Chapter Ninety-Eight: Li Shimin and the Three Kingdoms
Li Shimin looked at the radiant Li Su, and suddenly realized for the first time that he didn't know enough about this son. Although he is still skeptical about some of the points in Li Su's words, it does not affect his appreciation of Li Su.
"Liulang, although there is some truth in your words, but you attach too much importance to the role of industry and commerce, you know, agriculture is the foundation of the country, and scholars are the foundation of governing the country, only by grasping these two in hand, the whole country will be stable, after the country is stable, it is possible to vigorously develop industry and commerce!" Li Shimin said earnestly and earnestly.
Although Li Shimin is one of the most outstanding emperors in history, he is limited by the education he has been exposed to since childhood, and has already deeply rooted the idea of building a country with agriculture into the bone marrow, so although he recognizes the importance of industry and commerce, the importance of Li Shimin and the Three Kingdoms in Chapter 98 of Shi and Agriculture is still in the first place in his heart.
"What my father taught me is that my sons and ministers must remember!" Li Su bowed down and said, he also knew that if he wanted to shake the ancients' idea of valuing agriculture and ignoring industry and commerce, it was not something that could be done in a day or two, so he would no longer refute it. But then he said with a smile: "Father, now that my Datang is under your governance, the people of the political Qing Dynasty live in peace, and the sons and daughters have also taken advantage of this great opportunity to do something in the aspect of industry, so that the people of Datang can live a better life, but in the final analysis, this credit still has to be attributed to your father." ”
Although he knew that his son was patting his own ass, Li Shimin was still very happy, patted Li Su's shoulder and praised him without hesitation, and also told Li Su: Although you can do this business and enrich the people, don't worry about it, don't pay attention to the eyes of others, you must remember the sentence he said when he was in the cement supervision institute, "dare to be the first in the world" and did what others dare not do and can't do, which is worthy of his son Li Shimin!
Listening to Li Shimin's praise, Li Su was of course happy, and during this time he was engaged in cement and coal. In Chapter 98, Li Shimin and the Three Kingdoms have made many orthodox scholars complain about him, saying that as a prince, he does not want to study and serve the country, but instead puts his mind on these cheap industries, and loses the royal face.
Although Li Su disdained these words, he was also worried that it would reach Li Shimin's ears, in case this emperor's father felt that his son had lost himself and ordered him not to participate in industry and commerce in the future, then all his previous efforts would be over. Fortunately, Li Shimin's thinking is very open-minded, and he also sees the importance of industry and commerce. is also very supportive of what he does, so that the last scruples in Li Su's heart have finally been dispelled, and he can be more free in doing things in the future.
After the two young princes, Li Zhen and Li Zhi, heard Li Shimin's words. But he smiled relatively bitterly, thinking that it was really not easy to be a son who could be praised by his father, and he had to have talent and courage, and even had to be 'dare to be the first in the world', which is what ordinary people can do? Among their dozen brothers, it is estimated that only this legendary sixth brother can do it. Of course, Li Zhen and Li Zhi both admire Li Su, the sixth brother who is righteous and very good to them.
After eating a delicious lunch, there are Li Su and his favorite sons and daughters. Li Shimin was in a very bad mood in the morning because of Li You, and he slowly became cheerful, anyway, he came out today to come out to relax, and it was a good choice to stay with his children.
When Li Su saw that the emperor's father was going to stay in his house for a day, he was afraid that he would be bored, so he immediately moved out the cards, mahjong, and even the billiards that had just been made. introduced and demonstrated the gameplay for Li Shimin one by one, these things are used by Li Yu and Wen'er to kill time when they are usually fine, of course, Li Yong and Cheng Huailiang sometimes come to play a few, and they also ask for a few copies to go back. Now these games are slowly becoming popular among the princes and nobles.
Li Shimin is also very interested in these novel games, especially for billiards, which is a very preference, and has played several games with Li Su. And the level improved extremely quickly, and soon threw Li Su, who was half-hanging, a few streets.
Although Li Shimin was very happy, but in the end, he solemnly warned Li Su that it was nothing to play at ordinary times, but don't indulge in these, Li Su of course nodded yes, but he was a little helpless in his heart, this emperor's father is good at everything, that is, he never forgets to teach them a lesson.
However, after having dinner at Li Su's place, Li Shimin took a few of them to Li Su's study, and considered the calligraphy of several people, the focus of which is Li Su, after all, as a prince, he can't even write words no matter what.
"Alright, it's all for my father to sit down!" Li Shimin knocked on the table and asked Li Yu to calm down, and then said, "Each of you writes a big character, let your father see if everyone's calligraphy has improved?" ”
"Yes, Father!" Son, Gao Yang and others all agreed very obediently, but Li Su had a bitter face, although he practiced calligraphy every day during this time, but now the words can only be said to be neatly written, but when it comes to calligraphy, there is no way to talk about it, and several younger brothers and sisters in this room are extremely smart people, even a child like a son can write a good hand, if Li Su's words are compared, they are definitely at the bottom, which makes him really embarrassed as an elder brother.
Although he was extremely reluctant in his heart, seeing that Li Zhen and Li Zhi had already begun to write, Li Su could only pick up the brush and write one stroke at a time. Looking at the six children writing seriously, Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction, and then casually looked at Li Su's study.
As a prince, the study room on Li Su's mansion is of course very magnificent, with a row of four large bookshelves next to the wall, on which countless book collections are densely placed, but Li Su can swear to the sky that since the day he came to Datang, he has never read a single book on this shelf, and he has never even touched it, but Wen'er usually likes to read, and occasionally takes out a book from the bookshelf and takes it back to the room to read.
There are a few small cases next to the bookshelf, on which are placed some picture scrolls and study supplies, and there is a large desk in the middle, on which are placed pen stands, inkstones, paperweights and other commonly used things for writing, Li Shimin is idle and bored, and walks to the side of the bookcase, wanting to see what Li Su usually writes?
"Huh? This is ......" Li Shimin walked to the bookcase, and immediately saw that there were stacks of thick manuscripts on the bookcase, and the top one had four big characters written - "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". The font of these four characters is beautiful, and the calligraphy is weak and elegant, but it is not masculine enough, and you can know that it is from a woman's hand at a glance.
This is exactly the Romance of the Three Kingdoms that Li Su writes silently to Xiao Wenxin every day, every time he dictates the text by himself, and sends it to Xiao Wenxin after writing, and after Xiao Wenxin reads it, he will copy the manuscript himself, correct the grammatical or font errors in the book, and then add his own reading experience, and then send it back to Li Su. Li Su put it next to his desk, and took it out to take a look when he had time, but he didn't expect it to be seen by Li Shimin today.
Li Shimin was curious for a while, picked up the manuscript and looked at it, just opened the first page, and was immediately attracted by the vicissitudes of Linjiang Immortal, and then saw the text of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms below, he immediately couldn't move his footsteps, read page after page, and finally simply sat on the chair behind the desk, and the whole person's mind was completely immersed in the magnificent history of the Three Kingdoms hundreds of years ago.
When Li Zhi and the others finished writing and wanted to ask Li Shimin to comment on it, they found that their father was sitting behind the sixth brother's bookcase, looking at the manuscript with relish. When Li Su also found out about this situation, he immediately felt anxious, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is nothing, but the copy on the table was copied by Xiao Wenxin himself, and the meaning is of course very different, in case the father asks him, will he give it or not?
"Father, we've all written, would you like to take a look?" Li Zhi and Li Zhen waited for a while, but Li Shimin didn't even raise his head, and in desperation, Li Zhi had no choice but to remind.
It's just that what everyone didn't expect was that after Li Shimin heard Li Zhi's words, he just said 'um' softly, and then continued to look at the manuscript in his hand, sometimes smiling and sometimes puzzled on his face.
"Sixth brother, what kind of book do you have on your desk, why is my father so fascinated by it?" Qinghe was next to Li Su, pulled his sleeve and asked.
"Alas~, this ......, let's talk about it later!" Li Su's expression was very anxious, the more Li Shimin was fascinated, the more worried he became, although the Three Kingdoms on the table had not been written, but more than half of it was finished, and it was not possible to read it in a moment and a half, that is to say, Li Shimin was very likely to take the manuscript away.
I don't know how long it took, when Li Shimin saw Sun Jian in the sixth round of the covenant to hide the jade seal, he suddenly remembered Li Zhi and them, raised it to take a look, and found that Li Su was playing cards with a few younger brothers and sisters, and there were big characters written by several people on the bookcase in front of him.
"Ha~haha~" Li Shimin smiled awkwardly, and when he saw his six children looking at him, he blushed and said: "This ......, hehe, I was so fascinated by my father just now that I forgot to consider your calligraphy." ”
"Father, is that Romance of the Three Kingdoms really so good-looking? We've called you so many times just now, but you don't even seem to hear you. Qinghe threw down the cards in his hand and said very dissatisfied, just now Li Su saw that Li Shimin would not be able to sober up for a while, plus Qinghe and Li Zhi They kept asking, so they had no choice but to briefly introduce the content of the book.
"Well, this is really a strange book, it can actually write the characters in the entire Three Kingdoms alive, which makes people want to stop, and the power and tactics and art of war used in it are also very referenced, and my father only glanced at it, and was immediately attracted to it." Li Shimin had an aftertaste on his face when he spoke, and he seemed to be still immersed in the world of the book and couldn't extricate himself. (To be continued)!!