“…… I'll be in your hands! ”

It's a big gasp.

Li Mu was taken aback, and thought that if he didn't agree to form it, it turned out that he wouldn't let himself take care of it. This doesn't matter, Li Mu has already communicated with Gonggong Gao, and he was going to let him out. Li Mu glanced at Gonggong Gao, and when he saw him smiling, he knew in his heart that this matter was finally promoted, and he must have contributed to it.

It seems that this eunuch also has selfish intentions, originally he was the closest person to Li Shimin, and seeing Li Shimin's eyes in the hands of others, he was naturally unhappy. At this time, I had the opportunity to intervene, of course, it was an instant hit, and the cooperation was pleasant.

Seeing that Li Mu was silent, Li Shimin thought that he was unhappy, and explained: "I don't let you take care of the factory guard this time, not because I suspect you, but because I don't worry about you-"

Li Mu smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, you don't worry about the minister, the minister deserves to die." ”

"It's not enough to die," Li Shimin ignored Li Mu and continued: "Tell me what you did, can you make me feel at ease?" I just gave you five hundred people, and you will pretend to pass on the holy decree......" Seeing that Li Mu was about to speak, Li Shimin interrupted: "And whether it is for the sake of the society or not, just talk about this matter." The one who can survive the false holy decree has been the only one from ancient times to the present, Li Mu. It's not that I'm reluctant? If you change to someone else, even if you are talented, you will be able to kill it! ”

This is the truth, Li Mu did not refute, and listened with his head down.

"Originally, I planned to get rid of the brocade guard. But after thinking about it, if your internal affairs office doesn't have someone to call it, it's really inconvenient. So, I'll keep it for you. As for the factory guards, it's not easy for me to transfer people from the guards anymore. Gao Gan saw that I was troubled, so he took the initiative to ask Ying, saying that there were many eunuchs in the palace who practiced martial arts, and now the princes and princesses are growing up, and they are all opening mansions outside the palace, and the envoys in the palace can't use so much. They are all crippled, sent out of the palace, and their lives are miserable, so it is better to choose good hands to be factory guards. ”

"I think it's the same thing, and they are under the command of Gao Gan, and they can be regarded as my henchmen, and those who fight factory ideas have to be weighed somewhat. This is kind of pry from your hands, and I know it with your little eye. I was worried that you would have a grudge with Gao Gan because of this, so I came to talk to you personally. Gao Gan is an old man who has been with me for more than 20 years, and he is one of the people I trust the most. You are my most optimistic talent, I have to entrust me with important tasks, and the two of you, no matter what, can't make a grudge, otherwise it will be difficult for me to do it. ”

Li Shimin talked endlessly, but Li Mu was just silent. Seeing his attitude, Li Shimin thought that it didn't make sense, and said angrily: "Li Mu, I came to tell you in person, isn't it enough?" I don't even have this face with you? ”

"Ah, how dare you." Li Mu hurriedly said: "The relationship between the minister and the father-in-law of Gao, I dare not deceive Your Majesty, it can be described as a similar smell——"

Gao Gonggong said embarrassedly: "Master Hou, this word seems to be a bit ......"

"Complicit, embarrassed—"

Li Shimin patted the table and said, "Can you be a little serious, let's talk about the point!" ”

Li Mu hurriedly got serious and said, "Although this matter has not fallen into the hands of the minister, it is a little inconvenient. But falling into the hands of Gonggong Gao, not Uncle Guo or Wei Zheng and others, can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune. What's more, I and Gonggong Gao, one is the chief minister of the Internal Affairs Office, the other is the chief eunuch of the Internal Affairs Office, one is in charge of external affairs, and the other is in charge of internal affairs. It's just that the minister has one thing, I have to say it in front, and I hope Your Majesty will agree. ”

"Tell me, I think about it."

"Your Majesty, the minister wants to make it clear that the existence of the factory guard is to protect the factory. But what the factory does and how it does it has nothing to do with the factory guard. All actions of the factory must be subject to the arrangements of the Ministry of Industry. This must be made clear, the minister does not distrust Gao Gonggong, but for the future. The rules set now are not withdrawn in a year and a half, and if they are not explained now, they will not be clear in the future. ”

"It's nature!" Li Shimin said briskly: "I think you are thinking too much, and the senior cadres are just worrying about me, and they are not monitoring you, but since you said it, it depends on you!" ”

Li Mu smiled and responded, but thought in his heart, Your Majesty, you have never seen the factory guard after a thousand years, if you have seen it, you will not say that I think too much. But that's fine, say everything in front, maybe the time for the problem will be pushed back a lot.

But that's another story, Li Mu is confident that when he is alive, he will definitely not be overridden by the factory guards. As for after he dies, it has nothing to do with him, the dead are still nosy, tired or not!

A large plate of beef dumplings, two-thirds of which went into Li Shimin's stomach. Li Mu and Gao Gonggong only ate two, so they didn't dare to stretch out their chopsticks, Li Shimin dragged the plate in front of him, who dared to grab it from the emperor's bowl?

Li Mu didn't dare to say or ask, and watched Li Shimin sweep away the dumplings, pat his stomach and leave. Li Mu sent it to the door, watched the carriage disappear into the door, and then returned to the courtyard.

"Are there any dumplings, I'm hungry!"

……

Today, in Wei Zheng's mansion, contrary to weekdays, there are many people who give gifts. Since Zheng Jing, the Louvre and other great Confucians were driven out of Chang'an by Li Shimin's order, Chang'an's Shandong scholar group has no leader, and Wei Zheng, the original "supernumerary person", has now become the leader of the Shandong scholar clan in the real sense. Big things and small things, as if he is respected.

And Wei Zheng's current power is not as good as before. In the past, although he was only a secretary and supervisor, because he could often hang around in front of Li Shimin and give suggestions, Li Shimin had to listen to him even if he didn't want to listen. But now he has been promoted and has become a royal doctor. Although the official was promoted, he couldn't see Li Shimin often. The communication channel was blocked, and because he failed to take advantage of several conflicts with Li Mu, Wei Zheng's argument was also questioned. Now recognized among the government and the opposition, Li Mu is the undisputed first, in the imperial history, King Jing Ze, as a dark horse, has become the second, and Wei Zheng is already the third person.

After several battles with Li Mu, although Wang Jingze did not take advantage, he could be regarded as arguing on the basis of reason and withstood Li Mu's revenge. can do this, he is already the most powerful one among all the people who have fought against Li Mu. He is also the son-in-law of the Shandong scholars, and many Shandong scholars are moved. Planning to train Wang Jingze to become the new agent, Wei Zheng's stinky temper was not only unbearable to his opponents, but also unbearable within the Shandong Shi clan.

But Wang Jingze refused, he faced the lobbyist sent by the Shandong Shi clan, and expressed his thoughts in righteous words, he would never take refuge in any force, and was only willing to be a simple imperial history, do what the imperial history should do, and be worthy of the iron wat board given by His Majesty. When the news reached the community, the name of the iron-clad king Jingze was loud again, and the lobbyists were ashamed of themselves and did not dare to come to the door again.

Therefore, going around and around, Wei Zheng is still the only candidate. Today is Xiao Nian, and the main figures of the Shandong Shi clan have sent representatives to meet Wei Zheng, New Year's greetings are on the one hand, and the main thing is to discuss the recent events.

Naturally, the issue of rising food prices is an unavoidable topic.

Shandong has always been an important place for grain production, supplying almost 40% of the grain in the whole country. It should be pointed out that Shandong during the Tang Dynasty did not refer to a province.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the general trend of the world was generally based on the conquest of the vassal states in the Central Plains. They eventually evolved into the six vassal states, Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, and Wei. These six kingdoms are roughly distributed in the east of the Kuoshan Mountains, while the Qin State, one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, exists alone in the west of the Kuoshan Mountains and occupies the land of the Qinchuan River in Guanzhong for 800 miles. Therefore, in the eyes of the Qin Dynasty, which later unified the Six Kingdoms, the so-called Shandong refers to the land of the Six Kingdoms east of the Kuoshan Mountains.

Of course, history is constantly advancing, and the geographical scope of Shandong is also constantly changing. Overall, it is shrinking and moving eastward. In the early Tang Dynasty, the mountains of Shandong referred to the Taihang Mountains. Shandong is the area east of the Taihang Mountains. The scope has also changed from the land of the Six Kingdoms in the Qin and Han dynasties to the "Land of the Three Kingdoms". It has jurisdiction over 15 prefectures of Yan, Xu, Cao, Qing, Yun, Mi, Qi, Ji, Yi, Deng, Lai, Shan, Pu, Wei and Zi, and has jurisdiction over 81 counties.

Although the territory is much less, the proportion of grain produced is still very high. The reason for this is that these places are plain areas, which are more suitable for cultivation than the land of Qinchuan. Moreover, the people here have been cultivating crops for a living for thousands of years, and their agricultural level is also higher than that of other regions. And these areas are connected to Chang'an, Luoyang and other places by land, and the transportation is more convenient than the waterways going upstream. Compared with the grain in the south of the Yangtze River, it is also transported to Chang'an, which saves about half of the loss.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Shandong rose up together, relying on people and food to support an army. Although the Shandong heroes were later destroyed in the hands of the Li brothers, the root of it, that is, the gate valve, was not destroyed, so it did not damage the root.

At present, the internal affairs government is booming, and after analyzing the pros and cons of the Shandong scholars, they found that the real trump card they have is food. One can do without clothes or tools, but one cannot go without eating. No matter how godlike the deer hou is, he can't conjure up food out of thin air.

After understanding this truth, the Shandong scholars, led by the Xingyang Zheng clan and the Fanyang Lu clan, formed an alliance and launched this grain price increase. Their aim was to bring the imperial court to the grain under their control, so as to achieve the goal of negotiating with the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

To put it bluntly, I just looked at the order sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Seeing that the money like flowing water went into the pockets of the nobles, they were unwilling, but they didn't want to be a surrender faction like Wang Qi and others, so they stopped this price increase, intending to force Li Mu to comply!