Chapter 101: What is fame?
"Oh~" "Your Majesty~" "Long live Your Majesty~" "Your Majesty, look here~" “……” At the moment when Li Shimin appeared, in the open space in front of the entire Taimiao, there was a burst of crazy cheers, it is said that this is the forbidden place of the Taimiao Temple (the Taimiao is in the imperial city), ordinary people can't enter, even if they can come in, in order not to disturb the ancestors, they are absolutely not allowed to make loud noises.
But today is obviously an exception, because today's events are doomed, even if it really disturbs the ancestors, the ancestors will not blame, but will be even happier.
"Where's the team?"
Li Shimin smiled and raised his hand to greet him below, and asked quietly on his face.
Li Zhen silently calculated in his heart and replied, "According to the time, it should be about to enter the city." ” The most important thing in today's matter is to worship the ancestors, it is Li Daozong who presides over the ceremony, and the assistants next to him are Li Shimin's brothers, with Li Zhen and their juniors, this kind of thing will not be his turn, so today he can take a rest and stand behind Li Shimin to feel the power of the Tang Dynasty.
"Let them slow down a little, let the people of Datang feel more, my Datang's great power."
"Erchen understands, but in this way, you will have to wait a little longer."
"It's okay, what's the point if I wait a little longer?"
Li Shimin has a pride in his chest: "So many monarchs dedicated the temple at the same time, Zhen'er, you really did a groundbreaking event, no one has ever done before, and there will be no one in the future, not to mention anything else, just by virtue of this matter, your evaluation in the history books of later generations will not be too low." ” Li Shimin's evaluation is not high, but Li Zhen shook his head lightly and said: "The reputation is good or bad, the son doesn't care, even if the later historians write the son as a mediocre and violent tyrant, the son doesn't care, because the son never took this kind of ethereal thing to heart."
Erchen should have said that the reason why I did this was just to win a glimmer of life for my Huaxia clan, and to avoid the recurrence of the chaos of Wuhu, or the chaotic times like thirty years ago, and reputation or anything was not in Erchen's consideration.
If what Erchen really wants is the so-called fame, then how could Erchen reduce millions of natives in Nanyang to slavery in one fell swoop?
Such an act is in the eyes of those defenders, but it is much more violent than Qin Shi Huang, and with this matter, the reputation of the sons and daughters in the future generations is destined not to be very good.
But for the sake of Datang's interests, what is infamy?
” "......"
Li Shimin blushed a little, although Li Zhen was talking about himself, but in Li Shimin's ears, it seemed to be talking about himself - because Li Shimin is the kind of person who can do anything for a good reputation.
For the sake of the reputation of a heavenly khan, Li Shimin can slap a swollen face and become fat, and easily give the Chinese national treasure to other races.
For the sake of a little compliment from others, Li Shimin can let go of the enemy and give them a chance to breathe when he occupies an overwhelming advantage.
For the sake of the reputation of a good emperor, Li Shimin could revise the "Living Note" and tamper with the history of the Tang Dynasty.
For the sake of fame, Li Shimin can do things that are childish in the eyes of others, but he himself enjoys it......
Of course, such emperors are definitely not in the minority, especially those who are very promising, and this is understandable—because they have governed the country very strongly, and they have nothing else to ask for, and it is completely human nature to seek a little fame.
But for the sake of a little fame, it is very undesirable to give away the interests of the country to others, because this is not earning fame, but infamy.
Such a move would indeed be praised for its magnanimity at present, but in the eyes of future generations, it is undoubtedly a fool's errand.
So Li Shimin was very ashamed, he felt that he was too selfish, Li Zhen for the sake of the Tang Dynasty and for the sake of China, Li Zhen could transform from a good boy to an extreme egoist, completely ignoring the life and death of people of different races and foreign countries, and even doing crazy things like degrading the natives of a continent as slaves, not caring about his reputation at all - even if he knew that what he did would incur infamy from future generations, he did not hesitate.
Compared with Li Zhen, Li Shimin felt that he was too small and too selfish.
But if he wants him to change this behavior, he is unwilling to change, because he likes the feeling of being flattered and surrounded by others, not to mention that the Xuanwumen change he launched in his early years is destined to leave a big infamy for him in history, in order to prevent future generations from scolding him too hard, Li Shimin must also do this - even if he is scolded as a fool, it doesn't matter.
"I'm sorry father, Erchen is not talking about you, Erchen means ......"
After Li Zhen finished speaking, he reacted, wasn't he scolding Li Shimin in a different way?
"It's okay, Father knows you didn't mean that."
Li Shimin sighed, looked at Li Zhen's still slightly green face, felt a little guilty in his heart, and couldn't help but say: "Zhen'er, maybe you are right, there is no friendship between countries, only interests, the so-called kindness and goodwill are really not worth mentioning in front of interests."
But, Zhen'er, father or king Xi can you pay attention, although reputation is not important, but for an emperor, it is still very necessary, after all......
In people's consciousness, good people are still more trustworthy than bad people. ” "Yes, father, the sons will pay attention."
Li Zhen said she understood and stopped talking.
The conversation between the father and son was very low, and it did not fall into the ears of others, otherwise if others heard it, I was afraid that it would set off another storm and discussion - is reputation more important, or is interest more important?
But this is all speculation, after all, the conversation between the two didn't get out, did it?
Just when Li Zhen and Li Shimin were exchanging hearts, outside the gate of Chang'an City, a team of about 20,000 troops, escorting nearly 10,000 prisoner cars, had slowly driven to Mingde Gate, and then prepared to drive along Suzaku Avenue to Suzaku Gate, because Taimiao was in the imperial city inside Suzaku Gate, located between Suzaku Gate and Hanguang Gate.
This redemption is naturally a team to escort the captives of various countries, and the prisoners are not the monarchs of a country, or the nobles, there are more than 50 monarchs alone, more than 1,000 royal families, and there are countless nobles, it can be said that this team has wiped out almost all the monarchs in Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia, and Li Shimin has truly become the hegemon of the world and the sole respect of East Asia.
In addition to the Tang Dynasty, the rest of East Asia was either conquered by the Tang Dynasty, or it was a subject state of the Tang Dynasty at all, and the only one that was not plagued should be the only one left in the Wa Kingdom.
What's more, the Tang Dengzhou fleet has already been prepared, and once the typhoon season passes, it will immediately move eastward to find trouble for the Japanese state......
The Wa Kingdom is not far from destruction.