Liu Mu said: "Li Jing is very powerful, and Erchen believes that he is a very reliable candidate for commander to lead troops in the future." Take this opportunity to let him be promoted to the next level, and also to prepare for the future expedition. ”

Li Yuan smiled: "You seem to have won, Jieli is a clay figure standing there and pinching with you?" ”

"I don't have the ability to kill Jieli, but after thinking about it again, as long as the second brother lends me alone, I am sure that I will break his arm and split the grassland with a knife, and there will be nothing for him to do in the eight hundred miles of grassland."

Li Shimin spoke at this time: "Why? ”

"A few handfuls of grass blades will suffice." Liu Mu took out a cloth bag from his bosom, and it was really a few leaves in it.

Li Shimin didn't know this thing, but Li Yuan did. Li Yuan laughed heartily: "Second brother, don't say one person, even ten will be lent to him, I see that this can be done." ”

"Father, my sons don't understand."

Li Yuan had been in Lingnan for half a year, and he had seen all the workshops of Liumu and all the spice samples from Feng An's side.

Among the most impressive ones, the leaves on the willow wood hand are one of them.

"Erlang, the name of this thing is Xiangye. A kind of tree was found in Lingnan, the bark is called cinnamon bark after processing, and the delicate branches are cut into pieces called cinnamon branches, and this leaf is called fragrant leaves. I promise that after drinking the mutton soup boiled with bay leaves and grass fruits, you will not be able to drink it if you drink it without fragrance and grass fruit. ”

"Father, what do you mean is that this thing can be as important as salt and tea."

"Yes." Li Yuan nodded confidently. Then he said: "What do you think Xiaomu went to Lingnan to do, just to see if there is a rebellion in Lingnan." No! Xiaomu went to Lingnan to find a big killer that could solve the grassland, this is. Salt, tea, spices. Something that everyone in the steppe is indispensable. ”

Li Shimin understood, because he knew that spices were also indispensable in Chang'an.

If there is no spice in Chang'an City that day, I am afraid it will be as terrible as no salt. It's just that the spices of Chang'an are divided into two types: eating and using.

"Let Gao Jian and Fang Xuanling go with Xiao Mu, I believe that what Xiao Mu wants is a person to negotiate." Li Shimin believes that his analysis is not wrong.

Liu Mu said: "No, since the second brother promised to two people, then I will borrow the first official from Su Shi Changgong, and the second official I will borrow Xue Shui and his nephew Xue Yuanjing." Then arrange for Gao to fulfill the official order. ”

After listening to what Liu Mu said, Li Shimin immediately understood the intention.

All three of them were Su Shichang, who was an upright, selfless, well-read, and very self-disciplined person. So the meaning of Liu Mu's choice of this is that Shuofang County Guard.

Then Xue's uncles and nephews are all officials, and Gao Cheng is proficient in the laws of the Tang Dynasty.

"Are you so sure?" Li Shimin didn't believe that Liu Mu could take Shuofang County if he went.

"He can!" Li Yuan gave an answer for Liu Mu, Li Yuan had seen a weapon more terrifying than a steel knife for the first time in Lingnan, and not many people understood this, but fortunately, Feng Ang saw the power of this weapon clearly.

Since Li Yuan has said so, even if Liu Mu goes north in vain and returns, Li Shimin will not refuse.

just instructed Qin Qiong: "Shubao, arrange someone to collect the corresponding information, and report to Chang'an in time if there is any change." ”

"Yes!"

Li Yuan opened his mouth again and said, "Xiaomu, Erlang, he doesn't want to be a prince. ”

"Then it won't stand. The crown prince is a very poor job, and all the princes are staring at him, and there is a lot of psychological pressure. Once he makes a mistake, many people will definitely stand up and bite him, and no one will praise him for his merits. ”

Liu Mu said too easily, and Li Yuan asked again: "How to deal with the court?" ”

"Write an edict and put it behind the plaque in the middle of the Taiji Hall. It is stated that the virtuous do not stand up, and the virtue does not stand up. This is put up, and it may be changed again, that is, everyone may or may not be the prince. All people are under the same amount of pressure, and all of them face the same amount of temptation. ”

As soon as Liu Mu said this, Qin Qiong, who had never spoken, closed his mouth even tighter.

As a foreign minister, he will never speak lightly about such a major matter as a royal minister.

Li Yuan and Li Shimin glanced at each other, this method is very evil, but it is not a good way.

Li Shimin knows best in his heart that he is not the eldest son, and his sons, especially Li Chengqian, Li Ke, and Li Tai, are almost the same age. Li Chengqian is half a year older than Li Ke, and Li Tai is one year older.

Among these three, it can be said that Li Chengqian and Li Tai have the same strength, and Li Ke is the weakest because his mother's family is the former Emperor Yang of Sui.

Further down, behind Li You is the Yin clan, and the Yin clan is also a big family.

Li Yun is mother is the Wang family, a side branch of the Taiyuan Wang family, which is also the Wang family.

Regardless of the others, only Li Chengqian and Li Tai made Li Shimin's brows furrow, and these two little guys had already begun to fight openly and secretly.

"Father, Xiaomu's proposal is advisable." How Li Shimin's throne came about, he knows better than anyone else. And some secrets are known to those close to the Qin Palace. And these close people are also towards Li Chengqian and Li Tai respectively. This made Li Shimin feel very scared.

Li Yuan is also thinking about the gains and losses, he has already killed two sons for this.

No! It should be three, and Li Zhiyun.

There is evidence to prove that Li Zhiyun was Li Jiancheng's Li Dai Taozhuang's plan, and he died for Li Jiancheng to get out.

Think about it, after these sons, Li Yuanjing is only one year older than his grandson Li Chengqian, if this Li Wujing is the same age as Li Shimin, I believe that Li Yuan will also give Li Yuanjing a chance to lead the army, then maybe he will also die.

It can be said that for the throne of the Tang Dynasty, his adult son lived Li Shimin alone.

Li Shimin is the victor, Li Yuan doesn't believe that Li Shimin has not used any shady means, but at the moment it is useless to say this, and Li Jiancheng's five sons were also given death, which is enough to prove that the throne is going to bleed.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan also approved Liu Mu's proposal: "Then do it, but this edict can only be handled by one person." ”

Li Yuan's gaze swept over Qin Qiong.

Qin Qiong was sitting precariously, not even daring to glance at it, let alone looking at Li Yuan's eyes.

Qin Qiong didn't dare to accept this edict, he was afraid.

Li Shimin looked at Liu Mu: "Xiao Mu, your biological mother used to be a female official in Concubine Yang's palace. ”

"Well, what's wrong?" Liu Mu's reaction was not pretending, he didn't think about what this matter had to do with the current matter.

Li Shimin asked again: "Do you think you can guarantee this justice?" ”

Liu Mu reacted, and Li Shimin was worried that he was secretly helping Li Ke.

Li Shimin can be very clear that whoever Liu Mu helps will be the strongest. So Li Shimin then said: "You are in charge of the edict." The second brother is the most assured, and the second brother believes in your justice. Wuji will not remain impartial, he will choose one person between Chengqian and Tai to support. ”