Chapter 714: Dig a Pit
"Have fat people lost weight so fast these days? If this is a TV series, do you have to find two actors to change? β
Sitting in the county hall, Li Mu looked at Li Tai, if it weren't for the sound that was still a little familiar, he would have wondered if he was alone.
Li Tai, who has lost weight, is very similar to Li Shimin between his eyebrows, and he is more like Li Shimin than Li Chengqian. Although Li Chengqian is good at martial arts, his appearance is a little softer, more like the eldest grandson.
Li Mu suddenly thought of something and asked, "Qingque, have you ever gone back since you left Chang'an?" β
"Nope." Li Tai said with some complacency: "Since I left Chang'an, I haven't been back once. It's not easy for me to come out, and when I go back, can I come out again? How could I be so stupid! β
"No wonderβ" Li Mu said secretly, if Li Tai had gone back, he should have known what had happened during this time, and maybe he wouldn't be so close to himself. He glanced at Li Tai and had the heart to tell him about the matter, but then he thought about it, what does the adult's business have to do with the child. He forgot that in fact, he and Li Tai were of the same generation, and his age in this life was not much older than Li Tai.
"Teacher, the student has something to show you here." Li Tai took out a book from his sleeve and respectfully handed it to Li Mu. His title to Li Mu is very interesting, usually, he is called the eldest brother, and when he is a scholar, he is called 'teacher'. From the change in his title, Li Mu could roughly know what he was going to say.
"What is this?" Li Mu took it, with a serious look, Li Tai looked at his actions, a little stunned, the heart of the teacher is really different, reading books are all upside down, until Li Mu himself realized that the book was taken upside down, when he was transferred, Li Tai found the problem, the two looked at each other, and they were a little embarrassed.
In fact, this can't be blamed on Li Mu, Li Tai, this kid, maybe it's to show off his knowledge? On the skin of this book, he wrote three characters in seal script. Li Mu's cultural level, where do you know the seal book, and you can't see it, so you make a joke.
"Chronicles?"
Li Mulian guessed, and finally did not admit his mistake.
Li Tai introduced: "Teacher, after leaving Chang'an, I did not stay in Luoyang all the time, my teacher once said, reading thousands of books, it is better to travel thousands of miles, the first few months, I have been walking." I found that the customs, products, monuments, people, stories, etc., are completely different from place to place. In some counties, even if there is only one mountain apart, the accents of people on one side of the mountain are different from those on that end. So I thought, there are 10 provinces, 358 prefectures, and 1,551 counties in Datang across the country, and the terroir and people of each county are all different? Does the imperial court have all the control over the affairs of these counties? If you can't grasp it, how can you manage it, and how can you talk about governance? β
"So I sent a messenger, taking this as the key, to compile a book that can reflect the geography, products, and human customs of various places, absorbing the scriptures and geographical chronicles, seeking old stories and old news, and detailing the history of the construction of various political regions, as well as mountains, rivers, products, historic sites, customs, people, and stories, so that the imperial court can better understand the place and facilitate scheduling and management. This volume, is the 'Kuo Di Zhi, Luoyang Volume' that I personally compiled and edited, I don't know if it can be done, I want to show the teacher first, if the teacher thinks it can, I am asking my father to carry out this matter. β
It's really sleepy and someone sent a pillow, Li Muzheng didn't know the customs and customs here, so Li Tai sent this thing. He opened the book, and sure enough, it was all-encompassing. Mountains and rivers, water and land transportation, human geography, products and monuments, family gates, and even snacks and juggling are all recorded.
Li Mu thought for a while and said: "There are too many words in this book, you will be able to see something in a while, you stay with me first, I will give you a good look, if there is something wrong, I will mark you, and you will change it when the time comes." β
"That's great." Li Tai was overjoyed, when he came, he didn't have any hope that Li Mu would help, but he didn't expect to have an unexpected joy, and he was so excited that he didn't know what to say.
Li Mu put away the book and said to Li Tai: "Have you been bored and repairing books?" Where do you live? Seeing that you have lost so much weight and suffered a lot, right? β
"Suffering?" Li Tai didn't seem to understand, and said: "I haven't endured hardship, I've been repairing books, and I don't feel a little hard." Where to live? I live in my own mansion, the mansion that my father gave me, in Yankangfang. β
Gee
Li Mu slandered in his heart, and said: "Look, the second generation of officials and the rich second generation are not as good as the second generation of the emperor." In Chang'an City, people have mansions, and in Luoyang City, people still have mansions. However, Luoyang City is not as good as Chang'an, there is no emperor here, and presumably Li Tai's mansion is not very big. β
Thinking of this, Li Mu said: "If you live alone, it is not very convenient after all, it is better to move over, I think this county government is quite spacious." When Li Mu spoke, Bai Qiaoqiao came in with tea, and when he heard Li Mu say this, he winked at him.
Li Mu was puzzled, and before he could ask, he heard Li Tai say, "Big brother, I was about to talk about this." You guys clean up and come with me, my carriage is outside, this county government is too dilapidated, my sister-in-law is still pregnant, how can I do it without someone to serve? My house is vast, and I have many people, and it is much better to dwell with me than here. β
"Where are you......" Li Mu glanced at Li Tai up and down, and said, "How big can it be?" β
Li Tai was a little embarrassed and said: "After the year, my father gave me a big mansion, and about a square of land before and after, along with the 300 acres of marsh next to it, was also rewarded to me. I dredging, digging a pond, and building a dam connection, it was just completed last month, I was busy repairing books, I haven't been there once, big brother, you can live wherever you want, pick whatever you want, some are empty courtyards. β
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Li Mu blinked his eyes, and finally understood Bai Qiaoqiao's intentions.
Is this the most favored prince's row?
Thinking about Li Chengqian, the crown prince who was a city manager in Chang'an City, Li Mu suddenly felt that there was a reason why Li Chengqian chose to rebel in the end. Dad is so eccentric, change Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu also rebelled.
"Big brother, if you like it, I'll give it to you."
"Don't dare to ask for it!" Li Mu replied and said, "Don't say it, go back to your mansion and ask the chief of your mansion what happened during this time, and when you know it, maybe you won't want me to go over to live." β
"I know it all."
"What?"
Li Tai smiled: "I said, I know everything." Luoyang City is not as closed as the eldest brother thinks, but I feel that there must be no big deal between the father and the eldest brother, the father and the emperor cannot do without the eldest brother, and the eldest brother will never be a person with resentment, so I didn't pay attention to it at all. β
"You are really optimistic......" Before Li Mu finished speaking, he heard someone outside: "Your Majesty has told Luoyang to order Li Mu to accept the order." β
Li Mu asked Li Tai to sit, and he quickly got up, came to the door, bowed and said, "Minister Li Mu takes the order." β
"Your Majesty's dictation: Li Mu, I am about to be crowned as the Khan of Heaven in the near future, you kid put aside the matter at hand and come back to watch the ceremony. Shouyang Hou's side, I have already said hello, he will not pursue this matter, and you should not trouble him again, after all, he is my uncle, just give me a little thin noodles. β
After the eunuch finished passing the message, he hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Luoyang Order, Your Majesty's meaning, leave today, you see?" β
"Leaving today?" Li Mu heard a little bit of the doorway, he had just dragged his family to Luoyang, Li Shimin asked him to go back, if you exclude the reason that Li Shimin is a stupid boy, then there is only one possibility, that is, something happened in Chang'an, Li Shimin wanted him to go back to deal with it.
Li Mu thought for a while and said, "What's the hurry, I haven't finished dealing with the matter here, let's talk about it in a few days." β
The little eunuch hurriedly said: "Luoyang Ling, let's leave quickly, Your Majesty's side, it's really ...... In a hurry, a little in a hurry. β
"What's wrong? You said that I might go back, but if you don't, "Li Mu."
"Oops." The little eunuch was so anxious that he stomped his feet, and in desperation, he had no choice but to whisper in Li Mu's ear. This is the method of Gonggong Gao who calculated that Li Mu would not cooperate, and specially instructed the little eunuch.
The Tibetan prince asks to marry the princess? And pro?
Li Mu immediately thought of the name of 'Songtsan Gampo', but after thinking about it, it seemed unlikely, in history, Songtsan Gampo asked to marry Princess Wencheng, and according to today's situation, none of the princesses of the Tang Dynasty are more than ten years old, although I don't know who the princess Wencheng is, but she must still be a child, how to get married.
Presumably, Li Shimin wanted to refuse. It's just that he doesn't want to do it himself, and wants to borrow his own hand to stir up this matter.
It's quite beautiful to think about, in the past, Li Mu would not be stingy to help with this, and even enjoyed it, but now, he won't do such a stupid thing. Unless, as otherwise intended.
He looked at the eunuch and said, "The little father-in-law is a little face-bearing, and he is also the godson of the high father-in-law?" What do you do in the palace? β
"If you go back to Luoyang Ling, the slave and maid will not dare to climb the ancestors, and the slave and maid are not in the palace. Thanks to you, the slave maid is on business in Dongchang. β
"Dongchangβ" Li Mu asked, "How many people have come to this edict?" β
"Back to you, the factory guards are dispatched in a group of eight, and this time the edict came to two groups, in addition to me, there are sixteen people."
"Please do me a favor?"
"Don't dare to say anything, you just tell me."
Li Mu leaned close to the little eunuch's ear and said a few words, the little eunuch glanced at Li Mu in a daze, and said tremblingly: "Luoyang Ling, this, the little one doesn't dare." β
"If you don't dare, I'll say you stole it."
"I really don't dare to be small!" The little eunuch knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing: "Please be merciful." β
"It can't be opened, you can do it." Li Mu dropped a sentence: "If you don't help, you stole it, and you won't be able to eat and walk around when the time comes, don't blame me for not giving you a high father-in-law's face!" β
After that, Li Mu went back to the house, leaving only the little eunuch alone, wanting to cry without tears.
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Last night, thieves attacked the county government at night. Although Luoyang ordered Li Mu to resist desperately, he was still outnumbered and injured several guards. Although the assassin had fought off with great difficulty, Luoyang Ling Li Mu also paid a huge price for this, not only was he injured, but the Shang Fang sword in his hand was also lost in the fight. Coincidentally, Chang'an came to the factory guard, Li Mu reported the matter to the factory guard of the East Factory, the factory guard took over the matter, and vowed to find out the mastermind behind the scenes, even if it was a door-to-door search, digging three feet into the ground, to find out the clues of the day.
When the news reached everyone's ears, they all regarded it as Li Mu's rhetoric in order to get back a little face, but no one thought that Li Mu's bad move had brought many hidden dangers. And by the time they reacted, Li Mu had already left Luoyang City, and together with Li Tai, Bai Qiaoqiao, and Jin Chen, they embarked on the road back to Chang'an City.
Su Dingfang was left in the county government by him and did not come back together. However, there are Li Tai's guards on this trip, they are all first-class good hands, and nothing can happen. When I go to Luoyang, I wrap a lot of bags, and when I come back, I am light and simple, and the speed is naturally much faster. A few days later, I saw the walls of Chang'an City again.
Back in Chang'an City, Li Mu's mentality was completely different. He didn't go back to the valley, everything there had already been given to Li Yuan by him, and it was no longer his own. He went back to Jingdongji, where there was a white house, and a shop in Fengqiuhuang, Li Mu was the owner, and he should live here for a few days.
After a tiring journey, Bai Qiaoqiao was a little tired. Jin Chen accompanied her to rest, Li Mu was about to say goodbye to Li Mu and take a rest, and the palace sent someone over again, wanting Li Mu and Li Tai to enter the palace together.
After entering the palace, Li Tai was called by the people of the Lizheng Palace, saying that the eldest grandson queen missed her son and wanted Li Tai to go over to talk. Li Mu was taken straight to the Taiji Palace, and Li Shimin had been waiting for a long time.
"Li Mu, I'm in trouble again." Li Shimin, as usual, did not have any polite words, and directly put the question out: "The proposal of the prince of Tubo must not be taken lightly. The Tubo soldiers are strong and strong, and they have repeatedly committed crimes, and the last thing happened was that Tubo took the lead in attacking, and then Goguryeo, Xue Yantuo and others learned well. Before there was an explanation for this matter, the Tibetan prince suddenly proposed, and I felt that this was a temptation. β
Li Mu did not speak, and Li Shimin continued; "If I agree, I am afraid that other countries will follow suit, and I will appear weak and deceitful. But if I don't agree, Tubo will have an excuse, and when the time comes, they will send troops, and I will not be afraid, but the timing is very wrong when they are recuperating. β
"When does Your Majesty think the timing is right?"
Li Shimin thought for a while, and said: "How can I get the autumn grain harvest, I am not a useless soldier now, but a bitter grain and grass." Tubo is located on the plateau, and fighting against it is also extremely unfavorable, so it will take some time to adapt, I have already asked Niu Jinda to go to Songzhou to prepare early, Niu Jinda is old and serious, and he will definitely not let me down. β
"In other words, Your Majesty wants to fight?"
"That's right! So, you've got to help me drag! β