"My son is really not ready to take over the Tang Dynasty."
"I'm really not ready to be everyone's pilot."
Li Shimin chuckled and said: "I know you are not ready, but there are some things you must do."
It is clear.
Li Shimin would not give him this chance.
And Li Chengqian also understood why Li Shimin was like this.
Because Li Shimin was tired.
Years of conquests and fatigue have brought him into a period of exhaustion.
He hasn't had a break for twenty years.
And Li Shimin himself said so.
"I have been working hard for half my life, and more than twenty years have passed by in a hurry."
"But when I look back, I realize that I have lived half of my life in confusion and a bit absurdly."
"The people I cherish do not receive my company, and my children do not receive my education."
"I have been serving the people and the world all my life."
"Sometimes in the dead of night, I can't help but wonder what my life is all about."
"For fame? I have it."
"For profit? I have it."
"For power? Haha, as an emperor, I have already held the world in my hands."
"But after I get these, what's the point?"
"I lost many brothers because of my reputation."
"For profit, I lost many brothers."
"For the sake of power, I created a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood."
"Is this the life I want?"
"Actually, it's not."
Li Shimin turned to look at that person
His son, who was already as tall as himself, said: "You know, this is the happiest time your father has ever lived in his life."
"Your mother and I were watching the mountains and riding horses."
"I am very happy when I see her smile every day."
"I even feel that as long as I can see her smiling face, I will be willing to have no fame or fortune in my life."
“And beyond that, there’s the relief from the inside out.”
"I no longer have to worry about government affairs, I no longer have to worry about the people, and I don't have to worry about who in the DPRK will secretly form a party or who will secretly harm me."
"What I think about every day is what to eat and drink, where to sleep, and where to go to see the scenery tomorrow."
"Your father is nearly forty years old this year."
"But it wasn't until today that your father discovered what kind of life he wanted."
Li Shimin stepped forward, patted Li Chengqian's shoulder and said, "Your grandfather spent his entire life preparing chess pieces for you."
"Your father spent half his life preparing a huge chessboard for you."
"And the next flag-bearer is not me, nor your grandpa, but you."
"We will all be watching from behind to see how you, the flag-bearer, will finish the game."
"We will also watch quietly, how wonderful your game of chess will be."
"Okay, father is tired!"
"I'll leave it to you to figure out the next thing."
"There are still about three months to go. After three months, you will start to shoulder the responsibilities you should shoulder."
After saying this.
Li Shimin left the scene without looking back.
Li Chengqianjing
He stood quietly, with a complicated expression on his face.
In fact, sometimes when I think about it carefully, Li Chengqian seems to be able to understand why some emperors were diligent and diligent in the early stage, but in the middle stage, they began to slack off in government affairs, began to act recklessly, and became a tyrant.
In fact, it is because they did not handle their mentality well when they reached the fatigue period.
They feel that after working hard for half their lives, it's time to enjoy life.
They felt that even if they slacked off on government affairs, there would be no major changes.
Just like Tang Xuanzong on the normal historical timeline.
When he first came to the throne, he neatly cleaned up the mess left by Wu Zetian.
However, in the middle period, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty began to slack off in government affairs, which led to the decline of the Tang Dynasty during its most prosperous period.
But what if he didn't do that?
What if he could abdicate when he is tired and hand over the throne to his younger son?
Young people are full of vigor and energy. Can they help Datang continue to be glorious?
With a high probability, this is indeed the case.
As long as you are an emperor, you will have the idea of being famous for generations.
And if you want to be exiled for a hundred generations, you have to risk your life to accumulate merit.
Especially young people in the past few years were full of energy.
As long as the courtiers do not cause problems, as long as the courtiers do not deceive the emperor for personal gain.
It is very easy for an emperor to achieve political achievements.
But this is just a hypothesis.
Emperors from ancient times to the present rarely abdicate on their own initiative.
Or, like Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, he died in the harem without any explanation.
Or, like Emperor Yang of the previous dynasty, he caused the peasant rebels to get into trouble and eventually died at the hands of their own people.
Or, like Li Yuan, he was forced to abdicate by his sons.
Or be like Li Shimin, who worked hard all his life and eventually died in office.
The reason for this result is simply because no one gave them a start, no one gave them a good start and set an example for them.
But now.
Everything is different.
Li Shimin is that role model, the best role model.
Perhaps future monarchs will follow Li Shimin's example and let future generations know that young blood is actually needed on the throne, otherwise this country will be like an old man, decaying and dilapidated.
Li Chengqian took a deep breath, raised his head and glanced at the four large characters on the Manlu Palace, bearing the sky.
Li Chengqian had never felt that these four words were so dazzling before.
But at this moment, when he saw these words again, he only felt that these four words were shining brightly, and they were getting bigger and bigger, so big that even this palace could not fit in them.
I do not know how long it has been.
Li Chengqian then moved his steps and left the Manlu Hall.
When he returned to the East Palace, he was surprised to see little Chuzi waiting at the door of the East Palace.
The master and servant, who had known each other for a long time, looked at each other and smiled, and then they came closer to each other inadvertently.
Li Chengqian clasped his hands behind his back and walked forward silently, saying as he walked: "You should also have received your father's arrangement, right?"
Little Chuzi chuckled and said, "Your Highness is still as smart as ever, he can even guess this."
"shit!"
"If you can't guess it, you're really a fool."
Li Chengqian chuckled and said: "I have known for a long time that those things have been prepared for you, and I have also known for a long time that you will stand in the same position as me..."
Little Chuzi said nothing and just followed Li Chengqian silently.