After having a big meal in the West Market, Li Mu did not rush home, but went to the palace first. On the way to the West Market, he deliberately passed by the craftsman's workshop and got the statistics he ordered from Wei Yingluo, which were related to the internal affairs.
The government had a statistical list of staff shortages in cooperative workshops. He promised Li Shimin to give a reply within three days, so submitting it early would save him worries.
"Your Majesty, the shortage of personnel in workshops cooperating with the Ministry of Internal Affairs alone is as high as 50,000."
"Fifty thousand" Li Shimin was quite shocked when he saw this number. Youdao said that if there are more than ten thousand people, there is no limit. How many workshops are there for the gap of fifty thousand? He had to re-examine Li Mu's work. Li Shimin originally thought
, Although Li Mu made a big fuss, it was a newly established government office after all, and it would take at least a few years to see results. He never expected that the Ministry of Internal Affairs was now a place affecting the livelihood of tens of thousands of people.
But the Turks are more than that.
Li Shimin frowned and said: "It's not enough to just resettle 50,000 people..."
"Ah?" Li Mu was stunned and said, "Your Majesty, isn't this enough? Are there so many Turks?"
"At least there are hundreds of thousands. Even if one tenth is resettled, there will still be one hundred thousand people..." Suddenly Li Shimin was stunned and his face turned red. He suddenly thought of something. The workers Li Mu mentioned were laborers.
.The number of people he mentioned includes the old, weak, sick and disabled. In other words, although Li Mu said 50,000 people, it is actually 50,000 households. Even if it is not that many, it must be at least 30,000 households. In other words,
It is enough to house 100,000 people, including the elderly and infirm.
Li Shimin glanced at Li Mu secretly and thought to himself, didn't this kid realize it?
Li Mu noticed Li Shimin taking a peek and felt nervous. Should I tell him or act stupid?
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"Hahahaha..."/"Hahahaha..."
The two laughed awkwardly. Li Shimin patted Li Mu on the shoulder and said, "Ai Qing, please understand. I'm not very proficient in arithmetic, but it doesn't matter. With someone as proficient in arithmetic as Ai Qing, what should I be worried about?"
I have already decided. I will do as you say and I will pass on the order tomorrow. Hahaha, you have unintentionally made a great contribution to me. You are really my lucky general, haha..."
Li Shimin spoke first because, recalling what Li Mu had just said, he said, "Your Majesty, is this not enough? Are there so many Turks?" This sentence had already exposed the secret, indicating that he had realized it. If Li Shimin didn't speak, he would have
It would be awkward if Li Mu spoke first.
It is better to embarrass yourself than to embarrass yourself to others, so Li Shimin spoke first.
But even so, Li Mu is a little dissatisfied. What he is dissatisfied with is, what does it mean to achieve great achievements "unintentionally"? I am obviously very talented, so why did it become unintentional? Is it so difficult to recognize the excellence of others?
Facing such a shameless boss, what else could Li Mu say? He could only smile and express all his inner feelings.
Li Shimin cleared his throat, changed the topic very abruptly, and said: "Um...I received some memorials today, and I have some criticisms of some of your actions." Li Shimin came to the desk, picked up some memorials and handed them to Li Mu.
, said: "What's your explanation?"
Li Mu took the memorial, glanced at it casually, sneered, threw it on the ground, and stepped on it a few times.
"Huh?" Li Shimin lowered his face and said, "What are you doing? I don't know if this is a memorial, but you still trample on it?"
"These are bullshit. I not only want to trample them, but also want to throw them into the cesspool!" Li Mu said with a hateful expression and a sad and indignant tone: "Your Majesty, are they speaking in human words? They say that I am a liar, but I would like to ask.
, where was the fraud?”
"Let's start from the beginning!" Li Mu said angrily: "When we first mentioned the registration, they said that I was selling my official position, and at the same time, they paid money to sign up. They didn't report the one hundred guan, but they also had to report the 200 guan.
The registration fee is non-refundable and the registration fee is not refundable. Is this the case that people do one thing in front of others and another behind the scenes? How can they have the nerve to accuse me of fraud? Didn’t I say that the registration fee will not be refunded?"
Li Shimin frowned and said, "Even if you make sense about the registration fee, your elimination method is also inappropriate, right?"
Li Mu looked at Li Shimin and asked, "Your Majesty, do you know how I was eliminated?"
"This..." Li Shimin pointed to the memorial on the ground and said, "The memorial said it was corporal punishment. Could it be that they framed you?"
"Huh." Li Mu said expressionlessly, "If you say this, it's not a false accusation. But I have something to say, but they didn't say it completely."
Li Shimin nodded and said, "I can't just listen to one thing or not. Just tell me."
"The first group of people I eliminated were not for corporal punishment, but for not being punctual. I made it clear that at chen o'clock the next day, we would gather in front of the Ministry of Works Yamen. I arrived early and waited for half an hour. Until chen o'clock, there were still people there.
Before they arrived, did they take me in their eyes? After all, I was your majesty’s personal title, from the third rank to the founding of the county, and from the third rank to the minister of internal affairs. They did not take me in their eyes. I may not care about it, but they did not regard your majesty.
If you put it in your eyes, I can't bear it!"
"Ah?" Li Shimin was a little confused and thought to himself, what does this have to do with me?
Li Mu continued: "Therefore, I revoked their qualifications. Is it wrong?"
"Well……"
Seeing Li Shimin's hesitation, Li Mu said angrily: "Don't you understand, Your Majesty? I boldly ask Your Majesty, if when you go to court, all the officials will not be on time, some come at midnight and some come at noon, can your Majesty tolerate it?"
After saying this, Li Shimin felt real. His thick eyebrows furrowed and he said, "What you did is right, it cannot be tolerated!"
"Let's talk about corporal punishment!" Li Mu became even more angry and said: "Your Majesty, when I recruited people, I made it clear that the age of the applicants should not be older than thirty years old. In other words, a person like Wang who is seventy years old and eighty years old cannot move forward.
Those who move their legs don’t want it!”
Li Shimin's eyebrows furrowed again, and he thought to himself, "You can just talk about things when you say it. I'm provoking you, so what's the point of saying that?" But I thought of the quarrel between Li Mu and the three families because of the printing supervisor's matter.
It was very unpleasant, so I could understand it in my heart. Li Shimin had experienced Li Mu's pettiness, and if he wasn't allowed to vent his anger, he would definitely not be finished.
"... I asked them to run twenty miles! Run twenty miles in two hours!" Li Mu said angrily: "Just twenty miles, can it be considered corporal punishment? Just pick up a rogue on the street, and he can run away in two hours.
Back and forth! What do you think their results were? Two hundred and eighty-eight people set out, and not even half of them passed!"
"This..." Li Shimin said in shock: "How is this possible?"
"Your Majesty, you think it's impossible?" Li Mu said speechlessly, "How dare I lie to Your Majesty? If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, I have a list in my hand. You can ask Eunuch Gao to gather them and run around to find out!"
Hearing what Li Mu said, Li Shimin had no choice but to believe it. He sighed and murmured: "I really didn't expect that these people's physical strength is so poor."
"That's right!" Li Mu said bitterly: "Your Majesty, I am recruiting people this time to serve your Majesty. It is not like the group of dog censors at the Yushitai, like a group of rats, occupying the manhole and not pooping.
Save it for dinner.”
Li Shimin felt sick for a while and couldn't help it anymore. He interrupted Li Mu and said, "Li Mu, I don't mean to blame you, but when you speak, can you please stop being like this? It's really a bit vulgar."
"I'm so angry!" Li Mu said angrily: "Your Majesty, once upon a time, I was also a poet! Aren't they so angry that I became vulgar? I used to write poems without even thinking about it, but now I have to think about it.
These bastards almost caused me to lose a poet in the Tang Dynasty..."
"Okay, okay, stop now." Li Shimin really had nothing to do with him, he was so angry and funny. If it had been another person talking nonsense like this, Li Shimin would have punished him long ago. But Li Mu's situation was different, he
He is indeed a poet, and he is not bragging. It's just that this guy has been busy with things lately, and he hasn't seen any new works published.
Li Shimin didn't want to get entangled with him on this matter, so he changed the topic and asked: "Li Mu, I am also concerned about you, and I don't mean to distrust you. Finally, I want to say a word for my uncle. The eldest son of his family, Sun Chong, has a good posture."
Obese, you'd better stop torturing him and let him go home."
"Your Majesty, this minister cannot agree to this."
Li Shimin frowned: "Aren't you going to give me some face too?"
"It's because he doesn't want to." Li Mu said with a wry smile, and then he told everything about Changsun Chong's performance yesterday and today. Li Shimin was also surprised after hearing this. As Changsun Chong's biological uncle, he
Naturally, I have met Chang Sun Chong many times. Chang Sun Chong and his son Li Tai both weighed more than 200 kilograms. It was a miracle that they could run down twenty miles.
Do you want Qingque to try it?
This idea suddenly appeared in Li Shimin's mind, but he immediately rejected it.
Let's forget it, Qingque doesn't expect to work in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Besides, this is his own son, how can he give up.
Thinking of this, Li Shimin had nothing to ask Li Mu anymore, and was about to encourage him to retreat. Suddenly, the palace door opened wide, and a fat figure squeezed in. He said that Cao Cao had arrived, so he had to open two palace doors to squeeze in.
Who else could come in if not Li Tai?
"Ah, eldest brother is here too!" Li Tai was about to salute when he suddenly saw Li Mu. A smile burst out on his face. He nodded to Li Mu first, then saluted Li Shimin and said, "Father, I have something to ask of you."
"Oh?" Li Shimin looked at Li Mu and then at Li Tai, and his heart was beating, could it be?
"If anything happens, just tell me."
"After hearing about Xiaoyao Valley, I also want to exercise."
"No!" Before Li Shimin could speak, Li Mu objected. He shook his head like a rattle and said repeatedly: "No, no, your highness, the King of Yue, I will never agree. You'd better give up."
Li Tai quickly grabbed Li Mu's sleeve and begged, "Brother, why don't you agree? But what did the younger brother do wrong? Did he offend the elder brother?"
"Oh, it has nothing to do with any of this." Li Mu pulled away Li Tai's hand and said, "Do you think life in the valley is easy? That would be extremely painful. If you enter the valley, you will definitely not be able to endure that kind of suffering. But
If I'm harsh on others and tolerant on you, no one will be convinced. You'd better stop getting involved and study your map with peace of mind, okay? If there's anything you don't understand, I'll still teach you and I won't ignore it.
your."
Li Shimin felt sorry for his son and followed his words: "Yes, Qingque, you don't serve in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, why should you suffer?"
"Father!" Li Tai suddenly knelt down. Li Shimin was startled and hurriedly went to help his precious son. However, he didn't know whether it was because Li Tai was too fat or because he didn't want to get up because he didn't pull him. He stamped his feet anxiously:
"You kid, you have never been so stubborn. Why is this?"
"Father, those people have endured hardships, and I have heard about it. Since I can come here, I am already prepared in my heart. Since my cousin can do it, I must also be able to do it. After all, I am better than my cousin.
Brother is more gentle."
This is really hard to see.
Li Mu secretly glanced at Li Tai and cursed in his heart.
"But..." Li Shimin looked at Li Tai's stubborn expression and knew in his heart that if he strictly ordered to stop it, with Li Tai's personality, he could actually stop it. But he must not be happy in his heart. Among the princes, Li Shimin dotes on Li Tai.
Tai is far superior to everyone, even Li Chengqian, who is the prince, is not as good as him. Li Shimin has never refused to agree to Li Tai's request, but this time...
Li Shimin looked at Li Mu and said: "Li Mu, Qingque is still so young and so... fat. Can you give me some face and be a little more relaxed with his requirements?"
"cannot."
Li Mu answered simply and neatly, saying: "Your Majesty, what I want is for the King of Yue not to go. But if the King of Yue insists on flying away, I can only treat him equally. He will do what others do, and if he can't persist, he will be eliminated.
, there is no way to be accommodating. If the rules are changed because he is the prince, I will not be able to explain to the eliminated person."
When Li Tai heard this, his face turned red with embarrassment and said: "Father, please do not give me preferential treatment! I am your father's son, how can I be inferior to others? Father, please rest assured, I will definitely be able to persevere."
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Li Shimin had a headache and was undecided when suddenly the palace door opened again and Li Chengqian rushed in. When he saw Li Mu, his eyes suddenly lit up, just like Li Tairu.
"Eldest brother is here too? That's great. Father, I have something to do with you."
"Shut up!"
Li Shimin shouted loudly and pointed at the palace door: "Li Mu, please leave quickly. If I hadn't called you before, you wouldn't have entered the palace!"
"Oh..." Li Mu glanced at Li Tai and Li Chengqian, gave them a wishing look, and turned away. The eyes of the two brothers followed Li Mu until the palace door was closed to cut off their sight, and then they turned away.
return.
"Oh, is my charm so great? I am naturally attracted to naughty kids?"
Li Mu sighed in self-pity, then suddenly heard a loud shout and trembled in fright.
"Do you still behave like a human being? Especially you, Cheng Qian, you are the prince! The prince lives in the East Palace, and you still want to go to the valley, you..."
Li Mu shook his head, it seemed like there was no chance for these two brothers!