When Li Mu spoke, he tilted his head slightly and glanced at Eunuch Gao behind Li Shimin. Eunuch Gao nodded slightly. Li Mu was relieved, with a smile on his face, he put down his pen and said: "Why are you here so early? Why are you here so early?"
Have you had breakfast? If not, feel free to tell me what you want to eat, the food here is still better than that in the palace..."
"..." Li Shimin's face suddenly darkened. Is this a human thing? The food at your home is better than that in the palace, and you still let me order whatever I want. What's the matter, the emperor can't afford to eat?
He has never won a fight with Li Mu, and Li Shimin has learned his lesson. He is tactically deaf and does not pick up on his troubles at all. He talks about his own issues and says, "How about I not come? You are a dignified Zhuluhou.
, a god who fell from the sky. I can’t help you, a god, so I have to come in person? If I don’t come to you, you really won’t enter the palace.”
Where does this evil wind come from?
Li Mu turned his head to look at Eunuch Gao again. Eunuch Gao still nodded. Li Mu thought to himself, if you're not looking for trouble, then what are you doing? You're so angry, did you hear something?
I don't have a clue, I can only wait and see what happens.
Li Mu smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, can we be reasonable? It was you who refused to let me enter the palace. Have you forgotten? On the day the Sihai Gambling House opened, didn't you tell me to get away? I just got out right then.
Yeah. In fact, I just thought about it this morning. It’s the New Year, right? As a junior, I have to honor you. But I don’t dare to go, for fear of saying something wrong and making you angry.
.It would be a big sin for me to cause trouble for you during the Chinese New Year.”
"Stop talking nonsense to me," Li Shimin interrupted Li Mu angrily and said, "You know if you are using my words as a cover. I am not here today to talk to you about these useless things. I ask you, then
The sub-map, was it really you who drew it?"
"What map?"
Li Shimin took the map out of his arms, spread it on the table, and said, "Is this the map you drew?"
"Yes!" Li Mu took one look and knew that it was the one he gave to Li Tai. He was not surprised that it would fall into Li Shimin's hands. He pretended to be confused and said, "Your Majesty, this is for my disciple's teaching. I want Li Shimin to give it to me."
Tai study hard and make progress. Don't draw a bad picture that makes people look down upon. Just be so happy and complacent. Why did it get into the hands of His Majesty? Oh, this is just a random drawing. It's too clumsy. I'm afraid it will pollute His Majesty's eyes. Your Majesty is still
Give it back to me, and I will give it to Your Majesty after I draw it in detail..."
As he said this, Li Mu stretched out his hand to get the map back. Li Shimin slapped his palm on the table and said, "I'm asking you how this map was drawn!"
"Uh..." Li Mu pursed his lips and asked, "Your Majesty, do you think the earth under your feet is a ball?"
"I don't know, I've never flown into the sky before...ah!" Li Shimin suddenly remembered, pointing at Li Mu and said: "By the way, you said it was a dream you had!"
Li Mu nodded solemnly and said: "Your Majesty, I told you that I often dream. In my dream, there is a huge bird made of steel. People can get into the belly of the bird and soar above the nine heavens. This kind of
Birds, in my dream, are called airplanes."
"Flying chicken?" Eunuch Gao muttered in a low voice: "I'm really ignorant. Calling it Luanfeng or Suzaku is fine. Why do you call it flying chicken? It sounds like a poultry."
Li Shimin glanced at Eunuch Gao, who quickly shut his mouth. Li Shimin asked: "You said the earth under your feet is a ball because you saw it in your dream, in the belly of this flying chicken, soaring above the nine heavens.
?”
Li Mu nodded.
Li Shimin asked again: "But why didn't you mention it even half a sentence when you talked about Qingque?"
Li Mu smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, I am Qingque's master. A teacher should be dignified. With Qingque's intelligence and intelligence, would he believe me when I told you such a bizarre reason? He would only think that I was just making nonsense.
If I leave such an impression on my apprentice, how will I teach him in the future? Your Majesty, please understand me!"
These words were so sincere that people had to believe them. More importantly, they unintentionally pointed out that Li Mu admitted that Li Tai was intelligent. Li Tai was Li Shimin's favorite son, how could he not be happy after hearing this?
"That's right. You just told me about your nonsense." Li Shimin was still frowning. He didn't suspect that Li Mu had lied to him, but he just found it unbelievable. He looked at Li Mu and said, "Li Mu,
Do you still often have dreams like this? When Dr. Sun was treating you, did you tell him about it? Did he leave anything behind?"
Li Mu sighed, exuding an aura of decadence, and forced out a smile that made people feel pity for him: "How can I not say this, but Sun Shenyi has never encountered a patient like me?
, there was nothing he could do. However, after taking the medicine left by Divine Doctor Sun, the symptoms were relieved a lot. The last time I had such a dream in the recent period was a month ago. I can’t be sure of the dream.
Regularity, and I have become less and less able to remember my dreams recently. When I wake up from the dream, I can still remember a little bit, but if I don’t take a note and write it down, I will forget it in the blink of an eye.”
"Forgot" Li Shimin muttered to himself, and Eunuch Gao answered from the side: "Your Majesty, this is normal. This old slave also often dreams and cannot remember it."
Li Shimin sighed, he also had a dream. But he could never forget it, and every time he remembered it, it would become clearer. The memory of that bloody night will probably never be forgotten, and neither will the day when it was brought to the coffin.
Dropped.
Li Mu saw Li Shimin suddenly slumped, a little confused, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"
"It's okay." How could Li Shimin talk about this kind of thing to Li Mu in detail? He changed his subject and said, "I haven't eaten yet. Isn't the food good? Let me see it."
"Oh." Li Mu shouted, and someone came to wait on him. It was cold outside, so he set the table in the room. Today is the New Year's Eve, and according to the rules, we have to eat dumplings. Last night, the cooks prepared the fillings.
It was freshly packaged and cooked this morning, so it didn’t take much trouble.
When the dumplings were served, Li Shimin laughed at them: "I thought they were just some delicacies from the mountains and seas, just wontons. Who wouldn't eat them?"
"Your Majesty, please try it."
Li Shimin picked up a dumpling and put it into his mouth. As soon as he took a bite, his eyes suddenly widened. While eating, he said angrily: "Li Mu, you dare to kill a cow? These wontons are filled with beef!"
When Li Mu saw Li Shimin devouring his food, he felt funny in his heart. As an emperor, if you can't even eat beef if you like it, what's the point of being an emperor?
Li Mu motioned Eunuch Gao to sit down, and also gave him dumplings, saying: "Your Majesty, you can't rely on me for this. Uncle Cheng gave me the beef. Have you heard about the polo match? I helped him out."
I had some ideas, and in order to thank me, he sent beef over. I heard that the cow had difficulty giving birth."
"Fart!" Li Shimin took another dumpling and stuffed it into his mouth, and said while swallowing: "Other people's cows have been raised for ten years and they don't die. How many of his cows don't die every month? He just kills them deliberately to eat.
, who can you scare?"
"Then I don't know. Anyway, I have never raised cows, and I have never killed them."
Li Shimin's mouth was full of oil after eating, and he was too embarrassed to say anything. Seeing that there was wine on the table, Li Mu didn't need to be polite, so he poured it for himself. After drinking two glasses, his body gradually warmed up. Li Shimin clicked his lips and said, "You kid, don't
Honestly, it's the same three cups, why is the one here better than the one in the palace?"
"I brewed this myself. How can the wine shop's assistants compare with my craftsmanship? Moreover, this wine has been settling for some time..." Li Mu glanced at the mouth of the bottle and said, "This is the moment I came to Chang'an.
It was brewed not long ago, it must have been more than half a year. It has not been brewed recently. If Your Majesty wants to drink it, you can take whatever is left with you when you return to the palace later."
"You are very generous." Li Shimin drank another drink and murmured: "In a blink of an eye, you have been in Chang'an for more than half a year, and your life has been really fast."
After sighing and returning to the topic, Li Shimin said: "I'm not here today for these trivial things. There are two things in total, the first one is about the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I received a memorial today, your stepfather
Tang Jian handed it over. He said that as the Chinese New Year is approaching, food prices in Chang'an and Luoyang have increased by 30%. Tang Jian sent people to ask several major grain merchants in Chang'an City, and they said it was related to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Because the Ministry of Internal Affairs ordered a large amount of grain,
As a result, the supply exceeds the demand, so the price has been increased. So I came to ask you, is this a problem?"
Li Mu nodded and said: "I have ordered a large amount of grain. I have told your Majesty about it. I bought 10,000 acres of land in Dingxiang, and I also have my sworn brother Siwen, who is in charge of Dingxiang.
There are many refugees who need food and grain. Therefore, I ordered a batch of grain through the Ministry of Internal Affairs, about hundreds of thousands of tons. However, this amount of grain should not be enough to affect Chang'an. The price of grain in Luoyang is.
Even if it has an impact, it won't reach 30%. This must be an opportunity for grain dealers to raise prices, and they have terrible intentions."
"I don't care whether you want to punish him or not. Just accept it. What you do is up to you. What I want is stable food prices so that you can afford to eat."
When Li Mu heard that he had to work again, he immediately complained: "Your Majesty, just let the Ministry of Civil Affairs do this. It's almost the Chinese New Year, and I... haven't you already dismissed me from my post?"
"Oh, yes, you have been dismissed from office." Li Shimin responded and said to Gao Gong fairly: "Remember it, after returning to the palace, a decree will be sent to Zhulu Marquis Li Mu to 'temporarily take over' the post of Minister-in-Chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Remember it.
Yes, it’s a temporary claim.”
Eunuch Gao suppressed his laughter and responded. Li Mu sighed and was silent for a long time before he said, "What is one more thing? Your Majesty, please tell me all at once. I will do it as soon as possible to avoid a bad year."
"There is one more thing, which is the factory guard thing you mentioned before. After thinking about it, I still agree"
Li Mu's eyes shone: "Your Majesty, you agreed? That's great!"