Chapter 006: Duke Wei's Art of War
Li Bai was a little dissatisfied at first. Seeing Li Zaixing showing this move intentionally or unintentionally, he knew that Li Zaixing had just shown mercy. Otherwise, his two calves would probably be knocked to pieces like this tiles, so how could he stand and talk?
He sighed: "My friend is good at shooting skills, I lost. That Pitler..." He gritted his teeth reluctantly: "It's yours. I hope you can ride it on the battlefield to kill the enemy in the future and live up to this good horse."
"Thank you for giving the horse to the exiled immortal." Li Zaixing clasped his fists and bowed: "One day, I will never let down the exiled immortal's wishes today."
"I hope so." Li Bai smiled bitterly and looked back at Li Mi: "With this warrior as his companion, no wonder you don't want to sit with an old man like me. Li Changyuan is so terrifying."
He wanted to compete with passion, but he didn't expect to lose as soon as he fought and had no power to fight back. Li Bai's face had no arrogance. When he talked about the four words "The young man is terrifying", he felt a little more lonely. This is not the poetic and vast Li Xian, who is clearly a down-and-out person who is about to go but accomplish nothing.
Li Mi saw it, his original disgust faded a little, and he couldn't help but sigh and comforted: "Don't care too much about the exiled immortals, victory or defeat is common in military affairs. The exiled immortals are old and there is no need to worry about martial arts. An old horse is in the stable and has ambitions; a martyr is in his old age and has a strong ambition. Now the wise ruler is at the top, and the world is peaceful, and the traits are not at the right time, which is not the fault of the exiled immortals."
Li Bai blinked his eyes, laughed, and immediately regained his confidence and calmness. He put away his long sword, shook his feet, and walked out with some difficulty. His voice came from afar, full of energy and heroic spirit.
"Li Changyuan was overwhelmed and declined. Although the wise ruler was in power, he was in power. You and I know what the world looked like. Don't worry, in a few years, let's see if my wise and horizontal skills are useful."
Li Mi shook his head, rushed to the gate of the courtyard, and watched Li Bai leave. Li Zaixing was confused. Li Bai was a traitor? Is he a poet? Why did he become a traitor like Su Qin and Zhang Yi?
When Li Mi came back, Li Zaixing raised his questions. Li Mi was not surprised. Li Zaixing grew up in Prajna Temple since childhood. Although the lazy monk sang amazingly, he was a monk who was hidden. After all, he was a monk and might not care about these things. It was normal for Li Zaixing not to understand them.
"I entered the Tang Dynasty and did not go out for a few ways. One is to be kind and the children of the royal family, so there is no need to mention that their children can be promoted to the officialdom by the fifth rank and above. However, there are very few fifth rank officials, so most people have to rely on other methods..."
Li Mi briefly talked about the ways to become an official in the Tang Dynasty. In addition to the very few people who can become officials based on their own official titles and titles, most people also have to rely on their own talents and knowledge to seek official positions. Those with outstanding talents can enter the official position by taking the imperial examination, but the imperial examination is also not easy. Only twenty or thirty people are admitted every year, and when they are small, they may not be able to become officials. They have to wait for the Ministry of Personnel to complete the vacancies before they can be given actual teaching.
Those with average talent and no hope of imperial examinations can only go out of the way, starting from a minor official, pursuing qualifications, and promoting step by step. This is also difficult. The habit of the Tang Dynasty was that only those who passed the four exams could be promoted. For many people, it would be difficult to wear a red robe representing a fifth-rank official or above in this life, let alone a purple robe with a third-rank or above.
In addition, there are military merits to enter the officialdom. The emperor opens the border and rewards military merits heavily. Those with outstanding military merits have more opportunities for promotion. However, it is obviously not something that ordinary people can do if they want to break out of the sea of corpses and blood.
Most people who are self-conceited, unwilling to earn qualifications, and do not have the ability to earn military merits can only choose to visit the powerful and noble, hoping to get recommendations, and thus enter the career of officialdom. Li Bai and Li Mi took this path. In fact, most scholars in the Tang Dynasty were following this path. There are two ways to visit the powerful and noble. One is to put down their figure, please please the powerful and noble, and even do not hesitate to serve his lackeys and run for him. The other is to write poems and essays, make friends, become famous, and gain a chance to enter the officialdom with extraordinary talent and reputation. Li Bai chose the latter. When he was young, he learned the art of linguistic and linguistic from Zhao Rui, hoping to rise to the top like Su Qin and Zhang Yi. Unfortunately, he forgot one thing. The premise for the art of linguistic and linguistic can be achieved in troubled times. Like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there are many great powers and endless wars, so that there is room for the art of linguistic and linguistic. If today, the art of linguistic and linguistic is the skill of slaying dragons and is useless.
Therefore, Li Bai wasted his life, and his short-term admission to the Hanlin Academy was due to his literary talent and poetry, rather than his arrogant and arrogant skills.
After listening to Li Mi's introduction, Li Zaixing was still puzzled: "Then his literary talent is so good, why don't he take the imperial examination? Even if the art of lunarity is useless, it is still more than enough to use it for the imperial examination."
Li Mi blinked, pondered for a moment, and suddenly lowered his voice: "My brother, I have had this doubt. Although Li Bai is a bit flashy, he has a rare mastery of thesis in the world. With his knowledge of taking the imperial examination, it is not a big problem. But it is strange that he has never participated in the imperial examination, but you know why?"
Li Zaixing rolled his eyes: "What's the reason? It's so mysterious?"
"When participating in the imperial examination, you must fill in an explanation. The family statement, among which the family statement should list the names and official positions of the father and grandfather three generations..." Li Mi said this, paused and looked at Li Zaixing without blinking.
Li Zaixing was stunned for a moment and suddenly understood. "Li Bai's family background is unknown?"
"By the way." Li Mi smiled: "It's not enough to write the family letter by himself. It also needs to be checked by the government of his hometown. Li Bai claimed to be the Li clan of Longxi. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, he entered the Western Regions due to chaos. Shenlongzhong entered Shu and occupied his family. However, the situation before entering Shu was unclear and there were different statements. If he wanted to enter the imperial examination, his family letter would not be able to be written."
Li Zaixing suddenly realized, but he immediately thought of himself. According to Li Mi's statement, although he did not need to write clearly about the situation of the three generations as he did when he entered the imperial examination, as long as he wanted to be an official, he had to at least find out who his parents were. Otherwise, he would not be able to enter the officialdom and could only be an ordinary commoner, or simply go back to Prajna Temple to become a monk, and end his life.
After saying this, he needs to understand his life experience even more.
Li Zaixing was a little nervous for a moment. Last night, his master Lazy Monk gave him a token, but from this token, he could not see any useful information. He could only know that the person who entrusted Lazy Monk to protect him in Chang'an might still be a person with a certain identity. The specific situation is that he needs to go to Chang'an to find clues by himself.
This task was really arduous. He knew nothing about Chang'an. When he arrived in Chang'an, he was not familiar with the place. How could he do it based on just a token of unknown origin? Because of this, he tried his best to pull Li Mi, a genius, to accompany him. On the one hand, he borrowed his intelligence and his connections. Li Mi was from Chang'an, and he went to the palace and had contacts with the emperor and the prince. If such a person went to Chang'an together, he could help him solve many problems. When necessary, his connections could also play an immeasurable role.
As for joining the army, it is just an excuse. Even if he really wants to join the army, he has to wait for this problem to be solved. Otherwise, he would be a blind man who was scattered in the Tang Dynasty, without even his identity and would not be able to become an official at all.
It is not easy to convince Li Mi to accompany him to Chang'an. Now his master is lazy and disabled monk, so he can only rely on himself. Li Mi is a child prodigy who is so smart that he is almost a monster. If he wants to be foolish in front of such a person, Li Zaixing expressed great pressure.
His only advantage is that Li Mi can't figure out his background, but he knows a little about Li Mi. This is just for the moment. With Li Mi's observation ability, he cannot guarantee that he will never reveal any flaws.
"Do you really want to join the army if you win Li Bai's Tel's Pearl?" Li Mi asked with a smile.
"I can't think of any way out besides joining the army." Li Zaixing smiled bitterly: "In terms of family background, I am an orphan picked up by a monk. I don't even know who my parents are. I don't know anything about talent and learning, writing poetry and essays, and I have no hope for the imperial examination. What else can I do except joining the army?"
"That's true. Even if you take the martial arts exam, you have to fill out your family's letter." Li Mi nodded in agreement: "But it is not easy to enter the officialdom with military merits. Not to mention the dangers of the battlefield and life and death are hard to tell, even if you have made unparalleled achievements, it is impossible to find a general and a prime minister."
"I never thought about becoming a general and a prime minister, just wanting to live a more nourishing life." Li Zaixing laughed: "By the way, can you teach me how to read military strategy?"
"Have you read the art of Wei Gong?" Li Mi had noticed that the book on the case had been moved. When he heard Li Zaixing's words, he knew it was him.
"I read it a little, but I didn't understand it." Li Zaixing scratched his head embarrassedly: "Who is this Duke Wei?"
Li Mi stared at Li Zaixing in surprise, which made Li Zaixing feel terrified and said something bad, not knowing what he said.
"You don't even know about Duke Li Wei, and you still want to join the army?"
"Li...Duke Wei?" Li Zaixing thought for a long time before he suddenly realized and his face turned red. It turned out that this Duke Wei was not a person with the surname Wei, but a title. Duke Wei, how can I not know, Li Jing, the god of the Tang Dynasty, and the god of Li Mi in front of him who was called the Twin Bi of the Tang Dynasty.
However, Li Zaixing's shame was immediately overwhelmed by a burst of ecstasy: "Is this Li Weigong's military strategy?"
"Of course." Li Mi smiled proudly: "This was copied by me when I was in the palace."
Li Zaixing raised his head and expressed his gratitude to the gods and Buddhas all over the sky. Li Jing, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, not only made great achievements, but also left behind military arts. Those who had learned his military arts were said to have become famous generals of the Tang Dynasty. Li Mi's later achievements may also be related to his reading of Li Jing's military arts. However, Li Jing's military arts were already lost in the Song Dynasty. Later, the so-called Li Jing's military arts were either fakes or just some broken articles.
Unexpectedly, I saw the complete version here in Li Mi. This is probably a benefit given to him by God.
No matter how much effort it takes, he cannot miss this learning opportunity. Li Zaixing made up his mind secretly.
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