The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Li Fu is also a real talent. After such a long time of getting along, Yan Lide can see it, from the renovation of Da'an Palace to the current things on the farm.

If he was just a person who relied on his status to get a title and an official position, then His Majesty would not value him so much.

The current His Majesty has bright eyes.

It is very different from His Majesty the Supreme.

In this way, the future King of Jingyang will have a bright future.

The Prince's Junior Tutor, when the Prince ascends the throne to become the emperor, he will be the Imperial Teacher, and his status in the court will be even more respected.

Yan Lide put down the letter and smiled.

It is not a loss to be on good terms with the King of Jingyang.

He is really lucky.

Chang'an City, Li Shimin recently saw Lu Deming in the palace, and always felt that Lu Deming seemed to be different from before.

On this day, after Lu Deming finished teaching the prince, he packed up his things and was about to leave when Li Shimin came with his people.

Li Shimin would still come to the East Palace occasionally to see how Li Chengqian was doing in class.

After becoming the emperor, he attached more importance to the training of the prince.

He wanted to prevent his children from following his old path in the future.

Who made him set a bad precedent at Xuanwu Gate?

As Li Fu said, if he tried his best to train the prince and make his position stable, so stable that other princes would not have any thoughts that they should not have, perhaps he could avoid fighting between brothers in the future, and there would be no fratricide.

The weak affection between the brothers of the royal family was nothing more than the struggle for the throne. If there was no room for competition, would it be better?

Therefore, Li Shimin now paid more attention to the education and training of Li Chengqian.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you." Lu Deming saw Li Shimin and saluted hurriedly.

"Dr. Lu, no need to be polite. How is the prince's study today?" Li Shimin asked.

"As usual, His Royal Highness the Prince is still working hard and there is nothing wrong." Lu Deming said.

"Well, the prince is the same as usual, but Dr. Lu, I have been observing Dr. Lu for some time. Why do I feel that Dr. Lu is more haggard than before?" Li Shimin asked curiously: "What has Dr. Lu been busy with during this period?"

Li Shimin heard from people in the Imperial College that when Lu Deming taught at the Imperial College before, he never talked about anything other than saints and sages. Now, he also talked about farming to the students of the Imperial College.

Li Shimin was also curious. Could it be that after going to the farm in Jingyang County, Lu Deming has changed his temper?

"Your Majesty, I dare not lie. I have been at home recently. I have leveled the backyard and farmed at home." Lu Deming said with a bow.

Li Shimin was stunned.

Farming?

Who?

Lu Deming?

Lu Deming, a doctor of the Imperial College, is a great scholar, a scholar, and a researcher.

Farming at home?

Is Li Fu's farm so weird?

Everyone who goes there has to farm.

It's fine to let the children farm to experience the hardships of the people's livelihood.

Lu Deming is already seventy years old! He is an old man with old arms and legs, but Li Fu dares to let him go to the farm to experience farming?

Is he really not afraid that Lu Deming will plant himself in the field?

When Li Fu entered the palace that day, he should have asked him why he was torturing people at the farm.

"Lu Aiqing, what did you say? You farm at home?" Li Shimin asked again.

"Yes, I leveled the vacant land in the backyard of my home at home, and I farmed at home myself." Lu Deming said with a bow.

"At Lu Aiqing's age, it is time to go home to enjoy the joy of family life. Why do you have to farm at home yourself?" Li Shimin asked.

"Your Majesty, I have done it myself, and I can better understand the difficulties of the people in making a living. The way of the sage is not in books, but in reality." Lu Deming said: "I have personally experienced it. As for my current age, when I was in Jingyang County, His Royal Highness the King of Jingyang brought three little princes to work in the fields. I originally wanted to join them, but was later rejected by His Royal Highness the King of Jingyang. I understand that His Royal Highness the King of Jingyang is worried that something will happen to me.

However, later I inquired and found that the old man working in the fields was two years older than me."

This incident touched Lu Deming greatly.

So, he also wanted to try to farm at home. Although the land in the backyard was not that big, he had to do it himself and set an example by himself. In this way, when he taught, his words would be heavy enough.

In addition, Lu Deming thought about Li Fu's words, whether the way of the sage is the same for internal and external use.

Li Fu said that the way of saints cannot be used against foreigners, because foreigners will not recognize it.

He thought about it for a long time and felt that what Li Fu said was right.

Different ethnic groups have different beliefs and different cultures.

War,In the end, winning or losing is also a matter of cultural survival.

When foreign races disturb the Central Plains, they will bring their culture to the Central Plains. If the Central Plains does not resist, won’t the cultural roots of the Central Plains be cut off by foreign races?

That won’t work!

When thinking about the survival of the way of the saints, Lu Deming felt that he had an important burden on his shoulders, which was as heavy as ten thousand pounds.

If Confucianism and Taoism are to flourish, they must adapt to the times and make corresponding changes, rather than just copying the predecessors.

Cultural thoughts should also go with the flow.

These are all what Lu Deming thought about while farming at home.

In other words, the principles passed down by the saints should be studied, and the changes of the times should also be studied.

The combination of the two is the most appropriate, and they cannot be copied.

If everything is copied, it is just a paper war, and it will fail.

"I feel moved when I see the lives of the common people, so I want to plant some crops at home and experience it myself." Lu Deming said, "Students and scholars in the Imperial College are good in everything, but they always lack some ordinary human touch. They just say that they care about the difficulties of people's livelihood, but how many people have really experienced it?"

"If you have never experienced it, you will be a high-ranking official in the future. The court's policies and laws are also high-ranking. For the people, if they are not practical, they are not good policies." Lu Deming said, "Now the court has improved the laws and policies, and the policies are clear, all because the Tang Dynasty was established in a great chaos. Many officials in the court have experienced wars and have personal experience. If the world is peaceful in the future, it will be different from now."

Li Shimin nodded slightly.

Officials in the court will also be updated in the next ten or even dozens of years.

It is normal for Lu Deming to have this consideration.

But now, the road must be taken step by step.

It is a great blessing to have such thoughts.

"Therefore, when I recommended King Jingyang as the prince's teacher, I also had such considerations. King Jingyang grew up among the people. Compared with people in the palace and officials in the court, he can teach the prince and put the people first."