Returning to his residence in the Yamen, Xiaobai held two spiritual jade in his hands and sat cross-legged on the bed to practice.
Li Mu took out the ice silk soft armor and the earth-level flying sword gifted by the Queen, walked to the bed and said: "You can wear this soft armor. You can also replace the previous sword..."
Xiaobai shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, this is a reward from His Majesty the Emperor."
Li Mudao: "Be obedient. Just take it if I ask you to. I have something better."
Liu Hanyan and Wanwan were in Baiyun Mountain, and there was no shortage of treasures. Xiaobai only had the sword that Li Mu got from the county government and gave to her.
Her Majesty's reward this time is just to help her upgrade her equipment.
Li Mu took out Xiao Bai's previous sword and slashed it with the earth-level flying sword. The earth-level flying sword was intact, but there was a gap in the previous sword.
This difference in the quality of magic weapons is difficult to make up for with acquired warmth and nourishment.
Xiaobai put on the soft armor obediently, put away the flying sword, and said: "Thank you, my benefactor."
Li Mu sat on the edge of the bed, patted her on the head and said, "What does the family say to thank you?"
Xiaobai rubbed his head on Li Mu's hand, and Li Mu sat cross-legged on the bed, practicing with her.
Before there was news from the inner guard, all he had to do was wait, and during this period, he planned to use the power of mind in his body to practice.
To this day, Li Mu already understands the power of telepathy very well.
This kind of power exists in the body and can speed up the speed at which he guides spiritual energy. Whether it is guiding it from heaven and earth or absorbing it from spiritual jade, it is several times faster than without the help of mind power.
In other words, this is using acquired efforts to make up for the lack of innate qualifications.
If some practitioners with mediocre qualifications and no special physique can obtain a large amount of mental support, their cultivation speed will not be slower than that of pure yin, pure yang and the five elements.
There are many ways to obtain telepathy. Buddhism can save people, Taoism can kill demons and demons, the imperial court can govern the country, or like Li Mu, punishing evil and promoting good, and redressing injustices for the people, all can obtain telepathy from the people.
There are also some evil sects and self-established sects that obtain telepathy by fooling the people and recruiting believers. In the final analysis, telepathy is just a subjective emotional power produced by human beings. If the people are brainwashed and become fanatical believers in the evil way, what they produce will
The mental power will be several times, even dozens of times, that of ordinary people.
This type of evil believers is the most dangerous. With a little bit of temptation, they can do some extremely dangerous things regardless of their own lives.
Therefore, the imperial court has always spared no effort to eradicate such evil practices.
Under the urging of his mind, several pieces of spiritual jade were drained of the stored spiritual energy by Li Mu and turned into powder at a speed visible to the naked eye.
It has been a while since Li Mujin entered Jushen, and his mana has increased significantly compared to the beginning.
But he is still far, far away from the fourth realm.
The mana required to advance to magical powers is like a bottomless pit. With Li Mu's physique, normal practice will take several years, and this is with the support of spiritual jade.
If you practice double cultivation with Liu Hanyan, this time can be shortened to one year.
If telekinesis could be obtained from the people of the entire city, the time it would take might be shorter.
After his magic power increased slightly, Li Mu tried the Nine-Character Mantra again and found that he could already use the "Zhe" tactic.
Among the first four characters of the Nine-Character Mantra, the word "Lin" means thunder. Li Mu, with his spiritual cultivation, can release up to several "Purple Sky Divine Thunder". Under normal circumstances, only practitioners in the supernatural power realm have the opportunity to come into contact with it.
Thunder method, Zixiao divine thunder, is an advanced thunder method used by the fifth level creation powerhouse.
Taoism that can span two levels is considered superior among all Taoisms.
Although this kind of purple thunder cannot cause much damage to the strong ones in the fifth realm, it can crush them in terms of level against those in the fourth realm.
Li Mu has already mastered the "Bing" and "Dou" tactic, and now he can easily use the "Zhe" tactic to directly mobilize the power of heaven and earth to restore his mana. When he was in the county, he used King Chu Jiang's ten
Li Mu has already experienced the following moves of the Eight Hell Formations, but he may have to wait until he has magical powers to actually use them with his own magic power.
Early in the morning, Li Mu took Xiaobai on a routine tour of the divine capital. When passing through the palace city, he couldn't help but take a few glances inside.
There are no special circumstances. The Zhou Dynasty meeting is held once every three days. I don’t know what the situation is like in the court hall today.
Ziwei Palace.
Today's court meeting is still the stage for the old party and the new party. After the officials of the two parties had a fierce debate on several court affairs, each gained and each lost.
As usual, Her Majesty the Queen, whose front was covered by a curtain and could only vaguely see a silhouette, still did not speak. Her personal maid was presiding over the court meeting.
At this moment, the courtiers were discussing a letter.
This document was handed over directly to His Majesty by a minor official in Shendu Yamen, bypassing the Shangshu Province, passing through the inner guard.
Generally speaking, officials of the fourth rank and above are qualified to submit memorials directly to His Majesty. Below the fourth rank, memorials are submitted to the Shangshu Province first. If necessary, the Shangshu Province will submit them to the emperor.
However, there are also some officials who are opportunistic and use various methods to directly hand over information to His Majesty, hoping to be appreciated by His Majesty and then take a shortcut in officialdom and rise to the top in one step.
What this letter wrote was to hope that the imperial court would abolish the method of using silver as a substitute for crime in the Zhou Dynasty law. Occasionally, officials would raise this matter in court, but in the end it was ignored.
After all, for most people in the court, this law is beneficial to them. Even if some people agree with its abolition, they will remain silent considering their own interests.
Several officials from Yushitai stood up first.
"Your Majesty, I believe that the method of substituting silver for crime encourages unhealthy trends and should be abolished long ago."
"I second my opinion, if you break the law and you can get away with it just by using silver coins, where is the majesty of the law?"
"If this law can be abolished, the people's hearts will be more united, which will be beneficial to the country..."
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After this issue was raised, several officials stood up and expressed their agreement.
Not long after, an official from the Ministry of Revenue stood up and said: "Part of the income of the national treasury comes from the surrogate money. If it is abolished, I am afraid that the national treasury will be tight..."
The official who was the first to stand up said: "Mr. Wei, don't you think that using silver as a crime will make the court lose the support of the people?"
The Ministry of Revenue official did not deny it and said: "Although this law has lost some people's support, the government has been stable for so many years. Running the country is not about deciding cases. We cannot simply judge right and wrong. We must find a balance. If
If the annual income of the state treasury is short of this, where will the repair costs of the imperial city offices, your lords' salaries, and the disaster relief funds allocated to the counties come from?"
The official opened his mouth, but didn't know how to refute.
At this time, another official from the Ministry of Rites stood up and said: "The system of substitution silver was established by the late emperor. After several revisions, most serious crimes have been excluded, which not only ensured the people's support, but also increased the national treasury."
Jinxiang, do these gentlemen think that you are more sage than the late emperor?"
As soon as this statement came out, the officials who had just agreed were immediately speechless.
They can still refute the reasons of the official from the Ministry of Commerce, but who dares to refute the words of the doctor from the Ministry of Rites?
Even the person behind the curtain cannot be said to be more sage than the late emperor, let alone ministers like them. Anyone who dares to admit it would be treasonous.
An official from the Ministry of Household Affairs and an official from the Ministry of Rites blocked the mouths of everyone in the court.
Regardless of whether it is the new party or the old party, those who can be called "the party" are all in high positions in Shendu. The scapegoat is beneficial to them. With these two people in the lead, people will soon come forward one after another.
"I object to this proposal."
"I also object to it."
"I second the proposal..."
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In Ziwei Hall, next to a pillar in the corner, a charming woman holds a notebook in one hand and a pen in the other. She writes in a leisurely manner: "A member of the Household Department, a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, a doctor in the Criminal Department..."
When Li Mu returned to the government office, he saw Master Mei already waiting for him in the government office.
Li Mu stepped forward and asked, "How's it going?"
"As before, too many people are opposed to this article, so we can only put it on hold temporarily." Lord Mei shook his head, handed him a notebook, and said: "The leading opponents are all here."
Li Mu asked her about the situation in the court today and learned some detailed information.
The reason given by the Ministry of Accounts has no basis. As long as the money crime is punished at the same time, or the amount is increased, the problem of treasury input can be solved.
The issue with penal yen is not the fine, but the fact that a crime has been committed and only the fine is required.
Since those people don't care about money, they might as well fine them more, and the revenue of the state treasury in this area will increase instead of decrease.
As for the reason given by the Ministry of Rites, it is purely a random accusation.
If the rules set by previous emperors cannot be changed by future generations, then society will not be able to progress at all. This is the reason they are looking for.
Master Mei said: "Actually, this matter is not a big deal. Most officials above the fourth rank don't care about it and have not participated. Those who really oppose it are the officials of the fifth and sixth rank. Their official positions are not high, but it is difficult for them to do so."
Matang, what can you do?"
Li Mu thought for a while and said: "There is a way, but it will cost more money. I wonder if your majesty can reimburse me?"