I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

Hearing his father's permission, Li Shen finally felt relieved and bowed to express his gratitude:

"Thank you for your grace, Aye."

Then he sat down with Empress Changsun.

"Well~~ Then we'll find another way. In a few days, I'll personally save the Tibetan Prime Minister."

Li Shimin sighed. Among so many sons, none of them was so difficult to deal with. Even the crown prince had to obey his orders.

Who dared to refuse him? Li Shen did. Not only did he dare to refuse, he also dared to deceive the emperor and disobey his orders. He always said that he was timid.

Li Shen took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, rolled his eyes, and whispered:

"My Lord, since we want to form a marriage alliance, it is not just for my son."

"What do you mean?" Li Shimin was stunned

"Father, aren't there other princes in Chang'an City? Have you forgotten about the fourth and ninth brothers?

Fourth brother and the Tibetan princess are close in age, so they will definitely be able to play together after marriage.

There aren't many concubines in Ninth Brother's family, so it would be more appropriate to give her to him.

If it really doesn't work, don't we still have our elder brother? He..."

Although Li Shen spoke softly, Li Chengqian who was sitting next to him heard it clearly.

After hearing Li Shen's bad idea, he immediately interrupted Li Shen:

"Tenth brother, I was just begging for you and Aye, and you turned around and wanted to betray me. Aren't you being a little ungrateful?"

Li Chengqian felt a little regretful for begging for mercy. Why didn't he let his father beat him up just now?

"Brother, what are you talking about? I am doing this all for the Tang Dynasty. In the future, you will inherit the throne and have three thousand beauties in your harem.

Naturally, I need to add more now.

Besides, brother, you don’t have many children now.

The responsibility of expanding the Li family is not just ours, you too have a share, big brother."

Li Shen completely revealed his ugly face. What brothers, what morality, at this moment, it would be fine if my fellow Taoist died instead of me.

"You..." Li Chengqian was speechless.

"Okay, let's consider this matter carefully." Li Shimin interrupted the brothers' quarrel.

"Since there is nothing else to do, I will take my leave and return to the palace to reflect on my mistakes, work hard to govern the country, and strive to become stronger.

Do your best to expand the Li family." Li Shen stood up, saluted, and prepared to leave.

What Li Shen said made his aunt and biological mother feel a little embarrassed.

This brat really speaks without restraint and without restraint.

"Oh, by the way, I have something to say."

Just then, Li Chengqian spoke.

"Oh? What's the matter?" Li Shimin asked.

"Since that grandfather and elder brother have something to discuss, I won't disturb them." Li Shen was about to leave immediately upon seeing this.

He doesn't get involved in national affairs. He knows nothing about national affairs.

"Tenth brother, please stay." Li Chengqian called out to Li Shen.

Li Shen had a psychological trauma from this sentence. How many people died because of a fellow Taoist who stayed?

"Brother, I am an idle king and I know nothing about government affairs. You should ask Aye for advice."

"Tenth brother, this is not a state affair." Li Chengqian shook his head.

Under Concubine Wei's stern gaze, Li Shen walked back to his seat helplessly and sat down obediently.

"Aye, today there was a memorial submitted to the local authorities, saying that there were some evil monks causing trouble among the people.

They deceived the local people by claiming to exorcise demons and ghosts.

Even some local nobles, gentry, princes and aristocrats were deceived.

These evil monks spread everywhere, bewitching people and defrauding them of their money."

"Then let the government arrest them and punish them. What is there to discuss?"

Li Shen interrupted.

Li Chengqian shook his head:

"It's not that simple. These evil monks have quite a few tricks. They can exorcise spirits and kill demons, and they can make monsters appear.

Some are even able to call the wind and rain and communicate with ghosts and gods.

The people had seen these things with their own eyes, making it difficult for the local officials to tell the truth from the false, for fear of angering the powerful.

There are even cases where county magistrates and provincial governors were deceived because of this.”

"Oh? Is this true?" Li Shimin was quite shocked after hearing this. He could slay demons and monsters, suppress ghosts and exorcise evil spirits, call the wind and rain, and even communicate with ghosts and gods.

Isn't this what gods do?

He had heard about some strange people and things among the people before. They traveled around the world and were able to do things that ordinary people could not do.

Like witchcraft or something.

"Aye, the local authorities reported to the emperor and asked whether all of them should be punished. They were also afraid that the emperor would really be a hermit.

The belief in ghosts has been among the people since ancient times. We can neither disbelieve it nor believe it completely.

Just like what the outside world says, the tenth brother is the reincarnation of the God of Wealth.

Moreover, people in many places believed it to be true and they would go to the government office together to plead for mercy.

There are even more crazy people.

I hope you can give me some advice." Li Chengqian bowed.

Li Shimin pondered for a moment, in fact, Li Shimin also felt that it was a lie.

But what if it is true?

"Tenth brother, what do you think?" Li Shimin looked at Li Shen. This son was not good at government affairs, but he was very good at these crooked things.

Li Shen knew what was going on as soon as he heard it. Some people were using some special methods to cheat people out of money.

This is no longer a big secret to people in the 21st century.

Take TV dramas and novels that reveal secrets, Li Shen has read quite a few of them.

All ancient time-travel novels use these techniques to write articles. Li Shen has read them so many times that he knows them by heart and still remembers them clearly.

Li Shen stood up and saluted and replied:

"Aye, big brother, there is nothing hard to tell true from false, they are all fake. Tell the local authorities to arrest and punish such people if they come across them.

Every time I catch one, I get it right. "

"But what if they arrest the wrong people? Taoism and Buddhism do have some great people. If the imperial court arrests people randomly, it might cause panic among the people."

Li Chengqian said.

"Why are you panicking? Many of these scammers are probably not Taoists or monks, and they don't even have any official documents.

They are just using their identities to swindle people." Li Shen replied firmly.

"Tenth brother, how can you be so sure?"

"Yes, Shen'er, the belief in ghosts and gods has existed since ancient times, and you must believe in them. You must know that there are gods above your head, so don't talk nonsense."

Empress Changsun was a Buddhist, or rather, the entire Changsun family was a Buddhist, otherwise his father would not have given him the nickname Guanyinbi.

Li Shen's disrespect for ghosts and gods made Empress Changsun worry about the consequences.

Li Shimin on the side was very calm, although he also believed in Buddhism and Taoism, and also believed in heaven and earth.

But for ordinary people, they no longer believe in the existence of hermit masters.

There is no way. Last time I believed an Indian monk who said he was hundreds of years old. What was the result?

He had lost a total of four million strings of cash. If anyone dared to ask him to help him make the elixir, Li Shimin would kill him without hesitation.

And those Taoist priests were being manipulated by the rebellious son in front of them in the hall. They were all liars.

He now trusts no one except himself, especially this rebellious son in front of him.

He was waiting for Li Shen's explanation.