"Your Majesty has arrived..."
Wang De shouted with a wink, and then opened the door for Li Shimin.
Li Shimin did not go in, but stood outside the house and looked at the three people in the house.
Li Tai quickly stood up and came out. Wang Tao and Lin Bei also quickly followed behind Li Tai.
"My son has met my father."
"I have met your Majesty."
The two people quickly bowed and saluted Li Shiming. This was their first time meeting His Majesty.
Li Shimin, however, straightened his face and stared coldly at the two aides beside the King of Yue. He remembered that he had not assigned any subordinate officials to Li Ke. These two people were at best aides, and they dared to call themselves ministers?
"Who are you?"
The corners of their mouths twitched at the same time, and they quickly looked at Li Tai. If the King of Yue didn't say anything, had he already reported to the court and appointed them as subordinate officials of the Yue King's Mansion?
Li Tai was shocked. He had reported to the court and recommended the two of them, but he did not receive a reply from the court. He quickly said: "Father, they are the staff recruited by my son, and now they are working for him... "
Li Shimin looked at Li Tai and said calmly: "Qingque, don't you know that only officials appointed by the imperial court can call themselves ministers?"
"I remember that since they have not been accepted by the imperial court, they cannot call themselves ministers."
Li Tai cupped his hands and said, "Father, I know I was wrong."
Seeing Li Tai's careful look, Li Shimin burst out laughing, walked straight into the study, and sat where Li Ke sat.
Afterwards, he looked through the memorials that Li Tai had reviewed, and his face became unkind. Damn it, is this son a fool?
I locked myself in the study, with two people around me, and reviewed ten memorials. It was still extremely sloppy and my solution to the problem was very violent.
He was very doubtful at this moment. Is Jiangdong really like what Li Tai and local officials reported, with prosperous commerce and people living and working in peace and contentment?
When he saw a document about the governor of Yangzhou, he suddenly lost his composure and his face was extremely ugly, as if he had seen the resentment boiling among the people in Jiangdong.
They all say that the prince is a fool. This green bird is usually extremely shrewd and very methodical in doing things. How can he be worse than a fool now?
In other words, everything he did just now was acting for Li Shimin to see.
When Li Tai saw Li Shimin starting to check his homework, it seemed that he was back to the time when he was studying. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead. The other two were not much better!
Li Tai knew that he didn't read some memorials at all, he was just showing off.
After a long time.
Li Shimin suppressed the anger in his heart and said calmly: "Since you have been granted a fiefdom, you must have talented and virtuous subordinate officials. I have discussed it with the three provinces, and the three provinces have recommended candidates. I will be there soon." Come to your house to report."
Li Tai: "..."
Wang Tao and Lin Bei felt extremely cold. The imperial court did not like them, and His Majesty had no intention of letting them become officials of the King of Yue.
The two of them followed the King of Yue and even handed over all their family wealth to the King of Yue. In the end, they got nothing. What happened?
Li Shimin looked at the three people. Originally, he came here today just to have fun and to promote the two people recommended by the King of Yue to officials of the King of Yue's palace. Unexpectedly, he was rejected.
This is the second one. In the past few days, the prince was deposed and everyone in the court asked for the establishment of a prince. Qingque, the little bastard, relied on his status as the legitimate second son and became more and more unruly. He even tried to win over important ministers in the court.
Why is this kid so stupid?
I'm still alive!
Why are you trying to win over important ministers?
I have already lost a son, and I cannot lose another one because of the position of the prince. This bastard must be beaten.
You can't be too ambitious in life, and you want to run before you even learn to walk?
Ordinary people can fall and start over, but if you are the emperor, the king of a country, you will not have the chance to start over again after you fall.
If the emperor makes a mistake, tens of thousands of people may be displaced and starve to death.
"Qingque, I ask you, what should be the most important thing for a king of a country?"
"The people are the most important, the king is the most important, and the country is the second most important thing. Of course, the people are the most important. My father once said that water can carry a boat but it can also capsize it. I dare not forget this."
Li Shimin continued to ask: "What about the prince?"
"The prince is the crown prince, so of course he follows the king's example."
"What about the prince who just granted a land title?"
"We should imitate the king and the prince and put the people first, so that the people in the fiefdom can have enough food and clothing and live and work in peace and contentment."
"Then as the king of Jiangdong, what do you do?"
Li Shimin picked up the memorial of Yangzhou Governor and threw it hard.
Li Tai was startled and quickly picked up the memorial. Suddenly, beads of sweat fell to the ground on his forehead.
In order to fool his father, he had just approved it casually, but now he looked at it and thought, holy shit, how could he agree to this?
It turned out that this was a memorial sent by the governor of Yangzhou. It mentioned that taxes in Yangzhou were much lower than last year. However, in order to claim credit, the King of Yue reported a higher number than last year, so he could not collect enough money and food this year.
The governor of Yangzhou requested that the commercial tax be increased a little, and then some idle official land in Jiangdong counties be sold, so that the taxes reported this year could be collected.
"Commercial tax has been stipulated by the imperial court. How can it be changed at your request? Official land is the last barrier of the imperial court. You can sell it at your request?"
Li Shimin was so angry that he really wanted to confiscate the family of Yangzhou Governor and exterminate his clan.
Li Tai knelt on the ground with a thump and shouted: "Father, my son..."
call!
Li Shimin stood up and said calmly: "Forget it about the military workshop. I will reassign it to others."
"From today on, you will reflect carefully in the palace. Without my will, you will not leave the palace."
Li Tai was so angry that he actually killed himself!
But at this point, he didn't even have a reason to explain, so he could only endure it all silently.
"My son obeys the order!"
Li Shimin stood up, walked to the door, and said without looking back: "Your subordinate officers will come to report tomorrow. Follow them and learn hard!"
"My son, I obey!"
Li Tai sent Li Shimin to the gate of the palace and watched Li Shimin leave. After a long time, he returned to the palace with a gloomy face, and then started smashing things.
Li Shimin was in a bad mood. After getting on the carriage, he kept his eyes closed and rested without saying a word.
The choice of this prince really troubled him.
He originally thought that Qingque was kind-hearted, sensible since he was a child, had a delicate heart, and was excellent in all aspects. But today he discovered that this guy has an ambition, and an ambition that is incompetent.
You don’t even know how to employ people!
Wang Tao and Lin Bei are both children of aristocratic families. They are things packaged by aristocratic families. I have tried my best to get aristocratic families, but you have to let them gain a foothold in the court and restart these aristocratic families in the future.
The aristocratic family and the imperial power are natural enemies!
Biquge
