Before the big tent of the Chinese army, there was a plum tree, full of heavy fruits, which were still green at the beginning, but now, they have turned purple red, hanging on the branches one by one, so that people who come and go are all swallowing a mouthful of sour water, but no one dares to pick one.

Because this tree was deliberately left by Li Ze at that time. Originally, someone said that it was unlucky to leave a tree in the middle of the camp, and there was a wood in the box, isn't it a sleepy word? was scolded back by Li Ze with a word.

"!"

Li Ze stood under the tree, stretched out his hand and tore off a sunny branch, picked two fruits from it, wiped them on his clothes, took a bite first, and suddenly the juice overflowed, and Li Ke, who was looking at the side, swallowed a mouthful of saliva involuntarily.

"Well, it's good, it's ripe, sweet in the sour, and has a long aftertaste!" Li Ze nodded again and again, and handed the other fruit in his hand to Li Ke, "Your Highness will also taste it." ”

"Thank you, Taifu!" Li Ke took the fruit with both hands, brought it to his mouth and bit it, first his face was bitter with sourness, but then the sweet taste came out of the sour.

"Sweet in sour, sweet in sour, this is the taste!" Li Ze finished eating the plums in two bites, picked a few more, looked at Li Ke and said, "Your Highness, life is like this, and life is like this." ”

Li Ke looked at Li Ze, who suddenly became a little nervous, a little ignorant, but he didn't know how to answer. With his life experience, where can he understand the meaning of Li Ze's words.

Pulling Li Ke, he sat down under the tree, Li Ze handed over two more fruits, and said with a smile: "Your Highness doesn't understand?" ”

Li Ke nodded.

"His Royal Highness can be regarded as a person who has gone through the wind and rain, in Chang'an before, there was His Majesty and the Queen to block the wind and rain, how can these days be sweet, but now, the Queen Mother is gone, Your Majesty is seriously ill, does Your Highness feel that the days are very bitter?"

Li Ke straightened his back suddenly, looked at Li Ze with fixed eyes, and said after a while: "The student didn't feel very bitter, isn't there still a master to support him?" There is a wife to shelter the students from the wind and rain, and the students feel that this day is also good. ”

Looking at Li Ke's somewhat reluctant expression and the tears that he held back without letting him fall, Li Ze shook his head, it was obvious that these words were taught by Xue Ping.

Looking at Li Ke in front of him, Li Ze suddenly remembered himself when he was young, he was also so trembling, and he was also so worried day and night, for fear that when a small life would be over. Compared with himself at the beginning, Li Ke is probably even more worried now!

"Your Highness, life is always sweet and bitter, bitter and sweet, sweet and sour, that is life! Remember what I say! Li Ze said with a smile: "But since we are here, we must work hard to live a more brilliant life, live a happier life, and experience different happiness in different flavors, which is interesting." ”

"The student remembers." Li Ke whispered.

Li Ze smiled, and continued: "We had the first lesson that night, and in the next few days, I was busy with official business, but I didn't give any more lectures to His Highness, and here today, let's take the second lesson." ”

"Here?" Li Ke said in surprise.

"Right here!" Li Ze saw that Li Ke had already eaten two plums, so he reached out and took the other two in his hand, and said, "Your Highness, you can't eat too much of this fruit, eat too much, and when you eat for a while, I'm afraid that your teeth will be so sore that you can't bite anything." No matter what you do, you must have moderation, stop in moderation, and if you are greedy, you will often have an accident. ”

"Yes."

"Your Highness will be the emperor in the future and be in charge of the world, and the second lesson I want to teach Your Highness today is the way to be a king." Li Zedao: "To put it simply, if you want to become a qualified king, the first thing you have to learn is to compromise. ”

"Compromise?" Li Ke looked at Li Ze in surprise.

"Yes, compromise!" Li Ze nodded heavily: "Compromise with your own courtiers, compromise with your allies, and even compromise with your enemies." ”

"But that's not what Mr. Gongsun told me!" Li Ke looked at Li Ze with some confusion.

"Huh? When will Mr. Gongsun also give you a lesson? So what did he say? Li Ze asked with some curiosity.

"Mr. Gongsun said that the way to be a king is first and foremost domineering, then the royal way, and finally the benevolent way." Li Ke straightened up, looking a little excited.

"Domineering, kingly, benevolent!" Li Ze stared at Li Ke and frowned: "How did Mr. interpret it to you?" ”

"Mr. Gongsun said that the first thing to do is to have the dignity of a king, which is domineering, to put it bluntly, whoever is not convinced will be crushed in the past."

Li Ze coughed, "What about the royal road?" ”

"The royal way is to tell the other party why I will crush the past when I crush the past, the so-called punishment of the person first, let the other party be convinced."

"There is both domineering and royal way, how can there be benevolence?"

"Mr. said that benevolence is to crush the other party, if he dies, then bury it well, give him mourning, if he is not dead, then treat him, and he can be used if he is cured."

Li Ze was dumbfounded, it goes without saying that Gongsun Changming harbors evil intentions, he is leading Li Ke to the evil path. Looking at Li Ke's expression, it was obvious that he liked Gongsun Changming's rhetoric very much.

Come to think of it, such a big child, only afraid of happiness and hatred, is what they want to see the most, in their eyes, what is compromise?

Li Ze even felt that if the current Li Ke had a stronger power than himself, maybe he would really give himself a domineering, royal way, as for the benevolent way, it is very likely that he will not use it on himself.

"Your Highness, do you know how many soldiers and horses we have mobilized in Wuwei this time?" Li Ze asked.

Li Ke shook his head.

"So far, we have mobilized a total of 150,000 troops, and this is not counting the people, if the people are counted, the number will be doubled." Li Zedao: "But does Your Highness know that we still have a big enemy in the north?" ”

"I know this, it's Zhang Zhongwu, a traitor, my father said that the world is messed up by this Zhang Zhongwu." Li Ke gritted his teeth and said.

"Not really, this person is just an introduction." Li Zedao: "Then Your Highness, do you know that this time I can come up with so many soldiers and horses, is it the result of mutual compromise with Zhang Zhongwu?" If I don't compromise with Zhang Zhongwu, then he can contain most of my troops and horses in the north, so that I can't fight this battle at all. ”

"Hasn't Zhang Zhongwu been beaten by Taifu and lost his armor and fled in embarrassment?" Li Ke was a little unconvinced.

Li Ze casually picked up a branch on the ground, and after a few strokes on the ground, he drew a map of the north: "Your Highness, please look, this side is our Wuwei, and that side is the territory controlled by Zhang Zhongwu." ”

Li Ke's eyes widened: "How does it seem that his territory is bigger than Taifu's martial arts?" ”

"It's really big!" Li Zedao: "It's just that the land is vast and sparsely populated. Zhang Zhongwu was indeed defeated by us earlier, but this person is indeed a generation of heroes, seeing that the situation is not good, he immediately took the initiative to retreat, gave up a large area of territory and retreated to Yingzhou, he still has strong strength, vast territory, fertile land, and more importantly, he now controls Goguryeo, which makes his strength greatly increased. ”

"In that case, why didn't he seek revenge from Taifu?"

"That's the art of compromise!" Li Ze said with a smile: "Because Zhang Zhongwu knows very well that if Zhu Wen is allowed to gain a firm foothold in Chang'an and control Zhaoyi, Weibo and other places, then our Wuwei will be in a predicament." ”

"Taifu is his enemy, Taifu is in trouble, shouldn't he be happier?" Li Ke was completely confused by what Li Ze said.

"Your Highness, this is the secret." Li Ze said slowly: "If I am in a predicament and can't compete with Zhu Wen, then I can only defend the land and protect myself, and fight Zhu Wen, it seems that I can't beat it, because there is no Zhaoyi, there is no Wei Bo, and I will fall into passivity on the basis of strategy." Maybe he will negotiate peace with Zhu Wen. ”

Li Ke suddenly changed color.

Li Ze continued to himself: "But I still have more than 100,000 troops under my command, I want to find a way for these soldiers to make meritorious contributions, and at the same time I want to open up the living space of Wuwei, since Zhu Wen can't fight, then I can only go to him." And although he still has a certain amount of strength now, he can't stand my full attack. ”

Li Ke took a deep breath.

"So he compromised with me, I didn't attack him, he didn't come to me for trouble, I parted ways with him, and I could draw troops to fight with Zhu Wen for Zhaoyi and for Weibo. As for him, he will take advantage of this time to consolidate his foundation over there, vigorously develop people's livelihood, accumulate strength, and prepare to make a comeback. ”

"I'm still an enemy after that!"

"Yes, I'll still be an enemy in the future, but at least for now, I have a tacit understanding with him." Li Ze smiled and said, "Your Highness, let's talk about Han Qi again, shall we?" He's always been unhappy with me, and I've had a lot of opinions about him, but now we're fighting side by side. ”

"A compromise too?"

"Of course, it's also a compromise, because Han Qi and I have a common goal, which is to defend Datang! So no matter how many contradictions we usually have, we have to put them aside at this time, and then we will clean up the traitors first, Your Highness will look at it later, and after we have fought this battle, Han Qi can't say that he will fight with me again. ”

"Is this what Taifu said about learning to compromise?"

"Yes, Your Highness, think about it, if you blindly crush the past according to the domineering royal way that Mr. Gongsun said, whoever is not convinced will do it, then will these things still be done?" Li Ze asked with a smile.

"Like, it can't be done!" Li Ke stammered a little.

"So, Your Highness, the first thing you have to learn is to compromise."