People in Datang have been expelled from school

Chapter 619: Some and No
Hearing Li Zheng's words, Li Shimin's expression froze immediately.

The kid was still making tea as if nothing had happened.

"Li Zheng!" Li Shimin clapped the case and said, "Could it be that I said so much just for your pertinent praise? Is that the kind of person I am?"

After taking a sip of tea, Li Zheng said, "Then why does His Majesty say so much?"

Li Shimin was speechless again.

Li Lizhi sat in the bedroom, listening to the voices outside.

I could also hear Li Zheng's tone, Li Lizhi was anxious but didn't know how to smooth things over.

It should have been a good conversation between the Weng and the son-in-law, and the father didn't come to Jingyang often.

It was a rare visit, and of course Li Lizhi hoped that Li Zheng and his father could get along very well.

But the relationship between father emperor and Li Zheng has always been a bit difficult.

Everyone can be respectful to his father, but Li Zheng is always at a disadvantage here.

However, Li Zheng is quite capable, and every time his father encounters a problem, Li Zheng can always solve it with a few words.

Even the queen mother often said that the father has a very magical ability. Every time he returns from Jingyang, he can easily solve the problems in the court.

So much so that even the queen mother's mood improved a lot.

Li Lizhi quietly glanced at the situation outside the house, walked out of the bedroom with small steps, walked over to Li Zheng's side and poured tea.

Taking another look at her father's expression, Li Lizhi walked up to her father's side with small steps and poured a cup of tea as well.

Xu Hui received Li Lizhi's gaze and left the house with a group of maids.

Li Zheng looked at the sunlight outside the house, "If Your Majesty thinks that I have made a lot of money with the 500 million coins, then Your Majesty really underestimated me."

Li Shimin wiped his mouth with a cloth and said, "I would like to hear the details."

"Actually, I have always felt that the lives, blood and sweat of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty can only be used to protect the country and thousands of unarmed people in the Tang Dynasty. There is no doubt about protecting the territory of the Tang Dynasty and the people. As for protecting Tubo, it depends on whose surname Tubo takes."

Li Shimin frowned and stared at Li Zheng.

Li Zheng went on to say: "For Your Majesty, I am just using the 500 million loan to make profit for myself, or I can also make profit in the future. If Your Majesty really thinks so, and thinks that there is only so much money in your eyes, it seems Your Majesty paid by mistake. So I am such a person in His Majesty's eyes."

Seeing the sad and melancholy expression on this kid's face, Li Shimin really wanted to scold you, isn't Li Zheng just such a person?

The unhappiness in my heart is just unhappiness.

Li Shimin didn't show the slightest expression on his face, "Then tell me, what do you value in your eyes?"

Li Zhengchang sighed: "There is a saying that goes like this, if you have something, you should give it to him, so that he has more than enough."

Li Lizhi stood aside and thought quietly, if he has more, he should be given to him so that he has more than enough?This sentence doesn't make much sense at first, but it is a bit intriguing when you think about it carefully.

Li Zheng said again: "There is still a second half of this sentence. What he doesn't have, even what he has, will be taken away."

What he doesn't have, even what he has, is he going to take it?

Li Shimin was also thinking about this sentence, only the first half of the sentence was intriguing, but the second half echoed directly, he didn't have it, even what he had, he had to take it.

"Whatever he has, he will be given more, so that he has more, and what he does not have, even what he has will be taken away."

Li Shimin savored this sentence carefully, and the second half of the sentence seemed very sharp.

"As long as it is what you don't have, I will take everything you have." Li Shimin said after a while.

Li Zheng nodded.

Li Shimin observed Li Zheng's expression, saw the confident and distressed expression on his face, and felt for the first time that Li Zheng's realm seemed to be different from before.

"Are these words your recent realization?" Li Shimin asked.

"It's not my understanding. This sentence comes from a conclusion. This conclusion has a saying called the Matthew Effect. This sentence is a sentence in the Matthew Effect."

"The Matthew Effect?" Li Shimin pondered, "Why is it called the Matthew Effect? ​​What does it have to do with horses?"

Li Zheng said: "Your Majesty, let it be said by a man named Matthew."

Li Shimin nodded and said: "It's the first time I've heard such words, and I've seen many sages' words, but what the sages said is governing the country, educating people, and building virtue."

"It's the first time I've heard such sharp and undisguised words."

Li Zheng poured himself a cup of tea, "Let me tell His Majesty another story."

Li Shimin nodded, "Speak."

Li Zheng held up his teacup and said: "Once upon a time, a king was going on a long journey. Before leaving, he gave three servants a silver cake each, and said: "You go to business, and come to see me when I come back. "

"When the king came back, the first servant said: "Dear king, I have earned 10 silver cakes for one silver cake you gave me. "

So the king rewarded him with 10 cities.

The second servant said: "Dear king, I have earned five for one silver pie you gave me."

So the king rewarded him with 5 cities.

The third servant said: "Dear King, you gave me a silver cake. I kept it in my handkerchief, and I never took it out for fear of losing it."

So, the king ordered that a silver cake from the third servant be rewarded to the first servant. "

After listening to this, Li Shimin asked curiously: "Why did the king give the third servant's money to the first person?"

Li Zheng took another sip of tea and said again, "The king said: "Everything that is small, even what he has, will be taken away.If there is a lot, give it to him, and tell him that the more the better. "

"This is Matthew's story, which reflects a phenomenon that winners take all."

Li Zheng was still looking at the sunshine outside, wondering if it was a bit too outrageous to talk about the Matthew Effect with the emperor Li Shimin.

After all, this is the conclusion of postmodernism.

Of course, it is impossible to talk to Li Shimin about the other meaning of the Matthew effect, and of course it is impossible to talk about it, because today's high and low dignitaries in the Tang Dynasty are all based on this effect, which means that the poor get poorer and the rich get richer.

This phenomenon is very common in today's Tang Dynasty, and it is also very ironic.

That is, on a high-stakes gambling table, the person who is most likely to win and who can win the most is the banker.

And it is often those retail investors who lose their fortunes.

Of course, this theory has not been well resolved until later generations.

Because no matter which dynasty or era, this situation has been happening all the time.

Li Shimin seemed to be lost in thought, as if he had figured out something but couldn't grasp it.

Li Zheng said in a low voice: "For Your Majesty, there are many things Tubo doesn't have. What Tubo needs is money and troops, and we can use money and troops to take this Tubo over."

(End of this chapter)