After Li Mu said this, Li Shimin also remembered the situation at that time, he reached out and touched his nose, and coughed dryly: "Didn't I say that I don't have enough money to come to me again?"
Indeed, anyone knows that raising soldiers is to burn money, it is a bottomless hole, five hundred taels of gold sounds like a lot, but Li Mu started everything from scratch, and this is used for military training, so it is not worth mentioning.
Li Mu replied: "The emperor said it, but the emperor also said that the emperor is tight, although Weichen does not learn and has no skills, but he also knows the truth of loyalty, and if he can not embarrass the emperor, he will try not to embarrass the emperor." ” When Li Shimin heard this, half of his anger disappeared, he pursed his lips and said, "That's it, I won't blame you for this, let's say, what happened to me today."
Seeing that Li Shimin's face softened, Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and replied: "Weichen has two things to ask Your Majesty. ” "Looking for me for money" just said it so clearly, Li Shimin didn't have to guess to know what Li Mu was looking for, and thought that he should really give more, don't force this kid to make a mess again.
I don't want Li Mu to shake his head and say: "Wechen has said, if you don't embarrass the emperor, try not to embarrass the emperor, Wechen is not looking for money from the emperor, but sending money to the emperor." ” Li Shimin didn't believe it when he heard it, and said with a smile: "Oh, so you made a chair and made a fortune."
Li Mu didn't answer Li Shimin, but said to Yuan's father-in-law: "Please ask your father-in-law to send someone to bring in the chair Mu brought." ” Gonggong Yuan looked at Li Shimin, and Li Shimin nodded.
Yuan Gonggong went out to find someone.
After a while, the two little eunuchs moved the rocking chairs in and placed them in the hall.
Li Mu saluted Li Shimin and said, "Please sit down and try it." ” Li Shimin sat on a chair with the support of Yuan Gonggong.
Li Mu served Li Shimin to lie down slowly, and then stepped on the foot of the chair with his foot, and the rocking chair shook.
Li Shimin was uncomfortable from the beginning, and slowly immersed himself in it, and he closed his eyes to experience the wonders.
After a while, Li Mu asked, "How does the emperor feel?"
Li Shimin didn't open his eyes and said, "Not bad."
But this chair is just a pastime, is this the money you want to give me?"
Li Mu replied: "Naturally not, this chair is just Weichen filial piety to the emperor, Weichen saw that the emperor reviewed the folds every day, so he thought that if the emperor felt tired, lying on the chair and shaking for some time, it could also relieve a moment of fatigue."
By the way, Weichen brought two, and the other one was for the emperor. ” When Li Shimin heard this, his heart warmed, this kid is not very old, and his heart is not bad.
"Then you tell me where the money you want to give me is" Li Mu replied: "In the Zhuangzi given by the emperor to the ministers, Weichen came today to invite the emperor to go to Weichen Zhuangzi to have a look." ” Li Shimin's eyes opened and said: "You can know the crime of bullying the king."
"The emperor has already said it twice today, do you think Weichen seems to be a bully" Li Mu looked innocent.
Li Shimin thought for a while and said to Yuan Gonggong: "Prepare for driving, I want to go to Li Mu's Zhuangzi in Chang'an County to have a look." ” Gonggong Yuan glanced at Li Mu complainingly, and said to Li Shimin: "It's a matter of Your Majesty's safety, how many people do you need to bring?"
Li Shimin thought for a while and said, "Just bring fifty flying horses." ” Gonggong Yuan bowed his head and responded: "Obey." ” On the way to Li Mu Zhuangzi, Gonggong Yuan blamed Li Mu and said: "Li County man, didn't our family say you, you said that you called the emperor to your Zhuangzi, what is going to happen, can you afford it?"
Li Mu said: "Gonggong Yuan, don't worry, the emperor temporarily decided to go to my grange, in addition to the emperor, there are also you and I know, who can think of the emperor's destination, even if you know, how can you organize a large group of people temporarily, if there are few people, the emperor has fifty flying horses, and then there are five hundred strong men in my grange, what is there to worry about" Gonggong Yuan thought about it, so he no longer blamed Li Mu.
On the way to Zhuangzi, Li Shimin said to Li Mu in the car: "I see that you are still young, and I want you to go to Guozi to study, what do you think?"
When Li Mu heard this, his head became bigger, he had been reading for more than ten years in his previous life, and he still had to read However, Li Mu knew that Li Shimin had good intentions, as an emperor, he could think of letting himself study, that was the meaning of cultivating himself, even if it was a later generation, the leader said that you should study, it was not like an opportunity for pie in the sky Not to mention the Guozijian.
But after thinking about it, Li Mu still politely refused, he didn't want to go to the Guozijian to waste time and be disciplined.
"Emperor Xie's good intentions, but now the guards have just been recruited, and there are a lot of trivial things in Zhuangzi, anyway, Weichen is still young, so it's better to live a few days" Li Shimin listened to it and thought about it, so he didn't insist, "Okay, then I'll talk about it later." ” When Li Shimin lowered the curtain, Yuan Renguo gave Li Mushi a fierce look over there.
Li Mu approached Yuan Renguo's side in confusion.
Yuan Renguo complained in a low voice: "Our family doesn't know if your kid is really stupid or fake, you pushed such a good opportunity" It turned out to be this, Li Mu explained: "Zhuangzi is busy, and I don't have time to study." ” Yuan Renguo saw that Li Mu really didn't know the mystery, so he gave Li Mu a brief popularization of the Guozijian at this time.
At this time, there were only two national higher education in Datang, Hongwenguan and Guozijian.
Don't think about Hongwen Pavilion, that's where the emperor's relatives go, there is customization, and thirty-eight people are recruited, and the descendants of officials who are not above the first grade are not allowed to enter.
Therefore, for the children and grandchildren of officials above the third grade, Guozijian is the highest school in the Tang Dynasty, and the common people basically have nothing to do with it.
But that's not what anyone can get in if they want to, because the number of people is also customized.
There are 300 people born in the country, and the descendants of the third rank and the descendants of the national prince are required, and the great-grandchildren of the second rank or above can enter.
There are 500 students, civil and military officials above the fifth rank and the descendants of the county and county princes, and only the great-grandchildren of the third rank can enter.
These are a total of 800 people, which is also a drop in the bucket for the officials of the entire Tang Dynasty.
Li Mu listened to it and said indifferently: "If you push it, you will push it, anyway, I am still young, and I have no interest in being an official." ” Yuan Renguo pointed at Li Mu with his finger, and complained hatefully: "What a good future this is, all those who enter the country's sub-prison are all enrolled in the door shade, and those who enter the door shade have grades, once they complete their studies, they are awarded officials by grades, you and you." ” Now Li Mu understands that every student who enters the Guozijian is awarded a grade based on the official qualities of his father or grandfather at home, of course, this rank is virtual, it is generally a loose official or something, but if he graduates from the Guozijian and is officially awarded, then he can be awarded according to this rank.
It is equivalent to a military academy in later generations, when he enters, he is a company commander, and when he comes out, he must be higher than the company commander, and it is impossible to be demoted to be a platoon commander.
Li Mu still doesn't care when he hears it, he already has the title of county baron from the fifth grade, and if he really wants to be an official in the future, it will not be lower than the fifth grade, and it doesn't matter if he is admitted to school or not.
However, Li Mu regretted a little in his heart, he should have fought for Li Yi, Li Yi is now only a seventh-grade Zhiguo captain, and he is still a loose official rank, if he can enter the country to gild, then he can be promoted to the first and second levels.
But if you refuse, it has already been exported, and there is no way to get it back, Li Mu smiled at Yuan Renguo apologetically, this matter is in the past.
A group of dozens of people arrived at the Grange, and Li Shimin, who was dressed in regular clothes, stepped on the cement road paved by Li Mu surrounded by everyone.
The straight and smooth concrete road was an eye-opener for Li Shimin.
Li Shimin pointed to the cement road and asked Li Mu: "This is the money you want to give me" Li Mu replied, "Yes." ” Li Shimin frowned and said: "This road is really good, but I can't see where the money is."
Li Mu replied: "Wechen has inquired, it costs about four or five thousand yuan to repair a straight road in the Tang Dynasty, and the emperor knows how much it costs to build a straight road with cement."
Li Shimin waited for Li Mu to answer.
"Five hundred is enough."
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Li Shimin immediately understood, the money Li Mu said was under his feet.
Li Mu said again: "The emperor invites the ministers to come, and the ministers still have something to show the emperor." ” Li Mu took Li Shimin to the cement workshop again, pointed to a one-zhang high cement pier and said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, this is also built with cement." ” Li Shimin circled around the pier, reached out and touched it, and asked, "Is it strong enough?"
Li Mu smiled, and he shouted to the side: "Come on, get a few hammers." ” Immediately, four hammers were placed in front of Li Mu.
Li Mu said to Li Shimin: "Please ask the emperor to choose four powerful guards to knock it, and you will know whether it is strong or not." ” Li Shimin then called four guards and ordered them to hit the pier with all their might.
Dozens of hammers went down, except for knocking off some corners, leaving only dozens of white dots on the pier.
Li Shimin's eyes lit up, and he thought of another use of cement.
He turned his head and asked Li Mudao: "Does it take a long time to build the city wall with this cement?"
Li Mu replied: "Your Majesty, although the cement construction of the city wall is very fast, it can't be done at the moment. ” Li Shimin frowned and said, "Why?"
"Weichen has steel bars in this cement pier to make bones, cement needs too much steel to build the city wall, and Datang's steel is not enough.
However, Weichen has a way to increase Datang's steel production, but it will take time. ” "You can also make iron," Li Shimin asked with a strange look in his eyes.
"We're rough and one, two."
Li Shimin teased: "It was also taught by that Taoist priest."
"Yes."
Li Mu replied very simply, since he had already said it, he would be stubborn to the end, anyway, no one could prove that he was lying.
Li Mu knew that many people would not believe it, including Li Shimin.
But this does not prevent Li Mu from insisting on saying this, to use a "famous saying" of later generations, that is, whether you believe it or not, I believe it anyway.
Sure enough, Li Shimin didn't dwell on it, he asked, "Then what do you mean by letting me see this trick?"
"Weichen wants to tell His Majesty that although this cement can't build a city wall for the time being, it can be built with enough steel in the future.
At that time, a city will be built on the border, but wherever there is a cement city, it will be the territory of my Tang Dynasty. ” These words are very to Li Shimin's appetite, wherever there is a city built of cement, it is the territory of my Tang Dynasty, how heroic: