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

Chapter 238 Li Shimin ascends the throne, and the Turks attack!

Seeing Sun Simiao's thoughtful look, Qin Tian smiled slightly.

"If you met a beggar on the roadside and was about to starve to death, would you save him or not?"

Sun Simiao replied without hesitation: "Do you still need to ask? Of course I was saved."

This was a question that didn't require any thinking at all. Sun Simiao gave his answer without thinking.

"But if I tell you, this person will grow up to be a Khan on the grassland in thirty years' time, leading the entire Tang Dynasty into the abyss of war, setting off wave after wave of rebellion..."

"It even caused the Tang Dynasty to be unable to recover and even perished. Should you save it or not?"

Sun Simiao thought for a moment.

This seems to be an issue that doesn't need to be considered at all.

If the person he saves is a murderer who is about to change the world, then why do he need to save him?

Sun Simiao gave a negative answer without hesitation.

"Really?" Qin Tian was not surprised by Sun Simiao's answer.

"But you can never know whether the person you save is a future demon, a good person, or just an ordinary person."

"If you unknowingly rescued a murderous demon, and he came back to life and killed more people, then the question is, are you doing a good deed, or..."

Sun Simiao was stunned.

This was the first time in his life that he encountered such a philosophical problem.

This is destined to be an unanswerable answer.

"This... this kind of question is really... a bit too embarrassing."

Sun Simiao smiled bitterly.

"So, why bother so much."

Qin Tian smiled lightly and said: "Just do it if you think of it. If you think too much, you will easily fall into a vicious circle where everything is meaningless."

"It's like being an emperor. Why should we care about what angle he is doing things from?"

"You only need to know that his final result and purpose are good, and his impact on the people is also good, that's all."

Qin Tian said softly.

Although Sun Simiao did not fully understand Qin Tian's words, he still saluted.

"Been taught a lesson."

"It's nothing more than discussion." Qin Tian waved his hand.

But Qin Tian didn't expect that some of the topics he casually mentioned today would actually lead to the birth of the most famous philosopher in history.

Sun Simiao raised countless philosophical questions throughout his life, and formed his own ideological system based on what he saw and heard, which influenced countless doctors in later generations.

The following days were very peaceful, even a little lackluster.

After Li Shimin became the prince, everything was going on in an orderly manner.

It's just that from time to time there will be some rumors about Li Shimin in the society.

Anyway, it's probably because of how sage and great Li Shimin is. He either promotes someone today or pardons someone tomorrow.

People on the streets are talking about these news and never tire of it.

Qin Tian was not interested in these things. After Sun Simiao chatted with Qin Tian several times, he found that Qin Tian was not interested in these things, and he never mentioned these things again.

On the ninth day of August, Li Yuan passed the throne to Li Shimin.

On this day, the whole world celebrated together to celebrate the emergence of the new emperor Li Shimin.

Li Shimin's enthronement ceremony was held in the Xiande Hall of the East Palace. Qin Tian glanced at it with his spiritual consciousness, and then ignored it.

Anyway, since ancient times, the emperor's ascension to the throne has always been the same routine, which is very boring.

On the other hand, there is a lot of discussion among the people about this, and many people are proud to have first-hand information.

When Li Shimin came to the throne, he only appointed Wei Guogong Pei Ji to burn firewood to offer sacrifices to heaven in the southern suburbs. After the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven was completed, Li Shimin immediately announced a general amnesty for the world.

In order to win people's hearts, Li Shimin spent a lot of money.

It seemed that in order to prove that he was inheriting the throne, since the first year of Taketoku, all the people who had been punished and exiled for speaking out in the past nine years were released!

In addition, the most generous thing is the reward of knighthood.

Civil and military officials of fifth rank or above who did not have a title before would be immediately given a first-grade title.

Those below the sixth rank will be awarded the first level of merit.

What makes the people happy the most is also the highlight of this amnesty, which is that the world is exempt from taxes and corvee for a full year!

If the previous ones have nothing to do with ordinary people and are at most just conversation topics after dinner, then this one is closely related to the interests of all people in the world.

Upon hearing the news, the whole country rejoiced.

To a certain extent, this is even equivalent to the state issuing money directly!

Li Shimin's prestige among the people has increased unprecedentedly!

Nine days later, on August 18, Li Shimin released another 3,000 maids to go home.

It is said that there are three thousand people, but in fact it is just an approximation. Anyway, there are many maids returning home from the palace.

This was Li Shimin's method to win over civil and military officials.

Returning the palace maid home represents Li Shimin's decision to work diligently and love the people.

You see, I have released the palace maids back home, and everyone can rest assured. I will never be like those previous emperors, who only care about pleasure after ascending the throne!

However, things quickly took a turn for the worse.

The day after Li Shimin returned the maid home, that is, August 19, there was an emergency report from the border that Turk Jieli Khan and Tuli Khan led troops to invade Jingzhou!

Bad news comes one after another. On August 20th, the Turks invaded Wugong and the capital was under martial law!

Before the people in the capital could react, just four days later, on August 24, the Turks actually reached Gaoling!

Everyone in the capital is in danger.

Even Sun Simiao couldn't help but worry all day long, fearing that one day the Turks would break into the capital!

This is the most dangerous time since the founding of the Tang Dynasty!

I don’t know how the Turkic Jieli Khan got the news, but he took advantage of the Tang Dynasty’s unstable foothold to launch an attack!

Qin Tian was not anxious at all because the old god was there.

"Brother Qin's attitude is really..."

Seeing Qin Tian who was not worried at all, Sun Simiao felt a little ashamed.

"It would be great if I could have the calm attitude of Brother Qin."

Qin Tian smiled slightly.

He simply knew that there would be no suspense in this battle.

The Eternal Emperor is joking with you!

How could Li Shimin allow his great life to be interrupted.

The Turks are too arrogant and will suffer a big loss sooner or later!

Unlike Qin Tian who was relaxed, Li Shimin in the palace was a little worried.

"Your Majesty, the jade statue that was dug out that day..." Du Ruhui walked in and asked.

At the beginning, Li Shimin originally planned to use the magic of the statue to build momentum for himself.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the news was released, the situation reached its most critical moment, because Li Shimin had no time to use the statue.

After the success, Li Shimin simply forgot about the statue because he was too busy.

For the purpose of planning that day, Du Ruhui kept the statue well, so that he could take it out when necessary to build momentum for Li Shimin. It's just that everything happened too suddenly that day. Although there were twists and turns, overall it was very smooth, so naturally, the statue was not used.

Just as Du Ruhui expected, Li Shimin had long forgotten about the statue.

"What statue?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then thought about it.

"You said that, that..." Li Shimin hesitated.

When the statue was unearthed that day, it was indeed a bit of a vision of heaven and earth, and he even publicized that he had destiny because of it.

But he was not very interested in things like destiny visions. When he started the incident, others didn't know what those so-called visions of heaven and earth were about. Didn't he himself know?

So Li Shimin didn't take the statue to heart at all, otherwise he wouldn't have forgotten it so simply.

"Just watch and deal with it..." Li Shimin waved his hand impatiently.

But he soon thought of something.

"No, that's all. Just ask someone to send the money to you."

Li Shimin suddenly thought that although he did not advocate pleasure, he still needed some treasures in his internal funds to support the scene.

Such a huge jade stone is rare in the world. Even if it is of no use, it will look good just to look at it in the treasure.

If there is an emergency in the future, you can also sell it for emergency use.

Du Ruhui received the order and was about to leave when he was stopped by Li Shimin.

"Is there no news from the front line yet?"

Du Ruhui shook his head: "Back to Saint, the front line... no news has come back yet."

Li Shimin exhaled slightly.

"I understand, please go down."

Since becoming emperor, everything has been different.

In other words, since he took charge of all affairs of the court two months ago, many things have been different from when he was the King of Qin.

When he was the King of Qin before, he didn't need to manage so many things.

But now that he has ascended the throne, he wants to do something to prove himself. Li Shimin suddenly realizes that there are too many things that he has to deal with, and they are simply not something that he can solve alone.

Fortunately, he had Du Ruhui and others assisting him.

But one wave came after another, and just after pacifying the remaining party members of the eldest brother, the Turks came again!

This really cost Li Shimin his life!

The situation was urgent, and Li Shimin had no choice but to send Yuchi Gong to fight the Turks.

"Calculate the time...it should be almost soon, right?"

Li Shimin was quite worried.

This concern is not groundless.

The Turks have always been a serious concern for the Central Plains dynasty.

Fifty years ago, when the Sui Dynasty was still powerful, the Turks were beaten until they cried for their fathers and mothers.

But after only a few decades, the Turks actually attacked the capital of the Sui Dynasty directly, and even almost captured Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty!

Even Li Yuan had to surrender to the Turks when he first started to rebel against the Sui Dynasty.

Even after the city of Chang'an was captured, all gold, silver, jewelry and even women were given to the Turks!

And this, in exchange for just some war horses.

This is simply a shame for Li Shimin!

Now that the Turks are taking advantage of the unstable foothold of the Tang Dynasty, they are invading south again. I am afraid that if they cannot solve the problem, the Tang Dynasty will follow the same path as the Sui Dynasty in just ten years after its founding!

Why shouldn't he worry?

"This humiliation...I will return it to you sooner or later!" Li Shimin clenched his fist and slammed it on the table!

At this moment, this young man who was only twenty-seven years old felt infinite anger in his heart!

Angry as it may be, Li Shimin still has reason.

Of course he knew that with his current strength, he was actually not capable of a decisive battle with the Turks.

On the contrary, he even had to take the initiative to avoid fighting and avoid a real fight with the Turks.

Although he had not heard the summaries of later great men, Li Shimin's political wisdom told him that directly seeking peace would definitely not work.

The opponent is obviously here to fight Qiu Feng. If you show weakness first, will you be able to win?

Maybe it turns out that the Turks just came to test out the Tang Dynasty.

Now if you show weakness, the other party will simply refuse to leave, and may even destroy Datang directly!

So even if there is a reconciliation, there must be at least a fight first.

With victory in hand, Datang has the capital to negotiate and the possibility of reconciliation with the other party!

……

"The Turks are so powerful, can't we just ask for peace?"

"No, absolutely not." Qin Tian shook his head to deny Sun Simiao's question.

"Remember one sentence, if you seek peace through struggle, peace will survive; if you seek peace through compromise, peace will perish."

Qin Tian said word for word: "If you can't get it on the battlefield, you should never get it during negotiations!"

"If you show weakness first, the other party will definitely not let you go!"

Qin Tian said slowly: "Hunters never let go of injured prey. Only if you show yourself to be strong enough can you scare off the hunters!"

Sun Simiao was dumbfounded: "It's shocking and thought-provoking!"

"Yes, that's right!"

Sun Simiao clapped his hands and sighed: "Brother Qin explained the word war in just two sentences!"

"But...can Datang really win?"

Although Sun Simiao agreed with Qin Tian's statement, as long as he understood the general trend of the world, he would definitely not have high expectations for Datang.

There is no other reason. The Turks are simply too powerful now.

During the uprising in the late Sui Dynasty, all local powerful people bowed to the Turks.

Even Li Yuan is the same.

The power of the Turks has long been engraved in the minds of the people and cannot be erased.

Not to mention Sun Simiao, even Li Shimin is not completely sure!

Before he ascended the throne, he could personally lead the army on an expedition.

If he were present, he would definitely not be afraid of any Turks.

But now, since he is the emperor, he can't lead the army in person, right?

Therefore, everything can only rely on the generals under his command.

It wasn't that Li Shimin didn't trust his generals, it was just that this was the first time that he was alone in the palace waiting for news from the front line.

This feeling made him very uncomfortable.

"Don't worry, I believe in our generals of the Tang Dynasty." Qin Tian said calmly: "The Turks seem to be powerful, but they are just strong on the outside and weak on the inside."

"It will be safe this time."

"The Tang Dynasty..." Sun Simiao shook his head: "Brother Qin, I always hear you talking about the Tang Dynasty, but I don't know when we will see the real Tang Dynasty!"

Qin Tian smiled and said nothing: "Believe me, you will see that day soon."

The power of the Tang Dynasty is not to be used casually.

Now in the entire Tang Kingdom, no one would refer to their country as the Tang Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)