Li Mu had long known about Ma Zhou's relationship with Changsun Wuji and even Li Shimin, but he didn't care, and he let Ma Zhou do things and get access to the core secrets of Luoyang City. He did this not to be generous, nor to protect himself.
, he really wanted Ma Zhou to learn new things from Luoyang. If he could bring these new things back to Chang'an, or find a model that could be followed by cities all over the world, it would be very important to change the entire Tang Dynasty.
The environment is also a very good thing and something he wants to see.
After coming to Datang for more than a year, Li Mu deeply felt one thing, that is, the power of flapping his wings as a butterfly is not as great as imagined. In fact, he can change some things, but the pattern of history will not.
It changes because there is one more person or one person is missing. His appearance can only delay or speed up the occurrence of certain things.
Perhaps the sign of a person's maturity is for him to understand that his abilities are limited. Li Mu no longer wants to change the world. It is already a great achievement to be able to live a good life for himself and the people around him.
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"Mr. Lang is back?"
When Li Mu returned to the back house, Jin Chen greeted him. When the precious son in his arms saw him, he struggled a little, then closed his eyes, and couldn't see anything.
Li Mu has been back for several days, and his son has become familiar with him, and the two of them are having a great time. But this kid is so 'forgetting his friends when he sees sex' that he will never look down upon Li Mu as long as his mothers are around.
As if giving him a good look as a father, he was worried that the mothers would be jealous. But he didn't know that his father was also very jealous when he saw him, especially when he saw him sucking milk, Li Mu felt very jealous.
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There is nothing I can do about it. The whole family has just one baby, and they are all very precious. This kid is also very energetic, and he never sleeps. He makes babbling noises, and rolls around. You can imagine that when this kid can walk,
, what a scene it must be.
At this time, Mrs. Lu came over with Wang Ou, holding the little girl in her arms. Seeing that his son ignored him, Li Mu turned around and ran towards the girl. His son, who had his eyes closed, opened his eyes and saw it, and felt uncomfortable.
She burst into tears and burst into tears. Seeing her precious grandson crying, Mrs. Lu hurriedly gathered around him. He immediately shut up, his big black eyes widened, he licked his lips, and started to pull Lu.
Lady's clothes.
Mrs. Lu was wearing a fox fur. It had a furry feel and seemed very comfortable for him to touch. Seeing her grandson smiling happily, Mrs. Lu was also very happy. She immediately took off the fur and gave it to her grandson as a toy.
I don't know where the energy came from, so I pulled out all the hair. Li Mu wanted to say something, but Mrs. Lu glared at her and said, "The child likes it, what do you care? It's a piece of tattered clothes, throw it away if you scratch it, use it."
Do you feel sorry for yourself?"
Yes, if you have money, you can do as you please, no matter what.
Li Mu changed the topic and started talking about Li Ji's trip to the north. There was no place for chatting outside the window. Everyone returned to the house and sat around the stove. Little Li Bai lay on the fur and plucked it hard. A few people removed the fur
Wearing only Yanju regular clothes, the woman who sat down beside the couch immediately widened her eyes.
They didn't expect that as soon as Li Mu came back, he would have such a shocking idea.
In the next year, he will ask for orders to go to Li Ji's army to promote the Northern Expedition to Goguryeo.
Goguryeo, this name is very famous. It has been the great enemy of the Central Plains since the Sui Dynasty. The monarchs of the Sui and Tang dynasties all wanted to conquer Goguryeo, but Goguryeo was very resilient. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty failed to achieve success in several conquests.
Li Shimin used the excuse to search for people because he wanted to conquer Goguryeo. This was also Li Shimin's long-established plan. With a good harvest this year, Li Shimin made up his mind to implement it as soon as possible. Li Shimin succeeded in everything in Qizhou.
If Jisitang rebels in Qizhou, then Li Ji's army will abandon Goguryeo and turn to countering the rebellion. The army, horses and food required to suppress the rebellion will definitely not be as good as the conquest of Goguryeo, and it will be enough for the court to deal with it. Get rid of Jisitang
, it can be regarded as except for one inner worry. As the saying goes, before fighting against external factors, one must first settle internally.
If Jisitang does not attack, then there will be no internal troubles. If Jisitang does not need to worry, then there will only be external troubles. If Jisitang can turn to help, Li Shimin is confident that, not to mention completely solving the troubles in Goguryeo,
While the famous generals of the early Tang Dynasty were all in their prime, they could at least give Goguryeo a hard blow so that they would never dare to wait for an opportunity to go south again.
Li Mu saw this and decided to help Li Shimin in his northern expedition to Goguryeo. He had several intentions in doing so.
First of all, this is the general trend of history and something that is bound to happen. Even if he doesn't help, Li Shimin will definitely do it. It's just a matter of sooner or later.
Secondly, Li Shimin is the emperor, and he has made up his mind, and no one can change it. If Li Mu pretends to be confused, it will definitely arouse Li Shimin's suspicion. Now that the family is so big and there are so many people, Li Mu cannot afford to take risks.
In the end, it was all about Madam Lu. Although Madam Lu was in Luoyang City and could do anything in heaven or on earth, even if Li Shimin came in person, he might not be able to catch Madam Lu, but hiding jackals was not a problem, Li Mu
I don't like this. If Jisi Hall can be stabilized and transitioned into an institution that is accepted and allowed to exist by the imperial court, it will be a good thing not only for Li Shimin, but also for the people of Jisi Hall and Mrs. Lu.
But if you want to achieve this goal, you must first pay. Li Mu's preparation is to show his attitude first.
He did not fully explain what he was thinking, because it would be useless to say it. It would just make his family worry. What Li Mu wanted was to support himself so that his family could live a carefree life.
For Qiaoqiao and others, they don't think so much. They are just worried about how long it will take for Li Mu to leave, and whether it will be like this year, where he will be away from home for most of the year.
"My efforts must not be in vain. It will not be easy to come back once I leave, so I have to discuss with His Majesty that our whole family will go."
Li Mu also had some understanding of the war against Goguryeo in the former Sui Dynasty. Whenever a war started, there was no precedent of victory after just one or two years. If everything went well, it would take two years, so the time would be certain.
It's been a long time.
However, Li Mu really didn't care much. Going to Miaojiang this year made him think about some things.
Why? Because turmoil in the world is the norm. Throughout the ages, no matter whether it is a prosperous age or not, those dynasties have a feeling of "not being able to survive for three generations." This is true for the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, the Tang... and then...
It will fall into a long period of strong branches and weak trunks, and frequent civil strife.
Most of the people's lives are miserable, and the princes in the temples are full of factions and intrigues. No one can be an evergreen tree and always stand proudly in the world. However, there is an exception for one kind of person!
Those remote areas that seem too remote, poor, and where the influence of the imperial court is weak, such as the southwest, such as the northwest, places where food is tasteless and it is a pity to abandon them, can last for a long time.
This kind of person is the chieftain family who is unshakable and remains unshakable no matter how the country changes. Because the place is too unstable, the exiled officials no longer leave the place. They stay there for generations and gradually evolve into
A noble family that is more powerful than the noble family.
The Shuidong Song family was sent to this area during the reign of Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty to serve as governor. As a result, a thousand years later, the family is still standing. The country has changed countless times, and the Song family has always been the local emperor there.
The Tian family in Sizhou was established in the second year of Emperor Wen's founding in the Sui Dynasty. The ancestors of the Tian family were stationed there to quell the rebellion. They settled there and transformed into a chieftain family that has been passed down for more than a thousand years. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, there were once seven sects and five families.
The entire family has been completely destroyed by the turbulent current situation for more than a hundred years, but the Tian family is still growing strong.
Before Li Mu traveled through time, he once heard a song called "Lady Shexiang", which also talked about toast.
Li Mu has been in this era for a long time, and is inevitably influenced by the thoughts of this era. Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings, so don't worry about your children and grandchildren? There are no absolutes in this world. If you really want to plan, you can ensure that your children and grandchildren will have no worries for thousands of years.
It’s enough to protect our descendants’ inheritance for a thousand years!
Therefore, Li Mu's current arrangement for his position is to benefit his descendants, target these border areas, and spread the seeds. Now he has planted seeds in southern Xinjiang, and he will also plant seeds in northeastern Xinjiang.
After the stone ship is completed, he will also establish his own base overseas.
This is an ambitious and long-term goal.
His goal this time was the peninsula in later generations. He wanted to gain a foothold there. He first helped Li Shimin solve the troubles in Goguryeo, and then borrowed the soldiers of the imperial court to help Li Zhien avenge himself and capture the peninsula.
"Don't worry! A good man will eat meat when he travels a thousand miles, and a dog will eat shit when he travels a thousand miles. Those who are really capable will be well clothed and well-fed there. Those who are incompetent will be dealt with everywhere. Even if we live in Chang'an, what can we do? Our family only needs
How can we live unhappy together?"
Li Mu said, looking at the girls with a smile, his eyes fell on the faces of the two mothers, but he found that the one with the most confused expression was Sun.
how?
Li Mu suddenly realized that Sun had married Tang Jian, and now her son was going to live in a foreign country, but she had another husband. Where should she go? She could neither let go of her son nor her husband. What's more, his son was not
Biological, but his current husband is actually his biological husband. If Li Mu takes the whole family and leaves Luoyang, where will the Sun family go? He followed his son, which is equivalent to running to the northernmost point of the Tang Dynasty, and Tang Jian is now in the Tang Dynasty.
At the south end of the country, the south and the north separate the two places. What else do they call a couple?
Li Mu thought for a while and said: "It's not like I won't come back now. When the war is over and the world is peaceful, I will still come back. Or maybe it's not certain that this war won't start."
Mrs. Sun sighed and said: "Son, I can't guess what you are thinking right now. Logically speaking, I should follow you, but you also know my current situation. If the whole family goes
In the Northeast, my mother will not follow me." After saying this, he sighed again. It was obvious that making this decision was also very difficult for Sun.
"Are we going as a family?"
Qiaoqiao looked annoyed, her beautiful eyebrows knitted together: "The small courtyard has just been built, and I haven't really lived in it for a few days yet. Also, I plan to move Feng Qiuhuang here, and I have bought all the shops, so I can only do it next year.
It will be renovated and opened in the spring, which will waste a lot of money."
"Don't waste it. We'll keep all the shops and land here! We can't go all the way. It's safest to leave a back-up. You can attack when you advance, and you can defend when you retreat!"
Wang Ou also said: "We can't let go of Luoyang. No matter where our family is rooted, the business in Chang'an and Luoyang must be managed well. If we are completely isolated in one corner, we will decline."
After listening to Li Mu's words, Qiaoqiao's face looked better. No matter how big her family fortune was, she didn't want to squander it casually. She had just sold it, and if she changed hands for takeout immediately, it would be surprising if she could sell it at a good price. Although there is no money at home now.
We are short of money, but Qiaoqiao never spends wasted money.
Li Mu knew Qiaoqiao's thoughts and comforted him: "That's what I said about this matter. I haven't even finished writing yet. Why can't we live in the small courtyard that we built? We will move there tomorrow and celebrate the New Year there."
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Li Mu said, turning around and picking up his daughter: "Let our precious daughter see what kind of place her father lived when he was a child. He had nothing to wear but food to eat and to open his mouth."
"My grandson just wants clothes to put his hands on and food to open his mouth." Mrs. Lu snatched her granddaughter away and called Mrs. Sun, Wang Ou, and his favorite Li Zhien, and the four of them went to find a place to chat together.
As soon as the four people left, the atmosphere in the flower hall became a little weird.
It’s getting very late!
There was no TV in this era, so mobile phones could be used to kill time.
We have been sitting here for a long time. Isn’t it boring to chat all the time?
You have to do something, right?
In fact, there was no need to decide on the candidate originally, because it had already been arranged. However, unfortunately today, Jin Chen arrived at one of the inconvenient days of the month, so he had to make time. Then the matter was open to discussion. Zhang Tianai and Qiaoqiao
, he has been with Li Mu since he came back, and now he still has to choose between the two of them, as much as possible. Whoever stays with him for one more day means that he loves and respects him more. Even if he doesn't think so in his heart, it seems like it.
That's what happened.
In fact, in Li Mu's heart, of course he wanted to choose Qiaoqiao, but choosing Qiaoqiao was equivalent to choosing a child. When the two children were restless at night, one fell asleep and the other cried. Qiaoqiao was full of motherly love, and she never
He refused to let the nanny take over, and had to watch by himself. It was impossible for Li Mu to do anything he wanted to do. The big dark circles under his eyes were real.
But if you choose Zhang Tianai - he really can't cope with it, mainly because his waist is tired.
When he was in a dilemma, his son made a choice for him. Xiao Li Bai, who had been energetic all day, finally felt sleepy.
When the baby is sleepy, he starts to writhe, kicks his fat little legs like lotus joints, pouted his mouth, and starts to lose his temper.
Then, he climbed on top of his mother.
It seems that the person who usually takes care of him the most is his mother. At this time, the child will always look for the person closest to him.
Zhang Tianai looked at Li Mu proudly, and before she could be happy, the eldest daughter Li Qingcheng climbed onto her lap.
Li Mu smiled with relief: "I was just thinking of a storybook. Let's have a good chat with Chenchen in the evening. You can take the children to bed. The children are all sleepy -"