Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 304 The Pride of Being a Father
"Princess Pingyang has entered the palace."

After the servant went out, the sage pondered for a while and gave another order.Immediately someone went out to preach the sage's oral oracle.While waiting for someone to come, the saint picked up Xue Lang's three strategies and looked carefully——

"I have seen my father."

The prince just returned to Chang'an from other places two days ago, and the East Palace is next door to the Taiji Palace, so naturally he came here faster than King Qin.

The sage put down his things and raised his head: "It's finished? Sit down."

Prince Jiancheng was about to find a low couch to sit down, but when he looked up, he realized that there were no low couch in Zichen Hall, and there was a kind of furniture that he had never seen before, so he couldn't help being taken aback.

When the sage saw it, he couldn't help laughing, got up from the dragon chair, walked over and said, "This is the new furniture made by the envoy. It's the blueprint that Xue Lang gave me. Sitting is more comfortable than sitting on the couch. My son will try it too?"

"Here."

Jiancheng tried to sit on the first chair on the left: "You don't need to cross your legs, you don't need to kneel, it is indeed more convenient than sitting on a couch."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the sage's imperial case, his eyes lit up, and said, "This case is magnificent and spacious!"

The sage stroked his beard and smiled, "Writing is also very convenient."

The father and son were discussing the new furniture while waiting for King Qin and Princess Pingyang to enter the palace——

King Qin and Princess Pingyang came together, and they entered the imperial city almost at the same time.

"I saw my father."

The two siblings came in to salute first, and the sage was introducing his new furniture to the prince. Seeing Princess Pingyang and King Qin coming, he stopped and said with a smile, "Shimin and Jianling sit down too."

"Here."

Princess Pingyang sat on the seat on the right, and King Qin went directly to sit on the seat below the crown prince. His sitting posture and expression were calm, not at all strange and novel like the crown prince.

The sage asked with a smile, "The people of the world have sat on this chair?"

Qin Wang replied: "Father, there are these furniture in Ajie's mansion. The princess and I used to sit on it when we visited Ajie's mansion. It is indeed more comfortable than sitting on a couch. Aunt Yang asked someone to make a set for me."

The sage nodded, and glanced at the prince from the corner of his eye. The prince sat peacefully without any reaction.The sage sighed slightly in his heart, and said: "Your brother and sister get along very well. Yes, you are brothers and sisters of the same mother. You should have more contacts."

"Father, don't worry, son knows."

King Qin and Princess Pingyang responded in unison.Only then did the crown prince come to his senses, and quickly asked with a smile: "I haven't seen A-mei for a long time, the last time we said goodbye, A-mei's injury is still not healed, how are you doing now?"

Princess Pingyang said: "Thank you for your concern, brother, the injury has recovered."

After asking the princess, the prince looked at King Qin with a smile, and said, "Erlang looks better than when I left Beijing. It can be seen that it is good to take a rest."

King Qin looked up at Prince Jiancheng, and replied, "Thank you, Prince, for your concern."

After a few chatters among the family, the sage sat back on the dragon chair behind the case and said, "I have brought the three of you here today because I have an important matter that I can only discuss with the three of you. My mouth can enter your ears, and no word is allowed to leak out!"

The three brothers and sisters all looked solemn, and they responded in unison: "Here."

There were not many servants in the hall. After seeing Xue Lang's three strategies, the saint kicked out the servants, leaving only the most trusted ones.

Seeing that the three of them understood what he meant, the sage glanced at the servant next to him, and the servant immediately stepped forward, picked up the three manuscript papers, and distributed them among the three.

The sage said: "The first and second copies, just take a quick look at them. Today I announce that the three of you are here for the third copy!"

The prince got the third share, the first one was in the hands of King Qin, and the second one was in the hands of Princess Pingyang.The three of them looked down at the manuscript paper in their hands.

Princess Pingyang just got it in her hand, the hand holding the manuscript paper paused, looked up at the saint, looked down again, and read the manuscript paper in her hand carefully.

King Qin and Princess Pingyang took too much professional knowledge, so they just read it through, without reading it in detail, so they read it before the prince.

Seeing that the prince hadn't finished reading, the two exchanged and read the copy that the other had received.The prince only finished reading the manuscript after the two had exchanged it.However, his face was terribly gloomy: "Son, I implore father to kill Xue Lang! This strategy has ulterior motives and will harm the country and the people. It really shouldn't be left behind!"

Needless to say, everyone has already seen that this sketch was written by Xue Lang.Looking at the whole dynasty and even the whole country, Xue Lang is the only one who can write in vernacular, with delicate strokes.

King Qin was startled, and Princess Pingyang tightened the hand holding the manuscript paper slightly, and said: "Brother, can I let my younger sister have a look?"

The prince snorted coldly, and said: "My sister actually accepted such a person into the mansion, she is responsible for negligence!"

As he said that, he directly threw the manuscript paper to the servant and asked him to take it to Princess Pingyang.Princess Pingyang was not in a hurry to defend, but took the manuscript paper brought by the servant, read it quickly, and then handed it to King Qin who was waiting at the side.The prince also read the two copies that the King of Qin and Princess Pingyang read together, but his face was still gloomy and his anger remained undiminished.

The sage said: "The furniture in my palace is made of the drawings provided by Xue Lang. I called him into the palace today and asked him what kind of reward he wanted. He offered these three strategies. One strategy is to increase the world's salt tax to enrich the treasury; The second policy is to make paper to increase the wisdom of the people; the third policy...you have seen it, what do you think? Feel free to talk about it.”

The prince was the first to say: "Father, this policy is not acceptable! This policy is aimed directly at the foundation of the family. If this policy is used, the world's gentry will be in chaos! Scholars are the foundation of the country. When I first established the dynasty, there were Turks from outside and chaos inside. The bandits are not peaceful, and if you oppose the aristocratic family at this time, the foundation of the country will not be guaranteed! As far as today is concerned, peace is the most important thing with the aristocratic family, and the gentry should be relied on instead of confrontation. This strategy is rebellious and immoral. Ce Ye!"

The sage nodded, noncommittal, turned to King Qin and asked, "Erlang, what do you think?"

Qin Wangdao: "Father, my thinking is different from that of elder brother. Xue Lang is a great talent, with these three strategies, it can be seen!"

The sage gave him an interesting look: "Oh? Tell me in detail."

"Here."

The King of Qin said with great vigor: "In my spare time, I have read many history books. Looking at the previous dynasties, the reasons for the country's subjugation seem to be different. The root cause is that the power of the gentry is greater than that of the royal family. People's hearts tend to benefit, The gentry is no exception. There may be those who are truly nationals who are willing to work hard for the country and the people, but there are also people whose families are bigger than the country. This kind of people abounds in history."

Everyone here is a generation who has read poetry and books, so they can naturally understand the meaning of King Qin's words.The King of Qin continued: "Father, I think that how to balance and deal with the scholars and the people is the foundation of a country. The king is like a boat, and the people are like water. Water can carry a boat and overturn it. If the power of the scholars is too large, then The people will lose their fields, there will be a situation where the people will not be able to live, and if the people are not able to live, the world will be in chaos!"

"Okay! What a 'King is like a boat, people are like water'! My son is very pleased to be able to read such an experience in history. I think your mother will be enough to comfort you when you read it in the spirit of the sky."

The sage's face was full of pride and pride for his father, King Qin immediately resigned a few words, and the father and son got along quite well.

The prince pursed his lips slightly, lowered his head slightly, and did not speak.

(End of this chapter)