After experiencing all kinds of things, Li Mu has not made any progress. For example, he used to feel that many things were unnecessary. These unnecessary things constituted hypocrisy, and hypocrisy was what he hated, so he encountered
He prefers to be straightforward when it comes to things.
But now he understands that hypocrisy is necessary for many things or many times. Hypocrisy is sometimes a step to leave room for each other. Li Mu cannot guarantee that he will not cause trouble again. In order to no longer face the situation of hanging by a thread, Li Mu
I decided to be a little hypocritical and add a few lines of protection for myself.
He is not prepared to take the lead in the Foreign Affairs Office.
Who is worthy of the big job? There are several candidates, and the first choice is naturally Ma Zhou. If Ma Zhou takes the lead, no matter whether it is Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji, or even the government and the opposition, there will be no faults. After all, compared to Li Mu,
Ma Zhou seems to be much more reliable. Li Mu's ability is recognized, but he is also notoriously difficult to deal with. When dealing with him, no matter what his identity is, there is no face, and you have to follow the path he has drawn.
, even if things are done clearly, a lot of money is made. After all, the 'user experience' is very poor. It's like buying something and spending money. Who doesn't want to find better 'customer service'.
Although Ma Zhou is very suitable, Li Mu does not intend to let him do this. There are two reasons. First, Ma Zhou and he are not of the same mind. Ma Zhou's style of doing things is incompatible with Li Mu, and the two people who do not get along are destined to be together.
It won't last long. Li Mu asked Ma Zhou to come here, and he didn't intend for it to last long. He just wanted to use the person on secondment because Ma Zhou was suitable in all aspects. He knew that Ma Zhou didn't want to be here, and he had no choice now.
In a year or two, he will definitely want to return to Chang'an. And Li Shimin has already made arrangements for Ma Zhou, and will not let him stay in Luoyang for too long. Letting him come, it is somewhat of a steal, and he wants to learn from Li Mu.
Learn something.
Another reason is that it is not equal and inappropriate. The so-called non-equivalence can be seen from the name. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs are two equal agencies. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has now been handed over to the prince Li Chengqian, and its significance
It goes without saying. If after the establishment of the Foreign Affairs Office, Ma Zhou came to take charge, and Ma Zhou and Li Chengqian were in charge of the Foreign Affairs Office and the Internal Affairs Office respectively, how could Ma Zhou be compared with Li Chengqian?
Furthermore, no matter how capable Ma Zhou is, he is still a minister, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs involve too many interests. This person must be trusted by the emperor. Although Ma Zhou was valued by Li Shimin, he did not reach that level.
A level of trust. Although Ma Zhou is from a humble family, he is close to Changsun Wuji and others. He knows people well but not their hearts. Who knows whether he has joined forces behind his back?
If he joins a certain force, that force will definitely receive huge help from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Once there is a clique and there is no justice, it will have a huge impact on the development of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Why did the Ministry of Internal Affairs develop so fast? Isn't it because all members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were personally trained by Li Mu, who had the same views and the same goals. Even if they were inconsistent before, they were later brainwashed by him into a group of young people who were in charge?
If a few people from various forces enter, the consequences will be disastrous.
Considering these conditions, Ma Zhou is not suitable to be the head of the Foreign Affairs Office.
The next candidate is Li Tai. In terms of Li Tai’s status, there is no big problem. But if Li Tai becomes the head of the Foreign Affairs Office, it will easily cause controversy. After all, the Internal Affairs Office is under the control of the prince. If the Foreign Affairs Office is
After returning to the throne of Wei, isn't it obvious that he will "take over the throne with two dragons"? Li Shimin is only thirty-three years old this year, and he still has about twenty years to go before he is defeated. He doesn't want to choose sides so early.
At present, the thickest thigh has to be Li Shimin's.
Therefore, Li Tai can't do it. Not only can he not do it, he also has to keep a certain distance from the Foreign Affairs Office. This is because Li Mu is overthinking. Li Tai is too busy with the literature library now. Even if he wants Li Tai to help, Li Tai can't
Not necessarily interested.
When the two most suitable candidates couldn't be found, Dou Ren appeared in Li Mu's mind.
He is the emperor's biological uncle, and he never gets involved in court matters. There should be no problem with trust. Although he is a noble, the Dou family has always abided by their duties and never formed any clique. Moreover, the foundation of the Dou family is
, it is not that big and does not pose a threat to the royal family and the court. Unlike the Changsun family, Li Shimin will still be wary of it.
But these are not the most important. The most important thing is that Dou Ren has no talent. This is the key reason why Li Mu finally chose Dou Ren. What he needs is a puppet, someone who is willing to implement his ideas in a practical way.
Puppet. This is also a good quality of a puppet. If a puppet has its own ideas, can it still be called a puppet? It will only mess things up.
Therefore, he asked Li Tai to invite Dou Ren. But whether he is qualified in the end remains to be seen. If this puppet is not qualified, he cannot be entrusted with important tasks even if he stays in the Foreign Affairs Office.
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Outside the walls of the Marquis' Mansion, there was a huge buzz of people.
The conditions given by Li Mu were good enough and the threshold was low enough, so people who signed up naturally flocked to it. Li Mu set the theme of this 'draft' as 'Tiangong opens things', shamelessly plagiarizing a work written by Song Yingxing, a master of the late Ming Dynasty a thousand years later.
Book. His purpose of organizing this 'draft' coincides with these four words.
Of course there are differences. "Tiangong Kaiwu" written by Song Yingxing summarizes the folk skills before the end of the Ming Dynasty. The things recorded in it are techniques accumulated over hundreds of years. What Li Mu relies on is his
system.
There are differences in essence, but the performance is not much different.
The purpose of Li Mu's creation of this thing is to find a source and reason for the creation of the system. In the future, when he comes up with something, he no longer has to be far-fetched to say that it is an immortal descending to the earth. It can be said that it comes from so-and-so's skills.
It comes from understanding, isn’t there a saying that masters come from among the people?
Another reason is that Luoyang is about to undergo repairs and construction, which requires many, many skilled craftsmen. Recruiting corvees is not Li Mu’s style of doing things. Searching from household to household is a waste of time, so why not hold a draft?
', let the craftsmen near Luoyang come out on their own. He believed that with Luoyang's background, the number of craftsmen was completely sufficient.
Li Mu is definitely not blindly optimistic. Luoyang has this strength. You must know that when Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty built Luoyang City and dug the Grand Canal, hundreds of thousands of corvees were collected. Almost all the craftsmen from the country were concentrated in Luoyang City. There was great chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty.
, most of these people could not return to their place of origin and stayed scattered around Luoyang. After more than 20 years, they all became Luoyang people.
Their hometown has changed, but their skills will not be lost. These people have built palaces for the emperor, and their standards are not lower than those of Chang'an craftsmen, or even better. Li Mu just wants to pass this 'draft' and get a chance
To find out what level of skills the craftsmen of the early Tang Dynasty had reached. He planned to find drawings with similar distances from the system based on the situation. Otherwise, if it was too far beyond this era, it would still be difficult to explain, and it would be possible to encourage others.
Dislike.
It was just a matter of signing up, so of course there was no need for Li Mu to come forward in person. He just took a few glances and then returned to the back house. Bai Qiaoqiao's due date was within these few days, and she could give birth at any time. Li Mu was afraid of some accident and did not dare to leave anytime.
Far.
…
The news spread so fast. Draft recruitment was in full swing on Li Mu's side, and all parties in Chang'an also received the news.
The first is the news about the Foreign Affairs Office. Li Shimin received secret reports from the bad guys and Dongchang. Now the news from Luoyang can be sent back to Chang'an in no more than a day and a half. In order to quickly deliver the news, Li Mu's flying pigeons
Inspired, both the bad guy and Dongchang also used flying pigeons, but the efficiency has to be compromised. Pigeons often get lost, but it doesn't matter, they all have their own ciphertext. Even if they are intercepted by irrelevant people,
Their pigeons couldn't decipher coherent sentences.
The two pieces of paper were placed on the desk to confirm each other, and the news was confirmed to be true.
Li Shimin frowned, and the knot between his brows could kill a fly. Eunuch Gao looked at him, not daring to breathe loudly, and said bitterly in his heart: "What kind of moron is this? I just handed over the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the prince, and he did it again
Are you afraid that His Majesty won't be wary of you when you come to the Foreign Affairs Office? Are you afraid that His Majesty won't misunderstand that you are a golden cicada that has escaped from its shell?"
"High cadre."
"I'm here, old slave." Eunuch Gao didn't dare to neglect and responded quickly.
"Preach two oral instructions."
Eunuch Gao hurriedly cheered up and responded: "Your Majesty, please speak, I will remember this."
"Oral instructions to the East Palace, tell Cheng Qian the affairs of the Foreign Affairs Office, tell him that I don't care about this matter, he will make his own decision, no matter what he does, I will not blame him, let him think clearly. It has been decided, it is done,
Write an article of your understanding to me, I want to read it."
Eunuch Gao responded: "Old slave, I have written it down."
"Also, go to Honglu Temple and ask the Ministry of Rites to tell the envoys who have not left Chang'an. From now on, the Ministry of Rites will only accept tribute matters. Regarding trade, I have handed it over to Li Mu. They want to do business.
Go to Luoyang to find him. If the Ministry of Rites has any objections, ask them to write a statement. If anyone can guarantee that if Li Mu does a good job as a buyer, the court will not suffer losses. Whoever says this, I will hand over this authority to him.
If no one dares to protect you, just say less. I don’t want to discuss this matter in the court."
After hearing this, Eunuch Gao relaxed and said with a smile, "I think about it, no one dares to praise Haikou. The Marquis of Luoyang does business, and that is obvious to all."
"He's quite commendable for this little skill." Li Shimin glanced at Eunuch Gao, but didn't say anything. Li Shimin was wary of Eunuch Gao's preference for Li Mu. But he also thought about it, and it was true.
It's normal. After all, Li Mu is not in Chang'an. Finding someone to say a few good words for him from time to time is also the meaning of the question. It would be strange not to do this.
Just as Eunuch Gao was about to turn around and leave, another piece of news came, but this news was not delivered by Bad Man and Dongchang. It was delivered by Li Tai's flying pigeon letter from Li Zhengdian.
In order to greet his mother in the morning and evening, Li Tai specially asked Li Mu for a pair of pigeons. Every morning and evening, he would write a short note telling Queen Changsun what he had done every day. This was a communication between mother and son, but it was not
It involves espionage. And Li Shimin doesn't want his son to know that he is sending someone to secretly monitor Li Mu.
Today's greetings brought up the matter of Li Mu accepting a disciple.
He also heard Li Siwen mention it, so his words were unclear. But Empress Changsun felt that she should tell Li Shimin about this matter. After all, her son, the dignified King Wei, was also Li Mu's apprentice.
"What does this kid want to do..." Li Shimin read Li Tai's note and his eyebrows twisted even more seriously. The note also mentioned that Li Mu was recruiting craftsmen. This was not surprising to Li Shimin, after all, Changsun Wuji had returned.
, talking about the situation in Luoyang, because the locust plague delayed the construction period of Chidao, it is very normal to recruit craftsmen in order to grab the construction period.
Thinking about the two things together, Li Shimin felt it was a bit ridiculous. Did Li Mu want to choose a few apprentices among these recruited craftsmen?
When did he become so diligent? Didn't he say before that he didn't like to teach disciples? So far, there are only three disciples he has recognized. Changsun Wuji, Li Tai, and Qin Huaidao are all the ones he has to accept.
Accept it. This time he takes the initiative to accept a disciple. What is he planning to do?
Do you really want to establish a sect?
Li Shimin suddenly felt so tired. When Li Mu was by his side, he could still grasp Li Mu's thoughts, and he could guess almost everything when they met and talked. Now that Li Mu is no longer by his side, he has completely lost control of Li Mu's thoughts.
, Li Shimin really couldn't guess what was going on in his mind now.
"How old are you when you want to start a sect? I want to see what kind of sect you can start."
Li Shimin muttered and waved his hand, signaling Eunuch Gao to go and do things quickly. He picked up a memorial and opened it to read.
Changsun Wuji was busy taking exams recently and had no time to help him read the memorial. Li Shimin had to work overtime again and stayed up very late every day.
Li Shimin suddenly felt so tired. When Li Mu was by his side, he could still grasp Li Mu's thoughts, and he could guess almost everything when they met and talked. Now that Li Mu is no longer by his side, he has completely lost control of Li Mu's thoughts.
, Li Shimin really couldn't guess what was going on in his mind now.
"How old are you when you want to start a sect? I want to see what kind of sect you can start."
Li Shimin muttered and waved his hand, signaling Eunuch Gao to go and do things quickly. He picked up a memorial and opened it to read.
Changsun Wuji has been busy taking exams recently and has no time to help him read the memorial. Li Shimin has to work overtime again and stays up very late every day. Li Shimin suddenly feels very tired. When Li Mu is by his side, he can still
Mastering Li Mu's thoughts, he can guess almost everything when they meet and talk. Now that Li Mu is no longer with him, he has completely lost control of Li Mu's thoughts. Now the thoughts in his mind, Li Shi