Man Tanghong

Chapter 1 The fourth year of Wude, the fifteenth day of the winter month

The winter in the northwest is bitterly cold, but the main hall of Wude Hall of Taiji Palace is as hot as summer.

The flaming ground fire dragon sent streams of hot air to every corner of the main hall of Wude Hall.

Li Yuanji was wearing plain unlined clothing, but he still felt dry and hot.

Some sweat has already seeped from the curly long maroon hair, and a little sweat has gathered on the hooked nose.

Li Yuanji wanted to tear off his collar to relieve the fever, but his identity seemed not to allow him to do so.

He is now a royal family, and a royal family with a long history.

His predecessor was also named Li Yuanji, who was the fourth son of Li Yuan, Emperor Gaozu of Tang Dynasty, and was named King of Qi.

Ten days ago, the predecessor had a quarrel with his adoptive mother Chen Shanyi, and in a rage he ordered the warriors under his command to dismember Chen Shanyi.

This action angered the heaven, and the heaven sent down a thunderbolt, which killed the predecessor on the spot.

After the predecessor died, God seemed to realize that the predecessor still had a unique historical mission to complete, so he was brought to the Tang Dynasty more than 1000 years ago to replace the predecessor.

The predecessor died happily, but the trouble was left to Li Yuanji.

Although the previous body was hacked to death by God, and Chen Shanyi escaped unharmed, but the behavior of the previous body that violated human relations angered Li Yuan.

Li Yuan took the doctor's order to check his injuries, and after confirming that he was not in danger of life after being struck by lightning, nor did he have any serious internal injuries, he decisively issued a foot restraint order without a deadline.

In this way, Li Yuanji was grounded by Li Yuan in the Hall of Wude on the charge of mistreating the palace servants.

Although Chen Shanyi raised her predecessor, she was only a servant of the Li family after all, and she had no status in the palace.

It is impossible for Li Yuan to make his son-in-law bear the reputation of being unfilial for the sake of a servant.

Li Yuanji is a temperament that goes with the situation, even if Li Yuan grounded him, he was also happy to be quiet.

He didn't have to put on his predecessor's identity to work hand in hand with his cheap brother Li Jiancheng, who had a wicked heart but no guts, nor did he have to fight wits and courage with his cheap second brother Li Shimin, who was smiling on the face but was treacherous behind his back.

The struggle for imperial power was brutal.

Li Yuanji didn't mind taking this opportunity to jump out of the cage of fighting for imperial power and become a happy idle prince.

According to the arguments of later historians, historical researchers, and history lovers, the princes of the Tang Dynasty are definitely the most comfortable and carefree group of princes in all dynasties.

Apart from being inferior to the emperor in terms of authority, they are not much different from the emperor in the rest.

They can enjoy the happiness that the emperor can enjoy, and they can also enjoy the happiness that the emperor cannot enjoy.

As long as you don't do it, you basically won't die.

It is now four years of Wude, and the predecessor and Li Shimin have not yet quarreled to the point of endless death.

As long as Li Yuanji doesn't provoke Li Shimin, and doesn't covet power, it's easy to be a happy king.

Li Yuanji has already begun to look forward to a happy life of 'a farmer, a mountain spring, some money', 'a group of wives and concubines, and many children and grandchildren' in the future.

Although the predecessor left him some troubles, the predecessor also left him a huge amount of money, a vast fief, and a "harem group" of hundreds of people.

Among them is the famous Chaothorn Princess Yang.

It's just risking the identity of the predecessor to live with the concubines of the predecessor, and there is some pressure in my heart.

He always felt like he was stealing.

So during the ten days of confinement, he found countless reasons for himself to comfort himself, so as to eliminate the guilt in his heart.

For example, many great figures in history are greedy for other people's wives and hobbies. Cao Cao is the same, Li Yuan is the same, Li Shimin needless to say, Li Zhi is even more, Zhao Kuangyin is sneaky, Zhao Guangyi is shameless, Huang Taiji and Dorgon are even more noisy in order to compete for Da Yuer. It's too late.

He can be considered a big shot now, and he has some common hobbies among big shots, isn't it too much?Not too much, right?Not too much, right?
Besides, the palace of the Tang Dynasty was famous for being dirty, and it was not his fault that he got dirty, he was close to ink and black.

Well, yes, that's it...

"Go, tell the Shang bedroom in the house to ask her to stop throwing firewood into the fire pit, and then send someone to the bedroom... Well, let's forget about this first."

Li Yuanji tore off his collar slightly, and ordered in the terrified eyes of the servants around him.

The 14-year-old maidservant, while submissively answering Li Yuanji's orders, carefully reminded Li Yuanji, "His... Your Highness, you are disrespectful."

Li Yuanji glared at the little servant girl, "I'm in my house, can't I be more comfortable?!"

The servant girl was startled, and hurriedly prostrated herself on the ground, bravely, and said in a voice softer than a mosquito: "His... Your Highness's disrespect, Shang Yi will blame the maid."

After the servant girl finished speaking, she gritted her teeth and closed her eyes, waiting for her highness to pronounce the sentence.

His Royal Highness was well-known in the Tang Dynasty for his cruelty, and whoever dared to disobey him, he would do evil to anyone. Ten days ago, Mrs. Chen, who raised him, was almost killed by him.

The servant girl didn't want to provoke him either, but the female officials in the house were even more cruel.

Relying on His Highness's connivance, they were quite cruel to the servant girls and eunuchs in the house.

If maidservants and eunuchs make even the slightest mistake, they will not let go of it, and they will never stop until the oil is squeezed out.

What's even more frightening is that after they have drained the oil from the maids and eunuchs, they will collude with the officials in the house, threaten their families with the lives of the maids and eunuchs, and continue to squeeze oil.

The servant girl would rather be executed than to let her family be manipulated by the female officials and subordinate officials in the house.

That is really cannibalism.

The maidservant closed her eyes and waited tremblingly for a long time, but her Highness didn't see a word, her heart skipped a beat. Could it be that His Highness wants to do it himself?
Just when he was about to open his eyes and take a look, Li Yuanji muttered helplessly, "I'm in my own house, I can't be more comfortable, it's just..."

Li Yuanji pulled up his collar and waved his hand to the servant girl, "Okay, I understand, you can go down and deliver the order."

Seeing that Li Yuanji had finished pulling his collar, the servant girl didn't blame her, so she hurriedly agreed as if she had been pardoned, and left the main hall backwards.

After leaving the gate of the palace, the servant girl realized that her Highness seems... different, seems to have become kinder?
Could it be that there was a happy event in my heart, so I became kind?
After the maidservant left, Li Yuanji frowned.

He had a panoramic view of the servant girl's reaction, and he also understood the situation of Prince Qi's mansion through the memory of his predecessor.

It's okay for him to be cruel in his previous life, but he also indulged his subordinates and cronies, and followed him to commit crimes, murder and set fire.

Driven by profit, they are even more vicious than their predecessors. Instead of ignoring them, their predecessors are happy to bear a bad name for them.

Thanks to their efforts, the people inside and outside the Prince Qi's mansion feared their predecessors like snakes and scorpions.

"You can't do that. Sooner or later, you will be poisoned or sniped. Even if you escape from Li Shimin's hands, you will not be able to avoid the end of death."

Li Yuanji groaned, and greeted outside the hall, "Thank you, Uncle Fang?!"

Outside the hall, a 21-year-old young man with a handsome face, wearing leather armor and a horizontal knife on his waist, hurried into the hall and knelt down in front of Li Ji.

"His Highness orders!"

Xie Shufang couldn't see any vigor in him, instead he looked calm like a middle-aged man.

Xie Shufang is 17 years old and has been in the army for four years.

Xie Shufang can be regarded as a descendant of a famous family. His ancestors had produced famous generals and great poets. During the former Sui Dynasty, his family was in decline, and he lived with his father and two elder brothers in Chang'an City.

When Li Yuan captured Chang'an City, his father and brother died tragically in the battle.

However, it was not Li Tang's soldiers who killed his father and brother, but the former Sui rebels in Chang'an City who killed his father and brother when they robbed his family of money.

After Li Yuan captured Chang'an City, his predecessor was ordered to clean up the streets in Chang'an City. He met him. He was fighting for a piece of cake with three big men.

The ferocity he showed when he was fighting with the big man was appreciated by his predecessors.

The predecessor brought him into the mansion as a servant.

In history, when the Xuanwumen Incident happened, he was the only one in Qi Wangfu who led the soldiers to help his predecessor.

After learning that his predecessor was killed by Li Shimin, he cooperated with the Xue brothers to kill two generals under Li Shimin's command to avenge his predecessor.

Although he later became an official of Li Shimin, he can be said to be benevolent to his predecessor.

Li Yuanji felt that he was probably the only loyal and brave man in Prince Qi's mansion, so he was quite kind to him, "I heard that the female officials and subordinate officials in the mansion have bought a lot of property outside the palace. Go and check it out for me. See how these properties came about."

Xie Shufang was taken aback, and looked at Li Yuanji in confusion.

Li Yuanji asked with a smile, "Is there a problem?"

Xie Shufang hesitated and said: "I'm not good at making inquiries, and I can't find out the news of so many people by myself."

Xie Shufang has been in the army for four years, and he has made a lot of contributions with his predecessor. Now he is an official in charge of the palace of King Qi's tent, and he is on the eighth rank.

So you can call yourself a minister in front of Li Yuanji.

Li Yuanji smiled and said, "Are you afraid of offending people, or are you worried that I will kill innocent people indiscriminately?"

Xie Shufang's ability, Li Yuanji is better than his predecessor.

In his previous life, he only knew that Xie Shufang was talented in martial arts and was a general, but Li Yuanji knew that Xie Shufang was an all-rounder capable of writing and martial arts.

In history, Xie Shufang lived to the time when Li Zhi ascended the throne. He was the governor of Hongguang and Guangzhou, and he was the third rank. His cultural and political achievements were quite outstanding.

Although he doesn't show his talents in martial arts now, it's not a problem to find a few unrestrained people who don't know how to restrain themselves.

Xie Shufang obviously couldn't grasp his pulse and didn't know what he was going to do, so he excused himself.

"You heard what happened at the gate of the hall just now. You said how much those people in the house went too far to force a maid. She would rather offend me and be killed by me than fall into their hands after making a mistake. inside?

Even the servants around me have to be afraid of them, so will I have to be afraid of them in the future? "

Li Yuanji put away his smiling face and asked.

He couldn't tell Xie Shufang directly that he wanted to clean up the traitors in the house, so he could only give Xie Shufang an answer in the way he handled things in the past.

When Xie Shufang heard Li Yuanji's words, he instantly understood that those people in the house should have touched the bottom line of his highness, so that he would be missed by his highness.

His Highness only ordered him to investigate, but did not let him directly arrest people, which means that His Highness did not have any intention of implicating innocent people.

Immediately, Xie Shufang clasped his fists and said: "I take orders! I need some people to cooperate."

Li Yuanji nodded in satisfaction, and said, "You can use any manpower you feel you can trust."

After a pause, Li Yuanji murmured again: "If someone makes things difficult...then arrest them."

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