"Thank you, Your Majesty." Huo Gang bowed and saluted with a calm expression.
"No courtesy." Li Shimin waved his hand, and then spoke directly: "We have candidates for the Ministry of Intelligence, what do you think about the Ministry of Public Security?"
"The responsibility of the Ministry of Public Security is to protect the daily lives of the people. In fact, they are the government officials who previously investigated relevant criminal cases and maintained local security in the Criminal Department of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, I thought that I would directly recruit those retired government soldiers with military exploits and some disabilities. Also, after this military restructuring, some retired soldiers who are unable to join the army due to family circumstances can be arranged to become government officials in the Ministry of Public Security."
"In addition, various places can be allowed to recruit ordinary people, with government soldiers as priority. In this case, the Ministry of Public Security can quickly form combat effectiveness and seamlessly connect all previous tasks." Li Ke said.
"Well, yes, do you have a suitable candidate for the minister?" Li Shimin looked at Li Ke and asked.
"Where is Liu Dewei, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice?" Li Ke was a little confused. The Ministry of Intelligence wanted to hire new people, so what would the original Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Liu Dewei, do?
"He was transferred to the new Minister of Dali Temple." Li Shimin said, "Now that the status of Dali Temple has been improved, the original Minister of Dali Temple is not capable enough. For him to serve as the new Minister of Dali Temple, a new Minister of Public Security is needed. "
"New words..." Li Ke pondered for a moment, and then asked: "Dad, what do you think of Duke Yi Guo Qin Qiong?"
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment. He never thought that Li Ke could think of Qin Qiong. "Is he physically okay? He has often been sick in recent years." Li Shimin was a little worried.
"It should be no problem. I heard Master Sun say that Duke Yi's disease is mainly caused by excessive depletion of Qi and blood. After Master Sun came, he prescribed many dietary supplements. After more than a year of conditioning, his body has become better than before. It's much better, and Duke Yi is not very old." Li Ke said.
Before Sun Simiao came, Li Ke had no good solution for Qin Qiong's illness. He had excessive bleeding when he was young. Li Ke was not sure whether his body was due to this reason, but excessive blood loss cannot be made up by simple supplements. .
What kind of blood transfusion therapy was given to Qin Qiong that Li Ke had seen in his previous life... Li Ke could only be speechless. Even if the blood types are the same, blood drawn from other people's bodies cannot be directly transfused. All plasma must be specially processed before it can be transfused. lost to the patient.
In some TV dramas of later generations, it was shown that a patient is low on blood and asked to donate blood... This stuff is pure nonsense. Blood is drawn on the spot and directly transfused. What is the difference between this and killing someone? Especially for patients undergoing surgery, a small fluctuation in various body indicators may lead to failure of the surgery, and fresh blood is input...
Also, the plasma transfused in later generations can be classified according to the different conditions of the patient, including whole blood, concentrated red blood cells, white-poor red blood cells, washed red blood cells, fresh frozen plasma, ordinary frozen plasma, platelets, etc.
So even if Qin Qiong's problem is caused by anemia, you don't know whether he has low hemoglobin or low blood overall. Besides, in the absence of trauma, there is no such thing as low overall blood...
This is also the reason why Li Ke didn't treat Qin Qiong at all, even if he had the barefoot doctor's manual. This was not a simple case. Qin Qiong's body had so many injuries, big and small, that you didn't even know he was there. If there are any complex diseases, only people like Sun Simiao can completely treat them.
So after Sun Simiao came, Li Ke asked Lao Sun to help Qin Qiong to watch it too. After more than a year of conditioning, Qin Qiong's body recovered well, at least he would definitely not die next year as happened in history. .
"Chang Lin, send someone to invite Duke Yi to come." Li Shimin said.
"yes!"
Qin Qiong has been sick frequently in recent years due to physical reasons, so he does not go to court most of the time, and he does not have a specific position, only a nominal position.
Chang Lin sent someone away, and Fang Xuanling over there said: "Your Majesty, I have an unkind invitation."
"Well, you tell me." Li Shimin said.
"I want to ask His Highness the King of Qin for a few people." Fang Xuanling said.
"Huh?" Li Ke was stunned for a moment and looked at Fang Xuanling with some confusion: "I want someone from me. Who do you want?"
"When Your Highness was supervising the country a year ago, he asked the Ministry of Civil Affairs to calculate various data on the treasury expenditures and other aspects over the years. Is this true?" Fang Xuanling asked.
"Yes." Li Ke nodded.
"Your Highness, have there been any problems with this review?" Fang Xuanling asked directly.
Li Ke hesitated for a moment. He had promised Huangfulin not to talk about it at first, but after thinking about it, he had to talk about this issue sooner or later. He nodded and said: "Yes, the problem is not small. From the fifth year of Zhenguan to the tenth year of Zhenguan , the total discrepancy is approximately 2.16 million yuan.”
Li Shimin's brows frowned instantly, "Are you saying that in five years, the Ministry of Civil Affairs' corruption amounted to 2.16 million yuan?"
"It's not necessarily the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Many of the accounts of the Ministry of Civil Affairs come from local expenditures. These account problems are the conclusions I drew from multiple sources of evidence. I'm afraid most of them are caused by the people below." Li Ke shook his head and said, The total revenue of the Tang Dynasty's treasury was less than 60 million guan, and 2 million guan was equivalent to more than 3% of the treasury in five years. This figure was already quite terrifying.
"Why didn't you say something so important?" Li Shimin was angry.
"It's not that I don't say it, but it's just that there's no way around it." Li Ke shook his head.
"Why can't you check?"
"There are many problems with these accounts. Corruption is certainly present, but a considerable number of them are actually due to the loss of goods caused by errors at the bottom, and officials falsified the data in order to avoid punishment. Many of them are due to the inaccuracy of the underlying accounts. The details were roughly estimated by my people, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Tang Dynasty did not keep the lowest level accounts at all." Li Ke shook his head and said.
"If we must investigate, there will be a large number of unjust, false and wrong cases. In this case, it is better not to investigate, but to publish these accounts within the Ministry of Civil Affairs, telling them that the court can forget the blame, but from now on similar incidents will occur again. If there is a problem, then you will be punished." Li Ke explained.
There were some things that Li Ke didn't say directly. His father must have made a shortfall in building the Daming Palace. However, in order to avoid punishment or to save Li Shimin's face, it was normal for officials to swallow the shortfall by keeping accounts.
Li Shimin frowned and glanced at Li Ke. He knew Li Ke very well. He had a jealous character. Unless there were special reasons, Li Ke would pursue such illegal and criminal matters more diligently than himself.
"In that case, let's talk about the follow-up. Duke Wei, please continue." Li Shimin paused and said.
"I want to ask His Highness the King of Qin to recruit people who are proficient in arithmetic and accounting to serve in the current Ministry of Finance and Audit. The new arithmetic introduced by His Highness the King of Qin and the numbers of the King of Qin are very practical, and I heard that His Highness has already made it a few years ago. We have begun to train relevant talents, but now the Ministry of Finance, Audit Department and other departments lack a large number of talents in this field." Fang Xuanling said.
When Huo Gang, who was standing behind Li Ke, heard this, his eyes lit up! It's your highness! The Ministry of Finance and the Audit Department use accountants trained by Yuelai Trading Company? Doesn't that mean that the entire financial flow of the Tang Dynasty to the Intelligence Department will be completely controlled? There is so much to grasp here.
