Chapter 288: Li Shimin's True Intentions
"Well said!" Li Shimin not only was not angry, but laughed out loud, and said: "Tuli can't be kept, but it's really not suitable to use troops now, it's better to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight than to get cheaper, and wait for both sides to lose, let's take advantage of the fisherman." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info "Li Shimin is very happy to see everyone united, what he needs is an official who dares to refute his opinions, not a voice worm who only has no position and no opinion."
"This ......" Yu Suiliang felt that his IQ was not enough, his majesty their emperor looked very rational at the moment, how could he really send troops? Is this playing with others or by yourself?
In this regard, the ministers who are familiar with Li Shimin's personality are not much surprised, they all quite understand Li Shimin's mentality, the more you resist him, the more you can stand on the truth and quarrel with him, the more he will reuse, the more important.
Just like Wei Zheng, Wei Zheng forced Li Shimin to step down several times, so angry that Li Shimin blew his beard and glared at him, and even wanted to kill him as a hillbilly, but he still had a good taste.
Wei Zheng did not back down in front of Li Shimin, not recklessly looking for death, but knowing that Li Shimin could accommodate his subordinates who argued and quarreled with him.
"That's it, huh! Tuli children may not be able to survive! Scatter the dynasty! Li Shimin suffered a few times, his heart was calm, and his anger was smooth. And took advantage of the situation and issued an order to retreat.
turned around and ordered to summon the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, Hou Junji, Qin Qiong and others to go to the Ganlu Hall for a secret meeting.
"Sit down and talk! Come...... Bring the tea set! Li Shimin gave some orders to send a small stove, boiling water, and tea leaves, as well as "tea sets".
When the palace maid skillfully put the tea sets on one by one, except for Qin Qiong, the well-informed ministers had straight eyes, just because the tea sets that appeared in front of everyone were dazzling, delicate and elegant.
Li Shimin fiddled with those tea sets, and introduced them quite proudly: "This is a tea tripod, a tea ou, a tea mill, a tea mill, a tea mortar, a tea cabinet, a tea press, a tea trough, a tea xian, a tea cage, a tea basket, a tea board, a tea coercion, a tea Luo, a tea bag, a tea scoop, a teaspoon, and ......" Everyone counted carefully and found that there were at least 24 kinds of new tea sets. So, they all came forward to watch.
Hou Junji became interested and asked, "Your Majesty, it seems to be different from what everyone uses!" Is this stove used for freshly cooking? β
"Junji, this tea is different from what everyone usually eats." Li Shimin sighed with emotion. He glanced at Hou Junji and said, "Junji, this is the new tea made by Qin Feng, the tea we drank before was boiled, but his tea was brewed." By the way, Qin Feng's combat style is very similar to yours, under the guidance of the pharmacist, his military level is becoming more and more solid, Junji, if you go on like this, you really want him to catch up and surpass. β
Hou Junji was one of Li Shimin's most important military attachΓ©s, and he took a fancy to his amazing military talent from the moment he received him as a book. Take it with you and bring it up. Let Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui teach him the art of war. The strategic calculation even allowed Li Jing to take him as an apprentice and teach him a higher level of art of war and tactics.
Hou Junji also did not live up to Li Shimin's trust, under the cultivation of Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, Hou Junji's various values have risen sharply, and he has become a great figure in both civil and military affairs. Wen Ke became a member of his strategist group, and Wu Neng led his troops to fight and commanded thousands of armies, and he could still charge into battle. But Li Shimin was still a little dissatisfied with him, and Hou Junji's real talent was in the military. He needs Hou Juncheng to be a military commander like Li Jing who surpasses Li Shiji and can expand the territory for him for the future Tang Dynasty. Achieved brilliant hegemony, but Hou Junji's military progress was not satisfactory, Li Shimin has always wanted to train Hou Junji to become the future Li Jing, Li Ji, Li Xiaogong and other military gods. It's just that when Li Shimin compared Hou Junji with Qin Fengyi, he found that Hou Junji had fatal flaws in his personality. Hou Junji is too arrogant and too small-minded.
In the past, there was no reference object, but now that there is a Qin Feng who was born out of nowhere, Li Shimin found that Hou Junji immediately compared him.
In the face of Qin Feng's progress, Hou Junji is like a turtle crawling.
Li Shimin had already mentioned Hou Junji, and took advantage of this opportunity to motivate Hou Junji, so that he knew that there were people outside the world and there was heaven outside the sky.
Li Shimin was kind, but Hou Junji was harsh in his ears, and responded with a smile on his face, but his fists were clenched behind his back, with strong jealousy in his eyes, and dissatisfaction with Li Jing.
Li Jing's military talent is known to everyone in Datang.
No one doubted his military ability, and even the invincible Li Shimin was militarily convinced of Li Jing.
Hou Junji was full of joy to get Li Jing's guidance, but after coming into contact with Li Jing, he always felt that Li Jing neither accepted him as an apprentice, nor taught him profound and useful things, and felt that Li Jing was secretly hiding, afraid that he would learn the real skills and surpass him, and had great prejudices against Li Jing. Now that he learned that Li Jing had taught Qin Feng everything, his heart was full of hostility towards the two.
It is precisely because of this that Li Jing has reservations about Hou Junji, and Hou Junji holds a grudge because of this, and goes to Li Shimin to sue Li Jing, saying that Li Jing is going to rebel, because Li Jing does not teach every subtlety.
Li Shimin naturally didn't believe that Li Jing was going to cause it, but he just blamed Li Jing for being small-minded, but Li Jing replied: "This is Hou Junji wanting to rebel." Now that the Central Plains is stable, the art of war I taught him is enough to subdue the four empires. Now that Hou Junji is studying the art of war, he will have different ambitions. Li Shimin saw that the two of them were suing each other for the opposite, and he didn't know what the two of them were unhappy about, so he couldn't solve it with a big headache.
In fact, Li Jing has no intention of bringing a peerless imperial law into the ground, he is already seventy-five this year, and he also wants to have an apprentice who can inherit his ability. It's just that the art of war is a broad and profound knowledge, and it is difficult to understand the mystery without special talent and experience. In addition, he personally believes in Confucianism and does not like to kill in vain, and he also has great requirements for the conduct of his disciples. Therefore, the choice of apprentices is even more harsh, and so far only Hou Junji and Qin Feng have been recognized by him in terms of talent, even if his own grandsons Li Yeji and Li Yexu cannot enter Li Jing's eyes, therefore, he has been considering Hou Junji and Qin Feng, and in the end, he found that Hou Junji is much inferior to Qin Feng in terms of conduct. Therefore, he chose to pass on his compilation of "The Mirror of the Six Armies" to Qin Feng, but he was never sure whether his choice was correct. After all, Qin Feng's evil spirit is very heavy, although Qin Feng has only gone on the expedition twice, but this guy is like a murderer, and everywhere he passes, there is not a single grass. Of course, Qin Feng is killing aliens, but it is really difficult to say what will happen in the future. Therefore, Li Jing is also quite contradictory.
Hou Junji said with a smile: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister is studying every day and will never disappoint His Majesty's expectations." β
"Good, good, good!" Li Shimin laughed heartily.
After the water boiled, Li Shimin personally made them a cup of tea with blood.
The rich aroma of tea permeates the hall, making people intoxicated.
Everyone stared at the blood in Li Shimin's hand with wide eyes in disbelief.
"It's the smell of tea." Literati receive tea, military generals love wine, in this hall, except for Qin Qiong and Hou Junji, all of them are people who have drunk tea for decades, and they have a soft spot for this taste.
Roasted tea and boiled tea are two completely different concepts. Even if the tea leaves are boiled, they will not be able to bring out half of the flavor of the tea leaves.
Facing the aroma of this brewed tea. Fang Xuanling was the first to hold back, picked up the teacup and put it in his nose to smell it first, then took a sip, swallowed it slowly in his mouth, closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, his face bloomed with a smile that made a hundred flowers bloom, and he sighed lightly: "It's wonderful, it's just wonderful, this taste makes people deeply intoxicated, no, it should be said that they are indulged in it." However, there is a strange slight bitterness in the tea fragrance, which makes people indulge in it while ensuring the sobriety of the mind, but after that, it feels sweet and tasteful, so that the whole body is comfortable, which is really good. β
Du Ruhui heard Fang Xuanling's admiration, and also took a sip, and couldn't help but be moved to praise: "I can't imagine that there is such a beautiful tea in the world, compared with it, the tribute tea I used to drink tasted the same as chewing wax." β
Seeing that Fang Mou Du was so respected, everyone in the hall couldn't wait to pick up the teacup and drink it, and the unique taste also made them dumbfounded. Tea was already popular in the upper class during the Han Dynasty, but it could not be spread on a large scale because of its poor taste and dispensability.
In fact, most of them were born into noble families, and they had never drunk tea, but they couldn't imagine that it tasted so good.
"Your Majesty, drink this tea. I'm afraid that I won't be able to drink any other tea in the future, I don't know what the name of this tea is? Where can I buy it? Du Ru asked anxiously.
Li Shimin, who has been drinking it for a long time, said with a smile: "This tea is called Longjing tea, and according to Qin Feng, it is a new tea invented by a friend of his. It's just that the production is small, and it is not yet on the market. The man sent Qin Feng a lot, the original intention was to let Qin Feng give him a reputation and improve his popularity, Qin Feng saw that it tasted good, and he also knew that tea was a medicine for all diseases, which could brighten the eyes and refresh the mind, and was beneficial to the body, so he gave me some evenly. β
As early as the season when the new tea was on the market, Qin Feng gave some to Li Shimin and Empress Changsun, and he knew that with the wisdom of the two, as long as they rubbed a little edge, they would be able to understand the key. Qin Feng simply didn't hide it, and directly said that he made it out, and planned to let Zhonghua Building sell it, and make more money to help more people.
Li Shimin saw what Qin Feng did, and the two of them didn't care when they heard it, they only smiled and praised Qin Feng for doing business.
Li Shimin saw that everyone agreed with this tea, so he smiled and said: "This tea tastes endless. I will pay tribute to the court every month in the future, so as to offset taxes. When the time comes, I will give you some of it. β
Qin Qiong smiled knowingly, this tribute tea, Qin Feng is not afraid that there will be no buyer for this thing. (To be continued.) )