Early in the morning, the government hall.

Li Shimin rested here last night, and was about to go to the court after breakfast. Suddenly, Gonggong Gao came from the door of the hall, came to Li Shimin, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the queen, Zhulu Hou is waiting outside the palace." ”

Since Li Mu became the Minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he has the right to enter and leave the palace at will. This kind of power is even more advantageous than the eldest grandson Wuji, the uncle of the country, and the eldest grandson Wuji must be notified first when he comes to the harem, and Li Mu is exempted from this link and goes straight to the outside of the palace to wait.

"Let him in." Li Shimin said, and pointed to the table again: "Bring another pair of dishes and chopsticks." ”

"No," Gao Gonggong responded, and he was not envious in his heart. If you want to say that this holy grace is embodied, how can it be embodied? Is His Majesty the court's Majesty a saint to you? In the eyes of people like Gonggong Gao, who have followed Li Shimin for more than 20 years, this is not a holy family, at most it is just an imperial policy, and the real holy family is like Li Mu, who does not treat you as an outsider at all. This is something that even envy can't envy.

Gao Gonggong turned around and went out, Li Mu came in with a smile, saw Li Shimin eating, and rubbed his hands and came over. The meaning couldn't be more obvious, and it's almost time to get started. Li Shimin pointed to the Jindun that the palace maid brought for him, Li Mu was not polite, thanked him, and sat down.

"Why did you come to the palace so early?"

"Back to Your Majesty's words," Li Mu tore open a steamed bun, half-pulled it in his mouth, and said vaguely: "I came here today to decorate Your Majesty...... Here it comes. ”

Li Shimin didn't understand, and said, "What do you mean?" What kind of decoration? ”

Li Mu swallowed the steamed bun and said, "Your Majesty doesn't envy the glass window in the minister's house, the minister has it in mind." It's okay these days, the minister rushed to work overnight, and finally made a batch of glass, the palace is not enough, but to change a palace, or barely enough, the worker minister has brought, just outside the palace waiting, Your Majesty, you see which palace to change, now start work, when the palace is forbidden at night, it can almost be completed. ”

Li Shimin and Empress Changsun were both surprised, and looked at Li Mu strangely, when they mentioned this matter last time, if they remembered correctly, Li Mu deliberately opened the topic, and also said a crooked reason, what is unevenly distributed, I don't want to change the glass, why did I come in a hurry today?

Li Shimin frowned and said, "What is your idea?" If I don't make it clear, I won't be bribed by you. ”

Li Mu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I really can't hide anything from your eyes." The minister didn't hide it, in fact, this is the case, do you remember the matter of the Zhenla mission, didn't the tribute of the Zhenla country be intercepted by the minister? Seeing that Empress Changsun looked puzzled, Li Mu hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty knows about this, and we said okay." ”

Li Shimin nodded and said, "This is indeed the case." The elephant in the valley is Zhenla's tribute, and I have agreed with Li Mu that it will all belong to him. ”

Empress Eldest Sun smiled and didn't say anything.

Li Mu continued: "In addition to elephants and rhinoceros, there are some things, agarwood yellow wax and the like, and it is useless for the minister to keep them, so he took them to the East Market to sell, and sold them for more than 100,000 guan ......."

Li Shimin's eyes widened and said, "What did you say?" 100,000? ”

"More than 100,000," Li Mu corrected.

Li Shimin's face suddenly turned red, and he was about to regret it. Empress Eldest Sun hurriedly grabbed him and motioned him to pay attention to majesty. The emperor follows his word, how can he not admit what he says, if he breaks his word for the sake of hundreds of thousands of times, does he still have prestige?

Li Mu explained: "The minister didn't know that it was so valuable, so he asked the merchant who bought it, and said that it was a long way to go, and what they had there, we didn't have in Datang." This thing is rare and expensive, and the price is high. The minister pondered, this money is a little hot-"

Li Shimin snorted: "It's good if you know!" ”

“…… Those dog imperial history will definitely not let go of the ministers, rather than being impeached by them, it is better to burn it! Everyone shoots and scatters, and no one spends it! ”

"Burn?" Li Shimin didn't understand, and said, "How to burn money?" Can copper be burned? ”

Li Mu smiled and said: "The ministers have been exchanged for silver, and then used silver to practice the glaze, didn't the minister tell Your Majesty that silver is used to make glaze, and the minister exchanged all these gains for silver, and then burned all the glass, and dedicated it to Your Majesty, see what else those dogs can say!" ”

"More than 100,000 times, you have burned it into glass?!" Li Shimin suddenly felt a pain in his heart, subconsciously covered it, stared at Li Mu's eyes, and said, "You loser!" ”

Li Mu shrugged his shoulders and said, "Your Majesty, it's also partial money anyway, and if you burn it, you will burn it." If you don't have this money, Your Majesty doesn't have a glass window, right? As the emperor, how can you not live in a palace with glass windows? This can't be said, Your Majesty, don't be too bitter about yourself, you have to enjoy it. ”

"I ......" Li Shimin clutched his chest and sighed: "I would rather change to swords, guns and horses, I ......"

The wood has become a boat, and the silver that has changed the glass can't be changed back, and the eldest grandson queen had no choice but to persuade and said: "Your Majesty, the concubine thinks that what Li Mu said is also a little reasonable, if it weren't for this partial money, Your Majesty probably will never take money out of the interior to make glass windows, since Li Mu has done it, Your Majesty should not feel distressed, when it is time to enjoy it, enjoy it." ”

"Alas......" Li Shimin sighed, looked at Li Mu, and said, "Is there a total of one temple to make?" ”

"Actually, it's the amount of two temples, but it's ...... The Emperor Taishang saw it, and he was going to go halfway to decorate the heavens and earth. ”

"Oops......" Li Shimin was a little distressed again, if it was the amount of two palaces, the Taiji Hall could be renovated together with the Lizheng Palace, but now there is only one hall left, Li Shimin hesitated for a moment, and said: "Queen, let's decorate the Lizheng Palace, I'll talk about it when the money is abundant." ”

Empress Changsun hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, there are few outsiders in the Lizheng Palace, and it doesn't matter, it is still to decorate the Taiji Palace." ”

"It's still a palace."

"Your Majesty listens to the concubines, or the Taiji Palace."

The husband and wife were humble to each other, Li Mu looked a little uncomfortable in his heart, if he knew to these two that the glass was made of sand, I don't know if he would kill himself.

"Your Majesty, Queen, don't fight, listen to the minister."

Li Shimin looked at Li Mu: "What's the high theory?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is pondering, it's better to ...... How is the Liangyi Temple? ”

"Liangyi Palace?"

"Yes!" Li Mu pointed to the direction of the Liangyi Hall and said, "Your Majesty, the Liangyi Hall is the place where the court is up, where the hundred officials meet Your Majesty, and the envoys of Fanbang meet Your Majesty there, this is where the face of the Tang Dynasty lies." Just imagine, if the envoys of Fanbang see that my Tang Palaces are all made of glazed windows, hehe, don't scare them to death? ”

"This ......" Li Shimin looked at Empress Changsun and asked, "What does the Empress think?" ”

Empress Eldest Sun smiled and said, "Okay." ”