Li Mu wanted to say that he was in a hurry and didn't choose to speak, but just after he bent down and was about to give a salute, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his head, and he changed his mind when the words came to his mouth.

"Your Majesty, you guessed it, the minister really thinks so."

"What did you say?" Li Shimin Huo Ran stood up, stretched out his hand to grab the knife, Gao Gonggong hurriedly stopped, Li Mu also made a frightened look, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't be angry first, Rong Chen explains!" ”

"Humph!" Li Shimin threw the knife on the ground, looked at Li Mu with a cold face, and said, "I will let you explain, if you can't explain it, you will break it yourself!" ”

Although he knew that Li Shimin was scaring himself, but when he heard such words, Li Mu still felt a slight chill in his heart, the saying that the companion is like a tiger is really not wrong, he shouts and kills at every turn, this boss is really violent. Li Mu lowered his head and brewed his emotions for a while, trying to squeeze his eyes, and when he raised his head again, his eyes were already red, as if he was about to cry.

"Your Majesty!" Li Mu said in a trembling voice: "The minister thought that His Majesty knew the minister, but I didn't expect that His Majesty would misunderstand the minister so much." Your Majesty! The minister is a person who treats money like dung, and everything the minister does is for your majesty! ”

When Li Shimin saw such a scene, goosebumps arose all over his body, and he subconsciously took two steps back, and said: "If you have something to say, if you make a fool of yourself, I will punish you!" ”

"Oh." Li Mu responded, put away the performance form, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, although the minister said these words today because he quarreled with Wei Zheng, but when he said it, the minister was out of his mind, and it was definitely not a battle of will. ”

Li Shimin laughed angrily and said, "Are you still justified in saying this?" ”

"Yes." Li Mu said: "Your Majesty, the minister returned home yesterday and has been thinking about what happened in the past two days. The minister thought that although it was because of the minister's trouble, it was a great thing for the court and His Majesty. ”

"Oh?" When Li Shimin heard Li Mu say this, his heart moved slightly, and he asked quietly: "Where does the good come from, why don't I know." ”

"Your Majesty still remembers that when the minister and Kong Saijiu had a dispute for the first time, the minister said to His Majesty that if His Majesty needs it, the minister is willing to be the public enemy of the scholar clan for His Majesty."

Li Shimin nodded and said, "There is such a thing, I remember, but what does it have to do with this?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister now has to admit that the minister was arrogant at that time. The strength of the gate lord clan far exceeded the minister's estimate. ”

"You know!" Li Shimin snorted: "The gate lord clan has been inherited for thousands of years, how can it be so easy to deal with?" If it was as easy as you think, I would have cleaned them up a long time ago, and I still need you? ”

"Your Majesty is right, and the minister thinks the same. After the minister realized his mistake, the minister began to think of new methods. The minister thought about it again and again, and felt that it was not the way to fight hard, because there was a fundamental contradiction of interests between the imperial power and the gate lord clan, and if they were forced, it would only make them unite more and more closely, more and more ironclad, and more difficult to deal with. It is still a good way to be tactful and differentiated. ”

Li Shimin's eyes lit up, and he asked, "How to differentiate?" ”

"The minister's advice to His Majesty to return the mineral deposits is for this purpose. His Majesty will return the mineral deposits to the imperial court and distribute them, and those who are close to the imperial court will be allowed to franchise them, while those who are far from the imperial court will not be benefited. In this way, in order to protect his interests, those who gain will return to His Majesty, while those who do not gain will hate those who gain and will naturally be divided. ”

"Wonderful!" Li Shimin praised it, and sighed again: "What Qing said is very agreeable, but it's a pity that it has been stirred up by Wei Zheng's gang now." ”

"Nope." Li Mu said seriously: "Your Majesty, I think I have to thank Wei Zheng." ”

"Why?"

"As the minister said just now, the events of the past few days are a great thing for the court and His Majesty, and they should be on Wei Zheng. Because of the new deal and the affairs of the ministers, Wei Zheng jumped out with the Shandong Shi clan, but he didn't expect that the Taiyuan Wang clan would also stand up with the Qinghe Cui clan and the Zhaojun Li clan for the benefit of coal and stone. In this way, the differentiation is complete, and the effect is better. Although the minister's original strategy can also achieve the effect of division, the party that does not gain will hate the gainer and His Majesty. And now that Shandong has asked for no new policies, and His Majesty has agreed to them, this hatred is gone. Just now, under the pretense of a dispute of will, the minister did not give Shandong Zhenguan a plow, and threw the responsibility to Wei Zheng and Shandong Confucianism, so that if the area that implemented the new policy in the coming year is better than Shandong, the people will only hate Wei Zheng and the Shandong scholars, and have nothing to do with Your Majesty. Didn't Your Majesty respond in the right way, and the snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit? ”

"I see!" Li Shimin showed a sudden expression, he really didn't expect it to be so deep. Hearing Li Mu say this, he reacted. Isn't it? The New Deal was originally intended to be implemented in the world, but if you don't do it in Shandong, I will allow it. You have a mortal enmity with Li Mu, you have annoyed others, and you will not give you Zhenguan a plow. If you apologize and refuse, who is to blame? If you suffer because of this, who is to blame?

Li Shimin was happy and said: "You kid is really bad enough, digging pits everywhere for people to jump." But you have to understand that the premise of all this is that the new deal and Zhenguan plough you said are both effective and get the desired effect, if you mess up, it is not as good as Shandong, then you will be the one who will lose face. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is 120,000 percent sure, and it is absolutely impossible to mess up." Li Mu straightened his waist and said confidently: "For the way to make money, the minister is still a little confident. ”

Li Shimin didn't like to look at Li Mu's stinky fart, so he opened the topic and said: "But you are also too arrogant, why are you taking the top prize and making a bet with Wei Zheng, so you are not afraid of losing?" ”

Li Mu said with a smile: "Your Majesty, that was also deliberate by the minister, firstly, to anger him, and secondly, the minister felt that Wei Zheng was meritorious in this matter, so give him some reward." I heard that his family is having a very difficult time, and he is a colleague, so why don't you lend a hand. ”

"Huh!" Li Shimin sneered, thinking that if I believed you, I would really be a three-year-old child, and you obviously wanted to humiliate others. Li Shimin said solemnly: "You kid has no big problems, there are too many small problems." also said that it was not a battle of will, and that you proposed the new policy and the policy of division, but you resigned from the official, so you obviously don't need to do so. Now that you have no official position, how can you do things? Li Shimin sighed and said, "In a few days, I will find an opportunity to reinstate you as an official, and you will not do such fast-talking things in the future." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is really resigning!"

Li Shimin said angrily: "You still dare to say it? ”

"Your Majesty, what the minister said is true, the minister is young, he is always looked down upon, and only the imperial examination can prove the minister's ability. Now there is still half a year before the spring of next year, and the minister feels that the minister has a chance, even if he can't become the champion, it should be no problem to be the first. His Majesty also saw the note, the minister said that it was the champion, Wei Zheng wrote it, and it was written by himself, and he could save this thousand taels of gold. ”

Li Shimin saw that Li Mu said sincerely, not as if he was cheating, frowned slightly, and said: "It's rare that you have ambition, and it's good, it's not a bad thing for young people to read more." In that case, I will let you study in Chongwen Pavilion, and the prince is also in Chongwen Pavilion, so you can be a companion to him. The professors of Chongwen Pavilion are all talented people who have been selected and selected, so if you don't understand anything, you can ask for advice or two. ”

When Li Mu heard this, his face turned green. He resigned from the government after such a big effort, in fact, he just saw that it was going to be winter and wanted to take a winter vacation. As for the official position, is he missing from the Ministry of Industry now? Sooner or later, he can go back, but now Li Shimin has taken it seriously and really let him be a student. Of course Li Mu refused, he hated studying the most in his previous life, and he finally crossed over, and he still had to study, didn't he move a stone to his own feet?

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that with the wisdom of the minister, he can learn by himself."

"Nonsense!" Li Shimin reprimanded: "After praising you a few words, I really think I am a genius." Is the imperial examination so easy? That's a rule, you learn by yourself, how to take the exam? Although you have some talent, but you can't be arrogant, you must know that there must be a reason for my teacher in a threesome. The professors of Chongwen Pavilion may not make as much money as you, but the articles of the scriptures must be stronger than you, study hard, and I will ask questions. ”

What else can Li Mu say? had no choice but to answer honestly: "The minister obeys the order." ”

Li Shimin nodded and said, "You go on." ”

Li Mu blinked his eyes and said blankly: "Your Majesty...... What did the minister say? The ministers have already finished speaking. ”

"Don't pretend to be stupid, you can't be fooled! You asked me for money, and you still have to do business with me, what do you mean, hurry up and explain it to me! ”

"Ah, Chen just suddenly thought of going to Chongwen Hall to be a student, and he was a little stimulated, and he forgot about it." Li Mu took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, about this matter, the minister wants to ask Your Majesty a question first, does Your Majesty also think that doing business is a cheap business?" ”

Li Shimin pondered for a while and said, "The people of the world are all loved by me, and there are no untouchables or cheap jobs in my eyes." ”

"Your Majesty's mind is like the sea, and you admire it to the fullest." Li Mu patted a small fart, and then said: "Since Your Majesty is so virtuous, the minister will be blunt. The minister thought that His Majesty could also do business. ”

"I?" Li Shimin was taken aback by Li Mu's words, and said, "I want to manage the country, how to do business?" And I remember that when my father wanted to do business, you still advised my father not to show his identity, otherwise no one would dare to do business with him, why now that you have started to persuade me to do business again, do you think that my majesty is not as good as my father's? ”

This is a question that must be wrong, either offending the emperor or offending the emperor and his father, Li Mucai did not answer, and went around directly, and said: "Your Majesty, you have misunderstood the meaning of the minister, the minister means that Your Majesty can use the idea of doing business to deal with things, as for doing business, if necessary, it is naturally the minister who shares the worries for His Majesty." ”

Li Shimin glanced at him, noncommittal, and said, "You speak first, I will listen first." ”