It is impossible to be the king of Chu, and it is impossible to be a prince like this in this life-

In the end, Li Mu still chose to accept the second holy decree, that is, the one that made his son the prince. Gonggong Gao left the holy decree and let people bring in a large number of gifts given by Li Shimin to the 'King of Chu', including a full set of crown robes, ritual vessels, etc., looking at the level of detail of this preparation, it is definitely not a joke, but it is really a matter of fact.

Gao Gong Bus was clear, and when he left, he also told Li Mu that Zongzheng Temple still needs some procedures, but there will be someone to contact him, and then he can follow the steps.

Sending off Gonggong Gao in a daze, Li Mu glanced at the 'King of Chu' who was peeing his pants, shook his head, and went to discuss with Mrs. Lu.

As soon as the matter was said, Mrs. Lu didn't say anything, as if she was not surprised at all, and said: "Since he has this thought, then he might as well take it, King Chu - it's okay." ”

Li Mu was a little stunned when he heard this, and asked, "What do you mean it's okay?" Does it make a difference what kings? ”

"There is a difference, naturally." Mrs. Lu was born in a famous family, and she naturally knew the period of the etiquette system: "During the Qin and Han dynasties, the monarch was called the emperor, and there was no prince in the twentieth rank system. The Han Dynasty restored the feudal system, and there were no princes, but princes and kings, and there was still a big difference between princes and kings, and at the same time, there were twenty titles to distinguish them from the Qin Dynasty. The Wei and Jin dynasties began to set up princes, and they were subdivided into princes and county kings. The latter princes are divided into two ranks: the higher princes, who are generally given to the princes of the clan, with a single character as the name of the kingdom, such as the king of Qin, the king of Jin, etc., and the lower county kings, such as Li Xiaogong, the current king of Hejian County, are second-class. ”

"I won't say the two-word king, just say the word king. The name generally comes from the name of the country in the Spring and Autumn Period, the strong are respected, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the four countries of "Qin, Jin, Qi, and Chu" are the strongest, and the title of the prince is also honored by this, followed by Lu, Zhao, Wei, Liang, Yan, Dai, Chen, Han, Song, Wu, Yue, etc., Li Shimin gave us a king of Chu, counting him as acquaintances. ”

After listening to Mrs. Lu's explanation, Li Mu was stunned. It turns out that what kind of king is crowned, and there is this difference.

Take a seat, Li Shimin was once the king of Qin, indicating that his status at that time ranked first among princes. And now Li Zhi, who is still in infancy, was named the king of Jin, second only to the king of Qin, and he should be the son of heaven in the future.

Looking at Li Tai and Li You again, Li Tai was originally the king of Yue, and later changed his title to the king of Wei, Wei is stronger than Yue, which means that he has been promoted. And Li You was originally the king of Yan, and later he was released to the domain, Li Shimin should have wanted to make up for it, and gave it to the king of Qi out of the ordinary, and he was higher than Li Tai in the order.

Now that he is crowned himself, or his son King Chu, he can be regarded as the highest salary. The King of Qin is himself, and he must not be sealed again, and the King of Jin ranks second, which is meaningful and difficult to use. As soon as the king of Qi was deposed, the king of Chu was the one with the highest priority.

My son is the king of Chu, so what am I?

Li Mu frowned and thought about it, and then almost laughed out loud: "King Chu's father, Lao Tzu turned out to be the 'father' king of Chu!" ”

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Although he didn't think so, but after receiving the holy decree, Li Mu had to ride a horse and enter the palace to thank his son.

The festive atmosphere in the palace is a little bleak compared with the outside world, although it adds a little festivity, but it is still solemn and solemn, Li Shimin sits alone in the Taiji Palace, and the clothes worn when he sacrifices to the temple have not been changed, just sit in a daze, looking at the temple pillars.

Father-in-law Gao also changed into new clothes, and stood behind Li Shimin with his hands tied, as if he was a clay sculpture, and there was no sound of breathing.

Li Mu came in and said loudly: "Li Mu, the Marquis of Luoyang, came to ask for guilt, and by the way, he thanked His Majesty Longen for his son." ”

Li Shimin came back to his senses, glanced at Li Mu, and said with a smile: "Since you are here to ask for sin, you must have the appearance of asking for sin, you look at you, where is the attitude of asking for sin, the congratulatory form was not written, okay, come here, talk to me." ”

Li Mu secretly slandered in his heart: "It's you who say the east, and you who says the west, the good and the bad are all for you, and you have this set for the New Year, and you still don't want people to live?" Walking up to Li Shimin's side, he was not polite, and said directly: "Your Majesty seems to be in a bad mood, but is there something?" ”

Li Shimin sighed, clicked on a note on the case, and said, "Come and take a look." ”

Li Mu nodded, opened the music and took a look, his back immediately cooled, he only felt the cold wind swishing at the back of his neck, and secretly glanced at Li Shimin, Li Shimin's face was as usual, but behind this indifference, Li Mu was confused for a while.

"When the minister hears and asks for the elder of the wood, he will consolidate his roots; Whoever is far away from the water will dredge its springs; Those who think about the safety of the country will accumulate their virtues. …… When the king is the weight of the artifact, the big one in the domain, he does not think of danger in peace, abstains from luxury and frugality, and cuts down the roots to seek wood Mao, and the source is long. ”

"Where 100 yuan, inherit the destiny of the sky, the good beginning is really complicated, and the end is widowed. Is it easy to take, but difficult to keep? …… The grievance is not big, but it is terrifying, and it is advisable to be cautious. Today, Your Majesty favors treacherous people, closes up and hears people, cronyism, up and down the court, black smoke and miasma, and the world is unpre......cedented."

This is an impeachment note, the impeachment is not someone else, the first target is Li Shimin, first to talk to him about the truth, and then the conversation changed, and then pointed out Li Shimin's fault. The second person to be impeached was Li Mu, saying that Li Mu was full of sloppy habits, had no one in his eyes, committed a heinous crime, and his identity was unknown, and he urgently needed an explanation. asked the emperor to issue an edict to change his ways, and immediately investigate Li Mu's sins in order to set the record straight. Otherwise...... The impeacher added a threat at the end: Your Majesty heard the disaster of Sui Yang?

The meaning of this sentence is, has Your Majesty ever heard the allusion of Emperor Yang of Sui? If you don't listen to my advice, Your Majesty will not be far from the fate of Emperor Yang of Sui.

Li Mu took a deep breath and looked at the signature of Song Shu, which read: Supervise the imperial history Zhao Cheng.

"Zhao Cheng?" A trace of doubt flashed in Li Mu's eyes, he had never heard of this old man, where did the shrimp soldiers and crab generals come out, and the ones that were famous in Yushitai, he had an impression. Besides, those who can do the imperial history shouldn't be fools, right?

Li Mu frowned, still unable to figure it out. Is this person coming for himself or Li Shimin, and what is his motive? He thought about it, looked at it again, and saw that there was a big problem in the song. The question is, if you want to deal with yourself, why do you want to pull Li Shimin into the water together? It must be known that impeachment is not easy for concubines, especially oneself, and the success rate is very low, but if you want to impeach the emperor together, the hope of success is basically zero, because it is impossible for the emperor to deny himself, and it is impossible for him to make an edict because of the words of the little imperial history.

The reason is very simple, when such a note was shown to Li Shimin, what was the first reaction? Of course, he was furious, and from the emperor's standpoint, the emperor would naturally think, what do I do, I have my own deep meaning, and I want you to point fingers? What are you? If I don't listen to you, I will become Emperor Yang of Sui, which is really unreasonable.

The important thing is that Li Shimin and Li Mu were tied together in the impeachment, so that Li Shimin had the feeling that this imperial history regarded him and Li Mu as the same kind of people. Li Muyan thought that Li Shimin would definitely not want to be seen as such an unobtrusive person. And he was reused by Li Shimin, and he did make achievements. As an emperor, someone's decision to impeach him like this will not only not make him feel bad about himself, but will have an instinct to protect his calf, which is human nature.

Li Mu put down the song and finally understood the reason why Li Shimin showed him this thing. He wanted to tell himself that there is a force in the DPRK and China that is gradually growing, otherwise he would not be so provocative. It is inconvenient for Li Shimin to do anything by himself, but he wants to let himself investigate and suppress this force.

That's what the imperial balance means.

Li Shimin looked at Li Mu and said, "Do you have any opinions?" ”

Li Mu put down the song and said, "Nonsense, big nonsense!" If His Majesty is Emperor Yang of Sui, then what is he? As for the minister, hum, the minister is loyal to His Majesty, this person must be envious, jealous and hateful, Your Majesty doesn't have to pay attention to it. ”

Li Shimin couldn't help but laugh, nodded and said, "That's it, I don't care about him, it's just a clown, and I don't care about him." His face became dark again, his eyebrows were covered with haze, and he picked up another piece of music and handed it to Li Mudao: "You can take a look at this note again." ”

Li Mu doesn't know what happened to Li Shimin today? No matter how important things are, do you have to be in such a hurry? Don't go to the excitement for the New Year and squat here to watch the music, is there still an end? Although he was reluctant, he still picked up the note, which was not a matter of impeachment, but a note involving commercial tax, saying that because of the commercial tax, the small traders who do business cannot make ends meet, the people are not happy, and the people are not happy, and the children are cannibalistic, etc.

In the end, the letter also gave the answer to the problem, which is very simple, the abolition of the business tax is, everything is back to the way it was.

"Your Majesty, this, the minister doesn't know what to say." Li Mu threw down the fold and said: "But the minister sees it this way, if you compare the country to a person, agriculture is fundamental, and without agriculture, this person will starve to death, so no, no." But taxes are like clothes, no, it's not enough to die, run bare-ass, as long as you're not afraid of jokes, it's fine. ”

Li Mu was not in a hurry because he was sure that Li Shimin would not give up business taxes. Because this money is really considerable, the commercial tax was not paid attention to in the past, because it was troublesome to collect commercial tax, because it was difficult to supervise, but now, at least in the Luoyang area of Chang'an, due to the control of traffic, the commercial tax is actually very easy to collect, and it is not up to the people who are not living or anything in the compromise, this year's harvest year, these words are completely nonsense.

Li Mu raised his eyes and looked at Li Shimin, wanting to hear what Li Shimin's opinion was.

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and said, "You don't have to look at me and say what you think. ”

Li Mu thought for a while and said: "It's very simple, it involves the interests of the people behind it, they have taken advantage of it for so many years, and it has become a habit and a natural thing to damage the public and private." You can't get used to their faults, you can't spit out in the past, and the taxes that should be paid to the state in the future can't be less. ”

Li Shimin said: "My attitude is the same as you think. But this matter is not involved in one or two people, and I am afraid that the tail will not be lost. ”

Li Mu smiled: "As long as Your Majesty makes up his mind, what is the tail that can't be dropped?" Could it be that the whole world is not the king's ministers, could it be that they still dare to rebel? Your Majesty, please believe me, these people are more afraid of death than you think. Therefore, Your Majesty, the minister suggested that the household department should specially allocate personnel to supervise the account books of the big businessmen in Chang'an and Luoyang to see if there is any tax evasion, even if they can't do the inventory, they should be cleaned up first! They dare to write such a memora, shameless, and His Majesty does not need to get used to them. ”

Li Shimin thought about it, sighed and said: "Then check, I want to see if they are afraid of death or not, but it is not easy to check, they must have prepared for a long time in order to avoid tax inspection, and it is not difficult to make false accounts, but I have an idea." ”

Li Mu's heart is empty, and he has an idea? Hey, what are you doing watching me like this, do you want to leave things to Lao Tzu again? It's not good, thankless, it's out of the plan, I have other things to do!

Li Mu raised his eyes and looked at Li Shimin, wanting to hear what Li Shimin's opinion was.

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and said, "You don't have to look at me and say what you think. ”

Li Mu thought for a while and said: "It's very simple, it involves the interests of the people behind it, they have taken advantage of it for so many years, and it has become a habit and a natural thing to damage the public and private." You can't get used to their faults, you can't spit out in the past, and the taxes that should be paid to the state in the future can't be less. ”

Li Shimin said: "My attitude is the same as you think. But this matter is not involved in one or two people, and I am afraid that the tail will not be lost. ”

Li Mu smiled: "As long as Your Majesty makes up his mind, what is the tail that can't be dropped?" Could it be that the whole world is not the king's ministers, could it be that they still dare to rebel? Your Majesty, please believe me, these people are more afraid of death than you think. Therefore, Your Majesty, the minister suggested that the household department should specially allocate personnel to supervise the account books of the big businessmen in Chang'an and Luoyang to see if there is any tax evasion, even if they can't do the inventory, they should be cleaned up first! They dare to write such a memora, shameless, and His Majesty does not need to get used to them. ”

Li Shimin thought about it, sighed and said: "Then check, I want to see if they are afraid of death or not, but it is not easy to check, they must have prepared for a long time in order to avoid tax inspection, and it is not difficult to make false accounts, but I have an idea." ”

Li Mu's heart is empty, and he has an idea? Hey, what are you doing watching me like this, do you want to leave things to Lao Tzu again? It's not good, thankless, it's out of the plan, I have other things to do!

Li Mu raised his eyes, Li Mu's heart was empty, and he had an idea? Hey, what are you looking at me like this, do you want to hand things over again