"Practice medicine with careful consideration, and prescribe medicine according to "Compendium of Materia Medica". The dead will not be healed, and the living will be dead. My family name is Lu, and I am a good doctor, so I am called Dr. Sailu..."
During the performance on the stage, Dr. Sailu appeared and wanted to strangle Granny Cai to death. Zhang Luer and his son happened to meet her and rescued her.
Everyone on the street watched it with gusto. After all, this was the first performance in history. No one had ever seen such a story-telling performance before. Although Yuefu also has a certain story-telling, how can it be explained in five words?
The roles are divided, and everyone has their own lines and spoken lines, which makes the scene interesting.
Even in Li Mu's eyes, this "drama" could not be more shabby. But in the eyes of the common people, it was an eye-opener. They all watched it attentively, not even daring to take a breath for fear of missing it.
A line.
On the second floor, Li Shimin had also arrived early. In fact, at heart, Li Shimin also loved to join in the fun. How could he not come when Dou E's injustice premiered today? Not only did he come, Empress Changsun also came, and Li Yuan also brought Li Yourong with him.
Here he is, in the room next to him. Li Xiaogong is also there, but he is not upstairs, but on the street. He chooses the place closest to the stage and stares at Jin Chen with a pair of bull's eyes, as if he wants to
It's like eating people.
Li Mu didn't expect so many people to come, so he temporarily asked Sangou to buy some dried fruit preserves to entertain him. He also ran upstairs and downstairs several times to say hello. Those who can come today are all here to support them, so they can't be neglected.
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Li Mugang just came back from Li Yuan's place, and happened to come to this plot. Li Shimin saw him, pointed at him, and said: "You are too narrow-minded. If anyone offends you, it will be like eight lifetimes of bad luck. There will be no end to it. You
.I read this script and found out why the bad guys are all from Shandong. The person who wants to strangle Granny Cai is named Lu, and the governor who committed the evil is also named Lu. Are you deliberately disgusting people?"
How could Li Mu admit it? He quickly waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty, please don't slander my innocence. I have never thought about it that way. When I was writing about this character, I suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
I think his surname should be Lu, it sounds easy to pronounce. Or else he should be surnamed Li, the Li family of Longxi, Your Majesty, will you agree?"
Li Shimin was choked up and glared at him fiercely. Wang Ou was right next to him. Didn't this little bastard make me embarrassed?
Li Mu understood the look in Li Shimin's eyes, but didn't pay attention. He thought to himself, Wang Ou is my wife, and I don't want you to be embarrassed. How can I be embarrassed myself? A dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist, so I can only say to you: "
sorry".
However, it was not good to offend him deeply. Seeing Li Shimin's embarrassed look, Li Mu pulled back a little and said, "Your Majesty, you actually don't understand my good intentions."
"," Li Shimin curled his lips and said, "What good intentions are there? You are just venting your anger."
"Nothing." Li Mu said seriously: "Your Majesty, do you still remember what I said about "public opinion"?"
Li Shimin recalled it and said: "At that time, Datang Daily? Does it have anything to do with this drama?"
"It's all public opinion." Li Mu pointed out the window, and the people were filled with righteous indignation, because the plot happened to have Zhang Lu'er and his son arriving at Cai's house to forcefully marry them. The people who had just applauded Zhang Lu'er, at this time
They cursed one after another, and their voices even drowned out the sounds on the stage. If someone hadn't stopped them, someone would have rushed to the stage to make a fuss.
Li Mu smiled and said: "What do you think, Your Majesty? The same audience has a completely different attitude in less than a quarter of an hour."
Li Shimin thought for a while and said: "They are because of the plot." Suddenly Li Shimin paused, frowned, and said: "You deliberately used the bad guy's surname as Lu, and the location is in Qizhou, because you want people to watch this movie.
After the play, I thought that people named Lu were not good people and that officials in Shandong were bad, which would damage their reputation. Is this what you meant?"
Li Mu nodded and said: "That's exactly what I mean! His Majesty once said that the imperial court's control over local areas is weak because the people only know about the clans and not the imperial court. Although I am unable to quickly change the people's minds, I can subtly change the people's minds through serialization.
Novels, performed dramas, and even sung scripts, etc., allow the common people to receive messages. Most of the common people have not read books or even cannot read, but they can understand the stories and understand the principles of human relations. One day, they will
They will know that the imperial court is their support and your majesty is their hope, and these clans, no matter what their surnames are, they are all selfish people. I believe that as long as you persist, the number of creative people will increase and the actors will hide.
, the more storytellers there are, the goal will be achieved sooner or later."
Li Shimin thought for a moment, nodded slowly, and acknowledged Li Mu's reasoning, but then chuckled and said: "I can only believe three points of your words now. You may have just thought of this to fool me, but it doesn't matter.
It’s just for fun, if it’s useful it’s better, if it’s useless it’s okay, as long as the bad guy’s surname is not Li, I won’t care about you.”
Li Mu laughed and said: "How dare I give the bad guy's surname Li? Didn't I also join the clan? If the bad guy's surname is Li, it means he is scolding himself. I am not stupid."
"You are the only one who is smart."
Li Shimin sighed helplessly. He felt more and more unable to control Li Mu. He could not predict what this kid would think, but he could often predict his thoughts.
This makes Li Shimin feel terrible, but he still trusts Li Mu because he doesn't feel that Li Mu is ambitious.
As an ambitious man, and as an emperor who ascended to the throne through bloodshed, Li Shimin was very sensitive to people's ambitions. He could feel how ambitious his ministers were, such as Changsun Wuji, Hou Junji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, these famous names
He knew everything about his ambitions. Because he knew them so well, he was very relieved because he had the confidence to control them.
Li Mu, on the other hand, seems to just do whatever he wants. There is no unified purpose, and he doesn't seem to care about anything, which makes it difficult. You don't know how to reward him when he does well, and you don't know how to reward him when he doesn't do well.
I don't know what kind of punishment it will cause. It hurts. It feels like a piece of meat on a hob, which makes people very upset.
"I heard that your college is about to graduate?"
"Datang Technical School." Li Mu repeated the name and said, "Your Majesty is well-informed and is about to graduate. Ten people graduated today, and all of them are talented people. I will go to the Ministry of Personnel to go through the formalities tomorrow, and I will take office the day after tomorrow.
With their help in the future, I will be able to relax and prepare for the imperial examination."
"I heard that your exam is unique and allows people to choose from each other. I have a question. Will the person selected in this way be the most capable?"
Li Mu shook his head and said: "Not necessarily, but it is the most convincing one."
"Your Majesty, the nature of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is different from other yamen. It is not a professional yamen, like the Ministry of Works. If a person does not know how to build it, he will not be able to do the main work if he is asked to do it. But the Ministry of Internal Affairs, basically
He is qualified to go to every government office, as long as he can graduate from Datang Technical School. Then, whether he can convince the public will be the decisive factor in how far he can go in the future. As the main backbone of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I do not plan to
We use outsiders, so I let them choose by themselves, and they are convinced in their hearts if they choose by themselves."
"This is a good idea, and I have learned from it." Li Shimin chuckled, and suddenly he asked: "Li Mu, are you really planning to take the imperial examination? In fact, your current reputation will not matter whether you take the imperial examination or not, no one will question you.
Isn’t that necessary?”
"Your Majesty, a gentleman will not stand up without faith. I must take the exam."
Li Shimin sighed and said: "I won't hide it from you. In the past few days, there have been reports from the Ministry of Rites. Some said it was inappropriate for you to participate in the imperial examination, and some said that the rules of the imperial examination should be changed. I can see that there are shadows of the Shandong gentry behind you.
.In the imperial examination, from the previous dynasty to today, there are certain rules, which can affect the whole body. It is too troublesome to change. If you take part in the imperial examination, they will definitely try their best to stop it. I am not worried about your talent and learning, but it is easy to change the gun.
It's hard to avoid hidden arrows. If you lose Jingzhou carelessly, it will damage your reputation and boost their morale."
"Furthermore, you said that you will get the first prize in both the regular subjects and the system subjects. This is too much. There are so many saints' books, and they are all colluding. If they have to make things difficult for you, you may not be able to resist. I have another worry, that is, I am afraid that they will
In order to prevent you from revealing the topic to the outside world, I plan to select a few available people, Li Mu, do you understand what I mean?"
Li Mu was silent for a moment, and he understood what Li Shimin meant. Nowadays, the Ministry of Rites is almost controlled by the Shandong gentry, and all officials, big and small, are inextricably linked to the clan. Li Mu himself made too big a statement, and boasted of winning the top prize in two places. If
If he succeeds, the Shandong scholars will lose their face. So they will try their best to stop Li Mu, and even take risks to reveal the topic to other students. This is something they can do completely, and Li Shimin can't stop it. They don't care about it.
Whoever comes first, as long as it's not Li Mu, they win.
Li Shimin was eager to promote a group of young talents and consolidate the foundation of the imperial court, so he wanted to persuade Li Mu not to participate in the imperial examination and let the imperial examination proceed as usual.
Li Mu can naturally give up, because his status and reputation at this time far exceed anything that the number one scholar can bring. Sun Fuga, the number one scholar in the Wude period, is now only a fourth-rank Shaoqing of Dali Temple. Li Mu is now a third-rank scholar.
The minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is in charge of internal funds and royal property, and is in charge of the Ministry of Industry. He is already on an equal footing with the six ministers.
There is actually not much difference if there are more champions or fewer champions.
But Li Mu still couldn't resist this tone. Why did he have to take a step back? After coming to Chang'an, he had never retreated in the competition with the powerful families, so why did he have to take a step back this time?
Don’t retreat!
Li Mu raised his neck and said: "Your Majesty, I will not retreat! I will dampen their spirit, kill their majesty, and let them know that in the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks are useless! Let them let go.