Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

"You brat doesn't know the heights of the heavens and the earth, so he even tried to open a new department." Li Shimin chuckled, as if jokingly asked, "In your opinion, which department should this department be established under the three provinces and six ministries?"

Li Shimin is worthy of being a generation of Mingjun, and he does not leave any traces by playing small tricks.

He knew that if he clearly showed that he was very supportive of Li Xin, it would definitely arouse the strong vigilance and even disgust of the courtiers. Therefore, he can't do it clearly, it's too stupid.

The easiest way is to remain neutral and at the same time protect Li Xin. The rest depends on how Li Xin persuades the courtiers to do this.

However, protection does not amount to manifest favoritism. The method Li Shimin adopted was to treat Li Xin's proposal as a child's lofty delusion, which is why he deliberately showed such a teasing attitude.

Just imagine, if there is something wrong with the proposal made by a stinky brat who doesn't know the heights of the world, no one will have the nerve to criticize him and ask the emperor to punish him, right? But if there is no problem, as an emperor who is eager to seek talents and is good at accepting advice, of course he should adopt this suggestion, no matter who the suggestion comes from, right?

You can attack when you advance, and you can defend when you retreat. Being able to advance and retreat is the real magic weapon.

Li Xin may not be able to fully understand Li Shimin's good intentions. But he knew that Li Shimin would not harm him, so he continued to speak boldly: "I believe that this department should be independent from the six ministries and exist as a special department. It does not participate in any political affairs of the court. The main job is to research these new types of tools”

As soon as this remark came out, the courtiers were all dumbfounded.

Gui Zhehan, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, took a step forward and said, "This is absolutely impossible."

Li Shimin said: "If Gui Aiqing has any opinions, just speak up."

"The 'sharp weapon' mentioned by His Highness the King of Chu is nothing more than some strange skills and ingenuity. Where is the right way?" Gui Zhehan said,

"In the final analysis, farming and mulberry work essentially depends on the hard work of the farmers themselves, and the tools are only auxiliary. His Royal Highness Chu blindly exalts the meaning of this matter, which is tantamount to discarding the basics and chasing the end, which will cause extreme harm to the people. Bad demonstration effect. When the time comes, the people will only know to pursue flashy tools, but will not work diligently, and the Tang Dynasty will be in danger."

Li Xin buttoned his ears impatiently.

He really hates this kind of remarks, as if using some tools to save a little effort is doing something morally corrupt.

You are a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, you don’t have to work in the fields, of course you don’t know what these tools mean to the farmers, and you scold them for becoming lazy in the future and forgetting the hardworking qualities passed down from generation to generation. For For this kind of person, Li Xin just wanted to pooh loudly a few times.

It's a pity that this is the court after all, so he still has to be cautious. Otherwise, Li Shimin would be the first to jump out and hit his board.

"What's more, the so-called 'Ministry of Science' proposed by His Royal Highness King Chu seems to not only study tools that are beneficial to farming, but also more meaningless things." Gui Zhehan sneered, looked at Li Xin, and said "I heard that Situ Liang, the winner of the Zhenguan Award this time, invented a pair of wooden wings? Can I ask His Highness the King of Chu, what is the use of this thing?"