Kong Yingda's fainting caused chaos. Li Shimin asked Eunuch Gao to quickly declare himself an imperial doctor and carry him to the side hall for rescue. No matter how annoying Kong Yingda was, he was the representative of scholars in the world after Kong Sheng. If he died in the palace because of Li Mu's anger,
, I really can’t explain it.
"Your Majesty, I just checked. Kong Jijiu is fine. He just had a big bump on the back of his head. He should have woken up, but he hasn't woken up yet..." The imperial doctor did not say any more, but the meaning was already there.
The expression was clear. Kong Yingda was pretending to be faint. No matter how good his medical skills were, he could not save a person who was pretending to be faint. It was difficult to explain clearly, so he had to be vague.
Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief. It was fine that Kong Yingda was fine. He waved his hand to send the imperial doctor away, and said to Gao Gong fairly: "I'm going to take Kong Aiqing back to the house and give him some warm and tonic food. When he wakes up, I'll tell him to have a good life."
Recuperate.”
"promise."
Eunuch Gao took the order and left. Li Shimin glanced at Li Mu, who was standing aside as if he had nothing to do with the matter. The more he looked at him, the more angry he became. He suddenly slapped the armrest of the chair, making a loud noise that scared Li Mu to tremble. Fortunately, Li Mu shivered.
He was pretty good at pretending to be stupid. Although he was startled, he could still remain the same, looking straight ahead, as if he hadn't heard anything.
Li Shimin raised his hand and pointed at Li Mu, saying: "I love to compete with Luhou, but I am very courageous. How dare you deceive the king?"
Li Mu prostrated himself on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know where I have deceived you. Please make it clear to me!"
Li Shimin said: "Are you really from Mayi? Ordinary people? Can you deceive me as a child? These three poems, each one is better than the other. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation. Even if you have read poetry since childhood,
You may not be able to write books. If you were really born as an ordinary person in Mayi, how could you have such literary talent?"
Li Mu said helplessly: "Your Majesty, everything I said is true, but I really don't know how to explain it. I have lived in Mayi for more than ten years. If you don't believe it, you can make a decree and ask the county magistrate of Mayi or the city of Mayi.
Any common people would recognize me! I was captured while delivering food, escaped from the Turkic camp to report, and was wounded by an arrow. I had my stepfather Tang Jian, Ranger General Su Dingfang, and General Li Jing as witnesses before and after me. Later I met Li
Siwen, foster father Li Ji, etc. are all witnesses. How can I collude with so many people to deceive Your Majesty? Your Majesty, please be more careful!"
Li Shimin frowned, and he was right. Assuming that Li Mu had ulterior motives, he would not have set up such a big scheme and recruited so many people to accompany him in the deception. If it was really a scam, it would be easier to expose.
Unless there are two identical people in the world, the original Li Mu has been replaced by the person in front of him, but how is this possible? Even if there are two people with similar appearances, the memory cannot be copied. Couldn't the people close to him still recognize him?
?
Thinking of this, Li Shimin gave up the idea that Li Mu was deceiving him. How could he have imagined that there was such a thing as time travel in this world.
Although he did not doubt that Li Mu was lying to him, Li Shimin was still very curious and said: "Even if you didn't deceive me, you just said that most people in Mayi are illiterate. How did you become literate and write poetry?"
?”
Li Mu had already thought of his words and said: "Your Majesty, my mother asked me the same question yesterday. I said it was my adoptive brother Li Siwen who taught me, but this is only half of the truth. The actual situation is that my adoptive father taught me
I was worried that Li Siwen would neglect his studies, so I brought him a lot of books. Li Siwen, my adopted brother, hated his studies deeply. He was able to catch a few glances at his adoptive father when he led the army away.
So he piled the books aside to gather dust. I am illiterate and yearn for literacy, so I took the books and read them myself."
"When I first read The Thousand-Character Classic, I asked someone if I didn't know it. I asked Li Siwen, the cook who cooked for him, and some literate people among the refugees. Over ten days, I learned the Thousand-Character Classic.
After getting the hang of it, I started reading by myself, reading two or three books a day, and slowly read more than a hundred books. I had never learned to write poetry, but I had read the poems in the book, such as Yuefu
For poems, etc., I just follow the pattern of the gourd and draw the scoop. I don’t have any skills. I just fill in the words according to the format of the poem. I know the meaning of the words and arrange them according to the rules. I really don’t feel the difficulty!"
"I don't believe it." Li Shimin asked the young eunuch to take the pen and ink, put it on the ground, and ordered Li Mu to write out the poem he had just composed. Li Shimin was proficient in calligraphy. He could tell from the handwriting whether a person was literate or not, or how long he had been literate.
Disguise cannot escape his eyes.
Fortunately, Li Mu really couldn't write calligraphy with a brush, and he didn't need to dress up. He picked up the brush and wrote down poems, just like the ones given to Tang Guan. The handwriting was crooked, with many typos (simplified Chinese), and Li Shimin was beside him.
Watching Li Mu finish writing, his brows almost knotted. Such a good poem, coupled with such terrible calligraphy, gave people the feeling of a freshly baked steamed bun falling onto a puddle of thin cow dung.
Li Shimin looked at the poems written by Li Mu and was speechless for a long time. After a while, he said: "You have to practice your calligraphy. Otherwise, I won't be able to understand the excerpts you write for me in the future!"
Li Mu said with a face: "Your Majesty, I can find someone to write for me."
Li Shimin couldn't help but hit him on the head and said: "Do you still have some ambition? I order you to practice calligraphy. Within three months, you must practice your calligraphy well. If you let me see the calligraphy like a dog crawling again, I will
I’ll take away your title!”
"I accept my order."
Li Mu had a lifeless look on his face, which made Li Shimin feel helpless and unable to get angry. Who doesn't love talents, especially people like Li Shimin who are eager for talents? The talents Li Mu has shown several times have already
It was deeply engraved in Li Shimin's heart.
Li Shimin bent down and helped Li Mu up, saying, "You just talked about the new plow. Can you really make a plow that doubles the speed of plowing?"
"Almost!" Li Mu was about to explain the structure of the Quyuan plow to Li Shimin, but there was no actual object, so it was a bit difficult to explain. He looked down and saw that the pen and ink on the ground had not been pulled off, so he simply squatted down and drew briefly with a pen. Li Mu was
He is a game designer, and painting is his old profession. Although it is only a few strokes, he has already drawn the structure of Quyuanli.
"Your Majesty, please see that this new plow designed by me has several major improvements. The first is to change the straight and long shafts into curved and short shafts, and install a freely rotating plow disc on the shaft head. This not only makes the plow
The frame becomes smaller and lighter, and is easy to turn around and turn. It is flexible to operate and saves manpower and animal power. Chen also plans to design a new type of plowshare. The current plowshares are all single-sided. Chen plans to design a double-sided plowshare with a contact surface with the earth.
It is smaller and can break open the land faster, which is not only beneficial for farming, but can also be used to open up wasteland..."
Li Shimin listened blankly for a long time and realized that he could not understand at all. He interrupted and said: "Okay, you don't need to explain to me, I don't understand. There are specialties in the art. If you can really study this new type of plow,
Come out, I will reward you well."
After a pause, Li Shimin said again: "What you just said makes some sense, but cultural and educational matters are also one of the foundations of the country and cannot be ignored. Kong Yingda has a special status and is old. I will avoid arguing with him in the future. I am very lucky today.
Nothing happens, but if something does happen, you will be the enemy of scholars all over the world, and the nobles will not let you go."
When Li Mu heard this, he rolled his eyes and bowed: "If I can make the Tang Dynasty rich and powerful, I am willing to be anyone's enemy. Even if I become the public enemy of the noble clan, what harm does it matter!"
Li Shimin laughed loudly: "You have nothing to do with your smooth talk. Study plowing well, practice calligraphy well, work well for the Supreme Emperor, and avoid getting into trouble. Go ahead!"