Hearing Li Mu's proposal to go head-to-head, Kong Yingda chuckled in his heart, and the memories of the past appeared in his mind, and he was somewhat stunned. But he thought about it again, he was absolutely in charge of today's affairs, even if Li Mu was clever in his tongue, it was impossible to say that the black was white, there was nothing to fear.

Thinking of this, Kong Yingda said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to confront the Marquis of Zhulu. ”

"Good!" Li Shimin said: "In this case, the two ministers will argue, I and the hundred officials are witnesses, who is right and who is wrong, there is a public opinion." ”

Kong Yingda came to Li Mu's left side, and the two turned around and faced each other. Li Mu motioned to Kong Yingda to say first, Kong Yingda was not polite, and asked, "Zhulu Hou, the facts are there." Tang Guan is your stepbrother, and if you recommend him, it is cronyism, forming a party for personal gain, what else do you have to say? ”

Li Mu didn't answer, but asked: "Kong Saijiu, I heard that you have learned five cars, I want to ask for advice today." ”

"You ask."

"What is a party? What is self-interest? ”

"Collusion is to form a party, and seeking personal gain is for personal gain."

"Sure enough, very knowledgeable. Then I don't understand, who am I forming a party with, and what is my selfish business? ”

Kong Yingda glanced at Tang Jian, who was pale, gritted his teeth and said, "Others dare not say it, but I dare to say it." You formed a party with Tang Jian to seek personal gain for his son. ”

"Haha!" Li Mu sneered twice and said, "Kong Saijiu, in order to take revenge on me, do you even want to slander the important ministers of the court?" It is true that Tang Jian is my stepfather, but don't forget, he is a first-class national prince personally appointed by His Majesty, and he has made great contributions to Sheji. The chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty was caused by his great plan, so that the emperor raised troops. At the beginning of the founding of the country, Lonely Huaien rebelled, and it was also because he was humiliated by solitary confinement and did not forget the court, and passed on the news to quell the rebellion. This time to destroy the Turks, it was also because he put life and death out of the way, sent an envoy with a festival, went deep into the enemy camp alone, and paralyzed the enemy, so that General Li Jing took advantage of the fog to break the enemy. Do you think Your Majesty will forget such a loyal minister? He needs to form a party with me, a junior who has been an official for less than three months? Or do you think that Your Majesty is a faint monarch and will ignore loyal ministers and meritorious heroes? ”

Kong Yingda dared to take this black cauldron, and hurriedly said: "I didn't mean this, you don't want to slander!" ”

"You didn't? You have! Li Mu broke off loudly and continued: "As far as I know, stepfather Tang Jian has a total of seven sons, the first six sons have all received the grace of His Majesty, and only the youngest son Tang Guan is left. Even if Your Majesty didn't arrange it, Kong Sacrifice Wine, have you heard of the Tang family in Bingzhou? The prince of the three dynasties, with a great reputation, would he give up a lot of face for the sake of the youngest son in the family to come to the door of me, a hairy boy? This kind of thing, perhaps, can only be done by Kong sacrificial wine. ”

"You dare to insult my lintel!"

"Don't dare." Li Mu recycled his words, faced Li Shimin, and said: "As for 'forming a party for personal gain', the minister's explanation is this, please make your Majesty clear." ”

"Your Majesty......"

Li Shimin glanced at Kong Yingda and said, "Kong Aiqing, the name of forming a party for personal gain is indeed far-fetched. Tang Jian has made countless contributions to my Tang humerus, and I have already made arrangements for his heirs. Moreover, I know Tang Jian's character, and he will never form a party with others. Since you are impeaching Li Mu, don't involve others. ”

Kong Yingda sighed, bowed down, and said: "The minister is guilty, and it may not be true to form a party for personal gain, but since the Marquis of Zhulu was ordered by His Majesty to select and compile it in the Hongwen Pavilion, Chongwen Pavilion and Guozijian, he did not choose, so he decided on Tang Guan, which is inevitably nepotism and perfunctory!" ”

"Kong sacrificial wine, this is wrong."

"You still have to quibble?"

"No, Kong sacrificial wine, I just want to ask. If Your Majesty asks you to find someone to do something, which is the most suitable for your son, what will you do? ”

Kong Yingda was upright and said: "I should recommend others." ”

Li Mu immediately said: "Kong Yingda, you bully the king!" ”

"How can I deceive the king? I'm avoiding suspicion! ”

"Kong sacrificial wine, is it important that Your Majesty explains something, or is your reputation important? You put your reputation above Your Majesty's will, you are not a deception, so what is a deception? ”

"You!" Kong Yingda was dumbfounded and speechless. Li Mu continued: "I thought that personal reputation was not important, and the most important thing was to complete the things that His Majesty had explained, since I felt that Tang Guan was the most suitable, I couldn't because Tang Guan and I were relatives, I wouldn't recommend him, a virtuous person, he should be virtuous and not avoid relatives and enemies!" Tang Guan is my stepbrother, I naturally know that recommending him will cause criticism, but I don't care, the eldest husband stands between heaven and earth, bright and upright, has his own heroic righteousness and protection, and is fearless of people's words! ”

"!" Kong Yingda was so angry that his beard was curled, and he stomped his feet and said: "Tang Guan doesn't learn and has no skills, and there are many students who are better than him, how can he be the most suitable candidate?" ”

"Kong sacrificial wine, you are wrong again!"

Wrong, wrong, wrong...... Kong Yingda didn't know how many 'mistakes' he had heard, his head was dizzy, and he seemed to hear the voice of a young child being reprimanded by his father when he recognized words, either wrong here or wrong there. was reprimanded by his father, Kong Yingda had nothing to say, but there was a hairy boy standing in front of him, who was scolded by him for being wrong, how could he hold his face, gritted his teeth and said: "Zhuluhou, you have said that I was wrong several times, but you made it clear, how wrong I was!" ”

"I invented the Datang Daily, and only I know what kind of compilation is needed, and His Majesty arranged for me to select talents. Good or not, the standard is set by me, do you think a good student, in my eyes may be worthless, and time is pressing, Datang Daily has to be printed every day, how can I have time to make a big selection, only Tang Guan, I know his character and ability, I think he is very competent to compile this position, I recommend him, can't I? Do you have to let me select talents according to the standards of Confucian sacrifice wine, and the Confucian sacrifice wine is satisfied? How can Kong Saijiu have such great ambitions, and he wants to meddle in everything! Because you are a Confucian saint, are you superior? Will others snort at you for your encouragement? Such a big magnificence, compared to His Majesty, what do you mean! ”

Kong Yingda's head flickered, he almost fell on his back, he finally stood still, his brain was blank, he closed his eyes and slowed down for a while, he smoothed out what Li Mu said, understood the meaning, and cried and fell to the ground.

"Your Majesty Mingjian, Zhulu Hou speaks sharply, the old minister really can't say him, but the words he said are definitely not the old minister's original intention. Lao Chen just thought that Tang Guanqi's talent was not enough to do it, and Hongwen Pavilion, Chongwen Pavilion, and Guozijian all had better talents than him. The move of chasing the deer marquis is unfair to them, and the old minister has no other intentions! ”

Kong Yingda was in tears, and she was really pitiful. Li Shimin couldn't bear it in his heart, but he was angry, you old guy, now you know that you can't say it, you still haven't listened to the advice you just now. Li Shimin glanced at Li Mu and said, "Hou Xiu wants to talk nonsense, I believe that Kong Saijiu is not that kind of person." And what Confucius said is not unreasonable, and I also know some of Tang Guan's reputation. His studies really can't be considered good, in a hurry, you let him do the compilation, I don't blame you, but you didn't choose someone, it is difficult to escape the suspicion of perfunctory. ”

"Your Majesty is gracious, and the minister is by no means perfunctory." It has come to this point, how can Li Mu admit it. He knew that Li Shimin wanted to give Kong Yingda a step, but today Kong Yingda him off, and he didn't want to give this step.

Li Shimin glared at him when he saw Li Mu say this, but Li Mu had no intention of retreating, so Li Shimin was also a little angry, and said, "Then tell me, why don't you choose someone?" Give me an explanation! ”

"Your Majesty, Fang Cai Kong also said that Tang Guan is not good at studying, and he often skips classes and mingles in the market. In the Hongwen Museum, the evaluation is always inferior. The minister wanted to say that this was the reason why the minister wanted to choose Tang Guan. ”

Li Mu frowned tightly and said, "Why is this?" ”

"Your Majesty, Datang Daily is for the people to read, if the knowledge is too high, can the people understand what is written? And whether it is Hongwen Pavilion or Chongwen Pavilion, they are all the children of Xun Gui, how do they know the suffering of the people? Even the students of Guozijian, under the teaching of professors such as Confucius Sacrifice Wine, I am afraid that they will not be able to divide the grains. The articles they write are only suitable for them to read for themselves. And Tang Guan likes to mix in the market, and what the people know, he knows. So Chan thinks he's the most suitable person, at least for now. As for the others, let's pick later. ”

As soon as Kong Yingda heard this, he got up from the ground, pointed at Li Mu and said angrily: "How can you insult the students so much, they are all learning the sage classics of Yu Yaoshun, how did it get into your mouth, it is so unbearable!" ”

"Hah!" Li Mu chuckled lightly and said: "Kong Sacrifice Wine, with all due respect, whether it is Chongwen Pavilion or Hongwen Pavilion, the students of Guozijian are also counted, all of them, pay attention, what I am talking about is that all of them are counted, and no one can lead to Yu Yaoshun!" What they learned had no effect at all on Zhijun Yu Yaoshun! ”

"Crazy!" Kong Yingda pointed at Li Mu and said: "Your Majesty, this person is crazy, just because he is prejudiced against the gate lord clan, he actually attacked the saint classics, this person is crazy!" Your Majesty, this man is crazy! ”

Li Shimin also felt that Li Mu had said a little too much, so he sank his face and said: "Li Mu, don't believe it, the sage is a classic, and you can judge?" ”

"Your Majesty, the Confucian sacrificial wine is wrong again, the minister did not judge the saint's scriptures, the minister just said this matter."

Kong Yingda was so angry that she was smoking, her fingers trembling at Li Mu, and she was speechless.

"Kong Xijiu felt that the minister was prejudiced against the gate lord clan, which was actually a misunderstanding. Because of Cui Yuyan's matter, the minister had a holiday with the Boling Cui family. But Your Majesty Mingjian, did the ministers provoke them, or did they provoke the ministers? Including the impeachment of the ministers by the three imperial historians later, it wasn't the ministers who caused trouble first, right? Even today, it was Kong Saijiu who accused the minister, and the minister didn't want to defend himself, but he was aggressive, and the minister had no choice, so he defended himself a few words. From beginning to end, the minister did not take the initiative to attack anyone, the minister was just to protect himself, Your Majesty, the minister, is a poor victim! ”