"If Mr. Li likes this tea, he will bring some back later." Lin Xuan said with a smile.
Li Mu put down the teacup, shook his head, and refused: "Thank you, Lord Marquis, for your kindness. I will be satisfied if I can taste this kind of good tea once in a while."
Although he likes tea, he doesn't dare to ask for it.
As Li Shimin's personal servant, the most taboo thing is getting too close to the Lord and Minister.
"Master Marquis, Your Majesty has summoned you. If you have nothing else to do, please follow the old slave into the palace as soon as possible." Li Mu said.
Lin Xuan asked: "Manager Li, do you know why your Majesty summoned me?"
Li Mu was a little hesitant. Usually when a chamberlain is ordered to summon ministers, others will ask the reason, so that he can be prepared.
But when Li Shimin sent him there, it meant that it needed to be kept secret.
Seeing that Li Mu was in trouble, Lin Xuan said apologetically: "I was reckless. I will follow Manager Li into the palace."
He had already guessed the reason why Li Shimin summoned him to the palace, and he just wanted to confirm it by asking Li Mu.
"Big noise." Li Mu whispered.
Sure enough, Li Shimin called him because of the noise caused by the explosives.
After he used gunpowder, he was mentally prepared for Li Shimin's inquiry.
Unexpectedly, Li Shimin has not sent anyone in the past few days. Lin Xuan thought that Li Shimin would not look for him.
Lin Xuan was startled, then came to his senses, gave Li Mu a grateful look, and said: "Manager Li, let's set off quickly, we can't keep His Majesty waiting too long."
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"See Your Majesty." Lin Xuan bowed.
Li Shimin asked Lin Xuan to sit down and dismissed all the eunuchs and maids serving in the main hall.
When only the two of them were left in the hall, Li Shimin said, "Do you know why I asked you to come?"
Lin Xuan said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty called me here probably because he wanted to talk about my marriage to Princess Changle."
Li Shimin saw Lin Xuan pretending to be crazy and said directly: "I called you here because I want to know what was the reason for that loud noise when you met the people from the aristocratic family?"
Lin Xuan looked at Li Shimin seriously and said: "Your Majesty, I promised the family that if they don't take action against me, I will not tell your Majesty."
Li Shimin's face darkened and he said, "Just tell me and I will protect you."
"Your Majesty, do you believe this?" Lin Xuan said.
Even if the formula of gunpowder is given to Li Shimin now, he will not take action against the noble family now.
The family in the world went crazy, and Lin Xuan was not sure he could survive.
Li Shimin said that unless he and his family were allowed to live in the palace, it would not be safe even if they stayed in Chang'an City.
Li Shimin's face was gloomy and he shouted: "Lin Xuan, you are so presumptuous!"
Lin Xuan stood up quickly, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is related to my life and safety. I apologize that I cannot inform your Majesty."
Li Shimin sneered: "You are afraid that the noble family will kill you, aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"
Lin Xuan nodded and said: "Afraid! But even if your Majesty wants to kill me, my family will not be involved, but this is not necessarily the case for aristocratic families."
Li Shimin cherishes feathers, not to mention that it is impossible to kill him because of this. Even if he could, he would not touch his family, but the aristocratic family does not pay so much attention.
Lin Xuan naturally knows how to choose.
Li Shimin took a few deep breaths, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said: "Okay, okay. You people say you are loyal to me every day, but when facing the aristocratic family, you are all timid. This is you
What’s called loyalty?”
Lin Xuan secretly cursed: "I have never shown my loyalty."
Besides, don’t you think it’s ridiculous that you plan this and worry about that yourself, and yet you expect others to risk their lives to help you?
Why did Cheng Yaojin and the others, when faced with the problem of the aristocratic family, only appear to be at odds with the aristocratic family but did not take any actual action?
Because they are not stupid and know that problems of aristocratic families cannot be solved in one generation.
Even if they try their best to help Li Shimin suppress the family, who can say for sure whether the next emperor will continue to suppress the family?
Many aristocratic families have been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years. Even if they have been silent for a few years, it will not take long before they will recover.
And no one can say whether these princely mansions will be able to maintain their current glory after they die.
When the time comes, the Duke's Mansion, which only has a title but no real power, will not be able to withstand the revenge of the noble family.
Lin Xuan believed that if Li Shimin planned to send troops to annihilate the family now, Cheng Yaojin and the others would definitely support him.
But if Li Shimin wants to boil a frog in warm water, then hehehe.
"Your Majesty, my trump card is related to the life and death of the aristocratic family. If the aristocratic family knows that your majesty knows about it, they will definitely go crazy. If your majesty is planning to take action against the aristocratic family now, I can tell your majesty." Lin Xuan said.
No matter what, Li Shimin is also his future father-in-law, and he doesn't want to offend him too much.
Li Shimin was silent. It was impossible to attack the noble family now.
Let’s not talk about the private soldiers controlled by the aristocratic family. Even if the aristocratic family can be wiped out, who will manage the world for him?
Lin Xuan said: "Your Majesty has no intention to touch the family now. In this case, what will happen if Your Majesty knows now?"
Li Shimin stared at Lin Xuan and asked: "Bai Qi went to look at the hillside where you met. The scene was in a mess and there was a big hole. Bai Qi said it was caused by thunder from the sky. Tell me, are you an immortal?
Technique?"
Lin Xuan was speechless, Li Shimin was still thinking about this.
Lin Xuan shook his head and said: "If I really knew the magic, why would I need to frighten the family? Couldn't I have wiped them out with a wave of my hand? Your Majesty can understand that thing as a kind of weapon."
arms?
Li Shimin thought of the big pit Bai Qi described, and he couldn't think of any weapon that could be so powerful.
If there really was such a weapon, wouldn't it be easy to do what you want to do most?
Li Shimin looked at Lin Xuan eagerly and said, "Lin Xuan, give this weapon to me, and I promise not to let the family know about it."
Lin Xuan was a little confused. Li Shimin was almost convinced by him just now, so why was he suddenly worried about him again?
"Your Majesty, can you tell me why I want this weapon? This thing is not very effective against cavalry." Lin Xuan said.
He thought Li Shimin wanted explosives to use against the Western Turks and Xue Yantuo.
But the explosives at this time were really ineffective against the cavalry.
Li Shimin stood up, looked at the map behind him, turned his back to Lin Xuan, and stood with his hands behind his back.
"Do you know what my biggest dream is?" Li Shimin said quietly.
desire?
Immortality or annihilation of the family?
Li Shimin did not wait for Lin Xuan's reply, and said to himself: "I want to conquer Liaodong and destroy Goguryeo in my lifetime. However, because I went to conquer Goguryeo, the world was in chaos. Now the people of the Tang Dynasty are very afraid of Goguryeo. But I am not like that.
I feel that just because Yang Guang hasn’t done it, it doesn’t mean that I can’t do it.”
"To be honest, I am also a little worried that we will be defeated like the Sui Dynasty. But your weapons give me hope."
Lin Xuan looked at Li Shimin with a strange look.
Historically, in his later years, Li Shimin did take action against Goguryeo, and even led a military expedition in person.
However, during the Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo did not actively provoke the Tang Dynasty. However, during the periods of Li Shimin and Gaozong, the Tang Dynasty sent troops to conquer Goguryeo nine times, and finally destroyed Goguryeo.
People say that Li Shimin conquered Goguryeo because Goguryeo was powerful and to eliminate the threat.
But Lin Xuan didn't think so. The Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo three times. Although they failed to win, they also greatly weakened Goguryeo's strength.