"Good boy!"

Li Shimin is no longer surprised by Li Mu's arrogance, and in reality, Li Mu is saying the truth. His ability to do business is indeed too powerful. What's even more rare is his mind, so many wonderful ideas. He can think of everything that ordinary people can't think of, and he can do it well, and look at the world. This ability is unique.

Li Shimin wondered: "I just can't figure out why you can accomplish any business... I haven't seen any special means you have. I'm really confused."

Li Mu smiled and said, "Your Majesty wants to know?"

Li Shimin glanced at him and said, "I know you can't tell the truth. Forget it, I won't ask anymore and drink."

Li Mu diligently poured Li Shimin's glasses, and accompanied him with a glass, saying, "There is nothing that cannot be told the truth, and I have never hidden it from it. But when I tell the truth very seriously, neither Your Majesty nor others will listen to it as the truth."

"Just like what I said in the evening, does Your Majesty still remember?"

Li Shimin recalled and said, "Are you talking about spending money?"

Li Mu nodded and said, "It seems ridiculous to throw money, but it is very useful. It will give me a very good reputation."

Li Shimin burst into laughter, interrupted Li Mu, and said, "Don't gild yourself on your face. Will this be a good reputation?"

Li Mu said seriously: "Your Majesty, the quality of a reputation depends on the purpose. For people like Duke Wei, spending money on the street will definitely not be a good reputation, but for the ministers, or for what they do, this is a good reputation."

"Your Majesty still remembers that a censor impeached the minister to ask for bribes from Gaochang's Crown Prince Ju Zhisheng?"

Li Shimin thought for a while and said, "I remember that Cheng Zhijie was still talking to you at that time." Suddenly, Li Shimin had a little enlightenment and said, "Did you ask for it?"

Li Mu smiled and said, "Of course!"

"Ha!" Li Shimin was 'fury' and slapped the table and said, "You dare to deceive me?"

"I am not deceiving Your Majesty, but I want to keep my face." Li Mu said seriously: "Where was at that time, how many people in the court regard me as thorns in their eyes? The Chief Censor Wang Jingze was sent by Wei Zheng to attack me at first sight. If I asked him to sue me, there would be no place to stand in the court. I don't really care whether there is a place to stand in the court, but Your Majesty still needs me in the court, otherwise I will just borrow a donkey and go home to farm."

Li Shimin said angrily: "You just want to farm so much? I see that this valley is not small. If you like to plant it, you can plant it in spring!"

"Of course I have to plant it!" Li Mu said in a natural tone: "I really like to farm. If I don't like it, I will not ask Prince Gaochang and Prince Zhenla for seeds. I just want to plant crops that were not available in the Tang Dynasty, see what is good, and then promote it with all my might. Even if I just let the people of the Tang Dynasty eat more vegetables and a bowl of rice, I feel that it is extremely successful, which is much more fulfilling than calculating the ministers of the court."

Li Shimin was amused and cried, and said, "Why can't I understand your idea? For thousands of years, the people have eaten... If you don't talk about the people, just talk about me, don't these emperors from ancient times eat grains and wild vegetables in the mountains? What's new about this? It's worth your efforts to waste such great efforts?"

"Your Majesty, how can this be useless?" Li Mu said seriously: "There is nothing more important in my heart than farming!"

“Why?”

"Your Majesty, in my eyes, it is related to the country and the country. Anything can be replaced, but only farming is irreplaceable. If you miss the farming season, the grains will not be borne, and the grains will not be harvested, and the people will starve to death without food! I read through the historical books and see what the so-called prosperous era is? To put it bluntly, it is just that it can feed the people. If you feed the people, the population will grow, the population will grow, all industries will prosper, and the military power will be prosperous. On the contrary, the demise of every dynasty is accompanied by natural disasters and man-made disasters. Only when the people can't eat can they force them to rebel. In the era of harvest, when the people can live, even if the emperor is stupid, they will not rebel. The reason is that the emperor is too far away from them. Even if the emperor is cruel, he rarely becomes cruel to ordinary people. The farming affairs are related to their food livelihoods, which is what they really care about!"

When Li Shimin heard this, he stopped laughing at Li Mu, frowned and looked thoughtful.

Li Mu sighed and said, "I have been thinking about this matter for a day or two, and I have never thought of a solution. Because, even if man-made disasters are controllable, but natural disasters are uncontrollable, who can know which day the collapse and which day the water will come? Therefore, even if the monarch has always been wise, if the heaven wants to destroy this dynasty, it will not be able to escape."

Li Shimin couldn't help but say, "Then aren't these things you do useless?"

"It's better to be useless than not doing it." Li Mu said seriously: "I have read through the historical books, but I can't find any way. Only in the Records of the Grand Historian and the Annals of the Five Emperors, I have obtained a trace of inspiration. It is recorded in it. According to legend, in ancient times, people ate raw meat and drank blood, and when they get sick, they can only leave their fate. Shennong tasted all the herbs and found edible grasses and cured grasses, so that the people can plant them, fill their stomachs, and cure their illnesses."

"So I thought, Shennong tasted all the herbs before I saw them. Now I collect seeds and then plant them. There may be unexpected harvests, but maybe not. But so what if there is no? Even if there is not, it is just a variety of things. But if I find one and turn the grain into six grains, the people will have more choices, and the Tang Dynasty will be more stable. Isn't this a good thing?"

As he said that, Li Mu smiled, his eyes shining so bright against the night. When Li Shimin saw the crescent moon reflected in his pupils, he suddenly felt emotion. He wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say. Finally, he raised his hand and patted Li Mu on the shoulder, picked up the wine glass and touched him, and drank it all in one go.

Li Mu also drank the wine. Li Shimin breathed out and said, "The play has been performed for two days, and it will be decided tomorrow. Do you have confidence?"

"I was only 30% sure, but now I am 100% sure. Your Majesty can rest assured tonight. When you wake up, I guarantee that your Majesty can see six congratulatory forms."

"Congratulations?" Li Shimin was too unfamiliar with this thing. Last year, he defeated the Turkic clan and never saw the five surnames and seven hopes submit a congratulations. He really had no hope at all and sighed: "Not to mention six, I am satisfied with having two."

"Don't worry, your Majesty, there must be six."

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and said, "Five surnames and seven hopes, who is missing?"

"Of course it's the Li family in Longxi, and they didn't participate."

"Longxi Li family..." Li Shimin paused when he heard these four words, and seemed to be a little dazed. Li Mu looked at his expression carefully, trying to see a clue, but he didn't see anything.

After a while, Li Shimin returned to normal and said, "The Li family in Longxi and the royal family are of the same clan, so of course they would not do such things. I am really drunk and asked such words."

Li Mu smiled and agreed, but he became more and more sure in his heart that there must be a rift between the Li family in Longxi and the royal family.

After three rounds of wine, Li Mu was drunk a little drunk and took his wife and concubine to say goodbye to the emperor and empress. This feeling was a bit like a gathering between neighbors in Tunli. Li Shimin went from Li Mu to the back door, chatted a few more about tomorrow before going back to rest.

Bai Qiaoqiao and Li Zhien supported Li Mu and helped him back home. The alcohol came up, and Li Mu fell asleep. When he woke up again, it was already dawn. Looking at himself, he had already changed his clothes, but I don’t know who helped him change it.

Looking around, Li Zhien and Bai Qiaoqiao were still sleeping. Without disturbing them, Li Mu tiptoed out of the bed, put on a big cloak, and came to the yard.

Li Mu looked at the sky and about Chen Shi, he pushed open the door and walked out. As soon as he took a step, a dark shadow suddenly appeared in front of him.

Li Mu was startled and almost fell to the ground. He stood up with the door frame and complained: "Lao Wang, what are you doing? How old are you? I am so old that I can block the door by others?"

"Mr. Marquis!" Wang Gui smiled all over his face, and was as flattering as he could. He held a stack of memorials in his hands and handed them to Li Mu: "Look, what is this?"

Li Mu counted seven, wondering why there was one more, and he didn't know: "Wang Shizhong, at this time, don't make things difficult for Your Majesty. What memorial should I write? Take it back."

"It's not a memorial!" Wang Gui said anxiously: "This is a congratulatory statement, a celebration of the five surnames and the prominent families in Shandong, expressing their feelings and praising Your Majesty's great achievements. I'll send it to Your Majesty for the emperor's imperial examination?"

"Oh!" Li Mu took the congratulatory form, flipped over, glanced at Wang Gui, and said, "Shizhong Wang, together, he has not been sleeping all night, staring at such a big dark circle, you did this? What's the use of this? Will your Majesty feel good after seeing this?"

"How can this be useless? How can this be useless? The chanting shows the people's support for Your Majesty! There are very few emperors who can get the chanting of aristocratic families in all dynasties. Your Majesty..."

"Ha!" Li Mu said sarcastically: "So, your Majesty still has to be happy? Thank you?"

Seeing that Li Mu's expression was wrong, Wang Gui said embarrassedly: "This... Your Majesty hasn't watched it yet, how can you know? I'm sorry, Lord Marquis?"

"Oh..." Li Mu sighed, weighed the congratulations in his hand, and said, "Shizhong Wang, I can't go there. But don't put me in. Can the thing you wrote represent various families? Don't show it to Your Majesty today. I will stand up tomorrow and say that this thing was not written by us, but was made by the emperor. If this kind of thing happens, Your Majesty's face will be lost. No one can guarantee what will happen at that time!"
Chapter completed!