Chapter 9: Royal Power Hegemony

"You guys go back first, there is Lao Cheng here."

So, Li Shimin directly ordered the Qianniu Guards who were accompanying him to return to the palace first.

"yes!"

The emperor's order cannot be violated, so a few Qianniu Guards walked out of Tang Sufan's yard and left.

"Okay, Lao Li, you guys are pretty good at the hospital."

Tang Sufan looked at the guards with a tiger-backed and bear-backed waist and praised him, thinking in his heart whether he would also hire two thugs?

This is so powerful that I don’t have to worry about personal safety when teasing good women in the future~

"Okay, I'll go cook first~" After saying that, Tang Sufan patted Li Shimin on the shoulder and then prepared to cook.

Li Shimin asked suspiciously: "Are you cooking?"

This dog is just a young man, looking like a scholar. Can you eat the food you cook? Forget it, it’s not the purpose of coming here to eat this time, as long as it’s not poisonous.

"Tsk, don't brag or praise. My cooking skills must be top-notch in this Tang Dynasty. Just so, don't bother with it, come and help."

After saying that, Tang Sufan went into the kitchen and prepared to show off his skills.

Help? Let the emperor, Duke, and the Shangshu Ling help you cook? This...

However, Li Shimin did not hesitate and followed him. Now he followed this guy to see if he could make some more talk. As for helping with cooking, he should be treated as experiencing life.

Even his master went there, but Cheng Yaojin and Fang Xuanling had no choice but to follow him, and the emperor didn't even dislike him.

During the Tang Dynasty, the way of cooking was either cooking or roasting. How could Tang Sufan's pure modern stomach bear it?

So Tang Sufan had long developed the habit of cooking by himself. Although many ingredients and seasonings were sometimes not found during the Tang Dynasty, Tang Sufan's modern cooking skills still made Aunt Wang's son cry in greed.

In the kitchen……

After saying that, Tang Sufan rolled up his sleeves and tied a wide apron that Aunt Wang personally customized.

After all, there was no laundry detergent for washing clothes in the Tang Dynasty. It was really troublesome to get some oil stains on my clothes, so I had to sew a half-body apron with Aunt Wang before.

So Tang Sufan immediately changed from a gentle and elegant literary figure to a chef.

Then he gave Li Shimin carelessly: "Old Li, you peeled the garlic, there was not enough garlic."

Li Shimin's mouth twitched, and his dignified emperor was arranged to peel garlic? Well, peel it, who said he was a wise ruler?

"Old Cheng, you are very strong. The sun is good today. Go to the wing there to move the tables and chairs into the yard. Let's have a few drinks in the yard."

Cheng Yaojin snorted coldly. The emperor was peeling garlic, so he had to obey the arrangements. Then, obediently and quietly, ran over and kicked open the door of the west wing in Tang Sufan, went in to move the table~

It’s also a blessing that Tang Sufan’s door is strong, otherwise the door that had just changed less than a month ago would have changed again.

Tang Sufan glanced at Fang Xuanling and asked, "That, Lao Li, who is this old man?"

"This is my accountant, just call him Lao Fang."

I have been lowering my generation for no reason, so I can't let this old guy be higher than him.

Now you little thief shouted at Old Li one by one. When I show off, I will scare you to death. Old Li will be the one who wants you to call me ancestors.

When Li Shimin thought of this contrast, he told Tang Sufan that Old Li was in a balance.

After all, let this kid pretend for a while, the more you pretend you feel, the more miserable you will be in the face.

"Okay, Lao Fang, please help me wash the leeks at the door."

So the famous prime minister Fang Xuanling was so angry that he went to wash the leeks with his beard and stared at him.

Tang Sufan, who was on the other side, also began to wash the mutton, cut it into small pieces, and then cut two large white and crispy radishes.

He took a few cloves of garlic that Li Shimin had finally peeled and put them in the green onion, ginger and garlic.

Then bring the five-spice, star anise, and cinnamon I bought from the pharmacy, and then add a handful of small wolfberry.

These are common seasonings in the kitchen in the past, but now they are medicinal materials that are not commonly used in pharmacies.

Tang Sufan was going to stew some radish and mutton in a small stove first. It would be a pleasure to eat some radish and mutton in this cold weather.

After doing these, Tang Sufan took a look with satisfaction. It was the taste later. It must be the only one in the Tang Dynasty~

"Come to Lao Li, come here to help see the fire."

So he called Li Shimin to come over to see the furnace and add fire.

Fortunately, Li Shimin is also the first emperor who conquered the world by himself. He is not knowledgeable about these things, otherwise he might not have been able to change his emperor.

At this time, Li Shimin started talking: "Boy Tang, everyone says that gentlemen are far away from the chef, why don't you invite a cook back?"

Tang Sufan, who turned his back to Li Shimin, beat the egg into the soil bowl and skillfully stirred it with chopsticks. While he replied slowly, "What a bullshit gentleman stays away from the kitchen, how can he be so particular about cooking? Besides, do you know what the saying of gentleman stays away from the kitchen?"

Before Li Shimin could speak, Tang Sufan said to himself: "A gentleman is a beast. When he sees his life, he cannot bear to see his death; when he hears his voice, he cannot bear to eat his meat. Therefore, a gentleman is far away from the kitchen.

This is Mencius's advice to King Xuan of Qi to practice benevolence and not to practice hegemony and to exercise royal power.

It is believed that a gentleman should be kind and cannot bear to see killing things, so he stays away from the kitchen. It is not that a gentleman does not want to go into the kitchen and is not ashamed of the kitchen.

Later, this group of scholars used it as a reason not to go into the kitchen and not cook. The scholars in ancient times were so hypocritical. If they were far away from the chef, they would be gentlemen?"

Huh~ Fortunately, I haven’t forgotten what I’ve memorized in middle school. I’m so excellent. Tang Sufan thought leisurely.

Li Shimin behind Tang Sufan and Fang Xuanling, who was squatting outside the kitchen door, lit up at the same time. This kid is indeed a talented man!

"Oh? Since this sentence shows the difference between royal power and hegemony, what is the difference between royal power and hegemony?"

As the emperor, Li Shimin was not only extremely sensitive to the word "power", but since the debate between the royal power and the hegemonic power state has been arguing since the pre-Qin period, he wanted to see what this kid said, and at the same time he also had some thoughts on teaching...

And it just so happened that Tang Sufan learned the way of Confucius and Mencius in his sophomore elective course in college. Although Tang Sufan did not learn much in depth, there was no problem to take it out and brag.

After hearing this, Tang Sufan immediately worked on his own affairs, and slowly said as if he was memorizing the text: "The country is established with hegemony, and the kingly power is unified. In fact, hegemony is the destiny of establishing a country, and royal power is the root of establishing a country.

As for the word "名" can also be transformed into the word "名" of benevolence. Benevolence is bound to the world, so everyone in the world is close; righteousness is bound to the world, and everyone in the world is noble; power is bound to the world, so no one in the world dares to fight.

Just like the gang of the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, only by defeating the Turks seriously, being afraid of them, or even killing them, can they establish the hegemony of the Tang Dynasty.

If the Tang Dynasty won next year without doing anything, the Turks would still find a way to counterattack the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, only by implementing correct rule of royal power on the basis of establishing hegemony can the problems of the Tang Dynasty and the Turks be truly solved.

Therefore, the monarchy and hegemony are not only one of them. As for which one is better or worse, it is hard to say, but it is certain that even if one is used alone, it will not have a good effect."

"Stand with hegemony, and with royal power as the rule." Li Shimin, staring at the stove, murmured softly, and listening to Tang Sufan's words, he seemed to have some enlightenment.

Then his eyes became hot when he looked at Tang Sufan. This little thief was simply a treasure! No, he had to find a way to earn this kid's account!

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!