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Chapter 728 Three birds with one stone

"Extend the recruitment of Jinyiwei?"

Li Shimin looked at Li Mu in front of him, frowned and said, "I heard that the number of Jinyiwei has exceeded one thousand. How many things need Jinyiwei to do and expand?"

"Your Majesty, please don't ask me quickly. Let me finish all of you. You are asking." Li Mu took out a note from his arms. Li Shimin glanced at it and saw the lines of words on it. He suddenly felt a big head, sighed, and said, "I have given you enough authority. You want so much. How can I explain to all officials? Li Mu, it's almost OK."

"Your Majesty misunderstood, I'm not for myself." Li Mu pointed to the paper and said, "First, recruiting people from the world like Jinyiwei to serve. People from the world mostly walk in the local area, which is the so-called local snake. If they help the court, they can achieve twice the result with half the effort. Moreover, after joining the unified management of Jinyiwei, there will be less private fights among the people."

"The second article is that Datang Mining will open 18 new mines this year. The local government is responsible for mining, and there are too many tricks. Not to mention anything else, the imperial court cannot grasp the number and accounts. If these cannot be mastered, how to calculate the tax? If the number reported by the local government will only lose a lot of money. Needless to say, the money must be entered into the pockets of the shareholders of the aristocratic clans of Datang Mining. Therefore, some people must be sent to supervise it."

When talking about money, Li Shimin became serious and said, "What do you mean is there any tax evasion?"

"There must be."

"Let the Jinyiwei go to supervise?"

"Of course not!" Li Mu shook his head and said, "The Jinyiwei is mixed with fish and dragons, and he is doing things well. How can this money be delivered to them?"

"Then what do you mean?" Li Shimin frowned slightly and soon thought: "You want the eunuch not to do it, no!"

"How can't it be?" Li Mu asked back, and Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "You are not unaware that eunuchs are rootless and are even more greedy about money. How can I trust the eunuchs to supervise?"

"Your Majesty, are eunuchs really rootless?" Li Mu pointed his finger down and said, "The eunuch's roots are within this palace wall. Whether he is greedy or not, as long as one day, if His Majesty wants him to return to the palace, he must come back. No matter how much he is greedy, he will still belong to His Majesty."

"This..." Li Shimin hesitated, "What if I didn't notice it?"

"There is no airtight wall in the world. Your Majesty, don't forget that the eunuch is not a single piece of iron." Li Mu's mouth curled up slightly and said, "There is an East Factory and another West Factory. Your Majesty can let the East Factory be stationed outside and the West Factory owner. Xu Xi Factory investigates the power of the East Factory. If the eunuch of the East Factory makes any evil moves, and if His Majesty does not need His Majesty to do it, the eunuch of the West Factory will deal with it."

"It's still not possible." Li Shimin shook his head and said, "The West Factory manages the East Factory, so who will manage the West Factory?"

"Of course, the eunuch Gao, the eunuch whom Your Majesty trusts the most!" Li Mu said for granted: "Eunuch Gao's loyalty to Your Majesty is obvious to all. If you don't believe that Your Majesty now calls Eunuch Gao in and let him die for Your Majesty, he will wipe his neck immediately. By then, it will be simple for Your Majesty to control the East Factory and the West Factory. It only takes the loyalty of Eunuch Gao, how simple."

"This," Li Shimin thought about it. He did not doubt Eunuch Gao's loyalty, but what about after Eunuch Gao's death? Some candidates appeared in Li Shimin's mind, and it seemed that there was no replacement person, but he did not agree immediately. Instead, he looked at Li Mu and said, "You are talking to the Gao officials again, between you two."

"Your Majesty, don't get me wrong." Li Mu chuckled, "Your Majesty knows better what kind of person is Eunuch Gao. Even if I help him more today, if Your Majesty asks him to kill me tomorrow, he will still kill me. My move is really just to let Your Majesty control the mineral veins in the world. Your Majesty, minerals are the foundation of business development. If you let the clans control their hands, it will be extremely disadvantageous to the country."

Seeing that Li Shimin was still hesitating, Li Mu added: "It's just a eunuch. If Your Majesty is not at ease, you might as well try it first. If there are adverse consequences, stop immediately. As long as the situation is under control and withdrawal in time, there will be no big loss, right?"

"It's reasonable." Li Shimin finally nodded and said, "I'm sure, but you have to promise me something."

"Please say it, Your Majesty."

"You finish your affairs first, I'm not in a hurry." Li Shimin signaled, Li Mu hesitated for a moment, but then thought about it, there was nothing to worry about, so he continued: "Third, Your Majesty, it's time to change the Ministry of Civil Affairs to the Ministry of Revenue. At the same time, I also ask Your Majesty to allow the Jinyiwei to be independent from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and become a separate yamen."

"Why is this?"

"The responsibilities of the Ministry of Civil Affairs have been split after the new policy. The budget and finance aspects have been changed to the Shangshu Province. The main position of the Ministry of Civil Affairs has become the management of household registration, which has reduced part of the responsibilities and added part of the responsibilities, and changed from "civilian" to "household", which can better reflect the meaning of the new policy. The independence of the Jinyiwei is also required by the situation, and it is more about the needs of the minister. After all, the Interior Office will be handed over to Qingque in the future. In Luoyang, the Interior Office will also need the Jinyiwei. Please ask Your Majesty to hand over the Jinyiwei to the minister. In Chang'an, there are Chang'an County and Wannian County, but there is actually no Jinyiwei."

"The original position of the Jinyiwei could be replaced by the Urban Management Bureau. It was changed from the Ninth Bureau and one bathroom to the Tenth Bureau. When the Urban Management Bureau becomes more mature and promotes it, it will be split out."

Li Shimin frowned and thought for a while, saying, "Will this be more complicated? If there is a fixed constitution between one yamen and one government, how can there be any random division?"

"Your Majesty is such a bad word." Li Mu said seriously: "Your Majesty, the Internal Affairs Office is not the Six Ministry. Its establishment is originally for the sake of His Majesty's advantage. This is like my studio. Whenever I have any wonderful ideas, I will try it in the studio. If I succeed, I will show it out. If I fail, no one will know. But the original intention of it is to find a better solution to the problem through trial and error. The feasible methods tested by the Internal Affairs Office always have to be delivered. The Six Ministry is the country's humerus, and the Internal Affairs Office is optional."

"Disclaimer? You didn't say that before!" Li Shimin snorted and said, "It turns out that if you don't care about the Ministry of Internal Affairs now, you'll become dispensable?"

"I don't mean this. I mean, if the defects of the six ministries are compensated, the necessity of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be gone. Unless Your Majesty still needs a wealth-making yamen, then I will pretend that I didn't say it."

"I'm just like you said?" Li Shimin snorted unhappily, but did not deny it. Before he saved enough money to build an invincible cavalry, he really didn't dare to say that he was not short of money. He looked at Li Mu and said, "Is there any more? No, I'm going to say it."

Li Mu quickly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please tell me."

"Earlier, I've met my uncle."

"Changsun"

"It's not him," Li Shimin said angrily: "My uncle, Dou Ren."

Li Mu quickly shut up. He knew what he had done.

"What do you want me to say?" Li Shimin said helplessly: "You really think I don't know his virtue at all? I know, but I don't care. There must be inconvenience to manage it. Although he has many mistakes, he dare not do anything about killing and setting fire. He is my uncle. When the old lady died, she specifically instructed him not to be too slow. What will happen to her biological mother's wishes?"

Li Mu nodded repeatedly and said, "Your Majesty's difficulties, I only know today. Your Majesty is not easy, it's me Meng Lang."

"It's good that you know." Li Shimin looked up at Li Mu and said, "When Hou Shouyang returned to Chang'an, he visited relatives and friends, crying at his father and mother, he found the place of the Supreme Emperor. It's not that I'm scaring you, this time the Supreme Emperor said he's going to deal with you well."

Li Mu was surprised. Dou Ren had such a great face?

"What's your expression? He is my uncle!"

"Yes, yes," Li Mu said repeatedly. He glanced at Li Shimin's expression and tentatively said: "What does Your Majesty want me to do?"

"Go and apologize!"

Li Mu had no words, and Li Shimin asked him: "Don't you want to go?"

"I don't want to do it in my heart," Li Mu said with a tense face: "If your Majesty forces you to go, I have no choice but to go and apologize reluctantly."

"If you don't want to go, you can't go." Li Shimin unexpectedly, instead of forcing Li Mu, he looked up and down at Li Mu and said, "I have accepted you as my adopted son. If you agree, even if you are the prince, he will understand my thoughts and dare not make things difficult for you."

"Adopted son?" Li Mu was stunned for a moment. Li Shimin's move was really beyond his expectations, and he caught him off guard. If he had put it before he went to the Western Regions, Li Mu might have agreed. He recognized his godfather, hugged his thighs, and travelers did this. When he came to this era, would there be thicker than Li Shimin's thighs? But now, his ideas have changed. He didn't want to tie Li Shimin too tightly because he had seen the ruthlessness of the emperor clearly.

Even brothers, fathers and sons, look so pale and powerless in front of the dragon throne, let alone the adopted son?

Li Shimin kept staring at Li Mu's expression. Seeing that he did not agree, he asked, "Why, don't you? Your mother has been honest. You are not his biological child. In other words, you don't know who your parents are. I'm here to be your father, don't you?"

"I..." Li Mu carefully considered the words and said, "I dare not think about it."

Li Shimin's eyes shrank and he smiled: "Don't you dare to think about it? Well, then how about you do me a favor?"

"As long as it is not this, I can respond to anything."

"Okay." Li Shimin waited for this sentence, saying: "There are always discussions between the court and the country, saying that I and the Prince Yin's lineage were killed. Maybe I did something wrong before, but after the last time, I figured it out. Kings should be without scruples. As long as I am the emperor, I will be resurrected. What can I do if I defeat him once or for the second time? In order to show my wishes, I want to ask you to do something. You have already entered the ancestral hall and are already a member of the royal family. It is better for me to issue an order to adopt you in the Prince Yin's lineage and become his heir. It is inconvenient to maintain your title. You should understand that my reward to you has far exceeded the level of the marquis."

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

"I have already explained my meaning very clearly." Li Shimin's tone slowed down and became colder: "If you are not afraid in your heart, you will not be too busy to refuse, so you can consider it."

Li Mu remained silent. He didn't know what Li Shimin was thinking. Could it be that the last incident had not yet passed? Is this a new round of temptation?

"The Supreme Emperor is happy to see this happening," Li Shimin added: "The queen has the same attitude. Before I am crowned, she can show my mind and demeanor, which will help the whole world return. Li Mu, do you help me if you are helping me, give me a word."

"My minister," Li Mu paused for a moment and slowly spit out a word: "Help!"

"This is my good nephew!" Li Shimin laughed, stood up and patted Li Mu on the shoulder, and said, "When you go back and wait, the Zongzheng Temple will deliver the order tomorrow. In recent days, I have asked the Imperial Heaven Supervision to choose a good time, go to the ancestral temple to worship the ancestors, and then tell the world!"

"I thank your Majesty for your grace."

"Go to meet my sister-in-law, she will be your legitimate mother from now on. You should be filial to her, and I will treat her a lot."

"Okay, I'm leaving." Li Mu responded, his head was blocked by a lot of things. He turned around in a daze and walked out in a daze. Li Shimin watched Li Mu walk away through the glass window. The sound of the bullet behind him sounded, and Changsun Wuji walked out of it. It turned out that Changsun Wuji was false to recuperate at home, and it was true that he had been secretly contacting Li Shimin.

"His Majesty."

Li Shimin did not look back and said, "Auxiliary Machine, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, Li Mu agrees, Your Majesty is worry-free."

Li Shimin turned around and said, "Why?"

"Whether Li Mu is the son of Prince Yin or not, since he should be the heir of Prince Yin, he must be careful and avoid suspicion. Your Majesty has placed him in Luoyang, which is the place of the Jiesi Hall, and they cannot not contact Li Mu. If he does not, he may still contact these people, but he has already agreed and will try his best to deal with these people in order to avoid suspicion. Your Majesty's plan is to kill two birds with one stone, no, three birds with one stone!"

"What three strategies?"

"The world is back to the heart, beating Li Mu, and targeting Jisitang!"

Li Shimin's mouth curled slightly, as if proud, and sighed bitterly: "Fuji, although you are accused, you are not all. I just said," he sighed again, saying, "How much hope that he can agree to be my adopted son. If he agrees, the prince, I will grant him a title!"

Changsun Wuji opened his mouth but didn't know what to say. He paused for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, you really look at Li Mu differently."

"He is worth my doing this!" Li Shimin said loudly: "If this son had been born twenty years ago, if he was born in any of the 18th Route Rebellion against the King, the world might not be Li Tang! If he was my son, I would not have been so anxious. He would definitely help me with what I wish in my life!"

"Chengqian and Qingque are not as good as him!"
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