Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 93 Visiting Cheng Yaojin

After eating, Li Ke and Li Yin took their leave and left. After they left, Gao Ming asked the servant to bring two buckets of bean sprouts, and then left the palace with Li Mingda.

Gao Ming was going out of the palace this time to visit Cheng Yaojin, and the reason why he brought Li Mingda with him was to serve as a precaution.

For example, if one day a troublesome guy goes to Li Shimin to sue Gao Ming, saying that he has made friends with the military officer in private, at that time, Gao Ming can argue that he is not visiting Cheng.

It was Li Mingda who missed her sister, Princess Qinghe, and that's why he took Li Mingda to Cheng Yaojin's mansion. In this way, no one could fault him.

As the saying goes, "the position determines the head", Gao Ming is now the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, and he is still the kind of crown prince whose position is not stable, so he naturally has more things to consider.

Just after noon, Gao Ming and his party arrived at Cheng's residence. Cheng Yaojin seemed to have expected him to come, so he asked people to wait at the door early on. Gao Ming and his party had just arrived, and they were welcomed by Cheng's people.

When Gao Ming walked into Cheng's mansion, Cheng Yaogang just walked out, and he burst out laughing when he saw Gao Ming.

"Hahahaha, I, Old Cheng, know that His Highness the Crown Prince will definitely come, so come and serve wine!"

"..."

Others usually serve tea when they meet guests, why did they directly serve wine when they came to Cheng Yaojin?
Looking at the enthusiastic Cheng Yaojin, Gao Ming quickly waved his hand towards him.

"Uncle Cheng, don't be too polite, my nephew just ate before coming here, and now my stomach is still full, let's talk about this wine when we eat!"

When Cheng Yaojin heard it, he also felt that Gao Ming's words were reasonable, so he nodded decisively, and then shouted at the servants again.

"Come here, prepare thirty catties of good wine for the old man. During the dinner, the old man must not get drunk with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"..."

Hearing that Cheng Yaojin asked someone to prepare thirty catties of wine, Gao Ming was once again stunned.

There is no distilled wine in Tang Dynasty, so the general wine is made by pressing after fermentation, so the degree is not too high, that is, it is less than [-] degrees.

But no matter how low the alcohol content is, it is still wine. The alcohol content of beer is only five degrees. Two boxes can still drink it, and many people can't find it, let alone liquor.

So when Gao Ming heard Cheng Yaojin tell someone to prepare thirty catties of good wine, he immediately made up his mind not to eat at Cheng Yaojin's house.

"Uh... that... Uncle Cheng, let's talk about business first!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Cheng Yaojin also put away his carefree expression just now, he nodded cautiously, and then asked someone to lead Li Mingda to the backyard, while he led Gao Ming into the study.

After closing the door of the study, Cheng Yaojin went straight to the point.

"His Royal Highness, forgive me for my old Cheng's blunt words. A few days ago, the Qianniu of the East Palace was stolen from Helan Chushi's mansion. As far as I know, apart from some gold and silver, it seems that some letters were also lost."

Speaking of this, Cheng Yaojin immediately grinned at Gao Ming.

"However, what is strange is that Helan Chushi didn't seem to care about the lost gold and silver. Instead, he desperately searched for those letters. After searching to no avail, he hastily resigned from the position of Qianniu in the Eastern Palace, and then took With his wife and children returning home, what do you think of this matter, Your Highness?"

After finishing speaking, Cheng Yaojin looked at Gao Ming intently, seeing his expression, Gao Ming laughed immediately.

"Haha, since Uncle Cheng has already guessed it, why bother to test my nephew? Yes, I sent someone to do it, but I really don't know about his resignation, but even if I knew, I wouldn't embarrass him."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Cheng Yaojin immediately laughed too.

"You won't embarrass him. It doesn't mean that Hou Junji won't embarrass him either. No matter what time it is, people who cheat on others are not pleasing. If they fall into the hands of my old Cheng, they will be dragged out and marked thirty. Battalion!"

After finishing speaking, Cheng Yaojin patted Gao Ming's shoulder with a smile on his face.

"His Royal Highness, my old Cheng underestimated you, and Hou Junji underestimated you, or in other words, all the civil and military officials in the Tang Dynasty underestimated you. If you trust me, you can come to my old man if you have anything to do in the future. Cheng Shi, don't go looking for Hou Junji again, that kid is ambitious and not a good thing!"

Cheng Yaojin's words are so straightforward, obviously trying to discredit others, but it gives people a sense of magnanimity.

Seeing Cheng Yaojin with a frank face, Gao Ming nodded immediately.

"If my nephew can't even trust Uncle Cheng, who else can trust him? Hou Junji studied the art of war with the Duke of Wei in his early years, and he obviously has a teacher-student friendship. Instead of repaying his teacher's kindness, he even framed Wei Guo Public conspiracy, how can such a person deserve my trust?"

The Duke of Wei is Li Jing. As a military strategist with both civil and military skills, Li Jing is also a great general of the Tang Dynasty. Even Hou Junji once learned the art of war from him.

But after the war was over, Li Jing refused to teach Hou Junji the art of war, so Hou Junji went to Li Shimin to sue Li Jing for treason.

When Li Shimin asked about this matter, Li Jing also told Li Shimin that the art of war is needed in war, but now that the Tang Dynasty is at peace, Hou Junji is still so eager to learn all the art of war, so the one who wants to rebel is Hou Junji was right.

What Li Jing said at the time was actually correct, but Li Shimin didn't believe it.

After this incident, although Hou Junji became Minister of the Ministry of War and a powerful general in the Tang Dynasty, people like Li Ji and Cheng Yaojin actually looked down on him.

Cheng Yaojin used to think that Li Chengqian was a waste, so no matter how he played with Hou Junji, Cheng Yaojin could not see it, but now it is different, Gao Ming's shrewdness completely overturned Cheng Yaojin's original thinking, so he also Started to pay attention to Donggong.

After Helan Chushi's house was stolen, generals Cheng Yaojin, Li Ji, and Li Jing instinctively smelled something unusual. After searching, they found some clues, and the source of all this pointed to Gao Ming. , so there was Cheng Yaojin's temptation to Gao Ming after the early dynasty.

Cheng Yaojin did this not because he was reckless, but because he knew that as long as he was a normal-minded person, no one would be willing to be used for nothing.

The same is true for Gao Ming, so sooner or later he and Hou Junji will fall out, and Cheng Yaojin understands this, so he speaks to Gao Ming so bluntly.

In other words, Cheng Yaojin has already started to stand in line.

Whether it is a civil servant or a general, there are always many important choices in life, and the first choice of Cheng Yaojin and others is Xuanwumen. Facts have proved that they succeeded, and their identity and status have been qualitatively leaped from the ministers of the dragon. .

And when Gao Ming appeared again with a different attitude, these experienced generals of the Tang Dynasty keenly discovered that their second important life decision had arrived!

(End of this chapter)