Li Yuan's appearance at this time, he was like a child waiting to hear the story, Li Mu's heart moved, when he told him how he took his six sons over the wall and tiles, robbed him of the wine, and said that he wanted to do business with him, why he refused, and all the things about the horseshoe on the second day, including the things before and after Li Shimin's marriage, all of them were recounted. Speaking of joints, imitating the cross talk of later generations, comparing and learning to speak, although it is not so similar, but for Li Yuan, it is also very novel. I listened with relish, laughing from time to time.

After Li Mu finished speaking, Li Yuan stroked his palms and smiled: "It turns out that so many interesting things have happened in the past few days, and Cheng Yanjin dares to snatch my wine...... But it's like that guy's temper, something that doesn't skimp. Tang Jian has not continued for so many years, and he will fall for your mother, it seems that fate is really wonderful. It's you, it's really impressive, at a young age, you dare to disobey the emperor's order, you are really a stunned young man, and that horseshoe, I don't know what it looks like, so that Li Ji and Cheng Yanjin can be so respected. ”

Li Mu rolled his eyes and saw a bookcase next to him, Shi Li said: "The minister can draw one for the Emperor Taishang to see, this thing is not complicated at all, the Emperor Taishang has been riding horses all his life, and you can understand it when you see it." ”

"Oh?" Li Yuan immediately said: "Hurry up and draw it." ”

Li Mu walked to the bookcase, picked up the pen and dipped it in ink, drew a horseshoe on the paper, then tore the paper, tore off the pattern and handed it to Li Yuan. Li Yuan took the pattern in his hand, looked at it for a while, and then understood how it was used, and was amazed, and said: "Sure enough, it is a wonderful idea, such a simple thing, no one thought of it before, so you picked up a credit." ”

Li Mu said with a smile: "It's just a coincidence, and the minister doesn't dare to take credit." ”

Li Yuan put the pattern on the table and said, "Li Mu, you are very good, I like you, don't leave today, and accompany me to feast and drink for a while." ”

"This ......"

Seeing Li Mu's hesitant face, Li Yuan said unhappily: "What, don't you want to stay with me?" ”

Li Mu hurriedly saluted and said: "It's not that the minister doesn't want to accompany the emperor, but the minister thinks that the emperor has reached such an age, and the diet is still light, and the daily drinking hangover is too hurtful, so the minister can accompany the emperor to do something else." ”

"Something else?" It's okay not to mention this stubble, but mentioning this stubble suddenly ignited the resentment in Li Yuan's heart: "I want to do something else, but it's a pity that I gave birth to a good son, and I did everything for me, if I don't feast, what else can I do?" Hurt the body? Ha! Some people are afraid that they would like to hurt their bodies a lot, and if they die early, they will have no worries! ”

These words were a bit heartbreaking, Li Mu didn't dare to pick up the stubble, and kept silent. Li Yuan waited for a while, but didn't hear Li Mu's response, and said angrily: "What, when it comes to Li Shimin, don't you dare to speak?" ”

Li Mu pursed his lips and thought for a while, and said, "The Emperor really wants to listen to Weichen's opinion?" ”

"Nonsense, naturally I want to listen to your opinion, is there a third person here?"

Li Mu cleared his throat and said, "The minister will risk his life to say his personal opinion, and if he is wrong, he hopes that the emperor will forgive him." Although the minister came out of the remote place around him, after coming to Chang'an, he also heard about some things about the heavenly family, and he also learned a little about it. Although the incident is unfortunate, it has a reason, and it is indeed unfair to attribute the blame to His Majesty alone. Today, it is no longer necessary to say who is right and who is wrong. The minister can understand the emperor's feeling of borrowing wine to drown his sorrows, but in the minister's opinion, the wine is more sorrowful, and the banquet and hangover will not solve the problem, but will make the dissatisfaction in the heart superimposed, so that the suspicion is getting deeper and deeper, and the father and son are centrifuged, causing regret. ”

"Wine into the gut is even more ......sorrowful" Li Yuan sighed and said: "These words are right to my heart, every time I think of the events of Xuanwumen that day, I feel depressed...... But what about me? Li Shimin is so ruthless, I only have three outstanding sons, and he killed two of them at once, forcing me into a desperate situation. I don't want to choose him, I have to choose him. Chao Chinese Wu, half of them stood by his side, what else is Shu still an emperor, what else can he do if he does not abdicate, is Shu going to kill him with a sword, so that the Great Tang will have no successor, or wait for him to kill Shu, and bear the eternal infamy of killing his father and seizing the throne? ”

As he spoke, Li Yuan's eyes were already full of tears, and Li Mu couldn't help but sigh a little when he looked at it, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, what if you are a royal family, in front of that supreme throne, anything will be magnified, and later generations will say that Li Shimin killed his brother and killed his brother, but throughout the ancient and modern times, in order to seize the throne, is this kind of thing still rare?

Li Mu persuaded: "The Emperor might as well change his perspective, what if the person who died at the beginning was His Majesty?" ”

Li Yuanleng paused for a moment and said, "What do you mean?" ”

"The minister is saying, if the original thing is reversed, and it is Your Majesty who died in Xuanwumen, what will change the situation of the Emperor Taishang now? You will still be able to meditate, or you will drown your sorrows with wine, but the object of your remembrance has become your majesty today. Your Majesty Yunwen Yunwu, how much credit has His Majesty made to the founding of the Tang Dynasty, you know it in your heart, don't you really think about him? The minister felt that if the person who died back then was His Majesty, the emperor's sorrow today would only increase, not decrease. ”

Li Yuan stood on the spot, tried to imagine it, and found that as Li Mu said, if it was Li Shimin who died in Xuanwumen back then, he would only be more painful.

"The fundamental reason for this matter is brotherly discord, both sides have pushed each other into a corner, but the first person to strike is His Majesty. The result is already doomed, even if the Emperor Taishang is sad, what is the use? In the minister's view, since His Majesty ascended the throne, what he has done has proved that he can take on great responsibilities and that he is capable of being a good emperor. This also shows that in the dark, the will of heaven is like this, it is God who has chosen His Majesty as your successor, what else do you have to worry about? No one can be an emperor for thousands of years, most emperors, no matter how wise and powerful they are during their lifetime, how much they have laid down a large piece of the country, it is inevitable that after his death, the country will be destroyed by the hands of his heirs overnight. Isn't the death of the second Qin Dynasty an obvious example? ”

"The Emperor, you have been fighting all your life, competing in the world, how many heroes have been defeated in your hands, and you have been invincible all your life. In his lifetime, he can hand over the country to a successor who can take on great responsibilities, and see that the country is prosperous and the people are rich...... This life is perfect. The only person who can make you upset is yourself, so why not let go of your worries and do more things you want to do but don't do while your body is strong. ”

Li Yuan listened blankly, and didn't speak, Li Mu finished speaking, and saw that Li Yuan didn't react, I didn't know if I was right or wrong, and I didn't dare to squeak. After half a sound, Li Yuan exhaled and said, "You kid, aren't you a lobbyist sent by Li Shimin?" ”

Li Mu hurriedly said: "Emperor Mingjian, this matter is not mentioned by the minister. If it weren't for the emperor's inquiry, how could the minister dare to discuss the affairs of the heavenly family. ”

"It's also ......" Li Yuan nodded, and asked again: "What do you mean by what you want to do but haven't done?" For example? ”

"Uh," Li Mu thought for a while, and said, "Just like the minister, the minister went to the Ministry of Industry yesterday to report, and saw that many craftsmen lived in shantytowns, and the conditions were bad, and they were very pitiful. The minister couldn't bear it, so he was thinking of a way, planning to raise money and build them some better houses...... This is what the minister wants to do yet. ”

"Oh." Li Yuan thought about it for a moment and said, "In my life, I have basically done everything I want to do, do you want to do what I haven't done yet...... I'm afraid it's just those out-of-tune thoughts when I was a child. ”

"It's okay, you can do it if you want!"

Li Yuan smiled: "Well said! If you want to do it, do it! You go back first, and I'll think about it again. ”

"No!"