"The avenue is profound, without the slightest hypocrisy and artificiality, your master is really a master in the world!" His Majesty Li Er pondered his meaning, sighed again and again, and suddenly turned his head to Xu Qilin and smiled: "Qi Lin's script is very good, and he already has the style of a grandmaster. ”

Nonsense, Master Yan Zhenqing's upper body, can you write badly? However, you have to say the reasons you have come up with, don't be very different from what you will write in the future, and it will be very troublesome to always find Master Yan.

Xu Qilin bowed down and replied: "When Weichen wanted to write the "Pure Heart Mantra" to dedicate to His Majesty, he only heard the cicadas singing and the grass moving in the silent night, and his mind was peaceful. Looking at it later, I also realized that it was a masterpiece of my life, and I wanted to write it again, but it was quite unsatisfactory. ”

His Majesty Li Er bowed slightly, which is also normal. Writing calligraphy and composing poetry both pay attention to inspiration and environment, and different moods can be expressed in the works. Come to a super-level performance or something, many people have this experience and feelings.

"Very good, very good." His Majesty Li Er watched the majestic and dignified handwriting, silently recited the "Pure Heart Mantra", figured out the profound thoughts in it, and nodded again and again, "When it is framed, hung in front of my bookcase, and recited from time to time, can you understand its true meaning." ”

That's right, that's right! There will be such a paragraph in the history books in the future: Taizong hung the "Pure Heart Mantra" written by Qi Lin of the Xu family in front of the case, and recited it from time to time to understand its true meaning.

Cow break, really cow break!

Xu Qilin was proud in his heart, and he had to hold it hard, the feeling of pain and happiness was sour!

His Majesty Li Er silently recited the "Pure Heart Mantra" a few times, and felt it again, and said with a wry smile: "If I had this mantra earlier, I would not have left the palace because of my upset." It's just a little thing, but someone makes a blunt admonition, which doesn't make me happy. ”

Oh, it turned out that I was slapped in the face again! Is this coming to me for comfort, or is it using me as a punching bag?

Xu Qilin scratched his head and said: "Zi said: The state has a minister who will not die in the country, and the family has a strong son who will not be defeated." If the advice is reasonable, His Majesty will accept it; If it doesn't make sense, just a light breeze. Why bother about it? ”

His Majesty Li Er frowned, and while thinking about it, he asked suspiciously, "What book does this sentence contain?" How can I not remember? ”

Xu Qilin just said it in passing, but he didn't expect His Majesty Li Er to get to the bottom of it, he couldn't help but be stunned, his mouth opened slightly, and he smiled after a while: "This, it's the kid's casual nonsense, Your Majesty doesn't have to think about it." ”

His Majesty Li Er raised his eyebrows, gave Qi pleasure, and scolded with a smile: "Stinky boy, bold and daring to entertain the saint." If I hadn't told the truth, I would have been searching my stomach and tossing and turning tonight. ”

Xu Qilin smiled and said, "Your Majesty is studious, but Weichen is not as good as you." ”

His Majesty Li Er was in a good mood, the depression of being slapped in the face was swept away, the fragrance of tea was fragrant, and there was a beloved daughter wandering on the net bed not far from the window. It's right to get here on a whim.

Xu Qilin served tea diligently and explained the rules of the tea ceremony to His Majesty Li Er. The two gentlemen and ministers have questions and answers, but they are also harmonious.

At this moment, the guards reported that the court order had arrived with the selected slave girls.

This kind of thing is not used by His Majesty Li Er, after Xu Qilin asked for his life, he rushed out of the house with two wool boxes.

I'll go, this is a spinning test, or do you want to start a workshop?

Seeing dozens of people standing and waiting, Xu Qilin was startled. Maybe the guards didn't make it clear, or maybe they slapped the court order, anyway, these three or four catties of wool are really not enough to spin.

The court order is just a petty official from the seventh grade, and when he saw Xu Qilin coming, he hurriedly bowed down and saluted, "But Xu Kucheng is in person, and our Hu Chaoen is polite." ”

"Courteous, courteous." Xu Qilin put down the box, returned the salute, and said: "It's just a little wool spinning, Hu Ling attaches so much importance to it, thank you very much." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Hu Chaoen didn't see His Majesty, and he was a little disappointed in his heart, but he didn't dare to slack off on Xu Qilin.

Xu Qilin opened the box and said to Hu Chaoen: "That's it, all of them are spun into threads, and they come according to the thinnest." ”

Hu Chaoen looked at the wool and nodded: "Our family understands." So saying, he turned around and called the female officials, and asked them to choose the four people with the best weaving skills to spin the thread.

Xu Qilin was not in a hurry to leave, he called the handyman, brought chairs, he and Hu Chaoen sat down, and it was advisable to wait for a while.

The female slaves in the palace were also hierarchical, and the wives and daughters of the confiscated criminal officials, also known as "clothes and crowns", had a lower status than ordinary palace maids; And the women who are not married to the common family because of their sins are the lowest status in the court.

Moreover, the law of the Tang Dynasty stipulated: "Slaves and maids are sluts, and the law is better than livestock." "These slave girls are like livestock, and no one cares about them being maimed or killed.

Therefore, these female slaves brought by the court order did not know what to do when they came out, whether it was a blessing or a curse, and they were also thinking wildly, and their hearts were uneasy.

The female officer quickly selected a dozen female slaves, or slaves, to come out to work. They were originally textile masters, but because of confusion and fear, their movements were deformed, and they were broken as soon as they spun, and they were reprimanded by female officials.

Xu Qilin raised his hand, got up to stop spinning, and said to the female slaves: "I summoned you this time to borrow your skillful hands and skills to experiment with the prospect of spinning and weaving this new material." Do not be alarmed, do not be afraid, but do what you do. Whether it is good or bad is not punished, and a certain and Hu Ling can be guaranteed here. ”

Hu Chaoen also wanted to shout and scold loudly, but he clumsily lost his face. But when Xu Qilin said this, he didn't have a seizure, so he got up and reiterated it.

Xu Qilin sat down again, and said to Hu Chaoen with a smile: "I intend to ask Your Majesty to issue a decree to transfer slaves and maids who can weave from the Yeting Palace, and the more the better." I don't know where Hu Ling is convenient? ”

Hu Chaoen squeezed out a smile and said, "It's convenient, how inconvenient." As long as His Majesty decrees, 1,800 people can be transferred at any time, and if there are more, it will not take a few days to gather them. ”

In the Tang Dynasty, there were a lot of palace people, and at the peak there were more than 40,000 people. With so many people, there is not enough work to do, and staying in the palace is also quite wasteful.

Therefore, usually in the event of a natural disaster or any major happy event, the emperor will dismiss the palace maids from the palace, give amnesty to the world, and pray for blessings with disasters.

Of course, this is only limited to ordinary palace people, not slaves and maids.

In other words, if Xu Qilin wants to open a weaving workshop, thousands of female textile workers will have no problem at all, and they don't have to pay wages, just take care of the food.

It's really good to be an emperor, so much free labor, it's hard to make money without making money.

Xu Qilin was gossiping with Hu Chaoen while watching several slaves spin threads with spinning wheels.