After having dinner at the Fang Mansion, Li Shimin did not rush back to the palace. Instead, he and Fang Xuanling played chess in the pavilion in the back garden in the gentle afternoon sunshine, while watching with satisfaction what was going on in the yard.
A group of children having fun.
Even the prince Li Chengqian, who had been waiting by Li Shimin's side, was pulled over by Shu'er and Li Zhi at the instigation of Fang Yiai. Seeing that there were no other people waiting in the entire back garden of Fang Mansion, Li Shimin
He nodded and agreed to the request of the third primary school student, and asked Li Chengqian to accompany them to play eagle and catch chickens.
For a time, the entire back garden of the house was filled with the innocent laughter of several children.
"This kid, let him go to school hard, always think of ways to skip class. I didn't expect that he would be good at coaxing children." Li Shimin put down a chess piece, looked up at the happy children, and looked at the turn
Fang Yiai, who was an old hen, was constantly guarding against the attack of Li Chengqian, who had become an eagle, and said calmly.
"Oh, this kid is giving me a headache!" Although he said this with emotion, the proud smile in Fang Xuanling's eyes still made Li Shimin, who was opposite him, feel disgusted.
"Ever since he wrote the poem in the main hall that day, this boy has never gone to Hongwen Hall to study. He always goes to Taiyuan Hospital, which makes Old Man Kong and the others very dissatisfied. Besides, Qin Qin has been very dissatisfied these days.
The general is already able to go to court very well. If he doesn't go to school, aren't you afraid that Kong and Yu will come to your door?" Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling jokingly and said with a half-smile.
Suddenly, the smile in Fang Xuanling's eyes disappeared, and she just stared at Fang Yiai in the distance with a happy smile. She understood in her heart that Kong Yu and others, firstly, cherished Fang Yiai's calligraphy, and secondly, they cherished Fang Yiai's calligraphy.
I also want to cultivate a pillar of talent for the country. But this kid only likes to go to Tai Hospital and does not like to go to Hongwen Hall! Because of this matter, Fang Xuanling has been listening to Kong Yingda and Yu Shinan a lot in the past few days.
said.
Alas, my second son just doesn't like things like the Four Books and Five Classics. What can I do? Force him. My wife won't be able to pass the test, and she's afraid that the child will run away from home again if things don't go his way.
What a headache! Fang Xuanling looked at Li Shimin helplessly, wondering why the emperor had to order Fang Yiai to go to Hongwen Hall to study. Originally, he just planned to hire a teacher for Fang Yiai at home.
Seeing Fang Xuanling's helpless eyes, Li Shimin burst out laughing. It was rare to see Fang Xiang, a man with outstanding strategism, showing such a helpless look. This trip to Fang's mansion was worth it, and he laughed out loud.
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Fang Xuanling was speechless about Li Shimin's unethical behavior, but he was the king and he was the minister.
"Ahem." Li Shimin coughed twice in embarrassment, his expression returned to normal immediately, and he said, "It is reasonable for them to be anxious recently. A few days ago, Silla, Goguryeo, Fusang and other countries said that they were envoys paying tribute.
It's almost here, and I hope to be able to send students to study in Chang'an, and I'm sure."
"Although they entered the Imperial Academy, in order to deter those foreign students who were studying abroad, Kong Yingda and Mr. Yu worked hard to prepare a special training group of outstanding students who have learned a lot to bring face to the Tang Dynasty.
.So, you’d better cooperate reluctantly.”
"I understand. But aren't those people going to collide with General Li Jing and Jieli Khan and his entourage?" Fang Xuanling respectfully bowed his hands to Li Shimin and said seriously.
Not far away, although Fang Yiai had been playing with the children, her sensitive ears had been listening to the conversation between Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling. When she heard that Li Shimin said that people from the Fusang Kingdom were coming to Chang'an to study,
I wonder why Fuso Country is so familiar?
After thinking about it carefully, I finally remembered that the old name of Japan's Tang Dynasty seemed to include Fuso. At the same time, I also remembered the humiliating suffering that Japan's ambitions had brought to the Chinese people in modern times. As long as you are Chinese, you cannot forget it.
Painful memories! At that moment, Fang Yiai's face darkened. He was unprepared, and Li Chengqian successfully caught him a few hours behind him.
Listening to the cheerful laughter of several children in his ears, looking at the happy faces, Fang Yiai took a long breath, forced out an ugly smile, and ordered Qing Niang to take several young ladies to see her toys.
Let your highnesses take a break.
The obedient Qing Niang nodded immediately and walked into her room with her three young princes, who were about the same size as herself.
"What's wrong? You kid can't afford to lose, right?" Li Chengqian, who was wiping his sweat with a handkerchief when he noticed Fang Yiai's forced smile, couldn't help but joked.
"His Royal Highness, you are joking." Fang Yiai looked at Li Chengqian indifferently, then stretched out his hand in front of Li Chengqian to get out of the way and asked Li Chengqian to go to the pavilion.
Fang Yiai refused to say anything, and Li Chengqian didn't care either. He nodded gently to Fang Yiai, turned around and walked towards the pavilion. Fang Yiai followed closely behind.
After bowing to Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling, he reached out to lift the teapot and filled the three people, including Li Chengqian, with tea. Then Fang Yiai asked, "I heard that dozens of neighboring countries are coming to Chang'an at the same time to pay homage to the emperor.
Khan?"
"Tian Khan?" Li Shimin asked doubtfully.
"Huh?" She said the title that appeared later. Fang Yiai wanted to reach out and slap her mouth, but now she had to think of how to smooth her words. After all, there were three pairs of questioning eyes.
Looking at myself.
"Oh, it's like this. In a restaurant a few days ago, some merchants from the northwest said that the Turkic Khan Jieli Khan has been defeated. The border residents in the northwest said that the emperor was a more powerful khan than the Khan, and
He is also the True Dragon Emperor, so in order to distinguish the titles of the emperor and the khans on the grassland, he was called Tian Khan." Fang Yiai wrote without blushing and without a beating heart.
He patted Li Shimin's ass in every possible way.
"Oh? Is there such a title?" Li Shimin was obviously very happy, and Fang Yiai's flattery was spot on.
With a simple and honest face, Fang Yiai nodded sincerely. Looking at his honest expression, no one would suspect that his words were false.
After looking at her son who was talking nonsense, Fang Xuanling still stood up with Li Chengqian to congratulate Li Shimin for being able to deter the Turks and live up to the title of Khan of Heaven.
"Your Majesty, I heard that Fusang and other state-owned children are coming to Chang'an to study?" Fang Yiai asked with a smile while Li Shimin was happy.
"It's true." Li Shimin put down the chess piece in his hand and nodded.
"I once heard a story told by my adoptive father. I wonder if the emperor, prince and father would be interested in hearing it?" Fang Yiai said.
"Oh? Tell me." Knowing that this kid wouldn't say that for no reason, Li Shimin said with great interest, wanting to see what this kid could spit out of his mouth.
"The reason why my adoptive father knows how to blacksmith is because he learned it when he was in Lingnan. Such an incident happened in that village." Fang Yiai said leisurely, feeling very confident that he was sitting opposite Li Chengqian.
"There was a skilled blacksmith who lost his family due to the war. He fled to a small village and continued to make a living by blacksmithing. Once, the blacksmith went to the county next door to deliver goods to people. On the way back, he picked up a dying eight-nine.
The blacksmith thought of his deceased family members and kind-heartedly took the beggar home to raise him. Although he could tell from the beggar's accent that he was of a foreign race, the blacksmith still took him in."
"Later, the beggar gradually grew up and the blacksmith grew old. The beggar also learned all the skills of the blacksmith from the blacksmith. But when the beggar realized that he could never learn anything new from the blacksmith, he
Because he was young and strong, the beggar stole the blacksmith's savings and opened his own blacksmith shop in a nearby village."
"Although the blacksmith was disgusted by the beggar's behavior, he had raised him for so many years and could not bear to let the child go to jail, so he swallowed the bitter pill silently. But he did not expect that the beggar who had learned his own skills would
Not only did he improve his own skills, but because the quality of the ironware was slightly better than his own, and the production speed was faster than his own, he robbed him of all his business. He even shamelessly said that he wanted to rob beggars.
The beggar just moved out because of his new blacksmithing skills."
"From then on, the blacksmith's business was almost empty. In the end, because he couldn't make any money, he suffered from a sudden illness and starved to death."
"That beggar is too much! Doesn't the local government just care about it?" After Fang Yiai finished speaking, Li Chengqian said angrily.
Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling looked at Fang Yiai thoughtfully, thinking of the children from all over the world who were coming to Chang'an to study. In addition, Fang Yiai had a vague feeling of gnashing his teeth when he talked about Fusang.
I have to reconsider studying in various countries.
"Prince, there is no need to be angry. This is all the fault of the blacksmith himself, and it is not all the fault of the beggar." Fang Yiai shook his head sadly and said with emotion.
"Huh? Why?" Li Chengqian frowned, looked at Fang Yiai opposite him displeased, and asked.
"First of all, the blacksmith forgot the saying, 'Those who are not of my race must have different minds.' He knew that the beggar was a foreign race, he was not too young, and he had already developed the thinking habits of his own race. It is very likely that he was that kind of folk.
It is often said that he is a 'white-eyed wolf who is not well-raised', but he sincerely raises him as his own son. Isn't it his fault that he is not wary?" Fang Yiai said with his hands spread out.
Before Li Chengqian could open his mouth to speak, Fang Yiai continued, "It's okay to raise him, but because of his good blacksmithing skills, he was very proud to use all the skills in his hands to teach him carefully. As a foreigner,
The beggar had completely forgotten the old saying, "The apprentice of the church will starve to death of the master", but in the end this sentence truly came true. The beggar who improved his skills took away his business and starved to death.
Own."
"Who do you think this can be blamed for? It's not because he didn't think carefully and was completely unprepared. He thought that if he treated the beggar generously and sincerely, the beggar would be grateful and grateful in return. But he forgot that 'people's hearts are separated from each other'. Otherwise, he would be ruthlessly abandoned by the person he taught him, and even plundered everything that belonged to him. Isn't that right?" Fang Yiai said with emotion.
Li Chengqian opened his mouth with an ugly look on his face, but couldn't find any words to refute, so he could only close it and looked at his contemplative father for help.
Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling, who were deep in thought, looked up at each other at the same time, and both saw the worry and fear that could not be hidden in the other's eyes. Then they looked at Fang Yiai, who was reading the story, with their deep eyes.
Seeing the two people's deep and scrutinizing gazes, Fang Yi swallowed a little weakly in love, pretending to be confused on his face, blinking his clear eyes, looking at the two of them innocently.
For a long time, Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling, who didn't see anything the same, had to look away. Li Shimin sighed, glanced at Fang Yiai meaningfully, and then told Li Chengqian with a solemn expression, "Qian'er, Go and ask Li Anyang to come over."
When Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling finally looked away, Fang Yiai breathed a sigh of relief. However, before he was relieved, he met Li Shimin's meaningful eyes, which frightened Fang Yiai's heart into his throat again. At this moment, when he heard Li Shimin asking Li Chengqian to call Li Anyang, Fang Yiai jumped up and said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, I'll go. I'm more familiar with this place." After that, he didn't wait for anyone to answer. , ran away as if running for his life.
Seeing that speed, Li Chengqian was stunned for a while.
Li Anyang came to the pavilion, and before he could salute, Li Shimin hurriedly ordered him to notify Kong Yingda, Changsun Wuji, Du Ruhui, Yu Shinan, Xiao Yu, Wei Zheng, Cen Wenwen and other wise men to go to Tai Chi Hall to meet him.
After explaining to Li Anyang, without taking a breath, he said to Fang Xuanling beside him, "Fang Aiqing will enter the palace with me first." Then he walked forward. As soon as he stepped down the steps of the pavilion, he remembered something. , turned around and ordered Fang Xuanling, "Bring the waiter Fang with you."
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