Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Your Majesty, is it really a gold mine?" Even Wang Gui was not calm this time, and asked eagerly.

"Of course it's true." Since Li Shimin had told the story, he had no intention of hiding it. He nodded and admitted, "It's a pretty good gold mine. The gold produced is of high quality and fineness...but Don't be greedy, Zhen'er has the priority to explore and collect, as long as Zhen'er thinks about it, the gold is destined not to fall into the Datang treasury."

"How can such a precious thing fall into the hands of the King of Yue?" Wang Gui said without hesitation, this is a gold mine, and according to the emperor, it is still a rich mine, how can such a mine be entrusted to private mining? ?

"Why can't you give it to Zhen'er?" Li Shimin's face changed immediately, but he sneered in his heart, what kind of gold mine?It's just a poor ore that has been mined.But I didn't lie, I just said that the gold mine is very good - isn't this nonsense?Are there any bad gold mines in the world?As for the fineness - I just said that the fineness of gold is good, but I didn't say that the reserves of gold mines are very rich.

"Because...because..." Wang Gui thought about it for a long time, but he didn't say anything. Li Shimin said very clearly that Li Zhen got the cement formula in exchange for the priority exploration and collection rights of minerals, not to mention that this thing can It can't be changed back again. Let's say that the role of cement in Datang is not comparable to that of one or two gold mines.

But... watching another great benefit fall into Li Zhen's hands, Li Zhen's power will definitely increase again, Wang Gui is really not reconciled...

Li Shimin glanced at Wang Gui who was in a daze, ignored him, and continued, "Originally, I planned to return this money to Zhen'er, but now it seems that it is exactly worth the 400 million taels of compensation that Cui Aiqing said. The extra 100 million taels come out..."

"..." Cui Luan wanted to vomit blood very much. The reason why he made such a random price was to weaken Li Zhen's strength—why did Li Zhen have such a huge power today?

In addition to having a good eye for people, what is more important is that he is rich enough, very, very, very rich.Whether it's Wen Tian Shuyuan or the Boys' Army, the reason why they are so powerful, to put it bluntly, is all because of Li Zhensheng's money.In other words, if other people are so rich and use the same method correctly, then he can also produce so many elites.

Therefore, in the absence of weakening Li Zhen's current power, it is necessary to weaken Li Zhen's development potential—for example, take his money and put it in his own pocket...

But now it seems that instead of weakening Li Zhen's strength, his strategy has actually strengthened him.What's even more exasperating is that even if Li Shimin wants to get the 400 million guan, the money doesn't have to go through his own hands, so how can I transfer the money into his wallet?

"Your Majesty can't." Just when Cui Luan was struggling, Li Zhengdao suddenly opened his mouth to save him: "The capture is the capture, and the compensation is the compensation. When the king of Yue sent troops, he used the name of our Tang Dynasty, so what he got in Nanyang Naturally, everything belongs to Datang, and the 500 million coins also belong to Datang. Besides, there may be treasures that Linyi people robbed from Datang. These are to be returned to the owner. Falling into the hands of His Highness the King of Yue?

However, we have sent out so many troops and lost so many people, but we did it to save His Highness the King of Yue. The money for Su Yi must be compensated by His Highness the King of Yue... Besides, I just calculated in my mind that more than five people died in the three states. Ten thousand, the compensation of one million taels is probably not enough, at least five million guan is needed... All of them add up, it should be 100 million guan, not the 500 million guan that Master Chu said. "

"Wow!" Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard it. What a powerful fallacy it must be to say such a thing?Your intentions are too obvious, right?Do you really think the emperor is an idiot?

"Damn~" Cheng Yaojin couldn't bear it this time, and jumped to Li Zhengdao's side, roaring: "You are unreasonable, why should the king of Yue give it to the court if he captured it in the war? We need him in the war." Come to pay? Also, the murderer was Lin Yi, why should we demand compensation from His Royal Highness King Yue?"

Li Zhengdao snorted coldly: "Hmph, I have already answered the first two questions, so I won't talk about it. As for the last question, where is Linyi? It is a poor and barren land, and the income of the entire country may not be as high as that of our central state." The income is not comparable, right? If we ask for compensation, they will naturally be able to get it out for the safety of their own country, but the whole country will basically collapse, so how can they not hate me? They have accumulated strength, and they will definitely come back with revenge... At that time, there will be another war, costing people and money, and causing countless deaths and injuries..."

"We'll call back when we come. Will Datang still be afraid of Lin Yi?" Cheng Yaojin interrupted impatiently, grabbed Li Zhengdao's front, and sternly said: "It's you, I'm very suspicious now Are you thinking about Datang or Linyi? Datang wanted to fight Linyi, but you insisted on opposing it, full of benevolence and morality, but you never mentioned the people who were massacred in Datang... You Is it a traitor?"

Li Zhengdao, a skinny old man, who is Cheng Yaojin's opponent, was mentioned by him all over the air. Although he was afraid in his heart, he still said firmly: "I am thinking about Datang..."

"I'll make you talk harder..." Cheng Yaojin raised his fist and was about to hit someone, but was quickly stopped by Yuchi Jing: "Old Cheng, Lao Cheng, don't be impulsive, this is the Golden Luan Palace, you hit him to enter It's not worth it to be in a prison... At worst, we'll stop him outside the palace and give him a meal at the end of the court."

"Hmph! Old man, run away if you plant a seed, wait for me at the gate of the palace." Cheng Yaojin threw Li Zhengdao on the ground unwillingly, almost breaking his waist.

Chapter 454 Repaying Grace with Virtue?How to repay virtue? (Second more)

Chapter 227 Repaying Complaints With Virtue?How to repay virtue? (Second more)

"..." Everyone was speechless looking at these two rams, blocking people at the gate of the palace, isn't it too blatant for you?

The corners of Li Shimin's mouth also twitched. You two old hooligans threatened to beat me up in front of me. It's really disrespectful to me.Especially Yuchi Jingde, what you said earlier is very good, I thought you had a sex change, but now it seems that it is still the original recipe, the original taste.

"Know the festival, don't be presumptuous." Although he wanted to laugh in his heart, Li Shimin had to pretend to be serious on the surface, and reprimanded him: "This is the Jinluan Palace, is this a place for you to play wild?"

"Your Majesty, it's not that I'm presumptuous, old Cheng. It's just that what these bastards said is too stupid." Cheng Yaojin snorted and said, "To put it bluntly, don't they just want the money of King Yue? Barren, can His Royal Highness King Yue collect 500 million taels of silver from a small Rili City? This is not counting the piles of materials, but if converted into silver, it may not be less than 100 million taels, right? This is 600 million taels Ah... there is another gold mine not counting...

Such a place is also called barren?Then Lao Cheng has to ask our Masters Li and Cui. If even such a beautiful day is considered barren, then what does your so-called wealth look like?Chang'an?Or Luoyang?The question is how many Chang'an and Luoyang are there in the world? "

"There is some truth to this." Li Shimin nodded in agreement and said, "Rili City alone can get so much silver. Even if other cities do not have as much money as Rili City, there should be half of it. Luo and Fuchun, these two are the two most affluent cities in Linyi, their scale is far beyond that of a small Rili, and there should be more benefits there..."

Having said that, Li Shimin cast his eyes on Li Zhengdao who just stood up: "Li Aiqing, how do you explain Zhijie's words? After all, Linyi is also a country. I can’t get both of them—Ai Qing had better give me an explanation for this matter. You only remember that we slaughtered 500 people in Linyi, but you didn’t mention the hatred of the people in the three states that we were massacred. Who to report? Are you still looking for Zhener? These people were all slaughtered by Linyi and Baitou before Zhener entered Nanyang, and it has nothing to do with Zhener."

Li Zhengdao was frightened into cold sweat, but he still defended forcefully: "I... I think... I think that the white-headed people in Linyi are a barbaric land. The citizens know etiquette and don't know how to educate, so it's okay to be barbaric." It's reasonable... But my Tang Dynasty governs the country with benevolence and virtue, and the avenging ministers don't object, but the massacre of the city is a bit too much. If this kind of thing gets out, what will the Tang Dynasty look like in the eyes of others? We have a different relationship with the barbarians What's the difference? Repaying grievances with virtue can show the greatness of our great Tang Dynasty."

"Repaying grievances with virtue?" This is the second time Li Shimin heard this phrase today, and he couldn't help but sneer: "Repaying grievances with virtue, if I remember correctly, is it from "The Analects of Confucius Xianwen"? It has been a classic for decades, so I want to ask for advice, what is the next sentence of repaying hatred with virtue?"

"This..." Li Zhengdao was dumbfounded immediately, and immediately stuck and died.

Repaying grievances with kindness does come from "The Analects of Confucius", but that's not what Confucius meant when he said this sentence.

The original text in "The Analects of Confucius Xianwen" is: "Or say: How about repaying grievances with virtue?"Confucius said: How can I repay virtue?Repay grievances with straightness, and repay virtue with kindness. '

What does this mean?Someone asked: "How about repaying evil deeds with good deeds?" Confucius said: "Repay good deeds with what? Repay evil deeds with appropriate punishment, and repay good deeds with good deeds."

What the old master meant was to support revenge and revenge, but he didn't say that he should treat his enemies with his own good deeds.The reason for this meaning is purely because later generations of Confucianism took the meaning out of context and deliberately distorted the meaning of Confucius’ scriptures to achieve their own goals. As a result, this set of theories was still handed down, which is really unimaginable and strange.

However, the theory of "repaying grievances with virtue" really existed in history, but it was not Confucius who put forward this theory. It was Lao Tzu who really put forward this theory——Chapter 63 of "Lao Tzu": "How big or small, repay grievances with virtue."

The problem is that you are disciples of Confucianism, what Taoist scriptures do you have nothing to learn?Are you trying to betray the division?

What's more, Laozi only said to use your good deeds to repay the enemy's evil deeds, but he didn't say that you should be patient with the enemy's crimes.He also didn't say that people have already slapped you on the right cheek. Not only can you not fight back, but you have to move your left cheek to let them continue to slap you - this is not repaying a grievance with kindness, it is purely being cheap...

Seeing Li Zhengdao bowed his head and said nothing, Li Shimin pretended to be disappointed, shook his head and said, "It seems that Li Aiqing can't answer. Since you can't answer, then I will help you answer: repay grievances with virtue, how can you repay virtue? These are the original words of Confucius , What does this sentence mean? I don’t know dear friends, is there anyone who is willing to explain to me?"

"..." There was only silence to answer him, especially the few people who agreed with Li Zhengdao before, almost shrank their heads into their necks, for fear of being named by Li Shimin.

Some people are afraid of being named, and naturally some people are eager to show Laixiu's presence, such as Zhang Liang: "My Majesty, I have a little opinion about this sentence."

"Aiqing, please speak."

"Yes." Zhang Liang sorted out his words, and said, "Repaying grievances with virtue, how can we repay virtue? It comes from "The Analects of Confucius Xianwen", but someone asked Confucius how to treat his enemies? Do you want to influence him with your own virtue? Confucius The Master replied, "If you treat your enemies with your virtues, what are you going to use to repay your benefactors? The real way to deal with them is to treat your enemies with integrity and your benefactors with your virtues. correct."

"Well, thank you for your hard work, Aiqing." Li Shimin glanced at Zhang Liang approvingly: "What do you Aiqing think, what is Zhang Aiqing's interpretation? Is it right or wrong? Are there any flaws? You can speak up without any restraints. .”

"..." continued silently.

"Your Majesty, don't ask me any more. They are all preoccupied with pretending to be cowardly, for fear of being seen by you. Who would dare to stand up and answer your question?" Yuchi Jingde jumped out and said in a low voice: "And Zhang Liang's explanation is not wrong, even if they dare to stand up, they can't refute Zhang Liang's point of view, it's useless for you to ask, let's move on to the next question."

Chapter 455 Killing with a stick (third update)

Chapter 228 Killing with a stick (third update)

"That's it, it makes sense, but others are fine, but there is one person whose opinion I must ask." At this time, Li Shimin had completely released his dissatisfaction, and glanced at Li Zhengdao lightly: "Li Aiqing, you provoked this incident yourself. Do you have any different opinions on Zhang Aiqing's explanation?"

Seeing that Li Shimin asked him, Li Zhengdao felt trembling in his heart, but since the emperor had already asked him, he could only say: "I...I have nothing to say."

Saying this means that Li Zhengdao has surrendered, but Li Shimin has no intention of letting him go.

"However, although Li Aiqing's academics are not profound, there is a saying that is true, that is, if a dog bites a person, the person cannot bite back. This sentence sounds very reasonable at first glance, but..." Li Shimin said The voice suddenly became very heavy, Li Zhengdao trembled all over, and cold sweat flowed out of his body immediately, but his head shrunk even lower, and his mouth seemed to be sealed, but he didn't squeak.

After glancing at Li Zhengdao coldly, Li Shimin continued: "However, I have discussed the corresponding topic with Zhen'er before. But after I said this sentence, Zhen'er added a half to this sentence." I think the content of the sentence makes sense. That is, if a dog bites a person, although the person cannot bite back, he can beat the dog to death with a stick.

For those who offend me, it would be better to just beat them to death. Why do you have to use the metaphor of a dog biting someone but not a dog to comfort yourself?

People are not dogs, since they can't bite back, wouldn't everything be fine if they just beat him to death with a stick... Dear dear friends, do you know?After hearing this, I was speechless..."

"Wow!" Everyone looked at Li Shimin in surprise. They didn't expect that there would be such a twist in the words, but if you think about it carefully, the words are still very reasonable. It is true that you can't bite back if you are bitten by a dog, but you can't bite back if you are bitten. Can't a man kill a dog?Such a simple truth, they didn't even figure it out before.

"Could it be Li Aiqing, after you were bitten by a dog, you didn't beat the dog to death, and just ignored it with a smile, or moved your body closer to let the dog bite you?" Li Shimin mocked lightly, but Li Zhengdao just lowered his voice. He lowered his head and let Li Shimin ridicule him, but he didn't say a word. It seemed that he was going to pretend to be a coward.

"Your Majesty's words are so right, I, Old Cheng, think it makes sense." Cheng Yaojin laughed loudly, "I don't care how old man Li treats the dog that bit him, but I think, dogs can bite people, That can only explain one problem, that is, this dog is already crazy. For a crazy dog, Lao Cheng has only one way to deal with it, and that is to beat him to death with a stick, and eat the dog meat by the way—I believe everyone will agree. It’s all done this way, Heitantou, don’t you think so?”

Yuchi Jingde stared at the big copper bell eyes, and said in a low voice: "Nonsense, of course I am too. Even if the dog doesn't bite people, I will often kill dogs and eat meat, let alone a dog that bites people? Of course it is more Let’s stew it and eat it.”