Is this a concession?
It is not uncommon to argue with him as the emperor, not because of his emperor's face, but because of his so-called duty as a minister.
Oh, this is the so-called loyal minister and good general. How can he be loyal to the emperor?
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"boom!"
After the court meeting dispersed, Li Chengqian returned to the palace and took a shower and changed clothes. After taking a few sips of tea, the anger in his chest and abdomen was still not exhausted, and he threw the tea cup to the ground.
The exquisite white porcelain tea cup fell into pieces.
Wang De, the chief chamberlain on the side, stepped forward and consoled him: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Everything is just a trial and error. We should focus on the dragon body."
Seeing that Li Chengqian was sullen and silent, he turned around and motioned to several palace maids to clean up the floor.
It was rare for the few maids to see the "kind" Majesty be so angry. They were so frightened that they squatted on the ground to pick up the broken pieces of porcelain. They cut their fingers on the sharp pieces by accident and were dripping with blood.
Li Chengqian became even more angry when he saw this. He slapped the coffee table next to him and shouted: "Blood is evil, do you want to bring evil to me? Drag him out and kill him with a stick!"
"Your Majesty, spare your life! Your Majesty, spare your life!"
The little palace maid was so frightened that she could only kneel on the ground, smack her head, and beg for mercy.
Wang De couldn't bear it and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, you may give me ten strokes of the staff and you will be sent to Ye Ting..."
Li Chengqian suddenly raised his head, stared at Wang De, and scolded sternly: "How outrageous! Don't I, the king of a country, even have the power to deal with two erring maids? Have either of you ever put me, the emperor, in your eyes?"
?”
Wang De was trembling with fright and did not dare to say anything. He bowed and apologized: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I will let others torture me right now."
When he came to the door, he called in the guards standing outside and dragged the two little palace maids out. The little palace maids were so scared that they were paralyzed and unable to move forward on the ground, shouting for mercy, tears streaming down their faces, and crying loudly.
"What's going on?"
A gentle voice sounded, and Queen Su walked in from the door. She was dressed in a crimson palace dress, and the snow-white collar of the middle coat set off the goose neck. She had a graceful and graceful figure, slim and fit, and cloud-like hair.
A bun with a head full of pearls and emeralds, heavenly fragrance and national beauty, graceful and luxurious.
The two palace maids seemed to have seen a savior, and they broke free from the guard's hand with all their strength. They rushed forward and grabbed the queen's skirt tightly, crying: "I know you are wrong, my queen, please save me!"
The queen was slightly stunned, looked at the situation in the room, and asked: "What's going on?"
When Wang De saw the Queen coming, he was overjoyed at first, thinking that the two maids should be saved, then his heart sank, and he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Report to the Queen, these two maids were careless and collided with Your Majesty. They are guilty of an unforgivable crime.
Please take them out now."
He scolded the two guards who were standing with their hands lowered: "Why are you still standing there? If you bump into the Queen, you will be guilty of the same crime! Stop your mouth and drag her out."
"Here!"
The two guards quickly stepped forward, blocked the palace maid's mouth with one hand, held her under their arm with the other, and walked out quickly.
"stop!"
The queen scolded and stopped the two guards. She turned back to look at Li Chengqian who looked ashen and frowned slightly: "Your Majesty, what kind of unforgivable crime did these two maids commit?"
Li Chengqian's eyes were deep and silent.
The queen looked at Wang De.
Wang De had no choice but to explain in a low voice. Finally, he looked at the queen and whispered: "These two maids are indeed suspected of being evil. Let me take them down for execution."
The emperor and the queen have had many quarrels before, and your majesty has not slept with the queen for many days. It is really unnecessary if the two maids anger your majesty and cause the rift between the husband and wife to deepen.
The queen understood Wang De's eyes, but didn't take it seriously.
She came from a famous family, and when she was still in the boudoir, she had been exposed to the story of Queen Wende, and she aspired to become a virtuous and virtuous woman who could persuade her husband. When she married the crown prince and became the crown princess, she understood how to lead by example, and as a wife, she could not blindly follow
, but to speak out when the husband makes a mistake.
She moved lightly and took a few steps forward. The Queen said warmly: "Your Majesty has always been kind and kind, how can you abuse the palace people because of a small mistake? In the current peaceful and prosperous era, the government is harmonious and harmonious, and your Majesty's reputation will definitely be recorded in the annals of history. If it is because of a small cruelty, Bai Yu will be ruined."
Isn’t it a small flaw that makes a big difference?”
The emperor is the lord of the world, rich in the world, and should be broad-minded and benevolent. How can he get angry outside and inflict it on innocent people?
This is a piece of advice.
But Li Chengqian has now fallen into a trap. The imperial power has been provoked and his majesty has been attacked. This made him frightened and angry, and he lost his cool. He was publicly refuted by his courtiers in the outer court and was disgraced. Now he returned to the palace to deal with the two erring maids.
Actually, one or two people stood up to accuse him, right?
Especially the Queen's words of comfort, which he might have listened to in normal times, but now made him feel extremely harsh.
What does it mean to abuse palace maids?
In the peaceful and prosperous age, the government was well-connected and the people were harmonious, but because of him as the emperor, his white jade was slightly stained?
Is this what his wife said?
This is the slander and insult that only enemies can do!
Li Chengqian's eyes were cold and his tone was cold: "From the beginning to the end, all of you have thought that I am not good at being an emperor. Even though I am sitting on the throne today, you still continue to doubt and slander me, or treat me as a puppet.
Either treat me like a waste... So, do you want to teach me how to be an emperor?"
The queen's heart froze, and she looked at the husband in front of her in disbelief, her red lips slightly parted: "I am just giving advice, why is Your Majesty so angry? When three of us are together, there must be someone who can teach me. A saint knows that no one is perfect.
"Always learn the truth, why is Your Majesty so conceited? Back then, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty did not listen to advice and acted on his own will, which led to the death of the Second Emperor of the Sui Dynasty. Now that Your Majesty does not listen to advice, do you want to repeat the same mistake?"
"presumptuous!"
Li Chengqian stared angrily, stood up, and slapped the queen hard on the face.
Snapped!
Crisp slaps resounded in the room, and the queen's fragile body fell to the ground...
Everyone was stunned and took a moment to react. The guards and palace maids were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and paused, not daring to raise their heads. Wang De shouted "Your Majesty, please calm down" and stepped forward and fell to the ground.
He tried to help the queen up, but found that the queen's eyes were closed tightly, her whole body was as limp as mud, and she had already held her breath.
Wang De was so frightened that he lost his mind and shouted: "Imperial doctor, call the imperial doctor quickly!"
There was a servant outside the door who quickly ran to the Imperial Medical Office...
Li Chengqian was stunned, and the palm of his hand shook subconsciously. He did not expect that he lost control in anger and slapped the queen.
He regretted in his heart that this was his wife who had accompanied him through the most difficult and dark days. When he was persecuted by his brothers, despised by his father, and ridiculed by ministers, his wife was by his side to comfort and support each other.
Get out of the haze.
Today, he is the emperor and is rich all over the world, but he beat her out of anger...
He wanted to step forward and help the queen up, but he couldn't save his dignity. When he saw that Wang De had summoned the imperial doctor and thought it would be nothing serious, he snorted coldly, put his hands behind his hands and walked away.