64. Respect to the Emperor (Part 2)
"Your Majesty, the sales of "Jian Poetry Collection" on the market are now very prosperous. Many people have to buy it at a high price in order to get a Ji'an Poetry Collection! So, Your Majesty, your soulmate is here." Jing Wen praised in front of Li Shimin.
After hearing this, Li Shimin immediately wondered: "Really? Are there really people who appreciate my collection of poems?"
"Yes! Your Majesty, there are, and there are many!" Jing Wen said.
Li Shimin thought for a while and said, "Then you accompany me to see. I want to see how my Ji'an poetry collection is popular and how it is popular."
Jing Wen brought Li Shimin to Moxiang Bookstore, the largest bookstore in Chang'an City. Jing Wen took Li Shimin in and found that many students were rushing to buy "Jian Poetry Collection", obviously they were asking those bookstores to purchase goods.
"Boss, is there any Ji'an poetry collection?" "Boss, why don't you buy more? Ji'an is a great poet, why don't you buy goods?" "Boss, buy goods quickly, we have to buy them quickly!"...
That large group of students were trying to buy Li Shimin's "Jian Poetry Collection", which was obviously very eager. While these guys wanted to buy, they also praised the poet "Jian", which was one of the few people in the world. And those bookstore owners obviously knew that someone was hyping, but as long as they could make money, who would care whether they were hyping? Every time the boss came back from purchasing goods, they could sell it out in less than a day. Such a business that was absolutely profitable is a big deal!
"Mr. Li, what do you think about this? Many people are satisfied with the poems about Ji'an!" Jing Wen said.
Because he left the palace in a concealed manner, Jingwen called Li Shimin "Mr. Li" and did not call him the emperor. When Li Shimin saw this situation, he smiled. Li Shimin was obviously very satisfied with the popularity of his poems and was very happy with the situation.
"Mr. Li, major bookstores in Chang'an are selling Ji'an poetry collections. Do you want to go and take a look?" Jing Wen asked.
"Okay, let's go and have a look!" Li Shimin said.
Jing Wen took Li Shimin to major bookstores to check it out and found that the "Jian Poetry Collection" was selling well in major bookstores. They were obviously popular with the author called Ji'an, and praised Ji'an as the world's largest poet, obviously being flattered and slandered.
"Mr. Li, look, your books are hot-selling in Chang'an, and your poetry collection has a soulmate. The reason why it was not hot-selling before was because they did not understand Mr. Li's literary talent, so they ignored it so much. Now everyone knows how to appreciate it. Mr. Li's poetry collection can be said to be rare in the world!" Jing Wen said immediately.
Li Shimin pulled Jing Wen to a secret place and asked, "Jing Wen! How much did you spend on this scene?"
After hearing this, Jing Wen turned his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, what do you mean? I don't understand!"
Li Shimin suddenly said seriously: "Jing Wen, don't pretend to be garlic for me. Do you think I don't know about your name?"
"Your Majesty, I don't understand what you are saying? Can you make it clear?" Jing Wen continued to pretend to be stupid.
"You! Hahaha..." Li Shimin was angry just now, and then immediately burst into laughter.
Jing Wen was still pretending to be stupid and asked: "Your Majesty, are you happy that your book is selling well?"
Li Shimin sighed and said, "Jing Wen! I finally know that you are indeed a talented person. With your ability to lie with your eyes open and your flattering means, I have to accept you."
Jing Wen smiled. He knew that Li Shimin had already known that he was doing all this. But what else could Li Shimin say? Should he shout out Jing Wen for not flattering? Jing Wen just flattering openly, what if? Anyway, the ancients said that he would wear clothes for thousands of times but not flattering. Although the superiors obviously knew that subordinates were flattering, what could this be? The subordinates flattering, the leader would not take the initiative to expose it. This is the origin of flattering.
Although Li Shimin now knows that all this was done by Jing Wen, could Li Shimin still take Jing Wen to punish him? Could it be that he would still kill Jing Wen for the crime of deceiving the emperor? This is obviously unrealistic, so Li Shimin had to convince Jing Wen.
"Jing Wen, although you did something wrong this time, your idea is good!" Li Shimin set the tone for Jing Wen's behavior.
After hearing this, Jing Wen immediately knew that he had passed this time. Li Shimin said that his idea was good, that was that he did not do anything wrong. In ancient times, it was an era of authoritarianism. The emperor's words were right, just the law, otherwise there would be no such thing as saying Tianxian. Therefore, since Li Shimin set the tone for his behavior, Jing Wen's behavior was a good thing.
"But, I won't be the example!" Li Shimin said.
After listening to it, Jing Wen immediately understood what Li Shimin meant, that is, he would continue to do this next time. The superiors would not use this tone to say that the subordinates would not be the case, but to encourage their subordinates to continue next time. Li Shimin is not angry now, so this is encouraging Jing Wen to do this next time.
"Jing Wen, how much did you spend this time?" Li Shimin asked.
"Emperor, these are all poems that everyone appreciates the emperor. How can it cost money?" Jing Wen continued.
Li Shimin was really a little amused. Jing Wen was so capable of lying with his eyes open. Just relying on his ability to lie with his eyes open, he was a material for politics.
"Okay, I don't want to know how much money you have spent. I will give it back to you. This jade pendant has been with me for many years. It was something my father gave me when I was eight years old. Now I give it to you, so I should treat it as the money you paid. This time you saved me face, which is what I thank you." Li Shimin said.
"Your Majesty, that's my money!" Jing Wen said.
Jing Wen took the jade pendant without any hesitation, and then held it up with both hands, obviously very happy. Jing Wen knew that he had really succeeded in flattering this time. Although Li Shimin knew, he was still the same old saying, "I wear a lot of clothes and don't wear a flattering person." Although Li Shimin knew, he was still very happy. The emperor could not cut someone down because of flattering, at most he would say nothing. Anyway, if you do this well, you can get promoted and make money. If you can't do it well, you will only be a scolding that is neither light nor heavy, and you will make a fortune!
Chapter completed!