Chapter 997 Entrustment

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This thought just moved, and then it crossed Li Mu's mind.

People are not plants and trees, who can be ruthless. Li Mu had dealings with Li Chengqian, and Li Chengqian also respected him very much. As for Li Zhi, he is still a child in his arms, but he has no friendship with him. As for what Li Shimin said, if he wants to set a baby kiss, Li Mu will not agree to it no matter what. If the two children have fate in the future, he will not stop him, but if he wants to make this happen, it is impossible.

So personally, emotionally, he still supports Li Chengqian. And Li Tai, although he is his disciple, but Li Tai obviously has no intention of arguing for the prince now, he can't tease him, right?

Li Mu thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't dare to guarantee that he will be able to do it, but the minister will try his best to do it...... This matter, after all, involves the face of the prince, please pretend not to know first, and leave some leeway for the prince. ”

Li Shimin sighed: "It's not a big problem to raise a few servants. If it were other princes and princes, I wouldn't care about them. But Cheng Qian is the crown prince after all, and I can't ignore it. Throughout the history books, how can there be an emperor who likes to be musical? I'm afraid that he will ruin the country. ”

"After all, Cheng Qian is still young, and he has never experienced love, so it is understandable that there are occasional mistakes. Please rest assured that Your Majesty will do his best to pull Cheng Qian back from the wrong path. ”

Li Shimin sighed again and said, "This is the best," after a pause, he muttered again: "It's really not worry-free, the queen doesn't know about this matter yet, don't say it, let the queen know, and you have to be in a hurry." ”

"There is still a little bit of proportion."

Li Shimin's description was a bit sluggish, but Li Mu could understand it. Sensei said that it was royal, but it was such an open society in later generations, and it was a headache to encounter this kind of thing. Emotionally or emotionally, who has a son and doesn't want to pass on the lineage?

Seeing that Li Shimin had no more to talk about, Li Mu said goodbye and left. Li Shimin specially gave the imperial horse to carry Li Mu out, and the divisions on duty in the imperial city were all envious in their eyes. In just a few years, Li Mu has gone from an unknown boy to the undisputed first person in the Tang Dynasty. This experience along the way is a miracle.

The eldest grandson Wuji stood in front of the window, looking at Li Mu on the royal court from a distance, with a very complicated mood.

After Li Shimin organized his own secretary's cabinet, the eldest grandson Wuji never entered the palace to help Li Shimin see the twists and turns. He's a smart guy and knows what that means. As the saying goes, those who know the times are Junjie, and the eldest grandson Wuji is obviously a Junjie. No matter how much unwillingness he had in his heart, he understood that at this moment he had no choice but to avoid.

Li Shimin's trust in Li Mu has reached an unparalleled level. Just as he chose to support Li Shimin to launch the Xuanwumen Change, Li Shimin's trust in him after he ascended the throne. At this time, no matter what anyone says, he will not listen to it.

After understanding this truth, the eldest grandson Wuji chose to compromise. He could only endure until the opportunity came. Fortunately, he has the identity of an uncle, and if he doesn't take the initiative to provoke Li Mu, there will definitely be no problem with self-preservation.

And Li Mu has never been aggressive towards him, or perhaps, the eldest grandson Wuji also understands that in Li Mu's eyes, he doesn't take him seriously at all.

A bitter smile rose at the corner of his mouth, and Eldest Sun Wuji sighed.

Until now, he didn't know how to win.

Then, he took out a leather bag, Dugu Jiu leaned over, and saw Li Mu take out a handful of small lead from it, these lead are of different shapes, all with sharp edges and corners, after these edges and corners are sprayed out, they can scratch people's skin, and lead is a heavy metal, after abrasions, the wound is not easy to heal, and in severe cases, sepsis. Of course, if you don't want to kill yourself, you can also change it to iron or even stone, and it doesn't exceed the weight.

On top of this layer of small lead bullets, Li Mu used a large lead bullet or large stone bullet that was slightly smaller than the muzzle of the gun to press the top, and the section ring of the bullet was completed.

"Shoot!"

As Li Mu shouted, Dugu Jiu lit the twister, and then he followed Li Mu's example and covered his ears.

With a bang, the big and small bullets flew out together, roaring like thunder, and an awl scattered out in front of them, and the distance at the farthest end reached more than 100 zhang, which was more than the bow and arrow.

Dugu Jiu looked at the scene in front of him in shock, and wondered in his heart whether he could escape if he was within the range of this awl-shaped. In the end, he judged that it was impossible. Within the range of this awl-shaped, the lead bullets scattered would definitely be able to hurt him, even if it killed him. If you fight for your life on the battlefield, your combat effectiveness will be drastically reduced if you are injured. If this cannon is fired in front of the two armies, no matter how brave the cavalry is, it can only be a miserable defeat.

"Big brother, with this sharp weapon, the Tang Dynasty soldiers will be invincible!" Dugu Jiu said excitedly, but when he saw Li Mu's expression, he couldn't help frowning, and said, "Big brother doesn't want to dedicate this thing to Your Majesty?" ”

Li Mu finished checking the barrel and said to Dugu Jiu: "Xiao Jiu, let me ask you, if I dedicate this thing to Your Majesty, what will Your Majesty do?" ”

"This ......" Dugu Jiu thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty should immediately go east to Goguryeo, after all, with this thing, winning this battle is almost a certainty." ”

"And then?" Li Mu looked at Dugu Jiu and said, "After defeating Goguryeo, will Your Majesty stop the army and make a truce?" ”

"Will ......" Dugu Jiu's tone became less certain.

Is Li Shimin a good emperor? Whether it is in the history that Li Mu is familiar with, or in the history that has happened now, except for the Xuanwumen incident, which is a stain on Li Shimin's life, the rest of the things all show that Li Shimin is a good emperor.

When he was young, he fought all over the world, won every battle, and was known as the general of Tiance. After becoming the emperor, he stayed up all night, no matter how big or small, Corporal Lixian, the Tang Dynasty was thriving in his hands, and the people's lives were getting better and better. He is as open-minded as the sea, and can accommodate Wei Zheng, Wang Jue, who was opposed to him before, he is a meritocracy, willing to open the imperial examination, and accept the world's talents for the use of the imperial court. Compared with any emperor in history, Li Shimin can be praised as virtuous.

But is there no fault in a wise man? Li Shimin naturally has shortcomings, and his shortcomings are that he cares too much about his reputation, he wants to expand his territory too much, and he wants to complete the unfinished things of his predecessors. He wanted to use this way to prove that he was worthy of the position of emperor.

If this weapon of mass destruction is in the hands of Li Shimin, all the hidden dangers that Li Shimin thinks will definitely be attacked. The Tang Dynasty soldiers are invincible...... But is this necessarily a good thing?

To fight a war, you can not only have a big killing weapon. Soldiers and horses, grain and grass, all consumed are people's fat and people's ointment. However, once the war machine is in motion, it is out of its own hands. It's easy to start, but it's not so easy to stop.

People's desires will also grow slowly, and the distance between the dim and the virtuous is often just a thought.

Dugu Jiu stopped talking, Li Mu patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and said, "You can have a killing weapon, but you don't necessarily have to use it." I don't want Datang to become a killing nation, but I hope that the surrounding ethnic groups will take the initiative to integrate with the surrounding ethnic groups who admire the culture of Datang. Conquest is always just a strategy, and no dynasty or country can be strong forever. But we have this thing, which can protect us, Xue Yantuo and the like, if they want to cause trouble to Datang, it is also impossible! ”

Dugu Jiu nodded, although he didn't understand too much, but he believed that Li Mu's judgment would not be wrong.

The brothers packed up and returned to Gu Yuan, it was already getting late. Li Mu wanted to wash up and rest, but the porter came to report that someone had been waiting here all afternoon.

It's really not common to wait for an afternoon. It's not that he has a lot of people here, it's really Li Mu's bad temper, everyone knows it. Lai thought that he could meet him at the door, which was basically an illusion, so few people were bored.

Today's test was successful, Li Mu's mood was not bad, so he took advantage of the time to wash his feet and asked the porter to call someone over to see who it was and what was going on.

When people came, Li Mu didn't raise his head, continued to wash his feet, and said, "Before I finish washing my feet, say something, you don't have much time, pick up important things." ”

"The villain Wang Tong is a doctor!"

"Hmm,"

Li Mu said 'um' and said, "Something, say!" ”

"Master Hou, the villain came to meet Master Hou on purpose, and he came to warn him. If the villain is not bad, within half a month, a plague will be rampant in Cheng County. The 20,000 soldiers stationed outside the port of Mingzhou could not escape their fate! ”

"Huh?" Li Mu's movements paused, and finally looked up, the person in front of him was about five feet tall, with a short beard, and embarrassed eyes, but except for his eyes, there was nothing special about it, not like a charlatan, nor like a clever tongue.

Li Mu looked at it and said, "Your name is Wang Tong, and you are from the Langya Wang family?" ”

Wang Tong was also shrewd, and when he heard Li Mu's voice, he hurriedly said: "The villain came to warn, and it has nothing to do with the family. I really saw the problem, and I can't treat it as if I didn't see it, after all, this matter involves tens of thousands of people. Moreover, once the plague spreads, I don't know what kind of catastrophe will happen to the states and counties in the south of the Yangtze River, so I came to remind him that if the Hou Ye doesn't believe it, the villain will retire here......"

"Wait!" Li Mu wiped his feet, pointed to the seat next to him, and said: "Tell me carefully, if it makes sense, Benhou will forgive you for your innocence, and I will reward you, but if you can't justify yourself, Benhou will punish you, and it is useless for anyone to intercede." ”

Wang Tong sat down, leaned forward, only took a side, and said to Li Mu: "Master Hou, although the villain was born in the Langya Wang family, but because he is not from his own family, he has no ancestral property, and his ancestors have three generations, all of whom practice medicine for a living. Recently, the villain practiced medicine in Cheng County, and found many cases, the patient cough, chest pain, blood in the sputum, accompanied by fever, dysentery and other symptoms, the villain knew that this was a big belly disease. ”

"Big belly disease is not uncommon in Jiangnan. From time to time, when the condition is mild, it is not difficult to treat, and there are prescriptions, which are roughly divided into five categories: insecticide, spitting, stasis, water, and straightening. Even if the locals don't need a doctor, they still have their own earthwork. It's almost immortal, but if you don't notice it in the early stage, or misdiagnose it, in the late stage of the disease, your stomach will be swollen and distended, but the gods will be incurable. ”

"What caught the villain's attention this time was that the disease was not an isolated case, but a village, and there were four or five families. The villain did not experience it personally, but according to the codex of the villain's father. When Emperor Yang of the former Sui Dynasty visited the capital of Xingjiang, he brought 100,000 craftsmen, and among these 100,000 craftsmen, there was an outbreak of this disease, and tens of thousands of people died of the disease. ”

The villain thinks that the large-scale outbreak of this disease should be directly related to the unsuitability of water and soil, and the unclean water source. So the villain thought of the 20,000 soldiers in Mingzhou and the 30,000 Turkic people who migrated over. The villain visited the resettlement village and found no outbreak of the disease. However, when I went to the camp in Chengxian County, I heard about the situation of the officers and men in the battalion seeking medical treatment, and many of them had unbearable diarrhea and dysentery, and the number of them expanded from dozens to hundreds...... If this continues, the situation may be unpredictable once the epidemic breaks out. Therefore, I came to report to Hou Ye and wanted to ask Hou Ye to pay attention to this matter. ”

Li Mu frowned slightly, and said, "Didn't you go to General Hou?" What did he say? ”

Wang Tong smiled bitterly and said, "Master Hou, the villain is just a footman, how can he see General Hou." I came here to ask to see Hou Ye, but I also tried my luck, I didn't expect to see Hou Ye's face...... The villain just thought, just do his best, if he doesn't come to this trip, he will feel uneasy, since he has been here, whether he sees Hou Ye or not, he can be regarded as doing his best. ”

"Hmm......" Li Mu nodded and said, "You are very good, a good doctor." But the situation you said, Ben Hou has to verify. In this way, you can rest here for a day, and then Benhou will send someone to ask for clarification, and then make a plan. If what you say is true, Benhou will not be stingy with his reward. ”

"Master Xie." The king thanked him, went down with the porter, and went to the guest room to rest.

Wang Tong's intention, Li Mu understood in his heart. In fact, Wang Tong is not necessarily unable to see Hou Junji, but when he sees Hou Junji, compared with seeing him, the difference is big. Although Hou Junji is a secretary of the military department and a general, Hou Junji does not have the right to appoint and dismiss officials. But Li Mu is now the governor of Jiangnan, the governor of Jiangnan, who is also in charge of water transportation, and has Shang Fang's sword in hand, so he has the right to appoint and dismiss personnel. If the situation is true, his news is equivalent to saving the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers, and such a merit cannot be unrewarded. At least a seventh-grade official is indispensable, from a footman, he has become an official. The fish leaps over the dragon gate, that's it.

Li Mu didn't mind Wang Tong's careful thinking, he never hesitated to reward meritorious people. Those who have the ability, he appreciates it even more.

Wang Tong talked about the illness, as soon as he opened his mouth, Li Mu knew what it was. From what he said about the disease