Li Mu's face did not change, and said: "What do you mean to hide it from you, husband, I am a frank man, what is there to hide?" It was late after the banquet last night, and I was drunk again, and besides, aren't you two not at home? I'm back by myself, how lonely. ”

Li Zhien snorted: "How do you know that we won't come back? I didn't find anyone to inform you. ”

"Because I know my mother's character, she will definitely keep you." Li Mu raised his head and raised his eyebrows, as if to say, the little girl is out of line, right?

Li Zhien was annoyed, pulled Bai Qiaoqiao's sleeve and shook it, stomped his feet and said, "Sister, look, my husband bullies people!" ”

Bai Qiaoqiao immediately said with a tiger face: "Husband, you can't bully Zhi'en." ”

"Yo!" Li Mu heard the difference in titles, and quipped: "I haven't seen you for a day, have you changed your titles?" Now it's sisters, right? ”

Li Zhien was so ashamed that he hid behind Bai Qiaoqiao, Bai Qiaoqiao had no choice but to stand up and say: "Husband, don't make trouble, originally Zhien and I were also sisters, and we used to be called Shunkou, but now that you have become married, you have to change it." My mother said the same thing, so from today onwards, we will be sisters. ”

"Okay, whatever." Li Mu washed his hands, pushed the second daughter out of the kitchen, and said, "Say it's okay to try my craft, you two can rest." Suddenly, Li Mu remembered something, and said: "By the way, I suddenly remembered that the gift money received two days ago has not been counted, and it is in the warehouse." If Zhien is free, go and count, anyway, it is the gift money for the two of us to get married, all of which will be given to you, and the right to be private money. ”

"It's all mine?" Li Zhien is a fan of small wealth, and when he heard this, he was immediately happy, and when he saw Li Mu nodding, he immediately ran out. Bai Qiaoqiao glanced back at her, her face was full of smiles, but when she turned her head, she looked angry, stretched out her hand in front of Li Mu, and said, "Husband, Zhi'en has pocket money, what about me?" ”

"I'm all yours." Li Mu grinned and said, completely clever by himself. Sure enough, Bai Qiaoqiao blushed with shame when he said one sentence, glanced at him, and went back to his room to rest.

Li Mu was busy with a table of meals alone, and asked his wife and concubine to come over and eat together. The time has already reached the afternoon, and this meal is too late for lunch, and too early for dinner. But what is certain is that at this point in a normal dinner, you will not be able to eat at all.

Li Mu dragged the recliner who had moved with him twice out of the warehouse, put it in the yard, and lay on it to watch the sunset, and suddenly inexplicably had a feeling of being quiet.

How nice it would be if nothing happened every day, and the day was peaceful...... But then I thought about it, if every day was as calm as water, wouldn't it be a waste of the opportunity to be a human being?

People still have to toss!

Li Mu suddenly had a fighting spirit again, got up from the recliner and went into the study. He's going to finish something, he's been thinking about it for a long time, but he's been too lazy to do it.

He's going to write a letter!

A letter like a stone thrown into the calm water of a lake, stirring up the stagnant water of the imperial court!

……

The next day, the Liangyi Palace, the court meeting.

There is such a thing as "New Year syndrome", not only after a thousand years, but also in the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin went to Pingkangfang yesterday to watch the second half of Dou E's injustice, and he was very happy, but it also directly led to insufficient sleep time, and he dreamed of snow in June at night, so how could he still be on business.

I piled up a bunch of folds, and I didn't read them all. He didn't bother to look at it, so he asked Gao Gonggong to send all the folds back, and then on top of this court discussion, he stood up and said something directly.

“…… Fang just discussed the matter of governing the two rivers this year, Fang Aiqing said very reasonably, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs cooperated with the scheduling," Li Shimin said, suddenly paused, yawned, and continued: "Which Aiqing still has something to do, let's say." ”

Although he said so on his lips, in his heart, Li Shimin wanted to say that he had a little eyesight, didn't he see that I was sleepy like this? Hurry up and disperse, I want to go back to catch up on sleep.

As soon as the words fell, Li Shimin suddenly saw a person standing in front of the civil official, and his face suddenly turned black to the bottom of the pot. A person who can have such power, above the court, there will definitely be no second person, and you don't have to guess to know who it is.

Wei Zheng raised the wat board and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has something to play!" ”

Li Shimin had already guessed what Wei Zheng was going to say, but he had to cooperate with him to act, he was now like a comical cross talk actor, he had already guessed that he was going to talk about himself, he felt uncomfortable, and he had no choice but to talk, and said: "Aiqing is coming." ”

"Your Majesty is in the court, and his attitude is discouraged, and he has the majesty of a blind king. As a royal historian, the minister has to remind His Majesty and hope that His Majesty will introspect himself. ”

Li Shimin sighed, sat up a little straighter, and said, "What Aiqing said is reasonable, but I know that I am wrong." ”

Wei Zheng glanced up at Li Shimin, bowed slightly, and returned to the queue.

Li Shimin spoke again: "Ladies and gentlemen, is there anything else to do?" If it's all right, we'll be gone today—"

Before the last word of the scattered dynasty was spoken, a person suddenly jumped out of the queue of Wenchen, Li Shimin was really a little annoyed this time, as an emperor, did I have no face? It's already hinted that it's so obvious, I don't want to be a director today, I want to go back to sleep, how can these ministers in the court join forces to fight against me, Wei Zhengzhen has nothing to do with him, and I have nothing to do with you? Now in this court, everyone is Wei Zheng, can you do it?

Li Shimin's eyes were like lightning, and he looked at the person who jumped out, and he had already made up his mind in his heart, no matter who this person was, he must clean him up!

"Li Mu?"

Li Shimin was stunned when he saw the person who stood up clearly. He couldn't believe his eyes, Li Mu actually went to court, this is really a strange thing!

"You...... What's going on? ”

Li Shimin gritted his teeth, he thought that Li Mu was deliberately making trouble. What is it that is not intentional? On weekdays, if you are asked to come to the court, you will not come. I didn't call you here today, but you're diligent! Besides, Li Mu enters the palace as casually as going home, if you have something, when can't you enter the palace to say it, do you have to stand up at this time, and you can't rest when you stir up peace?

"The minister has a book to play Your Majesty, it is about the budget of the Ministry of War and the field matters, this matter is related to the salary of millions of soldiers and the livelihood of thousands of people, the minister does not dare to be arbitrary, I implore Your Majesty to allow it to be discussed in the Liangyi Hall and brainstorm."

Hearing this, Li Shimin was stunned, and the officials were also stunned.

Is this still Li Mu?

He is notoriously arbitrary, and what he wants to do, even if it is wrong, does not allow others to say a word, and when has he asked other people's opinions. Now that the sun came out of the west, he actually asked to discuss it in the Liangyi Palace, and said that he didn't dare to be good at it and brainstorm, such a humble style was like a different person.

Only Li Shimin, after a short period of stunned, thought of what Li Mu had said about the method of rectifying the Shandong Shi clan, and guessed what he was going to say.

Li Shimin was a little uneasy in his heart, because this matter really shook the country's foundation, and if he was not careful, he was afraid that something big would happen. But on the other hand, if it is done, it will also be of great benefit to the imperial court, and the temptation is not small.

After weighing the pros and cons in his heart for a while, Li Shimin cleared his throat and said, "In this case, Aiqing will talk about it, if there is anything wrong, I and the six departments and all Aiqing will correct it for you." ”

"No."

Li Mu answered, took out his notebook from his sleeve, and Gonggong Gao took the notebook and handed it to Li Shimin. Li Mu turned to face Baiguan and said loudly: "There are mainly two things in my playbook. The first thing was about the gap in the budget of the Ministry of War, and it was His Majesty and General Hou who came to me and wanted me to give me an idea. Hundreds of thousands of gaps, asking me for money, this is simply-"

Li Mu was about to denounce two sentences, when suddenly there was a coughing sound from the dragon chair, Li Mu sighed, changed the conversation, and continued: "...... Your Majesty has found me, and it is simply incomparably wise and wise. Looking at the whole Datang, in terms of making money, is there anything that can surpass me? No! Therefore, Your Majesty, this is called making the best use of people's talents and making the best use of things, which is really a model of Mingjun——"

Li Shimin blushed, and hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, don't brag nonsense." Just talk about things, talk about things! ”

Li Mu responded, pulled the words back, and said: "All the princes understand that no matter what line of business it is now, it is very difficult to find a deal that makes hundreds of thousands of yuan a year. There are only two or three smart people like me, such as wine shops, gambling houses, theaters, and phoenixes...... It's all my business, and it's not easy to give it to the military department—"

Hou Jun gathered his heart and said, what's wrong, it's not that you are reluctant?

“…… Besides, I have to be in charge of this business, and the military department can't do it. So I thought, what kind of business can be done by the Ministry of War, I thought about it, I racked my brains, and I really came up with it! ”

Li Mu raised his hand and said "yes", "Not only did I think of it, but I also thought of two!" ”

"Two?" Li Shimin couldn't help but be surprised, and said: "A few days ago, you said that you had no idea, but now you have two ideas, aren't you deceiving me?" ”

"How dare you!" Li Mu said: "It is indeed an idea that flashed by chance, and these two ideas depend on whether Your Majesty and the princes agree or not, so as to determine whether they can be implemented in the end." ”

"You say, I have my own measure."

"This first idea, call it 'bodyguard'!"

The word bodyguard has not yet appeared in the Tang Dynasty, and there is no dart game at this time, it is still a new thing for the Tang people, so after Li Mu finished speaking, the hundred officials did not react, and they all looked at him with big eyes.

Li Mu had expected this reaction, and he was not in a hurry, and explained: "The meaning of the so-called bodyguard can be understood in this way. Paula, as the name suggests, protection, escort. Dart refers to goods or people. A bodyguard is to protect people or goods from one place to another. ”

"To give a simple example, a grain merchant in Shandong has a batch of grain to be shipped to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which has signed an order. If the delay is not reached, or if something goes wrong, the merchant will lose a lot. From Shandong to Chang'an, the journey is more than thousands of miles, during which there may be bandits in the green forest, heroes on the rivers and lakes, coveting this batch of grain. So what to do? ”

"In the past, there was no way, or I could only entangle a few young escorts by myself. Along the way, I was nervous and worried. But from now on, that will change. They can find local government soldiers to escort them along the way, and when they arrive at a certain place, they will be taken over by the government soldiers of a certain place, and they will be seamlessly connected all the way. The cost of each time is based on the quantity and value of the goods. If you feel that the cost of a single time is too high, you can also pay a monthly or annual subscription, and the price is negotiable. With just a small fee, a big risk is avoided, which I thought was a good thing! It's all a good thing for the businessmen and the military department, and it's a 'win-win' situation! ”

Such an idea is completely novel for the Tang people, and no one would have thought that there would be such an operation. But for some of the generals who had been stationed at the border passes, they were familiar. In the frontier areas, many merchants, especially those from the Western Regions, usually gathered for fear that their goods would be robbed by horse bandits, and followed the army when it passed by. Of course, this is not free, in order not to be expelled, some profits will be given to the generals and captains.

It's just that everyone thinks of it as a little extra money, and no one ever thought that this could be a business.

Hou Junji has never been stationed in the border and does not know anything about it. When he heard Li Mu say that he wanted to use government soldiers to protect the merchants, he was immediately very unhappy. In his view, merchants were lowly people. And the soldiers, whether cavalry or foot soldiers, were much higher than the merchants. How can His Holiness serve the lowly?

Absolutely not!

Hou Junji shook his head and said, "Chase Hou, this idea can't be realized!" The purpose of the state to set up government soldiers is to serve the country and prepare for war, how can it protect the merchants? No, no! ”

Li Mu smiled and asked, "Why does the general feel that it can't be done?" Are the merchants not the people? The country feeds the army in order to protect the people, and now that the four sides are stable, there is no war to fight, and the government soldiers are idle, so why not protect the merchants? Besides, businessmen are not used for nothing, people give money. If the general feels that he has lost face and cannot succeed, then please ask the general to find a way to fill the budget by himself, I am only a shallow learner, and I am really powerless. ”

"This ......" Hou Junji blushed instantly, if he had a way, he would have thought of a way a long time ago, and as for being like Li Mu "this ......" Hou Junji blushed instantly, if he had a way, he would have thought of a way a long time ago, and as for being like Li Mu "This ......" Hou Junji blushed instantly, if he had a way, he would have thought of a way a long time ago, and as for being like Li Mu "This ......" Hou Junji blushed instantly, if he had a way, he would have thought of a way a long time ago, and as for being like Li Mu "This ......" Hou Junji instantly blushed, if he had a way, I have already figured out a way, and I am like Li Mu