After having a big meal in Xishi, Li Mu did not rush home, but went to the palace first. On the way to Xishi, he deliberately passed by the craftsman workshop and got the gap statistics table of the workshop staff he ordered to count from Wei Yingluo. He promised Li Shimin to give a reply within three days and save worry.

"Your Majesty, the shortfall of workshop staff in cooperation with the Office of the Internal Affairs alone is as high as 50,000."

"Fifty thousand" Li Shimin was also quite shocked when he saw this number. It is said that people have exceeded 10,000, and there is no boundary. How many workshops should be for the 50,000 gap? He had to re-examine Li Mu's work. Li Shimin originally thought that although Li Mu was very popular, it was a newly established yamen and it would take at least several years to achieve results. He never expected that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is now a place that affects the livelihood of tens of thousands of people.

But the Turkic tribes are more than that.

Li Shimin frowned and said, "Just placement of 50,000 people is far from enough..."

"Ah?" Li Mu was stunned and said, "Your Majesty, this is not enough? Are there so many Turks?"

"There are at least hundreds of thousands, even if one tenth is placed, there are still 100,000 people..." Li Shimin was stunned and his face turned red. He suddenly thought of something. The workers Li Mu mentioned refer to labor. The number of people he mentioned includes the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled. In other words, although Li Mu mentioned 50,000 people, in fact, there are 50,000 households. Even if there are not so many, at least 30,000 households must be placed, which means that 100,000 people including the weak are placed.

Li Shimin glanced at Li Mu and thought to himself, didn't this kid realize it, right?

Li Mu found out that Li Shimin was secretly glanced and was nervous. Should I say it out or pretend to be stupid?

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"Hahahaha..." / "Hahahaha..."

The two of them laughed awkwardly, and Li Shimin patted Li Mu on the shoulder and said, "You are grateful. I am not very proficient in mathology, but it doesn't matter. If you are a mathology person like you, what else can I worry about? I have decided to do what you said. I will continue to pass the imperial edict tomorrow. Hahaha, you have made a great contribution to me inadvertently. It's really my blessing, haha..."

Li Shimin spoke first because he recalled what Li Mu just said, and he said, "Your Majesty, this is not enough? Are there so many Turks?" This sentence has been exposed, which shows that he has realized it. If Li Shimin doesn't speak anymore, it will inevitably be embarrassing if Li Mu speaks first.

Instead of embarrassing yourself, it is better to embarrass yourself, so Li Shimin spoke first.

But even so, Li Mu was a little dissatisfied. What he was dissatisfied was that what was "unintentional" to make great contributions? It was obvious that I was talented and intelligent, so why did it become unintentional? Is it so difficult to admit that others are excellent?

Facing such a shameless boss, what else can Li Mu say? He can only smile and express his entire heart.

Li Shimin cleared his throat, changed the topic very bluntly, and said, "That... I received some memorials today, and I have complained about some of your behavior." Li Shimin came to the desk, picked up some memorials and handed them to Li Mu, and said, "What are you explaining?"

Li Mu took the memorial, glanced at it casually, sneered, threw it on the ground, and stepped on it a few steps.

"Huh?" Li Shimin lowered his face and said, "What are you doing? Don't you know this is a memorial? Are you still trampling on?"

"These are bullshit words. Not only do I want to trample on it, but I also want to throw it into the cesspool!" Li Mu expressed his hatred and said in a grief and anger, "Your Majesty, what they say is human? I'm saying I'm cheating, but I want to ask, where did I cheat?"

"Let's start from the beginning!" Li Mu said angrily: "When they first mentioned registration, they said that they were selling official positions and titles, and they paid the money to register one after another. When they didn't register for one hundred stakes, they had to register for two hundred stakes, and they said that the registration fee would not be refunded. Is this the one behind the person's front? Why do they have the attitude to say that I was cheating? Didn't I say that the registration fee would not be refunded?"

Li Shimin frowned and said, "Even if you make sense about the registration fee, your method of eliminating is inappropriate, right?"

Li Mu looked at Li Shimin and asked, "Your Majesty, do you know how I was eliminated?"

"This..." Li Shimin pointed to the memorial on the ground and said, "The memorial said it was corporal punishment. Could it be that they falsely accused you?"

"Hmph." Li Mu said with a blank expression: "If you say this, it is not a false accusation. But I have something to say, but they are incomplete."

Li Shimin nodded and said, "I can't just listen to it, just say it."

"The first batch of people I eliminated were not corporal punishment, but because I was not punctual. I said that the next day, the next day, I gathered in front of the Ministry of Works, and I arrived early, and waited for half an hour. Until Chen, there were still people who had not arrived. Do they take me seriously? After all, I was personally appointed by Your Majesty as the founding county marquis of the third rank and the minister of the Third rank Interior Department. They did not take me seriously, and I could not care about it, but they did not take Your Majesty as the emperor, and I could not bear it!"

"Ah?" Li Shimin was a little confused and thought to himself, what does this have to do with me?

Li Mu continued: "So I have disqualified them. Is it wrong?"

"Well……"

Seeing Li Shimin hesitating, Li Mu said angrily: "Don't Your Majesty understand? I asked Your Majesty boldly, if all officials are not on time when they go to court, some come at Chen and some come at noon, and your Majesty can tolerate it?"

After saying this, Li Shimin felt real, with two thick eyebrows frowned and said, "You did it right, it's untolerable!"

"Let's talk about corporal punishment!" Li Mu was even more angry and said, "Your Majesty, when I recruited people, I made it clear that the person who signed up should not be older than 30 years old. In other words, people like Wang Gui who are seventy years old and eighty years old cannot move their legs!"

Li Shimin's eyebrows frowned again, and he said to himself, "If you say something, just talk about it. Wang Gui has provoked you, why do you want to say something?" But thinking about Li Mu's unhappy relationship with the three families before because of the matter of the Printing Officer, he could understand it in his heart. Li Shimin has experienced Li Mu's scruples. If he doesn't let him vent his anger, he will definitely not finish it."

"...I asked them to run twenty miles! Two hours!" Li Mu said angrily: "Can it be considered corporal punishment if you just twenty miles? You can just pull a thug on the street and walk back and forth in two hours! What are their grades? Two hundred and eight people set out, but they didn't even pass half of them!"

"This..." Li Shimin said in surprise: "How is this possible?"

"Your Majesty think it's impossible?" Li Mu said speechlessly. "How dare I lie to Your Majesty? If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, I have a list in my hand. Please ask Eunuch Gao to gather them together and run around and you will know!"

After hearing what Li Mu said, Li Shimin had to believe it. He sighed and murmured: "I really didn't expect that these people's physical strength was so poor."

"That's it!" Li Mu said hatred: "Your Majesty, I recruit people this time to do things for Your Majesty. Instead of being like the dogs and censors in the Censorate, like a group of big rats, occupying the pit without shit, keeping them for dinner."

Li Shimin felt disgusted and couldn't help it. He interrupted Li Mu and said, "Li Mu, I don't mean to blame you, but when you speak, can you stop doing this? It's really a bit vulgar."

"I am angry!" Li Mu said sadly and angrily: "Your Majesty, once was I also a poet! Didn't I be angry with them? I used to write poems without thinking, but now I have to think about it. These bastards have almost lost a poet in the Tang Dynasty..."

"Okay, okay, stop quickly." Li Shimin was really helpless with him, angry and funny. If he had changed his person and was so nonsense, Li Shimin would have punished him long ago. But Li Mu's situation was different. He said that he was a poet and he did have those tricks, and he was not bragging. But this kid has been busy with things recently and has not seen any new work come out.

Li Shimin was unwilling to get involved with him in this matter, so he asked: "Li Mu, I care too, and I don't mean to distrust you. Finally, I said something to my uncle. His Changsun Chong is obsessed with his body. You should stop torture him and let him go home."

"Your Majesty, this minister can't agree."

Li Shimin frowned: "Don't I give me any face?"

"It's him who doesn't want it." Li Mu smiled bitterly, and then he told the performance of Changsun Chong in detail yesterday and today. Li Shimin was also surprised after hearing this. As Changsun Chong's uncle, he naturally had seen Changsun Chong many times. Changsun Chong and his son Li Tai were both huge fat people of more than 200 kilograms. It was a miracle that he could run twenty miles.

Should I let Qingque try it?

This idea suddenly appeared in Li Shimin's mind, but he immediately denied it.

Forget it, Qingque doesn't expect to work in the Office of the Internal Affairs. Besides, this is his own son, how can he bear it?

Thinking of this, Li Shimin had nothing to ask Li Mu. He was about to encourage him to retreat. Suddenly, the door of the palace opened wide and a fat figure squeezed in. He said that Cao Cao had arrived and only when he opened two hall doors could he squeeze in. Who else could it be if Li Tai was not?

"Ah, brother is here too!" Li Tai was about to show off when he suddenly saw Li Mu, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face. He nodded to Li Mu first, and then saluted Li Shimin, saying, "Father, my son has something to ask for."

"Oh?" Li Shimin looked at Li Mu, then Li Tai, and his heart was filled with an uproar. Could it be

"If there is something, tell me."

"After I heard about Xiaoyao Valley, I also want to exercise."

"No!" Before Li Shimin could speak, Li Mu rejected it, his head shaking like a rattle, and said repeatedly: "No, no, Your Highness, King Yue, I must not agree, you should give up."

Li Tai quickly grabbed Li Mu's sleeve and begged, "Brother, why don't you agree? But what happened to me wrong? Did you annoy me?"

"Oh, it has nothing to do with these." Li Mu pulled Li Tai's hand away and said, "Do you think life in the valley is light? That's a great pain. If you enter the valley, you will definitely not be able to endure that kind of suffering. But if I am harsh and tolerant of you, everyone will not be convinced. Don't get involved and study your map with peace of mind, okay? If you don't understand anything, I will still teach you and won't ignore you."

Li Shimin felt sorry for his son and followed the words: "Yes, Qingque, you are not working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, why bother to suffer?"

"Father!" Li Tai suddenly knelt down. Li Shimin was startled and rushed to help his baby son. But he didn't know if Li Tai was too fat or was trying to get up, so he didn't pull it. He stomped his feet in a hurry and said, "You kid, you have never been so stubborn. Why is this?"

"Father, those people have suffered, and my son has heard of it. Since I can come here, I am ready in my heart. Since my cousin can do it, my son will definitely do it. After all, my son is still a little lighter than my cousin."

This is really unsightly.

Li Mu secretly glanced at Li Tai and complained in his heart.

"But..." Li Shimin looked at Li Tai's stubborn expression and knew in his heart that if he ordered to stop it, with Li Tai's personality, it could actually be stopped. But he must be unhappy in his heart. Among the princes, Li Shimin begs Li Tai, far beyond everyone. Even Li Chengqian, as the crown prince, was inferior to Li Tai. Li Shimin had not yet refused to agree to the request made by Li Tai, but this time...

Li Shimin looked at Li Mu and said, "Li Mu, Qingque is still so young, and so... fat. Can you give me a face and give him a little more relaxed?"

"cannot."

Li Mu's answer was straightforward and said, "Your Majesty, I mean, it's better for King Yue not to go. But if King Yue insists on flying away, I can only treat him equally. He will do whatever others do. If he can't stick to it, he will be eliminated and cannot be compatible. If he changes the rules because he is a prince, and I cannot explain to the eliminated person."

When Li Tai heard this, his face flushed with shame and said, "Father, don't treat me preferentially! My son is the son of my father, how can I be inferior to others? Please rest assured, my son will definitely persevere!"

Li Shimin had a headache. Just when he was unable to control it, the palace gate suddenly opened again. Li Chengqian rushed in and saw Li Mu's eyes lit up, just like Li Tai.

"Brother is here too? It's great, father, son minister has something to do"

"Shut up!"

Li Shimin shouted loudly and pointed to the palace gate; "Li Mu, please leave quickly. If you don't have my call before the New Year, don't enter the palace!"

"Oh..." Li Mu glanced at Li Tai and Li Chengqian, handed them a look of self-requirement, and turned around and left. The two brothers followed Li Mu until the palace gate closed and isolated their gaze before retracting their gaze.

"Oh, is my charm so great? Is it born to attract naughty kids?"

Li Mu sighed and suddenly heard a loud shout, and shivered in fear.

"Are you still a little bit like this? Especially you, Chengqian, you are the prince! The prince lives in the Eastern Palace, and you still want to go to the valley, you..."
Chapter completed!