Chapter 47

Li Hong handed the broken portrait to Li Zhi and complained, "you see, the emperor's grandfather has broken your image. This glass was indeed the fault of the children's ministers at the beginning. The original price was to keep the glass rare. It's just that the rarity of the glass is the most important thing. "

"Tell me, what does it have to do with why it costs 10% to sell to the imperial palace?" Lizhi put the bad picture aside and asked after him.

Li Hong was embarrassed and said with a smile: "this was not when the price was set that the children didn't have much money, so I wanted to go from my father to the Emperor..."

"Well, you're wise. You can tell if you want silver, but why do you want so much money? And where's the money you've made over the years? Don't tell me to build Taiyi city without walls, and then the money will run out. " Wu Mei also asked in the back for her husband.

Dare the couple to bully together ah, Li Hong discontented said: "mother, these years you have not taken less money from the children's minister, and the expenses of your harem, it seems that in the last two years, it is the children's ministers who gave you the expenses in the last two years."

"You deserve it. You should have burned the palace of Su Jie and Jin carelessly. Shouldn't you lose money?" Wu Meili said boldly.

"That's right. I haven't settled the matter with you. If you hadn't burned their palace, I would have wanted to build the Daming Palace in another two years." Li Zhi's wife is singing along with her husband.

"Good, good, but you are good, you are right. But the son minister also thought for you, father emperor, you want to build again in two years, not because there are too many objections in the court. Now the price of glass is increased by 10%, and the 10% money will be returned to you. In this way, you can save a sum from the Ministry of housing? And the province will not refute you or stay in the hair, right? Do you suddenly feel that your son's minister has foresight? "

"Thirty percent, one less Chengdu. The palace your mother wants costs too much..." Lizzie bargained.

"Twenty percent, no more. If you build a Daming Palace, you will build several Taiyi cities." Li Hong tried his best.

"Well, 20% is achieved, but you have to pay for the two burned palaces. I'm tired too, your majesty. You and hong'er can continue to paint. " Wu Mei sees that the last expense of Daming Palace has been settled, so she is at ease.

And she can see that because of her existence, father and son have a lot of things that can't be said in front of their faces. If they leave, they can talk.

"My son's minister sent his mother away." Li Hong went to Wu Mei and helped her up. He said with a smile, "mother, you can see that your children's ministers have grown tall, but you have not changed at all. You are still as beautiful as before."

Wu Meibai glanced at him: "don't just pick up nice words. Li Xian and Li Zhe (Li Xian's former name, Li Zhe is used in the novel. The difference is similar to Li Xian.) It's more obedient than you recently. If you dare to instigate them to learn bad, I'll let your father beat you. "

Li Zhi turned his head and looked at the two people who supported each other and said happily: "as long as the queen wants to beat him, even if you tell me, my hands are itchy, but I can't grasp his handle all the time, which makes him at large all the time."

Wu Mei didn't even look at Li Zhi. She walked to the door and shook off Li Hong's arm. She said, "Alas I don't know who it was at that time, because twenty worthless crystal cards were bought

Li Zhi touched the ashes of his nose, and the old memories were turned out again. He touched his nose in silence and continued to look at the portraits he had painted.

Li Hong did not dare to laugh out loud. He was the first one who made the crime. Now, whenever he mentioned this matter, his father wanted to beat him.

After seeing Wu Mei off, Li Hong went back to his room again and sat down beside Li Zhi. Without waiting for Li Zhi to describe again, the charcoal pen in his hand quickly danced on the white paper. In a short time, the image of a powerful middle-aged man appeared on the white paper.

"Yes, this one is like your grandfather. Use this one to make it." Li Zhi took it and looked at it with appreciation, staring at the people in the painting for a long time.

After the death of his mother, he was brought up by his father's emperor, that is, he was brought up by the emperor. Sometimes, he would take him with him. The father and the son can be said to be "dependent on each other".

"What are you going to do about Li Yifu?" Li Zhi put down the portrait in his hand, and the maiden took it carefully and collected it properly. In the future, it will be used to make bronze statues.

"What else can I do? I'll dismiss him and send him to Taiyi city. The son minister has already reminded you that he was honest and clean at the beginning. " Li Hong muttered.

"It's my father's fault. Li Yifu's support from your mother and empress has made many complaints in the court. But I'm afraid it's hard for the court to calm down the resentment just because of the support of your mother and empress. However, he has done a lot of things in Zhongshu province these years." Li Zhi shook his head and sighed. He began to be indecisive again.

Li Hong said in his heart, "if I hadn't kept him in check these years, I'm afraid the court would be ten times more chaotic than now."

Since the Tang Dynasty, the emperor has been strong in the hall. Over the years, it was the Empress Dowager who helped him with his advice in the harem. It was for this reason that Li Yifu gradually became big.Although he has done his best to limit Li Yifu's mischief, but he has no choice but to go his own way. Now, Li Yifu has been arrogant to buy officials and sell officials, even his own daughter and son-in-law are involved in it.

"My father and my son's ministers think it's better to remove Li Yifu from the post of zhongshuling, and then you seal him up from the crown prince's servant to the crown prince's Taibao, and the second grade of zhongshuling is promoted from the first grade. In this way, he can be far away from the court, and can also be explained by his mother." Li Hong looked at Li Zhi's contradictory expression and said.

"Prince Tai Bao?" Li Zhi was surprised.

"Yes, now the crown prince of the children's ministers is shangguanyi, the Taifu is Xu Jingzong, the Taibao was originally Yang Sijian, and Li Yifu has always hoped to be promoted to the" third division "or" third Shao ". Since then, it has not been in accordance with his wish

Li Zhi pondered over Li Hong's proposal, so that the imperial court could be kept clean. However, he hesitated. Xu Jingzong was poached by Li Hong a few years ago and was relieved of all official posts in the imperial court. Now, if Li Yifu is brought to the East Palace, what is the prince's plan?

Li Zhi was surprised when he thought of this, and then said quietly, "the father and the emperor will consider it again. If Li Yifu is removed, Du Zhenglun will not be able to support all the political affairs of the central government."

With the growth of his age, Li Hong understood Li Zhi more and more thoroughly. His father and emperor were extremely contradictory. Sometimes he was indecisive in political affairs and difficult to choose.

He often needs others to help him make up his mind. In recent years, some important affairs in the court, six or seven out of ten, are all made by his mother.

Now, he obviously realized that the empress was too close to the court from the harem, so he wanted to get rid of this dependence.

Just as he was in the court in order to get rid of the restrictions on him by the Guanyuan clique headed by changsun Wuji. But the problem is that there were empress dowager, Xu Jingzong and others who helped him deal with a group of old ministers, such as changsun Wuji. Now, there are less Yin people around him like Xu Jingzong.

Li Yifu was the only one who could give him such hope. Therefore, he connived at Li Yifu. In recent years, he even helped Li Yifu clear away the people impeaching him.

But over the years, he did not see any sign that Li Yifu was inclined to him. On the contrary, Li Yifu was getting closer to his mother.

If it was not for his own control of Li Yifu, I am afraid that Li Yifu has already replaced Xu Jingzong. At this time in front of the mother, is similar to the position of the minister.

Today's palace seems peaceful and quiet, but in this situation, it is a tripartite game of undercurrent. That is to say, they, the father and the empress mother, are pushed by the dark surge in the court, and step by step they come to this delicate situation.

At that time, with the advantage of being young or "naive and ignorant", Xu Jingzong had not been paid special attention by the empress dowager, and before the Empress Dowager was interested in chaotang, he fought him over from his mother.

Another reason is that Xu Jingzong is older than Li Yifu and is easy to let go of his mother.

Li Yifu thought that he could come together at that time, but he didn't expect that he met with the unanimous opposition of his father and his mother.

Therefore, a compromise was adopted. Li Yifu was appointed crown prince Sheren, and served as Zhongshusheng zhongshuling, who presided over Zhongshusheng together with Du Zhenglun, another Zhongshu Ling.

As the saying goes, "a piece of rat excrement can destroy a pot of soup". It can be imagined that if there were Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong in the court, what a mess it would be. The trend of history, I am afraid, will still be the same as recorded in historical books, forming a situation of "struggle between emperor and empress" between father and empress.

Li Hong also knew that even if Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong were eliminated, there would be Ma Yifu, Liu Jingzong and so on. However, at this time, no matter who appeared in the court, the damage to the court and the public of the Tang Dynasty could not be equated with the harmfulness of Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong.

Li Hong looked at his father's hesitant expression. He knew very well that the ability of Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong had brought real benefits to his father and his mother. They would not let them go easily.

In the case of the eldest sun Wuji, the father and Emperor got unimaginable benefits. The empress mother is also the same. At least, Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong have contributed to the throne. The shadow of Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong is also the most eye-catching.

And I want to bring these two people together to the east palace. It can be imagined that it is difficult for the father, the emperor and the empress mother to have shock and suspicion.

But fortunately, so far, Li Hong's actions can be put in the sun, and there is nothing that Li Zhi and Wu Mei do not know. It is precisely because of this that he may eventually control Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong.

"Father and emperor, you know that you cherish Li Yifu's talent, but you don't have to be in the court to play it. Now Taiyi city is under the control of the children's ministers. However, they are young and inexperienced, so they need officials like Li Yifu to help them govern together. What's more, it will become the foundation of the Tang Dynasty in the future. Li Yifu can also make contributions there, even more important than in the court. "Li Zhi did not know whether to listen to Li Hong's persuasion, but nodded his head without speaking. For Taiyi City, Li Hong said it was so important, at least he still had some doubts.

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