"Why are you sighing?"
Li Yuanba appeared in front of Wei Zheng's cell.
He raised his head and looked at Li Yuanba who was standing in front of the cell. At first, he did not recognize him, but after a while, he recognized him. He smiled bitterly and said,"You must be Li Yuanba, who came back from the dead!”
"Open the cell!"
Li Yuanba said to the bailiff beside him.
Soon, Li Yuanba was standing in the cell. A few bailiffs came in with a small table and two cushions.
There was also a bailiff who brought a large bag of wine and dishes and placed them neatly on the table.
"Xuan Cheng, please!"
Li Yuanba made an inviting gesture. Wei Zheng wasn't afraid that Li Yuanba would poison the food. He picked up his chopsticks and started eating.
From the beginning to the end, Li Yuanba was smiling and did not say a word. After a while, Li Yuanba filled Wei Zheng's glass with wine and looked at him with a smile."Xuan Cheng, aren't you afraid of death?"
"Of course I'm afraid of death. I don't think anyone is afraid of death!”
Wei Zheng was still the same Wei Zheng in history who spoke straightforwardly.
"Since Xuan Cheng is afraid of death, why did he reject Li Er's recruitment? After all, he was the Crown Prince now, and it was likely that he would soon become the Emperor of the Great Tang.
Whether you live or die, it all depends on his words.”
Li Yuanba smiled at him.
"Because he killed his brothers and didn't even spare his infant son. How could I be recruited by such a person?”
Wei Zheng snorted coldly. Wei Zheng was known as the mirror of the ages, and his eyes could not tolerate sand.
"But I heard that you asked Li Jiancheng to arrange for Li Er to be sent elsewhere or kill him directly. What do you mean? Since you had such a plan before, why are you using this to test Li Er now?”
Li Yuanba looked at Wei Zheng and asked with a smile.
"You've joined Li Shi Min?"
Wei Zheng suddenly turned his head and looked at Li Yuandao.
"Surrender? Who do you think I need to rely on?"
Li Yuanba said indifferently.
Wei Zheng stared at Li Yuanba and said word by word,"I heard that His Highness the Crown Prince had a son and two daughters saved by His Highness. Is this true?"
"So what?"
Li Yuanba said indifferently.
"Since Your Highness was able to save the Crown Prince's son, and you didn't seek refuge with Li Shi Min, why are you persuading me here?”
Li Yuanba didn't answer his question. Instead, he filled his glass and drank it all in one gulp before asking Wei Zheng,""What do you think a scholar should do?”
"Of course, it's to be loyal to His Majesty and the country!”
Wei Zheng spoke without any hesitation. Obviously, in this era, loyalty to the monarch and patriotic thoughts were at least the core of all scholars.
"Wrong!"
As soon as Wei Zheng finished speaking, Li Yuanba looked at Wei Zheng and said loudly.
"Wrong?"
"Of course! This was a huge mistake! As a scholar, he should establish his heart for heaven and earth, for the lives of the people, for the inheritance of the past saints, and for peace for all generations! This was what a scholar should do.”
Li Yuanba looked at Wei Zheng and said word by word.
Wei Zheng was stunned when he heard that. Then, his eyes revealed some confusion as he muttered to himself,"To establish a heart for heaven and earth, to establish a life for the people, to inherit the ultimate arts of the past saints, and to create peace for all generations."
After a long time, Wei Zheng suddenly stood up and sorted out his habits. He clasped his hands together and bowed to Li Yuanba."Listening to you is better than reading ten years of books. Please teach me, Your Highness!”
Li Yuanba then straightened his clothes and looked at Wei Zheng seriously,"Whether an Emperor is qualified or not, we don't judge him by his moral conduct.
As long as one was human, they would have shortcomings. In the end, whether Li Jiancheng or Li Shimin would be the Emperor of the Great Tang was not very important to the officials.
What was important was whether they were qualified to be emperors. Whether he could manage this country well. Scholars should be determined for the world and for the people, not to get involved in the struggle for the throne.
Now that Li Jiancheng was dead, Li Shiming was naturally the next emperor of this country. Your responsibility is to assist the next emperor and let the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment. This is what you should do.
Don't judge a person's entire life based on one incident in the past. You are full of talent, you are a talented person. Second General Li didn't kill you but came to persuade you twice in the hope that you could do something for the people.
If he were to waste his talent for a dead person, how could he live up to the name of a scholar? Are you worthy of these three words?
If in the future you discover that Li Er is not a good emperor, then you can leave him. Wouldn't that be better? Why would he gamble his life at this time?”
Wei Zheng sat there in a daze. In this world, only Li Yuanba could say such words.
If anyone else said that, Li Shiming would definitely chop off their heads.
After a long time, Wei Zheng finally reacted. He bowed to Li Yuanba and said,"Thank you, Your Highness!"
"No need! After you go out this time, I think Li Er should be able to appoint officials. However, my Prince Zhao Manor is still lacking a middle-ranking official. What do you think?”
In the Imperial Residence, the Assistant Minister was a position that assisted the Imperial Residence's Chief Historian and Sima in handling matters. It was a Secondary Level Four position.
Wei Zheng looked at Li Yuanba and was stunned. He did not understand why Li Yuanba would give him such a position. Engage in Zhonglang, from the fourth-grade officials, said big is not big, said small is not small. just
Although Wei Zheng didn't quite understand, he took it as Li Yuanba testing him. He looked at Li Yuanba and said,""I will obey the king's decree!"
Li Yuanba smiled because the system's voice had already sounded in his mind.
"Ding! [Congratulations to the host for completing the mission. You have been rewarded with 500 points. The system has a total of 1,500 points remaining!]”
"Ding! System Quest: Western Expedition of Tuyuhun, pacify the Tang Empire's Northwest, and exterminate Liang Shidu. Quest reward: 2,000 points. At the same time, you will receive ten minutes of free knowledge search authority!”
At this moment, another mission came.
"Ten minutes of free knowledge search? What does that mean?"
Li Yuanba asked the system.
"It means that you can search for anything you want to know in ten minutes. Just like how you searched Baidu on the internet in my previous life!”
Li Yuanba understood. He then mounted his horse and headed towards the Eastern Palace.
............
Today, Li Shimin finally finished handling the government affairs. Thinking that he hadn't been a good match for Zhangsun Wugou during this period of time, he called Zhangsun Wugou over for dinner.
Halfway through, they heard the sound of hooves coming from outside.
Li Shi Min was stunned at first, then he blurted out,"Third brother is here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yuanba strode in.
"Yo! Li Er was eating! Come, give me a set of cutlery. I haven't eaten yet!”
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