"Your Majesty, if you have anything to say, just say it. What do you mean by yin and yang?"

Fang Yuan rolled his eyes and said speechlessly.

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang De was choked by his own breath and coughed repeatedly.

I secretly wonder what's wrong with Fang Yuan, why he speaks so rudely, aren't you afraid of being scolded by His Majesty?

"If you are sick, take a good rest and don't pass it on to me."

Li Shimin glanced at Wang De and said in a deep voice.

"Little, little man, please retire."

Wang De naturally did not dare to say anything, so he quickly stayed and left. The other maids and eunuchs were also asked to leave by him.

Just like that, Fang Yuan and Li Shimin were the only two people left in the Imperial Study Room.

Li Shimin didn't speak, and Fang Yuan didn't take the initiative to speak. The imperial study room was eerily quiet.

"What do you mean by driving away the people from Liubu as soon as you come back?"

Li Shimin finally couldn't help it and took the initiative to speak.

He looked at Fang Yuan angrily, feeling even more dissatisfied.

If the emperor takes the initiative to say it, is this arrogance based on favor?

"I haven't asked Your Majesty yet. I just left, why did the people from the Sixth Department occupy my shipyard?"

Fang Yuan said angrily.

"The Sixth Department had good intentions and wanted to control the direction of the shipyard in order to develop a weapon for Datang's overseas expeditions."

Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

"Good intentions?"

"Then why do you want to drive away Lu Xia, Wu Ruyi and other management personnel?"

Fang Yuan sneered.

"Their ideas were inconsistent with the court's, they interfered with the court's direction, and they disobeyed management, so they were driven away."

Li Shimin also said in a deep voice.

"Disobey management?"

"Is the shipyard mine or the imperial court's?"

Fang Yuan sneered.

"The shipyard is naturally yours."

"But the overall direction of the shipyard must be in line with the development of the country."

Li Shimin had never thought about occupying Fang Yuan's shipyard, so he was not angry at Fang Yuan's words.

"Your Majesty, do you know that the three steel ships I am building now are ready for overseas expeditions?"

"They are created by Lu Xia, Wu Ruyi, Wang Shiyu and others, and their overall direction is in line with the development of the country."

"On the contrary, it's the officials of the Sixth Ministry. Do they really know what kind of ships are suitable for the development of the country? Are you sure they are not just sitting there?"

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

At the same time, he also took out a record.

These are the two funds that the Sixth Department applied for less than half a month after entering the shipyard.

The direction of use of the funds was clearly marked, but a large amount suddenly disappeared somewhere along the way.

In shipyards, or red brick factories, etc., all funds have flow records, and each department will have records.

Instead of the Ministry of Finance alone deciding where all funds go.

This is Fang Yuan’s way of preventing internal corruption, and it is also the reason why the bank allocates money so quickly.

Because he can check the whereabouts of almost every fund, ensuring the integrity of it, Fang Yuan dares to satisfy major manufacturers in their use of funds.

"They are all elites from various ministries, how can they be a vegetarian?"

Li Shimin was very dissatisfied with Fang Yuan's words.

Those selected officials are all good players in their own departments.

He has inspected several of them and they are all outstandingly capable.

But after receiving the record handed over by Fang Yuan, Li Shimin's face darkened a lot.

A fee of one million suddenly disappeared halfway.

Then another two million fee was paid, and another one million disappeared midway.

If this record is correct, then officials from the Sixth Department were involved in corruption.

"I doubt this!"

Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

"His Majesty is naturally justified in his suspicion, but I want to tell His Majesty that the overall direction of the shipyard is in line with the direction of the country."

"But after these people from the Sixth Department come in, they may not necessarily be able to conform to the direction of the country. I don't agree with any of them coming in."

"The three huge steel ships I am using now are the best proof. They don't need people who don't know how to tell them, and the shipyard doesn't need such elites!"

Fang Yuan couldn't bear to say anything.

"I can stay out of the shipyard's research direction, but the imperial court needs manpower to enter the shipyard."

"The development of the shipyard is a sharp weapon for the country. Without the supervision of the court, problems are prone to occur."

Li Shimin narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice.

Maybe there is something wrong with these six department officials, but he can't agree with Fang Yuan's intention.

Whether it is the previous bank or the current shipyard, things related to the lifeline of the imperial court must be under the eyes of the imperial court.

Otherwise, the court would lack a sense of security.

"Can't negotiate?"

Fang Yuan said dissatisfied.

"Can't!"

Li Shimin shook his head.

"I have paid so much for the court, and the court will treat me like this?"

Fang Yuan narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice.

"Fang Yuan, the court treats you well, and I treat you well."

"I have promised not to interfere with the development of the shipyard, are you still not satisfied?"

Li Shimin said angrily.

After giving in step by step, Fang Yuan was not satisfied?

"Okay, I understand!"

"Is there anything else? If nothing else, I'll leave first!"

Fang Yuan took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

"Did your trip to Goguryeo go smoothly?"

Li Shimin pondered for a while before speaking.

There are two reasons why he asked Fang Yuan to enter the palace.

One of them was the impeachment of Fang Yuan by the officials. He was under great pressure and had to symbolically scold Fang Yuan.

Another thing is about Goguryeo. I want to know whether the political power of Goguryeo has changed.

Because Fang Yuan was on a ship, Li Shimin and others have not received news from Goguryeo yet.

"Gao Tianzhi died, and his son succeeded him as the new king."

"Because Gao Yingliang was young, the Queen Mother Lu Tingmei listened to the affairs behind the curtain, and there were also three ministers who cared about life."

Fang Yuanyan said concisely and comprehensively.

"So, it is just around the corner to unite with the Queen Mother of Goguryeo, encroach on Goguryeo, and annex Silla and Baekje?"

Li Shimin's eyes suddenly lit up.

Fang Yuan is considered a well-connected person in Goguryeo.

I remember he said before that he supported Gao Tianzhi's ascendancy and Lu Tingmei's becoming queen.

Now that the political power of Goguryeo is in the hands of a woman, will Goguryeo be cannibalized by the Tang Dynasty sooner or later?

"Sorry, I'm not free now."
To be continued...