Chapter 1276 The decision between the monarch and his ministers
Li Zhi scolded Li Qinzai, but Li Qinzai's expression was very relaxed.
After understanding Li Zhi's mentality, Li Qinzai knew that his scolding was just a temporary vent. After all, the emperor was wiping the butt of his ministers, and no one would be happy if he did it.
Li Zhi was not polite and scolded him non-stop for a long time. Finally, he felt relieved and took a cup of water and drank it in one gulp.
"Are you wrong?" Li Zhi asked with wide eyes.
Li Qinzai said hurriedly: "I am wrong, very wrong."
"Where did you go wrong?"
"I was wrong because I shouldn't have taken revenge. The famous family in Jiangnan is very powerful. They raided my car and assassinated my disciples. This is the blessing I have cultivated in my eight lifetimes."
"I should just kneel on the ground and let them attack me. If I dare to resist, I won't be given face. Let alone if I dare to come with my troops to retaliate afterwards, I am simply rebelling against Tiangang. I deserve to die!"
Li Zhi's eyes were a little dull. After a moment, he coughed twice and said, "There is no need to be so humble. If someone raids your car and assassinates your disciples, you should naturally..."
Li Qinzai looked at him with burning eyes, full of encouragement: "What should be done? Say it."
Li Zhi hesitated and said: "Resist... Of course you should resist. I am the Duke of the Tang Dynasty and a hero who killed many people on the battlefield. How can I not be bloody? But your bloody nature is a little too strong."
"Just take revenge. Why are you so ruthless? The mansions of eight prominent families were demolished and hundreds of legs were broken by you..."
Li Qinzai said with an innocent face: "Your Majesty, I only took revenge on the Gu family of Wu County..."
Li Zhi was yelled at and coughed loudly, making his face turn red.
It seems like... I've trapped myself in it.
Li Qinzai took revenge on the Gu family of Wu County. So the question is, who of the other families took revenge?
His princes and princesses only occupied three places. What's more terrible is that he deliberately let the news out, and he tacitly approved or even instigated the actions of the princes and princesses.
The monarch and his ministers simply cooperated to accomplish a great thing. Now Li Zhi is scolding Li Qinzai. The more he scolds, the more he loses his position.
The matter was done by a partnership between the monarch and the minister. If you scold him, wouldn't you be scolding yourself?
The scene was a bit embarrassing. Li Zhi's face turned red and he didn't know what to say next.
As a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty, he was said to be worried about the humiliation of his ministers. How could Li Qinzai bear to see Li Zhi worried?
So Li Qinzai immediately handed him up the steps and asked him to roll down.
"Your Majesty, how about... let's have a few drinks and eat some beef?"
Li Zhi perked up and said, "This is a very good idea. I agree! Come and tell me about the royal meal. The beef should be stewed a little, with more soup and less salt."
Li Qinzai turned to the eunuch outside the palace and added: "The wine needs to be made from grapes and chilled. Also get some beef and mutton barbecue, grill it on skewers with bamboo skewers, and sprinkle more cumin."
At this time, cumin appeared in the barbecue industry of the Tang Dynasty. This food was first introduced to the Western Regions from Tianzhu and Persia, and was brought to the Central Plains by Hu merchants from the Western Regions. Finally, it gradually became popular.
"Cumin" is the transliteration of Persian. In the Middle East, it has a scientific name of "Sabbath fennel".
Why is it called "rest in peace"? Because this stuff was originally used as a preservative, stuffed into the stomachs of Egyptian mummies to prevent decay. The mummies did not rot, so they naturally "rested in peace".
After it spread to the Central Plains, some people discovered that this stuff was very delicious when sprinkled on barbecue. I don’t know what happened to the first person who sprinkled it on barbecue.
So the custom of sprinkling cumin on barbecued meats has been passed down for more than a thousand years.
Everything can be eaten. If it cannot be eaten, it must not taste good.
Magical ancestors, magical China.
The eunuch obeyed the order and turned around to pass on the meal.
Li Qinzai smiled at Li Zhi and said: "The grape wine should be chilled, so it will be refreshing when you drink it."
Li Zhi nodded in agreement: "Yes, I also like ice."
After a while, the wine and food were brought to the palace. Li Zhi ordered a low table to be set up in the center of the hall. The monarch and his ministers sat cross-legged facing each other, each drinking and slapping skewers. This posture was a bit like the temperament of a late-night barbecue stall in his previous life.
After a few glasses of wine, Li Zhi seemed to have completely forgotten what he had just said about scolding Li Qinzai. He looked like an old friend and a close friend, and Long Yan was very happy.
After all, I was involved, so it would be disrespectful to scold me again.
After the monarch and his ministers had a few drinks, Li Zhi put down the wine cup and suddenly sighed: "Although I am the emperor, there are too many things in life that I cannot do. Jingchu, sometimes I envy you. You have lived the way I want."
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"If you have talent and ability, you can govern a country through literature, you can stabilize a country through military force, and especially you can control the world to your own satisfaction without having to compromise or give in. This free and easy state of mind is something I will never be able to match."
"I sit in the temple, but I can't be as free and easy as you. I can't even control my emotions."
"If I love a certain food, the imperial doctor says not to eat too much of it, if I hate a certain person, the courtiers say not to kill me, Liu Rengui points at my nose and scolds me in the palace, and I have to put on a smile and look like the Khan of Heaven has a mind as big as the sea.
Disgusting look…”
"Looking back on this life, I feel like I am locked in a cage. However, this cage is very gorgeous, and people outside the cage are very respectful to me, but so what? After all, I am still in a cage."
Seeing Li Zhi's gloomy expression, Li Qinzai thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, I'll tell you frankly. Your Majesty has been aggrieved all your life, which is a great good thing for the people of the world. This is also the difference between a wise king and a foolish king."
"How to say?"
Li Qinzai said slowly: "Actually, Your Majesty is the Emperor. If you really want to do something, who would dare to stop it? It is precisely because Your Majesty is rational and knows the serious consequences of the Emperor's willfulness that His Majesty is able to restrain his desires and handle everything rationally."
"The emperor is rational, and the subjects of the world will naturally learn to reason. The truth will prevail, so why worry about the prosperous age not coming?"
Li Zhi suddenly felt that it made sense, and his gloomy expression gradually turned into joy.
Li Qinzai added: "I remember that your Majesty once had an elder brother, Li Chengqian, the deposed prince during the Zhenguan period. He once said, 'As the emperor, I should indulge my desires. If anyone has advice, I will kill them. Kill five hundred people. Isn't it wrong?'"
This sentence is a typical remark of a foolish king."
"The greater the power, the more you need to know how to restrain your desires. Once you indulge unscrupulously, the emperor may feel that you are enjoying life, but for the people of the world, it will be an eternal disaster."
"Therefore, every time your Majesty restrains his desires, it is a sign of great mercy and compassion for countless people."
"In my opinion, the world's worship of Buddha is too vague. If you are lucky enough to meet a wise king, the world should worship the emperor. After all, a thought from the emperor can save all people from water and fire, and can also prevent them from roosters for thousands of miles."
Li Zhi took a swig of wine, wiped the corners of his mouth, and laughed suddenly: "Jing Chu's words suddenly made me realize, haha! It's nothing for me to feel aggrieved once. Every time I feel aggrieved, it's nothing."
You are so merciful and merciful. If you think so in the future, even if Liu Rengui points his finger at me and scolds me, I will not be angry."
Li Qinzai sincerely suggested: "If Liu Rengui scolds his mother, he should be killed..."