Changsun and the other two were used to Li Shimin's use of high round tables to eat. In contrast, the previous eating with separate tables could indeed highlight the majesty level between the host and the guest. However, this kind of dining with the same table could bring about the friendship between each other.

It was the first time that Wang Gui and Wei Zheng were "crowding" with so many people and eating in such a small space.

After all, Li Shimin raised his glass and said, "My, I am very happy today. With the help of two gentlemen, my great cause is just around the corner!"

After three rounds of drinking, Li Shimin said, "This guy has been teaching no master for many years. I invite five people to come today, just to make this kid worship one of you as his teacher."

After he said this, Fang Du and the others did not dare to answer, and Changsun Wuji even thought that he had not heard it.

The knowledge of Fang and Du is undoubtedly enough to be a teacher for Yin Qingfeng. But no matter how good his knowledge is, it is to enter the career of the government in the future. As for Yin Qingfeng's farming skills, they could not imagine how to teach him? The pressure is greater than that of a mountain!

Wang Gui and Wei Zheng looked at Yin Qingfeng with curiosity.

During the past half day, they looked at Yin Qingfeng a lot. From Yin Qingfeng's temperament, they dared to conclude that this young man read a lot of books. It seems that it is not a good job to be a teacher for such a young man.

Yin Qingfeng was also helpless when he saw Li Shimin's old words re-reported.

The five people at the table will be prime minister-level figures in the future. Even if he is forced to be a student of one of them in the end, he cannot take the initiative to choose. If he chooses one, he will offend the other four people.

When Li Shimin saw the incident, he said to Yin Qingfeng: "These five gentlemen are enough to teach you in terms of knowledge, strategy, and governance."

Then, he said to Changsun and the other two, "Why don't you take the exam?"

After Li Shimin said this, Yin Qingfeng immediately remembered something to solve the topic, follow the topic, and start talking about the eight-legged essay. This is not possible!

Since he had the idea of ​​transforming the Tang Dynasty, in addition to recalling some modern systems, he also read a lot of ancient books in order to perfectly combine ideas from different eras.

Therefore, the purpose of his reading of these books was to find useful and useless content, rather than to pinpoint the meaning of each chapter word by word.

Now, let alone Li Shimin, who read the least, even Changsun Wuji asked casually, he would be very troubled, let alone those four.

Yin Qingfeng stood up and gave a salute first, "The King of Qin is grateful to the boy for his love for him. I have a doubt, so I will take this opportunity to ask you all the gentlemen."

“Oh~~~”

All of them, including Li Shimin, were curiously waiting for Yin Qingfeng to ask questions.

"The boy's question is, what is a famous minister."

"What is a famous minister?"

There are too many answers to this! Even the illiterate farmer can say a few words, including the young man who asked the question, and he can say a lot of them himself.

This question is never simple! If you rashly say what others know, it would be embarrassing!

Li Shimin was too interested in this question. But when he looked left and right, the five people were all thinking. He turned his eyes to Yin Qingfeng.

When Li Shimin saw Yin Qingfeng, he looked confident, "Then tell me, what do you think."

"Yes, listen to what this kid said."

The five people's eyes lit up and they stared at Yin Qingfeng together.

After acting to the end, Yin Qingfeng saluted again, "The boy likes to read Sima Gong's "Records of the Grand Historian", especially the biographies of the characters in the book."

Everyone nodded in their hearts together.

There are seventy-two biographies in "Records of the Grand Historian". Each biographies records in detail one or more famous figures, such as Qu Yuan, Bo Yi, Han Feizi, Li Si, Bian Que, Lu Buwei, Sun Zi, Wu Qi, etc.

"There are many people who can leave their names in history. However, there are only a few famous ministers in the boy's heart."

Everyone was speechless. This kid's tone was not ordinary.

"Since the record, there have been countless famous civil and military officials in various dynasties and dynasties. Some help the emperor to stabilize the current situation, such as Huo Guang of the Han Dynasty; some can manage one side effectively, such as Li Bing of the Qin Dynasty; and some can defend the enemy from all directions, such as Bai Qi and Lian Po.

But the famous minister in the boy's heart was Shang Yang, who abolished the well-field system, and Li Anshi, who proposed the equal-field system; if Emperor Wen of Sui was not Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, who abolished the nine-rank Zhongzheng system and proposed the imperial examination system, was even more famous minister throughout the ages.

Qin Kai, who defeated Donghu, made the Xiongnu dare not spy on the Central Plains, Meng Tian, ​​who made the Hu people dare not go south, Wei Qing, who defeated the Xiongnu's Chanyu headquarters in one battle, Huo Qubing, who swept the Xiongnu, Li Chong, Han Sengshou, Da Xi Changru, Changsun Sheng and others who fought against the Turks in the former Sui Dynasty were famous officials."

When it comes to Changsun Sheng, Yin Qingfeng bowed to Changsun Wuji.

"So, the civil officials who picked up the wise men of the predecessors and the civil officials who made up for the emperor's shortcomings were not famous officials in the hearts of the boy, but military generals who killed Han people, let alone famous officials!

Only those civil officials who broke and changed the old system, and only the military generals who fought against foreign races were famous officials! They! Be! Forever!"

Yin Qingfeng's passionate words were exchanged for silence and strange eyes.

He smiled embarrassedly: "You are not right, you are talking wildly."

None of the six people will follow suit. You are not saying anything crazy, you are refusing to become a disciple.

But after cursing Yin Qingfeng, they were recalling what Yin Qingfeng had just said.

Regarding military generals, they automatically skipped over. What they thought was Shang Yang, Li Anshi and Yang Jian mentioned by Yin Qingfeng; what they thought was how far they were from the famous ministers in Yin Qingfeng's mouth.

After the cannon was fired, Yin Qingfeng sat back with peace of mind.

In terms of the merits of the Chinese nation, the five future prime ministers here may not be as good as Pei Ju, who split the Turks.

Wang Gui once answered Li Shimin's question, saying: "I am not as good as Fang Xuanling when serving the country, making great plans and making good strategies; I am not as good as Wen Yanfu; I am not as good as Wen Yanfu; I am capable in doing things without being stuck in the case; I am not as good as Dai Zhou; I am not as loyal and selfless, and I am not as good as Wei Zheng. However, I am not as good as Wei Zheng when I am chasing the turbid and promoting the good, and I hate evil and good, but I am one day longer than them."

From Wang Gui's answer, we can see that these famous officials of the Tang Dynasty who were famous in the later generations did not have a pioneering talent. Even the imperial examination system pioneered by Yang Jian was unable to be improved. After all, Wang Anshi still had the entire Qingmiao method.

It’s not that they are not outstanding enough, but that Yin Qingfeng stands on the basis of later generations, goes back and forth, and looks at them with a critical perspective.

The documentary "General History of China" says, "Wei Zheng was the chief designer of the prosperous Zhenguan era."

According to the ruling thoughts and direction of the Tang Dynasty at that time, this title is also acceptable. However, compared with Mr. Deng, it is a bit far behind.

It is easy to conquer the country, but it is difficult to defend the country. It is easy to build a new regime, but it is difficult to build a new system.

If calculated based on the thirty years BC or twenty-five years BC, the thirty-two years from Li Yuan to Li Shimin as emperor may not be as good as the Sui Dynasty.

The imperial examination system, the Grand Canal, Changping Warehouse, and destroying Tuyuhun are enough to be ashamed of Li Tang. Even the contributions to destroying the Turks would be at least half of Pei Ju’s score, right?

The only ones that can be compared are fighting Goryeo and destroying Gaochang.

At least, there are no new breakthroughs in political systems.

Without new breakthroughs, we must embark on the old path of dynasty change.

The so-called prosperous era in ancient times was just a result of war, a large population decline, and land conflicts were not so intense. This was the rule of Wen and Jing, this was the prosperous era of Kaiyuan, and that was the same as Kangxi and Yonggan.

A truly pioneering dynasty has a very short life span. This is the case with the Qin Dynasty, Wang Mang's New Dynasty, the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the Sui Dynasty.

If it weren't for the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty and that the defense line had not been resolutely pushed to the front line of the Great Wall, the historical achievements of the Northern Song Dynasty might be higher than those of the Tang Dynasty.

The ancients always said that "learning from history", but at most they would not make the same mistake. Those who truly innovate are not as good as Qin Yingzheng, Wang Mang, Tuoba Gui, Yang Jian, Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling and others, who are not as good as Shang Yang, Li Anshi, and Wang Anshi.

Yin Qingfeng was also appreciated, and Li Shimin has been thinking about the reason why he found a teacher for him. It was nothing more than giving him a hat of a prime minister and a disciple on his head, so that in several years, he could become a prime minister and a general.

But if he really worships someone as his teacher, it would be fine if he is one of his seniority. The key is that what he needs is an opportunity to talk equally. Only in this way can these empire masters calmly and listen to his suggestions.

The question he just raised was to tell them that you can accept me as your disciple, but you have to be better than me. At least I have already put forward pioneering suggestions. What about you? You are still in the stage of picking up the shortcomings and filling the gaps.
Chapter completed!