Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 94

There is an expectation value in getting along with each other, and the only difference lies in the level of this expectation value.

For example, if the other party is a person who often does good deeds, then everyone will generally have high expectations of him, and hope that he can always do good deeds. If one day this person suddenly does something bad, then everyone will respect him He was very disappointed.

On the contrary, if the other party is a person who often does bad things, then everyone's expectations of him are undoubtedly very low. Generally, people only expect him to do two less bad things, because if the expectations are high, everyone will feel unrealistic .

And if he suddenly does something good at this time, everyone will feel very happy, thinking that this person is actually curable.

One is a good guy who occasionally does a bad thing, and the other is a bad guy who suddenly does a good thing, but everyone reacts to them completely differently, which is the impact of high or low expectations.

And Gao Ming's current situation is undoubtedly the latter.

When Li Chengqian was the crown prince, it can be said that the entire Tang Dynasty was disappointed with him. Those who expected Li Shimin to choose another crown prince have never stopped, but Li Shimin has never agreed, and even let the seriously ill stay at home. Wei Zheng served as the prince's grand teacher to show his determination not to replace the prince.

In fact, to be honest, Li Shimin was also very hesitant, because according to the royal family's rule of "establishing the elders but not the young", he himself is not qualified to be emperor, so after he came to power, he desperately discredited Li Jiancheng, and at the same time he was also conscientious in managing Datang , I am afraid that everyone will gossip.

Under such circumstances, if he changed the crown prince, wouldn't that be equivalent to telling others that Lao Li's upper beam is not upright and his lower beam is crooked?

Therefore, even though Li Shimin was very disappointed with Li Chengqian, he still hoped that Li Chengqian could restrain himself a little, at least not to become the laughing stock of Datang.

It can be seen from this that the expectations of Gao Ming in the entire Tang Dynasty are very low, even so low that he is not required to have much ability, as long as he does not cause trouble and lose face.

But since Gao Ming replaced Li Chengqian, the changes that have taken place in him can be said to have far exceeded Li Shimin's expectations. There are more smiles.

Not only Li Shimin was happy, but even the ministers were also happy.

For civil servants, whether it is "Ai Lian Shuo" or "Humble Room Inscription", or the "Gaoming Conversation with Rhymes" that has been spread now, they all make their eyes shine, which makes the flame in their hearts that was about to be extinguished rekindle. up.

As for the military generals, Gao Ming's several performances in the court could be called courageous and resourceful. Although the methods were a bit nasty, they were very suitable for the generals like them.

The most important thing is that in the eyes of the generals, even Gao Ming, who is so useless as Li Yin, is willing to help him. It can be seen that the prince is a kind and righteous person. Will you treat them badly?

Even Cheng Yaojin, a cunning man, couldn't help jumping out to test Gao Ming. It can be seen that the prince Gao Ming is quite good in the hearts of the generals.

It can be said that today's Gao Ming has far exceeded everyone's expectations, so in everyone's opinion, he is a good prince, and he will be a good emperor in the future. If he is not on his side, where else can he stand? side?

Cheng Yaojin also thought so, so when Gao Ming admitted in front of him that he didn't like Hou Junji, Cheng Yaojin was so happy that he even used the same rhetoric he used when he was a bandit.

"Since the prince said so, my old Cheng's life will be yours from now on. As long as you say a word, my old Cheng is willing to go up the mountain of swords and down to the sea of ​​fire. Of course, rebellion is definitely not allowed. My old Cheng has rebelled all his life. It's old now..."

"..."

Hearing that Cheng Yaojin had started to "sell old", Gao Ming shook his head helplessly.

"Uncle Cheng thinks too much, do you think I still need to rebel? It doesn't sound good, even if I am useless, as long as I don't make any big mistakes, the throne will fall to me sooner or later, even if I can’t do it if I don’t want to, so you don’t have to help me rebel, Uncle Cheng, you just need to make it impossible for others to rebel against me!”

Hearing what Gao Ming said, Cheng Yaojin immediately slapped his chest with a "bang bang".

"Your Highness, don't worry, my old Cheng just went to wipe out the Liao people a few years ago, and now I'm pretty good at it. If Your Highness doesn't believe me, I'll use Ma Yang to practice for His Highness!"

"..."

You just said that you are getting old, and you are going to perform martial arts with a horse. Are you farting just now?
At this time Gao Ming was powerless to complain, seeing that Cheng Yaojin had already walked out of the study to carry his weapon, Gao Ming quickly stopped him.

"Uh... that... Uncle Cheng, there's no need for this Ma Qiang. You see, we've already finished talking about this matter, and it's not too early..."

Gao Ming's implication was that he was going to leave, but Cheng Yaojin didn't seem to hear it at all, he just dragged Gao Ming to the backyard, and then took out his own horse and danced wildly in the backyard, and the dust danced wildly.

After drinking about a cup of tea, Cheng Yaojin was still a little dissatisfied, so he simply asked his two sons, Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chuliang, to be called over.

After the two arrived, they first bowed their hands to Gao Ming, and then the father and son took out their weapons and started a scuffle in front of Gao Ming in the backyard.

All of a sudden, the sound of weapons colliding suddenly rang out.

Cheng Yaojin is only in his early forties now, so it can be said that he is in the prime of life, Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chuliang are his opponents, and before a cup of tea, they were blown away by his weapons and knocked to the ground.

After beating his two sons to the ground, Cheng Yaojin laughed and stopped, then walked up to Gao Ming with the weapon on his shoulders.

"What do you think of the old man, Your Highness?"

Looking at the confident Cheng Yaojin, Gao Ming couldn't laugh or cry.

"Uncle Cheng is naturally the unparalleled warrior of the Tang Dynasty, but the two virtuous brothers are lying on the ground, are they really all right?"

While Gao Ming was talking, he glanced worriedly at the Cheng brothers who were still lying on the ground, but Cheng Yaojin obviously didn't have this worry, and immediately went up and kicked each of them.

"Useless things, why don't you get up for me quickly, the old Cheng family doesn't have a coward lying on the ground pretending to be a dead dog, why don't you get up for me soon?"

After being kicked by Cheng Yaojin, Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chuliang quickly stood up, and then cupped their hands towards Gao Ming.

Gao Ming also walked to their side at this time, and then patted the shoulders of both of them.

"Sure enough, he is a general. With two virtuous younger brothers, the Cheng family will be regarded as successors in the future. My Tang Dynasty also has two more generals!"

Gao Ming's words were obviously suspected of being flattering, but who cares about this at this time, as soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chuliang immediately bowed and saluted him, and Cheng Yaojin burst out laughing.

"Hahahaha, His Royal Highness is serious, these two brats are still far behind, hahahaha..."

(End of this chapter)