Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 129 Li Mao’s expectations

Li Yifu walked into the house with a smile as before. Many people had gathered in the front yard. They were all close friends of Li Yifu. There were more than forty people, and their members were spread across three provinces, six ministries, nine temples and five prisons.

Li Yifu originally wanted Chen Qingsi to see his strength and see how many like-minded people he had gathered in Chang'an.

Unexpectedly, the protagonist did not appear.

Seeing that everyone in the surrounding party and friends was frightened, Li Yifu said with a smile: "Today is a wedding banquet, why are we so restrained? The day before yesterday, a group of orchids from the Western Regions came to our courtyard, and they are the best at dancing and singing. It is said that having fun alone is not as good as having fun with everyone, today We will have fun in time. Whoever comes out on top in drinking, shooting, throwing pots, and hiding hooks will be chosen by the singer."

He never mentioned Chen Qingsi.

Everyone didn't mention him when they saw him, and they didn't dare to touch his bad luck and talk about irrelevant people.

Li Yifu's ability to control the atmosphere of the banquet was extraordinary. Soon everyone forgot about Chen Qingsi and devoted themselves to the fight for Orchid in the Western Regions.

Even in such unpredictable circumstances, the guests and hosts still enjoy themselves.

The banquet is gone.

Li Yifu called his son to the study.

Li Jin drank a lot of wine at the banquet, and his face was a little blushing, but he still couldn't calm down and said: "Father, Chen Qingsi really doesn't take you seriously."

Li Yifu didn't speak, just played with the jade silicon in his hand.

Until the guards in the mansion dragged one person in.

Li Jin saw that the other party was covered in blood, and that there was no good flesh on his body. His scalp was numb. He took a closer look and saw that it was Li Dan, Chen Qingsi's steward who had gone to invite Chen Qingsi today.

"Father! Why are you doing this?"

Li Jin exclaimed, this Li Dan, in addition to being the manager of the Li Mansion, also has an identity as the father of his concubine.

Li Yifu didn't even look at it, he continued to play with the jade silicon and said, "Tell me what you said to Dalang again?"

Li Dan was so angry that he lay on the ground and wailed: "It's wrong, I'm wrong. Master, please spare my life."

He dared to lie to Li Jin, how could he dare to lie in front of Li Yifu?

Li Yifu said: "It's the first crime if you can't accomplish anything; the second crime is to instigate the big man to avoid responsibility and want to do bad things. A domestic slave, if you can't accomplish anything, do bad things? What's the use of keeping you..."

"Put it on and let someone inform the Ministry of Punishment..."

Notifying the Ministry of Punishment would mean the death penalty.

In the Tang Dynasty, the status of domestic slaves was low. The so-called slaves and bitches were no more than livestock products and could be sold at will.

But this does not mean that the master has the right of life and death over the slaves.

"Tang Lv Shu Yi" stipulates: If any slave is guilty and his master kills him without asking for a lawsuit, he will be punished with a hundred sticks.Those who kill without guilt will be sentenced to one year in prison.

Although killing a domestic slave would not result in death, he would still be held accountable.

Li Yifu will not get into trouble because of such a trivial matter.

Li Yifu didn't even need to interrogate him. He simply didn't believe that Chen Qingsi would despise a former prime minister so much. Even if the other party didn't like him and didn't want to accept his invitation, at most he would just find excuses to refuse, instead of showing a arrogant attitude.

That's not called arrogance, it's called stupidity.

Without any investigation, Li Yifu guessed that Li Dan was used to pretending to be powerful, which caused trouble.

"Idiot, you are taking advantage of someone and don't know it. Or... you know he is taking advantage of you and you don't know it on purpose?"

Asking his father to express his thoughts, Li Jin couldn't help but break into a cold sweat and hesitated at a loss for words.

Chen Qingsi had overpowered him in Jiangnan. Although it didn't make him hold a grudge, it was still extremely uncomfortable.In particular, Chen Qingsi's rising fame, even though she was several years younger than him, was admired and admired by thousands of people, which made him a little jealous.Just when this happened, Chen Qingsi dared to refuse his father's banquet and wrote a poem to ridicule him, so she wanted to destroy him.Is it possible for a pariah like him to gain a foothold in the capital?

Seeing Li Jin's appearance, Li Yifu also guessed and felt a little headache.

Just like all fathers, no matter how great they are, they can't come up with any good solutions when faced with their ineffective son.

"I don't care what you do, but Chen Qingsi can't move."

"Why?"

Li Jin couldn't think of anything and blurted out two words.

"Hal..."

Li Yifu was a native of Raoyang, Yingzhou, but in his early years, because his grandfather was the magistrate of Shehong County, he moved to Shu. He was so angry that he cursed in Sichuan and Shu dialects.

"Chen Qingsi was specially summoned to Chang'an by His Majesty. Before the reason is clear, touching him is tantamount to going against His Majesty. Our Li family relies on His Majesty's grace to survive today. Do you think you will live longer if you go against His Majesty?"

Li Jin trembled and said hurriedly: "I know my mistake, but I don't dare to do it anymore."

Li Yifu put down the jade silicon in his hand and said: "It's good to know... But young people don't know the dangers of the world, so they should also be taught what it means to be difficult."

Li Yifu did not give up on winning over Chen Qingsi.

Although he is stingy and vengeful, he also knows what the overall situation is.

As a rare scholar from a poor family in the world, Chen Qingsi has an extraordinary status in the hearts of the poor scholars in the world. Being able to draw him into his disciples will be of great benefit to his future.

After all, it was Emperor Li Zhi's intention to reuse the Han tribe to suppress the gentry.

To relieve the emperor's worries is to help yourself.

It's like deposing a king and establishing a military force.

As for Chen Qingsi's unwillingness to be with him, in Li Yifu's view, this is the least of the problems.

That's because this little guy Chen Qingsi is young and energetic, doesn't know the dangers of the world, and has never experienced the beatings of reality.

It is true that Chang'an is a place of dreams for millions of people, but it is more of a place where dreams are broken. The cruelty of it will never be understood unless you go deep into it.

In this place where a brick can knock down a whole group of wealthy gentry and nobles, how easy is it for a poor kid who has to rely on farming to make a living to rise up?

With the contempt of the nobles and the crushing of the resources of the nobles, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky for a poor family to stand out!

Li Yifu himself belongs to a poor family, and has experienced the bitterness of it. He knows that if a poor family wants to stand firm in a place like Chang'an, it must do anything, put down all dignity and morality, and bite off a few pieces of flesh from the nobles and nobles like a mad dog in order to survive. Go down.

How about being highly educated?
How about writing poetry?
It was just a plaything for entertainment in the hands of the gentry and nobles.

Who will really look at it?

Li Yifu has many amazing and talented people in Chang'an. Even if they are wiped out from the world because of their status, they have seen arrogant and hot-blooded young people who pride themselves on being in their prime more than once, and finally they prostrate themselves to the ground.

Li Yifu was particularly looking forward to the sight of an arrogant person like Chen Qingsi, who had been baptized by Chang'an, a "dream place" that eats people without spitting out bones, and put down all dignity and kneel in front of him. Just thinking about it makes him feel happy.

Unable to help himself, Li Yifu laughed out loud for no apparent reason.

Li Jin didn't understand what his father meant, but hearing his laughter at this moment, he felt inexplicably peaceful in his heart.

No one can escape the calculation in his father's laughter.

(End of this chapter)