Li Shimin is very happy today. After many days of consultations between three provinces and six ministries, the candidate to assist Tuli's son He Luo'u has finally been decided. This person's name is Ashina Simo, and he has a deep connection with the Tang Dynasty.
Changsun Wuji and others discussed for so long, and finally decided on Ashina Simo as the assistant. It was definitely not a rash decision. Although Ashina Simo has never been a khan, he has
Dong Turk is a very popular figure. He is the founder of the Turkic Khanate and the great-grandson of Ashina Tumen Khan. He is the same generation as Shibi, Jieli and others, and is a few years older than Jieli and others.
Since he was a child, he has shown extraordinary ability, quick thinking, calmness and decision-making, general knowledge, and knowledge of advancement and retreat. The tribe he leads has always lived a relatively peaceful life, and rarely fights with others. Within the Turks, he is considered a peaceful person.
Activists.
During the period of Qimin Khan, Datou Khan, the founder of the Western Turks, rebelled. Qimin Khan defected to the Sui Dynasty and borrowed troops from Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty to restore the country. During this period, various tribes in Mobei elected A
Shna Simo became the acting Khan. After Qimin restored the country, he returned the title of Khan to Qimin. In order to thank him, Qimin named him Bitler, whose position was equivalent to that of the Tang Dynasty.
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When the Tang Dynasty was just founded, Jieli often invaded the border. As an envoy of the Turks, Ashina Simo often came to the Tang Dynasty to negotiate. He met Li Shimin and the two cherished each other. During the Weishui Alliance, Jieli sent Tuli and Simo
The two came to negotiate peace with Li Shimin. Li Shimin treated him with great courtesy. Li Yuan appreciated his honesty and simplicity, and named him the Prince of Heshun County, giving him the surname Li.
After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he reduced the titles of many royal relatives. For example, the dozen sons born to Li Yuan in his later years were all reduced to dukes. However, he did not change the title of county prince of Ashina Simo and still retained it.
And every year, people are sent to send rewards to the Ashina Simo tribe.
Because of this incident, Jieli suspected that Ashina Simo was colluding with Li Shimin several times. He called him to Dingxiang many times and made sarcastic remarks, but in the end there was no evidence and he dropped the matter.
This year, when the Tang Dynasty attacked the Eastern Turks, Jieli Khan was defeated and fled. The tribal leaders abandoned Jieli Khan and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, or went to Xue Yantuo. Only Ashina Simo followed Jieli Khan until he was captured by the Tang army.
, after escorting Chang'an, Li Shimin appreciated Ashina Simo's loyalty and appointed him as the General Youwuhou. According to Du Ruhui's plan to entrust the old East Turkic lands, Li Shimin made Ashina Simo the governor of Huazhou and changed his title to him.
He was made king of Huaihua County and appointed to command Jieli Khan's old tribe.
It can be said that if Tuli Khan had not died, he and Ashina Simo would have divided and conquered all the tribes in the Eastern Turks who submitted to the Tang Dynasty. Now that Tuli died suddenly, his two brothers, Li Shimin, could not be trusted and appointed
The Turks cannot trust the officials to assist Tuli's son He Luo'u. Only by letting Ashina Simo assist can we take care of both ends. But by doing this, Ashina Simo's authority will be much greater. It has to be said that it is
A hidden danger.
According to Du Ruhui's legacy, he planned to let Tuli Khan and Ashina Simo control each other. But now that Tuli is dead, his son He Luohu is young and is destined to be unable to compete with Ashina Simo.
He alone monopolized all the tribes of the Eastern Turks who had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. If he had other intentions, he would be an Eastern Turk again in a few years.
But in the current situation, there is no more suitable candidate. And when Li Shimin heard that the candidate discussed by Changsun Wuji and others was Ashina Simo, he didn't seem to worry about his loyalty and made a decision directly.
Zhongshu Sheng drafted the edict and rushed it to Huazhou for 800 miles. After receiving the edict, Ashina Simo rushed to the tent of Heluo Falcon. From then on, all matters of the Turkic tribes were handled by him.
Decided.
Finally relieved of his heartache, Li Shimin was in a very good mood. He left Changsun Wuji and others behind and gave them lunch. The monarch and his ministers were chatting and laughing, and were very happy. Just when they were enjoying themselves, Eunuch Gao left with a memorial.
He came in with a wry smile on his face, came to Li Shimin's side, handed it over with both hands, and said: "Your Majesty, take a look at this."
Li Shimin drank some wine and was talking happily. He was about to destroy Goguryeo with his spit. He was suddenly interrupted and was very unhappy. He raised his arm to block it and said: "I don't want to watch, I want to talk to you dear friends."
, discuss the major matter of conquering Goguryeo, I won’t watch it.”
"Your Majesty..." In the past, if Li Shimin had said this, Eunuch Gao would have wisely stepped back, but it was different today. The owner of this memorial was waiting outside. What's more important, he had just received a big goldfish.
If the matter cannot be done, the money must be returned. From ancient times to the present, eunuchs have only collected money and never refunded it. Eunuch Gao did not want to be the person who broke the rules of the ancestors.
"Huh?" Seeing that Eunuch Gao was not leaving, Li Shimin was also curious about how important the memorial was that could make him so embarrassed. He frowned and thought for a while, wiped his hands with the hem of his robe, and reached out to take the memorial. Turn over.
After taking a look, I recognized Ouyang Xun's calligraphy. Such regular script could not be found in the Tang Dynasty.
"Please set up east and west police factories?"
Li Shimin read the first sentence and felt very strange. He secretly thought that Ouyang Xun was not a bachelor. He didn't write books and practice calligraphy well. Why did he suddenly get such a memorial and take the wrong medicine?
When Changsun Wuji and others saw Li Shimin frowning, they were also curious in their hearts, who wrote the memorial that could make His Majesty's expression so rich. First he was approving, then he frowned, and showed a trace of confusion. Who could it be?
Could it be Li Mu?
Changsun Wuji didn't know why, but the shadow of Li Mu flashed across his mind. He had a guilty conscience because he sent someone to deliver a message to him yesterday. It was revealed that his retainer Ma Zhou was delivering the message for him. Ma Zhou was the one who delivered the message.
Chang Sun Wuji instructed Chang He to send him to sign up. If Li Mu knew about it, with that kid's vengeful character, even if he didn't cause trouble now, he would definitely be in trouble in the future. Fortunately, Ma Zhou didn't know about the relationship between him and Chang He.
There was no way to leak the relationship, which made him feel a little relieved.
But I couldn't stop thinking about it. Today, I don't know how many times I thought of Li Mu. I could think of him in everything.
"How come this signature is Li Mu!"
Li Shimin exclaimed, immediately attracting everyone's attention. Changsun Wuji's expression changed, and he secretly thought, after all, he still couldn't escape, what's up with this disaster star!
"This is strange." Li Shimin came closer to the memorial and looked at it carefully. Although he was not a calligrapher, he was very proficient in his calligraphy skills. At least he could not mistake the font. This memorial was clearly Ouyang Xun's regular script. Kaiyuan
Can I still recognize the wrong font on Tongbao?
But the seal and signature are clearly that of Zhuluhou Li Mu. Could it be that because Li Mu was afraid that I would scold him for not practicing calligraphy hard enough, he asked Ouyang Xun to be his ghostwriter?
It’s something he can do!
Li Shimin was so angry that he just got drunk. He threw the memorial on the table, his face turned red and he said angrily: "Go, bring Li Mu to me. I want to ask him if he has
I treat myself as a three-year-old child, and when I write a memorial, I ask Ouyang Xun to ghostwrite it. Doesn’t he have long hands?"
Changsun Wuji was sitting on the left side of Li Shimin. Hearing this, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. What happened to make you so angry?"
Li Shimin threw the memorial to Changsun Wuji and said, "Look, whose handwriting is this? Do you believe it was written by Li Mu?" As he said that, he looked at Wei Zheng, Li Jing, Fang Xuanling and others.
The man said: "Everyone, dear friends, take a look. Is this like the handwriting that Li Mu can write? He has deceived me to this extent, does he still take me seriously? I will definitely punish him today, I will beat him.
Let him have a longer memory! Gaogan, what are you waiting for? Why don’t you go and get him quickly? No one is allowed to plead for him today. If anyone pleads for mercy, let’s beat him together!”
Changsun Wuji glanced at the memorial. Although he did not have a photographic memory, he had the ability to read ten lines at a glance. He had learned his skills by accompanying Li Shimin to read the memorial. With a simple glance, he read the contents of the memorial and handed it to the room next to him.
Xuan Ling was confused. What did Li Mu want to do? Did he want to touch the military power? First he had a 500-strong army of guards, and now he asked for the establishment of factory guards on the pretext of suspecting that someone was spying on the factory. He
What do you want to do?
As for whether the calligraphy was written by Li Mu, Changsun Wuji didn't waste his brain cells at all. Without decades of accomplishments in regular script, he couldn't write it at all. If Li Mu had written it, he would have eaten the brush.
With Li Mu's grandstanding character, he went to Ouyang Xun to write it for him. Changsun Wuji was not surprised at all, and there was no need to bother guessing.
Eunuch Gao had no choice but to look at Li Shimin's face carefully and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to take anyone, Zhulu Hou is outside."
"Oh, how brave you are!" Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said, "I said I didn't want to see him, but he kept wandering in front of me. When I wanted to see him, he didn't go to the palace for ten days and a half.
This kid has hardened his wings now and is dedicated to fighting me. Come on, bring him in, put him on the ground and spank him, right in front of me, take off his pants and spank him!"
Eunuch Gao was puzzled: "Your Majesty, this..."
"Hit me, beat me! I want to beat you, but you still dare to plead for mercy?"
Eunuch Gao had no choice but to do it. After a while, two Jinwu guards came in carrying Li Mu, followed by a guard holding a royal staff. They were embarrassed and didn't know what to do.
Are you kidding me, beating Zhuluhou? Who dares to do that? It would be better to give yourself a stick if you beat him. If you faint, you don't have to do such life-threatening things.
Li Mu was carried to Li Shimin. Seeing so many people there, Li Mu chuckled and said, "Everyone is here, wish you a good year. I haven't eaten yet. Your Majesty, can you give me a pair of chopsticks?"
He didn't have the slightest intention of being beaten, but this made Li Shimin crazy. Li Shimin raised his hand and said, "You dare to smile so playfully! I'm going to beat you today! Come on, beat me!"
"Hit me?" Li Mu was shocked. He quickly stretched out his hand to stop me and said: "Your Majesty, why do you want to hit me? I have done my duty as a minister and worked hard until the early morning to write this memorial and submit it to Your Majesty.
Yu Lan, how can your majesty beat Zhongliang just because he drank a few too many glasses of wine and went crazy? What's the rationale for this? A cowardly king is not like this."
"You still dare to say that I am a foolish king! I, I..." After drinking so much wine, Li Shimin instantly rushed to the top of his head, and his face turned red with anger. He simply took off his shoes without using the imperial staff.
He threw it at Li Mu and cursed: "Li Mu, you are now more capable and more arrogant. You even ask ghostwriters to write memorials. Do you think I am a three-year-old child and can't tell the difference? The crime of deceiving the emperor is a light one."
"Your Majesty, I didn't find anyone to write for me. I wrote it myself!"
Li Mu's face was innocent. Although there was no mirror and he couldn't see his expression, judging from everyone's reactions, Li Mu was still very satisfied. Especially Changsun Wuji and Wei Zheng, they were just like "You are too shameless."
These words are engraved on my forehead.
Li Mu was secretly happy, he wanted this effect! You look down on me now, but I will scare you to death later. Let you see what it means to be an out-of-reach genius!
"Did you write it?" Li Shimin stood up, staring at a pair of eyes that were red from the alcohol, came to Li Mu, grabbed his arm, dragged him to the desk where he was reviewing the memorial, and picked up a wolf-brush pen
, put it into Li Mu's hand and said: "Come on, write it. If you can write it, I will apologize to you, write it!"
Others also gathered around, looking like they were gloating about the drama. Li Mu looked at the pen in his hand, his face gradually became serious, and he sighed, why: "Your Majesty, I'd better not write anymore, does it have to be like this?"
"This is an imperial edict. You write it for me. Write it out and leave it alone. If you can't write it out, don't leave today. Stay in the palace and copy the Analects of Confucius ten times. When will you finish writing it, when will you go home!
"
"Then if I write it down...what can I say?"
"Write it down?" Li Shimin looked dumbfounded and said, "Can you write it down? OK, if you write it down, I will answer whatever you say."
This is what I've been waiting for!
"Okay! Now that it's all said and done, I have no choice but to show my shame." Li Mu flexed his wrist, glanced at Changsun Wuji who was waiting to watch the fun, raised his eyebrows, and said, "I still have to invite you.
Uncle Guo, can you do me a favor? Help me sharpen my ink."
Suddenly being called upon, Changsun Wuji was a little confused and said: "You just write, what does it have to do with me? I don't care, you can polish it yourself!"
"How can you say it doesn't matter, Uncle Guo? I also have your Quanzi's mentor. Sooner or later, I will teach him my calligraphy. Please do me a favor. It's just right. There is no one else's son here to worship you.
I am a teacher, if I don’t look for you, who should I look for?”
Changsun Wuji felt uncomfortable as if he had eaten a fly. The name "Quin Zi" was used when he was self-effacing. This was the first time he heard such words. But it was also true. His Quan Zi was indeed Li Mu's apprentice.
When Li Shimin heard this, he felt something was wrong. His son Li Tai seemed to have become Li Mu's disciple. He glanced at Li Mu and thought, is this kid talking about me?
We can't let him use this to delay time!
After thinking about it, Li Shimin rolled up his sleeves, picked up the ink, and said: "Don't talk nonsense, I will grind the ink for you. I will definitely see if you can write it today!"