"Use their money for my use?" Li Shimin looked at Li Mu suspiciously, and the sentence in his heart did not come out: "If it were so easy, I wouldn't have to worry about money." ”

"To be precise, for the use of the state."

"I am the country!"

Li Mu smiled and shook his head. Li Shimin was slightly angry and said: "I am the country, is this sentence wrong?" ”

"Your Majesty, the country is not just Your Majesty, this is just the flattery of flatterers. Isn't it absurd that if one person is a nation, then anyone can claim to be a nation? ”

Li Shimin was silent, obviously not thinking of a rebuttal.

Li Mu continued: "The minister thinks that the country must meet at least four conditions, the land, the people, the culture, and the court. The four are indispensable, there is no country without a land, no people, thousands of miles of land, it is impossible. If you have a land and a people, you can't be civilized, how is it different from a wild beast? If you have all three, and there is no court, isn't that a troubled time? In troubled times, human life is like grass, how can it be considered a country? ”

"Your Majesty, the Son of Heaven too. The Son of Heaven is also the Emperor of Man. Your Majesty is the emperor, and you also have to take on the responsibility of the emperor. Your Majesty's responsibility is to make this country better and its people richer. The minister also heard the ancient saying: Jun, Zhouye; People, water too. Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize a boat. Therefore, it must not be said that His Majesty has achieved the country, but that the country has achieved His Majesty. ”

Li Shimin pondered Li Mu's words, the more he pondered, the more reasonable he felt, and suddenly got up and bowed, Li Mu hurriedly retreated half a step, as if he was dodging, but in fact, his steps did not move, and he accepted this salute.

Li Shimin straightened up and said, "Li Mu, your words are like an initiation, which has made me wake up. You're right, I'm not the state, and the money doesn't belong to me, I only have the right to use it for the state, and I can't use it for my own benefit. ”

"Your Majesty can understand this truth, and it can be regarded as the minister's words have not been in vain." Li Mu thought about it and felt that he could say a little more, so he continued: "Actually, this is very simple to understand, Your Majesty's inner treasury and the national treasury, Your Majesty will use the money from the inner treasury to subsidize the national treasury, and you will have a good reputation, and if Your Majesty uses the money from the national treasury, everyone in the world will think that Your Majesty is a faint king." Since Your Majesty wants to be a Ming Jun, you can't have the idea of beating the treasury money, and your Majesty can't fight the money in this market, and you can't let anyone move this thought. ”

Li Shimin was puzzled; "If you can't think about it, how can you use it?"

"Simple." Li Mu chuckled: "It is enough to take advantage of the situation, and you can use means to let the money flow in the direction that Your Majesty wants, although it is not direct, but it also achieves the purpose of use." ”

"Tell me more."

"Your Majesty, the richest of the world, they hoard gold, silver, and copper coins, and have nowhere to spend them. Some of them were asked by the minister, and some of them had money cellars, and most of the copper coins in them had rotted because they had been stored for too long. The quantity of copper coins, gold and silver is limited, and they are all stored, and there are few in circulation in the market, and it is inconvenient for the people to use them. After having the Luoyang trading market, because there are many opportunities to participate in investment, the money can be used. ”

"At the same time, because you are participating in shares and not in management, the geographical restrictions will also be reduced. This is quite beneficial for His Majesty to break the shackles of the locality. ”

"In addition, in the minister's concept, at least one-third of the transactions in this trading market should be with Fanbang." Li Mu smiled evilly and said: "Your Majesty, imagine that if Fanbang wants to trade in the market, he needs to pay the guarantee money first, and if the transaction is successful, he also has to pay taxes, in order to facilitate trade, they need to deposit money in the bank of Datang, and the idle surplus money deposited in the bank, can the imperial court borrow it?" As long as the account is clear, you only need a little, negligible interest, and use other countries' money to strengthen my Datang! ”

"Once the two countries are at war...... No, it is not necessary to fight, and when their money is in our hands, they have to weigh their own money if they want to go to war. There is a popular saying among the people, called, it is the uncle who owes money, and this is the truth! ”

"It's the uncle who owes the money-" Li Shimin was born in a family, where has he ever been exposed to such vulgar behavior, but this truth is very simple, as long as you think about it, you can understand it. Li Shimin laughed out loud and said, "It's an uncle who owes money!" The truth is very right, wonderful! Li Shimin looked at Li Mu appreciatively and said, "Li Mu, you are really a genius of Tianzhong, I didn't misunderstand you!" Don't worry, I've got your back! ”

"No," Li Mu was very serious, and said, "The minister does not need His Majesty's support, on the contrary, the minister wants to ignore this." ”

"How can I ignore the great plans of the country?"

"If Your Majesty attaches great importance to it, isn't it Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knows it? has aroused the defense of other countries, how to implement the plan to lure the king into the urn? ”

Li Shimin was silent, it seemed difficult to choose, and Li Mu said again: "Your Majesty, the minister has one more matter, I want to discuss it with Your Majesty." Li Shimin looked at Li Mu, and Li Mu said seriously: "Your Majesty has already seen the green sparrow?" ”

Li Mu didn't mention it, Li Shimin also remembered, very annoyed, and said: "I was about to settle accounts with you, how did Qingque lose weight like that, what did you say to him?" ”

"Your Majesty, this can't rely on the minister, that's what Qingque himself is willing to reduce. The minister said that Qingque wanted to ask His Majesty for permission to set up a literature museum in Luoyang. ”

Hearing the words 'Literature Museum', Li Shimin's eyes narrowed, stared at Li Mu, and said, "Why do you think so, what did Qingque say to you?" ”

"Qingque didn't say anything, he just showed me the bracket chronicles he had compiled."

Li Shimin asked again: "Are you optimistic about Qingque?" ”

"The minister does not have the heart to discuss the prince."

"And what do you know what it means to be in the Literature Museum?"

"The minister knows that in the fourth year of Wude, the Emperor Taishang allowed His Majesty to open a literary museum, and His Majesty ordered eighteen people to be the official and bachelor of the literary museum, known as the eighteen bachelors, to live in direct residences, introduce them every day, and discuss the classics. At that time, people envied the admission of bachelors and called it Dengyingzhou. Later, these people became His Majesty's staff, and they were all involved in affairs, big and small. ”

"Now that you understand, you still suggest this? Have you ever imagined what the prince would think of you if this matter reached his ears? Although Li Shimin prefers Li Tai, but at this time, there is no idea of easy storage, Li Mu's behavior made him very angry: "Li Mu, although Cheng Qianwen is not as talented as Qingque, but he has great respect for you, he is a prince, but he is willing to call you a big brother, you persuade me like this, are you worthy of him?" ”

"The minister didn't think so, His Majesty thought that the minister said these words, involving the prince's affairs, but the minister didn't think about it like this, and told His Majesty about it because it was Qingque's heart's wish. On the prince's side, the minister has already planned that the affairs of the internal affairs will be slowly taught to the prince at the pace allowed by His Majesty. ”

Li Shimin's eyes were like torches: "Do you want to bet on both ends?" ”

Li Mu smiled and said: "Your Majesty, whether Your Majesty believes it or not, the ministers only regard the crown prince and the king of Yue as their own brothers, and doing these things has nothing to do with what Your Majesty thinks, the ministers just want to give them what is suitable for them." As His Majesty said, they call me a big brother, and being a big brother always has something in return. As for what His Majesty thinks in his heart, the minister thinks that only His Majesty can decide, and the participation of anyone else is meaningless to the final result. ”

"If you think like that, you can't guarantee that others will think like that. Once I allow Qingque to set up a literature museum, people with ulterior motives will join her, Qingque is young after all, what if she is bewitched by others and does something she shouldn't do? I don't want the Xuanwumen incident to happen again, don't say it, I won't allow it! ”

Li Mu was not in a hurry, he was still very indifferent, and said, "Your Majesty, please ask Rong Chen to say a few more words." Not to mention, as far as the minister knows, Qingque doesn't think so, but there is, and the minister thinks it's human nature. As the crown prince and the elder brother, if Cheng Qian doesn't even have the courage to face his brother's challenge, he is not worthy of being the future monarch of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Mu said word by word: "The monarch of the Tang Dynasty cannot survive in infancy, only the strongest prince is qualified to inherit the throne!" ”

"Li Mu—"

After Li Mu finished speaking, he bowed and saluted, saying, "The minister said a lot of things that should not be said today, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about it." The Zhichen will help the Qingque to complete, this is a book that can go down in history, the age of the Qingque is very rare, and the minister is just a pity. ”

Li Mu turned around and left, and Li Shimin suddenly stopped him: "Do you really think so?" The book compiled by Qingque is enough to go down in history? Didn't you teach him this book? ”

Li Mu turned his head and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, although the minister can be called a talented person, he is not an immortal who knows everything. Your Majesty should have more faith in his son. ”

"Then what do you think, where is Cheng Qian's talent?"

Li Mu thought for a while and replied: "Talent is not obvious, it can't mean that there is no talent." Cheng Qian is now doing urban management, isn't he doing a good job? If Your Majesty intends to hone your Majesty's succession, the minister can also help Your Majesty think of a way. ”

Li Shimin frowned: "You let me think about it again, Gao Gan, send Li Mu for me." ”

"The minister retired."

Gonggong Gao sent Li Mu to the outside of the hall, gave a deep salute, and said, "Master Hou, thank you very much this time." The miscellaneous family has long felt that if Yuan Tiangang wants to make it bad, he just can't think of a way to deal with it, if there is no you today, my family is afraid that we will suffer. ”

Li Mu said with a smile: "My father-in-law overestimated Yuan Tiangang too much, and he underestimated himself too much. Today, if you mention the people that Your Majesty can rest assured, your father-in-law is definitely among the top three. ”

"It's unthinkable." Gao Gonggong said modestly, but his demeanor and demeanor did not mean the slightest modesty, obviously what Li Mu said, he also recognized it in his heart.

"I just don't know how to go in the future."

"Father-in-law only needs to remember four words."

"Master Hou, please speak."

"Loyal to Your Majesty."

"Loyal to Your Majesty?" Grandpa Gao frowned and said strangely: "Isn't this how it should be?" ”

"I mean, absolute loyalty." Li Mu didn't explain anything, bowed slightly, and turned around to leave. Gonggong Gao watched Li Mu walk away, returned to the hall, and saw that Li Shimin was also standing by the window looking at Li Mu, and came behind him without making a sound.

"What did Li Mu say to you?"

Gao Gonggong didn't have the slightest intention of concealing it, and replied truthfully: "The old slave thanked him for Yuan Tiangang's trouble, but he said that the old slave overestimated Yuan Tiangang's position in His Majesty's heart and underestimated the old slave's position in His Majesty's heart. The old slave asked the East Factory and the West Factory where to go in the future? He said four words. ”

"What four words?"

"Loyal to Your Majesty."

Li Shimin turned his head and asked, "Isn't this how it should be?" ”

The old slave asked the same thing, and he said something again.

"Absolute loyalty."

"Gone?"

"It's gone."

Li Shimin waved his hand, Gonggong Gao retreated, Li Shimin paced back to the table, picked up the pen, put it down again, picked up the pen again, and wrote down a holy decree.

……

Chang'an City was in turmoil because of a holy decree.

His Majesty suddenly issued an order to crown Li Mu as the Marquis of Luoyang. Originally, he was the Hou Ye, but after a short period of promotion, he was deprived. However, everyone knows that the reason for the deprivation is untenable, so Li Mu's title will come back sooner or later, which is something that everyone recognizes. Therefore, when most people see Li Mu, they still call him Hou Ye. Li Mu is the marquis, no one will find it strange.

He is now making the Luoyang Order and changing the title of Luoyang Marquis, which is also the proper meaning of the title, and it is understandable. The reason why such a big riot was caused was because of the will of His Majesty. The title system of the Tang Dynasty, following the Sui Dynasty, is divided into two categories and seven kinds, including the prince and the fifth class, the prince is divided into the prince and the county king, and the fifth rank is the familiar prince and the male fifth.

It is generally accepted that the Marquis is the second of the fifth class. However, Li Shimin named Li Mu as the Marquis of Luoyang this time, but did not add the word 'founding of the country' or 'county marquis' in his will, but only the words 'Marquis of Luoyang'. Looking at the content of the will, Li Mujin was given a purple ribbon, allowed him to open a mansion, and purchased his own family and other subordinate officials.

This is not the marquis in the Tang Dynasty, but the same as the Marquis of the Qin and Han dynasties. The Marquis of Che was the highest rank in the Qin and Han dynasties. In the Han Dynasty, the highest title available to the opposite sex was the Marquis of Che, such as the famous champion Hou Huo Quai, who was as high as 10,000 households. Although it is not stated in the holy decree how many Li Mu Caiyi, Luoyang is the capital of accompaniment, although it is a county, the population is more than 10,000 households? Let Luoyang be his feudal state, could it be that in His Majesty's heart, Li Mu can already be compared with the champion Hou of the Han Dynasty?

Wei Zheng didn't rub sand in his eyes, so naturally he wouldn't allow this kind of thing to happen. The imperial historians of the Imperial History Observatory were also like chicken blood, and they flew to Li Shimin's desk like snowflakes, and under this momentum, the other two holy decrees were not so eye-catching.

These two holy decrees were: Li Tai, the king of Yue, changed the title of King of Wei, allowed him to set up a literary museum in Luoyang City, and recruited scribes to compile the Kuodi Chronicles.

A separate copy of the notes of the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs shall be sent to the Prince's Mansion for the Prince's knowledge.

When Li Mu learned about these two things, he was sending warmth to the orphans in the Salesian Bureau, and when he heard it, he just smiled faintly and did not make any comments. He played with the golden seal in his hand, looked at the three words 'Luoyang Hou' on it, and a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Everything is under control.