Holding the tea cup in one hand, Li Chen didn't even have time to take a sip when he heard Tan Tai Jingzhi's words and started laughing.
"If you have a heroic spirit that equals the world, your eyes will naturally not tolerate evil spirits. Sir, you want me to wash away my murderous aura, but you don't ask me who the murderous aura is for and why I am here. It would be too biased."
Compared with his previous attitude, Li Chen's words now do not seem so polite.
But listening to Tan Taijing's ears, he was not dissatisfied.
Dantai Jingzhi sighed leisurely and said: "People have selfish desires, which is part of the laws of nature. If you have no selfish desires, you have transcended. In this rolling world of mortals, how can your Highness not allow others to do things for their own selfishness?"
Something out of the ordinary.”
"That's well said, sir."
Facing Tan Tai Jingzhi's words, Li Chen not only did not refute, but also praised him.
Immediately afterwards, Li Chen asked: "Silverworms have selfish desires, eating centuries-old trees to fatten themselves. Jackals have selfish desires, preying on the weak and feeding themselves. Farmers with their backs to the yellow sky and their faces to the earth have selfish desires. They have harvested abundant grain and filled their warehouses. Rivers have their own desires."
The fishermen on the border had selfish desires, so they carried carp in their pockets and nets to make soup to nourish their young and grandchildren."
"These selfish desires are what the teacher said are the way, the laws of nature and ethics."
"But if some people's selfish desire is to swallow up the world and dominate the world, then they want to dig up the roots of me. If I didn't have murderous intent, I would have become a waste on the roadside. How can you, sir, bear the heart to let me wash it away?
Is there murderous intent in you?"
After listening quietly, Tantai Jingzhi raised his head and asked, "What does your highness mean?"
Li Chen took a sip of tea, and the hot tea soup went into his throat, causing half of his body to warm up. He put down the tea cup and said: "If a man is born without five pots of food, he will be cooked with five pots of food when he dies!"
Tantai Jingzhi, who had always remained calm, was finally moved when he heard these words.
He stared at Li Chen blankly for a long time, then put down his tea cup and sighed: "Your Highness has gone to visit Liao, and there have indeed been many changes."
"Sir, there should be half a sentence left."
Li Chen said lightly: "That half sentence should be... It's just this change. I don't know whether it is good or bad?"
Tan Tai Jingzhi did not deny it, he said: "Your Highness will succeed to the throne sooner or later. As an emperor, having too much murderous spirit is indeed not a good thing for the country and the people. If your Highness is a general on the battlefield, this should be the case."
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Li Chen's mood gradually calmed down, and he said: "If there was peace and prosperity, I would be happy to be a leisurely prince and just wait for the succession step by step. Who is willing to work so hard and take the chestnuts from the fire?"
Dantai Jingzhi was silent for a moment.
This is a conceptual difference between a theoretical scholar and a practical prince. It is impossible to say who is right and who is wrong, but since neither can convince the other, naturally there is only one word left.
Li Chen sighed softly and softened his tone, saying: "Although Sir, I have never wanted to be too involved in government affairs, at several critical moments, I have stepped forward to turn the tide. I will remember this friendship.
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Dantai Jingzhi laughed when he heard this and said: "As a minister, it is naturally impossible to be alone. Since I have agreed to serve His Highness as an official, I still have to do some things that I cannot avoid. Your Highness, please don't blame me for being too pedantic."
"You and I both know very well that many times as long as the teacher comes forward and says a word, it represents his position, and behind him there are thousands of students in the world. This power cannot be underestimated no matter who it is at any time.
Chapter completed!