Li Mu smiled and said: "I just wonder why the Supreme Emperor would do such a thing. Does the level of birth matter? No matter how high the family background is, isn't the world still for Li Tang? Why bother with a hot face but a cold butt?"
"In fact, this is also a helpless move." Wang Ou explained: "The five surnames and Qi Wang are all Han surnames. Han people in the world, more or less, can be connected to these five surnames. The attitude of the five surnames and Qi Wang,
Basically, it can represent the Han people in the world. If the royal family is of Hu origin, it will once again trigger the conflict between Hu and Han during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. If this is true, how will the world be governed?"
"So the choice made by the Supreme Emperor at that time was very correct. Even if it was far-fetched and aroused criticism, he still had to include the royal family with the Han surname. Even if there is still discussion among the people within one or two generations, this discussion will disappear after a hundred years.
It is very rare and even forgotten and no one mentions it, and then the falsehood will become true."
Li Mu frowned and said: "But why does it have to be the Li family in Longxi? The Li family in Zhao County is also surnamed Li, and I have been in contact with people from the Li family in Zhao County. They gave me the feeling that they are quite negotiable. If I go back to Zhao
Lord Li, I think they will agree."
"Is this..." Wang Ou recalled for a while, and said: "I have also heard of a saying. Some people have researched it, saying that the royal family may have been expelled from the family by the Li family of Zhao County in the late Eastern Jin Dynasty and crossed the Yangtze River.
They took refuge in the former Qin Dynasty and mixed with the barbarian tribes to form the royal family today. If this is true, then it makes sense that the Supreme Emperor did not choose the Li family of Zhao County."
"Besides, the royal family made its fortune in Longxi and has been running Longxi for many years. Longxi is also where Hu and Han meet, so it is easier to explain. Moreover, in terms of strength, the Li family in Longxi is much better than the Li family in Zhaojun. In Li Tang
When the army was raised, the Li family of Longxi also contributed a lot."
Wang Ou made a clear and logical analysis, and suddenly saw Li Mu staring at her with a surprised look on his face. He couldn't help but feel a little shy, and said angrily: "What are you looking at?"
"I just found out today that my little baby is actually a female Zhuge. Everyone says that the queen is very resourceful. In my opinion, my little baby is no less generous!"
"No way, I'm just a bit older and know better. If Mr. Lang doesn't like it, I just won't say anything."
Li Mu hugged Wang Ou and said with a smile: "How could I not like it? It's too late for me to like it. I wish everyone in the world knew that my woman is a very talented woman. No one loves such an outstanding woman.
He only likes me so that they can all be envious."
Wang Ou is a reserved person, and usually doesn't like others to praise her. But after hearing Li Mu's praise, she felt very happy. She wished that the sweet words would not stop and she would say good things about her in a different way.
Li Mu shook Wang Ou's hand and said, "Ou, I have something else I want to discuss with you."
Wang Ou was already dizzy from the praise and said without thinking: "What's the matter? Just tell me, I will give you everything."
"That's great!" Li Mu said with a smile: "I was just worried that you wouldn't agree. You have agreed to whatever you said, so you can't refuse. I want you to work for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and become the director of the Bureau of Industry and Commerce.
, this is a sixth-grade official."
Wang Ou thought he heard wrongly, frowned and looked at Li Mu, reminding: "Mr. Lang, I am a female, how can I be an official?"
"Why can't it be done?" Li Mu asked, "Is there any regulation in the imperial code that says women cannot be officials?"
Seeing that Wang Ou couldn't answer, Li Mu said again: "Even if there is a law that stipulates that women cannot be officials, it has nothing to do with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I have an appointment with Your Majesty. As long as I serve as the chief minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for one day, the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will not be affected."
, no matter how big or small, it all depends on me. I can appoint whoever I want. If anyone raises objections, fine, let him do it for me. I will go home and farm the land!"
Wang Ou smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Lang, you are already eighteen years old after the Chinese New Year. You can no longer make childish remarks."
"Why am I acting like a child?" Li Mu said unconvinced: "His Majesty often talks about employing people without doubting others. It can't be hypocritical, right? Anyway, I only use people I think are suitable, and the ones from the Ministry of Internal Affairs
You are not the only female official. For example, the director of the Salesian Bureau is your good sister, Princess Yin Zheng Guanyin. There is also the director of the Patent Office. I want to appoint Wei Yingluo to be the director. This is what I think is appropriate, and
A safe choice.”
Seeing what Wang Ou wanted to say, Li Mu said first: "Ou, just think of it as helping me. The Industrial and Commercial Bureau is the top priority of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and we need someone who is proficient in business and can make me feel absolutely at ease. This meets these two requirements.
Apart from you, I can’t think of anyone else who meets my qualifications. We are in the same yamen gate, so it’s convenient for us to meet each other, right?” Li Mu said coquettishly: “Oh, my dear, you just agreed to my request.
Well, didn’t you agree just now?”
Seeing Li Mu like this, Wang Ou felt guilty. Li Mu trusted her so much, but she did things that chilled him. Wang Ou looked into Li Mu's eyes, pursed his lips, and couldn't help asking: "Lang, are you here?"
In your heart, do you really think that I am someone you can completely trust?"
Li Mu frowned and asked strangely: "Isn't it?"
"You are my wife. If I don't trust you, who can I trust?"
One sentence made Wang Ou unable to hold back his tears anymore, and he threw himself into Li Mu's arms and cried. Li Mu's face was full of confusion. He knew nothing about what Wang Ou was doing behind his back. He had no way to tell, and could only
When she was so moved she cried.
But why he was moved, he was still confused.
After being comforted for a while, Wang Ou finally calmed down, nodded vigorously and said: "Since the husband trusts me, I will try my best to live up to the husband's expectations."
"That's right." Li Mu became happy. He also knew a little about Wang Ou's abilities. Wang Ou could definitely take on the position of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. In terms of employing people, Li Mu didn't care about any selflessness.
Selfless, he likes to use nepotism, whoever wants to say whatever they want. He has a good budget. As long as he still has the final say in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he will act arbitrarily.
Li Mu gently held Wang Ou's waist, rested his chin on her shoulder, and muttered: "Actually, I didn't enjoy the wine last night. It's better over there in the urban management brigade. Those guys are just dandies."
Yes, but after training, the dandy habits have been reduced a lot. But the Jinyiwei side is really troublesome. Guess what, hehe, I originally wanted to recruit a group of people to work for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, okay?
There is a group of craftsmen! They are all scheming, and they don’t know which force they belong to. They are like flies, circling around the egg of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, just waiting to find a crack!"
Wang Ou was frightened when he heard this. He took a careful peek at Li Mu's face and asked, "Can Mr. Lang guess what force it is?"
"If I could have guessed, I would have come to your door long ago!" Li Mu said angrily: "What I hate the most are these villains who use tricks behind their backs! The sage said, a gentleman is magnanimous! If anything happens, just gongs and drums in person.
, let’s all set up and fight. Whoever has the strength will win, and the winner takes all, how fun it is! You have to do some small tricks, huh!”
Li Mu curled his lips and said: "Ou, I might as well say something big. I don't care about these people who use tricks." He spread his hands and said: "Why do these people use tricks? Aren't they lacking in strength!
They want to covet the good things in my Ministry of Internal Affairs. Do they think they can succeed by planting a few people?" Li Mu pointed to his head and said: "The most valuable things in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are all in my head. On the surface,
It's all just scratching the surface. When doing things, it's not enough to just follow the same pattern. You have to have your own brain, change with the situation, adapt to circumstances, and only understand the meaning without knowing the reason. What's the use?"
Although Li Mu's words were meant to disparage the people who planted informants around him, they also included Wang Ou himself. And listening to Li Mu's words, it seemed that he was not afraid of the informants at all, which made Wang Ou somewhat dismayed.
Somewhat discouraged. In this case, everything she did would be useless.
"What does Lang Jun want to do? Drive them all away?"
"Why expel them?" Li Mu said with a smile: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs has become a piece of fat meat. If you drive away this group, there will be the next group. Why don't you just keep them and save them the trouble of going around. And you have to do this
Think about it, those who can be sent here to do detailed work are definitely not ordinary people. They are all talents. Even if I have time to train them, I can’t train such suitable talents in a short time? I have to keep them and let them contribute to me.
Drive me, be a cow or a horse! When the time is right, let me know who is plotting against me behind the scenes, and I will use the knife they handed me to stab me back with my backhand. No one dares to plot against me!
"
Wang Ou could hear the murderous intent in Li Mu's words, and knew that this incident had touched Li Mu's sensitive nerves. He was really angry. It was too late to regret now. Wang Ou sighed in his heart and comforted:
"Mang Jun, calm down, it will be dawn in two hours, so you'd better go to bed early."
"Yes, why am I so angry? I don't even know who the target is." Li Mu smiled stupidly, took Wang Ou in his arms and kissed him, and said: "Go to sleep, I have to get up early tomorrow to see off my adopted brother Li Siwen.
, he is about to return to Dingxiang, and I have to explain some things to him, otherwise this kid will be irritable and may spoil the matter. "
"Yes," Wang Ou nodded, snuggled into Li Mu's arms, closed his eyes, and said softly: "I woke up early, so I will wake you up."
In the blink of an eye, it was dawn. Under Wang Ou's service, Li Mu washed his face and mouth, ate breakfast, changed into the clothes Wang Ou had prepared for him, and turned into a handsome and elegant young man with a jade tree facing the wind. Since the tiger fur fur was burned
After getting married, Li Mu's dressing style improved a lot, at least it was no longer wild and fur-clad, and he looked more or less like a normal Han Chinese from the Central Plains.
Li Mu said goodbye to Wang Ou, mounted his horse and swayed to the British Duke's Mansion. As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw cars of various sizes parked on the street, and things were being moved out of the mansion in a steady stream. Li Siwen brought back
The caravan, after unloading the goods, was all empty. When it was leaving, I don't know when it was purchased, but it was all full again.
"Brother, I'm here!"
When Li Siwen saw Li Mu coming, he climbed onto a car and waved to him. Li Mu was worried that he would fall off, so he quickly shouted: "Be careful, what's on that car? Can you step on it firmly? Don't fall off!"
Li Siwen jumped out of the car and said: "They are all your siblings' clothes. Brother, look at it. Is this ridiculous? It's a big car! There must be hundreds of pieces. Fortunately, they are the dowry of the Qin family. If this is
Spend my money, I..."
"What do you think?"
The voice came from behind, and Li Siwen quickly changed his tone and said seriously: "Brother, I was joking with you just now. Our family has a big business, do we still need these few clothes? It's too late to leave, otherwise we will still be here.
My character must be made hundreds more for my wife!"
After saying that, Li Siwen turned around with a smile on his face: "My father-in-law, why did you get up so early? You are really embarrassing my son-in-law. My son-in-law is planning to put away his things and go to his father-in-law's house to bid farewell!"
"Hmph!" Qin Qiong glanced at Li Siwen, with a face full of displeasure: "I really made a mistake, I actually promised my daughter to you! My daughter has been married to you for less than three days, and she will go to Longyou with you to eat and sleep in the open.
You endure hardships. You are reluctant to part with a few pieces of clothing, but you are so shameless! Your father's character is not that good. I really can't figure out who you learned this shameless look from!"
Li Siwen naturally turned his attention to Li Mu, and Qin Qiong also followed Li Siwen's gaze and looked at Li Mu. When Li Mu saw that the father-in-law and son-in-law were looking at him, Li Mu immediately quit, jumped off the horse, and said, "Let's
You have to be reasonable. I didn't say anything when I came here. Why is it my business? Everyone knows that I, Li Mu, regard money as dirt. My wife spends money as she pleases and I don't care.
, Li Siwen is a stingy kid and has nothing to do with me. Who did he learn it from? If he follows his father, he must have learned it from my adoptive father, or if he has followed his father-in-law, he must have learned it from someone else!"
Qin Qiong laughed loudly and said: "This sharp mouth is indeed well-deserved! Zhuluhou, I want to say goodbye to the young couple today. You must hurry up on what you promised me."
Li Mu was confused: "What's the matter?"
"Is it about accepting my son Huai Dao as a disciple and guiding him to the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
"That's not right!" Li Mu quickly waved his hand and said, "Mr. Yi, we have to talk about this. I promised to accept Qin Huaidao as my disciple, but I didn't seem to agree to let him enter the Ministry of Internal Affairs, right? Officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs,
Those are all those who studied in Datang Technical School for several months, endured hardships, and became a master. He didn't go through this process and went directly to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. How could he serve the public? I can't agree to this. If he wants to
Entering the Ministry of Internal Affairs depends on his own efforts. If he can't do it himself, there is no shortcut here!"
"Is there really no shortcut?"
Li Mu shook his head like a rattle and said: "There is no shortcut! If you want to enter the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there are only two ways, either to study at the Datang Technical School or to enter the imperial examination. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will never want mediocrity, let alone mediocrity.
It's Qin Huaidao, even the crown prince and the king of Yue have no mercy!"