Daning, Taishan.

The crown prince Li Changye put the approved folds in order, sorted them according to their priorities, and then put the ones that needed to be processed urgently in front of the emperor first, one by one, one by one, one by one, in an orderly manner.

In fact, His Royal Highness the Prince's review of the fold does not make it easier for the emperor, because the emperor has to read the prince's approval of every fold, read the content of the fold, and read the prince's review again, so it takes a little longer than before.

The emperor did not comment on most of these twists and turns, nor did he say anything, Li Changye's talent was shown in dealing with these twists and turns, and a teenager's view of the big picture was enough to embarrass many adults, even some self-righteous courtiers.

"Is there any news from Chang'an?"

The emperor suddenly asked, and Li Changye, who was sitting on the side to review the recital, hurriedly got up: "What does the emperor mean by the recital written by the people over there in Chang'an?" There are a few copies, Erchen has already combed out, put it in the second stack of compromises on the left hand side of his father, and count the seventh to eleventh books from the top down, because things are not very urgent, so Erchen put them in the second stack. ”

The emperor smiled and said, "I didn't ask you, just look at your play." ”

Only then did Li Changye understand that the emperor was asking about the boat instead of him, so he smiled and sat down to continue to watch the twists and turns.

Dai Fangzhou leaned over and said: "There has been no new news in the past two days, and His Majesty who sent it over two days ago has already seen it." ”

The emperor snorted: "Go and call Lai Cheng in." ”

"Yes."

Dai Fangzhou answered, and hurriedly ran out.

The emperor looked at the stacks of neat rules and regulations in front of him, and felt a little relieved, the second prince Li Changye is really not just a little stronger than his eldest brother Li Changze, it can be seen from the handling of these things, Li Changye can be said to be born to be the emperor's material, the overall situation, the view of right and wrong, and the analysis of the surface and inside of the matter are excellent, so how can the emperor not be comfortable.

He didn't have so much worry about Li Changye's handling of these state affairs, and at this time, he was even more worried about those old guys in Chang'an City, some old guys who were willing to go incognito for the sake of Daning.

Han Zhaozhi is back, Ye Liuyun is back, and Ye Fubian, the three of them want to re-run the rivers and lakes of Chang'an City before the crown prince ascends the throne, the emperor is not worried that the three of them will mess things up, that little bit of the rivers and lakes, just give it to one of the three of them can do it beautifully, not to mention that the three of them are there.

What he is worried about is actually those noble families that he doesn't want to see that will emerge, when the ancestors of the Li family were able to turn the tide in the chaos of the world in the last years of the Chu State, and finally achieved the hegemony of the Central Plains, how can they rely on themselves, no matter how strong a person is, he will eventually be strong and poor, there are Emperor Taizu's sworn brothers, and there are so many good brothers who want to help Emperor Taizu realize his ideals and revenge, so there will be the current Daning Jiangshan.

So the emperor was a little distressed, he really couldn't bear to do anything to these noble descendants.

Every inch of Daning is the old brothers of Emperor Taizu who fought hard with blood, Emperor Taizu is not a famous nobleman, and he couldn't talk about any lofty ideals at the beginning, it was the practices of some people who had gained power at that time that made Emperor Taizu extremely cold to them, so he said that he later shook the world.

It is better for me to take these great rivers and mountains than to hand them over to you.

Because of these words, many of his brothers were excited, and then began the mighty and fierce battle for supremacy, and they won

One after another opponents who seemed impossible to win, at that time, Emperor Taizu was not a strong prince, and his strength could even be said to be worthless among the heroes, but it was because of that ideal and ambition that those men used their lives to help Emperor Taizu defeat the country.

Why Daning has been established for hundreds of years, and the status of the Tang family in the northwest is still so transcendent, and now casually pull a Daning people to ask, even if it is a half-grown child who has just become sensible, they can tell you, that is because half of Daning's rivers and mountains were beaten down by the ancestor of the Tang family, Emperor Taizu said, he is just different, he is different at any time, I can give him half of this country, let alone half, he wants to say that your dragon chair will be replaced by me to sit down and try, I will let you do the same.

Emperor Taizu's words are not hypocritical, because he really did it, so the ancestor of the Tang family will go to the northwest by himself, raise dogs and catch rabbits in the northwest, raise rabbits and walk dogs, and always have boring pastimes He has already played flowers, but he just doesn't do his job, and the training of the army is handed over to a few old subordinates brought out by his subordinates, and he has to be idle all day long, but he is very uncomfortable.

He was uncomfortable and he didn't say anything, he squatted on the branch of the tree alone and drank wine with a wine jug, and then he would salute in the direction of Chang'an City, and say to himself a toast brother.

Emperor Taizu can give the country to him, there will be no regrets, and there will be no reluctance, but he can't have such an idea, the emperor can have courtiers can't have, he slipped away quickly, but he misses the days with his brother very much, so in his old age, he is still a little crazy, sitting on the top of the mountain all day looking at the direction of Chang'an City, drinking a pot of wine, and then being picked up by his family, and the next day he will run to the top of the mountain to continue drinking.

His Majesty Li Chengtang knows all these past events, and he has not forgotten the first sentence of Emperor Taizu's testament...... The descendants of the Li family are not allowed to be ungrateful.

The affairs of the rivers and lakes are easy to handle, but it is these noble families that are not easy to deal with, if one is not careful, the Li family royal family will be infamous on their backs, even if it is not the Li family who makes the mistake.

In fact, the emperor also understands why those people are a little unable to sit still, all because of the emperor's choice, Li Chengtang began to reuse people from poor families after ascending to the pole, and gradually pressed down the major families that controlled the power of the dynasty little by little, this is also a helpless move, the emperor still does not think that he has done wrong, if he did not choose so at the beginning, how could he make Daning reach such a glorious height in thirty years.

The crown prince Li Changye glanced at his father's face from time to time, his father had been silent for a while, he knew that his father would probably be in a bad mood when he was silent, there was no problem in this world that his father couldn't solve, and the embarrassment was just because his father was unwilling to make a choice.

"Changye."

The emperor suddenly looked at the crown prince, and after a moment of silence, asked, "If one day, my father is scolded by many people, will you?" ”

The crown prince Li Changye turned pale with fright, and hurriedly got up: "Father, the son will never." ”

"What if everyone else says my father is wrong?"

"That's someone else's business, son-in-law won't."

"Why?"

The emperor asked.

Li Changye breathed a sigh of relief and replied seriously: "Because I am my father's son." ”

The emperor was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Family affection does not mean right or wrong. ”

Li Changye said: "That's also family affection. ”

The Emperor asked, "What if right and wrong prevail over family affection?" ”

Li Changye was silent for a while, as if he couldn't find an answer, he was not an adult.

Even if he does things safely and thinks carefully, he still can't find answers to many things, such as the current question is a question he has never considered, whether family affection overrides right and wrong, or right and wrong override family affection.

"Right and wrong take precedence over family affection."

Li Changye looked at the emperor: "Father, did you do it?" ”

The emperor smiled and shook his head: "I don't." ”

Li Changye also laughed, he found the answer.

"The minister knows what to do."

The emperor raised his hand and rubbed his son's head: "Go back and continue to deal with the twists and turns, don't let me find out that you are distracted so you are not good enough, otherwise you will not go fishing with your mother tomorrow." ”

Li Changye hurriedly ran back: "Erchen understands. ”

At this time, Lai Cheng came in from outside and bowed: "Your Majesty, the minister is here." ”

"Go out for a walk with me."

The emperor stretched out his hand to pick up the big gun, and the winter in Daning has also arrived, although the Taishan side is not as cold as the northern Xinjiang, but the mountain is cold, especially when the mountain wind blows, the cold can drill into the bones.

"Where is Zhuang Yong?"

"Judging from the news sent yesterday, it will arrive the day after tomorrow at the latest."

Lai Chengdao: "The new fleet with Anyang Dock will open the road quickly, two days faster than expected to reach the official dock, and it will take less than half a day to walk from the dock to the Taishan Palace, so the minister calculated, it should arrive in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow." ”

The emperor snorted, and after going out, he turned around and glanced at the prince's side, Li Changye got up and sent him out, and at this time he had already sat down and continued to review the folds.

"What do you think of Changye?"

The emperor asked.

Lai Cheng lowered his head and said: "Tianzhong talent." ”

The emperor smiled: "This sycophant is a bit too much, but I am still happy to hear it." ”

The emperor said as he walked, "I am also relieved to hand over Daning to Changye in the future...... But before I handed over the country to him, there were some things that I still had to do personally, I came to bear some infamy, offend some people, touch some people, and let Changye appease him in the future. ”

Lai Cheng's heart tightened, he knew what His Majesty meant.

"Your Majesty, in fact, if they ...... If they don't do too much, they can ...... Also available in the lenient ......"

Lai Cheng didn't continue to say what he said, not because he didn't dare, because he didn't have the confidence to say it.

"Lai Cheng, you actually know everything, and you are too kind-hearted."

The emperor exhaled slowly, and the turbid qi was exhaled, but the accumulation in his heart did not seem to ease down.

"As far as you know, in fact, you can also make a judgment on whether you should continue to be lenient, I always want to be lenient to the people around me, those who are kind to the Li family, if I tell you something, it may be easier for you to make a judgment...... Why was I demoted to Cloud City back then, why did the princess come to me back then, why did the princess do so many irrational things later, and even why I had so few heirs later. ”

The Emperor exhaled again: "If I hadn't been in power, I wouldn't have been able to find out so many things. ”

"Lai Cheng, I believe that Daning is bright, and most people are also bright, but within Daning, not everyone is bright, and not everything is bright, Lai Cheng, do you really think that the princess was a person back then? Do you really think that she will only be a person in the future? ”

Lai Cheng was so frightened that he didn't even dare to answer.