Chapter 61 Confirmation of the second batch of agents
Everyone was silent for a moment.
Pei Ju said: "Your Highness, Shibo Bi has joined forces with Luo Yi to occupy the two states of You and Tan. We cannot indulge them."
"Does Prime Minister Pei think that Gu wants to continue to use Shibo Bibi to contain Jie Li?"
"Yes, this is indeed what I think." Pei Ju did not deny it, but admitted it frankly. In fact, their usual approach to dealing with Turks is to attack them in divisions.
Li Zhiyun paced for a moment, shook his head and said: "Using Shibo Bi has proven to be a failure. Shi Bo Bi is no match for Jie Li, and supporting him is of little use. This time, we have to use someone else to support him. In other words, we need to replace him with someone else.
tribe."
Pei Ju thought: "Tie Le?"
The so-called Tiele is not a single tribe, but refers to tribes such as Xueyantuo, Qibi, Pugu, etc. In other words, Tiele can be regarded as a parent group, and Xueyantuo and other tribes are its subsets.
As for the Turks, they can be called the Turkic Khanate. Those who rule the Turks are mainly Turks, that is, the Ashina family.
The previous Sui Dynasty's approach was to divide the Ashina family, but Li Zhiyun decided to change his approach this time and start directly with the backbone of the Turks, the Tiele tribes.
"That's right, Tiele." Li Zhiyun confirmed Pei Ju's guess.
"Who is your Highness going to support?" Pei Ju asked.
Li Zhiyun said: "Rather than supporting someone, it's better to find someone to cooperate with."
"What do you mean, Your Highness?"
"According to the information I got, Jieli returned from Bingzhou without success. Not only did he not stop his losses and recuperate, but he intensified his plundering of Tiele tribes. Now all the tribes in the grassland are living in misery. They are like dry firewood.
As long as you throw the candle up, the grassland will be in flames."
Pei Ju thought: "In this case, His Highness might as well unite all the ministries. Regardless of whether it succeeds in the end, Jieli will be defeated."
"Um."
After the dispersion of the dynasty, Li Zhiyun met with many people in Honglu Temple, and then ordered Pei Ju to grant them some matters concerning the Turks. Then these people broke into pieces, either following the caravan, holding envoys, or riding alone.
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Their target is in the north.
Weihe Workshop.
When the twenty-second waterwheel stood upright, Li Zhiyun took a breath. When he watched the craftsmen finally skillfully use the pulleys to lift most of the parts of the waterwheel, he was sincerely relieved.
In addition to the Wei River, there are also areas with large river flows such as Laoshui, Fengshui, and Bashui, and they have begun to draw land to build workshops.
As Li Zhiyun began to gain power, he no longer had to worry about it and directly spent money to build the workshop and waterwheel.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, the money went through our channels, and no money from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Civil Affairs was used."
Rutong Yuwen followed Li Zhiyun and explained carefully.
Li Zhiyun said: "If you go through the court channels, the censor has already impeached you."
"Yes, I understand."
Regarding the construction of hundreds of industries, the functions of various departments of the imperial court were intertwined with each other.
The Ministry of Industry has an overview of all the industries in the world, including farming, and Shanze government decrees. There are four departments, one is the Ministry of Industry, the second is Tuntian, the third is the Water Department, and the fourth is the Yu Department. In general, the city roads are repaired, the farming is done, and the Shanze Salt Pond is
Horse-breeding traps, naval bridges, anything involving various craftsmanship, the Ministry of Industry has to have a hand.
Among them, there is the work of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the work of Sinong Temple, and the work of Taipu Temple. In short, they are all intertwined.
More importantly, the Shaofu Supervisor is also in charge of various craftsmanship matters.
Departments such as the Ordnance Supervision, the Water Supervision, and the General Supervision are actually linked to the craftsmanship and craftsmanship.
Among them, the one with a more distinctive function is the weapons supervisor, who is in charge of the construction of armored slaves.
To put it crudely, the Ministry of Industry's management is relatively broad, while the Fourth Supervision is more detailed.
The Shaofu's main business is textiles, such as clothing for the emperor, princes, and concubines. The weapons supervisor specializes in making armor and stomach crossbows. The capital water supervisor is responsible for managing the water flow of rivers and canals in the world. Sometimes he has to cooperate with Sinong Temple to provide guidance.
The common people diverted water to irrigate the fields. The generals were responsible for building palaces or government offices for the royal family.
It seems that the division of labor is clear, but in fact the functions are very scattered.
Regarding this issue, Li Zhiyun asked Lao Li. Lao Li's answer was that decentralization is conducive to preventing one person from monopolizing power.
There seems to be nothing wrong with it.
However, Li Zhiyun wanted to engage in industry, and the department's functions were too scattered, which was not conducive to research.
He already had a plan for this.
"I plan to set up a hundred workers' supervisor, located in the fifth supervisor. This supervisor will not care about the court affairs, but will only be responsible to Gu. The first official supervisor, Gu will care about you. Yu Wenqing's family, what do you think?"
To put it bluntly, these workers' supervisors are Li Zhiyun's personal toys. He needs to use this organization to turn his drawings into reality.
Moreover, the scope of industrial supervision is relatively wide.
For example, soap is now produced in the Weihe Workshop, and Prince Changping is responsible for selling the goods. All the money earned is in the hands of Li Zhiyun, without going through official channels of the court.
This is also the reason why Li Zhiyun brought out the work supervision order. He did not intend to show the soap making method and let the court produce it.
Only Li Zhiyun himself knows how much money this thing can make. If he wants to engage in industry, it is impossible to mobilize the court's money to do it, because the court itself is too poor to beg for food.
Moreover, if he included the income from the soap in the income of the imperial court, if he took money from the imperial court in the future, the officials below would inevitably ask questions.
How can this work!
Therefore, it is impossible for him to hand over the soap benefits to the court for the time being.
Another example is light and heavy plate armor. This item overlaps with the function of the weapons supervisor. This can wait until the technology matures and the production line is established, and the weapons supervisor can take over.
Therefore, the establishment of industrial supervision is necessary.
It can be understood that the Industrial Supervision Bureau is similar to a research institute, but its functions are different from that of a research institute.
For example, the products produced and the money earned go directly into Li Zhiyun's private treasury.
What belongs to Li Zhiyun belongs to the imperial court. After he ascends the throne, I am the country. Can he still enrich himself?
The reason why he wanted to take action was simply because he was afraid of trouble.
After all, if the emperor wants to use the court's money, he has to ask the prime minister and ministers for their opinions. Sometimes the censor may even criticize him for his large-scale construction projects.
For example, when he built the water tanker this time, he used his own money and did not go through the court channels, so no officials jumped out to question it.
If you use your own money from your private treasury to interfere with the officials of the imperial court, the censor will have no excuse to complain. Moreover, if you use your own money from your private treasury to support the imperial court, you can also earn a reputation, so it's not a loss.
Yuwen Rutong didn't even think about it and said directly: "I am willing to serve His Highness the Crown Prince."
"Don't agree in a hurry. The Chief Supervisor of Baigong is a fourth-grade official. You should think about it before you answer."
To put it bluntly, the Hundred Works Supervision Bureau is directly led by Li Zhiyun, and its power comes from Li Zhiyun. It is highly independent. It will not have great power, nor will its status be too high.
Now Yuwen Rutong is the Minister of the Ministry of Inspection and Work. If he works for two years, he will be one of the four supervisors in the future. In a few years, he may even become the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. In other words,
If he continues to work in the Ministry of Industry, his career path will be relatively smooth in the future.
But if you serve as the chief supervisor of hundreds of workers, it's hard to say.
Yuwen Rutong understood this truth after thinking about it for a while.
So, he asked: "May I ask, Your Highness, if I am appointed as the Superintendent of Hundreds of Works, will I be able to continue building utensils for Your Highness?"
"Of course, that's what Loneliness is for."
"Then I am willing." He agreed happily.
Ever since he started inventing and creating with Li Zhiyun, he has been out of control. Moreover, following His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has meat to eat!
The wages of craftsmen in Weihe Workshop are generally very high, and the person in charge also gets high bonuses!
For example, they are responsible for the production of soap, and then Changping Wang and others buy it at a high price and sell it, making money very easily.
This is just one of the sales routes. If merchants from the Western Regions get the goods, the price will be higher but not lower!
In other words, Li Zhiyun's workshop is not only responsible for making products, but also controls who sells them to whom and makes money.
This is very important.
King Changping, King Huaiyang, King Rencheng, and even Li Xiaogong, the king of Jing who took tea profits, why do they support Li Zhiyun so much.
In addition to personal feelings, it is a bundle of interests!