Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

Although Li Xin pretended to let Li Shimin handle it, he knew very well in his heart that Li Shimin would never refuse this proposal.

You know, Li Shimin has two major goals in life: to create a prosperous Tang Dynasty and to leave his name in history. It is difficult to distinguish the order of these two goals, or rather, leaving a name in history itself is an inevitable result of creating the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

What kind of hero Li Xuandao was back then, Li Xin had no idea. But after all, he has been in Datang for such a long time, and he also has some basic understanding of this cheap old man who has never met, knowing that he is an extremely outstanding general and a politician with great political talent. Of course, his biggest characteristic is willfulness. Otherwise, he wouldn't just throw the position of prince to Li Shimin just because he didn't like being emperor.

When Li Xuandao gave up the position of prince, there was quite a disturbance. Countless people came forward to persuade the then emperor Li Yuan not to approve such a nonsense request. Even Li Shimin himself did not want to accept the position of prince. The reason is also very simple: Li Xuandao is too dazzling, everyone thinks he will be a generation of Mingjun, including Li Shimin himself of course.

However, Li Xuandao still resisted all opinions and handed over the position of crown prince to Li Shimin, while he himself ran to the border and hid for several years to show that he really had no interest in the throne.

Thus, Li Shimin became the emperor.

Li Xin can understand Li Shimin very well. He ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor when no one was optimistic about him, of course he would want to make some achievements to prove himself. And this so-called "Zhenguan Award" perfectly fit all his inner needs.

First of all, this is an award that benefits Datang. There is no question about that. Anyone with a discerning eye can understand the benefits of such a new invention after seeing the difference between a curved shaft plow and a long straight shaft plow. Today Li Xin took out Quyuanli. With this award as an incentive, tomorrow someone might come up with improved waterwheels, improved papermaking techniques, or even other novel tools that have never been seen before.

Of course, most of these inventions are nonsense. This point cannot be avoided even in later generations who emphasize innovation—most inventions are difficult to enter the practical field, otherwise we would not see so many useless inventions and creations in those jokes about sand sculpture inventions. However, as long as the base is large enough, even a 1% conversion rate will create inestimable value. This is what invention means.

This is also what Li Xin wants to do.

With the glory of the awards set up by the emperor himself, the smart people in Datang were encouraged to think and create. Everything comes from nothing. As long as there are continuous positive incentives, who said that the steam engine cannot first appear in this ancient and great land of China? Chinese people are not stupid than other people, others can do it, why can't we?

Secondly, Li Shimin was able to use this award to firmly record his year in the annals of history. With his wisdom, we can fully see the far-reaching significance of this award, and Li Xin's proposal is equivalent to permanently stamping the three golden characters "Li Shimin" on this award: the prize money of this award comes from Li Shimin The five thousand guan that were handed over to Li Xin for "permanent custody". The meaning of the words "permanent custody" is that the five thousand crowns will never belong to Li Xin but to Li Shimin.

That is to say, for all the people who won the Zhenguan Award, the bonuses they got actually came from Li Shimin. Every time the Zhenguan Award is announced, people will relive the glory of the great Li Er Majesty. Isn't that enough to immortalize his name? Moreover, whose reign name is "Zhenguan"? It is Li Shimin's own reign.

In fact, Li Xin originally wanted to name it as "Li Shimin Science and Technology Progress Award". But considering that Chinese people are still conservative, they like fame but don't like to pursue it blatantly, rashly putting His Majesty's name in an award may arouse disrespectful criticism of the emperor. Therefore, he took the compromise plan of "Zhenguan Award". Anyway, anyone with a normal mind would not fail to understand the meaning of the word "Zhen Guan".

Sure enough, facing Li Xin's proposal, Li Shimin laughed out loud.

"The words of the king of Chu are indeed beneficial to the country and the people, I am sure. However, there is one more thing to add." He looked around, and the domineering emperor of the ages was fully displayed, "Since it is worthy of the name 'Zhenguan Award', then five thousand There are too few pens. How about this, I will add another five thousand pens from the internal funds, and make up ten thousand pens for you to 'keep forever'."

Li Xin's eyes lit up, and he quickly said, "Your Majesty is wise!"

"Don't put a high hat on me." Li Shimin said with a smile, "Since you brought up this matter, then it's up to you to handle it. You must do this award well, find a few more clever people for me, and find some Come up with some good tools, otherwise, you are the only one asking!"

Li Xin smiled happily, and said: "My minister obeys the order!"