Chapter 99: Entering the palace for an audience
Chen Zhengtai was summoned to the palace, but Li Shimin was a little dazed these days. He had an operation and cured the prince. He suddenly realized something.
This bone-linking technique looks scary, but in fact... it is actually similar to being a carpenter. Hu's table legs are broken. What should I do?
Take a piece of wood and a few nails and connect it.
You see, it's so simple, but... behind this simplicity, there is a lot of knowledge hidden.
What a wise person Li Shimin is. It was because he was too smart that he realized... this technique is really powerful.
Chen Zhengtai was confused when he was in Xuanzheng Hall. Seeing that Li Shimin was burying his head to review the memorials, he saluted!
Li Shimin ignored it and continued to review it. It was not until more than an hour later that Li Shimin put down his pen with a tired look on his face, looked up at Chen Zhengtai, and said with a kind look: "I have been waiting for you for a long time, but I have to finish my official duties first before I can talk to you well. You are my disciple, so you are not too anxious to wait, right?"
Chen Zhengtai couldn't say that he had any objections, so he smiled and said, "What's the most admirable thing about his mentor..."
"There is nothing to admire." Li Shimin shook his head and smiled: "If you say admiration, I admire you. I have thought about your bone cutting technique over and over again, and I feel that there is too much mystery in it."
"Oh?" Chen Zhengtai looked surprised when he heard Li Shimin suddenly mention this.
Li Shimin stood up, went straight down the Golden Palace, walked to Chen Zhengtai, and brought two Hu chairs. The two sat down before saying to him: "Zhengtai, you see that this bone can be recycled. Then I have thought about it. What if the broken hand is the hand? Or, what is the broken thing? I continue to think deeply. If the human bone can be continued, if the prince's leg is broken, can other people's legs be replaced? What about the human leg? How about the heart and soul?"
The more Li Shimin said, the more he became more and more determined. He stood up, walked a few steps, and said, "If this is the case, as long as the head is still there, everything on his body can be continued. Can I take your brothers and feet and continue to me?"
When Chen Zhengtai heard this, he was a little confused. Why did His Majesty show signs of becoming evil?
Of course... Chen Zhengtai knew that Li Shimin was just an example.
Li Shimin's broad thinking is indeed beyond ordinary people's imagination. No wonder he is invincible on the battlefield and has super high political attainments.
Chen Zhengtai sincerely sighed that smart people do have infinite imaginations in any industry.
"To a certain extent, it is OK, but... there are many problems here, of course... nothing is difficult, it is just to spend time looking for solutions." Chen Zhengtai's answer is very general!
He knew better than anyone else that using other people's hands and feet to connect to himself and using other people's hearts to treat other people's hearts and livers has been achieved in later generations, but the problem is that the difficulty here is definitely not something that can be achieved in the Tang Dynasty.
Li Shimin smiled and said, "It seems that you agree with me too. I am just talking casually. I just think... there are so many mysterious things in this surgery. If it can be realized, wouldn't it make people live forever?"
Now, Chen Zhengtai understood what Li Shimin meant.
Wanshou...
Chen Zhengtai could understand that Li Shimin was the emperor after all, and he wanted to pursue immortality as an emperor. This is true for Qin Shihuang, Emperor Wu of Han, and Emperor Taizong of Tang. In fact, when Li Shimin was old, he had already begun to become interested in immortality. He began to rely on alchemy techniques and hoped to take the elixir of immortality.
Now Li Shimin obviously thinks... the elixir of immortality is really hard to find. After all... many emperors in ancient times should die or die in the end. Almost all the sorcerers who refine alchemy are liars. It’s not that Li Shimin doesn’t know history, but the temptation is too great.
Now... Li Shimin seems to feel that he has found a way to live forever. This method... With his various ideas, he has actually begun to spread.
Think about it, if my hands and feet are getting slower, can I continue to connect with new hands and feet and make myself stronger? If my heart and liver gradually age, can I change it to a new heart and liver? In this way, wouldn’t it be... able to stay young forever and live forever?
"This..." Chen Zhengtai said a little embarrassedly: "Teacher, the student thinks... birth, old age, sickness and death are...that is..."
Li Shimin glared at him and said, "What are you saying? You are also saying things by man. Why do you dare to assert that this matter cannot be accomplished when you get here?"
"ah……"
Li Shimin said again: "You also said that nothing is difficult, I am afraid that someone is interested."
"Uh..." Chen Zhengtai was very impatient. He wanted to say something else, but opened his mouth...
Li Shimin sighed, "I don't want to live forever, I just want to live forever. You don't think I will be blinded by sorcerers like the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, right?"
Chen Zhengtai hurriedly said, "No, no."
Li Shimin laughed again and said, "No matter what, you can try it. Your medicine is refreshing. I called you to discuss this person's body and hair with you. Look at my body, it is no different from ordinary people. Where is the heart, liver, spleen and lungs, what are their functions, and what is the human body relies on to operate. These... aren't all worthy of careful study? I want to promote this knowledge, but I have no choice. If people know it, it is inevitable that those who do not know the mystery of this will think that I am stupid. How can ordinary people understand my painstaking efforts? You are my disciple, and I think... it is most appropriate for you to study it secretly, so just think that it is your worries for me."
Chen Zhengtai suddenly understood that this was the real purpose of Li Shimin recruiting him into the palace today!
However, this does not seem to be a bad thing! So he hurriedly said, "Students understand, students must do their best."
"It's just... the expenses..." Speaking of this, Li Shimin looked at Chen Zhengtai with a smile, and the deep meaning in his eyes was self-evident.
Why didn’t Chen Zhengtai understand? Without hesitation, he smiled bitterly: “Don’t bother with the expenses, the teacher should not bother with the students’ family…there is a little money.”
"Is it just a little?" Li Shimin's mind began to see the profits of the Chen family in the calculation book recently.
Chen Zhengtai: "…"
How do he answer this question?
Li Shimin smiled and said, "Look at you, I am so scared that I am rich all over the world, how can I covet your wealth? As for the fact, there are so many wealthy families in the world. They don't know how much wealth, how much land they have hidden in their families, and how many slaves they have. Your Chen family...at best, they are just getting rich recently, and they are nothing. You are my disciple, and I can't even protect you, so how can you have a strange intention?"
Chen Zhengtai immediately looked grateful and said, "How dare students doubt it?"
Li Shimin immediately became happy, and he continued, "At this year... I am conquering Liang Shidu, and the Turks sent troops to rescue Liang thieves. If Liang Shidu's subordinates had not killed him and led everyone to surrender, I would have to fight against the Turks at this time. I had wanted to make this angry, but I had no choice but to encounter a locust plague this year. The country was short of food. In the coming year, I don't know what happened. Now the weather is getting colder, and many places in the border are in urgent need. It's all the Turks attacking my border town. Although it's all small harassment, I hate it deeply."
When Li Shimin said this, his face became solemn and said quietly: "After all, food is the foundation of the country. Thanks to you, this time, to stabilize the food prices and minimize the losses of the locust plague. However, the particles in Guanzhong were not harvested for a year, and the Turks knocked on the gate and attacked it. If it lasted for a long time, this is not a solution."
There are so many things to worry about when managing a country, but what Li Shimin is most concerned about is the problem of food. The emergence of pork is just to reduce the price of meat. However, millions of people cannot rely on pork for food. If there is not enough food and the Turks come to harass them, the Tang Dynasty can only hold on. When encountering famine, the court is unable to provide relief. All these problems need to be solved urgently.
Chen Zhengtai thought for a while and said, "Have your Majesty ever thought about increasing grain production?"
As a person with a fair view, he also hopes that everyone will have a full meal!
"Food production?" Li Shimin said, "Didn't I think about it? So I issued a repeated order to open up wastelands and persuade people to revitalize farming."
Chen Zhengtai shook his head and said, "What the student means is... to greatly improve the grain output of each acre of land."
"This..." Li Shimin stared at Chen Zhengtai, his eyes opened, and said, "Can you have any other idea?"
Chen Zhengtai said, "I don't have any idea, I just want to try it out."
Li Shimin couldn't help but be happy, but Chen Zhengtai was willing to try, which was also a hope. He smiled and said, "You go and do it. If the grain production capacity is boosted by 10%, I will be your great contribution, but... I think this is not an easy task."
But Li Shimin immediately looked solemn and continued, "But if you have this heart, it's good. I know... you are a loyal and conscientious person. I will take your heart to me. Whether it will be successful or not is a secondary issue."
Although Li Shimin knew that Chen Zhengtai was powerful, he was not very sure about grain production. In this world... there are many people who care about farming, and this is not something Chen Zhengtai is good at!
But Chen Zhengtai wanted to revitalize the farming industry. He was a noble family and had this idea. He couldn't help but think that Chen Zhengtai was thinking what I thought. Such a disciple could not even be found with a lantern.
Chapter completed!