Datang Institute of Technology

Li Shimin opened the letter and glanced at the text.

He didn't react for a long time, and it was Li Chengqian who coughed before recovering.

Li Shimin also became expressionless, he didn't mention anything wrong, he was not Gao Ming's friend.

Looking at Li Chengqian, the father and son stared wide-eyed, and the corners of their mouths kept twitching.

How are they going to explain it to their courtiers?This "friend" is amazing.

Li Shimin coughed and said, "Not bad!"

"But the handwriting is very good?" Kong Yingda, who spoke to the Imperial College Jijiu, is Li Chengqian's teacher, and he is very concerned about the friends the prince has made. He is very satisfied with the prince's respect for the corporal.

Li Shimin almost swallowed himself to death without a sip of water, isn't that a good word?

Kong Yingda just looked at Li Shimin like this, as if he was going to show the veteran.

Li Shimin: "..."

Does he give or not?He was afraid that the old minister would faint directly above the hall.

Seeing his father's embarrassment, Li Chengqian hurriedly said, "Teacher, the arithmetic problem that no one can solve in the Imperial College is obtained from my good friend."

His "friend" is indeed talented and knowledgeable in a certain way, there is no need to question it, and he did not see a question that stumped the entire Imperial College.

"Such a genius?" Kong Yingda exclaimed. He was in charge of the Imperial Academy, so of course he knew about it.

genius?

Li Chengqian and His Majesty Li Er looked at each other tacitly, and then the corners of their mouths kept twitching.

The atmosphere above the hall is hot.

Only the current emperor and the prince have strange expressions.

Are they going to announce the truth?

Li Shimin didn't know that the person who wrote this letter was only four years old, but he knew that the imperial court would not accept such chicken-grassed writing.

Calligraphy is the most basic item in the imperial examination.

Looking at the interested expressions of several elderly courtiers, Li Shimin felt that if he published the letter now, he would faint a lot. If there were any troubles, today would probably become a "disaster day" for Datang.

But... These ministers are quite interested, and he has no reason to refuse, which is troublesome.

When I was having a headache, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps.

"Report, the Turkic envoys are going to our court and ask for an audience."

The main hall was quiet, and the happy atmosphere just now became serious because of the solution to the famine.

No one cares about the prince's friends anymore.

Everyone's face became serious.

Li Shimin asked, "Can you find out their purpose?"

"It has been found out that they came here to borrow food."

This winter is not only the Tang Dynasty's wind and snow.

Whoa!

There was an uproar in the hall.

There is a famine in Tang Dynasty, where can they lend food to others.

Fang Xuanling went straight out and said, "Your Majesty, no food can be borrowed, and there is no food to borrow."

If it weren't for the policy of raw bean sprouts, their own people would starve to death.

Changsun Wuji also said, "The Turks have become more and more rampant recently. They know that everyone is short of food, but they come here to borrow food. I don't know what to worry about."

"Since we're here, it's not too bad to see them. Why don't we let them go to the hall and see what they are thinking?"

Li Shimin thought for a while, and it was true, and said, "Xuan."

Not long after, a group of Turkic people came to the main hall.

"The Turkic envoy A Shina has seen His Majesty the Tang Dynasty!"

The courtiers in the hall were stunned. When did the Turkic people change their barbaric and tough image and become polite?

Ah Shi smiled, "I grew up in the border town of Tang Dynasty, and I like the etiquette and customs of Tang Dynasty very much."

The courtiers looked at each other, this is a Turk who is very familiar with the Tang Dynasty, he is probably not as easy to fool as before.

Sure enough, Li Shimin chatted with the Turkic envoy for a long time, but the other party did not explain his purpose.

Li Shimin frowned, and the eldest grandson Wuji asked, "I don't know what the envoys are talking about when I am sent to Tang Dynasty?"

Ashi smiled, "I heard that the Tang Dynasty was a state of etiquette. After the Zhou Dynasty, it inherited the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. The ministers in the court must be learned and talented. My Turkic people are tough and nomadic for many years. I have summed up a lot of knowledge in the book, and now I have brought two problems, and I hope the well-educated people of Datang will answer them for me!"

Didn't directly mention the loan of food?But it brings two problems?

The hall began to discuss in a low voice.

The intention of the Turkic envoy is already very obvious, because this is Datang’s way of doing things. That is to say, if the learned people of Datang can answer the two questions he brought, he will not be able to raise the matter of borrowing food. do not mention.

But if he couldn't answer, then Datang couldn't refuse.

This person is really a master of the Tang Dynasty, and uses the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty to check and balance the Tang Dynasty.

It's just that they are nomads, Turkic people who can't even preserve their culture, what knowledge can they have to stump the learned people of Datang?

Li Shimin looked at His Highness and the others.

Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Kong Yingda and the others nodded. In terms of learning, they have never been afraid of anyone. The people in their hall are all masters, and they are all the generation who won the gold list in the imperial examination.

"Tell me about your two problems." Li Shimin said.

A Shina smiled, "Please allow my followers to bring the questions in."

Not long after, several strong Turks brought in a boiling oil pan.

Ashina said, "This is the first question."

Everyone was taken aback, aren't they doing learning?How do you bring in a hot oil pan?

Just thinking about it, suddenly, a strong Turkic man suddenly stretched his hand into the hot oil pan.

Whoa!

Exclaimed, what is he doing, is he crazy?

Some timid little officials immediately turned pale, and they all knew the consequences without thinking about it.

but……

In the astonishment of everyone, the strong man raised his hand, and it didn't have the bones as imagined, but a pair of intact hands.

How can this be?That's boiling oil, and a three-year-old child knows how dangerous it is.

Even Li Shimin stood up, it was unbelievable that there was nothing wrong with putting a human hand into the boiling oil. Is this strong Turkic man really so powerful?

There was an eerie silence.

At this time, A Shina's voice sounded, "My first question is, is there any warrior like me in the Tang Dynasty? His hand was put into the oil pan and it was intact."

This……

Can do this, is not human at all?

There are still many people who have not recovered from the shock.

Li Shimin sat down, frowning, which is not something ordinary people can do.

On the contrary, there are quite a few military generals from the Tang Dynasty who are eager to try, especially a bearded man who looks fearless.

But they were all stopped by Li Shimin. How capable were the generals who accompanied him in the war, how could he not know?

Absolutely no one can put their hands into the hot oil pan without being injured, so why ruin their hands in vain.

Ashina's second question is much more civilized.

It was a pole made of a section of reed, about one meter in length, hollow in the middle, and placed on the ground in a crooked manner.

"Dare to ask everyone, how to pass the thread through the hollow reed pole on the ground without changing its shape."

The hall was quiet.

Turkic people do not have any cultural heritage, but these two problems are small skills they accidentally discovered in their lives.

Above the main hall, a group of people looked at each other in blank dismay.

The Turks took advantage of a loophole. Everyone believed that their so-called difficult problems were learning, poetry, poetry, rites, music, and mathematics.

No one thought it would be such a problem.

But... since they are allowed to ask questions, that is to say, they have agreed to this competition, and it is hard to say that the other party did not play cards according to common sense.

A group of courtiers who were originally full of confidence now looked at each other in blank dismay.

Li Shimin looked down, two problems emerged, does anyone have an answer?

But after glancing at a group of ministers who were either thinking or avoiding their eyes, Li Shimin probably knew the situation.

If these people were allowed to play with literature, all of them would be masters, but this kind of bias would make everyone confused.

"Your Majesty Tang, do you have an answer?" A Shina asked.

Li Shimin said with a smile on his face, "Don't worry, you are here on behalf of the Turks. If our Tang Dynasty doesn't entertain us to our heart's content, how can it appear that our Tang Dynasty is a state of etiquette? Come and take the envoys to Honglu Temple."

There was a commotion among the Turkic envoys.

A Shina looked over, shook his head, and then said with a smile, "Then we will wait for the good news from His Majesty Tang."

After a group of people left, there was an immediate uproar in the hall.

They were able to keep quiet just now because they couldn't make a fool of themselves in front of the Turks.

Now that the Turks are gone, it's time for them to play.

"What kind of bullshit is this? They must have designed it, but they're playing tricks."

"Is there any way to do this? Who would have thought that it would be such a difficult problem."

"Let's find a way to solve these two problems now."

"Anyway, there is no food to borrow."

"My Tang Dynasty is a state of etiquette, and I can't lose my demeanor..."

There were endless debates, but there was no result in the end, and they didn't go down until it was getting late.

Li Shimin is also aggrieved, let's borrow food, he will definitely not borrow it, but if these two problems are not solved, he will be ashamed if he does not borrow it.

They didn't go down until it was almost curfew.

The entire imperial court was covered with dark clouds, and all courtiers were sad.

When Li Chengqian returned to the East Palace, he also thought about it with a cold face for a long time, until the palace servants came to remind him that it was already late at night, and he had no idea.

As a competent prince, he couldn't sleep until the problem was solved.

In fact, he wasn't the only one. It is estimated that in Chang'an tonight, I don't know how many people had a sleepless night.

If they lose face in front of the Turkic barbarians, they probably feel as uncomfortable as eating a dead fly. Datang has the dignity of Datang people.

Li Chengqian thought about it, but still had no idea.

Looking out of the window, there happened to be a plum tree in the yard.

He couldn't help but think of the two poems chanting plums that he had just obtained, and he couldn't help thinking of the little short leg who also gave him an arithmetic problem that he hadn't solved yet.

The corner of his mouth couldn't help twitching, why do he always encounter problems recently!

Thinking of the little short leg, I couldn't help but think that the little short leg had written him two letters.

It seemed a bit out of etiquette for him not to reply.

Answering a letter from a four-year-old?It's really... an experience I've never had before.

Li Chengqian picked up the pen, just to relieve his boredom.

But what about a letter to a short-legged four-year-old?

Li Chengqian thought for a while, that little short-legged man still had some cleverness, but... the words he wrote were really hard to catch the eye. In the court today, even his father was shocked, and he didn't dare to read the letter to those old ministers .

Li Chengqian started to write, let's write a letter that works hard for him to write well.

Seriously wrote an exhortation essay, explaining the importance of beautiful handwriting, and couldn't help laughing in his heart. Can the other party understand what he wrote?Might as well send some copybooks.

Li Chengqian stopped and was about to seal the letter with wax, but he didn't know what he thought of, and the corner of his mouth raised.

Picking up the pen again, I added a paragraph.

It probably means that you have a difficult question to test me, and it is rude to come and go, and I will also test you with two difficult problems.

Li Chengqian wrote the two problems of the Turkic people at the end of the letter, and let the little short legs taste the feeling of being burnt out by the problems.

Thinking that he had been confused by the arithmetic problem for a long time, for some reason, the dignified prince felt a sense of pleasure in his heart.

Seal the envelope and hand it to the palace man outside.

Li Chengqian frowned again, if he couldn't solve the two problems of the Turkic people, where would they get the grain to borrow.