Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 464
But he said that Li Shanchang got on the carriage in a daze, lost his mind, and when he returned to the mansion, his younger brother Li Cunyou was waiting at the door.

Seeing his elder brother returning to the mansion, Li Cunyou rushed to greet him, "Brother! You have returned to the mansion. Can the superior release my family's foot restraint?"

Regarding the reason for the invitation to the palace this time, although Li Shanchang was cautious when he went, Li Cunyou was extremely optimistic.His elder brother is the number one hero in the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and he has always been highly valued by his superiors, but he is just helping those officials to make suggestions, it is not a big deal.

In front of the higher-ups, the matter is over, if you think about it.These few days the Li Mansion has been ordered by the emperor to confine their feet, Li Cunyou is really suffocated, and he can't live a day without going to the flower boats on the upper reaches of the Qinhuai River.

Hearing the word "superior", Li Shanchang instinctively shook, pushed away to help Li Cunyou, and said viciously: "You have already ascended the throne today, how can you call the superior?"

"From now on, if you don't address your Majesty, I will break your leg!"

Li Cunyou was stunned, not understanding why his brother was so excited all of a sudden.He wanted to ask more questions, but Li Shanchang had already gone to the back house.

Li Shanchang retreated and went straight to the study, the more he thought about the meaningful words that the emperor said just now, the more frightened he became.After sitting for a long time, he found a rope and hung it on the beam of the house...

"Master, my concubine made you a bowl of bird's nest porridge..." Seeing that there was still light in the study, Li Shanchang's concubine knocked on the door of the study on the pretext of delivering the porridge.After knocking for a long time, there was no answer. She boldly opened the door, and the scene in front of her almost knocked her out of her wits.

"Come on! Come on! Master... Master hanged himself!"

The whole Li Mansion was flying like dogs and dogs in an instant, and countless servants and servants rushed in to help pull Li Shanchang off the rope.Fortunately, it was discovered early, and the rope Li Shanchang found was not very strong. The pillar of the Duke's Mansion is still alive.After a while, Li Qi, Li Cunyou and other Li family members also came. When Li Cunyou saw Li Shanchang's appearance, he was scared out of his wits: "Brother! Why are you here, why are you here!"

"...Get out, get out!" The Duke who had recovered was obviously very angry, and Li Cunyou wanted to howl, but seeing Li Shanchang staring at him like an enemy, he had to swallow the half-baked words .It was Li Qi who presided over the overall situation. First, everyone was asked to leave the study to allow for more air circulation. Then, he pointed out a few trusted butlers and asked them to block the news, so as not to let this matter leak out easily.

"Qi'er stay here..." He was about to quit after the arrangement, but his father suddenly said.Li Qi was stunned for a moment, but finally stopped.

When the others were far away, Li Qi came to Li Shanchang's bedside, sighed and said, "Father, why are you here?"

"Qi'er, I don't want it for my father... I don't want it for my father either!"

"I regret not listening to what you said!"

As he spoke, he told this son all the words that Lao Zhu had said to him without knowing why.

"...Ask me if I am almost 70 years old, and say that you are loyal and useful. This is because I have lived too long, and I should have died long ago! It is in vain for me, Li Shanchang, to claim to be smart, but to be late... Your Majesty has already Killing heart, if I don't die, how can I protect this Nuoda family property for you?"

Li Qi touched the wound on his face, and said to himself that he knew today, so why bother.After he went to the palace to inform that day, Li Shanchang often beat him when he came back.Even the status of the son of the world must be given to a well-loved bastard.

If you say you have no complaints in your heart, that would be a lie.But after all, I can't just watch my father die like this, so Li Qi persuaded: "Your Majesty's intention may be that you don't want me to interfere in the government...Father, why don't we go back to our hometown in Dingyuan tomorrow, and let's just work and study from now on. .”

"Hey... Your Majesty intends to take back the noble's death-free coupons and hoarded land, just because he wants to cultivate and study the heirloom, but now he can't..." Li Shanchang shook his head and sighed, the more he thought about it, the more he felt distressed.He didn't have military power in the first place, so he was naturally not among those nobles who exchanged military power for land without having to confiscate it.Now that he is rejected by the emperor again, even if His Majesty allocates the qualification to establish a state overseas, it will certainly not fall on his Li family.

One must know that he, Li Shanchang, had made the first meritorious service in Dingbang in the past, and his contribution was greater than Xu Da's.But now...

well!I, Li Shanchang, have been plotting all my life, but in the end, I lost the big because of a small loss, and I can't keep it at the end of the festival...

"Father, it's okay." Li Qi was only taken aback for a moment, but he was more open-minded than Li Shanchang. "Even if His Majesty wants to take back the land certificate, if there are hundreds of acres of Lutian in Dingyuan's hometown, he will not be unable to survive."

"As a courtier, you should be loyal. Dad, you were disloyal when you colluded with the party for the sake of power and wealth. Even if you are a farmer and preserved the name of my Li family, why not?"

Li Shanchang was annoyed and regretted at the same time, what was annoyed was that this son was so foolish and loyal, and even accused him of being unfaithful as a father.What he regrets is how he forgot the word loyalty, thinking that by being the number one hero in the founding of the country, he could monopolize the court, forgetting the way of prudence.

Thousands of remorse turned into a long sigh, and it was useless to say anything at this time.Thinking of Lao Zhu's methods when he was young, Li Shanchang shuddered: He is not as optimistic as this son, if the superior... His Majesty made up his mind to kill me, even if he hid back to his hometown, what would be the use?
"No, I have to find a way to make up for it..." Li Shanchang frowned and pondered, and finally mustered up the courage to commit suicide. After being blocked, he lost the courage to seek death.Moreover, being able to establish a state overseas and claiming to be a lonely person is really attractive to a person like Li Shanchang who is extremely fond of power.

If possible, please do what His Majesty likes...

Li Shanchang suddenly forgot the pain, jumped up from the couch, and began to write quickly on a blank memorial...

a few days later.

""Please set up a tax department to collect business taxes"?" Looking at the memorial, Lao Zhu couldn't help being a little surprised when he saw the familiar handwriting on this memorial.

"Biaoer, didn't Jin Yiwei come to report that Li Shanchang attempted to hang himself from the beam a few days ago, and he was seriously injured? How could this memorial be given to us? Could it be a legacy?" Old Zhu asked suspiciously.What he said last night did imply that Li Shanchang committed suicide. Although half of it was out of anger, if Li Shanchang died last night, he would not really feel that way.

For the stumbling blocks on the road ahead of the Ming Dynasty, even if he was an old friend of the same way, Zhu Yuanzhang would not be tolerant. This is the style of his founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

But Li Shanchang didn't die, it's all right, and he actually gave himself a book of memorials early in the morning... This is debatable.You know, it was the old guy who gave those people ideas to fight against the commercial tax.Could it be that the old guy thinks that if he turns his back on him now, we will spare him?

Lao Zhu threw the memorial aside.

"Father, this memorial was handed over to the cabinet by Mr. Han in person early in the morning. After my son watched it, I immediately brought it for you to read." Seeing that Lao Zhu threw the memorial on the ground, Zhu Biao hurriedly picked it up with great care He got up, dusted off the dust on his head, and handed it over with both hands: "I think you should read this memorial."

"The strategy written in this memorial...maybe it can really solve my urgent need, Daming!"

(End of this chapter)