"The practice of medicine is discretionary, and the medicine is in accordance with the "Materia Medica". The dead are not alive, and the living are dead. My family name is Lu, and I am a good doctor, and I am called Sailu Doctor......"

On the stage, Doctor Sailu appeared and wanted to strangle Cai Po, but it happened that Zhang Donkey's father and son met her and saved her.

Everyone on the street watched it with relish, after all, this was the first scene in ancient times, and no one had ever seen such a strong story performance before. Although Yuefu also has a certain story, what can be explained in five words, how can there be such a role, everyone has an interesting scene with lines and oral confessions.

Even in Li Mu's eyes, this "drama" is so shabby that it can't be more shabby. But in the eyes of the people, they opened their eyes, and everyone looked at it attentively, and they didn't even dare to breathe, for fear of missing a line.

On the second floor, Li Shimin also arrived early. In fact, in his bones, Li Shimin is also a person who likes to join in the fun. Dou E's premiere today, how could he not come? Not only did he come, but the eldest grandson queen also came, and Li Yuan also came with Li Yourong, in the room next to him. Li Xiaogong was also there, but he was not upstairs, but on the street, he chose the closest place to the stage, and stared at Jin Chen with a pair of bull's eyes, as if he was going to eat someone.

Li Mu didn't expect so many people to come, so he temporarily asked Sangou to buy some dried fruit preserves for entertainment. He also ran upstairs and downstairs several times, and said hello to them all. Those who can come today are all cheering, and they can't be lazy.

Li Mu just came back from Li Yuan, and it happened to be this plot. Li Shimin saw him, stretched out his hand and pointed at him, and said: "You kid is also a little more careful, if anyone provokes you, it will be regarded as eight lifetimes of mold, and it will be endless." I read this line book, why are the bad guys all from Shandong, this is going to strangle Cai Po's surname Lu, and the evil assassin is also surnamed Lu, you are deliberately disgusting, right? ”

How could Li Mu admit it, hurriedly waved his hand, and said; "Your Majesty, don't slander the innocence of the minister, the minister didn't think so. Creation, Fu Lingxinzhi, that is, when I wrote about this character, suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in my head, and I felt that he had to be surnamed Lu, and it was easy to read. If you don't have the surname Li, Longxi Li, Your Majesty, do you agree? ”

Li Shimin was choked and glared at him fiercely. Wang Ou is next to him, little bastard, isn't this making me embarrassed?

Li Mu understood Li Shimin's eyes, but he didn't pay attention to it, and secretly said in his heart, Wang Ou is my wife, don't let you get out of trouble, do I have to be out of trouble? Dead friends don't die poor, they can only send you a "sorry".

However, it's not good to offend deeply. Seeing Li Shimin's embarrassed face, Li Mu pulled back his words a little and said, "Your Majesty, in fact, you don't understand the minister's good intentions." ”

"Ah," Li Shimin pursed his lips and said, "What kind of good intentions are this, you are just venting your anger." ”

"Nothing." Li Mu said: "Your Majesty, do you remember what the minister said about "public opinion"? “

Li Shimin recalled for a moment and said, "When was Datang Daily? Does it have anything to do with this play? ”

"It's all public opinion." Li Mu pointed out the window, and the people were righteous and indignant, because the plot happened to be that Zhang Donkey's father and son arrived at Cai Po's house and wanted to marry their mothers and sons. The people who were still applauding Zhang Donkey just now started scolding one after another, and their voices even overshadowed the sound on the stage, if someone hadn't stopped them, someone would have to rush to the stage to make trouble.

Li Mu smiled and groaned, "What does Your Majesty think?" The same audience, less than a quarter of an hour, has a very different attitude. ”

Li Shimin thought for a while and said, "They're because of the plot-" Suddenly Li Shimin paused, frowned, and said: "You deliberately used the surname of the bad guy Lu, and the location was set in Qizhou, so that the people would associate after watching this play, thinking that the surname Lu was not a good person, and the officials in Shandong were bad, and then their reputation would be damaged, is this what it means?" ”

Li Mu nodded and said, "That's exactly what I mean!" His Majesty once said that the imperial court's weak control over the local area is due to the fact that the common people only know the gate lords, but not the imperial court. Although the ministers are powerless to quickly change the minds of the people, they can subtly let the people receive the message through serialized and performed plays, and even singing scripts. Most of the people have never read or even read or can read, but they can understand the story and understand the truth. One day, they will know that the court is their reliance, His Majesty is their hope, and these gatekeepers, no matter what their surname, are selfish people - the minister believes that as long as they persevere, there will be more creators, more people will hide, and more storytellers will achieve their goals sooner or later. ”

Li Shimin thought about it, nodded slowly, recognized Li Mu's reasoning, but chuckled, and said: "Your kid's words, I can only believe three points now, maybe you just remembered to fool me, but it doesn't matter, it's just to watch a lively, it's better to be useful, it's nothing if it's useless, as long as the bad guy doesn't have the surname Li, I don't care about you." ”

Li Mu said with a smile: "How dare the minister let the bad guy be surnamed Li, isn't the minister also in the clan, the bad guy's surname is Li, which is equivalent to scolding himself, the minister is not stupid." ”

"You're shrewd."

Li Shimin sighed helplessly, for Li Mu, he felt more and more uncontrollable. This kid's thoughts, he didn't expect, but his thoughts, this kid can often predict the prophet.

This made Li Shimin feel terrible, but he still reassured Li Mu, because he didn't feel that Li Mu was ambitious.

As a careerist, as an emperor who stepped on the throne with blood, Li Shimin is very sensitive to people's ambitions. He can feel how big the ambitions of his courtiers are, like the eldest grandson Wuji, Hou Junji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, he knows the ambitions of these famous ministers. It is precisely because he knows everything that he is very relieved, because he has the confidence to control.

And Li Mu seems to do whatever he wants. There is no unified purpose, and there is no reason why he cares, which makes it difficult. If he does a good job, you don't know how to reward him, and if he does a bad job, you don't know what to punish and he will hurt. It's like a piece of hob meat, which makes people not bothered.

"I've heard, you're graduating from that academy?"

"Datang Technical School." Li Mu repeated the name and said, "Your Majesty is well-informed, and he is about to graduate." Ten people graduated today, and all of them are talents. After going through the formalities at the Ministry of Officials tomorrow, he will take office the day after tomorrow, and with their assistance in the future, the ministers will be able to make it easier and prepare for the imperial examination. ”

"I've heard that your exam is unique, and people choose each other—I have a question, must the one who is chosen in this way be the most capable?"

Li Mu shook his head and said, "Not necessarily, but it is the most convincing." ”

"Your Majesty, the nature of the Internal Affairs Office is different from other yamen. It is not a professional yamen, like the Ministry of Works, if a person can't build, let him do the main work, he can't do it. But in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, basically every yamen, as long as the students can graduate from the Datang Technical School, he can do it. Then, whether he can convince the public is the decisive factor for how far he can go in the future. The main backbone of the Internal Affairs Office, the ministers did not intend to use outsiders, so the ministers let them choose themselves, and they elected themselves, and they were convinced. ”

"It's a good idea, and I've learned it." Li Shimin laughed, and suddenly he asked again: "Li Mu, do you really plan to take the imperial examination?" In fact, your current reputation, whether you take the imperial examination or not, and no one questions you, there is no need for this, right? ”

"Your Majesty, a gentleman will not stand without faith, and the minister must take the test."

Li Shimin sighed and said: "I don't hide it from you, there have been people in the Ministry of Rites in the past few days, some say that it is inappropriate for you to participate in the imperial examination, and some say that you want to change the rules of the imperial examination. The imperial examination, from the previous dynasty to today, has a certain rule, and it is too troublesome to change it if it affects the whole body. If you participate in the imperial examination, they will inevitably do their best to stop you, I don't worry about your talent, but it is easy to dodge the open gun and difficult to defend against the hidden arrow, if you carelessly lose Jingzhou, it will also damage your reputation and increase their morale. ”

"And you say that you will get the double champion of the regular department and the system department, which is too big. The saints' texts are vast, and they are all in cahoots, if you have to make it difficult for you, you may not be able to parry. I also have a worry, I am afraid that they will reveal the problem to the outside world in order to stop you, I plan to select a few available people, Li Mu, do you know what I mean? ”

Li Mu was silent, he understood what Li Shimin meant. Nowadays, the Ministry of Rites is almost controlled by the Shandong scholars, and the officials, both large and small, have an inextricable relationship with the gate valve. Li Mu himself said too much, and said that he would win the double champion. If he is allowed to become, Shandong Shizi will lose face. So they will definitely try their best to stop Li Mu, and even take risks to reveal the topic to other students, this is something they can do completely, Li Shimin can't stop it, they don't care who is the champion, as long as it is not Li Mu, they will win.

And Li Shimin was eager to promote a group of young talents and consolidate the foundation of the imperial court, so he wanted to persuade Li Mu not to participate in the imperial examination and let the imperial examination go on as usual.

Li Mu can naturally give up, because his status and prestige at this time far exceed everything that the champion can bring. Sun Fujia, the champion of the Wude period, is now just a Shaoqing of Dali Temple, only four grades. Li Mu is now in charge of the internal affairs of Sanpin, in charge of the internal affairs and imperial property, and in charge of the Ministry of Industry, and is already on an equal footing with the six Shangshu.

There is not much difference between more champions and less champions.

But Li Mu still couldn't resist this breath in his heart, why did he have to take a step back? After coming to Chang'an, he never retreated in the competition with the gate valve family, so why did he have to retreat this time?

No refund!

Li Mu craned his neck and said, "Your Majesty, the minister will not retreat!" The ministers should dampen their spirit, kill their prestige, and let them know that in the face of absolute strength, all intrigues and tricks are useless! Let them let the horses come, and the ministers will follow! ”