"Nonsense!" Li Shimin said angrily: "You clearly told me that you could make colored glaze. That day in the prison, didn't you show off to me that you had made a colorful glaze bottle? There was also the perfume you dedicated to the queen.
Isn't this mirror made of glass? Why are you lying with your eyes open?"
Li Mu was extremely speechless and thought to himself, you know you are still asking, what will I not answer if I don't answer?
Li Shimin felt a little embarrassed when he saw Li Mu's expression. He coughed lightly and said, "I'm telling you, bring your colorful glass bottle to the palace. I want it."
"Why!"
"Um?
Li Mu blurted out, and after the words came out, he realized that he had said the wrong thing. He broke into a cold sweat and hurriedly went back to make amends. He stammered and said bravely: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you are rich all over the world. You can't always worry about robbing your ministers. Isn't that right?"
?Chen, I’m still a child!”
Li Shimin snorted coldly and said: "After being crowned, you will become an adult. You yourself said that you are an adult, why are you pretending to be a child now? Mr. Yu, I am the emperor, you are a minister, and ministers should present treasures to the emperor.
In private, if you call me uncle, you are my nephew. Isn't it right for a nephew to be filial to his uncle?"
Li Shimin picked up the mirror, looked at Li Mu, and said: "Let's talk about this mirror. As soon as you invented it, you thought of dedicating it to the queen and the four noble concubines. Your filial piety is commendable, and I am also pleased, but why didn't it come to me?
A share of the perfume last time, too, and I was the only one left behind. I think you did it on purpose! You kid hates me, and you ignore me even if you have good things. Li Mu, you say it yourself, I hate you, my nephew hates me,
Are you considered loyal and filial?"
"This..." Li Mu rolled his eyes and thought to himself, if I admit it now, won't I be eaten to death by you in the future? What I have always pursued is to be a wage earner, not to give you Li Tang's country as a pawn.
When the slave came, he thought so in his heart, and his temper came up, and he said: "If your majesty says so, then I will simply admit it. You also know my temper. I would rather be a farmer on the frontier than do anything that would ruin my life."
I am a powerful person. I seek respect and fairness in everything I do. Since I came to Chang'an, I can say this, except for Your Majesty, I will be treated with fairness and respect in front of anyone. Take yesterday's
To put it bluntly, Shizhong Wang tricked me. When I came out of the Tai Chi Hall, I punched him and gave him a black eye."
Li Shimin was shocked and said: "No wonder Wang asked for leave today. It turns out you were the one who beat him! Li Mu! After all, Wang is almost 70 years old, how can you do it? It's too much!"
Li Mu raised his head and said, "I don't care about that! I got acquainted with his younger brother Wang Pu because of the 'cow and horse dispute', and then they became friends. The last time he threw manure, he went with me, and I regarded him as
He wanted to kill one of his people, but he just happened to find me and told me that the roads were not good and coal could not be transported. I thought that since I was taking the lead in this matter, I had the responsibility to take care of it to the end. After drinking a few glasses of wine, I casually told him my idea.
Who would have thought that this guy Wang Shizhong would be shameless, just keep the benefits quietly, give me tens of thousands of dollars later to show some concern, and that would be the end of it? He just got the advantage and still behaved, he is over seventy years old.
I imitated those doggy censors and made impassioned speeches. If it wasn't in front of His Majesty, I would have beaten him. In the end, I couldn't get along, and even dragged me into the water. Who is this person, so bad?
It's so smokey! If I don't beat him, won't I be so angry that I vomit blood again?"
"You!" Li Shimin sighed: "Li Mu, as your uncle, I have to say a few words to you. Your father died early, and he recognized Li Ji as his adoptive father, and the time we got together was short, and he couldn't
What can I teach you through words and deeds? As your uncle, I should take on the responsibility of teaching you. No matter how old you are this year, since you have been crowned, you are an adult and a man. A man must have a mind. A mind.
Only when you are old can you do great things. Me!"
Li Shimin pointed at himself and said: "Take me as an example. My thesis is not worth mentioning, but my discussion on martial arts is enough to be praised. Among the fierce generals of the Tang Dynasty, I can be ranked among the top three."
Li Mu noticed that when Li Shimin said "top three", his expression was extremely disgusting. Looking at his expression and listening to his words, he was clearly saying that I am the number one, and Li Jing, Li Ji, and Li Xiaogong are all inferior.
I.
Li Mu quickly squeezed out a flattering smile and flattered him: "In my heart, your Majesty is the emperor of the ages. The emperors of future generations will definitely take your Majesty as an example and try their best to imitate him."
"You kid, please stop praising me. I still know what I am like... I have been on the throne for four years. Apart from the achievement of destroying the Turks, I have made no achievements in civil and military skills. Is there anything worthy of emulation by future kings?
And I also..." Li Shimin paused, smiled, and said: "I won't go into details. Although I don't have any outstanding political achievements yet, I believe that sooner or later I will."
Li Mu nodded quickly.
Li Shimin continued: "What I want to tell you is that when I was in this world, I was not the best in literature and martial arts. How could I control so many talents in the court? The answer is the word "brain."
"Wei Zheng provokes me, makes me angry, and even scolds me, but I don't kill him. Why? Wei Zheng is just a public official. He can say whatever he wants and has no control over what I do. In this case, why should I kill him? I want to let him
The world knows that I have tolerance for others. As for right or wrong, future generations will have to comment. I believe that if I do well, future generations of historians will not say that I am wrong, and the people will not say that I am wrong."
Li Mu blinked his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, have you ever thought about killing Wei Zheng?"
"have!"
He admitted it so happily, and Li Mu was speechless.
Li Shimin smiled and said: "But I won't kill him, so I am the emperor."
Li Mu rolled his eyes and said: "Your Majesty, it is meaningless for you to tell me these ways of being a king. I am not a prince, and I will never be able to become an emperor, and I am not willing to be an emperor. Please tell the truth.
, I see that Your Majesty is so angry, I don’t want to be the emperor anymore. I just don’t understand. If a person can live his whole life without being angry, why should he be angry? Let’s just say this king, he is justified when he is seventy years old? He is seventy years old.
Is it okay to cheat people when he is ten years old? I gave him a good idea. He will repay me with his kindness, but I can't beat him anymore? Now it is your Majesty who is wise and treats his ministers like his nephew, so I will avoid being punished. What if it were not like this? Your Majesty's
My life, and even the life of my family, may all be lost just because of the king's words! Your Majesty thinks that it is wrong for me to hit someone, but I think that the beating is still light. I should fill his well with manure to let him know.
How stinky your mouth is!"
Li Shimin was furious and cursed: "A child cannot be taught! If you keep thinking like this, how can I entrust you with important responsibilities in the future?"
Li Mu spread his hands and said: "Your Majesty, when did I ask your Majesty to entrust you with important responsibilities? Your Majesty, do you have any misunderstanding? I have always been very lazy. I want to take a winter vacation, but you and these people are not the same."
Come on, if you had nothing to do with me, I would have gone to build a house in the suburbs, why would you still be here?"
Li Mu ignored Li Shimin and huffed angrily, and thought to himself: "Your Majesty, the life I want to live is to have a piece of land, then build a house that I personally designed, plant and harvest by myself, and feed my family. When I have nothing to do,
, and tinker with some novel gadgets, sell some money, and supplement the family income. I don’t need anyone, and I don’t need anyone. Don’t ask anyone. I want to live peacefully, happily, and live this life in an ordinary way. May I have more children.
A child, both male and female, is enough! The Supreme Emperor gave me the nickname Xiaoyao, and I thought that the Supreme Emperor really had a keen eye, so what I wanted was the word Xiaoyao! The summary is so complete!"
Li Shimin was so angry that he stood up, pointed at Li Mu and cursed: "That's ridiculous! A real man should carry a seven-foot sword and make great achievements! You have God-given abilities, but you just want to live in peace. You...get out of here, I don't want to see you!"
"Oh." Li Mu was not afraid, he responded, saluted to Queen Changsun, turned around and left.
"Stop for me!"
Li Mu had no choice but to stop, turned around and said, "What else does your Majesty have to do?"
Li Shimin stared at him angrily for a long time before he calmed down and said, "Bring the colorful glass bottle tomorrow."
"No!"
"You are so presumptuous!" Li Shimin jumped to his feet and said, "After all, you still haven't said why you don't respect me! Do you just want to be angry with me?"
Li Mu said expressionlessly: "Your Majesty, I haven't finished what I just said, so I'll keep it short. What I mean is that I will be kind to whoever treats me well. Even if I don't treat me well, I will be polite and considerate. But
If anyone treats me badly, I will remember it in my heart without saying anything. Your Majesty still remembers that I said it last time in prison. I originally planned to use the method of making colored glaze for internal funds.
But your majesty put me in prison, and I changed my mind and didn't want to give it to your majesty. If your majesty insisted on asking for it, I couldn't say anything. I just remembered in my heart that your majesty had robbed me of something again. I will
Secretly write a book "Notes on the Daily Life of Marquis Zhulu" and leave it to future generations. Let your descendants beware of your majesty's descendants, lest your majesty's descendants inherit your majesty's habit of grabbing things and rob your descendants.
, I really can’t stand it anymore, so I’ll look for an opportunity and run away. After all, even if I have a huge fortune, I can’t withstand such robbery from the royal family, don’t you think so, Your Majesty?”
Li Shimin was so outcrowded that he lost his face and roared: "Gao Gan, please get my sword. I have to chop him down today. No, I don't want to look at him for a moment. You, you go ahead and chop him up for me!"
"
Eunuch Gao was sweating profusely on his forehead, and he thought to himself, Your Majesty, let's stop making trouble. I didn't make a move, old slave. If I did, old slave, and I really chopped him up, I would have to let you chop him up!
Eunuch Gao closed his eyes and looked at his nose and heart, becoming a wooden figure without any reaction at all.
"Gao Gan! You don't listen to me anymore!?"
"I don't dare." Eunuch Gao simply knelt down and said, "Do whatever you want. I'm not a fool. I will never do such stupid things."
Empress Changsun looked on and saw Li Shimin jumping around. She was amused and at the same time she was surprised that Li Shimin valued Li Mu.
There were too many forbidden things in the conversation between the monarch and his minister just now. Among other things, Li Mu, as a minister, actually discussed with the emperor that he did not want to be the emperor. In which dynasty and generation would this not be inevitable?
But looking at Li Shimin's expression just now, he didn't take it seriously. This is really unusual.
What was it about Li Mu that made him so reassuring? Empress Changsun didn't even want to understand.
But she knew that at this time she had to stand up and give a step forward.
Empress Changsun stopped Li Shimin, who was about to get the sword in person, and persuaded with a smile: "Your Majesty just said that a man needs to be tolerant. Why can your Majesty tolerate Wei Zheng but not Li Mu? Wei Zheng is always against your Majesty, although Li Mu is naughty.
It’s a little overdue, but it has indeed made a lot of achievements. I hope your Majesty will think again.”
Li Shimin had been waiting for this step. He glanced at Empress Changsun, then glared at Li Mu, and said angrily: "You kid, you are so mean-spirited. Even my queen was successfully bribed by you to speak to you.
That’s all, for the queen’s sake, I will spare you this time.”
"Thank you Queen."
"Why don't you thank me?"
"Didn't Your Majesty say that for the Queen's sake, Your Majesty wants to kill me? Why should I thank someone who wants to kill me?"
"" Li Shimin was speechless and choked, and pointed at Li Mu: "Get out of here!"
Li Mu saluted honestly, turned around and left. Li Shimin's voice came from behind: "I will ask the prince in three days. If you don't teach, I will give you ten sticks. If you don't bring the colorful glass bottle to the palace, I will give you ten sticks."
I will give you twenty, I am not joking, I will do what I say! You decide what to do. I must have a share of the things you send to the Queen in the future. If my share is missing, I will send the senior officials to your home.
Take that piece of shitty daily life note of yours, write it however you like, I conquered the country only by robbing it, are you afraid of what you say?"
Li Mu heard the anger in his voice and felt a cold breeze on the back of his neck. He quickly shrank his neck and ran away.
However, he didn't run very far, and took a detour to the Chongwen Hall between the Lizheng Hall and the Taiji Hall. It was not yet noon, and the school had not yet finished in the Chongwen Hall. When Li Mu sneaked over quietly, Kong Yingda was giving
Students were taught 'What is benevolent government'.
Li Muli listened secretly for a while under the eaves of the corridor. He had to say that despite his prejudices, Kong Yingda's lecture was still very good. There were no highlights, but it was quite satisfactory and very solid. Basically, he completely conveyed the meaning of Confucius.
, worthy of the name of a descendant of Confucius. If he were to stay in later generations and do ancient Chinese reading and comprehension of "The Analects of Confucius", he would definitely be a top student who could get full marks.
But the more Li Mu listened, the more he felt that something was wrong. Gradually, he felt that what was wrong was not that Confucius said it wrong, but that the times had changed. The benevolent government described by Confucius was too idealistic. Maybe the people in the Spring and Autumn Period,
It is so simple and kind. But now in the Tang Dynasty, the people are different. How can it still apply?