The best idlers of the Tang Dynasty

Du Rui thought about it, bowed his hands to Li Chengqian, and said, "I don't know why Brother Qin asked about the Turks?"

Li Chengqian hurriedly said: "To be honest, my father was also an official in the court. Since the Weiqiao alliance, the Turks have repeatedly searched, slaughtered my city, and captured my people. Because of this, I am worried, as a son of man, but I can't share my father's worries, I feel ashamed, and I have heard that Mr. Du is a great talent, so I came here to ask for advice, and I hope you will give me some advice."

Du Rui nodded when he heard the words, pondered for a moment and said: "Today the Turks are to me in the Tang Dynasty, just like the Huns were to the Han Dynasty. On horseback, hunting for a living, skilled in bow and horse, the bow and arrow of my Tang Dynasty can shoot up to two hundred paces, but the bow and arrow of the Turkic people can shoot a horse three hundred paces away while galloping. The target. Moreover, the Turkic cavalry come and go like the wind, erratic, today in the east, tomorrow in the west. In contrast, in our dynasty, because of farming for a long time, the people are happy. They fought against the Turks at the military office, and more often they built cities to defend them. Even if we win, we can’t cut grass and roots, the Turkic people will come and go when they want, if they win, they will loot money and people, if they lose, they will run away without a trace.”

Li Chengqian listened, his brows gradually frowned, and he said casually: "What Mr. Du said really hit the point, but I don't know, if I want to defeat him, how should I do it?"

Du Rui laughed and said: "It's not difficult to defeat the Turks. The Turks don't do production and live by plundering, so they won't last long. But my Tang Dynasty is rich all over the world, and the people in the world are more than billions. If you want to completely To exterminate the Turks, one of them is to coddle their minds. Although Jie Li is a generation of outstanding figures, the Turkic affairs cannot be resolved by him alone. He has been bribed with gold and jewels to distract him, so that he cannot unify the tribes and go south. The second It is to change its customs, dumping luxury goods such as silk, tea, and porcelain produced in the Central Plains to the Turkic tribes, slowing down their hearts and lowering their ambitions, so that they are content with pleasure and do not think about making progress. The third is to vigorously promote Ma Zheng made everyone in the Tang Dynasty able to get on the horse and control the strings. Even if it is not as good as the elite Turkic cavalry, there are so many people in the Tang Dynasty that the Turks can be drowned with a sea of ​​people. The fourth is the division and disintegration. I heard that the Turks were eliminated. In addition to benefits, there is also Tu Li, you can send people to form a good relationship with Tu Li, and if you promise to benefit, you can't make the two of you turn against each other, but you will also make Tu Li and Jie Li go south when you go south."

Li Chengqian couldn't help being very excited when he heard this. These things sound simple and easy to understand, not very clever, but they are definitely effective: "Mr. Du! As you say, Turks can be defeated?"

"It can be broken!" Du Rui nodded and said, "Not only can it be broken, but it will be clear in a year or two, but I don't know how we, Tang Jue, will treat it after breaking the Turks!"

Li Chengqian didn't quite understand, and asked in surprise, "Why did Mr. Du say that?"

Du Rui thought of those scholar-officials who had always flaunted generosity and benevolence in history. Zhuhu, but there are five random flowers, it can be seen that blindly benevolent and kingly, it is impossible to completely solve the border troubles, only the king and hegemony can be solved once and for all."

"The king and the bully go hand in hand!?" Li Chengqian has been educated all along on how to be a benevolent king. It's the first time he's heard of someone like Du Rui teaching him to be bullying, "I don't know the difference between kingly and bullying."

Du Ruidao: "The so-called kingly way is to follow the words of a sage, to tolerate, treat others, and govern the country with the bearing of a king. Mencius believed that the 'kingly way' is the foundation of benevolent government. Only by practicing the 'kingly way' can the world return to one. In fact, it is not the case. The way of kingship and hegemony are closely related, they complement each other and cannot exist independently. The way of kingship is the way of benevolent government. The monarch governs the world with benevolence and righteousness, and appeases his subjects with virtue. Hegemony is the way of striving for hegemony. The monarch rules by force, criminal law, and power I believe that the kingly way lays the foundation for the overbearing, and the overbearing provides the conditions for the kingly way. However, it is biased to think that only the implementation of the kingly way or the overbearing way can make the world rule. The "kingly way" was born in a period of social stability, and the "overbearing" was born in a period of social turmoil. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, the feudal lords fought in chaos, the society was turbulent, and in the later period of the Warring States period, the situation of the Seven Heroes was formed. Finally, there was a little unity in the land of China that had been divided and fought for hundreds of years, and the only one that could complete this historical mission That is the state of Qin. If the state of Qin pursued the kingly way and applied benevolent government at this time, would it be possible to unify the world so quickly? No, the world may continue to fight for hundreds of years. What is the reason? If Qin does not come out, Then Qin State and the Six Kingdoms are always in a relative balance, they will eat each other, wars will continue, and the great cause of unification is far away. Both the kingly way and the hegemony have their origin and function in specific historical environments, just as Xiao He said: Therefore, the king of Han can only protect himself based on Hanzhong. If he wants to fight for the world, it must be Han Xin. Similarly, if in the late Warring States period, Qin followed the king's way and abandoned hegemony, the seven kingdoms could only rest in peace, and could not stabilize the country. In the turbulent era, if the hegemony Comparing it to lofty ambitions, then the kingly way is a bit short-sighted. Of course you can’t deny the kingly way, but if you blindly regard the kingly way as the truth and an unshakable ideological standard, it won’t work either. A country with benevolent government, but what is the final result? Didn’t the country be subjugated by Qi and Chu? The peasant uprising at the end of the Qin Dynasty, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rose up, and finally Liu Bang and Xiang Yu competed in the Central Plains. In fact, they are also people who abide by the kingly way, but they are chaotic The world situation forced them to rebel and protect themselves. They pursued hegemony and the way to unify the world. Even so, they should not blindly pursue hegemony. There is no need for existence anymore, and there will be a kingly way in the world. Throughout the history of China, all dynasties in the past have practiced virtue and won the hearts of the people after unification. Otherwise, there will be so many prosperous dynasties? Kingly and domineering are born due to the weather, It is also destroyed due to the weather, but no matter whether it is kingly or overbearing, it must be clearly recognized that each kind of thought is produced in a specific environment. If it leaves this environment, it must be abandoned or perish, and it cannot be improved by improving this environment. Therefore, we should take the essence and discard the dross in the kingly way and overbearing. When a thought has completed its historical mission, it should leave him decisively and welcome a new trend of thought with more vitality and vitality. The so-called kings and overlords are all used. Generally speaking, in today's terms, when you are the king inside and overlord the outside, you will appease the people inside, recuperate, make the people peaceful, expand the territory outside, and conquer by force.Obedience will make all the barbarians afraid, this is the so-called long-term way. "

The two chatted until the evening, when Du Rui left Li Chengqian to eat in the mansion, Li Chengqian took his leave and left. When he returned to the palace, he couldn't wait to tell Taizong what he had gained today.

After hearing this, Emperor Taizong couldn't help pondering: "Take copper as a guide to correct clothes, take ancient times as a guide to know the rise and fall, take people as a guide to know gains and losses, and history as a guide to know success and failure~~~~~~~~ The inner king and the outer tyrant! This kid is really kind!"

After hearing what Du Rui said to Li Chengqian, Emperor Taizong guessed that Du Rui had guessed the identities of their father and son, and couldn't help laughing.

When Li Chengqian saw it, he was puzzled and said, "Why is Father so laughing!?"

Taizong smiled and said: "Chengqian! Then Du Rui already knows that you are the prince!"

Li Chengqian said in shock: "This~~~~~ is unlikely! I told him that my surname is Qin, how could he know!"

Taizong said: "If he doesn't know, how can he tell you the learning of emperors? If he tells others, it will be a crime of losing his head, okay! Since he doesn't want to break it, Chengqian, you Don't say that when you have nothing to do, you can go to Du's mansion more often. In the future, if you use it well, it may become your big help. If you don't use it well~~~~~~"

Emperor Taizong didn't finish his words. When he thought of Du Rui's early wisdom, he couldn't help but feel scared for a while, but then he thought of Du Rui singing generously in the Zuixian Tower that day, "Wei Bridge is ashamed, it's still not snowing, and the minister hates it, why not?" "When the time dies", this sentence is enough to prove that Du Rui is a loyal and patriotic person, and the murderous intent that had just risen in his heart dissipated.

"Chengqian! When you associate with Du Rui, you should behave like a teacher!"