Three whips break the father-son relationship, please call me prince

Chapter 161: Enriching the East Palace is not what I want
East Palace.

In the garden.

Li Chengqian was pacing, and Gao Shilian followed behind him, looking somewhat guilty.

"Uncle, why didn't you come to the East Palace and tell me first?"

Li Chengqian threw some fish food into the pond. The general jumped at his feet. The fish in the pond smelled the scent and came over, soon gathering in a group.

"What is your Majesty doing?"

"You also know that His Majesty doesn't get along well with the Five Surnames and Seven Families."

"At this time, if His Majesty knew what they had done, how could he let it go?"

Li Chengqian continued to throw fish food without even looking at Gao Shilian's expression.

"I was so angry at that time that I went to Taiji Palace." Gao Shilian said with some regret.

"Now that things have gotten out of hand, it's hard to handle."

Gao Shilian wondered if he had heard it wrong. The prince's tone sounded a bit gloating.

Prince.

That's humiliating you, how come you're not angry at all?
"Your Highness is not angry?" he asked.

"angry?"

Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Why should I be angry?"

"It's not like they're the only family with women."

"Why would I get angry over those bitches in their family?"

"It's not worth it if you hurt your body."

"They are not even qualified to lick my feet."

amount.

Gao Shilian felt something was wrong.

The prince said it casually, but he definitely didn't mean it that way in his heart.

He felt so ashamed and was about to explode with anger.

The prince cares most about his dignity, so how could he remain indifferent and calm?

"Your Highness, His Majesty is furious and wants to severely punish those noble families."

"What are they being punished for?"

Li Chengqian turned back in surprise and said, "That's not necessary, and there's no good reason for it."

"By the way, besides these aristocratic families, are there any other big families?"

Gao Shilian said, "Yes."

"For example, the Huainan Dao, Jiannan Dao, Jiangnan Dao and other families, they are much more sensible and willing to use their daughters to serve Your Highness."

"However, I feel that their status and reputation are not quite comparable to Your Highness..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Chengqian interrupted:
"Uncle, look at the fish food I've scattered. I've dropped so much of it and so many fish have come around."

"The one who is closest to the water should eat first."

Gao Shilian looked in the direction where he saw the fishes rushing to grab the food, it was quite exaggerated.

"Look at the ones you can't get close to."

Li Chengqian threw a handful of fish food towards the fish that were unable to gather around him. Immediately, the fish began to scramble for the food excitedly.

He simply gave all to the fish.

soon.

The fish that had nothing to eat swam over here quickly, but couldn't squeeze in.

Li Chengqian clapped his hands and said, "Go tell the big clans in Huainan Road, Jiannan Road and other roads."

"Select the legitimate daughter of the master family who is both virtuous and talented, and virtuous and kind to enter the East Palace."

"Select some more talented people to serve the East Palace."

"By the way, I want to meet their clan leader. If he is too old to travel a long distance, we can send a respected representative."

Hear the words.

Gao Shilian was horrified. He understood what the prince meant when he asked him to watch the fish fighting for food.

This not only means giving up the aristocratic families in Hedong and Hebei, but also promoting the families in Jiangnan and Jiannan.

If this is something you don't want, give it to others.

The big families in the south of the Yangtze River may show some weakness in the court, but it will not have much impact.

Jiannan is roughly the same.

But there is no way to stop the prince from promoting them.

"Your Highness, you should be more cautious."

Gao Shilian still wanted to fight for it, and said: "Give me a little more time, and I will give you a satisfactory answer."

"Give me a satisfactory answer?"

Li Chengqian said playfully, "Uncle, what you mean by this is that I didn't try my best before?"

"No, I tried my best..." Gao Shilian found that he couldn't explain himself clearly.

"Since you have tried your best, what's wrong with giving you more time?"

He said calmly, "It's settled."

Li Chengqian stepped forward and said, "It is said that a good horse never turns back to eat the grass it has left."

"I am not a horse, I am the prince."

"I gave them grace, but they didn't want it. So it's no wonder I gave it to others."

"They looked down on it, so you can't blame me for not giving it to them."

Gao Shilian's scalp tingled. This was the most worrying thing.

He strongly suspected that the prince had probably anticipated this would happen.

Just waiting for this day to turn passivity into initiative.

If those aristocratic families had not humiliated the prince first, the prince would definitely not have cared about the Jiannan, Huainan and other aristocratic families.

Now they are the ones who refuse first and even speak rudely.

The prince has been humiliated and his dignity has been damaged. What should he do? Does he still care about your opinions?

The prince was humiliated first, and then he sought to regain his lost face from other big families.

How to say?
Isn't it reasonable?

What's your position to say that the prince shouldn't do that?
"Give me something shameless."

When Gao Shilian heard the prince's words and looked at his back getting farther and farther away, his heart sank to the bottom.

It's too late to undo what has been done.

He originally thought this was a good job, but who would have thought that it would end up in Hedong, the aristocratic family in Hebei, and the lost prince.

……

"Ha ha!"

Li Shimin laughed with a hearty and joyful voice.

"Did the prince really say that?"

Gao Shilian nodded bitterly. From the emperor's laughter, he knew what the emperor was thinking.

"it is good!"

"very good."

"As expected of a prince."

Li Shimin grinned and said, "Duke Shen, you will obey the prince."

"I won't bother with them anymore." "It's meaningless."

What do I care about?
The prince is picking on you.

Now go and talk to the prince.

Anyway.

Li Shimin made up his mind and decided to stand here and see how you guys argued with the prince.

If you can overthrow the prince.

Then he had nothing to say.

Gao Shilian left.

Li Shimin was still smiling, and you have come to this day.

I thought you and Fu Ji could eat and live with those wealthy families.

But I didn't expect that I would be masturbated by the prince today.

"I was masturbated by the prince several times."

"It's time for you to have a taste."

Li Shimin was very happy. He shouted, "Go and invite the Prince of Hejian over. Tell him I want to treat him to a drink!"

"Yes!"

……

Li Zhi blinked his eyes and looked at his brother the Crown Prince with great admiration.

Chang Sun Chong was also very excited.

Damn it, you guys still want to fight with the prince?

Do you really think the prince is still the same prince as before?

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Li Chengqian asked doubtfully.

Li Zhi said admiringly: "Brother, you have slapped the faces of those noble families."

"But they have nothing to say."

Chang Sun Chong said excitedly: "I guess if they get this news, they will cry and beg to send their daughters to us immediately."

"Brother, aren't you afraid of those people? Father has suffered many losses." Li Zhi asked curiously.

"afraid?"

Li Chengqian chuckled, "What's there to be afraid of?"

"After all, their aristocratic family is famous throughout the world and has influence in the court. They might criticize my elder brother," said Li Zhi.

That's possible.

It is bound to cause a huge backlash, and maybe even directed at him, the crown prince.

but…….

who cares?
Li Chengqian was not afraid at all.

The Tang Dynasty did not only have the Five Surnames and Seven Families, nor did it only have aristocratic families in Hedong and Hebei.

So what about the politics of aristocratic families?
He has influence in the imperial court and is famous throughout the world.

But the Tang Dynasty's empire does not only include the northern half.

There is also the south and the southwest.

He had long been thinking about how to weaken the reputation and influence of the Five Surnames and Seven Families.

Disintegration?

Doesn't work at all.

After hundreds of years of marriage and union, the relationship has become complicated and entangled.

There was no way they could stand with him, Li Chengqian, to deal with their own.

Just follow the plan he supports.

Help another group of wealthy and powerful families to rise up and compete with them.

Fight for fame and become hostile to each other.

The north occupies half of the country, and so does the south.

Although those families in Jiangnan have declined, they are not as good as the Five Surnames and Seven Families.

But who among them doesn’t want to have a say and have a seat at the top of the Tang Dynasty?

There are five surnames and seven aristocrats in the north, so why can't there be another five surnames and seven aristocrats in the south?
This time, Li Chengqian wanted to tie the families in the south and southwest together and put them on his chariot as the crown prince.

Isn't the North awesome?
That's it.

I am now usurping political power.

Don’t even think about any good national policies being implemented in the future.

They all hit Jiangnan and Jiannan.

When they develop, that's when you start to cry.

"Don't worry about that."

Li Chengqian said calmly: "Accusing me?"

“Why should they?”

"He is greedy for beauty and obsessed with women..." Li Zhi said in a low voice.

Li Chengqian said with a smile: "What does that have to do with me?"

"Duke Shen told me that as the crown prince and heir to the throne, I must have many offspring, which will benefit the country and the nation."

"Besides, it was the ministers who asked me to set an example for the national policy."

"Criticize the orphan?"

"Then go ask Lord Shen first, and ask the ministers."

He said slowly: "It is not my wish to enrich the East Palace."

Li Zhi and Chang Sun Chong were both stunned.

They felt that there was something very problematic about what the prince said.

But there is nothing to refute, it makes a lot of sense.

Because they were actually present at the time and saw with their own eyes the ministers' advice and remonstrances.

The prince really didn't bring it up on his own initiative.

They clearly remembered that it was Duke Shen himself who said that the prince wanted to expand the royal family and took the initiative to help select beauties.

This is crazy...

How come in the end, the prince, as the person involved, has nothing to do with it?
The problem is that the ministers have to face it.

Especially Duke Shen. If someone really criticizes the prince, wouldn't he be the first to bear the brunt of the consequences?

Li Zhi swallowed and asked weakly, "Brother, do you mean that I have to pass the test of the ministers first before it's your turn?"

Li Chengqian took a sip of tea and smiled mysteriously.

"you guess?"

He didn't like to confront Li Shimin head-on.

Nor will they confront the aristocratic families head-on.

That would make me, as the prince, look so undignified.

He likes to protect his ministers in front of him.

First break through the defense line formed by Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Gao Shilian and others, and then you will be qualified to face me directly.

(End of this chapter)