"I feel that you are a shepherd who deserves to be frivolous," said the lame man grumbling, "and you should wait for me to come back before becoming king." ”

Chen Mu drank tea and was silent.

"The situation is not in your favor right now." The lame man did not give up: "You only have 6,000 soldiers under your hands, not to mention comparing with Zhang Yunlong, even compared with Cao Su, you are not as good." And you're surrounded by people with the surname Cao. ”

The lame man suddenly pointed out: "Now in the Shazhou area, Cao Yi's power is greater than yours!" ”

"Are you finished?" Chen Mu put down the teacup: "Now the eighteenth prince hasn't replied yet, as long as he doesn't have a clear attitude, the Shazhou region is still the Tang clan's sphere of influence." It's not easy for me to expel Tang Liu, and the second and third brigades are still the number of the Shence Army. ”

The cripple thought for a while: "In this situation, I don't think Tang Zhen will tear his face with you." He already knew who you were, and maybe he thought about it for you. Your decision today may not have been unexpected. If that's really the case, I think that before Tang Zhen officially becomes the patriarch of the Tang Clan, he will choose to cooperate with you. You chose to reign ...... before he became the patriarch, and perhaps it was a good time. ”

"That's what I thought too." Chen Mu smiled and said, "It's not just me, the Queen Mother thinks so too." That's why he used the emperor's unwell as an excuse to repeatedly delay the succession of young people from the three major gates. Now the titles of Tang Zhen, Meng Danqing, and Ximen Zhensen have been decided, but the ceremony will not be held. The Queen Mother choked the neck of the three major gates. Although she couldn't hold it for long, just such a delay gave me a chance. ”

The lame man nodded: "The Queen Mother found that your nephew is as shrewd as a monkey, and she must be willing to support you." Of course, her ultimate goal is to hope that you can respond to her. ”

Chen Mu smiled and said, "For the sake of my common enemy with her, of course I have to deal with her." She was very calculating. I suddenly felt that this woman was very unusual. ”

Then the lame man talked about the paper mill, and his old lover and his son.

Regarding the matter of the girl of the Meng family, he covered up the past on the grounds of "Lao Tzu was handsome and talented when he was young", and directly talked about his illegitimate son Meng Sixun.

He told Chen Mu that Meng Sixun's rebel son still refuses to call him father, but he doesn't blame the child, as long as the child knows it in his heart.

Chen Mu said: "I predict that the net profit of the paper mill will be between 4 billion and 6 billion yuan per year, and I can share between 1.6 billion and 2.4 billion yuan. I wonder how much of an appetite your son has. ”

The cripple said: "He embezzled up to 500 million." ”

Chen Mu had a cold face: "I don't have a small appetite. ”

The lame man smiled: "But don't worry, this money will definitely not be spent in vain." As the so-called Zhizi Mo Ruo's father, I can see through him at a glance, and he has the shadow of my youth. By my observation, he will not let me down, nor will he let you down. These hundreds of millions of dollars can support him to become Meng Danqing's right-hand man. And Meng Danqing will also have a divine friendship with the behind-the-scenes bosses of the paper mill. ”

Chen Mu spread his hands: "What's in it for me?" ”

The cripple said solemnly: "This is a long-term consideration. Nothing good now. ”

Chen Mudao squinted his eyes, feeling that this investment was a bit risky.

After being crowned king, Chen Mu Yueli established the country, which caused the anger of the Liang government and the opposition.

The imperial historians have come to the table, asking the court to punish Chen Mu, take away his kingship, and reduce him to slavery.

In particular, the old puppet of Ximen, the imperial historian, even made a lot of nonsense to intimidate the emperor in the court, and the emperor was so frightened that he trembled.

Da Sima Tang Qiong sat aside, looking up and silent. Later, when he saw that Ximen Song was too arrogant, he spoke out to persuade him. The hall hastily dispersed.

Prime Minister Meng Rentuo was ill and could not go to court, but in the afternoon, the Prime Minister's Mansion sent a letter, saying: The Prime Minister's Mansion believes that King Mu is young and promising, and should not only support him to build the country, but also correct the name of King Mu, restore the surname Zhao, and move his mother Chen's spiritual seat into the royal ancestral hall.

The attitudes of the three major gate valves are different, which suddenly caused many rumors, heated discussions in the market, and various legends spread far and wide.

Some people say: The Liang Dynasty came out of the rebels, occupied important border towns, and supported troops to fight against the imperial court.

Some people say: Chen Mu is Zhao Mu, who was killed and fled to the Western Regions, survived through hardships, and worked hard to call Wang Jianguo, but in fact, that is the orthodoxy of the royal family.

There are also people who say: The Tang clan gate valve moved a stone to shoot himself in the foot, raised a white-eyed wolf, not to mention, and lost the Western Regions.

Someone said again: The emperor of the Liang Dynasty was too cowardly, and God couldn't stand it, so he let the prince re-emerge and cheer up the dynasty.

All kinds of rumors quickly spread, and naturally they could not escape the eyes and ears of the Secret Bureau, and the letters flew to Dunhuang and landed on Chen Mu's desk.

Chen Mu has always been very interested in these "collected" folk customs, and he watched them with relish, Cao Qingling felt that Chen Mu was unusual, and smiled secretly.

In order to improve work efficiency, Chen Mu has a living room outside his study, and the living room is also a fragrant office place.

In other words, when outsiders come to see Chen Mu, they only need to pass by the secretary Lang Hall, and then with Hanxiang's consent, they can see Chen Mu.

And Chen Mu's study door is usually open, and he knows almost everything about the living room. When Hanxiang heard someone report the door, Chen Mu could also hear it. Including the second-level secretary Lang who ran to Hanxiang to report his work, Chen Mu could also listen to it.

In this way, the efficiency is greatly improved.

And some people don't need to be reported, such as Cripple, Zhang Han, Zhong Lixiang, Xiaohuan, and of course, Cao Qingling.

Jun Cao Sheng, the director of the Long Wu Army, usually lives in a secluded place and only stays in his room. He refused Chen Mu's kindness, he didn't want a separate courtyard, but a small room was cut off in the secretary's hall. Usually in and out, they are all his subordinates. But he seems to be afraid of light, and rarely comes out to walk.

This person is quite mysterious, and he doesn't seem to care about Long Wujun's affairs at all.

The documents that needed to be signed by him were almost all approved without exception, except for one time when they were not passed because the secretary Lang accidentally wrote a typo. For this typo, he wrote an article in which he lashed out at the sloppiness of the secretary Lang.

From then on, a trivial matter, Chen Mu felt that Cao Sheng was a bit interesting.

"Qingling, your name sounds weird." Chen Mu said to Cao Qingling.

Cao Qingling smiled and said: "I am from this house, and if the Cao family can recognize me, it is already a blessing from cultivation." ”

Chen Mu nodded compassionately: "Tell me in detail." ”

Cao Qingling frowned lightly: "My father is a concubine, incompetent and sick, and has no status in the Cao family." He was gone when I was five years old. My mother is a slave, and under her influence, I am also a slave. The Cao family didn't treat me as a girl, and I was a slave until I was sixteen. Later, it was Cao Sheng who helped me to get out of slavery. ”

"Oh?" Chen Mu smiled and said, "When you were sixteen years old, Cao Sheng was only twelve years old. How can he help you? ”

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