This year's Shangyuan Festival is the most boring year in the past, and anyone standing next to a wax man can't eat this wine.

Finally waited for the banquet to end, the ministers dispersed in a hurry, Li Jun only left a thought, Liu Hong asked Li Jun in a low voice: "Your Majesty, what should I do with this wax man?" ”

"Send this wax man to the Wude Hall of the Military Academy, and then you go to Shaofu, remake a wax man according to the appearance of those enemy chieftains before, and put it into the Wude Hall together, this is all the merit of the Tang Dynasty, and every student who enters the military academy in the future must visit it first."

"No, the old slave obeys."

Liu Hong quickly lifted the wax man down, and only then did Fu Nian breathe a sigh of relief, the smell just now was really disgusting.

Li Jun said to Fu Nian with a pleasant face: "Master Fu, let you see a smile." ”

"On the contrary, the old minister feels that His Majesty is doing the right thing, barbarian people, afraid of power and not afraid of virtue, as it should be." Fu Nian touched his beard and smiled.

Li Jun laughed and said: "Master Fu is really my confidant, by the way, the book recommended by Master Fu just now is very interesting, I don't know who the author is?" ”

"It's a young talent named Kong Ru." Fu Nian replied with a smile.

"The Kong family?"

"Exactly, and he is the new patriarch of the Kong family."

"Okay, I know, Master Fu, please go back, I will send someone to find him in a while." Li Jun said with a frown.

"The old minister retired." Fu Nian left without any delay.

After Fu Nian left, Li Jun wrote a note and asked Liu Hong to send someone to Zhao Yan, and Li Jun needed the inspector to provide him with detailed information about this person before he could make a decision.

Soon Zhao Yan's information was provided, and Li Jun smiled after reading it, so he sent someone to bring Kong Ru into the palace, and at the same time brought a message to Fu Nian: Fu Shi recommended a good talent, I am not very grateful, please Fu Shi will do more for the country in the future.

After Fu Nian got the news, he immediately recommended his eldest disciple Lu Xing to serve as the judge of the Royal Academy of Technology, and Li Jun agreed with a stroke of his pen, and everyone was happy from then on.

Kong Ru entered the palace, Li Jun saw Kong Ru's dress, he couldn't help laughing, wide robe and high hat, a retro dress, this kind of dress Li Jun has only seen in the murals of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Kong Ru said without humility or arrogance: "Your Majesty, the ancestor (Confucius) was wearing this body to travel around the world, and then he founded Confucianism." ”

Hearing Kong Ru mention the sages, Li Jun also had to cheer up and say: "Kong Shengzhen has always admired him, especially his educational concept of teaching without class, but as a descendant of the Confucian family, your family has been oppressing the people and making a fortune in Qufu, which is probably not in line with Kong Sheng's teachings." ”

"Your Majesty, that is the unfilial descendants of the Kong family, Kong has been removed from the Kong family by only one line, and now standing in front of you is a brand new Kong family, please Your Majesty give the Kong family another chance." Kong Ru bowed and said.

Li Jun picked up the book "The Essentials of the Five Classics" and asked, "Is this your Confucian family's name?" ”

"Not only that, the student brought a lot of money this time and wanted to rent a whaling ship, and there are some disciples in the student's family who respect Your Majesty very much, so they are ready to enter the palace to serve Your Majesty." Kong Ru replied with a smile.

When Li Jun heard this, a sip of tea squirted out directly, the Kong family really didn't want any lower limit, and even thought about entering the palace as a chamberlain.

Li Jun hurriedly waved his hand and said: "I know the loyalty of the Aiqing family, but don't mention the matter of entering the palace as a chamberlain, I can't afford to use it, if I really use it, I'm afraid I will be laughed at by the history books and the people of the world, Aiqing should please go back, I will think about it carefully and give Aiqing a suitable position." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Although disappointed, Kong Ru still retreated.

Kong Ru did not go back to live in Fu Mansion after leaving the palace this time, the transaction between himself and Fu Nian has been completed, and Fu Nian will no longer have anything to do with him, which Kong Ru sees very clearly, so Kong Ru feels that there is no need for him to humiliate himself.

Kong Ru sent someone to move Xingli out of the Fu family, and he found an inn in Chang'an to honestly wait for news.

The feeling of waiting is not good, this is equivalent to giving the choice to the other party, his side is in a passive state, this is not Kong Ru's way of doing things, when Kong Youyou was still there, he dared to take the initiative, bought the housekeeper of Kong Mansion, poisoned Kong Youyou, and then immediately gathered the clansmen, whipped Kong You's family, and finally achieved his goal, completely eradicating Kong Youyou, the black sheep.

But at this time, facing Li Jun, Kong Ru felt that there were too few means he could use, Li Jun was like a giant dragon, the dragon turned over his gods, and if he was not careful, he would crush his fox to death.

In fact, not only Kong Ru is entangled, Li Jun is also entangled, through these few contacts, Li Jun knows very well that Kong Ru is actually a real villain, for the villain, what face, what bottom line can be wanted, if you use it well, it may be the emperor's strong arm, but if you are not careful, you will suffer from it.

When he was struggling, the military department Shangshu sent a letter of recital, a number on this recital attracted Li Jun, the number of prisoners of war in the past two years has reached 150,000, of which about 120,000 prisoners of war have been digested by the newly established three states, and now they have become a glorious Tang herdsman, but there are still 30,000 people who are extremely evil or unrepentant and don't know how to deal with them?

Now there is no big project in the country, and it is a waste of food to raise these 30,000 people, and it would be cruel to kill them all, so Li Jun is ready to find a new job for these 30,000 people, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which has been planned for many years, is finally on the agenda.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty dug the Grand Canal and ruined the country by himself, so Li Jun would not follow the old path of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, Li Jun has not been able to hold the idea of building the canal, he just doesn't want to squeeze the people excessively, this time there are 30,000 prisoners of war, which is a short-term solution to Li Jun's urgent need, but a Grand Canal of thousands of miles, these 30,000 people alone are not enough, so Li Jun threw this problem to Kong Ru, maybe Kong Ru, the villain, will give himself a surprise.

Kong Ru recently liked to listen to books in the restaurant, and Kong Ru also discovered a rule, in fact, those storytellers are illiterate, but they can tell a story so vividly, this kind of deceptive ability, Kong Ru feels that he should study hard.

Kong Ru had just finished listening to the book that day, cut two catties of beef from the small shop next to him, and returned to the inn where he lived leisurely.

As soon as he arrived at the inn, Kong Ru's little servant ran to Kong Ru's side and whispered, "Master, someone is here in the palace." ”

Kong Ru's eyes lit up, handed over the beef to the little maid, and went to the room by himself, where a waiter was sitting there drinking tea, Kong Ru didn't dare to slack off and hurriedly saluted: "Students see Zhongguan." ”

The chamberlain replied with a smile: "Mr. Kong, please get up, the servant called Laixi, I am sending you something on the order of His Majesty." ”

"It's hard to come to the lieutenant." Kong Ru said as he secretly put a bag of silver coins into Laixi's sleeve.

Lai Xi weighed the amount and was very satisfied, so he said more politely: "The things that Your Majesty gave to Mr. Kong are all on this piece of paper, Mr. Kong should take a good look at it, and the slave will come back in three days." ”

Kong Ru hurriedly sent Laixi out, and after Laixi left, Kong Ru opened the note and saw that it was written: "I want to build a canal from Changsha to Zhuojun, and then connect Changsha and Lingnan through the Ling Canal, which will be completed in five years, but unfortunately there are only 30,000 people in my hands, what does Qing teach me?" ”

30,000 people build a canal that runs through the north and south, this sounds like an embarrassing person, it doesn't matter from Lingnan to Changsha, because there is a spiritual canal, and if you go to pull a few more sponsors, you will soon be able to transport, but it will be difficult from Changsha to Zhuojun.

Kong Ru fell into deep thought.

Kong Ru is not a person who likes to drill the tip of the bull's head, so once there is something unclear to think of, Kong Ru will wander around, especially like to go to the market, he also grew up in the market before, and Kong Ru will be more wise when he arrives.

In fact, there are talents everywhere in the market, such as this businessman surnamed Zhang, his family is selling silk, and the best silk in the Tang Dynasty is in Shuzhong, so the businessman surnamed Zhang often runs from Guanzhong to Shuzhong, once, when the businessman surnamed Zhang transported silk, he encountered a mudslide in Hanzhong, and the whole road was blocked by the mudslide, so the businessman surnamed Zhang took the initiative to dredge the road, and the officials in Hanzhong did not want to take advantage of this, so they gave the businessman surnamed Zhang the money to dredge the road, and the businessman surnamed Zhang came back and calculated carefully only to find that he had earned, So since then, the merchant surnamed Zhang has set up a new caravan, which is responsible for contracting projects everywhere, and the owner of the family only pays money, and he pays for the materials and people.

This legendary story inspired Kong Ru a lot.