Li Shimin stood at the door of Tai Chi Hall, watching Li Mu's leaving figure for a long time before turning around and entering the hall.
After he sat back at the desk, his expression gradually became gloomy. Eunuch Gao brought a cup of hot tea and gently placed it on the table. He didn't make a sound and stood beside him with his hands tied.
The tea was steaming and gradually turned cold. The heat was gone and it was completely cold. Li Shimin suddenly smiled bitterly and said: "High cadre, I am afraid of a child. Isn't it ridiculous?"
Eunuch Gao did not answer this question, but said: "Your Majesty, this old servant feels that Zhuluhou has no ill intentions towards Your Majesty."
Li Shimin sighed and said: "I know that Li Mu has no bad intentions towards me at this time. But people will change, he is still just a child. What will happen in five years or ten years? I am like
When he was this old, he had no intention of becoming an emperor, but when I am twenty-seven, the same is not true."
Eunuch Gao hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, how can this be the same? Your Majesty wants to be emperor because you are confident that you can be a better emperor than Prince Yin. Prince Yin is unethical, so he will naturally not be able to compare with Your Majesty."
Li Shimin smiled bitterly again. He looked up at Gao Gan and said, "How do you think Li Mu compares with me?"
"This..." Eunuch Gao was stunned and said quickly: "Of course His Majesty is better! Li Mu is incomparable to Your Majesty!"
Li Shimin waved his hand and said: "There is no need to flatter me, and there is no need to deceive yourself. Didn't you hear the meeting today? The New Deal advocated by Li Mu, I wonder if there is anyone who can compare with the sages of ancient and modern times? I asked myself that I can't think of such a good solution, but Li Mu
You can think of it. Not only did he think of it, he could also do it. He dealt with nobles, nobles, and nobles, and played them in the palm of his hand, without the ability to resist at all. People like Wei Zheng, who are eloquent and eloquent, are unparalleled.
But in front of Li Mu, I couldn't say a word. I asked myself, I can't do it!"
"His Majesty……"
"That's why I'm afraid of him!" Li Shimin actually laughed. Eunuch Gao couldn't tell whether it was a happy smile or a self-deprecating smile, and he didn't even dare to answer.
"I cherish his talents, but I am troubled by not being able to reward him for his achievements. Fortunately, Li Mu is still young, has an unstable temperament, and is a bit arrogant, which has offended many people. Otherwise, I will really have trouble sleeping and eating. If one day, Li Mu stands in
Knowing my opposite, I really don’t know if he will be his opponent.”
Eunuch Gao was really shocked and said: "Your Majesty, this is too exaggerated. No matter how talented Li Mu is, he is still your minister. How can he compare with you?"
Li Shimin said nothing more, smiled and said: "Perhaps he is really a banished immortal from heaven and came down to earth! Forget it, let's not mention it. At least now, he is my good minister. His ideas are also for me and for the Tang Dynasty.
, I am not a fatuous king who cannot tolerate others, I will spare no effort to support him and get this thing done!"
"Your Majesty is wise"
Li Shimin smiled and said: "There is no need to flatter me, I am also a layman, otherwise I would not have stationed a battalion of soldiers and horses in the valley." After a pause, Li Shimin said: "High cadre, you go and find out, I am stationed in the valley, Li Mu
What are your thoughts? If he is unhappy, please let me know."
"promise."
…
Li Shimin knew what Li Shimin meant by sending a battalion of soldiers and horses, but he did not feel disgusted. Instead, he felt relieved. This showed that Li Shimin had no intention of dealing with him. If the bird was gone, Li Shimin would not react like this.
If an emperor has 100% trust in his ministers, he will not be able to be an emperor. Why is the emperor called a widow? What a widow means is that he is always alone, and he cannot trust anyone. No matter it is a concubine,
The ministers and children may not necessarily be of the same mind as him.
It's like the workplace. Employees will never understand the boss's position, and neither will the boss understand the employees' position.
Everyone should do their own thing and keep a safe distance. Li Mu thinks this is good.
When he came out of the palace gate on horseback, the imperial guards guarding the palace gate quickly got out of the way when they saw it was Li Mu. The only person who dared to "gallop on horseback" in the imperial city was Zhuluhou. No one else with this honor would do so.
Do this. After all, this is a 'privilege', which is regarded as the face given to you by the emperor. Most people have this power, but they do not use it and walk honestly. Li Mu is a real person. Every time
They are all galloping wildly, which makes people feel hot and breathless when they watch them.
But no one knows what to do. No one knows that now Zhulu Hou Li Mu is the most popular person in front of His Majesty! There are three forces in the Central Plains, and now there is another one. This force is called Li Mu. He can win one against three, no one.
Dare to skimp on its edge.
"Master Hou!"
As soon as Li Mu rushed out of the palace gate, he heard someone calling him, so he had to rein in his horse. Looking back, he saw that there were quite a few people there, all of them were old men, with the king as the leader. Looking around, they were all defeated generals under his command.
What surprised Li Mu was that Wei Zheng was among them, but he didn't look very good.
Li Mu's horse ran so fast that even though he had grabbed the reins in time, it still rushed out more than ten meters. Several old guys stumbled over, wheezing and panting. Wang grabbed Li Mu's horse reins, fearing that he would run away.
As if worried, with a smile on his face, he said: "Master Marquis, Your Majesty really values the Marquis. He has kept you chatting for so long. But you asked us to wait for a while. Where is the Marquis going?"
"Go home for dinner?" Li Mu said matter-of-factly: "My home is outside the city, far away. If you don't go back, you have to have dinner!"
"Oh! How can I let the Marquis starve?" Wang patted his chest and said, "I'm going to treat you today, and the Marquis will give you a favor, and we can eat it in heaven and on earth?"
"This..." Li Mu frowned slightly and said: "Heaven and earth are too extravagant. Officials must be honest. If the dog censor sees me going to eat in heaven and earth, and then plays me again, it will be a bit wrong.
.”
Everyone felt sick after hearing this. They thought, "How long have you gone to heaven and earth?" Besides, no one knows about your relationship with heaven and earth. Why are you pretending to be clean and honest?
But how dare you expose it when you have something to ask for? Wang Dui said with a smile: "Then where the Marquis wants to eat, just tell me where to eat, and it will all be counted on my account."
"Is this..." Li Mu pretended to think for a while and said, "Why don't we go to Pingkangfang, where we can have something to eat, listen to music and watch a show, what do you guys think?"
Everyone was speechless. What kind of person is this? You don’t want to go to heaven and earth because it is too expensive. You are afraid of being sued, but you are not afraid of going to Pingkangfang? That place is still immoral! The most important thing is, Pingkangfang
Is the consumption low? Nowadays, a theater ticket at Li Chun Yuan can buy you two meals in heaven and on earth. If you sit closer to the front, you can see the position of 'Dou E', or more than three times!
After all, it’s not about taking care of your own business!
Helpless, he had no choice but to endure it. Wang agreed, and called everyone to get on the carriage, and the group rushed towards Pingkangfang.
When we arrived at Zhuque Street, many of the merchants who came and went recognized the vehicles of these important ministers, and they all wondered what these big guys were doing, so neatly. Some people were curious, and looked behind them, and saw a group of people turning into Pingkangfang, and their heads were filled with confusion.
Are they all question marks? Is the Tang Dynasty coming to an end? All the important officials in the court went to Pingkangfang to have fun in broad daylight, leaving the government alone?
"Come on, you pick up the expensive one, Shizhong Wang is treating you today!" Li Mu started making a noise as he entered Li Chun Courtyard. When the guys who were preparing for the evening performance saw that Li Mu was coming, they all quickly put down what they were doing and ran around.
Waiting on the ground.
Jin Chen is the leading actor of Li Chun Yuan. She went to bed late because she had to act in the evening. It was her rest time and she didn't get up yet. But when she heard that Li Mu was coming, she got up quickly and dressed up.
Came out to greet him.
"Master Hou..." Jin Chen bowed down Yingying, and seeing so many high officials, he quickly added: "I have met all of you, sir."
Although Wang and others are now old men, when they were young, who was not a talented person among thousands of flowers? When they saw such a beautiful woman, they all returned the favor with dignity, as if they had returned to the past, and they wished they could be there.
Compose a poem to win a smile from a beautiful woman.
Li Mu looked at it and found it funny. You are all old and careless. Looking at your faces, you can tell that you did a lot of bad things when you were young. Li Mu coughed lightly and said: "Boss Jin doesn't need to wait on you. You have to perform at night."
Go and rest."
Jin Chen shook his head, his beautiful eyes fixed on Li Mu's face, and said softly: "Master Hou finally came here, how can I not serve you, even if I just pour wine for Master Hou, don't drive away Master Hou.
OK?"
His voice was gentle and his tone was endearing. It was really hard for people to be cruel. But what we were going to talk about today was really not suitable for outsiders to know, especially people who had nothing to do with it. Li Mu still had to be cruel and said
: "Don't mess around!"
Jin Chen saw Li Muyin's angry look and hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to persist any longer.
Seeing her like this, Li Mu felt a little unbearable. A boy happened to bring some cakes, so he casually took a piece and put it in Jin Chen's hand, saying, "Come on, let's have a piece of cake and rest. Wait a minute."
If I have time, I’ll chat with you again.”
After saying that, passing by, Jin Chen looked back at Li Mu, then looked at the pastry in his hand, his cheeks turned slightly rosy. Suddenly seeing Yinyue coming over, Jin Chen quickly stuffed the pastry into his sleeve, turned around and returned
Got his own room.
We sat down in the independent private room on the second floor, and the tables were all served quickly. Li Chun Yuan is a theater, not comparable to the heaven and earth, and usually entertains guests with pastries, tea, etc. There is no serious food. But this street
This is not the case in other gardens on the Internet. There is everything for food, drink and entertainment. Of course, if Li Mu likes to eat, someone will remember it and buy it and send it over.
As soon as Li Mu picked up the wine glass, Wang picked up the jug and poured him a glass of wine. Li Mu gently avoided it and looked at Wang, saying: "Shizhong Wang, this is a shameful boy, how can we let the elders pour the wine?
"
It was a normal sentence at first, but Wang Ou felt something unexpected in his heart. He thought of the relationship between Li Mu and Wang Ou, and the meaning of the word "elder" was different. From Wang Ou's point of view, he was not a genuine elder.
Huh? He is Wang Ou’s biological uncle!
Wang suppressed these things in his heart, insisted on pouring a glass of wine for Li Mu, and said along the pole: "Since the Marquis regards this old man as an elder, you should bear more of the stupid things that the elders do."
Li Mu drank the wine and said: "It's easy to talk, I don't care about trivial matters." After that, Li Mu poured himself another glass, raised it and said: "I also respect you all, during the meeting.
, each expresses his or her own opinion, and it is inevitable that the words will conflict with each other, and you gentlemen should not share my views."
Everyone was busy having a drink with them, and they didn't dare to say anything. Now that Li Mu is in the limelight, and the power of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is overwhelming, whoever takes Li Mu's modesty seriously is a real fool. Wei Zheng looked on with cold eyes, and his heart was already cold.
When he came out of the palace, he was stopped by these people. He had to wait for Li Mu to come out, saying that he wanted to reconcile with Li Mu. What kind of reconciliation! Wei Zheng knew very well that these boneless idiots, seeing that the situation was over, immediately switched sides.
!
Wei Zheng felt worthless for himself. If he had known this, why would he have to fight to the death with Li Mu? The old and new policies had no impact on him at all, and Wei Zheng didn't have a few acres of land!
Suddenly, he thought of Li Mu's smile again and felt emotional. Maybe Li Mu was right. What could be accomplished by working with these people? If it weren't for the promise he made five years ago, why would he know that these people were incompetent?
And help them?
Some old things flashed through his mind, and Wei Zheng became even more depressed. He poured another glass of wine and drank it.
Li Mu noticed Wei Zheng. He was very surprised as to why Wei Zheng looked like this. He seemed to be missing something. However, what does this have to do with him? Li Mu looked away and concentrated on arguing with Wang. After all, he felt like being complimented.
Very good, there is no harm in waffling for a while.
Wei Zheng had no such intention. His thoughts had already returned to that night five years ago.
Horse hooves formed, and the news came that Li Shimin led troops into the palace. Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji seemed a little flustered. The incident happened suddenly and they were not well prepared!
The three Li brothers have very different personalities. Li Jiancheng likes literature but not martial arts, so he prefers to associate with counselors, but rejects generals. Li Shimin likes military commanders, but does not reject counselors. The civil servants and generals of Tiance Mansion are all first-class. And
Li Yuanji is a reckless man. He has no counselors or generals under him, only himself. He is also very emotional. He has only one thing in his head when encountering things, and he never understands what planning is.
When the news came, Li Yuanji led his guards to fight with Li Shimin. When Li Jiancheng saw him rushing out, he knew that there must be an end today. Even if he let Li Shimin go, Li Shimin would not let him go, and the arrow was on the string.
, must not send it, there is nothing you can do if you are not prepared enough.
But he knew how powerful Li Shimin was. How could he not know how capable his younger brother was after watching him grow up? He knew that he would be in danger today, so before leaving, he called in Wei Zheng, his first adviser, to
Made some instructions.
"Wei Gong..." Wei Zheng still remembered the tone of Li Jiancheng's words at that time: "If Gu dies, Gu's son will also die. But Gu has a son among the people, and no one knows who his mother is."