A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 366 Rescue the Prince in Chongxian Palace

Chongxian Hall.

Emperor Li Shimin asked Wu Huaiyu to accompany him to wander around, and when he arrived at Chongxian Hall, Prince Zhan Shi, Prince Shao Bao Li Gang, Shao Zhan Shi Pei Ju, and Prince Shao Shi Shi Xiao Yu were all there today.

Checking the prince's homework.

The prince was being punished again, and all the attendants and other princes and children around the prince were also being punished one after another.

Li Gang's face was full of red, and his saliva was splashing everywhere. He said that the prince's head was about to fall into his crotch. This scene happened to be seen by Li Shimin who came over.

Huaiyu was a little embarrassed to see Li Shimin, and his face was dull.

He has always said that the prince is virtuous and intelligent, and often said that the prince's teacher praised the prince, but now the prince can't lift his head after being sprayed by several teachers.

Li Shimin was very upset.

Looking at Cheng Qian's eyes, he hated that iron could not be made into steel. He didn't blame Li Gang and the others, but felt that they were so amazing.

"Chengqian."

"Father."

He is being scolded with his head down, it looks pitiful, but Chengqian's face is very disdainful, no matter if he doesn't want to care about these old guys, he can't talk about it anyway, sometimes he has to be punished, so now he has learned to pretend Listen to the training, but actually desert.

The emperor's deep voice suddenly rang in his ears, Cheng Qian almost jumped up, turned his head and saw the emperor's black face, and the prince's face showed real panic.

The prince was not afraid of anyone, even though Li Gang often scolded him and even slapped him on the palm, he didn't pay attention to the old guy. As for the empress mother and uncle grandson, the prince was of course not afraid, it was too late for them to spoil the prince.

He is only afraid of his father.

His father sometimes became stern, which frightened him.

"Bastard, what are you doing?" Li Shimin was very annoyed.

Seeing that the emperor was angry, Pei Ju hurried up to persuade him.

"Your Majesty, the prince is young and a little naive. It will be enough for the teachers to teach you a few words. Your Majesty will calm down."

"What did he do to make the teachers angry?" Li Shimin asked.

Li Gang came up to meet the emperor, and then began to criticize the prince's various mischievous behaviors very bluntly. This time, the punishment was mainly due to the prince's whim, and he actually took the guards of the East Palace and other officials, such as servants, to go hunting in Zhongnan Mountain.

Forget about hunting, but the prince and the others wanted to imitate the Turks.

Put on Turkic clothes, ride on Turkic horses, and even fly the Turkic wolf flag, and then set up tents in the mountains to herd horses and sheep.

They even imitated the Turkic invasion of the Central Plains when they raided grass valleys, ran to rob a Zhuangzi, tied people back to be slaves, and robbed cattle, sheep, and money.

It's not fun to play.

"Is there such a thing?" Li Shimin was trembling with anger, this is no longer ordinary stubbornness.

Pei Ju hurried up to smooth things over, "Your Majesty, in fact, His Royal Highness and the others wanted to learn some military skills by riding and shooting. As for imitating the Turkic people, they just wanted to know the enemy better. It is said that the Taishang Emperor specially formed a team to deal with the Turkic invasion in Taiyuan. The light cavalry, from formation to equipment, and even tactics, completely imitated the Turks and achieved miraculous results.

Later, His Majesty also learned the method of Turkic riding and shooting, and also trained the world's elite Xuanjia cavalry,

His Royal Highness is just imitating His Majesty, but because of his young age, some things are not good enough. "

"Looting your own people, is that young and ignorant?" Li Shimin was furious.

"Your Majesty, calm down. In fact, that Zhuangzi belongs to the uncle's eldest grandson's family, and the person who brought the prince there is also the uncle's nephew, the eldest grandson Shidu.
They didn't plunder the people. It was actually a game to rob the Changsun Manor. The Changsun attendant took the prince to the Changsun Manor. The owner and servants of the manor knew in advance that it was just a game. "

Prince Zhan Shi Li Gang unceremoniously accused Pei Ju, saying that he had no principles.

The prince's behavior has gone too far.

Playing games, can you play such a game?

Now the crown prince is only ten years old, if he is older, would it be okay?

Li Shimin was trembling with anger, even if Pei Ju explained in every possible way, this kind of prince was not the prince he had in mind, and he didn't expect that the prince was only ten years old, but he was already like this.

So disappointing.

This made Li Shimin couldn't help but think of Li Tai, who was forced to adopt Yuanba for several years. Now he recognizes his ancestors and returns to his clan. He is very filial and smart. Reading is not like Chengqian,

Li Shimin opened his mouth to punish Chengqian.

Seeing this, Wu Huaiyu quickly grabbed the emperor's arm and interrupted him.

"Your Majesty, the Duke of Anyi's complexion is unwell and he can't stand still. I help him get his pulse."

Although Pei Ju, the county magistrate of Anyi, was in his eighties, he was in good spirits, and his face was still red like Li Gang. Hearing Huaiyu's sudden words, the old boy understood in seconds, and quickly shook his body.

"Your Majesty, the old minister suddenly became dizzy and behaved in front of the imperial court. Please punish him." He shook a few more times and was about to collapse.

Huaiyu supported him to sit down and took his pulse.

"Your Majesty, the Duke of Anyi County is 80 years old. He was a little excited for a while, and his body was a little overwhelmed. He needs to rest at ease."

After being interrupted by Wu Huaiyu, Li Shimin was not so excited. He glanced at Wu Huaiyu and Pei Ju, "Mr. Pei, please don't get mad at the prince. Here you go, take the shoulder chariot and carry Mr. Pei back to the mansion to recuperate."

Huaiyu looked at Chengqian who looked terrified, "Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince wants to send Teacher Pei Gong back to his residence."

Li Shimin glared at Huaiyu.

But in the end there was only a sigh.

"I still remember the respected teacher. You personally help the chariot to send Mr. Pei back to the mansion, and then help to grab the medicine and decoct it to take care of the sickness. Go."

Huaiyu still took Pei Ju's hand, and said to the prince, "Your Highness, I am now disclosing to Anyi County the prescription for recuperating the body, and you send someone to grab the medicine."

The prince cast a grateful look at Huaiyu, and then quickly helped Pei Ju to leave.

The two old men, Li Gang and Xiao Yu, opened their mouths to say something, but they didn't say anything in the end.

In fact, no one present could see Wu Huaiyu's little trick.

They apologized.

In the end, only Wu Huaiyu and the emperor were left in the hall, as well as Zhang Anan, the internal servant who seemed to be dozing off at the entrance of the hall.

Li Shimin sighed.

He was indeed very angry just now, and almost said something that hurt the relationship between father and son, and wanted to severely punish the prince, but fortunately Huaiyu interrupted.

Now calm down, I feel that thanks to Huaiyu, otherwise it would be difficult to take back some words.

"Your Majesty, forgive me for your courage. Li Gang, Xiao Yu, Kong Yingda and Lu Deming are indeed very knowledgeable ministers and good ministers, but they all have a problem. They are all focused on diamond knowledge, and they are all a little horny. They don't know much about the world, and their age After all, the prince is only ten years old, but Li Gang is 80 years old.

I have also heard that Li Gang taught the prince to give lessons, and it was not a collection of scriptures and history, or he just talked about the way of sages. To be honest, I felt that chanting scriptures and studying Dharma were more boring than when I was practicing Taoism on Zhongnan Mountain.

The prince is only ten years old this year.

The crown prince is the foundation of the country, the crown prince of the country. In the future, he will inherit the land of his majesty, so he has to learn a lot, and he definitely does not want to learn to be like another Li Gang, Kong Yingda, etc. I want to ask, Li Gang and Kong Yingda are good at learning. He can barely be regarded as a qualified admonisher.

But does His Majesty rest assured that they will come to govern a state or a province? "

Li Shimin shook his head.

"That's right, if the crown prince studies seriously according to Li Gang's teaching method, then the crown prince may become a great Confucianist in Mingjing in the future. Shi Tai will be a censor, "

The words are very straightforward.

But it also makes some sense, what kind of students teach what kind of disciples.

"Your Majesty thinks, what kind of character or ability does the prince need? What kind of qualities and abilities does the king of a country need?"

Li Shimin was lost in thought.

He seized the throne due to a change in the palace. He used to lead the army to fight immediately. After becoming the emperor, he wanted to establish a prince early, reserve the throne early, and prevent his sons from fighting brothers like him in the future.

He hopes that the prince can be a virtuous prince, a prince with both moral character and ability, and it is best to have him and Jiancheng's various good qualities together.

So he would choose Li Gang, who is in his 80s, as the teacher of the prince, because Li Gang is loyal and upright, and he feels that only an upright teacher can teach a wise prince.

This is somewhat wishful thinking, even a beautiful expectation.

But things are not looking good right now.

But Wu Huaiyu's words were so direct that the emperor had to face reality.

Li Gang and other officials did not teach the prince well.

"Your Majesty, in fact, I think that the best teacher for the prince is actually far away in the sky and right in front of you. Your Majesty is the best teacher for the prince. Your Majesty is the father of the prince. He is the best martial artist in the world and the first in the Tang Dynasty. And when he was still a vassal king, he was already recognized as a virtuous king in the world.

Your Majesty is the best role model and teacher for the crown prince, who has accomplished martial arts virtues and made good fortune."

Li Shimin sighed, "I have just ascended the throne, and I have a lot of affairs to deal with every day, and the government affairs are heavy. I don't have much energy to teach the prince."

"Your Majesty, as long as you can always let the prince accompany you, this is the best example, and the prince will naturally learn from it.

Furthermore, His Majesty can choose some talents from all walks of life to teach the crown prince. Although Li Gang and the others are good, they are old, and they really don't know how to cultivate an excellent prince. "

"Outstanding talents from all walks of life select some to come to the East Palace as the prince's teachers, let Li Gang, Pei Ju and Xiao Yu take charge of the affairs of the East Palace, just keep an eye on the officials of the East Palace, teach the prince, and let some younger outstanding officials from all sides Come."

In fact, a prince who is only ten years old should not be so demanding, but who calls him a prince? In this position, it is impossible for him to be the same as an ordinary child.

After all, Huaiyu was an official of the East Palace, and the child Chengqian was very kind to him, so Wu Huaiyu still couldn't resist helping Chengqian on that occasion.

Li Shimin looked at Huaiyu.

"I think you are a good candidate."

"I can teach the prince some medical first aid knowledge, and you can also teach him some painting." Huaiyu smiled.

Li Shimin also smiled, "Do you have any good candidates to recommend?"

(End of this chapter)