Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 31 The Shrewd Fang Xuanling
As the prime minister of the current dynasty, Fang Xuanling can be said to be one of the successful models of literati, so when he said the "monster" son, not only Li Shimin, but also Kong Yingda and Yu Zhining next to him frowned .

Seeing their expressions, Fang Xuanling's expression remained unchanged, and he immediately cupped his hands towards Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, the prince was smart and well-behaved when he was young, and he was praised by the world as a good man, but when he grows up, his temperament has changed drastically. Don't His Majesty think that the change is too great?"

In fact, human beings are the most susceptible animals to be influenced by the outside world, and it is normal to have temperament changes, but at this moment, when Fang Xuanling said this, not only did no one object, but they all showed contemplative expressions.
Seeing everyone's expressions, Fang Xuanling secretly smiled, and then continued.

"Moreover, since His Majesty cut off Xiaoxiao from the East Palace, the prince has changed completely. Not only has he seen through the disaster of Jindan, but he has also created such a wonderful way of punctuating sentences. Now he has even written "Ai Lian Shuo" With such a good article, besides being bewitched by monsters, does Your Majesty think there are other possibilities?"

When educated people talk about science, they naturally speak clearly and logically, but when they talk about superstition, they follow one after another, so that people get caught up without knowing it.

For example, now Li Shimin believes it.

"Hmph, I just said how my prince turned into what he was before. It turned out that it was the demons who caused the trouble. I just didn't realize it earlier, so I let these demons bewitch the prince!"

Seeing Li Shimin's righteous indignation, Fang Xuanling hastily bowed to him again.

"Your Majesty does not need to be responsible. Now that the demons have been eliminated, His Highness the Crown Prince has returned to the past. This is something to be congratulated on. What's more, His Highness can write an article like "Ai Lian Shuo". Too late."

Hearing Fang Xuanling's words, Li Shimin nodded and showed a satisfied smile.

"What Fang Aiqing said was that, in fact, yesterday, Wei Aiqing made a confession to me and praised the prince strongly. It can be seen that the prince is really different from before."

As soon as Li Shimin's topic came to an end, the three people below immediately looked at each other, but they only found surprise in each other's eyes.

Even Wei Zheng said good things to the prince?
After hearing the news, Fang Xuanling looked calm on the surface, but smiled with satisfaction in his heart.

"It seems that the move just now was really right!"

In fact, when Fang Xuanling brought up the "demon" argument just now, it was naturally not what he really thought in his heart. The reason why he said that was because he saw that Li Shimin's view of the prince had changed.

As a top-notch court official, Fang Xuanling knew exactly what to say. For example, this time Li Shimin called the three of them into the imperial study room. Did he really just want them to read the article?

The answer was naturally no. From Fang Xuanling's point of view, Li Shimin's move was sending a signal to them—he began to value the prince!

After reaching this conclusion, Fang Xuanling immediately began to think about how to get rid of Li Chengqian's bad reputation.

This matter is not difficult for Fang Xuanling. You know, he even washed away Li Shimin's notoriety for launching the Xuanwumen rebellion. With the experience last time, he wanted to wash away Li Chengqian's ridiculous Names can be said to be a piece of cake.

The old rules, since Li Shimin has already killed someone, shouldn't it be enough to just blame the dead person?

Fang Xuanling defined the people who were killed in the East Palace as monsters, which not only preserved the reputation of the prince, but also gave Li Shimin the reputation of killing demons and eliminating demons.

You know, indiscriminate killing and killing demons are completely different things!

It can be said that Fang Xuanling's words not only won the favor of Li Shimin, but also made friends with the prince, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone!
And most importantly, the huge changes that have taken place in Li Chengqian can fully support Fang Xuanling's statement and make this statement more credible. bright.

The flattery of masters has always been colorless and tasteless, and Fang Xuanling is undoubtedly the best in this way!
Satisfied, Li Shimin not only kept the three of them for dinner, but also gave each of them two crumpled old radishes for them to take home to eat when they left.

After watching the three leave the imperial study with great gratitude, Li Shimin asked someone to bring over a bowl of lotus root and carp soup, and started talking to himself while drinking it.

"Well, the lotus root is indeed much more delicious than the reed in the cellar..."

At this time, Li Shimin suddenly felt that he began to like lotus, and he even wondered whether he should ask someone to dig some lotus roots in Taiye Pond.

While Li Shimin was still in the stage of thinking, Gao Ming had already put it into action. After lunch, he took a few followers to Taiye Pool.

Taiye Pond is located in the north of Daming Palace in Chang'an City. It was excavated in the eighth year of Li Shimin's accession to the throne. It has been dug for nine years and is still under construction. It is conceivable that its scale is naturally not Small ponds such as fish and algae ponds can be compared.

However, what Gao Ming valued was naturally not its size, but the lotus roots at the bottom of its pond.

The lotus roots dug from the fish and algae ponds had been given by Gao Ming to the female officials of the East Palace, and the fish and algae ponds had also been cleaned up by Li Shimin, so naturally there were no lotus roots left, so Gao Ming named the Taiye ponds. idea.

The water in Taiye Pond was a bit deep, so this time Gao Ming didn't plan to go into the water by himself, anyway, there was no shortage of people with good water skills in the palace, so he found several people with good water skills as soon as he gave an order.

There is an old saying that goes well in numbers, that there is strength in numbers. Gao Ming took people out and came back not long after, and each of the people he took out carried a large bag full of lotus roots.

The leader was a burly man. When digging the lotus root just now, Gao Ming discovered that this man has the best water quality and the highest efficiency. Others can only dig up a lotus root after floating up for two or three times. Take the lead, when you take the lead, you already have two lotus root in your hand.

It can be said that he alone is better than two or three other people.

Looking at this burly man, Gao Ming nodded in satisfaction.

"Your skill is very good, what's your name?"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, the big man suddenly showed a look of astonishment.

"Reporting to Your Highness, the last general is Hegan Chengji? The last general has been with His Highness since the reign of Wude. Don't you remember me, Your Highness?"

At this moment, He Gan Chengji's face was astonished with a hint of grievance, like an abandoned puppy.

Hearing his words, the corners of Gao Ming's eyes twitched several times.

Damn, I didn't expect to be an acquaintance!
However, Gao Ming already had a way to deal with such a situation. Seeing Hegan Chengji's astonished expression, Gao Ming immediately let out a long sigh.

"Well, actually, the prince had a serious illness before, and many people have forgotten many things, but Hegan Chengji, I remember that you and a man named Zhang Sizheng seem to be my guards, right? Where is Zhang Sizheng, here you come No?"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, there was a "plop", and another burly man next to him knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists towards Gao Ming.

"The last general, Zhang Sizheng, is willing to die for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

It may be because of being too excited, but Zhang Sizheng's voice was trembling at this time.

Hearing his words, Gao Ming's eyes narrowed immediately.

"It seems that what is recorded in history is indeed correct. He Gan Chengji and Zhang Sizheng should be the leaders of the dead men around Li Chengqian. So, there should be more than 100 dead men under their hands?"

Thinking of this, Gao Ming's heart suddenly became inexplicably excited.

(End of this chapter)