Li Mu really didn't understand the meaning of Li Shimin telling him these things. In his mind, these were things that had nothing to do with him. Moreover, Li Shimin had also said before that he did not want him to participate in national affairs.
Li Mu's mind changed rapidly, he pursed his lips and said, "Your Majesty, these ministers don't understand. If you don't have anything else to do, I want to resign. There is still something to do with the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
"Are you still pretending to be stupid with me?"
"Ah?" Li Mu was pounding in his heart, what does this mean? Has the adultery been discovered?
Li Mu swallowed, grinned and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty? Why are you pretending to be stupid? I really don't understand."
Li Shimin looked confident and said: "Don't you think I can't see what happened to Prince Gaochang? What the auxiliary machine said were all what you taught him to say, right? The auxiliary machine has already told me frankly, you
Do you still want to quibble?"
Li Mu took a long breath and thought to himself, sooner or later he would be scared to death. He quickly squeezed out a shy smile, scratched his head and said: "Sigh... I still can't deceive Your Majesty. Well, now that things have come to this, I can only admit it."
Yes. Yes, I gave Uncle Guo the idea. But I really didn’t do it because of the money I received.”
"How can I not know what you are thinking?" Li Shimin waved his hand to interrupt Li Mu and said, "I am not blaming you, but reflecting on you. I thought you were still young, and your vision, knowledge, and qualifications were still shallow.
I plan to let you keep a low profile for a few years and don't want you to get involved in national affairs prematurely. But I ignore that you are different from ordinary people."
Li Shimin looked at Li Mu and said: "You have grown very fast, exceeding my expectations. Your views on Gaochang are very unique. Only you can think about things from a business perspective. This is the relationship between me and the Manchu Dynasty."
Civil and military affairs are beyond my imagination. After thinking about this matter for a long time, I feel that I can let you participate in some things appropriately. It should be experienced in advance. After all, you are now in a high position of the third rank, just behind the ministers of Zaifu.
step"
"Oh!" Li Mu quickly waved his hands and said, "Your Majesty, please don't! Please take back your life!"
Li Shimin wondered: "I want to entrust you with an important task. You should be happy. Why do you still react like this?"
Li Mu said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, I am almost exhausted. Can't you replace me with someone else? I know that I am a talented person, but you can't count on me for everything. This is like shearing wool. You stare at a person.
Even if a sheep plucks out its hair, even if it dies, it won't yield much."
"What are you talking about!" Li Shimin said displeased: "The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. If you are a stupid person, will I come to you for discussion? Eat the emperor's salary, be loyal to the emperor..."
Li Shimin suddenly got stuck. He suddenly realized a problem. Li Mu didn't seem to get any of his salary, but instead gave him a lot of help. He felt a little embarrassed for a while.
Li Mu was a little confused. The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. How come this sentence seems to have been heard somewhere? Oh, by the way, how does Li Shimin know the famous sentence in "Spider-Man"? Could it be that he is also a time traveler?
The monarch and his ministers looked at each other, each with their own thoughts, in awkward silence.
"Don't worry, I won't give you any more errands. I came to you this time just to ask for your opinion." Li Shimin pointed to a place on the map and said: "This is Yiwu, there are some things
The excluded tribes of the Turks migrated from the west and have come into contact with the borders of the Tang Dynasty."
"Look here again." Li Shimin pointed to somewhere above the picture, made a circle with his finger, and said: "This is Xue Yantuo. When the East Turks were still there, they were oppressed by the East Turks. In order to deal with the East Turks, I
They sent people to contact their leaders and gave them food, equipment, and armor, allowing them to survive. With the collapse of the Eastern Turks, they took over most of the Eastern Turks' homeland. Many tribes from the original Eastern Turks joined them.
, now their power has grown."
"Although Xue Yantuo appears to be surrendered to me now, it is a hidden danger after all. I wanted to attack him, but my master came out without a name. Furthermore, Xue Yantuo today is no longer what he used to be. If we fight, although we can win, the price will be very high, far beyond the
We conquered Gaochang several times. My original plan was to support Tuli and take over part of the old Eastern Turkic lands as a barrier between the Tang Dynasty and Xue Yantuo. But now that he is dead, his son is still very young, and there are two more brothers who are eyeing him.
.In this way, the Tuli tribe cannot be used."
"None of the other Turkic leaders can take on this responsibility. If I don't care about the current situation, I'm afraid these tribes will be annexed by Xue Yantuo, so a big problem will arise in the north. And the Western Turks can also use this as an excuse to be occupied by Xue Yantuo.
When advancing eastward, there will be two strong enemies to the west and north of the Tang Dynasty. Choose one to attack, and the Tang Dynasty will definitely win. But if we fight on both sides, I asked Li Jing, and he thinks he can't deal with it."
Li Mu frowned and said: "I understand, now I have a person who can replace Tuli and unite the Turkic tribes to the Tang Dynasty and serve as a barrier to the Tang Dynasty. Is this what it means?"
"That's right."
Li Mu thought for a while and said, "Can't you send a general there?"
"No." Li Shimin waved his hand and said: "Those who are not from my race will have different minds, and the same is true for the Turks. They will not allow a general from the Tang Dynasty to be their leader. This is impossible."
"Then..." Li Mu thought for a while and said, "If you send someone to assist Tuli's son and make him the leader, it will be like Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms, who used the emperor to control the princes. What would your majesty think?"
Li Shimin frowned and thought for a while, then said: "This is a feasible method, but what about Tuli's two younger brothers? Moreover, if we do this, even if Tuli's tribe can be pacified, other tribes may not agree.
There will be opposition. How to deal with these people?"
"Well..." Li Mu thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you move them to the Central Plains?"
"Move to the Central Plains?" Li Shimin frowned and said, "Move to the Central Plains, is that easy to say? That's not 1,800 people, but tens of thousands. If there are so many Turks, how can we resist them if they cause rebellion? Besides, how can we resettle them?"
There is no grassland in the Central Plains for them to hunt!"
"My intention is to let them go to the Central Plains to work as workers."
"Worker? Work?" Li Shimin showed a puzzled look, and Li Mu explained: "Your Majesty, worker is a term recently invented by me. Such as actors, craftsmen, poets, etc., all can be defined by the name. The same is true for workers,
Workers are people who work, people who work in factories. Now, under the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there are many workshops around Chang'an. The Kou Ma shop in Xishi can no longer buy slaves, and they have all been bought up. And the slaves on both sides of the Yellow River have been sold out.
For the refugees, water from afar cannot quench their thirst for water nearby. Moreover, road construction is about to begin in the spring, and these refugees may not be enough. What is most lacking now is labor."
"Turks are a race that grew up eating meat, and are generally stronger than people from the Central Plains. They come to work, and they may not be able to do jobs that require skills, but jobs that require strength are definitely fine, and they just need a little food.
."
Li Shimin was a little moved, but still hesitated and said: "This is not a little food... tens of thousands of people, can they afford it?"
Li Mu smiled and said: "It's not a burden to the imperial court, so what is your majesty worried about?"
"Um?"
"Didn't Chen just say that there are workshops everywhere near Chang'an City. The workshops need workers, so naturally the owners of the workshops must support them. Does the court need to provide food for them to support the workers?"
"But do they need so many people?"
"Your Majesty, don't worry. In the current situation, as long as it is labor, tens of thousands of people are not a problem."
"I'm still a little worried..." Li Shimin thought for a while and said: "Otherwise, you can do statistics first to see how many people can be accommodated. It's better to make preparations first and act according to your ability. This is a big matter and we can't do it.
Not cautious."
"Okay!" Li Mu agreed happily and said, "Then I will conduct an investigation for your Majesty first. Within three days, I will give you accurate information."
"Thank you for your hard work." Li Shimin nodded, and suddenly thought of something, and asked again: "Li Mu, I almost forgot to ask you, were you selling your official title in heaven and earth yesterday? What about seventy guan and one hundred guan?
Yes, have I indulged you too much? I didn’t punish you last time, but you have become more serious again!”
Li Mu suddenly looked hurt and said: "It's so sad. Your Majesty, can't you trust me? It's only tens of thousands of dollars. How can I miss this little money? I accept their money for this reason. To put it simply, it's
Use their money to do their things. Your Majesty, please wait and see. I guarantee that everyone will be happy and no one will impeach me again. I have learned to be smart now and will not give those doggy censors a chance to find loopholes."
"You're just pretending to be someone else..." Li Shimin laughed and didn't mind, saying, "I'll wait and see."
Li Mu stood up and saluted: "Thank you, Your Majesty. I will take my leave."
Li Shimin waved his hand, and he would continue to study the map. Li Mu's suggestion could only be used as a reference. In his heart, he still wanted to install Du Ruhui's original plan. After all, it was Du Ruhui's legacy. The emperor and his ministers had been together for many years, and Li Shimin also wanted to
Try your best to make Du Ruhui's hard work not in vain.
Li Mu put on his boots, turned around and walked out of the palace. Eunuch Gao walked him down the steps. Li Mu handed him another 'goldfish', and Eunuch Gao accepted it with a smile. On this matter, the two have reached a tacit understanding. How long has it been?
There is no need to say clearly whether you give once or how much you give at one time.
In fact, Li Mu giving money to Eunuch Gao was just a way of communication. Li Mu was not short of the money, and Eunuch Gao liked this thing. But in fact, it was useless for him to ask for money. He was a eunuch and had not yet
As a relative, all food and drink expenses are paid for by the palace. There is no place for him to spend his money, but he just saves it.
…
Li Mu came out of the palace and went to the West Market with Dugujiu. They randomly found a soup cake shop to eat something, and then returned to the Ministry of Industry. At this time, the registration was almost over, and there were 200 places for one hundred guan.
Including the one hundred and two hundred quotas, all have been filled. Those who signed up have not left. Although Li Mu left a message and said that he could not tell when he would come back, for these people who signed up,
, One hundred guan is not a small sum of money, who can care less? Not to mention those who came late due to hesitation and spent double the money.
Seeing Li Mu coming back, everyone gathered around. No one asked, but the meaning was very obvious: You have collected the money, what will our officials do?
Li Mu could understand the urgency of these people, and did not get angry. Instead, he came to the steps, stood on a high place, looked at everyone, and said: "I know all the doubts in your hearts. I won't beat around the bush with you, I will get straight to the point.
I want to tell you that there are 300 people who have signed up, but there are only 50 positions. In other words, only one of the six people can stay as an official in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the others will be eliminated."
This was already obvious, and no one was surprised. They all stared at Li Mu, waiting for him to tell him the rules for elimination.
"Before I talk about the rules of elimination, I want to say one more thing. Many of you are the sons of the merchants I hosted yesterday. Your fathers or elders also donated a lot of money yesterday. I want to tell you something
The cruel fact is that all this money was donated in vain. No matter how much the donation is, it has no decisive relationship with whether you will be admitted."
This statement caused a stir. Yesterday, in order to ensure that their children could be selected, some people even gave out 500 yuan! Who can accept such a huge investment, but it is useless?
At that time, someone started making noises. Li Mu swept over coldly, with a smile on his face, and said: "If anyone thinks it's unfair, you can stand up and say that I am a very talkative person. As long as you speak, I can talk to you."
The money will be refunded to you."
As he spoke, Li Mu looked at the people who were cheering the most. Suddenly, these people all shut their mouths.
Although Li Mu was smiling, the meaning of his words was full of threats. Li Mu's behavior style was unknown to everyone. He threw excrement, beheaded, chopped and fed to dogs... Everyone was a low-status businessman, who could stand up to him?
You have to live in it!
Li Mu turned coldly, snorted and said: "How many coins have you paid? Do you really think of yourself as a figure? What can you do with this little money? If I hadn't fought for you, would you have been able to serve as officials?
Opportunities? You have to be self-aware. I am not giving you hope to make you think that you can buy an official position with a few pennies! I have never said that I am selling you an official! I am selling it to you.
, is an opportunity to change your destiny. This opportunity has been given to you now. Whether you can seize it or not depends on you."
"As for the money you donated, I won't touch a penny. The money will be used to build a college, and this college is used to train you to become talents that meet the standards of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Otherwise, you think that based on your current
You look so unlucky, are you qualified to serve in the Ministry of Internal Affairs? And still be an official?"
"Bah! Shameless!"
Li Mu cursed, then pulled back and said: "The money donated by the merchants is not in vain. I will carve a stone tablet for you to record your good deeds. At the same time, as long as the donation reaches one hundred guan, I will also
Give your children or juniors a chance to make up the exam. If they pass the make-up exam, although they cannot be officials, they can still serve as officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and have the opportunity to fill vacancies or be posted abroad. Do you understand?"