Chapter 487

Unless Qin Mu says it himself, it is absolutely impossible for Li Er to know these things.

Taking a step back.

Even if Qin Mu says it himself, so what?

Without any corroborating evidence, what Qin Mu says is just personal revenge!

Not only will it have no effect, but it will instead make Zhangsun Wuji appear even more wronged!

Must say.

In terms of schemes and tricks, Zhangsun Wuji is indeed a genius among geniuses!

He does things without a single leak!

"Still asking me to clarify? Hmph!" Li Er looks at Zhangsun Wuji's stubbornness and asks: "I ask you, when I told you to go and persuade Qin Mu, what exactly did you say?"

He is furious and continues to ask.

"Your Majesty, your humble servant told him exactly as Your Majesty instructed, telling him that this Top Graduate position did not belong to him, and that Your Majesty had your own difficulties, but..."

"What is this?"

"But your humble servant told Qin Mu that it was because the status of the noble families in the imperial court was too vast, and they could not tolerate someone like him hindering the path of advancement for their family's descendants."

"What did you say!?"

Hearing this, Li Er's face turns pale instantly.

No wonder!

No wonder!

So the reason for everything lies here!

Li Er suddenly realizes.

Based on Zhangsun Wuji's words, he guesses the general idea.

Qin Mu could not tolerate the noble families, and he could not see a bright future.

He possessed the talent of a unicorn, yet could not apply what he learned.

Countless noble families pressed down on his head like mountains.

Since there was no hope in the Great Tang, why not rebel!

This must have been Qin Mu's thought at the time.

No wonder he hated the noble families to the bone!

So it was all for this reason!

Through Zhangsun Wuji's words, combined with Qin Mu's various previous actions, Li Er thinks he has found the true answer.

"Why didn't you tell me about this back then?"

Li Er complains a bit.

But he is just trying to save face for himself!

To put it bluntly, he wants Zhangsun Wuji to take the blame.

In fact, even if he had said it, so what?

Could saying it change everything?

Could saying it eradicate the noble families?

How is that possible?

Everything was already irreversible!

"Your humble servant deserves to die! Back then, I was also afraid, afraid that it was because I talked too much that led to all this."

Zhangsun Wuji lowers his head, looking guilty.

"Alright, you may leave!"

Li Er waves his hand, not wanting to say anything more to Zhangsun Wuji.

Since the matter is clear, there is no need to blame him further.

What Zhangsun Wuji said is indeed correct.

The noble families cannot tolerate others!

Even if Qin Mu entered the imperial court, he would be suppressed.

This is a fact.

A fact that no one can change.

"Your humble servant takes his leave!"

Zhangsun Wuji breathes a sigh of relief and hurries out of the Ganlu Hall, his heart full of heavy thoughts.

Having survived the danger today, Your Majesty should never bring this matter up again.

However!

Qin Mu must still be eliminated!

This child must not be kept!

His schemes, city-like depth, and means of power are rare to see in hundreds of years.

As long as Qin Mu lives for one day, I will not have peace for one day!

Youzhou City, temporary palace.

Qin Mu stands inside the main hall.

A huge world map hangs from top to bottom in the middle of the hall.

Empress Zhangsun, Li Xueyan, Wu Meiniang, Changle, and others stand quietly behind Qin Mu.

They have been in Youzhou for some time now.

After such a long period of development and construction, the phoenix-like reborn Youzhou City has already reached a certain scale.

Qin Mu spent quite a bit of effort to build this city.

He ordered tens of thousands of skilled craftsmen and hundreds of thousands of commoners to build it together, expanding Youzhou City more than ten times from its original foundation!

What kind of concept is this?

It means expanding an already not-so-small city outwards by more than ten times!

The current area of Youzhou City is almost on par with Chang'an City.

The layout of the construction was also personally designed by Qin Mu.

Youzhou City is full of vitality everywhere.

Of course.

The expansion of Youzhou City also has some hidden dangers.

For example, the lack of personnel allocation due to the city being too large, and some places lacking a large chunk of population resources.

The pedestrians on the streets are also relatively sparse.

After all, the area of the city has expanded, so the population density has naturally been diluted.

Coupled with the fact that Youzhou City experienced two Turkic invasions, with countless commoners dead or injured, replenishing the population is naturally not a simple matter.

Besides this.

The economy of Youzhou City has also suffered a devastating blow.

Various resources were looted.

Commoners barter, and there is simply no money in their hands.

If it weren't for Great Qin's strong national power and abundant resources, it probably wouldn't be able to support the needs of the commoners in such a large area of the northern border.

But even with the most abundant family assets, eating like this will definitely not last long.

Therefore.

The most urgent task at hand is to restore the economy and agriculture of Youzhou and other places!

Only by restoring these two can the northern border be considered to have truly regained its vitality.

But the good news is that recently, many Great Tang commoners have moved here with their families one after another.

Although the number is not large, if this continues, it can also alleviate some of the pressure on Youzhou City.

"Mother, brother-in-law has been staring at this world map for almost an hour; what exactly is he looking at?"

Changle asks boredly.

"What does a girl like you know? You only know how to eat, drink, and play all day, and you don't care about major national affairs at all."

Empress Zhangsun gives Changle a side-eye.

"Sister Changle, husband is looking at the trend of the world. Our Great Qin's territory is getting larger and larger, and its strength is getting stronger, but there are also more and more opponents. Besides the Great Tang, there is the...