Li Mu really didn't understand what Li Shimin meant to tell him about these things. In his consciousness, these were things that had nothing to do with him. Moreover, Li Shimin had said before that he did not want him to participate in national affairs.

Li Mu turned his mind and pursed his lips, saying, "Your Majesty, these ministers don't understand. If you have nothing else, I want to sue you, there is still something else in the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"I'm still pretending to be stupid?"

"Ah?" Li Mu felt a little upset. What does this mean? Did the affair still be discovered?

Li Mu swallowed, grinned and smiled, and said, "Your Majesty? Why are you pretending to be stupid? I really don't understand."

Li Shimin looked pretty sure and said, "Do you think I can't see what Prince Gaochang is doing? You taught him what you said, right? Jia Ji has already told me honestly, do you still want to argue?"

Li Mu sighed and said in his heart that he would be scared to death sooner or later. He quickly squeezed out a shy smile and scratched his head and said, "Oh... I still can't deceive Your Majesty. Well, I can only admit it now. Yes, it was my idea for my uncle. But I really didn't take that little money because I collected it."

"How can I not know your thoughts?" Li Shimin waved his hand and interrupted Li Mu, saying, "I am not blaming you, but reflecting. I thought you were still young, with little vision, knowledge, and qualifications. I planned to keep you low on your strength for a few years, and I didn't want you to participate in national affairs too early. But I ignored that you are different from ordinary people."

Li Shimin looked at Li Mu and said, "You have grown up very quickly and exceeded my expectations. You have a unique view on Gaochang. Only you can think about things from a business perspective. This is something that I and all the civil and military officials in the court have never imagined. After this, I have been thinking about it for a long time and feel that you can participate in some things appropriately, and it is only for advance experience. After all, you are now in a high position in the third rank, and you are only one step away from the prime minister."

"Oh!" Li Mu quickly waved his hands and said, "Your Majesty, don't! Please take back your life!"

Li Shimin wondered: "I want to entrust important tasks. You should be happy. Why do you still react like this?"

Li Mu said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, I am exhausted. Can't you change someone else? I know that I am a talent, but you can't count on me for everything. It's like pulling out a sheep. You stare at a sheep and pulling out a lot if you go to death."

"What's this!" Li Shimin said unhappily: "The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. If you are a fool, will your minister ask you to discuss it? Eat the king's fortune, be loyal to the king..."

Li Shimin suddenly got stuck. He suddenly realized a problem. Li Mu seemed to have not received his salary, but instead gave him a lot, which was a little embarrassed for a while.

Li Mu was a little confused. The greater his ability, the greater his responsibility. Why do you seem to have heard this sentence? By the way, how could Li Shimin know about the famous quote in "Spider-Man"? Could he be a time traveler?

The king and his minister looked at each other, each with their own thoughts, and were silent awkwardly.

"Don't worry, I won't give you any more errands. I'm just asking you for your opinion this time." Li Shimin pointed to a place on the map and said, "This is Yiwu. Some Western Turkic tribes migrated from the west and have already contacted the border of the Tang Dynasty."

"Look at this place again." Li Shimin pointed to a place above the map, and drew a circle with his fingers, saying, "This is Xueyantuo. When the Eastern Turks were still alive, they were bullied by the Eastern Turks. In order to deal with the Eastern Turks, I sent people to contact their leaders and gave them food, equipment, and armor to make them survive. With the demise of the Eastern Turks, they took over most of the Eastern Turks' homeland. And many tribes that originally Eastern Turks surrendered to them, and now their power has grown."

"Although Xue Yantuo is now surrendering to me on the surface, it is a hidden danger after all. I want to attack him, but why did I come to the army to become famous, and Xue Yantuo today is no longer the same as before. If you fight, although you can win, the price is very high, which is several times higher than the conquest of Gaochang. I originally planned to support Tuli and take over some of the old lands of the Eastern Turks as a barrier between the Tang Dynasty and Xue Yantuo. But now he is dead, his son is still very young, and two brothers are eyeing him. In this way, Tuli's tribe is no longer available."

"And none of the other Turkic leaders can take on this responsibility. If I don't care about the current situation, I am afraid that these tribes will be annexed by Xue Yantuo, which will create a great problem in the north. And the Western Turkics can also be used to take advantage of the tent of the king's tent and be occupied by Xue Yantuo and advance eastward. At that time, there will be two strong enemies in the west and north of the Tang Dynasty. Choose one of them to attack, and the Tang Dynasty will definitely win, but if I have asked Li Jing about the two sides, he thinks he can't deal with it."

Li Mu frowned and said, "I understand. Now I am a man who is enough to replace Tuli, uniting the tribes of the Turkic tribe to the Tang Dynasty as a barrier to the Tang Dynasty. Is this probably the meaning?"

"That's right."

Li Mu thought for a while and said, "Can't you send a general over there?"

"No." Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "If anyone is not my race, his heart will be different, and the same is true for the Turks. They will not allow a general from the Tang Dynasty to be their leader, which is impossible."

"Then..." Li Mu thought for a while and said, "If someone sent someone to assist Tuli's son and let him be the leader, just like Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms, who took the emperor to command the princes, what would Your Majesty think?"

Li Shimin frowned and thought for a while, saying, "This is a feasible solution, but what should Tuli's two younger brothers do? Moreover, if this is done, even if Tuli's tribe can be pacified, other tribes may not agree, and there will always be opposition. How should these people deal with it?"

"Um..." Li Mu thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you move them to the Central Plains?"

"Moving to the Central Plains?" Li Shimin frowned and said, "It's light to move to the Central Plains? That's not a thousand or eight hundred people, but tens of thousands of people at every turn. If so many Turks are in trouble, how can they resist? Besides, how can they be resettled? There are no grasslands in the Central Plains for them to hunt!"

"What I mean is to let them go to Central Plains to work as workers and work."

"Worker? Working?" Li Shimin showed confusion. Li Mu explained: "Your Majesty, workers are a title that I have recently invented. For example, actors, craftsmen, poets, etc., all of them can be as the name suggests. The same is true for workers. Workers are workers and those who work in factories. Now, under the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, workshops are everywhere near Chang'an, and the Komachangs in the West City can no longer buy slaves, and they are all bought. The refugees on both sides of the Yellow River cannot quench their near thirst. Moreover, roads are about to be built in spring, and these refugees may not be enough. What we lack the most now is labor."

"The Turks are a race that grew up eating meat, and generally have more strength than the Central Plains people. When they come to work, they may not be able to do the work that requires technical work, but the work that is hard to put in is definitely fine, it is just a little food."

Li Shimin was a little moved, but 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 court, why are your majesty anxious?"

"Um?"

"Didn't Chen Gang say that there are workshops everywhere near Chang'an City. The workshop needs workers, so naturally the owner of the workshop is supported. Do you have to pay grain to support the workers for them?"

"But can they need so many people?"

"Don't worry, your Majesty, the current situation is no problem for tens of thousands of people as long as it is labor."

"I am still a little worried..." Li Shimin thought for a while and said, "How about this, you can count first and see how many people can be placed. It is better to prepare first and do what you can do. This is a big deal and you have to be cautious."

"Okay!" Li Mu agreed happily and said, "Then I will conduct an investigation for Your Majesty first. Within three days, I will give Your Majesty a correct news."

"Thank you for your hard work." Li Shimin nodded, suddenly remembered something, and asked again: "Li Mu, I almost forgot to ask you, did you sell official positions and titles in heaven and earth yesterday? What about seventy or one hundred coins? Did I indulge you too much? I didn't punish you last time, and you became even worse!"

Li Mu suddenly looked injured and said, "I'm so sad. Can Your Majesty not trust me? It's only tens of thousands of yuan. Is this little money short of me? I'm collecting their money for the sake of ah. Simply put, it's just to use their money to do their business. Your Majesty, you're waiting to see it. It's definitely a happy thing. No one will impeach me anymore. Now I'm learning to be smart and don't give those dog censors a chance to find loopholes."

"I'm still trying to keep my cover..." Li Shimin laughed, and didn't mind, saying, "I'll wait and see."

Li Mu stood up and saluted: "Thank you, Your Majesty, I have sued you."

Li Shimin waved his hand, and he still wanted to 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 king and his ministers had been with him for many years, and Li Shimin also wanted to try his best to make Du Ruhui's hard work not in vain.

Li Mu put on his boots and turned around and walked out of the hall. Eunuch Gao sent him down the steps. Li Mu handed him over another 'goldfish', and Eunuch Gao accepted it with a smile. In this matter, the two of them had reached a tacit understanding. There was no need to explain clearly how long it would take to give it once and how much it would be given at a time.

In fact, Li Mu gave Eunuch Gao money just a way of communication. Li Mu was not short of this money, but Eunuch Gao liked this thing. But in fact, it was useless for him to ask for money. He was a eunuch and had no relatives. The food and drink expenses were paid in the palace. He had no place to spend his money, but he just saved it.

...

Li Mu came out of the palace and came to the western market with Dugu Jiu. He found a soup cake shop to eat something, and then returned to the Ministry of Works. The registration was approaching the end, and the 200 quotas of 100 quotas and 100 quotas and 200 quotas were all full. The people who signed up did not leave. Although Li Mu left behind, he said that he might be back when he might come back, for these people who signed up, 100 quotas is not a small amount of money. Who can not care? Not to mention those who came late due to hesitation and spent double the money.

Seeing Li Mu back, everyone surrounded him. No one asked, but the meaning was already very obvious: You have collected all the money, what should our officials do?

Li Mu could understand the urgent mood of these people. He did not get angry, but came to the steps, stood on a high place, looked at everyone, and said, "I know all the doubts in your hearts. I will not go around with you anymore. I will tell you straightforwardly that there are 300 people who signed up, but there are only fifty places. In other words, only one of the six people can stay in the Ministry of Internal Affairs as an official, and the others will be eliminated."

This was obvious. No one was surprised and stared at Li Mu, waiting for him to talk about the rules of how to eliminate them.

"Before I talk about the rules of elimination, I have to say one more thing. Many of you are the sons of merchants I invited yesterday. Yesterday your father or elders also donated a lot of money. I want to tell you a cruel fact that this money was in vain. No matter how much the donation is, it has no decisive relationship with whether you will be admitted."

This statement was a thrill. Yesterday, in order to ensure that his child was selected, some people even offered 500 trump cards! Such a huge investment was useless, who would accept this?

Someone started to clamor at that time. Li Mu swept over coldly, his face still smiled, and said, "Whoever feels unfair can stand up and say, I am a very easy-to-talk person. As long as you speak, I can return the money to you."

As he spoke, Li Mu looked at the people who were most happy. Suddenly, these people closed their mouths.

Although Li Mu was laughing, the meaning in his words was full of threats. No one knew Li Mu's style of behavior, splashing feces, beheading his head, chopping it up and feeding it to the dog... Everyone is a businessman with a low status, who can withstand it!

Li Mu turned coldly, snorted, and said, "How many copper coins have been released? Do you really treat yourself as a personal character? What can you do with this little money? If it weren't for me to fight for you, would you have the opportunity to be an official? People are self-aware. I will give you hope, not to make you think you can buy an official with a few broken money! I have never said that it was sold to you! What I sold to you is an opportunity to change your destiny. This opportunity has been given to you now. Whether you can seize it depends on yourself."

"As for the money you donated, I will not be able to pay any money. This 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 Office of the Internal Affairs. Otherwise, you think that just because of your current unlucky appearance, you are qualified to work in the Office of the Internal Affairs? You are also an official?"

"Ph! Shameless!"
Chapter completed!