Chapter 1265 Martial Talent
Tyrant?
Qin Lang was stunned again.
But when he thought about it, there is a difference between a tyrant and not a fool.
The focus of a tyrant is violence and brutality, and the focus of a fatuous king is stupidity and stupidity.
A fool is incompetent and a tyrant is cruel, but a tyrant is not necessarily incompetent.
In the thousands of years of Huanghuang China's history, the cruel and unkind kings include Shang Zhou, Qin Shihuang, Sui Yangdi, etc., and the faint kings include Hanling Emperor, Jin Huidi, Chen Houzhu, etc.
Of course, some people say that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was also a tyrant.
But whether Qin Huang Han Wu was a tyrant or not is actually controversial, but in general, the emperor who can be called a tyrant is obviously higher than the faint king.
Tyrants are generally more capable emperors, otherwise they have no ability, and they can't even control the court, and they can't be cruel if they want to.
But the emperor is a fool, because he has no ability, so he is addicted to wine and sex, and he makes random orders.
"His Royal Highness has experienced some things earlier, the Western Expedition caused leg injuries, and his personality has indeed changed, but he will not become a tyrant." Qin Lang said.
He knows Chengqian's temperament best. He was an obedient and sensible child before, but later he grew up to be rebellious, especially because Li Shimin loved Li Tai too much, which made Li Chengqian's mentality estranged and twisted. After the danger, his personality changed to become more moody and tolerant, which is actually a good thing.
Although it is said that people who are too repressed and forbearing are often prone to perverts, but those who can achieve great things, who is the one who has no success at all?
Li Shimin said slowly, "I found that Chengqian is a little overjoyed, and even a bit headstrong. This temperament is very similar to Yang Guang. Chengqian is narrow-minded and cannot tolerate others. He has no tolerance and does not know how to compromise."
In fact, Chengqian was relatively smooth. Although there were dark moments when he was suppressed, but within a few years, he was established as the prince at a young age, and everything went smoothly. Although he was not liked by Li Shimin later, Li Shimin was still very fast. Under the persuasion of Changsun Wuji Qin Lang and others, he changed his mind and stabilized Chengqian's reserve position again.
Think about how many princes in history were tormented by their fathers to death, think about the prince Liu Yu who was forced to rebel by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, think about the depressed prince Li Xiang who was forced by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, and think again The prince, who wanted to be a monkey by Kangxi, has been a prince for more than 30 years. He has been a prince for more than 30 years.
Generally speaking, the more powerful the emperor, the harder it is for his prince to become a prince, and for such a distinguished and long-lived emperor, his prince will generally be driven crazy.
Li Shimin is a man who can be called the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, but fortunately Li Shimin himself seized the throne through the Xuanwu Gate mutiny, so he cared more about this when Cheng Qian was a child, and he delegated power to the prince the most.
Later, although Chengqian grew up, there were tense moments between father and son, but fortunately, someone persuaded him, and Li Shimin did not last long for this awkward time.
After re-establishing Chengqian's reserve position, Li Shimin's health gradually failed, so he also spared no effort to support and teach the prince, and it was even rarer to delegate power to the prince.
If Li Shimin is in good health, and if he lives as long as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty or Kang Mazi, it is estimated that his relationship with the prince will inevitably be twisted, but precisely because the emperor is in poor health, the relationship between Tian Khan and Chengqian It's been pretty good in recent years.
He didn't understand why Li Shimin had all kinds of provocative problems now, and even said it so unbearably.
In Qin Lang's view, Cheng Qian is naturally inferior to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin has the talent to lead the army to fight, and he won half of the country for the Tang Dynasty at a young age, but what is more commendable is not this, but Li Shimin has a very strong personality charm.
This charm is actually being courteous to others, being generous to his subordinates, being able to listen to advice, and knowing how to compromise and give in. He is not the kind of emperor who is tough to the end. Li Shimin sometimes shows a relatively narrow side, but among emperors, Li Shimin Already belonged to a rare good emperor.
And these are the indispensable charms of a good emperor.
But Li Shimin felt that Chengqian lacked these things, just like Chengqian looked down on Ma Zhou and said he was stupid and openly said that Qin Lang had a double-hearted conspiracy in front of Li Shimin.
Even Chengqian has no affection for his own uncle, eldest grandson Wuji, and even less for his uncle Gao Shilian.
Du Zhenglun and Yu Zhining, the important officials of the East Palace, did not get along well. Although Li Shimin believed that it is not necessary for the monarch and his subjects to be friends, to be a good emperor, it is necessary to develop extraordinary friendship with some of his subjects. of.
Even the emperor must have a core circle.
Moreover, this circle must be the real ministers who are able to assist the state, not some close ministers and servants who get together based on some favorites.
Li Shimin personally taught Chengqian more than once that the emperor is not supreme, and the emperor also needs to know how to maneuver, know how to advance and retreat, and understand compromise. But when he observed Chengqian, Chengqian was a self-willed and conceited guy, it's good to have him now, if he is gone in the future, probably no one can suppress Chengqian's temperament.
"Your Majesty, I feel that Jin Wang Li Zhi is young and has neither the experience and ability to govern the country, nor the political foundation to inherit the Tang Dynasty."
Qin Lang is also very direct.
"No one is perfect. His Royal Highness may indeed have some flaws in character, but His Royal Highness was born in the Chengqian Palace of Taiji Palace. Without the life experience of His Majesty, his personality will naturally be different. But I want to say that whether it is Li Tai or Li Ke is still Li Zhi, they are undoubtedly far inferior to His Highness the Crown Prince, it would only be worse if they were replaced."
Li Shimin was silent.
After a long time, he said slowly, "Why don't I know this, but what I think is that Li Zhi has a simple temperament and seems a little cowardly, but if there are loyal and honest ministers to assist the government, then it is not good for Datang Bad things, maybe better."
The emperor's implication is that as long as Li Zhi inherits his father's career and governs by doing nothing, with the current prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, no matter how incompetent Li Zhi is, he will not be able to cause any trouble. But Li Chengqian is different, Chengqian's temperament is headstrong, he is not like Li Zhi.
Chengqian has been the prince for so many years, and supervised the country for so many years. After becoming the emperor, his authority is not comparable to that of Li Zhi. Who can really restrain the new emperor?
When Li Chengqian was staying in Chang'an, he could pretend to go to Qinghai and lead troops to attack Tuyuhun privately. Such a bold Chengqian, after he became the emperor, how could he be willing to be lonely?
Look at what Yang Guang did after he became emperor?
Conquering Linyi to attack Liu to collect Yiwu, conquering Goguryeo three times, visiting Zhangye in the west, traveling outside the Great Wall, and often visiting Jiangnan. The time when the emperor was in Beijing was far less than when he was away.
Although Datang is strong now, Li Shimin is also afraid of Chengqian chaos.
"With the assistance of ministers, Your Majesty does not need to worry too much."
Qin Lang actually felt that what Li Shimin said was right. With Chengqian's temperament, it was impossible not to do anything. Chengqian was not like Li Shimin. based on foresight.
Every time a soldier is used, it is a decision after long consideration, and he makes a decision before making a move, and even admits when it is time to admit defeat, and retreats when it is time to retreat.
For example, Li Shimin was not tough when Jieli soldiers came to the city. Instead, he finally chose to form an alliance under the city. Although he was humiliated, he endured it. After many years of preparation, he sent troops to destroy Jieli and avenged him.
Regarding Goguryeo, Li Shimin has been enduring it, and when the time is right, he personally conquered Liaodong. Discuss again.
Another example is Xue Yantuo, Li Shimin tolerated him and tolerated him for more than ten years. He didn't say that he would kill him if he didn't like it, but he had been carefully planning and planning.
If it was replaced by Chengqian, it might not be like this.
Li Shimin is a master of military use, and even a master of strategy. He knows that although Datang is strong, he must be careful when it comes to military affairs.
Even if Datang is strong and prosperous, it cannot withstand one or two major defeats.
I think that when Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian was in power, he unified the world and conquered beyond the Great Wall. He also sent troops to conquer Goguryeo, but the 300,000 troops were unfavorable. Most of them died, Yang Jian immediately ended the Eastern Expedition, and did not send any more troops after that.
As for Yang Guang, if he fails once, he will do it twice, and if he fails twice, he will do it three times. Even if the Central Plains is full of wars, he will ignore it like a red-eyed gambler who cannot afford to lose.
"Your Majesty, don't worry too much about things that haven't happened yet."
Qin Lang could only remonstrate in this way, "I think that after the sage just settled the chaos, Wei Zheng, Prince Yin's subordinate, once said that the sage can't rule the world, that the sage is a general, and he doesn't know how to be a king. He won't compromise and forbear. He will go straight to head-to-head, but what will be the result? The saint has been in power for 21 years, created the holy world of Zhenguan, and today's peace and prosperity far surpass any emperor in the past, even the emperor of Qin and Hanwu, the saint has gone far."
"The prince is still young now, who can be sure that he will not succeed in the future?"
Li Shimin sighed again.
"I said that Chengqian will be the second Yang Guang, not only because he is self-willed, etc., but there is another thing that I didn't want to say, but I still want to talk to you today. You know the warrior Xun, right?"
"Duke Wu Ding and the minister's family are related by marriage, and the sixth younger brother of the minister married the eldest daughter of Duke Wu Ding."
Li Shimin picked up the wine glass and took a big sip, feeling very depressed.
"Samurai Yu has three daughters. The second daughter entered the palace as a talented person in the thirteenth year of Zhenguan. She has been serving as a palace official for many years. She is thoughtful and capable in handling affairs. Originally, I was in poor health a few years ago, so I have never been lucky enough to visit her. Last year, after I took the elixir tributed by the Hu monk from Tianzhu, I regained my glory, and I officially visited her."
Qin Lang thought of the Wu Meiniang whom he saw when Qin Qiong died of illness, when he went to Songzhou and passed by Jianzhou. She had bright eyes, was smart and cute, and even made no secret of her admiration for herself.
Later, Qin Lang also received many letters from Wu Meiniang, the letters were extremely unrestrained and enthusiastic, she was a pure and lovely woman, but Qin Lang never replied to a single letter.
(end of this chapter)