The rise of the prince

Chapter 172
At night, the spring breeze began to blow, and there was a whirring sound in the night outside the house. From time to time, something was blown off, making a crackling sound, and the branches creaked. Everything can be guessed based on what I heard, knowing that it must be something scary, but I can't see it all the time, I can't see it, I'm hidden in the darkness where I can't see my fingers.

The night in the capital is shrouded in such a strange atmosphere. Even if it is the second day of the Lunar New Year, and the Empress Dowager's birthday, the whole country is celebrating, but there is only the wind raging, the night cold, and two or three stars in the sky, is the rare light in Kyoto .
"Has the emperor left the palace?" Li Ye gritted his teeth and asked while sitting by the bed.

Yue'er nodded, the little girl was obviously afraid of the emperor.

"Qiu'er, Yue'er, go get a basin of hot water." Li Ye ordered, and the two little girls quickly did it.

At this time Wei Chaoren stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Just now I really worried the old man. Your son shouldn't contradict the emperor like this. You are still young and don't know what happened to the emperor back then."

Speaking of this, his voice lowered, as if he was a little scared, and his voice lowered a bit: "Your Majesty is not a kind and tolerant person, even though you love and respect your son, you can't be self-respecting.

The prince doesn't know, Concubine Shu had another son besides Prince Lin back then, named Xie, Prince Feng Ping, counted as the son and uncle of the prince, he was the third prince in my dynasty except Prince Xiao and Prince Kang. .

But in the spring of the sixth year of Chengwu, someone secretly accused King Ping of treason, His Majesty believed it, and immediately confiscated Prince Ping's mansion, and killed more than 300 people. King Ping was also given to death after being placed under house arrest for three months."

Speaking of this, Wei Chaoren also had a look of fear on his face: "Most of the old ministers who have survived this incident dare not mention it again."

"There are still ten years of Chengwu, which is the year when King Xiao passed away. King Wu rebelled, and under the pressure of King Xiao's death, General Zhong Daoyu was able to return to the army. At that time, the old man led the Guanbeixiang Army to obey the general , King Qin also went south to besiege the fertile plains outside Wuguan.

At that time, there were still nearly [-] rebels in the remnant party. The leader of the bandits, King Wu, died in battle. He had no fighting spirit and wanted to surrender.

As a result, His Majesty came to Wuguan personally, and promised them first that as soon as the rebels surrendered and took away their weapons, he ordered them to be exterminated." Wei Chaoren seemed to recall that scene when he said this, his eyebrows were raised, his nostrils were enlarged, and it was obvious that he was real Scared.

"Although the old man has guarded Guanbei for decades, he has fought countless battles, big and small. He has seen all kinds of storms and waves, but he has slaughtered [-] unarmed people. Many executioners have been slaughtering for days." He shook his head slowly. : "Your Majesty, don't contradict Your Majesty again. The old man is really worried, and I'm afraid that one day."

The two younger generations, the siblings of the Wei family, were dumbfounded, apparently Wei Chaoren had never told them these things before.
"Why did the emperor kill so many people!" Wei Xingping couldn't figure it out at all.

"Whether it's to vent your anger, or to intimidate the bad guys, the power of heaven is unpredictable, who knows." Wei Chaoren shook his head: "What the old man said today, you must not go out to make public, otherwise you may be killed, remember, remember. "

Li Ye nodded: "The emperor is indeed someone I can't afford to offend, and I will be careful in the future."

Qiu'er and Yue'er just came back from fetching hot water. When Li Ye stood up, everyone realized that the gauze on his back had been dyed red. This was the reason why he asked two girls to fetch water. They rushed to help him re-bandage.

He seemed casual just now, but in fact, his spirit has been in a highly tense state, his heartbeat is accelerating, blood circulation is accelerating, the pressure on the blood vessels is increasing, and the new wound will open again soon, so he can't move, he can only sit on the side of the bed , no one can see it in front of the crowd, and the wound is exposed when it moves.

Li Ye has rich experience in negotiation and interrogation. From a psychological point of view, people are most likely to reveal their true inner thoughts under three emotions: anger, fear and pride.

If he is facing the king of a country, it is impossible for Li Ye to make him fear and proud, he can only make him angry, and he has something to rely on, because he has saved his life, and anger will not be exchanged for very serious as a result of.

It's a pity that he still underestimated, and the opponent was beyond his imagination.Even in the face of Degong, Li Ye can calmly deal with it. Although he does not do it deliberately in many cases, as long as he talks casually and observes his words, he knows the general thoughts and emotions of Degong in his heart.

But these didn't work on the emperor, he hardly revealed any useful information from the beginning to the end, except for a scary face.

The emperor didn't get angry when he should be angry the most, and he didn't express anything when he should compromise. The key is that in this bloodless confrontation, Li Ye seemed aggressive, but in fact the emperor always firmly grasped the initiative.

In the first half, Li Ye tried to irritate him, and took the opportunity to spy on his inner emotions and intentions. Unfortunately, he didn't see any expression on the emperor's face. Even in the worst moments, he didn't have any usable micro-expressions for him to guess the emperor's inner emotions. He's just a scary face, nothing else.

The main points of micro-expressions to judge emotions: the distance between the upper and lower eyelids, the height of the eyebrows, the changes in the wrinkles on the forehead, the changes in the diameter of the nostrils, and he hardly showed anything.

At that time, Li Ye discovered that the emperor in front of him was probably the most powerful person he had met since he came to this world.

The worst thing is that ever since the emperor said he was going to send troops, the initiative was not on his side at all. He didn't know what the emperor meant and whether he was determined to send troops, but he could only get ahead of others. What he said was very deep. To confuse the emperor.

Is Li Ye's suggestion useful?

Of course it is useful, but any strategy is risky, it's just a matter of risk.

What if the prefect of Suzhou was determined to rebel and acted resolutely and ruthlessly, directly killing the ambassador of the appeasement system?

What if the appointment of a pacification system ambassador is not capable enough to stabilize the situation and cause a stronger backlash?
If any kind of problem arises at that time, the minister will die and the prestige of the court will be lost, but the problem will not be solved at all.

Li Ye has his own selfish intentions. He wants to help his sister-in-law's family, and he doesn't want Su and Lu to suffer so many innocent people.So he can only take advantage of setting up the appeasement system and setting up ambassadors.

But for the emperor, whether it is my sister-in-law's family or the people of Su and Lu, if the country can be stabilized, he will probably not care about life and death.
The most troublesome thing is that he preemptively explained the many benefits, and he spoke clearly. He Zhao, a stunned young man, thought it was reasonable and followed suit, but the emperor didn't make any statement, not even the slightest expression. Find out whether he is inclined to agree or to disagree
Li Ye didn't know what the emperor was going to do. Li Ye didn't know what the emperor was thinking. He could only feel uneasy, but the only thing he knew now was that the emperor had the basic qualities of a good decision maker and was a difficult person to deal with.

Anyone present who is sober can realize a fundamental problem: Li Ye is just an unknown son, and he is not qualified to intervene in this kind of national policy decision-making.

So his only chance is to confuse the audience, deliberately express himself, elevate himself, use his amazing performance to disrupt the thinking logic of the people present, and then have the opportunity to take advantage of it.

Turns out he was halfway there.
Because He Zhao, an upright boy, actually stood up to support him
He Zhao was fooled by Li Ye so much that he forgot that he was the Governor of Kaiyuan, a second-rank official of the imperial court, and the chief executive of Kyoto.

And what is Li Ye?A little son with no name, no political status, no real power, and no protection from his parents.To put it bluntly, he only has one mouth, so he cannot bear corresponding responsibilities and is unable to be responsible for his own words.

He is noble in status, but when it comes to power and political status, he has nothing.

Although half successful, it is a pity that
The emperor was sober from beginning to end.

So no matter how he acted, no matter what he said, even if He Zhao stood up to speak for him, the emperor still didn't say a word in the end, and didn't pay attention to his words at all.

This is what made Li Ye desperate. The emperor did not confuse his thinking logic because of his life-saving grace, his hype rhetoric, and the emotions he tried to provoke. He was sober from the beginning to the end.
Dealing with this kind of person can be summed up as scalp numbness, mental and physical exhaustion, and powerlessness.

Want an empty-handed white wolf?nonexistent.

As soon as the emperor left, Li Ye couldn't hold on any longer. In addition to the exhaustion and hard work of the day, he re-wrapped and fell into a deep sleep.
Li Ye fell asleep, but the night was extremely long.

In the palace, the Empress Dowager's birthday was not yet over, and no one dared to tell the old Empress what happened in the city during the day. After all, she was old, and they were afraid that she would be shocked, so they only said that the emperor came back late from the city tour.

The emperor didn't return to the imperial city until it was completely dark. The concubines in the palace who knew about the situation all shed tears quietly, but they didn't dare to publicize the matter.

After being scolded by the queen mother, the emperor didn't say anything. While accompanying the queen mother, he secretly summoned many ministers overnight.

The left and right three divisions and six divisions judged the affairs of the Ministry, the commander in front of the palace Yang Hongzhao, the commander of the guard Ma Jun Zhao Guanghua, the commander of the guard infantry Tong Guan, Yin He Zhao of the Kaiyuan Mansion, Yu Cheng'an, the governor, Xue Fang, the Duzhi envoy, and the Yantie envoy Lu Jie, Tang Zhouwei, envoy of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Wen Daoli, deputy envoy of the Privy Council, Zhong Daoyu, envoy of the Privy Council, Wang Yue, Xia Pingzhangshi of Tongzhong Shumen, and Li Chengping, Prince of the East Palace, entered the court to discuss matters.

(End of this chapter)