Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4111 No Successor
Coming out of Li Xiaogong's residence, Li Ji stood in front of the rain corridor, shook his head and looked at the dark night sky scattered with raindrops, exhaled heavily, and then walked back to his temporary residence separated by a wall.

Go into the house, take off your coat, and sit in front of the window.

A boy with thick eyebrows and big eyes came over with a teapot, filled the cup on the table with tea, and said in a low voice, "Grandfather, drink tea."

"Ah."

Li Ji took a sip of tea, frowned and thought.

The young man put the teapot by the desk, sat opposite Li Ji, and asked in a low voice, "I wonder how the grandfather and the Prince of Hejian talked about each other?"

Li Ji raised his head and looked at the young man who vaguely had his shadow in his eyebrows. After a pause, he said in a deep voice, "What are you going to do about this matter? However, a mere soldier and lieutenant should take care of what you should take care of. Don't overdo it." distance."

But the young man didn't take it seriously, and said carelessly: "Grandfather's words are absurd. Although you are a dedicated official, you are also a dedicated grandfather. The current political situation is ups and downs, and there are disasters of overturning at every turn. It is related to the future of my family, and my grandson is also affected. How can you be indifferent? Tell me quickly, what does the Prince of Hejian say?"

Facing this eldest grandson, Li Ji, who had always been decisive and decisive, felt helpless.

The eldest son and grandson are the pillars of the successor family. Whether they are good or not depends on the century-old foundation of the family.

This eldest grandson has not been eroded by wealth and status like the children of the other family to become an idle and useless dude. Since childhood, he has been skilled in bowing horses and witty, which makes Li Ji quite gratified, thinking that there will be successors.But his personality is too esoteric, he is unwilling to keep his own place, and he is quite ambitious.

Therefore, Li Ji didn't put him in the army to practice, but took him with him as a personal soldier to teach him personally.

Otherwise, if he is allowed to develop, and this unruly spirit is not dispelled, he may not be able to make great achievements in the future, and maybe he may ruin his family and ruin his career...

Seeing the question from the eldest grandson at this moment, he thought about the school exam, and asked: "The king of the county is unwilling to express his opinion. I think it's normal to have concerns. But we can't follow others in everything, we have to have our own ideas. Okay. In your opinion, how should my family choose?"

When Li Jingye heard this, he raised his thick eyebrows, and said excitedly: "That's needless to say? If there is a will, the prince will be on the side. If there is no will, I will do my best to help King Jin ascend the throne!"

Li Ji was expressionless, and said indifferently: "Tell me carefully."

Li Jingye licked his lips. He had always been high-minded, but he was too young to speak out on important matters at home. At this moment, his grandfather asked him that he felt that he had the opportunity to influence such important events because his grandfather valued him. He became more and more excited. Said: "If there is a will, it must be to depose the crown prince and pass on the throne to the king of Jin. We respect the will and assist the king of Jin, how can we go ahead of Xiao Yu and others? Grandfather is now the head of the prime minister, when the time comes What's the point of falling under Xiao Yu and other villains? The reverse is also the same. If there is no edict, the prince will still be a legitimate prince. We help protect the prince to ascend the throne, but the prince's most important things are Fang Jun and others. We can't let his house number two fall ahead of his grandfather, right? Only by doing the opposite can we make both sides treat us as ministers of the humerus. The head of Zaifu generally has a name but no reality."

Regardless of the prince or the king of Jin, when the name is right and proper, he has the support of his former team and the people of the world. If you have more Li Ji, you will not have more, and if you have less Li Ji, you will have a lot of Li Ji. Naturally, there are not many benefits when rewarding meritorious deeds after ascending the throne. What is the icing on the cake? so rare?
On the contrary, if Li Ji went against the trend and gave strong support when the crown prince or the crown prince was on the sidelines, it would be a kindness in a timely manner, and the rewards he received after success would naturally be ten times and a hundred times.

Li Ji was speechless.

Picking the most difficult path, is this eldest grandson a fool?Of course not, on the contrary, this is the most profitable approach.

In fact, with Li Ji's current status, prestige, power, and strength, if he really went against the trend and tried his best to assist the losing party, he might not have a chance to turn things around.

His headache is that this eldest grandson only proceeds from the perspective of profit, but has no thoughts of loyalty, morality, and world. He is so ambitious and lacks grandeur, how can he succeed?
Once the road goes astray, you will fall into the pit and cannot get up, and countless people will step on it...

But he's still just a kid...

Li Ji had no choice but to patiently explain: "There is nothing wrong with pursuing profit in one's life. The prosperity of the world is all about profit, as it has been in ancient and modern times. But when you reach a certain position, you will understand that the word 'profit' is the most complicated thing." It may be money, it may be an official position, or it may be power. All kinds of interests are intertwined and inseparable from each other. Stabilize your own position, have your own opinions, and choose a small and large scale to be safe, and don't be greedy and take risks to win."

Li Jingye scratched his head, half understanding.

Although many interests are intertwined and difficult to distinguish from each other, why not choose the big and let the small?

Besides, which step in the officialdom is dangerous?Even the clan of Zanying, who is as famous as his family, is walking on thin ice all the time, how can there be a safe time?
Reminiscent of the current situation, the prince or the king of Jin, how to choose between the two... Li Jingye is the first and the second is the eldest.

Seeing his bewildered face, Li Ji was inevitably disappointed.

Although this son is smart and vigorous, he is actually just a little clever, embarrassing for his responsibility.Such a person is nothing more than mediocrity. In short, he just drifts with the crowd and lives a mediocre life. With the family business he earned by himself, it is not difficult to be rich for the rest of his life.

But once you are in a high position, you will inevitably be bewitched by the will of others, copying what others say, and not distinguishing things.

There is danger of death and family extinction at every turn...

In a word, this kid has abilities, but he lacks awareness of right and wrong, and is rebellious by nature and likes to take risks. The higher the position, the greater the backlash.

It seems that I have to keep an eye on it in the future, so as not to cause a big event and end badly...

*****
In the early morning of the next day, the rain had just stopped, but the sky was gray and not clear.

At the beginning of Maoshi, two lanterns were hung at the door of a row of duty rooms on the side of Taiji Palace Square. The orange halo was slightly bright. No matter the ministers who stayed in the palace before or the civil servants and generals outside the palace came here one after another. Pack a small room to the full.

Taiji Palace is where the court meeting will be held, but now that His Majesty is critically ill, no one dares to enter the Taiji Palace to hold the court meeting on his behalf.But now there are many affairs in the court, and if they don't make arrangements for a long time, it will inevitably be more and more crowded, which will lead to the stagnation of government affairs and heavy damage, so the prince had to call a group of ministers to hold a court meeting here.

Of course, the scale of this court meeting is limited, and it is impossible for all the ministers to come together like in the past. Only the chief officials of the various ministries and yamen in the court, as well as the ministers and generals can participate.

At three o'clock in Mao's hour, all the officials arrived together.

A servant placed tea and snacks on the table in front of everyone, and then left.

Li Chengqian was dressed in the prince's robes, sitting in the middle, looking very haggard, looking around at the important court officials in the room, and speaking in a hoarse voice: "Father is seriously ill and has not recovered, but the state affairs cannot be delayed, so I am alone in the British public. At the suggestion of King Hejian, a court meeting was held here to make a charter for the government affairs that need to be resolved. It should have been held in the East Palace, but some people were suspicious and caused troubles, so I can only wrong you here. "

The tone was a little dissatisfied.

It is the duty of the dignified prince of the empire to supervise the country on his behalf when the emperor is seriously ill, and His Majesty has ordered the prince to supervise the country several times before.But Li Ji and Li Xiaogong insisted that he was not allowed to return to the East Palace to preside over the court meeting. The reason was that His Majesty was critically ill and could not leave without permission. In fact, he also understood that he was taking risks in order not to provoke the young slaves, and at the same time, he did not want the young slaves to misunderstand that the two of them had already joined the East Palace. the purpose.

No matter how good-tempered Li Chengqian is, it is inevitable that he will feel angry at this moment...

Listening to the prince's slightly dissatisfied words, Li Ji and Li Xiaogong lowered their hands slightly and remained silent.

After all, Li Chengqian is soft-tempered. Even if he was angry in his heart, he would not take it seriously if he stabbed the two of them. Looking at the king of Wei, King Jin, Fang Jun, Xiao Yu, Cen Wenwen, Liu Ji, Chu Suiliang, and Cheng Yaojin , Yu Chigong, Li Daozong, Ma Zhou and other civil servants and military generals said slowly: "If something happens, I will discuss with the officials alone to make a decision, so that government affairs will not be abandoned."

In such a huge empire, there are countless important events that need to be approved by the county king every day. His majesty has been seriously ill and unable to attend the court these few days, which has squeezed out many things. .

This made Li Zhi look a little ugly. After all, Li Chengqian is a righteous prince. His Majesty has never issued an edict for easy storage. He has a righteous name, and he is overwhelmed by him. Look at the important ministers in the house. They all stood up to report respectfully, which made him envious and jealous.

Suddenly, I remembered Xiang Yu's words in "Historical Records": He can be replaced...

All the people in the hall naturally pay attention to King Jin all the time, seeing his ugly expression, they are naturally worried.Some people hope that the two kings will compete for the heir apparent in a battle so that they can choose sides and join the team to earn a fortune from the dragon, but everyone in the hall has reached the highest level of officialdom, and there is no room for promotion. A few people who go out, most of them hope that even if His Majesty appears What an accident, the imperial power can also be changed smoothly, lest the prince's presiding over the court at this moment will further irritate the king of Jin, making him unwilling and determined to fight for the crown.

Fortunately, Li Chengqian is a safe person. Although he doesn't necessarily care about the mood of King Jin, he doesn't want to leave a strong impression in front of the officials. People who have different opinions can also listen to them with an open mind and follow advice like a stream.

Quite a bit of a gentleman.

Until Cheng Yaojin suddenly straightened his back and said, "The Six Commanders of the East Palace left the camp without authorization, and the guards of the Right Marquis came to Chunming's gate, which has already wiped out the merchants outside the city, and there is a lot of noise in the city. I don't know what the chief officers of the two armies intend to do." There was a sudden silence in the hall.

Everyone realized that it would be impossible to swing back and forth between the crown prince and the king of Jin. The purpose of today's court meeting was to force everyone to stand in line...

(End of this chapter)