Datang: Just been appointed as the crown prince, the counterattack system is here

Chapter 144: Your Majesty! The Crown Prince has gone on a tour of inspection! [Seeking monthly votes]

The whole mountain was filled with the barking of dogs and the roaring of wild animals.

Somewhere in the Yuhua Palace hunting grounds, a group of people drove away hunting dogs and forced a group of wild boars into a small valley surrounded by mountains on three sides.

In desperation, the wild boars roared in despair.

He kept charging in the narrow valley, trying to escape from the encirclement of the hounds.

But behind the packs of hunting dogs, a large number of men and horses were lined up at the mouth of the valley, waiting to slaughter them.

This scene is like the one at Hulao Pass when General Tian Ce led the Tang army to fight against Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande.

Undoubtedly, it was the most exciting scene in the history of the Tang Dynasty.

General Tian Ce captured two kings in one battle and was completely deified.

But after that, the Tang Empire seemed to be cursed and gradually ushered in its darkest times.

Brothers turned against each other, fathers and sons became estranged, Xuanwu Gate Incident happened, and fratricide occurred.
Looking back on the past, Li Shimin's eyes were as sharp as a knife, and he pulled the hard bow to its full extent.

With a "whoosh" sound, a sharp arrow flew out like a meteor, hitting the big wild boar in the lead.

"Ow!"

After a scream, the wild boar's head was pierced by a sharp arrow and it struggled on the ground for a long time before stopping.

Immediately afterwards, a burst of cheers suddenly rang out.

"Excellent! Your Majesty, you have excellent archery skills!"

"Your Majesty is mighty!"

Hearing the cheers, Li Shimin smiled with satisfaction, then drew out three more arrows and drew the bow at the same time.

Brush brush!
Three arrows flew at the same time, and every arrow hit its target!
The cheers around him became more and more intense, and Li Shimin's mood became better and better.

However, after three arrows, he stopped shooting and said happily to the people around him: "The rest is up to you!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Soon, the others who followed Li Shimin in hunting also drew their bows and arrows and began shooting at the wild boars in the valley.

Not long after, a group of poor wild boars were wiped out.

However, General Tian Ce said to the people around him with a look of lingering regret: "Our hunting ground is too small. One day, we must go hunting on the grassland. That is the real hunting ground!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the grassland is vast and boundless, which is enough for you to gallop!" someone echoed.

Li Shimin smiled, then looked up at the sky and said, "It's getting late, we should go back!"

"His Majesty!"

Just as Li Shimin was about to return to the palace, a shout suddenly came from behind him.

A young rider rode up to him excitedly and saluted, saying, "Your Majesty! We found an eagle's nest in the valley, and inside is a beautiful little harrier!"

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin immediately became interested: "Bring it here for me to see!"

"Yes!"

The young rider responded, opened the leather bag on his back, carefully took out the little harrier, dismounted, and handed it to Li Shimin.

This little harrier had distinct feathers in white and gray, which looked like zebra stripes. Its eyes were bright and its claws were black and gold. They looked very sharp but felt soft to the touch. Li Shimin fell in love with it at first sight.

"Yes! What a beautiful little hawk!"

As he spoke, Li Shimin played with the harrier in his hand and asked the young rider, "You look unfamiliar to me. I wonder which minister's son you are?"

"Your Majesty, my father is Chu Liang, and I am Chu Suiliang. I am currently working as an editor at the Hongwen Academy!"

"Oh, it turns out to be Chu Qing's son!"

Li Shimin nodded suddenly, then looked at Chu Suiliang with a smile and said, "You like hunting too?"

"This"

Chu Suiliang hesitated for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "I dare not deceive Your Majesty. I was originally practicing calligraphy in the academy, but I didn't expect my father to drag me here."

"How dare you say that! Look at you, you stay in the library all day and never go out!"

Before Li Shimin could speak, a middle-aged man beside him scolded Chu Suiliang: "If you continue like this, you will be ruined!"

"I"

Chu Suiliang opened his mouth, but hesitated to speak.

Li Shimin burst out laughing unexpectedly and said, "Chu Qing's way of educating his son is really interesting! Well, you're right. People can't always stay in one place. They have to go out and walk around and see how vast the world is outside!"

Then he glanced at Chu Suiliang and asked, "Whose calligraphy do you like?"

"Wang Xizhi!" Chu Suiliang said without thinking.

Li Shimin's eyes lit up: "You also like Wang Xizhi's calligraphy?"

"I like it! Not only do I like it, I've also copied a lot of it. In my opinion, Wang Xizhi's calligraphy is the best small regular script in ancient and modern times, unrivaled!"

"Oh? Which calligraphy piece by Wang Xizhi do you like?"

Chu Suiliang thought for a moment and said, "The Discourse on Yue Yi is undoubtedly the best regular script work of the Youjun Army!"

"Good, good, that's insightful!"

When Li Shimin heard Chu Suiliang's words, he cheered repeatedly, and then said to Chu Liang: "You have a good son!"

"Thank you for the praise, Your Majesty. I love calligraphy and have studied with Yu Shinan and Ouyang Xun many times. My handwriting is also pretty good!" Chu Liang bowed.

Li Shimin smiled faintly, glanced at the hawk in his hand, and said, "Since your calligraphy is acceptable, then come to my side and serve as my attendant, recording my every word and action!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Chu Suiliang was overjoyed and knelt down immediately.

Immediately afterwards, he followed Li Shimin and his entourage back to the palace.

at the same time.

Chang'an, the Secretariat Office.

Fang Xuanling was frowning as he looked at the imperial edict that was rejected by the Ministry of Personnel, feeling depressed.

"What on earth does Wei Zheng mean? His Majesty has already agreed, but he's still holding on to it! Is it His Majesty who is His Majesty, or is he His Majesty?!"

As he spoke, he turned to look at the official from the Secretariat and said in a deep voice, "Did the Ministry of Personnel explain the reason for the rejection?"

"This..." The official from the Secretariat hesitated for a moment and said, "They didn't give any specific reasons, just said that Your Majesty's edict is illegal!"

"absurd!"

Fang Xuanling slammed the table and shouted angrily, "Is Wei Zheng the Minister of Justice? What does he know about law? How is this 'Equal Field System' illegal?!"

"Well, how about I ask again?"

"No need! I will go find His Majesty myself!"

Fang Xuanling stood up angrily and ordered, "Go and invite the Minister of Justice Dai Zhou over here. I want to see what the 'Sheep Nose Man' has to say!"

"Yes!"

The official from the Secretariat responded and quickly left the Secretariat office.

Just as Fang Xuanling was about to leave the Secretariat, a voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Mr. Zhongshu Ling, urgent news from Jiangling!"

Fang Xuanling was slightly stunned, then frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Replying to the Minister of the Central Secretariat, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that the imperial edict did not specify a specific time for his return to Chang'an, and also said that he was commanded by Heaven to tour the four directions and pray for rain for the people!"

Boom!

When Fang Xuanling heard this, he felt like he was struck by lightning and his head was buzzing.

He never expected that Li Chengqian would cause such a scene, and he suddenly felt like the sky was falling.

"Quick! Prepare the carriage! I want to see His Majesty!"

Without any time to think, Fang Xuanling rushed out of the Secretariat.

the other side.

Wei Zheng was the first to go to the palace to find Li Shimin because of the "equal field system for the army" issue.

Although refusing to sign Li Shimin's imperial edict was his job, he felt that he needed to explain the reasons for his refusal to Li Shimin so that he would not have to refuse to sign again later.

However, when he arrived at the palace gate, he was stopped by the clouds.

Yunduan said with an embarrassed look on his face, "Master Wei, His Majesty is resting. How about you come back later?"

"rest?"

Wei Zheng frowned slightly, then looked up at the sky and said with a stern face, "What time is it now? Your Majesty is still resting? A ruler should be diligent. How can Your Majesty be lazy?"

"Uh, this."

Yun Duan felt a little embarrassed when he heard this, but he still explained, "His Majesty reviewed a lot of memorials last night, so he was a little tired, so he rested for a while!"

"How can that be possible? Your Majesty is diligent in his duties, but he must also prioritize his health. He should rest when he needs to!"

"Yes, yes, Lord Wei is right. Please wait a moment until His Majesty has rested, then..."

"Hahaha!"

Before Yunduan could finish his words, he heard a hearty laugh and a comment from behind him: "This little harrier hawk is really good. I'll give it to Qingque and the others to play with later!"

Upon hearing this, Yun Duan's expression suddenly changed. He quickly stood in front of Wei Zheng and shouted, "Master Wei! Please come in!"

After hearing these words, Li Shimin, who was originally teasing the little harrier hawk, was suddenly at a loss.

At this time, Wei Zheng had already parted the clouds and walked towards him.

Li Shimin saw this and without a word, he stuffed the little hawk into his arms. Then he looked at Wei Zheng as if nothing had happened and said, "Wei Qing, you are here?"

Wei Zheng nodded, but did not say anything. Instead, he stared at Li Shimin with an amused look.

Li Shimin asked again, somewhat puzzled: "What does Wei Qing want to see me about?"

"It's nothing major, just some necessary matters that need to be reported to Your Majesty. In March of the second year of the Zhenguan reign, the ground was still frozen, and the Ministry of Works reported that farming progress in ten prefectures was slow, potentially impacting spring plowing."

"I, along with the Minister of Justice and the Supreme Court, have jointly investigated over seventy unjust, false, and wrongful convictions, and have apprehended many corrupt officials."

"The Ministry of Rites reported that the court attire of ministers was not worthy of a great nation and that they wanted to revise it."

Wei Zheng reported many things in succession, but he spoke very slowly. Li Shimin was sweating profusely, but he did not dare to stop him.

Because Li Shimin knew that Wei Zheng was the kind of ruthless person who would criticize him whenever he had the chance.

So we can only hope that Wei Zheng will finish his report as soon as possible.

It was unknown how long it took before the eloquent Wei Zheng paused, continued to look at Li Shimin with amusement, and said, "Your Majesty, the bird should be dead, right?"

"you!"

When Li Shimin heard this, he understood immediately. Veins on his forehead popped up, and he glared at Wei Zheng angrily: "Did you do this on purpose?!"

"That's right! I did it on purpose!"

Wei Zheng stiffened his neck and admitted bluntly, "Your Majesty, instead of staying in the palace to handle state affairs, you lied and went hunting outside the palace, claiming to be resting. This is not the behavior of a ruler at all! You even played with birds for fun, wasting your time on them. You are the epitome of a tyrant!"

"Bastard thing!"

Li Shimin was so angry that his face turned red and his neck thickened. He immediately raised his finger and pointed at Wei Zheng: "When did I lie and say I was resting in the palace? How dare you slander the emperor? This is treason!"

"Oh, so that means Your Majesty is openly neglecting his duties? You are truly a tyrant!"

"How dare you! I'm going to kill you!"

"Your Majesty, please calm down! Your Majesty, please calm down! It is my fault. I should not have lied to Lord Wei. I am guilty."

Seeing that Li Shimin and Wei Zheng were about to fight again, Yun Duan hurried forward to stop them.

At this time, Fang Xuanling and Dai Zhou happened to see this scene and rushed over.

"Your Majesty! Lord Wei! Let's talk it over nicely!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, please calm down. I have something urgent to report to you. Lord Wei, you have arrived just in time. I also have something to discuss with you!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin and Wei Zheng looked at each other, and both turned their heads away in dissatisfaction.

After a while, Li Shimin asked Fang Xuanling in a muffled voice, "What's the urgent matter, my dear minister?"

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has gone on an imperial tour!"

"What did you say?!"

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin suddenly turned his head to look at Fang Xuanling, as if he couldn't believe his ears.

Fengtian Tour?

That rebellious son has rebelled against heaven?!
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