Li Mu had long known about Ma Zhou's relationship with the eldest grandson Wuji, and even Li Shimin, but he didn't care, and let Ma Zhou do things and contact the core secrets of Luoyang City. He did this, not generosity, nor self-preservation, he really wanted Ma Zhou to learn new things in Luoyang, if he could bring these new things back to Chang'an, or find a model that could make all the cities in the world follow suit, then it would be a very good thing to change the environment of the entire Tang Dynasty, and it was something he wanted to see.

After coming to Datang for more than a year, Li Mu deeply felt one thing, that is, his butterfly instigated its wings, and the power was not as great as he imagined, in fact, he could change some things, but the pattern of history would not change because of one more person or one less person. His appearance can only be postponed, or hastened, the occurrence of certain things.

Perhaps, the sign of a person's maturity is to let him understand the four words of limited ability. Li Mu doesn't want to change the world now, and it is already a great achievement to be able to make himself and the people around him live a good life.

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"Lang Jun is back?"

Li Mu returned to the back house, Jin Chen greeted him, and the baby son in his arms saw that it was him, struggled for a while, and then closed his eyes.

Li Mu has been back for a few days, and his son has already gotten acquainted with him, and the two of them have a lot of fun. But this kid 'forgets his friends', as long as his mothers are there, he never gives Li Mu a good face, as if he gave him a good face as a father, as if he was worried that his mothers would be jealous. He didn't know that his father was also very jealous when he saw him, especially when he saw him breastfeeding, Li Mu tasted it very much.

There's no way to eat it, the whole family is just such a baby bump, and it's very babyy. This kid is also energetic, and he never sleeps, babbling, rolling and crawling, you can imagine what it must be like when this kid can walk.

At this time, Mrs. Lu came over with Wang Ou, still holding her little girl in her arms. Seeing that his son ignored him, Li Mu turned around and ran to the girl. The son with his eyes closed opened his eyes and saw it, he didn't feel good in his heart, he opened his throat and cried, Mrs. Lu saw her precious grandson crying, and hurriedly gathered around, he immediately closed his mouth, a pair of big black eyes were round, and he began to pull Mrs. Lu's clothes.

Mrs. Lu wore a fox fur fur, the fluffy feeling, it looked very comfortable for him to touch, seeing the baby grandson smiled, Mrs. Lu was also very happy, and took off the fur at the moment and gave it to her grandson as a toy. A torn piece of clothing, scratched and thrown away, can you use it in distress? ”

Yes, you have money, you are willful, no matter what.

Li Mu changed the topic and talked about Li Ji's northward journey. Outside the window was not a place to chat, and everyone returned to the house and sat around the kang stove. Xiao Li Bai lay on his fur and struggled to pluck his hair. A few women who were wearing wide robes and only Yanju regular clothes, and the women who sat down on the edge of the couch had round eyes.

They didn't expect that as soon as Li Mugang came back, he had such a shocking idea.

In the next year, he wanted to ask for orders to go to Li Jijun's army to promote the Northern Expedition to Goguryeo.

Goguryeo, this name is very famous, since the former Sui Dynasty, has always been the great enemy of the Central Plains. The monarchs of the Sui and Tang dynasties all wanted to subdue Goguryeo, but Goguryeo was full of resilience, and Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty made several expeditions, but they were all a little bit closer.

Li Shimin's excuse to find someone is to conquer Goguryeo, which is also a plan that Li Shimin has long determined. This year's harvest was bumper, and Li Shimin made up his mind to implement it as soon as possible. The affairs of Qizhou, Li Shimin counted them in one fell swoop.

If Jijitang rebelled in Qizhou, then Li Ji's army would abandon Goguryeo and turn to counterinsurgency. The army, horses, food, and grass needed to quell the rebellion were certainly not as good as the conquest of Goguryeo, and for the imperial court, it was enough to deal with it. Solving the succession hall can be regarded as in addition to a trouble, the so-called outside must first be safe.

If the Jihedo does not have an attack, then there will be no internal trouble, and if the Jihedo does not need to worry, then only the external trouble remains. If Jihetang can still be turned into a help, Li Shimin is confident, not to mention completely solving the trouble of Goguryeo, taking advantage of the fact that the famous generals of the early Tang Dynasty are all in the year of fighting, at least they can also beat Goguryeo, so that they no longer dare to wait for the opportunity to go south.

It was precisely when Li Mu saw these that he was determined to help Li Shimin's northern expedition to Goguryeo. He did so with several intentions.

First, this is the general trend of history, and it will inevitably happen, even if he doesn't help, Li Shimin will definitely do it, it's just a matter of time.

Second, Li Shimin is the emperor, and he has made up his mind, and no one can change it. If Li Mu pretended to be confused, it would definitely arouse Li Shimin's suspicion. Now that this family is so big and there are so many people, Li Mu can't afford to take a risk.

In the end, it's for Mrs. Lu. Although Mrs. Lu is in Luoyang City, she can do everything from heaven to earth, even if Li Shimin is there in person, he may not be able to catch Mrs. Lu, but hiding and hiding is not a thing, and Li Mu doesn't like this. If the succession hall can be smoothly transitioned and become an institution accepted and allowed by the imperial court, then it will not only be a good thing for Li Shimin, but also for the people of the heir hall and Mrs. Lu.

But if you want to achieve this, you have to pay first. Li Mu's preparation in this way is to show his attitude first.

He didn't explain all of what he thought, because it was useless to say it, it was just to worry his family. What Li Mu wants is to support himself so that his family can live a carefree life.

For Qiaoqiao and the others, they don't think about it so much, they are just worried about how long Li Mu will be gone, and whether it will be like this year, when he is not at home for most of the year.

"I contribute, naturally I can't do it in vain, this trip is not easy to come back, so I have to discuss with Your Majesty, and we will go as a family."

Li Mu also did some understanding of the former Sui's war against Goguryeo. Whenever there is a war, as long as it starts, there is no precedent that you can win in a year or two, everything goes well, and it will take two years before and after, and the time must be long.

However, Li Mu really didn't care much, and going to Miaojiang this year made him figure out some things.

Why? Because turmoil in the world is the norm, throughout the ages, whether it is prosperous or not, those dynasties have a feeling of "no more than three generations". This is true of Qin, this is true of Han, this is true of Sui, and this is true of Tang...... And so it is, and then it will fall into a long period of strong branches and weak branches, and civil strife will be frequent.

Most of the people's lives are miserable, and the temples and princes are also full of factions, and no one can be an evergreen tree, always standing proudly in the world. However, there is one exception!

Those remote areas that seem too remote and impoverished, and the influence of the imperial court is weak, such as the southwest and northwest, some places where food is tasteless and it is a pity to abandon them can be long-term.

This kind of person is the Tusi family, which is too unstable because the place is too unstable, and the officials will not flow there, and they have been stationed there for generations, and gradually evolved into a family that is more powerful than the family.

The Song family in Shuidong, that is, during the period of Tang Dezong, was stationed in the place to serve as the historian, but after a thousand years, the family is still standing, the country has changed countless times, and the Song family has always been the emperor there.

Sizhou Tian's family, is the second year of Emperor Wen of Sui, the ancestors of the Tian family were stationed in the place to quell the chaos, so they were stationed, so they also turned into a Tusi family that has been inherited for more than 1,000 years, five generations and ten countries, the seven clans and five surnames were destroyed by the turbulent situation for more than 100 years, but the Tian family is still strong.

Before Li Mu crossed, he had heard a song called "Mrs. Luxiang", which was also about toast.

Li Mu has been in this era for a long time, and he is inevitably influenced by the ideas of this era. Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, don't worry about your children and grandchildren? There are no absolutes in the world, and if you really want to plan, you can ensure that your children and grandchildren will be worry-free for thousands of years. It is enough to protect the descendants for a thousand years!

Therefore, Li Mu's current arrangement for his own position is to seek benefits for his descendants, put the goal in these frontier places, and spread the seeds, now he has planted the seeds in the southern Xinjiang, and he will also plant the seeds in the northeast, and after the completion of the Wanshi ship in the future, he will also establish his own base overseas.

It's an ambitious, long-term goal.

This time, his goal is the peninsula in the future, he wants to gain a firm foothold there, first help Li Shimin solve the disaster of Goguryeo, and then borrow the soldiers of the imperial court to help Li Zhien take revenge and take the peninsula.

"Don't worry! Good people eat meat for thousands of miles, dogs eat for thousands of miles, people who are really capable of eating food and clothes are the same there. If you don't have the ability, you can deal with life anywhere, even if you live in Chang'an, what can you do? As long as our family is together, where can we live happily? ”

Li Mu said, looked at the girls with a smile, and his eyes fell on the faces of the two mothers, but he found that it was the Sun family who looked the most confused and embarrassed.

How?

Li Mu suddenly realized that the Sun family had married Tang Jian, and now her son was going to go away and settle there, but she had another husband, where should she go? She is reluctant to give up her son or her husband. What's more, the son is not biological, but the current husband is his biological husband. If Li Mu leaves Luoyang with his family, where will the Sun family go? He followed his son, which is equivalent to running to the northernmost end of Datang, and Tang Jian is now in the south of Datang, which separates the south and the north, what is it called husband and wife?

Li Mu thought for a while and said, "It's not like I won't come back this time, when the battle is over and the four seas are calm, I will still come back." Or maybe this battle won't be fought. ”

Sun sighed and said, "Son, what you are thinking now, my mother can't guess it." It stands to reason that my mother should follow you, but in my mother's current situation, you also know that if the whole family goes to the Northeast, my mother will not follow. After saying that, he sighed again, obviously making this decision was also difficult for the Sun family.

"Are we going to go with the whole family?"

Qiaoqiao looked annoyed, and her good-looking eyebrows were twisted together: "The small courtyard that has just been built hasn't really lived for a few days." Also, I plan to move Fengqiuhuang here, and I have bought all the shops, so I can only renovate them and open them next spring, which will be a waste of a lot of money. ”

"Don't waste it, let's keep the shops and land here! The road can't be stopped, leaving the back hand is the safest, attacking and retreating! ”

Wang Ou also said: "Luoyang can't let go here, no matter where our family takes root, the business between Chang'an and Luoyang must also be managed well, and if you live in a corner completely, it will decline." ”

After listening to Li Mu's words, Qiaoqiao's face looked good, no matter how big the family business was, she didn't want to squander it at will. It's just been ordered, and if it is sold out immediately, it will be strange that it can be sold at a high price. Although there is no shortage of money at home now, Qiaoqiao never spends the wasted money.

Li Mu knew Qiaoqiao's intentions, and comforted: "That's what I said about this, the eight characters haven't been skimmed yet, why don't you live in the small courtyard that has been built, let's move over tomorrow and celebrate the New Year there." ”

Li Mu said, turned around and hugged his son: "Let our precious son also see what kind of place his father lived in when he was a child, don't come to stretch out his hand to eat and open his mouth." ”

"My grandson just wants clothes to stretch out his hand and eat to open his mouth." Mrs. Lu snatched her grandson away, called Sun and Jin Chen, and his favorite Li Zhien, and the four of them went to find a place to chat together.

As soon as the four of them left, the atmosphere in the flower hall was a little weird.

It's getting late!

In those days, there were no TVs or mobile phones to pass the time.

You've been sitting here for a long time, aren't you always bored chatting?

Li Mu knew Qiaoqiao's intentions, and comforted: "That's what I said about this, the eight characters haven't been skimmed yet, why don't you live in the small courtyard that has been built, let's move over tomorrow and celebrate the New Year there." ”

Li Mu said, turned around and hugged his son: "Let our precious son also see what kind of place his father lived in when he was a child, don't come to stretch out his hand to eat and open his mouth." ”

"My grandson just wants clothes to stretch out his hand and eat to open his mouth." Mrs. Lu snatched her grandson away, called Sun and Jin Chen, and his favorite Li Zhien, and the four of them went to find a place to chat together.

As soon as the four of them left, the atmosphere in the flower hall was a little weird.

It's getting late!

In those days, there were no TVs or mobile phones to pass the time.

You've been sitting here for a long time, aren't you always bored chatting?

Li Mu knew Qiaoqiao's intentions, and comforted: "That's what I said about this, the eight characters haven't been skimmed yet, why don't you live in the small courtyard that has been built, let's move over tomorrow and celebrate the New Year there." ”

Li Mu said, turned around and hugged his son: "Let our precious son also see what kind of place his father lived in when he was a child, don't come to stretch out his hand to eat and open his mouth." ”

"My grandson just wants clothes to stretch out his hand and eat to open his mouth