Fang Xuanling deliberately amplified the voice so that the Lu family in the ancestral hall could hear it. From the corner of his eyes, he quickly accelerated his pace and hurriedly left with the butler.

Mrs. Lu came to the door, looked at Fang Xuanling in a hurry, raised her hand to call the servant who was cleaning in the yard, and asked, "What did the prince just say? Who is here?"

Who among the Duke's Mansion knew that it was the head of the Lu family? The servant dared not refuse to answer and said, "The housekeeper came to report, saying that it was Zhulu Marquis who came to visit. The Duke said that he could not be negligent and should open the middle door to welcome him."

"What?!" Lu immediately became furious and said, "All people are worthy of being welcomed by him when he opens the middle door? He is becoming more and more disrespectful! Come on, take my imperial edicts and clothes! I want to see what kind of monster this Li Mu is! If you don't go in the sky, you won't go, and if you don't have a door to hell, I will repay the great humiliation for Lu's family in Fanyang today!"

When Fang Yiai heard this, she didn't care about kneeling down. She stood up and ran over to stop her and said, "Mom, it's not possible! This Li Mu is not an ordinary person. You will suffer a loss like this!"

"Have you got up?" Lu raised the ruler in his hand, and Fang Yiai had to kneel down, but said: "Mom, in the mansion, Dad gives in to you, we respect you, you can do whatever you want. But outside, not everything can follow your heart. Li Mu is not a simple person. If he can beat his uncle, he must be capable. You..."

"Don't say this nonsense. Are you trying to say that your mother is a female, and she is not useful? She really has no etiquette at all! No matter how powerful Li Mu is, can he be better than the emperor? You kneel in front of my ancestors and regret it. It's not your turn to take care of my affairs!"

Lu once had a head-on conflict with Li Shimin because Li Shimin wanted to reward his concubine to Fang Xuanling. Li Shimin used vinegar as poisonous wine for her to drink. She raised her head and drank it. Li Shimin was so scared that she didn't dare to care anymore. Lu thought that she had won the emperor, but in fact it was a woman's opinion. As the emperor, how could Li Shimin be afraid of a woman? He saw Fang Xuanling's affection for Lu, and could not bear to force his important minister's wife to death to leave a bad reputation.

Li Shimin had heard of his short-sightedness, and he used this as a basis to show off his strength. However, he didn't say anything, just because he just took Fang Xuanling's face.

Under the maid's service, Lu changed into the imperial uniform. With a breath of energy, he came to the front yard lobby with great momentum. When he walked to the door, he was about to push the door open, and heard the conversation inside, Lu frowned slightly and stopped at the door, but did not go in.

"... Fang Xiang and greetings have been exchanged. In order to save time, I made it open and honest. This time I am here to disturb you. In addition to New Year's greetings, there is another thing to talk to Fang Xiang. Recently, Fang Xiang must have heard about the recent rise in grain prices. As the prime minister, Fang Xiang naturally understands that people regard food as the most important thing, and food prices are related to the country. If it is a natural disaster, it would be fine. There was no major disaster last year, but the food prices rose in vain. Behind this matter, there must be someone who will make trouble!"

Fang Xuanling nodded and said, "This matter is indeed abnormal."

"Your Majesty is furious!" Li Mu stood up and angrily: "Fang Xiang, how could anyone ignore the law and rule it to this point? Although Mu is young, he still understands the basic principles. People should not be deceived and the people should not be humiliated!"

Fang Xuanling looked at Li Mu and said in his heart, what is talent? This is talent! If we hadn't known in advance, this was a show for our wife, Fang Xuanling would have thought that Li Mu was telling the truth.

Li Mu was already in the play, but he didn't know what he was thinking. He continued to follow the script in his heart and said, "Your Majesty gave me this matter, so I naturally tried my best to share your worries. I sent the Jinyiwei to investigate the matter. The matter was not difficult to investigate. After half a day, the context was clear. The person behind this matter was the Shandong gentry led by the Lu family of Fanyang and Zheng family of Xingyang. They were unwilling to accept the punishment of Your Majesty to punish them, so they tried to manipulate the price of grain, threaten His Majesty, and threaten the court. How different is such a bold person to rebel?"

Lu hid outside the door and heard the word "rebellion" and his heart immediately reached his throat!

Everyone knows the dissatisfaction of Shandong gentry with Li Shimin, but there is no such thing as saying that it has reached the level of rebellion. Is the reason? It’s very simple, I dare not.

Back then, the Shandong gentry supported local tyrants to support local tyrants for their own self-interest and tried to support their troops and relied on their own. How many heroes were born in a time, and how did they happen in the end? They were all destroyed? And it was not the invincible general Li Shimin who was the invincible general of Tiance, but Li Jiancheng, who was not good at using force and did not have many good generals in his hands.

If it were Li Shimin who went there in person, based on Li Shimin's combat style at that time, it is a different story to whether the Shandong gentry can exist now.

So to this day, the Shandong gentry's opposition to Li Shimin is always controlled by words and will not take action. Because they know in their hearts that without a person who is like Li Shimin back then, no matter how powerful the Shandong gentry is, it is just a mess of sand.

Li Shimin also understood this truth, so he never really took the Shandong gentry seriously. He just thought it was annoying.

But if Li Shimin really thought that the Shandong gentry would rebel, then the matter would be great. Li Shimin was the emperor, and the early Tang Dynasty was a time of a large number of generals. He had just defeated the Turks again and had a strong morale. He could be said to have a million soldiers and a thousand powerful generals. On the other hand, the Shandong gentry had food but no soldiers, and hundreds of rural brave men who guarded Zhuangzi were of use in front of the Iron Cavalry of the Tang Dynasty. They were like a group of fat sheep facing hungry wolves, with no resistance at all.

It was related to Fan Yang's family, how could Lu not be nervous. He was determined to push the door and went in, but was worried that she would go in. Li Mu would not continue to say anything because she was by the side, so he had to continue waiting at the door and wait to hear what Li Mu said next.

"I reported the whole story to Your Majesty. After hearing this, Your Majesty was very angry. He immediately ordered to arrest and behead all the more than 30 grain dealers involved to serve as a warning to others!"

Fang Xuanling was amazed by the way. As the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, if such a big thing really happened, he would not have known that more than 30 people would have been beheaded at one time. There must be no such thing, but it is absolutely true that Li Mu could say nothing about it as if it were true!

Suddenly, Fang Xuanling saw the look handed over by Li Mu, hurriedly put away his expression of watching the show, sighed, and said, "Although these grain vendors are guilty, it is really a bit like killing so many people at once... Your Majesty once determined to be a wise ruler. This move is probably harmful to Your Majesty's reputation!"

"Yes, yes!" Li Mu stomped his feet and said, "I think so too. The house looks and I have a similar view!"

Fang Xuanling almost didn't get angry. He was like him. How could he not read "The Three Kingdoms"? The heroes' views are similar, and the words are similar to those of "The Three Kingdoms·Shu Book·Pang Tong Zhu", and the wisdom and people in the world's views are similar. This is a saying of heroes cherishing heroes. There is nothing wrong with speaking, but when Li Mu said it, he always feels that they are pulling the two of them to the same level.

Fang Xuanling felt very uncomfortable when he heard this, but at this time he asked Li Mu, he could not say anything, so he could only smile and vaguely pass it.

"...I told Your Majesty at that time. Your Majesty, you are confused! For the sake of the Zheng family of Xingyang and the Lu family of Fanyang, the cattle and horses, which ruined their reputation for life, why bother? The Lu family of Fanyang and Zheng family of Xingyang, are all things, that is, rural village men, rascals, especially those bullshit scholars, and saints' scriptures all read into the dog's belly! They are all unfaithful, filial, unkind and unrighteous people. Your Majesty, are you going to be serious about these people? This is like playing the piano against a cow, losing your identity!"

This scolding was easy to curse, not only did the Lu family outside the door not be able to listen, but even Fang Xuanling was a little unheard of it. Fanyang Lu family and Xingyang Zheng family were one of the five surnames and seven hopes, a thousand-year-old family. As early as before the three dynasties, people had a well-known name. Anyone who mentioned it casually was all famous in contemporary times.

Why did he become a cow, a village man, a scoundrel when he got into Li Mu's mouth?

Fang Xuanling was worried that his wife would explode, so he quickly went back to find a supplement and said, "You can't say that. Since you are a great scholar, you must be capable. You should not speak nonsense or speak nonsense."

"Speak nonsense?" Li Mu sneered and said, "The saints teach them to be loyal to the emperor. Are they loyal? The saints teach them to love the people. Do they love them? If they love the people, they will not raise the price of grain and make the people unable to afford rice! What's wrong with me scolding them? I scold them, and they have to thank me. If I hadn't stopped them, they would have already landed on the ground!"

Fang Xuanling was considered to have seen Li Mu's slight words. He was worried that he would lead to more words, so he had to agree: "Yes, you are right, they have to thank you."

"I am a gentleman, how can I confuse them with them? I will not accept their gratitude." Li Mu said with a arrogant look on his face, "After my persuasion, Your Majesty promised not to kill them. The time limit is three days, let them lower the price of grain and bear all losses. At the same time, each person fined 500 jin to help orphans and refugees."

Speaking of this, Li Mu took a deep breath and exclaimed: "Your Majesty's mind is like the world. He is really a role model for us to learn! Fang Xiang, as ministers, you and I can be under the leadership of such Your Majesty... It is a blessing that has been cultivated in several lifetimes!"

Fang Xuanling was too lazy to say anything, so he nodded repeatedly and agreed.

"But!" Li Mu suddenly breathed heavily, scaring Fang Xuanling's heart trembled, and he thought to himself, can't you finish it in one breath? Who can bear this shock!

"Your Majesty loves the people as much as his son. You can turn a blind eye to these ignorant vendors and forget about alcohol. But the borers in the court cannot be so easy to make up. As a minister in the court, his heart is not in the court, but in his personal interests. Such people must be found and eliminated!"

Li Mu Yu Guang glanced at the door and continued, "Your Majesty means killing traitors who are robbed outside, killing chickens to warn monkeys, and let some people have a memory! This is also the purpose of me coming to find a house minister today. This matter has something to do with the house minister."

Fang Xuanling was so confused that he couldn't figure out the truth when he heard Li Mu say this. He couldn't help but be careful and said, "What does it have to do with me?"

"Lu Zhaoling, this person, is he close to Fang?"

Fang Xuanling was a little confused and murmured, "I don't remember having a kiss..."

At this time, Lu couldn't help but walk into the lobby and said, "Master, you are confused and have relatives. Although you don't have much contact, Lu Zhaoling and I are from the Lu family of Fanyang, so I am my cousin."

Fang Xuanling was actually pretending, and he didn't know which officials in the court were. Seeing that Lu couldn't help but come out, he secretly gave Li Mu a wink and introduced: "Li Mu, this is my wife. Madam, this is the most handsome talent in the Tang Dynasty, Li Mu, the Marquis of Zhulu. Look, is he a handsome talent?"

Lu hated Li Mu to the core, and when he heard this, he was even more angry. However, because he was worried about the safety of Lu's family in Fanyang, he had to squeeze out a smile and said, "How can Zhulu Marquis be entrusted by His Majesty with an important task? Old woman, I heard that Zhulu Marquis was here, so I specially changed the clothes to meet him, and I dared not be negligent at all."

Li Mu bowed his hand and said with a smile: "You have met the wife of the imperial decree. The lady's clothes are so beautiful. What kind of imperial decree is there?"

"A man who was granted the title of the first-rank Duke will be granted the title of the first-rank imperial edict."

"Oh!" Li Mu suddenly realized and said, "It turned out that it was because of the light of the Fang Xiang. I said why is it more beautiful than my wife's clothes? So that's it. I am not as good as the Fang Xiang, but just from the third-rank military marquis. So my wife is only from the third-rank imperial edict. Speaking of which, I am sorry to my wife."

Lu's face suddenly became ugly. How could she not hear the sarcasm in Li Mu's words? He was saying that all the glory of Lu's family came from Fang Xuanling. Without Fang Xuanling, she was nothing. Even if she was a first-class imperial edict, there was nothing to show off.

Fang Xuanling looked at him in fear, fearing that his wife would explode on the spot and make a fuss. But what he worried about did not happen. Lu's face turned out to be even more ugly, and then gradually calmed down.

"Just just now, I heard the Marquis Zhulu talk about the Lu family of Fanyang. The Lu family of Fanyang is my mother's family, so I was quite worried. I hope the Marquis will give you advice, how will Your Majesty deal with my cousin?"

"kill!"

Li Mu said this word with a smile, which made Lu even more frightened. What she saw in Li Mu's eyes was full of indifference, as if killing a person was as simple as killing a chicken for him.

Lu said unwillingly: "Just kill him one?"

"Your Majesty is kind, so naturally he will only punish the evil people." Li Mu smiled and said, "Who made him the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs? He is in his position but does not plan his own affairs, can he control it without paying attention to the rise in food prices. If he is in such a position, he will die for the rest of his life, right? Do you think he shouldn't be killed?"

Before Lu could speak, Li Mu said again: "If he doesn't think he's dead, there will be many people who die. I believe that Mr. Lu is a man who commits suicide and righteousness. If he knew that he had died, he would have been guaranteed dozens of people. I guess he would be willing to die, right?"
Chapter completed!