Don't be a prince

Yu Tai's words were listened to by the eldest son of the princess who came to deliver breakfast.

After placing the breakfast on the stone table, the eldest grandson frowned and said, "Erlang, isn't our requirement of Chengqian too high? He's only seven years old, and his body hasn't grown up yet. How come he started to exercise his muscles and bones!"

Recalling the incident of falling from a horse two months ago, the eldest grandson couldn't help feeling distressed.

After drinking a bowl of porridge, Li Shimin said: "Don't slack off! Our Tang Dynasty has established itself in a hundred battles. Although the world is stable, the surrounding countries such as Tubo are still eyeing the Central Plains. War may happen at any time. I know that you think it would be good for Cheng Qian to be a successful king, but ah, this is impossible."

Knowing that her husband would answer this way, the eldest grandson could only sigh.

After drinking another bowl of porridge, Li Shimin said with a smile: "Don't talk about these things, Guanyin servant girl, do you know? I actually received a letter this morning, and the person who wrote the letter asked Gu to allow him to live in the East Palace. Haha , guess who it is?"

Princess Changsun sat on another stone pier and said helplessly, "Who else could it be except Mr. Li Gang? I have heard that the old cow in his old man's house left a lot of cow dung in the East Palace. .”

Although she pretended to be angry, she was secretly happy in her heart.What Mr. Li Gang did, anyone with a discerning eye could tell at a glance that he was probing, or assessing Li Chengqian.What made her happy was that her precious son really passed the test.

Moreover, although I don't know what the old man and the young have experienced, judging from the old man's request to live in the East Palace, he obviously approves of Li Chengqian.

Li Shimin was also very proud. In fact, although Li Gang was ordered to be the prince and grand teacher, he was not sure whether Li Gang would buy it.Even if the status and age reached Li Gang's height, the imperial power could not form an effective binding force on him.

However, fortunately, Li Chengqian performed well, and the old man actually agreed.This is good news for the imperial court.

In fact, after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it was announced that the officials of the previous dynasty would not be held accountable, and they were allowed to continue serving the court.However, there are very few people who really choose to serve the new dynasty.

Now Li Gang, the elder of the three dynasties, has accepted the appointment of the prince and grand master. From the perspective of influence, it is benign.

With a smile, Li Shimin asked Yu Tai: "How is the integration of the six princes?"

Yu Tai frowned, and said helplessly: "Going back to Your Highness, it's not going well. In the end, we still underestimated Li Jiancheng's influence on the Prince's Six Rates. Although the old Prince is dead, many generals in the Prince's Six Rates are unwilling to accept it." Consolidation, would rather pack up and go home."

"Pack up and go home? Hehe." Li Shimin sneered.

He leads the army all the year round, so why doesn't he know the way inside.If they are unwilling to accept integration, they can just leave.Although they are related to the old prince, for the sake of stability, no one will trouble them.But now, they are occupying their positions and are still unwilling to accept the integration, obviously for the benefit.

"Who is the current general in the sixth command of the prince?"

Yu Tai replied, "It's Sun Xiaoguang."

Li Shimin sneered and said: "Since they dare to hold the crown prince and will not let go, if they want to be loyal after the benefits, then they don't need to be loyal. All the generals will be dismissed, and the talents needed will be allowed to go to the Sixteen Guards." Pick and choose. Soldiers who are unwilling to pledge allegiance will be dealt with accordingly. Hehe, Gu would rather re-form the Prince Six Commanders than this group of mobs."

Seeing that Yu Tai was about to leave after saluting, Li Shimin added: "Wait a minute, after the formation of the Prince's Sixth Commander is completed, let's assign 2000 people to Chengqian as his own soldiers. Anyway, he won't need it, so just make up your mind."

Chapter 28 The Shield Lives In

According to Li Shimin's original intention, the prince would not have a personal soldier.

However, after repeated thinking, Li Shimin still felt that it would be better to give Li Chengqian some troops.After all, a prince needs some face after all.Prince Liu led more than 2 troops. If all of them were brought back to the central government, it would not be very good.

Yu Tai turned his head and said hesitantly: "Your Highness, do you want to divide it into two thousand? The general thinks, is it too much? The son is still young, so it's the same to give him so much after he grows up."

"Just give him two thousand, and give him more recruits."

Hearing this, Yu Tai nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.

If the Prince's two thousand soldiers are stationed around Chang'an, they are not a weak force.If someone with ulterior motives bewitches the prince, something may happen.

But, if it's a recruit, it's fine.In Yu Tai's eyes, only those veterans who have survived the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty have real combat power.

...

Li Chengqian didn't know that he was plotted by his father. At this time, he was waiting at the gate of the East Palace, ready to welcome Mr. Li Gang.

Li Chengqian actually welcomes the old gentleman to live in the East Palace.

The East Palace is really too big, but only Changsun Baoqing can talk to him in such a big East Palace.Those old eunuchs, although not dumb, would bow and kneel whenever they saw him, which was meaningless.

What's more, if the old gentleman comes over, he will start a small stove in the kitchen, so he can be more aboveboard, right?

As soon as the time came, there would be carriages bringing the old gentleman's belongings to the East Palace.

The old man lost his son in middle age, and his grandson Li Anren is taking care of him at this time.

The Li family didn't make any connections in the imperial court, so Li Anren didn't become an official, but inherited his family education, and he had a good reputation in Shilin.

He helped his grandfather into the East Palace, and when he saw Li Chengqian, Li Anren would salute.

How could Li Chengqian let a man in his 30s salute him, and quickly asked his eldest grandson Baoqing to pull him up.

"Mr. An Ren is also a very influential scholar in Shilin. How dare I accept your courtesy."

Li Anren insisted on giving a salute, and after getting up, he said, "Grandfather will live in the East Palace permanently, and Caomin can't come more to avoid suspicion. Therefore, the son should take care of grandfather. As grandchildren, Caomin should perform this salute." .”

Just as Li Chengqian wanted to be polite, Li Gang slapped Li Anren on the neck: "Okay, it's as if the old man will die in the East Palace. Worry about it, it's okay, get out."

Although the old man is old, his strength is still not small.Li Chengqian obviously grinned when he saw Li Anren being whipped, but instead of avoiding, he...

Greeted up?

Tsk, the old man really can't afford it.

After driving away Li Anren, Li Gang stretched out his hand to let Li Chengqian support him, grinned toothlessly and said, "Boy, I will live in your East Palace from today onwards, there is still time to drive me away now. "

Li Chengqian waved his hands again and again: "What did Master Li say? You can live in the East Palace. It's too late for the kid to be happy. How can I drive you out?"

Holding Li Gang's arm, Li Chengqian was also happy.

In fact, it would be better for Li Gang to live here.

Some of his ideas that belong to modern people, in the eyes of the ancients, many are outrageous.It's much better to have such an old gentleman who talks speculatively than Du Zhenglun and Zhang Fanlun.Moreover, there is an old gentleman, at least that old man who is tossing around, the teacher who will not be sent over.

The biggest shield!

Walking all the way into the study, Li Chengqian knelt and sat aside after helping the old gentleman to the brocade.

This brocade was brought here by the eunuch from the palace this morning.An 80-year-old man is more popular than the prince's own son.

After leaning on the brocade, Li Gang tapped his legs and said with emotion: "It's useless. When there was a famine in the early years, I used to search three mountains in one day to find wild vegetables. But now, walking a few steps It's like torture, I wish I could chop off these two legs."

Li Chengqian picked up a drawing from the case and handed it to the old gentleman.

After the old man took it, he saw a drawing drawn on it with a very fine brush, which looked like a chair.

There is nothing new about the chair, but with two big and two small wheels on it, it is a bit interesting.Especially the big wheels on both sides of the seat, the big advantage is too much.

Seeing the puzzled look from the old man, Li Chengqian explained: "This is a blueprint drawn by the kid. I call it a 'wheelchair'. Just ask the craftsman who will be the prison to make this wheelchair. You only need to sit on it and turn it with your hands." With big wheels, you can move. If you are tired, the boy or someone else can push you around, which is very convenient.”

After listening to Li Chengqian's explanation, and then looking at the drawings, Li Gang nodded with a smile: "It's kind of interesting, but I've troubled you, if this thing can really replace the old man's legs to walk, the old man will give you a gift in return. "

Li Chengqian handed the blueprint to Changsun Baoqing, asking him to go to the palace to find his father for his will.

Although he has drawn the blueprint, if it is sent to the general prison, there is no doubt that he will not even be a bird, and will only think it is a child's nonsense.

As for the drawing of the wheelchair, Li Chengqian hesitated again and again before completely drawing it into the appearance of later generations.Originally, he just wanted to make four wheels, and it would be good if someone pushed them.But considering the old man's old and tough character, Li Chengqian chose to copy it.

Judging from the fact that the old man insists on walking by himself until now, he prefers to support himself.Although this wheelchair is also a trick with tools, it will be better accepted if the old man can use his own strength to move it.

After the eldest grandson Baoqing left, the old gentleman picked up a piece of paper on the brocade, handed it to Li Chengqian and said, "You have read "Xiaoyaoyou", and I heard from Kong Yingda that you have also read a lot of Analects. You found such an article, tell me what you think.”

Li Chengqian took the paper, and it was full of majestic and majestic characters. Compared with his dog-like characters, these characters can be regarded as family heirlooms.

Although the words were beautiful, Li Chengqian's face twitched when he saw the content. The reason was that he knew the article very well. ,

Mencius's "Born in Worry and Died in Peace"!

A few days ago, he still lamented those few articles about "hardship and ambition", but today the old gentleman showed him again.

Rubbing his temples, Li Chengqian didn't finish reading, so he said: "This article, I have actually read it. In my disciple's opinion, the previous one is not right. In the whole text, only the sentence 'born in sorrow and died in peace' is the most meaningful. reason."

Chapter 29 painstaking

Li Gang smiled and said: "Oh? This is the first time this old man has heard of it. Tell me, why is there only such a sentence as 'born in sorrow and died in peace' makes sense?"

Li Chengqian smiled helplessly: "It's very simple. Born in adversity and died in peace, it is simply a truth-"Be prepared for danger in times of peace". Beware of arrogance and impetuosity, and be alert to possible dangers. But, the previous period when the heavens will send a big man to the people, in my opinion, it is not appropriate.

If a person wants to take on great responsibilities, what he needs is knowledge and self-cultivation, but knowledge and self-cultivation cannot be achieved through hard work and hard work.So, tossing a person can't make a person outstanding, it might lead to bad results instead. "

Li Gang pointed to the patched cushion under Li Chengqian's knee, and said with a smile, "Hehe, just like what you're going through now?"

"..."

Seeing Mr. Li's sly smile, Li Chengqian didn't know what to say.

It is said that old age makes fine, and now it seems to be true.He just said it casually, but unexpectedly, the old gentleman directly broke his idea.

After being embarrassed for a long time, Li Chengqian admitted: "You are right, the boy is quite helpless about his situation."

Seeing Li Chengqian admit it so happily, Li Gang couldn't help laughing.

After laughing, the old gentleman patted his thigh and said: "I thought you were going to talk about brilliant theories, but you just used the topic to make use of it to complain! However, what you said is indeed a bit unreasonable. It is really wrong for a person to take on a big responsibility." It needs to be tortured. Moreover, knowledge and cultivation are all produced spontaneously, and cannot be obtained by others.

To be honest, the old man also thinks that what the prince did is not appropriate, but, Chengqian, as the prospective prince, you have to understand the painstaking efforts of your father and the ministers! "

Painful?

Li Chengqian showed a vivid puzzled expression, it's nothing more than father's painstaking efforts, why did he get involved with a group of ministers?

Li Gang patted Jinta next to him, motioning for Li Chengqian to come and sit down.

Li Chengqian smiled and sat down beside the old gentleman without refusing.To be honest, sitting on the brocade floor is much more comfortable than kneeling on the broken cushion.

Patting Li Chengqian on the head, Li Gang asked: "To talk about painstaking efforts, we must first talk about the troubled times since the Han Dynasty. Do you know anything about what happened after the Han Dynasty?"

Li Chengqian scratched his head.

Sun Quan, Liu Bei, and Cao Cao divided the world?

Wei and Jin Dynasties?

Come on, can this be said?

Although he knew it, Li Chengqian replied pretending to be confused: "The boy from the Han Dynasty has heard of it, but the future ones don't know about it."

Li Gang patted his face, he forgot that the child in front of him was only seven years old.

But it’s also good, just to supplement his historical knowledge.

After organizing his words, Li Gang began to say: "Since the Han Dynasty, whether it was the wars of the Wei, Shu, Wu, and Three Kingdoms, or the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, our land of China has never stopped fighting. After the Sui Dynasty ruled the world, there was no time to rest for many years. , Emperor Yangdi's Eastern Expedition once again ignited internal conflicts. Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, Li Mi, etc., various warlords ruled the Quartet, and the war continued for a moment. It was not until Tang Liguo that these warlords were gradually eliminated.

Do you know how many years since the Han Dynasty?Nearly 400 years. In 400 years, there were hardly many peaceful times.During the Han Dynasty, the land of China ruled the world, who would dare to offend the Xiongnu and other countries?But now you see what it looks like when the national power is weakened?During the Wude period, the statistics of the people's strength, the number of 300 million households, left many people speechless.

It can be said that Datang's next step is a mess.With the surrounding countries staring at it, how difficult it is to restore the Tang Dynasty to the prosperity of the heyday of the Han Dynasty!Whether it's your father or the courtiers, they all have one idea, that is to let our Chinese nation stand on top of the world again.They are afraid that such a difficult task will not be completed in one generation, so they can't help but put their minds on you.

As the heir to the throne, you are destined to accept the achievements of this generation and carry them forward.Do you think they will allow you to be just a dandy emperor? "

Li Chengqian scratched his head again, not in doubt, but because his scalp was numb.

He didn't expect that there was such a deep reason for his treatment.When Li Gang said this, he felt a little embarrassed.

It turned out that this group of people was not messing around, but really had a great goal, and then they couldn't help being strict with themselves.

After seeing Li Chengqian's reaction, Li Gang stroked his mustache again, and said complacently: "Otherwise, do you think your father can invite this old man? Although he is now in control of the court and will soon be enthroned as emperor, but The old man doesn't want to ignore his words, so he can refuse to be your teacher with any excuse."

Of course, there are still some things that Li Gang doesn't want to say to Li Chengqian, a kid.

If the son doesn't listen to his father's mistakes, it is impossible for him to say everything in front of Li Chengqian.

To be honest, he was really disgusted by Li Shimin.

Your coup is a coup, killing your brothers and imprisoning your father is fine, why kill all your nephews and nieces?Why did you send your sister-in-law and sister-in-law to the harem?Obviously he wanted to be the emperor of the Central Plains, but he chose to bring the traditions of the Xianbei people to Chang'an.If it wasn't for the fact that Kong Yingda's letter was truly affectionate, he would have rejected the imperial decree.

Li Chengqian didn't notice the old man's changed expression, but stuck out his thumb in bewilderment.

The old gentleman at this moment is indeed domineering.

"But..."

The old man changed the topic again.

Li Chengqian couldn't help but look at the old gentleman again, looking forward to the old gentleman's next words.

The old man smiled and said: "I really can't stand to make your East Palace so deserted, and there are no beautiful maids to see it."

"Forehead...."

Li Chengqian only felt that there were three words stuck in his throat, saying it would make the old man angry, but not saying it would make him uncomfortable.

After coughing twice, Li Chengqian forcefully coughed out the three words "old non-xiu".

Seeing Li Chengqian's entanglement, Li Gang laughed even more.

After laughing, the old man became serious again, and said with a straight face: "Chengqian, the old man wants you to do the three precepts, can you do it?"