Li Xiaogong returned to his mansion, still anxious. As a man who has experienced the fright of a lot of wind and waves, his nerves are much more sensitive than he appears, and he is keenly aware that it seems that a storm is already brewing.

In a state of distraction, he paced to the martial arts arena. Far away, he heard the sound of shouting. Li Xiaogong walked in, and saw a young man tossing and turning, beating the wooden man. It was Li Chongyi, Li Chongyi was going to send armor to Li Chongyi, but he was stopped by Li Xiaogong halfway through, tied up directly back to his home and grounded, and he hadn't been out for more than ten days.

Li Chongyi couldn't disobey, so he had to find something to do for himself, it was impossible to study, and practicing martial arts became the only way for him to consume his energy, and he didn't talk to Li Xiaogong every day, he started practicing after eating, and he ate when he was tired. It also has a bit of an effect, and the muscles on the body can gradually see the shape of the point.

Li Xiaogong didn't disturb Li Chongyi, didn't make a sound, and stood on the edge of the martial arts arena and watched. He was born as a military general, but he was not a corrupt Confucian, and he was actually happy to see his son so heroic.

Li Shimin wanted him to go out of the mountain this time, and the reason why Li Xiaogong hesitated was also because of Li Chongyi. Personally, he has experienced the ups and downs of life, he has also held hundreds of thousands of male soldiers, sat on one side, and also waved his army south to conquer thousands of miles. It can be said that in addition to being an emperor in his life, he has experienced and enjoyed everything else. As an emperor, he couldn't fight Li Shimin, and he didn't dare to think about it or think about it. Therefore, now his life is at the end. For the rest of the day, it's better to be more sensible, and there's nothing wrong with being happy.

But if so, what could he leave for his son?

According to the existing system of the Tang Dynasty, the royal family should be demoted. In other words, he, the king of the county, can only be the prince of the country when Li Chongyi inherits it. If you want Li Chongyi to inherit the throne of the county king, you need him to make great contributions. He stayed in Chang'an, naturally there was no merit, and only by accepting Li Shimin's will and being the protector of this Dingxiang could he have such an opportunity.

But—

Li Xiaogong didn't dare to take this step easily, not only because of Li Shimin's concerns, but also from Li Mu's concerns.

There is no impermeable wall in the world, and the matter of Li Mu and Wang Ou is now well known in Chang'an City. Whether it is the huge age difference between Li Mu and Wang Ou, or the little things that Wang Ou and Li Shimin can't tell, they are all talked about by the people.

Countless people are guessing what Li Shimin will do with Li Mu. Will they kill him, or will they not care about these things at all?

All forces are also waiting, after all, what Li Mu did before can be said to be full of enemies, and there are far more people who want to see him unlucky than those who want to see him good.

"The King of the County."

There was a person behind Li Xiaogong, who was the housekeeper of the palace. Li Xiaogong glanced back at him, and the butler stopped and hid behind the shadow wall.

Li Xiaogong also turned around and went out, and the two hid behind the wall and talked in a whisper.

Li Chongyi had actually seen Li Xiaogong a long time ago, but he was angry and didn't want to pay attention to him, so he deliberately pretended not to see it, but at this time, seeing Li Xiaogong and the housekeeper mysterious, he felt very strange, and tiptoed over, leaning against the wall, pricking up his ears to listen.

“…… The king of the county, his subordinates have already inquired. In the past few days, His Majesty has repeatedly met with the principal responsible persons of various bureaus of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and issued orders to promote them. The main responsible persons have been promoted by at least one level. Like Changsun Chong and others, they are already justifiable directors. Officials at all levels of the Ministry of Industry are also rewarded. It seems that His Majesty intends to show favor to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Industry-"

"This king understands."

The butler didn't answer, he knew what he couldn't answer.

Li Xiaogong sighed and said, "Sure enough, the dragon has reverse scales, and if you touch it, you will die." It seems that His Majesty is going to do something to Li Mu, but His Majesty wants to be a person who is a wise man through the ages, and Li Mu has made great contributions, how could he kill the heroes in vain? Isn't he afraid that the historian will make a note and tarnish his great cause? Or does His Majesty have another trick? ”

The housekeeper whispered, "Lord Wang, my subordinates think that the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die." If Your Majesty wants to rectify a person, is there still few excuses? The prince should make a decision early, but don't make His Majesty unhappy. ”

"The king knows. You

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, without further ado, you are now a steward, not a strategist under the king's account, what kind of ideas do you have, let's go! ”

"Subordinates obey."

When the housekeeper left, Li Xiaogong was upset, paced back to the martial arts field, saw that Li Chongyi was still practicing martial arts, thought of Li Shimin's words, and sighed and left.

Li Chongyi looked at Li Xiaogong and walked away, immediately threw the weapon in his hand on the ground, went out from the other door of the martial arts arena, turned around, and came to a secluded corner, where there was an abandoned well, Li Chongyi lifted the manhole cover and jumped directly in.

There was a secret passage of nearly twenty meters inside the well leading to the outside of the wall, which Li Chongyi had spent a lot of effort digging before, just so that he could sneak out when he was grounded. He was afraid that Li Xiaogong would find out and rarely use it, and he couldn't catch up this time.

Taking out the mansion, Li Chongyi ran wildly, came to the Four Seas Gambling House, found Ergou, told Ergou what he heard, and then ran back, Ergou learned the news, did not dare to delay for a moment, and went to the valley to find Dugu Jiu and told him the news.

Dugu Jiu immediately flew a pigeon to pass the book, and at midnight, Li Mu, who was still three days away from Chang'an, received the news.

At about the same time as this news, there was also Li Shimin's flying pigeon biography.

Li Shimin told him that because the Turkic crisis was resolved, Tuyuhun, Tubo, Xue Yantuo, Goguryeo and other countries that had been waiting for an opportunity to move before all came to ask for guilt and sent envoys to Chang'an with heavy gifts to apologize. Coupled with the envoys from more than 30 small countries in the Western Regions brought by Li Mu this time, there will be envoys from more than 50 countries in Chang'an at that time. This momentum is directly catching up with the prosperity of the previous dynasty. Therefore, he wanted to take this opportunity to force Siyi to officially respect him as the Heavenly Khan, and the message was to ask Li Mu what he meant, whether this matter was feasible.

This is the first thing written on the front of the note, and the second thing written on the back is to ask Li Mu about the reward. Li Shimin said that Li Mu has made great contributions to solving the Turkic problem and the subsequent crisis without bloodshed, and he has decided to seal Li Mu as the founding county duke, and the location of the country has not yet been decided, and the Ministry of Rites is discussing.

Judging from Li Shimin's note, his trust in Li Mu is still the same, not half a point less, but better than before. It has definitely reached the point where it is inexhaustible to know everything.

But Li Mu felt chills, and the reason why he felt awkward was that between the lines of Li Shimin's words, he could no longer find half a sense of intimacy. Words like 'stinky boy' and 'see if I kick you' are no longer seen. Although grace is still the same on the surface, grace can also be a knife for killing people and funerals, and today's grace may not become the sword of other days.

"Big brother, why don't we escape?"

Li Chongyi watched from the side for a long time and held back a sentence.

Li Mu burned the note by candlelight, and said, "Escape? Where to escape? The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister, should we escape to the place where the birds don't and the wild monkeys live? Besides, your sister-in-law is still in the valley, and I escaped, and there is no sin and no sin is a sin, what should they do? ”

"But when you go back this time, too—"

"Put your heart in your stomach." Li Mu patted Li Chongyi on the shoulder and said, "There are people who want to kill your eldest brother, isn't your eldest brother still alive?" It's not that easy to die. ”

"Oh." Li Chongyi answered and didn't speak again, but he still didn't know the bottom in his heart. He has experienced life and death with Li Mu several times, and when Li Mu was in prison, he was also by his side, and he was not worried at that time, because he knew that the emperor valued Li Mu and would not let him die. But now, the opponent is the emperor, can he still get through the trick like before?

Li Mu blew out the light and lay down, his back to Li Chongyi, his expression no longer so confident. He doesn't have the bottom in his heart, after all, he is the woman who robbed the emperor, is the hatred of taking his wife so easy to swallow? Changing places, Li Mu thought to himself that if he were Li Shimin, this breath would never be swallowed. No matter who this woman likes, Lao Tzu is the emperor, and the world is mine, let alone a woman?

"Sleep, I'll have to go tomorrow."

Li Mu said and closed his eyes. Li Chongyi responded, holding the axe in his arms, and his tower-like body blocked the wind at the door, so that the cold wind that came in could not blow Li Mu's body.

……

Chang'an City has not been lively for a long time, since the news of the alliance between the Turks and the Tang Dynasty came, Chang'an City

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There are many more people of all kinds. Most of them were envoys from various countries, taking advantage of the time to wait for the emperor to summon them, they made large-scale purchases in Chang'an City, completely looking like people with a lot of money.

But in reality, they are not really stupid people with a lot of money. The reason why they don't think about the cost is that their profit is simply too high. Chang'an City is the most advanced and developed city in the world, and everything here can make these small countries covet, as long as they bring these things back to their own country, it will be ten times or twenty times the profit. Therefore, for these small countries, being envoys is not something that can be done casually, and they have to be the most powerful people in their own countries.

After learning that the Turkic crisis was lifted, all countries sent envoys. But between countries, strength is the most important. The strength of the country also determined that this envoy could have some face in the Tang Dynasty.

In the ranking table of the Tang Dynasty, the Turks have always been ranked in the most important position, because the Turks have always been the main enemies of the Tang Dynasty since Jieli. After the fall of the Eastern Turks, this quota fell on the Western Turks, and now the Western Turks have formed an alliance with the Tang Dynasty, and the two sides have entered a period of friendship and peace, and the diplomatic relations of the Western Turks are even more important.

Under the Western Turks, there are two countries, which also have face. It is considered to be ranked second, one of which is Tibet, and the other is Goguryeo. One in the southwest and the other in the northeast, both of which are the main enemies on the border of the Tang Dynasty. The envoys of these two countries were received by special ceremonial officials.

In the third class, there are Tuyuhun and Xue Yantuo. They are either one outsider in charge of two countries, or they are in charge of the principal, as the case may be.

And at the bottom of the list, there are small countries such as the Wa Kingdom, Zhenla, and Murowei, and their status in the eyes of the Tang Dynasty is similar to the 36 countries of the Western Regions.

After the Turkic crisis was lifted this time, envoys were sent to Tibet, Goguryeo, and Tuyuhun. Tuyuhun was angered by the Tianzhu King's attack on Li Mu and was kept hanging all the time. The envoys of Tibet and Goguryeo were treated very favorably. Regardless of whether they are hostile countries or not, the strength of Tubo and Goguryeo is enough for the Tang Dynasty to take a look.

Tubo came to a prince and a national teacher, low-key, since meeting Li Shimin, has been staying in the small courtyard of Honglu Temple, and does not go out, all the things needed are to ask the people of the Ministry of Rites to help buy.

Goguryeo came on this trip as a son. The system of Goguryeo is similar to that of the Central Plains, and their son is the son of the brother of the king of Goguryeo, similar to the son of the prince of the Tang Dynasty, although his status is not as good as that of the prince of Tubo, it is not much different. He was accompanied by a shaman from Goguryeo.

Diametrically opposed to the low-key nature of Tibet, the style of the Goguryeo prince was very high-profile, going out early every day and coming back late, as if he was looking for something. Seeing the envoys of Baekje and Silla, the princes of Goguryeo also looked like they were commanding and commanding, as if these two countries were their slaves. Although the envoys of the two countries were angry, they did not dare to turn their faces. Datang naturally didn't care about the affairs between them, and after a few days, the envoys of the two countries couldn't stand it anymore, so they moved out of Honglu Temple and found a place to live by themselves.

When people talk about Goguryeo in later generations, many people will automatically think of Goryeo and the two countries on the peninsula. I will also wonder why a 'small country' can have such a large force to drag down the Sui Dynasty and the Sui and Tang dynasties, which can be said to be the most powerful period of the Central Plains, why a 'small country' can have such a large force, and it has cost the life of a generation of male lord Li Shimin.

In fact, Goguryeo is an extremely powerful country with a very long history. As early as 37 B.C., the Buyeo people Jumeng established the Goguryeo Kingdom, until the fall of Goguryeo during the Gojong period, 700 years before and after. And unlike Goguryeo in the public subconscious, Goguryeo and Goryeo are not the same thing. The Goguryeo people were mainly the northern Khun and Buyeo, not the Koreans, and Goryeo was founded two hundred years after the fall of Goguryeo, when the common people, who were oppressed by the nobility of the Silla Kingdom, revolted. They are mainly descendants of the 'Samhan', and they can't be said to have nothing to do with Goguryeo, but they are not big.

In the early Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo had nearly 300,000 armored men and terrifying force, making it a powerful country.

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