The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 631 Start with Environmental Hygiene

His Majesty the Great Emperor finally had enough of visiting Li Muyun's house, so he took his ivory folding fan with him. Before going out, he thought about it thoughtfully, pointed at him with the folding fan and said, "By the way, Lanting Collection, you Go and discuss it with that old monk who debated talent, and he said that I would like to borrow it for a few days."

Li Muyun was in a dilemma, no, it should be said that he looked at the fan held by Li Er with a painful face: "Brother Huang, you should change someone else, I have offended that old monk terribly these days, if Going to borrow it is probably because he wanted to borrow it but refused to borrow it."

Li Er frowned and thought about it, and seemed to think that what Li Muyun said made sense, so he tapped him a few times with his folding fan.

Li Muyun rolled his eyes, thought about it, and made amends: "Brother Huang, in my opinion, it's better to tell him in person, at least make sure if the thing is in his hands, and if it's really in his hands, I'll go get it myself !” After saying that, he made a gesture of wiping his neck.

As a result, Li Er stared at him: "Nonsense, it's just for a single word, why hurt someone's life?"

Some things can't be said and done, and some things can't be said or done. If Li Muyun didn't have the following set of actions, Li Shimin would probably just pretend not to know, but he has already given a hint, so that Li Er can no longer pretend to be stupid. After all, there are still so many people watching around here, if things get out in the future, I'm afraid there will be a lot of trouble.

But having said that, Li Muyun did this on purpose to avoid unnecessary troubles. It's like marching to fight a war. If you act impulsively, the higher-ups will definitely not choose you when an ambush is needed. The same reason.

Li Muyun was aware of this, so he deliberately acted very aggressively, taking advantage of Li Er's desire to avoid the limelight.

That's it, early the next morning, a carriage arrived at the foot of Lishan Mountain, picked up the old monk Biancai and went straight back to Chang'an.

Elder monk Biancai was already determined to calm things down yesterday, he had already prepared part of the land deeds that belonged to Li Muyun's fiefdom, and at the same time contacted some other monasteries to get all the land deeds on the side of the Wei River.

But he never expected that the matter would turn out to be so big that the emperor had already been alarmed, so although the old monk sitting in the carriage looked calm on the surface, his palms were covered with cold sweat.

There is no way, the old monk himself knows that the fact that Buddhism and Taoism collect people's land deeds is a bit of a loophole in the law. Now he is called into the palace by the emperor. Bad things happen.

All the way into the palace with anxiety, I saw the Tang No.1 in the Liangyi Hall. As a result, the old monk was surprised when Li Shimin said the first sentence: "Master Biancai, I heard that you are a disciple of Master Zhiyong?"

However, the surprise turned into a surprise, the question that should be answered still needs to be answered, the old monk bit the bullet and replied: "Return to Your Majesty, that's right!"

Li Er's voice came again: "I also heard that Master Zhiyong's ancestor was the Book Sage Wang Youjun?"

It's broken, Biancai's heart 'thumped', his face changed suddenly, and he replied with force: "Exactly!"

"So the original script of the preface to Shu Shenglan Pavilion is in your hands?" Li Er's voice was still filled with uncontrollable excitement.

Although Li Shimin is the emperor on horseback, it is undeniable that his calligraphy is also excellent. After becoming the emperor, he loves calligraphy even more and became obsessed. Get it at any cost.

It's just that although there are quite a few authentic scriptures in his hand at the moment, such as fast snow and sunny post, mourning post, and flying post, these are not classic works handed down compared to the preface to the Lanting collection.

Therefore, when Li Muyun heard the news about Lanting Collection Preface from Li Muyun last night, Li Shimin actually didn't have much hope, but he just heard the bastard say that he is a grandson of the seventh generation, and a master and apprentice. Evaluate and try the idea.

But unexpectedly, this test turned out to be correct, what Li Muyun said earlier was all right, an ordinary monk Zhiyong was really a direct descendant of Wang Xizhi, and this monk Biancai was indeed the son of Monk Zhiyong apprentice.

In this way, maybe Li Muyun's judgment is true, and the preface to the Lanting collection is very likely to be in the hands of Biancai.

But to Li Shimin's disappointment, this time, the old monk of Biancai shook his head and said with emotion: "Return to Your Majesty, the preface to the Lanting Collection of the Book Sage has been lost several generations ago, and my teacher often felt ashamed when he mentioned this matter several times. ancestor."

"What? It's... lost?"

"Yes!" The old monk clasped his hands together and lowered his head ashamedly.

Li Shimin's excitement turned into desolation, and he sighed: "Alas..., unexpectedly, the masterpiece of a generation of calligraphers has been lost."

Monk Biancai didn't know how to answer the words for a moment, so he could only stand aside, and only prayed in his heart that Li Er would not ask any more questions, otherwise he really didn't know how to continue the story.

Fortunately, at this time Li Shimin was silent in the ups and downs of disappointment, and had no intention of continuing the discussion with Biancai. He just waved his hand and someone took him away.

After Biancai left the palace, he was full of worries, thinking about the land deeds, and then thinking about Li Shimin's inquiring about the preface of the Lanting Collection, he couldn't calm down anymore, so he returned to the temple and asked Huineng to come forward to sort out all the land deeds and hand them all over to the The three fat men who worked on the cement kiln.

Fatty was overjoyed when he got the land deed back, he casually ordered the kiln to be dismantled and went back to the city to find Li Muyun, intending to show his merits.

In the end, Li Muyun was not at home, but upon inquiring, he found that he had gone to Wannian County, so he turned around and went to the county government.

The county magistrate Tang of Wannian County did as he said, he wrote his resignation and submitted it to the Ministry of Officials after seeing off the three fat men yesterday, but the approval document has not yet come down, and he is still the head of the county of Wannian County.

The arrival of Li Muyun made Old Tang's heart tighten, but he couldn't see him. After all, this guy has a criminal record. God knows if he will sneak into the house in the middle of the night.

So in the living room of the Houya meeting room, there was the following conversation.

"Mr. Tang, I heard that you are going to resign?"

"My lord, this official is old, and I often feel incapable of dealing with government affairs these days."

"That's it, then it's no wonder. If this is the case, the epidemic situation in Wannian County can't be blamed on Mr. Tang. Farewell!"

Hearing the word "epidemic", Tang County Magistrate's expression changed instantly. He dared not let Li Muyun leave. He hurriedly tried to persuade him to stay: "My lord, my lord, wait a moment, my lord, please stay!"

With a teasing smile on Li Muyun's face, he turned around and asked, "What's the matter? What's the matter with Lord Tang?"

"My lord, my lord, my lord..." County Magistrate Tang couldn't find a reasonable excuse, and after a long time of murmuring, he bit his bullet and said, "Please let me know what kind of epidemic happened under my lord's rule!"

Li Muyun looked at the county magistrate Tang who was already frightened and sweating, and waved his hands casually: "Oh, this matter has nothing to do with you. It's up to you."

"No, my lord, please don't, the junior officer is still in office, still in office!" Magistrate Tang was so frightened that he almost knelt down for Li Muyun.

If Li Muyun was allowed to enter the palace at this time and tell Li Shimin that there was a plague in Wannian County, it is estimated that the best result for Tang County Magistrate in the second half of his life would be to go to Lingnan to be with the monkeys, and the result would be almost headless.

Li Muyun didn't force Tang county magistrate too much, but turned to look at him, and asked lightly: "So Tang Fujun has figured it out?"

"I've figured it out, I've figured it out, if you have anything to do, just tell me." Magistrate Tang bowed his body, not even daring to lift his head.

This Tang county magistrate has some kinship with Tang Jian, the former minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but because of his high merits, Tang Jian was taken down by Li Shimin from the position of minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and became an empty prince.

It was precisely because of this that Tang County Magistrate was unable to face Li Muyun without his biggest backer.

Li Muyun patted County Magistrate Tang on the shoulder, put on an amiable face and said, "Old Tang, don't feel wronged, when you finish my work, it will be in your favor. "

"Don't dare, dare not!" Magistrate Tang's old face was almost drawn together, and he waved his hands again and again.

Li Muyun seemed very satisfied with the attitude of Tang county magistrate, he hummed, turned around and sat back in his original seat, and said indifferently: "I need you, old Tang, to issue a decree to demolish all the latrines built along the river. In addition, by the government The government funded the construction of two public toilets for each village."

County Magistrate Tang had no objection to Li Muyun's first point. It was just demolition of a few huts, which was not a big deal, but it would be troublesome to build a public toilet funded by the county. Let's not talk about what the toilet is. It's a matter of money. It is not easy to solve.

Li Muyun noticed the change in Tang County Magistrate's face, frowned slightly, and asked with a downcast face, "What? Is there any embarrassment for Mr. Tang?"

"No, no, uh, no, yes." County Magistrate Tang stammered and said, "My lord, it's not that I don't follow your instructions. It's because the county doesn't have this kind of expenditure. If every village builds What the hell, the money is not easy to solve."

Li Muyun knew that the magistrate of Tang County was telling the truth. As long as official investment was involved in the past dynasties, there would only be trouble. Will swallow his own money.

However, Li Muyun was not afraid, but County Magistrate Tang was. He hesitated and said, "My lord, do you think about this matter again? It is impossible to recover the cost of this kind of investment, and money spent is wasted. Of course, the next official will not There is no other meaning, just a suggestion, a suggestion!"

(End of this chapter)