hsntnovel Chapter 1685 Do you know everything?
Chapter 1685 Do you know everything?
"Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you no matter what."
Li Shimin knocked lightly on the table twice.
"Haha, thank you very much for your protection, but I have no money now." Li Shen smiled servilely.
"Asshole, am I protecting you just because of your little money?"
Hearing Li Shen's words, Li Shimin immediately scolded him angrily.
"Isn't it?" Li Shen asked deliberately.
"Bang!" Li Shimin slammed the table heavily and stood up.
"You rebellious son, today I will let you know whether it is true or not."
Li Shen reacted even faster and stepped back a dozen steps, looking at his father and grinning.
In fact, Li Shen also wanted to change the topic and make the atmosphere less tense.
"Aye, if there's nothing else, I'll go back to sleep. I got up a little early today."
"Hmph, get out of here now. I'm going to get angry when I see you."
Li Shimin waved his hand in disdain.
"Don't worry, Aye, it's not the end yet, and it's still uncertain who will win.
If pushed to the limit, no matter who he is, I will fight him to the death, die together with him, and go to the Asura hell together.
"I'll take my leave now." Li Shen bowed deeply and left.
Looking at Li Shen leaving, Li Shimin pondered for a long time.
"Gao Ming, do you think I did something wrong?"
Looking at his eldest son, Li Shimin suddenly asked.
"Why do you say that, Aye?" Li Chengqian was stunned, confusion on his face.
"Have you guessed something about Xizhou?"
"This...I do have some speculations, but I don't know if they are accurate because there are many people involved.
But now it is certain that the noble families are also involved.”
Li Chengqian replied respectfully.
Li Shimin was not surprised to hear Li Chengqian's words. As his heir and future emperor, he would be disappointed if he could not guess anything.
"Then you must have guessed who the mastermind is, right?"
Li Chengqian didn't say anything, just nodded.
"Alas~~~" Li Shimin sighed. "I wanted to resolve it, but I didn't expect it to develop to this point.
This is my fault, I should have made a decision long ago."
“Aye did nothing wrong, but he was too obsessed and didn’t realize Aye’s good intentions.
He took the wrong path and ended up like this. It has nothing to do with Aye. Aye has given him a chance. "
Li Chengqian comforted.
"It seems that you still know everything."
Li Shimin raised his head and glanced at Li Chengqian. It was obvious that Li Chengqian had guessed everything.
Li Chengqian was not cowardly this time. Instead, he smiled and said to Li Shimin:
"Yes, Father. I am not the only one who has a guess. I believe that my tenth brother should also have a guess. It's just that the noble families are involved, so my tenth brother may not be sure."
“Well, considering Old Ten’s intelligence, it is true. There are many people who have grudges against him, but there are only a handful of people with such great power.
I believe that Lao Shi is also suspicious of these companies, but he has not found any evidence yet."
Li Shimin nodded after hearing Li Chengqian's analysis.
"But... Father, how should this matter end? If we investigate further, I'm afraid we will find out the truth. But if we don't, what about my tenth brother?
At the moment, it seems that the aristocratic families will definitely seize the opportunity. They have finally waited for this opportunity to overthrow the Tenth Brother, so how could they give up?
Aye, my tenth brother cannot fall.
If my tenth brother falls, the hard-earned peace of the Tang Dynasty will be broken, the business world will be in turmoil, and the aristocratic families will take the opportunity to emerge.
According to their previous form and style, they will definitely stir up trouble in the business world, occupy their respective market shares and disrupt the market.
No one will be able to check and control them, prices of goods in the market will rise, and in the end the people of the world will suffer.”
Li Chengqian still thinks more about Li Shen in his heart. He will not be like his father.
"Of course I know this. I have already said that the Tenth Master is very important to our Li Tang Empire.
That’s why I just said that no matter what, I will protect the Tenth Master, even if I have to show up in person.”
Even Li Shimin himself could not have imagined that the little brat who used the Sizhifang to make a little money in the past has grown to this point.
Controlled all the merchants in the Tang Dynasty.
Even the aristocratic families, which were once so powerful and mighty, had to abide by Li Shen's rules in the business world.
No one from ancient times to the present has been able to do such a thing. Even the imperial court cannot control such a large group.
But his son did it, using only the world's number one chamber of commerce.
There is also commercial tax, which has been difficult to collect since ancient times. But now not only Li Shen has collected it,
Even taxes were collected from tax-exempt groups such as nobles, officials, and aristocratic families.
He was the first person in history to earn tens of millions of strings of cash a year.
Sometimes when he went to the Imperial Ancestral Temple, Li Shimin wanted to ask his ancestors whether they had bribed anyone there.
The Li family gave birth to such a little monster.
Just as Li Shimin was deep in thought, Li Chengqian's eyes flashed and then disappeared, and he said:
"Father, if you do this, your reputation will be ruined, and I'm afraid the court won't agree to it."
"What ideas do you have?" Li Shimin asked, hearing the hidden meaning in Li Chengqian's words.
Li Chengqian gritted his teeth and whispered:
"Father, my tenth brother has made great contributions to the court over the years, and he has always been able to share your worries at critical moments.
Moreover, the tenth brother has never asked for anything, nor has he asked Aye for anything.
The tenth brother is sincere for the court and for Aye.
So I thought, if there really is no other way out, in order to protect my tenth brother, we can..."
Li Chengqian seemed to be hesitant to speak, as he believed that Li Shimin could understand what he meant.
"Do you mean to abandon him? Save the tenth brother?" Li Shimin frowned.
"Father, I have no selfish motives, otherwise I would not have made this choice. This is all for the Tang Dynasty and for our Li Tang country.
My father once taught me that for the sake of our Li Tang Empire, I could even sacrifice myself, and I could not let down the late emperor.
We must not let down our ancestors."
Li Chengqian said seriously, his eyes full of firmness and determination.
"But your mother...Alas, Gao Ming, the thing I am most satisfied with you is your kindness. I know that I will be able to treat your brothers and sisters well in the future.
The last thing I want to see is you killing each other."
Li Shimin sighed, and there was an indescribable emotion in his sigh.
"Yes, I will remember Grandpa's teachings and treat all my brothers and sisters well, so that they can live a prosperous life."
Li Chengqian bowed and assured.
"Well, that's good. As for this matter, it hasn't come to an end yet. Let's wait and see how it develops. Old Ten is not the kind of person who will sit and wait for death."
(Some people have always said that Li Shimin was too partial. This is not the author's fault. Historically, Li Shimin was just that partial.
Li Youxian rebelled, and was captured and executed by the eunuchs, which implicated Li Chengqian in a rebellion.
Li Chengqian's rebellion involved more people than Li You and they held higher positions, so it was a major case.
Li Shimin loved his son and could not bear to kill him, but he could not take the lead in violating the law, so he took the case to the court to ask what should be done.
In fact, everyone knew that he should be executed according to the law. No one dared to speak out.
Just when Li Shimin was anxious, Lai Ji stood up and said, "Your Majesty, as long as you can be a kind father and let your children live out their lives, it will be a good thing."
Li Shimin immediately stepped down, Li Chengqian was spared from death, and was demoted to a commoner.
Then Lai Ji was promoted like a rocket, and in the second year he was promoted to Zhongshu Sheren, becoming a core official in the Zhongshu Province.
You just say you prefer neither, so Li Shimin in the text wants both.)