Datang all-rounder

Chapter 138

Sitting in his own seat, Wang Ke waited for four people including Wang Si and Mrs. Wang to come to eat.

When Wang Si came back today, Wang Ke felt that he had something on his mind. Normally when Wang Si came in the door and saw him, he would stop and have a chat with him, but today he just nodded with himself and went in on his own. in his study.

Wang Ke didn't go to court for a few days, and he didn't know what happened in the past few days. He planned to take Wang Si to ask after dinner. Here, Wang Si can also be regarded as his relatives, and he should definitely contribute if something happens.

Seeing the four of Wang Si walking in, Wang Ke and his three wives went up to greet them, and accompanied each other to the dining table and sat down.

As soon as she sat down, Mrs. Wang said: "Master, seeing how unhappy you are today, just talk to Ke'er if you have anything to do, it's not a problem for you to be so depressed!"

Wang Ke didn't wait for Wang Si to speak, and quickly said: "Mother, let's eat first, Dad will naturally say what he should say, so don't worry about it."

Wang Si raised his eyes to look at Wang Ke, and said lightly: "Let's eat first, after the meal, the old man and Ke'er have something to talk about."

When Wang Si said this, everyone fell silent. Everyone saw Wang Si's appearance today, and they all knew that something must have happened, and it would not be a good thing. He seemed to be concentrating on eating, but no one had the usual good appetite, and no one spoke during the dinner, they all took a few mouthfuls hastily, and then put down the bowls and chopsticks.

Wang Si stood up and said to Wang Ke: "Go and talk in your study." Then he turned around and went upstairs, Wang Ke hurriedly followed closely, and the rest of the women stood below with their faces full. Looking at the stairs worriedly, I don't know what to do.

Entering the study, Wang Ke couldn't wait to ask Wang Si as soon as Wang Si sat down, "Father, what happened to make you so preoccupied!"

Wang Si sighed and said: "The prince is back. This time the prince went to Jiangnan, what he did made the officials in Jiangnan very dissatisfied. The prince just arrived in Chang'an today, and the report from Jiangnan arrived. There are many complaints about the prince's trip in the memorial. The emperor is very dissatisfied. Ke'er, the prince's trip to the south of the Yangtze River was strongly recommended by you, and I'm afraid that the emperor will make trouble for you!"

When Wang Ke heard that it was for this matter, he immediately felt relieved. He recommended Prince Li Chengqian to Comrade Li Er to do this matter. It is to make the prince do as badly as possible, and it is best for the local officials in Jiangnan to write to Comrade Li Er to ask the prince to return to Beijing before the prince leaves.Now that these officials can only pay the discount after the prince left, it shows that the prince's performance has not met Wang Ke's expectations, and there is still a big gap between Wang Ke's expectations of him.

Wang Ke said calmly: "Has the prince come back? The officials in Jiangnan are saying what happened to the prince."

Wang Si sighed again and narrated to Wang Ke the contents of the memorials of officials from various places in the south of the Yangtze River. It was nothing more than that during his inspection of various places, Prince Li Chengqian relied on his status as prince to interfere with the duties of local officials and did not distribute them according to the actual situation. In other words, officials who are pleasing to their eyes allocate more money and food for disaster relief, resulting in unfair distribution of disaster relief money and food, resulting in waste of materials, which arouses strong dissatisfaction among local officials.When the prince was in the south of the Yangtze River, regardless of the disasters in various places, he went in and out with too much pomp, and required a neat guard of honor wherever he went.When his guard of honor could not be guaranteed, he did not hesitate to order the suspension of disaster relief and dispatched disaster relief personnel to enrich his guard of honor.

After listening to Wang Si's narration quietly, Wang Ke asked indifferently, "That's all, is there any more?"

"Aren't these enough?" Wang Si was very puzzled by Wang Ke's attitude, and asked in surprise: "Could it be that Ke'er thinks that what the crown prince has done is not serious enough to annoy the emperor? If these things Which minister did it, but it is completely worthy of punishment!"

Wang Ke shook his head and said, "I don't mean that, I just want to know that the memorial to impeach the prince has been handed over."

Wang Si shook his head and said: "I don't know about this as a father. I sent these two memorials today. As for whether there will be more tomorrow, I can't say for sure. It depends on whether it is delivered tomorrow. After all, Jiangnan It’s so far away from Chang’an, and there’s a sequence of delivery times, so it’s definitely impossible to arrive at the same time. If there are any, they should arrive within two days.”

After Wang Si finished speaking, he remembered something, and then asked: "Ke'er, don't worry about what the prince has done, you should think about it, if the emperor wants to blame you, what can you do to excuse yourself? The second thing is that the emperor wants to blame you, I am afraid that the princess will not be able to intercede for you."

Wang Ke looked at the anxiety on Wang Si's face, knowing that Wang Si was really worried about herself, and was really moved in her heart.

However, when Wang Ke recommended the crown prince to Comrade Li Er, he had already thought of countermeasures, so now he is not panicked when he hears the news, but instead comforts Wang Si: "Father, don't worry, the baby will be fine , for the prince's trip to the south of the Yangtze River, Hai'er is fully prepared. If the emperor wants to blame Hai'er, Hai'er will naturally have a way to excuse himself, so please relax, father, nothing will happen!"

Wang Si was still very worried, and asked again: "What preparations do you have? Why didn't Weifu hear you talk about it? It's okay now, let's talk to Weifu first, so that Weifu can feel more at ease."

Wang Ke smiled and said: "Father, think about it, this trip to the south of the Yangtze River was originally a very empty thing. It was a tour on behalf of the emperor. It was nothing more than to let the local officials and people in the south of the Yangtze River know that the emperor knew that they had suffered a disaster. , I was very concerned about it, and sent people to understand their sufferings. As long as those who go there put down their airs, do not interfere with local activities, show their faces everywhere, and get the support of local officials and people once they go through it."

Listening to Wang Ke's words, Wang Si felt very reasonable, and unconsciously nodded to agree with what Wang Ke said.

Wang Ke continued: "The boy originally recommended the prince to the emperor, so that His Royal Highness can take advantage of this opportunity to accumulate some prestige. But he doesn't know self-love, and he always wants to get involved. It's not my fault, it's my fault." He can only blame himself for being a pig brain."

Just as Wang Ke said this, Wang Si quickly interrupted him and said, "Ke'er, don't say that, it would be great if people heard it."

Wang Ke said disapprovingly: "Isn't this just talking to you alone? I haven't even said this to Nanping and Lanling. I'm afraid that they will say it inadvertently."

Only then did Wang Si feel relieved, nodded and said: "Yes, that's right, many things can't be said casually, what Ke'er said has nothing to do with being a father, it's best not to say anything in the family, not because they are afraid that they will deliberately If you say it out, if you accidentally miss it, you won't even be able to take it back!"

Wang Ke nodded repeatedly and said: "Don't worry, Dad, the child knows."

The two were talking happily when they saw Nanping walking in with a person. The father and son took a closer look and found that it was Li Ke who had come.

Wang Si and Wang Ke were a little puzzled now, it was supposed to be getting late, what was Li Ke doing here at this time?Confused to be puzzled, this person is coming, it is true that he still has to greet him.

Wang Ke is fine, anyway, the relationship between himself and Li Ke is very strong. Apart from pretending in front of outsiders, the two of them have never cared about who's status is high in private, and who should salute to whom. Today When Li Ke came to the door, Wang Ke had no intention of saluting him, but just stood there, thinking about what the prince was doing at his home so late.

But Wang Si was different. The long-term etiquette system left him no time to think about other issues. When he first met Li Ke, he felt a little puzzled, but he realized it in a blink of an eye, and immediately stepped forward two steps towards Li Ke. Come on, Lilly.

Li Ke held Wang Si to prevent him from kneeling down, turned his head to Nanping and said, "Sister, go down first, I have something to say to uncle and brother Wang."

Nan Ping didn't ask any more questions, he saluted the three people in the room, turned around and walked out.

Before going out, Nan Ping silently glanced at Wang Ke, and Wang Ke saw that Nan Ping's eyes were full of love for him.Wang Ke also nodded slightly to Nan Ping, indicating that there was nothing wrong and reassuring her.

Watching Nanping go downstairs, Wang Ke faced Li Ke and asked with a smile: "Your Highness came to my house so late, could it be that he came to my house again for dinner?"

Li Ke ignored Wang Ke's ridicule, glanced at Wang Si and said, "Brother Wang must have known from his uncle that the crown prince has returned to Beijing."

Wang Ke nodded, and asked very easily: "Father has already told me, why, does the prince's return to Beijing have anything to do with me?"

Li Ke said anxiously: "You really don't know, you are just pretending not to understand. The memorial to the prince has been placed on the imperial father's case. The prince's trip to the south of the Yangtze River was recommended by you to the imperial father. The imperial father If I'm annoyed, I can't ask you for a question."

Wang Ke tilted his head and looked at Li Ke relaxedly and said: "I said, Your Highness, aren't you in the army? How can you be so clear about the affairs of the court? When did you start to be interested in the political affairs of the court and China?" ?"

Li Ke saw Wang Ke's indifferent appearance, so he didn't get angry, and said angrily and anxiously: "Isn't this worrying for you? I just put down what I was doing when I heard about it today. Ask around. I came to you as soon as I found out clearly, but you didn't take it seriously. If I had known this earlier, why would I bother!"

Wang Si saw that Li Ke was really in a hurry, and quickly said: "Ke'er, stop joking with His Highness, isn't His Highness worried about you? Tell His Highness what you told Weifu just now. "

After speaking to Wang Ke, Wang Si bowed to Li Ke and said: "Your Highness is running around for Ke'er's affairs, I must be a little hungry now. Your Highness will talk to Ke'er first, and wait for the old minister to ask the servants to make some supper Come up, eat and talk."

Li Ke cupped his hands at Wang Si and said, "Uncle Lao is here."

Wang Si waved his hands again and again, saying that he was not tired, he should, and walked downstairs.

Li Ke turned to face Wang Ke, urging him to quickly tell himself what he had just said to Wang Si.

Wang Ke smiled and repeated what he and Wang Si said to Li Ke. After listening, Li Ke felt relieved, leaned back in his chair and said, "It turns out that you have already figured out a countermeasure, no wonder you It's not in a hurry. But why don't you let me go to such a good thing, I'm sure I won't be like the prince."

Wang Ke pointed at Li Ke and said: "You are stupid, even if this kind of thing is not your turn, you don't even think about it, you already have official duties, can the emperor let you leave the matter and go?" Well, this is a good job that can be obtained without any effort. Does it make sense to not let the prince go, but let you go? Now it is just that the prince messed up himself, otherwise the emperor would be too happy. How could you come here? Worry about me!"

Li Ke nodded his head thoughtfully. Now he understands a little bit, but there is one key point that he hasn't figured out yet. He feels that Wang Ke's thinking is not as good as he said. Wang Ke must have something else. Thoughts, just didn't say it.But he knew that Wang Ke would not harm himself, so he must have a reason for not saying it.

Thinking of this, although Li Ke still had a lump in his heart, he also knew that Wang Ke would be fine, and he felt a lot happier. This relaxation made him feel a little hungry, clamoring for something to eat, and pulling Wang Ke Just go downstairs.

At this time downstairs, all the female family members of the Wang family knew that there was nothing serious, and the worries they had had during the meal just disappeared at this moment, and they all felt a little hungry. Seeing Wang Ke coming down, they all gathered at the dining table, Waiting for the servants at home to deliver supper, well, my stomach is full.

(End of this chapter)