Chapter 916 Taking the Straight and Seeking from the Quds
Li Chengxiu's unreasonable thoughts and actions were undoubtedly childish and ridiculous to people like Li Ji and Yun Chu, but neither of them stopped him or said anything against it.
Li Ji felt that his son needed severe beatings from society in order to continue to grow.
Yun Chu believed that such ridiculous thoughts were extremely precious and needed constant care.
Therefore, Li Chengxiu once again came to the Chinese army camp where the emperor was staying in the early morning, waiting for the emperor's summons, but this time, Li Si, Yun Jin, Wen Huan, and Di Guangsi all accompanied him.
The morning dynasty in the wilderness is still solemn and solemn. Except for the tall and majestic palace, all the conditions for the morning dynasty are not lacking.
There are emperors who hold the sun and moon in their hands and can decide the fate of the world, there are civil servants who are as deep and heavy as white elephants, there are generals who are as fierce as tigers, and there are even invincible armies like wolves.
With these four things, even if Li Zhi's morning dynasty was held on a piece of grass, the whole world should listen attentively.
Li Zhi was sitting on a blanket, with endless wheat fields about to be harvested behind him.
There were many people attending today's court meeting, and the main topic was to allow those vassal states to climb Mount Tai with the emperor.
This is a great honor for the vassal countries. The country that can climb Mount Tai with the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty will become a country without conquests in the true sense of the Tang Dynasty.
Yunchu was sitting at the ninth position among the civil servants on the emperor's right hand. The majesty exuded by Sanliang's Jinxian crown and purple robe made people ignore his excessively young face compared with his neighbors on the left and right.
Yes, just two days ago, Yun Chu passed the title of Duke of Lantian County and was promoted to Duke of Lantian County. If he goes further, he will be the highest-level Duke of the state that a minister can achieve.
His position has also changed from Chang'an Deputy Liubei to Chang'an Liubei. However, he still holds the position of Wannian County Magistrate concurrently. Even for now, this is his main responsibility. As for Chang'an Liubei, there is also Liu Rengui
Well, it can be said that as long as Liu Rengui does not die, Yunchu's position as Chang'an's stay-at-home will always be just a name.
Officials of the Tang Dynasty now have no way to accurately define Yunchu's official position. No one even knows whether this person is a military commander or a civil servant.
Therefore, Yun Chuxian's current situation is quite bad, just like a bat, I don't know whether it should be classified as a beast or a bird.
The debate in the court was extremely fierce. The Honglu Temple, the Host and Guest Department of the Ministry of Rites, and the chief officials of the major Protectorate offices in Beijing did not want to give in. They all hoped that the vassal country recommended by their departments could have this honor.
Although they were competing for quotas for vassal states, the people in charge of the debate were all Tang officials, and no one from the vassal state could see it.
I don’t know since when these people were no longer seen in the Tang Dynasty.
Looking back on those days, envoys from the Three Kingdoms of Liaodong, various tribes in the Western Regions, or vassal states such as Tubo, Tuyuhun, and Nanzhao would often appear in the court of the Tang Dynasty.
Envoys from Tibet, the Three Kingdoms of Liaodong, and the Western Regions were even qualified to stand in the Tang court and participate in debates on Tang state affairs. Songtsan Gampo's envoy Ludongzan even obtained the right to negotiate with Taizong after defeating the other five envoys to propose marriage.
The emperor's highest etiquette for drinking.
Now it is no longer possible. If the envoys from the vassal state can meet the highest diplomat of the Tang Dynasty, Honglu Temple Minister, for them, it is already a great success in diplomacy. If he wants to meet the prince, Li Hong usually does not have the leisure time.
As for meeting the emperor, they no longer thought about such a beautiful thing.
Today's vassal states are of little importance to the Tang Dynasty, and the important officials in the court are not willing to have close contact with them. Once a general reports that he has destroyed another country and sends his monarch to Luoyang to express his merits, everyone will
Not good looking.
For the Tang Dynasty, the only real vassal states left were Japan and Tubo.
The Tubo people have been migrating westward over the years, and are even further away from the border of the Tang Dynasty. However, there is never a shortage of tribute items, and they are becoming more abundant every year.
As for the Japanese country, apart from frantically sending envoys to the Tang Dynasty to deliver tributes, they lived honestly on their own island and did not make any noise that would cause misunderstanding in the Tang Dynasty.
Honglu Temple, the Host and Guest Department of the Ministry of Rites, and various protective offices are not competing for the quota of the vassal states to go to the mountain. On the contrary, they are competing for their own yamen. After all, there is a limit to the number of ministers who can go to Mount Tai with the emperor.
There are only ninety-nine names, which means the ninety-nine will return to one.
In the Imperial Court of the Tang Dynasty, it was easy to find ninety-nine people with higher rankings than the Young Minister of Honglu Temple, the Head of the Department of Hosts and Guests, and the Director of the Protectorate and Historian.
Therefore, if these people want to gain the honor of following the emperor to Fengchan Taishan, they have no choice but to seek vassal status.
Li Zhi felt very bored, so he would grab a few ears of wheat that were about to mature from the farmland behind him from time to time. After crushing it in his hands, he would blow off the husks and eat the sweet green wheat by himself.
After eating a few bites, Li Zhi felt that it was not to his liking, so he asked Ruichun to bring a small red clay stove, pick some wheat ears, and bake them on the small stove.
This stuff only tastes good if you try it yourself, so after eating roasted green wheat for a while, Li Zhi's mouth would inevitably turn black.
Yun Chu carefully observed and found that no one laughed at Li Zhi's childish behavior. In fact, no one.
Li Zhi himself had almost eaten, and would reward the roasted green wheat to nearby ministers. Yunchu was also lucky enough to receive four or five ears, so some people also had black lips because of eating the roasted green wheat.
, darker than Li Zhi’s mouth.
Seeing this scene, Yunchu finally understood a truth.
That is, only people with high self-confidence don’t care about etiquette.
Just like when Taizong was scratching his athlete's foot while discussing with his ministers how to launch the major event of annihilating the Eastern Turks, it was a sign of full confidence.
Finally, when the eunuch Ruichun shouted to withdraw from the court, Li Zhi immediately got up, summoned the giant bear guarding in the distance, and dived into an apricot forest near the wheat field. Although it had just entered May, the trees on the treetops were
Some apricots have turned yellow.
Until the next court, Yun Chu did not understand the outcome of the argument between Honglu Temple and the others, but looking at the smiles on the faces of the people at Honglu Temple, they should have the upper hand in this argument.
Leaving the circle guarded by the emperor's guards, even leaving the emperor's inner palace, Yun Chu raised his eyes and saw Li Chengxiu standing upright by the roadside wearing armor.
Compared with Li Chengxiu, who was standing still, Li Si, Yun Jin, Wen Huan, and Di Guangsi looked much more rogue. The four of them sat side by side on a thick fence, dangling their legs in boredom.
The civil servants and generals passing by would glance at them, but leave without saying a word.
It's not that these children don't know etiquette, but because Princess Li Si is here, if they go up to see the gift, they don't know who should give it to whom first. In this case, just don't go forward.
Therefore, the ministers looked at Li Si the most, followed by the three children Yun Jin, Wen Huan, and Di Guangsi. As for Li Chengxiu, who was standing in a suit of armor, they did not look at him. They always felt that this was a different person.
Incoming guard.
When Yun Chu came out with the wat board in his arms, he came to Li Chengxiu and said: "You have to pay attention to methods when doing things. It is not a good idea to blindly hand over the decision-making power to others."
Li Chengxiu gritted his teeth and said, "There is a difference between superiority and inferiority."
Yun Chu smiled and said: "Human nature is the same."
Li Chengxiu cupped his fists and saluted, "Sir, please show me a clear path."
Yun Chu looked back at Xingzi Lin not far away and said, "It's enough to meet by chance."
Upon hearing this, Li Chengxiu immediately turned back and looked at Li Si.
Li Si jumped down from the fence proudly, came to Li Chengxiu and said, "Call me boss and I will take you to the apricot grove to pick apricots."
Li Chengxiu looked at Yun Chu, who seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and decisively saluted Li Si, "Please do me a favor, boss."
Li Si raised his hand and patted Li Chengxiu's chest and said, "Take off this armor quickly, don't make yourself look like an assassin."
Seeing that Li Si had agreed, Yun Chu carried the wat board and joined the team to go down to the court.
Li Ji stood watching from a distance for a while. When he saw Li Si and a group of people leaving around Li Chengxiu, he said to Yun Chu who was coming over: "Does he know what Qi Zhongqiu is asking for?"
Yun Chu said: "Only Jiang Ziya has succeeded in fishing with straight hooks. It really shouldn't be promoted."
Li Ji said irritably: "I'm talking about getting what's right and seeking what's wrong, not fishing."
Yun Chu said: "I didn't talk about fishing either. Confucius explained the difference between a gentleman and a villain in detail. If you set a goal and the goal is friendly, achieving the goal should come first."
Li Jidao: "What about persistence? Is persistence worthless?"
Yun Chu looked at Li Ji and said, "My teacher is Li Yifu. What do you think Cheng Xiu can learn from following me?"
Li Ji sighed and said, "This is wrong."
Yun Chu smiled and said: "Who will decide whether it is right or wrong?
Ordinary people cannot understand the views of saints. They even do not know the views of saints at all; even if they know it, they cannot understand it. In their eyes, anything that is "incomprehensible" is "wrong."
People can only understand what they can accept. If it exceeds this scope, it is easy to give it the wrong name, and miss out on many good things and beautiful scenery."
Li Jidao: "Do you think you are detached?"
Yun Chu shook his head and said: "It's far from the truth, so I never draw conclusions about right or wrong easily. I am always willing to test the truth through practice. What passes practice is the truth, and what doesn't pass practice is wrong."
"So, you did this experiment on Cheng Xiu?"
Yun Chu looked at Li Ji and said seriously: "Isn't it what you want to see your Majesty as soon as possible and get the answer as soon as possible?"
Li Ji said angrily: "Chengxiu is not your son, so you don't feel bad, right?"
Yun Chu pointed at Yun Jin who was following Li Si in the direction of Xingzi Lin and said, "My son is also among them."
Li Ji lowered his voice and said: "Your Majesty is very prejudiced against me. Please help this child."
Yun Chu said angrily: "Shu Xiu didn't even give it, so I'll help you worry about your son's affairs. If you want me to help him wholeheartedly, send Shu Xiu here first, and then bring the teacher's tea."