Don't be a prince

The guard stepped forward to take the sword from Li Chengqian's hand, and helped him back to the barracks for breakfast.

Now that the whole world generally eats two meals a day, the military camp led by the crown prince can eat three meals a day, which can be said to be the supreme enjoyment.

After breakfast, the soldiers started training again.After Li Jing assigned them a team, they started to compete without Yu Tai's supervision.Only competition can arouse everyone's self-motivation.

"The training in the barracks is like this. In addition to physical exercise, Yu Tai can preside over the practice of horizontal knives and other weapons. It is better for His Royal Highness to return to Chang'an as soon as possible."

After seeing the training scenes of these soldiers with his own eyes, Li Jing already had an estimate in his heart.The training in the barracks is boring. Instead of wasting time in the barracks, it is better to let these soldiers train by themselves first.It's not too late to train their battle formation after some results have been achieved.

Li Chengqian nodded and decided to return to Chang'an today.Although the East Palace is desolate and boring, at this stage, given his age and status, he can only live in it honestly.

After breakfast, the prince drove out of the barracks.There is nothing to do here in the barracks. On the contrary, it is the old gentleman's homework, which has been going on for several days.

After returning to the East Palace, not only Li Chengqian had to attend classes, but Li Tai and Li Ke also became the old man's students.

He was used to teaching Li Chengqian, but Li Gang was not used to the two new students, Li Tai and Li Ke.

It was also an ancient text, and Li Chengqian only needed him to explain it a little bit before he could understand it and even put forward his own opinions.But for Li Tai and Li Ke, he always had to break the truth into pieces, and Li Chengqian had to explain it to them before they could learn it.

To be reasonable, Li Tai and Li Ke are not stupid, and Kong Yingda has praised them for their cleverness more than once.However, the gap between smart children and gifted children is reflected.

Thanks to the "blessings" of Li Tai and Li Ke, the old man finally realized the anxiety of being a teacher again.

After returning to the East Palace, Li Chengqian lived an institutionalized life.

But every morning, Li Jing was responsible for training him.

Li Jing still had no intention of interfering. Every day, he would sit and watch Li Chengqian swing his sword to chop the stakes, and he would not leave until he was exhausted.

He kept chopping wooden stakes with his sword, and he could persist for a day or two. After a long time, even Li Chengqian lost his patience.

The sword has been changed three times because of the curling blade, but the wooden stake is still the same, except that the marks are much deeper, there is no change.

Thanks to the one-centimeter-deep mark, swinging a sword is now even more difficult than before.

When the trace of one centimeter becomes two centimeters, the autumn is gone and the weather is obviously colder.

In the early morning when it was only a few degrees Celsius, although Li Chengqian was wearing an underwear, his body was still covered with heat, which was the sweat from his body.

On the usual day, when Li Chengqian couldn't even lift his sword, Li Jing nodded and prepared to go home.

"Wei Gong, I've already used up three swords, why did you ask me to do this!"

Seeing that Li Jing wanted to leave again without saying a word, Li Chengqian could only stop him.

Severing the stake with a single sword was obviously not something he could do at this stage.

Such a boring exercise every day, at least there must be a reason to persist.

Li Jing, who was about to leave, heard Li Chengqian's voice, and walked back with a smile.

In fact, two months ago, he had been waiting for Li Chengqian to ask questions.He couldn't believe it was two months late.

Picking up a wooden stick, Li Jing pointed to Li Chengqian and said, "Get out the sword."

Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment, then took a deep breath, and swung his sword forcefully with the little strength he had just accumulated.

Facing Li Chengqian's sword, Li Jing quickly slammed his stick on the sword.His strength was so great that Li Chengqian felt as if he had slashed against a boulder with a sword, and his numb arm actually felt painful.

Seeing Li Chengqian retreating again and again, Li Jing smiled and said, "How do you feel?"

How does it feel?Li Chengqian was a little confused.

Throwing away the stick, Li Jing said leisurely: "Actually, no matter whether you use a sword or a knife, the first thing you need to learn is not the moves, but to hold the weapon tightly. When two people are fighting, if the weapon in one's hand is shaken off, wouldn't they be divided directly?" Outcome? The feeling of holding a sword cannot be taught, it can only be figured out by the person holding the weapon. Being able to hold the weapon tightly under the counterattack of the humble minister is the harvest of His Royal Highness in the past two months."

So this is ah!

Looking at his hand holding the sword, Li Chengqian felt a little proud in his heart.

Walking to the side of the wooden post, touching the two-centimeter-deep mark on it, Li Jing smiled and said, "Actually, there are no moves at all with a sword. Unlike a knife that is wide open and closed, a sword needs lightness. When will your Highness If every sword can be cut on this mark, then when facing the enemy, it can also accurately hit the target. Even if the enemy is wearing armor, His Highness's sword can still hurt his limbs or throat through the gaps in the armor."

"This is martial arts?"

Li Jing agreed: "That's right, this is martial arts. In fact, ordinary people still mystify martial arts. When two people fight, they compete in strength, speed, endurance and experience. And these, His Highness, are not strengthening every day. ?"

Chapter 67 Two "Stupid" Princes

He knew that the image of martial arts in his mind would be defeated by Li Jing, so Li Chengqian didn't react much.

Looking at the two-centimeter-deep mark, Li Chengqian took a deep breath and said to Li Jing: "At the latest in midsummer next year, Gu will definitely cut off this stake!"

Li Jing nodded with a smile, and left the East Palace leisurely.

Now that there are no wars in the Tang Dynasty, it is basically useless for a general like him to go to court.

Conquering wars is the duty of generals, and governing the world is the job of civil servants. Civil servants and generals rarely interfere with each other.

This is the case now. When the military has not changed much, even if the generals go to court, they are mostly dozing in the corner.

Just because he has the duty to teach the prince, except for the necessary big court meeting, he no longer goes to the small court meeting.

Cheng Yaojin and others were also excused from their illnesses. They all knew the bastard's lazy temper, and the emperor did not reprimand him.Looking around, there is no war. For the current Datang, it couldn't be better.

After the morning exercise, Li Chengqian washed up again before entering the study, ready to accept his homework.

Because Li Tai and Li Ke couldn't keep up, the old gentleman regressed in his studies again, teaching classics and literacy at the same time.

In the past few days, the old man was explaining "Thousand Characters". Li Chengqian, who had already explored the difficult characters, naturally felt no pressure on this.So basically he is in charge of Li Tai, and the old man is in charge of Li Ke's one-on-one teaching.

With Li Chengqian's help, Li Tai and Li Ke's knowledge of characters is gradually increasing, at least much more than other princes in the palace.

Of course, the prince here does not refer to Li Chengqian's brothers, but his uncles.

In addition to killing Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, the emperor only killed their five sons. The remaining brothers were not used for surgery.It may be because he was more indulgent after becoming the emperor. Li Yuan has added a lot of younger brothers to Li Shimin over the years.Many of them were biological mothers and even court ladies.

For these cheap brothers, Li Shimin didn't make up his mind. Instead, he found a husband to teach them, and even promised to give them land titles.Although it is likely to be in a remote area like Yuezhou, it is already very good to have a title.

After the morning class ended, the eunuch delivered lunch, which was still noodles, but with fish soup, which was much better than just eating noodles.

Seeing Li Tai and Li Ke devouring their food, Li Chengqian sighed and gave up telling them the truth.

The new eunuch who tried to eat seemed to be a bit obsessive-compulsive. He had to taste every noodle before he would stop.

After pinching off both ends of each noodle and throwing it away, Li Chengqian began to eat.Although doing so is better than nothing, it will feel better anyway.

Noticing Li Chengqian's actions, Li Gang laughed and said, "It's good to get used to it. You are still just a prince. When you become an emperor in the future, the review of meals will be stricter."

"What are you guarding against, really."

Sighing, Li Chengqian could only continue eating.People are iron and rice is steel, he can't stop eating just because he is tired of the eunuch's tasting.Before this obsessive-compulsive eunuch gets out, he probably can only ask the kitchen to make more porridge and rice.This product, you can't taste every grain of rice!

The old man ate very little. He only ate a small bowl of noodles and drank a small bowl of fish soup.

Looking at the old man's job, Li Chengqian was full of worries.

"Whatever you look at, the old man is already so old, and it is possible to leave at any time. Now, every year, the old man feels that he has made a profit. Heh, let's not talk about this, boy, there is still more than one month until the twelfth lunar month, old man After staying with you for so long, I have to go home after the Chinese New Year. After the Chinese New Year, have you thought about what New Year's gift to give to this old man?"

As a junior, Li Chengqian needs to prepare annual gifts for his elders every new year, just because he is not an adult now, and the royal family does not need to give gifts.However, as the old man's disciple, Li Chengqian should prepare an annual gift for the old man anyway.

Knowing the nature of the old man, giving money and other things will definitely be knocked, so Li Chengqian said nonchalantly: "The New Year's ceremony, just wait until the Chinese New Year to prepare it. Master Li, this disciple is going to give you a piece of paper. What do you think?" ?”

"A paper?"

Li Gang smiled: "The old man is waiting to see if flowers can grow on your paper."

After finishing speaking, Li Gang pushed the wheelchair and arrived at the table with Go.

After several months of study, Li Chengqian's Go skills are comparable to Li Gang's, and the master and apprentice have already won and lost each other.

Li Tai and Li Ke didn't dare to interrupt, they ran to the other side to play chess.When the two of them were in the Imperial Palace, they basically had no time to play except for studying. Although they had to study in the Eastern Palace, but they had such playing time. In their opinion, the Eastern Palace was better.

A game of chess was played for nearly an hour, and finally Li Gang lost.

Although he won, Li Chengqian still consciously cleaned up the chess game.

Li Gang smiled slightly: "You have achieved something in the game of Go. Unlike the old head-to-head dashing, now you have learned to advance and retreat freely. I am very relieved to see your growth with my own eyes."

A person's mentality can be seen from playing chess. It is normal for beginners to bury their heads and make progress. Now Li Chengqian can be regarded as learning how to play chess. At this time, he can see the overall situation, which shows that he himself has a certain perspective on the overall situation.Although this may not necessarily be useful for doing things, it has a positive impact after all.

After Li Chengqian put away all the chess pieces, he said with a smile: "Master Li, if you say that if you can beat you, you can show your hands in Chang'an without saying that you can play Go like this. Don't lie to me. Gather together, the kid may show his skills when the time comes."

Seeing Li Chengqian's childlike complacency, Li Gang laughed loudly: "How can this old man lie to you? Even your uncle Gao Shilian is no match for this old man in Go. If you want to visit the queen, remember to take care of it on behalf of the old man." old man."

Li Chengqian nodded naturally.

This year is the first year that the emperor's father is in power, and it is estimated that the queen's family visit is indispensable.As a junior defeating the elders, it will cause gossip, but if you go out on behalf of the teacher, it is another matter.

To be honest, Li Chengqian is still looking forward to this new year.Although I have a relatively good understanding of the history of the Tang Dynasty, understanding is ultimately understanding, not comprehensive familiarity.The memory of this body is not enough.Therefore, taking this opportunity, he can get to know the members of the royal family well.

On the other side, Li Tai and Li Ke were in a mess.

The old gentleman just glanced at it and didn't want to bother. When teaching Li Chengqian, he never felt any effort, but for these two princes, he was helpless.It's not that they are not smart enough, the main reason is that the old man now feels like a person who is used to liquor and drinks beer again, which has no taste.

Chapter 68 One Fiftieth of the Treasury

In Li Chengqian's expectation, the twelfth lunar month arrived as scheduled.

During the Zhenguan period, official holidays were relatively generous. Although the system stipulated that there were only seven days of holidays for the New Year, in fact, starting from this day in childhood, the official office began to gradually seal and stop writing, preparing for the New Year.Unless there is a backlog of government affairs or emergencies this year, there is no need to go to work.

Li Gang also returned home before the new year, and it has been nearly half a year since he came to the East Palace in June. Although Li Chengqian hoped that the old man could stay for the New Year, the imperial palace is not the old man's home after all.During the Chinese New Year, you still have to be with your family.

Different from the bustling imperial palace, everything in the East Palace remained the same without any decorations.Because, as the owner of the East Palace, Li Chengqian had to go to Miyagi during the Chinese New Year.

The palace city is so lively, and the East Palace is too deserted to justify it, so Li Chengqian gave some money to the eunuchs and guards in the East Palace, so that they can improve their food, which can be regarded as the Chinese New Year.As for the military camp, Li Chengqian also gave them a holiday.After suffering in the military camp for so long, and holding them back to celebrate the New Year in the military camp, although nothing will happen, it is too unkind.

The New Year is approaching, but the morning exercise will not stop. After exhausting Li Chengqian as usual, Li Jing returned home satisfied.

The sword mark was still two centimeters deep, and I don't know if it was because the wooden stake lost moisture, but now the wooden stake is stronger.

Li Jing swung his sword every day, other than that, Li Jing did nothing.As for the art of war, he probably felt that it was not very good to teach it now, so he never mentioned it.

Seeing Li Chengqian put away his sword, Li Tai ran over to bring a towel, and Li Ke brought warm tea.

Although the old gentleman went home, these two guys still came to the East Palace as usual.

Taking advantage of Li Chengqian's time drinking water, Li Tai said: "Brother Huang, why did you accept the torture of this Li Jing? Li Ke and I also have the teacher who teaches martial arts, but it's not such a tormenting person! We used it in practice!" They are all wooden swords, this real sword looks heavy."

After drinking the tea, Li Chengqian wiped his sweat and said, "Don't worry about it, Duke Wei must have his reasons for doing this."

In fact, Li Chengqian also had some guesses about what Li Jing did.

Wooden knives and wooden swords are indeed suitable for children, but if they are used to wooden knives and wooden swords, it is inevitable that they will not be suitable when they are replaced with real weapons.He did this, most likely to get him used to real weapons from the start.In this way, when it is really needed, it will not drop the chain.

Although the real sword is very heavy, Li Chengqian, who has practiced so far, can swing it three or four times without any problem.Moreover, these three or four strokes are not blind swings, the strength is not enough, but the accuracy is guaranteed.

Patting Li Tai's still chubby belly, Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Although you have practiced martial arts, how can I see your belly is still so big! Qingque, if you really can't do it, you can do morning exercises with me tomorrow."

Looking at Brother Huang's angular arms, Li Tai shook his head again and again.It's stupid to practice with Brother Huang. He has been watching these days, and Brother Huang's sweat is not fake.Let him go, tsk tsk, thinking about it is torture.

Unlike the withdrawn Li Tai, Li Ke became very interested.

He hesitated at first, but after thinking it over, Li Ke asked: "Brother Huang, if Qingque won't follow you, can I follow you?"

Li Chengqian turned his head, looked at Li Ke who was a little shy, and sighed secretly.

Although I don't know what Concubine Yang said to Li Ke, but seeing how cautious he is, for fear of offending others, it must be an education of self-protection and self-defeating.

Patting Li Ke on the shoulder, Li Chengqian said softly: "Of course, but, a man, you can't back down after making a decision. Have you really thought about it?"

Seeing that Brother Huang was not angry, Li Ke firmly said: "Think about it, I will be with you in the next year!"

Li Chengqian nodded in satisfaction, and grabbed Li Tai with the other hand: "Let's go, go to dinner. After dinner, we still have to learn the etiquette of New Year's greetings."

Li Tai and Li Ke smiled, and followed Li Chengqian to the restaurant.

Despite the old gentleman's warning, Li Chengqian was still unwilling to treat Li Ke so warily.Perhaps it was the impact of life in the orphanage in the early days, Li Chengqian did not think that children have no plasticity.No matter how treacherous the villain is, there must be one, or even a few people he can treat kindly.

If there is no peace between the royal families, there must always be swords and swords.So instead of directly using the knife, it would be better to be betrayed.At least, with the feeling of being betrayed, even if you do something, you will be relieved quickly.

The cute and stupid Li Tai and the timid Li Ke naturally didn't know Li Chengqian's plan at this time. They were worrying about today's etiquette class while eating.

Before the new year, several merchants of which Li Chengqian was a shareholder rushed to send the proceeds from the prince's shares to the East Palace.

Li Chengqian was shocked by the number of [-].

The eldest grandson Baoqing also took time to come to the East Palace to count the copper coins. Seeing Li Chengqian's shocked look, he smiled wryly and said, "Your Highness, the [-] coins are just the officials' speculation. The real number may be more than this."

Today, Changsun Baoqing finally understands why counting money can make people worry.

Twenty-three thousand strings, because those merchants knew that the prince always needed to spend money, so they didn't convert it into gold and silver, which was suitable for large transactions, but changed it all into copper coins.