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Chapter 208 Chapter 216: Night talk between monarchs and ministers
Seeing Li Hao's embarrassment, Li Shimin seemed to realize that his words were a bit too much, so he quickly changed the subject: "Poetry, I haven't seen you in two years, you have grown taller, you should be twenty this year."

Li Hao bowed his head and cupped his hands: "Return to Your Majesty, this year is just a year of weak crown."

"In the blink of an eye, you are already 20 years old." Li Shimin got up and stepped down from the throne, walked to Li Hao, and sighed, "I vaguely remember that when you first met me, you were only 14 years old, and you at that time... Looks like a brat."

Li Hao didn't speak, Li Shimin paced with his hands behind his back, and continued: "At that time in the Tai Chi Hall, you farted a loud fart. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, no one has ever dared to fart in the Tai Chi Hall. You have to hold back even if you fart."

Li Hao pretended to be terrified when he heard the words, nodded his head and said: "This humble minister deserves death."

"If you deserve to die, there are still a few people who deserve to be alive that day." Li Shimin said with a smile, "You fart well, quite well..."

Li Hao's eyebrows twitched, this sounded like a curse.

Li Shimin raised his brows lightly, and said leisurely: "At that time, I and Wei Zheng confronted each other in the court and refused to give in to each other. It was your fart that eased the atmosphere and resolved the conflict between me and Wei Zheng."

"My minister is terrified." He said terrified in his mouth, but he snorted coldly in his heart, "Against each other? Hehe, you are so reserved, you are torturing and hurting each other, okay?"

"Don't panic." Li Shimin was in a good mood, reached out and patted Li Hao's shoulder lightly, and said, "Shikuang, you are fine."

Li Hao was at a loss when he heard it, so he could only cup his hands and say, "Thank you for your majesty's praise."

"What kind of absurd praise is this?" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and said, "Leading [-] people to fight against the [-] troops of Gaochang and Western Turks. Looking at the world, how many people can do it?"

Li Hao said solemnly: "This is due to luck, and the army and people of Tingzhou are united as one."

"What a united heart." Li Shimin sighed for a long time, "Poet madman, luckily you were born in the Tang Dynasty and became my mistress. If you were born in Tubo, I'm afraid I'd have a headache."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty." Li Hao said solemnly, "My minister is born a Tang Dynasty man, and died a Tang soul."

"You really have grown up." Li Shimin looked at Li Hao meaningfully, "You are no longer the bastard boy you were before."

Li Hao was stunned when he heard the words, hesitated for a moment, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, the country is easy to change, and the nature is hard to change. The humble minister is still the old lazy and greedy bastard, but he is not a teenager now."

Li Shimin was stunned when he heard the words, then he raised his head and laughed, and tapped Li Hao with his fingers: "You, you...you don't want to be a good hero, why do you have to be an asshole?"

Li Hao said with a dry smile: "Your Majesty, no one is born a hero, and no one is born a bastard. Although I have a passion in my chest, I am lazy. If the Tang Dynasty needs me, I will naturally stand up and stand up. In the face of the powerful enemy Hulu, every inch of land must be fought, but if the territory of the Tang Dynasty is stable and the people live in peace, then the humble minister just wants to be a rich man with no ambitions and live his own happy life."

Li Hao was speechless for a long time after hearing the words, he could tell that this was Li Hao's sincere words, but it was a bowl of poisonous chicken soup, not encouraging at all, this is what a heroic man who has just made extraordinary achievements should say , I didn't have the expected pride and enthusiasm, only this bowl of poisonous chicken soup.

"You..." Li Shimin shook his head helplessly, with a look of disappointment flashing across his face, he waved his hands and said, "Don't talk about that, let's have a drink with me."

After he finished speaking, he clapped his hands vigorously, and Xu Lian outside the hall suddenly shouted: "Pass the dishes! Serve the wine!"

The two teams of maids walked in with small steps, the two in front were carrying a small case, the second was holding a cushion, the third was holding a wine pot, and the fourth was carrying a large pot of braised sauce. Meat, fifth person, sixth person...

Starting from the fourth person, each of the maids in the back brought food and delicacies. After they came in, they set up small cases and cushions, and placed wine and food, half of which were placed on Li Shimin's imperial case, and half on the small case.

Li Shimin sat down after returning to the imperial case, spread his hands and said, "Poetry Madness, please take a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Hao thanked him and took his seat.

As soon as Li Hao sat down, Li Shimin poured a glass of wine, and slowly chanted: "The west wind is strong! Hold the wine to the blue sky and look beyond the thousand clouds, and there should be a bright moon. The night is frosty and cold! Laughing and sighing in ancient and modern times, those who guard thousands of miles of borders are border guards." Erlang."

After he finished singing, he looked at Li Hao with a smile, and said: "Poet Maniac, this "West Wind" is deep and heavy, powerful and desolate. When I first heard it, I felt very murderous. Let me tell you what kind of situation I was in when I wrote this poem."

Li Hao nodded and said: "Your Majesty, at that time the traitor Cao Tian sent someone to rob the only young son of Shopkeeper Li from the Longchang Grain Shop, and sent him to the horse thief's den in Devil City, more than 200 miles to the north, in order to threaten Shopkeeper Li to close the shop and go out of business. , do not sell rice, want to create panic in the city, in order to suppress Wei Chen, Wei Chen sent 28 parts to rush hundreds of miles to rescue the hostages in the lair of horse thieves, worried about their safety, looking north from the north city wall, When they came back, when the west wind was strong, I recited this poem casually, in fact, to me, it was not just a poem, but also my state of mind at that time."

"En." Li Shimin nodded, "Since the state of mind is the artistic conception, the rhythm of this poem is neat and novel. I especially like the last sentence 'Laughing and sighing at the past and the present, those who guard thousands of miles of borders should be the border guards'. Bai!" After saying that, he picked up the wine glass and drank it with his head raised.

Seeing this, Li Hao also drank a glass, but fortunately, it was not strong alcohol.

As soon as Li Shimin put down his wine glass, he poured another glass, put his hand on the dragon table, and chanted again: "The army of the isolated city outside the Great Wall is about to drum, and a hundred thousand horse dust and soil. The east wind blows the dream of a hero, and three thousand sons can destroy the captives. Li Shimin Shikuang, you are worthy of being Li Shikuang. If you want to ask in today’s world, who can write such a magnificent poem? Besides you, Li Shikuang, who else is there? What a song "Men'er Zhi"! Come on! Drink again A cup!"

Li Hao felt bitter when he heard the words. He was about to eat some food to fill his stomach. The food was brought to his mouth, and he had to put down his chopsticks. Although this is not strong alcohol, let us eat some food anyway. Drinking on an empty stomach is very awkward Die.

Li Hao had another drink with Li Shimin, and when he put down the wine glass, he thought he could finally eat. He just picked up the chopsticks, but Li Shimin suddenly got up, holding the wine glass and chanting loudly: "The horn of the Canglong is rising, Li Xueerlang!" Guard the lonely city. Ten battles and ten decisive battles, the spears will always guard the soul of the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Hao obediently put down his chopsticks, looked at Li Shimin with resentment, and thought to himself: "Oh, I'm so cheap, really, why do you have nothing to do to recite so many poems, and you can't stop eating food."

Li Shimin closed his eyes slightly, immersed in the poetry, as if he saw the bloody scene when Li Hao led the army to defend the isolated city.

Seeing him close his eyes, Li Hao quickly took the opportunity to use his chopsticks to stuff food into his mouth. If you like to recite poetry, read it slowly by yourself.

Li Shimin suddenly opened his eyes, and turned his head to look at Li Hao. Li Hao turned his head in fright, facing the direction of the palace gate, and swallowed the food desperately. There was too much food in his mouth, and there was still lean meat, lumpy. It was lumpy, the diaphragm made his throat hurt, he could only keep beating his chest, and finally swallowed the food, but tears came out.

"Poetryman, what's wrong with you?" Li Shimin couldn't help asking curiously when Li Hao turned his head away from him.

"It's nothing." Li Hao turned around, his mouth was shiny and tears were still in the corners of his eyes.

Li Shimin was slightly taken aback when he saw this, and couldn't help sighing secretly: "Sure enough, it's Li Shikuang. This poem was written by him himself. He must have heard his own poem and remembered the bitter battle of defending Tingzhou. He couldn't help falling. Tears."

"Poet madness, don't be sad." Li Shimin advised, "I will reward all the soldiers and civilians who died in the battle in Tingzhou, and caress their families."

"Ah?" Li Hao blinked his big eyes when he heard the words, a little confused, he just took a bite of food secretly, why should he be sad?

Li Shimin asked: "Poetry maniac, does this poem have a title?"

Li Hao said: "Return to Your Majesty, this poem is titled "Tang Soul"."

""Tang Soul"?" Li Shimin's face turned cold when he heard the words, and he raised his eyebrows and praised loudly, "Good! What a "Tang Soul", this poem should be praised forever, and I will send people to spread this poem throughout the Tang Dynasty The barracks, to strengthen my manliness of the Tang Dynasty!"

"Your Majesty is wise, Your Majesty is wise." Li Hao nodded repeatedly, his tone very perfunctory.

"Come on, for this song "Tang Hun", let's talk about it again!" Li Shimin took the initiative to persuade him to drink. This is Long En. Li Hao hurriedly got up to drink, shaking his glass habitually, and nearly half of the glass was poured out by him. .

Li Shimin's brows twitched, and sure enough, this kid's bastard temper has been committed again.

After drinking this glass of wine, Li Shimin sat down slowly. Li Hao looked outside the hall and found that it was getting late, so he cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, it's getting late, I should go back."

"Not busy." Li Shimin spread his hands and said, "Have two more drinks with me, tonight you just..."

He originally wanted Li Hao to be here tonight, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was wrong, so he changed his mind and said, "I will send someone to take you back. Don't worry, I have already sent someone to send your family back home."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Hao had no choice but to smack his lips and sit down silently.He was very depressed. He was a young man with four or five beauties at home. He was supposed to enjoy the massages of Gulina and Elena in his private bathroom, but he wanted to be here with such a The old man drinks, alas, how lonely it is to be alone.

The two exchanged cups and glasses, gradually getting drunk, Li Hao's face turned reddish, he was already a little drunk, and his words and deeds became more and more wanton. Fortunately, Li Shimin was also a little drunk, and he didn't put on airs like an emperor.

While drinking happily, Li Shimin suddenly said: "Poetry Man, don't be lazy at home anymore, come to the court to help me with things, with your ability, sooner or later you will be appointed as a marquis."

Li Hao waved his hands again and again: "Your Majesty, don't make trouble, such a mind-boggling thing, I can't do it."

"You, you..." Li Shimin pointed at him depressedly, "You are just lazy...too lazy!"

"Your Majesty, the truth." Li Hao grinned and nodded, "This humble minister is just lazy."

Li Shimin took another sip of wine, put down his glass and asked, "Since you don't want to be an official, what are your plans next?"

Li Hao shook his head and said, "This minister has an official position, Minister of the Scientific Research Temple, does Your Majesty think that besides this minister, is there anyone else who is more suitable for this position?"

"What I mean by being an official is participating in political affairs." Li Shimin said, "Do you want to stay in the Scientific Research Temple for the rest of your life?"

Li Hao said solemnly: "Your Majesty, don't underestimate the Scientific Research Temple. The power of science can benefit the entire Tang Dynasty, which is not comparable to other official positions. Your Majesty asked me what my plan is. I want to start a newspaper and a bank."

Li Hao seems to be drunk, but he is like Ming Jing in his heart. The reason why he wants to run a newspaper is to grasp the trend of public opinion, and the reason why he wants to run a bank is to control the economy of the Tang Dynasty. s method.

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