Li Shimin naturally understood this truth, looked at Wang Gui deeply, and said, "I will discuss this matter later."

Wang Gui didn't press on, so he bowed and retreated to the queue. Eunuch Gao sang a promise, and the court meeting ended and all officials dispersed.

Li Mu deliberately walked a little slower, and he knew that Li Shimin would definitely look for him. As expected, before Li Mu could reach the gate of the hall, Eunuch Gao came to pass on the message: "Mr. Li, Your Majesty wants to see you."

Li Mu had already prepared the money. When he turned around, he stuffed it to Eunuch Gao without leaving any trace. Eunuch Gao smiled and accepted it, but he didn't say much. The tacit understanding had already been developed, so he would rather say it.

Eastern Palace.

The palace people are moving things. Today, the palace is very lively. The Emperor of Taishang wants to move to Da'an Palace and the Emperor of Taiji Palace are all major events. However, under the arrangement of Empress Changsun, everything is going in an orderly manner.

"My minister, please see Your Majesty."

"It's free," Li Shimin waved his hand, sent the eunuchs to the side, called Li Mu, and said, "You have heard what Wang Shizhong said just now?"

Li Mu nodded.

Li Shimin said: "Wang Gui is born in the Wang family of Taiyuan and has the talent of the prime minister. When Prince Yin was in the past, he summoned him to the prince's mansion. He made many plans for Prince Yin, and I have always heard of his talent and reputation. Later, because of the dispute over the matter of the throne, his father thought that he did not advise enough, and our brothers were in harmony and demoted him to the ruling state. After I ascended the throne, I could not bear the decline of talents, so I summoned him back to the court and served as a counselor."

"After returning to the court, Wang Gui made a memorial many times, including the people, the country, the country, and the pacification, all of which have unique opinions. I have adopted his suggestions and promoted him to his official position repeatedly. So much so that he was given the position of prime minister, but I really didn't expect that I treated him so well and could not win his heart. He still stood on the side of the aristocratic families and tried to oppose me!"

Li Mu listened silently to Li Shimin's words and said nothing. Li Shimin looked up and said, "Why don't you speak?!"

"Your Majesty, I offended too many people today. I finally had a person who spoke for me, and I was promoted to the post because of this. It's really hard to say anything."

"Silly!" Li Shimin thought Li Mu did not understand the benefits and said, "Wang Gui's move was to take away the merits of Zhenguan Plough. Do you really think he was helping you? This is a strategy to retreat or advance! Locally, the influence of the aristocratic families has always surpassed that of the imperial court. If they sent people to learn the method of Zhenguan Plough, the people would remember their kindness. They only knew that there were aristocratic families but not the imperial court! The ambition was obvious!"

Li Mu said: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much. Although the structure of Zhenguan plow is complicated, if there is a sample in hand, it is not difficult to imitate it. A skilled carpenter can make it. But the part of the plowshare is different. The plowshare of Zhenguan plow includes two large plowshares and small plowshares. It's okay to say that the big plowshares can also be made by ordinary blacksmiths, but this small plowshare, due to its different hardness, needs to be specially forged to create it. It may be difficult for the people to imitate it. I am also thinking of ways to see how to teach some blacksmiths to specifically forge this small plowshare."

Li Shimin's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "You mean, they can't imitate it?"

"No, no, Your Majesty, to be precise, it cannot be completely imitated. It can be imitated by 80%, but its effectiveness is very different. The small plowshare is the essence of Zhenguan plow. It saves effort and breaks the ground, and it is all the achievements of the small plowshare. Without the unique method of forging, the small plowshare they made is unusable. And it is impossible to pull it with human power."

"Okay!" Li Shimin stood up, patted Li Mu on the shoulder, and said, "You are indeed my capable minister. Since that's the case, you will go back to the Ministry of Works to prepare, and the carpenters will not need it. Since they want to build it, let them build it. The agricultural instrument supervisor only makes small plowshares. When teaching the forging methods, you must find reliable people. If anyone leaks the secret method, I will give you the right to deal with it on the spot. It's okay to execute it. We must protect the secret method from being leaked. I want to see what else can these families have!"

Li Mudao: "I accept the order. If nothing else is done, I will ask for a retreat."

"Go."

Li Mu came out of the East Palace and happened to go along the way to the construction site of Chongrenfang. After ten days of coming, the project made great progress. The tall buildings had begun to take shape. The first and two floors had begun to be framed and internal construction was carried out.

Seeing that Li Mu came, Gongsun Kang came over quickly, holding a few booklets in his hand, and wanted to report to Li Mu. Li Mu waved his hand and said to Gongsun Kang: "Your Majesty has promoted me to Minister of Works, promoted Lord Li to Minister of Works, and set up a supervisor of agricultural equipment and printing affairs, all of which are under the Ministry of Works. The supervisor is similar to the Minister of the Ministry of Works. This official is looking for candidates recently, so let's do it well."

After saying that, Li Mu Shi Shi left. Gongsun Kang was so excited that his face turned red. He had been in the position of the head of the Ministry of Works for seven years and had no chance of promotion for seven years. Moreover, he had a Yuwengui ahead. Even if he was promoted, it would be his turn after Yuwengui was promoted. Now the Ministry of Works has two more surveillance vacancies, similar to the official's wife, that is to say, they are all sixth-rank officials! He is only a ninth-rank now. If he can plan for a surveillance vacancies, he will be promoted three levels in a row!

Now Li Mu has already handed him a message, explaining that there is a way to avoid being excited. He was like a chicken blood injected, and the shouting sounds were much louder.

Li Mu did not go to the Ministry of Works, but went home directly, but he believed that the news had already arrived. People's gossip was deeply hidden in their bones. What happened in the hall today will soon spread throughout Chang'an. And the people of the Ministry of Works will definitely know the news of his promotion as soon as possible.

But Li Mu didn't expect it to be so soon. He had just arrived at the door of his house and Yuwengui was already waiting there. Seeing Li Mu back, the doorman quickly said, "Marty, please ask this adult to go into the lobby to rest, but he doesn't go in and insists on waiting for you at the door. This..."

Yu Wengui quickly said, "Sir, the officials are waiting here. Don't blame the servants for mistakes."

Li Mu smiled and signaled Yu Wengui to go to the hospital with him. Yu Wengui said that he would not leave first, and he would have to fall behind Li Mu. Li Mu repeatedly gave in, but he insisted on not letting him go, but Li Mu had to walk ahead.

The two of them came to the lobby and took a seat with the guest. Yu Wengui stood up, took out a jade Ruyi from his sleeve, and handed it to Li Mu with both hands. Li Mu did not answer, frowned and looked at Yu Wengui, saying, "What do you mean?"
Chapter completed!