Half blood

In the court hall on the second day, Li Xuan proposed his idea of ​​rebuilding the city wall.As soon as this method was put forward, the audience was in an uproar, and everyone lashed out at Li Xuan. If it was because Li Xuan was the only son of the emperor, they sold his face, but now it is different. You can't catch anything anymore, so you don't have to coax it anymore, just spray it.

"King An's proposal is simply nonsense!" The one who took the lead was Zhu Taifu Zhu Da. Zhu Da had a personal enmity with Li Xuan, and he hated Li Xuan so much that his teeth itch. If it wasn't for this kid, he would be worse than Wang Yuan now. The old man didn't know how high he was, but he was so disturbed that he was promoted, and his life was hard to save.Fortunately, the emperor thought that he was an old minister, and he didn't fully trust Li Xuan's information, so he let him stay in the court.

"It's absolutely impossible," General Wang echoed. "This year, the south has been affected by floods, and the harvest has decreased. This year, such things that waste people and money are taboo."

Seeing that his opponents were standing on the same front as him, Zhu Da became more confident. He said: "The repair of this city wall will arouse the vigilance of other countries, and they will think that we are planning for a rainy day. What will happen then?" explain?"

Li Xuan said casually: "The city wall can resist foreign enemies. This is supposed to be maintained all year round. Now, for fear of being misunderstood by other countries, they are not even willing to repair it. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?" Li Xuan paused, and then said: "And General Wang The general's duty is to defend the country, but now he doesn't even repair the city walls, when the time comes, other countries really invade, how can we resist?"

When General Wang heard that these sentences were aimed at himself, he couldn't help being furious. He snorted coldly and said, "Have you ever been on the battlefield? You haven't even been on the battlefield, so you only talk about wars on paper here. Our Yujin Kingdom I have already signed an agreement with neighboring countries, all of them are allies and do not interfere with each other. I have been maintaining this kind of peace, not because I, Wang Yuan, are greedy for life and afraid of death, but for the sake of my brothers who follow me and do their best not to fight If you don’t fight, tens of thousands of people will suffer when you fight. What do you know, King An? You just wandered outside for a few days and thought you knew everything, but in fact you just got into trouble.”

"General Wang's words are wrong." Li Xiuqi came out of the queue and said, "General Wang, you keep saying that His Royal Highness King An has never been on the battlefield. What about you? You are stationed in the capital with a hundred thousand elite soldiers. You have been an official for dozens of years, and only once opened the city gate to the former prince. Do you know what happened on the battlefield? His Royal Highness King An was not yet full of weak crowns, so he went out of the palace to guard the southern border, and set up a guard with illustrious military exploits. The general learns, and he knows things not necessarily less than you, General Wang. Furthermore, when His Royal Highness King An was in the south, he overcame all difficulties and built water diversion dams, saving thousands of hectares of fertile land in the south. Although His Highness King An is not very old, His Royal Highness King An Ideas should not be underestimated."

Wang Yuan listened to Li Xiuqi's accusations about his scandalous incident of opening the door to the former prince, and his heart tightened. Now he already had a collusion relationship with the former prince's bereaved son, so he couldn't help feeling guilty when he was told so.He raised his head and glanced at Li Zhengya, seeing Li Zhengya's expressionless face, he closed his mouth and stopped talking.

"His Royal Highness An," an old man with an old voice walked out of the queue and said to Li Xuan, "I have two small questions about His Highness An's proposal. One is why the trenches are being built? The other is where His Highness plans to call Send men and money to build trenches."

Hearing this question, Li Xuan was overjoyed, the question was exactly what he wanted, he opened his mouth to answer without seeing Li Xiuqi's sinking expression. "The trenches were built to prevent disasters before they happen, and to resist the entry of other countries into the palace. The money for building the trenches can be allocated from the treasury, and then the victims of the disaster in Qingzhou who have drifted to the capital will be used as laborers."

The old man smiled slightly and said: "His Royal Highness King An said that the construction of trenches is to prevent problems before they happen. I don't agree with this statement. Our Yujin Kingdom and neighboring countries are allies, and there is no such thing as you said. .As for letting the victims of the disaster in Qingzhou serve as laborers, the old minister will think of it."

Li Xuan also felt faintly uneasy when he heard this, "His Royal Highness King An set up a large porridge shop in front of Prince An's mansion, and his thoughts on helping the victims are better than that of a bodhisattva-hearted sage. Your proposal made the old minister feel that His Royal Highness King An Let the victims of the Qingzhou Kingdom stay with us, today we find them a job, tomorrow we let them enter our household registration, what about the day after tomorrow? Open the country and welcome them to occupy our land?"

The old man paused for a moment, and added maliciously, "I know that His Highness King An has the blood of Qingzhou Kingdom, but you also grew up in Yujin Kingdom, you can't bend your elbows like this!"

As soon as this remark came out, the courtiers whispered to each other.The old man's words clearly and plainly beat Li Xuan into a foreigner with a different heart. Li Xuan moved his lips, but found that he couldn't think of words to excuse himself.It seems, it seems that everything this person said is reasonable and every word is true.

Li Zhengya spoke, his voice was not angry but powerful, "Let me think about this matter again." These words are not dead, it seems that there is still room for maneuver, but today this matter is impossible to settle .

Li Xuan bowed his head and bowed, and followed the ministers back down from the court. Several ministers brushed past him, glanced back at him, and clearly said something strange in their mouths.

Li Xuan wanted to stare back, but felt that what was the point?He is not a joke now.Li Xuan wiped his face, went down the stairs, and suddenly heard someone behind him calling him in a low voice: "His Royal Highness King An!"

Li Xuan turned his head and saw He Fangzheng standing behind him with his hands folded.He Fang and him have been studying together for so many years, but since Li Xuan came back from the south, they haven't had any interaction.I haven't seen He Fang for a year, and he has matured a bit before, the faint spots around the bridge of the nose are no longer noticeable, and his small stature has also twitched, and he is about the same height as Li Xuan.

He Fang smiled at Li Xuan, and said, "His Royal Highness, I haven't seen you for a long time."

Li Xuan laughed and said, "That's right, the last time we met was when we were studying at Master's place."

He Fang lowered his head and smiled, "Yeah, I think it's only been a year, but I think it's been half my life."

"Where are you talking?" Li Xuan stretched out his fist and lightly slapped He Fang's shoulder, saying, "At your age, you've only just started in your life!"

He Fang said: "That's all I'm saying, but now seeing His Highness's appearance, I suddenly feel emotional. I really admire His Highness's proposal today."

Li Xuandao: "Don't make fun of me."

"I didn't make fun of Your Highness," He Fang said, "I'm telling the truth. I think that being a king and a subject is to have the world in mind. Even if the victims of the disaster today are not the subjects of our country, we must protect them. The whole world Could it be the land of the king, and the shore of the land could it be the king's ministers."

Li Xuandao: "Qingzhou Kingdom is Qingzhou Kingdom, and Yujin Kingdom is Yujin Kingdom. As long as the two countries live in peace, I never thought about expanding the territory. It's just that they live here and want to help them. "

"Your Highness is kind-hearted." He Fang paused, hesitated for a moment, and said, "There is something that I think it is necessary for His Highness to know."

Li Xuan asked: "What's the matter?"

"I heard it from my father," He Fang said, "Today's vote on His Highness's proposal has nothing to do with His Highness's proposal."

Li Xuan was slightly stunned, confused by He Fang's cover-up words, and asked, "It's not related to my proposal, so what is it related to?"

He Fang raised his eyes and looked around, seeing that the ministers on the stairs were talking in groups of three or four, and didn't notice him and Li Xuan, so he said in a low voice: "No matter what His Highness's proposal is this time, if the court Those ministers who support my father will oppose it, Your Highness, do you understand?"

Having said this, no matter how stupid Li Xuan was, he understood.He Fang's aunt, He Xiang, was pregnant with a dragon fetus. If the child was a boy, then Li Xuan would not be able to become the crown prince. If the child was a girl, then it would be fine. A boy would always be born after several rebirths.In short, Li Xuan was not favored, and no one dared to place chips on him. After all, his blood was not pure, and he was always an eyesore.

In this way, it is unreasonable for everyone to unanimously oppose Li Xuan. After all, those who can enter the Golden Luan Palace are all smart people, and smart people know very well that this time Li Xuan has already been eliminated.

But Li Xuanzhen was not worth it for the disaster victims living in the capital. A group of people wearing gold and silver in the court were vying for each other, why sacrificed them?What is wrong with them?Even if he got Li Xuan down, no matter how hard he was, Li Xuan would still be able to live comfortably with enough food and clothing, but the cold winter was approaching, and these disaster victims couldn't wait, not at all.

"I see, thank you for telling me." Li Xuan bowed to He Fang solemnly, and said, "It is my blessing to have a friend like you."

He Fang blushed slightly when he heard this, lowered his head in embarrassment, and said in a soft voice: "Your Highness, Your Highness is serious..." He Fang raised his eyes and saw his father standing under the stairs, and hurriedly said goodbye to Li Xuan. Hastily descended the stairs to his father.

Li Xuan lowered his head and walked down one step at a time. When he reached the last step, he saw a pair of black boots. Li Xuan raised his eyes and saw Li Xiuqi standing there waiting for him.

Li Xuan squeezed out a smile, and said: "You used to be so courteous every day, and this courteous civil and military official almost killed me."

Li Xiuqi said: "Why didn't His Highness tell me first when he wanted to hand over the booklet? I didn't even know it would happen today."

Li Xuan waved his hand and said, "Actually, I also guessed that this was impossible, so I didn't intend to bother you once. But I just don't want to be reconciled, and I want to give it a try..."

Li Xiuqi said: "Your Majesty hasn't said anything to death, there is still hope for this matter."