Ji Tang

Chapter 392
"Don't draw anymore. If I find out, let's see how I deal with you!" Li Shimin said fiercely.

Li Chengqian was not as shameless as his father, so he smiled and seemed to be blushing.

But he didn't dare to discount his father's instructions, so he just pulled it from Cheng Yaojin's hand.

"Isn't it just to take a look? What's so great about it, I don't care about it!"

Cheng Yaojin reluctantly let go, looking like I didn't care about him.

The emperor left. Looking at everyone in the study, Ji Song said angrily: "I still have something to do, so I won't see you off. Please!"

Everyone is so embarrassing!

Seeing Ji Song seeing off the guests, they could only clasp their fists and leave in a hurry.

With so many people scheming against a young man, they were embarrassed to the grandma's house.

But in my heart I complained even more to the emperor, you just waited in the palace, why did you come here when you have nothing to do.

You took the things away, leaving us all in disgrace.

Several people left Ji Song and did not go back home. Instead, they came to the palace. They had to discuss some things with the emperor.

"Do you think the countries on this map are real?"

People all think that there is no thousand-year-old dynasty, only thousand-year-old aristocratic families. But now a living empire appeared before them. How could this not make him feel excited?
This is not to doubt Ji Song, but to find it incredible!

Li Jing stepped forward and replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the other ministers dare not hug the pillow, but at least our map of the Tang Dynasty is accurate."

"Even more accurate than the map of the Ministry of War."

Li Shimin was silent. Of course he knew it. He noticed it when he saw this map, because it was very different from the current map of the Tang Dynasty.

At least there are big differences in the Lingnan area, but Ji Song's is more accurate.

"What do you think of these countries?"

Li Shimin was worried. He originally thought that the Eastern Turks could be defeated, but now only the Western Turks can still pose a threat to the Tang Dynasty.

But now it seems that he has thought things too simply. It is inevitable for the Tang Dynasty to open up the Western Regions. This is a strategy they have discussed long ago and cannot be changed.

If we were to face that Caliphate in the Western Region, with the long supply line in the Western Region, the outcome would be unpredictable!

Qin Qiong was a steady person and said solemnly: "Did your Majesty notice the expression on Brother Song's face when he talked about this big food in white clothes?"

Everyone was stunned, and suddenly remembered Ji Song's expression when he talked about this country just now, which seemed to be very solemn!
Li Shimin walked back and forth on the throne, and he found that things might not be that simple.

"Are there any merchants in the Tang Dynasty who go to eat there?"

This was said to Chen Shou.

Chen Shou quickly stepped forward and bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, I don't know much about this matter, but the managers of the Royal Commercial Bank must know about it. Do you want to summon him?"

Li Shimin waved his hand: "Pass!"

After a while, the royal steward came running quickly.

After hearing the emperor's question, he said firmly: "There are, and there are quite a few, but they have not gone deep into the territory of Dashi. They are very exclusive. If you are not a believer, it will be difficult to deal with them."

"but."

Li Shimin said anxiously: "But what? If you have anything to say, just say it!"

The steward hurriedly said: "But the good Lord should know these things better!"

"Why? He has never been there, how could he know?" Li Gang asked doubtfully.

The steward glanced at him and then said to Li Shimin: "As far as the villain knows, in recent years Hao Jiehou has collected a large number of books and classics from Western countries from those foreign merchants, and also invited several Western scholars who are proficient in their languages ​​to translate them into Man, I'm afraid there are no less than a thousand copies now." "What?"

Li Shimin sat up immediately and looked at the steward below in disbelief.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

His face turned dark. He didn't even know about such a big thing. What did the people below do for food?
The steward looked aggrieved and said: "Hao Jiehou has a hobby of collecting books. Everyone knows these things, so I didn't take it to heart."

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then Fancao said: "Get out, get out quickly!"

"Yes, yes, get out of here, little one!"

The man was frightened. He had never seen the emperor lose such a temper, so he crawled and rolled out.

Chen Shou said with a worried look on his face: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for not taking care of them."

"Okay, get up! I can't blame you for this. Who would have thought that he would collect Western classics?"

Speaking of Ji's collection of books, even he, the emperor, now feels envious.

This kid's library looks like a wooden attic on the outside, but a lot of stones are used inside to prevent fire. Even if it catches fire, the books will not be burned.

He doesn't know what's wrong with this kid. As long as they are books of some value, he buys them with a lot of money, and then makes a few copies for his collection.

The books at home are almost as good as those of the royal family, but this guy is rich and doesn’t care!

As long as someone comes to ask for it, he is not stingy and can copy it for a small fee.

But no one expected that this kid would collect so many Western books without saying a word.

"So those are Western classics!" Li Gang whispered.

But at this time, the hall was completely silent, you could hear even a pin drop, so basically everyone heard it.

Seeing the eyes of everyone looking over, Li Gang said sarcastically: "I don't know those are Western classics. What those people translated are all the words of the people, without the beauty of my Chinese language. I took a second look and said threw."

Everyone was speechless. Is this the great scholar from the Tang Dynasty?

I'm afraid it's not a fake, is it?
Li Gang was so angry that he glared: "Who knew these things were shipped all the way from the West? Otherwise, I wouldn't be like this!"

Looking back, they were all surprised by Ji Song's foresight!

Others take one step and look at three steps, but Ji Song is not. This is simply taking one step and looking at ten or a hundred steps!

As the saying goes, 'Know yourself and the enemy and you will be victorious in any battle!' 'Only by understanding the enemy can you find the enemy's weaknesses. This guy is preparing!

They only thought of going to the West to explore, but they just paid money and had people send it to them thousands of miles away.

Worried that he could not understand it, he sent a local scholar.

"Your Majesty, these things are not suitable for external distribution. Please send them to the Ministry of War for preservation!" Li Jing said directly.

"This" Li Shimin pondered for a moment, and he felt a little moved.

But before he could say anything, Li Gang beat him to it.

He glanced at Li Jing and said angrily: "I'm afraid you want to eat shit. Do you know how much Brother Song spent on these things? I was so frightened at first that I almost didn't fight this prodigal thing. "

He stretched out a finger, waved it in front of everyone's eyes, and said: "Ten thousand gold, a total of 1 taels of gold, you can pay for it!"

hiss.
Li Jing opened his mouth wide and never said anything about nationalization again. If that kid knew about this, he would have to kill him!

(End of this chapter)