Chapter 4 Flattery
With Changsun Wuji's arrival, Li Shimin stopped teaching Li Chengqian.
"The auxiliary machine stays to have dinner with me. The prince will go and review today's memorials and send them to the inner palace. The father will check it out at dusk. Today is Mr. Zhang, the lecturer, should not be neglected. Remember, the honest words are unpleasant. Mr. Shao is upright, speaks out loud, or has committed acts that are superior. You must be tolerant. I can even tolerate Wei Zheng, a farmer, and you can't tolerate Zhang Xuansu? Zhang Xuansu is so good that he can compare to Wei Xuancheng?"
While Li Shimin respected Wei Zheng, he was still a little disgusted with him. In front of his family, he did not avoid suspicion and directly called him a farmer.
Changsun Wujiquan pretended not to hear it.
Li Chengqian's body was slightly trembling, quite frightened, but he did not dare to say much, and bowed deeply to him.
Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji left the East Palace and had a meal and chat in the side courtyard of Wude Hall.
What we are talking about is related to the overall situation of the Northeast.
Now, the Tang Dynasty has been governed by wise lords and wise ministers such as Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, and the world has been settled. With the attacks from many famous generals such as Li Jing, Hou Junji, and Li Shiji, the four barbarians surrendered and promoted both civil and military achievements.
However, Li Shimin was still worried, that is, Goguryeo in the Northeast.
Since the Han Dynasty, a place in Liaodong has been the territory of China, but it is still occupied by Goguryeo. Li Shimin had long wanted to regain his hometown. However, Goguryeo has poor mountains and rivers, and it is not easy to conquer. In addition, Yang Guang, the previous dynasty, conquered Goguryeo, and the vast army of millions of troops killed the fallen flowers and flowing water. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese Erlang's heads were piled up into Jingguan. Such a great shame and humiliation were learned from the past.
Li Shimin is not Yang Guang. He is a military leader and is even more warlike, but he can restrain himself and act without being angry.
After so many years of inactivity, it is time to prepare to get rid of this heart disease.
The topic had just begun and the meals were not ready, and the news of the eunuch Zhao Yong asking for a meeting reached the ears of the two.
Li Shimin stopped the topic and smiled happily: "Where did you find a good player? Will you win my brother clean so quickly?"
Changsun Wuji said confidently: "I have produced many talents in the Tang Dynasty, and even the third-rate industry is the best. Especially Pan Qing, Han Yun and Jin Bo. Pan Qing and Han Yun are known as the two heroes of the big group. Pan Qing is the hero of the dice. There is no right in the world, so how much does it take. Han Yun is the hero of the bird, and is good at raising chickens. The cockfighting he raises is like the Duke of Wei in our dynasty, who is invincible and invincible. As for Jin Bo, his reputation is not obvious, but his wonderful hands are the best in the world. The King of Shang likes to gambling, but his gambling skills are mediocre. Otherwise, he would not have fallen into Qujiang and almost died."
Li Shimin asked Zhao Yong to come in, but said to Changsun Wuji: "If the King of Shang can quit gambling this time, the auxiliary machine will be counted..."
Before he could finish his words, his face had changed.
Zhao Yong looked panicked, and he didn't look like he was a good news at all.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's not good. King Shang, King Shang won all the money he had."
Changsun Wuji was stunned when he heard the news.
Li Shimin was extremely cunning, and his expression had already returned to normal. He just said in a deep voice: "Pan Qing, Han Yun, and Jin Bo also lost?"
Zhao Yong said, "I lost, Pan Qing fainted from the loss. Han Yun sat on the ground and cried loudly, feeling a little confused..."
Li Shimin suddenly stood up and said, "Let's go and see what the situation is."
The side hall of Da'an Palace!
There was silent all over the place, and there was a dead silence.
There was a faint crying sound outside the house. Han Yun, who is still known as the hero of the bird, still cannot accept the fact that his ever-winning general would lose to a domestic chicken.
Yuan Ling stretched his waist, looked around the audience with his left and right eyes, and said domineeringly: "Who else?"
Wherever his eyes swept, they couldn't help but shrink their necks.
Too difficult!
Most of the people in the hall were inferior people who were hiding in the gambling houses in the city, and they had long been accustomed to winning or losing. However, they had never seen such a terrible gambling technique. Whether it was cockfighting, dice, lepu, or double-land, they all showed terrible dominance. They were all Tianhu, and they lost to their hearts.
There is no absolute luck in this world. Even those who are skilled in gambling will occasionally fail due to metaphysical luck.
Like the situation in front of the Shang King, ten percent of them were tampering with each other.
The most terrifying thing is that they are all good at this. In the public eye, no one discovered how Yuan Ling cheated. This was a gambling technique that surpassed all laws.
Even if the money is not theirs, I don’t have the courage to gamble anymore.
Yuan Ling glanced at the mountains of silver money in front of him, and his eyes were filled with joy: Money is a bastard, but no one doesn't like it.
"Your Majesty is here!"
Before he could show his might, Yuan Ling heard a shout from outside, which scared him so much that he was shocked and quickly walked out, his heart was full of fear for his cheap elder brother, the legendary Emperor Taizong, after all, he was one of the best emperors in Chinese history.
The key is that deep in Yuanling's memory, Li Yuanai's subconscious mind also had a three-point fear of his brother. No matter how domineering he is, he would never dare to be arrogant in front of him anymore.
Li Shimin's face was a little bad, and Yuan Ling won his money.
Don’t think that the emperor could spend too much money by owning the world. Li Shimin was famous for his simplicity in his early years, especially before Empress Changsun passed away. He wanted to break it apart for a penny. Later, Empress Changsun died of illness and became famous, gradually becoming extravagant. But Wei Zheng was still there, and the censors in the court also stared at him with wide eyes, and their daily expenses were very limited.
Yuan Ling won the money in his pocket, which meant that he would be sprayed by Wei Zheng's farmer again.
Li Shimin ignored everyone outside the hall and walked directly into the hall.
Yuan Ling and Changsun Wuji followed him, and as for the people in the market, of course, they could only be generous outside.
Facing the absolute emperor of the Tang Empire, everyone was afraid to show any of them and shivered.
This is the class difference engraved in the bones of feudal society.
After quietly looking at Yuan Ling in front of him for a long time, Li Shimin said: "Sixteen, you have opened my eyes to me. You know nothing about my ancestors of Li's family in Longxi, but this gambling skill is unparalleled."
The person who is called Sixteen is naturally Li Yuanai.
Li Shimin's words were naturally a bit sarcastic, and he had no choice but to his younger brother than to have family affection.
Yuan Ling responded with a smile: "This gambling is just a way of being a gambler, how can it be compared with archery, horse riding and shooting? But today I have a bet, and I have realized the mood of Your Majesty. When Your Majesty was young, he was invincible in the battlefield. He has not practiced it recently. I guess he was like a brother, and he could not find an opponent. He felt like Dugu Qiubai and no longer pursued."
Li Shimin had the best face. In his early years, he was in a military career and was invincible. He was in the forefront and was invincible. He was also among the top in the Tang army, which had many generals, especially the archery and horse skills. He was even more outstanding. After becoming emperor, he was busy with government affairs, neglected to practice, and occasionally wanted to hunt, which made Wei Zheng look at him so hard that he no longer had the courage of the past. The more he did this, the less he dared to publicly show his ugliness. Yuan Ling's statement deeply attracted his stomach.
It’s not that you are slacking off and regressing, but that you are actually without your opponent and lonely.
"Absurd, nonsense!"
Chapter completed!