Chapter 388
"Forgive others if you have to."
After Li Shimin said this, he drove Li Mu out of the car. Li Mu returned to his horse in shame and decided with Dugu Jiu. What does it mean to forgive others when he wants to forgive others? He couldn't figure it out, but in the end, Dugu Jiu was a little smarter. He felt that Li Shimin's meaning was that he could not reveal his real name.
So, in the next day, the gossip news section of the Datang Daily.
[Touching the world! My sister-in-law is actually his wife! The Censor Wang surnamed Censor and his brother and sister-in-law are in love with each other!].
[So that's it! The beautiful wife gave him a green head, which was a sign of stealing someone behind his back? The censor Li from the Censorate found the editor of our newspaper and scolded him with tears!]
Two news articles were released at the same time, which immediately triggered public opinion in Chang'an City. The people of Chang'an City who had just emerged from the incident of Gaochang's surrender to the Tang Dynasty were immediately attracted and discussed who the "Wang and Li" were, and whether there was such a person in the Censorate.
The Censorate also reads the Tang Dynasty Daily every day. When he saw this news, it immediately caused heated discussion. There were dozens of people in the Censorate, and there were several censors with the surname Wang and Li. No one dared to say which one was.
Everyone has a curiosity, and the more they don’t know who it is, the more they want to know who it is.
Everyone knows that the Tang Dynasty Daily was run by Li Mu. The biggest person in the Censorate and Li Mu was the one with the most culprit, Wei Zheng and Wang Jingze. Among the two news stories of "Wang and Li", one of them was surnamed Wang, and everyone speculated that the "Wang Censor" refers to Wang Jingze.
When Wang Jingze heard the discussion, he immediately took out his family tree. He had no brother and only had one sister, so he could not be the "Censor Wang" in the news. In this way, he separated the relationship. Everyone guessed that it was someone else, who was guessing who he was panicked. There was also the so-called "Censor Li" who even mentioned someone who was blown up. "Censor Wang" was better, but he was stole someone's wife after all. "Censor Li" was in trouble. His wife stole people behind his back, and he didn't know how miserable it was!
Who dares to admit it? If you admit it, you will become a turtle!
The Censorate was disturbed by these two news, so he was in a state of distraction. In the end, Wei Zheng came forward and stopped the matter and asked the Censorate not to mention it again. If someone mentioned it, he could not respond, which would be considered as calming down the matter.
But there is no airtight wall in the world? The eyes of the people are naturally sharp. After three days, the "Wang and Li" were revealed. That night, the brother of the Imperial Palace rushed to the door with a knife and wanted to kill his brother. He was so scared that he even urinated. He let his brother scold him, but he didn't open the door. His brother was so angry that he bought turd oil and threw it into the yard, burned half of his house, and returned home to divorce his wife, and ran to the temple to become a monk.
And the Imperial Censor Wang did such a ugly thing and could not become an official again. He did not die of hang himself, and was dismissed by the Ministry of Personnel and returned to his hometown in shame.
The situation of Censor Li was even more miserable. When he saw the green head in the newspaper, he felt underestimated. When he returned home and searched for a while, he actually found the green head sewn for him by his wife half a month ago. He took the head and found his wife to question him, but the bitch ridiculed him as not a man. He was so angry that he raised his hand to beat him, but he never hit his wife before, but was slapped several times.
In the end, the neighbor heard the sound and reported to the official, and rescued him.
Adultery was a serious crime, and the government was following him. But when it was time to make a judgment, he heard that his wife was sentenced to death, and he softened again. Under his plea, his wife and adulterer were sentenced to exile to the north and south separately, becoming a pair of miserable couples.
Censor Li no longer had the shame to stay in Chang'an City and asked to resign on the grounds of illness. Li Shimin felt sorry for him and did not directly remove him from office, but instead changed his post as the county magistrate of his original hometown. Compared with Censor Wang, the outcome was considered good.
After this incident, everyone in the Censorate was in danger. Not to mention impeachment, they did not even dare to mention the word "Li Mu". For the first time, all forces truly realized the power of public opinion and reexamined the newspaper.
As the direct victim of this incident, Wei Zheng, the person in charge of the Censorate, was the first to stand up and say he wanted to run a newspaper. But the next day, he gave up. It was not because he was short of money, but because he could not print. After he inquired, he realized that the only one who can do batch printing in the Tang Dynasty is the printing supervisor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In addition, there is no semicolon. Should he tell Li Mu that you can print a newspaper that is against you and you?
Think about it with your toes and you will know what the result is.
If a plan fails, he has to think of another plan. Wei Zheng contacted Wang Gui, Changsun Wuji and others to submit a memorial, asking the court to strictly control the content of the Tang Daily. On this point, the three families have common interests. Otherwise, the two censors, "Wang and Li", would have another encounter, and no one could stand it. Their request was to take the seal supervisor under the direct jurisdiction of the court, but was strongly opposed by Li Mu. He claimed that if this was the case, he would destroy the printing technology and no one would think of it.
Li Shimin mixed with Zhonghe, and the final result of mediation was that a chief officer was sent by the Secretariat to be in charge of the printing supervisor to determine the content. If articles involving "injustice" and "indignity of morality", they were not allowed to be printed, which was considered as a supervisory responsibility.
Because of this incident, Li Mu had a very unhappy relationship with the three families. But soon, he avenged his revenge. After careful consideration, Li Shimin finally adopted his suggestion. In order to streamline the expenses of the court, Li Shimin asked the three provinces to work with six ministries to discuss the issue of the "budget" of the various yamen's corporations. Once the budget is set, in principle, no additional additional amounts will be added.
As soon as the news came out, everyone caught off guard. After the officials found out what the decree meant, they wrote letters to object, but Li Shimin had made up his mind and rejected them all. The officials had no choice but to accept it, so a "money-grabbing battle" quickly kicked off. The three provinces and six ministries quarreled every day, and each yamen refused to give in, and they quarreled when they met, and the fight was red and there was no time to fight Li Mu.
Half a month passed in a blink of an eye. On this day, Li Ying came to Li Mu and brought him parts of his customized four-wheel luxury car. By the way, he also brought four old carpenters to see how Li Mu assembled the car. Although he bought Li Mu's patent that day, when he went to the patent office to establish a contract the next day, he was told that this was a "limited-time priority patent". Li Ying carefully read the content of the contract and his lungs were about to explode. No wonder Li Mu agreed so happily, it turned out that this patent was only sold for one year.
The content of the contract roughly means that within one year, Li Mu will not sell the patented technology of the four-wheeled carriage to others. But after a year, the contract will be invalidated. In other words, if Li Mu wants to sell it to others again, it will be his wish.
Li Ying wanted to go to Li Mu to argue, but before he could take the steps, he turned around and signed the contract.
He has been in charge for many years and is experienced. How can he not understand the importance of time difference? If he did not sign this contract today, he would sell the technology of the four-wheeled carriage to others. It is very likely that in a short time, a competitor that could match the Li family's carriage in Zhaojun would appear.
But on the other hand, if this contract is signed, after another year of development, the Li family of Zhaojun will firmly hold the position of "logistics overlord" with the help of the four-wheeled carriage. Even if Li Mu sells this technology to others, others will not be able to shake the dominance of the Li family of Zhaojun.
After signing the contract, Li Ying got the drawings of the bogie. But when he went back, the bogie he made always had problems when installing and could not reach perfection. Therefore, today he brought the craftsman to see how Li Mu made it. One thousand taels of gold was spent. If he couldn't learn the craftsmanship, wouldn't this money be wasted?
Li Mu was also generous. After all, he arranged a group of people first and taught very seriously. After half a month of upbringing, the place where he was stabbed by Yin Hongzhi had been healed. If he hadn't been running back and forth in Pingkangfang and Xiaoyao Valley for the past few days, he would have been too busy. He would have built the furnace and broke through the forging to the advanced level, and see what the third question mark skill is.
After half an afternoon of busy work, the carriage was assembled. Li Ying watched from the side, and was extremely convinced. He had only heard that Li Mu knew everything, no matter how carpenters, blacksmiths, or bricklayers, he could get started, and was very proficient.
Before today, Li Ying was half-believing and half-doubted about this. He was not a playboy, and he was not diligent in all four bodies and had no grains. As one of the heads of the Li family of Zhaojun, he also struggled in his early years. He has been in contact with craftsmen over the years, but there are not a thousand or eight hundred. He knows that every skill takes a lot of time to work hard. The so-called practice makes perfect is this truth, and there is no shortcut to take.
However, craftsmen who can make perfect can only be "working". Without talent, you can't invent new things. Since Li Mu came to Chang'an, whether it was Zhenguan plow or horseshoe, including the giant axe behind Li Chongyi and the legendary Zhuge crossbow, all showed outstanding talents. Is this kind of person who combines many skills real?
Li Ying has doubts about this.
But today he saw Li Mu assembled a carriage and was completely convinced. The so-called expert knows whether there is any one. Every move of Li Mu is so concise and concise. Every step is so logical. Even if you look at it from the side, it is a kind of enjoyment. Fast, accurate, stable, and done in one go. This feeling was only seen by a few old craftsmen who had reached the level of skills, but those people were all in their sixties and seventies, while Li Mu was so young. Apart from "extraordinary talent", Li Ying really couldn't think of any words to describe it.
After Li Mu's demonstration, the four carpenters learned how to install bogies. Li Mu took away the bearings he made when he was rushing his skills, which was also considered as the first order. But after delivering the order, there were no bearings in his warehouse.
Chapter completed!