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"Cheng Family" Wang Gui looked at the person who spoke and sneered, "Just you, you deserve to say that he has done something he has done with Li Mu. The people here can see this son. He is a genius. He is not an ordinary person. You overestimate your ability. You must also consider the clan and the reason why disaster comes from the mouth. Do you still need to teach you?"

The reprimanded children of the Cui family did not dare to scold Wang Gui, but were not willing to be humiliated. They looked at him angrily and turned away. Wang Gui did not take this little character seriously, but looked at everyone again, especially those who had the final say in Wei Zheng and Changsun Wuji, who had the final say, to ask for their opinions.

Wang Gui's meaning has been expressed very clearly, that is, to admit that he suffers losses. In his opinion, the risk of fighting with Li Mu is already very high, not to mention that behind him is the deepest part of the emperor Wang Gui, who is afraid of Li Shimin. The Tiance General was invincible at that time, and the transformation of Xuanwu Gate into the palace gate made Wang Gui remember Li Shimin's ruthlessness and ruthlessness. Now Li Shimin is like a tiger with a minion bound by the word "wise king". He seems to be timid, but you need to know that a tiger is a tiger after all. If it really angers him, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Changsun Wuji did not make any statement. Surprisingly, Wei Zheng nodded. There were three major forces in the court, Wang Gui represented one side, and Wei Zheng also represented one side. The forces of the two together occupied six branches of the five surnames and Qiwang. This incident involved the fields and had the greatest impact on them. Changsun Wuji's consent was very small.

Since Wei Zheng agreed, the matter could be settled. Wang Gui didn't even need to ask Changsun Wuji's opinion. It would be fine if the number of nobles was the proportion of the king in Taiyuan.

Wang Gui thought it would be very difficult to convince Wei Zheng, but he never expected it to be so smooth. He was overjoyed. He was afraid that Wei Zheng would change his mind, so he pulled Wei Zheng out and shouted that things would not be delayed. Chi then changed. After getting on the carriage, he went straight to Hou Junji's mansion. Seeing that his backbone had left, the matter had been settled, and there was no need to stay, they all sighed and went home in groups of three or three.

The same was true for Changsun Wuji. When he got on the carriage, he called his followers and gave a few instructions. The followers went to the craftsman's workshop to send messages to Changsun Chong. Changsun Wuji did not go home, but instead went to the imperial city's Ministry of Personnel to sit in the hall. The more at this time, the less he could slacken in his duties, so that Li Shimin could see his usefulness and slowly his anger disappeared.

Wang Gui's mansion is not far from Hou Junji's mansion, and the carriage arrives in less than a quarter of an hour.

Hou Junji was sitting in the study, staring at the gift bag sent by a child half an hour ago. He had lived for most of his life and had never encountered such a strange thing. While he was taking a nap, the housekeeper came to report that a child had smashed the door with a brick. He was caught and shouted that he was here to deliver the letter for Zhulu Hou, and he had to ask for ten taels of silver before he could hand over the letter.

Hou Junji regarded wealth as his life, so hesitated, but when he thought that he was sending a letter to Li Mu, he finally asked the housekeeper to give the money to the child and exchanged this gift.

Open the tip, there was a note inside, which read "Double the extra, give it to me."

Hou Junji wondered, what is this? What do you want? I wrote such a sentence without any beginning or end, is it a dumb puzzle?

Unable to understand, Hou Junji sat there. Until the butler came to report again, saying that Wang Gui and Wei Zheng were here. Hou Junji then figured out some tricks, quickly tore the notes apart, ordered the butler to open the middle door, and went to the door to welcome the two in person.

In the court of the Tang Dynasty, there were different paths of civil and military affairs. Except for a few people, civil and military officials and generals disliked each other. After Hou Junji was promoted to the Minister of War, he became the nominal leader of the military generals in the court, and his relationship with civil officials became even more severe. Almost no civil officials came to his door. Today, Wei Zheng and Wang Gui came together, which made him feel very proud and even a little glorious.

Hou Junji usually doesn't drink tea, but in order to entertain guests, he specially ordered the housekeeper to make tea, and arranged the meeting place in the study, trying his best to move closer to the style of civil officials, giving people a sense of imitation.

Wei Zheng was most disgusted with this style and had a look of displeasure on his face. Wang Gui saw it and winked at Wei Zheng again and again. Today he came to discuss things and asked for it. Even if he couldn't stand it, he could only endure it.

Wei Zheng didn't like to go around the corner, and after only a few casual conversations, he went straight to the point. As someone who participated in the budget discussion, the three of them knew clearly what the gap in the Ministry of War was. Wei Zheng asked that he could only give 50%, which was a sing of red face. Wang Gui took the words over and said that he could give 70% at most, which was a sing of white face. This was a plan that the two of them had discussed on the way to come. Under normal circumstances, if there was no note given by Li Mu, Hou Junji would have readily accepted it, and one hundred percent would have accepted it happily. This was also what the two of them had planned.

But now, it can't do what they want.

Although Hou Junji is a martial artist, his mind is not so good. However, he has some tricks when he was appointed as the Minister of War by Li Shimin. In addition, Li Mu's reminder, he is already aware of the situation. Civil officials have always regarded themselves very well. Since they can come to the door, there must be no way, otherwise these two people will definitely not come. Although Hou Junji did not know what Li Mu used, he knew that this was an excellent opportunity to quarrel.

Seeing these two people sing and slandering in different ways, they could only sneer in their hearts. They said intimately that these civil officials were indeed treacherous. If Zhulu Hou had not reminded him, they would have almost deceived him.

Hou Junji didn't talk. He waited for the two of them to finish their words and had no words. He picked up the teacup and drank tea. He then picked up the teacup and took a sip as they were. He said leisurely, "Since you are so honest, I might as well tell the truth. When I was making a budget before the New Year, the six ministries discussed it. It was clear that the five families joined together to bully the whole family. Why are you all civil officials and the Ministry of War a military general? The difference between civil and military affairs is not much. I am also stupid and argued, so the Ministry of War suffered a great loss on the budget. Not only did it not make much money, but it was less than in previous years."

"You two are here today. Since I talked about this budget, I will say it bluntly. The real gap in the Ministry of War is twice as high as the existing gap. If you are interested in helping, then follow this number. If you are unwilling to help."

Hou Junji sighed and said, "There is no choice but to follow the advice of Zhulu Hou and let the troops go to farm."

When Wang Gui saw Hou Junji say this, he was a little anxious and said, "Hou Junji, you can't take advantage of the situation to rob. Do you know that the money is not paid by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but by the people."

Before he could finish his words, Wei Zheng pulled him and said, "What else do you say? It's obvious that you've passed the air. This number was determined by Li Mu. It's useless to tell him."

Hou Junji laughed and said, "I also said that Mr. Wei can see clearly, but I don't hide it. I really got a gift from Zhulu Hou, so I asked for this price. Whether to agree or not is your business, I just want to pass the message. Anyway, the Ministry of War needs money, and there is nothing else to talk about."

Hou Junji looked at the sky outside and saw the moon, saying, "It's not too early. If you don't dislike the vulgar food in my house, you might as well leave a few drinks. It happened to be brewed by Zhulu Hou and gave me some good wine. There are still a few jars left. The taste is different from the ones bought in the winery. I usually don't want to drink it. Today I will open a jar and entertain you two."

Wei Zheng got up, pulled Wang Gui, and said to Hou Junji, "Two times are indeed too much. Even if we agree, it is not something we can decide. We need to discuss it. I will give the general a reply tomorrow and say goodbye first."

Hou Junji didn't stay, and said, "I'll give you two."

The three of them came to the gate of the mansion and said goodbye. Suddenly, a fast horse galloped over. The guards on both sides of the mansion immediately pulled out their swords. Hou Junji waved his hand and took them back. Hou Junji looked at the visitor and shouted, "Who is the one who is coming and the fast horse running in the city? Don't you know the crime?"

"Report"

"Report to the General, Your Majesty was assassinated in the valley of Zhuluhou. Fortunately, Zhuluhou fought to protect each other and was only slightly injured. The five assassins have all been captured. General Cheng has led his troops to the valley to guard His Majesty with an order to lead the general to protect the Supreme Emperor, control all the officials and families in the city, and the direct descendants of the aristocratic families. If there is any disobedience, he will be killed without any attention."

Hearing this, Wei Zheng and Wang Gui's faces turned pale. Wei Zheng burst into cold sweat and asked, "Your Majesty is injured. Why is Your Majesty in the valley?"

The soldier refused to answer, but bowed to Hou Junji, and then got on his horse to the next stop and sent an order.

Hou Junji turned his head and looked at Wang Gui and Wei Zheng, as the number one bodyguard for the two armies to protect Li Shimin for a lifetime. Hou Junji heard that someone dared to assassinate him and was angry.

He smiled sinisterly, waved his two fingers with his right hand slightly, and saw dozens of soldiers rushing out of the door, surrounding Wang Gui and Wei Zheng's frames tightly.

"I'm afraid you can't leave."

Time went back an hour ago, and it was just getting dark. Li Mu raised a bonfire and set up a barbecue rack. There was a sheep on it. He used the Hu method he learned when he was cooking for the Turkic people in the Turkic camp, and was smoked on it.

The fat came out sizzling, emitting a mouth-watering taste. Li Shimin, Empress Changsun and Li Mu's family were surrounded by the bonfire. Each of them had a scimitar in their hands, waiting for the meat to cook so that they could be eaten from the top.

Li Mu sprinkled a handful of fennel on top, and the flames blew, and the smell became stronger and stronger.

Li Shimin swallowed his saliva and said impatiently, "How long will it take to eat it? When I fought all directions, I swallowed it with blood. If the roast was too cooked, the meat would get old, and it is almost the same now."

As he spoke, a knife flashed and a large piece of meat was sliced. Just as he was about to put it into his mouth, Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Queen Changsun looking over, pursed his lips, cut the meat into small pieces, and divided it into half of Queen Changsun's plate, and squeezed out a smile and said, "The Queen first."

Empress Changsun pushed the plate back to Li Shimin and said, "I still like to eat cooked foods."

"Then I'm not polite." Li Shimin was waiting for this sentence. He picked up the plate and was about to put it in his mouth. Suddenly, Eunuch Gao made a move like lightning, stopping Li Shimin. Li Shimin glared at him and shouted, "Gao Guan, what are you doing?"

Eunuch Gao reached out and pinched a piece of meat and put it in his mouth, swallowed it in his stomach, and smiled and said, "I'm sorry, try the poison for Your Majesty."

Li Shimin was too lazy to scold him, so he pointed his hand and said, "Get away."

"Hey," Eunuch Gao rolled away quietly, and Li Shimin finally got his wish and swallowed a large piece of mutton into his stomach.

Li Mu looked at Li Shimin eating, and only two words in his mind, barbaric. Can this mutton be 50% mature? Are you not afraid of having a stomachache after eating it?

Li Shimin ate the meat, opened another jar of wine, drank a few big mouthfuls, burped, and his face became a little drunk. He put the jar aside, looked at Li Mu, and said, "You guy really opened my eyes today. OK, such a large glass palace, 50,000 taels. Look at your small courtyard, the windows are all glass, and you can use that kind of translucent good thing by yourself. I never thought that I am a good minister and my good nephew."

Li Mu added a piece of wood under the bonfire and said, "Your Majesty, material desires make people corrupt, and corruption will lead to depravity. Your Majesty wants to be a wise ruler. How can you degenerate into this kind of suffering? If you don't have great ambitions, you don't want to leave a name in history in this life. It's understandable that you can enjoy your inventions and creations occasionally."

Li Mu glanced at Empress Changsun and said, "Besides, I am considering Your Majesty. Your Majesty, you think the glazed window is good, but it is also expensive. Even if I calculate the cost price for Your Majesty, if you change your Tai Chi Hall together, you will have to be 80,000 taels."

"Eighty thousand taels, the treasury cannot afford it"

"It's a good payment." Li Mu spread his hands and said, "You can't do this. Tai Chi Hall has changed the glazed glass. What should you do if you ask the queen to change the Lizheng Hall. With the queen's kind personality, I will definitely not forget that there are four imperial concubines, four imperial concubines have changed, and there are so many talented people, and I can't afford to change them all, so don't change them."

Empress Changsun laughed and said, "You are just this mouth, but it's reasonable. There are no glass windows in the palace, and life is still there. This kind of thing is not a necessary thing, it consumes a lot. It's better to spend money in a more useful place."

"What the queen said is very much." Li Mu agreed, never mentioning himself.

Li Shimin sighed, feeling a little depressed. After looking at Li Mu's valley today, he was surprised by Li Mu's talent and thought that Li Mu had hidden many things from him. But he couldn't find any fault, which made him feel confused.

Also, the detailed plan Li Mu just mentioned to him was a bit frustrated. He didn't expect Li Mu's plan at all. The feeling of being crushed by IQ was really uncomfortable.

Li Shimin looked up at the sky and said, "Li Mu, why are you talking about assassin not coming yet? You remember the wrong time?"

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