Xiao Yu added two more mining areas to Liumu, and then waited for the Tang Emperor Li Shimin to express his position.

"The minister seconded the proposal." This time, not only Choi Junsu, but half of the people supported it.

"Three, I'm in charge. No matter what mine, three. "Li Shimin wants one more purely for the sake of face, you offer me a little more.

Three or four mines are not very different, and no one objects.

Li Yuan felt a gadget in his arms at this time: "Shubao, this thing is very interesting." ”

Li Yuan threw it directly, Qin Qiong reached out to grab it, but when he got closer, he suddenly withdrew his hand and blocked it with his clothes, and then reached out and grabbed it.

After catching such a thing, Qin Qiong put it on the ground.

At first glance, Qin Qiong's eyes lit up.

This is......

"Five pennies a penny, you can string them together with rope, this is very easy to make. I heard that Xiao Mu found a classical book, which was a sharp weapon for the martial artists of Shu to restrain cavalry with infantry, and the Ghost Gonggu improved it to be cheaper and more practical. ”

Zhuge Liang's Zama nail in the Three Kingdoms era was built as a whole, a four-pointed triangular pyramid, and the cost of building was very large, and it was a complete whole.

The willow wood is two round iron bars bent and then riveted.

So it's cheap.

Li Yuan said again: "I am the master, 10,000 gods are fully equipped, and 1,000 Zhuge crossbows are given." And allow Uncle Bao to go to the vault to choose a weapon. Speaking of Zhijie, hahaha. Li Yuan laughed.

Li Shimin also laughed: "This Zhijie, enter Baoshan and return empty-handed." Although the range of the repeating crossbow was only fifty paces and the rate of fire was extremely fast, he picked a four-hundred-step divine crossbow, which was heavy and troublesome. ”

Admiral Qin Qiong took a step: "Sage, Emperor Taishang, may the minister choose a firearm." ”

"I've thought about this before. Some of the new firearms are used for the sake of fighting for profit, and let people know in advance that they are afraid of losing their effectiveness. Uncle Bao, you go and consult with Liu Mu, and I will give permission, and the ten of you will go with you. ”

Li Shimin doesn't need to say that there are ten people, this is a national war, so naturally it is Shangshu Province left and right, six Shangshu, Qin Qiong, and Wei Chigong. There are ten people in total.

With business done, we started preparing lunch.

When the food was served, Li Shimin asked Xiao Yu: "Xiao Gong, Shijian Yinshan is a huge mine. ”

"Sage, digging out ore and refining it into silver ingots and minting it into silver coins is money. The mine also had to be dug with a spade by spade, and carried back basket by basket. This has to be dug quietly, and the Japanese people can't know that if they can dig up enough to dig up one million yuan a year, it will be considered the sky. Besides, Lao Chen also understands that Huayuan Ghost Gong Valley is the real cornucopia of my Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Shimin nodded, it seems that these courtiers understand people.

Halfway through the luncheon, Yanagi arrived.

Liu Mu had already eaten, and after sitting down next to Qin Qiong, he asked, "Brother-in-law, what are you discussing in the morning?" ”

"Your knighthood, you have to avoid this matter according to etiquette. Then, I asked the Holy Order to go to the Huayuan Secret Vault, and the Holy Permission was granted. In the end, the household department thought that your ordnance offer last time was too high, and Xiao Gong proposed to give Iwami Silver Mountain to the Ghost Worker Valley, and add three more, and then you gave a real price for various items produced in Huayuan. ”

After listening to Qin Qiong's words, Liu Mu asked again: "Then what did you call me to do?" ”

"I'm looking for your trouble. The saint was furious, what did you ask Princess Changping to give the queen? I don't think you did a good job in this matter, but you always have your reasons, first explain this matter clearly, and then discuss the matter of the Western Expedition. ”

Liu Mu scratched his head twice, not feeling that his share was inappropriate.

However, since it needs to be explained, then let's explain.

After lunch, the palace maids and eunuchs put away the tableware, and Li Shimin did not return to the throne but stood in the hall, signaling Liu Mu to come to him.

The scroll was in Li Shimin's hand, and when Liu Mu came over, Li Shimin handed it to Liu Mu: "Let's talk about it." ”

"The minister's original intention was to abolish the harem maid and eunuch system."

"Reason!" Li Shimin turned around with his hands behind his back, he didn't want to look at Liu Mu, because he had a hunch that although he was not happy in his heart, he might really let Liu Mu take advantage of it today.

There is no need for Liu Mu to remind him, since the Qin Dynasty, there have been many major incidents among the harem eunuchs, and every time it is difficult to lose the country.

Before the Tang Dynasty, especially in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the power of the Han Dynasty basically fell into the hands of eunuchs.

However, Liu Mu didn't mention anything about it, and only said: "There are no eunuchs in the palace, so it is equivalent to 10,000 more for the Tang Dynasty, which is the population." ”

Li Shimin turned around violently, and said in his heart that it was just for this little population, is this reason appropriate?

But Liu Mu continued: "With the addition of more than 10,000 palace maids, this reversal has reduced the population of Datang by at least 30,000. Sage, you can find it in another way, don't force it, don't give the harem eunuchs a little power, no power naturally has no chance to be greedy for ink, when the country is peaceful and prosperous, who voluntarily enters the palace as eunuchs and palace maids? ”

"According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, those who rob and force others to be slaves will be sentenced to three thousand."

To be three thousand is to be exiled to three thousand miles.

"How do you say this, the governor of Xu Zhou set fires and did not allow the people to light lamps."

"What do you mean?" Li Shimin had never heard of this allusion at all, and Liu Mu remembered that this allusion came from the Song Dynasty.

"This is an old story about a state official named Tian Deng, who is deeply afraid of people using his name. Because "lamp" and "deng" have the same sound, it is impossible to light the "lamp" with words, and the "fire" must be lit. If people don't want to offend, Tian Dengfu is furious. ”

"On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the whole state celebrates the Lantern Festival and puts lanterns on a large scale as usual. When the government posted notices, it used the word "lamp" and wrote "set fire to the state for three days according to the regulations" on all the notices. ”

Li Shimin was furious after hearing this: "Bastard." ”

"According to the law of the Tang Dynasty......" Liu Mu did not give an inch.

There is an iron law in the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty, that is, to be reasonable in everything, first to reason and then to be humble.

Otherwise, there is no such figure as Wei Zheng in real history, if there is no such rule, Wei Zheng does not know that he has died hundreds of times.

"Criminal Department!" Li Shimin shouted angrily.

Liu Zhenghui was born in the Qin Palace, but at this time, Liu Zhenghui said: "According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Juma is right. ”

"When I was the king of Qin, there were no eunuchs in the palace. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, not a single eunuch has been recruited. ”

"That's because there are too many left by the former Sui, and there are nearly 10,000 young eunuchs under the age of ten alone. But what about the palace maids? If it weren't for the eldest grandson queen blocking it, I am afraid that the order to recruit the palace maid would be officially issued after the New Year, which is called an attempt. ”

At this time, Yao Silian stepped forward: "Sage, if there are really no eunuchs and no palace maids in the palace." It's just that there are still people doing the affairs of the palace, and the saint is the famous king of the ages, and all the people respect him. ”

The important ministers also don't like eunuchs, eunuchs seem to have little power, but they hurt people when it is critical.

Moreover, there are countless cases of eunuchs in all dynasties harming civil and military affairs.