Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 1731 Li Er wants to go to heaven

Li Ke couldn't wait to take Fang Jun's solution, and read it carefully on the spot without saying a word.

Fang Jun ordered someone to make tea, sat down on his own, and began to review the documents of the Ministry of Military Affairs.The two of them stood side by side, relatively silent, only the "rustling" sound of flipping through the book and the "fuliu" sound of drinking tea...

After a long time, Li Ke put down the book in his hand, looked up at Fang Jun, the meaning in his eyes was unclear.

"This king has always been self-confident, and has never done anything to show off, but in his heart, he has never put anyone in the younger generation in his heart. He is confident that even if he doesn't talk about his birth title, he will never lose if he only relies on his talent and learning ability." Give it to anyone. However, since you, Erlang, have opened your mind, this king's self-confidence has been broken and annihilated bit by bit. Compared with you, it is so ordinary that it makes people sad..."

Noble and stable as His Highness the King of Wu, he is also convinced by Fang Jun at this moment, and casts all his eyes on him.

This person was stupid since he was a child, and he had always been despised and ridiculed by dandies of the same age, but who would have expected that once he was enlightened, he would be as brave as a tiger blessed by divine light, and would fight mercilessly against those who used to ridicule him in every way Soaring momentum!
Li Ke was wondering, is there anything you Fang Jun can't do?

The poems are well written, the money has earned a golden mountain, the official career is on the rise, and even the study of civil engineering is so outstanding, it is unimaginable, and it will not let others live...

Fang Jun put down the paperwork in his hand, and said with a smile: "Your Highness's absurd praise, my humble minister... deserves it."

"puff!"

Li Ke, who just picked up his teacup and took a sip, sprayed out the tea, and stared at Fang Jun in a daze: "A gentleman is like bright jade, gentle, courteous and frugal, full of harm, modest benefit, it is not appropriate to be proud, and everything should be left behind." Step! This is the principle of doing things and the cultivation of life, Fang Er, you are so shameless, how shameless you are?"

Holding the teacup, Fang Jun said quietly: "How can Your Highness not distinguish between green and white, and repay kindness with revenge? Just now His Highness praised me, and I responded like this. Although it is a bit shameless, it is tantamount to approving His Highness's words. If you continue to pretend to be humble, Not only do you think His Highness is exaggerating, but it is more likely that others will attribute His Highness to flattery and insincere words, so His Highness should be grateful to me, how can you call me shameless instead?"

Li Ke stayed for a while, looked up at the beams of the room, put the book away and held it in his hand, got up and said, "Farewell."

Turn around and leave.

Fang Jun laughed and got up and said, "Respectfully send off Your Highness."

Li Ke walked to the door, stood still, thought for a while, then looked back at Fang Jun, sighed and said: "In terms of talent and learning, this king is far away from you, if you want to keep pace with you, you should study hard and learn a lot. But on the face of it, the distance between me and you is not only the distance between Liangzhou and Qiongzhou? It’s so different, this king is ashamed and willing to bow down."

After saying that, he left with a depressed expression on his face.

Fang Jun laughed, and continued to immerse himself in official duties.

Between heels, footsteps sounded at the door again, Fang Jun didn't lift his head, and while reviewing the official document, he said casually: "Your Highness went down and came back, why?"

A slightly hoarse voice sounded: "Old slave Wang De, I have seen the house consort."

Fang Jun stopped raising his head, and saw Wang Dezheng, the head servant standing at the door with a smile, bowing his hands and saluting. He quickly put down his pen, stood up and said, "So it's Director Wang, I'm very rude, come here, please take a seat."

Wang De squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Forgive the son-in-law to deal with official duties. It is already the old slave's fault. How dare you sit down again? You pack up and tidy up, Your Majesty orders you to enter the palace."

Fang Jun walked out from the desk, stepped forward and took Wang De's hand and sat on a chair beside him, ordered someone to serve tea, and said with a smile: "Recently, Jiangnan sent some gifts, and I will ask someone to pick some for you later. The manager sent it to the mansion, there is no need to refuse, it is just some rare items that are rarely seen in Guanzhong, and they are worthless."

Having said that, Wang De was naturally not good and refused obstinately. He said gratefully: "Why does the concubine spend so much money? The nephew at home is thanks to the concubine's arrangement. I mentioned it in a letter a few days ago, and my words are full of gratitude. The old slave I haven't thanked you yet, but I still want to accept your gift..."

Wang De's hometown is near Huqiu in Suzhou. He entered the palace when he was young and has no heirs, but there is still an elder brother and other family members in his family.

It's just that his nephews ran rampant in the village all day long relying on his prestige of being close to the emperor, which made Wang De worry about getting angry. When Fang Jun was planning to build Huating Town, he conscripted the most stubborn nephew among them. But at last it is a business, and now it is getting better and better. Wang De has always kept this matter in his heart, but he always feels that the words of gratitude are too perfunctory and pale. He must find an opportunity to repay the kindness. .

Fang Jun said casually: "It's unnecessary for the manager. It's better to be less calculating when getting along with others. Why bother to care about giving and rewarding the help that is within reach? It's too utilitarian, and people's hearts will be alienated. You spend all day in the palace Serving His Majesty internally, in the eyes of outsiders, although the position is prominent and won the heart of the king, but there are many difficulties that you can't do anything about. The matter of making your nephew is just a casual thing for me, but if you handle it, you will inevitably ask To blame others, even if you have a clear conscience, it will always make people feel that you are using power for personal gain."

What he said was emotional and reasonable, and Wang De was filled with emotion.

It is said that Fang Jun is a stick, but in his opinion, there are few people who are better at doing things and being better than Fang Jun...

Wang De showed his face and said: "Since Erlang said so, then the old slave will lick his face and make you this year-old friend?"

Fang Jun laughed and said, "It's exactly what I want!"

To be honest, Fang Jun has always lacked a good impression of creatures like eunuchs.

It's not because of physical disabilities, but in the history books throughout the ages, there are generally no good things to say about eunuchs. Even if there are eternal legends of Zheng He's mighty domineering and majestic foreign lands, they are rare in the end, and most of them are selfish and mean things.

But Wang De is a rare person who is stable and upright. It may be a little bit worse to say that he is a gentleman, but it is definitely different from Fang Jun's previous perception of eunuchs.

Coupled with this person's identity, it is natural to make friends...

After exchanging pleasantries, Fang Jun asked, "Your Majesty has called me into the palace, what is your order?"

Although I don't know what's going on, it's obviously not something urgent, otherwise Wang De wouldn't be drinking tea with him leisurely here...

Wang De pondered for a while, looked around, saw no one was in front of him, then leaned forward slightly, and said in a low voice: "Recently, His Majesty often summons some alchemists to ask about the art of alchemy to maintain longevity..."

Fang Jun was dumbfounded: "Eternal life?"

Wang De was worried, nodded and said, "That's right."

Fang Jun felt his brain hurt...

Is it true that after enjoying the most extreme power in the world, all the emperors would yearn to become immortals and Buddhas and live forever, so as to control this power forever?

It seems that in history His Majesty Li Er did get many Taoist alchemists to refine elixirs in the palace to discuss the art of longevity, but that was probably after the first Eastern expedition to Goguryeo and returned. It is said that His Majesty Li Er was still captured by Goguryeo before the battle. An arrow shot by a person causes frequent outbreaks of arrow sores, and this is pinned on the illusory fairy way.

Now that the Eastern Expedition has not yet started, the emperor probably has not realized that life is short and life is limited, so why did he start acting like a demon?

Is it possible that this person feels that in order to achieve the reputation of an emperor through the ages, he must not only surpass Qin Shihuang in merit, but also make achievements in the immortal way that Qin Shihuang has never achieved?

I really don't worry...

"Is it possible that His Majesty called me into the palace for the sake of longevity? I don't understand this either, let alone alchemy!"

Fang Jun was a little worried.

It seems that every emperor in history who is obsessed with pursuing immortality has no good end. This is the case with Qin Shihuang who wanted to live forever, Sima Pi who wanted to become a fairy, and Ming Shizong Jiajing, the alchemy madman. in this way……

For the emperor, immortality seems to be a hurdle that cannot be bought.

Wang De shook his head and said, "This old slave doesn't know either."

"Okay, I will follow the manager into the palace right now." Fang Jun frowned.

Regarding His Majesty Li Er's pursuit of immortality, he has nothing to do.

This emperor is extremely confident and righteous, how can he be so easy to listen to persuasion?If you don't persuade him well, it will annoy him instead.But I know that seeking immortality and longevity is a road of no return, so can I still watch him run wildly on this road until he falls into a big pit and can never turn over?

It's so confusing...

After simply tidying up the official documents on the desk, Fang Jun with a sad face followed Wang De to the palace.

(End of this chapter)