As expected of a member of the royal family, Li Tai kicked Muchuan both feet just now, and in an instant he became so polite and serious?
He is as hypocritical as his father Li Shimin.
After Muchuan sat down, he raised his hands and replied: "The King of Qin has given me the award. His name is as loud as thunder. I have admired you for a long time and want to meet you."
"Yeah?
Since you know my name, why don’t you tell me my deeds?”
"this……"
"how?
Doesn’t Lord Mu know my name?
Now that you know it, let’s talk about it, I also want to know how my reputation can make Master Mu admire me.”
Li Tai showed a sly smile and added, "If Lord Mu can't tell you, it will be the crime of being arrogant and deceiving the king, and I will punish you."
It sounds like Li Tai is setting a trap for Muchuan!
Muchuan originally thought that Li Tai invited him to drink tea and chat, and the two of them exchanged greetings, but now it seems that the other party is aggressive and has bad intentions!
Yu Shinan noticed the tension in the atmosphere, so he came over to help and said: "King of Qin, although Master Mu holds a high position, he has been working in Chang'an City for a short time, so he must not know much about King Qin's affairs."
"Taifu Yu doesn't need to say anything. Lord Mu just said that he knows the king very well! What can he do if he talks about it?"
Then Li Tai looked straight at Muchuan with a playful expression.
Could this little kid just want to play tricks on Muchuan?
The key is that Muchuan is not that easy to play!
As a modern person, Muchuan of course knew about Li Tai. Not to mention the first half of his life, even the second half of his life, and even the way of his death, Muchuan knew everything clearly.
"Since His Highness wants to know, let Weichen speak."
Li Tai, Li Shimin's fourth son, named "Huibao", was born in the third year of Wude. He was canonized as King of Yidu by his grandfather when he was born.
Li Tai was gifted with intelligence since he was a child and had a photographic memory. He could read at the age of five, write poems at the age of six, and write poems at the age of seven. His talent was praised by many civil servants and ministers.
In the second year after Li Shimin became emperor, because he loved Li Tai so much, he changed his title to "King of Yue" again and granted him a lot of fiefs.
In the following years, Li Tai's title and official position were continuously promoted, and he received many honors.
Of course, although Li Tai received a lot of protection and favor, his talent, learning and strategy were particularly outstanding among the princes.
For example, he is good at calligraphy, painting appreciation, recruiting talents, and personally compiles the book "Kuo Di Zhi".
At this time, Muchuan was telling the deeds of King Qin over and over again like a treasure from his family.
After Li Tai heard this, he was quite surprised: "I didn't expect Master Mu to know so clearly about my king..."
"fine."
"Master Mu, you are indeed the person I am looking for!"
Li Tai said very happily, and held Muchuan's palm with both hands, looking very cordial.
It's just that Muchuan is a little confused. What does Li Tai mean?
Muchuan is the person he wants to find?
Later, after hearing what Li Tai said, I understood that the Qin Palace established eighteen bachelors in order to cultivate a group of civil servants with extraordinary talents and wisdom.
Why train this group of people?
One is to hope that these civil servants will lead the cultural atmosphere of the entire Tang Dynasty, and the other is to set an example for the people, thereby improving their diligent and studious spirit.
However, Li Tai has also been troubled recently. Although the eighteen bachelors of the Qin Palace are all highly respected and knowledgeable, they are all old and there is no young person!
For example, Yu Shinan, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, etc. are almost all past their sixties. Such a group of people have half their feet in the coffin. How can they still have the energy and determination to lead the culture of the Tang Dynasty?
For this reason, Li Tai wanted to add one more person to the "Eighteen Bachelors of the Prince of Qin's Palace" to form the "Nineteen Bachelors of the Prince of Qin's Palace". Obviously Muchuan was the nineteenth bachelor.
"How about it?
Lord Mu, are you willing to join Prince Qin’s palace and serve me?”
Li Tai's eyes were shining with expectation.
In fact, it is a very honorable thing to join the "Eighteen Bachelors of the Prince of Qin's Palace". Celebrities such as Yu Shinan, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, etc., what a blessing it is to be able to join them! Even if you die, you can live in hell.
Show off!
The key is that joining the Prince of Qin's Mansion requires you to do things! Muchuan was already busy with trivial matters, but he didn't have that much time to go to the Prince of Qin's Mansion to help with paperwork and poetry.
"I'm afraid this won't work... All the eighteen scholars in Prince Qin's palace are highly respected and respected by thousands of people. How can I, a junior minister like me, be ranked alongside them?"
Muchuan humbly refused.
"How is that possible! I said you have this qualification, you have this qualification! You are the youngest number one scholar since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. If you don't have this qualification, who has this qualification?"
"but……"
"Stop being fussy, Master Mu, let's just make this decision!"
Although Li Tai is young, his tone is decisive and firm, somewhat like Li Shimin's demeanor.
But this would put Muchuan in a difficult position. If he was allowed to join the Prince of Qin's Palace, who would do the job of Minister of Household Affairs?
However, Yu Shinan saw Muchuan's unspeakable secret and asked, "Is it possible that Lord Mu is worried about having too much work in Prince Qin's palace?"
"Exactly! Mr. Yu really hit my mark!"
Yu Shinan didn't say it, but it made Muchuan want to complain. He immediately told him all about his hard work, saying that in addition to being a minister, he also had to form a caravan and manage the Foreign Languages Institute.
Very busy!
Yu Shinan laughed loudly after hearing this: "Master Mu, you have misunderstood. The job of 'Bachelor of Prince Qin's Mansion' is not as hard as you think. It is just a casual job."
Most of the paperwork in the Qin Palace was left to the civil servants below, while bachelors like Yu Shinan hardly had to do anything.
Moreover, with the title of "Eighteen Bachelors of Prince Qin's Palace", you can also receive an extra salary every month, which is a great thing.
Li Tai nodded at this: "As Taifu Yu said, this is not hard work, it just requires bachelors to show up when there are important activities."
"So that's the case. If that's the case, I'll agree!"
Muchuan said cheerfully.
Little did they know that while Muchuan was chatting with Li Taichang, the annual "Poetry and Literature Meeting" of the Prince of Qin's Mansion had already been held.
On the first floor of the tower, a wooden platform was set up, about one meter high, and covered with red silk cloth.
Literary talents participating in the "Poetry and Literature Meeting" will take out their poems and songs and recite them on the stage to demonstrate their literary level.
After all the literary talents have been displayed one by one, there will be a "voting session".
The book boy in the Prince of Qin's Mansion would give each scholar a piece of red silk. If he liked a scholar's work, he would tie the red silk around his body.
