Li Mi sincerely felt that now was the best time to resolve the contradiction between Li Heng and Ye Chang, and at the same time recruit this talented and unparalleled national warrior.

Li Longji's unfair treatment of Ye Chang is known to the world.

Ye Chang rushed back from Liaodong to wipe Yang Guozhong's buttocks, suppressed the Luoyang commotion he made, and cleaned up the mess for Li Longji himself, and re-stabilized Henan and Dugi Dao, which were almost turned upside down by thieves, and even ran long distances with illness, capturing the thieves Yuan Chao and Fang Qing in one fell swoop.

However, Li Longji summoned An Lushan to Chang'an, ostensibly to quell the chaos, but in fact he was afraid that Ye Chang would cause chaos after he had military power in the Central Plains. After quelling the chaos, he did not release the reward in time, but sent the imperial doctor to spy on whether Ye Chang was a real illness or a fake illness.

All of this is really not like Li Longji, who was wise and martial at the beginning, who was so old and faint, in Li Mi's view, this also means that Li Longji will die soon.

The icing on the cake is not as good as sending charcoal in the snow, at this time, Ye Chang must have grievances, anger, sadness, dissatisfaction, etc. As the prince, Li Heng quietly appeased, and he will definitely be grateful to Ye Chang. Since then, things have come naturally, with Ye Chang's support, even if Yang Guozhong has An Lushan's help, it is impossible to shake Li Heng's position as the crown prince.

His proposal made Li Heng ponder for a while, and Li Jingzhong next to him glanced at him again, Li Heng shook his head slightly, and then said: "The stakes are very high, and let Gu Duo think about it for two days, anyway, I am not in a hurry to do it on this day or two...... Sir hard work, let's go home early and rest. ”

Li Mi was still about to speak, but he saw Li Jingzhong smiling and groaning: "The slave and maid send Mr. out"

He immediately understood in his heart that Li Heng really wouldn't make up his mind immediately, and he would definitely have to discuss with a group of people under him.

Thinking of the group of people under Li Heng, Li Yu frowned slightly.

What kind of characters are they?

After sending him out of the palace, Li Jingzhong quickly returned to the main hall, and Li Heng sat upright with blazing eyes.

"Jingzhong, what do you think, is Mr. Li's suggestion appropriate?"

"It's not proper, it's not proper, it's hard to quench your thirst from far away." Li Jingzhong grinned: "And that will sit back and watch His Highness recruit Ye Chang?" ”

He stretched out his right thumb when he said "that", which represented Li Longji. Li Heng was still a little hesitant: "What do you mean by saying that far water does not quench thirst near you?" ”

"That body is fine," Li Jingzhong said with a smile.

Li Heng was shocked.

He has lived in seclusion in the East Palace all these years, rarely going out, coupled with the fear of day and night, his health is not as good as before, and even his hair is on his head, and he looks not much worse than Li Longji's age. And although Li Longji's body is also aging obviously, at least now he can't see that his life is going to be extreme.

It is true that far water cannot quench the thirst of the near. After he ascended to the pole, Ye Chang might be able to bring him great benefits, but the effect on his ascending pole would be much more limited.

"Besides, now the situation is ready to fly, and we have to send it." Li Jingzhong lowered his voice again and said, "If you want to have such a good time, it will be difficult." ”

"Hmm"

"And not everyone is so tight-mouthed." Li Jingzhong said again.

Li Heng didn't hesitate anymore: "Jingzhong, when you come to Gu's side, you are really a God-given think tank for Gu...... If I had that day, how could the Colliers be enough?"

Hearing Li Heng's words, Li Jingzhong was suddenly overjoyed. Since he entered the palace, he has regarded Gao Lishi as his life's goal, and Li Heng's promise clearly means that he will give him more authority than Gao Lishi in the future

If it can be like this, this life is worthwhile

"That being the case, I will reject Mr. Li tomorrow, although this Mr. Li is resourceful, but he is too rigid about the right path, but unfortunately, it is a pity that ......"

Li Jingzhong sneered in his heart, Li Yu's suggestion is indeed the right way, but if Li Heng really takes the right path to inherit the great treasure, how much credit can everyone have, and how many benefits can be distributed? Only by not taking the right path and breaking some of the original things can we vacate more positions and benefits for everyone to share

However, although he thought so in his heart, Li Jingzhong said in his mouth: "Your Highness, Mr. Li is also very serious, after all, he is different from us, according to the slave's opinion, His Highness might as well promise him, and let him go to see Ye Chang."

Li Heng's heart moved, and he stroked his palm and said, "It should be like this, good plan...... Jing Zhong, Qing Zhen is an auxiliary minister, but unfortunately you are a minister, otherwise it is more than enough to be a prime minister"

"On the day of His Highness's great treasure, the slave and maid will be renamed as the auxiliary country." Li Jingzhong said with a smile: "The slave and maid are the slaves of His Royal Highness, the prime minister, if there is a slave and a slave, is this slave more relied on by His Highness?" ”

The two of them immediately laughed, but Li Heng didn't know that Li Jingzhong despised the prime minister in his mouth, but said in his heart: With the eunuch as the prime minister, this ...... Sounds pretty good too

The next day, Li Mi asked to see Li Heng again, Li Heng knew why he came, and without waiting for him to ask, he asked him to go to Luoyang in person to see if he could recruit Ye Chang. Li Mi was overjoyed, only to feel that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was extraordinary in his wisdom, and his strength was doubled.

He took this matter and did not stay, and immediately rushed to Luoyang after leaving the palace. The rut track from Chang'an to Luoyang was destroyed by thieves, but it was quickly repaired, and Niu Tianqi had not been delayed when he went to Luoyang, and when he went, it was even smoother. In just three days, he arrived in Luoyang, entered the city to inquire where Ye Chang was, and came directly to ask for a meeting.

At this time, Ye Chang was inspecting the battle report from Liaodong, and heard that a person who claimed to be a mountain man, Li Mi, asked to see him, and couldn't help but be surprised: "What is he doing here?" ”

Liu Changqing said with a smile on the side: "He has always been close to His Royal Highness the Prince, and I think he came here because of the Prince's entrustment." ”

"You know all about it, doesn't he know about it?" Ye Chang frowned: "This is more taboo, Li Mi has always been cautious, and this time I came here, I am afraid that there is another reason." ”

"In any case, he is a famous man in the world, so let's see him first." Liu Changqing said.

"Okay, then we'll see you......"

Li Mi was introduced into the courtyard, although this is just a small courtyard, from the outside looks very inconspicuous, but after entering, I found that the decoration is extraordinary, not to mention anything else, just the red lacquered wood-framed glass window, it is not trivial, a door to install down, I am afraid that it will cost hundreds of dollars.

"Ye Gong is extravagant and well-known in the world, and it seems that this is indeed the case today. However, he defended himself in the Wealth of Nations, saying that although he was extravagant, he did not use the fat of the people, but the fruit of his own ingenuity, and that the more he spent, the more people would benefit from it, than it was better to cast money into silver balls and gold cakes and hide them in cellars...... Such a store of gold and silver is not good for the kingdom or for the benefit of the offspring, but is the work of a fool."

In the past few years, Li Mi has studied Ye Chang's articles and works. The more I read, the more incredible I felt, Ye Chang's article on literary brilliance, it can be said that it is not as good as a fourth- or fifth-rate literati, and it is completely incommensurate with the title of his poem, but although his rhetoric is shallow, its mystery is deep. Combined with Ye Chang's "Taoist Theory", Li Mi vaguely understood Ye Chang's ambitions.

It is precisely because of this understanding that Li Mi feels that the prince should hold such a person in his hands and make it his own use.

"Mr. Li has always been absent for a long time." Li Mi was pondering when he saw Ye Chang appear in sight.

Although Ye Chang has not recovered now, he is also seven or eight points better, so his spirit is still good, but he is a little dark and thin. He smiled and clenched his fists there, Li Mi hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and then shook Ye Chang's hand: "How dare you greet Ye Gong?" ”

When shaking hands, he intentionally or unintentionally buckled Ye Chang's pulse, and Ye Chang seemed to be unimpressed.

Li Mi also knows medical theory, judging from Ye Chang's pulse, it is indeed the appearance of recovering from a serious illness, his belief in his heart is firmer, and he salutes after letting go of his hand: "Ye Gong works hard for the country, regardless of his illness, which really makes the mountain people admire."

"Mr. Li said too much, as a Tang person, it is my duty to serve the country, and the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, let alone me?"

Li Mi perked up when he heard this: "What Ye Gong said is that Ye Gong came here this time because he saw Ye Gong's article, and his heart was itching, so he specially came to ask for advice." ”

"Oh?" Ye Chang was stunned, of course he didn't believe it, this was the main reason why Li Mi came to Luoyang, but he didn't expect that Li Mi would find such a reason.

"This is not the place to talk, please go to the study and talk about it." He gestured with his hand.

The two came to Ye Chang's study, Li Mi looked at the bright room, looked at the glass window again, and praised: "Ye Gong, this glass is a window, although it is luxurious, but it is indeed wonderful, as long as it is not too late, there is no need to light the lamp, and you will not be damaged by the smoke." ”

Ye Chang smiled and nodded, but did not answer. Li Mi looked at the surrounding furnishings again, although Ye Chang claimed to be luxurious, but there was little gold and silver on display, table clocks, purlin bookcases and other furniture, showing Ye Chang's luxury and difference.

"Ye Gong thinks in the theory of wealth of the country that wealth can only be fair if it is circulated, and if the rich only enter and do not leave, it will be of no benefit to others and themselves. Li Mi said with a smile.

Others said this with some sarcasm, but Li Mi's expression was very sincere, making people feel that what he said came from the heart, and it was not an excuse for Ye Xiao Ye Chang's extravagance. Ye Chang smiled again and went straight to the point: "Mr. Li has something to teach Ye, please tell me directly"

"The mountain people are very interested in Ye Gong's 'Taoism' in the past two years, and I don't know who inherited the Taoism after the three sages of the ancients, and who is magnified." Li Mi said slowly: "This matter has been bothering the mountain people for a long time, and I haven't seen Ye Gong's next discussion, so I came to inquire before. ”

"According to Ye's view, after the Three Emperors, the Taoist system has been among the Chinese people. The one who collects its masterpiece is a hundred schools of thought, and one or two of them are picked up, and they are skilled craftsmen. The Tao is like water, and all the people are like fish, born in it, but they don't know it. ”

Li Mi couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard Ye Chang's explanation.

The question he brought had indeed bothered him for a long time, and he guessed in his heart who might be in Ye Chang's answer. But he never thought that Ye Chang did not point out any specific person, but he included all the sons and hundreds of schools, skilled craftsmen, and ordinary people, thinking that they were all the inheritors and magnifiers of the Taoist system

This is unspoken, and Li Mi has never thought of this. Neither from Taoism, nor from Confucianism, nor even from Legalism, there is no such conclusion

"In Ye Gong's opinion, could it be that Confucius is not the inheritor of Taoism?"

"Confucius is naturally the inheritor of Taoism, I just said that all the sons of the hundred schools are the culmination of the Taoist inheritance."

"What about Dong Sheng?"

The so-called Dong Sheng is Dong Zhongshu.

In the Confucian inheritance, Dong Zhongshu's role is definitely no less than that of Confucius and Mencius, and to some extent, even higher than that of Confucius and Mencius. It was Dong Zhongshu's great unification that catered to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's desire for power that made Confucianism stand out from the hundred schools of thought and become a prominent science.

Even when he was a Taoist monk, he only regarded Lao Tzu as the ancestor, and did not really regard Taoist thought as the standard for governing state affairs.

"Dong Sheng made a fool of himself, and cleverly said that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was moved in order to respect Confucianism, which is not a Taoist inheritance. However, although he is quibbling, he also has a crooked attack, and his theory of great unification is implicitly in line with the Three Holy Dao systems. ”

"Oh, what do you mean by that?"

"The Three Holy Dao Systems, speaking of which, there are only two words, benefiting the people." Ye Chang said slowly.

When Li Mi heard this, his heart sounded like thunder, and his eyes widened

In Ye Chang's previous treatises, there was actually an explanation of the Three Holy Dao Systems, but the word "benefiting the people" was like the finishing touch, which made Li Mi cheerful about the previous incomprehension of the Taoist system.

The Suiren clan drilled wood to make fire, in order to benefit the people. Fuxi's knotted rope is for the benefit of the people. Shennong's family tasted all over the grain, in order to benefit the people

Those who are not good for the people are high-sounding and clever words, no matter what righteous names are arranged, after all, they are fallacious. Those who benefit the people, even if they sink for a while, are herdsmen and potters, and they will also praise history

"The river and the river are the two bloodlines of China, but the rivers flood from time to time, and there are floods and droughts in the world from time to time. Ye Chang said again.

Li Yu's eyes moved slightly: "Therefore, Yu controls the water and lives in the world... This world is for the public, not for the private, but for the public? ”

"In Qi, the family is private, and in Yu, the family is public." Ye Changdao.

"Also, Ye Gong still has unfinished words"

"All the nations and tribes in the world are not only in a corner of China, if China is divided and brothers are on the wall, then there will be troubles on the border. In the Zhou period, there were dogs and dogs, there were Huns in the Qin and Han dynasties, there were Turks in my Tang Dynasty, and then there were dogs and big foods, and in the future, there were Khitans, women, and so on. If China cannot be unified, then the disaster of extinction of the extinction of the race, but overnight" Ye Chang said: "Therefore, the unification of China is not to deal with natural disasters, but also to deal with man-made disasters." ”

At this time, it is not far from the Wuhu Chaohua, Li Mi understands what Ye Chang said very well, looking back on history, he can't help but nod: "Exactly, exactly"

He listened to Ye Chang talk about Taoism, and he only felt that every sentence was true, every word was beautiful, and every sentence was unprecedented, but it was secretly in line with the history and a metaphor for the way of heaven. Listening to it, I forgot the real purpose of this trip, and when I thought about it, time passed unconsciously for a long time, and a round of sunset hung in the west, through the glass window, the golden sunlight sprinkled on Ye Chang. Li Mi looked at Ye Chang, only to feel that the man sitting in front of him was shining brightly, like a celestial being.

"Ye Gong put forward this theory of Taoism, which is almost sacred." He couldn't help but say.