Watching the four people staring at each other in the yard, they all wanted to see from each other's eyes how the other would feel because of Li Hong's words, and whether they would take advantage of being in Chang'an or on the way back. , kill the threatening figures in each other's eyes.
And what makes them feel tempted, even a little irresistible, is what Li Hong said just now: It is best not to happen in the Tang Dynasty, otherwise there will be no way to explain it to Aviye.
To the ears of the four people, it is not as simple as it seems. It can even be said that what Li Hong just said is completely ironic and can be understood as: You can fight in our Datang at will, no matter who of you dies. I, the Tang Dynasty, I, Li Hong, and the cavalry and fire guns of the Tang Dynasty bear the responsibility for you, and I can even take the blame for you, no problem.
Such a promise, for the four of them, is undoubtedly like a thunder exploding above their heads, causing their hostility to each other, their eagerness to kill each other, and their ambition to occupy the big food, to rise again. Reached the highest point.
After all, Aviye is old. As long as he kills two of them now, even one competitor, it will be absolutely helpful and beneficial for him to ascend to the throne of food.
But among the four, the most old-fashioned ones are Saleh and Zubair. Zubair has had the best relationship with the Tang Dynasty in recent years. However, with the arrival of Her Royal Highness Princess Yeyue, it is very likely that the Tang Dynasty will fall. to Saleh, thus leaving the Saleh family alone.
"How was the discussion? What do they want specifically?" Li Hong asked Li Xian next to him with a smile.
"Aren't you afraid of raising a tiger like this and causing trouble? Although this is your family matter, I am an idle prince and cannot interfere too much. But after all, Li Cheng has the blood of Dashi. Why don't you call him King Ji Ling? Don't you think it's appropriate?" Li Xian had already thought about all this on the way here, and even thought about how to say it when Li Hong asked him.
So when Li Hong asked him at this moment, he chose the most frank answer instead of hiding some of his inner thoughts.
"What are you referring to?" Li Hong did not answer him, but continued to ask.
Li Xian glanced at Li Hong, then smiled, stroking the edge of the tea cup back and forth and said: "Li Cheng's fiefdom is in Jiling. It seems to be poor and poor, with barren mountains and rivers, but the rich pastures have always been protected by the Tang Dynasty. Although Dashi has pastures, they must also covet my Datang's horse farm. Otherwise, why did they choose to move eastward to provoke my Datang? It is naturally because of the huge benefits. So Jinyou is worried about whether Li Cheng can suppress it. The wolf who lives in Dashi is ambitious, and his long-term thinking is... people will change after many years. As a descendant of both the Tang Dynasty and Dashi royal families, will Li Cheng end up leaning towards Dashi? Of course, it would be best if he only has ambitions for Dashi? , I’m afraid that Saleh will…”
"Are you afraid that when Li Cheng becomes an adult, he will be taken advantage of by Da Shi, and now I am the initiator of making wedding clothes for Da Shi?" Li Hong nodded in agreement, and then continued to ask.
"Yes, that's what I'm worried about. Compared to Li Nan, I'm more worried about Li Cheng. It's easy to talk about Li Nan. Whether it's the military navy of the Tang Dynasty or the culture of the Tang Dynasty, the Japanese country has always Therefore, if Li Nan is granted the title of King of the East China Sea, it will only be beneficial to the Tang Dynasty, and it will be easier to integrate and merge into the overseas territories of the Tang Dynasty. But Dashi is different. You went to the hinterland of Dashi back then, and I. In the past few years, it’s not like you don’t know, I’ve also been there secretly, about religious beliefs and the power of a scripture. Only after I went to the hinterland of Dashi did I deeply feel how powerful that scripture is. , Thinking about it now, I still can’t believe that a book of scripture can bring people’s hearts together to form a whole and a firm totem and belief.”
"What's even more difficult is that they don't like outsiders to participate in their affairs, and even... are extremely repulsive to outsiders, and all of this comes from a scripture! Ridiculous, right? I have thousands of people in the Tang Dynasty The civilization of the ancient times, whether it was the literary great Confucians or the sage Confucian scholars, compiled many books and explained all the principles of the world. They often regarded themselves as ruling the world with a common royal family. They often believed that the governance of the country and the country depended on their benevolence, righteousness, morality and rhetoric. To be honest, when Qiwang of the Five Surnames of Luoyang risked his life to remonstrate with him, after I returned to Luoyang and roughly understood the ins and outs of this matter, I was confused. I wish I could strangle them one by one to relieve my anger. They only know how to fight among themselves and plot people's hearts instead of winning them together. They can't come up with big plans or anything as powerful as that book of scriptures. It’s not like no one came to me before I took the initiative to guard my father’s mausoleum. You must be aware of this, right?”
Li Hong nodded silently, and then motioned to Li Xian to continue.
Li Xian took a sip of water, and then said with lingering thoughts: "I ordered Fang Muqing to drive out all those people who were looking for me. Can't they be driven away? Okay, we don't have a knife at home, at least we have a broom, right? Then use a broom to drive them away. , I don’t believe that they will still stay shamelessly and refuse to leave! It was only at that time that I truly realized why you must completely disintegrate the wealthy nobles headed by Wu Xing Qi Wang, regardless of any resistance and opposition. Now, Come to think of it, their existence and influence on the court will be a double-edged sword in the end, and more often than not, this double-edged sword will only hurt others but not themselves. "
"You are right." Li Hong sighed and motioned to Hua Meng who was standing at the door to let Saleh and others in later, and then continued to say to Li Xian: "The ancients said: Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. Road, so sometimes, only when you step out of the world you are familiar with and take a closer look outside, you will realize that the sky is bigger than you imagined. But the sages and scholars of our Tang Dynasty no longer have this. The tone is only in the subset of the classics and history of the ancestors, using one's own understanding to annotate the words that have been abandoned by history, but never thought that all development requires innovation. Of course, there are no absolutes in everything, and it does not represent the opinions of the ancestors. Things need to be thrown away completely.”
"Yes, I understand." Li Xian paused for a moment, then returned to the previous topic and said: "But no matter what, I still think that I can wait a few more years to confer Li Cheng as King Ji Ling. It's so early now." I think that for Datang, the establishment of a seal would do more harm than good. For Dashi, on the contrary, it would at least leave them too much time to prepare, plan, and even contact Princess Ye and Li Cheng. "
"How have the things of our ancestors developed over the years in Anxi, especially around Jiling City? Can the treasured civilization of our Chinese nation, the splendid splendor of the descendants of the Yan and Huang descendants, take root here and then spread out?" Li Hong did not He ignored Li Xian's suggestion and continued to ask.
"To the east of Jiling City, I'm sure there will be no problem. I've been busy with this for the past few years." Li Xian smiled, and then continued: "I just said that the things left by our ancestors are useless with benevolence, righteousness and morality, but at least now It is still effective to integrate other foreign races, but compared to the scriptures, our strength and unity are slightly inferior. The only thing that can be compared is that our history is thicker than those. As long as the Tang Dynasty can continue to be strong. , I don’t know about its influence in other places, at least east of Jiling City and west of Anxi, you can feel the weight and pride of historical accumulation. "
"That's enough. Let the next generation do the rest. Let's see what Li Cheng can do." Li Hong nodded with satisfaction. He was definitely more powerful and influential than Li Xian in that book. It’s clearer how big the influence is.
People in the world only know about the faith of Christianity, but they don’t know that the inheritance of the Chinese nation and the descendants of Yan and Huang from generation to generation are the faith of the Chinese nation, and our faith is our history!
Li Xian looked at Li Hong, obviously determined to make Li Cheng the King of Jiling. After sighing slightly, he still said with some worry: "Once Li Cheng reaches adulthood, he will need to go to Jiling City. By then Saleh You have to be careful, now that they know that you intend to make Li Cheng King Ji Ling, they will never be stupid enough not to take advantage of it. "
"Do you think Saleh will still be alive when Li Cheng really goes to the fiefdom?" Li Hong smiled quietly and looked at the door. Saleh, who was blocked by Hua Meng and Mang Zhong, was looking at him angrily. said to him.
"Ah?" Li Xian's body was shocked! I can't believe how deep Li Hong's ambition and ruthlessness are!
If it is as Li Hong said, wouldn't it mean that the day Li Cheng went to the fiefdom was the time of Saleh's death
"Of course, it's still early. There are still at least ten years left before all arrangements can be made. Besides, I really want to compare with Saleh. Is it his nephew who will marry him or my son? Kiss me, and I also want to see whether it is the culture of Dashi that is more attractive, or the hundreds of families in my Tang Dynasty." Li Hong picked up the tea cup and motioned to Hua Meng to let them in.
Li Hong was very confident that his son would eventually turn to the Tang Dynasty. At this time, there was no patriotic ideological education, but Li Hong was the beneficiary of such education, so he was determined that ten years later, His son Li Cheng must be a fanatical patriot who loves the Tang Dynasty!
Although the three schools headed by Guozijian, Chongwen Hall, and Hongwen Hall have begun to compile textbooks common to all students in the Tang Dynasty according to Li Hong's design, because the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes have just been completely collapsed, they want to It still takes time to arrange everything.
Once after these two years of trial and reform, and the inclusion of patriotic ideological education courses, in this era of extremely low people's intellectual enlightenment, everything will be far easier than in the previous life.
Although this is a brand-new system that has never appeared in history, compared with the success of patriotic education in the previous generation, there is no reason why it should not be successful in this era.
(End of chapter)