I have already established my power and prestige, so how did Li Shimin come back to life?

In their view, Tang Wang, who was born a beggar and always proclaimed his loyalty to the emperor, was an excellent candidate.

So, these people united and nominated Tang Wang, hoping to use him to express their loyalty to His Majesty.

After being elevated by these people, Tang Wang immediately seized the opportunity and used his newly acquired power to subdue those who had elevated him.

After all these operations, Tang Wang not only gained a firm foothold, but was also appreciated for his "loyalty" and successfully took the position of Wu County Magistrate.

Although he was only a minor official of the eighth rank, for Tang Wang, the former beggar, this was a huge change from the mud to the clouds.

In the Tang Dynasty, official status was a symbol of incomparable honor.

Even if he is just a small official, ordinary people have to be respectful when they see him. How dare they provoke him easily?

Since becoming the county lieutenant, Tang Wang has become a different person.

He used to be addicted to gambling, but now he has no interest in gambling. Instead, he is obsessed with enjoying the respect from the people.

Every time he walked down the street and people saluted him, he would smile broadly and pretend to be friendly, saying, "Don't be so formal, Your Majesty has said that the people are the breadwinners of us officials."

When talking to people on weekdays, Tang Wang always mentioned His Majesty.

As long as someone dared to say a bad word about His Majesty, he would immediately puff out his beard and glare, like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and be the first to jump out to accuse.

When some people suffered at his hands and sought justice, don Juan would bring up His Majesty, righteously saying, "Back then, we were so poor we couldn't even afford to eat. Now we have a good life. Who did we rely on? Your Majesty! Now we can't stand a little loss. Have we forgotten Your Majesty's kindness?"

When the people heard this, even if they felt very aggrieved, they could only keep it to themselves.

If anyone dared to appeal, Tang Wang would put a big accusation on that person, saying that he did not respect the emperor, did not love the Tang Dynasty, and even slandered him for having the intention of rebellion.

Relying on this set of methods, Tang Wang became very successful in Wu County.

Although he was only an official of the eighth rank, even the county magistrate did not dare to provoke him easily.

Because under Tang Wang's distorted interpretation, criticizing him is equivalent to slandering His Majesty's majesty, which is a capital crime. No one dares to joke with his own head.

Everyone knew that Tang Wang was acting like a big shot and a rogue, but no one wanted to provoke this troublemaker for fear of getting into trouble.

In fact, if Li Chengqian could have seen what Tang Wang did earlier, he would have been able to see through his true nature at a glance.

Tang Wang is the kind of hypocrite who likes to stand on the moral high ground and accuse others wantonly.

In his opinion, anyone who dared to question him was disloyal to the Tang Dynasty and an unforgivable sinner.

Today happened to be Tang Wang's day to go out, and he was bragging to his men about his loyalty to His Majesty.

He went to each inn one by one, hoping to ask the owners for some money.

I happened to hear the poem written by Li Chengqian.

He instantly flew into a rage, slammed the table, and shouted, "How dare you slander His Majesty!"

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the surrounding drinkers were all focused on Tang Wang.

The next second, everyone stood up as if they had seen the god of plague. Some paid their bills, and some left. In the blink of an eye, only Li Chengqian and the other two were left in the tavern.

Everyone went out but didn't leave, just watching what would happen inside.

The people of Wu County usually hated Tang Wang very much, but they could do nothing about it.

Dare to be angry but dare not speak!

Now seeing him making things difficult for these three outsiders, some people had a glint of schadenfreude in their eyes, thinking that someone could finally get a taste of what it was like to be made difficult by Tang Wang.

Some people also looked reluctant. After all, they were just ordinary people and didn't want to see innocent people suffer.

Everyone's eyes fell on Li Chengqian and the other two. They all knew that these three outsiders were going to meet with disaster at Tang Wang's hands.