Speaking of the establishment of the crown prince, although Li Shimin made the eldest son the crown prince on the day he ascended the throne, this was more because of the consideration of the situation at the time, in fact, in his heart, he did not have the obsession of making the eldest son the prince. Because he himself was 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 not worse than him, otherwise, the country he has laid and the achievements he has created will become a dream bubble, and nothing will be left.

And at the moment, Li Chengqian and Li Tai obviously can't meet this standard. Li Mu is very good, but unfortunately, he doesn't have that qualification.

Sending away the frightened eldest grandson Wuji, Li Shimin called Concubine Yang over again. Although she can't speak, looking at this face similar to Wang Ou Bacheng can still bring Li Shimin a moment of peace. The sunset shone on Concubine Yang's face, which looked more and more radiant, Li Shimin smiled comfortably, took a sip of wine, and his thoughts flew to where he didn't know where to go.

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The decree was issued from the Zhongshu Province, and soon the news was received by the three provinces and six ministries.

The emperor issued an order to set up a hedgehog courtyard to specialize in revising the law. The hedgehog is a mythical beast in myths and legends, the big one is like a cow, the small one is like a sheep, similar to a unicorn, the whole body has thick black hair, the eyes are bright and godly, and there is usually a horn on the forehead. This horn of it is incredible, it can distinguish between good and evil, loyalty and treachery, and can distinguish right from wrong.

According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Duke of Qi Zhuang had a courtier named Renli Guo, and he fought a lawsuit for three years with another courtier named Zhongli Jiao. Because the facts of the case were difficult to judge, Qi Zhuanggong asked the two of them to listen to the complaint read by themselves. As a result, after reading the complaint of Renli Guo, the pig did not say anything, and before the complaint of Zhongli was halfway read, the pig turned him over with his horn. As a result, the Duke of Qi Zhuang ruled in favor of Ren Liguo.

Since the Three Emperors and the Five Emperors, the pig has been a symbol of Chinese law. In some dynasties, even the clothes worn by the imperial historian would be embroidered with the pattern of the pig. Therefore, it is very reasonable and appropriate for Li Shimin to name the yamen for the cultivation of the Fa.

Like the previous legend, the courtyard of the Hedgehog Courtyard was concurrently served by Wei Zheng, the imperial historian. Wei Zheng is famous, and no one has any objections to this arrangement. But the second half of the will has caused a lot of discussion.

The revision of the law is a major event, and it is not something that can be decided by a single yamen, nor can it be decided by a few ministers after consultation. In addition to Wei Zheng doing the hospital, he also needs a lot of manpower. The decree says that the learned men should be recruited and the laws and decrees should be studied one by one. Where did this well-educated man come from? How do you define that?

The Shandong scholars are excited, do you want to say that the scholars are full of learning, but there are fewer Shandong scholars? Even if it is a proportional selection, it has to be them who have the advantage.

Didn't Li Mu want to revise the Fa? To cultivate the Fa, you have to go through the Hedgehog Temple, right? When the time comes, let him see what it feels like to have no one of the decrees he wants to amend.

However, their fantasy only existed for one morning and came to an end, because this morning, Li Mu went to the court again. In the afternoon, the news came out that Li Mu believed that Wei Zheng's selection was biased and that he would definitely not be fair, and proposed that he be the deputy court of the Hedgehog Yuan to supervise it, causing chaos. Li Mu debated with a total of 18 people from the six departments of the three provinces in the Liangyi Palace, and no one was his opponent. Seeing that the army was defeated, Wei Zheng stood up and did not need more than 10,000 scholars to participate in the cultivation of the Fa in exchange for Li Mu's non-interference in the Qiangzhi Academy. Li Muwu still didn't agree, and in the end, it was the emperor who intervened and decided the matter.

In the end, Wei Zheng's plan went bankrupt, and Li Mu did not succeed, so the matter came to an end, and in the evening, the palace sent another will. Ordered two of the eighteen bachelors of the original Qin Palace, Xu Jingzong and Chu Liang, to fill the courtyard and supervisor of the Qizhi Academy, and were ordered to recruit bachelors in the Chongwen Pavilion and the Hongwen Pavilion to fill the Xuanzhi Academy.

The names of Xu Jingzong and Chu Liang suddenly became the focus.

Some people know about them, but some people don't. However, the next day, everyone knew about the lives of these two people, because Datang Daily published an additional page, especially introducing these two people. Hidden and unbearable, focusing on the erudition of the two, as well as their resumes.

Both of them are eighteen bachelors of the Qin Palace, and they are both bachelors of Hongwenguan canonized after Li Shimin ascended the throne. He was invited by Li Shimin to set up a literature museum to support scribes, and among the eighteen bachelors, he was also in the upper reaches. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, because of his age, he was in a state of semi-recuperation, and only when Li Shimin had something to ask, he would enter the palace to explain, and he belonged to an advisor-type character. He has a son, named Chu Suiliang, and now he is also a living housekeeper, and he is good at calligraphy, although he is not as famous as Ouyang Xun and Yu Shinan, but he is also a leader of the younger generation. Li Shimin asked him to go out of the mountain to be the master of the book, although the official position is low, but the master is the palm print, without the seal of the letter, no law can be enforced, the meaning is self-evident. This person who is only loyal to the emperor will inevitably carry out the emperor's will, and he will cut off the idea of all forces wanting to do something in secret.

And Xu Jingzong, his superior, is rumored to be inseparable from Wei Zheng. Xu Jingzong is much younger than Chu Liang, and among the eighteen bachelors in the Qin Palace, he is at the bottom. And his affairs, many people know, despise his virtues. It is said that this 'beauty difference' is not his turn, why he was chosen, and his official position is higher than his predecessor Chu Liang, there is a lot of discussion, this is all due to his friendship with Wei Zheng.

In the early years, Xu Jingzong escaped from Yu Culture and Place, went to Wagangzhai, and worked as a clerk with Wei Zheng. Even, those who have good deeds dig deeper, Xu Jingzong's nephew Xu Ji, is now thriving in the Internal Affairs Office, and it is also with the help of Wei Zheng that he was able to enter the Datang Technical School to study.

The nephew is a proud protégé under the Hou of Zhulu, and he has Wei Zheng's old friendship. As soon as Xu Jingzong appeared in everyone's field of vision, he suddenly became a 'popular fried chicken', attracting the attention of all forces.

But what is surprising is that when many parties threw olive branches and wanted to get close to him, Xu Jingzong closed his door and did not see anyone. Even his nephew Xu Ji, who stayed at his house, was driven by him to live in the duty room of the public office, and put on an attitude of rejecting people thousands of miles away.

His cold attitude discouraged the enthusiasm of countless people, and the same speed as his popularity, the heat quickly decreased. And another thing, after two or three days of fermentation, has become a new hot spot in Chang'an City.

Everyone knows that the boss behind the scenes is the first extravagant place in Chang'an City, the emperor of heaven, heaven and earth, spent a lot of money to print leaflets, declaring that he would hold a competition called "Male Talent and Female Appearance". The event is divided into nine phases, each of which is separated by ten years, for a total of three months. Because Tang Law stipulates that there is a bath every ten days, I don't know if it is a coincidence, it just coincides with the day of this event.

Since it is about the evaluation, then it is natural to distinguish the highs and lows. The content of the evaluation has been reflected in the name. Men and women are naturally more talented than men, and women are better than talents. The odd-numbered period is when the men compete on stage and the women watch the play offstage, and the even-numbered period is when the women are on the stage and the men watch the play offstage.

According to the days, when the ninth period ended, the imperial examination was almost over, so the heaven and earth promised that the final top three also had the saying of 'champion, list, and flower'. In other words, this year, in addition to the two champions of the regular department, there is also a champion in heaven and earth, and in such a setting, only heaven and earth dare to release such words.

Not only that, but in the ninth period, there is also a special networking event, if there is something that can achieve good things, tie the knot. There will be a lot of dowry and dowry provided by heaven and earth, and there will be a highly respected "Longxi Li Jiacheng Gong" officiating marriage, which is really rare.

After a few days of fermentation, the whole city was boiling. At first, people felt that what was said on this leaflet was too exaggerated, and they all thought that the palace might come forward to stop it, but after a few days, there was no news from the palace, as if they had acquiesced, and the young men and women who had moved their minds were relieved, and gradually began to sign up. Even with it, the business in heaven and earth has also improved a lot, and some young ladies and sons from large families came to inquire about the news, and they were embarrassed to stay empty-mouthed, so they had to order a meal, not to mention four dishes and one soup, and thirty or fifty times were spent.

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When Li Yuan was in the valley, he was comfortable eating hot pot, so he asked Li Mu to make him a set of copper pots, Li Mu took the time to make it and sent it upside down, but he didn't expect to meet Li Shimin who came to protest.

Li Shimin has come for the third time, so he wanted to persuade Li Yuan to cancel the 'male talent and female appearance', but Li Yuan didn't agree no matter what he said. Li Shimin couldn't do anything about his father, so he happened to see Li Mu who hit the muzzle of the gun, and arrested him and counted him down.

After the number was over, in fact, he couldn't do anything to him, so he happened to be hungry, so he used the copper pot brought by Li Mu. Li Yuan, Li Shimin, plus a Li Mu, the three of them picked up mutton.

In fact, Li Mu still prefers to eat beef, but recently, somehow, the cattle in Chengfu have not died violently for many days, and the supply of beef is not timely, so he can only retreat to eat sheep. Li Mu doesn't like to eat mutton, which is to eat hot pot, and there are seasonings to cover up the smell, otherwise Li Mu will never eat it.

But Li Yuan and Li Shimin ate very happily, for them, mutton is more commonly eaten meat than beef, and the lamb meat is delicate, and it is cooked after entering the water, and there is no limit, unlike beef, it has to be boiled, and there is not much, and they are always worried that it will not be enough.

This mutton hot pot is now killed and slaughtered, and the meat is sliced. That is, in heaven and earth, all the cooks who were born in the imperial kitchen are used, and their knife skills are superb, otherwise according to the speed of three people eating meat, they will not be able to supply it at all.

"Your Majesty, how's it going?" What Li Mu was holding in his hand was a glass, which was the 'treasure' he planned to give to Li Yuan with the copper pot today, and the wine in the glass was not an ordinary product. This is 'wine', this wine is not made by him, but the 'Persian wine' sent to him by his fiancée, Zhang Tianai, the eldest lady of Zhangjiazhai, who came from Zhangjiazhai yesterday when the caravan from Zhangjiazhai came over yesterday.

Li Shimin drank a little, his face was flushed, and he laughed and said, "You don't know anything about me?" It's just wine, haven't I ever drunk it? It's your cup ......" Li Shimin lifted it, looked at it carefully, and praised: "It seems that your skills in firing glass have come one step closer, and now you can even fire containers?" ”

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten, didn't the minister give you a colorful glass bottle?"

"Oh, it's ......" Li Shimin sighed and said, "I gave it to Concubine Yin-" Saying that, Li Shimin glared at Li Mu angrily and said, "It's all you!" It's all your fault! If it weren't for the King of Qi going to Qizhou, I was afraid that Concubine Yin would be too sad, how could I give her the colorful glass bottle......"

"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 fight." ”

"There are no outsiders here, what's wrong with beating you? If you're not happy, you're going to hit me? ”

"Son doesn't dare," Li Shimin muttered, suddenly raised his hand, slapped Li Mu on the back of the head, and laughed after the beating, as if he was so happy.

Li Mu didn't dare to fight back, raised his butt and moved the stool, hid out of Li Shimin's reach, and honestly lowered his head and continued to eat.

"King Qi, you're talking about Li You, right?" Li Yuan snorted and said, "That kid, his mind is like a jackal, if it weren't for Li Mu's presence, he almost offended his imperial sister, can I forget this?" It's not a good thing to let him get away and stay around. I was a benevolent thought back then, and I should have killed the Yin World Master's Manmen and left him a ...... Hum! ”

Li Shimin said embarrassedly: "Father, it's in the past, Concubine Yin and I...... Alas, it's been so many years, don't be harsh. ”

"No matter your business," Li Yuan waved his hand, suddenly stared at him again, and said: "Then you are not allowed to care about me, the country is tossed for you, I am old, what's wrong with having fun?" ”

"But ......" Li Shimin said with a bitter face: "You can't say that you should be the champion, the champion is to choose materials for the country, how can you say this!" ”

"Did I delay your selection?" Li Yuan snorted and said: "You are taking the essence of the article, I am taking the poetry and song, you are taking the family and the country, and I am taking the wind and snow, what is the involvement?" You can't see anything well, the old man has been in the way of you for a long time, or you give me a glass of poisoned wine, and I drink it and bury it, and I will be fine to annoy you. ”

Li Shimin was anxious again when he saw this, and hurriedly said: "When the son didn't say, the father will do whatever he wants." ”

"That's pretty much it." Li Yuan picked up the cup and drank, and suddenly saw that the wine was gone, put the cup down, and knocked on the table: "Pour, pour the wine!" ”

"Huh." Li Shimin picked up the wine jug, filled it for his father, and then glanced at Li Mu, who was stuffing meat into his mouth, drank the wine in the cup, and knocked on the table.

Li Mu hurriedly put down the chopsticks, picked up the wine jug and poured the wine. Being a man, you have a little eyesight, and you can't wait for anyone to say anything......