Chapter 222: The First Problem
This is Wang Xiang's proposal, since there are many Fanbangs who want to make peace with the Tang Dynasty, let them "compete for posts", and the final result of this competition may be the annihilation of the whole army. But in this way, they can only blame themselves for "not learning well", and continue to work hard next year.
This is the best way for the current Banbang, who are arguing endlessly, because they also know that it is impossible for all Fanbangs who propose peace to be satisfied.
The little prince Bato turned his head and glanced at Takatayan and said confidently, "Your Majesty, please." ”
The envoys of Tubo and other countries were not far behind, and they all saluted Li Er and said, "Please ask Your Majesty to ask the question." ”
The smile on Li Er's face became even brighter, and Wang Xiang, who was sitting next to Li Zhi, also smiled.
Seeing Wang Xiang laughing, Li Zhi asked with some concern: "Wang Jiancheng, what if someone from those countries answers the three questions raised by his father?" ”
Wang Xiang said with a smile: "Don't worry, the question raised by His Majesty is not so easy to answer." ”
The reason why he is so confident is because the three questions he told Li Er, in fact, to be precise, those three questions were originally raised by Li Er, but they were raised by Li Er in the fourteenth year of Zhenguan in later history, and only one of the Fanbang envoys present at that time answered these three questions. And Wang Xiang had already understood with Li Er that the envoy sent by Tubo at the Great Dynasty Meeting was not called Lu Dongzan, so these three questions were quite safe.
Seeing that the princes and envoys of the various states had no opinion on his proposal, Li Er laughed and said, "Okay, I will ask the first question first." ”
"Someone!"
At the sound of an order, there was a sudden neighing of horses outside the hall. Everyone turned their heads curiously to look out of the hall. Li Er got up and left his seat and said with a smile: "You guys go out with me." ”
Everyone is confused. Following Li Er out of the Lin De Palace, the original Keju field was occupied by a group of large and small horses, driven by more than a dozen grooms, the big horses and small ponies were divided into large pieces and stood still.
Li Er saw that everyone didn't know, so he smiled and said, "This is the first question I came up with. ”
"There are a hundred mares and a hundred foals in the Keju field, and each of these 100 foals is born to each of these 100 mares, and whoever can tell which foal is born of which mare will solve the problem."
As soon as these words came out, the envoys of the Fanbang present were all talking.
What kind of topic is this? It's too easy, isn't it?
Listening to everyone's discussions, Li Zhi was also anxious, and pushed Wang Xiang, who was standing next to him, and whispered, "Wang Jian Cheng." This question from the father is too simple, how can the foal not recognize his mother? Oh, what if they all answered! ”
Seeing Li Zhi's anxious look, Wang Xiang smiled and said, "It's not like I have tried it to know." ”
The envoys of Fanbang who were present seemed to have the same idea as Li Zhi, and people may not recognize it, but how could the foal not recognize his mother, as long as the foal was pulled to the mare one by one, which mare was close to it would know which mare the foal was born to.
For a while, the envoys of various states all vied with each other to express their thoughts, for fear that Li Er would not admit it if it was too late.
"Do you think this is possible?" Li Er smiled slightly and asked lightly.
"Absolutely!"
"This law certainly makes it possible to tell which mare the foal was born to."
"I'm a good horse, and I can tell if I bring my foal to the mare."
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Listen to everyone's gossip "yes". The smile on Li Er's face was even stronger, and he said, "Since you are so confident, please come forward and give it a try." As long as you can tell which mare the foal was born to, you can solve the problem. ”
As soon as Li Er's words spoke, the princes and envoys of the various states sent men to rush into the Keju field, snatched the reins from the groom's hand, and pulled the foal to the mare on the other side.
Takatayan frowned as he looked at the two Turkic men who rushed into the Keju field to drag the foals, he felt that Li Er would never come up with such a simple question. There is also a frowning thinking that the Tibetan envoy who refuted the little prince of Bato on the Lin De Hall before is not very old, and he has a temperament that other Fanbang people do not have, which is somewhat similar to the temperament of the literati of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Er and a group of Datang officials stood outside the Keju field and looked at the commotion inside, they couldn't help laughing, so many people suddenly broke into the Keju field and immediately disturbed the mare and foal in the field, and the mare and foal, which were originally quite calm, suddenly panicked, kicked their hooves wildly, and neighed constantly. However, most of the Fanbang people are powerful, and although they are tossed, they finally drag the foal close to the mare.
No matter which mare they pull the foal to, the mare and the foal will struggle desperately, and there is no trace of "mother-child friendship".
After a few attempts, some foals were even kicked by grumpy mares, and the poor whimpered and screamed, and the Fanbangs who went in to pull the horses were exhausted one by one.
This time, not only the princes and envoys of Fanbang were dumbfounded, but also the Tang officials who watched the play also felt incredible, and they all agreed with the method proposed by Fanbang at first, but now it seems that this method will not work at all.
In fact, it's not just them, even Li Er was very suspicious of what Wang Xiang said at the beginning, how could there be a reason that mother and son don't recognize each other, but that's the case, if Wang Xiang hadn't seen this story in later generations, he wouldn't have believed it, everything has a different nature, and people who are not very familiar with horse nature will not know that the horse after eating and drinking is not recognized by the six relatives when it is frightened, so on the battlefield, there will often be a situation where the war horse tramples on his own people in panic, How could frightened horses recognize even their own children, those who rode on their horses.
Li Er sent someone to do the test before he completely believed what Wang Xiang said, so today he asked people to get a hundred well-fed mares and foals, and asked Fanbang to send people to try them in person, just to make the well-fed mares and foals frightened.
Now it seems to be working very well.
Li Er, a Fanbang man who saw a grizzled face running out of the Keju field, felt very comfortable, those Fanbang people were not in such a good mood, and one of the envoys of a small Fanbang country doubted: "Isn't it that these foals are not born to those mares at all?" ”
Li Er snorted coldly disdainfully when he heard this, and the Fanbang envoy who felt that he had "lost his word" suddenly retracted his head in fright, Li Er was still very dignified when he was angry.
Takatayan and the young man from Tubo glanced at the most miserable envoy of Fanbang who was tossed by a horse with disdain, how could the dignified Emperor of the Tang Dynasty do such a thing, there must be some other reason. (To be continued.) )