Li Su has always thought that Li Tai is not a bad person, although when he and Li Zhi competed for the crown prince, they had some secret confrontations with each other, but Li Tai still has a bottom line, and has not done anything harmful, and they control the scope of the fight within the palace and court.

Although he is not a bad person, he is not a good person, Li Tai's arrogance in his bones, as well as that kind of high-mindedness, no reverence for poor civilians, etc., these are his faults, and they are also the reason why Li Su can't get used to him.

Obviously, Li Tai didn't realize this, if there were many reasons for the failure of the battle for the crown prince, Li Tai's arrogance was one of the most important reasons.

Born in a heavenly family, erudite and talented, he is sure that he is the only candidate for the future prince of the Tang Dynasty, and his compassion for the people is only based on the mentality of charity, if such a person becomes an emperor, he must not be a good emperor.

Li Su's words were very polite, it was just a naked slap in the face, Li Tai's face was flushed, and he stared at Li Su with a little emptiness in his eyes, as if he also realized that he had said the wrong thing.

Li Su sighed: "Since Your Majesty canonized King Jin as the crown prince, you have complained about the sky with the attitude of a loser, has Your Highness ever introspected, in fact, you are not suitable to be a prince at all, let alone the emperor of the next generation of the Tang Dynasty?" ”

Speaking of this question, Li Tai was angry in his heart, and sneered: "Yes, I'm not suitable, Li Zhi's baby who hasn't grown all the hair is suitable, he has a cowardly personality since he was a child, he never dares to fight with others, and he doesn't take the initiative to fight for what should belong to him, what kind of situation will such a person bring to Datang when he becomes a monarch?" If a foreign country invades my borders, will he give the enemy land and pay reparations, and kneel down to beg for peace? ”

Li Su sighed and said: "It seems that you don't know anything about your own brother, Li Zhi seems to be cowardly, but he is actually very assertive, and he is resolute and tenacious in his bones, he has both the style of a gentleman and the atmosphere of a saint, and more importantly, Li Zhi has kindness and awe to the people, if he is the emperor, it is really a blessing for the people of the world, you can't do this." ”

Li Tai said angrily: "Why do you say I can't do it? I can also be merciful, I can be fearful of the people, and I can do what a holy king should do! ”

Li Su sighed: "You can think like this now, if one day you become an emperor, and no one in the world can restrain you, will you still think like this?" No one forces you to do anything, benevolence, and holy deeds, it all depends on the emperor's heartfelt will, and those who truly have the word 'benevolence and righteousness' in their hearts can bring happiness to the people, be qualified to become the co-lord of the world, and make the people return to their hearts. Look at the poor people in front of you, is your compassion really genuine, not charity? ”

Li Tai was still unconvinced, and said coldly: "If I am not the emperor, I can solve their poverty once and for all!" ”

Li Su shook his head: "No, you can't solve it, I know how you want to solve it, it's nothing more than raising troops to attack neighbors, launching conquests, conquering the vast land of a foreign country, so that the people can plant more land and harvest more food, right?" ”

Li Tai snorted and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Li Su pointed to the villagers around him and sneered: "So, here's the problem, look at these people, the old, the young, and the young are almost all dead, if you want to conquer in the future, who will fight for you?" Do you want these women, children, and old people to go to war with swords? ”

Li Tai confronted each other and said: "The Tang Dynasty is tens of millions, in a few years, when the children have grown up, they will be able to fight for me." ”

"And then? Fighting always kills, right? When the children grow up to be young and strong, and then die on the battlefield, and then leave a group of posthumous children to grow up in poverty, continue to fight for you, and continue to die, then, you ask yourself, you just said that you can solve their poverty, according to your thinking, is it really solved? Year after year, generation after generation, the people will always be the pawns on your chessboard, endless for generations......" Li Su said, suddenly became angry, blushed and shouted: "They owe you for generations?" If you are born, you deserve to fight for you and die? What are you to let these innocent and poor people die for you? And generation after generation! How is this way of thinking of yours different from that of a tyrant? ”

Li Tai was startled, seeing Li Su's angry appearance, Li Tai pursed his lips a few times, and finally didn't dare to say anything.

Li Su looked a little tired, and sighed: "Your Highness, do you know how many soldiers our Datang lost in last year's Eastern Expedition?" ”

"Nearly 100,000!"

"Your Highness, do you know how many households there are in our Tang Dynasty, how many of them are elderly, how many women and children, and how many are young and strong? How many of them are starving and cold, how many are hungry and poorly clothed, how many fertile fields are barren because of lack of people to cultivate, and how many villages have become old people's villages and widows' villages because they are young and strong and die in battle? ”

A series of questions made Li Tai dumbfounded and speechless.

Li Su sighed: "You don't know anything, you just want to be the prince and the emperor." ”

Li Tai was silent.

Li Su looked at him, smiled, and said, "Do you want to know how Li Zhi plans to solve the poverty of the people?" ”

Li Tai looked up at him.

"In fact, Li Zhi of this village also knows, I told him about this last year, his first idea at that time was the same as the Jingyang County Order, to give the village food relief every year, or to move the entire village of the elderly, women and children to another village, and later he found that this method can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause, because the poverty of the world, is not limited to this one village, if he becomes the emperor in the future, he must have a long-term wise vision, a broad mind like the sea, benevolent people like parents, after the end of the Eastern Crusade, Li Zhi felt that the Tang Dynasty would not be able to launch large-scale foreign conquests for at least ten years in the future, and that the main energy of the emperor and courtiers would be changed from conquering foreign countries to civil affairs and people's livelihood, encouraging the development of commerce, reclaiming wasteland, reducing taxes and levying forced labor, promoting civil fertility, and promoting the cultivation of real rice......

Li Su said with a smile: "Your Royal Highness, this is the direction of Li Zhi's future governance, if he is the emperor in the future, the main task of the court is to vigorously develop the people's livelihood, so that the people gradually get rid of poverty, do not seek to make the whole people rich, at least the people of the Tang Dynasty will no longer be hungry and cold, as long as they are diligent, everyone will not be hungry, what Li Zhi wants to do is the people's 'food and clothing', if he can do this well during his reign, then, the reputation in the future history will not be inferior to your father's emperor, and even more victorious......"

Pointing to the children who were curiously watching him in the distance, Li Su sighed: "If these children are under the rule of Li Zhi, they will not be recruited as soldiers by the imperial court when they grow up, and they will no longer live a precarious life of fighting on the battlefield, they will only pick up farm tools, sing songs, go down to work in the fields, exchange hard work for harvest, marry an aunt and give birth to a few sons, cultivate a few more acres of barren land, collect a few more buckets of grain, live peacefully and joyfully until the day when their children and grandchildren are around their knees, and finally die with no regrets." ”

"Your Royal Highness, this is the essential difference between you and Li Zhi, what you want in your heart is to keep waging wars, conquer more lands, and use victory after victory to prove that you are stronger than your father, in the final analysis, you are living to prove yourself, but you just forgot that the people of the Tang Dynasty can't stand your toss, if you are the emperor, it will be a disaster for the people of the world, and Li Zhi has a benevolent monarch atmosphere, he is not willing to be the king and hegemon, he just wants to develop internal affairs in his own right, recuperate, and let the people live a good life, To realize the real prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, Zhenguan has been nearly 20 years, during which there will be a war every year, and the people have a huge loss of food, Li Zhi has to do his best to restore the vitality of the people, and you are intensifying ......"

Li Su's gaze staring at him gradually became fierce: "So, you can't be the emperor, if you have to be, I will do everything I can to oppose it by any means, not for Li Zhi, but for the common people." ”

Li Tai's face was pale, but he tried to squeeze out a sneer: "Are you flaunting your greatness?" ”

"I never thought I was great, but if I didn't do something I could do, then I was doing evil."

Sighing, Li Su said: "Go back to your palace, you should be in the study, study the scriptures of the sages, or linger in the Qinglou with the scholars, chant the wind and recite the moon, or raise a glass in the courtyard to invite the moon, and enjoy your life, even if you can't be the prince, but you are also rich and noble all your life, your children and grandchildren have no worries about food and clothing, Your Highness, you don't lack anything, don't harm the people of the world for your desire for power, the people are bitter enough, they can't stand the toss, let them live." ”

Li Tai hung his head, his face changed constantly, for a long time, he raised his head and said to him: "What did you say today that you would hunt when you went out of the city, in fact, you deliberately took me to see the tragic situation of these people, and then told me these big truths?" Li Zizheng, my father has registered Li Zhi as the crown prince, you have already won, what do I think, is it still important to you? What do you want from me? ”

"I just want you to know yourself correctly, resolve the unwillingness and anger in your heart, perhaps, I also want you to let go of hatred, peace of mind to be your prince of peace, don't do anything that you regret in the future, more importantly, you and Li Zhi are brothers of the same father and mother, I want to keep this family affection for Li Zhi, so that your brothers will not turn against each other, and at the same time, in order to let you live the rest of your life safely, not to be suspicious by the new monarch, if you can't let go of hatred, it will be you who will harm yourself in the end, understand my words?"

Li Tai's face became more and more pale, but he lowered his head deeply and did not say a word.

For a long time, Li Tai sighed as if he had collapsed, with a bit of bitterness and relief on his expression.

"Well, I don't have any hatred."

Li Su smiled: "If you are willing to let go of your ambitions, let go of your grievances, turn your head and look at the world again, there are pleasant scenery everywhere, the pain of life turns into the joy of life, and this life is very happy, Your Highness, this is great wisdom." ”

Li Tai's expression was gloomy, and he said in a low voice: "I don't hate him anymore, will he hate me?" Will I really be able to grow old in peace and prosperity in this life? ”

Li Su said solemnly: "It will be, because I am still in the court." ”

Li Tai looked at him hesitantly: "Li Su, you and I have been entangled in grievances for so many years, strictly speaking, you and I are not friends and foes, why are you helping me?" ”

Li Su smiled: "You regard me as an enemy, but I have never regarded you as an enemy, I said, we are friends." ”

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The group returned to Chang'an City, and the hunt naturally gave up. Li Su and Li Tai both know that today's so-called "hunting" is simply an excuse, and Li Su's real purpose is to teach Li Tai a lesson, understand it with reason, and move it with affection, in order to resolve Li Tai's hatred.

Back in Chang'an City, Li Tai said goodbye to Li Su, his expression was still low, obviously he still had a problem in his heart, but Li Su believed that it would not be long before he would figure it out, if he still couldn't figure it out, Li Su would also be benevolent and righteous.

Looking at Li Tai's lonely huge back, the corners of Li Su's mouth hooked, and for some reason, looking at his back added a little poetry.

This fat man of more than 300 pounds is more lonely than fireworks...... In terms of volume, it may not only be fireworks, but a salute.

It was night when I returned to Taiping Village, Li Su went home and teased her daughter for a while, and then she couldn't support it and fell asleep, running more than 100 miles today, I was really tired, of course, the harvest was not small, at least to resolve an unforgettable hatred, I have to say, this feeling is very good, and it seems that I have accumulated another merit and blessing for myself.

The next morning, Li Su was still asleep, but Xu Mingzhu appeared in front of his couch and carefully pushed him.

"Husband, husband wake up......"

Li Su didn't open his eyes, stretched out his hand, and hugged her into his arms amid Xu Mingzhu's exclamation.

"Madame woke me up to do a set of morning exercises for couples? Come on, the flowers can be folded straight, don't pity me because I am a delicate flower, ...... hard"

"Don't make trouble, husband! Husband ...... "Xu Mingzhu was ashamed and angry, and kept struggling.

Li Su still closed his eyes, but his hands were tightly clasped: "Madam, don't move, do you know what a sensible woman will do?" She'll sit up and move herself without saying a word......"

"Husband, there is something serious, don't make trouble, let the subordinates see it in broad daylight, do you want to be a concubine?" Xu Mingzhu said in shame.

Li Su finally opened his eyes: "It's early in the morning, where did you get serious?" It shouldn't be serious at this moment......"

Xu Mingzhu was so angry that he slapped him and said, "A guest is coming!" Just outside the door waiting for the husband to see you. ”

"Lao Xue knows more routines than me, no matter what the guests are, they don't see anyone who doesn't bring gifts, just say that I will have a wind right away......" As he spoke, Li Sushou was not idle, just groping up and down.

Xu Mingzhu rejected his clutches and said: "I heard that it is a guest from the Wa Kingdom, there is only one, named Daozhao, is a monk, the husband should see it, don't offend the disciples of the Buddhist family, the Buddha will be blessed if he blames it." ”

Li Su's hand suddenly froze, and his brows furrowed: "What is this guy doing again?" After returning to Chang'an, I have hinted to him euphemistically, it is better to miss each other in the future......"

Xu Mingzhu was curious: "How did the husband hint tactfully?" ”

"I said I don't want to see you in the future except for your funeral, get out."

Xu Mingzhu: "............"

"Haha, just kidding, but this monk is not an ordinary Buddhist disciple, I saw it when I was in Silla, this guy is very good at doing things, jumping up and down happily, to be honest, I really don't want to see him, it's annoying."

"What does the husband mean, this monk is not good?"

Li Su smiled: "In the territory of Datang, how dare he be 'unkind'?" He is clearly alone in Longtan Tiger's Den. ”

Xu Mingzhu said angrily: "What does the husband think of our family, where is it like the Longtan Tiger's Den?" Mo Hu said, the one who comes back is a guest, the husband should see it, if you really don't like it, just say a few words and send him away. ”

Li Su sighed, had to get up, Xu Mingzhu carefully dressed him in clothes, and after dressing neatly, he summoned a maid to bring warm water, Li Su slowly brushed his teeth and washed his face, cleaned up and walked out of the inner courtyard slowly.

Unwilling to enter the front hall, Li Su instructed his subordinates to invite the Japanese monk Daozhao in.

Dao Zhao walked into the front hall with a very respectful attitude, kept hanging his head, took careful steps, and after taking off his clogs under the corridor, he only wore his foot clothes to the hall, and did not raise his head and bowed to Li Su: "The monk of Yamato is Dao Zhao, and I will meet the prince of Li County in the Tang Dynasty." ”

Li Su hummed lightly, and did not return the salute, but straightened up and looked behind Dao Zhao for a long time, and after a long time, Li Su said unhappily: "You came empty-handed?" ”

Dao Zhao was stunned: "Huh? This, no, can't...... Empty-handed? ”

Li Suzheng said: "Of course you can't be empty-handed, it's too rude, it will affect the mood of the meeting between the guest and the host, and destroy the friendly and harmonious chat atmosphere, oops, it's too rude, come here, send off guests, I forgive you this time, go back and prepare, and come again next time." ”

Dao Zhao was dumbfounded and looked at Li Su in disbelief.

Even the monks have to be looted, and the bottom line of the powerful people in the Tang Dynasty is unfathomable......

Li Su said that he would leave, and immediately stood up, and even the maids standing outside the hall looked at him in disbelief.

The head of the house eats this ...... Isn't it a little ugly? The day before yesterday, I just learned an idiom called "self-esteem without land", which should be everyone's mood at the moment.

Li Su didn't feel embarrassed at all, in this family, he was the king, and the necessary qualities of the king were not only black-hearted, but also thick-skinned.

got up and took two steps, Li Su suddenly turned back, showing a smile like a spring breeze: "Oh, I'm playing with you, the monk doesn't take it seriously, be a man, the most important thing is to be happy, are you happy?" ”

Daozhao: "............"

Li Su smiled and smiled, suddenly turned his face blank, and said with a straight face: "However, it is indeed rude to come to the door empty-handed, this, I won't play with you, pay attention next time." ”

Daozhao: "............"

Does this Tang magnate have schizophrenia?

What should I do if I panic? I don't know what to talk to him with......

Returning to the main seat and sitting down, Li Su said lightly: "Okay, the greetings are over, and the atmosphere of the guests and hosts has gradually become harmonious." ”

Daozhao: "............"

The messy punch just now almost made him cry, Datang calls this way of chatting "greetings"? Still "gradually harmonizing"?

Is there such a big difference between the cultures of the two countries?