Chapter 908 Family Banquet
Li Yan felt very uncomfortable. He sat between Yang Fei and Li Er. This was an experience he had never enjoyed before. Usually, when holding a family dinner, he and Li Ke could not be arranged at any time. Even if Li Er suddenly wanted to have a family dinner with Yang Fei, Li Yan's status was extremely underground and he would never sit between Comrade Li Er and Yang Fei.
But now Li Yan, who has the lowest status, has actually reached the top of his own brother Li Ke, which makes Li Yan very uncomfortable, while Li Ke seems natural. Sitting there will not affect his meal anyway.
But to be honest, having a meal with Comrade Li Er is not an easy task. Although it is a family dinner in name, the atmosphere is as depressing as a state dinner. Even Li Ke sat in his seat and didn't know what he was thinking and said nothing.
"Do you have lice on your body?" Li Er glanced at Li Yan and asked.
Seeing Li Yan looking restless, Li Er, who was sitting next to Li Yan, asked.
Hearing Comrade Li Er say this, Li Yan immediately straightened his body, looked at his nose, his nose, and his mouth, and his heart, and did not dare to move at all.
Until the meal was served, Comrade Li Er said, "Eat," and Li Yan, who had been sitting upright, dared to move.
"Tell your mother whether you want to go to this matter yourself." Li Er first picked up a bite of the dish, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly, and then said after swallowing the things in his mouth.
When Li Er said this, it was not only Yang Fei, but even Li Ke, who had not spoken, raised his head. Yang Fei looked at Li Yan because she wanted to know if Li Er forced him to go. Although she knew that even if Li Er forced Li Yan to go, there was no way, the child took the initiative and was forced to go were two completely different concepts.
Li Ke looked at Li Yan because Li Ke didn't know what happened. Since Comrade Li Er asked him to restrain himself during this period, the workload of the Independent Commission Against Corruption has been reduced a lot.
In particular, there are very few cases where he needs to take action himself, so every day he chats with Wei Zheng in the office and drinks tea.
"Well, when it comes to my father's words, it's my son's own way." Li Yan said.
"It's not telling me, it's telling your mother that your mother didn't believe it at the beginning, but I must make it clear, otherwise Concubine Yang wouldn't blame me." Li Er also rarely joked with Concubine Yang.
When Yang Fei smiled at Li Er who was sitting beside him, she then filled the wine in the wine glass with Li Er.
"Okay, don't be too depressed if it's a family dinner, let it go." Li Er waved his hand and signaled that Li Ke and Li Yan could speak freely.
Li Ke was not polite after seeing this. Because of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, the relationship between Li Ke and Comrade Li Er eased a lot, especially after Li Ke helped Comrade Li Er reduce some of the power of the aristocratic family, Comrade Li Er was even more satisfied with Li Ke.
"Well, what's the matter?" Li Ke asked.
"Brother, you don't know. My father asked me to go to Tubo!" Li Yan saw Li Er finally let him go, and Li Yan, who had been pretending for a long time, finally couldn't pretend anymore.
For Li Yan, this is not a simple task. Although this task is very important, for him, it represents more recognition, which is more important than getting Tubo.
As soon as Li Yan learned about this, he wanted to share the good news with Li Ke and Yang Fei, but when he thought that Comrade Li Er said that this matter was a military and national event, Li Yan did not dare to say it randomly.
His experience working at the racecourse taught Li Yan what to say and what not to say.
But this still has special significance for Li Yan, so Li Yan has been holding it in. Now Comrade Li Er finally allowed him to speak freely, and Li Yan also said quickly.
"Go to Tubo?!" Li Ke was surprised.
"That's right, I'm going to Tubo. This is a big deal, and it was an idea proposed by Master Zhang." Li Yan said with a smile.
When Li Yan said this, Li Ke became even more confused. What important thing could be left to his younger brother to do? And this matter was proposed by Zhang Nan.
For Li Ke, there is nothing trivial about what Zhang Nan can ask for in person.
Zhang Nan proposed the Independent Commission Against Corruption Office where he works now. Obviously, this thing has had a significant impact on the aristocratic family.
"I'll say it." Seeing that Li Yan couldn't say anything for a long time, Li Er told Li Ke again about the Tang Dynasty's plan for Tubo. In fact, the better the two of them performed now, Comrade Li Er still felt that they were indebted to them.
From the father's standpoint, although they are all their own flesh and blood, they still have different lengths when they stick out their ten fingers, so Comrade Li Er will naturally be biased.
The person he likes the most is Empress Changsun, so he loves the children born by Empress Changsun even more.
For Li Ke and his brother, Li Er had strict requirements on them, but he was unwilling to spend time to discipline them. So the better the two of them performed now, the stronger the guilt Li Er felt.
"That's it, but is this really reliable? Why do I feel a little too unbelievable?" Li Ke also said the truth.
"Hey, brother, if you listened to Mr. Zhang's comments about brainwashing today, you wouldn't have such an idea." Li Yan also said hurriedly.
"Brainwashing?" Concubine Yang interrupted.
"Come on, mom, I'll tell you what brainwashing is going on." After Li Yan finished speaking, he carefully explained what Zhang Nan told him and said in his own words.
Although the statement is not very good, it is much worse than Zhang Nan's professional statement, but the meaning is the same.
"Can this still happen?" After hearing this, Li Ke also showed a thoughtful look on his face.
"Brother, what are you thinking?" Seeing Li Ke's expression, Li Yan also took a sip of the drink in front of him and asked.
"I was wondering if I could use this method to where we can."
Hearing Li Ke say this, Li Er also looked at Li Ke, wanting to know what Li Ke is thinking.
"How is this possible? Brother, you guys are not the ones who arrest corrupt officials? What does it have to do with brainwashing?" Li Yan said.
"Who said it doesn't matter? In addition to being greedy for money, some of their officials were bewitched by the aristocratic families. These people are not very determined. If I can brainwash them like you said, I might be able to control them to the aristocratic families and collect information from the aristocratic families for us."
Chapter completed!