Chu Suiliang's face turned blue and white, but he couldn't find anything to refute, so he had to bow to the end and said: "I know I was wrong and I have learned a lesson. Since Zhuluhou has told me so many mistakes, I won't do it."
As a living minister, please allow me to resign."
"Oh, resign, who are you trying to scare?" Li Mu had no intention of letting him go. He would say so many words not to humiliate Chu Suiliang, but to let Chu Suiliang be used for his own purposes. But he clearly remembered that in
When Li Shimin was dying, there were only two ministers in Gu Ming, one was Changsun Wuji and the other was Chu Suiliang. Although this boy is nothing now, as long as it is gold, it will shine sooner or later. If you win over him before he shines, you can
Useful, otherwise it will be too late.
Li Shimin couldn't stand it any longer, so he took Li Mu's arm and said angrily: "It's no wonder that both the government and the public call you a 'mad dog'. Why do you catch and bite anyone and then refuse to let go? You are now a third-grade official.
He is only from the sixth grade. There is a huge difference between you two. If you embarrass him, how will others see you? Li Mu, I have to say something to you, this is wrong."
"Your Majesty, I can't put sand in my eyes. If I didn't see it, that's fine. If I saw it, I have to say it. Please let me finish. There are only a few words left. After I finish speaking, we will go to the imperial kitchen."
Li Shimin saw that he couldn't control it anymore, so he didn't care and let Li Mu have his say.
Li Mu stood in front of Chu Suiliang and said: "Chu Suiliang, the fact that you wrote something like this does not mean there is a problem with your moral character. It means that you have prejudices in your heart. As a nobleman, your friends and close friends must also be noblemen. Before
These days, the noble family has suffered a big loss in my hands, no, it can also be said that it is in your Majesty's hands. Even if you don't have resentment in your heart, your friends do. They talk about these things in your ears. You can listen to
When the time comes, my heart will inevitably be biased towards them. With this kind of prejudice, when writing daily notes, I will unconsciously add my own prejudices. Isn't such daily notes waste paper? "
"People can have different opinions, and that doesn't matter, but you have to know, what is your position? What do you do? If you are not a living man, you can criticize as much as you want. In Chang'an City, there are people with literature every day.
Yes, there are people writing poems and scolding me every day, do you think I care about them?"
Chu Suiliang couldn't help but said: "Why don't you care? A few days ago, you spread the word that you would beat anyone who scolded you. Isn't this called intimidation?"
"Uh..." Li Mu was a little embarrassed. Seeing his expression, Li Shimin couldn't help laughing, as if he was watching a show, as if to say, let's see what you do.
If it had been anyone else, this would have been a slap in the face, but Li Mu didn't care, he was thick-skinned: "Yes, that's what I said, it's just a threat, what's wrong? As the saying goes, a man dares to do something. If he dares to scold me, I
I admire him, but if he scolded me and got beaten, didn't he deserve it? How can I be so arrogant and have the strength to beat him back? If you are not convinced, you should also make contributions and be granted the title of marquis and prime minister. I will wait for you.
Your merits exceed those of me, and when you overpower me, wouldn’t it be the end of the world for you to bully me? Why are you so incompetent? Do you blame me?"
"You, you..."
"What are you doing?" Li Mu was already a little impatient, and said: "Boy, remember this sentence, I earned all my face by myself, and the title of official is not in vain. Even if you criticize me as a prince, then
It was me who risked my life to steal the Imperial Seal in exchange for it, why didn’t I see you snatch it from me? What a shame!”
"That's because we didn't meet!"
"I didn't let you meet me? Did I meet you? This is called destiny." Li Shimin snorted coldly when he heard this. Li Mu quickly made up for it: "Don't you understand destiny? God wants this jade seal passed down to the country to return.
Your Majesty, lend me my hand to deliver it to Your Majesty. Are you envious of the blessings of good fortune? Why don't you go find a Taoist priest to do this and see if you can also bring good fortune to you, so as not to have people laugh at the weather but not others.
Writing notes about daily life is like Sima Qian writing historical records, always following the historian's words. Sima Qian is so resentful because he has no eggs, so you don't have any eggs either?"
Eunuch Gao's face turned green, he didn't dare to say anything, and secretly pursed his lips.
Li Mu spoke happily, turned around and smiled again: "Your Majesty, I wasted your time, let's go to the imperial dining room."
"You just can't control your mouth!" Li Shimin waved his hand and said: "Chu Suiliang, you should go home and rest for a few days. I also feel that you are not very suitable to be a layman."
After this experience, Chu Suiliang's spirit had been severely damaged. He saluted in a daze. After watching Li Mu and others walk out, he packed up his things and returned home. He fell seriously ill that night and took several days to get better.
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"Hmm..." Li Shimin clicked his lips, his face a little unclear. He glanced at the half bowl of potatoes left in the bowl, showing an embarrassed look. He hesitated, handed it to Li Mu, and said, "You can eat it."
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"I'm not hungry." Li Mu refused without thinking. What a joke. This potato porridge was made from potatoes that Li Shimin took a bite of. He didn't have the habit of eating men's saliva. Thinking about it made him sick.
Li Shimin didn't force it. He put the bowl down and sighed, "Li Mu, to be honest, although this food is edible, I don't think it tastes good. It's bland and tasteless. It's not as good as rice, let alone corn. It's still bad."
some."
"Your Majesty, I would like to ask, if a common person has no food to eat, will he feel that the food is not delicious and stop eating it?"
Li Shimin was stunned and immediately understood what Li Mu meant. There are countless refugees in the world, and there are also many people who have no land and no food to eat. They don't care whether the potato porridge tastes good or not. It's good to eat some.
Li Shimin was so ashamed that he drank a bowl of porridge with a cry and said: "I was wrong. I will eat one meal every day from now on to reflect on myself."
"That's not possible." Li Mu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to feed you these two potatoes. The potatoes are only over 600 kilograms now, not even a little more. These are for planting this year.
You can eat as much as you want from the autumn harvest, but I can’t afford it now.”
"Too,"
I don't know if Li Mu got it wrong. He always felt that Li Shimin let out a sigh of relief when he said this. It seemed that he really didn't like eating potatoes.
Li Shimin put down the bowl and chopsticks and said: "Li Mu, you are going to Dingxiang. I know you have business to do and I won't stop you, but you have to go and come back quickly. Can you come back in two months?"
Li Mu smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, if I hurry up, I will be able to come back in two months. However, I am going here for a private matter first. I have a daughter-in-law in Zhangjiazhai. As you know, I have to become a wife first."
Dear, it must be one month anyway, how about three months?"
"Two and a half months, no further discussion!" Li Shimin looked like he couldn't negotiate, and said: "Bring more fast horses and set up post stations along the road. I will ask them to ask you about the matter of the Ministry of Internal Affairs eight hundred miles away. You can't