Speaking of the matter of establishing a crown prince, although Li Shimin appointed his eldest son as the crown prince on the day he ascended the throne, this was more due to consideration of the situation at the time. In fact, in his heart, he did not have any obsession with establishing his eldest son as the crown prince. Because
He himself is not the eldest son. If he had such thoughts, he would not have rebelled back then.
In his heart, the prince must be a talented person, at least no worse than him. Otherwise, the empire he has conquered and the achievements he has created will all turn into a dream and nothing will be left.
At the moment, both Li Chengqian and Li Tai obviously cannot meet this standard. Li Mu is very good, but it is a pity that he does not have the qualifications.
After sending away the frightened Changsun Wuji, Li Shimin called Concubine Yang over again. Although she couldn't speak, looking at this face that was 80% similar to Wang Ou's could still bring Li Shimin a moment of peace.
The setting sun shone on Concubine Yang's face, making it look even more radiant. Li Shimin smiled happily, took a sip of wine, and his thoughts flew to nowhere.
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The decree was issued from Zhongshu Province, and soon all three provinces and six ministries received the news.
The emperor decreed that the Haechi Yuan was established to specialize in practicing law. Haechi is a mythical beast in myths and legends. The big one is like a cow, and the small one is like a sheep. It is similar to a unicorn. Its whole body is covered with thick dark hair, and its eyes are bright and lively.
There is usually one horn on the forehead. This horn is very powerful. It can distinguish good from evil, loyalty from evil, right from wrong.
It is said that during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Duke Zhuang of Qi had a minister named Renli Guo who had been involved in a three-year lawsuit with another minister named Zhonglijiao. Because the case was difficult to judge, Duke Zhuang of Qi asked Xie Zhi to listen to the two of them reading to themselves.
Complaint. As a result, after reading the complaint of Renli Kingdom, Haezhi said nothing, but before Zhonglijiao's complaint was halfway read, Haezhi turned him over with his horn. So, Duke Zhuang of Qi ruled that Renli State won the lawsuit.
Since the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Haechi has been a symbol of Chinese law. In some dynasties, even the clothes worn by the censors will be embroidered with Haechi patterns. Therefore, it is very reasonable for Li Shimin to use Haechi to name the yamen where he practices law.
Proper arrangements.
As in previous legends, the director of the Haechi Courtyard was concurrently appointed by the imperial censor Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng was famous, and no one had objections to this arrangement. However, the second half of the decree aroused widespread discussion.
This revision of the law is a major matter, and it cannot be decided by just one yamen, nor can it be decided by a few ministers after discussion. In addition to Wei Zheng as the dean, a lot of manpower is needed. The imperial edict says that recruiting well-educated people is needed.
Scholars, study the laws and regulations one by one. Where do these learned scholars come from? How to define them?
The Shandong gentry were excited. When it comes to educated people, how could they be outnumbered by the Shandong gentry? Even if the selection was proportional, they would still have the upper hand.
Doesn’t Li Mu want to revise the law? To revise the law, it must go through the Haechi Yuan, right? Then let him see what it feels like to fail to pass even one of the decrees he wants to amend.
However, their fantasy only lasted for one morning and ended, because this morning, Li Mu went to court again. In the afternoon, news came out that Li Mu believed that Wei Zheng was biased in selecting people and must not be fair, so he proposed to be Xie himself
The Vice-President of Zhiyuan was supervising the situation, which caused a huge chaos. Li Mu debated with a total of eighteen people from three provinces and six departments in the Liangyi Hall, but no one was his opponent. Seeing that the army was defeated, Wei Zheng stood up in order not to use Zuwang.
More than ten thousand bachelors participated in the revision of the law in exchange for Li Mu not to interfere with the Haechi Academy. Li Mu still refused to agree, and finally the emperor intervened and the matter was settled.
In the end, the plan proposed by Wei Zheng failed and Li Mu failed, so the matter came to an end. In the evening, another decree came from the palace. Xu Jingzong and Chu Liang, two of the eighteen bachelors of the former Qin Palace, were ordered to fill the Xiechi Academy.
Cheng, Supervisor Cheng, was ordered to recruit bachelors from Chongwen Hall and Hongwen Hall to fill the Xiechi Academy.
The names of Xu Jingzong and Chu Liang suddenly became the focus.
Some people knew about these two people, but some people did not know about them. But the next day, everyone knew about the lives of these two people, because Datang Daily published an extra page and specially introduced these two people. Hidden
After a while, I focused on introducing the erudition and resume of these two people.
Both of them were eighteenth-year bachelors of the Qin Palace, and both were conferred bachelors of Hongwen Hall after Li Shimin ascended the throne. The slight difference is that Chu Liang was already well-known in the previous dynasty, and he was older and highly respected. He was once favored by Li Shimin.
He was specially invited to establish a literature museum and cultivate scholars. Among the eighteen bachelors, he was also in the upper reaches. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he was in a state of semi-recuperation due to his age. He only asked Li Shimin when he had something to ask.
He would go into the palace to explain, and he was a consultant. He had a son named Chu Suiliang, who is now also a housekeeper. He is good at calligraphy. Although he is not as famous as Ouyang Xun and Yu Shinan, he is still a leader of the younger generation. Li Shimin
Ask him to come out and call the shots. Although his official position is low, the title is the seal of the palm. Without the seal, no laws can be implemented. The meaning is self-evident. This person who is only loyal to the emperor will definitely carry out the emperor's will, so he is cut off.
Various forces have the idea of doing something secretly with Chen Cang.
As for Xu Jingzong, his rise to power is rumored to be closely related to Wei Zheng. Xu Jingzong is much younger than Chu Liang. Among the eighteen bachelors in the Qin Palace, he is considered to be at the bottom. And he has many affairs.
Everyone knows that they despise his virtue. It is said that this 'good job' is not his turn, so why was he chosen, and his official position is higher than that of his senior Chu Liang? There are rumors among the people that this is all
It stems from his friendship with Wei Zheng.
In his early years, Xu Jingzong escaped from Yu Wenhua, went to Wagang Village, and worked as a clerk with Wei Zheng. Even some good people dug deeper, and Xu Jingzong's nephew Xu Ji is now very prosperous in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Since then, it was only with the help of Wei Zheng that he was able to enter Datang Technical School.
The nephew was the favorite disciple of Marquis Zhulu, and he had an old friendship with Wei Zheng. As soon as Xu Jingzong appeared in the public eye, he suddenly became a "popular fried chicken", attracting the attention of all parties.
But what is surprising is that when many parties extended olive branches and wanted to get close to him, Xu Jingzong closed the door to thank the guests and did not see anyone. Even his nephew Xu Ji, who was staying at his home, was driven to the government office by him.
He lived in a valuable apartment and had an attitude of rejecting others thousands of miles away.
His cold attitude discouraged countless people. Just as quickly as he became famous, the popularity quickly dropped. And another thing, after two or three days of fermentation, became a new star in Chang'an City.
Hot spots.
Everyone knows that the boss behind the scenes is the Supreme Emperor. The number one luxury venue in Chang'an City, Heaven and Earth, has spent huge sums of money to publish leaflets, announcing that it will hold a competition called: Men's Talents and Women's Appearances. The event is divided into nine issues, each issue
There is an interval of ten days, totaling three months. Because Tang law stipulates that one should take a rest every ten days. I don’t know if it is a coincidence, but it just coincides with the day of this event.
Now that we are talking about competition, it is natural to distinguish between high and low. The content of the competition is already reflected in the names. Naturally, men compete for talent and women compete for appearance. In odd-numbered periods, men compete on stage.
Women watch the theater in the audience, and in even-numbered periods, women watch the theater in the audience, while men watch the theater in the audience.
In terms of days, when the ninth period ends, the imperial examination is almost over. Therefore, heaven and earth promise that the final top three will also be "number one, second, and third overall." In other words, this year, in addition to the regular subjects, the two subjects of the system
There is a champion, and there is also a champion in heaven and earth. With such a setup, only heaven and earth dare to say such things.
Not only that, in the ninth period, there will be a special social event. If anyone can achieve good things and get married, he will be provided with generous betrothal gifts and dowry from heaven and earth, and there will be a highly respected "Longxi"
It is indeed extremely rare for the marriage to be presided over by the Duke of Jiacheng of the Li family.
The news fermented for several days, and the whole city was abuzz. At first, people felt that the claims in the leaflet were too exaggerated, and they all thought that the palace might intervene to stop it. However, after a few days, there was no news from the palace.
As if they had acquiesced, the young men and women who had thought about it were relieved and gradually started to sign up. At the same time, the business in heaven and earth also improved a lot. Some young ladies and gentlemen from wealthy families came to inquire about the news.
I was too embarrassed to talk in vain, so I had to order a meal, at least four dishes and one soup, and spent thirty or fifty dollars.
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When Li Yuan was in the valley, he felt comfortable eating hot pot, so he asked Li Mu to make him a set of copper pots. Li Mu took the time to make a set of copper pots and delivered them over. Unexpectedly, he ran into Li Shimin who came to protest.
Li Shimin came here for the third time, and wanted to persuade Li Yuan to cancel the "male talent and female beauty", but Li Yuan disagreed no matter what. Li Shimin had nothing to do with his father, so he happened to see Li Mu hitting the gun and arrested him.
I stayed for a while and was scolded.
After scolding him, he actually couldn't do anything to him. He happened to be hungry, so he used the copper pot that Li Mu brought. Li Yuan, Li Shimin, and Li Mu cooked the mutton.
In fact, Li Mu still prefers to eat beef, but for some reason recently, Cheng Mansion's cattle have not died suddenly for many days. The supply of beef is not timely, so he can only settle for sheep. Li Mu doesn't like to eat mutton, so this is also
Just eat hot pot, and there are seasonings to cover up the smell, otherwise Li Mu would never eat it.
On the other hand, Li Yuan and Li Shimin were very happy to eat. For them, mutton is a meat that is more commonly eaten than beef, and the lamb meat is tender and can be cooked by just rinsing it in water. There is no limit to the amount, unlike beef, which has to be boiled.
Once cooked, there isn't much left, so I'm always worried that it won't be enough.
For this mutton hot pot, the meat is slaughtered and sliced on the spot. In other words, in heaven and on earth, the chefs are all from royal chefs and have unparalleled knife skills. Otherwise, at the speed at which three people eat meat, there will be no supply at all.
"Your Majesty, how are you?" Li Mu is holding a glass in his hand. This is the 'treasure' he intends to give to Li Yuan together with the copper pot today. The wine in the glass is not ordinary. This is 'wine'.
This wine was not made by him, but was sent to him by the caravan from Zhangjiazhai yesterday, and his fiancée, Zhang Tianai, the eldest lady of Zhangjiazhai, who was thousands of miles away, sent him the 'Persian wine'.
Li Shimin was a little drunk, his face turned red, and he laughed and said: "You think I'm ignorant? It's just wine, haven't I ever drank it? But this cup of yours..." Li Shimin picked it up and looked at it carefully.
, praised: "It seems that your skill in making colored glaze has come a step closer. Now you can even make containers?"
"Your Majesty, have you forgotten, didn't I give you a colorful glass vase?"
"Oh, yes..." Li Shimin sighed and said, "I gave it to Concubine Yin." Li Shimin glared at Li Mu angrily and said, "It's all your fault! It's all your fault! If King Qi hadn't gone to Qizhou, I would have
I was afraid that Concubine Yin would be too sad, so why would I give her the colorful glass vase..."
"Fart!" Li Yuan raised his hand and slapped Li Shimin on the back of the head. Li Shimin frowned and looked at his father, sighed helplessly and muttered: "Father, my son is the emperor now, you can't hit him."
"There are no outsiders here. What's wrong with hitting you? If you're unhappy, why don't you hit me?"
"Son, I don't dare," Li Shimin muttered, suddenly raised his hand and slapped Li Mu on the back of the head. After the slap, he laughed, as if he was so happy.
Li Mu didn't dare to fight back. He raised his butt and moved the stool, hiding out of Li Shimin's reach. He bowed his head honestly and continued to eat.
"King Qi, are you talking about Li You?" Li Yuan snorted and said, "That boy has a mind like a jackal. If Li Mu hadn't been present, he almost offended his own imperial sister. Can I forget this?
It's not a good thing to let him go away or stay with me. I was so benevolent back then that I really should have killed all the Yinshi masters and left him a queen... Huh!"
Li Shimin said awkwardly: "Father, it's all in the past. Concubine Yin and I...well, it's been so many years, so don't be harsh."
"I don't care about your business," Li Yuan waved his hand, suddenly his eyes widened again, and said, "Then you can't care about me either. The whole country is for you to toss. I'm old, what's wrong with me just having fun?"
"But..." Li Shimin said with a bitter face: "You can't say that I want to be the number one scholar. The number one scholar is to select talents for the country. How can I say this!"
"Did I delay your selection of subjects?" Li Yuan snorted and said, "You took the test on essential articles, I took the test on poetry and poetry, you took the test on family, country and world, and I took the test on romance, what's the connection?
You don't like anything. If the old man lives too long, it will bother you. Either you give me a glass of poisonous wine and I drink it and you bury it, then I won't bother you anymore."
When Li Shimin saw this, he became anxious again, and hurriedly said: "If your son doesn't say anything, then whatever the father wants to do, he will do it."
"That's pretty much it." Li Yuan picked up the cup to drink. Suddenly he saw that the wine was gone. He put the cup down and knocked on the table: "Pour, pour the wine!"
"Hey." Li Shimin picked up the wine bottle and filled it up for his father. Then he glanced at Li Mu who was stuffing meat into his mouth, drank the wine in the glass, and knocked on the table.
Li Mu quickly put down his chopsticks and picked up the flask to pour wine. As a human being, you have to be discerning. You can't just wait for others to say everything...