The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"After you finish talking about what is recorded in the Warring States Policy, start to elaborate on what you want to say." Li Fu knocked on the table: "This is the key point. The citations must be put first, followed by your own words. After you finish talking about yourself, isn't it time for the emperor to speak? What does the emperor want to say to you? Whether he is happy or not, you have made a correct and good suggestion. If he is a wise emperor, what will he do? He will adopt it, and he will praise you for being a minister who dares to give advice and does a good job.

Then what do you want to say at this time? Thank you, Your Majesty? Just these four words? It's shallow!"

The only thing that is not satisfying is that there is no blackboard behind him for him to knock on, otherwise he will definitely knock on the blackboard loudly to tell the students to remember the key points.

Xiao Deyan, who was sitting at the back, suddenly felt a buzzing in his head.

"Or should I reply that it is my duty to plan for the long-term development of Your Majesty's country? That's too shallow. Isn't that the duty of a minister? What's the point of your nagging?"

"Remember, you can't reply like that. You still have to quote the ancient sages and use them as your role models. What kind of advice should you give and what kind of ancient sages' names should you use to say it. Do you understand?"

The students sitting below were all stunned and kept silent.

Xiao Deyan was numb.

He was wrong, he was really wrong. He shouldn't have let Li Shaofu give lectures to the students. If he didn't let Li Shaofu give lectures to the students, the students wouldn't hear his remarks. If the students didn't hear his remarks, they wouldn't apply Li Shaofu's "model" when they advised the emperor in the future.

But think about it carefully, Li Shaofu's "model" is not wrong.

The purpose of advice is to make His Majesty accept it. If you stick your neck out to advise His Majesty, it will only anger His Majesty.

Learning from Li Shaofu's "model" of quoting the words of saints and classics, at least there is a saintly cover...

"Sir, you are talking about a saintly and wise monarch, what if you meet a tyrant with a bad temper?" Cheng Huailiang asked curiously.

"A tyrant with a bad temper?" Li Fu looked at Cheng Huailiang: "You are so young, but your brain is not working well. You said he has a bad temper and is a tyrant. What kind of advice are you giving? Are you tired of living?"

"Ah?" Cheng Huailiang was not feeling well.

Is... that so?

"I think what Li Shaofu said is inappropriate." Xiao Deyan stood up and bowed and said: "As a minister, I should be loyal and give advice. How can I distinguish between saints and tyrants?"

"What does Xiao Xueshi mean, treat everyone equally?" Li Fu asked.

"Yes, this is the duty of a minister, and it is what we scholars should do." Xiao Deyan said righteously.

"Did Mr. Xiao hold an official position in the pre-Sui Dynasty?" Li Fu asked curiously.

What is a tyrant? Wasn't there one before the Tang Dynasty?

So many large projects were beyond the social tolerance. When the Eastern Capital Luoyang was built, vehicles carrying corpses came and went every day. They were all dead civilians and workers.

The world was about to collapse, but he was still living a life of drunkenness and debauchery in Jiangdu.

"I first served in the Chen Dynasty. After the fall of the Chen Dynasty, I entered the Sui Dynasty and was appointed as a proofreader." Xiao Deyan said.

"Look." Li Fu spread his hands: "If the tyrants were willing to listen to honest advice, there would be no Tang Dynasty today. Isn't this a ready-made example?"

"Knowing that the tyrants would not listen to advice, would you still risk your life to persuade them?" Li Fu asked back: "If only by doing so could you be a wise and capable minister, and if that was what a scholar should do, then there would be no ministers in the previous dynasty, and the scholars who are still alive in the court today would have broken their spines."

"But now, many officials in the court have served in the former Sui Dynasty, and now they are officials of the Tang Dynasty. They have devoted themselves to the development of the Tang Dynasty, and many of them are in important positions in the court, continuing to serve the people. The surname seeks welfare.

As officials, they are bright-minded and firm in their beliefs. In this way, once they meet a wise ruler, a prosperous era can be achieved. "

"So, when it comes to admonishing, if you meet a tyrant who is hot-tempered and does not listen to advice, just step back a little and don't touch that bad luck, because even if you crash to death in the hall on the spot, it will be useless. This kind of thing has happened in the former Sui Dynasty. There were people who crashed into the pillars in the hall, right? How did Emperor Yang of Sui deal with it? Even their families were not spared. "

"Tyrants, they are all called tyrants, right? They are basically incompetent and have weak human nature. You still expect them to be human. "

Xiao Deyan had nothing to say.

Because when he was an official in the former Sui Dynasty, he had never advised Emperor Yang of Sui.

Now, under Li Fu's debate, he had nothing to say.

But I always felt weird in my heart.

I was so choked up.

"Now you are still young, many things in lifeThere are many truths. You have not experienced them, so you can only understand and experience them from the words and deeds of the saints. This is the culture left by the sages. We must learn, use and slowly understand them by taking the essence and discarding the dross. "

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand it now. Learn it first and write it down first. You will find that the arrows you shoot now may be caught by yourself in twenty years, and those you can't catch will hit you right in the middle of your eyebrows."

Li Chengqian couldn't understand everything that Uncle Wang said today, especially the last sentence.

Half of the class passed, and it was time to end the get out of class.

Xiao Deyan was still sitting in the school, looking a little absent-minded.

"Master Xiao, I'll take Chengqian and Qingque to the East Palace first. "Li Fu said.

Xiao Deyan nodded.

Cheng Huailiang looked at Li Fu who was leaving with the crown prince and the prince of Wei, and silently gave Li Fu a thumbs up in his heart.

Awesome! Damn awesome!

It made Master Xiao speechless.

Moreover, Master Li's teaching was really interesting.

At this time, there were only two people in the Liangyi side hall, Li Shimin and Li Wu.

"He really knows how to pick the time." Li Shimin gently put the report in his hand on the table: "I have been waiting for him for half a year."

"Your Majesty, the troops of Yuzhou are now outside Chang'an City. They marched secretly, disguised along the way, and came all the way quietly." Li Wu said: "Now, there are still some people who disguised themselves as caravans and civilians and mixed into Chang'an City."

Li Shimin nodded: "Well, keep an eye on them, they are going to take action."

"Yes. "Li Wu bowed and responded.

Li Shimin called his close eunuch in.

"What is the situation in the palace now?" Li Shimin asked.

"The Right Guard General Changsun Anye has been moving around frequently these days, coming and going in the palace, and there have been many personnel transfers, especially at the Xuanwu Gate..."

Li Shimin's eyes flashed coldly.

Xuanwu Gate, Changsun Anye, who does he think he is?!