It is impossible to be the King of Chu, and it is impossible to be the prince in this life.

In the end, Li Mu chose to accept the second imperial edict, namely the one that his son would be the prince. Eunuch Gao left the imperial edict and brought in a bunch of gifts given to the "King of Chu" by Li Shimin, including a full set of crown clothes, ritual vessels, etc. Depending on the detailed level of the preparation, it was definitely not a joke, but a real thing to do.

Eunuch Gao made a clear statement and told Li Mu before leaving that some procedures were needed at Zongzheng Temple, but there would be a dedicated person to contact him and then follow the steps.

He sent Eunuch Gao away in a daze. Li Mu glanced at the King of Chu who was wet with his pants again, shook his head, and went to discuss with Mrs. Lu.

As soon as the matter was said, Mrs. Lu had no statement, as if nothing unexpected was expected, and said, "Since he has this idea, then let's take it, King Chu - it's OK."

Li Mu was a little confused when he heard this and asked, "What does it mean? Is there any difference between the king?"

"There are naturally differences." Mrs. Lu came from a famous family and knew the etiquette period naturally well: "During the Qin and Han dynasties, the monarch was called emperor, and there were no lords in the twenty-level rank system. The Han dynasty restored the feudal system and there were no lords. There were lords, and there were still lords. There were still lords and kings. At the same time, there were 20 lords to be set up to be different from the Qin dynasty. The Wei and Jin dynasties began to establish lords, and they were divided into princes and princes. Later, the lords were divided into two levels: the higher ones were generally granted to princes of the royal family, and the single characters were used as the name of the kingdom, such as the Qin King, Jin King, etc., and the lower princes, such as the current Hejian County Prince Li Xiaogong, which is the second class."

"I won't talk about the two-character king's title, just talk about the name of the king's title. The name generally comes from the name of the country in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the strong are respected. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the four countries of "Qin, Jin, Qi, and Chu" were the most powerful, and the title of the king's title was also regarded as noble. Next were Lu, Zhao, Wei, Liang, Yan, Dai, Chen, Han, Song, Wu, Yue, etc., and Li Shimin gave us a King of Chu, which he knew the truth."

After listening to Mrs. Lu's explanation, Li Mu suddenly realized that there was a difference between what kind of king he was named.

Let’s take a look at the title. Li Shimin was once the King of Qin, which shows that his status was ranked first in the prince at that time. Now Li Zhi, who is still in his infancy, was named King of Jin, second only to King of Qin. In the future, he should be the emperor.

Let’s look at Li Tai and Li You again. Li Tai was originally the King of Yue, and later changed to the King of Wei. Wei was stronger than Yue, which means he was promoted. Li You was originally the King of Yan, but later he was released from the outside world and became a vassal. Li Shimin should have wanted to make up for it. He gave it to the King of Qi in an extraordinary way, and was even higher than Li Tai in terms of ranking.

Now that he is granted himself, or his son, King Chu, is the highest treatment. King Qin is himself, so he will definitely not be granted again. King Jin ranks second, which is meaningful and difficult to use. King Qi has just been dismissed, and the King of Chu is the highest-ranking King.

My son is the King of Chu, so what am I?

Li Mu frowned and thought for a while, then almost laughed out loud: "The father of the King of Chu, I turned out to be King of Chu's 'Dad'!"

...

Although he didn't agree with it, after receiving the imperial edict, Li Mu was reluctant to do so, but he had to ride a horse and go into the palace to thank his son for his gratitude.

The atmosphere of the festival in the palace seems a little dim compared to the outside world. Although it adds a bit of festiveness, it is still solemn and solemn. Li Shimin sat alone in Tai Chi Palace. The clothes he wore when he was worshiping the Tai Temple had not been changed yet, but just sat blankly, watching the hall pillars in a daze.

Eunuch Gao also changed into new clothes and stood behind Li Shimin with his hands, as if he was a clay sculpture, without even the sound of breathing.

Li Mu came in and said loudly: "My Lord of Luoyang, Li Mu, came to apologize and thanked His Majesty for his son for his kindness."

Li Shimin came to his senses, looked at Li Mu, and smiled and said, "Since you are here to apologize, you must have apologized. Look at you, there is no attitude of apologizing, and you didn't write a congratulatory form. Okay, come here and chat with me."

Li Mu secretly complained in his heart: "It's you who talks about everything, it's you who talk about everything. You've told you all the good and bad things. Do you still want to make people live during the New Year?" He walked to Li Shimin without hesitation and said directly: "Your Majesty seems to be in a bad mood, but is there something wrong?"

Li Shimin sighed, clicked a memorial on the case and said, "Come and take a look."

Li Mu nodded, turned on the memorial and looked at it, his spine immediately became cold. He felt the cold wind whirling at the back of his neck. He secretly looked at Li Shimin. Li Shimin's face was as normal, but behind this indifferentness, Li Mu was stunned for a moment.

"I heard that those who seek the elder of a tree must strengthen its roots; those who flow far away must dredge its springs; those who think about the peace of a country must accumulate their virtues and righteousness... A man should be a heavy artifact and be in the great territory. Do not think about being at peace and be prepared for danger, and avoid extravagance and frugality. This is also to cut down the roots to seek lush trees, block the source and flow long."

"A hundred yuan is the fate of heaven and the fate of the sky. Those who are good at starting are very large, and those who are defeated are few. How can they be taken easily and difficult to defend?... The resentment is not big, but people are afraid of it. Carrying boats and boats should be carefully. Now Your Majesty favors the treacherous and obscene, keeps the eyes and ears, and is nepotism. The court is in chaos and chaos, and the world is not available..."

This is an impeachment memorial. The one who impeached was not someone else. The first target was Li Shimin. He first told him a big reason, then changed the subject and pointed out Li Shimin's faults. The second person who impeached was Li Mu, who said that Li Mu was playboy, looked down on others, was extremely evil, and had an unknown identity. He urgently needed an explanation. He asked the emperor to issue an edict to correct his mistakes, and immediately pursue Li Mu's crimes to face the truth. Otherwise... the impeacher added a threat later: Will Your Majesty hear about the disaster of Sui Yang?

The meaning of this sentence is, has Your Majesty ever heard the allusions of Emperor Yang of Sui? If you don’t listen to my advice, Your Majesty will not be far from the fate of Emperor Yang of Sui.

Li Mu took a deep breath and read the signature of the memorial, which read: Zhao Cheng, the Censor.

"Zhao Cheng?" A trace of doubt flashed in Li Mu's eyes. He had never heard of this guy. He had an impression of the shrimp soldiers and crab generals who came out from where they were famous in the Censorate. Besides, those who are capable of being Censors should not be fools. Could it be that this kind of "congratulations" during the Chinese New Year is a bored life?

Li Mu frowned, but still couldn't figure it out. Did this person come for him or Li Shimin? What was his motive? He thought about it and read the memorial again, and then he saw that there was a big problem in the memorial. This question is, if you want to deal with yourself, why should you drag Li Shimin into the water? It should be noted that impeachment such as impeachment, especially impeachment of yourself, is a matter of low success rate. However, if you want to impeach the emperor, the hope of success is basically zero, because the emperor cannot deny himself, and it is even more impossible to issue a self-criticism because of the words of the little censor.

The reason is very simple. When Li Shimin read this memorial, what was his first reaction? Of course, he was furious. From the emperor's standpoint, the emperor would naturally think that what I did has my own meaning. I want you to point out some points? What are you? If I don't listen to you, I will become Emperor Yang of Sui. It's really outrageous.

What’s important is that the impeachment Lieutenant General Li Shimin and Li Mu were tied together, which gave Li Shimin a feeling that the censor regarded him and Li Mu as the same kind of person. Li Mu secretly thought that Li Shimin would definitely not want to be regarded as such an unrestrained person. Moreover, he was valued by Li Shimin and did make achievements. As an emperor, someone’s decision to impeach him like this will not only not make him feel disgusted towards him, but instead will have a kind of intuition to protect his son and be a normal human nature.

Li Mu put down his memorial and finally understood the reason why Li Shimin showed him this thing. He wanted to tell himself that there is a force in the court that is gradually growing, otherwise he would not be so provocative. Li Shimin was not convenient for him to do anything, but he wanted to investigate and suppress this force.

This is what the way of balance of the emperor means.

Li Shimin looked at Li Mu and said, "Do you have any opinions?"

Li Mu put down his memorial and said, "Speak nonsense and speak loudly! If Your Majesty is Emperor Yang of Sui, what is he? As for me, hum, I am loyal to Your Majesty. This person must be envious, jealous and hateful, and Your Majesty doesn't have to pay attention to it."

Li Shimin held back his laughter and nodded, "Forget it, I don't care about him, just a clown, what should he do?" His face became deeper again, and his eyebrows were covered with haze. He picked up another memorial and handed it to Li Mu and said, "Look at this memorial again."

Li Mu didn't know what happened to Li Shimin today? No matter how important it is, do you have to be so anxious? If you don't go there and read the memorial during the Chinese New Year, are there still some things to do? Although he was reluctant, he still picked up the memorial. This memorial was not about impeachment, but about commercial tax. It said that because of commercial tax, small vendors who do business are not able to make ends meet, the people are not having sex, the people are having sex, etc.

In the end, this memorial also gave the answer to the problem. It is very simple. Abolishing the business tax means everything is restored to its original state.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what to say." Li Mu threw down the memorial and said, "But I think so. If the country is compared to a person, agriculture is the fundamental. Without agriculture, this person will starve to death, so there is no way. But taxes are like clothes, no, and death will not be done. Just run naked, as long as you are not afraid of jokes, it will be fine."

Li Mu was not in a hurry because he was sure that Li Shimin would not give up on commercial tax. Because the money was really considerable, commercial tax was not taken seriously in the past because it was troublesome to collect commercial tax and it was difficult to supervise. But now, at least in the area of ​​Chang'an and Luoyang, commercial tax is actually easy to collect due to the control of traffic, and it cannot meet the memorials' misfortune and other things. This year's harvest year is completely nonsense.

Li Mu raised his eyes and looked at Li Shimin, wanting to hear what Li Shimin has to say.

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and said, "You don't have to look at me and tell me what you think."

Li Mu thought for a while and said, "It's very simple. It involves the interests of the people behind it. They have taken advantage of so many years, and it has become a habit and natural for harming public and private people. You can't spoil their problems. It's fine if you can't spit out the past. In the future, you should pay the country's taxes, and you can't lose a penny."

Li Shimin said: "My attitude is the same as you think. But this matter is not involving one or two people, I am afraid that the tail will not be lost."

Li Mu smiled: "As long as Your Majesty makes up his mind, what's the big deal? Are there any kings and ministers in the world? Can they dare to rebel? Your Majesty, please believe me, these people are more afraid of death than you think. So Your Majesty, I suggest that the Ministry of Revenue will specially draw personnel from the Superintendent General An and Luoyang merchants to see if there are any tax evasions. Even if they cannot do a check, they will deal with them first! They dare to write such memorials and are shameless, and Your Majesty does not need to spoil them."

Li Shimin thought for a while and sighed, "Then check it. I want to see if they are afraid of death or not. But it is not easy to investigate. In order to avoid tax checks, they must have prepared for it. It is not difficult to make fake accounts. I have an idea."

Li Mu felt guilty and had an idea? Hello, why are you watching me do this? Could it be that you want to hand over the things to me again? This is not good, thankless, it is beyond the scope of the plan. I have something else to do!

Li Mu raised his eyes and looked at Li Shimin, wanting to hear what Li Shimin has to say.

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and said, "You don't have to look at me and tell me what you think."

Li Mu thought for a while and said, "It's very simple. It involves the interests of the people behind it. They have taken advantage of so many years, and it has become a habit and natural for harming public and private people. You can't spoil their problems. It's fine if you can't spit out the past. In the future, you should pay the country's taxes, and you can't lose a penny."

Li Shimin said: "My attitude is the same as you think. But this matter is not involving one or two people, I am afraid that the tail will not be lost."

Li Mu smiled: "As long as Your Majesty makes up his mind, what's the big deal? Are there any kings and ministers in the world? Can they dare to rebel? Your Majesty, please believe me, these people are more afraid of death than you think. So Your Majesty, I suggest that the Ministry of Revenue will specially draw personnel from the Superintendent General An and Luoyang merchants to see if there are any tax evasions. Even if they cannot do a check, they will deal with them first! They dare to write such memorials and are shameless, and Your Majesty does not need to spoil them."

Li Shimin thought for a while and sighed, "Then check it. I want to see if they are afraid of death or not. But it is not easy to investigate. In order to avoid tax checks, they must have prepared for it. It is not difficult to make fake accounts. I have an idea."

Li Mu felt guilty and had an idea? Hello, why are you watching me do this? Could it be that you want to hand over the things to me again? This is not good, thankless, it is beyond the scope of the plan. I have something else to do!

Li Mu raised his eyes and felt guilty. Have you got an idea? Hello, why are you watching me like this? Could it be that you want to hand over the matter again
Chapter completed!