Chapter 634 Unraveling
Kong Zhixuan had a gloomy face, reluctantly raised his glass and drank it down without looking at Fang Jun. He really couldn't understand why Fang Jun, a boy who was so domineering and arrogant, could happen to have become friends with his mature and steady father.
Over the past year, Kong Zhixuan's ears have been tortured. Every time he talks to his father at home, the word "Fang Jun" will be mentioned. For example, "We should learn more from Fang Jun's noble style", "We should communicate with Fang Jun frequently and learn from his literary style", "We should support the family business like Fang Jun did"...I don't know how many I hear every day. Kong Zhixuan's ears were almost calloused.
He knew that Fang Jun was talented in literature and had a knack for making money, but he was not as good as him. But every time his father used Fang Jun as a model to highlight his own shortcomings, who could bear this? Kong Zhixuan often wants to yell at his father: I am almost 30 years old, can you not always bring up a young boy to embarrass us?
Under such circumstances, it is strange that Kong Zhixuan can have a good impression of Fang Jun...
King Li Tai of Wei looked at Fang Jun, who was calm and calm, and then at Kong Zhixuan, who looked unhappy, and then swept his eyes across the faces of everyone present. Suddenly, there was a feeling of emptiness in his heart, and he couldn't help but sigh.
Once upon a time, I was favored by my father and showed my desire to save money. Apart from Fang Jun, who among this group of people was not flattering and fawning over me?
But now, he was about to go to the far away land of Wuyue to join the feudal clan, and the situation suddenly changed. Although he is respectful and courteous on the outside, he is afraid that no one takes him seriously anymore, right?
A prince who goes to a fiefdom to become a vassal can't influence the affairs of the court, so even a royal official can't do it...
King Li Tai of Wei felt depressed, so he picked up the wine cup in front of him and drank it all in one gulp.
The spicy wine went down the throat, burning and churning in the stomach...
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Li Tai regretted hosting this banquet.
The original idea was to leave Beijing in the future and take advantage of the last opportunity to contact old friends. In the future, these people could serve as aid in Beijing and protect themselves at critical moments.
But he found that he was too naive...
People enjoy the coolness of tea, and it is the same in ancient and modern times.
The prince who left the capital, no matter how holy he was in the past, was like a plucked phoenix, ignored by no one.
The ups and downs of life were too cruel, and Li Tai couldn't accept it, so he got drunk very quickly.
The protagonist is drunk, and the party naturally breaks up unhappy.
Changsun Huan took Fang Jun and wanted to go to Pingkangfang to have fun, but Fang Jun was left behind by someone sent by Li Tai.
Fang Jun had no choice but to let Changsun Huan and others go to Pingkangfang first, and he would arrive later.
A large group of dandies said their goodbyes and left, laughing and hugging each other as they headed towards Pingkangfang.
The elegant interior on one side of the building.
Wei King Li Tai sat casually on the floor, holding a white jade wine cup in his hand, looking lonely and depressed.
As soon as Fang Jun came in, he smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness is really good at tricking even the humble ministers." He did not feel Li Tai's loss and sorrow in his heart. Instead, he was secretly surprised. Since he was impatient and wanted to pretend to be drunk and leave the banquet, then Why call this banquet?
"Hey! Erlang is so proud of his success, how can he understand this king's loneliness?" Li Tai forced a smile on his round, fat face and spoke in a low tone.
This is the sense of loss that comes from falling from the clouds to the trough, Fang Jun thought to himself.
He sat down opposite Li Tai carelessly, refused the wine bottle that Li Tai handed over, reached out to pick up an apricot on the tea tray and put it into his mouth. It tasted sour and sweet.
"Your Highness, you still can't let go?" Fang Jun asked.
Li Tai was slightly stunned, hesitated, shook his head and said, "I am not worried about the possibility of getting the crown prince position. It's just that I have always lived in Chang'an, and suddenly going to the barren, desolate and smog-infested land of Wuyue is a little uneasy."
Fang Jun nodded.
Li Tai is a smart man. After experiencing so many things in the past year, he must have seen clearly. As long as His Majesty Li Er can stay rational, then the position of crown prince will not be his turn no matter what.
As for worrying about the barrenness of the land of Wuyue, Fang Jun thinks there is no need to worry...
Not to mention that the land of Wuyue is endowed with abundant water resources and suitable temperatures. With just a little development, it can become a beautiful and fertile land. The long coastline alone can bring super profits due to sea trade, and prosperity is just around the corner.
What's more, in Fang Jun's memory, it seems that the Tang Dynasty never really implemented the feudal system like the Ming Dynasty. His Majesty Li Er wanted to entrust his descendants to the world, guard the four directions, and defend the capital. Unfortunately, in the end, due to the protests of the ministers, It can't be settled.
As long as history does not deviate too much, His Majesty Li Er's enfeoffment system should be abolished soon. At that time, both the former kings of Qi and Wu and the current king of Wei will evacuate their fiefdoms and return to the capital.
It's just that I can't say this, and Fang Jun doesn't intend to say it...
No one can say whether Li Tai has really thought about it now and no longer covets the position of crown prince, or is forced by the situation to give up his obsession. Let him stay in the land of Wuyue in the south of the Yangtze River for three to five years, and maybe the extravagant hopes in his heart will be completely subsided.
Every dynasty that was once glorious collapsed due to internal strife.
Fang Jun wanted to make the Tang Dynasty stronger, and he also wanted the people in this land who had been bound by farming ideas and Confucian culture for generations to see a completely different way of living. When constant expansion awakens dormant desires and buries the seeds of progress in the heart, even if the dynasty collapses and the Tang Dynasty is overthrown, a domineering soul will one day be created, instead of being content with being rich and just for immediate benefits. Lost the desire to make progress.
No one knows better than Fang Jun the huge energy that this nation can unleash. When the mind is bound to this land, it can only passively maintain a defensive posture, the power is imprisoned, and the mind is restrained...
However, facts have proven that the Great Wall cannot withstand the cavalry of the nomads, and benevolence cannot influence the inflated and ferocious desires. If you blindly guard this three-acre land, the final result can only be to let people prey on you and bully you in every way...
What would it be like if the nation's awakening did not have to go through the painful and dark nineteenth century?
Fang Jun wanted to take a look.
He wants to use the blood and suffering of foreigners to awaken the bloody nature of this nation through his own efforts...
And all of this requires a stable empire to back it up. Therefore, Fang Jun will definitely make every effort to maintain the stability of the empire.
Sitting opposite Li Tai, after thinking for a while, Fang Jun said: "When you are alive, you must always have some enterprising spirit."
Li Tai said in surprise: "Erlang is encouraging me not to give up, but to fight for it?"
He didn't understand what Fang Jun meant. He had to know that Fang Jun had been tirelessly trying to persuade him to give up the fight for the crown prince. In Fang Jun's eyes, it seemed that it didn't matter who became the emperor, as long as the empire was stable, everything would be fine.
Fang Jun shook his head and said: "How stupid is it to do something you know you can't do?"
Li Tai became more and more puzzled: "Then why do you want me to make progress?"
Fang Jun looked into Li Tai's eyes and said, "Your Highness, you should look further ahead. The Tang Dynasty is not the only one in this world."
Li Tai was stunned.
It’s not just the Tang Dynasty...
What's the meaning?
Fang Jun said: "The world is vast, far beyond your Highness's imagination. To the west of Kunlun and to the south of the ocean, the land is thousands of miles wide, with abundant resources and abundant people. Instead of getting entangled in the struggle for the reserve, allowing family affection to flow eastward and the empire to sway, Why not forge ahead and conquer foreign lands? ”
Li Taiyuan's face was full of disbelief, his mouth opened, and he looked at Fang Jun in front of him with dumbfounded eyes.
Pioneering and enterprising, enclosing foreign lands? !
Who the hell doesn’t want to? !
That man doesn't have the ambition to open up new territories and enclose the wolf in Xu?
That man doesn't have the dream of conquering the world by conquering Shi Yanran?
But throughout the ages, how many people have been able to do it?
Li Tai smiled bitterly and said: "Aren't Erlang making fun of me? I sealed the wolf as a Xu and restrained Shi Yanran. His achievements throughout the ages are the ultimate... No matter how conceited I am, I would not dare to compare myself to the Huo champion or Dou Bodu!"
Huo Qubing sealed Lang Juxu, Dou Xianle Shi Yanran, the ultimate dream of an ancient military strategist! For thousands of years, he has achieved great fame and made outstanding achievements!
Who wouldn't?
It can be said that apart from being in charge of the Ninth Five Supreme Beings, this is the ultimate achievement!
Of course Li Tai also thought that his fat body was not only filled with desire for the throne, he also imagined that one day he would be able to march thousands of miles and sweep across the world!
It’s just...it’s so unreliable!
Fang Jun disapproved of Li Tai's expression: "You always have to have dreams, what if they come true?" (End of Chapter)