"Zhao Zhou, don't go too far! How can the prince do things if he doesn't give money?" Changsun Wuji scolded angrily, looking indignant.

Zhao Zhou retorted: "Uncle Guo, you are too unreasonable. If the court can take out the money, wouldn't Li Shangshu have done the matter? Is there still a difficulty? Duke Zhao, you can't be so stubborn just because you are the uncle, right? If you really do this, wouldn't you say that Your Highness the Crown Prince is a waste?"

"You!" Changsun Wuji was furious, but was stopped by Li Shimin. He couldn't tell how he was acting.

"Okay, what kind of morality is there in the main hall? I have already understood the meaning of the two beloved ministers. The senior officials have passed my order and ordered the prince to lead the Ministry of Works. The Ministry of Revenue does not need to increase the capital and grain. Before the end of the year, I will see the completion of the Dacien Temple and the Confucius Temple."

"Your Majesty is wise!" Zhao Zhou was satisfied and retreated.

Changsun Wuji glared at him hatefully, as if saying that this matter is not over.

Li Shimin sighed, unable to hide his disappointment. As an auxiliary machine, you finally let me down!

...

When Li Mu received the news, he was taking a shower. After listening to the decree from Eunuch Gao, he almost got up and became angry.

"Can't you let someone make a good salted fish?"

Li Mu murmured, ignoring Eunuch Gao, and looking at Ju Xian'er beside him as if he was asking for help, saying, "Miss Ju, look at this..."

"Give it to me." Ju Xian'er took the imperial edict and said, "Please report back to Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince will complete His Majesty's orders on time."

"Okay, then I won't bother you, and I'll take it off." After that, he turned around and ran away without waiting for Li Mu to say something. Several times he touched the soft nails, and he was a little afraid of Li Mu, for fear of causing Li Mu to be unhappy and asking for trouble.

The footsteps were getting farther away, and Li Mu came out of the water, his naked appearance made Ju Xian'er feel coquettish. After the fight, Li Mu wiped his body, put on a robe, hugged Ju Xian'er in his arms, opened the imperial edict and read it again, and said, "I see, I think it's hard to calm down in a few days. If you don't ask for trouble, others will come to you. If you don't give money and ask for things, how can you do this?"

"Your Highness, this country is yours sooner or later, and it's not a waste of work."

"It's not a waste of money, is it money?" Li Mu spread his hands and said, "I can't make money."

"Your Highness, actually... you can't use a lot of money." Ju Xian'er was a little hesitant. When Li Mu saw her, he said, "Why, what news do you know?"

"Didn't you hand over the gold-selling cave before?" Ju Xian'er said slowly: "In order to build the gold-selling cave, I also came into contact with some craftsmen. In fact, in addition to the Ministry of Works, there are also many bricklayers in the folk. Their level is not inferior to that of the Ministry of Works, and they can even be higher."

"A little higher?" Li Mu's tone was a little unbelievable. Ju Xian'er explained: "Yes, don't disbelief. It's true. The craftsmen of the Ministry of Works are mainly divided into several parts. Some of them are craftsmen left by the previous dynasty, some are folk craftsmen who come to perform labor service in various places, and some are criminals who are used as coolies for their affairs. Among these three people, the craftsmen with the best skills are craftsmen, and they are mainly responsible for the engineering of the Ministry of Works, but they are very cunning. In order to profit from it, they made a clever name and exploited and increased the price layer by layer. Since they knew very clearly about every link of the construction project, they could not see the price, and even ordinary craftsmen could not see it, and they controlled it well, so basically no problem was found."

"The craftsmen who come to the people to perform corvee service have no money, so they are not active in their work. They can only make a day of work, and it is normal to be lazy and sloppy."

"Those criminals have the lowest status, but they really put in their efforts to do their jobs. Because they expect that they can eliminate slaves when they do a good job. The Ministry of Works does have this power, so Your Highness can start from this."

"Then what do you mean?" Li Mu continued very naturally. This is the best person he is. If someone around him is good at something, he will always give them opportunities to perform. To be nice, it means knowing people and being kind to the point, but to be ugly, it means being lazy.

"It's very simple. If you want them to work hard, just target them one by one. First, select large craftsmen from the people, let them be responsible for the project with the craftsmen, let them supervise each other, and set rules at the same time, violators will be prosecuted. In this way, it will be difficult for craftsmen to do things, and they may even dare not. Originally, large craftsmen from the people were very disgusted with these craftsmen."
Chapter completed!