After experiencing all kinds of things, Li Mu did not make any progress at all. For example, he used to think that many things were unnecessary, and these unnecessary things constituted hypocrisy, and hypocrisy was something he hated, so when he encountered something, he preferred to go straight.

But now he understood that many things or many times hypocrisy is also necessary. Hypocrisy is sometimes a step, leaving room for each other. Li Mu did not guarantee that he would not cause trouble anymore. In order not to face a situation where his life was hanging on the line, Li Mu decided to be more hypocritical and add several protection lines to himself.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he is not going to take the lead.

Who is responsible for the great responsibility? There are a few candidates, and the first choice is Ma Zhou. If Ma Zhou takes the lead, no matter Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji, or even the government and the government, they will not find any problems. After all, compared to Li Mu, Ma Zhou seems much more reliable. Li Mu's ability is recognized, but he is also famous for being difficult to deal with. When dealing with him, no matter what his identity is, he has no face. He has to follow the path he has drawn. Even if he is done clearly, he will make a lot of money. After all, the "user experience" is very poor. It is like buying things and spending money. Who doesn't want to find a better "customer service".

Although Ma Zhou is very suitable, Li Mu does not plan to let him do this. There are two reasons. First, Ma Zhou is not the same as him. Ma Zhou's style of dealing with things is incompatible with Li Mu. The two people who are not in line with each other are destined to be unable to last. Li Mu asked Ma Zhou to come over, but he did not plan to last long. It was just that when he was employed, Ma Zhou was suitable for all aspects and used it for a "secondary". He knew that Ma Zhou was not with him, and there was no way to do it now. After a year or two, he would definitely think of returning to Chang'an. Li Shimin had already made arrangements for Ma Zhou and would not let him stay in Luoyang for too long. Letting him come was a bit like stealing his master, and he wanted to learn something from Li Mu.

Another reason is that it is inequality and inappropriate. The so-called inequality can be seen from the name that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs are two equal institutions. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has now handed over to the Crown Prince Li Chengqian, and its significance is self-evident. If the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was established, it was Ma Zhou who came to supervise him, and Ma Zhou and Li Chengqian were the heads of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs respectively, how could Ma Zhou compare with Li Chengqian?

Furthermore, no matter how powerful Ma Zhou is, he is a minister after all, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Foreign Affairs involve too many interests. This person must be trusted by the emperor. Although Ma Zhou was valued by Li Shimin, he did not reach the level of trust. Although Ma Zhou was a poor family, he was close to Changsun Wuji and others. He knew people and face but not the heart. Who knows whether he had any force behind him?

If he surrenders to a certain force, this force will definitely receive great help from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Once he has a biased help and cannot be fair, it will have a great impact on the development of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Why did the Office of the Internal Affairs develop so fast? Isn’t it because the Office of the Internal Affairs was trained by Li Mu himself, with the three views and goals. Even if it was inconsistent before, he was brainwashed into a group of young people who came to take charge of the matter? Anyone who inserted several forces from various parties here will have the consequences of being unimaginable.

Taking these conditions into consideration, it is not appropriate for Ma Zhou to be the head of the Foreign Affairs Office.

The second candidate is Li Tai. Li Tai has no big problem in terms of identity. But if Li Tai is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it will easily cause controversy. After all, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is under the jurisdiction of the Prince. If the Ministry of Foreign Affairs returns to the King of Wei, wouldn’t it be obvious that the two dragons will fight for the throne? Li Shimin is only 33 years old this year, and it will take more than twenty years before he can burp. He doesn’t want to choose the side so early. At present, the thickest thigh must be Li Shimin.

Therefore, Li Tai is not good, not only can he not, but he also has to keep a certain distance from the Foreign Affairs Office. This is why Li Mu is thinking too much. Li Tai is busy with the Literature Museum and cannot even hand in hand. Even if he wants Li Tai to help, Li Tai is not interested.

The two most suitable candidates were no longer possible, and Dou Ren came to Li Mu's mind.

He was the emperor's uncle and never got involved in court affairs. There should be no problem with trust. Although he was a nobleman, the Dou family always adhered to his duties and never formed cliques. Moreover, the Dou family's foundation was not that huge, and it did not pose a threat to the royal family and the court. Unlike the Changsun family, Li Shimin would be more afraid.

But these are not the most important. The most important thing is that Dou Ren has no talent. This is the key reason why Li Mu finally chose Dou Ren. What he needs is a puppet, a puppet who is willing to steadily execute his ideas. This is also the excellent quality of a puppet. As a puppet, if he has his own ideas, can he still be called a puppet? It will only mess up things.

Therefore, he asked Li Tai to invite Dou Ren. But in the end, whether he can be competent must be observed. If this puppet is not qualified, even if he stays in the Foreign Affairs Office, he cannot be entrusted with important tasks.

...

Outside the wall of the Marquis' Mansion, there were crowds of people.

The conditions given by Li Mu are good enough and the threshold is low enough, so naturally those who sign up are flocking to it. Li Mu set the theme of this "trial show" as "Tiangong Kaiwu", shamelessly plagiarized the book written by Song Yingxing, a great master of the late Ming Dynasty a thousand years later. The purpose of his "trial show" coincides with these four words.

Of course there are also differences. Song Yingxing's "The Art of Heaven and the Works of the Heavenly Works" summarizes folk skills before the late Ming Dynasty. The things recorded in them are techniques accumulated over hundreds of years. Li Mu relies on his system.

There are differences in nature, but what is shown is not much different.

The purpose of Li Mu's creation is to find a source and reason for the system creation. In the future, he will not have to force himself to become an immortal and descend to earth. It can be said that he has learned from some skills. Isn't there such a saying that masters come from the folk.

Another reason is that Luoyang is about to be repaired and constructed, and many handicraftsmen are needed. The collection of corvee labor is not Li Mu's style of work. It is a waste of time to search one by one. It is better to have a "selected show" to let the craftsmen near Luoyang come out by themselves. He believes that with Luoyang's background, the number of craftsmen is completely sufficient.

Li Mu is definitely not blindly optimistic. Luoyang has this strength. You should know that when Emperor Yang of Sui built Luoyang City, he was digging the Grand Canal, he entrusted hundreds of thousands of corvee labor. Almost all craftsmen across the country were concentrated in Luoyang City. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, most of these people could not return to their original hometowns and remained scattered around Luoyang. Over the past twenty years, they all became Luoyang people.

Their hometown has changed, but their skills will not be lost. These people have built palaces for the emperor, and their level is not inferior to that of Chang'an craftsmen, and they are even better. Li Mu wanted to touch the craftsmen of the early Tang Dynasty through this "selected show". He was going to find drawings of similar distances from the system based on the survey situation. Otherwise, if there are too many more than this era, it will be difficult to explain, and it is also suspected that the seedlings can be used to encourage growth.

But if you sign up, Li Mu didn't have to come forward in person. He just took a few glances and went back to the back house. Bai Qiaoqiao's due date is only these few days and may give birth at any time. Li Mu was afraid of something unexpected, so he dared not stay away every day.

...

The news spread so quickly, Li Mu's talent recruitment was in full swing, and all parties in Chang'an also received news.

First of all, there is news about the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Li Shimin received secret reports from bad people and the Dongchang. Now, the news from Luoyang can be transmitted back to Chang'an at most no more than one and a half days. In order to quickly convey the message, inspired by Li Mu's flying pigeons, the bad people and the Dongchang also launched the flying pigeons, which means that the efficiency is reduced. Pigeons often fly away, but it doesn't matter. They all have their own secret texts. Even if they intercept their pigeons, they cannot decipher coherent sentences.

Two notes are placed on the desk and confirmed to each other, and the news is true.

Li Shimin frowned, and Chuanzi between his eyebrows could hold the flies to death. Eunuch Gao looked around, not daring to breathe loudly, and said in his heart that he was sad: "What's the trick? He just handed over the Office of the Internal Affairs to the Crown Prince and created another Office of the Foreign Affairs. Are you afraid that Your Majesty will not be afraid of you? Are you afraid that Your Majesty will not misunderstand that you are the Cicada's escape from the shell?"

"High-ranking officials."

"I'm here." Eunuch Gao did not dare to neglect and responded quickly.

"Two oral orders."

Eunuch Gao hurriedly cheered up and said, "Your Majesty, please tell me, I remember it."

"I will give the oral order to the East Palace, tell the Chengqian Foreign Affairs Office what happened, tell him that I will not care about this matter, he will make a decision on his own. No matter what he does, I will not blame him, let him consider it clearly. I have decided, after finishing it, write an article to me, I will read it."

Eunuch Gao responded: "I have recorded it."

"Also, go to Honglu Temple and ask the Ministry of Rites to tell the envoys who have not left Chang'an. In the future, the Ministry of Rites will only accept tribute affairs. The trade matter is that I have handed over to Li Mu. They want to do business and go to Luoyang to find him. If the Ministry of Rites has objections, they will ask them to write a memorandum. If anyone can guarantee that Li Mu can do a good job in buying **The court will not suffer any losses. Whoever says this, I will hand over this authority to whom no one dares to protect it, so I will talk less. I don't want to discuss this matter in the court."

Hearing this, Eunuch Gao let go of his heart and smiled apologized: "I'm thinking, no one dares to praise this Haikou. Luoyang Marquis does business, which is obvious to all."

"He is worthy of this skill." Li Shimin glanced at Eunuch Gao, but said nothing. Li Shimin was alert to the fact that Eunuch Gao was biased towards Li Mu. But he also thought about it, and it was normal. After all, Li Mu was not in Chang'an, so finding someone to say a few good things for him is also the only way to get a question. It is strange if you don't do this.

Just as Eunuch Gao was about to turn around and leave, another news came, but the news was not passed by the bad guy and the Dongchang. It was sent by Li Tai's Fei Ge's letter and sent by Li Zheng Hall.

In order to pay my mother a favor sooner or later, Li Tai asked Li Mu for a pair of pigeons. Every morning and evening, he would write a short note to tell Empress Changsun what he did every day. This was a communication between mother and son, but it did not involve intelligence. Moreover, Li Shimin didn't want his son to know that he was sending someone to secretly monitor Li Mu.

Today's greeting mentioned the matter about Li Mu's admission of apprentices.

He also heard Li Siwen mention it, so his words were unclear. But Empress Changsun felt that this should be told by Li Shimin, after all, her son, the dignified King of Wei, was also Li Mu's apprentice.

"What is this kid going to do..." Li Shimin looked at Li Tai's note and his eyebrows were twisted even more severely. The note also mentioned that Li Mu recruited craftsmen. Li Shimin was not surprised. After all, Changsun Wuji had already returned and talked about the situation in Luoyang. Because the locust plague delayed the construction period of Chidao, it was normal to recruit craftsmen in order to seize the construction period.

When the two things were combined together, Li Shimin felt it was a bit ridiculous. Did Li Mu want to choose a few apprentices among these recruited craftsmen?

When did he become so diligent? Didn’t he say he didn’t like to teach his apprentices before? So far, there are only three apprentices he recognized. Changsun Wuji, Li Tai, and Qin Huaidao were all accepted by him because he had to accept them. This time he took the initiative to accept his apprentices, what was he going to do?

Do you really want to start a sect?

Li Shimin suddenly felt very tired. When Li Mu was by his side, he could still grasp Li Mu's thoughts. When he met and talked, he could guess almost everything. Now that Li Mu was no longer by his side, he had completely lost control of Li Mu's thoughts. Now Li Shimin could not guess what was in his mind.

"I'm just a few years old and I'm thinking about starting a sect? I want to see what sect you can create."

Li Shimin muttered, waved his hand, and signaled Eunuch Gao to do business quickly. He picked up a memorial and opened it to read it.

Changsun Wuji has been busy taking the exam recently and has no time to help him read the memorials. Li Shimin had to work overtime and would have to stay up late every day. If Li Mu had seen these, he would have been annoyed for a long time. He would definitely find someone to help him. After all, for a person in the 21st century, after working in the company for a few years, he had long been accustomed to the efficiency brought by teamwork. But for Li Shimin, he did not want to disperse power. This can be seen from the fact that he did not set up a Shangshu Order after becoming emperor.

He would rather ask Changsun Wuji to help him read the memorial than set up another Shangshu Order. In the final analysis, he was worried about being undermined. Moreover, the wise monarchs of all dynasties also boasted of being diligent. This kind of fatigue is not considered tired. After all, for Li Shimin, being an emperor was both his dream and his career. What's wrong with his efforts for his own career?

Even if I haven't recruited concubines to sleep for five or six days, it doesn't matter.

I didn't know when I was at the desk, but when I raised my head, I had already lit the palace lanterns. Eunuch Gao had already returned. Seeing that Li Shimin had looked up, I quickly brought it to dinner.
Chapter completed!