"Expand the Jinyi Guard?"

Li Shimin looked at Li Mu in front of him, frowned, and said, "I heard that the number of Jinyiwei has exceeded 1,000, how many things do Jinyiwei need to do, and do they still need to expand?" ”

"Your Majesty is not busy asking, let the ministers finish speaking, and you are asking together." Li Mu took out a note from his arms, Li Shimin glanced at it, only to see the lines of words on it, suddenly felt that his head was big, sighed, and said: "I have given you enough authority, you want so much, how can I explain to the hundred officials?" Li Mu, it's almost done. ”

"Your Majesty has misunderstood, but the minister is not for himself." Li Mu pointed to the top of the paper and said: "First, recruit people from the rivers and lakes to serve as Jinyiwei, and the people from the rivers and lakes mostly walk in the place, which is the so-called head snake, and they can help the court do things, which can play a role in getting twice the result with half the effort." And after joining the unified management of Jinyiwei, there will be a lot less private fights among the people. ”

"Second, this year, Datang Mining is about to open 18 new mines, and the local government is responsible for mining, and there are too many cats in it. Not to mention anything else, that is, the number and accounts, the imperial court can't grasp them, these can't be mastered, how to calculate taxes? If you only count the number reported by the local government, the imperial court will lose a lot of money, needless to say, these money must go into the pockets of the shareholders of the Datang Mining family, so it is inevitable to send some people as supervisors. ”

When it came to money, Li Shimin became serious and said, "You mean, there will be tax evasion?" ”

"There must be."

"Let Jinyiwei supervise?"

"Of course not!" Li Mu shook his head and said: "Jinyi Wei is mixed, and his work is acceptable, how can this money be delivered to them?" ”

"And what do you mean?" Li Shimin frowned slightly, and quickly thought: "You want the eunuch - no, no!" ”

"Why not?" Li Mu asked rhetorically, Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "You don't know, eunuchs, rootless, are even more greedy for money." Let the eunuchs supervise, how can I trust it? ”

"Your Majesty, is the eunuch really rootless?" Li Mu pointed his finger downward and said, "The root of the eunuch is within the walls of this palace. Whether he is greedy or not, as long as one day, His Majesty wants him to return to the palace, he must come back. Back within the palace walls, no matter how greedy you are, it is Your Majesty's. ”

"This ......," Li Shimin hesitated; What if I didn't notice it? ”

"How can there be an impermeable wall in the world, Your Majesty, don't forget, eunuchs are not monolithic." The corners of Li Mu's mouth were slightly hooked, and he said, "There is an east factory, and there is a west factory." His Majesty can let the east factory be stationed outside, and the west factory will be inside. Xu Xichang has the right to investigate the East Factory, if the eunuchs of the East Factory have any misdeeds, there is no need for His Majesty to do it, and the eunuchs of the West Factory will deal with it. ”

"Still won't work." Li Shimin shook his head and said: "The West Factory is in charge of the East Factory, so who will take care of the West Factory?" ”

"Naturally, it is His Majesty's most trusted eunuch - Gonggong Gao!" Li Mu said as a matter of course: "Grandpa Gao's loyalty to His Majesty is obvious to all, if you don't believe that Your Majesty will call Grandpa Gao in now and let him die for Your Majesty, he will wipe his neck immediately." At that time, it will be simple for His Majesty to control the East Factory and the West Factory, and only the loyalty of Father-in-law Gao will be needed, how simple it is. ”

"This," Li Shimin pondered, he didn't doubt Gonggong Gao's loyalty, but what about Gonggong Gao's death? Li Shimin had some candidates in his mind, and it seemed that there were no replacements, but he didn't agree immediately, but looked at Li Mu and said, "You are talking to Gao Gan again, between the two of you—"

"Your Majesty, don't get me wrong." Li Mu chuckled and said, "What kind of person is Gonggong Gao, Your Majesty knows better than the ministers. Even if the minister helped him a lot today, and His Majesty asked him to kill the minister tomorrow, he would kill him just as much. The minister's move is really just to let His Majesty control the world's mineral veins. Your Majesty, minerals are the foundation of the industry, and if the gate valve clan is in control, it will be extremely disadvantageous to the country. ”

Seeing that Li Shimin was still hesitating, Li Mu added: "It's just a eunuch, if Your Majesty is not at ease, you might as well try it first, and once there are adverse consequences, stop it immediately." As long as the situation is under control, there is not much to lose by withdrawing in time, is it? ”

"Reasonable." Li Shimin finally nodded and said, "I'm right, but you have to promise me one thing." ”

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"You finish your business first, I'm not in a hurry here." Li Shimin signaled, Li Mu hesitated, but after thinking about it, there was nothing to worry about, so he continued: "Article 3, Your Majesty, it's time to change the Ministry of Civil Affairs to the Ministry of Households. At the same time, the minister also asked His Majesty to allow Jinyiwei to become a separate yamen from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. ”

"Why is that?"

"The responsibilities of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, after the New Deal, have been split. In terms of budget and finance, it was transferred to the Ministry of Shangshu. The main position of the Ministry of Civil Affairs has been changed to be in charge of household registration, and some responsibilities have been reduced, and some responsibilities have also been added, changing from 'people' to 'households', which can better reflect the meaning of the new policy. And Jinyiwei's independence is also required by the situation, and it is more to take into account the needs of the ministers themselves. After all, the Internal Affairs Office will be handed over to Qingque in the future, and the minister is in Luoyang, but he also needs Jinyiwei, please ask Your Majesty to hand over Jinyiwei to the minister, the Internal Affairs Office is in Chang'an, there are Chang'an County and Wannian County, in fact, there is no need for Jinyiwei. ”

"Originally, the position of Jinyiwei could be replaced by the Urban Management Bureau. It was changed from nine bureaus and one guard to ten bureaus, and when the urban management bureau became more mature and promoted, it would be split out. ”

Li Shimin frowned and thought about it, and said, "Won't this be a little complicated?" Between the government and the government, when there is a fixed charter, how can there be any arbitrary split? ”

"Your Majesty's words are wrong." Li Mu Zhengse said: "Your Majesty, the Internal Affairs Office is not the Sixth Ministry, and its establishment was originally for Your Majesty to act cheaply. This is like the minister's studio, when the minister has any wonderful ideas, he will try to do it in the studio, and if he succeeds, he will show it off, and if he doesn't succeed, no one will know if he doesn't make a sound. But it was originally designed to find a better solution to the problem through trial and error. The feasible methods that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has experimented with always have to be delivered. The sixth part is the national humerus, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs is dispensable. ”

"Dispensable? That's not what you said before! Li Shimin snorted and said, "Dare to ignore the Internal Affairs Office now, and it will become dispensable?" ”

"The minister didn't mean that, the minister said that if the defects of the six ministries were remedied, there would be no need for the existence of the internal affairs office. Unless His Majesty still needs a yamen to collect money, then the minister didn't say it. ”

"I'm like you say?" Li Shimin snorted unhappily, but he didn't deny it. Until he had saved enough money to build an invincible cavalry, he really didn't dare to say that he wasn't bad for money. He looked at Li Mu and said, "Is there anything else?" No, I'm going to talk about it. ”

Li Mu hurriedly bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, please speak." ”

"Earlier, I saw Uncle Guo."

"The eldest grandson—"

"It's not him," Li Shimin said angrily: "My maternal uncle, Dou Ren." ”

Li Mu quickly shut up, what he did, he knew in his heart.

"What do you want me to say?" Li Shimin said helplessly: "Do you really not know his virtue at all? I know, and I don't care, there must be a reason why it is inconvenient to manage. Of course, he has many mistakes, but he does not dare to do murder and arson. He is my maternal uncle, and when the old queen mother was dying, she specially instructed him not to treat him slowly. What does the biological mother want? ”

Li Mu nodded again and again, and said, "Your Majesty's hardships, the minister only knew today. Your Majesty is not easy, it's the minister Meng Lang. ”

"If you know, it's good." Li Shimin raised his eyes and looked at Li Mu and said: "When the Marquis of Shouyang returned to Chang'an, he went to visit relatives and friends, and those who cried for their father and mother all found the Emperor Taishang. It's not that I'm scaring you, this time the emperor said that he would clean you up. ”

Li Mu was surprised in his heart, this Dou Ren had such a big face?

"What's that look on your face? He's my uncle! ”

"Yes, yes, yes," Li Mu said repeatedly, he glanced at Li Shimin's expression, and said tentatively: "What does Your Majesty want your ministers to do?" ”

"Go and apologize!"

Li Mu was speechless, and Li Shimin asked him, "Don't want to go?" ”

"I don't want to," Li Mu said with a stiff face: "If Your Majesty forces you to go, the minister has no choice but to go and apologize reluctantly." ”

"If you don't want to go, you can't go." Li Shimin unexpectedly did not force Li Mu, but looked Li Mu up and down, and said: "I accept you as a righteous son, if you agree, you will be the king of the county, and he can understand my thoughts, and he will not dare to embarrass you." ”

"Yoshiko?" Li Mu was stunned for a moment, Li Shimin's move was really unexpected by him, and he was a little caught off guard. If it was left before he went to the Western Regions, maybe Li Mu would have agreed. Recognize a godfather, hug a thigh, people who travel through do this, in this era, is there anything thicker than Li Shimin's thighs? But now, his mind has changed, he doesn't want to be tied too tightly with Li Shimin, because he has clearly seen the ruthlessness of the emperor.

Even if the brothers, fathers and sons, in front of that dragon chair, they all look so pale and powerless, let alone a righteous son?

Li Shimin kept staring at Li Mu's expression, and seeing that he didn't agree, he asked, "What, don't you want to?" Your mother has confessed that you are not his own. In other words, you don't know who your parents are, don't you want me to be your father? ”

"Minister......" Li Mu pondered the words and said, "Don't dare to be delusional." ”

Li Shimin's eyes shrank and smiled: "Don't you dare to be delusional?" Okay, how about you do me a favor? ”

"As long as it's not about it, anything, the minister can respond to Your Majesty."

"Okay." Li Shimin waited for this sentence, and said: "There has always been a discussion between the government and the opposition, saying that I and Prince Yin are all killed. Maybe I did something wrong before, but after what happened last time, I figured it out. The king should have no scruples. As long as I am the emperor, I will be the resurrection of Prince Yin, so what? I can defeat him once, and I can defeat him a second time. In order to show my heart, I want to ask you to do something. You have already entered the ancestral hall, and you have already been considered a member of the royal family, so it is better for me to make a decree to let you succeed in the line of Prince Yin and become his heir, and it is inconvenient to maintain the title at present, you should understand that my reward for you has greatly exceeded the level of the marquis. ”

"Your Majesty, what do you mean by that?"

"I've made it clear." Li Shimin's tone softened and became cold: "If you have no fear in your heart, you don't have to be busy refusing, you can think about it." ”

Li Mu was silent, he didn't know what Li Shimin was thinking. Isn't the last time the last thing in pass, is this a new round of temptation?

"The Emperor is also happy to see this happen," Li Shimin added: "The queen also has the same attitude, before I am crowned, she can also show my mind and bearing, which will help the world to return to the heart, Li Mu, do you help me with this favor, give me a word." ”

"Minister," Li Mu paused, and slowly spit out a word: "Help!" ”

"This is my good nephew!" Li Shimin laughed, got up and patted Li Mu on the shoulder, and said, "Go back and wait, tomorrow Zongzheng Temple will deliver the will." In recent days, I asked Qin Tianjian to choose a good day and auspicious time, enter the temple to worship the ancestors, and then announce it to the world! ”

"Minister, thank you for your grace."

"Go and meet my sister-in-law, she will be your mother-in-law from now on. You should be filial to her, and I will do her a great deal of wrong. ”

"Okay, the minister will retire." Li Mu responded for a moment, his head was blocked by a bunch of things, he turned around in a daze, and walked out a little distracted. Li Shimin watched Li Mu walk away through the glass window, and the voice behind him sounded, and the eldest grandson Wuji walked out of it. It turned out that the eldest grandson Wuji was recuperating at home was fake, and it was true that he had been secretly in contact with Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty."

Li Shimin didn't look back and said, "Auxiliary, what do you think?" ”

"Your Majesty, Li Mu agreed, Your Majesty has no worries."

Li Shimin turned his head and said, "Why? ”

"Whether Li Mu is the son of Prince Yin or not, since he should become the heir of Prince Yin, he must be careful to avoid suspicion. His Majesty placed him in Luoyang, Luoyang was the place of the heir hall, and it was impossible for them not to come into contact with Li Mu. If he hadn't been down, he might have been in contact with these people, but now that he had done so, he would have tried his best to deal with these people in order to avoid suspicion. Your Majesty's plan is to kill two birds with one stone, no, three birds with one stone! ”

"Which three?"

"The world returns to the heart, knock Li Mu, and target the heir hall!"

The corners of Li Shimin's mouth curled slightly, as if he was proud, and sighed a little bitterly: "Auxiliary, although you are in the middle, you are not all in the middle." I just now," he sighed again, and said, "How I hope that he can agree to be my righteous son, and if he agrees, the king of the county, I will seal him!" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say, paused, and said, "Your Majesty, you really look at Li Mu differently. ”

"He deserves it!" Li Shimin said loudly: "If this son was born twenty years early, if he was born in any of the eighteenth road anti-kings, this world may not be Li Tang's!" If he were my son, I wouldn't have to be in such a hurry. Whatever I wish in life, he will definitely be able to help me do it! ”

"Cheng Qian, Qingque, are not as good as him!"

"Not as good as him......"