Daqin arrests alchemists, what does it matter to me as a qi refiner?

Chapter 237: Win people’s hearts? Fake villain, true gentleman

Li Yuan finally followed the advice of many ministers.

Of course, he could also choose to refuse, but what would be the consequences of refusing... Li Yuan most likely knew it in his heart.

Then the scribe Sima Yu of Tiance Mansion came out from the Dongshang Pavilion Gate to announce the edict. The commotion gradually subsided, and the resistance finally dissipated under the edict.

After taking the first step, Li Yuan also let himself go and simply took the initiative.

Li Yuan then asked Pei Ji, the Huangmen servant, to go to the East Palace and ask him to enlighten and appease the many soldiers under Li Jiancheng's command.

Without Li Yuan's order, there is no guarantee that these soldiers would not fight back desperately.

They are all Li Jiancheng's subordinates, and they are very worried about whether they will be liquidated by Li Shimin.

Without Li Shimin's comfort, these people would definitely fight back with the belief that they would die, which would definitely cause great trouble to Li Shimin.

For Li Shimin, the most important thing now is stability. As long as the situation is stabilized, nothing cannot be compromised.

It is perfectly fine to wait until his position is determined and then slowly liquidate the factors that create instability.

With Li Yuan's guarantee, Li Jiancheng's subordinates felt much more at ease, so many soldiers abandoned their posts and left.

Finally, everything seemed to have settled, and Li Yuan met Li Shimin again eight hours after the incident began.

Although only one day had passed, Li Yuan seemed to feel that a long time had passed.

No see in one day, like every three autumns.

The changes in the past few days made Li Yuan feel that his son was a bit strange.

Looking at Li Shimin, Li Yuan pursed his lips and said slowly: "In recent days, I have almost been tempted to surrender."

Touzhu, which means rumor, comes from Liang Shu. The so-called bewilderment of throwing Zhu means almost believing the slander of one's own children by outsiders.

Li Shimin immediately knelt down, fell on Li Yuan's chest, and cried for a long time.

This scene made Qin Tian, ​​who had been watching the development of the matter, unable to bear it.

Don't get me wrong, he was moved not because of the deep love between father and son, but because the performance of these two people was so disgusting.

Regarding this point, even Sima Guang, the snotty Song Dynasty, couldn't stand it anymore.

Regarding this period of history, Zizhi Tongjian recorded this: Shang Nai summoned the people and said to them: "In recent days, there have been many people who are tempted to throw themselves into a tree." The people knelt down and sucked their breasts, mourning for a long time. .

The most interesting thing is the last sentence: Shimin knelt down and sucked his breast, moaning for a long time.

Li Shimin knelt down and sucked his father's penis, crying while sucking.

This actually shows that the author was disgusted by the performance of the two at that time, but he did not expect that this kind of artistically exaggerated writing would be regarded as fact by some later generations.

Not to mention that there is no such record in history, Sima Guang spoke so conclusively as if he was at the scene and wrote in such detail.

The so-called "kneel down and suck the breast" actually describes the meaning of Li Shimin throwing himself into Li Yuan's arms.

And what Qin Tian saw was exactly this scene.

As soon as Li Yuan saw Li Shimin, he started to cry and said that he almost believed the rumors outside and thought that you were really going to commit adultery.

As he spoke, he wiped a few tears from his eyes.

Li Yuan actually understood that his rights had been taken away by Li Shimin.

So now he is actually equivalent to surrendering directly.

"Okay, things have come to this, I know what's going on, the dust has settled, don't say anything, just leave it at that."

That's what Li Yuan meant.

Li Shimin took a look and said, "That's not okay." It looks like you have taken a step back, but in this situation, doesn't it look like I'm forcing you to bow your head?

So what has become of me? Isn't it extremely unfilial?

Li Shimin reacted immediately, threw himself into his father's arms and cried loudly.

He also relented.

Li Shimin's meaning is very simple, each of you takes a step back, hello to me, hello to everyone.

In fact, it is not incomprehensible for a young man in his twenties to throw himself into the arms of his fifty-year-old father and cry loudly.

The key point is that the current scene is really too...shameless.

Why are these two pretending to have deep father-son affection?

Everyone knows what's going on.

Li Shimin had just killed his brothers, and Li Yuan had just killed his son and reluctantly handed over his rights.

Nowadays, the two people playing the role of father and son have a deep love, which is really too unbearable to watch.

But there is no way, the boss has started to perform, the others can't help but express their opinions, right?

The people around him immediately started to kneel down and cry.

Qin Tian couldn't stand the scene anymore and withdrew his consciousness.

The martial law in Chang'an City was maintained for three full days.

It has to be said that although Li Shimin did nothing called human affairs, he was still quite skillful in governing the country.

It only took three days for Chang'an City to return to its previous state.

The people in the city were hardly affected by this coup. Except for a few unlucky guys who were involved, there were no casualties. It has to be said to be a miracle.

On the eighth day of June, news came from the DPRK that Li Shimin had become the crown prince and was responsible for managing the affairs of the DPRK.

Regardless of whether his original intention was this or whether he was trying to show that he was diligent and serving the people, in short, Li Shimin did many things that benefited the people after he took the throne.

What did Li Shimin do after becoming the prince?

He became the crown prince on the eighth day of the sixth lunar month. After that, Li Shimin let go of all kinds of eagles, dogs, and rare animals raised in the palace garden.

Moreover, he also announced that he would stop collecting rare treasures as tribute from all parties.

The most important thing is that Li Shimin put forward the political concept of the Tang Dynasty in the future: advocating simplicity and seriousness, so there were hundreds of civil and military officials, and the people of the world were overjoyed.

After doing this, Li Shimin did not stop for a moment, and then ordered all officials to submit seals and memorials. The main content was to have each official state in detail the key to calming people's hearts and governing the country.

There are three fires when a new official takes office, and the first two fires after Li Shimin became the prince were both very strong.

Just five days later, he made another decision that surprised everyone, even a very rare decision in all dynasties!

The fifth day after becoming the crown prince, that is, June 13th.

Li Shimin issued an order and said: "According to etiquette, the two names are not taboo. In modern times, both names are avoided, and there are many obsolescences. Acting on one's own will is contrary to the classics.

"If the official title, personal name, public and private documents, and the word 'Shimin' are discontinuous, there is no need to conceal them."

The meaning is simple and clear. It seems that it is just saying that there is no need to avoid the emperor's name. In fact, it is announcing that he is tolerant and generous and humbly accepts the opinions of all parties!

You see, I don’t even need people to avoid my own name and my father’s name. Isn’t that enough to show my tolerance and generosity?

This is also a disguised way of revealing that he doesn't care what people in the world think of the Xuanwu Gate incident.

Li Shimin is very crazy and confident.

That's what I did, and I don't care what others say, or even the taboo on names in historical books.

Because Li Shimin is very confident, confident that what he will do will not be worse than the previous prince, nor worse than his father. He will definitely be better than the two of them, and much better.

In this way, people in the world will naturally know what to say and what not to say.

As for the subsequent changes to the system, the cancellation of Tiance Mansion, etc., they are actually consolidating power and redistributing benefits.

Those are rather trivial things.

After Li Shimin became the prince, the world changed greatly, and all aspects were prospering.

Even Qin Tian, ​​who had watched the entire incident, had to admit that Li Shimin was indeed a famous king throughout the ages.

His administrative methods and keen sense of power struggles made him invincible when managing the court.

……

"This world is really getting better and better." Sun Simiao said with emotion.

Previously, it coincided with the Xuanwu Gate Incident, and Sun Simiao had to wait outside the city for seven days before being allowed to enter the city.

After entering the city, he rented a mansion in the capital and opened a medical clinic.

Sun Simiao's medical clinic was not far from Qin Tian, ​​only a few steps away, so Sun Simiao often went to Qin Tian for advice.

They said they were asking for advice, but in fact they were just chatting and killing time.

With such big things happening in the world now, how could Sun Simiao have the time to study knowledge?

He doesn't care who is sitting on the throne, but he cares about what kind of changes the monarch on the throne will bring to the people of the world.

It is great if the people can live and work in peace and contentment, but if the monarch is cruel and unkind, the people of the world will suffer.

Seeing what Li Shimin had done before, Sun Simiao was very worried. He felt that someone who could do such a thing as killing his brother must not be a sage monarch.

However, a series of measures taken by Li Shimin after he came to the throne gradually changed his view of Li Shimin.

The most famous and talked about thing among them is Li Shimin's pardon of Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng was Li Jiancheng's staff. A long time ago, Wei Zheng had persuaded Li Jiancheng to transfer Li Shimin to other places, or simply get rid of Li Shimin directly.

After Li Shimin heard about this, he called Wei Zheng and asked, "Why do you want to drive a wedge between our two brothers?"

When the people around heard Li Shimin's question, they all suddenly broke into a cold sweat for Wei Zheng.

This makes it clear that he is looking for trouble and puts the other person to death!

Anyone else would have been sweating profusely by now, hesitating and not knowing what to do.

Wei Zheng was better off: "If the Crown Prince had followed Zheng's advice, there would have been no disaster today."

Wei Zheng is a straight-tempered person, and his personality dictates that he is not the kind of person who can bend his will and agree with others.

But at the same time, he also has an extremely keen political sense.

If Li Shimin really wanted to execute him or cause trouble for him, there was no need to call him specifically.

For a small role like him, if someone can just arrange a name to be executed in prison, no one will have any objections.

This is absolutely normal.

Then why did Li Shimin call him here?

To put it bluntly, it's just to win people's hearts.

Then Wei Zhengcai said those words.

You know, you know, but there are still only a few people who can really say this with confidence.

Who knows if his guess is correct? What if the prince has other ideas?

But Wei Zheng just said that. Not only did he say that, but he was also reused by Li Shimin!

Not only was Li Shimin not angry, but he laughed, pardoned him, made him a staff member, and even gave him the official position of chief clerk.

When everyone heard this, they were immediately envious. This boy was now completely prosperous.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Wei Zheng to be promoted again, and he was promoted to an admonishment doctor by Li Shimin.

This completely set the tone for Li Shimin's reign.

That means telling the truth and doing practical things.

Li Shimin didn't care at all about his ministers' offense to him. Instead, he supported his ministers to tell the truth. As long as it was beneficial to the country, as long as you did something real, so what if it was a little offensive?

This kind of thing is not something that ordinary people in Shengdou can know about, but now that even Sun Simiao, who is not interested in political affairs, has heard about it, it can only prove that someone is deliberately promoting it.

Such publicity also proves Li Shimin's tolerance and generosity on the other hand.

Li Shimin's actions also began to make people think differently.

Such a good prince didn't care at all about other people's offense, so why would he do something like kill his brother?

The people's concept is simple. If a person does something bad and he is still a good person, it only proves that the other person must be a bad person!

In this way, there is no need to discredit his brother and father, and there will naturally be people in the world who defend Li Shimin.

This is where Li Shimin's skill lies.

"Such a method of buying people's hearts is really terrible." Sun Simiao felt sad.

Qin Tian glanced at Sun Simiao unexpectedly.

"Whatever." Sun Simiao said with some dissatisfaction.

"I thought Brother Sun was not good at political affairs, but I never thought that Brother Sun could see things so clearly." Qin Tian said with some surprise.

“It’s just that the authorities are confused and the onlookers are clear.”

Sun Simiao said helplessly: "But Brother Qin is right. I am indeed ignorant of political affairs, otherwise I would never have been an official in the court."

Qin Tian smiled and did not answer. Instead, he changed the subject and said, "Brother Sun, what do you think of hypocrites?"

"Hypocrite?" A look of disdain appeared on Sun Simiao's face: "Not as good as a real villain."

"Really?" Qin Tian asked back, "But what if a person pretends to be a gentleman all his life and never does a bad thing until his death?"

"This..." Sun Simiao was stuck.

"This...this is clearly sophistry."

Qin Tian laughed: "But in this world, who can say that he has never had evil thoughts?"

Sun Simiao was stunned again.

"Filial piety is the first among all good deeds. When it comes to the heart, one does not care about deeds. When it comes to deeds, there are no filial sons in a poor family. All kinds of evil are sexual immorality. When it comes to deeds, one does not care about the heart. When it comes to the heart, there is no perfect person in the world."

Qin Tian said slowly.

This sentence was summed up by an official one thousand two hundred years later.

This sentence is undoubtedly shocking in today's era.

Sun Simiao kept murmuring these words, with a hint of understanding flashing in his eyes.

"So, what if it's just to win people's hearts?" Qin Tian said lightly: "If the prince can win people's hearts like this for a lifetime, who can say that he is not sincere?"

“When looking at a person, we should not just look at what he said and did, but also what impact his actions have had on the world.”

"This evaluation can only be objective and correct."

(End of this chapter)