Li Beidou never expected that because of his performance, the emperor would be tempted to knight him.
But this incident caused many people in the court to say that one family and two nobles had too much power. It is not the way of a wise king.
The emperor had to have a deep discussion with Li Jing, and the compromise solution was for Li Jing to give up military power and stop leading the troops in battle.
The grandson takes away the grandfather's job. What is this?
Li Jing was very relieved. Seeing that there were successors to the Li family, he could live the life of a retired cadre with peace of mind.
Seeing Li Beidou's silence, Li Jing suggested: "The fact that His Majesty wants to ennoble you is now known to the whole world. I'm afraid it will be a blessing and a disaster in the future. You should take care of yourself."
Li Beidou understood Li Jing's good intentions and didn't want the old man to worry about him, so he jokingly said: "Don't worry, Grandpa, my grandson's wings have become stronger, and he can be on his own..."
Li Jing's expression remained unchanged, but his eyes were wandering around like his father Li Derjian.
Li Beidou's eyelids twitched. He was so familiar with this look. There was no need to doubt that he was definitely looking for a convenient weapon.
Li Beidou quickly gave up and said, "Grandpa, please calm down. Grandson is just joking."
It was too late, Li Jingshun picked up a book and threw it away, cursing: "You brat, you have to force me to deal with you personally, right? You still have stiff wings? Ha, I broke your legs and asked you to It will never get hard."
Li Beidou dodged and avoided the old man's attack.
But his face turned miserable. This sentence was too poisonous, like an invisible curse, "Grandpa, you'd better take it back. Your grandson hasn't gotten married yet. You don't want your grandson to be the only one in the family!"
Li Jing thought about it for a long time, and then realized what Li Beidou meant, and became furious, "You bastard, you dare to drive in front of grandpa!"
Seeing the old man looking around again, Li Beidou had the foresight to grease the soles of his feet and run away.
Grandpa didn't say it clearly, he just gave some hints, but Li Beidou still understood.
He earned his title at a young age without relying on his ancestors or his family. When a family is so prosperous, other people can easily arouse jealousy and suspicion in addition to praise and envy.
I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at me. If someone catches me with anything, it will drag down the entire Li family.
With worries, Li Beidou fell asleep in a daze.
The next few days were very ordinary. Li Beidou and the two bastards lay on the rocking chair every morning, and spent the afternoon tinkering with various ratios of sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal in the room.
Every time Li Beidou writes and draws in the room, the whole Li family feels like a powerful enemy is coming. Ah Si replaces Ah Zhu and sets up a tight defense at the door.
On this day, Li Beidou and the other three were still in the chrysalis, and an angel came to Li's house to announce the decree.
The entire Li family came out to receive the order.
In accordance with court etiquette, Li Jing led everyone to kneel down behind the incense table.
The angel unfolded the imperial edict and began to read it in an passionate tone. To Li Beidou, every word was so obscure and difficult to understand.
He babbled a lot of sentences that Li Beidou couldn't understand, and finally got to the point, "...I am honored to be granted the title of Prince of Hongwen County, and to be able to live in an area of 100 households."
After the imperial edict was read out, everyone in the Li family bowed to the south, said thanks, and then stood up. This was considered to be the completion of the process.
The Li Jing family and his son had already heard the news. It could even be said that Li Beidou, the son of the county, was acquired by the old Duke when he gave up commanding the army, so there were not many surprises.
He just greeted the angel politely and gave some gifts for good luck.
The eunuchs and courtiers at this time were not as greedy as the braided dynasty in later generations. They still had some integrity. The relationship between monarch and ministers was more like a joint-stock company. The emperor, the courtiers and the aristocratic families ruled the world together. The emperor was the major shareholder and chairman. Courtiers and aristocratic families are small shareholders.
Major shareholders and small shareholders often cooperate with each other, confront each other, and compromise with each other. Of course, this depends on the wisdom or stupidity of the king.
If it were replaced by the enslaving rule of the Braided Dynasty, no one would dare to challenge the emperor, and officials would lose their due integrity, which would inevitably lead to currying favor with those around the emperor.
This slave gene of kneeling to power has even been brought into the 21st century.
Unlike people everywhere in the house who were congratulating a double noble, Li Beidou didn't feel much joy and felt a little ashamed when he saw Li Jing.
After receiving the congratulations, Li Beidou hid in his own courtyard.
Cheng Ruoshui bowed politely and congratulated.
Next to him, Xue Ne stuffed his mouth full of snacks and didn't take it seriously.
Li Beidou went up and kicked him, "Look at this person, he knows a lot about etiquette. Where is your blessing?"
Xue Ne's bulging cheeks looked like a squirrel's. He mumbled a few words and gave a perfunctory salute, which was regarded as a blessing.
Alas, it seems that it is not good to be too familiar with each other. As the old saying goes, if you are close, you will not be inferior.
Before Li Beidou could finish his emotion, Xue Na, who had finally finished swallowing the food, said happily: "Foolish brother has arranged a banquet to congratulate eldest brother."
Li Beidou smiled knowingly, and finally this guy still had some conscience.
People are so strange. They say no with their mouths, but their bodies are very honest.
Li Beidou and a group of dandies came to Neijiaofang again, and a grand banquet began.
In this era when entertainment is extremely scarce, banquets have become a place for dandies to have fun and vent.
At a banquet, both physical and spiritual needs can be met.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the true colors of the dandies were revealed one after another.
One by one, they exchanged cups and cups, called themselves brothers, and vowed to live and die together countless times.
If God wasn't too busy, one lightning strike would probably kill at least a dozen bastards who were talking nonsense with their eyes open.
Li Beidou looked at the bastards hugging each other, and couldn't help but think of his past life. Didn't those so-called successful people in the past life also spend their time with dinner and the rich nightlife after dinner.
It seems that the Chinese people are indeed very dedicated, and their love for this kind of entertainment has not changed for more than a thousand years, but the name has changed somewhat.
What club, what spa, what foot bath should be called in the previous life...
Li Beidou didn't have much interest in the girl accompanying him. It wasn't that he had any mysophobia, but he simply didn't like this kind of professional player.
Cheng Ruoshui came to Li Beidou as though he was drunk, pulled away the little girl who was groping around him, and said in a low voice: "Brother, I heard that the courtiers don't seem to be satisfied, and it seems that someone is messing with him."
Li Beidou, who had not drunk much, immediately became interested, "What do you mean?"
Cheng Ruoshui betrayed his sister directly, "I heard from my roommate that the palace heard the news, and she doesn't know who took the lead."
Li Beidou naturally had a good impression of Cheng Ruobing, who looked the same as in his previous life, "How could she know about the palace?"
Cheng Ruoshui said bitterly: "My sister-in-law and Li Zhong have been playmates since childhood. They are as close as siblings. They often go to the East Palace to play. It seems that they heard about it somewhere."
Li Beidou was a little jealous for some reason. He knew that she was not her, but he still felt weird.
It was already late at night when I returned to Li's house. I looked at my grandfather's study and hesitated for a long time, but finally didn't go in.
The next day, as Cheng Ruoshui said, the atmosphere in the court was very wrong.
