Chapter 480 Dividing the spoils(1/2)
"Ahem..."
Li Yuan coughed violently, attracting everyone's attention, and then said unhurriedly: "As the prince's father, I naturally want to support the prince. However, you also know that the queen has always been frugal, and my treasury
But it’s tight. So, today’s bet will be made by the prince. Cheng’er, do you have any objection?”
As he said that, he glanced sideways at Li Jiancheng. His posture seemed to say that if he doesn't give it, you will be in trouble.
Li Shimin was used to it, but the corners of the mouths of the four ministers couldn't help but twitch. They seemed to have seen Li Yuan's shamelessness for the first time. However, they couldn't talk about this everywhere, otherwise there would be consequences...
"cut!"
Li Jiancheng screamed with disdain in his heart, how could Li Yuan hurt him? He didn't want his mother to take action, but Li Jiancheng was really afraid of his mother.
"Father said so, how can there be no reason why the child should not be given to me?"
Seeing how the father and son spoke so beautifully, but their eyes sparkled when they met, I couldn't help but admire the father and son's acting abilities.
"Haha, Shimin, do you want to bet that your eldest brother will win or Master Pei will win, and what will you use as a bet?"
After extorting a sum of money from Li Jiancheng, Li Yuan was in a good mood and spoke to Li Shimin with a smile.
Li Shimin frowned and pondered for a while, and then said: "Shimin naturally bets that his eldest brother will win. The boy has the authentic preface to the Lanting Collection written by Wang Xizhi of the Jin Dynasty as his bet."
After hearing Li Shimin's words, Pei Ji, Tang Jian, and Dou Wei trembled and looked at Li Shimin with eager eyes.
No wonder they were so out of character. Wang Xizhi was not only a calligrapher, but also a master of poetry and prose. Although he has a lot of copybooks that have been preserved in the world, relatively few of them have been handed down to the world.
Famous ones include running script: "Preface to the Lanting Collection", "Peace Tie", "Fengju Tie"; cursive script: "Seventeen Tie", "Sangluan Tie", "Deshi Tie", "Er Xie Tie", "Kuaixue Tie"
"Shi Qing Tie", "Auntie's Tie", "Chu Yue Tie", "Mei Zhi Tie", "Hanqie Tie"; regular script: "Le Yi Lun", "Huang Ting Jing", "Stele of Filial Daughter Cao E".
In Li Jiancheng's previous life, these works were already peerless, and the most famous "Preface to the Lanting Collection" became Li Shimin's burial object.
Thinking of this, Li Jiancheng gave Li Shimin a strange look. It turned out that the "Preface to the Lanting Collection" was really in his hands.
"Very good, very good." Pei Ji kept saying hello. Then he seemed a little excited and said: "If the old minister is lucky enough to win, the "Preface to the Lanting Collection" written by His Highness King Qin will belong to the old minister; if unfortunately the old minister loses, then the old minister will use the same
Give Wang Xizhi's "Le Yi Lun" to the King of Qin. I don't know what to do?"
"Hold on, I have Wang Xizhi's "Sang Luan Tie" in my hand. If Mr. Pei wins, the "Preface to the Lanting Collection" will belong to me. If Mr. Pei loses, then the "Sang Luan Tie" in my hand will belong to His Highness the King of Qin."
"you…"
Pei Ji stared at Tang Jian with eyes as big as copper bells, dissatisfied, as if blaming him for jumping out to snatch the "Preface to the Lanting Collection" from him; Tang Jian was not to be outdone, and stared back, seeing such a thing happen to him.
Let’s talk about fighting with real swords and guns.
The two of them stared at each other, sparks flying, as if they were going to do a full martial arts showdown in front of Li Yuan.
"laugh!"
However, before the two of them started fucking, a sarcastic laugh came into their ears. This time, the anger of the two people was immediately attracted. When they turned around to look, it was Dou Wei who was looking at him mockingly.
Two people.
"Old man Dou, maybe you also want to get involved."
Pei Ji asked in a low voice with a straight face. He finally came across something he liked, but he didn't expect that both old guys Tang Jian and Dou Wei were interested.
"I said you two old guys are very old. Don't you even know what shame is?"
Dou Wei did not answer Tang Jian's words, but raised his head like a hermit and looked up at the roof for almost three seconds, and then he looked down upon Tang Jian and Pei Ji with disdain.
However, the three of them are actually about the same age as Li Yuan, and are only about fifty years old.
In the future era, "old guys" will naturally have nothing to do with them. However, in today's era, as long as they live over fifty years old, they are antiques. It is a thing of the past for them to be called "old guys" when they are in their forties.
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"Old man Dou, if you don't give me an explanation today, even if I sue His Majesty, Tang will not give up on you today."
Tang Jian was despised by Dou Wei's unprovoked ridicule, and suddenly became furious. He rolled up his sleeves and was about to have a fight with Dou Wei. As for Pei Ji before, he had forgotten it.
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"You still have the nerve to scream here!" Dou Wei first glanced at the two of them with contempt. From his look, it seemed that Tang Jian's attack alone was not strong enough and he must attract the hatred of the two to himself.
"It's not that you don't understand the value of "The Preface to the Lanting Anthology". One uses "Sangluan Tie" and the other uses "Le Yi Lun" and wants to exchange for this priceless "Preface to the Lanting Anthology". Could it be that you are wrong?
?”
After hearing Dou Wei's words, Tang Jian and Pei Ji, who had been mumbling loudly before, suddenly became weak and blushed, but they had nothing to say.
What Dou Wei said is correct. Although both are works by Wang Xizhi, the value of "Preface to the Lanting Collection" is not comparable to that of "Sangluan Tie" and "Le Yi Lun".
In general, among Wang Xizhi's many works, there are two most famous ones, one is "Preface to the Lanting Collection", and the other is naturally the equally famous "Kuaixueshiqingtie". In terms of grade, these two are considered
The best ones, the others are considered high-quality. As for the less famous ones, you can give them top-quality ones. They are Wang Xizhi’s things after all.
This is the celebrity effect. A pair of used shoes by a celebrity can be sold for sky-high prices, let alone something of this kind of work!
"The old minister has Wang Xizhi's "Quick Snow and Clear Tie" in his hand, and I would like to use it as a bet with the King of Qin. Is it okay?"
Seeing Dou Wei standing with his hands behind his back, looking like an expert hermit, Tang Jian and Pei Ji really wanted to rush up and beat him up, but after thinking about their own "Sang Luan Tie" and "Le Yi Lun", they suddenly had no idea.
"I said you three old guys, you still don't know whether you will win or lose. You are starting to think about the ownership of the "Preface to the Lanting Collection". Are you tired?"
Liu Hongji's loud voice made the three of them realize where they were and immediately turned around to accuse Li Yuan.
"Haha, okay, this is in private, you don't need to be so polite." Li Yuan stretched out his hand and said casually. Then he turned to Li Jiancheng and said: "Cheng'er, since everyone's bets have been made.
, hurry up and tell the deeper meaning of "returning to the native land" and let everyone appreciate it."
Secretly despising his father, Li Jiancheng cleared his throat and said loudly: "Reforming the land and returning it to the local people will make the foreign people become dependent on our products from the Central Plains. This is basic. On a deeper level, it is for
Let my Chinese people intermarry with foreign people, and use my Han blood to weaken their foreign blood, dilute it, and finally...hehe..."
Li Jiancheng didn't say the next words because he believed everyone present would understand.
However, one person happened to say something in a doubtful tone that made everyone present suppress their laughter.
"May I ask Your Highness the Crown Prince, finally...hehe, what is going on?" Liu Hongji scratched his head. He asked humbly like a good, studious child.
The corners of Li Jiancheng's mouth twitched, and he barely showed any soy sauce.
He forgot that there was another guy here who was pretending to be pretentious. If he didn't think that exposing Liu Hongji's pretentiousness would cause major consequences, he would definitely rush up and beat him up now.
"Brilliant plan, brilliant plan, brilliant plan!"
Except for Liu Hongji, a pretentious guy, the others seemed to be in a wonderful state, shaking their heads. After a long time, Pei Ji praised him continuously. It seemed that it could no longer be described in words.
"This plan is so shocking that it will make ghosts and gods cry! There are ghosts and gods with unpredictable abilities!"
Tang Jian extended his thumb and expressed great appreciation!
"This plan is so vicious that it is unprecedented and unprecedented. I admire it, I admire it!"
However, Dou Wei's praise was so appalling that Li Jiancheng almost rushed up and beat up his great-uncle. Can anyone praise someone like this?
"Why, you are looking at me like this?" Dou Wei, as the person involved, looked at everyone with a face of confusion. "I think His Highness the Crown Prince's plan is very good. Is this wrong?
"
Seeing Dou Wei's aggrieved look, Li Jiancheng sighed with emotion, as expected, it's the old who is the hotter.
Liu Hongji pretended to compete like this, but I didn't expect that Dou Wei was not weak at all when he pretended to compete.
"Hey, you three old guys, hurry up and explain to me, explain, what is the deeper meaning of this transformation!"
Li Jiancheng had to admire Liu Hongji for pretending to be a pretense for so many years without being discovered.
Maybe someone noticed, but everyone tacitly didn't say it out loud, maybe because they didn't want to ruin the friendship between everyone!
"The blood of foreign people has been diluted and weakened, and eventually this nation will completely disappear in the long river of history. It's like..."
Although Pei Ji didn't say the last words, everyone still understood what he meant.
"In this way, wouldn't the blood of my Han people have also been diluted and weakened?" Liu Hongji turned into a curious baby at this moment, and a hundred thousand whys kept popping up from his mouth.
"Although it looks like this on the surface, you have to think about it, how many Han people do we have? Maybe there are still enough people in a province. What's more, this plan is not recorded in ancient books, which means that
No one has used it since ancient times. If we didn't have the hint from His Highness, who would understand its meaning?"
Everyone thought about it. If Li Jiancheng didn't speak, who would think that the entire nation was wiped out invisibly?
"Killing people invisibly and winning battles thousands of miles away. The prince's talent is really a blessing to our Tang Dynasty!" Pei Ji said and began to send a steady stream of compliments to Li Jiancheng.
"God bless us, the Tang Dynasty. Long live your majesty, long live, long live!"
As he said that, I don't know who took the lead, and he bowed down and praised Li Yuan again. He gave birth to a good son, and God blessed the Tang Dynasty to prosper and live forever, etc.
Li Jiancheng felt dizzy after hearing this.
"Ha ha…"
Li Yuan smiled crookedly when he heard this. Although Li Jiancheng was still standing there unconsciously, Li Yuan simply ignored him. Anyway, he didn't expect Li Jiancheng to make him feel comfortable.
"Ahem... Sir, do you want to forget about your bet?"
However, just when Emperor Li Yuan, Tang Jian, Pei Ji, Dou Wei, Liu Hongji and other emperors and ministers were immersed in the beautiful fantasy of a prosperous Tang Dynasty and unification of the world, an untimely voice pulled them out of their fantasy.
came out.
Needless to say, there is really no one other than Li Jiancheng who would make such a big splash.
To be continued...