Li Mu is obsessed with restoring the Tang Technical School, and each of the six departments has their own plans.
After the Ministry of Civil Affairs was changed to the Ministry of Household Affairs, since the Ministry of Household Affairs was responsible for taxation, the Ministry of Household Affairs suddenly became the God of Wealth among the six ministries. Although the six ministries were nominally equivalent when making budgets, the money came from the Ministry of Household Affairs.
When it is allocated, the money from the Ministry of Accounts must be the first to arrive, but for the other five departments, it may not be the case. The money may not be small, but it may be a few months later.
So when arranging the budget this year, the other five ministries calculated the sum in private. How could this situation of being pinched be changed? But if the five ministries summed up one thing, how could the news not leak out? The Ministry of Household Affairs heard that their own family was being plotted.
, was furious from top to bottom, and spread the word that this year's budget will be calculated accurately to the letter.
There is nothing wrong with what he said, but to the officials of the Fifth Ministry, it was like a bolt from the blue. Actuarial calculation means that every carrot is a pit, and there is no money left at all. Let’s not talk about the issue of being greedy for money or not.
, even for normal expenses, if you don’t have any money left, wouldn’t you be stretched thin if something unexpected happens?
But things have reached this point. It’s a bit shameless to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to complain. Fortunately, there is still some time until next year’s budget is released. According to the rules, it has to be after the New Year and the Lantern Festival.
Come out. During this time, you can still think of a way.
There was no discussion among the five parties, but they did the same thing. That is, if you can think of a way, find a way. If you can't think of a way, it's not too late to ask for mercy.
There are good ways to think of, and there are bad ways to think of them. Take the civil service department for example. It is actually the easiest for the civil service department to raise money. If you sell your official position and get a title, you still have plenty of money, right? But the problem is that the environment in the early Tang Dynasty was not that corrupt.
Even if you want to sell your official position and get a title, you have to think about how many heads you have to chop off. Therefore, although the Ministry of Personnel seems to be easy to make money, it is actually the most difficult to deal with among the five departments.
Among the five ministries, the most manageable one is the Ministry of Works. There are many craftsmen in the Ministry of Works. Since Li Mu reformed the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Works has laid down a rule, that is, no craftsmen in the Ministry of Works work for free. In the past, they were hired casually.
The matter of taking away the craftsmen from the Ministry of Works to build houses at just a greeting has long been gone forever. However, building houses, shops, mansions and other things inside and outside Chang'an City are indispensable even in a day. The treatment of the Ministry of Works is so
Well, good craftsmen have all registered with the Ministry of Works. You can’t find anyone on the market, so you have to find the Ministry of Works in the end. Without delaying the arrangements set by the Ministry of Works, you can take on some private work and earn some expenses.
It's not difficult at all.
The Ministry of Punishment is the same as the Ministry of Personnel. When a wise king is in charge, it is not easy to make money. However, the Ministry of Punishment is still better than the Ministry of Personnel, because the Ministry of Punishment is in charge of the trial power. In other words, when a prisoner is escorted to Chang'an, when will he be tried and how will he be tried?
, it is the Ministry of Punishment that has the final say. During the custody and interrogation process, as long as the Ministry of Punishment wants to make money, there are many ways to make money. It is just because Jin Shang is not happy, so it must be restrained.
Although the Ministry of Rites seems to have no way to make money, it is actually the easiest department to make money. The Ministry of Rites is in charge of Honglu Temple, etc., and receives foreign envoys. After the envoys of this era came to Chang'an, in addition to state affairs
In addition, they are all engaged in small business. The Ministry of Rites provides convenience and cooperation. Every link and step is not free. Although there is a Foreign Affairs Office, it will definitely be reduced a lot, but the Ministry of Rites does not have many mouths to speak of.
It's enough.
The most difficult thing is the Ministry of War. The Ministry of War really doesn’t have any leadership. Because the Ministry of War of the Tang Dynasty actually cannot control the local army. Even if it can control it, it does not dare to mobilize it. It is a taboo to mobilize troops without authorization.
, who dares? Hou Junji didn’t dare anyway, so he had no choice but to come to Li Mu.
Li Mu was preparing an enrollment plan, and he didn't care about Hou Junji's affairs. But this time, Hou Junji may have received Cheng Yaojin's advice and showed his rogue skills. He might not leave without getting the money.
The posture depends on the valley.
Li Mu went to see Li Shimin, but Li Shimin said he didn't care. Li Mu couldn't ask Li Chongyi to beat up Hou Junji, so he had no choice but to put aside the enrollment matter first and help him find a solution.
"This matter of yours is very difficult to handle." After listening to Hou Junji analyze his difficulties, Li Mu was very scratching his head. He couldn't mobilize troops at will. What advantage did the military department have? Let the big soldiers do the work?
Okay, if we keep going, not only will the training be wasted, but the soldiers will not be willing to do it. How can there be coolies who work for nothing?
"Why don't we find some ways to work around it?" Li Mu remembered an idea he had a long time ago and said to Hou Junji: "The Tang Dynasty is short of horses, but the process of selling horses is very complicated. Once you have a hand, you will have to pay more. If I didn't
If I remember correctly, the Ministry of War has a certain budget every year to purchase horses. If the Ministry of War can directly purchase these horses, the money saved will be enough. After all, even if the Ministry of Revenue deducts money, it does not dare to blatantly deduct the money from the Ministry of War.
too much."
"Organize a caravan?" Hou Junji frowned and said, "The Chinese New Year is almost here. Is it appropriate to organize a caravan at this time?"
"We celebrate the New Year, but the Turks don't celebrate the New Year. What's inappropriate? Besides, aren't we short of money? We don't even have rice to cook, so why do we care so much?"
"But -" Hou Junji still hesitated and said: "Deploying troops without authorization -"
"Do we have to mobilize troops?" Li Mu blinked and said, "I heard that the generals have their own soldiers. There are so many generals in the Ministry of War, and each family can gather ten or eight of them. It is not difficult to gather a hundred people.
Right? It’s just a hundred people. No one believes that these hundred people are used for rebellion. It’s just horse trafficking. I don’t believe that the generals’ personal soldiers escort the horses. There will be any thieves on the road who dare to think of them, not to mention that they can’t be beaten.
If they can fight, even if they encounter a large number of people, if they dare to do such a thing, they have to consider whether they can bear the consequences."
"That's true!" Hou Junji felt confident. Let's not talk about whether selling horses is illegal or not. Stealing horses is definitely seeking death. Horses are so important to the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin even dreamed of producing a cavalry of ten thousand people.
Come on, if the horse dealer is robbed, Hou Junji will recognize it, but Li Shimin will not be able to recognize it!
The method was found, and all that was left was to implement it. Hou Junji rubbed his hands and said: "Trading horses is fine, but now there is still a tricky thing."
Li Mu looked at him doubtfully, and suddenly felt something in his heart. Just as he was about to open his mouth, he heard Hou Junji say: "Last year's budget has been completely spent. I haven't seen the new year's budget yet. Horse traders
Where does the capital come from?" Hou Junji stretched out his hand and said, "How about you lend it to me first, and I will pay you back when I come back from selling horses, or when the budget for the new year comes out."
"I -" Li Mu said anxiously: "General, you don't want to be such a fool? I have already found a way for you, and you still want me to pay?"
"I borrowed it!" Hou Junji emphasized: "I will pay you back a lot of money, and I will give you interest."
"That's nice to say!" Li Mu said ruthlessly: "If you don't pay me back then, I won't be able to do anything to you. Your Majesty will definitely not make the decision for me if I suffer a loss."
"A gentleman's words are hard to chase, do you think I am Cheng Yaojin?" Hou Junji said displeased: "I'm just talking to you like that, and you have to borrow me."
Li Mu finally figured out that Hou Junji's search for a solution was fake, but that he was looking for money to cross the river. If his prediction was correct, Hou Junji should be short of money to celebrate the New Year. He was just here to beat the autumn wind.
No wonder Li Shimin didn't show up. It was obvious that the monarch and his ministers had discussed it for a long time, and they just wanted to trick him!
Li Mu thought for a while and said, "It's not impossible. How much do you want?"
"One hundred thousand guan!" Hou Junji stretched out two fingers. Under Li Mu's eyes, he retracted one finger and said sarcastically: "Any less will not be enough."
"I can give you 100,000 yuan, but I can't give you nothing in return." Li Mu raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said, "Let's make a deal."
Seeing Li Mu's smile, Hou Junji's heart skipped a beat. He had an intuition that instead of taking advantage this time, he might even suffer a loss. But he couldn't imagine why he would suffer a loss, and he did lack
Because of this money, I suddenly thought twice and said, "What do you want? I've agreed in advance that I won't do anything behind your Majesty's back!"
Li Mu muttered something in Hou Junji's ear. Hou Junji frowned and said, "This is inappropriate. If it fails, wouldn't I have offended everyone in the court? Besides, His Majesty may not agree to it."
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Li Mu knew what he was thinking and said: "I'll just go to your majesty and tell him. Anyway, as long as you show your name in the Ministry of War, I will give you one hundred thousand gu." After a pause, Li Mu said again: "You don't have to pay it back."
Bar?"
"Okay!" Hou Junji immediately agreed, and Li Mu instantly felt that he had been fooled. Sure enough, Jiang was still very hot. Hou Junji came prepared and had already planned it. But it was normal. In the early Tang Dynasty, people who could be fooled
All generals are good at it. Although Hou Junji had a reputation for being a bit reckless when he was young, he is still a solid general. How could he not have his own plans?
The two of them made an agreement immediately, and Hou Junji happily took Li Mu's note and went to Sihai Casino to withdraw money.
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The exchange conditions proposed by Li Mu are very simple to say, which is the right to run a military academy. Li Mu originally planned to implement this matter if he was in Chang'an, but then he went to Luoyang, and this matter was implemented
The difficulty of getting it up doubled, so I put the plan on hold. Later, when things got complicated, I forgot about it.
Now that I think about it, it's because of the matter of Datang Technical School. Anyway, we are running a school. We can drive one sheep and herd two sheep. We don't waste a lot of energy and we kill two birds with one stone.
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Seeing Li Mu's smile, Hou Junji's heart skipped a beat. He had an intuition that instead of taking advantage this time, he might even suffer a loss. But he couldn't imagine why he would suffer a loss, and he did lack
Because of this money, I suddenly thought twice and said, "What do you want? I've agreed in advance that I won't do anything behind your Majesty's back!"
Li Mu muttered something in Hou Junji's ear. Hou Junji frowned and said, "This is inappropriate. If it fails, wouldn't I have offended everyone in the court? Besides, His Majesty may not agree to it."
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Li Mu knew what he was thinking and said: "I'll just go to your majesty and tell him. Anyway, as long as you show your name in the Ministry of War, I will give you one hundred thousand gu." After a pause, Li Mu said again: "You don't have to pay it back."
Bar?"
"Okay!" Hou Junji immediately agreed, and Li Mu instantly felt that he had been fooled. Sure enough, Jiang was still very hot. Hou Junji came prepared and had already planned it. But it was normal. In the early Tang Dynasty, people who could be fooled
All generals are good at it. Although Hou Junji had a reputation for being a bit reckless when he was young, he is still a solid general. How could he not have his own plans?
The two of them made an agreement immediately, and Hou Junji happily took Li Mu's note and went to Sihai Casino to withdraw money.
…
The exchange conditions proposed by Li Mu are very simple to say, which is the right to run a military academy. Li Mu originally planned to implement this matter if he was in Chang'an, but then he went to Luoyang, and this matter was implemented
The difficulty of getting it up doubled, so I put the plan on hold. Later, when things got complicated, I forgot about it.
Now that I think about it, it's because of the matter of Datang Technical School. Anyway, we are running a school. We can drive one sheep and herd two sheep. We don't waste a lot of energy and we kill two birds with one stone.
Seeing Li Mu's smile, Hou Junji's heart skipped a beat. He had an intuition that instead of taking advantage this time, he might even suffer a loss. But he couldn't imagine why he would suffer a loss, and he did lack
Because of this money, I suddenly thought twice and said, "What do you want? I've agreed in advance that I won't do anything behind your Majesty's back!"
Li Mu muttered something in Hou Junji's ear. Hou Junji frowned and said, "This is inappropriate. If it fails, wouldn't I have offended everyone in the court? Besides, His Majesty may not agree to it."
.”
Li Mu knew what he was thinking and said: "I'll just go to your majesty and tell him. Anyway, as long as you show your name in the Ministry of War, I will give you one hundred thousand gu." After a pause, Li Mu said again: "You don't have to pay it back."
Bar?"
"Okay!" Hou Junji immediately agreed, and Li Mu instantly felt that he had been fooled. Sure enough, Jiang was still very hot. Hou Junji came prepared and had already planned it. But it was normal. In the early Tang Dynasty, people who could be fooled
All generals are good at it. Although Hou Junji had a reputation for being a bit reckless when he was young, he is still a solid general. How could he not have his own plans?
The two of them made an agreement immediately, and Hou Junji happily took Li Mu's note and went to Sihai Casino to withdraw money.
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The exchange conditions proposed by Li Mu are very simple to say.