Time Travel: I am the idle king Li Shen and Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty

Bah! Flatterer, Li Shen pouted inwardly from behind.

He despised Li Tai and Li Zhi, the two flatterers.

But when Li Shen saw the people coming out of the second carriage, he ran away happily.

The second person to get out of the carriage was Concubine Wei. Li Shen suddenly ran over and scared her.

Without waiting for the servants to bring out the stool, Li Shen shouted to the stone, "Kneel down."

Shitou was also very cooperative. He had done this before. He immediately lay down beside the carriage, and Li Shen stepped forward to support Concubine Wei's arm.

Concubine Wei was helpless as her son was acting like a fool again.

But there were so many people here that she couldn't say anything, so she could only step on the stones to get out of the carriage.

Li Shimin, who was watching from the side, started to twitch his mouth, and Empress Changsun also covered her face and laughed.

This Li Shen is still so competitive.

Then several people got off the carriage, all of them were Li Shimin's concubines, including the youngest one, Xu Hui.

Of course, Shitou couldn't have just kneeled there forever. He had already run away after Concubine Wei came down.

After everyone returned to their seats, Li Chengqian took the lead in paying respects to Li Shimin.

"I see your Majesty."

"Common people see you, Your Majesty."

The sound was so loud that it echoed throughout the entire industrial park.

"Haha, no problem!!"

Li Shimin laughed loudly, and the ceremony ended.

As the host, Li Shen led Li Shimin into the venue first, and others followed.

Li Shimin did not go upstairs directly, but came to the side of the podium in front. He still had to say a few words later.

At this moment, several tables and chairs have been prepared on the stage, and there are several signs on them, which read:

The Emperor, the Crown Prince, the Prince of Ji, the Prince of Jin, the Prince of Wei, the Left Prime Minister, the Minister of the Central Secretariat, and the Shizhong.

Li Shimin felt a headache when he saw it for the first time. What new tricks was his son up to?

But he didn't say anything, he just wanted to see what Li Shen was up to.

After the guests were seated, Li Shen walked onto the stage. As a supporting actor today, he first bowed to the audience, then said loudly:

"Welcome everyone, this charity auction is hosted by our Ji Wang Mansion.

Many people don't know what a charity auction is, but before I introduce it,

Let us first invite a few important people.

First, we would like to invite our Heavenly Khan, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Empire, and please stand up and applaud to welcome him."

As he spoke, Li Shen began to applaud. The merchants, who had long known the rules of Prince Ji's mansion, also started to applaud.

Only the officials were not used to it, but when they saw everyone applauding, everyone followed suit.

Li Shen is a person who pays attention to the sense of ritual.

Li Shimin also came out at this time, with a calm face.

But he always felt that this was a bit of a joke and undermined the dignity of the royal family.

Li Shen shouted again: Salute!

"See His Majesty the Emperor."

"See His Majesty the Emperor."

The process of paying respects made Li Shimin feel better.

"Next, please welcome His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, the heir apparent of the Tang Dynasty!"

"Next, let us invite the Minister of the Secretariat, the Left Minister, the Duke of Zhao, Changsun Pushe."

Li Shen shouted again.

Then there was another round of applause. Zhang Sun Wuji had a smile on his face, but he felt very upset.

If even His Majesty had not cooperated, he would not have agreed to Li Shen's request, as if he was being visited by someone.

"Next, please welcome the Minister of the Secretariat, Ma Zhongshu!"

"Please invite the Minister of the Ministry, Minister Yu!"

"Please welcome His Royal Highness Prince Wei, the fourth son of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty."

"Please welcome His Royal Highness Prince Jin."

Every time Li Shen shouted, a person appeared on the stage, and then there was applause to welcome him.

Some people had smiles on their faces, while others looked calm.

Li Zhi's face looked even worse. He felt that he had been fooled by Li Shen and had done such a shameful thing.

After Li Shimin and others sat down, Li Shen asked everyone present to sit down.

"Let us now give a warm round of applause to welcome His Majesty the Emperor to give a speech."

Li Shen began the first step of the conference.

Li Shimin knew about this step, and Li Shen had told him about it, which was to say something positive, encouraging, etc.

As an emperor, polite words were certainly not a problem, so Li Shimin cleared his throat and said:

“This is an auction held by King Ji to help those poor people.

Logically, I should not participate. This is originally a matter for merchants. As the king of a country, how can I do business as a merchant?

But when I heard that it was for the people, I agreed to come.

Not for anything else, just to help the people.

I believe that helping one citizen is the same as helping thousands of citizens, and both are good deeds.

I don’t care about business matters. As long as it helps the people, what does it matter even if I lose some face?

As long as I can help the people, I don't care even if I bear eternal infamy."

"Clap"

"Wow~~~~"

After a few rounds of applause, warm applause suddenly broke out in the venue.

After the applause, Li Shimin continued:

“I don’t have much to say, I just hope that all the capable people in the world, whether they are princes, nobles, or merchants, will do the same.

As long as you have the ability to help the poor people, I hope you can help them more."

After Li Shimin finished speaking, there was another round of applause. There was a separate seat on the side of the stage, where someone was writing furiously.

He wanted to record every word His Majesty said.

Next it was the crown prince's turn to speak. After the crown prince spoke, the three dukes spoke, and only after the three dukes finished did it come to the turn of the King of Wei and the King of Jin.

In fact, the reason why Li Tai and Li Zhi were able to sit on the stage was purely because Li Shen deliberately disgusted them.

Neither of them has real power and is not as good as Li Daozon and Li Xiaogong.

But Li Shen arranged them to the stage just to hear them hypocritically praise themselves.

After the opening, Li Shen led Li Shimin and others to the private room on the second floor.

Li Shimin's box was in the center and was the largest one. Li Chengqian's was next to it, and on the other side were the three ministers.

Next to Li Chengqian are Li Tai and Li Zhi.

Li Shen’s own box was at the very edge.

Li Shimin then announced the start of the auction, and Wang Hongfu walked up in a respectable outfit with a smile on his face.

He first bowed deeply in the direction of Li Shimin on the second floor, and then saluted to everyone.

“My dear friends, I will host this auction.

First, let me introduce to you the meaning and process of our charity auction.

Charity auctions are held to do good deeds, and the event of auctioning things is similar to a clothing auction, where everyone bids for an item and the highest bidder wins.

And under the witness of Your Majesty and the Crown Prince, I make this promise on behalf of the Ji Palace and on behalf of His Royal Highness Prince Ji.

All proceeds from this auction will be used for the construction and maintenance of the Jibingfang, Beitianyuan, and orphanage.

The Prince Ji’s Mansion will not use a single penny of the charity proceeds from the auction. If we disobey this order, we are willing to be punished by Your Majesty.

We also hope that all sectors will supervise and report on this.”

"That's right." Just as Wang Hongfu finished speaking, Li Shen leaned over the railing on the second floor and shouted:

"If I disobey, I am willing to accept the punishment from His Majesty and confiscate my property."

(Some people say that I write too slowly. I have written so concisely. For example, the opening speech above,

If I write seriously, I can write at least fifty chapters.

The kind that will keep you reading for three or four hours.)