Li Mu frowned, looking puzzled, and said: "I have seen the wedding, and the servant has already given me a lot of congratulatory gifts. As a person like me, I always give gifts without needing anyone to come.
I'm a little worried. I have already received one gift, and there is no reason to accept another. If word spreads, it will be said that I don't know how to behave and look ugly. The waiter should go back." As he said this, Li Mu shouted to the people behind him.
Said: "I accept your thoughts, but please go back and don't block the door of my house. If the people from the Yushitai see this, I can't bear to read a copy of it in the future!"
After that, Li Mu was about to retreat back to the courtyard. The king was not willing to let him go. He grabbed Li Mu's sleeve and begged: "Master Hou, Master Hou! Please listen to me!"
Li Mu frowned and said: "Wang Shizhong, you are becoming more and more rude. Do you think I don't know what you are thinking? You blocked the door of my house early in the morning. The gifts were fake and the bribes were real! I know why you came.
Yes, now the Ministry of Internal Affairs has become a hot cake, right? Everyone wants to take a bite! I tell you, you are dreaming! The former Duke of Sunyi Kingdom begged me to let his son, my own disciple Qin Huaidao, come to the Ministry of Internal Affairs as an errand
, were all rejected by me, and it’s not easy for you to save your face! Go quickly, go quickly, you won’t be able to tell if someone sees you!”
Wang Qilao, who is 80 years old, could not resist Li Mu's strength. He was thrown away, but he still held on tightly and refused to let go. Li Mu used brute force and stepped into the yard. Wang was also dragged into the yard, and the door was closed.
Li Mu turned back to look at the embarrassed Wang and said: "Shizhong Wang, what kind of relative is it that makes you lose your temper like this?" He glanced at the door, lowered his voice and said: "Come on, for the sake of our friendship, I will sell you
To give you a face, you ask your nephew to come to Xishan to stay for a few days and hang out, and I will see what the arrangements are like?"
Wang finally took a breath, but when he saw that Li Mu was still pretending to be stupid, he almost lost his breath again. Seeing that the door had been closed, Wang was not afraid that anyone would hear it. He took a deep breath and said: "Master Hou, I don't have any nephews."
Introduction, let’s not beat around the bush. I’ll tell you the truth, you’re telling the truth! Do you want to touch the fields if you thoroughly investigate the imperial property? Don’t you think your Majesty doesn’t know about the land issue? But what can your Majesty do? For thousands of years,
It’s all like this, what do you think you can change by yourself?”
Seeing that Li Mu was silent, Wang added: "The five surnames and seven hopes are not as simple as you see. The power of a clan is like a big tree! What you see are just a few leaves. The real power lies in
Roots and vines! Roots and vines connect all forces, and even connect every common person, and can affect the whole body! Don’t think that everyone is as easy to talk to as me. Rabbits bite people when they are anxious. If you do everything right,
, you are not afraid”
Li Mu raised his eyelids, smiled, and said: "What are you saying, Lord? Why can't I understand? Your Majesty asked me to calculate the imperial property, so I will calculate the royal property. What does it have to do with the fields? Are you afraid?
If your own land is reduced, why don't you come to me? You have to tell General Hou Junji about this, he is coming to me for money and food!"
Wang was also a bit too old, and his brain was slow, so he blurted out: "He asks you for money and food. All you need to do is give him money and food. What kind of land are you asking for?"
Li Mu looked at him as if he were a fool and said: "Isn't this nonsense? If I had money and food, I would give it to him. It's because I don't have it that I push it out! Sir, can we have some tacit understanding? It must be
Do you want me to put it so plainly? Have you never shied away from something in your life? It’s really unreasonable!”
Li Mu said, opened the door and pushed the king out, saying: "Your Majesty asked me to calculate the royal estate, I will do my errands. The affairs of the fields have nothing to do with me. If you can't find my head, get away and keep grinding."
I fell out!"
Wang was so angry that his face turned red, and he stood motionless at the door, as if he wanted to fight Li Mu. But after a while, his expression began to soften and turned into confusion. Suddenly, he was overjoyed and shouted toward the door: "Hou
Master, I understand what you mean, I understand!"
"I didn't say anything. It has nothing to do with me! Let's make it clear first. If anything happens, you won't be able to blame me!"
"Understood! Understood!" Wang shouted twice, more like a young boy than Li Mu. He climbed into the car and shouted to the driver: "Turn around and go back to the city, hurry up!"
The driver was confused: "Sir, it's all blocked. We can't go even if we turn around."
Wang stood on the shaft and looked back. Sure enough, the road was blocked and impassable. He was so anxious that he wanted to fly out. He frowned and thought for a moment, then said to the driver: "Go and tell the people behind that I have a way to solve this dilemma and let them
Don’t embarrass yourself here, return to the city quickly and come to my mansion to discuss it.”
The coachman received the order and was about to tell him. Suddenly the king stopped him again and whispered: "Let their person in charge come!"
The coachman ran and passed the message, and then the team changed from head to tail, then tail to head, and slowly exited the valley.
Li Mu lay on the crack of the door and stared at these people. The corners of his mouth could not help but curve. Everything was going according to plan. With a good friend like Wang to help him, it was almost impossible to imagine anything!
"Husband, it's time to eat!"
Bai Qiaoqiao's voice sounded, and Li Mu responded and trotted into the kitchen.
Li Zhien served him a bowl of rice and asked, "Husband, what are you going to do today?"
"It's today." Li Mu took a mouthful of food and said, "It's okay, how about... let's go recruit and find some old ladies to work, so that you won't have to work too hard."
Bai Qiaoqiao took over and said: "It's not hard to work hard. When I was in Dingxiang, I was used to doing these jobs and I wasn't so squeamish. But the store is short of manpower, so I have to recruit some people. If you
It’s okay, just keep it in check.”
"That's it!" Li Mu said happily: "Eat, and leave after you finish eating!"
As he was talking, the door suddenly creaked. Li Mu looked over and saw the person coming, it was Eunuch Gao. Li Mu quickly raised his hand to say hello, put down the bowl and chopsticks and stood up, saying: "Why are Eunuch Gao here? Does your Majesty have an order?"
?”
Eunuch Gao smiled brightly and said: "Your Majesty asked our family to come over and take a look at that first. Didn't the Marquis tell your Majesty that he would like to invite your Majesty to come and stay for a few days? Can you show our family where this residence is?"
Li Mu pointed to the steamed buns on the table and said, "Don't you want some?"
"No, no, I've eaten. Lord Marquis, please use it while we wait."
Li Mu took three mouthfuls at a time and put the rice into his mouth. Before he could finish chewing it, he got up and followed Eunuch Gao away.
He took Eunuch Gao to the east hillside. There was also a small courtyard here, which had just been completed in the past few days.
"When I started building the valley, the Emperor told me that he wanted to live here for a while and asked me to build him a small courtyard. I built it for him, but he said that it was too cold in winter and he didn't like to move, so he had to wait until spring to come again. Just in time.
, His Majesty wants to come and stay for a while, and it is suitable to live here. Otherwise, he would have to stay in a guest room with us in the same courtyard."
When Eunuch Gao heard this, he frowned unconsciously. He had served Li Shimin for almost twenty years, and hearing these words was harsh. What does it mean that His Majesty has to live in a guest room? Your Majesty is a noble, how can you live in a guest room?
As a minister, you should give up the principal wife as a matter of course!
But he would not say this, as it would not offend anyone.
Eunuch Gao looked around and found that the small courtyard was much smaller than the one where Li Mu lived. The courtyard was not that spacious either. There were only three main rooms, a grain store on the left, a warehouse on the right, but there was a small garden.
, the strange thing is that this small garden is actually covered by colored glass.
When Eunuch Gao first saw it, he thought he had seen it wrong, so he walked in to take a look and reached out to touch it, only to confirm that it was indeed covered with glass. He was stunned. How much is it worth to have a glass cover that can cover a garden?
money!
"Master Hou, this..."
Li Mu said with a smile: "I was reading miscellaneous books. It is said that there is a Dragon King in the East China Sea, who lives in the Crystal Palace. I can't make crystal, but I can make colored glaze. Look at this, I spent fifty thousand taels of silver to make colored glaze for the Supreme Emperor.
Palace." Li Mu walked closer, pointed to the potato seedlings inside, and said to Eunuch Gao: "Did you see the green vegetables inside? This is an unexpected surprise! I originally planned to live with the Supreme Emperor, but after giving it a try,
I found it was too hot to live here. At that time, I thought, would fifty thousand taels of silver have been wasted? Suddenly a thought flashed through my mind, it is so hot here, just like summer, can I grow vegetables?
What? I give it a try, guess what, it works!"
Li Mu laughed loudly, patted Eunuch Gao on the shoulder, and said, "You think it's magical or not? I grew green vegetables in the middle of winter, hahaha..."
Eunuch Gao was already confused. He stared carefully for a long time before he was finally convinced that his eyes were right. It was indeed green vegetables. This impossible thing happened right under his nose!
"Master Hou... is truly a man of God!"
"It's a small thing, after all, I am an immortal, so I have to do something that a mortal can't do, don't you think?" Li Mu's tone seemed to be true and false, and Eunuch Gao couldn't tell the difference. This feeling of uncertainty made it even more difficult.
He was convinced that Li Mu was unfathomable, and the fear in his eyes deepened.
The two of them came out of the small courtyard, and Eunuch Gao mounted his horse and said: "Master Marquis, Your Majesty and the Queen are coming over this afternoon. Please be prepared. Our family will return to the palace right now."
"Father-in-law, walk slowly!"
Eunuch Gao rode back to the city, and Li Mu entered the house, spread his hands and said: "Come on, we can't recruit today. Your Majesty and the Queen are coming to stay for a while, so we have to prepare to pick them up."
Li Zhien pouted and said: "But we really don't have enough manpower in the store. Isn't this a delay?"
"What can I do? He is the emperor, and whatever he says is what he says." Li Mu rubbed Li Zhien's face and said, "Be good, you won't miss it for a day or two."
"Oh." Li Zhien responded, suddenly glanced at Li Mu, and asked: "Husband, if... I mean, if, if you were to be the emperor, um... not as big as the Tang Dynasty, just smaller, you
, do you want to do it?”
Li Mu looked at Li Zhien, blinked his eyes, thought about it very seriously, and said: "How about this, you become the queen, and I will be the queen for you."
Bai Qiaoqiao listened to the conversation between the two, thinking it was a joke, and said helplessly: "You two, stop talking nonsense. If someone hears this, and it reaches His Majesty's ears, it will be right and wrong."
Li Zhien stuck out his tongue, put away the dishes and washed them.
Li Mu also smiled, took Bai Qiaoqiao's hand, sent her back to her room to rest, and then rushed into the studio to tinker with his own stuff.
No one mentioned being emperor again.
…
After the king returned to the palace, not long after, many guests came. All the people in charge of the Five Surnames and Qiwang in Chang'an City came, including Wei Zheng and Changsun Wuji.
Changsun Wuji came this time not because he had the idea of cooperating with Wang. He had already made a decision last night. He came here today just to know what Wang planned to do so that he could reveal it to Li Mu so that he could be prepared. Until now.
At that time, Changsun Wuji still determined that Li Mu's goal was the fields.
So after listening to Wang's inference, Changsun Wuji also fell into doubt.
Did he make a wrong judgment again? But what Li Mu asked Chang Sun Chong to pass yesterday clearly meant something. There is no doubt that his goal was the fields?
Changsun Wuji thought about it again. Although Li Mu's words were not clear, he probably meant that he was right. If he was just looking for a hole in the Ministry of War, there was no need for him to go to such great lengths. This was not in line with his style of doing things.
.
But seeing that Wang was so excited, he couldn't express his inference. He was afraid that he would say the wrong thing and ruin Li Mu's affairs. If he woke up Wang, it would be a trivial matter and ruin Li Mu's affairs.
He really couldn't bear the problem of Li Shimin and walked away. He had already let Li Shimin down once, and he didn't dare to try it a second time.
Changsun Wuji kept silent, just like in the court.
Wang Zheng was eloquent: "Everyone, the matter is very clear. This kid Li Mu is very smart. Your Majesty found him, but he didn't want to suffer this humiliation, so he diverted the disaster eastward and poured it on us. This kid is simply
It's really bad, but there's nothing we can do about it. How could we not see through it? Now he's using the land as a threat to force us to submit. If you have any good ideas, you might as well speak up and let's work together to find a solution. Now it's not like that
It’s a family matter, we have to put aside our past grudges.”
Everyone looked at each other for a few times, and then Li Ying, the person in charge of the Li family in Zhao County, spoke up and said: "Servant, we all understand what you mean. Do you want us to join forces and block this hole?"
With all due respect, I’m afraid this is inappropriate!”
"Why is it inappropriate?" Wang puzzled: "Now things are clear. If we don't block this hole, we have to build fields. Fields are the long-term foundation. Money is all floating matter. Whichever is more and which is less, it doesn't matter.
Is there any controversy? The money from the Ministry of War seems to be a lot, but when it is shared among each family, it is actually not very much. A family can spend tens of thousands of dollars to buy a Ping An, thinking it is a good deal."
Someone shouted: "This is not a matter of money. Tens of thousands of dollars is enough for none of us. But if we listen to him this time and are blackmailed by him, aren't we afraid of the next time? I still feel that we have to follow him