Don't be a prince

Seeing the prince's eyes full of deep meaning, Liu Chengjiang cupped his hands and said: "His Royal Highness, don't worry, one day, I will visit the East Palace. Thank you for your kindness."

Order your sister!

Cursing secretly, Li Chengqian still kept his smile and stopped talking to Liu Chengjiang.This is an established fact, no matter how stupid people can see it clearly, do they still need advice?

Knowing that this guy was flattering, Li Chengqian had no choice but to accept it.

Although he looked down on monks and Taoists who sat on the ground and collected money, since his wife insisted on going to worship, Li Chengqian still didn't get angry, but kept calm the whole time, and followed her to worship together.But, just don't kneel.

Because Hengzhou is committed to the development of river transportation, it has already started to clean up the river.The Xiangjiang River, which was originally a dangerous shoal in many places, has become a thoroughfare.Overjoyed, Li Tai bought the best fishing boat and the best boatman without hesitation, and ordered the army to march on the shore, while he accompanied Yan Wan by boat.

After crossing Hengyang, we finally don't have to overcome obstacles and open up roads.In fact, although the area from Binzhou to Hengyang belongs to the Central Plains, it is still relatively wild.

The Xiangjiang River goes north, which is Dongting Lake.

Speaking of this place, Li Chengqian can be regarded as both loving and hating.What I hate is Fan Zhongyan, an old turtle, who writes about Yueyang Tower when he has nothing to do, so he has to recite it when he was in school.But what I love is Fan Zhongyan's writing style. To be honest, I don't have the skill to write a corner into a peerless scene, and it can't be listed in textbooks.Yueyang Tower is better, the most powerful is Liu Zongyuan, a foot bath in a bamboo forest, can write an article, tormenting children a thousand years later.

By the Dongting Lake, the most famous state city is Yueyang City, and the most famous scenic spot is Yueyang Ancient City Tower, also known as Yueyang Tower.

Sailing along the lake, he made a big circle around to reach Yueyang City, even ignoring the Yuezhou Inspector's visit, Li Chengqian rushed to Yueyang Tower.

Although this building is no longer the most original "Lusu Parade Building", but a scenic spot building rebuilt in the Southern Dynasties, it still can't resist Li Chengqian's enthusiasm.Compared with the refurbished towers of later generations, it is still the most original and curious.

In front of Dongting Lake, Yueyang Tower is so conspicuous among the low dwellings.But when they got closer, Li Chengqian felt that it was meaningless.Arrive in front of the main entrance of Yueyang Tower, look out at the lake....

Well, what a big lake.

With a wave of his hand, Li Chengqian directly threw Fan Zhongyan into Liu Zongyuan's ranks.But after a little thought, he still dragged him halfway out.The reason is that the current Dongting Lake is too prehistoric.There are no fisherman's songs to answer each other, no migrants and poets, and the river transportation has not been developed. Now, there is not even a person on the lake here.

The truth shown in Fan Zhongyan's article is still worthwhile. The environment and mood can indeed influence each other.

After finally catching up, Yuezhou Inspector Wang Zhigao took a breath, then cupped his hands and said: "His Royal Highness, Yueyang Tower is indeed a magnificent scene in Yuezhou, but you can't run so fast, even the humble ministers can't catch up to you!" gone."

Regarding the physical strength of Yuezhou governor, Li Chengqian was quite pleasing to the eye.It shows that this guy is not extravagant and lustful in office, and often tests whether local officials are conscientious, and their physical strength is the most intuitive item.

Nodding his head, Li Chengqian pointed to the surface of Dongting Lake and said, "It's a great place, but why hasn't it developed?"

Wang Zhigao sighed and said: "If you say that Yueyang occupies a favorable location, it should be the most suitable for building a hub city. However, the investment required is too great! I have reduced the funds as much as possible and applied to the court. However, the eldest grandson's household department has not agreed several times in a row."

While talking, Wang Zhigao sat down on the ground and cried loudly.Just a joke, His Royal Highness, one of the biggest benefactors in the whole Tang Dynasty, when not crying at this time, when will you cry?If he hadn't seen the eunuch next to the prince acting like a stranger, he would even have cried while hugging the prince's golden thigh.

Crying is always embarrassing, but in the officialdom, it is very effective to keep up with the official crying.The most famous one is a certain "uncle emperor", who became the emperor of Shu while crying.

Seeing Wang Zhigao with tears streaming down his face, Li Chengqian couldn't help rubbing his temples.He doesn't understand what this bastard means, but even he is not qualified to use his own money to interfere in state affairs.

Obviously, Dongting Lake is not the Xiangjiang River, and the money needed for the transformation is difficult to calculate. Although he doesn't know the exact amount, Li Chengqian knows very well that with Changsun Wuji's temperament, the designation will not be approved.If the investment of such a large amount of money fails to achieve the expected goal, even if he is the emperor's uncle, he will have to take the blame and resign, and maybe he will be accused of guilt.

In the past two years, the imperial court has devoted itself to consolidating the frontier defense, focusing on the army. It is possible to agree to such a request as Hengzhou, but Yue Yang can't bear it!

Squatting in front of Wang Zhigao, Li Chengqian said helplessly: "Okay, I don't think you are an idiot. You should be clear. Even if you are alone, investing all your net worth is a drop in the bucket for the whole Yueyang. Such a huge construction project, the court is not You can’t afford it, but you dare not afford it. So what if the Ministry of Household Affairs approves your request? Once you fail to achieve your goal, your brain may not be able to withstand the massive investment.”

Wang Zhigao stopped crying. Seeing that the prince understood what he meant, he cupped his hands cautiously and asked, "But Your Highness, don't you think that everything is difficult at the beginning, but if there is no beginning, there will be no future? Dongting Lake is the throat of the Yangtze River, and Yueyang is the throat of the Yangtze River." The throat of Dongting Lake, the development of Lingnan, anyone with a discerning eye can see that there is no end, as an important place for north-south exchanges, Yueyang cannot always be so barren."

This is true, Li Chengqian is also aware of the importance of Yue Yang, but the importance and the approval of the court are two different things.The greater the temptation, the greater the risk, and no one dares to make a decision lightly.To be honest, Wang Zhigao, a mere governor, is not qualified to be a guarantor for Yue Yang's investment.

The breeze is blowing, and the autumn weather, even in Yueyang, is a little bit cold.

Feeling this slightly chilly breeze, Li Chengqian suddenly had an idea.It is not impossible to realize the matter of Yanzhou in Yueyang.Especially when the business law is amended and businessmen can only obtain land lease rights, but not complete possession, even if they take the risk, this danger is acceptable.The merchants are not stupid, even if the imperial court puts up notices telling them that they are using them to make Yueyang prosperous, they can only accept it.

After all, compared with Kaikai, Yueyang can create benefits for them, but they have no way to refuse.

Thinking of this, Li Chengqian turned around, walked to Wang Zhigao's ear, and said a few words to him.

Wang Zhigao was surprised: "Is this feasible? The humble minister will not be reprimanded by the court!"

Li Chengqian said dissatisfiedly: "The magistrate has been working for so long, and he still doesn't know what he is doing? You don't care how the merchants scold you, the court should reward you or you should be rewarded. To put it bluntly, you are a scapegoat for the court." Existence. The harder you are blamed, the more you can be promoted! By the way, Yueyang is different from Yanzhou, as long as someone comes there, it is fine, but this is not the case here, the same piece of land, you are going to auction, do you know about the auction? , whoever pays the highest price wins!"

Wang Zhigao's eyes widened, and he was about to refute, but when he imagined such a situation, he suddenly felt a lot of coins falling from the sky and hitting him in front of him.

It seems that this is not bad?

Glancing at Dongting Lake again, Li Chengqian said as he went down the wall of Yueyang Tower: "Think about it carefully, I plan to spend two days in Yueyang. If you don't understand anything, just ask Gu. Of course, when you play, if you dare to mention Gu , Gu broke your leg."

Teaching people to take the blame is definitely refreshing.However, Li Chengqian is not cheating him, even if he bears a lot of infamy, as long as Wang Zhigao can build Yueyang, he will have no problem getting promoted to the capital, and his career in the future will definitely not be bumpy.

Once you get off the Yueyang Tower, you can see what Yueyang looks like now.To be honest, the current Yue Yang is really backward.It is also a kind of sadness that such a transportation hub was not developed until the Tang Dynasty under the continuous war in the Central Plains.

Just when Li Chengqian was lamenting the strife since the end of Han Dynasty, a disheveled little girl suddenly jumped out from the street in front of her, plunged into the team led by her, and was held down by the Monkey.

If it's just a little girl, it's nothing. The children of the people's family can't run into the prince's team after playing around?But after her, a large group of people rushed out, which was too much.The most exaggerated thing is that these people are still holding sticks, and they have no intention of stopping when they see the team led by them.

"Bad maid! Run again if you have the ability!"

The leading one, dressed in silk and satin, wearing gold and silver, has the charm of a nouveau riche, and judging from his fearlessness of the army, he may have some status.

However, regardless of his status, in Zhang Yun's view, as long as this person is not the emperor, he has no right to use a stick in front of the crown prince!

Before he rushed into the army formation, Liu Mang had already kicked him and flew him away.This is still under the condition that Liu Mang didn't intend to kill, otherwise this bastard would be dead with just one kick.

Seeing that the master was cleaned up, the large group of servants following behind were stunned for a moment, but their previous experience made them rush over without hesitation.

If you are afraid of things, you are not from the Duke's Mansion!This is Yueyang, not Chang'an, a captain who just came out of nowhere, dare to challenge the Duke?

However, they were worse than their masters. Before they got close, they screamed out one by one, and fell down in pieces.It can be seen that almost everyone got a crossbow arrow on their leg, and the unlucky ones had as many as three or four.

After finishing the shooting, 20 people with crossbows quickly stepped forward and surrounded the group of people. When they saw the crossbow arrows almost reaching their foreheads, the timid ones even forgot to scream. Although many people were still screaming, they couldn’t help it. lowered his voice.

It's not like I hit someone once. When did I encounter such a situation?Seeing the stern eyes of these soldiers, they would be finished in the next moment without hesitation.

"Damn it! You bastard! I'll tell you when you're a motherfucker! Do you know who I am? Duke Ying! Duke! I want to go to the court and copy your whole family! Oh, it hurts me to death..."

"Duke?"

Li Chengqian looked at Zhang Yun. This guy has been with the emperor for a long time. The most important thing is that it is early enough. Forget about all the titles, the Duke should recognize him.

Zhang Yun shook his head: "There is no such young Duke, the most likely is that he inherited the title. However, I have never heard of any Duke living in Yueyang."

After speaking, Zhang Yun stepped forward with a gloomy face.What about the Duke?

Chapter 4 and Five

Seeing Zhang Yun approaching, the aristocrat on the ground raised the wooden stick in his hand without hesitation and was about to strike.

But after a black shadow passed, the wooden stick flew far away, and your young master let out a scream that was not like a human voice.

Li Chengqian, who was standing behind Zhang Yun, couldn't help squinting his eyes. The layman was watching the excitement, but the insider was watching the details. It was clear that Zhang Yun's leg just swept across, and at the same time he kicked the wooden stick away, he also swept away one of his arms. Dislocated.

It's not difficult to kick a wooden stick, and it's not difficult to be fast, but it's not so easy to dislocate an arm while kicking a wooden stick!It can only show that Zhang Yun's actual combat experience is extremely rich.

The envy only lasted for a while and then dissipated. Although Li Chengqian was interested in these inhuman skills, he was not willing to learn them.After all, not many people let him practice.

A big foot stepped on the noble son's chest, and Zhang Yun's shrill and gloomy voice rang out: "If you want to die, keep shouting, lead someone to rush into the prince's team, and hold a murder weapon, and the miscellaneous family will beat you to death here , and there is no need to be convicted!"

Aware of Zhang Yun's identity, he looked at the obviously different armor on the surrounding sergeants, and finally at the golden dragon flag flying behind the flag bearer. The nobleman rolled his eyes, and fainted from fear and pain.

Zhang Yun sneered, pulled his foot away, and pointed at the household next to him.

How shrewd is Changtian Monkey, he trotted all the way to knock on the firewood door, asked for a basin of cold water from the people whose heads were exposed, and poured it on the noble young master's head with a flick of his hand.

The strong stimulus woke him up immediately, and regardless of the pain in his arm, he hurriedly turned over and fell to his knees on the ground, screaming: "His Royal Highness, Your Highness, please spare me, my minister, this minister is Wu Yuanqing, my father was originally a warrior of the Duke of Ying. Yuu, you must know him!"

Recalling his father's admiration for the prince, Wu Yuanqing only hoped that the prince and his father really knew each other, preferably on a good relationship, otherwise, his life would really have to be explained here.

The duke's title seems glorious, but this is only in the society of Tang Dynasty.In the court, a duke without absolute power may not be able to compare with a duke. As for the duke and the royal family, it seems that there is only a wall, but in fact there is an insurmountable gap.If this is the case with ordinary royal families, let alone with the prince.Colliding with the prince, depending on the circumstances, can even be convicted of assassination, this is the crime of ransacking the family and exterminating the family!

"You are Wu Yuanqing? No, where is the warrior Xun?"

Hearing the name "Wu Yuanqing", Li Chengqian was still stunned for a moment, until he heard "Warrior Xun", he didn't remember that this guy was the son of Warrior Xun.There is no way, with Wu Zetian as a wonderful existence, the light source of the Wu family will be completely covered.Even if you have seen it, you will subconsciously ignore it.

Wu Yuanqing said: "My father passed away as early as the ninth year of Zhenguan. As the eldest son, I inherited the title of Duke Ying. Your Highness, forgive me!"

Because one arm was dislocated and could not move easily, Wu Yuanqing couldn't support his upper body and kowtow at all, so he could only prop his head on the ground to support his body.I don't know if it's because of pain or fear, my body is shaking like chaff.

Zhang Yun cast a cold glance at Wu Yuanqing, turned around and saluted Li Chengqian: "His Royal Highness, Ying Guogong's warrior Xun did indeed die of illness in the ninth year of Zhenguan, because he was a meritorious official in Taiyuan Yuanmou, so His Majesty bestowed a posthumous posthumous title on him as Minister of the Ministry of Rites. When he died, he served as the governor of Jingzhou. Whether it was Lizhou or Jingzhou before, the samurai suppressed the powerful, helped the people, and organized production, so he was very popular with the people. When he died, the officials of the Ministry of Rites presided over the funeral. The mourning post is extremely mournful. But..."

"But what?"

Li Chengqian still admires the warrior Xun.This guy is also considered to be from the grassroots, and he knows the common people quite well.The emperor let him serve as an official everywhere, obviously using him as a capable minister to govern the world.If he hadn't died early, to be honest, he had accumulated enough achievements outside, and the warrior Xun might really have a chance to take Fang Xuanling's place.

Of course, looking at it now, the so-called "died in grief over the death of the Supreme Emperor" was purely a halo for himself. Li Yuan is living well in Chang'an now.

Glancing at Wu Yuanqing, who was all wet, Zhang Yun said: "In the last knighting ceremony, the late Ying Guogong, warrior Xun, did not get the title of Founding Duke, but an ordinary Duke. When Wu Yuanqing came here, he should be lowered At the first level, he becomes Duke of Yingguo. Duke of Yingguo and Duke of Yingguo are two different things."

Li Chengqian also glanced at Wu Yuanqing and laughed dumbfounded. This guy can actually play word games.

Thinking about the location of Jingzhou, Li Chengqian frowned and said: "Wu Yuanqing, your father's funeral has just passed, you are not going to serve the court as an official, why are you doing anything wrong in this Yueyang territory?"

"Reporting to His Majesty the Crown Prince, I came here to arrest my younger sister. My younger sister absconded when her father's funeral was not due. It is only now that I have found out about her. My father left home before his funeral was over. Running away is considered unfilial, that's why I will get angry when I see my little sister, and I hope His Highness will forgive me!"

After all, he is a guy who can play word games. After pulling out the word "filial piety", Li Chengqian really didn't know what to say.

"He lied, Your Highness, he lied!"

Just when Li Chengqian was about to wave his hand to let Wu Yuanqing leave, the little girl who had just been caught by the Sky-Changing Monkey yelled loudly, and even faintly felt her voice breaking.

Wu Yuanqing, who was kneeling on the ground, straightened his upper body, gritted his teeth and looked at the little girl who came out of the army formation, and said, "Little sister! Knowing your mistakes can make things better! If you haven't come here and apologized to His Royal Highness, what do you want to say!?"

"Little sister..."

Surprised, Li Chengqian pulled Zhang Yun away from him, and looked at the little girl walking out slowly.

To be honest, if he hadn't heard it with his own ears, it would be difficult for him to connect the little girl in front of him with the only orthodox female emperor in history.

The Wu Zetian in front of her is unkempt, dressed in linen clothes, as thin as a stick, how can she look astonishing?

Walking out of the army formation, and keeping a long distance from Wu Yuanqing, she knelt down on the ground, tears drawing two ugly marks on her muddy face.

Yingying bowed down and said, "Your Highness, the little girl Wu Jue is the second daughter of Duke Ying's mansion. Wu Yuanqing lied! That's right, the little girl did run out during the filial piety for her father, but His Highness doesn't want to know what it is." Do you want the little girl to abandon her filial piety and run away?"

"you...."

It could be seen that Wu Yuanqing was obviously in a hurry, his dislocated arm was slightly supported on the ground in spite of the pain, and the other hand was about to pick up the stick on the ground.Of course, his idea was impossible to succeed, and just when his fingers barely touched the wooden stick, a crossbow arrow was nailed to his hand.

It was Zhang Yun who did the fighting, and he had different ways of dealing with people of different identities. If he did it to Wu Yuanqing, the pressure he would bear would be much less, or even non-existent, than the soldiers who led the personal guards.Which of the officials in the court didn't know that he was once a person close to the emperor?

Hearing Wu Yuanqing's screams, Wu Zetian, no, Wu Jue let out a long sigh of relief, bloodshot eyes faintly appeared in his clenched fist, and he pierced the palm with his nails.

Hearing Wu Yuanqing's screams and seeing Wu Jue seem to be firming up, Li Chengqian suddenly remembered some records in the wild history.

What the hell, can't it be real!If this is the case....

"too...."

Just when Wu Jue finally made up his mind and was about to speak, Li Chengqian spoke first: "Wu Yuanqing bumped into Gu's team, and even tried to commit murder in front of Gu twice. The crime is unforgivable. The reason is that the deceased should The eldest son of the duke of the state, and the Ministry of Rites has determined that the duke has made great contributions to the country, so he is exempted from the death penalty, and he will be temporarily detained and sent to Jingzhou for further processing."

After finishing speaking, Li Chengqian looked at Wu Jue: "You and Gu Lai, what do you have to say, we will talk about it in the palace."

After finishing speaking, Li Chengqian waved his hand and told Qin to put away the crossbow.

At this time, Yuezhou Inspector Wang Zhigao Cai Shanshan was late, and he kept talking about the death penalty.He was just thinking about something, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen during the time he was catching up with the prince.

"It's not your fault. There's no need to plead guilty. These people are evil servants of Duke Ying's mansion. Escorting them won't waste Gu's food. Let them be dealt with in your Yuezhou, and they will be classified as humble."

Evil lords have their own evil servants. Thinking about it, these guys have done a lot of mischief on weekdays, so this kind of treatment is not an exaggeration.

Hearing the result of the prince's disposition, Wang Zhigao nodded immediately.Compared with the crime of colliding with the prince, it is cheaper for them to be registered as a lowly citizen, so they should be registered as a slave!

With a wave of his hand, the yamen servant who followed him stepped forward, took over and took control of the servants, and pushed them down.

After a long sigh of relief, Li Chengqian continued to move forward, walking towards Yueyang Palace.

Originally, as a prince, he couldn't live in the palace casually. It had nothing to do with the rules. It was a must for him as a prince in the unspoken rules.However, the emperor decreed to allow him to enter the palace to rest.Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the crown prince was just a cover, and it was Princess Wei who was pregnant with the child that really caused all this.Based on the emperor's love for the king of Wei, it is nothing to use the crown prince's excuse to do such a thing.

Yue Yang's palace is a bit dilapidated, but not to the extent of dilapidation.Even so, it was much better than finding a camp to stay in.

After taking a shower, it took only a moment to return to the study, when Li Chengqian was pushed down on the chair by Su Yuan.

"Husband, I heard that you rescued a little girl on the street? And brought it back to the palace? How do you look?"

Although Su Yuan's face was full of curiosity, Li Chengqian could still smell the sour smell in the air accompanied by sound waves.If it was normal, he would do nothing like this, but Su Yuan has been tortured crazy by the pregnancy recently, and her nerves are extremely sensitive.

If this is the case, the lady probably thinks that the husband is seeing the hen not laying eggs, and wants to raise another hen....

He stretched out his hand to pinch Su Yuan's nose. Amidst Su Yuan's screams, Li Chengqian said: "Are you asking Gu, or questioning Gu? It seems that Gu has spoiled you too much these days, and dared to talk to Gu like that." !"

Let go of his hand, reached out and pulled Su Yuan into his arms and hugged her tightly. Seeing Su Yuan's tearful face with a trace of fright, Li Chengqian's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help kissing her teary eyes, and said, "Okay!" Lah, stop thinking about it. You are the princess and my first woman. How can I despise you because I can't conceive a child? Do you think that everything I told you before was a lie? Have I ever lied to you? ?”

Hearing these words, Su Yuan stopped crying, leaned on Li Chengqian's shoulder, and drew a circle on his chest with one hand, whether it was intentional or not.

Although this is not the East Palace, the atmosphere in the study is still very good. Reminiscent of Mr. Bo Duo's love action movie, Li Chengqian had a bad idea almost instantly.

It's just that God likes to joke with people the most.Before the sponge absorbs water, it is broken.

There was a knock on the door, and Zhang Yun's voice appeared: "His Royal Highness, Wu Jue, daughter of the Wu family, brought you here."