Li Shi Min suddenly understood the reason why Li Yi had left the Drunken Sky Tower.
"Li Yi, I've long heard that your storytelling ability is divine. Why don't you tell me and the other beloved ministers a story today?”
Li Shi Min suddenly said.
"Your Majesty, what story do you want to hear?”
Li Yi didn't refuse and asked Li Shimin.
"What stories can you tell?"
Li Shi Min asked.
"I know many stories, but there are very few stories that are suitable for Your Majesty.”
Li Yi said.
"Li Yi, what do you mean?"
Li Shimin frowned. He thought that Li Yi didn't want to tell him a story. This was Li Yi's excuse.
"Your Majesty, the stories that I tell the common people are all stories that I have created and fabricated. However, Your Majesty is the Emperor of the Great Tang, so I naturally can't tell such stories to deceive Your Majesty.”
Li Yi understood Li Shiming's thoughts and explained.
"If you want to tell a story, I do have a story that is suitable for Your Majesty to hear.”
Li Yi pondered for a moment and then said.
"Oh! What kind of story?"
Li Shi Min was curious.
"This is a story about the emperor.”
Li Yi said.
"Then quickly tell me!"
Li Shi Min said impatiently.
"I heard this story from a Hu of the Western Regions. Before telling this story, I would like to ask Your Majesty a few questions. Do you know what the shape of this world is? Were there any other countries in this world besides the Great Tang and the countries of the Western Regions?”
Li Yi asked.
"Li Yi, why are you asking me these questions?”
Li Shi Min was curious.
"These are all commoners. They will be told in the story later.”
Li Yi said.
"The shape of heaven and earth is probably round and square! Other than the Tang Empire and the surrounding countries in the Western Regions, there should be other countries. In the fourth year of Zhenguan, the Wei Nation sent an envoy from the Tang Empire to Chang 'an to learn the culture of the Tang Empire.”
Li Shi Min pondered for a moment.
Li Yi didn't comment on whether Li Shimin was right or wrong. He then began to preach,""This story takes place in the far west of the world, in Pella, the capital of the Kingdom of Macedon. King Philip gave birth to a son, and his name is Alexander…”
That's right, the story that Li Yi was going to tell Li Shimin was the one that he had seen in his previous life, the one that he could still vaguely remember.
The reason why Li Yi told Li Shimin the story of Alexander was because he felt that if he told stories like Journey to the West and Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, he might not be able to scare Li Shimin.
After all, Li Shiming was a wise and heroic emperor.
Another reason why he told Li Shimin about Alexander's Expedition was that since ancient times, the emperors of China had always thought highly of themselves and lived in a corner. Other than Genghis Khan, who was not considered Han and led Mongolia to fight in Europe, there had never been an emperor in China who could leave Asia.
Even Ying Zheng, the First Emperor of Qin, who was known as the first emperor in history, failed to do so.
In fact, among all the emperors of Huaxia, Emperor Ying Zheng was the most likely to lead Huaxia out of Asia. Unfortunately, God did not give him the chance. He died of a sudden illness before the age of fifty.
A few years after his death, the huge Eastern Dynasty fell apart due to a series of coincidences and internal conflicts.
Therefore, Li Yi decided to tell Li Shiming the story of " The Story of Alexander's Expedition " to broaden Li Shiming's horizons. He wanted to let Li Shiming know how big the world was and not place his eyes on Asia.
After all, sometimes, one's horizons determined one's achievements.
There was a reason why Li Yi chose to talk about Alexander.
Alexander was the leader of the four greatest military commanders in European history. His achievements in his life were incomparable to the other three military strategists in Europe combined.
Alexander had unified the entire Greek territory, then swept through the Middle East region. He had occupied all of Egypt without spending a single soldier, and he had wiped out the Persian Empire. His army had reached the India River basin. Other than the Ancient Kingdom and China, the four ancient civilizations occupied three of them, and he had conquered about five million square kilometers.
After all, even China in the future only had an area of 9.6 million square kilometers.
In 330 B.C., more than 2,000 years ago, Alexander had already achieved this. He owned half of the territory of China in the future.
As Li Yi narrated the story, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Gao Shilian, Zhangsun Wuji, and Li Chunfeng were all immersed in Li Yi's story world.
Because of the Lotus Blossoming Tongue effect, an unrivaled Western Emperor appeared in their minds.
He was talented and intelligent. At the age of twelve, he relied on his own intelligence to tame a fierce horse that others could not tame.
At the age of 16, he led his men to defeat the most famous team in Greece, the Holy Team of Thebes.
After that, Alexander was expelled from the capital by his father Philip because he mocked him at the banquet. Later, in order to deal with the doubts of the outside world, his father had no choice but to recall Alexander and reconcile with him.
However, after that, the conflict between him and his father was not resolved. Because his father fell in love with another woman, the conflict between him and his father gradually grew. In the end, his father almost killed him.
But in the end, his father, Philip, was assassinated while attending his daughter's wedding, and Alexander's era came…
The more Li Shi Min listened, the brighter his eyes became. In the end, he even wished he could turn into Alexander.
Because he found a similar sense of immersion from Alexander.
It just so happened that he had also made great contributions to the Great Tang at the end of the Sui Dynasty. It could even be said that half of the Great Tang was under his control. However, under such circumstances, his father still sided with his elder brother, Li Jiancheng. As a result, his relationship with his father, Li Yuan, was not very good.
If it wasn't for his father, Li Yuan, who insisted on passing on his legacy to the elders, he wouldn't have been the one who killed his brother and father and ended up with an eternal infamy.
This was why he had been using troops against other countries all these years. After defeating the Eastern Turks, he was now using troops against Tuyuhun.
In fact, Tuyuhun's invasion of Liangzhou was just an excuse for Li Jing to send troops to attack Tuyuhun. Whether Tuyuhun invaded Liangzhou or not, he would still use troops against Tuyuhun in the future.
The reason why he did so much was to prove to the world.
He was not wrong.
His father, Li Yuan, was wrong.
He was a good emperor.
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