Kong Yingda couldn't help but said: "My mouth smells like copper!"
"What's the matter? I just like money, don't I?" Li Mu retorted, "Everyone in the world loves money, and I'm afraid it's inevitable that you, Kong Jijiu, will do the same. It's just that you are always hypocritical and don't admit it! How dare you say that in front of His Majesty?
, I, Kong Yingda, will no longer need money, and the court will no longer need to give me a salary, do you dare to say that?"
Kong Yingda's face turned red and he said: "I'm not like you. I have business and business. My whole family depends on the salary from the court. How can I do it without salary?"
"Ha! Then why do you say that I smell bad? If I love money, I smell bad. If you love money, you smell good. Could it be that the money you use is different from mine, and that yours is privately minted?"
Kong Yingda couldn't afford to take this pot. He minted copper coins privately. Although there were people who secretly minted copper coins in the local area, this was a crime of beheading. If caught, he would die. How could Kong Yingda dare to agree? He quickly bowed to Li Shimin and said: "Your Majesty, minister
I can't say that I can't say that I am Zhuluhou, but I...I definitely didn't mint copper coins privately! Your Majesty, please tell me clearly!"
Of course Li Shimin knew what kind of person Kong Yingda was. Although this old guy was a bit old-fashioned and stubborn, his personal character was still reliable, just like the old professor who studied knowledge in later generations. Otherwise, he would not have let Kong Yingda teach the prince.
Li Shimin also had a headache because of Li Mu's mouth. This guy was very reasonable when he was right, and he could argue hard when he was not. Since he entered the court, he had had more than a dozen quarrels, big and small, but no one could
He took advantage of him. Wei Zheng, the biggest troll in the Zhenguan Dynasty, was also defeated by him. Looking at the huge court, no one was his opponent.
He is only seventeen years old!
"Okay, Li Mu! Stop bullying people. You can learn from whoever you want to learn from. It just so happens that Ouyang Xun is also in the Chongwen Hall and is responsible for compiling "Yiwen Leiju". I asked the senior officials to tell him if you want to learn from others.
, go visit when you have time."
"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty." Li Mu raised his eyebrows at Kong Yingda. Kong Yingda was so angry that his teeth itched and he turned his head to the other side.
Seeing Li Mu's arrogance, Li Shimin couldn't help but find something for him to do, and said: "Li Mu, I asked you to come to Chongwen Hall to study as a kindness. But when you came here, you forced Kong Aiqing to
I don't dare to teach you... that's fine. You are a genius, but since you are here, you can't just idle around. If you don't want to be a student, then become a professor!"
"Ah?"/"Ah?"
Li Mu and Kong Yingda exclaimed at the same time, and they looked at each other. Li Mu probably guessed what Kong Yingda was going to say, and did not compete with him this time, letting Kong Yingda speak first.
Kong Yingda was not polite, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, you can't do this. I admit that Li Mu is talented, but his talent is... different from ordinary people. If he is allowed to teach students, I am afraid that the students will be contaminated by him."
If you get used to it, your studies will be wasted!"
Li Mu originally wanted to refuse, but when he heard what Kong Yingda said, he suddenly became unhappy and changed his words: "Old Kong, what do you mean by this? Could it be that I, the number one genius in teaching students in the Tang Dynasty, am worse than you?"
The veins on Kong Yingda's forehead jumped twice. He couldn't bear it anymore. He glared at Li Mu and said: "Who named you the number one genius of the Tang Dynasty? How can you be so shameless? People need to know themselves, how talented you are.
, but do you understand the principles of being a teacher? If you don’t know how to be a teacher, you will teach students randomly. This is misleading your children!"
As he said that, Kong Yingda looked back at the confused students and said, "Look at the students here. Apart from the princes, they are also the sons of nobles. If something goes wrong, can you bear it?"
"Hahaha!"
Kong Yingda sneered three times, and Kong Yingda shivered reflexively. He was too familiar with these three laughters. After three sneers, Li Mu started to sneer.
Sure enough, after Li Mu sneered, he tilted his head, glanced sideways at Kong Yingda, and his words began to sound ugly: "Old Kong, I thought you had some great opinions and dared to mention the way of being a teacher in front of me. It's useless for you to be Kong.
Do descendants of saints not even understand the principle of "no distinction is taught without distinction"? When saints are teachers, do they still choose students? What happened to the prince? What happened to the nobles? Since they are students, they are just like the nephews of ordinary people.
, they are just students. A real teacher can teach anyone! Look at you, do you still look like a teacher? If you don’t pick students, you are still afraid of making mistakes. If the teacher is capable enough, how can he make mistakes?
?!"
Kong Yingda didn't expect that Li Mu would even question his own major, and he was so angry that his head buzzed. Since meeting Li Mu, Kong Yingda's pride has been basically destroyed by him. The only thing left is the teaching
The word "education" comes into play. The legacy of the old Confucius family has never been questioned by the world for thousands of years. Not only was it questioned today, but it was also questioned by Li Mu, which made Kong Yingda's blood rush into his brain. In short
, it’s up!
"Okay, okay, okay! Li Mu, listening to what you said, you must understand the way of being a teacher? Well, you will teach me. If you can teach me well, I will give up my job as an Imperial College priest and give it to you.
!”
Li Mu suddenly laughed and said: "Old Kong, you have to do what you should do, otherwise how will you support your family? I won't compete with you. I don't even work as Minister of Household Affairs anymore, so I still need you.
Does the Imperial College offer wine as a sacrifice?"
He doesn't care about it, he, he doesn't care about it!
Kong Yingda felt that his eyes were going dark and he was about to faint again. He was so humiliated in front of his students. Kong Yingda's last stubbornness showed signs of cracking. He sighed and his eyes turned red.
Li Shimin couldn't stand it anymore and said: "Li Mu, although Kong Aiqing's title is not as good as yours, but his age is there, you should have some respect. So, don't bet. From now on... Chongwen Academy will add a class,
Just teach whatever you want to teach, and I will see the results."
When the students heard this, they immediately started to cry in their hearts. The whole morning's homework every day was killing them. If you add another class, wouldn't they have to study in the afternoon?
"No!" Li Mu waved his hand and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to take extra classes. In my opinion, the knowledge taught by Kong Jijiu is just the study of enlightenment. But what I study is the Tao, and I only study enlightenment.
Those who have learned it cannot learn it at all. Therefore, you can ask me to teach you, but I can only teach geniuses who can complete their studies of Kong Jijiu in advance. If there are people who cannot even complete the course work of Professor Kong Jijiu in advance, there is no such thing as
Qualified to learn the way of the minister."
"You are so crazy!" Li Shimin laughed angrily and said, "Okay, Li Mu, you have spoken so arrogantly, so I want to see what you are going to teach me. It will also give me some insights."
, what kind of avenue is it!”
"Then let your majesty take a look!" Li Mu was not timid at all. He stretched his hand into the tiger-skin mink and pulled out a cloth bag. He opened the cloth bag and the mahjong was exposed.
Li Shimin stretched out his hand and took out one. When he saw the word '60,000' engraved on it, he frowned and asked, "What is this?"
The students also stretched their necks to watch. Li Mu poured the mahjong on the table and introduced: "Your Majesty, this is what I planned to present to the queen. It is my latest invention, called 'Mahjong'. But now
Since I want to teach these students, let’s start from this first lesson.”
"Dedicate it to the queen?" Li Shimin picked up another 'two cakes' and asked curiously: "The patterns on these bamboo blocks are different. What are they used for?"
"Report to your majesty, this is a gambling tool."
"Gambling equipment?" Li Shimin was not angry. Game play has been one of the forms of folk entertainment since the Qin and Han Dynasties. In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it became even more popular. There were gambling houses among the people, betting on sieves, guessing odd and even numbers, and even gambling.
As long as the mother-in-law next door is giving birth to a boy or girl, you can bet on anything that can be 'guessed'. Although Li Shimin is not good at gambling, when he has nothing to do, he will play two 'leaf cards' with his concubines as a pastime.
It's just that the gambling equipment of the Tang Dynasty was far less versatile than the gambling equipment of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, so it was a bit boring.
Hearing Li Mu say that 'Mahjong' is a gambling tool, Li Shimin also had some expectations. But this is Chongwen Hall after all, so what's the point of using gambling tools to teach students. Li Shimin put down the 'two cakes' and said: "Li Mu, is this too much?
You've been fooling around a lot, I asked you to teach the students skills, does gambling count as skills?"
"Your Majesty, you ask this question because you don't understand the meaning behind this mahjong. I invented this mahjong because of an experience, and your majesty also knows about this experience. I was a village warrior transporting grain...
The truth contained in this mahjong is related to this!"
"Transporting food?"
Li Shimin was filled with questions and said: "Explain to me first, why can't I see that there are these things in this mahjong?"
Li Mu picked out a 'Yibi' from mahjong and said: "Your Majesty, please look at this card. It's called 'Yitu', or 'Yibi'. Its meaning can be interpreted in two ways, um...
…Has your Majesty seen the grain store?”
"I have been in the army for more than ten years, how could it be possible that I have never seen a grain store? Don't lie about it, just tell me directly."
Li Mu showed "Yi Cake" to Li Shimin and said, "When this card is called 'Yitong', it looks like a grain store from the sky. Your Majesty, please take a look. Is this true?"
Li Shimin took it and looked at it, nodded, and said: "The grain store is cylindrical, that's true. It's appropriate to call it 'one tube'. So what does 'one cake' mean?"
"It means a piece of bread."
"..." Li Shimin glared at Li Mu angrily and said, "Keep talking."
Li Mu picked up the Yaoji again and said: "This card is called 'One Piece', also called 'Yaoji'. Yaoji actually refers to sparrows. When I was transporting grain, I often heard the warehouse manager say, this management
When hoarding food, the first thing to do is to prevent fireworks, followed by sparrows. Birds like sparrows have extremely strong breeding abilities and can have several nests a year. If they are not taken care of well, if sparrows multiply, they will eat up all the food.
The meaning of "chicken" is to describe a sparrow that eats into the size of a chick. It is called a chicken. If caught, it will be beaten to death. It is hung next to the grain store to scare other sparrows, because it looks like hanging on a dry line.