"Xuan'er, you...have you been drinking?"
After returning home, Li Zexuan wanted to go back to the west courtyard to rest, but he met his mother in the front yard.
Although there was not much alcohol left in his body, the alcohol forced out of his body was stained on his clothes. Mrs. Li smelled a strong smell of alcohol from a distance and was shocked.
It has been so long since Li Zexuan returned from Longhu Mountain, Li Jingmo and Mrs. Li have long known that their son does not drink alcohol, and at most he drinks the non-intoxicating gentle country.
How could he not be surprised to see his son drunk at this moment?
"Mom, the kid is fine! The wine was just accidentally spilled on the kid by a servant in the palace just now. The kid is not drunk!"
Li Zexuan explained with a smile.
Mrs. Li saw that her son spoke clearly and his thinking was not chaotic. She breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Haha, that's good! Xuan'er, you can go and do your own work! Mom and your father will arrange for someone to buy some food for you in the afternoon. What are the wedding gifts? In a few days, my Xuan'er will get married!"
"Well, the kid is gone!"
Li Zexuan's heart moved and he estimated the days. He was about to get married in about a week. In his previous life, he had studied hard for more than ten years and was about to start working. He was not even married yet, but because of a banquet, he got married. Inexplicably transported to this era.
But now, he was actually getting married, and Li Zexuan felt inexplicably complicated in his heart.
"Master! Madam! Someone is coming from the palace!"
Sanbao came over in a hurry and bowed down to report.
"Ah~? Please invite the angel in!"
Mrs. Li exclaimed.
"Xuan'er, you go entertain the angels first, and mom goes to call your dad."
"Mom, no need. Your Majesty should have sent someone to call me. I can do it by myself. You and my father can go and do your work!"
Li Zexuan knew it well, he shook his head and said.
"Well, Xuan'er, your Majesty won't cause trouble for you, right?"
"Mom, no, the baby will be fine for sure! Go quickly! The baby should go to the palace soon."
Li Zexuan smiled and replied.
"Then... then I'll go first, mother!"
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"Sir, Your Majesty has a decree for you to come to the palace immediately to pay homage!"
After a while, a waiter from the Huangmen came in with a fly whisk and said to Li Zexuan.
"Well, little father-in-law, wait a moment, I will go with you!"
Li Zexuan was not surprised. After his argument with Kong Yingda in the morning, he thought that Li Er would ask him to question him. Looking at it now, it was indeed the case.
He asked the chamberlain to wait in the main hall for a while, then he went to the west courtyard to change clothes, and then the two of them took a car together and headed to the palace.
"Your Majesty, the man from Li County is here!"
Manna Hall.
Li Er was reading a book. When he heard this, he said one word expressionlessly, "Xuan!"
"It's said that the man from Li County has an audience~!"
"I see your Majesty!"
When Li Zexuan heard the eunuch's summons, he walked in with small steps and saluted Li Er.
This is not the first time he has come to this Manna Palace. As the saying goes, once it’s new, it’s the second time it’s familiar!
Silence, then the hall fell into silence.
Li Er didn't say anything, and Li Zexuan had nothing to say. Li Zexuan knew that Lao Li was angry with him today, and he was probably deliberately putting pressure on him now!
But Li Zexuan was not guilty. Although he went a little too far with the newspaper matter this time, he still made a marginal move and did not cross the red line. As for secretly hiring children to defecate in front of Cui Shanyou and other people's homes, What he did was very secretive, so no one would get caught.
Therefore, there is no reason for Li Er to do anything to him because of this matter. The worst he can do is quit the Imperial College! Anyway, he stayed in the Imperial College. Apart from teaching students, he never thought about fighting for power and wealth. He just lived a happy life.
After resurrecting his life and having been an official for so long, Li Zexuan was already very confident!
"Ahem, do you know why I called you here today?"
Li Er saw that he deliberately suppressed his aura and failed to scare Li Zexuan, and couldn't help but feel a little angry. He secretly thought that this kid is no longer as timid as he was when he first entered the officialdom. He has become an old man now.
It is impossible for the two of them to remain silent like this forever. As the emperor, Li Er still has a lot of things to do! So he took the lead to speak out.
"Your Majesty is as wise as the sea, and I dare not make any assumptions~~"
Li Zexuan gave him a gift of snake oil.
The way he looks now, he really looks like a seasoned official. It's hard to imagine that more than two months ago, this guy was just a timid newcomer who just entered the officialdom.
"Bastard! I tell you to say it, so you say it!"
Li Er put down the book in his hand and said angrily.
"Well, I think your Majesty must have read today's newspaper, so..."
Li Zexuan said in confusion.
"Hmph! It seems you know it too! Come and tell me what you want to do with the headlines in today's newspaper?"
Li Er snorted coldly and said.
"Back to Your Majesty, I know that Your Majesty must be angry with today's news headlines and think that I am deliberately smearing Dr. Cui and others. But Your Majesty does not know. The so-called news refers to things that have been heard recently. Datang Daily reported that The purpose of running a newspaper is to seek truth from facts. We cannot protect and condone the people we report on because they hold high positions. No matter who they are, we will treat them equally."
Li Zexuan said what he had already prepared in his heart.
"Haha~~, according to what you said, you still regard your "Datang Daily" as a folk "censor"?"
It was the first time that Li Er heard such a fresh statement, but he couldn't help but sneered.
"Your Majesty, this is what I mean. Our Tang Dynasty has tens of thousands of territories, and the total number of officials and minor officials in various prefectures is tens of thousands. It's okay around Chang'an. Officials in some remote areas will inevitably lose their supervision. I think , once power loses supervision, corruption will inevitably occur. When Chen founded "Datang Daily" at that time, he wanted to develop it in the future. By then, the reporters of "Datang Daily" would be in every corner of Datang, corrupt officials everywhere There will be no escape for dirty officials, and this can be regarded as a disguised way to rectify the officialdom for the imperial court!"
Seeing that he had successfully deflected the topic, Li Zexuan quickly kept up his efforts and continued to lie.
Li Er frowned and fell into deep thought.
In the early days of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, great efforts were indeed made to rectify the official administration. Therefore, the official administration in various parts of the Tang Dynasty is still relatively clear, and there have been no major corruption cases. However, Li Er was a very far-sighted king, and he knew very well that Most of the reasons for the collapse of previous dynasties were due to the corruption of domestic officials at the end of the dynasty. Li Zexuan's words seemed to give him a new idea to solve the problem of official corruption, which made him unable to help but Start seriously considering the feasibility of this approach.
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