It was already late at night, and Li Shimin had fallen asleep early at this time, but today was an exception. He seemed to have a lot to talk about with Chen Fei, and even Li Shimin himself felt strange that the two were almost thirty years apart, and they actually had a common topic.

Maybe Chen Fei didn't look like he was thirty years old at all.

"Chen Fei, you say, how will future generations evaluate my life? Is it insulting me for being unfilial and unkind? Or praise me for my great deeds? ”

Li Shimin threw out this question...... Well, it's a proposition, and if you don't answer it well, you may really die, but if you answer it well...... There are also no rewards.

If it were someone else, I'm afraid it would be a pretending compliment to fool the past. But Chen Fei didn't think so.

"If Your Majesty really wants to hear it, the minister can elaborate."

"Oh?" Li Shimin glanced at Chen Fei unexpectedly, and then grinned: "Say it, I don't care if it's good or not." I just want to hear the most honest evaluations, not those false flattery. ”

When a man is about to die, his words are good. I'm afraid that by this time, Li Shimin has already seen it, not to mention, he really wants to know what the world thinks of him.

"Your Majesty, Wechen is offended." Chen Fei saluted and said, "In fact, in the hearts of the ministers, Your Majesty has always been a holy emperor. The minister once heard that when the Tang Dynasty was first founded, there was no strong force, but there were no rich people. In the previous dynasty, heavy military service and heavy taxation exploited the people, and the Central Plains experienced many wars, with less than three out of ten survivors in a village, and the whole country was extremely bad, the people did not have enough to eat, and the soldiers did not wear warm clothes. Large tracts of fertile land are abandoned and uncultivated, and several neighbors of Datang are eyeing our large tracts of land and are ready to send troops to attack at any time, but now?

The people live and work in peace and contentment, the fertile land is cultivated, the people are prosperous and healthy, and the restless neighbors are all suppressed by force, all of which are included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Now the territory of the Tang Dynasty has more than doubled compared to the original, far exceeding any previous dynasty!

Mencius once said: 'A house of five acres is made of mulberry, and fifty people can be clothed.' Chickens, guineas, dogs, and animals, don't lose time, seventy can eat meat. A hundred acres of land, don't take it away, a few families can be hungry; The teaching of the order of the solemnity, the righteousness of filial piety (tì), and the person who gives the confession does not live up to the road. Seventy people eat meat, and the people are not hungry or cold, but those who are not kings are not not. ’

However, in the current Tang Dynasty, how can the people not only have a five-acre house? People plough 100 acres, and new grain is promoted throughout the country. Every family can afford to wear silk, every family can eat meat, every family can afford to go to school, and the righteousness of the world is preached to the world. The people have no disease, no disaster and no difficulty, and all nations and seas have come and gone. It is a thousand times better than the ideal world depicted by Mencius, and how can you say the credit of Your Majesty? “

"Hahaha! Hahahaha! Li Shimin laughed heartily, pointed at Chen Fei and scolded with a smile: "Good boy, you have sharp teeth!" I admire myself as you say, hahahaha! Good! Good! Good! If you don't say it, I don't think it's disrespectful when you say it! Li Shimin's pale face rarely floated a hint of ruddy, he seemed to have not been so happy for a long time, obviously Chen Fei's words reached his heart.

But......

"Chen Fei, you just said my merits, so wrong? Haven't I ever made a mistake in my life? ”

"Your Majesty is referring to the Xuanwu Gate?" Chen Fei was not taboo, and said it directly in front of Li Shimin.

Li Shimin frowned, but did not speak.

"Your Majesty, the minister dared to ask, if you didn't lead the soldiers to resist back then, the eldest prince would ...... Will it make you live until the next day? ”

Li Shimin's face was slightly ugly, "You are right, the imperial brother will indeed not keep me, if I had entered the palace a little slower to control the Xuanwu Gate, I am afraid that it would not be me who is sitting on the dragon chair today." ”

"But...... It is an undeniable fact that I did kill my brother and deceive my father, and for so many years, although I tried my best to avoid this matter, I knew it very well in my heart, and the people of the world also knew it very well in my heart! If you do it, you will do it, and you will never be able to get rid of this crime! “

Chen Fei sighed, Li Shimin is good at everything, but he is too sensitive to the Xuanwumen incident, and after so many years, he has been haunted by it in his heart.

"Your Majesty, there is no absolute justice in the world, and there is no absolute wrong. At that time, in order to protect yourself, you led your troops to resist, which was reasonable, but as a son-in-law and as a younger brother, the two ruthless butcher knives were unreasonable.

It is reasonable to have a life, but it is reasonable to give up a life. From the perspective of reason, what His Majesty did was understandable and very correct, but from the perspective of emotion, His Majesty violated the norm at that time, and it was inevitably a little ruthless.

But the things of the world, where reason and reason are blended, how can it be clear that only the reason for living is love? His Majesty is too persistent, and he can't help but be obsessed. The rights and wrongs of the case are recorded in the book and left for future generations to judge immediately. However, it is undeniable that all the great achievements made by His Majesty will be praised by the world, and is the Xuanwumen incident right or wrong? No one dares to guarantee that without His Majesty, there would still be the current prosperous Tang Dynasty! Therefore, the minister believes that this matter is not worth mentioning at all compared to the prosperous era created by His Majesty! ”

Li Shimin was silent for a long time after listening, closed his eyes, and tears fell faintly from the corners of his eyes. After a long time, he smiled with relief: "Zicheng, I have thought of countless reasons to excuse myself, but none of them are as convincing as yours!" Yes, at that time, the emperor's brother framed me, and my father was also suspicious of me, what other choice did I have at that time than to pick up the knife and resist to fight for a way out for myself? Let future generations judge the merits and demerits, I care so much, it is indeed a photo. ”

Chen Fei breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately Li Shimin was not angry, and after finishing speaking, he was still worried that if his views did not meet Li Shimin's appetite and made him unhappy, what if he wanted to pull a cushion before he died, fortunately, Li Shimin agreed with his own point of view, as if he was ...... It also made him see it, is it a great achievement?

"Zicheng, I found out that you are really a strange person! Hehe, over the years, I haven't given you power, have you ever resented me? ”

That's a bit of a terrible thing, you can't just say it!

"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't have much pursuit of power, he just wants to do what he should do well, contribute to the Tang Dynasty, and at the same time he can earn a little money to live, and the rest, the minister really doesn't want extravagance."

"Make a little money? Hehe! You're such a big breath! If you make a small amount of money, what is my treasury? Hum! ”

Chen Fei touched his nose and smiled without speaking.

"Zicheng, it's not that I don't want to give you rights, it's just that the time hasn't come yet! I hope that one day you will gain power and power, but don't have some thoughts that you shouldn't have, understand? ”

Somehow, a layer of cold sweat suddenly broke out on Chen Fei's back, and he hurriedly responded: "Minister, remember!" ”

(End of chapter)