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Chapter 980 Growing Up

Knowing people and making good use of them are two different things.To know a person is not to understand a person, but to see through a person. Only in this way can he exert the greatest effect, that is, make good use of it.

Li Jing once taught the two brothers that it doesn't matter if their martial arts are not good, and they should find a large group of people with good martial arts as their subordinates.It doesn't matter if you are not resourceful, just find a large group of smart people as your subordinates.It doesn't matter if the art of war is not good, find a large group of masters in art of war to be your subordinates.

So to be an emperor doesn't need to be very powerful or smart, you just need to use the right person in the right position, and other than that, you need to judge the person's loyalty.

Being an emperor seems complicated, but if you just want to be stable, it is actually very easy, and you can do it very well.

Of course Li Hongji had a lot of thoughts when he met a young master like Wu Yazi, after all, Wang Ran was not easy to control and was too old.

Being in a high position, Li Hongji also had many difficult times. It was not that no one wanted to assassinate him, and he didn't even know who sent him.Li Hongji also liked young people's consumption places, so he took old men like Wang Ran to brothels... Wang Ran probably didn't want to, because at Wang Ran's age, he could only feel comfortable when he saw other people happy.

If you take Daoist Wu Yazi with you, everyone can have a great time, and the most important thing is that you will be very safe with him.

In fact, from the moment Li Hongmao spoke his first sentence, Li Hongji knew what he was thinking.Li Hongji also agreed with this idea, so he fully cooperated.

A group of people came to the living room immediately, and the housekeeper quickly arranged things properly.

The wine table is the one that can enhance the relationship the most. At this time, there are only four people on the wine table, except for the two princes, of course they are their best guards.

In fact, Venerable Bailian seemed superfluous, because Li Hongmao and Li Hongji really wanted to make friends.

Although Venerable Bailian's martial arts are now superior to Wu Yazi, how many years will Venerable Bailian have to live at this age?
Daoist Wu Yazi has just started, maybe he can dominate the martial arts world for decades or even hundreds of years.So the values ​​of the two are not at the same level at all.

Li Hongmao raised his glass first and said: "Brother, we two brothers have not seen each other for a long time, we must not get drunk today, let me toast you first."

"I'll drink this cup later. I have to tell you some good news. Then you have to toast me three times." Li Hongji said with a smile: "Father has ordered you to return to Beijing. Now you don't have to be in Tanzhou After living this kind of fearful life alone, I can go back with my elder brother to spend time and drink, and get drunk. This is what my elder brother begged my father for more than a month before he agreed."

Hearing this, Li Hongmao not only showed no joy, but frowned.

If it was before meeting Wu Yazi, Li Hongmao would have danced with excitement when he heard the news.But it's different now, Li Hongmao understood many things after the education of Taoist Master Wu Yazi.

"Brother... I still have to respect you for this glass of wine, but I only want to respect you for your hard work along the way." After speaking, Li Hongmao took a drink from his glass and then said: "Brother, this is a glass of wine. The younger brother is very grateful for the matter, but he cannot accept it. Now that Chai Rong is sending troops to Shouzhou, what is fighting is money, and Tanzhou’s tax revenue is very important to the national treasury, so I cannot leave Tanzhou.”

"What's the matter? Even if you leave, Yang Ying won't be able to collect taxes from Tanzhou. What are you worried about?" Li Hongmao was surprised when Li Hongji opened his mouth. Unexpectedly, his elder brother also understood the reason.Originally, I always thought that my elder brother was as stupid as myself.

Li Hongmao was surprised and said: "Brother, so you know this matter, you really underestimated Brother."

"Do you need to say that? You are my teacher. After you leave, Yang Ying will occupy Tanzhou. As long as the army retreats after the beginning of spring, the father will send troops to Yang Ying. He will get Let him spit out every penny of his money, and let him kill everyone in the house. So you are safe if you leave, and it will not have any impact on the overall situation." Li Hongji firmly believes in Li Jing's words, and this plan is very good, the most important thing It is to save the life of the second child.

"Brother, can I take back what I just said? You are still an idiot..." Li Hongmao said: "Don't be angry, brother, I am also an idiot. If it was two months ago, I would jump and walk with you, But it’s not working now, really not. Brother, I don’t want to continue being an idiot,”

Li Hongji was taken aback, the second child would say such words, and he still said such words in front of himself, is he trying to rebel?
Li Hongmao said: "Brother, we two brothers grew up together and were almost inseparable. There are many things outsiders don't know, but the two of us know very well. I just want to ask you, brother, are we two brothers stupid?"

Li Hongji didn't speak, but looked at the second child with a surprised face, not knowing what he wanted to say.

Li Hongmao shook his head and said: "Our two brothers are not stupid at all. When the old general Huangfuhui taught us martial arts when we were young, we quickly learned it. After a few years, when Huangfuhui taught the third brother the same moves, he still We didn’t learn as fast as us, and we still called him stupid. But now, the third brother’s martial arts skills are far superior to the two of us. He flatters us in front of Chinese martial arts, but who doesn’t say that we are idiots behind our backs? Don’t we Does it have to be a straw bag?"

"Go on." Li Hongji didn't get angry, but let him finish his sentence.

If someone else said this, Li Hongji would definitely be upset, even if it was his father, Emperor Li Jing.But he was willing to listen to what Li Hongmao said, because they grew up together, and Li Hongmao could be said to be the person who knew him best, even comparable to himself.

"Brother, we are not stupid, but why can't we accomplish anything until now? Because we are too lazy, we think that these things are done for us since we were young, and we don't need to do it ourselves. As a result, we become more and more lazy, too lazy to learn, too lazy Do it, and even be too lazy to use my brain in the end. Although laziness has become a habit and I am too lazy to be comfortable, I don’t want to continue to be lazy. Make up for all the wasted time. It just so happens that you are here, and we two brothers have been wasting time, and we will make up for it together."

Li Hongmao's eyes were already moist when he said this, because he already felt ashamed. He hadn't done anything serious for so many years. After learning, realize that this behavior is very shameful.

"Second brother, you also said that most of the time, people do it for us, so why do we have to work hard?" It's not that Li Hongji doesn't understand the reason. He's just lazy and has become a habit, and moving will be very tiring and hard. He's afraid of hard work.

Li Hongmao said: "Brother, just imagine, the enemy army has only 1000 people, and our army has 1 people, but our soldiers think that others will rush to kill them anyway, and it is best if they can save their lives, so no one stepped forward. What will be the result? 1 people lose to 1000 people... because everyone thinks that their power will not affect the overall situation, so no one contributes. In fact, every power is very precious, and the two of us I don’t know how much a person can do, but I think we should give our own strength instead of pinning our hopes on others. This is what a rope weaving person taught me. The reason why the rope is tough is Because every thread in the rope is exerting force, if there is only one thread, it will be torn without any force."

Li Hongji said: "You are right, but what does this matter have to do with Tanzhou? We can go back to Jinling and learn again."

Li Hongmao said: "Brother, the reason why I don't leave Tanzhou is not that I am afraid that Yang Ying will occupy Tanzhou and rob Yandao's taxes. It is because I am afraid that Yandao will take a detour, and if I don't go through Tanzhou, no one will be able to get it." This money. In fact, it is very easy for Yandao to change a trade route. They don’t need to be too troublesome. The reason why they go to Tanzhou is entirely because of my idiot. Because I am an idiot, Zhao Pu is willing to go here. I will not make it difficult for you to pass safely. But if it is Yang Ying, Zhao Pu may not be willing to take this risk. So only if I am in Tanzhou, Zhao Pu will let the caravan pass through Tanzhou."

"Oh~~ So that's it..." Li Hongji looked at Lao Er in surprise, and then said with admiration: "Lao Er, you have grown up."

Li Hongmao nodded and said: "Yes, in just over a month, I have grown up a lot. But in fact, we should have grown up more than ten years ago. It is all our fault for those useless teachers. Nothing they teach us is useful." Daoist Wu Yazi found some teachers for me, and these teachers taught me the real thing."

"Who are these experts? They can teach you so many things."

"The uncle who guards the gate, the old Li who blacksmiths, the old Liu who punted the boat...there are many, many more."

"Just these people? They know more than the grand scholars in the court?"

Li Hongji looked at the second child with contempt, did he learn from these people?What can we learn?I thought it was an expert's advice that made him grow up suddenly, but it turned out to be just some traffickers and pawns.

Li Hongmao said: "They really know more than these great scholars. The foundation of a country lies in the people. If they don't even understand the living conditions of the people, what kind of emperor are they? Can those great scholars be emperors? How can they teach a Good emperor?"

"That's... not right. Father is a good emperor. What he taught us should be right. He said that as long as he can know people and use them well, it's all right. For a king, he only needs to know people and use them well, right? ?”

Li Hongji still thinks that he doesn't need to work too hard, as long as he can do what his father taught him, he can be an emperor easily in this life.Let the third child do the hard work, anyway, he also has this hobby.

But Li Hongji didn't understand that when Li Jing taught them these things, he thought these two children were idiots. Because they were idiots, they had no way to work hard.If that's the case, it's barely passable.And with Li Congjia as the assistant, even if the two of them don't do anything, there shouldn't be too much of a problem.

But in fact, how can it be so simple to be an emperor?Li Jing just couldn't teach these two idiots well, so he could only teach the simplest way to be a king.

(End of this chapter)