Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 496 The Unique Datang

The dignified son of heaven, he eats whatever he sees, he is interested in all the food of the Li family, and he can't wait to pick up a finger to taste the saltiness of the latrines of the Li family.

What if it suits your taste?

I am such a childlike and curious man.

Men are all big pig's trotters, and men also like to eat big pig's trotters.

In this era, pigs are actually domesticated animals. In the Chinese character "jia", the upper covering head represents a house, and the lower "豕" character is actually the word "pig" in oracle bone inscriptions, which means that there are pigs raised in the house. It is a home.

It's just that the quality of the pig's meat is not so delicious, and the dignitaries and bureaucrats think that the pig is very dirty, and the pork is something that the inferior people eat, so they don't bother to eat it.

Li Qinzai opened the door to a new world for Li Zhi tonight.

Li Zhi didn't expect the stewed pig's trotters to be so delicious, and the melt-in-mouth taste made him want to stop.

He doesn't care about eating appearance anymore. In front of Li Qinzai, Li Zhi doesn't have to put on the emperor's airs at all, and can completely let himself go.

Li Zhi, who was full of greasy food, had light in his eyes, as if he had found the direction of life, and the way he rushed forward was inexplicably moving.

A man who is serious is the most handsome, and a man who eats a pig's trotter seriously... is barely handsome.

In a blink of an eye, the three pig's trotters were eaten, and Li Zhi sipped his oily fingers, looking at the remaining five pig's trotters in the casserole reluctantly.

Reason told himself that he couldn't eat any more, and his blood vessels would burst if he ate any more, but that damned appetite seemed to turn into an evil little devil, and kept urging him in his mind, to eat another, to eat another...

"Eat another one, I won't eat it!" Li Zhi gritted his teeth, picked up another pig's trotter with his bare hands, opened his mouth and gnawed it down.

With these words, even the pig's trotters in the casserole seemed to be insulted.

"Your Majesty, you can't eat any more, your blood vessels will explode..." Li Qinzai urged hastily.

"What exploded?"

"Your blood vessel," Li Qinzai explained cautiously, "is like a firecracker stuck in cow dung, bang! It exploded..."

The metaphor is not scary, but disgusting.

Li Zhi imagined the scene of cow dung exploding, the splash all over the ground...

I lost my appetite in an instant, and the pig's trotter in my hand was no longer fragrant, and it was tasteless like entering a sage mode.

"Jingchu, you are really talented, even the metaphors are so vivid and appropriate." Li Zhi sighed.

"Things should not be wasted, keep them well, and I will eat them tomorrow. I didn't expect the pig's trotters to have such a flavor. Jing Chu is really extraordinary. Anything in your hands can become magical."

Li Qinzai was relieved, and quickly ordered his servants to make a pot of ginkgo leaf water to relieve Li Zhi's tiredness and lower his blood pressure.

"Your Majesty was busy eating just now, and I couldn't bear to disturb you. In fact, I have something to say." Li Qinzai bowed his head.

Li Zhi had a half-smile, "Say it."

"Uh, my father, who is far away in Runzhou as the governor, his name is taboo, and he accidentally broke his leg two months ago. I am anxious and panic. I want to take a long vacation to your majesty. I will go to Runzhou with my wife and children to serve my father. Beneath my knees, do my best to be filial as a son of man, and I hope Your Majesty will grant you."

Li Zhi narrowed his eyes, and said with a smile: "I thought only Ni's cattle would accidentally break their legs, but I didn't expect your father to have the same hobby..."

"Hobbies..." Li Qinzai was stunned, and hurriedly said: "It's not a hobby, it's an accident, an accident."

"My father who is safe and sound far away in Runzhou, if he knows that his only son uses this excuse to tell me for a long vacation, I don't know how he feels. Your filial piety really makes me laugh, haha."

Sweat broke out on Li Qinzai's forehead, his tone was so sincere just now, what went wrong?
"Your Majesty, I am serious. I really miss my parents. If I want to visit Cheng Huan in Runzhou with my wife and children, I ask for your Majesty's permission."

Li Zhi sighed and said, "You were wronged by the queen this morning, right?"

Li Qinzai was startled, shook his head and said: "I am not wronged, everything the queen said is reasonable, from the standpoint of the Tian family, every word of her cannot be refuted, this minister is naive."

Li Zhi said indifferently: "The reason is indeed reasonable, but the love is merciless. I don't know how the emperors of the past dynasties behaved. But my Tang Dynasty will not do such foolish things."

"In the fourth year of Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty swept across Mobei, settled the Turks, and the barbarians came to Chang'an to pay homage, respecting the late emperor as 'Tian Khan'. Will the barbarian Di Rong be obliged to obey the four seas?"

"Wrong, since the first emperor, the Great Tang has been able to make the world return to its heart and the barbarians submit, not only because of the invincible soldiers, but also because the emperor of the Tang Dynasty has a broad mind and embraces all rivers."

"As long as you submit to the Tang Dynasty and are used by the emperor, no matter whether you are inside or outside, you will be treated equally, and you will never doubt it. If you don't believe it, you might as well ask the Turkic Ashina people, ask Qibi Heli, Just ask the foreign generals who hold the military power in the Great Tang Army."

"I can tolerate people from other races, and let them take control of the military without any doubts. Could it be that I can't tolerate a minister who has made great contributions to the country and has made meritorious deeds from three dynasties?"

"Ambition, desire for power, disobedience... a joke! Don't say that you, Li Jingchu, are not this kind of person at all. Even if you are, if I don't even have the ability to handle this kind of ambition, why would you Yan be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Qinzai was moved in his heart, and his eyes turned red. At this moment, Li Zhi finally looked like the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

As for Li Qinzai, it was also the first time that he felt the broad mind of the Tang Dynasty.

In this hot land, Datang can accommodate everything, including light and evil.

Its mind comes from the self-confidence of the emperor, the mighty military front, and the boldness and frankness mixed with a few traces of barbarian blood.

Combine these, and then add a little tolerance and compassion, a little blood and poetry, and a moonlight in the heart of a down-and-out talent.

All of these together make up the unique Datang.

"I... am grateful to Your Majesty for your respect, and I can't be more grateful for your service." Li Qinzai said emotionally.

Li Zhi said in a deep voice: "I know that you have been wronged by the queen. Don't worry about what a woman says. I have never had the slightest doubt about you. If I don't even believe in your loyalty, the world is so big. Who else can I trust? Can I really just be a loner?"

"Don't mention the matter of asking for leave again. I know your grievances, but Jingchu, you must also know that Datang's surname is Li, not Wu!"

"If the queen's few words make you want to retire, it will be a great loss for the Tang Dynasty. I can't afford to lose it. Jingchu calms down. I will use you again in the future. You are the most important national weapon. The utensils must not be covered with dust, and must not be lost in the world, otherwise they will be blamed by the heavens."

Li Qinzai bowed his head in silence for a while, then suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I... still want to take a long vacation."

Li Zhi was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Did I not speak clearly enough just now?"

"Your Majesty has made it very clear. I was deeply moved and vowed to continue to serve the country in the future, but I still want to take a long vacation."

"Why?"

"Because I don't know how to flatter you."

"........."

"Okay, because I want to play wild."

(End of this chapter)