Fu Meng Lingcha rubbed his knees and comforted him: "I have already thought about what to do about this matter for you, recruit more people, and go to the Yaochi in the Tianshan Mountains to find it." Bing Cao joined the army Zhang Yuanli's article is very colorful, and when the time comes, let him write a letter of recital, and write the process of searching for it a little bit of fantasy and twists. ”

Li Siye crossed his hands helplessly and said: "Since you have said so, I should obey my fate." ”

"You have to be a little careful about this, and you can do it a little brilliantly, I see that you are a little unhappy, heir. I'm going to tell you a truth myself. Everything in the world revolves around the vision and position of the saints. ”

"It's like an expedition to Little Boru. Tubo occupied the country of Xiaobolu, causing more than ten countries west of the Green Mountains to cut off their tribute, and fell into the national prestige of our Tang Dynasty, and the saint's face was gloomy, so this expedition to Xiaobolu was a meritorious achievement. Also, let's just say that this is to build a post station and clean up the sand bandits, why do you want to do this? You also heard in Li Xiang's mansion that the Great Food Envoy came to meet the saint and told him that the sand bandits were rampant in Anxi on the Silk Road, and the post station was inconvenient. This is a matter of the face of the Tang Dynasty and the saint. Not only these two things, but all the things in this world, we must do according to the wishes of the saints. If you break away from the position of a saint, even if the sky falls and you make up a hole, it will be useless. This is just an analogy, you think about it. ”

Li Siye had already understood, but it came out of Fu Menglingcha's mouth...... It seems that this husband and Meng Duhu have already obtained the essence of being an official, and it seems that it is not unreasonable to be the envoy of Hexi Festival in the future.

After experiencing some things personally, combined with the knowledge of later books and the Internet, he probably understood the pros and cons of a centralized feudal dynasty built on the basis of Legalist theory. The advantage is that the cohesion is strong, and the desire of one person becomes the desire of the world. If you want to dominate the world, the entire Guanzhong Sanqin will move towards the goal, and the remnants of Fen VI can sweep **. If you want to be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the entire political structure is moving towards this goal, and it only takes 20 years to be able to govern and harmonize, clean the sea and peace, subdue the Quartet, and achieve the name of the Heavenly Khan.

The disadvantages are also the same reason, if the emperor's ** is just to amuse the beauty after eating and sleeping, the whole society will soon fall into a state of stagnation, and it really responds to that sentence, the bird has no head and does not fly, the snake has no head and does not go, the first person of the empire is becoming more and more dim, this country that seems to be in the middle of the day, has actually begun to decline.

Now that all states and provinces are catering to the emperor, it is estimated that it will not be long before the courtyard of Xingqing Palace will be filled with statues of Lao Tzu, and the execution of centralized power is so strong.

Bai Xiaode, who was standing at the gate of the courtyard and waiting, saw Li Siye coming out sullenly, followed and asked curiously, "What's the big deal?" ”

"Yes, there is a big matter, I want to find the idol of Lao Tzu."

"Looking for the idol of Lao Tzu?" Bai Xiaode scratched his head ignorantly.

He took the black fat reins from the soldier's hand, turned back to Bai Xiaode and said, "Call all the brothers." ”

"Looking for a idol?"

"Find a fart statue, I'll invite my brothers to the orchid shop tonight, and I'll talk about the rest tomorrow."

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The night shrouded Qiuzi, the orchid wine shop was brightly lit, and the Kangju beauties in long crimson dresses walked back and forth between the desks, carrying wine jars in their hands to add wine to the soldiers. The martial artists have a strong temperament, and their voices are naturally high, and all kinds of vulgar slang come and go, causing everyone to laugh.

Li Siye left the desk with a wine glass, drank a few glasses with everyone in both hands, and then quietly walked through the screen, stepped on the stairs around the corner, and went up to the attic on the top floor, blocking the rough laughter of the rough men behind him.

On the top floor of the Orchid Restaurant is a circular pavilion with sash windows on eight sides, overlooking most of the igloos and flat-roofed houses in the city. In the drunken night, there is a faint light in thousands of houses, the thorny willows in the yard sway with the wind, and the moving light not far away is someone carrying a lantern in the night.

At this moment, there were two people sitting in front of the desk in the center of the pavilion, and the wine cup in front of them was full of wine, but these two people looked cramped and absent-minded, as if they were not here to drink.

Li Siye held the wine cup and asked with a smile: "The two craftsmen, why is the wine still full in the cup?" Could it be that the wine in this orchid shop is not tasty? ”

The two of them hurriedly got up from the ground, bowed their heads and crossed their hands at Li Siye: "See General Li." ”

"Please sit down, this is not a formal occasion, so you don't have to be too formal."

The two knelt beside the desk stiffly, Li Siye picked up the wine utensils and poured himself a glass, raised his neck and drank it all, put down the cup but saw that the two of them did not move at all, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Since the two of you can't let go, then I'll talk about things first." Yu Du Gong and Meng Du Gong are the craftsmen and craftsmen of the Anxi Protectorate, and they have four or five hundred people under their hands, including carvers and painters. I heard that there were a thousand Buddha caves in Dunhuang that year, and there were three or five Buddha statues in the caves that were built by two people. ”

The two replied again and again: "Yes, yes, I don't know why the general invited us to this orchid restaurant?" ”

"I'm relieved." Li Siye held the desk in his hand and said, "I want to ask the two of you to carve a statue of Emperor Xuanyuan riding a green ox." Emperor Xuanyuan knows who it is, right? is the Lao Tzu who is willing to write the Tao Te Ching. ”

Yu Dujiang replied: "This should not be a problem, as long as there is a portrait of Emperor Xuanyuan, we can personally design the drawings and send people to carve them by hand, I don't know where General Li wants to erect the statue." ”

"This is exactly what I want to say, you know the Tianshan Yaochi, it is now October, the temperature has not yet reached the point of severe cold, I would like to ask the two of you to take people up to the Tianshan Mountain, on the shore of the Yaochi Lake to carve a statue of Emperor Xuanyuan. In addition, this statue is as natural as possible, so as not to let people see the traces of the knife and axe, I wonder if the two of you can do it? ”

The two of them heard something else from Li Siye's words, and asked in a wary low voice: "General Li, can we ask, let's go to the Tianshan Mountain Yaochi to carve this statue of Emperor Xuanyuan riding a bull, is this statue going to someone to show in the end?" ”

"So far, I have been honest with the two of you, and I don't hide it from each other. It is the saint who dreamed of Emperor Xuanyuan at night, and the next day he sent an edict to the world to visit the statue of Emperor Xuanyuan. ”

Meng Dujiang's shoulders trembled, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "What the saint wants is the statue of Emperor Xuanyuan, you let the two of us make it, isn't this the crime of bullying the king?" ”

Li Siye frowned coldly, this Meng Duzhi is too axial, and something like a god statue can be taken seriously? If I don't ask someone to carve one, can I still make one for the emperor?

"Meng Duzhi, you can't say that, there are fifteen roads in the world, three hundred and thirty states, is the statue of Emperor Xuanyuan they found real. Besides, whose idol is this, this is the idol of Emperor Xuanyuan, as long as it is natural, there are three points of god-likeness, we will invite it to Beijing in a carriage, who will dare to stand up and fight fakes at that time? Who has the qualifications to fight counterfeiting? Who of them has ever seen the real Xuanyuan Emperor? ”

Li Siye felt that his tone just now was heavy, and said softly: "You don't have to worry, you don't have to worry, even if you take someone to the Tianshan Mountain to carve it, I have never seen you tonight, you don't have to worry about it after you finish carving down the mountain, and I will do the follow-up." ”

After that, he put his arm around the shoulders of the two of them, and said in a very friendly tone: "I have paid for the stewed mutton soup on this table, as well as this wine, and it is a waste if you don't drink or eat." You think slowly, use it slowly, and I won't bother. ”

He turned around and walked leisurely towards the staircase, as if thinking of something again, he suddenly turned around, pointed at the two of them and said, "The future of all of us in the Anxi Protectorate is entrusted to the two of you, you should know the weight of this matter, don't let me and Fumeng Duhu down." ”

The two of them trembled at the same time, and even their backs were cold, and they couldn't take care of it much at the moment, so they grabbed the chopsticks on the table and held a large piece of mutton to eat, and raised their heads to pour it down, as if the hero who had seen through life and death was eating a severed head meal.

Li Siye quietly returned to the second floor of the wine shop, picked up the wine cup again, and talked with many brothers in the pro-soldier brigade, and even the laughter became much rougher, and soon entered the state.

Until the stars were high and the night was cold, the banquet was dispersed, and Li Siye rode the black fat alone, along the deserted Qiuzi street, and returned home.