“…I can hand it over to you!”

This is a big breath.

Li Mu was startled and thought he would not agree to the formation, so he did not let him take care of it. This was nothing. Li Mu had already communicated with Eunuch Gao and was about to let it go. Li Mu glanced at Eunuch Gao and saw that he was smiling. He knew in his heart that he must have done his best to make this matter eventually.

It seems that this eunuch also has selfish thoughts. He was originally the closest person to Li Shimin, but he was naturally unhappy when he saw Li Shimin's eyes in the hands of others. At this time, he had the opportunity to intervene, and of course he hit it off and the cooperation was pleasant.

Seeing that Li Mu didn't say anything, Li Shimin thought he was unhappy and explained: "I don't let you take care of the factory guards this time. I'm not suspicious of you, but I just don't worry about you-"

Li Mu smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, you are not at ease with me anymore. I deserve to die."

"It's not going to die," Li Shimin ignored Li Mu and continued, "Can you relieve me by telling you what you did? I've just given you five hundred people, and you'll fake the imperial edict..." Seeing that Li Mu was about to speak, Li Shimin interrupted, "Whether it's for the country or for me, just talk about this matter. If you fake the imperial edict is still alive, from ancient times to the present, you are the only one who can't bear to leave me. I'm not willing to let go? If you change to someone else, even if you are talented, you will still be able to kill me!"

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

"I originally planned to remove the Jinyiwei. But after thinking about it, it would be inconvenient for your Interior Ministry to have no one to call you. So I will keep it for you. As for the Factory Guard, it is not easy for me to send people from the Tunwei. Seeing that I was worried, the senior officials volunteered and said that there were many eunuchs in the palace who practiced martial arts. Now that the princes and princesses are growing up, they are all open outside the palace, and there are so many people in the palace who can't use so many people in the palace to call them. They are all disabled and sent out of the palace, and their lives are miserable. It is better to choose a good man to be a Factory Guard."

"I think it's the same. Moreover, they are under the command of the high-ranking officials and can be regarded as my confidants. Those who have a factory idea must consider it. This matter is something that can be done from you, and I know your scruples. I am worried that you have become a grudge with the high-ranking officials because of this, so I come to tell you personally. The high-ranking officials are old people who have been with me for more than 20 years and one of the people I trust the most. You are the most optimistic talent. I have to entrust with important responsibilities. No matter what, you two cannot make enemies, otherwise I will be very difficult for me."

Li Shimin talked endlessly, but Li Mu just said nothing. Seeing his attitude, Li Shimin thought it was unreasonable and said angrily: "Li Mu, I have come to tell you personally. Isn't that enough? I don't even have this little face with you?"

"Ah, how dare I?" Li Mu said quickly: "I dare not deceive Your Majesty in the relationship between me and Eunuch Gao. It is a similar smell—"

Eunuch Gao said awkwardly: "Marty, this word seems a bit..."

"Fun and collude with each other-"

Li Shimin slapped the table and said, "Can you be a little serious? Let's talk about the key points!"

Li Mu quickly got up seriously and said, "Although this matter was a little inconvenient when it fell into my hands, it was a bit inconvenient. It was a blessing in disguise to fall into my hands, not in my uncle or Wei Zheng and others. Besides, I and I are the ministers in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the eunuch in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the other is the eunuch in charge of the outside affairs and the other in charge of the inside affairs. If the family does not speak two families, they are still closer than others. But I have something to say before, and I hope Your Majesty will agree."

"Come on, let me think about it."

"Your Majesty, I want to clarify that the existence of the factory guards is to protect the factory. But what the factory does and how it does have nothing to do with the factory guards. All actions of the factory must obey the arrangements of the Ministry of Works. This must be clarified. I am not distrustful of Eunuch Gao, but considering it for the future. The rules set now will not be withdrawn in one or half a year. If you don't explain it clearly now, you will not be able to explain it clearly in the future."

"This is natural!" Li Shimin said readily: "I think you are thinking too much. The high-ranking officials are just sharing my worries, not monitoring you, but since you have said it, I will follow you!"

Li Mu responded with a smile, but thought to himself, Your Majesty, you have never seen the factory guards a thousand years later. If you see it, you wouldn't say that I was thinking too much. But that's fine, everything is said in front, and maybe the time for problems will be pushed back a lot.

But that's the story later. Li Mu is confident that when he is alive, he will never be overtaken by the factory guards. As for after he dies, it has nothing to do with him. People are still meddling in other people's business. Are you tired?

A large plate of beef dumplings, two-thirds of it entered Li Shimin's stomach. Li Mu and Eunuch Gao only ate two of them, so they didn't dare to stretch out their chopsticks. Li Shimin pulled the plate in front of him. Who dared to snatch it from the emperor's bowl?

Li Mu didn't dare to say or ask. He watched Li Shimin sweep away the dumplings and patted his stomach and left. Li Mu sent him to the door and watched the carriage disappear at the gate, and then returned to the yard.

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

...

Today, Wei Zheng’s mansion was completely opposite to usual, and many gift-giving people came. Since Zheng Jing, the Louvre and other great scholars were driven out of Chang'an by Li Shimin, the Shandong gentry group in Chang'an, Long Wuzhu, was the original "no-staff person", Wei Zheng, now a true leader of Shandong gentry. He is respected for big and small matters.

However, Wei Zheng's current power is no longer as good as before. Although he was just a secretary in the past, he often wandered in front of Li Shimin and made suggestions. Even if Li Shimin didn't want to listen to him, he had to listen. But now he has been promoted and became a censor. Although he has been promoted, he cannot often see Li Shimin. The communication channels are equivalent to being blocked, and because he has not gained a advantage in several conflicts with Li Mu, Wei Zheng's eloquence has also been questioned. Now, Li Mu is the first of the eloquence recognized between the court and the public. As a dark horse, the censor Wang Jingze has become the second, and Wei Zheng is already the third person.

After several battles with Li Mu, Wang Jingze did not take advantage of it, but he was arguing with reason and resisted Li Mu's revenge. Being able to do this is already the most powerful of all those who fought with Li Mu. He is also the son-in-law of the Shandong gentry, and many Shandong gentry were moved. He planned to cultivate Wang Jingze to become the new agent. Wei Zheng's bad temper was not only unable to stand it, but also within the Shandong gentry.

But Wang Jingze refused. Facing the lobbyist sent by the Shandong geniuses, he expressed his thoughts righteously. He would never surrender to any force. He was only willing to be a simple censor and do what the censor should do, and was worthy of the iron tablet given by His Majesty. When the news reached the market, Wang Jingze's name was once again resounding, and the lobbyists felt ashamed and dared not come to visit again.

Therefore, after going around, Wei Zheng was still the only candidate. This is the Little New Year. The main figures of Shandong gentry sent representatives to see Wei Zheng. On the one hand, the New Year greetings are more important to discuss recent events.

The rise in grain prices is naturally a topic that cannot be avoided.

Shandong has always been a major grain production area, supplying almost 40% of the country's grain. 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 major vassal states, Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, and Wei. These six countries were generally distributed east of Mount Wu, while Qin, one of the seven heroes of the Warring States, existed alone west of Mount Wu, occupying the 800-mile Qinchuan area in Guanzhong. Therefore, in the eyes of the Qin Dynasty, which later unified the six states, the so-called Shandong refers to the six states east of Mount Wu.

Of course, history is constantly advancing, and the regional scope referred to by Shandong is constantly changing. Generally speaking, its changing trend is constantly shrinking and moving eastward. In the early Tang Dynasty, Shandong referred to the Taihang Mountains. Shandong was the area east of the Taihang Mountains. The scope also changed from the six kingdoms in the Qin and Han Dynasties to the "Three Kingdoms Land". It governed the fifteen prefectures of Yan, Xu, Cao, Qing, Yun, Mi, Qi, Ji, Yi, Deng, Lai, Shan, Pu, Wei, and Zibo, and had 81 counties under its jurisdiction.

Although there is much less territory, the proportion of grain production is still very high. The reason is that these places are plains and are more suitable for planting than Qinchuan. Moreover, the people here have been farming crops for thousands of years, and their agricultural level is higher than that of other regions. Moreover, these areas are connected by land to Chang'an and Luoyang, and transporting is more convenient than waterways that go upstream. Compared with the grain from Jiangnan, transporting to Chang'an and about half of the loss is saved.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Shandong's heroes rose together, relying on people and food to support an army. Although Shandong's heroes were later destroyed in the hands of the Li brothers, the root of the family, that is, the family, was not destroyed, so there was no damage. To this day, it has recovered.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs is booming. After analyzing the various pros and cons, the Shandong gentry discovered that the real ace they mastered was food. People can not wear clothes or use tools, but they can only eat. No matter how amazing the Marquis Zhulu was, he could not turn food out of thin air.

After understanding this truth, the Shandong gentry led by the Zheng family in Xingyang and Lu family in Fanyang formed an alliance and launched this rise in grain prices. Their purpose was to make the court surrender to the food they controlled and achieve the purpose of negotiations with the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

To put it bluntly, it was just that I looked at the orders sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and became jealous. Seeing the money that was like flowing money, they entered the pockets of the nobles. They were unwilling to accept it, but they didn't want to be a surrender faction like Wang Gui and others, so they stopped this price increase and intended to force Li Mu to submit!
Chapter completed!