Chapter 100 Study Room Discussion

While reading books, Li Ke thought about how to improve the quality and quantity of printing. Because there was no movable type printing technique in the Tang Dynasty, the price of books was very high, and children who were not wealthy families looked down on books. Therefore, how to increase the number of books printed became his most important job during this period. He felt that it was of great significance to do this, and it was not necessary to promote the development of Tang culture. More importantly, this would allow him to gain the hearts of scholars all over the world. Because, with the improvement of the quality and quantity of books, the price would be cheap, which would allow more poor children to afford books, so that they could afford books, and learn knowledge. In this way, they would have the opportunity to pass the exam in the future, and would never feel that reading was just a patent that children of aristocratic families could enjoy.

In addition, he had another idea in his mind, which was to run a comprehensive university similar to later generations in the Tang Dynasty. This was something he had been looking forward to, and the improvement of printing technology would play a crucial role in his opening of a college.

In this way, his life was leisurely. In addition to reading "The Analects of Confucius", he was studying movable type printing with craftsmen hired by the mansion. However, his good life would affect other people's moods. This person was naturally the crown prince Li Chengqian. Su Dingfang took over Qianniuwei. A discerning person could see that Li Shimin was deliberately promoting him. The purpose was self-evident, and the purpose was to form a new army to cultivate generals. However, Zhao Jie, who he recommended himself, was directly ignored by Li Shimin, and the memorials were not heard at all. How could this make him as the crown prince happy? He is the crown prince, the future emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Why is the person he recommended is not as good as the person recommended by Li Ke, a prince?

Therefore, the officials of the East Palace became the target of his vent. He was either dissatisfied with the teaching of the young master Li Gang, or ridiculed the cold words of the young master Zhang Xuansu in his daily life. Even so, he could not vent his dissatisfaction. If Changsun Wuji had not stopped him in time, he would have done something like beating the palace maids and the eunuchs.

Therefore, his Lantern Festival was extremely depressed, especially when Li Ke was present, which made him feel extremely uncomfortable and disliked him. If Li Shimin hadn't been by his side when he was watching the Lantern Festival lanterns, he would definitely not have given Li Ke any good face.

Compared to Li Chengqian, Li Tai was very calm about this matter. He himself did not like martial arts and was even less interested in military affairs. It was just that he was jealous of Li Ke being favored in front of Li Shimin. Seeing that he was constantly developing his own power, he followed Li Ke and wrote a letter to recommend Cheng Mingzhen. In fact, in his heart, he was the most fundamental thing to do and what he should do. He believed that the battle for the position of prince cannot rely on force, but on talent and learning. Whoever can win the favor of Li Shimin will be able to seize the position of prince. However, there is one thing he did not notice, that is, the difference between him and Li Ke. He was the legitimate son and the queen, and Li Ke was not born in the legitimate son, and he was also the grandson of Emperor Yang of Sui. He was destined to be unable to win the position of prince with talent and learning like Li Tai.

Therefore, Li Tai was more concerned about his teacher Wang Gui. A few days before the Lantern Festival, Wang Gui, Du Yan and Wei Ting had already entered Beijing to meet his father and officially took up his position as a counselor. He did not object to Li Shimin's appointment as Teacher Wang Wei, so Li Tai was wondering how to handle his and Wang Gui's affairs well. Can he take him for himself? Although Wang Gui's position is not high, the aristocratic family he represented behind was not small, and his talent and knowledge were also the best at the time.

Just when Li Tai was thinking about how to recover Wang Gui for his use, the servant reported that Wang Gui asked for a meeting and was waiting for him in the living room. When Li Tai heard this, he hurriedly sorted out his clothes and came to the living room with the servant.

From a distance, I saw a man in green who was over 40 years old and thin, sitting in the living room drinking tea. Li Tai knew that this person was Wang Gui, so he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Qingque had met his mentor."

Wang Gui found Li Tai when he appeared in the living room. But he wanted to test Li Tai, so he pretended not to see him. Now seeing Li Tai give him a disciple's tribute, he immediately stood up and helped Li Tai up. "Your Highness's tribute, old minister dare not bear it." But he said this, but he was extremely satisfied with Li Tai's attitude. Being able to abandon the identity of the prince and hold the disciple's ritual is not something that ordinary princes can do, especially Li Tai is only fourteen years old, so it is even more valuable to be respectful of his teachers and respect his rituals. This changed his impression of Li Tai, and he felt that this prince still has something worthy of teaching him.

Li Tai smiled slightly and said, "The saint said that one day is a teacher and a teacher for life. Since the teacher has been appointed by his father as Qingque's teacher, how can Qingque not perform the etiquette of a disciple? Besides, the teacher is knowledgeable, Qingque should take the etiquette of a disciple when asking you for teaching. I hope the teacher will not refuse in the future, so that Qingque will bear the infamy of disrespecting the teacher and respecting the Tao."

When Wang Gui heard Li Tai's words, he was shocked and immediately admired him, thinking to himself, "This boy is not simple. He has no choice but to retreat to advance, so he has no choice. In the future, he can only accept his great gifts." He also thought about how he was so respected by Li Jiancheng in the East Palace back then, and couldn't help but sigh, "Since ancient times, the king is just so respectful to the wise and the nobles." After thinking about this, he made a decision in his heart, and he wanted to deliberately test Li Tai's attitude.

"Your Highness, the old minister followed His Highness Yin to give advice, but now he is fortunately pardoned by the emperor, so he can be held high as a counselor. I am really grateful. Although the emperor appointed the old minister as his superiors' army, I actually established a remnant party and could not be tolerated by outsiders. Will your highness treat me like this destroy your reputation?"

Li Tai heard Wang Gui say this and knew that he was testing himself, and thought to himself, "You have been pardoned by your father. You are all censors in the court. How can you make a remnant?" Therefore, he showed more sincerely, "The teacher is such a misunderstanding. The father appointed the teacher as the counselor and appointed the teacher to teach Qingque. This is because he values ​​the teacher's talent. How can the teacher be rude and put himself into injustice? Furthermore, if the teacher teaches Qingque, Qingque should be the etiquette of his disciples to the teacher. How can he do things that go against the teacher because of others gossip? How can Qingque be such a greedy person?" Then he saw Li Tai politely, "I hope the teacher will not refuse again."

Wang Gui was moved when he heard Li Tai's sincerity and then choked up, "Thank you, your old minister, Bi Dao, and you will definitely live up to your expectations and teach your highness with all your heart."

When Li Tai saw Wang Gui's expression, he knew that he was saying the truth and liked it very much. A scholar like Wang Gui is very loyal. As long as he promises you to do his best to teach, he will not do unkind or unrighteous things. So Li Tai asked directly, "There is indeed something unknown to Qingque, and I hope the teacher will give you advice."

When Wang Gui heard Li Tai ask him for advice, he said with a serious expression, "Please tell me your Highness."

Li Tai gave Wang Gui to his seat and sat down before he said, "Now that the father is about to form a new army, all the ministers, civil and military officials in the court have written letters to express suggestions and recommend talents. I wonder how Qingque should act?"

After hearing Li Tai’s question, Wang Gui pondered for a moment and asked, “How do you want to act?”

Li Tai knew that Wang Gui wanted to know what he thought, so he wrote to Wang Gui how he wrote to him and how Li Shimin ignored him. After hearing this, Wang Gui remained unchanged and asked, "What is the so-called "Your Highness's behavior like this?"

Li Tai was asked by Wang Gui for a while and he didn't say anything. He didn't know how to answer Wang Gui. His actions were obviously not recommended talents, and he did not have talents worth recommending. Although Cheng Mingzhen was a general, he was still not proficient in the cavalry. Therefore, if he told lies, he would definitely be disgusted by Wang Gui in order to recommend talents, and he thought he did not trust him and was not frank enough. However, if he followed the trend when he saw Li Ke's development of strength and wanted to take advantage of the situation, it would be difficult to speak.

Seeing that Li Tai was silent, Wang Gui's expression remained unchanged. He slowly drank tea and waited quietly.

Li Tai struggled for a moment, and after weighing the pros and cons, he made a decision. "The King of Han recommended Su Dingfang, the captain of the mansion, to form a new army, so I acted like this." Li Tai said it was very simple.

Wang Gui started to think after Li Tai finished speaking. Because of Li Tai's honesty, his heart truly belonged to Li Tai. After all, when he was with Li Jiancheng, Li Jiancheng was not honest enough to him and did nothing to say anything, otherwise the result of the matter would not be as good as his head and head today. Li Tai did not expect that it was his honesty that Wang Gui completely attached to him.

"Suppose the old minister is frank, your highness is inappropriate." Wang Gui suddenly said.

"Please give me some advice to Qingque," Li Tai said sincerely.

"What is the purpose of Your Highness doing this? Old Chen doesn't need to say that Your Highness himself knows it." Wang Gui looked at Li Tai and said carefully, "But has Your Highness ever thought about the difference between you and the King of Han?"

"The difference?" Li Tai said in confusion.

"Your Highness is born to the empress and the emperor's legitimate son. Although the King of Han is the elder brother, he is only born to Concubine Yang. Since ancient times, brothers have different ages, but the illegitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate legitimate leg

Li Tai still didn't understand what Wang Gui said. He looked at the living room and saw that there was no one, so he corrected his attitude, "Please tell me clearly."

Wang Guixin had already surrendered to Li Tai, and didn't care whether what he said was leaked by him. He said bluntly, "Your Highness is the emperor's legitimate son. If something goes wrong with the Eastern Palace, who will be the one who will enter the Eastern Palace? Your Highness is not unclear, right? So, the old minister said that Your Highness is different from the King of Han. He is a concubine, and you are the legitimate son. Your Highness is more qualified to enter the Eastern Palace than the King of Han. Therefore, sometimes the King of Han is taking dangerous moves, but how can Your Highness learn from him? He neglects his own advantages in vain?"

After Wang Gui said this, Li Tai suddenly felt cheerful. After thinking about it carefully, he really felt that what Wang Gui said was reasonable. If there was something wrong with Li Chengqian of the East Palace, then he was the legitimate son of Li Shimin, so he was qualified to be the crown prince. Li Ke was just a concubine son. Since ancient times, he had not been appointed as a concubine, so Li Ke had a very small chance of becoming a crown prince. It was because he was guided and tempted by his various actions recently that he did such unwise things.

Thinking of this, Li Tai felt that he had finally met a confidant who could give him advice today. He felt very moved and said to himself, "If I didn't meet Wang Gui, I would have gone astray. It seems that I have to ask Wang Gui for advice on anything in the future." Understanding this, he asked Wang Gui respectfully, "What do the teacher thinks Qingque should do in the future?"

"The snipe and clam fight, and the fisherman gains the benefits." Wang Gui said naturally, "And, Your Highness must help the King of Han when necessary, only in this way can he gain greater benefits in the future."

When Li Tai heard Wang Gui's answer, he thought about it carefully for a moment, and suddenly felt his eyes lit up and his heart suddenly became clear. Then he glanced at Wang Gui and saw that Wang Gui was also looking at him, the two of them smiled knowingly.

Let Li Ke and Li Chengqian fight each other, let them take action after both sides suffer. The greater the strength of Li Ke, the more Li Chengqian is no longer his opponent, and the more Li Shimin will be wary of him. At that time, Li Chengqian falls, and even if Li Ke wins, he will probably not be able to be in the eyes of Li Shimin.

Wang Gui was very happy to see that Li Tai understood what he meant. The plan he gave Li Tai was indeed a heart-wrenching plan. As long as Li Tai could act according to his plan, the position of crown prince would be his sooner or later. Then he thought that if Li Jiancheng had treated him honestly like Li Tai, he would probably have been him.

Li Tai knew how he would do in the future, and the melancholy in his heart was wiped out. He asked about Wang Gui's life and daily life in the capital, and then sent Wang Gui out of the Wei Wang Mansion.
Chapter completed!