Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 742

Li Ji's acting skills today... It seems that he acted lonely, he didn't say a word except the opening remarks, but after thinking about it carefully, Li Ji's role in today's court meeting can be said to be like a pinnacle of calming the sea.

Since Li Ji appeared in the Tai Chi Hall, the atmosphere and direction of today's court meeting are all developing in an unpredictable direction.

The appearance of Li Ji made Li Zhi, who was full of anger, instantly calm down, and made the ministers who originally planned to go along with Li Zhi's Feng Chan speechless, and gave Li Qinzai the opportunity to speak freely in the Golden Palace, and carefully analyzed the current disadvantages.

If Li Ji hadn't come, it's hard to say what would have happened to Li Qinzai.

Maybe it will be the same as Liu Rengui, not only will he not have the chance to speak, but he will be dragged out by the furious Li Zhi to blame the court staff, losing face and at the same time, the matter cannot be resolved.

Facts have proved that no matter how powerful a person is, he still needs a respected grandpa to back him up.

When the court was over, Li Zhi got up first and walked towards the back of the hall.

After the ministers respectfully sent Li Zhi off, they straightened up and cast meaningful glances at Li Qinzai.

But everyone didn't move until Li Ji got up slowly and walked towards the gate of the palace. All the officials bowed to Li Ji.

Li Ji smiled, like a kind old man next door, and kept greeting the officials.

Walking outside the gate of the hall, Wang Changfu stood waiting for him in the corridor, and told Li Ji respectfully that the emperor has invited you to drive the British Duke to Anren Hall.

In order to show respect, Li Zhi also sent guards to carry the sedan chair.

Li Ji thanked Wang Changfu politely, then got into the soft sedan chair, and four guards carried Li Ji into the deep palace.

Li Qinzai stood in the hall and blinked.

What do you mean by calling grandpa and not me?Has the boat of friendship capsized?

After being kicked in the buttocks, Li Qinzai turned his head and saw Li Siwen staring at him unkindly.

"Naughty animal, today you are showing off, why don't you go back to the mansion and wait for the emperor to treat you to dinner?"

Li Qinzai hesitated for a moment, and said: "Don't be angry if you tell me, my son really thought the emperor would invite me to dinner..."

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Anren Hall.

Li Zhi stood outside the gate of the palace until Li Ji's sedan chair came to the gate of the palace. Li Zhi greeted him personally and held Li Ji's arm.

Li Ji smiled and waved his hands: "No, no, the emperor must not be disrespectful. The old minister is not old enough to ask for help. The censor saw it. The old man may be impeached again."

Li Zhi smiled and said: "The old general has made great achievements in three dynasties, and he is highly respected. Who in the court has no eyesight and dares to impeach you."

Respectfully invited Li Ji into the hall to sit down, and Li Zhicai returned to his seat.

Not long after, the palace people brought the wine and dishes, Li Zhi got up again, held the cups in both hands, and toasted Li Ji, but Li Ji didn't dare.

After the monarchs and ministers were full of drinks, the kabuki from Taichang Temple entered the hall lightly, the music of silk, bamboo, pipe and flute was everywhere, and the kabuki danced with songs, and the hall was full of joy.

After the dance, the maikos bowed and retreated. Li Zhi offered Li Ji another glass of wine. After putting down the glass, he smiled wryly, "The old general scared me to death today..."

Li Ji chuckled, and said: "The old minister is not afraid that His Majesty will be extremely angry and make an impulsive decision. If he regrets it later, it will damage the majesty of the emperor, so he came today to appease Your Majesty."

Li Zhi nodded.

This sentence is not entirely true, but it can be regarded as half-truth and half-false. What was said in the Tai Chi Hall just now about remembering the former emperor and the withering of heroes is completely a lie.

Of course Li Zhi is not stupid, he saw Li Ji's intention to suddenly attend the court meeting today.

Cooling down the tense atmosphere between Li Zhi and Li Qinzai is one of them. Of course, there are also selfish ones. Supporting his grandson Li Qinzai is the second.

But Li Zhi saw the deepest essence.

Today, Li Ji is cooling down and backing up. He spent a lot of time running to the Golden Palace to show off his acting skills.
The most essential reason is that Li Ji also disagrees with Li Zhi's decision to enshrine Zen Taishan.

This is the reason why Li Zhi invited Li Ji to Anren Hall alone after the dynasty was dispersed.

Li Ji is old, and of course he will not interfere in the government affairs casually, but he is the mainstay of the Tang military after all. Even though Li Ji has never expressed his opinion, Li Zhi still attaches great importance to Li Ji's opinions.

With Li Ji's weight in the Great Tang Dynasty, Li Zhi couldn't ignore Li Ji's opinion at all.

After all, Li Zhi was still a little unwilling, he still didn't want to give up Feng Chan.

He knew that there might only be such a glorious opportunity in this life, and if he missed the opportunity in front of him, it would take many years to realize his dream of showing off his might on the top of Mount Tai.

Li Zhi offered another cup of wine to Li Ji, and said with a wry smile: "Old General, Lingsun and Lingsun have been quite congenial for many years, and Lingsun is also very competitive. He has made a lot of contributions to me in the past few years. I have seen and remembered all the sacrifices I made."

"Jingchu and I are monarchs and ministers in public, and brothers in private. I have always favored and trusted him, and I have never doubted him. Jingchu has never let me down. Everything he has done for me and the community is worthy of respect. It is enough to be recorded in the history, and it is precisely because of these achievements he made that I have the confidence to enshrine Chan Taishan."

Li Ji listened with a smile, but his eyelids drooped and gradually became heavy.

Li Zhi secretly thought something was wrong, this old fox was going to pretend to be asleep again!

boom!
Li Zhi slapped the table hard, raised his voice and said angrily: "But this time, Jing Chu broke my heart!"

Li Ji, with heavy eyelids, was finally shocked by fright. He came to his senses and was about to look around in a daze, but felt a little disrespectful, so he continued to smile politely, stroked his beard and nodded in silence.

"Oh, carrying that evil animal hurt His Majesty's heart, um, please deal with it strictly, and the old minister will never say anything." Li Ji put away his smiling face and said seriously.

Li Zhi sighed, as if he was complaining to his elders, but in fact he was explaining for himself.

"Old general, I want to be crowned Zen Taishan, not all because of vanity. Since I became the throne, I have asked myself that I am not a foolish king. I have discerned everything in the country. The power of the country has been declining in the past two years. As the emperor, how could I not know it? "

"However, old general, I was eager to enshrine Zen, but I was also forced by the situation. Since I abolished the queen, grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang were dismissed, both Guanlong and the Shandong gentry have resented Li Tang's imperial power. Hate."

"And I don't want the imperial power to fall by the wayside. The courts are all controlled by the powerful families, so I must promote the imperial examinations and let the poor families in the world divide the power of the noble families, so that I can control the balance of the court."

"Therefore, before the imperial examinations are gradually promoted, I need the ceremony of enshrining Zen and Taishan to consolidate the imperial power of my Li family, so that the scholars of the world will return to their hearts, and the people will respect and support them."

"It's not that I ignore the life and death of the people, but that I'm also extremely anxious and embarrassed. Don't I know how hasty the conferment of Zen will be next year, and it will make the people worse? However, the situation is pressing, and I have no choice but to choose the lesser harm between the two powers. !"

(End of this chapter)