When Li Mu spoke, he kept staring at Li Shimin's face. Seeing that he wanted to laugh but was holding it back, he felt even more confident in his heart, saying, "I said poetry and prose are small ways. What's wrong with you? Who are you? Why should you decide the big way?!"

Li Shimin was listening with relish. Seeing that Li Mu had some guns and sticks in his words, he had to stop him, and said, "Don't be rude. Kong Aiqing is a descendant of Confucius, so he should treat him with courtesy."

When Kong Yingda heard this, his chin raised slightly. Obviously, he felt that Li Mu had to surrender after taking out the title of descendants of Confucius. The descendants of Confucius were naturally qualified to talk about the "Big Way and the Small Way".

Li Mu was shocked when he heard this and quickly bowed, saying, "It turns out that he is a descendant of Confucius. Although he has never learned the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, he also respects his ancestors very much. Since you are a descendant of Confucius, I should leave some face for you. So far, I will not distinguish it from you."

Kong Yingda's face changed immediately and she said, "Tell me clearly, do you think I am a man who relies on my ancestors' love?"

Li Mu looked at him with a glance, and didn't say anything, but his meaning was clearly expressed: Isn't it?

This look made Kong Yingda angry. He was rich and famous since childhood. Although he was a descendant of Confucius, he was proud of it. However, he asked himself what he had never done by the name of Confucius. Li Mu's look seemed to have touched his pain point, and immediately became furious and said, "How dare you, a child with yellow mouth, bully me? Is there any etiquette?"

Li Mu bowed and said, "I wonder what title are you, a descendant of Confucius?"

"I am a Qufu County man!"

"Come on, this marquis is the marquis of Zhulu County."

"You..." Kong Yingda choked again, according to the etiquette system: first the king and minister, then father and son, first the title, then official position, first the status, then the elder and younger. Although Li Mu was younger than Kong Yingda, he was a marquis and Kong Yingda was a baron. Yu Li said that Kong Yingda should first tribute to him. Since Li Mu entered the palace, Kong Yingda spoke to Li Mu in a teaching tone, which was inconsistent with reason. The way of Confucius and Mencius was very strict with etiquette. Kong Yingda had just looked at the identity of a descendant of Confucius and Sheng, but he did something that violated etiquette, which was really a slap in the face.

Li Shimin was worried that Kong Yingda would faint, and said, "Li Mu, although you are a county marquis, you still have to respect Kong Aiqing and you cannot be overestimated by a title."

"I dare not." Li Mu quickly said, "I just thought that the wise men had their words and Tao followed nature. The so-called Tao is nothing more than the persistence of human beings. I think poetry and prose are the minor ways, and there is the truth of the minister. I think iron hammers and wooden saws are the great ways, and there is also the truth of the minister. I did not force him to agree with the Tao of the minister. Why did this descendant of Confucius ask me to agree with his Tao?"

Kong Yingda suppressed his anger and said, "The affairs of culture and education are the foundation of the country. No matter how clever your tongue is, you cannot change it. It would be fine if you don't value culture and education yourself. He also said that it is better to be a plough than to do knowledge and bewitch the students of Hongwenguan. If you let it go, my Tang Dynasty cultural and education will be abolished, so how can you talk about prosperity!"

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Li Mu, this is your fault."

Li Mu bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I will argue. The student of Hongwenguan, the descendants of Confucius, was Tang Guan, the youngest son of Tang Jian, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Tang Guan, this child is smart but naughty and has no intention of learning. I believe that the descendants of Confucius knew about it. I think that education should be taught according to the aptitude. Since Tang Guan is not interested in learning, why don't you learn how to make tools? Is this not the reason why Confucius Saint "has teachings but has no distinction"?"

Li Mu used Confucius' two allusions, "teaching according to his aptitude" and "teaching without distinction", to refute it, and he also felt it made sense. Li Shimin nodded and said to Kong Yingda: "Kong Aiqing, what Li Mu said makes sense."

Kong Yingda retorted excitedly and said, "Your Majesty, don't believe the slander. This is a generalization. Tang Guan is indeed a little naughty, but if he can correct it, he will become a talent in the future. If he becomes a carpenter, a talent will decline. Moreover, the students in Hongwenguan are naughty after all. If Li Mu's words are heard by other students, the influence will be more than Tang Guan!"

Li Shimin seemed to fall in love with playing past the ball, and threw the problem to Li Mu again, saying, "What do you have to say about Kong Aiqing's words?"

Seeing that this old guy was endless, Li Mu was too lazy to quit with him, so he used his big move and said, "Your Majesty, I didn't want to say much, but since this descendant of Confucius was aggressive, I had to refute it. What he said just now is that culture and education are the foundation of the country, and I cannot agree with it. I was born in the border of the Western Regions, where few people knew how to read, and the people didn't even care about who was ruling here. They only care about one thing, that is, whether they could have enough food."

"I was also one of them, so I felt deeply. Why did the Tang Dynasty suppress the Turks this time and gained the support of the people? It was because the people knew that the Tang Dynasty could bring peace to them and protect them. From then on, there was no need to worry about being robbed, farming and eating, eating and living, and having food to fill the stomach."

"I would like to ask, taking this matter as an example, what is the use of culture and education?"

"I think that cultural and educational affairs should be followed by the people's fullness and the country's stability. How can people get fullness and the country's stability? I think there are two answers: agriculture and the other is industry. Farmers can provide grain and rice to feed the people and the army, work can create life needs, armor, weapons, bows and arrows, resist foreign enemies, and guard against invasion. These two are the real fundamentals of the country."

"I feel that poetry and prose are the path, and this is the reason. In the Tang Dynasty, what I need is not a person who knows how to write poetry and prose. The country is in trouble, so what is the use of being able to do poetry and prose? I am willing to spend the time studying poetry and prose on studying new ploughs. I am building plows. I want to create a plow that can double the efficiency of arable land and double the land that the people of the Tang Dynasty have. Isn't this more useful than reciting a few poems?

"And I forgive you for being arrogant. It is really not difficult for me to write poetry. After I learned to read, I heard that there is a poem like poetry, and I can write poetry. I will recite a poem like "Guanshan Yue" and "Write Wine to the Sky" when I urinate. What should I do under such circumstances?"

Even Li Shimin frowned and said, "This is a saying that Menglang is not something that can be picked up at will?"

Li Mu had already put his words to this point, and it was impossible to take them back. He glanced at Kong Yingda and said, "I dare not say anything else. In terms of writing poetry, I am very talented and I will speak up."

Kong Yingda couldn't help it and said, "At a young age, he spoke wildly and relied on writing two decent poems, he was so contemptuous of Wendao, which is really arrogant!"

Li Mu looked at him and said, "What's wrong with being young? Can't you express your opinions when you are young?" As he said, Li Mu bowed to Li Shimin and said, "I heard from this descendant of Confucius's saint talk about the word "young" and suddenly became excited and wanted to write a poem to him."

Li Shimin also wanted to see if Li Mu could really write poetry. He heard this and said, "You can do it!"

Li Mu looked at Kong Yingda and said, "Listen! The big roc rises with the wind one day and soars up to 90,000 miles. When the wind stops, it can still shake the vast water. People see me and always sneer when they hear me. Confucius can still be afraid of the future generations, but her husband is not young!"
Chapter completed!