You must know that Fang Xuanling and others are not just counselors, they are also a group of top writers in the world.
Xu Jingzong, a person who was not highly regarded by Li Shimin, was ranked among the eighteen bachelors because he had very high attainments in poetry. Although he was not the best in the world, he was still one of the best.
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Otherwise, let alone being an eighteenth bachelor, it would be difficult for him to enter the liberal arts school.
Under the guidance of Fang Xuanling and Xue Shou, Li Yuanji took a quick look at the collection of books in the Xiuwen Library and then arrived in front of a courtyard.
The courtyard is not big, only one-tenth the size of the normal-sized courtyard in the palace.
In the courtyard, apart from a flower bed, a rockery, a clump of green bamboo, and a pavilion, there is only a small room.
The house is made of wood, painted with clear paint, and the texture is clearly visible. It looks like it has just been built.
Next to the house, there was a horse wandering around, without a rein or a saddle. It just wandered around the house naked, stretching its neck to take a bite of the flower necks that had just sprouted buds in the flower bed, and then again.
He lowered his head and looked for something in the bamboo bushes.
It looks quite leisurely and quite unscrupulous.
Fang Xuanling introduced enthusiastically: "This is my Royal Highness's beloved horse Qingzhui. The year before last, when my Royal Highness fought against Dou Jiande at Hulao Pass, he was riding it. It was also it that carried my Royal Highness to kill Dou Jiande in the army."
A round trip.
When I came down from the battlefield, I was hit by five arrows, two of which were right at the fatal place.
The beast master in the army said that it would not survive.
My Highness tried every means to save it."
Li Yuanji nodded thoughtfully. It turned out to be Qingzhui, one of the legendary Six Horses of Zhaoling. No wonder he could do whatever he wanted in the courtyard where Li Shimin was.
Considering how much Li Shimin loves horses, it is reasonable to pamper him.
Perhaps, it was more favored than some of the children in Li Shimin's house.
After all, the children in Li Shimin's house couldn't carry Li Shimin to Hulao Pass to fight Dou Jiande for 300 rounds, but he could.
Moreover, the Battle of Hulao Pass can definitely be regarded as the most glorious moment in Li Shimin's military career.
In this battle, Li Shimin not only accomplished the military miracle of defeating 100,000 soldiers with three thousand men, but also defeated Li Tang's two great enemies, Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, in one fell swoop, striking the final blow for Li Tang's unification of the world.
It can be said that after this battle, Li and Tang's dominance of the world was basically a foregone conclusion that no one could change.
Later, Liu Heita and Fu Gongyou caused some troubles for Li Tang, but they were far less threatening than Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, let alone changed Li Tang's destiny of dominating the world.
It is precisely because of this that Qingzhui can definitely be regarded as a meritorious horse.
Li Shimin should pamper it.
If it were a human being, it would probably be a no-brainer.
It's just that the meritorious horse under Li Shimin's crotch seems to be difficult to do.
Especially the meritorious horse, which is deeply loved by Li Shimin, is even more difficult to do.
If Li Yuanji remembers correctly, the last time Li Yuan took advantage of Li Shimin, he asked Li Shimin to chop off his most beloved horse.
That horse seems to be called Curly Horse.
It is also one of the legendary Six Horses of Zhaoling.
Li Shimin once wrote a poem for him, saying: The moon is pressing the bridle, the sky is running rampant, the lonely arrow is carrying the sword, and the atmosphere is clear.
Then it became a victim of Li Yuan's education of his son.
It was Li Shimin who chopped off its head with his own hands.
Li Yuanji wanted to know when Li Shimin would cut off the head of this meritorious horse named Qingzhui, so his eyes kept lingering on its neck, trying to determine where Li Shimin would cut the knife.
It wasn't until Fang Xuanling started calling people that he came back to his senses.
"Your Highness, Your Highness?"
"ah?"
"My Highness has been waiting for you for a long time."
Fang Xuanling bent down and made a gesture of invitation.
Li Yuanji retracted his thoughts, nodded, and followed Fang Xuanling and Xue Shou towards the house.
There are steps in front of the house, so you need to take off your boots.
Li Yuanji was served by the maids guarding the door, took off his boots and entered the house.
As soon as I entered the house, I felt a rush of heat.
Although it is already mid-February, the weather in Chang'an is still cold and dry.
If the warmth is not done properly, it is easy to freeze the blush on the face, and it is also easy to get cracks on the ears and hands.
So the work of keeping warm still needs to be done.
The silver frost carbon that should be burned still has to be burned.
Li Shimin was sitting behind a brazier filled with silver frost charcoal, holding a book titled Five Flowers in his hand and reading.
The reason why the title of the book is Five Flowers is because Li Yuanji was too far away and could not see the words clearly. He could only see that the shape of the words resembled five flowers.
To be precise, there are five plum blossoms.
Although Li Yuanji was uneducated and incompetent, Li Yuanji also knew that this was plum blossom seal script.
Plum blossom small seal script is a very beautiful font, but it is also a difficult font to write. No matter which character it is, it must be like a plum blossom, majestic, round, neat and beautiful.
In later generations, few people could write in this font, but it was highly praised in the Tang Dynasty. Women who were literate in writing liked this font the most.
Li Shimin is best at Feibai and can also write plum blossom small seal script.
Therefore, he can also understand books written in plum blossom seal script.
It is said that Li Jiancheng can also write plum blossom small seal script, and his writing is very good.
Li Xiuning is even able to write a plum blossom seal script that is not inferior to any calligraphy master.
If you compare it like this.
Li Yuanji suddenly felt that his predecessor might be a child picked up by the Dou family.
Otherwise, there is no way to explain why the predecessor looks different from Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Xiuning.
There is no way to explain why the IQ gap between his predecessor and Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Xiuning is so big.
There is no way to explain why there is such a huge gap in knowledge between his predecessor and Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Xiuning.
According to Li Yuanji's understanding of his predecessor's past, although Dou preferred Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Xiuning when it came to educating his children, he did not treat his predecessor badly.
Even if the predecessor did not learn from Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Xiuning, it would not be too bad.
But in fact, not only did the predecessor fail to learn from the excellence of Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Xiuning, but it was actually far behind them.
The gap between the two is like that between a college student and a junior high school student.
This can no longer be explained by the fact that the predecessor was dumber or the changes brought about by genetic atavism.
This is definitely not from a mother.
Only if the most primitive genes are different can there be such a big gap in this situation of equal education.
"Yuanji?"
"Yuanji?"
"..."
Li Yuanji came back to his senses under Li Shimin's calls. After he came back to his senses, he saw that Li Shimin's eyes were full of strangeness.
Before Li Yuanji could say anything, Li Shimin looked at himself suspiciously, "There's nothing wrong with my clothes, right?"
Li Yuanji smiled awkwardly and said, "No, there's nothing wrong. It's just that I suddenly discovered that the book in your hand is destined to me."
The corner of Li Shimin's mouth twitched at a speed visible to the naked eye. He raised the book in his hand and said angrily: "This is the Xuanji Book of Su Hui during the Fu and Qin Dynasties. It is the only one in the world and it is my treasure."
, I can’t possibly give it to you.”
Fu Qin is what history calls the Pre-Qin Dynasty. Because the emperors were all from the Fu family and also from the Di tribe, people in the Tang Dynasty preferred to call it Fu Qin.
Su Hui was a talented woman during the Fu and Qin Dynasties, and was a figure of the same period as the famous Xie Daoyun.
No one has compared his talent with that of Xie Daoyun, but his original Xuanji paintings have been passed down for thousands of years and have been regarded by literary giants of all dynasties as a classic word game and a way to show their talent.
The so-called Xuanji Picture is a palindrome poem.
It is to use words to form a figure, and then form a poem by writing it horizontally and vertically.
Whoever composes the most poems is the winner.
It sounds simple at first, but if you really try it, you will find it difficult.
Because not only do we have to find a poem that can be connected into a line among many words, but it also has to be smooth and artistic, which is far more difficult than writing a poem.
It is precisely because of this that not everyone can play this kind of game. You must have certain literary skills and profound poetic attainments.
For Li Shimin to be able to hold this kind of book and read it, it is obvious that he has good literary skills and poetic attainments.
Of course, when he read this kind of book, he was not necessarily going for Xuanji Pictures, but he might also be going for Su Hui.
After all, Su Hui is rumored to be extremely beautiful and a talented woman, which fits Li Shimin's criteria for choosing a spouse.
In his later years, Li Shimin loved a talented woman named Xu Hui very much. The roots may lie here.
According to historical records, when Li Shimin was very young, he heard that the family was talented, so he shamelessly brought the family into the palace and gave him a talented person at the beginning.
It is said that when Li Shimin accepted his wife, he was already forty and he was only twelve years old.
It can be seen that Li Shimin has many beasts.
"Second brother, it's just a book. There's no need to be so stingy, right?"
Li Yuanji didn't need to be greeted by Li Shimin. He walked up to Li Shimin and sat down carelessly, speaking in a nonchalant manner.
Li Shimin snorted lightly and continued to say angrily: "You can't understand, what do you want it to do?"
Li Yuanji said confidently: "It's just because I can't understand it that I want to take it back and have a look. If I could understand it, what would I do with it?"
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment and opened his mouth not knowing what to say.
Xue Shou wisely interjected at this time, "Your Highness, His Highness King Qi is here to see you this time. I'm afraid he has something important to discuss."
When Li Shimin heard this, he said to Li Yuanji without hesitation: "Yes, if you have anything to say, please tell me quickly. I will have to deal with the documents submitted by Shaanxi Province in a while.
Last winter, six counties in East Shaanxi Province were hit by white disasters, but only four counties were reported.
The other two counties kept it secret and did not report it. It was only when the victims arrived in Tongguan that they realized they could no longer hide it and reported it.
I must properly resettle these victims as soon as possible and punish the magistrates of the two counties."
Li Yuanji was stunned.
I'm not your father... Bah, I'm not Li Yuan, why did you tell me so clearly?
Do you act like I can control the affairs of Shaanxi Province?!