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Chapter 96: A Brief Discussion on Emperors (Part 2)

Li Zhi: Big, why did you hit me? How bad is it?

Li Er: Do you know Duan Zhixuan?

Li Zhi: General of the Assistant State? You praised him as Zhou Yafu in the past.

Li Er: That kid was a street bully in Taiyuan at the beginning. As soon as he arrived, he beat up all the evil young gangsters on the ground. He relied on his tall people and big horses to walk sideways in Taiyuan all day long.

Li Zhi: What happened later?

Li Er: Later I made an appointment with him and he followed me.

Li Zhi:...

Li Er: Do you know Zheng In-tai?

Li Zhi: General Zuotun Guard? I know that he is following you to attack Goguryeo and is very brave.

Li Er: The boy was idle and looked down on his father's eighth-rank official. He swayed on the street with a sword all day, saying, "I want to be Ji Bu's man!"

Li Zhi: What happened later?

Li Er: Later, when I greeted me, he followed me.

Li Zhi:...

Li Er: Do you know Gongsun Wuda?

Li Zhi: Are you talking about the Duke of Donglai County? I heard from the Chief Secretary that when he was fighting the Turks, the imperial army was still gathering. There was a Turkish cavalry that planned to use Suzhou to cross the south to Tuyuhun. At that time, General Gongsun, the governor of Suzhou, led only 2,000 troops and horses to attack halfway through Zhangye River, and wiped out the Turks.

Li Er: At the end of the Sui Dynasty, there were riots everywhere. Once, Gongsun Wuda was walking on the road and encountered a group of thieves blocking the road, stripping off all his money and clothes, and asking for his leather boots. Gongsun Wuda raised his foot and asked them to take off. As soon as the thief squatted down, Gongsun Wuda pressed the person to the ground and hit the thief to death.

Li Zhi: I got it... He followed you later, right?

Li Er: Do you know Qiu Xinggong?

Li Zhi: I know, it’s the black demon who eats the black demon.

Li Er: Before we entered the pass, several groups of thieves and commanders in Guanzhong each occupied the mountain as kings. At that time, Xinggong and the others gathered troops in Meiwu. A group of Ma Nu from the former Sui Dynasty ran out of Pingliang Mujian. Qiu Xinggong found out that he decided to collect this batch of God-given BMWs. So he made an appointment with someone a day and brought hundreds of followers with good wine and meat to the slave thieves' base camp.

Li Zhi: What happened later?

Li Er: With one knife, the head of the opposite chief was knocked down.

Li Zhi:...

Li Er: Pheasant slave!

Li Zhi: Big, what's the matter?

Li Er: Are you eighteen years old this year?

Li Zhi: Yes.

Li Er: It’s time to go to the underworld to experience it.

Li Zhi: Big!

Li Er: I missed when I was as old as you...

Li Zhi: Big!!

Li Er: Yes?

Li Zhi: What~~~

...

OK, all of the above are jokes.

Li Zhi is indeed not as good as Li Shimin.

Because Li Shimin, a founder of the generation, started from scratch and ruled the heroes.

Li Zhi stood on the legacy left to him by Li Shimin.

As far as the second generation of the Empire is concerned, Li Zhi is extremely outstanding.

“Ami.”

Li Zhi's voice interrupted Su Dawei's distractedness.

He hurriedly crossed his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know..."

"There are words written by Taizong in this book."

Li Zhi did not answer, but turned on the pages of the book and murmured: "Use ancient times as a mirror to know the rise and fall."

Su Dawei's body was slightly shocked. He had heard this sentence, but it was only in later history books.

I wonder what Li Zhi meant when he said this.

Can't you say meaningless things, right?

What is it implying?

"Sit down."

Li Zhi signaled Su Dawei. Under the service of the eunuch, he found a stool and put several layers of soft cushions before sitting down.

Seeing Li Zhi sitting down, Su Dawei sat down gently on a bench.

I only sat half my butt.

"Your Majesty comes to Ami, I wonder what's wrong?"

"You're very good lately."

Li Zhi patted the handrail: "Especially, I have found Sun Simiao for me and the prince. I must reward you with great reward."

Su Dawei hurriedly said, "This is all the work of the minister, and I dare not ask for rewards."

"I heard that Wang Xuance has found you?"

"Yes." Su Dawei was shocked.

Unexpectedly, Wang Xuance came to the door and Li Zhi knew so quickly.

It seems that Li Zhi's current grasp of the information in Ducha Temple is more efficient than he imagined.

This is a bit like the feeling of the Ming emperor in later generations who supervised all officials in the hands of the Jinyiwei.

Fortunately, he and Wang Xuance didn't talk about anything taboo, so they were not afraid.

"Did Wang Xuance mention Master Xuanzang's "The Record of the Western Regions of the Great Tang Dynasty"?"

"yes."

"What did you say?"

"He said..."

Su Dawei secretly wriggled his Adam's apple and calmed down: "He said that the monk went west to more than 100 countries, and many of them were abandoned. Many of those small countries were still thinking about restoring the country before they were destroyed, so he buried his treasures underground for the purpose of restoring the country.

It is also said that Master Xuanzang's books may contain clues because Master visited those countries one by one."

"Oh, how do you feel after hearing this?"

Li Zhi asked calmly.

Su Dawei was sweating all over his back.

He was sure that if there was any concealment or incorrectness in what he said just now, Li Zhi would definitely change his face.

Is this Li Zhi’s “test” on himself?

"I am not interested in money."

Su Dawei looked up at Li Zhi boldly, facing Li Zhi's scrutiny: "I asked myself that the business is not bad, and the money I earn is enough to live a good life. What's more, as the doctor of the Sanchao said, I am a Tang Dynasty man and a minister of the Tang Dynasty, why should I be greedy for the little things of the Hu people?"

Li Zhi did not speak immediately, but pondered for a moment and nodded slightly: "Yes, Wang Xuance is not confused yet."

Seeing that Su Dawei was a little nervous, Li Zhi continued: "The "Stories of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" were originally in your hands? You send him into the palace."

"this……"

"Don't worry, you don't care. How could I care about those things? Since you promised Master Xuanzang to hand over the book to the descendants of the Gaochang Kingdom, I also have the beauty of becoming a human being. You just need to hand it over to the palace, review it, remove some unnecessary words, and return it to you."

It turned out that we were going to review and remove the text that might reveal treasure information.

Su Dawei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time he was glad that he had no greed for these treasures.

He stood up and crossed his hands to Li Zhi and said, "I'll go back to get the book now."

"Sit down, no hurry."

A meaningful look appeared on Li Zhi's round face: "I want to chat with you for a while."

"yes."

At the warning of Li Zhi, Su Dawei sat down again.

There was a stir in my heart, and I wonder what Li Zhi would say to him.

However, Li Zhi did not speak quickly, but turned on the book "A Brief Discourse on the Emperor" in his hand.

The eunuchs and eunuchs next to them lit incense and cooked tea soup to serve.

Li Zhi took a sip and signaled to give Su Dawei a cup.

Then he said slowly: "Do you know Yu Shinan?"

"I don't know."

"Yu Shinan first served in Nanchen. After Chen fell, he entered the residence of King Yang Guang of Jin. Sui Daye served as secretary and servant. After the Jiangdu mutiny, Yu Shinan came to the side of the late emperor after being defeated. He served as one of the eighteen scholars of the Qin Palace and was appointed as secretary-general in Zhenguan."

Su Dawei nodded repeatedly when he heard this.

He didn't know much about anything else, but he understood one of the eighteen bachelors of the Qin Palace and the secretary.

It is equivalent to the leader of the Tang Dynasty's cultural circle.

"This book "A Brief Discussion on Emperors" is a book written by Yu Shinan when he was in the Qin Palace to examine the gains and losses of emperors throughout the ages."

According to later historical scholars, "A Brief Discourse on Emperors" is a general historical work written by Yu Shinan when he was in the Qin Palace.

It is based on the order of times and the emperor as the center. The whole article consists of questions from "Mr." and "Prince".

The pattern is like the book "Tang Li Wenwei".

The Qin King Li Shimin ordered Yu Shinan to write this book, of course, to "conduct ancient and modern times, to discuss the gains and losses of ancient emperors, and to trace the way of rise and fall in the past", to find good strategies for governing the world and ensuring stability.

Let’s put it bluntly, it is how to be an emperor, how to improve the skills of emperors, and the level of governance.

Through the actions of emperors from ancient times to the present, by asking the right questions, analyzing the thinking models of emperors making decisions, analyzing the pros and cons, gains and losses, thereby improving their thinking levels.

Su Dawei thought about it in his mind.

Unfortunately, the book "A Brief Discussion on the Emperor" is not in the bibliography he had read in his previous life. He only had a vague impression of this book and did not know what it was written in it.

The fragrance of dragon and musk rose from the corner of the temple with the fragrance of dragons.

Thin smoke is like a curtain.

Li Zhi held up the teacup, took a sip, and moistened his throat.

Perhaps it was Sun Simiao's achievements today. At this time, he was in a good mood and was more vigorous than usual.

At this moment, a trace of rosy appeared on the round face.

He cleared his throat and said, "Do you know what did the ancestors passed this book to me?"

"Well, can you tell the rise and fall of the past with the past?"

Su Dawei asked tentatively.

Li Zhi glanced at him with some displeasure.

Su Dawei hurriedly changed his words: "Water can carry a boat, but can it also overturn the boat?"

Li Zhi: “…”

I didn't say anything, but my face clearly stated: I hate people who talk a lot.

Su Dawei was busy shut up.

The Emperor asked a question, but you didn't want your answer.

Just to throw aside the topic.

Li Zhi glanced at Su Dawei with a little dissatisfaction, and then continued: "Do you know, what did I think of when I read this book?"

Su Dawei shook his head and said nothing.

Li Zhi didn't keep it a secret, sighed quietly, patted the book on the table, and whispered: "The situation of Taizong back then was not easy... Standing in the Tang Dynasty, which had just established a country, look forward, there was no prince who succeeded to the throne smoothly, and no country could be able to sit in peace."

"Well?"

"Emperor Hui of Jin, who succeeded to the throne for eight years, suffered the Eight Kings Rebellion? Zhou Tianyuan, who lost power after three years, became the throne? Liu Yifu, who was "jointly signed by four ministers to be impeached and removed from office in the second year of his succession.

Why, for the past two hundred years, all those who sit in that position, the supreme emperor, can count the numbers with one hand in the Northern Dynasties and the Southern Dynasties.

Even these emperors who had good ends did not start well. Before they took office, they either killed powerful ministers or started a "unbearable to speak" change, or they either died on the road in personal expeditions all year round.

If we count the heirs after death, there will be no dynasty that will be strong for two hundred years."

With his hand caressed the "A Brief Discussion of the Emperor", Li Zhi looked at Su Dawei with a side face and asked softly: "Su Dawei, do you think, why is this?"
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