Chapter 491 Monarch and Subject Evil
The emperor hoped that Qin Lang would confess his personal relationship with Zheng Wanyan himself.
Although Li Junxian reported that according to Baiqisi's investigation, there was no personal relationship between Qin Lang and Zheng Jieyu, and there was no normal contact with each other, so they were innocent.
But Li Shimin didn't believe it at all. The more Li Junxian said he was innocent, the more he thought there was something wrong.
The unwilling emperor issued a secret decree to Eunuch Wang of the Dianqian Division and Zhang Liang of the Zhenfu Division at the same time, asking them to investigate the matter secretly.
But the results are similar.
Dianqian Division dug up a little bit of gossip, and Zhen Fu Division found some experiences of Mrs. Zheng in the Qin Mansion before entering the palace.
But without exception, they did not find any evidence that Zheng Shi had an affair with Qin Lang, not to mention after Zheng Shi entered the palace, even during the time before entering the palace, the two of them seldom met and talked. Don't talk about personal affairs.
But the emperor would not believe it.
Now this matter has been tormenting the emperor.
In the emperor's mind, he even changed Zheng's original sentence, remembering that Zheng said that she would rather be a slave by Qin Lang's side than be the emperor's woman in the palace, let alone give the emperor have a baby.
The emperor was stunned.
He thinks that Li Junxian cannot be trusted because he has a very good relationship with Qin Qiong and his son. I don't think Zhang Liang can be trusted, because the Zhenfu Division was founded by Qin Lang, and most of the people in it are Qin Lang's former department. Even the Dianqian Secretary could not be trusted, Qin Lang had a high position and authority, and the father and son had high prestige in the high-ranking army. They did not dare to offend Qin Lang and his son, and they were covering for him.
After Qin Lang understood what happened, he scolded Li Shimin for being crazy.
There is no one who insists on wearing a cuckold on his head, but rushes to wear it.
"Qin Lang, if you and the Zheng family are really in love, I can help you both."
"Your Majesty, is it possible that the minister is the master of high meritorious deeds? Whether it is sealed or sealed, your majesty is going to kill someone with a knife? If so, why don't you bluntly say, why do you want to use an innocent poor woman?"
Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said, "Just you, the master of high merit? Your contribution is indeed not small, but when it comes to the master of high merit, that is a joke. Who in the world can compare with my achievements? I have achieved peace through a hundred battles In the establishment of the Great Tang Dynasty, half of my meritorious service was awarded to me, and the remaining half was shared equally by the Supreme Emperor's hidden prince."
The emperor said domineeringly, "Whether it is martial arts or martial arts, I dare to say that it is very good. Your achievements are all under the support of me. Without me, what do you think you can do? Your greatest achievement, brat, is nothing more than implementing the two tax laws, but without my support for these two tax laws, it would be difficult for you to take a single step!"
"Other achievements, such as the rebellion of Li Yuan Wang Junkuo in Pingyou Prefecture, the rebellion of Luo Yi in Pingbin Prefecture, locust control, epidemic control, famine relief, Buddhist suppression, including the recovery of Hetao Daibei, these contributions are not small, but they are not enough. Master Gao Zhen."
Qin Lang nodded.
"I have always thought this way. Although I have contributed to conspiring to calm the chaos, although I have contributed to suppressing rebellion and peace, although I have contributed to formulating policies and legislation, and although I have contributed to disaster relief and epidemic prevention, all these credits add up. Nothing to do, all rely on His Majesty's trust and support, only with the support of the imperial court, can this be successful. The real big work should belong to His Majesty, and the merits of ministers are only small ones."
"Your Majesty trusts your ministers, and when you meet your majesty, you must appreciate and trust you, so you can show your ambition and talent. Without your majesty, your minister is just a noble son. How could it be possible to pay homage to the prime minister twice and become the prince's teacher when you are less than 20 years old?"
"I have always been very grateful for your Majesty's appreciation. I don't understand why Your Majesty has such doubts today? I am young, but there is no shortage of women. If Your Majesty suspects that Mrs. Zheng had a relationship with me when she was in my house before entering the palace, then It is also a very normal thing. But, before she entered the palace, I told His Majesty that she has no personal relationship, so I would never dare to deceive you."
"After Mrs. Zheng entered the palace, she became His Majesty's woman. There are differences between monarchs and ministers. How dare ministers do such things as deceiving the emperor?"
"Your Majesty's doubts today are really unreasonable. After much deliberation, I can only think that Your Majesty thinks that your Majesty's achievements are too high to be conferred, so I just want to take the opportunity to kill me."
Li Shimin was furious.
"Fart, am I that kind of king? I am not Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and I will not kill heroes. Even if you, Qin Lang, have made meritorious service, you will be able to threaten me?"
Qin Lang took off the beam crown on his head and threw it directly on the ground.
"In this case, the minister can only say that His Majesty is confused and suffering from paranoia. How wise is His Majesty not to reflect on himself when encountering problems, but always blame others?"
"Bastard!" Li Shimin was furious.
The monarch and his ministers are there with red eyes pushing the bull.
All the eunuchs and maids in the palace had already withdrawn from the palace and avoided it.
Tired of scolding, Li Shimin gasped and glared at Qin Lang.
"If you want, I don't have to pursue it. You can also arrange it. Let's say that Mrs. Zheng died suddenly in the palace, and then I will ask you to take Mrs. Zheng away. She can change her identity to follow you in the future."
"Disgusting!" Qin Lang yelled.
Li Shimin suddenly laughed out loud, almost out of breath.
After a long time, the emperor put away his smile and wiped away his tears.
"Okay, I also feel disgusted. Thinking about it, I feel that this matter is unreasonable. I don't know why. I suddenly became confused. I have been stuck for a long time because of this stupid thing, but I can't get out. But today I will talk to you You said such a phone call to the drum, and your attitude made me wake up."
Qin Lang sat on the floor, somewhat disheveled.
Facing the emperor's apology, he didn't accept it very much.
"Your Majesty is just frustrated with his self-esteem. He feels that all the women in the world should be eager to marry His Majesty and want to have children for His Majesty. Charm, Your Majesty can bring Li Yuan's concubine into the palace, and you can also bring the concubine of King Cao Ci into the palace, but not all women are willing to be the emperor's woman, and they are willing to bear children for the emperor. Even Such great emperors as Qin Huang, Han Wu, etc., can be praised and criticized by later generations, and many people will call them tyrants and foolish kings."
"Zheng Jieyu didn't give birth if she didn't want to. Why should your majesty be more serious about this? From my point of view, your majesty didn't accept the Zheng family into the palace because of any feelings for the Zheng family? It was more because of her. It's just a daughter of the Zheng family in Xingyang, right?"
When Qin Lang said this, the emperor felt a little embarrassed for a while, but now that he has said everything to this extent today, he doesn't care about Qin Lang's offense to him.
Anyway, I’ve said all the more exaggerated things, let this kid have a good time today.
"Go on, I want to see what kind of ivory you can spit out of your dog's mouth."
"If Your Majesty can't accept Zheng's refusal to conceive a dragon, then it's a big deal to send the Zheng family to accompany the concubine, and stop plowing this land in the future and stop spreading the seeds. If your majesty thinks that the Zheng family is trying to win over the Xingyang Zheng family The big deal is to let the Zheng family of Xingyang send another younger, more beautiful and more talented daughter into the palace, it is impossible for another Zheng family to come, and he will not be willing to conceive a dragon, right?"
"I believe that there are only a few women in this world who are unwilling to be a woman for the emperor and unwilling to bear children for the emperor."
Li Shimin sat down on the ground in the hall a little tired.
So the father and father sat on the ground without any rules. At this moment, there was no distinction between monarch and minister, and there was no longer any restraint of etiquette, so they let go of the chat.
Say what you want to say.
Li Shimin said that Zheng's daughter is just as annoying as the Zheng family, and that Zheng Wanyan is like a piece of wood every time she is in bed, with no interest.
Qin Lang's scalp felt numb, I'm your son-in-law, why are you telling me this?
"Sometimes I really envy you kid." The emperor sighed.
Qin Lang digs his ears, he can only listen to this kind of nonsense. Before he became emperor, he tried his best to seize the throne, but now he talks nonsense about envying others.
"If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. Since your majesty's ideal is to be a great Chinese emperor with a long history like Qin Huang and Han Wu, he must give up some things and endure more loneliness and loneliness than ordinary people."
"In my opinion, it is actually very simple to become a great emperor. As long as the human desires enjoyed by normal people are eliminated as much as possible and restrained as much as possible, then he can become a great emperor. To become a great An emperor is actually a road to becoming a god, he must not eat the fireworks of the world, even abandon the seven passions, and endure the long loneliness and loneliness, only in this way can he finally become an emperor and a god."
Ordinary mortals cannot become great emperors, but even gods.
Because mortals have too many desires and emotions, it is very easy to be led away by your desires and emotions, and it is easy to go astray.
"Your Majesty, even if I'm too young, it's also when my desires are strongest. If I'm a god, I won't be able to become a sage. I will make mistakes, and I like to enjoy myself."
"Now that the epidemic and famine have been brought under control, they are being alleviated step by step. I miss the concubines and children in Chang'an City."
"Last year, I took over the fiefdom and followed up with the fight against the epidemic and disaster relief. The minister's family was almost bankrupt. The farms everywhere were empty, the fields were also deserted, and the family treasury was also empty. Now the minister wants to resign and go home and take care of it first. Take care of the family business and restore the vitality of the family."
Li Shimin did not expect Qin Lang to resign at this time.
"I take back the nonsense I said earlier. You shouldn't be so suspicious of you and the Zheng family. You don't need to resign. There are hundreds of thousands of people waiting to be resettled on the Great Wall after the destruction of the East Turks. Restoration and reconstruction after the disaster are also imminent. , I cannot live without you."
"Your Majesty, I have done my duty to Your Majesty and the court, and now I have to take care of the family business. I am tired and want to rest for a while."
"Are you playing temper with me?"
"Don't dare, I really want to take care of my small family. If I don't sweep a house, why sweep the world? I also advise His Majesty. Although we want to be a great emperor and abandon our selfish desires, we are all human beings." , Your Majesty should also spend more time and energy on concubines and children in the harem."
Li Shimin thought about it.
"I will give you a two-month long vacation. You should take a good rest. As for resigning, don't talk about it."
"Okay, you can step back. Let's stay in this temple for today's affairs in the temple. Don't take it to heart when you leave the gate of this temple."
"Don't take to heart the stupid things I said today."
Qin Lang smiled wryly.
The emperor also has people, and the emperor will sometimes faint, so of course Qin Lang doesn't take the emperor's muddled words to heart, and it's useless to worry about them. Generally speaking, Li Shimin is still a relatively good emperor, so Qin Lang can not worry about these things, and don't have to worry about the emperor going crazy, and one day he will really attack him.
"The minister resigns!"
Qin Lang picked up his beam crown, put it on, and exited.
Li Shimin was still sitting on the floor, dazed.
After a long time, the emperor stood up with a long sigh, straightened his robes, and the emperor on earth returned to his original state.
(end of this chapter)