Chapter Fifty-Seven: The Race Between the Open and the Dark
Beginning the next day, the eldest grandson Shunde and the eldest grandson Wuao began to go to the Perak Hall of the Eldest Sun General's Mansion to practice martial arts.
The number of children practicing martial arts has increased from five to seven.
In addition, Guanyin often comes with Changsun Sheng, and when the eight children are together, many stories will be born.
A snake can't have a head, but if there are many people, there must be a leader.
Only when things are done in this way can you have an opinion.
When a person joins a group, he or she will automatically find his place in the group.
In the event of two powers, or many powers, it is inevitable to fight each other in order to establish the position of the leader.
Until the position of the leader is unanimously recognized, the fight will continue.
Among them, the strong ones, in order to compete for dominance, may have the phenomenon of forming gangs and factions to strengthen their own momentum.
Until there is one person, the central position is established without dispute.
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Before the eldest grandson Shunde joined, Li Shimin had already initially established his leadership position among the original five.
He is talented, martial arts, open-minded, affable, and born with the temperament of a leader.
Moreover, he is also the idol of Guanyin's maid and has her full support.
The eldest grandson Hong, the eldest grandson Zhan and the eldest grandson gradually are three of them, who have a low rank in the mansion, and they are all concubines.
Although he has never been willing to be cheap, his parents have also made great achievements, and they are all children of wealthy families, and anyone has to take a high look.
However, in the era of feudal etiquette and religion, the descendants of concubines still have a lower status in the family.
In the family of a wealthy family, it is important to pay attention to the descendants and generations.
In the case that the grandparents and seniors are not dominant, the children's self-confidence will inevitably be affected.
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The eldest grandson Wuji and Guanyin, compared with the three of them, are both descendants and elders.
In terms of psychological and social environment, the three of Changsun Hong were willing to accept the instructions of the two of them.
This is due to social reality.
Accept the reality and everything is fine.
If you don't accept reality, you will continue to face countless setbacks and humiliations as you grow up.
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Take the eldest grandson Wuyi as an example, he is the eagle and Yang Lang general of the five grades of official residence in the court.
Because it is a concubine, you have to be a low-key person at home, otherwise you will be rejected by the family.
He couldn't fight the family yet.
Because the family is his foundation, and without the family, he will achieve nothing.
Therefore, as long as the three eldest grandson Hong brothers are with the eldest grandson Wuji and Guanyin, the three of them will automatically be in a subordinate position.
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The eldest grandson Wuji is a person who is gentle and elegant, and does not want to be competitive.
Guanyin is different from the fourth brother Sun Wuji, who has been a natural leader since she was a child, and she is very good at mastering the methods of controlling everyone.
Although she is young, the three eldest Sun Hong brothers obey her.
Therefore, as long as Guanyin supports Li Shimin.
The eldest grandson Wuji and the eldest grandson Hong brothers will follow and support.
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After the eldest grandson Shunde joined, the situation changed, and a two-headed snake situation appeared.
At first, the eldest grandson Shunde didn't care too much.
But after a long time, he found that when Changsun Sheng was away, several other people were practicing martial arts under the guidance of Li Shimin.
If there are any difficult problems, please also ask Li Shimin to help solve them.
The eldest grandson, Shunde, felt as if he had become unimportant.
In the eldest grandson family, the eldest grandson Shunde is recognized as the king of children.
With the children of the clan, he basically wants the wind to be windy and rainy.
Including the three brothers of the eldest grandson Wuji and the eldest grandson Hong, they used to act under the orders of the eldest grandson Shunde.
Now he is often left in the cold.
The eldest grandson Shunde felt that his status had been challenged, and he secretly had the idea of competing with Li Shimin in his heart.
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Human society advocates benevolence, righteousness and morality.
But the strong is king, and it is still the unchanging law of survival.
Humans are different from animals.
The strongest among the beasts competes by strength and physique.
And the so-called strong of human beings does not rely only on strength and physique.
It also relies on the intellect, as well as the visible and invisible forces at the disposal of the individual.
For example, power, status, money, social connections, and so on.
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The eldest grandson Shunde did not have an obvious advantage in the contest with Li Shimin.
In terms of social status, both were born into wealthy families.
The eldest grandson family was a royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and it is still prosperous today.
The Li family is a member of the Guanlong family and is a cousin of the emperor.
Therefore, the social status of the two is basically equal.
In terms of the degree of support between these eight children, the eldest grandson Wuji, the eldest grandson Wuao, and the three brothers eldest grandson Hong, these five people are basically not helping each other.
Guanyin is obviously biased towards Li Shimin.
Therefore, the contest between the eldest grandson Shunde and Li Shimin is actually the contest between the eldest grandson Shunde, and the contest between Li Shimin and Guanyinwen is one against two.
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The eldest grandson Shunde is not an ordinary child, otherwise he would not be the "child king" of the eldest grandson family.
He is not only scheming, but also good at grasping the situation.
He didn't want to stiffen their relationship, so as not to make the other children think that he was looking for trouble.
He wanted to take it one step at a time and gradually establish his dominance.
Besides, if he and Li Shimin have an unpleasant quarrel, because Li Shimin is a guest from outside, and Changsun Sheng is in the way, it will definitely be Changsun Shunde who will be punished.
After the plan was made, the eldest grandson Shunde decided to implement it gradually.
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One night, Changsun Sheng did not return home because of official business.
Li Shimin, eldest grandson Shunde and several other children are practicing martial arts by themselves.
Some are practicing archery, and some are practicing stone locks.
Guanyin and Xin'er asked the servants to put a few cases in front of the Perak Hall, and the two of them were playing Go.
Due to the huge difference in the chess skills of the two people, every time they play chess, Guanyin always lets Xin'er have a few pieces.
Even so, Xin'er often has an advantage at the beginning because of the handicap.
After the middle game, Guanyin can always turn the situation around.
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Among the seven children who practiced martial arts, Li Shimin's martial arts were the best and his basic skills were the most solid.
Whenever Changsun Sheng was not present, Li Shimin gave technical guidance.
When practicing archery, when he saw someone with irregular movements, Li Shimin would take the initiative to step forward and correct the irregular movements.
The other children, because their skills are not as good as others, can accept Li Shimin's suggestions with an open mind.
Only the eldest grandson Shunde was unconvinced.
Everyone has a competitive spirit, and if you are too competitive, you will be jealous.
Fortunately, the eldest grandson Shunde has not reached the level of jealousy, but he is just psychologically unbalanced.
When he saw Li Shimin's appearance as a teacher, his heart was always a little sour.
This fueled his competitive spirit even more.
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Today, it is a rare opportunity for Changsun Shunde to see that Changsun Sheng is not there.
He decided to take the opportunity to suppress Li Shimin's momentum and suppress his limelight.
The eldest grandson, Shunde, called several people together.
He proposed, "We've been practicing archery for so many days, so why don't we try it today to see who can practice the best."
The other children didn't know that the eldest grandson Shunde had other plans in his heart.
The results of the competition will not be divided into three, six, nine and so on, and the good will be rewarded and the bad will be punished according to this.
Therefore, it does not matter how many children compare the results of the test.
They all had no disagreement on the comparison of the archery test, and agreed to give it a try.
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The eldest grandson, Shunde, set the rules.
The target distance is set at 10 zhang, and each person shoots three arrows.
The younger ones shoot first, and the older ones shoot later.
The eldest grandson Wuao shot first, and all three shots hit the bull's-eye.
Then Li Shimin shot, and it was also three shots that hit the bull's-eye.
In the end, the eldest grandson shot Hong, also with three shots in the bull's-eye.
These children are behind the gate, and archery has a certain foundation.
In addition, after Changsun Sheng's careful guidance these days, his archery skills have improved greatly, and the target distance is not too far.
After a round, there is no distinction between the superior and the inferior, and everyone is the bullseye of the three arrows.
Several children watched all the shots, and the results were the same, and they felt that such a competition was meaningless.
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Over there, Xin'er, who was playing chess with Guanyin, probably didn't concentrate on the chessboard.
Hear the noise in the small square and secretly watch what is happening.
Several people were found to be trying to shoot arrows.
Xin'er said to Guanyin, "Sanniang, you see that they are trying to shoot arrows."
"Shall we go over and see who shoots the best."
I heard that they were competing, and it also aroused Guanyin's curiosity.
She hopes that Li Shimin can show his glory and win the first place.
wanted to go over and cheer for Li Shimin, so he agreed: "Okay, let's go now."
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Two people came to the small square and stood by to watch.
After the first round of competition, Guanyin saw that the results of the competition were the same.
I can't see that Li Shimin's archery skills are stronger than others, and she can't help but be a little disappointed in her heart.
Guanyin was about to turn around and go back to play chess, when she heard the eldest grandson Shunde say, "Why don't we change the method of the competition."
Hearing that there was going to be a competition next, Guanyin stopped.
The eldest grandson Shunde said to several others:
"It looks like the target distance is too close to tell whether the shot is good or bad, why don't you set the target distance to 20 zhang?"
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I heard that the target distance was to be set at 20 zhang, and the distance was doubled.
Several of the children were not confident.
They all use bows of sixty pounds, and they can only shoot twenty feet when they draw a full bow.
Among these seven children, except for Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Shunde, they can easily pull the full bow.
The eldest grandson is not proud of his bow, and he is not even satisfied.
Changsun Hong, Changsun Wuji, Changsun Zhan and Changsun Jian only barely stretched their bows.
If you barely pull the bow to the fullest, the movement will be deformed.
If you draw the bow, you don't care about other movements.
Therefore, in addition to the eldest grandson Shunde, several other people were not highly motivated to participate in the competition.
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The eldest grandson, Shunde, thinks that this is just an opportunity for him to show his hand.
He thought that Li Shimin was just a child less than ten years old, and he would definitely not shoot at a distance of twenty zhang.
So, he insisted on comparing.
Where does the eldest grandson Shunde know?
Li Yuan was a famous archer in the Great Sui.
His wife, Dou, was won by Li Yuan by archery.
Speaking of this, there is also a good story called "Bird Screen Selection".
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