Li Chengqian took great care of Chengxin. Not only did he reward him from time to time, but he also tried his best to give Chengxin an official position.
Wen Xin is a musician and belongs to a lowly family. Logically speaking, he is not qualified to be an official. Even Taichang Temple, which governs them, does not allow lowly people to be officials. They can get rewards, but they cannot be officials. From then on, they are not allowed to be officials.
To a certain extent, the treatment of musicians is worse than that of eunuchs. Although eunuchs have been cut off, eunuchs have steps to advance, and eunuchs also have a grade system, so they can climb up one step at a time.
Musicians, on the other hand, entertain people through sound and sex, but they are still of low status, have no way to advance into the society, and face the risk of aging and decay. Therefore, when many musicians are young and beautiful, what they want most is to find a good wife.
People have someone to rely on for the rest of their lives.
If you can't find a lover, most of them will end up living in Pingkang after leaving the palace, and their later life will be miserable.
Li Chengqian worked as an urban administrator in Chang'an City, and he knew the fate of these musicians very well. In order to provide a guarantee for Su Xin, he had been planning for a long time. However, Li Chengqian was still too young to grasp the essence of planning this kind of thing. He also
As the prince of the prison, he could not directly order an official to be conferred. If he really did this, he would definitely be drowned in the saliva of the censors at the censorship station headed by Wei Zheng. Before Li Shimin left, he gave Li Mu
An imperial edict granted him the post of governor of the south of the Yangtze River and general manager of waterways, allowing him to behead officials of the fourth rank and then report, and to appoint officials of the sixth rank and below. Such authority has never been seen before in this dynasty.
Li Mu wanted to refuse, but Li Shimin was resolute. Yangzhou was a long way away, and asking for instructions when something happened was too complicated. Most people in the court didn't understand what Li Mu was dealing with now, and they couldn't come up with anything after discussion, so he was given authority.
, also for the sake of convenience.
Li Mu had no choice but to accept it.
One interesting thing is that, whether intentionally or unintentionally, Li Shimin did not mention the army brought by Hou Junji, nor did Li Mu. Both the emperor and his ministers seemed to have forgotten it.
…
Hou Junji's army is stationed ten miles away from Mingzhou Port. This place is still deserted, but there are plans to build military camps in the future. However, the engineering team has not yet been able to take action, and the construction here has not yet started. Twenty thousand
Everyone is living in tents. Although military camps are hard and difficult, who doesn't want to live in a better place if the conditions are better?
After saying goodbye to Li Shimin, Hou Junji followed Li Mu back to Gu Garden. He sat down and watched tea. Li Mu looked at Hou Junji, who was a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "General, just say what you want, why bother to be coy? It's not like the general."
What a character!”
"Oh, I really can't open my mouth." This is not a lie. Hou Junji has always troubled Li Mu. Regarding last year's budget, the shortfall in the Ministry of War was still a shortfall that Li Mu tried to make up for. Every time
When he opened his mouth, Li Mu never shut him up, and he was indeed a bit thin-skinned when he came to cause trouble this time.
But if he didn't want to say it, he wouldn't come. After hesitating for a while, he finally said: "The 20,000 people stationed in the army are still living in tents. It's not that they can't live in it, it's just that the tents are next to each other and it rains a little.
The moisture is very high, and sometimes I can’t keep an eye on it, and the shit and urine—" Hou Junji sighed and said; "I wonder if we can allocate a group of craftsmen to rush out the barracks first. I know that the project at the port is also tight now. You
Let’s see if this works. I’ll allocate you three thousand soldiers to serve as laborers. This way it won’t delay the progress. Can you think of a way in the barracks?”
"It's easy." Li Mu said with a smile; "Actually, bricklayers and carpenters are not difficult to learn. The general will go back and select some smart sergeants and let them learn for a few days. Basically, they can get started. After all,
It's a barracks, not a carved building." After a pause, Li Mu added: "It would be better to simply set up a battalion specifically responsible for infrastructure construction and promote the national Zhechong government. It would also be a great benefit. In the army, you can save a lot of expenses, and wait for these sergeants to return with honors.
, and having a craft by your side, wouldn’t it be the best of both worlds?”
Hou Junji clapped his hands and said, "That's a good idea. I'll go back and make arrangements right away."
Li Mu escorted Hou Junji to the door, watched him go away, and said to Dugu Jiu beside him: "Go and notify the principals of the Twelve Jiangnan families and ask them to come over in the evening. I have something to tell them."
Dugu Jiu said: "Gu Sizhi is ill in bed. I'm afraid he won't be able to come. His two sons can't make the decision."
"Haha," Li Mu laughed and said, "If you can't come, then don't come in the future. Tell them that the matters discussed today will determine their future destiny. Anyone who dares not to come will be responsible for the consequences."
Dugujiu nodded and conveyed the message. Li Mu looked at the clouds in the distance and turned into his studio. In the evening, he came out and already had a yellow bag in his hand, which was bulging with unknown contents.
What is it.
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All the heads of the twelve families were absent. Gu Sizhi also came, and he was carried here. In fact, although he was sick, it was just a mental illness, and he would not be carried here. But before, he pretended to be too involved and claimed to the outside world.
He was seriously ill and suddenly recovered, but it was a bit too fake, so he was carried over anyway.
No banquet, just tea.
Li Mu asked his servants to put a pot of tea in front of everyone. While the smell of tea was lingering, he observed everyone's expressions. Except for a few who dared to face him calmly, most of the others, including Gu Sizhi,
, all avoiding his gaze.
A smile appeared on Li Mu's lips, he took a sip of tea and said, "I'm a little surprised and disappointed by some of you."
As soon as these words were spoken, someone immediately choked on their tea. Everyone looked over and saw that it was Gu Sizhi who was 'terminally ill'.
"But there are people who make me very satisfied." Li Mu looked at Wang Rui, and Wang Rui immediately puffed up his chest.
"Master Hou——" Gu Sizhi wanted to speak, but was blocked by Li Mu. He continued: "If you want to explain, there is no need to say more. I don't want to hold you accountable," he snorted and said:
"After all, the trouble you can cause to me is limited. If I can affect you even if I do something, then it's okay not to do it."
The tone was full of disdain and domineering.
Li Mu took out the kit and poured out the contents.
"There are twelve colorful glaze seals here." Everyone looked and saw that it was indeed seven-colored glaze. Under the moonlight, it was dazzling. There were not many colored glazes in the world, and their value was determined by 'color'. The more colors, the more correct they were.
The more gorgeous it is, the higher its value. Colorful colored glaze has always been a legendary thing, and there is nowhere to buy it.
Colorful colored glazes like this do not exist at all. Li Mu was able to take out twelve pieces at once, which invisibly confirmed the rumors that Li Mu would make colored glazes.
Li Mu gave the glazed seal to Wang Rui first. Wang Rui hurriedly took it with both hands and looked carefully. He saw the word "Dinghai" on it, and in the upper left corner of the word "ding", there was a very small word "王".
If you don't look carefully, it looks like it overlaps with the pattern. Wang Rui can't help but wonder what the purpose of this Dinghai seal with his surname is. But he didn't ask, because he knew that Li Mu would definitely explain it.
"This seal is called Dinghai Seal. There are twelve in total, and there are only twelve. Each family's seal has slight differences, not only the surname, but also the hidden engraving. I am not boasting, but the craftsmen of the world,
No one can replicate it."
"This seal was not issued by the imperial court, but privately engraved by me. In the future, when you see this seal on the sea, you must watch and help each other, and be united in dealing with the outside world. On the vast sea, you can recognize people by their seals. You can
It is understood that the law of the imperial court governs the seaport, and this seal governs the sea. This seal will not increase in the future, but it will decrease. It can be passed down from generation to generation. Regardless of whether I am here or not, this seal is a covenant, and you all
Do you understand?"
With that said, Li Mu distributed the seals to everyone. Everyone held the Dinghai Seal in their hands with mixed feelings in their hearts.
Especially Gu Sizhi, he didn't expect that after he had managed things like this, Li Mu could still give him a seal. We are all smart people here, who can't understand the meaning of this seal? This is equivalent to a threshold
, the future maritime cake will be divided among these twelve families. And Li Mu’s emphatically said that the number of seals will not increase, but will decrease, which makes this point clear. At the same time, it also hints that if anyone
If you violate the rules or do not do well, you may be expelled.
But what if you don’t make mistakes and don’t break the rules? With this seal, you will always have a bite to eat on the sea for generations to come. With this guarantee, what is the loss now? No matter how much money you have, you can buy it.
Is the stability of the children and grandchildren? Which one is more, which one is less, unless you are a fool.
Gu Sizhi didn't care anymore about pretending to be sick, so he knelt down to Li Mu. Li Mu motioned to Dugujiu to help him up and said: "I know what you are thinking. I don't say anything because you don't threaten me."
The target, so it doesn’t matter. But I would like to advise everyone, it’s best not to let your mind wander. If I catch up with you when I’m in a bad mood, and I get serious with you, you may not be able to handle it.”
"Don't dare, don't dare..."
Everyone kept talking, and Li Mu took out another gold-inlaid jade seal that was one size larger than their Dinghai Seal, and said: "This Coiling Dragon Seal is the seal that represents me, Li Mu. You will see this seal in the future."
——" Li Mu didn't say anything further, but everyone was still ignorant, and they all expressed their position repeatedly. When they see this seal in the future, they will execute it unconditionally, and they will never dare to hide any secrets. If they violate this statement,
Kill them together.
At that moment, I took out the printed book and each family printed a copy for future comparison.
This is the only thing. It's over. Naturally, Li Mu won't let them stay for dinner. Everyone got the Dinghai Seal today and they were all so excited that their steps were dancing. Who could still be a little bit dissatisfied. The gloom before was also
Sweeped away.
Before leaving, Li Mu supervised the port affairs again. Everyone clapped their chests and promised that the progress of the project would not be delayed at all during the Chinese New Year. Although due to the depreciation of copper coins, various construction costs increased, everyone originally wanted to do this.
I mentioned it, but because of Dinghaiyin, no one mentioned it. The losses on the left and right are also losses. Compared with the future profits, this is nothing.
Li Mu played with the seal in his hand, threw it away, and returned to the study. Wei Yingluo was organizing documents for him. Li Mu casually handed the seal to Wei Yingluo. Wei Yingluo looked at the seal in her hand and didn't quite understand what Li Mu meant.
Li Mu then told Wei Yingluo the meaning of the seal, and Wei Yingluo wanted to put the seal away and put it in a safe place.
"We have to put it in a safe place. From now on, our sons will have to rely on it to survive."
"Our son?" Two blushes appeared on Wei Yingluo's face. She was about to say something sweet when she suddenly realized something and said dumbly: "Husband, you mean to leave this seal to our child?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
"This is too..." Wei Yingluo was about to refuse. She followed Li Mu as his secretary and helped him handle affairs. She knew very well the value of this seal. According to the current development momentum, in a few years, said
It is no exaggeration to say that the wealth of this country is so great.
"Don't refuse in a hurry, just listen to me." Li Mu took Wei Yingluo into his arms and said, "The greatest happiness in my life is to be able to marry you. As for the children, I have always felt that the children and grandchildren will be their own.
I am blessed with children and grandchildren. But then I thought that it was very selfish of me to think this way. As a mother, I must miss my children more than I, a father, do. I should still leave something for my children, but I can’t do it.
It's fair, so just rely on luck. Give something to whatever you catch. Keep this seal. If you need it in the future, take it out and use it. If you don't need it, just treat it as a golden lock for your child.
Don’t refuse in a hurry.”
Seeing that Wei Yingluo was still hesitant, Li Mu added, "Qiaoqiao has never cared about these things and won't embarrass you. But Zhien, if he knew about it, maybe he could tell me something, so you don't have to take it to heart.
She doesn't mean any harm."
Wei Yingluo has been bullied by Li Zhien for a long time, and knows her character. The more she cares about her, the more she will succeed, and it will be endless. If she ignores her, she will find it boring, and the matter will be over.
An unyielding character.
In fact, it's not that she is afraid of her anymore. Wei Yingluo understands in her heart that in Li Mu's heart, she and Li Zhien are actually in the same position. She can't do anything to Li Zhien, and Li Zhien can't do anything to her. Give in, she just doesn't want Li Mu to do anything.
It's just difficult.
What's more, even if she doesn't look at Li Mu's face, she still has Bai Qiaoqiao. With Li Mu, she can be tied with Li Zhien, but with Bai Qiaoqiao, Li Zhien must have the upper hand. Although the women in the house,
Both Bai Qiaoqiao are called sisters, but there are differences between closeness and distance. Zhang Tianai and Li Zhien's status in front of Bai Qiaoqiao is higher than that of others.
After spending time with Wei Yingluo, chatting about recent events, and reading some secret letters, it was already late. Li Mu originally wanted to rest in Wei Yingluo's room.