Otoharu

Chapter 596 Inquiry
Jiang Shanqing now has to enter the palace every day, and early the next morning, he didn't even go to the Hanlin Academy, so he went directly to the palace.

Now he has a badge given by the old emperor, and he can enter and leave the palace at will.

The old emperor's move was very obvious, obviously he no longer regarded him as an ordinary imperial servant.

When Jiang Shanqing entered the palace, a servant immediately carried him to the door of the imperial study.

Seeing Jiang Shanqing, Eunuch Xu, the great eunuch next to the old emperor, said very respectfully: "It's really early for Jiang Shi to read today, Your Majesty has just finished his breakfast."

Jiang Shanqing bowed to that Eunuch Xu before he said: "The humble minister will wait outside the door for a while."

"No need." Eunuch Xu shook his head with a smile, "Your Majesty has already ordered, as long as Shi Jiang reads it, we will immediately let our family take it in."

Eunuch Xu smiled meaningfully, Jiang Shanqing pretended not to see it, thanked him, and followed him into the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, Minister Jiang is here." Eunuch Xu entered the hall and bowed to report to the old emperor in front of the table.

The old emperor put down the memorial in his hand and waved to Eunuch Xu, "Understood, you can go down."

Eunuch Xu bowed and left the room, Jiang Shanqing greeted the old emperor with his head bowed, but the person behind the table said: "Excuse me, come here."

Jiang Shanqing walked up to the old emperor and asked respectfully, "Which history would your Majesty want to hear today?"

The old emperor put down the memorial in his hand, thought for a moment, and slowly replied: "Today, you can tell me about "History of Tang Dynasty"."

Jiang Shanqing nodded, and immediately began to explain it kindly.

The old emperor only listened for a while, and suddenly asked: "Jiang Shidu, what do you think of the Xuanwu Gate change?"

When Jiang Shanqing heard this question, his heart trembled. He saw the old emperor staring at him, and said with some difficulty: "Flesh and blood, ancient and modern evils! But Taizong believed at that time that he was doing it for the sake of the Tang Dynasty." Wandai Foundation and the people, from the small self of human relations, to pursue the larger historical self."

Hearing Jiang Shanqing's words, the old emperor seemed thoughtful, and asked again: "If Jiang Shidu was the King of Qin at that time, what would he do?"

Jiang Shanqing felt that his voice was too hoarse, so he swallowed subconsciously, and then continued: "Your Majesty, if I were the King of Qin, even if I didn't kill my brother, I would still be able to get that position in the end, because at that time the heroes, nobles, and soldiers of Li Tang were all Most of the horses are in the hands of the King of Qin, and most of the grassroots officials and people only know the King of Qin, not the Son of Heaven. The King of Qin has long been the hope of everyone. The change of Xuanwu Gate is just a superficial matter. Only in this case can the coup be successful and everyone will respond. "

This time after Jiang Shanqing finished speaking, the old emperor pondered for a longer time.

Jiang Shanqing waited anxiously, before the old emperor could speak, Eunuch Xu told His Royal Highness to come outside.

"Let him in." The old emperor raised his head and said to Eunuch Xu.

Li Chengqi walked in quickly, seeing Jiang Shanqing standing next to the old emperor, he was slightly surprised, but his expression was only fleeting.

"Father Emperor." Li Chengqi saluted the old emperor.

The old emperor nodded lightly, and said to him: "I have some memorials here, come and have a look."

Li Chengqi nodded and stepped forward, his expression remained unchanged. In order to sharpen him, his father would often let him read some difficult memorials.

Jiang Shanqing saw His Highness the Crown Prince coming up, and was about to bow and leave, when the old emperor said: "You don't have to leave, Shidu Jiang, stay and have a discussion with the Crown Prince." This meant that he also stayed to read the memorial together.

Jiang Shanqing was a little apprehensive and uneasy, Your Majesty... are you going to make it clear.

Li Chengqi glanced at Jiang Shanqing quickly when he heard the words, his eyes were full of surprise, but he didn't say anything.

Jiang Shanqing didn't dare to disobey the old emperor's order, so he could only bite the bullet and stay.

In the old emperor's memorial to Li Chengqi, the most difficult thing was the flood in the Huaishui generation.

Because of the abundance of rivers in the Huaishui generation, floods often occur. Local officials have tried many times to deal with it, but they can't solve it completely.

Li Chengqi also knows a lot about this aspect. He feels that the national treasury is not sufficient now, and it is not wise to go to war to rebuild water conservancy.

After listening to Li Chengqi's opinion, the old emperor suddenly looked up at Jiang Shanqing and asked, "Jiang Shidu, what do you think?"

Jiang Shanqing hurriedly stepped forward and explained his water control philosophy, including some modern water control theories, many of which can be used to control floods at a low cost, which was considered a very advanced concept in ancient times.

The old emperor nodded again and again, as if he was very interested in the methods Jiang Shanqing said. After listening, he nodded to Jiang Shanqing and said: "Write a detailed account of what you said today, and I will let the workers The officials of the Ministry should take a good look."

Jiang Shanqing responded quickly, with a very sincere and fearful tone, without any trace of pride in being praised.

Li Chengqi was silent, didn't speak, just watched Jiang Shanqing's eyes darken, not knowing what he was thinking.

Next, the old emperor asked Jiang Shanqing what he thought of several memorials, and Jiang Shanqing answered them one by one, but later on he deliberately concealed his clumsiness and didn't say any wonderful suggestions like the first time.

Time passed unknowingly, Eunuch Xu walked in from the outside and reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it's time for lunch."

The old emperor raised his head, glanced at the engraving in the hall, nodded and said: "It's so late, let's serve dinner here."

As he spoke, he looked at Jiang Shanqing and Li Chengqi, "You two will have dinner with me today."

Li Chengqi naturally agreed immediately. Jiang Shanqing hesitated for a moment, but knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, there were thieves in my family yesterday, and the elders in the family were very frightened. I promised my wife that I will go home early today. Please forgive me. , let Wei Chen leave the palace earlier..."

Jiang Shanqing was about to bend down and bow down as he spoke.

However, the old emperor helped him up himself, and asked with a somewhat unsightly face, "Oh? There was a thief in your house, please tell me carefully, what happened?"

Jiang Shanqing didn't speak immediately, and looked quite embarrassed.Seeing his hesitation, the old emperor's expression darkened a little, and he snorted softly and said, "Why, is there anything you can't say in front of me?"

Jiang Shanqing immediately knelt down to plead guilty, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty forgive me, it's not that I don't want to say it, it's just that His Royal Highness is involved in this matter, and I dare not gossip in front of Your Majesty."

Li Chengqi's expression changed after hearing Jiang Shanqing's words. He squinted his eyes and carefully looked at Jiang Shanqing who was still kneeling on the ground, feeling a bad premonition in his heart.

(End of this chapter)