Chapter 739: The Golden Palace admits its mistakes
Bearing the great cause of the empire, Li Shimin's status is no longer regained, what he cares about is different from others, the people are worried about food and clothing, the officials are worried about the promotion, what is the emperor worried about?
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When a person stands at the pinnacle of the world, his position is almost no different from that of the gods, looking down on all living beings, all the truth, falsehood, good and evil in the world fall into his eyes, and those joys, sorrows, joys, good and evil have all become his responsibility.
Li Shimin is very worried now, today is the day of the competition, and he is worried that the Tibetan mission will not give in so easily. Therefore, summoning Li Su to Taiji Palace early in the morning, even if he can't make himself more comforted, he can scare and scare him, at least he can make himself psychologically balanced.
Li Suzheng sat in front of Li Shimin, there were only two monarchs and ministers in the hall, Li Su's expression was very calm, and he couldn't see any nervousness.
"I recognized my uncle, but I forgot to congratulate you." Li Shimin said lightly.
Li Su hurriedly thanked him.
Li Shimin glanced at him and snorted: "Your uncle Li Ji is a great Confucian general, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, your uncle has made a lot of contributions to me, and the most important thing is that he is honest and honest, never provokes right and wrong, and his character is praised all over the dynasty and the population is a monument." Zizheng, you are also an extraordinary character, young, loyal and upright, I have never doubted it, but your ability to cause trouble is really not small, I have a headache for you, you have to learn more from your uncle in this regard. ”
"Yes, yes, the minister is getting older, and he will definitely not cause trouble in the future......" Li Su promised with white teeth.
Li Shimin sneered: "When I say this, I don't say whether I believe it or not, I just ask you, do you believe it yourself?" ”
"Minister's letter." Li Su looked at him with sincerity.
"Do you dare to make a military order in front of the emperor? If you cause trouble again in the future, you will bring me to see me. ”
Li Su was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned his head, looked at the white snow scene outside the hall, and praised: "Your Majesty, the so-called 'Ruixue Zhaofeng Year', this year's snow is falling well, and I will have a good harvest in Datang next year, and the ministers ......congratulate Your Majesty and the people of Datang."
Li Shimin smiled angrily: "Bastard who doesn't dare to take it, looking left and right, is still afraid of losing his head, it seems that you will still cause trouble when you should ...... in the future."
Snorting, Li Shimin said, "...... Of course, how should I deal with it, or how to deal with it, after you get into trouble in the future, don't blame me for being too ruthless. ”
Li Su smiled dryly, he didn't want to talk about this topic, and pointed to Ruixue outside and planned to continue to tear the topic away.
Li Shimin said lazily: "Okay, don't talk about the snow outside, Ruixue is innocent, you have taken it out three times and twice...... Let's talk about it, what are your regulations for today's competition of envoys from the six countries? ”
Li Su thought for a while and said: "There are a few problems, I can stump the envoys of Tubo and the four countries, but I can't help Zhenla, the results of the competition are naturally logical, and no one can find faults." ”
Li Shimin said lightly: "To put it lightly, is it possible that the people of Zhenla are smarter than others?" Why can't others answer the question, but Zhenla can answer? ”
Li Su said with a smile: "The prince of Zhenla has accumulated great virtues in his previous life, maybe after falling asleep last night, a god and Buddha told him the answer in advance......
Li Shimin froze, then slapped the case, was furious, pointed at Li Su and said, "You bastard is playing tricks again!" What a god and Buddha in the sky, it's you at all! Have you already told Prince Chenla the answer in advance? ”
Li Su blinked innocently: "It's the Heavenly God and Buddha......"
"Give me nonsense again, believe it or not, I hung you on the flagpole outside the Chengtian Gate?"
"The minister is guilty, it is the minister who has passed the anger with the prince of Zhenla in advance......"
Li Shimin said angrily: "I pondered these crooked ways all day long!" Can't you be an upright person? A good Golden Palace competition, once you stirred it up, it became a farce, wouldn't it be ridiculous for me to spread it? My Tang Dynasty is above board and right, and I never ......"
Li Shimin was talking and talking, but when he saw Li Su looking up and looking at him with a confused expression, Li Shimin was suddenly startled, and found that his words were a little shameless......
Farce? As early as the moment of repentance of marriage, this matter has become a farce, the withdrawal of the decree and the pro-saint is not so dignified, for the sake of the rice seeds of the real country, Li Shimin did not hesitate to do a bad thing, but now he is embarrassed to teach others to engage in crooked ways......
Thinking of this, Li Shimin's old face flushed, and he couldn't help but become more and more annoyed and angry when he looked at Li Su's confused expression that was still cute.
"I can't wait to chop you with a knife! I really don't want to see you anymore, get out of here! Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said.
Li Suru was granted amnesty: "Yes, the minister retired." ”
"Come back!"
Li Su sighed and turned around.
Li Shimin glared at him angrily, he was really a little helpless about this guy, saying that he was doing crooked ways, but the purpose was above board, even if it was not pleasing to the eye again, at least the goal of the monarch and the ministers at the moment was the same, everyone was for the rice seed of Zhenla Country.
But...... He, Li Shimin, is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the heavenly khan admired by all nations, when did he do such a sneaky thing? Even if it was the Xuanwumen Revolution back then, it was a dignified killing with a sword held high, but today he was asked to join forces with his courtiers to engage in conspiracy and trickery, which was really humiliating.
Glaring at Li Su angrily, Li Shimin was silent for a long time, and then he unconsciously lowered his voice and whispered like a thief: "Are you sure?" ”
Li Su blinked: "Your Majesty, this is your Taiji Palace, why are you talking sneaky?" I don't understand......"
Li Shimin froze for a moment, and then became furious: "You ......"
Li Su hurriedly said: "The minister is not sure, it is estimated that Lu Dongzan will make some trouble, and at that time, please ask Your Majesty to turn around." ”
Li Shimin snorted unwillingly, and said with a gloomy face: "Li Su, I tell you, if you fail in this matter, my decades-long layout of Tubo will have to change, and I am determined to win the Zhenla rice seed, and I will not hesitate to launch a war against Zhenla!" At that time, tens of thousands of Guanzhong disciples went to the battlefield together, fighting for this battle, and suffered countless casualties, all because of your ineffective actions today! The day I raise my army to conquer Zhenla, it will be the time when your head will hit the ground! ”
Li Su was taken aback and looked at him in amazement.
Looking at Li Shimin's extremely stern expression, Li Su suddenly realized that these words were not a joke, Li Shimin really thought so, and suddenly a sense of grief and indignation surged into his heart.
You yourself are treacherous, you want real rice seeds, and you yourself acquiesce to my recent series of nonsense, but now you are pushing it on my head?
Shameless may not be able to become an emperor, but being an emperor must be shameless, Li Sushen thinks so.
"Minister...... It can only be said that you do your best. Li Su said with a bitter face.
Li Shimin sneered: "Whether your head can be protected or not depends on how much effort you have, and I will do everything I say." ”
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Sitting in the hall full of worries, Li Su's mind was spinning rapidly, and after a long time, he sighed gloomily.
He found that he had walked into a dead end, inexplicably put up this matter, and inexplicably fell into a desperate situation, Li Shimin took the benefits, but he had to bear the consequences of failure.
This is the sorrow of being a courtier, he hasn't set foot in the court yet, he has already lived so hard, and the choice of trying to avoid the center of power back then was correct, if he was ignorant and broke in, he probably wouldn't survive puberty......
It didn't take long for eunuchs to play outside the hall, envoys from the six countries, more than a dozen founding heroes, and several princes came, Li Shimin was expressionless, waved his hand, and ordered them to enter the palace.
Li Su's eyelids jumped.
It's easy to say that the envoys and the founding heroes are here, what are the princes coming to join in the fun? Besides, the more people who watch the excitement, the bigger the face will be lost when something goes wrong, doesn't Li Shimin understand this truth?
looked up at Li Shimin again, and saw that he was also looking at himself, and after the two of them made eye contact, Li Su suddenly brightened.
Understood, it is himself who is embarrassed, it is very easy to do it out of the state, Li Shimin waved his hand with a tall and positive image, someone came to drag Li Su out and kill him, no matter how big the situation is, it can be reversed back, the big deal Princess Wencheng still promised to Tubo, it doesn't matter if she offends Zhenla, in the future, she will send troops to conscript, level Zhenla, and rob their rice seeds, and then the world will continue to be peaceful, and His Majesty will continue to be glorious and great......
Soon, there was a noise of footsteps outside the hall.
Li Su turned around and saw a large group of people standing respectfully outside the hall, bowing to Li Shimin, Li Shimin waved his hand expressionlessly, and everyone entered the hall one after another.
The eldest grandson Wuji, Kong Yingda, Wei Zheng and other Wenchen walked in the forefront, Li Ji, Cheng Yanjin, Niu Jinda and other generals followed, Wu King Li Ke, Wei King Li Tai, Jin King Li Zhi and other princes followed behind their uncles and uncles with a smile, Lu Dongzan and Zhenla Prince Shi Neyan walked side by side, and then the rest of the envoys of the four countries.
Everyone entered the hall and saw Li Su sitting upright in the hall, the civil and military ministers nodded to Li Su one after another, and the princes had different faces, Li Zhi squeezed his eyes at Li Su with a wicked smile, but Li Ke, the king of Wu, threw a very charming and lowly glance at Li Su, Li Tai, the king of Wei, was more normal, just smiled, and quickly turned his head to look at his father.
From the way several princes greet each other, it can probably reflect the relationship between Li Su and them, and Li Zhi is a real friend, the kind that can treat each other with sincerity, and Li Ke, the king of Wu, has a little bit of a relationship between fox friends and dog friends, the two have been going back and forth for many years, except for eating, drinking, hunting, and visiting Qinglou together, there is no deep friendship in private.
As for Li Tai, the king of Wei, strictly speaking, Li Su and he once had a very harmonious honeymoon period, at that time everyone had the same enemy, the enemy of the enemy is a friend, in order to bring down Li Chengqian, the two had a close relationship for a period of time, and the relationship was closer than that of a brother, but unfortunately, when Li Chengqian was deposed, Li Su and Li Tai's honeymoon period also automatically and consciously ended, and everyone resumed the original lukewarm relationship, during which Li Tai also wooed Li Su several times, after Li Su refused, Li Tai's relationship with him has dropped to the extent that he is almost no different from a stranger.
Probably because he feels that he is already the only candidate for the new prince, Li Tai doesn't care much about Li Su anymore, he knows that if one day his father dies and he becomes the new emperor, Li Su will not be able to be loyal to him even if he is not loyal, he has no choice, so now Li Su has rejected him, Li Tai is not angry, fat man, fat and wide-hearted, he can see everything, one day you will be loyal to me, if you don't be loyal, I will kill you, this is what Li Tai thinks now.
After everyone saluted Li Shimin, they each returned to their seats and sat down.
Li Shimin glanced at Lu Dongzan lightly, and said: "The Sifang Pavilion is still under construction, can you get used to the temporary residence of the aggrieved envoy?" ”
Lu Dongzan straightened up and saluted, and said respectfully: "The country of Middle Earth, the monarchs and ministers are virtuous, and the folk customs are simple, but with the heart of virtue and virtue, what a difference between a humble room and a mansion. ”
Li Shimin nodded with a smile: "I don't want your envoy to have the heart of my Middle Earth sage, and he is good." …… In front of the envoys of all countries, I first made a compensatory statement to Tubo, I am not a sage, it is inevitable to make mistakes, and it is an excuse to say that the reason is bitter, no matter what, after all, I have made a mistake, and if I make a mistake, I have to admit my mistake, and I hope that the Tibetan envoy will forgive Haihan. ”
As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was in an uproar.
Lu Dongzan also glanced up at Li Shimin in surprise, and suddenly felt that the pressure had increased.
This sentence is very good, and the magic lies in retreating. His Majesty Tian Khan took the initiative to admit his mistake but it was an unprecedented thing, the emperors of the Central Plains dynasties all had a good face, even if they knew that they were wrong, they refused to admit it, and even in order to maintain their authority, they had to unswervingly continue to do it if they were wrong, nothing else, the emperor's authority was more important than anything else.
Today, Li Shimin took the initiative to admit his mistake to Tubo in front of the envoys of various countries, and this point, I am afraid that no one in the Central Plains emperor for thousands of years can do it, although a confession of mistake hurts face, but it has won the admiration of the foreign envoys in the palace.
The open-mindedness of the first emperor through the ages, today Lu Dongzan finally saw it with his own eyes.
Tian Khan took the initiative to admit his mistake, what should he do about the next hall competition? Do you want to continue or do you want to quit?
Li Shimin's simple admitting mistake forced Lu Dongzan into a predicament where he could not advance or retreat, and hesitated for a while.
The eldest grandson Wuji and other important ministers and princes in the hall were also surprised, but they just turned their heads and glanced at Li Shimin in surprise, and then everyone's expressions returned to nature.
Li Su sat in the crowd, but his heart swelled with great admiration.
is worthy of being the Khan of the sky, and worthy of being the prosperous monarch of the sea of minds, and there is too much political wisdom in these words.
First of all, the attitude of not evading and not shirking, facing the affairs of the two countries is commendable, and secondly, admitting mistakes in a dignified manner, no matter how outrageous the mistakes are made, in front of the envoys of various countries, at least it can reflect that the Tang Emperor is a fair and selfless emperor, and in the future, any diplomatic incident between countries and the Tang Dynasty, His Majesty's fair attitude can give strong confidence and goodwill to all countries, and thirdly, as the Heavenly Khan, I have taken the initiative to admit my mistakes. Don't let me be ugly in front of the envoys of various countries, otherwise I will be embarrassed, even if I am mad at that time, I have enough reasons to be understood in front of the envoys of various countries.
In just one sentence, several layers of meaning were revealed, and he dug a pit for the other party, and he couldn't do it without jumping. Li Su finally understood that the profession of emperor is indeed not something that ordinary people can do, those careerists such as Li Chengqian and other straw bales only care about rebelling and becoming emperors, but they didn't expect that even if you sit on the emperor's throne, are you suitable for this profession? I only think about "wanton my desires" in everything, how many years can you sit in the position of this emperor?
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Li Shimin's words were thrown out lightly, and now it was Lu Dongzan's turn to be in a dilemma, he never expected that His Majesty the Emperor would suddenly slap him against the wall and couldn't move at the first sentence of his mouth, what should I do now? Continuing to compete with the Five Kingdoms shows that Tubo has a small amount of energy, but for a woman's matter, His Majesty the Emperor has taken the initiative to admit his mistake, and he still fights with others unrelentingly? If he took the initiative to give up the competition, Tubo would withdraw and return to Tubo, and those Tubo nobles who originally hated him would not have to fight hard to accuse him? The lightest is also "humiliating the national prestige", at least this Tibetan minister can't be done.
Thinking left and right, in a dilemma, for a long time, Lu Dongzan gritted his teeth fiercely.
Tubo is small and narrow, it hurts the reputation of Tubo, but it is his own interests that hurt him by taking the initiative to withdraw, and even took his own life, which is more important?
Of course, his old life is heavier, and Lu Dongzan does not have the courage to see death as home.
So after Lu Dongzan was silent for a long time, he finally lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, the matter of harmony may not be mentioned, but it is rare to have the opportunity to meet with the envoys of various countries. ”
Li Shimin didn't see any discoloration, Lu Dongzan's answer was originally expected by him, he never expected a few words to persuade Lu Dongzan to take the initiative to withdraw, and the purpose of what he said just now was actually just to seize the moral high ground.
Looking at Lu Dongzan with a smile, Li Shimin nodded and said: "The opportunity for countries to learn from each other is indeed rare, and I also want to see how the heroes of various countries compare with my Datang." That's it, let's get started, Li Su, it's up to you to make the questions......"
Before Li Shimin finished speaking, Lu Dongzan suddenly said: "Slow, Your Majesty, please forgive the foreign minister for the crime of dereliction of honor, for the sake of fairness, the foreign minister thinks that the matter of the problem can be solved without the help of the Tang Dynasty, and the envoys of our five countries will each make the question and consider each other, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks?" ”
As soon as these words came out, Li Shimin and Li Su's faces suddenly became very ugly.
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ps:The state of the code word is very bad in the past two days.,You let me slow down.。。。 (To be continued.) )