Chapter 674

The compilation of Kuo Di Zhi by Li Tai, king of Wei, is not a secret among the courtiers. Moreover, Li Tai, king of Wei, has always been favored. All the courtiers know it clearly. When they hear Li Shimin's invitation, all the courtiers naturally go.

"My ministers have met my father and ministers."

In front of the Wei palace, Li Tai respectfully saluted Li Shimin and his ministers,

The ministers looked up and unexpectedly saw Merton, who was popular in Chang'an city not long ago. Many ministers of Luoyang aristocratic family suddenly turned black. They didn't have a good face for Merton.

"I've seen the emperor and his ministers." Merton touched his nose and reluctantly came forward to salute Li Shimin and his ministers.

Li Shimin looked at Merton and snorted coldly. Then he turned to look at Li Tai and said happily, "excuse me! Green bird, you said that there was a major discovery in the local chronicles. Today I will take all civil and military officials as a witness."

"Surely I won't let my father down!" Li Tai said respectfully.

Li Shimin nodded and followed Li Tai to the palace of the king of Wei. All the ministers followed one after another, and Merton consciously followed the ministers.

"Mo boy, what medicine does King Wei sell in the gourd!" unconsciously, Cheng Yaojin retreated to Merton and whispered.

Merton vaguely pointed to his feet. Cheng Yaojin suddenly had a black line. He naturally instructed Li Tai to write the local chronicles, but what does it mean to point to the ground.

Merton had no choice but to bow down and whisper in Cheng Yaojin's ear, which immediately made Cheng Yaojin look surprised.

"Seriously!" Cheng Yaojin exclaimed.

Merton nodded affirmatively.

Cheng Yaojin took a cold breath and couldn't help staring at Li Tai in front. He couldn't help muttering, "if so, I'm afraid things will be big today."

Li Tai, who was at the forefront, led the crowd to a large stone full of shells and said in a high voice, "my son's minister compiled a local chronicle, which originally recorded the great rivers and mountains and prosperous times of the Tang Dynasty. However, during the western expedition, an accidental discovery of ink sacrificial wine attracted the attention of my son's minister."

"This is the stone?" Li Shimin looked at the shell on the stone suspiciously.

Li Tai nodded and said, "yes, this is the stone of the shell beam. I believe many generals present have seen it."

Cheng Yaojin immediately said in a loud voice, "yes, I saw it with my own eyes when Merton dug a stone. There are many miles of such stones."

Many generals nodded one after another. They were all present at the beginning, but they just looked at it and didn't take it to heart. I didn't expect to be so solemnly introduced by the king of Wei today. I couldn't help being cautious.

"There are seashells in the desert!" many civil servants couldn't help looking at the strange stone in front of them curiously, and so many generals testified. They naturally believed its authenticity and were surprised.

"As we all know, there are only a large number of shells in the water, even by the lake, so many years ago, Qinghai must be a vast ocean." Li Tai directly threw out the conclusion of the discussion with Merton on that day.

The ministers were in an uproar. Even Li Shimin couldn't help but open his eyes. He heard this conclusion for the first time.

People want to refute, but the real shell in the stone in front of them is an indisputable fact, because shells can only live in water.

"Therefore, my ministers think that there is a force that keeps the land of Qinghai rising, even the Tubo plateau," Li Tai affirmed.

The ministers were silent. Although they could not accept it in their hearts, they had to admit that what Li Tai said was somewhat reasonable.

Li Tai continued: "at the same time, he carefully collected all the earthquake sites in the history books, but he found an unexpected discovery."

With a wave of his hand, Li Tai saw a map of the Tang Dynasty appear in front of all the officials. One historical recorded earthquake site formed an earthquake belt, half around the land of Qinghai and the Tibetan Plateau.

"Earthquake!"

The ministers were surprised and looked at Li Tai in disbelief.

Wei Zheng's face was gloomy and said, "Your Highness King Wei means that the Earth Dragon turned over and caused the vicissitudes of life."

Li Tai shook his head and said, "what I mean is that it was the vicissitudes of life that made the Earth Dragon turn over. It was a force that made the land of Qinghai rise continuously. The underground rocks can't withstand such force fracture, which formed the earthquake.

Li Tai stretched out his hand and saw two eunuchs carrying a huge tofu and putting it in front of the ministers. They randomly inserted several long bamboo sticks into the tofu and penetrated them one by one. They worked hard at the same time. They were afraid of a snap. The bamboo stick broke from it. The huge force at the fracture directly pushed the tofu out of a big hole.

"This is the principle of earthquake model," Li Tai said proudly.

Merton, the last of the officials, couldn't help looking at Li Shimin with surprised eyes. He once showed this principle in front of Li Shimin, but now it appears in Li Tai's hands. If he didn't have Li Shimin's advice, he wouldn't believe killing him.

Many literary ministers were immediately surprised. What Li Tai showed them was just a small experiment, but it was no less than a thunderbolt for them. The earthquake is the last barrier of heaven man induction. Everything Li Tai showed today completely makes heaven man induction a joke. Why mention restricting imperial power.

In other words, since then, the power of imperial power has expanded to the extreme. What Confucianism did before is a joke. How can such civil servants accept this situation.

Many civil servants immediately stared angrily at Merton, who was finally shrinking in the corner. If he hadn't continuously exposed various phenomena induced by heaven and man, how could Confucianism have such a passive situation.

"It's a load of nonsense. A few small bamboo sticks and a piece of tofu want to explain the Earth Dragon's turn over. It's a joke!" unexpectedly, Li Shimin suddenly spoke and scolded Li Tai.

Li Tai quickly apologized and said, "this is a guess of his ministers. Please forgive me for being bold."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Learning is a bold guess, even if it's wrong."

"Your Highness the king of Wei is so young and eager to learn. It's really extraordinary."

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The literary ministers suddenly became kind and friendly. They looked at Li Tai with teachable eyes, as if they were a diligent and studious nephew.

Li Shimin's face slowed down a little and taught him: "in the future, concentrate on learning, be realistic and pragmatic, eliminate the false and preserve the truth, don't be careless in learning, and don't get these specious things again."

"I will obey my father's orders!" Li Tai said respectfully.

The Manchu courtiers helplessly watched the father and son sing in unison. Although Li Shimin personally refuted Li Tai's argument, everyone knew that from then on, they could do nothing to limit the imperial power.

Many people originally wanted to continue persuading Zheng Chonghua. At the moment, they silently forget all the advice in their hearts. It's meaningless to argue about these at the moment.