Li Jun discussed a few more trivial matters at the court meeting, and then retreated, and after retreating, Li Jun left Li Lin alone.

The reason why Li Lin was left was not to ask the teacher for guilt, but that Li Jun was ready to have a good talk with Li Lin, Li Lin is a talent, which is understandable, but this talent is a little stupid and loyal, and the most hateful thing is that the object of foolish loyalty is not himself, but the dead ghost emperor of the first emperor.

Li Lin said ashamedly: "The minister is guilty, he almost ruined His Majesty's great affairs, please forgive Your Majesty." ”

Li Jun smiled and helped Li Lin up and said, "Li Qing, the dynasty values filial piety, what are you guilty of?" It's a pity that I was born in the emperor's family, the emperor's filial piety is different from ordinary people's families, the people's filial piety only needs to support their parents, my filial piety, not only to make my parents happy, but also to keep the foundation of my ancestors, so I have to work against some of the policies of the first emperor, and even overturn some of the policies of the first emperor, which is also no way. ”

"Your Majesty's painstaking efforts, the minister understands, but the minister looks at the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces being so disrespectful to the first emperor, and he is a little indignant in his heart." Li Lin sighed and said.

"Li Qing, don't talk about this yet, in all fairness, do you think the first emperor is a good emperor?" Li Jun asked very seriously.

Although Li Lin wanted to answer "yes", thinking about the foolish things that the first emperor did, Li Lin sighed and shook his head and said, "The first emperor is not a Ming monarch. ”

Li Jun really wanted to say, let alone Mingjun, the first emperor was not a lord of success, if the first emperor had been in power for a few more years, it is estimated that the current Tang Dynasty would have been full of smoke.

Li Jun nodded and said: "The king regards the minister as a sibling, and the minister regards the minister as a heart; The monarch regards the minister as a dog and a horse, and the minister regards the monarch as a countryman; The king regards his ministers as mustard, and the ministers regard him as an enemy. I feel that Mencius's words are very right, so Li Qing should not have any more distracting thoughts, I will deal with the affairs of the first emperor as a son, and I promise you that I will never let the first emperor stink for ten thousand years. ”

Seeing that the emperor said so, Li Lin suddenly had a mentality of dying for his confidant, it is said that His Majesty is much better to himself than the first emperor, and he only thinks about opening his eyes for the first emperor, but he embarrass His Majesty, it really shouldn't be.

So Li Lin knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, the minister knows that he is wrong. ”

Li Jun sighed and said: "Li Qing, I don't want you to admit your mistakes, what I hope is that you can create a new era of the Tang Dynasty with me, not for anything else, just for you and my children and grandchildren to live in peace and joy in this land." ”

"Wherever Your Majesty's sword is pointed, the minister will kill him." Li Lin replied excitedly.

Li Jun pointed to the dragon chair under him and asked, "Li Qing, do you know the origin of the dragon?" ”

"The dragon is a kind of sacred object created by the ancients by combining fish, crocodiles, snakes, pigs, horses, cows and other animals, and natural celestial phenomena such as clouds, thunder and lightning, and rainbows." Li Lin immediately replied.

Li Jun said with a smile: "What Li Qing said is not bad, the dragon may be as the creation god who opened the world, and it is as famous as Pangu; or actively participated in the marriage of Fuxi Nuwa, thus reproducing human beings; or helped the Yellow Emperor win the war of unification; Or assist Xia Yu to control the flood and benefit thousands of generations, the dragon at the beginning is just a snake, fused with deer, there are antlers, fused with rabbits, there are rabbit eyes, fused with mirage, fused with mirage, fused with fish, there are fish scales, fused with eagles, there are eagle claws, fused with tigers, there are tiger paws, fused with cows, and there are cow ears. From this, it can be seen that our nation has never stopped integrating, and our ancestors are like this, how can we lag behind others as our descendants? Therefore, as long as I am in one day, Datang will be strong for one day, but to achieve this goal, I can't do it alone, I have to rely on you and all the people in the world, so I beg Aiqing to help me today. ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, even if you fight for this life, you will also help Your Majesty complete your goal, but please When Your Majesty spreads his wings and soars in the sky, he must also lower his head and look at the common people." Li Lin said sincerely.

"What does Aiqing mean by this?" Li Jun said a little annoyed, he has been busy for a long time, but people still don't appreciate it, which is really unreasonable.

Li Lin smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, dragons like to conquer, but they like water, are good at flying, reach the sky, are fickle, Zhengrui, omenous disasters, and demonstrative are also the divinity of dragons, so the minister has to say." ”

Li Jun's flickering ended in failure, these old fritters in the officialdom have long been smoothed out, if Li Jun said these words to a new science and technology jinshi, the new science and technology jinshi will definitely be convinced, and he will bow his head, but people like Li Lin, who have been rolling in officialdom for more than ten years, they only value the reality in front of them, and they will not be persuaded by you because of a few words.

Li Jun coughed and said embarrassedly: "What Li Qing said is not unreasonable, if I change in the future, Li Qing must bring me back on the right track." ”

"Obey."

At this time, a hateful voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Master Li, don't worry, don't be afraid that Your Majesty's words don't count, just now the lower officials heard all those words outside, and the lower officials are ready to write this wonderful words into the history books for future generations to admire." ”

The person who came was Shang Shuling Sima Da, and Li Jun said angrily: "Hmph, eavesdropping on other people's conversations, not for the son of man." ”

Sima Da replied indifferently: "Your Majesty, the minister is a historian, you just talked to Master Li, the minister should be present, how can this be regarded as eavesdropping?" ”

"Alright, you two hurry up and get off, I'm tired." Li Jun left angrily.

Sima Da and Li Lin left the palace together, and on the way Sima Da sighed and said: "Brother Li, we have been working together for a long time, I know your temper, you shouldn't make Your Majesty unhappy at this time, do you have any other purpose?" ”

Li Lin laughed and said: "Haha, Brother Sima, who knows me, Your Majesty has been doing things more and more arbitrarily recently, Yuan Shoufu, he is about to retire, obviously holding the mentality that more is better than less, it is not okay to go on like this, Your Majesty is a person, not a god, and the mistakes made by Your Majesty should not be paid for by the people of the world, so the old man knows that opening the sea is a good thing, but he still wants to take this opportunity to give His Majesty eye medicine, the imperial power of the province is too strong, so it is not good news for the country or for you and me." ”

"Brother Li is still smart, I can't hide it, I can also see that something is not quite right recently, the cabinet has completely become His Majesty's echo worm, and there is no appearance of a national weapon at all, I wanted to persuade Your Majesty, but I didn't expect to let Brother Li take the lead." Sima Da said with a smile.

Li Lin shook his head and said: "Brother Sima, I won't rob you next time this kind of thing, you should persuade me, to be honest, my legs and stomach have been spinning just now, and if you didn't come to relieve the siege, I don't know how to face Your Majesty's anger." ”

Sima Da hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Brother Li, you are a bit unauthentic, I am not as smart as you, if you replace me, you can't think of any other way except death, so in the future, it is safer for you to go, Brother Li, at least there is no danger to your life." ”

After saying that, the two of them laughed at the same time......