Knowing people and making good use of them are two different things. Knowing people is not to understand a person, but to see through a person, only in this way can he exert the greatest effect, that is, to make good use of it.

Li Jing once taught the two brothers that it doesn't matter if their martial arts are not good, find a large group of people with good martial arts as their subordinates. It doesn't matter if you don't have good resourcefulness, find a large group of smart people as your subordinates. It doesn't matter if the art of war is not good, find a large group of people in the art of war as subordinates.

Therefore, to be an emperor does not need to be very powerful, very smart, he only needs to use the right person in the right position, and in addition to that, he has to judge the loyalty of this person.

Being an emperor seems complicated, but if you just want to sit still, it's actually very easy, and you can do it very well.

Of course, Li Hongji has a lot of ideas when he meets a young master like Wuyazi, after all, the current Wang Ran is not easy to control, and he is too old.

Being in a high position, Li Hongji also had a lot of difficult times, it was not that no one wanted to assassinate him, and he didn't know who sent him at all. Li Hongji also likes young people's consumption places, and takes an old man like Wang Ran to the Qinglou together...... It is estimated that Wang Ran is unwilling, because at Wang Ran's age, it is strange that he can only watch others be happy and feel comfortable.

If you take the Boundless Son Dao Elder with you, everyone can have a lot of fun, and the most important thing is that it is very safe to take him.

In fact, from the time Li Hongmao opened his first sentence, Li Hongji knew his thoughts. Li Hongji also agreed with this idea, so he fully cooperated.

The group immediately came to the living room, and the butler quickly arranged things properly.

The wine table is the most emotional, and there are only four people at the wine table at this time, except for the two princes, of course, they are their most capable guards.

In fact, Venerable White Lotus seemed redundant, because Li Hongmao and Li Hongji really wanted to make friends.

Although the White Lotus Venerable's martial arts are now above the boundless son, how many years does the White Lotus Venerable still have to live at this age?

The Daoist of Wuyazi is just starting out, maybe he can dominate the martial arts for decades or even hundreds of years. So the value of the two is not at the same level at all.

Li Hongmao first raised his glass and said: "Big brother, we brothers haven't seen each other for a long time, we must not get drunk today, I will toast you first." ”

"I'll have good news for you, and you'll have to toast me three times. Li Hongji said with a smile: "My father has issued an edict to edict you to return to Beijing." Now you don't have to live this kind of worrying life alone in Tanzhou, you can go back with your eldest brother to spend all day drinking, drunk and fascinated. This was something that the eldest brother begged his father for more than a month before he agreed. ”

Hearing this, Li Hongmao not only did not have a trace of joy, but frowned.

If it was before he met Wuyazi, Li Hongmao would definitely dance with excitement when he heard the news. But now it's different, after the education of the Boundless Son, Li Hongmao understands a lot of things.

"Big brother...... I still have to toast you with this glass of wine, but I still only toast one glass, and I salute you for your hard work along the way. After finishing speaking, Li Hongmao took the wine glass and drank it all, and then said: "The eldest brother is very grateful for this matter, but he can't accept it. Now Chai Rong sent troops to Shouzhou, and the war is about money, and the tax revenue in Tanzhou is very important to the treasury, and I can't leave Tanzhou. ”

"What's this? Even if you leave, Yang Ying won't be able to get Tanzhou's taxes, what are you worried about?" Li Hongji was taken aback when he opened his mouth, and he didn't expect that his eldest brother would understand the reason. Originally, I always thought that my eldest brother was a straw bale like myself.

Li Hongmao was surprised: "Big brother, it turns out that you know about this matter, and you really underestimate the big brother." ”

"Then you need to say, you were raised by me. After you leave, Yang Ying will occupy Tanzhou, as long as the Great Zhou retreats after the beginning of spring, then the father will send troops to Yang Ying, and he will spit out every penny he gets, and let him kill all the door. So you're safe when you're gone, and it doesn't have any impact on the big picture. Li Hongji firmly believed in Li Jing's words, and this plan was very good, and the most important thing was to save the life of the second child.

"Big brother, can I take back what I just said? You are really still a straw bale...... Li Hongmao said: "Big brother, don't be angry, I am also a straw bale." If it was two months ago, I would have jumped with you, but now it doesn't, it really doesn't. Big brother, I don't want to continue to be a straw bale,"

Li Hongji was taken aback, the second child would say such a thing, and he said this kind of thing in front of himself, is he going to rebel?

Li Hongmao said: "Big brother, our two brothers grew up together, almost inseparable, many things outsiders don't know, but the two of us know it. Big brother, I just want to ask you, are we two brothers stupid?"

Li Hongji didn't speak, just looked at the second child in surprise, not knowing what he wanted to say.

Li Hongmao shook his head and said: "Our two brothers are actually not stupid at all, when we were children, when the old general Huang Fuhui taught us martial arts, we learned it quickly, and after a few years, when Huang Fuhui taught the third brother the same moves, he didn't learn as fast as us, and we scolded him for being stupid." But now, the third brother's martial arts skills are far better than those of our two brothers, and he flatters us in front of the Chinese martial arts, but which one of them behind the scenes doesn't say that we are straw bales?

You continue. Li Hongji didn't get angry, but let him finish his words.

If someone else said this, Li Hongji would definitely turn his face, even if it was his father Li Jing. But he is the only one who is willing to listen to Li Hongmao's words, because they grew up together, and Li Hongmao can be said to be the person who knows him best, even comparable to himself.

"Big brother, we are not stupid, but why have we achieved nothing so far? Because we are too lazy, we have thought since we were young that someone will help us do these things anyway, and we don't need to do it ourselves, so we become more and more lazy, too lazy to study, too lazy to do, and even too lazy to use our brains in the end. Although laziness has become a habit, and it is comfortable to be lazy, I don't want to continue to be lazy, I want to move. So during this time, I have been studying, learning martial arts, learning the art of war, and I want to make up for all the time I wasted. It just so happened that you came, and the time that our two brothers have been wasting, we will make up for it together. ”

Li Hongmao's eyes were already a little moist when he said this, because he already felt ashamed, he had not done anything serious for so many years, he only knew that following his eldest brother to accompany him to spend all day drinking, although this kind of life was comfortable, but after studying, he realized that this kind of behavior was very shameful.

"Second brother, you also said that most of the time someone helps us do it, why should we work hard?" Li Hongji didn't understand the truth, he just became a habit of being lazy, and it would be very tiring and hard to move, he was afraid of hard work.

Li Hongmao said: "Big brother, just imagine, the enemy army is only 1,000 people, and our army has 10,000 people, but our soldiers think that others will rush to kill anyway, and it would be best if they could save their lives, so no one stepped forward." What will be the result? 10,000 people lose to 1,000 people...... Because everyone thinks that their power does not affect the overall situation, no one else contributes. In fact, every strength is very precious, I don't know how much the two of us can do, but I think we should give our own share of strength, instead of pinning our hopes on others, this is what a certain rope weaver taught me, the reason why the rope is tough is because every silk thread in the rope is exerted, if there is only one silk thread, it will be torn off without any strength. ”

Li Hongji said: "You are right, but what does this matter have to do with Tanzhou? We can go back to Jinling to study again." ”

Li Hongmao said: "Big brother, the reason why I didn't leave Tanzhou was not because I was afraid that Yang Ying would occupy Tanzhou and rob Yandao of taxes. Instead, I am afraid that Yandao will take a detour and not go to Tanzhou, and no one will want to get this money at that time. In fact, it is easy for Yandao to change a trade route, they don't need to be too troublesome, the reason why they go to Tanzhou is entirely because of my straw bag, because I am a straw bag, so Zhao Pu is willing to go from here, as long as he gives money, he can pass safely, I will not be embarrassed. But if it was Yang Ying, Zhao Pu might not be willing to take this risk. So only if I am in Tanzhou, Zhao Pu will let the caravan pass through Tanzhou. ”

"Oh~~ So that's ......" Li Hongji looked at the second child in surprise, and then admired: "Second child, you have grown up." ”

Li Hongmao nodded and said, "Yes, in just over this month, I have grown up a lot." But in fact, we should have grown up more than ten years ago, and we all blamed those useless teachers, and the things they taught us were not useful. Daoist Wuyazi found me some teachers who taught me the real thing. ”

"Who are the masters? They can teach you so much. ”

"The old man who guards the door, the old Li who strikes the iron, and the old Liu who supports the boat...... And many, many more. ”

"Just these people? They know more than the scholars in the court?"

Li Hongji looked at the second child with disdain, he just learned from these people? What can he learn? I thought that it was the guidance of the master that made him grow up suddenly, and the result was just some peddlers and pawns.

Li Hongmao said: "They really know more than these scholars, the foundation of the country lies in the people, if they don't even understand the living conditions of the people, what kind of emperor can they be? Can those scholars be emperors? How can they teach a good emperor?"

"That'...... No, my father is a good emperor, and what he taught us should be right, right? He said that as long as you can know people and make good use of them, as long as you can know people and make good use of them, right?"

Li Hongji still thinks that he doesn't need to work too hard, as long as he can do what his father taught, he can easily become an emperor in this life. Let the third child do the hard things, anyway, he also has a hobby in this area.

However, Li Hongji didn't understand, when Li Jing first taught them these things, he thought that these two children were straw bales, because they were straw bales, so there was no way to work hard, so they had to retreat to the next best thing, so that they could understand the truth of human use. If you can do that, you can barely get by. And with Li Congjia assisting, even if these two people don't do things, there shouldn't be much of a problem.

But in fact, how can it be so simple to be an emperor? Li Jing just can't teach these two straw bales well, so he can only teach the simplest way to be a king.