A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

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Su Shi said, "Which uncle Gu Qing raised."

After listening to his mother's words, Li Xiang did not rush to move to the East Palace, but went to the Maritime Trade Department as soon as possible. For the Su family, it didn't matter whether his eldest son became the prince or not. It is a rare opportunity to live with Gu Qing. If Gu Qing can really be accepted as his family, even if there is any change in the position of prince in the future, Li Xiang will not live too badly. It has been so many years since she married into the Eastern Palace.

Li Chengqian looks much better now than before. As the emperor Li Chengqian can give Li Xiang status and power, the Su family still hopes that his eldest son can grasp the foundation of his life.

The Maritime Trade Department is very busy now. Civil servants going to the South China Sea are being recruited, and there are still people building roads outside the village. Li Xiang has been waiting outside the Maritime Trade Department. Because he is accompanied by officers, soldiers and court ladies, he quickly attracted attention. Li Xiang Zhi received the news that it was his nephew.

Hurriedly coming out from the Maritime Trade Department, Li Zhi said, "Why did you come out, come in and talk."

"No need." Li Xiang waved his hand and said, "The Maritime Trade Department is already busy enough, so I don't dare to make trouble. I just came here to ask Uncle Huang something."

Li Zhi took Li Xiang out of the Maritime Trade Department and walked outside the village. There are relatively few people here. This nephew is not very familiar, and he seldom even meets each other. "Congratulations, you have become the prince, and you have worshiped Gu Qing as your teacher."

Li Xiang said with a look of embarrassment on his face, "Actually, I also heard that Grandpa asked Father to choose a son from Princess to marry Gu Qing, but there was no decree. It was also told by my mother, not many people know about it."

"The princess is married to the youngest prince in the dynasty." Li Tai nodded slightly, "It seems that our royal family and the Gu family are going to be entangled."

"Uncle Huang, do you think Gu Qing is really as powerful as they say?" Li Xiang asked in a low voice.

Li Zhi smiled undeniably, "I also learned a lot from Gu Qing, your uncle. Most people in Datang are different."

"What's different?" Li Xiang was puzzled.

Li Zhi looked at him, "Okay, I know that your coming this time is your mother's intention."

"Yes." Li Xiang replied, "Although I don't know why the Queen Mother asked me to come to you, but the Queen Mother must have a purpose in doing so."

Li Xiang seems to be easy to believe in others. Looking at his young nephew, this is an advantage and a disadvantage. This kind of shortcoming is nothing to him now, but it may cause big problems in the future, Li Zhi said with a smile , "You are the prince now, you have to call yourself lonely, understand?"

"I understand." Li Xiang smiled.

"Okay, you don't know your mother's intentions, I know." Li Zhi said to his nephew, "I have spent a long time with Gu Qing, longer than my mother's queen and my father's emperor. The queen mother understands me, and Gu Qing understands me even more. They all say that I am Gu Qing's child, but the fact is that I was Gu Qing's child. When you were your age, I was always by Gu Qing's side. "

Li Xiang looked at Gu Qing ignorantly.

"Tell me about your mother's intention." Li Zhi said with a smile, "Actually, your mother's intention for you to come to me is nothing else, she just wants me to tell you how you want to get along with Gu Qing. Gu Qing has a weird personality. It is impossible to say that he will reject you, but if your intentions are not good, Gu Qing will also be wary of you."

"I have no bad intentions." Li Xiang said stubbornly, "I want to learn from Gu Qing. They all say that Gu Qing is very good, very good."

"He is really powerful." Li Zhi nodded.

"Then how do Gu get along with Gu Qing?" Li Xiang asked again.

"You can just get along with Gu Qing like this, and show your sincerity. But..." Li Zhi's tone paused when he said this.

"But what?" Li Xiang asked.

"However, Gu Qing's way of teaching people is a bit special." Li Zhihui couldn't help laughing when he thought about all the things between himself and Gu Qing. Many times he has regarded Gu Qing as a teacher or master, but Gu Qing has never taught seriously. What about himself, many times he just gave himself a direction. During that time, he learned a lot of things without knowing it, and learned a lot of things that he might not be able to touch in his entire life.

Li Zhi looked at his nephew with a smile. His father handed over his grandson to Gu Qing. This kind of intention can be imagined. Many times I feel that Gu Qing's wisdom surpasses many people. Go through the field, find out the rules, and the sea chart. Perhaps only Gu Qing has this sea chart in the entire Central Plains. In terms of understanding of the world, Gu Qing's may be the No. 1 in the world.

The intention of the father to do this includes himself. The two generations of the royal family have been handed over to Gu Qing. The father did this because he did not want Gu Qing to abandon the royal family. The relationship between Gu Qing and Li Chengqian can be imagined. There is no need to hide it. Similarly, my father is also very contradictory. On the one hand, I don’t want Gu Qing to betray the royal family. If Gu Qingzhen is completely disappointed with the royal family and abandons the royal family, it will be a great loss for the royal family.

That's why Li Xiang became Gu Qing's disciple. Even if Li Chengqian and Gu Qing turned against each other, Li Xiang still existed. Thinking of this, Li Zhi couldn't help but sympathize with his father, a painstaking father, who had to bow to Gu Qing for the sake of the Tang Dynasty. Li Chengqian couldn't do it, at least his father could do it.

Chapter 991 Li Xiang's Choice

"Uncle Emperor?" Seeing that Li Zhi had stopped talking, Li Xiang pursued and asked.

After regaining his senses, Li Zhi smiled and said, "Well, you don't need to live in the imperial palace or the east palace, you can just live in Gu Qing's house."

"How long will you stay at Gu Qing's house?" Li Xiang asked.

"Stay here for a long time, until one day when Gu Qing doesn't need to teach you anymore." Speaking of these words, Li Zhi thought of Gu Qing's analysis of the Emperor's Art that night. That analysis almost explained the core of the Emperor's Art, maybe Even the royal family has not studied the art of emperors to this extent. Gu Qing already has a very thorough understanding of the current emperor system. If this knowledge is given to Li Xiang, the Tang Dynasty will still have hundreds of years to prosper.

"Li Xiang." Li Zhi looked at the young prince solemnly, "If you had to choose between Gu Qing and Father, who would you choose?"

Hearing this question, Li Xiang took a few steps back and said, "Why did the emperor say that?"

Li Zhi said again, "The battle between Gu Qing and your royal father is not once or twice, but started when your father was still the crown prince. I can't explain many things in court. You worship Gu Qing as your teacher." This is a great opportunity for you. I believe that under Gu Qing's teaching, you can become an emperor even better than your grandfather, but you have to think clearly about the relationship between people. Gu Qing's ideas will conflict with your father, if Gu Qing is your teacher, once Gu Qing and your father have conflicts, your situation will be very delicate."

"I don't understand." Li Xiang hesitated when he heard this, and he looked very serious when he heard what his uncle said.

"It's really difficult to choose between future and family affection. Prince, this world is full of choices. Every choice will make a major change in your life and even affect your life. Back then, when countries came to court to seek princesses, Gu Qing One person defeated all the envoys of the various countries. At that time, Gu Qing's wisdom was known to everyone in Chang'an. Now the question of life and death is known all over the world, and it is also the most difficult question in the academy today. Even many teachers in the academy Neither can be undone."

"The essence of that question is choice. You don't know who is lying, and you don't know who to believe." Li Zhi said that he was a little emotional here, but he loved talking, "I'll talk about this, if you still don't understand, you can Ask your mother, worshiping Gu Qing as a teacher is a very good choice, at least I have seen it! You can become a better person than your father and even your grandfather, but your father..."

"I don't need to say any more, Uncle Huang, I understand what Uncle Huang means, so I will go back to the palace to discuss with the Queen Mother." Li Xiang said.

Li Zhi bid farewell to Li Xiang, Xu Jingzong had already noticed in the Maritime Trade Department, and when he saw Li Zhi coming back, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "His Royal Highness, the child is from the palace, right?"

Li Zhi nodded, he had nothing to hide from Xu Jingzong, this matter will be known to many people in the near future, "He is the prince, and the father wants the current prince to worship Gu Qing as his teacher."

Xu Jingzong was also frowning when he heard this. Li Zhi's father is Li Shimin, and Li Shimin wants the current crown prince to worship Gu Qing as his teacher. Could it be that Li Shimin is still unwilling to give up Gu Qing? According to the death rule, the children of the Gu family are not allowed to be officials and become the teachers of the current prince. Is Li Shimin's intention to be disappointed with Li Chengqian?Or did Li Shimin use this crown prince to prevent accidents that would happen many years later?

"What are you thinking?" Li Zhi looked at Xu Jingzong.

"The Supreme Emperor really has a heart." Xu Jingzong sighed.

"Don't go to work yet, have you made arrangements for the folks going to the South China Sea?" Li Zhi pretended to kick Xu Jingzong.

"Let's make arrangements now." Xu Jingzong rushed to make arrangements.

Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu are not very good people, but they are good at doing things. Thinking that in half a month, Xue Ji will be back soon, and the team of the Maritime Trade Department will soon be formed. Recommended, I might miss the two characters Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu, did Gu Qing expect that?

Li Xiang returned to the palace, passing by the East Palace in a hurry as before, without any intention of entering the East Palace, but came to the harem and found his mother in the Lizheng Hall.

Seeing his mother tidying up the courtyard, Li Xiang rolled up his sleeves, "My mother, my son will help you."

Su smiled and looked at his son, "Okay, don't worry about it, come and sit down! I went to see your uncle."

"I've seen it." Li Xiang sat down and said, "The emperor said a lot, but the child didn't understand, so I wanted to ask the queen mother."

Mrs. Su nodded. It seemed that her son was rewarded with this trip, "Tell me, is there anything you don't understand?"

Li Xiang sat upright and said, "Uncle Huang hopes that the child can live in the Gu family. He said that since he wants to worship Gu Qing as a teacher, he must show his sincerity. Gu Qing is not a person who will reject the child. He will be wary of the boy, but what the boy doesn't understand is why he has to live in Gu Qing's house to show his sincerity, and why does the emperor say that if the boy is still choosing between the father and Gu Qing, who should he choose?"

Hearing this, Mrs. Su looked up at the sky and patted Li Xiang on the shoulder and said, "Your uncle said that because he understands the relationship between Gu Qing and your father."

"Does the queen mother want the child to be Gu Qing's teacher?" Li Xiang asked in a low voice. Since he was a child, his mother and queen have been with him all the time. Compared with his father, Li Xiang often does not see his father.

Su said in a low voice, "Xiang'er, the queen mother hopes that you can become Gu Qing's disciple. Only after you become Gu Qing's disciple mother can you have the real direction. The position of crown prince is not important at all."

Su sneered and continued, "If Gu Qing can help you behind the scenes, the position of a crown prince is nothing. What my mother wants to say to you now, my mother hopes that you will remember it all your life."

"My child will remember." Li Xiang nodded solemnly.

Su went on to say, "You have to follow Gu Qing well. Gu Qing is not someone who will anger you just because of your father. If you choose between you, you will also choose Gu Qing. Without Gu Qing, maybe there would be no current court. If it is true that your uncle said that you have to choose between Gu Qing and your father, and the queen mother wants you to choose Gu Qing, you have to remember, Your father can give you status and power. In fact, these are all external. The skills you can learn are the most important. Even if your father changes and appoints someone else as the crown prince, you can still use your skills Get it back."