After talking about the matter, Li Chengqian went home, first ran to his 'Lanruo Temple' to take a bath, took a bath, and then went straight to the old man's Ganlu Temple.

The eldest grandson doesn't like Li Chengqian drinking, so he can only try to cover it up and try not to let his mother find out.

"Finished talking?" Ganlu Palace, the old man was boredly reading the "Legend of the White Lady" written by Li Chengqian, and when he saw him come in, he threw the book aside and asked.

"Yes, it's over." Li Chengqian nodded and took the large teapot handed over by the maid. This is an eternal pain in his heart, since the last time he stole the old man's cup, he has been drinking tea with this thing, and has never changed it.

"Then tell me what you are going to do." After the old man knew that Li Chengqian had put Songtsan Gampo away, he was very curious about what he wanted to do, and now that he had time, he simply chatted.

"Erchen wants to naturalize Tibet!" Li Chengqian did not hide anything about what he had done that day, and then said: "Tubo is located on the plateau, and Erchen always feels a little relieved, so it is the best choice to naturalize them, which is far more cost-effective than killing tens of thousands of them. ”

"Let's talk about Tianzhu first, and I'll talk about it after naturalization or not." The old man obviously grasped the key to the matter and interrupted Li Chengqian's narration.

"Tianzhu? Father, Xuanzang, the old monk actually smuggled out to get some Mahayana Buddhist scriptures, and the son was just angry, so he planned to make Tianzhu our own territory and let him waste his efforts. Li Chengqian smiled wickedly and said: "Anyway, the place will be fought by the Tubo people, and it will be ours to fight down, and then let the Tubo people take care of it, so that the Tubo people can be transferred down from the plateau, and the second can corrupt some Tubo people, so that they don't have that enterprising spirit ......."

The environment can change a person's thinking, and Li Chengqian is deeply touched by this.

Whether in ancient times or in modern times, when the living conditions are difficult, people will always be full of enterprising spirit, and when the living conditions are rich, people will often be content with the status quo, always thinking about some things that they have and not, and forgetting the original suffering and goals.

This is human inertia, not everyone is like this, but it cannot be ruled out that most people have such habits, especially among the people, after all, there are too few people in this world who can be like Goujian, the king of Yue, so he will be remembered by history.

The old man listened to Li Chengqian's narration very carefully, and slowly fell into deep thought.

Corruption, this is an adjective used to describe food, but in some cases, it can also be used to describe the human mind.

Datang has not had any natural disasters for several years now, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the tax revenue is stronger every year, and the enterprising spirit of Datang's officials has begun to slacken.

Think about the natural disasters and man-made disasters in the early years of Zhenguan, the officials of the Tang Dynasty at that time were running around for the livelihood of the people every day, arranging production, cultivating land, climbing in the middle of the night, and their Lizheng Hall was lit up all night, and there were always officials from various ministries running to discuss national policies. But now, how long has it been since this happened? Is Datang really too peaceful in the world? Or are these officials slacking off?

Li Chengqian didn't know that because of his words, he had caused many associations with the old man, and he was still talking about his ideas about the future until the old man waved his hand and signaled him not to say anything more.

"Cheng Qian, what do you think of the Tang Dynasty officialdom?" The old man's inexplicable question made Li Chengqian a little confused for a while, and he looked at Li Er speechless for a while.

"Don't you think the officials of Datang are slacking? Like you said, they've been corrupted by a comfortable life! Li Er seemed to be talking to himself, and seemed to be asking Li Chengqian for advice.

It was only at this time that Li Chengqian understood that the old man hadn't listened to what he was saying at all, but looking at Lao Li's depressed appearance, he couldn't help but persuade: "Father, this is inevitable, the laws of the Tang Dynasty are not sound, it is normal for such a situation to occur, you should not be too worried." ”

"You are my Li family's Qianliju, do you also think that this kind of thing cannot be changed?" Li Er glanced at his son and praised him rarely.

"Father, this is the inevitable development of a country, without the constraints of perfect laws, only relying on people's consciousness and moral concepts to govern the country, there is no way to change this trend." Li Chengqian said.

"When did you start believing in the Dharmaists again?" Li Er heard Li Chengqian's words and asked curiously.

"Father, do you believe that the Banben Analects rule the world?" Li Chengqian asked rhetorically.

Li Er shook his head and didn't say anything, but it was obvious that he didn't agree with this sentence. Confucianism is indeed a good thing, but if Confucianism is omnipotent, not to mention Li Er, even Li Zhi, who is only five years old, does not believe it.

"Father, governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh." Li Chengqian saw that the old man didn't speak, and couldn't help but continue his own words: "Cooking is all about a law, what to put first and then what to put must be orderly, how can the country be an exception, Datang is now undergoing new changes every day, but Datang law has never changed, do you think this is reasonable?" ”

Li Chengqian said while giving a simple example: "Father, in the past, Datang lacked food, iron, and everything, but now Datang is not lacking, but the evaluation of officials is still in accordance with the previous standards, in such a situation, how can officials not slack off?" ”

"Yes, this is an omission, is there anything else?" Li Er's eyes lit up, and he asked repeatedly.

"Father, there are many such questions, such as how many fields were cultivated in the past, but now most places are ploughed by horses, can the number of fields cultivated in this situation be the same as before? Or taxes, in the past, I had a shortage of materials in Datang, and many things were in short supply, but now it is not, and if taxes are still collected as before, will it affect the revenue of the treasury......" Li Chengqian counted six or seven inappropriate places in the laws of the Tang Dynasty with his fingers.

"Are there really so many?" Li Er was a little dazed.

After being an emperor for so many years, he has always thought that he is a good emperor who works hard, but if you follow Li Chengqian's statement, it seems that he has been standing still in the past few years and has not achieved any good development.

"Father, revise the Tang law, Erchen thinks that the Tang Dynasty needs to establish a perfect legal system, and at the same time, it is also necessary to increase the control of officials, and the management of officials by the Ministry of Officials still has great shortcomings, and it needs to be further improved." Li Chengqian came from behind in the end, and in many things, he had foresight, which was an incomparable advantage for His Majesty the Emperor Li Er, who had historical limitations.

(End of chapter)