Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 2 Aspire to Agriculture
As before, Li Tai got up under the care of Bai He, but the first thing in the morning every morning, he came to the palace Sima Lu Anshou to rest his body.

Sima, the king of Yue, is the commander of the soldiers of the palace. He can be regarded as the commander of the guards of the palace. He is a master with internal energy.

Li Tai also wants to learn, but because he is only eight years old, he still focuses on exercise.

In Lu Anshou's words, he is growing his body at this age, so he can lay the foundation, but if he really wants to practice martial arts, he has to wait until his body grows.

After finishing the exercise, you will naturally be refreshed after washing, but the focus of the day should still be on your studies.

After all, no matter how awesome it is, Li Tai should go to school at the age of eight, and he still has to go to school.

The teacher is Yan Qinli, a Confucian student whom Li Shimin kissed from the Literature Museum.

Although I am hated by Confucianism, as a prince, I have to be illiterate.

And Yan Qinli is good at exegesis, so he arranged for him to be his exclusive teacher.

Yan Qinli originally thought that Li Tai was a naughty guy because of Kong Yingda, but he really became Li Tai's teacher and found that Li Tai was hardworking, studious and extremely intelligent.

It's a pity that I make a living in the literature museum, and in terms of my official position, I'm just a top-ranked author Zuo Lang. I'm afraid it's impossible to overturn Kong Yingda's evaluation.

Yan Qinli said, "Your Majesty is intelligent. Thousand Characters, Book of Songs, Book of Rites and other books have already been taught. What does Your Majesty want to learn next?"

"Let's study history!" Li Tai thought thoughtfully, "Using history as a mirror, we can know the ups and downs, and the next step is to focus on history!"

Perhaps this is the advantage of having a dedicated teacher, being able to choose the courses yourself.

Compared with studying with a group of people in a government primary school, but casually saying that the great man was destroyed by Confucianism, he was inexplicably rejected by Confucianism. Thinking about it, I am also a tragedy.

"Okay! That's a wonderful remark!" Before Li Shimin's people arrived, the loud voice arrived first.

He strode forward and first praised Yan Qin,

"Qingque can improve so much, Yan Zuolang, you have spent a lot of thought."

"I have seen a sage, it is the king of Yue who is talented and intelligent, Qinli is only doing his duty." Yan Qinli hastily bowed down.

Li Shimin helped Yan Qinli up, but did not let Yan Qinli perform the full salute, and then said in a slightly unquestionable tone,

"I have something to do with looking for a blue sparrow. I don't know if it will disturb my teacher's class."

"Qin Li understands." Yan Qinli turned his head to Li Tai and said, "The king of Yue copied the book of rites today, and will check it in class next time."

"No, sir." Li Tai replied respectfully, saluted Yan Qinli and watched him off.

When Yan Qinli left, Li Tai looked back at Li Shimin and asked,
"Aye, why are you free to visit Qingque today?"

"You asked him to hand over Yu Zhining's memorial?" Li Shimin asked straight to the point.

During Li Shimin's words, he stretched out his hand and rubbed Li Tai's head fiercely, which made Li Tai feel as if he was being rubbed on the dog's head angrily.

Well, I am that dog.

"Let go let go!"

Li Tai looked depressed and slapped Li Shimin's hand off.

For some unknown reason, Li Shimin developed the bad habit of rubbing his head.

However, Li Tai replied sincerely, "My writing is wild, so let Yu Changshi write a summary and send it up!"

"Who told you to do this? You are a prince, and you are qualified to perform independently!" Li Shimin straightened his face and retracted his hands.

"But this is a business matter?" Li Tai looked at Li Shimin, blinking and blinking his eyes,

"If it's a private matter, it's natural to play it in the name of the prince, but it's a public matter, so it's natural to let Shang Shusheng play it in the long history."

"The distinction between public and private is very good..." Li Shimin was silent for a while, and asked, "Who taught you how to control locusts?"

"I researched it myself." Li Tai patted his chest and said confidently to Li Shimin, "Aye, you're right to believe me!"

"Touch!" Li Tai received a finger on the forehead, and Li Shimin said seriously: "To be honest, who taught you!"

Li Tai hugged his head and blushed slightly, and said with a little bit of unyielding: "No one taught me! Aye, wait, I'll go get something!"

Li Shimin heard Li Tai's words, but before he could react, Li Tai had asked Bai He to fetch a booklet.

As Li Tai spoke, he handed the booklet to Li Shimin, and said, "I studied locusts before I left the cabinet, and was caught by my mother, but I was taught a good lesson. It contains my habit of locusts." observation."

Li Shimin dubiously took the booklet from Li Tai's hand. Most of it contained observation diaries on the habits of locusts, from the weather, vitality, food, and even mating records.

Li Shimin flipped through this diary and recorded the days carefully. The habits of locusts were written on every crooked page, but he felt strange anyway. "Not doing business properly"!
The more Li Shimin looked at it, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help saying angrily,

"Qing Que, you've been writing this diary since you learned Thousand Characters in elementary school!
Being so neglectful and dizzy with Kong Yingda, it's no wonder that in those days he would say nonsense that the big man was destroyed by Confucianism! "

When Li Tai heard this, he complained in his heart, Li Shimin, your focus is wrong!

Li Tai quickly raised his hands to block Li Shimin's snapping fingers, and said, "Aye, I have really studied locusts.

Confucian scholars say that the appearance of locusts is Ayed's practice or not, they are all listening to Dong Zhongshu's nonsense.

As long as you have studied locusts, you will naturally know where locusts were born and grew up, and it is not difficult to eradicate them! "

Li Tai closed his eyes for a while, not feeling the snap of his fingers on his head, and opened his eyes slightly to look at Li Shimin.

Did Li Shimin's hand not fall, but asked with some doubts, "Can it really solve the locust plague?"

"The locusts can't solve it!"

Li Tai shook his head and said, upon hearing this, Li Shimin wanted to hit Li Tai just now, but Li Tai quickly said,
"Migratory locusts are poisonous, and I really can't solve them.

However, the lifespan of locusts is limited, usually only one season. If this season is well controlled, it can basically curb the expansion of migratory locusts, at least the plague of locusts will not expand. "

"From tomorrow onwards, I will report to Dou Jing at the Si Nong's Mansion. It is time to give opinions, but Dou Jing is the main one!"

Li Shimin picked up the diary, patted Li Tai on the head, and said, "I took this locust diary!"

"Wait Aye!" Li Tai looked at Li Shimin's ostentatious attitude, and quickly said, "Aye, can you give me some money!"

"Are you short of food and clothing?" Li Shimin frowned.

Li Tai said frankly: "There is no shortage of these, but I need money to raise ducks and geese. These are useful for controlling locusts!"

"Didn't you say that migratory locusts are poisonous, do you still want to use these ducks to eat locusts?"

Li Shimin reacted immediately.

"Migratory locusts are poisonous, but as long as they haven't flown, they are good food for poultry. Give me a sum of money to raise the chickens and ducks. When the chickens and ducks are sold, we will split the bill." Li Tailue encouraged.

"I'm seven and you three?" Li Shimin laughed jokingly when he heard Li Tai's attitude.

"Okay! Aye, this is what you said yourself. You are seven and I am three. This is our royal family's property. Don't deny it!"

Li Tai agreed decisively.

Just kidding, the emperor only wants [-]% of the profit when he does business with you, what a shame.

Li Shimin looked at Li Tai's decisive words, but he couldn't laugh or cry, knowing that he had fallen into Li Tai's trap.

"Give me a report with Dou Jing tomorrow. If I find out from Dou Jing that you have committed misdeeds, I will take all your money and people!"

Li Shimin waved his hand, but he didn't think Li Tai could make anything.

"Okay!" Li Tai agreed decisively, showing a big smile to Li Shimin.

"In addition, Yan Qinli is also following you. If he thinks you are free, he will continue to teach you how to read and write. You can't miss your homework!"

Li Shimin seemed to think of something, and asked Li Tai.

"Understood." Li Tai winced his face slightly, it seemed that the more than 5000 words in the Book of Rites could not be escaped.

With the locust diary in his hand, Li Shimin didn't go to Shangshu Province, but went back to the East Palace to find Empress Changsun.

Seeing Li Shimin's arrival, Empress Changsun wondered, "Why did the sage come at such an hour today?"

"It's not about Qingque!" Li Shimin took out the locust notebook and said, "Guanyin maidservant, come and see!"

Empress Changsun took the diary from Li Shimin's hand, her expression changed, and she even flipped it over.

Empress Changsun asked the people on the left and right to retreat first, and then said:
"Qingque likes to observe farming since he was a child, and he is good at calculating things. Although observing locusts is a bit unscrupulous, it has nothing to do with state affairs. Why should the sage criticize him? After all, Qingque is only eight years old now."

"..." Li Shimin came back to his senses slightly when he heard this, raised his head to look at Empress Changsun, and said, "You know about this."

Empress Changsun put the diary on the table, looked straight at Li Shimin with clear eyes, and said calmly:
"Qing Que has had the habit of keeping a diary since he was able to read, so I also know some of what is in his heart.

In the first year of Zhenguan, you kept talking about agriculture as the foundation, and he listened to it. From the beginning of literacy, he was determined to be in agriculture.

He felt that as a royal family, he should eat what the world eats and clothe the world, so that he can truly be a farming-oriented royal family. "

"Why didn't you say these things earlier!" Li Shimin was excited and happy when he heard what Empress Changsun said.

Li Shimin paced around a few times, that kid Qingque is really so promising, can't believe it?

"How can people believe a child's words? Naturally, you have to see what he sees and does to see his character!"

Empress Changsun paused, and suddenly said in a low voice:
"If Qing Que finds out that I peeked at his diary, how can I be a human being!"

"No wonder you didn't stop him from doing his job properly!" Li Shimin murmured thoughtfully, "Do you think Qingque still keeps a diary?"

"He has had this habit since he started learning characters, how could it be gone after leaving the mansion."

Empress Changsun shook her head and said,
"However, now that he has opened a mansion, even if he has written a diary, it's not like it was placed in the study when he was in the East Palace. Now he can't see it."

"Hmm..." Li Shimin nodded thoughtfully, looked at Empress Changsun, and said, "I didn't believe Qingque originally said that he was good at removing locusts, but if Qingque really wants to be a farmer, I plan to let him follow him." Dou Jing is studying."

When Empress Changsun heard Li Shimin's words, she breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Dou Si Nong Gangdeke has been dealing with farming affairs since Jinyang raised his troops. He is a member of the royal family. With him influencing Qingque, Thinking about it, Qingque will definitely be on the right path!"

To be honest, both Li Shimin and Empress Changsun are very optimistic about Li Tai's choice to aspire to agriculture.

Because Li Shimin relied on the change of Xuanwumen to be in power, this made Li Shimin very worried that his descendants would follow suit and appear in such a tragedy.

Now, Li Chengqian is established as the prince, with a handsome appearance, benevolence and filial piety, and Li Tai is determined to be a farmer, with lofty ambitions and down-to-earth.

It can be said that the two sons themselves are quite satisfied.

Especially Li Tai, after all, since ancient times, he has only heard of rebellion led by soldiers, but never heard of rebellion from peasant officials.

If the two of them can continue to love each other, I have nothing else to ask for.

On this point, Li Shimin and Empress Changsun have the same thoughts.

They don't want their sons to fight for Li Shimin's seat in the future.

But now that Li Tai, the second son of the direct line, is not making trouble, then what reason does Li Shimin's other sons have to make a fuss.

Thinking of this, the two of them also breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that they should take care of Li Tai more.

Li Shimin came to find Empress Changsun because he wanted to know whether Li Tai really had some research on locusts, or if he was just fooling himself.

But with Empress Changsun as a witness, at least it proves that Li Tai really puts his heart into farming.

For Li Shimin, this is enough. As long as Li Tai is determined to be a farmer, it doesn't matter if he pushes him as a father.

After all, this country is based on agriculture, and I don't ask Li Taizhen to make any contribution. As long as Li Tai can work diligently in farming for a lifetime, being a happy prince is enough.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin spent a little time with Empress Changsun, and then gave an order to Dou Jing to take Li Tai with him.

For Li Shimin's appointment, neither Zhongshu Province nor Menxia Province had any objection.

Especially when this decree fell into the eyes of eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, they knew Li Shimin's determination to let Li Tai follow the path of a minister and let Li Chengqian be the crown prince.

For the three of them, this is naturally a good thing.

To maintain the orderly inheritance of the feudal system, for the vast majority of officials with normal heads, this in itself is orthodox.

Not to mention, if what happened to the Xuanwu Sect really happened, as those who experienced it first-hand, it would be tantamount to a large-scale reshuffle, as long as normal people don't want to experience it again.

After all, no matter how strong a gambler is, it is impossible to guarantee that he will win every time. What's more, if he loses once, he will lose his entire family, so it is really best to let Li Tai farm.

Then, under the efficient operation of the bureaucracy, the decree was delivered to Dou Jing who was bewildered on the same day.

"King Yue..." Dou Jing felt that it was a sunny day, when suddenly a piece of hot potato fell on her hand.

(End of this chapter)