He casually checked the prince's homework and asked, "What books are you reading recently?"
Cheng Qian said seriously, "Teacher Wu Shaobao taught me Han Feizi's main way,"
This made Li Shimin a little surprised. How could Wu Huaiyu still teach the prince homework in Youzhou? Moreover, as far as he knew, Wu Huaiyu basically did not give any serious lessons to the prince or the others in the past.
"Oh, then tell me, father, what have you learned? What does the Lord teach?"
"Back to my father, the master talks about the way of being a king, emphasizing that the king should be patient and calm. If you are virtual, you will know the true feelings, and if you are still, you will know the correctness of movement. The teacher said that in order to be quiet, the king must think and think.
Meaning means not having one's own fixed thoughts and wishes, so Han Feizi emphasized that if you don't see what you want, if you see what you want, the ministers will carve it out. If you don't see what you mean, if you see what you want, the ministers will express it themselves."
Li Shimin stroked his beard and looked at the prince in surprise.
The eldest son seems to have grown taller.
"Can you understand what these words mean?"
"The teacher said that if the king's wishes are exposed to the outside world, the ministers can seek personal gain, and the king cannot clearly see the true situation and true intentions of the ministers, so the ministers cannot know what the king thinks and wants.
On the contrary, the way of a wise king makes a wise man exhaust all his considerations, and the king decides things. Therefore, the king is not lacking in wisdom. A wise man teaches his talents, and the king is responsible for them. Therefore, the king is not lacking in ability. Those who have merit will have their virtuousness.
, I will let those who have made mistakes be punished, so the king is not limited by his reputation..."
"What's your own understanding?" Li Shimin interrupted him.
"My son heard that the eunuchs in the Han Dynasty were monopoly on power. If the eunuch heard that the emperor was going to use someone, he would sell him out first to feel that he had gained merit. If he heard that the emperor was going to do something, he would betray him first to expand his power. People look forward to the return of the sun and the power of the sun.
Heavy, and the disaster of internal officials started from this.
Also, the king of Yue was fond of bravery, but many of his people were willing to die. King Ling of Chu was fond of thin waists, but there were many hungry people in the country. Duke Huan of Qi was jealous and fond of the internal affairs, so he set up troubles in the palace to control the internal affairs.
The son entered with his head first.
Prince Yan loved the virtuous, but his son's wisdom was not appreciated by the country.
Therefore, if the ruler sees evil, the officials will hide their presence; if the ruler sees good, the officials will falsely accuse him of being capable. If the master wishes to see you, then the attitude of the officials will be appropriate."
"Yeah." Li Shimin nodded, "Continue!"
"I believe that a king should be unpredictable and cannot let his subjects guess his thoughts, otherwise someone will fall in love with him.
It is even more strictly forbidden to reveal anything in Chinese. The emperor's words and deeds must not be leaked easily, especially to those close to the palace.
I heard that the late Pei Gong, who passed through eight emperors in six dynasties, was called a traitor in the Sui Dynasty, but was rated as a virtuous man in our Tang Dynasty. Pei Ju was still Pei Ju, but the emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty could not listen to the honest and truthful words, so Pei Ju only
Say nice things, even tell lies to please the king, but in our dynasty, the emperor and the saint are both wise, he does not dare to deceive, so he can always give his loyal words..."
"If a king wants to avoid being deceived by his ministers, he must cover up his feelings and hide his secrets. Otherwise, what he will get is not his ministers' true thoughts, but only lies that echo the emperor's lies."
"When making decisions, the king should hide his thoughts first, so that he can brainstorm and make wise decisions, be cautious, patient, thoughtful, brainstorm, and finally make a decision, which is the best."
These words came from the mouth of Prince Chengqian, and Li Shimin was deeply shocked.
Anyway, at his age, he has not yet been able to understand these things. Although he felt that these words were more of Wu Huaiyu teaching his own understanding to the prince, but the prince had already understood it.
"What you say is great, but can you do it?"
Cheng Qian said seriously, "My son didn't understand these things before and was careless in his words and deeds. Because he admired his father's martial arts and hated the Turks, he thought that he could lead troops to destroy the Turks in the future. As a result, these thoughts were seen by people around him, so he
Some people deliberately flatter people and come up with all kinds of outrageous ideas, such as dressing up as Turks, using their manor as a Turkic tribe to plunder, and even trampling and destroying crops as pasture. These are all inappropriate.
If Erchen says that a certain kind of food is delicious, there will be people who are interested in offering it specially. Because Erchen has made some complaints about the teaching of Kong Lu and other teachers, some people will attack them because of it. Although this is not Erchen's intention, it is
They all arise because of their sons and ministers.”
"My son, I must change my ways seriously in the future and never make these mistakes again."
Li Shimin was very pleased and emotional.
He invited so many upright and famous officials and virtuous scholars as teachers for his son, but none of them had any good results. Instead, he made Cheng Qian a little rebellious.
Wu Huaiyu did not teach Cheng Qian many lessons, but he had a great influence on Cheng Qian. Just like when Huaiyu is in Youzhou now, he only writes a letter to the prince every ten days and explains an article, but the result is...
It can also have huge influence.
What Cheng Qian told him today really surprised and pleased Li Shimin that he could have such a good understanding and show his virtue.
Li Shimin reached out and patted Cheng Qian on the shoulder, "You have grown up, and you have met a good teacher."
"It's a pity that Wu Shaobao went to Youzhou, so my son and I can't always listen to his teachings."
Back at Li Zheng Hall, Empress Changsun was holding the Ninth Prince and breastfeeding him. The Ninth Prince, who had just turned 100 days old, was named Li Zhi. He was white and fat. While sucking hard, she smiled at his father when he saw him coming.
"What title should I give you?"
The Queen smiled and said, "The child is only a hundred days old. Why is Your Majesty so anxious? He should be sealed after he is at least three or five years old."
"Then I'll listen to the queen, but I've already thought about the title, so I'll give it to you, Prince of Jin, to keep for you."
Teasing the third son and chatting with the queen.
When Li Shimin talked about Cheng Qian, he said with emotion that Cheng Qian had grown up and became sensible, and even showed some air of a virtuous prince.
"Oh? What did Cheng Qian say to His Majesty that made His Majesty feel this way?"
Li Shimin told Empress Changsun about the conversation he had just gone to the East Palace and had with the prince. The empress was also surprised when she heard it, "I have always thought that Wu Qingyang was very good. He was a disciple of the gods, a young and talented man, capable of both civil and military affairs, but he could not have any influence on the prince."
Such a huge influence is really unexpected. I always felt that he seemed a little distant from the prince before, but now it seems that he is really good to the prince."
"Yes, apart from being young, Wu Qingyang is good at everything."
"Cheng Qian likes Wu Qingyang so much, probably because they are not much different in age. Wu Qingyang is only ten years older than the prince."
"I am only ten years older than Wu Huaiyu."
"I sometimes feel that Wu Qingyang is unfathomable. He seems to have the ability to predict the unknown."
"I sometimes feel this way, the immortal disciples are really amazing. It's a pity that I couldn't meet senior Xiaoyaozi."
The couple looked at each other and smiled.
"Zitong, you are now a hundred days postpartum. Today I see that the Tai Chi Palace is almost done. Do you think we can pick a date and we can move there?"
"I, my concubines, all obey your Majesty."
She could understand her husband's mood. After becoming the emperor, she stayed in the East Palace for more than two years, which was the first time in history.
If I don't move into Tai Chi Palace for a day, I always feel a little incomplete.
Empress Changsun was used to the East Palace, but she supported her husband.
Li Shimin arranged for the queen to live in the Lizheng Hall in Taiji Palace, which has a similar name to Lizheng Hall in the East Palace. He specially asked craftsmen to repair and decorate it, and also personally checked it.
Li Shimin, who was scheduled to move into Taiji Palace in October, was very happy, so he decided to confer Wu Huaiyu's father, Samurai Ke, as a baron in Wenshui County, and confer Wu Huaiyu's eldest son, Wu Chengsi, as a baron in Sanyuan County.
Giving it to the two barons at once was a great reward for Wu Huaiyu.
Of course, the title of baron is all in vain anyway, and the benefits come at no cost.
Where there are rewards there are punishments.
Those princes and nobles who had followed Cheng Qian in the East Palace, such as the attendants, companions, the ministers, Prince Qianniu, etc., some of whom had given Cheng Qian all kinds of clever ideas, Li Shimin transferred them all out of the East Palace, and even made some small tricks.
punishment.
The sons of company commander Sun's family were all punished and transferred away.
Anyway, Li Shimin felt that Prince Chengqian was excellent, and some of the wrong things he had done before were all caused by these people.
Chang'an is a very agile place.
So many people in the East Palace were transferred out, but the father and the bastard who were few in protecting the martial arts and Huaiyu were knighted. One was in his sixties and the other was just over a year old. These two things must be related.
But the interested person wanted to inquire, but this time he found nothing.
Even some nobles were punished because they were too active in inquiring, and even implicated the people they trusted.
Several concubines in the harem were punished and several minor eunuchs were executed.
This scared many people to the point of peeing.
Because these beauties, eunuchs, etc. were all punished for the same crime of revealing forbidden Chinese language and befriending foreign ministers.
For a while, everyone stopped.
I am no longer curious, at least I don’t dare to be curious now.
Everyone could only speculate on the holy meaning in their hearts, and at the same time they became more and more envious, jealous, and resentful of Wu Huaiyu who was far away in Youzhou. How could this guy still make meritorious deeds when he had already resigned from the prime minister's post in Youzhou?
What big thing did you do on the way to get a baron for my son?
Could it be that he destroyed half of the seven sects and forty-four families with five surnames in Guandong? I haven’t heard of it.
Some people who are more concerned about Wu Huaiyu only heard that on his way to Youzhou, Wu Huaiyu deliberately went around to Luoyang and Zhengzhou, and then went north along the canal. In Zhengzhou, he also inspected Buddhism and reorganized the big temples in the Central Plains such as Dahai Temple. Everyone
Only then did I find out that Wu Huaiyu still had the job of inspecting and correcting Buddhism.
That guy actually took Terada into the hands of the government and rented it out to propertyless fugitives, naturalized them as customers, and gave them permanent tenant rights.
We even started to do this with public farmland, professional farmland, etc.
Yang Gongren also cooperated in checking household registrations and tracking down fugitive households. He arbitrarily cleared out many fugitive households from the powerful gentry in Shandong and robbed them of food.
Could it be that Wu Huaiyu's family got two barons just because of his merits? Although I can't figure it out, everything now proves that even if Wu Huaiyu resigned and went to Youzhou, his holy family will not fade away.
Originally, some people were thinking of writing an impeachment petition to stop the demolition and construction happening all over Chang'an. Seeing this, they all fell silent.
Not to be offended, Wu Erlang is still something they can't afford to offend.
Wang Gui is now demoted to Tongzhou to be the governor, but it is said that the chief of the governor's office has the final say. As a demoted prime minister, no one in the government cares about him at all. Wang Gui is a son of five surnames, and the former prime minister can only serve as governor.
In the houya, they drank, recited poems and read books to entertain themselves.
As for Xiao Yu, who had worshiped three times in the Zhenguan Dynasty, now he only had the title of Prince and Young Master, and he could only sulk at home every day.
Wei Ting was promoted to secretary-supervisor, but I heard that he was promoted to a high position and had no real power.
Wu Huaiyu, who was far away in Youzhou, did not know the changes that had taken place in Chang'an. He was very busy, busy selecting elite cavalry, forming the Modao Army, Youzhou Assault Cavalry, and even restoring the Bafeng Camp.
The leaders of the tribes that had migrated inland, such as Mohe, Kumoxi, Khitan, etc. from Youzhou, were still queuing up to meet them. The envoys from Xi and Qidan tribes were also queuing up with gifts, but Wu Huaiyu had not seen them yet.
, after he arrived in Youzhou, he was not in a hurry to meet people, nor did he stay in Youzhou City. Instead, he inspected the Youfu states first.
