Chapter 396: What have you done in the past six months?
Li Chengzhi tilted his head sharply, and the wine bottle missed his ear and flew out.
This is unreasonable, I haven’t entered the bridal chamber yet, where did you get your direct grandson?
Seeing his meaningless expression, Li Shixian became even more furious. He picked up the square plate on the table and chased after him: "Sir, you don't even know how old you are this year, and how old is grandpa? Don't you think he will be dead when I'm buried?"
What does it look like if you can’t see your direct grandson?”
Are you serious?
Li Chengzhi took a long step and escaped from the central hall with a "swish".
"Guizi, stop for grandpa..."
How can anyone stand still and wait to be beaten?
Li Chengzhi dodged the square disk flying from behind his head, and ran seven or eight feet away like lightning before he stood still, turned around and said with a forced smile: "Father, calm down!"
When a father and son from another family meet again after a long separation, who wouldn’t cry with joy and wish they could hug each other and cry?
When it's your turn, every time you meet, you have to perform such a scene of "father is kind and son is filial"?
Seeing Li Liang, Li Cong and others cowering outside the hospital, Li Chengzhi's face couldn't help but burn, and he cursed angrily: "Get out..."
Li Shixian was also pulled into the middle hall by Guo Yuzhi.
"Come in grandpa..."
Pointing at Li Liang and others who were looking gloating about their misfortune, Li Chengzhi followed in with a low eyebrow and eyes.
"Grandpa asked your mother to bring Jingmo to Beijing. Is it just for your eyes? Then what is the use of having this concubine for you?
Just follow what you said, don't worship your parents, lest you be laughed at. What about Ji? Well, even if you don't look down on Dou bandit women, the capital is so big and there are so many music halls by Luoshui River.
There are always older people, right? It’s just that the prostitutes can’t have a house outside the house, so they can’t have a house outside the house?”
The main wife is not married yet, but she is taking her son to visit a brothel and raising an extramarital wife?
This dad can...
Li Chengzhi was both funny and depressed: "Where can I have time?"
Li Shixian didn't expect Li Chengzhi to say that, and was surprised: "Come, tell me grandpa, what are you busy with all day long, so busy that you don't even have time to visit a brothel?"
Guo Yuzhi was so angry that he wanted to grit his teeth. If Li Chengzhi hadn't been there, Li Shixian's ears would have been swollen.
She spat at Li Shixian: "Be more serious!"
Li Shixian glared: "Women, don't talk too much!"
Hey, haven’t seen you for a few months, have you lost your courage?
What surprised Li Chengzhi was that Guo Yuzhi actually changed his past tigress's power and just glanced at Li Chengzhi: "I'd better speak to you, A Lang, and don't annoy him again..."
After saying that, he walked out of the main hall?
Li Chengzhi stared at my mother's back, as if she didn't recognize her anymore.
"Son, grandpa is asking you, what have you done in the past six months?"
"What else can you do!"
Li Chengzhi shouldered a shoulder, with a bitter look on his face: "I have to accompany the emperor on horseback, I have to accompany the emperor to shoot arrows, I have to accompany the emperor to drink, listen to music, enjoy dancing, play chess, and even more, I have to treat the emperor's illness...
Sometimes, I have to help him train troops..."
Hearing so much "accompaniment", Li Shixian's heart moved, and he stared straight at Li Chengzhi, his face turning from black to white, from white to green: "The emperor...is he as good as Longyang?"
This time it was Li Chengzhi's turn to turn green: "Father, where did you think you were?"
It’s okay if it’s not!
Li Shixian breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked suspiciously: "Since you want to be an obedient minister, why do you still hide soldiers in Hexi?"
Just follow the thread?
"It is precisely because I am unwilling to be an obedient minister that I do everything possible to please the emperor! This capital is full of tigers and wolves, and my son has no power. How can I gain a foothold in this capital without the help of one or two powerful people? I am afraid that he will have been killed long ago.
The person was swallowed to the bone..."
Li Chengzhi said helplessly, "Even if I want to hide my strength and bide my time, it is absolutely impossible: just like Wang Yuanyue of Ruyang, he is a good Longyang person in the mouth of his father. On the first day I entered Beijing, he was almost kidnapped..." p>
"How is that possible?"
"How is it impossible?"
Li Chengzhi pointed to his face and said, "And my mother, who accidentally revealed her wealth when she entered the capital, which made the prince of Jiangyang, Yuan Yi, greedy, and was almost falsely accused and imprisoned..." p>
Li Shixian was horrified: "Really, there are tigers and wolves everywhere? How did you and your mother escape?"
Li Chengzhi showed a sneer: "I knocked out two of Yuan Yue's teeth and shot Yuan Yi's leg..."
Li Shixian could not sit still. He stood up suddenly and felt his scalp numb.
First it was King Ruyang, and then my younger brother. Then there was Yuan Yi, the prince of the county. Who is not a high-ranking and powerful person?
Li Chengzhi maimed someone, but he was still unharmed?
"The power of Gao Zhaoshi?"
"With Gao Zhao, the grass on my son's grave is already three feet high..."
Seeing Li Shixian trying to slap him, Li Chengzhi suddenly changed his tone and said, "Of course I rely on the emperor, so it's not a waste of time for me to do my best..."
Li Shixian looked at Li Chengzhi speechless for a long time.
No wonder my son said he would never be an obedient servant?
After offending so many powerful people, how could it be possible not to leave any disaster behind?
Whenever the emperor dies, it is the day of reckoning for Li Chengzhi...
"That's why I tried my best to extend the emperor's life, so that I could take advantage of the emperor's influence, make more friends with powerful people, and allow Li Song and others to stay dormant and develop for two more years... Of course, it doesn't stop there...
…”
Li Chengzhi stopped talking and took a quick look outside. Seeing that the door was closed, he ducked under the square table.
What is this for?
Li Shixian lowered his head and watched Li Chengzhi holding a short knife and inserting it into the crack of the bricks under the table. After a while, he pried up a piece of stone about three inches thick and three feet in diameter.
Li Chengzhi turned slightly to one side, and a golden light penetrated Li Shixian's eyes.
Gold!
Each tile has a palm-shaped round shape, is about two inches thick, and should weigh at least twenty kilograms. And this floor tile should weigh at least two hundred kilograms.
Li Shixian took a sharp breath: "Four thousand real gold?"
"It's eight thousand, and there's another layer underneath!"
Li Chengzhi took out a piece and handed it to Li Shixian so that he could verify the authenticity. Without thinking, Li Shixian put it to his mouth and took a bite.
It really couldn’t be truer!
"Two thousand of them were brought by my mother when she came to Beijing, and the remaining six thousand were all earned by me in the past six months..."
Six thousand gold, one million catties of copper...
"You robbed the imperial treasury?"
Li Chengzhi snorted: "If we talk about rare treasures, there must be some in the imperial treasury, but if we talk about real gold... Hehehe, it has been donated to temples to build golden Buddhas by several emperors in the past dynasties... These are all
Obtained from Wang Yuanchen of Hejian, Wang Yuanyong of Ruyang, and major temples in Luoyang..."
Afraid of sudden arrival, Li Chengzhi closed the floor tiles and carefully covered the gaps between the tiles.
"Father, look at this: In just half a year, I made a million dollars. What if it takes another two or three years?
Just this million gold can buy millions of stones of grain. If it is transported to Hexi, it should be enough for Li Song and others to eat for several years. If it is replaced by weapons, armor, chariots and horses, how much will it cost?
And all of this is inseparable from the emperor's favor and trust in me. If the emperor and his son were not compatible with each other, let alone earning so much, if I showed any ability to make money, I would be regarded as alive by the tigers and wolves in the capital.
A money tree until it becomes a mummy.
Today, I am working together with the son of Gao Zhao on summer ice, the king of Ruyang on tofu, the king of Qinghe on refined salt, the king of Hejian on hot pot, and the son of Wei Weiqing Yu Zhong on the music building.
His son also opened an ironware workshop under his guidance, specializing in ironware and iron pots...
If the emperor had not given me the opportunity, how could these powerful ministers be willing to cooperate with me? Squeezing is not enough. Therefore, I can keep the secret recipes of various businesses and let these powerful officials be temporarily controlled by me.
As time goes by, the benefits gradually deepen, that is, I am among you, and you are among me. I don’t expect that one day, these powerful people will be able to help me. I just hope that there will be less twists and turns before the incident. Regardless of others, such as Hu and Yuan Ji
, Yuan Yi, Changsun and other enemies try to make things difficult for me, and there are people in the court who can defend me...
Furthermore, as long as the emperor's favor towards me remains, my son can always be promoted to an official position faster, right?
I am now at the fifth rank. If I move up to one and a half ranks, I will be at least the prefect of a county when I am sent abroad. I will spend more time and beg the emperor. Even if I can't reach Hexi, I can still be sent out to Guanzhong.
.If you manage it carefully, you may not be able to become a blessed place...
Therefore, the longer the emperor lives and the more favor he has in me, the greater the chance that I will succeed in the future... No matter how much I flatter the emperor in the past few years or how I can extend his life, as long as I can be allowed to delay for two more years, it will be worth millions.
Value..."
Li Chengzhi spoke eloquently, and Li Shixian was stunned even more, as if he was frozen.
A whole million gold?
Li Shixian has lived for most of his life, and this is the first time he has seen so much money.
The King of Qinghe, the King of Ruyang, the King of Hejian, Sikong Gaozhao, Wei Weiqing Yu Zhong, Changqiu Qing Liu Teng... who is not a powerful person, but now they are all related to their son's interests?
Including the preoccupation with getting promoted, is it actually all about preparing for one day?
I just thought that after Li Chengzhi came to Beijing and saw the prosperity of Luoyang, his mind had become a lot lighter. He already had the idea of being an obedient minister of peace. Don't you know that he has become more determined and will never return to the road of rebellion?
And the blessed land mentioned by my son, if you put it another way... wouldn't it be the land of Longxing of my Li family?
He felt the blood rush to his head violently, and Li Shixian felt dizzy, as if he was drunk.
After shaking for a few times, he asked in a hissing voice: "You just said, 'Extend that person's life'... but the end is approaching?"
This is something that everyone knows, and all the important officials in the court know it well, and there is nothing to hide.
Li Chengzhi let out a breath: "If there are no setbacks, the long term can be four to five years, the short term can be two or three years..."
Li Shixian clenched his fists tightly: "When I was in Jingzhou, my father heard that the baby Hu will conceive will be a boy, and he will be the heir one day. And I, Li, have already become mortal enemies with Hu.
, but when he ascends the throne, won’t it be the time when our Li family will be destroyed?
But there are only two or three years. Even if you, my father and my son, Zhang Jingzhi, Li Song and others try their best, they are by no means enemies of the country. At that time, what will you do?"
How could it be possible for Hu's son to take over the throne smoothly?
Otherwise, why would you want to trick the queen into drugging the emperor?
Why encourage Gao Zhao to take over the post of Taiwei?
Even if the queen cannot give birth to a prince, as long as Gao Zhao can survive and he still holds military power when the emperor dies, the world will be in chaos!
"Father, don't worry, it all depends on man!"
This sentence again?
Li Shixian rolled his eyes and suddenly thought of something: "You are determined to marry Gao's daughter. Does this have something to do with it?"
What does it have to do with Gao Wenjun?
Even if we had a relationship later, it was because of Gao Wenjun that we met Gao Zhao. The former was the cause and the latter was the effect...
He wanted to make a few perfunctory remarks, but seeing the sparkle in Li Shixian's eyes, Li Chengzhi asked suspiciously: "What does father want to ask?"
Li Shixian lowered his voice: "Did the Taoist priest make a mistake at the beginning? The girl was not 'Lonely Destined', but 'indescribably precious'?"
Indescribably precious...Queen?
That's right, why didn't you think of using this trick against your mother?
Seeing Li Chengzhi rolling his eyes, Li Shixian straightened his face and scolded in a low voice: "Yes, it means, if it doesn't, it doesn't. This matter is of great importance, so don't pretend to be your father!"
"What does this have to do with it?"
"Idiot, do you really think that your mother and father chose Wei's daughter on a whim? Why don't you open your eyes and take a closer look? The Gao family comes from a barbaric land. It took two generations of relatives to get a high position, and they have always been ridiculed by the aristocratic family. Moreover.
Since Gao Zhaocai suddenly became a noble man, and acted unscrupulously, he had enemies all over the place. Except for the Shandong family, all the other families had problems with him.
No matter whether you want to be an obedient or rebellious minister in the future, if you marry the Gao family, it will not only be useless, but will also increase many obstacles. But if you marry a lady from the Wei family, it will be equivalent to winning over the Shandong family. And I, Li
The family is originally from a Guanzhong family, and their marriage with the Zhang family is a powerful alliance."
After saying this, Li Shixian glared and cursed again, "It's your fault for being young... Not to mention your father and mother, your uncle, uncle, grandfather, Zhang Jingzhi, even Li Song, Li Liang and others are also determined
I don’t want you to marry the Gao family..."
Li Chengzhi was shocked.
No wonder whenever Li Song writes, he always asks if he can marry the Zhang daughter. He also asks when he will get married to the Wei family, but never mentions Wenjun.
There is also Li Liang, who always hesitates to speak after entering Beijing. Although he does not say it clearly, his words seem to be persuading him: Gao is not a good match.
Li Chengzhi only thought that it was the rumor of Gao Wenjun's "Gu Luan's order" that made them scruple?
"I know you are determined, so I have no choice but to admit it as my father. You can marry me, but if it doesn't matter, the wife should not even think about it..."
"How can it be irrelevant?"
Li Chengzhi's mouth seemed to have a spring installed, and his tongue turned in an instant, "It still has something to do with it!"
If you know your son better than your father, how can you not know what Li Chengzhi is thinking?
"I've just sworn a few words in the heat of passion, what's that worth to a real man? Your mother-in-law, even Gao Zhao seems to have accepted his fate, but it's you who is so worried about it?"
"Everyone in the government and the public knows that I, Mrs. Li, want to marry the daughter of the Wei family as my wife and the Gao family's daughter as my concubine. Now I am riding a tiger and it is difficult to get off. Can you tell me as a father, what should I do as a father?"
Is this just a matter of swearing a few words?
He will never forget the knife Gao Wenjun stabbed into his chest!
Do you also blame yourself for insisting on eating from the bowl and coveting what is in the pot, which led to such a passive situation today?
"Father, wait a minute, it depends on man-made efforts, maybe there will be a turn for the better..."
Halfway through, a light flashed through Li Chengzhi's mind: Gao Wenjun once said that if he had great achievements, he might not be able to ask for mercy from the emperor. The old story of Jia Chong when he was in the Jin Dynasty...
And two hours ago, the emperor asked him how he should reward him?
Li Chengzhi wished he could give himself a slap.
Seeing hesitation on his face, Li Shixian sighed sadly: "You can wait for me as a father, but you can't wait for courtesy! Tomorrow, when my father has visited my eldest brother, Uncle Zang and other old friends in the capital, I will take you to the Wei family with my uncle Zang."
Once you come to the door, this matter has become a foregone conclusion and cannot be changed...Don't worry about it anymore!"
Li Chengzhi gritted his teeth fiercely: Then I will enter the palace tomorrow and ask the emperor for orders...
"Tuk tuk tuk..."
There were two very light knocks on the door, "Husband, the food is ready, can you enjoy it?"
Glancing at the lost Li Chengzhi, Li Shixian patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, it's not like I won't let you marry?"
Then he replied to the door: "Come on, call Jing Mo. Also prepare a banquet. I will invite Li Da, Li Xie and others to a banquet later..."
"Already prepared!"
Guo Yuzhi opened the door and came in, placing several plates of steaming meat, soup cakes, etc. on the table.
Just as Li Shixian picked up the chopsticks, a whistle suddenly sounded in the courtyard. It was neither sharp nor urgent, but very gentle and gentle.
Li Chengzhi woke up from a dream and said suddenly: "Is there a decree from the palace?"
Imperial decree?
To be honest, Li Shixian has lived for half his life, and today is really the first time. He quickly put down his chopsticks and urged Li Chengzhi: "What are you doing in a daze? Accept the order?"
The emperor has been reminded that he is going to take leave for three to five days, so why did he come on an errand again?
Li Chengzhi muttered to himself and walked out the door unhurriedly.
The person who came was not an internal and external minister who specialized in conveying orders to foreign ministers, but a young eunuch. He looked familiar. Li Chengzhi thought about it for a moment and remembered that it seemed to be the Yellow Gate in the Queen's Palace.
Sure enough!
Before Li Chengzhi could bow to him, the young eunuch smiled and said: "Li Shiyang is not very polite. Her Royal Highness the Queen just ordered someone to come and deliver a message: Tomorrow at Unitary Time, Her Highness would like to hold a banquet in the palace for Li Duwei, his wife and Li Shilang.
..."
Li Shixian was stunned.
Will there be a banquet in the Gaofu Mansion tomorrow at You time?
Not to mention entering the Wei Mansion, I probably don’t even have time to pay homage to my uncle Zang Li Shao.
Gao Zhao's move may have profound meaning...
If Li Chengzhi hadn't stood by his side properly, he would have doubted whether the traitor had gone to Gaofu to report the news?
No, why is it that the Queen is hosting the banquet, but it is in Gaofu?
Li Shixian was surprised and instinctively turned around, just in time to see Guo Yuzhi curling his lips with a look of disgust on his face.