Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

As soon as the words came out, the whole place was silent.

Everyone looked at Chu Mo in surprise.

Li Shimin pointed at Chu Mo and roared: "Chu Mo, are you really going to die without saving me? Are you really so cold-blooded?"

Chu Mo shrugged: "I don't do corruption and I don't take bribes, so just take my salary. How much more do you want me to donate?"

"Chu Mo, you are indeed a shameless businessman. You wash away the blood of the people, but you do nothing to save the people when they are in danger."

Seeing something was wrong, Changsun Wuji jumped out again, pointed at Chu Mo's nose and cursed.

Chu Mo glanced sideways at the other party and snorted coldly: "Changsun Wuji, you are blaming me here, then let me ask you, can you donate anything during this disaster? Did your Changsun family donate 1.1 meters of grain?"

Changsun Wuji was speechless when asked by Chu Mo.

Can he say that he has been recruited by Li Shimin to the imperial study room to discuss disaster relief matters since the disaster, and he has not yet had time to order relief for the victims?

Can he say that from the very beginning he wanted to kill Chu Mo first, and then ask His Majesty to allocate money from the internal funds for disaster relief, but never thought about how much money he would need to contribute?

Can he say that he has never thought about asking himself and the Changsun family behind him to contribute money and efforts to this disaster relief matter.

Thinking of this, Changsun Wuji blushed, frowned and said: "Of course I want to provide disaster relief, but the extent of the disaster is still unclear, and we are still here to discuss relief matters with His Majesty, so we haven't had time to take any action."

"We've taken care of this matter. After I return home, I will let my family start preparing for disaster relief. You don't need to worry about this matter."

Anyone who can discuss matters in the royal study is not a human being. After listening to Changsun Wuji's words, of course everyone knows that he is arrogant.

But their own situations were similar to each other, so naturally no one jumped out to expose Changsun Wuji's lies.

Seeing Chu Mo pointing the finger at his courtiers, Li Shimin was very angry, but there was nothing he could do against him for the moment.

"Chu Mo, I just want to ask you, how much are you willing to donate for this disaster relief?"

"I just said that I will donate as much as officials at the same level as me donate."

"you..."

Li Shimin gritted his teeth and looked at Chu Mo, and finally sighed deeply.

He knew that with the current situation, no matter how hard he forced the other party, the other party would not give in.

Suddenly, Li Shimin thought of something Chu Xin had said to him before, that is: when you have no way to defeat the other party, just change the rules of the game, because you are the master of the Tang Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin smiled and looked at Chu Mo as if he was looking at mountains of gold and silver.

"Okay, Chu Mo, since you don't want to go out any more, I won't force you. You can go back and wait for news."

Seeing that Li Shimin's attitude changed so quickly, Chu Mo's alarm bells rang in his heart. Even though the other party behind his back wanted to play some tricks, he still had to guard against him.

So he asked: "Your Majesty Li Er, can I ask what rank I am now?"

As soon as these words came out, the study became quiet again.

In order to disgust Chu Mo and make him different from other officials, Li Shimin specially gave Chu Mo a nondescript county magistrate position.

According to the official positions of the Tang Dynasty, the original prefects have been eliminated and become governors. The general rank of governors ranges from the third grade to the lower fourth grade.

But Chu Mo was different from others. His fiefdom could barely be regarded as a county, but it only had the title of county, and Chu Mo was still the prefect of the county.

If the other party is a fourth-grade person, he still has a county title.

If the other party is a county magistrate, he also has the official title of prefect.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin couldn't help but feel a pain in his head. He didn't expect that the hole he dug for Chu Mo before would now have to be filled by himself.

Du Ruhui, who was on the side, saw Li Shimin's dilemma and immediately stood up to rescue him and said: "Chu Mo, due to busy official duties and handover issues between ministries, there is still a government order that has not been issued to you in the future."

"Today I just take this opportunity to make it clear to you that your Nanhai County has been upgraded to Nanhai County, and your grade is also positioned below the fourth grade. Therefore, for this donation, you must follow the rules of the fourth grade. Pay the quota.”

When Li Shimin heard this, he almost fainted. Since he had already planned to give it to him, why not just mention it to him as a third-grade product? In that case, he could make more money.

Besides, even if I don't give this boy an official position, according to the previous agreement, when the boy comes to Nanhai County, he will do whatever he wants, and I can still control him.

Seeing Li Shimin's ugly face, Chu Mo knew that he had taken advantage, so he smiled and said, "In that case, I'll thank you all first."

"The breeze shouldn't be cool and the green water is flowing. I'm going home to Maodong. When you decide on the donation, just send me a post."

With that said, he opened the door of the imperial study room and walked out.

Seeing Chu Mo's leaving figure, Li Shimin clenched his fists, but for a while there was nothing he could do against him.

Chu Mo came to the door and didn't see the loser Wang Dehai, so he walked out in the direction he came from.

As soon as they walked through a long corridor, they met Li Chengqian who was rushing over.

Since Li Chengqian had a conflict with Chu Mo before, he was confined in the mansion by Li Shimin and was not allowed to go out.

During this period, I finally came into contact with the ban. As soon as I entered the palace, I met Chu Mo, who caused me to be banned. I didn't feel very happy.

"Bold maniac, why don't you bow when you see His Highness the Crown Prince?"

A eunuch beside Li Chengqian screamed at Chu Mo.

Chu Mo looked Li Chengqian up and down and found that his legs and feet were intact and he probably wasn't lame yet.

He snorted coldly and said: "What kind of prince is not a prince? I don't have to kneel down when I see Li Er. You, a prince, come running in front of me and make a fuss. Do you think you are more powerful than you?"

The eunuch didn't expect that Chu Mo would dare to call His Majesty the Emperor by his name. He was so frightened that he almost fainted on the spot. He was about to order the surrounding imperial troops to take down this madman who didn't know the heights of heaven and earth.

But Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "Xiao Fuzi, he is Chu Mo."

When he heard that it was Chu Mo, the eunuch who was called Xiao Fuzi was stunned for a moment, then gave Chu Mo a hard look and retreated behind Li Chengqian without saying a word.

Chu Mo took a deep look at Li Chengqian and saw that the other party was also sizing him up, so he smiled and said: "Why, His Royal Highness is not in a hurry to go in to see your father, but instead he has thoughts about me? But you have to stay away from me. , I don’t have a habit of cutting off my sleeves.”

As soon as these words came out, surprise flashed across Li Chengqian's originally indifferent face, followed by anger.