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Chapter 114 Yuan Tiangang

After Li Mu left, Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling returned to the hall and continued to discuss the reward. Just as Changsun Wuji was about to speak, Li Shimin interrupted him and asked, "Fuji, Xuanling, what do you think of Li Mu?"

Changsun Wuji glanced at Fang Xuanling, and saw that he looked at his nose and his heart, and he didn't seem to be talking. He cursed the old fox inwardly and said, "I think Li Mu is too straightforward and has little room for work. But his talent is obvious to all and outstanding. Your Majesty should value it."

Li Shimin nodded and looked at Fang Xuanling again. Fang Xuanling thought for a moment and said slowly: "Your Majesty, I agree with what Duke Zhao said, but I still have doubts about Li Mu. Are there really people with talented talents in this world? I have only seen similar records in ancient books, but I have never seen similar people, so I have doubts."

"I am the same! Li Mu is only seventeen years old. Although I was already wearing armor and holding a sharp sword when I was seventeen or eighteen years old, I was already wearing a sharp armor and fighting on the battlefield. But what I thought at that time did not reach the depth of what Li Mu said today. He could read more than a hundred books in a few months, learnt without a teacher, and wrote famous works in the past... I can't believe it." After pausing, Li Shimin recruited a small eunuch and ordered: "Send 800-mile fast horses to visit Li Mu in Mayi City, and report quickly together with his family."

Fang Xuanling suddenly remembered someone and said, "Why didn't Your Majesty summon Yuan Tiangang to ask? Legend has it that he is good at "wind video", that is, based on the sound and direction of the wind, he can determine good and bad luck, and he will be unsatisfied. He is also proficient in facial features, Liu Ren and the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, etc., and may be able to solve your doubts."

Li Shimin frowned and said, "The left-wing door is not enough to be trusted. Let's not talk about this for now. When the people who are visiting come back, they will know the truth and continue to talk about the reward."

"No." Fang Xuanling responded, and then said before, "I think that it is easy for others to be rewarded in terms of merit and reward. Only Duke Wei Li Jing is unable to be granted. He is already the Minister of War, the Secretary of the Central Secretariat, and the First Class Duke. If the merits of the destruction of the country are added, they can only be granted the king. However, there is no precedent for the title of a king in the Tang Dynasty. If this example is opened, it may cause trouble for the previous dynasty."

Fang Xuanling said that in the late Sui Dynasty, all warlords proclaimed themselves kings, such as Wang Shichong and others. The heroes rose up and occupied one place, and the world was in chaos. Although this was not clearly opposed, it was also a reminder to Li Shimin that Li Jing must not be named king.

How could Li Shimin not know this? But after all, Li Jing made great contributions and could not reward him without any reward. He looked at Changsun Wuji, and Changsun Wuji shook his head slightly and did not speak, obviously he did not agree with the king's title.

Li Shimin felt a headache and said, "Let me think about Li Jing's reward. You can first decide the rewards of others, and it will be dispersed today, I am exhausted."

"I'm going to leave."

The two of them left the hall. Li Shimin rubbed his swollen temples, called the little eunuch who was serving beside him, and said, "Go and find Yuan Tiangang, I have something to ask him."

The little eunuch took the order and left. Li Shimin picked up the poem written by Li Mu and looked at it again. He couldn't help frowning, folded it and put it aside.

Yuan Tiangang has always had a great reputation among the people. Although there are many exaggerations, compared with other martial arts warriors, Yuan Tiangang's physiognomy and hexagram skills have been verified. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he heard his reputation and summoned him to Chang'an. Yuan Tiangang demonstrated the science of numerology for Li Shimin and demonstrated his talents in astronomy and calendar. He was appointed by Li Shimin as the Imperial Heaven Supervision Supervisor, responsible for watching astronomy. Occasionally, he would be summoned to calculate a hexagram when he encountered something that could not be decided. No one could guess the emperor's mind. No one knew whether Li Shimin had really won the trust. Yuan Tiangang's mouth was very strict and he had never leaked half of the sentence to the outside world.

Soon, Yuan Tiangang came. Li Shimin glanced at him and said, "My dear, I'm asking you to tell fortunes for someone."

"What does your Majesty want to know?"

Li Shimin said in surprise: "You already know who I asked you to calculate?"

Yuan Tiangang looked around and said, "I stood in the hall and saw two breaths of clear and turbidity remaining. One breath was old and decadent, and the other was full of vitality. The person you asked by Your Majesty should be one of them."

"Your dear art of looking at the qi is indeed exquisite." Li Shimin praised and said, "I will show you something."

As he said that, the little eunuch sent the poem written by Li Mu to Yuan Tiangang. Yuan Tiangang unfolded the paper, looked at it for a while, and said, "This poem is so wonderful and quatrain, but this calligraphy is not satisfactory."

Li Shimin said: "This is written by Li Mu, the Marquis of Zhulu. What can you tell when you read this poem?"

Yuan Tiangang frowned slightly and said, "I can see that the person who writes poetry has just learned to read for a while."

"Aren't you surprised?"

Yuan Tiangang looked at it a few more times, returned the paper to the eunuch, and bowed: "Your Majesty, please count the fortune."

Li Shimin nodded, and Yuan Tiangang took out a bamboo tube from his sleeve. The bamboo tube was mottled and had been hanging on it. I don’t know how many years had it been used. He held the bamboo tube in his left hand and discharged three copper coins with his right hand. He shook it gently, and the copper coins were thrown into the bamboo tube and shaken.

After a while, the sound of impact stopped suddenly. Yuan Tiangang turned the bamboo tube upside down, and three copper coins fell on the ground, and they all stood up. Yuan Tiangang showed a strange look, and Li Shimin was stunned and said, "Love, what does this mean?"

Yuan Tiangang said aloud: "When you go back to Your Majesty, I have never seen such hexagrams for decades. If you follow this hexagram, there is a big problem with Zhulu Hou. He should not be a person in this world."

Li Shimin said: "Isn't a person in this world? Is he a god? He is talking nonsense."

Yuan Tiangang picked up the copper coins and said, "Your Majesty, I don't mean this. Do you still remember that I once said that people have Suhui, or they are in the past or in the future, and the hexagram cannot be judged. Looking at this hexagram, Li Mu, the Marquis of Zhulu, should be such a person with Suhui."

Li Shimin frowned and said, "Do you think he has Su Hui?"

Yuan Tiangang nodded and said seriously: "From the hexagram, it should be true. I have never met Zhulu Hou. I would like to ask Your Majesty, is this person originally dull and singular, suddenly becoming eloquent, originally mediocre, suddenly doing many great things like having wisdom. And he himself doesn't know the reason. Is there anything similar?"

Li Shimin frowned even more. He was not sure what Yuan Tiangang said. Because he didn't know what Li Mu was like before, but he thought it was almost the same. Li Muru had the talent before and had already become famous. How could he go to the village hero to deliver food and even be captured?

Li Shimin thought for a while and said, "I have sent someone to check if it is as you said, it will be known in a few days."

Yuan Tiangang said: "Although I can't calculate the background of Zhulu Marquis, I have a premonition that this person will bring many changes to me in the Tang Dynasty. It is a blessing for the Tang Dynasty to get this person. I want to see Zhulu Marquis with my own eyes, so I would like to ask Your Majesty to agree."

"He is now the supervisor of Chongrenfang outside the imperial city. If you want to see him, go see him. I know that you are superb in appearance. If you see something, you will know it."
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