Li Er of the Tang Dynasty: Ancestor Xie is here!

Chapter 77 Brother Taibai, a Hanlin bachelor who is unyielding in his talents

Li Bai's words are thought-provoking, especially for Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

Is it possible that the Tang Dynasty is just a flower on the surface, but in fact the educated people have been suppressed for a long time and have no way to serve the country, and the path of advancement has been controlled by the high-ranking gentry like the Wei and Jin Dynasties for a long time?
The Tang Dynasty's shiny surface made Li Shimin feel a sense of crisis.

Li Qing and Li Shimin looked at each other. After seeing the worry in the latter's eyes, he raised his head and asked suddenly: "Brother Taibai, if you are given a county, and the county is impoverished and the people have no food or clothing, what will happen?" But there are a number of historic sites, with Luoyang to the north and Jingzhao to the west. How are you going to lead the entire county out of poverty and become rich and live a good life?"

Li Bai was still feeling sad and angry but had no way to serve his country. Suddenly he heard such a question. The CPU in his brain was overclocked for a long time and he didn't know how to answer it.

"Ah this..."

Li Shimin glanced at Li Qing meaningfully, and then asked the question: "Brother Taibai, suppose you are the Prime Minister of the Right and the Secretary of the Central Committee. As land annexation intensifies, taxes and servitude increase, and the land equalization system gradually weakens, do you have any good ideas? Can this dilemma be solved?"

Li Bai: "Uh(⊙o⊙)..."

"Brother Taibai, Tubo in the southwest is getting stronger and stronger, and it has disturbed the borders of the Tang Dynasty. It has become a serious problem. Is there any good strategy to eliminate this serious problem for the Tang Dynasty?" Li Qing continued to ask.

Li Bai sat back on the recliner and began to think about life: "Well... let me think about it..."

"Brother Taibai, in the affairs of the three armies, food and grass are the most important thing. Suppose that the envoy leads an army to conquer the Khitan rebels. How should we ensure the logistics supply so that the army will not have any worries?" Li Shimin asked the question again.

"Well, this..." Li Bai began to scratch his head.

Li Qing took out a territory map of Tianbao's 14th year, unfolded it towards Li Bai and said: "Brother Taibai, this is my map of Kanyu of the Tang Dynasty. The territory of the country has been filled in with color blocks. Please try to fill in the country corresponding to the land. Number."

After staring at the map for a long time, it felt like it was a book from heaven. Li Bai sighed: "Stop talking... stop talking..."

He waved his hands again and again like a horse player, but the horse player was as wise as a fool, and Li Bai was simply ignorant and had nothing to say.

"Brother Taibai?" Li Shimin imitated the tone of his virtuous brother Li Qing, and teased him carefully with a double entendre: "A Hanlin bachelor does not compromise his talents."

Good guys, you two are here to torture Li Bai, right?
No matter what, Li Qing is very happy now, quite happy.

Presumably Li Bai's mood now is the same as my mood when I couldn't recite "Sleepwalking Tianmu Yin Liu Farewell" in front of the teacher.

So cool!Li Qing was in a good mood, as refreshing as drinking a bottle of iced Coke on a dog day.After many years, the great revenge was finally avenged, and it was still heart-wrenching. It was really refreshing.

Hearing Li Shimin's teasing, Li Bai said unconvinced: "When I was young, I studied under Master Zhao and learned the art of vertical and horizontal..."

"Zonghengshu?" Li Shimin pinched his beard and asked: "Then let me ask you another question. If you were in the Gaozong Dynasty, suppose that Tibet invaded Tuyuhun at this time, and Tuyuhun came to the court to ask for help. If it were you, you should how to respond?"

"We should hoe the strong and support the weak, and help Tuyuhun resist Tibet!"

Li Bai immediately said that in his opinion, this problem was so simple that even a fool like Yang Guozhong could do it.Then again, at that time, he had never thought about why Gaozong Li Zhi allowed Tubo to annex Tuyuhun. No matter what angle he came from, he was still puzzled.

Li Shimin did not comment, but looked at Li Zhi, wanting to see if he would make the same choice as he did in history.

"Zhinu, what do you think?"

Li Zhi pursed his lips with a tooth missing and said with a smile: "I will give them all support except help..."

Li Shimin and Li Qing looked at each other and shouted in unison: "Hit him!"

Li Zhi, whose tooth fell out, was beaten repeatedly and screamed in pain. He shouted: "Why hit me! Isn't that what it is? Wuwuwu..."

He didn't understand, he really didn't understand. If a dog bites a dog, just let them bite him. There would be no benefit to him if he helped, so why should he do so in a thankless manner?
"Brother Taibai, let me ask you, why do you want to help Tuyuhun?" Li Qing put Li Zhi aside and looked at Li Bai and asked.

Li Bai said without hesitation: "Of course, we must hoe the strong and help the weak, for the sake of morality..."

"You are indeed suitable to be a Hanlin bachelor, Brother Taibai." Li Qing stretched out his hand to blur his face and lamented: "No matter what, we should consider the problem from the perspective of the Tang Dynasty. It is indeed appropriate to help Tuyuhun, but in fact it is not Out of morality, but because doing so is beneficial to Datang."

"You should have heard the story of the snipe and the clam competing for the fisherman's profit. What we have to do is to make the snipe of Tubo and the clam of Tuyuhun reach a balance, so that we can profit from them. When Tubo has the upper hand When the time comes, help Tuyuhun, and when Tuyuhun has the upper hand, help Tubo, and don’t let one family dominate.”

"Of course when issuing an edict, it should indeed be stated that it is for moral reasons." Li Shimin added.

"This...don't people need to know the facts?" Li Bai began to doubt life, "For example, why do you help a certain party?"

"Of course not, the facts will only complicate things." Li Shimin smiled and took the Coke handed over by Li Qing, "The literati of the Hanlin Academy, the Ministry of Rites, and the common people just want to know who is the good guy and who is the bad guy. The problem is that guaranteeing national interests will always involve reaching some kind of deal with a party that the people think is a bad guy, and it will also stand by and watch good people who will have no benefit from our help. Therefore, foreign affairs are generally handled by the ministers of the Ministry of Education. The decision is finally handed over to others for execution.”

"I understand, it seems that I have learned this skill from a dog's belly, and I am so stupid..." Li Bai couldn't help but lamented, and began to doubt his life.

Is it true that I am not this material?Perhaps it was in order to protect himself that His Majesty allowed himself to serve as an imperial edict instead of participating in national affairs?
"Oh, don't think so, Brother Taibai." Li Qing comforted Li Bai with deep sympathy, "At least you can still realize this, right?"

"Are you praising me or scolding me?" Li Bai squinted at Li Qing.

After a while, he suddenly realized: "That's not right. You two are so talented. Why are you wasting your time in the countryside like Bai?"

Li Qing winked at Li Bai in a playful manner: "What do you think?"

When Li Shimin heard these two words, he immediately recalled the night when he first met his wise brother, and couldn't help but smile knowingly.

"The ancients often said that there are sages in the countryside, but I am not deceived." Li Bai sighed: "I, Li Bai, pride myself on being able to learn from others, but today I know that all I have learned is only singing about the wind and the moon, and learning to moan without any illness... that's all. , that’s all.”

(End of this chapter)