Li Mu today booked the first and second floors of the Heaven and Earth to entertain merchants. The first floor was entertaining ordinary merchants who cooperated with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the second floor was all from the family. Li Mu's private room was in the middle of the south side, facing the private room "Imperial Royal" on the north side. On weekdays, Wang Ou also drinks tea in this private room. Even when the guests are full, the private room will not arrange guests.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has been operating for nearly a month and has achieved great results. Today, there are twenty tables in the lobby on the first floor. Each table has eight people, and those who can sit on this table are worth at least 50,000 yuan. Li Mu held the railing and looked down, watching everyone cheering and drinking, thinking in his heart, the table is full of money, like the watery little leeks. After a few more rain, it will be time to harvest...

Of course, he would not say these words in his heart.

"Everyone!"

Li Mu shouted loudly, and everyone's eyes gathered at him. Li Mu smiled and said, "I want you to come here today. There is a great thing to share with you."

Everyone's hearts were thrilled. It turns out that there was no good banquet. Isn't this coming? They have been dealing with Li Mu for quite some time and have learned a little about his temper. If he has a bad temper, even if he curses, there will be no big deal. But if he looks like he is taking advantage of you, then you have to be careful, maybe he is just a big pit waiting for you.

Li Mu sighed quietly and said, "To be honest, I am the only one who supports you. I am tired and very tired. But what should I do? Bathing in the emperor's grace is what I should do. But I am alone and don't have three heads and six arms. No matter how much I pay, it will be difficult to fulfill Your Majesty's expectations. So I decided to select a group of capable young talents to fill the Office of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the

Li Mu smiled even better, waved his hand and said, "We have been working with the Ministry of Internal Affairs until now, and we have gotten along very well. With such a good thing, we can't bypass everyone's current Ministry of Internal Affairs, and we will recruit about fifty people. I will give you twenty places. If you have capable talents at home and under thirty, you can come to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to register. As long as you pass the assessment of this marquis, you can serve in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. You also know that Your Majesty grants me the right to establish an official office, and the appointment of officials under the sixth rank is all within my mind. Even if you pass the Jinshi exam, you may not be able to be awarded a seventh rank official. I am just a sixth rank here. I will not come again when I miss the opportunity. You should think about it carefully."

As soon as these words came out, the lobby on the first floor was in an uproar.

Official! This is an official!

Is it easy to be an official in the Tang Dynasty? If it weren't for the children of the five surnames and seven hopes, becoming an official would only be a luxury. Even the children of the five surnames and seven hopes would have to be extremely outstanding and prestigious, so that they could gain the honor of the family and be recommended to be an official. Otherwise, they would have to abandon their literature and military affairs, join the army and the frontier, and then enter the official career after establishing merits. Just like Li Jing, who is now a general, and who is a prime minister, can be called a role model in the world.

For poor families, there is only one way to get the imperial examination. Even if they take the imperial examination, how many people can pass the imperial examination? Most of them are just a last-year attendant and a county magistrate. The sixth rank is enough for them to fight for the rest of their lives.

There is another premise for all this, that is, you cannot be the son of a merchant. Taking business is a cheap business, which is even lower than that of a farmer. This is also the reason why the nobles of a family don’t want to be related to doing business. If the son of a merchant is unable to participate in the imperial examination, the recommendation will be even more unrequited.

All those present are businessmen. Although they are rich, their status is low, which is why they cannot escape from the master behind them. They have already recognized such a fate, no longer want to resist or struggle. If they can run the industry for the master behind them for the rest of their lives and have no worries about food and drink, they will be content.

But Li Mu now showed them another clear path.

It turns out that the son of a merchant can also be an official. Although he is an official in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he is somewhat different from the official in the court, and his quality is a bit different. But an official is an official, and his status is very different from that of a merchant. Who doesn’t jealous? Who doesn’t yearn for it?

Cheng Qian was the first to stand up and asked, "Mr. Marquis, do you take this truth? Can our children also become officials?"

"Why can't it?" Li Mu smiled and said, "My internal affairs office is different from other yamen. I am a place where I do business. The Four Books and Five Classics are not needed here, and the Zhihu can't exchange for money. What I want is a talent who can do business. You can do business and settle accounts. Even if you can shout, you are all talented here and they are useful. But if you have to make clear, what kind of official you can be a magistrate depends on how capable you are. If you only know how to settle accounts, you will be a accountant at most, and there is no official to do it for you!"

Cheng Qian said excitedly: "If you have the Marquis, you will be able to say this! We can all trust the Marquis!"

"You can trust the Marquis!"

The merchants screamed, Li Mu raised his hand and pressed him down, saying, "No need to say anything thanks. Everyone seems to be very happy. Since you are so happy, can you please make me happy too?"

"It's okay to say it, but we should do our best!"

"Then I'm not polite." Li Mu pointed to the table downstairs and said, "Today's table is ten cents, one table, and there are twenty tables underneath, a total of two hundred cents. You each spend five cents, and the extra money will be treated as treating me to a meal. How about it?"

Everyone's smiles froze on their faces, "I won't be so fun!" Today, we just came here when you called for a meal!"

But in this situation, if anyone doesn't pay this money, the children in the family will definitely not have the chance to sign up. They are all a group of merchants who are more skilled than monkeys, how can they not understand this principle? After a brief moment of being stunned, everyone said in unison: "How can you tell the Marquis to spend money? Don't talk about five stakes, I will also get ten stakes. When I leave later, I will give ten stakes!"

"Even if you can afford it, can't I afford it? I'm also very loyal!"

"I am Zhao Wu from the Zhao Wooden Artifacts. The Marquis is the decision for our merchants. I am very happy. I have paid 100% of the tables. I have treated these ten tables. Don't be polite, everyone, eat them open!"

Everyone thought to themselves, you are just treacherous and pointed out who you are! When the Marquis heard this, he had an impression in his heart. Wouldn’t it be a good impression point when interviewing your child tomorrow?

Nowadays, some people learn and call out their own names, one fifty-talented and the other seventy-talented, and the money is soaring upwards like a strong wind.

Li Mu nodded with satisfaction, called Xiao Chen over, and asked him to find someone to prepare paper and pen and record it downstairs. Doesn’t it cost to show off? Since you have called it out, you have to take out the money, otherwise wouldn’t you be in vain?

"Everyone eats and drinks well! Don't compare, it depends on your ability. Money is only secondary. If you don't have enough ability, you have to use money to make up for it. People with ability do not need it, don't need it!"

Li Mu shouted and turned around and entered the private room. When everyone heard this, they were wondering, what was the Marquis hinting at?

Who is a capable person? This thing cannot be defined at all. The Marquis said that if you have the ability, you have the ability. If you have no ability, you have no ability. If you have the ability, you have no ability. So how can you make the Marquis feel that you have the ability?

Oh, the Marquis also said that if you don’t have enough skills, you can make up for it with money!

Okay! Pay the money!

Another round of price hike!

...

Li Mu returned to his private room and closed the door. He could still hear the shouts outside. There were already some guests in the private room, such as Changsun Wuji, Wang Gui, Wei Zheng and others, all of whom were here.

Li Mu sat down with a smile and said, "Everyone said it's difficult to make money, why can't I feel it? Listen to the sounds outside, how enthusiastic. Everyone is willing to give me dozens of guan and hundreds of guan to treat me to dinner... Alas, if one day, I don't do business and become an official, I can live for a few years with this money!"

Everyone cursed in their hearts, "If you don't do business and don't become an official, who can look at you in the eye? You have any reason to sell official positions and titles. How can Your Majesty allow such a cancer to exist in the court? Why didn't you issue an imperial edict and chop off his head?"

God is not good at all, so why don’t you hit him to death with lightning!

But the words are just slander, but that's not what you say.

The merchants on the first floor looked at the target of the sixth-rank official. But now everyone here knows that the Office of the Internal Affairs Office is more than the Sixth-rank official. Didn’t Li Mu’s big brother be awarded the fifth-rank official? It can be seen that in the heart of Your Majesty, in addition to Li Mu, the General Secretary of the Third-rank Office, also allows the existence of fourth-rank and fifth-rank officials.

The fourth and fifth ranks are equivalent to the assistant minister and the doctor in the six ministries. This is no longer a minor official!

Moreover, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is now very popular. Being a fourth-rank official here is no worse than being a minister in the Sixth Ministry. Being a minister in the Sixth Ministry has only power, no money, and you have to hide your business. In the Ministry of Internal Affairs, this is originally a place to make money, doing business openly and without criticism!

Who doesn’t want to come to such a good place with power and money?

Changsun Wuji and others gathered here just to get a share of the pie. Although a few days ago, everyone was blushing over the matter of the Printing Commission, and when they received the news today, they all came over with shame. The unhappiness that day seemed to have never happened, no one mentioned it.

Li Mu knew their thoughts very well, but they didn't speak, and Li Mu didn't say anything, chatting with Wang Ou and Li Zhien on his own, feeding Pangda a piece of meat from time to time, enjoying himself.

Finally, Wang Gui couldn't help it.

He is incomparable to Changsun Wuji. Changsun Wuji is the uncle of the country, but it really doesn't work. He can achieve his goal through Li Shimin's face. As the spokesperson of the aristocratic forces, he has been discriminated against, and his relationship with Li Mu is sometimes good and sometimes bad. He dare not bet on whether Li Mu will give him face.

After clearing his throat awkwardly, Wang Gui smiled and said, "Mr. Marquis, I don't know this..."
Chapter completed!