Hearing the son-in-law call for her, the servant girl hurriedly ran in. Not long after, she walked out again, somewhat baffled.
"Where did this book on the art of war come from?" Li Xuan looked at Li Yi and asked in astonishment.
When it came to history, he might have a headache, but when it came to the art of war, even though he had never personally practiced it, his theoretical knowledge was extremely abundant.
Thinking back, he studied together with more than ten princes and descendants of generals, but Old General Xue was the most strict with him. If he made the slightest mistake, he would be heavily punished. This directly caused his grades in the art of war to be even higher than those descendants of generals. Even though it could not be said that he was familiar with all the books on the art of war in this world, there were still many that he had not even heard of.
Since he had already aroused Li Xuan's curiosity, this matter could not be brushed aside. Li Yi sighed and said, "This is a long story …"
"It was another bitter winter?" Li Xuan felt that this routine was somewhat familiar and blurted out.
"No …" Li Yi shook his head and said, "It was a scorching summer, even hotter than this year. One day at noon … "
Li Xuan looked at him and asked, "Then that old man left you a few books on the art of war?"
"…"
Li Yi thought for a moment and said, "If you don't believe me, I can change the story. How about changing the background to winter?"
Li Xuan nodded and said, "Let's go with winter. It was the coldest day of the year, and the snow blocked the mountains. The old man, under the pressure of hunger and cold, collapsed at your doorstep. Later, to thank you for saving his life, he gave you such an important thing — — this would be easier to believe."
After the last two rounds, Li Xuan had a deeper understanding that Li Yi had read many books. That was why his mind always had so many strange ideas. He could compose poems, understand the meaning of the scriptures, and know that stones fell at the same time — — even if he said that he really knew the art of war, what was so strange about that?
Li Xuan looked at him again and said, "The first round of the combat examination is the deduction of battle formations. The combat examination is different from the written examination. We can't let those famous old generals personally participate, so we have come to an agreement with the Qi Kingdom. Those participating in the combat examination must be of the younger generation. The second generation of the family of generals are all over 30 years old and do not meet the requirements. The youngest generation is about the same age as us, and there are not many who have participated in battle …"
Li Yi seemed to have understood something. He looked at him in surprise and asked, "It can't be that you want to participate, right?"
Li Xuan sighed and said, "I don't want to either, but Old General Xue said that I won the written examination. If I were to lose in the combat examination, those old fellows would lose face and say that I'm stronger than those useless fellows from their family."
"Are you sure that reading these things will help?" Li Yi looked at him and asked, "Which great general learned this from reading military books?"
Li Xuan shook his head and said, "There's no need to participate in battle this time. I think that since the people of the Qi Kingdom are so confident, their opponents must not be simple. It's better to read than not."
Since Li Xuan had already said so, Li Yi couldn't refuse anymore. Sun Tzu's Art of War and Thirty-Six Stratagems should be two of the most famous military books in the future. Their contents were concise and concise. Even with the addition of Six Stratagems and Three Stratagems, it would only be a little over 20,000 words. He would write them down for him and let him slowly ponder over them when he got back.
"Xiao Huan, come in and grind the ink!" Seeing Li Yi take out a brush and ink, Li Xuan hurriedly called out to the door.
"Grind it yourself!" Li Yi glanced at him and said impatiently.
This fellow, he really didn't treat himself as an outsider anymore.
The little servant girl poked her head in from outside the door. Seeing that the Crown Prince had yet to leave, she curled her lips in dissatisfaction.
The son-in-law had promised to teach her how to use the flower-flipping rope in a while, but she didn't know how long she would have to wait …
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"The art of war is the art of deception … Good!" Li Xuan already had a deep knowledge of the art of war. As he grinded the ink, he watched Li Yi write. When he saw a certain part, he couldn't help but praise it.
But after a moment, he frowned and said, "Sun Tzu's Art of War, why is it called Sun Tzu's Art of War? Isn't this just cursing yourself?"
He still thought that there was no such thing as a snowy day or an old man who fainted in front of Li Yi's house. As for why Li Yi named this book 'Sun Tzu's Art of War', he showed great confusion.
"Then what do you think it should be called?" Li Yi asked casually.
In another world, the author of 'Sun Tzu's Art of War' was General Sun Wu of the Wu Kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period. It wasn't clear if Sun Wu existed in this world, but 'Sun Tzu's Art of War' definitely didn't exist. In this way, this name didn't have any meaning and would instead make people feel strange.
"I think …" Li Xuan looked at the content on the paper and thought for a moment. Suddenly, he pointed to a certain place on the paper and said, "This character is wrong."
Looking at the place he pointed at, Li Yi realized that he had written too hastily just now. He subconsciously wrote a simplified character, made a cross on it, and wrote the characters that were commonly used in this world.
Li Xuan nodded and said, "Since this is done by the two of us together, why don't we call it 'Li's Art of War'!"
The pen in Li Yi's hand paused. He looked up at him with an incredulous expression and asked, "Done together?"
Li Xuan nodded, pointed to the place just now, and said, "I pointed out that you made a mistake."
After saying that, he seemed to feel that it was a little inappropriate, so he thought for a moment and said, "Of course, your contribution is greater, so your name can be written at the front …"
After being stunned, Li Yi stood up from the chair.
"Finished writing?" Li Xuan looked at him and asked.
"No." Li Yi shook his head, handed over the pen in his hand, and said, "Here's the pen, you write."
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"Son-in-law, what's wrong?"
While teaching the little servant girl how to flip the flower rope, Li Yi let out a long sigh, causing her to blink her big eyes and ask curiously.
"I don't know where you learned this from, but how did you become so shameless now?"
Li Yi was filled with emotion. Thinking back to the first time he met the Crown Prince, he was so upright, so pure, so …
But now?
Before long, the generals of the Jing Kingdom and His Majesty the Emperor would be able to see 'Li's Art of War', 'Plum's Thirty-Six Stratagems', 'Plum's Six Strategies', 'Plum's Three Strategies', 'How to Make Plums Taste Good', 'One Hundred and Twenty-Eight Ways to Cook Sugar Roasted Chestnuts' … and so on.
Thousands of years later, when people were studying the ancient military cultural heritage and an important part of the excellent traditional culture — Li Zi's Works Collection, they might also be able to imagine that in July of the second year of Jinghe, a famous poet, thinker, educator, writer, playwright, inventor, and military strategist of the Kingdom of Jinghe single-handedly pushed forward the "big event" that had been controversial for nearly a thousand years and opened the prelude to a new era. He was known as one of the top ten people who had influenced the world since ancient times. He was most likely a time traveler, and another person who was also famous throughout the ages. What kind of clash of ideas did these two great initiators have to write such a masterpiece that has been passed down for thousands of years?
Of course, experts in this field would also discuss why there was a book called "How to Make Plums Well" in "Plum Works Collection", and why the book "128 Ways to Make Sugar-Roasted Chestnuts" was not sugar-roasted plums. Furthermore, the book didn't really record 128 ways to make sugar-roasted chestnuts. Was this an oversight by the two authors, or was it an omission in the book during the process of circulation?
"The flower rope is new, it becomes a scarf, the scarf is broken, the thread is loose, the thread is messy …"
In July of the second year of Jinghe, when the little maidservant wrapped a silk thread around her finger, she went to find a few of her close friends to play this new game she had just learned. She would never have thought that whether the "flower-flipping rope" was created by the maidservant of the great man's family would become a controversial issue thousands of years later …
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