Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Li Zhi scolded Li Qinzai, but Li Qinzai's expression was very relaxed.

After grasping Li Zhi's state of mind, Li Qinzai knew that his scolding was just a temporary vent, after all, the emperor would be upset if he wiped his courtier's ass.

Li Zhi was not too polite, and after cursing for a long time, he finally felt better, and took a glass of water to drink.

"Are you wrong?" Li Zhi asked with staring eyes.

Li Qinzai hurriedly said: "I made a mistake, a big mistake."

"Where did you go wrong?"

"My fault is that I should not take revenge. The famous families in the south of the Yangtze River are powerful. They raided my car and assassinated my disciples. This is the blessing of my eight lifetimes."

"I should kneel on the ground honestly and let them make a surprise attack. If you dare to resist, you will lose face, not to mention that you dare to come to your door to take revenge afterward.

Li Zhi's eyes were a little dull, and after a while, he coughed twice, and said: "You don't have to be so self-deprecating, someone raided your car and assassinated your disciple, you should naturally..."

Li Qinzai looked at him with burning eyes, his eyes were full of encouragement: "What should we do? Speak up."

Li Zhi hesitated and said: "Resist... Naturally, I should resist. How can I, the majestic Duke of the Tang Dynasty, a hero who kills people like hemp on the battlefield, not have blood? But your blood is a little too strong."

"Revenge is revenge, why are you so vicious, the mansions of the Eight Great Families were demolished, hundreds of legs were broken by you..."

Li Qinzai said innocently: "Your Majesty, I only took revenge on the Gu family of Wu County..."

Li Zhi was so stunned that he coughed loudly, his face was red from coughing.

It seems like... I've trapped myself in it.

Li Qinzai took revenge on the Gu family of Wu County, so the question arises, who took revenge on the other families?

Those few princes and princesses of his accounted for three places. What's more, he deliberately released the news, and the actions of the princes and princesses were also acquiescing or even instigated by him.

The two monarchs and ministers simply cooperated to accomplish a major event, and now Li Zhi scolded Li Qinzai, the more he scolded, the more he lost his position.

The matter was done by the monarch and his minister as a partnership, so isn't scolding him the same as scolding yourself?
The scene was a bit embarrassing, Li Zhi blushed, not knowing what to say next.

As a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty, the so-called master worried about the humiliation of his ministers, how could Li Qinzai bear to see Li Zhi worry.

So Li Qinzai immediately handed him up the steps to let him roll down.

"Your Majesty, why don't you... have a few drinks and some beef?"

Li Zhi cheered up: "This discussion is very good, I agree! Come here, pass on the imperial meal, the beef is stewed, more soup, less salt."

Li Qinzai turned his head to the eunuch outside the hall and added: "The wine needs to be brewed with grapes and chilled. Then get some beef and sheep barbecue, skewer them with bamboo skewers and sprinkle more cumin."

At this time, cumin appeared in the barbecue circle of the Tang Dynasty. This product was first spread from Tianzhu and Persia to the Western Regions, and was brought to the Central Plains by Hu merchants in the Western Regions, and finally gradually became popular.

"Cumin" is transliterated from Persian, and in the Middle East, it has a scientific name of "anise fennel".

Why is it called "rest in peace"?Because the original use of this thing was as a preservative, it was used to stuff the stomachs of Egyptian mummies to prevent corruption, and the mummies would not rot, so they would naturally "rest in peace".

After it spread to the Central Plains, some people found that it was delicious when sprinkled on barbecue meat, and they don't know what happened to the first person who sprinkled barbecue meat.

So the custom of sprinkling cumin on barbecue has been passed down for more than 1000 years.

Everything can be eaten, if you can't eat it, it must be bad.

The miraculous ancestor, the miraculous China.

The eunuch obeyed the order and turned around to pass on the meal.

Li Qinzai smiled at Li Zhi: "The grape wine should be chilled, so it's refreshing when you drink it."

Li Zhi nodded in agreement: "That's right, I also like ice cream."

After a while, the food and drink were served by the palace people. Li Zhi ordered people to set up a low table in the center of the hall. The monarchs and ministers sat cross-legged facing each other, each drinking and eating skewers.

After a few glasses of wine, Li Zhi seemed to have completely forgotten about the scolding of Li Qinzai just now, and he looked like an old friend and confidant happy to meet again, Long Yan was very happy.

After all, I also participated in it, so it would be impolite to scold.

After the monarch and his ministers had a few drinks, Li Zhi put down the wine cup and suddenly sighed: "Although I am the emperor, there are too many things in life that I cannot do. Jingchu, sometimes I envy you. You have lived the way I want." .”

"Talent and ability, writing can govern the country, martial arts can stabilize the country, especially if you don't need to compromise or give in, you can freely and freely in the world, this kind of free and easy state of mind, I'm afraid it's hard to come by."

"I sit in the temple, but I can't be as free and easy as you, and I can't even control my emotions."

"I love a certain kind of food, but the imperial doctor says not to eat too much, hates a certain person, and the courtier says not to kill him, and Liu Rengui points at my nose and scolds me in the hall, and I still have to put on a smiling face and act like a god who is as big as the sea." Disgusting..."

"Looking back on this life, I feel like I'm locked in a cage, but this cage is very gorgeous, and the people outside the cage are very respectful to me, but so what? I'm still in the cage after all."

Seeing Li Zhi's gloomy expression, Li Qinzai thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, forgive me for speaking bluntly. Your Majesty's life of being aggrieved is a great benefit to the people of the world. This is also the difference between a wise ruler and a foolish ruler."

"How to say?"

Li Qinzai said slowly: "Actually, Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven. If you really want to do something, who would dare to stop it? It is precisely because Your Majesty is sensible and knows the serious consequences of the Son of Heaven's willfulness, so Your Majesty can restrain his desires and deal with everything rationally."

"The emperor is rational, and the subjects of the world will naturally learn to reason. The truth will prevail, so why worry about the prosperous times not coming?"

Li Zhi felt reasonable when he heard it, and his gloomy expression gradually became cheerful.

Li Qinzai said again: "I remember that your majesty once had an elder brother, Li Chengqian, the deposed prince during the Zhenguan period. He once said, 'As the emperor, I should do whatever I want. If there are remonstrances, I will kill them. Kill 500 people. It's not certain'. These words are typical words of a foolish king."

"The greater the power, the more you need to know how to restrain your desires. Once you indulge unscrupulously, the emperor may feel that you are enjoying life, but for the people of the world, it will be an eternal disaster."

"So, every desire that His Majesty suppresses is merciful and merciful, and there are countless people alive."

"In my opinion, the world's worship of Buddha is too vague. If you are lucky enough to meet a wise king, the world should worship the emperor. After all, a thought from the emperor can save all people from water and fire, and can also prevent them from crowing for thousands of miles."

Li Zhi took a swig of wine, wiped the corners of his mouth, and laughed suddenly: "Jingchu's words suddenly made me realize, haha! It's nothing for me to feel aggrieved once. Every time I feel aggrieved is nothing." Great compassion, if you think so in the future, even if Liu Rengui points at my nose and scolds my mother, I won't be angry."

Li Qinzai suggested sincerely: "If Liu Rengui jumps and scolds his mother, he should be killed or he will be killed..."