Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

"Why?" Li Shimin asked strangely, "Don't older officials have more experience and learn faster?"

Li Xin shook his head and said: "Old people tend to have rigid thinking and find it hard to accept new knowledge, so learning is half the effort. Young people are full of vigor, active in thinking, quick to learn, and easy for me to teach."

Li Shimin was persuaded by Li Xin, and he sighed helplessly: "It's always awkward for me to say this from a seventeen-year-old boy like you."

Only then did Li Xin wake up. That's right, he is just a seventeen-year-old child on the surface at the moment, and in later generations he is just a kid who hasn't graduated from high school. It would be really weird to say such mature words every now and then.

He quickly laughed and said: "Actually, I'm not happy to deal with those bad old men. It's better to talk to young people." These words are a bit juvenile.

Li Shimin was not angry when he heard Li Xin say that the officials of the household department were bad old men, but just laughed and scolded: "You bastard, where have you forgotten the etiquette you learned in the palace in the early years!"

Li Xin restrained his smile, pretending to be seriously introspective.

Li Shimin looked at Li Xin with a smile, his eyes flickering.

The aura of Qianguyidi is indeed extraordinary. Being stared at by him with such strange eyes, Li Xin couldn't help feeling chills down his spine, and his hair stood on end. He quickly apologized and said with a smile: "Why is Your Majesty looking at this minister like that?"

Li Shimin has always regarded Li Xin as his own. When he was a child, Li Xin always called himself "Children" in front of Li Shimin, no different from Li Shimin's biological sons. It was not until he moved out of the palace that he gradually changed his name and only called himself "Chen". Only when she acts like a baby occasionally or makes a mistake and begs for mercy, will she call herself a "children" again.

Obviously, when Li Shimin looked at him with such dangerous eyes, it was undoubtedly an occasion for acting like a baby and begging for mercy.

The smile on Li Shimin's face gradually tended to develop in a more dangerous direction.

The cold sweat on Li Xin's back grew more and more.

"If you show your hand casually, you can save millions of coins for the treasury in the future. Is this what you mean by ignorance?" Li Shimin looked at Li Dao with a smile.

Li's confidence tightened, and he thought to himself: "It's over, I've been patronizing the hot-blooded superiors, and I have spoken out righteously, but I forgot about this!"

He licked his lips and said with a dry smile: "What's the point of such a trivial trick? Your Majesty and the court ministers just didn't think of it for a while, and they will figure it out sooner or later! It was just a fluke, and I happened to be with a few big food merchants. We have communicated before, so I learned this skill. In short, it’s just a blind cat meeting a dead mouse! Your Majesty, don’t take it to heart!”

"Oh, so in your heart, this is just a trivial skill?" Li Shimin spoke very slowly. The speed at which he speaks is clearly inversely proportional to the danger of the content.

He smiled and said: "Then I'm a little curious. In your heart, what kind of ability can be regarded as a real ability? It's okay, you can use your ability, even if it's just a trivial one, I'm sure I will be happy I will never refuse anyone who comes with a small trick like this, the more the better."

This still means that Li Xin should enter the court as an official.

Li Xin immediately said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, please spare me! I really don't know how to be an official!"

Li Shimin sighed for a long time, put away the slightly joking smile on his face, and put on a serious expression. Li Xin knew that this was about to talk about business, so he restrained his expression and sat up a little bit.

"Xin'er, how have I treated you since eldest brother passed away?" Li Shimin asked.

Li Xin immediately bowed to him, made a big salute, and then straightened up and said: "I treat him like my own, and I love him very much. My son is grateful to me, and I will never forget it in this life!"

Li Shimin was silent for a moment, and the vast hall fell into an unspeakable silence. After a long time, he asked again: "Then why are you suspicious of me?"

Li Xin's eyes widened, and he said, "Where does this start!"

Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "Then why are you so obsessed with hiding your clumsiness? Do you think I will suspect you because of my eldest brother?"

Only then did Li Xin understand what Li Shimin was talking about, he was silently relieved, and showed a wry smile.

Li Shimin is the second son of Li Yuan. From the perspective of the eldest son inheritance system, the throne should undoubtedly belong to Li Xuandao. But Li Xuandao happened to be the kind of freak who hadn't met one in hundreds of years and didn't want to be an emperor at all, so he threw the throne on Li Shimin's head without hesitation, thus creating the bad situation today .

From the point of view of blood, Li Xin is the eldest son of Li Xuandao, and Li Xuandao is the eldest son of Li Yuan, so there is no doubt that he is the orthodox royal family. To put it bluntly, his sitting on the throne is actually more legitimate than Li Shimin's sitting on the throne. Indeed, some folks, and even a small number of stubborn old-school officials in court hold this view.

If it weren't for Li Shimin's broad-mindedness, these wise officials would have been beheaded one by one, and Li Xin would have been implicated by the way.

After all, the throne has been a sensitive topic since ancient times. Anyone who threatens this throne, no matter whether he is interested in this throne or not, must be prepared to pay the price of his life.

Indeed, from Li Shimin's point of view, Li Xin's existence itself is a huge threat to his throne. Even if it does not threaten the throne that he owns now, it may threaten the throne that belongs to his son in the future. From a rational point of view, it is obviously safer to kill Li Xin as soon as possible.

Li Shimin thought that Li Xin deliberately hid his clumsiness with such speculations, and refused to enter the court as an official, so he was very disappointed. People all over the world said that "the Tian family is ruthless", but when he took over the throne from Li Xuandao, he didn't feel cold, but only felt Li Xuandao's expectation and warmth for him.

From then on, he made up his mind to be the best emperor, an emperor who was different from any previous emperor. He wanted to prove that Li Xuandao's choice at that time was not wrong, and he wanted to prove that he could lead Datang to a more prosperous future. That's why he was diligent in government affairs day and night. He succeeded to the throne for three years, and he didn't even accept a few concubines. His mind was full of how to govern the country better. He never thought of being unfavorable to Li Xin, not even once.

But Li Xin's words and deeds today are related to his countless refusal to become an official in the court before. It is difficult for Li Shimin not to have this thought in his heart: Could it be that the eldest brother's son is jealous of him? Could it be that his loving and caring was not enough to make him let go of his guard? Is it true that the emperor can't even have a little affection?

Li Shimin is not an indecisive person, nor is he even a soft-hearted person. It's just that Li Xin's position is too special, he can't ignore it, let alone treat Li Xin like any other person.

Li Xin looked at Li Shimin seriously, and said, "Your Majesty, you really think too much. I'm really just lazy!"