"He said my father-in-law is not simple?"

Li Mu looked at the Gaochang mission in the distance and muttered. He thought that Ju Zhisheng would tell Zhang Tianai about his marriage contract and use it to disgust him, but he didn't expect that Ju Zhisheng would focus on Zhang Xun.

Li Mu really doesn't know much about himself. I learned his name from Zhang Tianai's mouth, and there was nothing worth noting other than that. In Zhang Tianai's mouth, her father is an old man with old injuries and hard work for the village, and I really can't hear where there is a feeling of 'not simple'.

If you think about it, you can know that as one of the three major horse bandits in Longyou, Zhang Xun must be a character. It's just that why did Ju Zhisheng point it out? Is there a hidden secret? In an instant, Li Mu even wanted to catch up and ask for clarity.

But after thinking about it, he gave up on the idea.

What's the point? No matter how you say it, he is his father-in-law, and he has a relationship with Zhang Tianai, and Zhang Xun can be regarded as one of his relatives. is like Bai Hao'er, once Li Mu annoyed him to death, and even did not hesitate to move in order to avoid him. But what in the end?

Can my wife not want it? No. Can a daughter disown her father? Neither can it! This is a thing that cannot be chosen, but what can be chosen is which is stronger and which is weaker.

That's the case with the relationship between Weng and son-in-law, whoever is bullish has the final say. Li Mu is very awesome now, isn't Bai Hao'er still serving his uncle? All the problems in the past have been changed. Now even if someone puts a knife on his neck and asks him to scold Bai Qiaoqiao and make him speak ill of his son-in-law, he will definitely refuse.

Iron still needs to be hard......

Li Mu climbed on the back of the horse and was about to slip away, when he suddenly saw Gao Gonggong smiling and waving his hand. Li Mu sighed, got off the horse, and came to Li Shimin's Luan driver.

"Your Majesty."

"Come up, I have something to ask you."

Li Mu was shocked: "The Son of Heaven's car is driving, how dare the minister ......"

"What nonsense!"

Li Mu closed his mouth, grabbed the dragon's head on the wheel, and climbed onto the car. Grandpa Gao waved his hand and signaled, and the guard of honor set off and moved slowly.

Li Shimin glanced at Li Mu coldly and said, "Why haven't I seen you enter the palace these days?" ”

Li Mu looked dazed and said, "Your Majesty, you didn't let the ministers enter the palace." When the minister took the Zheng mother and daughter out of the palace that day, you sent a decree saying that the minister should get out of the palace quickly, and if he was not summoned, he should not enter the palace casually...... The ministers obeyed His Majesty's will, so they did not dare to enter the palace. ”

Li Shimin was stunned, glared at Li Mu fiercely, and snorted: "Sophistry! How many days has that been? What is my true heart, can you know? Don't pretend to be stupid, the 'Yunlong General' has been so majestic these days, and you dare to do things that pretend to pass on the holy decree, you really don't take me seriously! ”

When Li Mu heard him mention the words 'General Yunlong', he immediately understood that Li Shimin knew everything, and he didn't dare to pretend anymore, so he smiled and said: "Your Majesty, your power to appoint six-grade officials is just one grade, not much worse." Besides, he is not an outsider, the eldest is the brother of the minister, and he is the righteous son of the king of Hejian County, if there are only six grades, and the king of Hejian County knows, he can't feel that His Majesty is cold? The minister pondered that he couldn't let the king of Hejian pick on it, so he was bold once and sealed a five-grade, but the minister was considerate of Your Majesty, and the extra money was paid out of his own pocket......"

"Humph!" Li Shimin snorted coldly, changed his words, and said, "Li Mu, I had a whim this morning. You see, you're always breaking the rules, and you're always able to find some weird truth. I don't deal with you, I feel uncomfortable, I deal with you, and I feel a little guilty in my heart. Let's do this, in the future, if you break the rules, don't punish the crime, we will fine, what do you think? ”

"Your Majesty!" Li Mudeng cried and mourned, and said: "How can the minister be rich, didn't the minister say it in the Liangyi Palace, the minister is now bankrupt, the minister is now a disciple of the four walls, and the minister is now a ......."

"Don't cry poor, don't you know, have you just made a fortune?"

Li Mu's heart suddenly burst out, and he secretly said badly. Are Li Shimin's 'secret agents' already so clever? Could it be that he already knew that Ju Zhisheng was sending a thousand catties of gold and a thousand catties of silver, and he already knew about the 90,000 yuan he had concealed?

Li Shimin saw that Li Mu was stunned, and he was proud in his heart, Yuan Tiangang was really useful when he came back, if he wasn't there, would he be able to find out the truth?

"Don't guess, I have my own news channels. You sold Ju Zhisheng perfume for ten times the price, I knew about it last night. It's your ability to make money, and I won't rob you, it's just that you said that day that you would build a factory in Dongcheng, and it has to be put on the agenda. I have been thinking about this matter for the past few days, and I have also discussed it with Li Jing, Hou Junji and others. They all felt that this was a very good move, and that if there was a factory that could produce ordnance in a unified manner, it would certainly save a lot of money, and the sooner this was done, the better. ”

"Uh......" Li Mu refused to answer, Li Shimin looked at him and said, "If you have something to say, say it." ”

"Hehe-" Li Mugan laughed twice and said, "Your Majesty, the factory can be built." As you said, the minister has some money in his hand, but there is one thing that the minister still has to say in front. After the factory is built, the armaments produced cannot be given to the Ministry of War for free, they have to be bought with money! ”

You know that's what happened!

Li Shimin secretly said in his heart, and he guessed correctly. But he didn't show it, but frowned and said: "I don't understand this, the Ministry of Engineering is mine, and the Ministry of War is also mine, is it difficult for me to pour money from my left hand to my right hand?" ”

"Your Majesty, that's not how the accounts are calculated." Li Mu immediately retorted: "The Ministry of Industry belongs to His Majesty, and the Ministry of War is also His Majesty's, but the raw materials needed for the production of armaments are not His Majesty's, right?" Although it is not the king's land within the four seas, but this sentence alone can't be exchanged for ore and leather? Ore needs to be mined, leather needs to be bought, artisans have to eat, all this needs money. ”

"And in order to improve the quality of ordnance, in addition to the original blades and armor, there are also people who will study better weapons and armor. For example, Zhuge repeater, maybe someone can make a better repeater, but this requires time, manpower, and material resources to accumulate, and it still requires money. ”

"Money is the motivation for the efforts and toils of the craftsman, and Your Majesty should not underestimate this motivation, many times miracles happen like this. In addition, after setting up the factory, the blades and armor produced are much lower than the current price, which is already very cheap. Saying that, Li Mu's tone changed, and he said: "Even if the people buy things, they all know that they have to give money, do the people in the Ministry of War think that the people in our Ministry of Industry owe them?" Want to spend a penny without spending? Are they bandits, robbers, going to rob? ”

"It's not that I don't understand this truth...... Li Shimin was puzzled: "But now that the country is using money everywhere, the treasury is stretched, where is the extra money...... Or, from within? ”

Li Mu scolded secretly, if it comes out of the inner pocket, then I will really take it from the left pocket to the right pocket, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, do you think that the money in the inner pocket is endless!" Even if it's endless, that's for later. Now it's just the beginning, didn't I say that day, it's not time to see the money back. If Your Majesty says so, then if the factory is not built, there will be no such thing, and when you have money, let's talk about it. ”

"What are you anxious about, didn't I discuss it with you?" Li Shimin saw that Li Mu was in a hurry, so he quickly pulled back the words and said: "This is really no problem, what do you say if the treasury has no money?" You can't follow the example of the previous dynasty and extort tyranny, right? Or give me an idea! ”

Oh, it's trying to get the ball back. The treasury has no money, and it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and I have no way to measure it, so I have to obey you - ha, I really underestimate people, so I want to stump me?

Li Mu was calm and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has a plan. ”

Li Shimin was quite surprised: "Do you have a way?" ”

Li Mu leaned into Li Shimin's ear and muttered for a while. Li Shimin frowned tightly and said, "Will the three provinces and six ministries fight in this way?" ”

"Your Majesty, let them fight if you fight. It's like living at home, if you don't count it, you don't know how much money you spend. If you don't have money, you will reach out and ask for it, you will always have no fear, and you will never worry, how much money can you go on like this? It's time to set a rule. After speaking, Li Mu did not forget to instruct, and said: "The minister just made an idea, and it was Your Majesty who had to make an idea about what to do, but the words can be said in front, if Your Majesty did this, don't say that it was the minister's idea." ”

"How?"

"It's too offending to be provoked."

Li Shimin laughed and said, "When are you still afraid?" If you toss the Imperial Observatory like this, who would dare to impeach you. ”

"Your Majesty, don't say that!" Li Mu hurriedly interrupted Li Shimin's words and said, "You don't know yet, although Yu Shitai was tossed by the ministers. But the main force was not damaged, and the minister originally felt that everyone except Wei Zheng could not escape from that kind of investigation. Who would have thought that Wang Jingze's house would be another Wei Zheng, just like the stones in the pit, smelly and hard! He and Wei Zheng are the main forces of Yushitai, and neither of them has anything to do. And others, after this incident, were offended by the ministers miserably. Originally, there were a few hesitants who didn't dare to target me too much, but after this incident, they all let go. The minister got the news, and I finished raiding the house that day, and this group of imperial historians all went to Wang Jingze's house and plotted for a long time. It seems that they are determined to find trouble with the ministers, and the ministers have been walking on thin ice for the past few days, for fear of being caught by them. ”

Li Shimin narrowed his eyes and said leisurely: "It seems that you still have eyeliner?" ”

Li Muxu had something to do, and said: "You can't be careless, the minister used a little money to buy off more than 20 old women who live near these imperial historians' homes, so that they can pay more attention to everything they have nothing to do, it's really useful, these old women are well-informed!" Not only did the minister learn of their conspiracy, but he also received a lot of other news, such as a royal historian surnamed Li who stole people, and a royal historian surnamed Wang, who secretly married his sister-in-law Zhu Fetus, and his nephew was actually his son......"

Li Shimin was dumbfounded: "What is this!" ”

"The news that those old women passed on to their ministers! The minister plans to publish them in the Datang Daily, hehe......"