Chapter 1202 The monarch and minister are frank(1/2)
But whether Li Chao wants to enter Beijing or not, he has no choice. He dares not enter Beijing, especially at this time, Li Chao estimates that Li Shimin will really not let him go.
Some people say that the emperor was a little foolish when he was under forty. But Li Chao would never believe such nonsense. On the contrary, Li Chao believed that if he was in Li Shimin's position and faced the previous situation, he might have reacted more.
Li Shimin is a wise ruler, but he also has a slight scatter.
The emperor's rebellion is his throne. Anyone who dares to threaten his imperial power will anger the emperor. Especially this emperor who has experienced the Xuanwu Gate Incident and later revived by the Supreme Emperor, this part is truly invisible and can be angry at once.
Throughout history, many emperors have suspected their princes, especially those who have been in power for a long time, especially those who are ambitious.
For example, Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Taiwu of Wei, and Kang Mazi.
There are definitely many people who force the prince to rebel, even depose the prince, and kill the prince in the long river of history.
Li Shimin was still restrained this time, but in the end, the thunder was loud and the raindrops were small. He demoted thousands of people, but no one was executed, and he did not label him as a clique. He did not do anything to death, leaving a lot of room for him.
This time it can be regarded as a warning, not a real blow.
In particular, Li Shimin's attack was very accurate. The person he attacked was the Li Party, which had been circulating, and did not attack other people. On the other hand, Li Chao, the leader of the Li Party.
After quickly cracking down on the demotion of Li Dang and leaving the capital, the prince's edict was passed.
He left face for the prince and comforted the nobles of the Tang Dynasty.
It is precisely because of this incident that the collective was silent.
Li Chao didn't say a word, Li Jing, Qin Qiong and others didn't say anything, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others didn't even ask for love. Everyone understands that the emperor is already restraining. If even the emperor's actions are not allowed, something will happen.
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Early November.
Li Chao returned to the capital and stood in front of the gate of Hanjing. Li Chao stared for a while.
"Taoshi!"
Wang Chengen walked from the front, "I know that the Grand Tutor entered the capital today, Your Majesty asked me to come over early in the morning. The Grand Tutor, Your Majesty asked you to go back to the capital and meet in the palace first."
Li Chao frowned, "I've been busy all the way, and I haven't even changed my clothes yet."
"It's okay." Wang Chengen said with a smile, he stood there motionless. Li Chao had no choice but to smile, "Please trouble Mr. Wang to lead the way."
He followed Wang Chengen into the palace, but he did not take Li Chao to the hall directly, but instead took Li Chao to the bathroom first.
"The Master can make some hot soup here first!"
Once you come, you will be at peace.
A palace servant led Li Chao in to change his clothes.
After taking a shower, Li Chao came to the bathtub with a towel.
It turned out that Li Shimin was already there, and the emperor had just taken a shower and was wearing a bath towel.
"Wenyuan, come on, let's take a bath." Li Shimin waved to him, then untied the bath towel by the pool, and went down the steaming hot water pool naked.
Li Chao also went to the bath towel and got off the pool.
Li Shimin waved his hand first to ask the palace servants to retreat, and only two were left.
"Come here, why don't you stay away from it? Don't worry, I won't eat people." Li Shimin waved to him.
Li Chao smiled and simply took a breaststroke to swim.
“This is a good skill.”
"I used to have a nickname called Langli Baitiao." Li Chao also joked.
"Isn't your nickname Pinming Sanlang?" Li Shimin also smiled.
In a few simple words, the relationship between the king and the minister immediately became much closer. Those who were restrained and separated were much less.
The water is neither cold nor hot, and it is very comfortable to lie inside.
Li Shimin looked at Li Chao's naked upper body, "You are quite clean, and there are not even a single scar. But I have left many scars on my body. I have been fighting for many years, which is considered a souvenir."
Li Chao looked at it a few times and found that there were indeed many scars.
"Your Majesty, the scars on a man's body will only make him more powerful. Moreover, this is the scar left on the battlefield. This is your military medal."
"Hahaha, this is a good thing, I love to listen to it."
"But Wenyuan, you, the Tang Dynasty military god, don't have a scar on your body, which is a bit inconsistent."
"I am the general and the general. I am always planning and not charging into battle on the battlefield."
Li Shimin said unconsciously, "When fighting, if you don't rush, you will always lose some momentum."
He is the few emperors who have great military achievements among the emperors, and he is also one of the few emperors who like to take risks and charge forward. He even often uses himself as bait, which is extremely bold.
Li Shimin said, turning around, lying beside the pond, revealing his back.
There were also several scars on the emperor's back.
"Your Majesty has a good figure, a tiger's back and a wolf's waist, and a well-proportioned muscle." Li Chao exclaimed.
"No." Li Shimin's chin was resting on his arm, "I am old and my belly is growing. Alas, I am already middle-aged and my body is beginning to gain weight. In the past, I was able to control three girls in one night, but now I have struggled to control two girls in Ye Yu."
Li Chao burst into laughter.
"Your Majesty is amazing. Now I am a little helpless in fighting one-on-one."
"You have to take some control, good guy, I have given birth to fifty or sixty children in the past ten years."
"Your Majesty, there are forty-nine." Li Chao corrected.
"Anyway, I have more than me, and I have only a dozen sons, and you are more than twenty."
Li Chao smiled and said, "That's because I am efficient in doing things. This is also about efficiency in giving birth. Women can get pregnant with sex only about ten days a month, so even if they work hard to sow seeds at other times, the seeds cannot sprout."
"Huh, there's still this?"
"Of course, your majesty. I have mastered this, so my women have a higher chance of getting pregnant. Thirteenth Lady has given birth to five children and three daughters, and eight in 16 years."
Li Shimin immediately became interested, "Can you master this?"
"Of course, it's easy to calculate."
So Li Chao and Li Shimin were soaking naked in the bathhouse. Li Shimin listened seriously to Li Chao tell the emperor how to calculate a woman's ovulation period.
"So that's it!" Li Shimin exclaimed. No wonder he was always depressed before, but he was not as good as Li Chao for giving birth. It turned out that he was not working hard enough, but that Li Chao had the secret.
"Don't say it earlier!"
"Your Majesty, it's not too late now. You're less than forty. This man can still have children at the age of eighty. If your Majesty really wants to have more children, it will take longer to give birth to a hundred more children in the future."
Li Shimin pinched his chin and thought to himself.
"One hundred are too many, I think it's enough to give birth to sixty or seventy."
"Hahaha."
The king and his minister laughed.
"Wen Yuan, wipe my back."
Li Chao was speechless and had to pick up the loofah naan next to him.
Li Shimin enjoyed it very much, "Well, focus your strength, right, rub it a few more times on the left."
"Hiss, it's so good!"
Li Chao wiped his back hard and put in his strength, but Li Shimin was just happy.
One is ruthless, the other is yelling.
Li Chao wiped Li Shimin's back all red.
Unfortunately, Li Shimin didn't help Li Chao in the end.
The two of them soaked for a long time, and then went to flush their own water.
Better clothes and slowly walk towards the Imperial Study in the corridor.
Neither the monarch nor the minister mentioned the crown prince, nor did anyone take the initiative to mention the major earthquake in the capital this year.
"Wen Yuan, the court has now built a house of parliament, and even the members of the House of Commons have been elected. But the court has no experience in how this parliament works. Many years ago, you first held a parliament in Liuqiu in Lingnan. The parliament has also played a lot of roles, which is also of great help in stabilizing the localities and developing the people's livelihood economy. I have already appointed you as the president of the House of Nobles. This time, the members of the parliament have also begun to arrive in Beijing one after another. You have to preside over this first parliamentary meeting."
Li Shimin talks about serious business.
There are two houses of parliament, and there are only the Central House of Nobles and no local House of Nobles, while the House of Commonwealth has local three-level parliament and central parliament.
There are now more than 3,000 members of the House of Nobles. The qualifications of the nobles are barons or above, and they must be at least twenty-one years old to obtain qualifications.
There are many real nobles in the Tang Dynasty today, but there are also many who are not satisfied with their age. So there are only more than 3,000 members of the congressman who are now awarded the title.
There were a total of 1,800 members of the Civil Assembly of the Court and the Central Civil Assembly.
This is also because there are only more than 3,000 people in the aristocratic house, so the Civil Council finally set up only 1,800 places. Basically, they are famous figures among the major straits of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce.
Originally, the idea was that there were no officials in the National Assembly, but now, there are one-third of the officials and members in the National Assembly.
Looking at the president of the House of Commons appointed by Li Shimin, you will know some of his attitudes. The president of the House of Commons is the former Secretary of the Shangshu Ling Gao Shilian and the uncle of the first empress.
The meeting of the two houses of the Parliament, the meeting of the Federation of Industry and Commerce, the gathering of local officials and vassals. Fortunately, this year is not the year of the competition, otherwise tens of thousands of candidates would be poured in, and the capital would be really lively at the end of the year.
To be continued...