Li Mu chartered the first and second floors of heaven and earth today to entertain merchants, the first floor to entertain ordinary businessmen who cooperated with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the second floor to entertain the characters of the gate valve family. Li Mu's private room is in the middle of the south side, facing the private room of the 'royal family' on the north side. On weekdays, Wang Ou also drinks tea in this private room. Even when the room is full, there will be no guests in this private room.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has been in operation for nearly a month, and has achieved a lot of results, and today there are 20 tables in the lobby on the first floor alone. There are eight people at each table, and those who can sit at this table are worth at least 50,000 yuan. Li Mu leaned on the railing and looked down, watching everyone push the cups and change the lamps, and thought to himself, the people sitting at this table are all money, just like the little leek, and after a few more rains, it will be time to harvest......

Of course, he will not say these words in his heart.

"Everyone!"

Li Mulang shouted, and suddenly everyone's eyes gathered on him. Li Mu smiled and said, "It is a great thing to invite you to come over today, and I want to share it with you." ”

Everyone sighed in their hearts, sure enough, there was no good banquet, isn't this coming? They had been dealing with Li Mu for a long time, and they also knew a little bit about his temper. If he has a bad temper, even if he scolds, it's probably not a big deal. But if he looks like he's taking advantage of you, then be careful, maybe it's a big pit waiting for you.

Li Mu sighed faintly and said: "The development of the Internal Affairs Office has reached the present, to be honest, I am supporting it alone. I was tired, very tired. But what to do? Bathing in the Emperor's grace, this is what I should do. However, I am alone, and I don't have three heads and six arms, no matter how much I pay, it will be difficult to fulfill His Majesty's expectations. Therefore, I decided to select a group of capable young talents to fill the internal affairs office, and work with me to handle the affairs of the internal affairs office well for His Majesty. ”

Li Mu smiled even more, waved his hand, and said, "Everyone has cooperated with the Internal Affairs Office until now, and they get along with each other very well. There is such a good thing, how can it not bypass everyone - the current internal affairs office is about 50 people, I will take out 20 places for you, if you have capable talents in your family, under the age of 30, you can come to the internal affairs office to register, as long as you pass the assessment of this hou, you can serve in the internal affairs office. As you know, His Majesty has granted me the right to set up my own official office, and the appointment of officials below the sixth rank is all in my mind. Six-grade official, even if you pass the Jinshi, you may not be able to award the seven-grade official, I am directly here is the six-grade, you can't lose the opportunity and don't come again, you have to think about it. ”

As soon as these words came out, the lobby on the first floor suddenly exploded.

Official! This is an official!

Is it so easy to be an official in Datang? If it weren't for the five surnames and seven hopes, being an official would only be a luxury. Even if it is a child with five surnames and seven hopes, he must be extremely excellent and prestigious, so that he can get the shade of the door and be recommended as an official. Otherwise, you can only abandon literature and military affairs, join the army, and then enter the official career after establishing meritorious service. Just like the current Li Jing, if you go out, you will be a general, and if you enter, you will be a model.

For the Hanmen, there is only one way to take the imperial examination. Even if you participate in the imperial examination, how many people can pass the examination? Most of them are just to accompany the last seat and confer an official such as a county minister. Six products are enough for them to struggle for a lifetime.

And there is another premise for all this, that is, it cannot be the son of a merchant. Business is a cheap business, which is even lower than that of farmers, which is why the lords and nobles of the gate valve do not want to have anything to do with business. If they are the sons of merchants, they cannot participate in the imperial examination, and the recommendation will be even more unrelated to them.

The people present were all businessmen. Although they are rich, their status is low, which is why they can't get rid of the master behind them. Such a fate, they have already recognized, they no longer want to resist, they don't want to struggle. If they can run the industry for the master behind them for the rest of their lives, and they don't have to worry about eating and drinking, they will also be content.

But now, Li Mu has pointed out a clear path for them.

It turns out that the son of a businessman can also be an official. Although he is an official of the Internal Affairs Office, he is somewhat different from the official of the court, and his quality is a little worse. But an official is an official, and his status is very different from that of a businessman. Who doesn't have hot eyes? Who doesn't aspire to?

Cheng Qian was the first to hold back, stood up and asked, "Master Hou, is this true?" Can our children also be officials? ”

"Why not?" Li Mu said with a smile: "My internal affairs office is different from other yamen. I am here to do business, the Four Books and the Five Classics are not needed here, and they can't be exchanged for money, what I want is people who can run the business. You can do business, you can settle accounts, even if you can shout, you are all talents in my place, and they are all useful. But to make it clear, what official you can do depends on how capable you are, if you can only settle accounts, at most you will be an accountant, and no official will do it for you! ”

Cheng Qian said excitedly: "With the words of Hou Ye, it will be done!" We can all trust Master Hou! ”

"Trustworthy Hou Ye!"

The businessmen shouted, Li Mu raised his hand and pressed it, and said, "There is no need to say thank you, I seem to be very happy to see everyone." Since you are so happy, can you make me happy too? ”

"Master Hou, it's okay to talk about it, I'll do our best!"

"Then you're welcome." Li Mu pointed to the table downstairs and said, "Today's table, ten tables and twenty tables are at the bottom, a total of two hundred." If you all contribute five times, and the extra money should be invited to dinner, how about it? ”

Everyone's smiles froze on their faces, don't play like this! Today, you shouted for dinner, and we came!

But in the current situation, if anyone doesn't pay this money, the children of the family will definitely have no chance to sign up. It's a group of businessmen who are better than monkeys, how can they not understand this truth. After a short period of stunned, everyone said in unison: "How can I tell Hou Ye to break the fee, don't say five times, I will also go out of ten times." When I'll go, I'll give you ten! ”

"Even if you can afford it, can't I afford it? I'm also a ten-kan! ”

"I'm Zhao Wu of Zhao's Wood Shop, Hou Ye is in charge of our businessmen, I'm very fast, I'm out of a hundred, these ten tables are considered to be my invitation, don't be polite, open up to eat!"

The hearts of the people are treacherous, and they also point out who they are! Let Hou Ye hear it, and have an impression in his heart, when I interview your child tomorrow, won't it add to the impression points?

At the moment, some people have learned and learned, each shouting their own name, this fifty guan, that seventy guan, the money is like a strong wind, and it is rushing up more vigorously.

Li Mu nodded with satisfaction, called Xiao Chen's father-in-law over, and asked him to find someone to prepare paper and pencil and go downstairs to record. Isn't there a charge for pretending? Since you have shouted out, you have to take out the money, otherwise you will not be forced to pretend to be in vain?

"Eat and drink well, everyone! Don't compare, the main thing is to look at the ability, money is only secondary. If you don't have enough skills, you have to make up for it with money. People who have the ability don't need it, they don't need it! ”

Li Mu shouted, turned around and entered the private room. When everyone heard this, they all muttered in their hearts, what is Master Hou implying here?

Who is the one who has the ability? There's no way to define it. Hou Ye said that if you have the ability, you will have the ability, and if you have no ability, you will have no ability. So how can you make Hou Ye feel that you have the ability?

Oh, Hou Ye also said, if you don't have enough ability, you can make up for it with money!

Gotcha! Shell out!

It's another round of price increases!

……

Li Mu returned to his private room and closed the door, and he could still hear the shouts outside. There are already some guests in the private room, such as Changsun Wuji, Wang Qi, Wei Zheng and others, all here.

Li Mu sat down with a smile and said, "It is said that it is difficult to make money, why do I never feel it?" Listen to the voices outside, how enthusiastic. Everyone is willing to come out and invite me to dinner...... Alas, if one day, I don't do business and become an official, I can live for a few years with this money! ”

Everyone scolded in their hearts, if you don't do business and don't act as an official, who can look at you squarely? You are still reasonable, how can Your Majesty allow such a tumor to exist in the court, why don't you make a holy decree and cut off his head?

God doesn't have long eyes, why don't you strike a thunderbolt and kill him!

But belly slander is belly slander, and when the words come to the mouth, that's not what they say.

The businessman on the first floor has a target in his eyes as a six-rank official. But now everyone here knows that there are more than six officials in the Internal Affairs Office. Li Mu's big brother, didn't he seal the five products? It can be seen that in His Majesty's heart, in addition to Li Mu, the minister in charge of the third rank, the Ministry of Internal Affairs also allows the existence of officials of the fourth and fifth grades.

The fourth and fifth grades are equivalent to the waiters and langzhong in the six parts. This is not a petty official!

Moreover, the Internal Affairs Office is now hot, and being a fourth-grade official here is no worse than being a waiter in the Sixth Ministry. As a squire in the Sixth Ministry, there is only power, no money, and you have to hide and fold it when doing business, but in the Internal Affairs Office, this is originally a place to make money, and you can do business openly and honestly, without being criticized!

With power and money, who wouldn't want to come to such a good place?

The eldest grandson Wuji and others gathered here just to get a piece of the pie. Although a few days ago, everyone had a half-red face over the matter of the printing supervisor, and when they received the news today, they all came over with a cheeky face. The unpleasantness of that day, as if it had never happened, was not mentioned.

Li Mu knew their thoughts well, but they didn't speak, and Li Mu didn't say anything, chatting with Wang Ou and Li Zhien by himself, and feeding Fat Da a piece of meat from time to time, enjoying himself.

Finally, Wang Jue couldn't help it.

He can't compare with the eldest grandson Wuji, the eldest grandson Wuji is the uncle of the country, it's really not good, and through Li Shimin's face, he can also achieve his goal. And as the spokesperson of the gate valve forces, he was already discriminated against, and his relationship with Li Mu was sometimes good and bad, so he didn't dare to bet on whether Li Mu would give him face.

Clearing his throat in embarrassment, Wang Jue smiled and said, "Master Hou, I don't know ...... this."

"Well said! Get the money! ”