Facing Li Chengqian's provocations.
Li Shimin was really helpless, so he finally resorted to recruiting soldiers without getting tired of deception.
Finally, he captured his son alive in his crotch.
Riding on Li Chengqian's body, Li Shimin also showed off his power and asked Li Chengqian loudly: "Treason, do you accept it or not?"
"Not convinced."
Li Chengqian really didn't expect that his old, face-loving father could actually resort to cruel tricks on him.
Otherwise, how could he be captured alive by Li Shimin?
Faced with this situation, Li Chengqian's face was full of dissatisfaction: "Father, father, I really didn't expect that in order to deal with my son, you would even use military tactics..."
"Treat special people in special ways."
"Did I make a mistake?"
Li Shimin smiled contemptuously and said: "You are stupid yourself, do you blame me for being too smart?"
You are thick-skinned and powerful.
In this regard, Li Chengqian couldn't help but secretly curse.
However, he definitely did not dare to say this in front of Li Shimin.
After all, given the current situation, if he said such words, he might really get a beating.
To avoid being beaten and embarrassed.
Li Chengqian had no choice but to pretend to be submissive in his clothes, and said: "Yes, yes, yes, my father is the most powerful. I can give up, kid, okay?"
Hearing this, Li Shimin became even more proud.
Looking at him, he looked like he had won a huge victory.
It's not like defeating his own son at all, but more like defeating the head of a country.
And looking at his appearance, Li Chengqian was even more helpless.
As we all know, Li Shimin was an emperor who could carry a gun and mount a horse.
But after the Civil War, this guy rarely went on military expeditions in person.
And just because he doesn't go doesn't mean he doesn't want to go.
Just because his status is here, if he wants to lead the expedition in person, he can only do so unless there is a legitimate reason like the last rebellion.
Obviously, the old man's current situation was that he had been holding back in the palace for too long and had nowhere to display his martial arts, so he came to trouble Li Chengqian.
To put it bluntly, in one sentence, you will be full after eating.
But my father, what can I do?
You can't fight with him, right?
Li Chengqian sighed lightly, then forced a smile on his face and said, "Father, when I went to the Western Regions, I collected a few bottles of fine wine."
"I originally thought that I would save it for a little longer and then take it out to my father on his birthday."
"But in light of today's scene, if I don't invite my father to have a few drinks, I would feel a little sorry for this situation."
Li Chengqian looked at Li Shimin, with an innocent smile on his face: "How? Does your father dislike your son?"
"Um……"
"It's considered that you are interested."
Li Shimin gently held his beard and then stood up.
He stretched out his hand and pulled Li Chengqian up from the ground: "I just have a few things to ask you, so why not take this opportunity to have a few drinks."
…
Since Li Chengqian started managing alone, father and son have spent less time together and more separation.
Not to mention the two of them drinking together, even eating together was rare.
Although neither father nor son said whether they missed each other.
But father and son are father and son, their blood is blended, and some things are engraved in their bones.
In the study room of the East Palace.
Li Chengqian asked Xiao Chuzi to go to the kitchen to fetch some side dishes to go with wine, and also asked someone to fetch the fruit wine he had specially saved.
Although wine together is not as spicy and refreshing as white wine.
But it has a long history and endless aftertaste.
After drinking a glass of wine, Li Shimin couldn't help but nod and praised: "It's really a good wine."
After speaking, he looked directly at Li Chengqian and said, "Where did you get this?"
"This wine was brought back from the Western Regions by my son."
Li Chengqian said bluntly: "If my father likes it, I can just take them all if I have any other altars."
Um……
Recognize the appearance.
This kid is really getting more and more sensible.
Li Shimin also smiled heartily.
"Not bad, not bad, really good."
After saying this, Li Shimin drank the wine in one gulp.
Then, he looked up at Li Chengqian and said, "But didn't you give me my birthday gift in advance?"
"Then what are you going to give to my father when it's my birthday?"
Hearing this, Li Chengqian was stunned.
He really hadn't thought about what to give Li Shimin.
But looking at Li Shimin's expectant eyes, he couldn't bear to say that he hadn't prepared anything.
But then he thought about it, and Li Chengqian really thought of what he wanted to give Li Shimin.
He pretended to be mysterious and chuckled, and said: "I will give my father a luxurious military commander's library."
"ah?"
"General library?"
Li Shimin asked with a puzzled face: "What is the general library?"
"That is, the reserve of generals and talents..."
When he said this, Li Chengqian couldn't help but slowly raised his head and looked directly at Li Shimin.
Seeing this, Li Shimin suddenly realized something.
He couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "So your boy is waiting for me here."
"Tell me about it."
Li Shimin put down his wine glass, met Li Chengqian's eyes and said, "What are your plans again?"
"There's no big plan."
"I just want to bring up the past and bring out the education policy that my father and I set out back then."
After Li Chengqian promoted the imperial examination and calligraphy schools, he proposed the epoch-making education policy of nine-year compulsory education in front of Li Shimin.
However, before this plan could be implemented, it went bankrupt due to too much domestic resistance and the presence of powerful enemies.
So until now, the main source of talents in the Tang Dynasty is still the book schools built by Li Chengqian.
The productivity of talents educated in calligraphy schools is extremely low.
Therefore, although the Tang Dynasty has been opening Enke every year in recent years, there are still not many young talents entering the court.
Even the Imperial College, which was transformed into the 'First People's University of the Tang Dynasty' under Li Chengqian's suggestion, has produced few young talents in recent years.
And this obviously means that Datang's talents are gradually withering away.
If one day, all the older generation of Tang Dynasty will go.
Then Datang is bound to experience a talent shortage.
This is not a guess, nor is it groundless speculation.
In a normal historical timeline, wasn't it because of the talent gap in the court during the middle and late periods of Emperor Gaozong that the Wu family was able to successfully usurp power?
It was also Wu's usurpation of power that caused the Tang Dynasty to be in turmoil, from strength to decline.
As for the Central Plains, it was because of the endless wars that it never regained its strength for hundreds or thousands of years.
Thinking of these, Li Chengqian wanted to implement the talent issue as soon as possible.
"Actually, there's something I've wanted to tell my father for a long time, but I've never had the chance."
"Although our Tang Dynasty is powerful on the outside, we seem to be invincible in the world."
"But Father, our Datang's problems have never been outside."
"If a country wants to be rich and strong, it cannot rely on one or two people."
“It requires the joint efforts and creation of one generation and several generations.”
Li Chengqian sighed softly: "So our biggest problem has actually always been in our court, our Tai Chi Hall..."
Hearing this, Li Shimin narrowed his eyes slightly and looked straight at Li Chengqian...
