"Yes, Master..." Gemu came over, put his hands on Li Mu's shoulders and pressed them. But he was thinking about something in his mind. Once he started thinking hard, he became a little distracted, and the movements of his hands lost their importance.
"Be gentle!" Li Mu was pinched so hard that he opened his eyes and glared at him.
Gemu quickly relaxed his movements, frowned and said: "But Master, I really don't understand what you mean. Can this be the way to win the favor of Princess Huanzhu?"
Li Mu did not answer the question, but asked, "Boy, how many master wives do you have?"
"One, two, three, four, five..." Gemu counted on his fingers and found that five fingers were not enough. As long as he added another hand, he finally counted enough and said, "Six master wives."
"So, is Master very capable?"
"Big!" Gemu suddenly realized and hurriedly apologized.
Li Mu waved his hand and said: "Continue to think about it and talk about it after you have figured it out."
"Oh." Gemu muttered and started thinking hard. After a while, when Li Mu was really about to fall asleep, he spoke up and suddenly realized: "I understand, Master, you are training me."
Mind!"
"Ah?" Li Mu was stunned for a moment. He looked at Gemu, but Gemu thought he was right. He even surprised Li Mu and said with a smile: "I already understand what Master means. I returned to Zhu County before."
The master doesn't like me, it must be because I am frivolous and not stable enough. Master asked me to do the work of a servant just to calm me down so that Princess Huanzhu can look up to me, right?"
"It's not too stupid..." Li Muqian laughed, thinking that this was also a good excuse, so he borrowed the donkey from the slope and said in a serious manner: "You are too impetuous and too proud. Even Qian benefited, and all suffered losses."
I don’t understand, you look so unreliable and you want to marry the princess of our Tang Dynasty?”
"Yes, Master..." Gemu couldn't help but feel ashamed, recalling all the things he did after coming to the Tang Dynasty, he was really impetuous! The Tang Dynasty has outstanding people, and Princess Huanzhu is the best among people, with a sharp eye.
It must be very high. It is very normal for her to look down on herself!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sweat profusely, and said with shame: "Thankfully I got the advice from the master, otherwise the disciple would continue to be impetuous, let alone pursue Princess Huanzhu, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to marry a wife, and I would have to go back to
Tubo, accept your father’s arrangement!”
"It's good that you know... Remember, master will not harm you. All the hardships you endure are training and tests." Li Mu nodded with satisfaction, thinking that there is nothing wrong with this person's exaggerated imagination, what the hell?
I've figured it all out by myself, so I don't have to talk nonsense.
"Yes!" Gemu suddenly had a new look, and began to pinch Master's legs seriously again, and said: "Master, don't worry, my disciple will never complain again in the future. I will change my past mistakes according to Master's teachings.
Hone your willpower and never complain at all."
"Well, you can teach me." Li Mu became more and more satisfied, thinking that there are not too many such apprentices. If there are suitable ones later, he can recruit more, and he will even save money on hiring maids and servants.
However, he was not so mad that he asked Gemu to learn massage. He waved his hand and said, "It's good to have this attitude. You can transform yourself subtly and don't just talk about it. But there is no need to be too involved. After all, you can massage."
, and cannot take a wife."
"Yes, Master." Gemu agreed honestly this time. He knew that he would definitely not be able to guess Li Mu's thoughts, so he simply stopped guessing and just obeyed.
"Well, you are the Prince of Tubo, the future King of Tubo. You should think about things from a macro perspective and not be obsessed with personal relationships between your children. Don't you have any ideas about your country?" Li Mu directed his words towards the country.
Fang La glanced at Gemu secretly: "If you become the king of Tubo in the future, how will you govern the country?"
"I..." Gemu suddenly fell silent, and the movements of his hands became much lighter. Li Mu waited for his answer, keeping his eyes on him. Gemu was forced to have no choice. He sighed and said: "Don't dare to deceive.
Master, if possible, I don’t want to go back to Tubo.”
Li Mu raised his eyebrows and said, "Why don't you want to go back?"
Ge Mu sighed, squatted opposite Li Mu, looked up at Li Mu, and said: "Master, I don't like Tubo. Although I was born and raised there, I don't like it."
After a pause, Gemu continued: "Tell me about the thing I least like, Master. Do you know why Tubo and the Central Plains have to fight every few years?"
Li Mu sneered and said, "Are you asking me this? In all likelihood, the war was started by you Tubo people. This is a fact!"
"This is what I hate most about Tubo." Gemu sighed and said, "Master, you should know that although Tubo has a vast territory, there are not many places where food can be grown. There are cattle and sheep, but there are no good pastures or products.
It is barren. On the entire plateau, there is no powerful tribe like the Tang Dynasty to unify the plateau, so each place is independent."
"Because pasture and cultivated land are limited, everyone has to fight in order to compete for land, pasture, and water sources. If you win the war, you can get pasture, cultivated land, and slaves. If you lose the war, you can also kill some people and reduce the food supply of your tribe.
Consumption——"
At this point, Gemu couldn't talk anymore. He was silent for a while before continuing: "I can understand all of this, but what I can't understand is that sometimes, it's not about fighting for pasture or farmland, or just simply
In order to reduce the population, they also fight wars!"
Gemu gritted his teeth and said: "When I was seven years old, I heard my father and several uncles discussing whether they should find an excuse to fight a war and clean up the old, weak, sick and disabled in the tribe. With the elders
Nine times out of ten, the wars of the Tang Dynasty had this purpose, because they knew that the Tang Dynasty did not bother to occupy Tubo. It did not matter whether they won or lost the war, but as long as they fought, they could reduce the population and cope with the pressure of winter.
It’s too small. This is why most of the wars between Tang Dynasty and Tubo took place in autumn!”
Gemu shed tears and said: "They don't regard people as human beings at all! In their eyes, people are worse than a cow or a sheep! I don't like this, and I don't want to be such a person!"
"When I came to the Tang Dynasty, I learned a lot. I learned what etiquette is, what law is, what righteousness is, and what filial piety is. I think living in such a country, Tubo, is really too cruel."
Li Mu looked at Gemu blankly. Before, he had always thought that Gemu was the kind of brash man with muscles in his head who would do things straightforwardly without thinking too much. But looking at his words and deeds today, he seemed to be someone who hid his bitterness.
In his heart, he is a person with a bit of forbearance. His thoughts coincide with Li Mu. Li Mu hates slavery very much. Although under the feudal system, the human rights of the people are not greatly protected, at least the people still have
There is no choice but the people under the slavery system are no longer human beings at all.
The reason why humans are human is that they are different from livestock. Anyone who becomes a livestock himself or treats humans as livestock should not exist in this world.
Gemu's idea is already an improvement compared to his father and uncles. This is the progress from slavery to feudalism, which is also a big leap in human history.
What Li Mu needs to do now is to encourage him and give him confidence. If you can help him complete this matter, you can also gain the border stability of Datang for decades.
The idea of settling things once and for all has never occurred to Li Mu, because it is impossible. The general trend of the world is that if it unites for a long time, it must divide and unite for a long time. Maybe one day when Li Shimin is here, one day when Li Mu is here, one day when Gemu is here, Tubo and Da
Tang can maintain peace, but when the creators of the contract are gone, the so-called peace will eventually be broken.
But that's the way it is, you can't stop doing it just because it will fail one day. Peace is very valuable even if it is short-lived.
Li Mu stood up, pulled Gemu up, and said: "Nothing is difficult in the world, only for those who are willing. Now your identity is your greatest support. I will help you succeed to the throne, do you dare to try to change your country?"
Transform it into something you like!”
"I……"
"I'm just asking you, do you dare?"
"Dare!" Gemu didn't hesitate anymore. Suddenly, he seemed to understand what it was like to be a man, and he seemed to understand what the direction he should work towards!
Ikkyu, who was watching this scene from the side, stopped sweeping. He stood for a while, as if he had remembered something, and his eyes were filled with confusion. After a while, he resumed sweeping the floor and continued sweeping.
In the evening, after working hard all day, the two of them could finally take a rest. Li Mu asked someone to bring a table of meals, and the three masters and apprentices ate together. Li Mu rested all day and had no consumption, so his appetite was naturally not enough.
Go, and the two of them wolfed down the food. They were both old and healthy. How could they not be hungry after working for a day?
After finishing the meal, it was already evening. Li Mu watched the two people clear away the leftovers, and then called them over.
Li Mu turned his back to the setting sun, and the afterglow enveloped him, as if a god descended from heaven, making him look even more sacred and inviolable. When the two disciples saw this, they couldn't help but become awe-struck.
"When you are old, you will feel proud of what happened today, because you two will learn my true skills." Li Mu said with a serious face.
"Listen respectfully to Master's teachings!"
"Heh," Li Mu chuckled and said, "There are rumors that your master and I are an immortal from the sky. Fools think this is true, and smart people think it is false. Regardless of whether it is true or not, today I will bring you
You guys should first experience a different world, you can understand it as peeking into a corner of the fairy world."
"A different world? A corner of the fairy world?"
Li Mu said it so vaguely that the two of them couldn't understand it even more.
"One of you is a monk, and the other is from Tubo and a Buddhist, so naturally you are familiar with the words "Buddha's light shines everywhere, right?"
The two of them nodded in unison. These four words were familiar to ordinary people.
"Then do you know where the Buddha's light comes from?"
Ikkyu raised his hand and replied: "Buddhists believe that Buddha's light is the light radiated from the head chakra of Bodhisattvas, and it cannot be surpassed by great sages and great virtues. For the most virtuous and capable, Buddha's light is the color of seven colors."
Li Mu nodded and asked again: "In addition to the Buddha's light that you have never seen with your own eyes, what other lights can you see in your life that are colorful?"
"What other light is there?" Gemu thought for a while, then suddenly remembered something and said: "The rainbow even after the rain and the sky clears is also colorful!"
Ikkyu also thought of it, but it was a step too late, so he had to say: "There are seven-color colored glaze, and it is also seven-color!"
"The color of the glass is the glass itself, not the color of the light. Let's not talk about it here." Li Mu continued to ask the two of them, "Then do you know where the light of the rainbow comes from?"
"Master Huiri once said that a rainbow is a dragon sucking water." Ikkyu answered quickly.
"Really?" Li Mu smiled faintly, picked up the tea, took a sip of water, and sprayed the mist against the setting sun.
Then I saw a section of colorful rainbow looming in the mist.
The two of them were stunned and subconsciously exclaimed: "Master can also make a dragon suck water. Master is also a dragon?"
"Nonsense."
Li Mu rolled his eyes and handed the teacup to Yixiu. Yixiu took a sip of water and sprayed it out. In the mist, a rainbow appeared again.
Li Mu asked Yixiu to stand behind Gemu and spray water. When the water mist fell, it looked like there was a colorful Buddha light behind Gemu's head.
"What's going on!" The two apprentices were confused. If Li Mu was the reincarnation of a dragon, they could barely accept it, but if they were to say that they were the reincarnation of a dragon, the parties involved couldn't believe it. There must be something in it.
There is a method!
"Come, come in." Li Mu led the two of them into the house and closed the door. The windows in this small courtyard were not colored glass, but ordinary window paper. When the doors and windows were closed, the room suddenly became dark. Li Mu poked through the window.
Paper, a beam of sunlight shines through the holes.
Li Mu took out something from his arms, which was a prism he made of colored glass. The beam of sunlight hit the mirror and was refracted to the wall beside it.
Ikkyu and Gemu were stunned to see a rainbow-like colorful ribbon appear on the wall opposite!
"Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, purple..." Gemu read out the order of the seven-color lights in turn, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "This shadow is exactly the same as the order of the rainbow!"
"Colorful Buddha's light -" Yixiu murmured, suddenly feeling as if something in his mind had collapsed. He remembered those Buddhist stories Hui Ri had told him. He had no doubts about them all before, but now he doubted them all.
"Master, what's going on?" Gemu asked with a confused look on his face: "Why do colorful Buddha lights appear when the sun shines on the water mist and the three-sided glass?"
"Because light is originally composed of these seven colors." Li Mu replied in a deep voice: "So anything that can make light diverge can produce a rainbow. As long as you have such a prism in your hand, anyone can have Buddha's light.