Chapter 7 Fur Merchant (500
Yuwengui was waiting at the door. When he saw Li Mu coming out, he quickly met him.
"Sir, please move to Xiaguan's office. Xiaguan has called all the officials in the Ministry of Works to wait for your instructions."
Li Mu nodded in praise. Since Yu Wengui became "open", he has become more and more decent in his work.
When I arrived at Yuwengui's office, I saw three benches in the room, and several officials were sitting. Seeing Li Mu coming in, several people stood up in one go, bowing and bowing as if they had been rehearsals, saying, "The Lord, have met the Minister!"
Yuwengui brought a Hu chair and placed it in the middle. Li Mu sat there without hesitation, looked at everyone and said, "Sit down, you will be your own people in the future, so don't be too restricted."
No one dared to move, and his attitude became more and more respectful: "The subordinates dare not, please ask the minister to give advice."
"Let you sit!"
Everyone present, Yu Wengui was the one who had contacted Li Mu the most. He was familiar with his temper. He knew that he was a little impatient when he heard this tone. He quickly said, "Sir, since the minister has asked him to sit, then sit down and hesitate."
Everyone sat down.
Li Mu glanced at everyone's expressions, and put them all in his eyes, and said, "You all know your Majesty's will, right?"
Everyone replied in unison: "I know!"
"The reform of the Ministry of Works is inevitable. Thanks to His Majesty's trust, I feel deeply responsible and I need to practice and promote reform. Those who I think are hindered from the Ministry of Works, and the rest of the people are those I think are useful. But don't think that if you leave you this time, you will be worry-free. The Ministry of Works will no longer be the former Ministry of Works. There is no scattered life and no idle food! If anyone can't do what his position should do, I will also open him. I hope you can understand this."
No one dared to speak out, Li Mu continued: "The Ministry of Works is at the last of the six ministries. Most of the officials of the Ministry of Works have no background. Even those with some backgrounds who were resigned were unpopular among their respective forces. They have left the Ministry of Works, and now the officials of the Ministry of Works have no background. You know why I do this..."
Li Mu suddenly raised his voice and said, "...I just want to tell you that in the Ministry of Works, qualifications and background, all of them are useless. I only look at your abilities, and I only want to see your abilities. Don't talk to me about favors, don't make connections with me, and don't make excuses with me. As long as I think you are incompetent, you have only two ways to choose, one is demotion, and the other is to start a revolution. Of course, you can also impeach me, whatever you want, but before you successfully impeach, you have to do what I said!"
"The officials dare not!"
Yu Wengui was watching his expressions and seeing that Li Muxun had almost done his instructions, he quickly handed it onto the roster.
"Sir, this is the list of all the officials below you of the Ministry of Works, and they are all here."
"Well," Li Mu took it into his hand, opened his eyes and said, "The Ministry of Works under the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Works, and the Ministry of Water. Each set up one doctor and one official. In addition to the Ministry of Works, each department is in charge of two supervisors. After I was initiated by the Ministry of Works, there were no vacancies. In addition, there were seven vacancies in total. There were two chief officers of the Ministry of Works, one military doctor, one military farmer, two military farmer, two military farmer, and one water farmer."
"This reform mainly involves the Ministry of Works and Military Farm Departments. The Ministry of Yu also involves it, but it involves very little, and the Ministry of Water is basically unchanged. The main structure of the Ministry of Works must be slightly streamlined. There is not so much spare money and it cannot afford to support so many people."
"Yuwengui, the Ministry of Works, I have recommended His Majesty to appoint him as the Department of Works. The Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Works, will be promoted to Gongsun Kang, the head of the Ministry of Works, and only one seat will be left, and Yuwengui will be appointed. Chen Xian, the Ministry of Works, you will temporarily serve as the Ministry of Works, and I will hand over the Ministry of Works, and I will talk to you separately how to do it. I hope you will not let my expectations down. The remaining chief of the Ministry of Works, will be promoted to the Ministry of Works, and you will choose a capable person to be the chief. Lu Wenfeng, the doctor of the Ministry of Works, will still serve as the Ministry of Works, and the Ministry of Works, will not change. You can also choose the person you need to use and promote one chief. The Ministry of Water will not make any changes for the time being, and the less chief will not be supplemented."
"In the future, each of the four departments will have a doctor, a minister and a chief officer. This will clarify the responsibilities and avoid shirking each other. The court can also pay less salary. As for the seal and agricultural instrument supervisor, I have other arrangements and will no longer be set under the Ministry of Works. Your Majesty will give me the right to appoint and remove officials from the Ministry of Works below the sixth rank. The chief officer is the ninth rank. Each department can report the candidates to me. I will observe the position of the Minister of Works and the Department of Works for a period of time. At the appropriate time, I will report to Your Majesty for recommendations and do things well, and there is no need to ask more questions. Are you all clear?"
"The official understands."
Everyone agreed, and Li Mu handed the roster to Yuwengui and said, "I have discussed with Lord Shangshu. In three to five days, the Ministry of Works will move to the craftsman's workshop. The new Ministry of Works has been completed and each department has separate offices. In addition, next to the Ministry of Works, there is also a 'Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Works,' which has some residences for the Ministry of Works, and if there is a need, you can apply for Yuwengui. If you meet several basic conditions, you can move here to live."
Seeing everyone showing joy, Li Mu said again: "The ugly words are ahead, the real estate is not given to you. The property in the entire craftsman workshop belongs to the Ministry of Works. If you are in office, you have the right to live. If you are not in office, you must move away. You must clearly distinguish the specific rules. Yuwen Rules will explain them clearly to you."
It was time to make it clear in front of everyone, and Li Mu had already finished talking about the rest. The rest of the matter needs to be talked about separately. At present, the staff of each department is not in full, so it is useless to talk. Therefore, Li Mu did not say anything else, and asked the departments to take the time to fill the vacancy. Before moving to the new Ministry of Works, all the vacancy must be filled.
After the arrangements were completed, Li Mu and Li Chongyi left. The officials sent Li Mu away, turned around and surrounded Yuwengui. When Li Mu heard this from afar, he shook his head and shook the whip to make the horse go faster. He was a little hungry and wanted to go home to have dinner earlier.
At this time, in Huaidefang, west city, a group of fur merchants who had just rented the backyard yesterday were also making fires to cook.
Their cooking methods were a little different. The chef tore the jerky he brought and threw them into the pot, added water, dried vegetables, and the sauce made from some unknown things, it was finished. When the water boiled, it was a pot of broth. Everyone served a bowl of dried and hard buns. It was not delicious, but it was not very bad.
There are three rooms in the backyard of this house. Half of the rooms on both sides are piled with valuable fur, and the other half is used to live in people. You can watch the goods at any time. The rest of the leather and vehicles and livestock are placed in the yard, and there are people who specialize in fighting. In the middle, the leader of this group of fur merchants lives.
At this time, in the middle room, the leader of the leather merchant was having a meeting with several leaders of the caravan. Everyone's face was not very good-looking, and they looked bleak.
"We have always been doing business with border towns. This is the first time Chang'an has come. I have heard that Chang'an is rich. Today, it is really like this. The western market is so big, and there are many merchants selling fur. Although our fur goods are not weaker than any one, we don't recognize them, and we can't set up a stall. However, a dealer contacted me and wanted to collect our fur goods, but the price was 30% lower than selling in border towns... When we came to Chang'an, we wanted to sell more money, but we didn't expect to encounter such a thing."
The person who spoke was an old man. While he was talking, he glanced at the leader of the caravan sitting in the middle, and complained: "We have long disagreed to come to Chang'an. It would be great to wait for fur dealers to collect them in the village like in previous years. With such a big effort, people ate horses and chewed together, what are they doing..."
Someone on the other side also responded: "We also think Lao Hu is right, and we don't recognize anyone in Chang'an. Even if someone offers a suitable price, we dare not trade with him. If we are cheated, what should we do? Can we still sue the official?"
A person next to the caravan leader couldn't help but say, "You all started to shirk now. When the lady proposed to come to Chang'an, that's not what you said. Now that you are facing difficulties, you will pick yourself out. Don't you just want the lady to bear your losses?"
"How do you say this? Everyone is following Zhangjiazhai for food. What Miss Zhang said? We don't have to say no. We have to listen. Even if we don't want to come, we dare not say it. Everyone, do you think so?"
A sarcastic response: "Isn't that true? Who dares to say it? In recent years, the temper of the village leader Zhang has been getting worse and worse. I don't know if he can't give birth to a son, haha..."
"Bang!" A whip sounded!
"Oh, you dare to hit someone?!" The sarcastic man just now covered his face and pointed at the woman sitting in the middle, saying, "We are all your elders, follow your father to live and die. Which one is your turn to whip, you..."
Zhang Tianai took back the whip, but didn't even look at him, saying, "I brought you to Chang'an, and I will take you back. Our fur goods are of good quality, so I don't believe that we can't sell them. Wait a few days later, if you can't find a suitable buyer, you will be 30% lower, and you will pay the price from my Zhang family. Thank you, you still know that you are making a living with me, Zhangjiazhai. Who dares to talk nonsense? Be careful of the whip in my hand!"
When everyone saw Zhang Tianai getting angry, they were so scared that they closed their mouths. Even the sarcastic person was afraid of Zhang Tianai's force and did not dare to speak out again.
Just when the atmosphere was awkward, the sound of the door being pressed out came from the back door. The guy who was eating outside went to open the door, said a few words, and ran over and said, "Chief, all the leaders, the tooth who helped us yesterday is here again, saying that there is a noble man who wants to take care of it! He wants it in large quantities, and said that if he likes it, we can buy more than a dozen cars!"
Several leaders looked at each other, and the first person to speak, Lao Hu said, "Will there be a fraud?"
Chapter completed!