Mr. Yan thought about the matter thoroughly and felt that he should go to the palace to meet His Majesty again.

It’s not that I feel that Xu Ji is a pity, nor that I think that those officials who have made mistakes should be lenient.

Instead, he wanted to safeguard His Majesty's reputation. His Majesty was the founding king and could not have any flaws.

After reminding from President Gao and Lao Zhang, Mr. Yan had already understood that what His Majesty had to do now is to use Xu Ji to cure those domineering meritorious ministers.

If a person who is not careful in mind seems to be unable to think of any greater plans, but Mr. Yan is not an ordinary person after all. After all, he thinks of a deeper level, so he feels a little worried.

Your Majesty uses Xu Ji to treat those people, and this is only a way to treat the symptoms, because no matter how fierce Xu Ji is, he dare not really take all so many people.

This book is ultimately Xu Ji.

If you use Xu Ji to these people, you will sooner or later win Xu Ji, and this is the most critical step in your Majesty’s game.

In order to rectify the customs of local officials, Xu Ji must offend many meritorious ministers.

The local officials have their own backers behind them, and the captains and generals assigned to the local area are their respective generals.

Once this resentment accumulates, it is something that cannot be underestimated.

After that, this resentment reached a certain point, and Xu Ji had already touched the foundation of the court because of forming cliques and making personal gains.

At this time, it would be natural to win Xu Ji, and it would also comfort those who have resentment in their hearts.

So Mr. Yan had already thought that it was impossible to win Xu Ji in the near future, maybe five years later, ten years later, or even twenty years later.

At that time, Xu Jike had been treating the symptoms for ten or twenty years, and he had basically suppressed everything he should have suppressed.

This game of chess was started by Your Majesty not after ascending the throne, but when Xu Ji was transferred to Jizhou Jiedushi, it was several years ago.

While others are still looking at the battle situation in the world, His Majesty is already looking at the various problems that will be encountered after the founding of the country.

What is forward-looking?

Your Majesty's vision is farther than others. At least from the current situation, Your Majesty has seen it for at least five or six years.

But this matter ultimately harmed Your Majesty's reputation, so Mr. Yan thought, should he persuade Your Majesty again?

This is his accusation, because he is not only a court official in Daning, but also his Majesty’s teacher and his Majesty’s friend.

Weiyang Palace.

Seeing Mr. Yan return, Li Chi probably understood what Mr. Yan had realized.

He made tea for Mr. Yan, and then sat down opposite Mr. Yan: "Sir, play chess?"

Mr. Yan quickly leaned over and said, "That minister will accompany His Majesty to a plate."

Soon, the chessboard was arranged, and the two of them had not yet decided who would take the lead.

Li Chi smiled and said, "Sir, I have something to say to me. I'll guess. If I guess wrong, I'll take the lead. If I guess correctly, I'll take the lead."

Mr. Yan shook his head and smiled, "How could Your Majesty not guess these thoughts?"

Li Chi said: "When people all over the world look at me doing things, they think about what I do right, and they hope for whether it is good to the people of the world. Only their own people will think about whether what I do is good to me."

Li Chi handed the teacup to Mr. Yan: "Mr. is my mentor. No matter when, I know what the teacher says, does, and thinks, it is all for my own good."

Mr. Yan raised his hand and rubbed his eyes. He didn't know if it was sand or his eyes were a little sore.

"Your Majesty, let's take the initiative."

Mr. Yan's eyes were a little red.

After putting down the first chess piece, Li Chi said, "That's true... I used to do things, but what I thought was that no matter what I did, I always took the lead."

He looked at Mr. Yan: "What do you think first?"

Mr. Yan replied: "When conquering the world, even Your Majesty's opponent said that Your Majesty is the best person in this world who has applied the ultimate goal of the attack. But I also know that before the attack, Your Majesty's first move is the key."

Li Chi said: "In this world, there are not so many people who are fighting back."

He signaled that Mr. Yan would make a move.

Mr. Yan thought for a moment and made a move.

"But Your Majesty is different now. Your Majesty is the founding king. There will be countless people and countless generations in the future, and you will regard Your Majesty as a perfect person."

Li Chi smiled and said, "Sir, there is no perfect person in this world. There is no perfect God in the legend."

He said in a calm tone: "Sir just said that I am the founding king, I am the first emperor of Daning, my children, children, and descendants, who do they learn how to be emperors?"

Li Chi pointed to himself: "It's only me, so whether it's bright or dark, what's in front of everyone, or what's hidden deep in my mind, I have to make this happen for my descendants."

After leaving one son, Li Chi continued to say, "Sir, I am afraid that I will bear some infamy. After all, Xu Ji is also a meritorious minister..."

Li Chi's fingers left the chessboard and paused a little in the air.

"Have you ever thought that when Xu Ji was a local official in Yuzhou, he committed a death sentence?"

This sentence shocked Mr. Yan.

Li Chi picked up the teacup and took a sip. He looked at Mr. Yan's face, but he was afraid that his words would hurt his heart if they were too sincere.

"Sir, I ignored the fact that Xu Ji colluded with Yang Xuanji when he was in Yuzhou. What I said at that time was that the merits and demerits were offset."

"But I always understand that such things as demerits and demerits are blasphemy to justice in national law."

Li Chi said: "I did seem a little contemptuous and not very bright when I did this. But I changed my mind... If I had ordered Xu Ji to be killed in Yuzhou, I would not have persuaded me."

Mr. Yan was stunned for a moment.

These words forced him to think deeply.

If Xu Ji and Yang Xuanji colluded in Yuzhou, they were not suppressed by Li Chi, but were promoted.

Then Xu Ji will certainly die, and no one will persuade Li Chi to go out of the way because it was betrayal.

Mr. Yan did think about it again at this moment just now, would he persuade Li Chi at that time?

The answer is no, definitely no.

Li Chi continued the tea for Mr. Yan, put down the teapot and smiled and said, "How can anyone be the emperor do it? No one in the future will scold him?"

He looked at Mr. Yan and said, "If the teacher hadn't asked these words today, I wouldn't have said them."

Mr. Yan leaned over and said, "I understand."

As an emperor, of course it is impossible to say these words to those who are ministers. How gloomy and terrible it is to say this emperor's thoughts.

But Li Chi told Mr. Yan that it was because Li Chi unconditionally trusted Mr. Yan, which was a beam of light that opened in the gloomy and terrifying emperor's mind.

"Sir, I always reminded me not to be a hand-off manager, it's not good."

Li Chi said while drinking tea: "At that time, I was actually a good boss, but now if I still am a good boss, it would be a big deal."

Mr. Yan felt nervous.

He got up and took two steps back, leaned over and said, "I'm thinking too much."

Li Chi then stood up and helped Mr. Yan sit down: "If you say anything between me and Mr. You will say whatever you think, sir, don't be so reserved."

Li Chi pointed to the chessboard: "It's time for sir."

Mr. Yan didn't have any thoughts to play chess again at this time, and shook his head and said, "When I fell the first piece, I was actually defeated."

Li Chi smiled: "Sir, you won if you don't compete for winning or losing."

Mr. Yan thought to himself that if you are a minister, you will win with Your Majesty. At the moment of the fight, you will lose incompletely.

For example, Xu Ji.

When Xu Ji was in Yuzhou, he thought that he was smart enough to turn black and white and could cover up everything. What he wanted to fight for was that he was smarter than His Majesty and could deceive His Majesty.

Then in Jizhou, Yuezhou, and then Xu Ji got his wish and became the first prime minister of Daning.

Judging from the endings of these things, when Xu Ji and His Majesty compete to win and lose, Xu Ji competed to win.

win?

Mr. Yan smiled bitterly in his heart. At first, he really thought that it would be better if someone like Xu Ji could save his life.

But after His Majesty just finished talking about his time in Yuzhou, Mr. Yan suddenly realized that the person who changed was not His Majesty, but them.

Xu Ji deserved to die at that time. After some years, many people forgot about his collusion with Yang Xuanji, so they felt that he shouldn't die.

At this moment, is Your Majesty wrong to use someone who should have died long ago and die at a more appropriate time?

Your Majesty has never changed, whether it was in Jizhou, Yuzhou, Jingzhou, Shuzhou, or now in Chang'an City.

Your Majesty has never changed, but Your Majesty knows more than everyone else what to do at what time.

Thinking of this, Mr. Yan suddenly realized it.

What kind of time a person should do is not a change in people, but a change in the environment.

So Mr. Yan felt relieved, and he leaned over and said, "I have another private matter, I want to ask Your Majesty to fulfill it."

Li Chi said: "Sir, if you have anything to do, just tell me."

Mr. Yan said: "I thank Your Majesty... Ruoling has always wanted to go back to Jizhou to see you. I dared to ask Your Majesty to allow me..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Chi shook his head.
To be continued...