With the further improvement of Li Su's status, the further stability of the court, and the further strength of the Tang Dynasty, this surprise has further turned into awe.

In the eyes of the people, Li Su is almost omnipotent, and his body has been shrouded in a mysterious aura, in this superstitious era, he has become a god in people's minds!

As the saying goes, distance produces beauty, and magic produces awe. People usually beautify people and things they are not familiar with through imagination, and it is normal for ordinary people to be in awe of the emperor who is high above.

The prestige of the emperor was high, and the people were in awe of the emperor, which was a good thing, so that the imperial court could implement its own policies.

However, the people around Li Su, including these closest and most familiar people, also have a sense of awe for Li Su, consciously obey him, and even get used to relying on him, which is not a good thing.

Recently, Li Su found that when ministers encountered problems, they were accustomed to asking him for instructions, and even their work was sometimes too lazy to use their brains.

They believe that if their own opinions are different from those of His Majesty the Emperor, it has been proved by practice that the Emperor's opinion must be correct. If your opinion is affirmed by the emperor, then there is no problem, it must be correct.

Who wants to use their brains in such a situation? As a result, everyone was willing to ask the emperor for instructions on everything, and Li Su became more and more busy.

This is a very dangerous signal, and in the long run, it will be a great harm to the imperial court.

Li Su looked at everyone's expectant gaze, no longer pretending to be mysterious, he said sincerely:

"Actually, I have nothing to be mysterious, these scientific knowledge are all based on the research of predecessors, my master is an overseas master, these knowledge are the research results of him and his predecessors, I just carry forward on this basis.

In this world, there are no demons and monsters, and there are no gods and prophets. Everyone still remembers the Book of Flying Birds and the Flying Immortals, which will confuse many people until they know the truth of the facts. But when everyone knows the truth of the matter, they think it's just that!

Things in the world are like this, they all have their own truth, there are objective laws of their existence, as long as you study it seriously, you can grasp it and use it. ”

Li Su's words, although they can't completely solve everyone's confusion, can reduce everyone's myths about themselves to a certain extent.

After this incident, Li Su made a special speech in the morning, calling on everyone to focus on research and have the courage to take responsibility for their own work. For things within the scope of one's authority, as long as it is for the benefit of the country and the people, you should boldly do it, and there is no need to ask for instructions on everything.

Even if there is a problem, as long as it is not for malicious purposes, as long as it does not cause heavy losses to the court and the people, the court can forgive it.

After this speech, there was a great impetus to improve the style of procrastination in the imperial court. Relatively speaking, he himself is much more relaxed.

Tai Chi Hall, Li Su's office.

The director of the Overseas Intelligence Bureau was reporting to Li Su, he was holding a few goods and said, "Your Majesty, please take a look at these things." ”

Li Su looked at it and asked, "Isn't this a product produced in the Industrial City, what's wrong?" ”

"No, it's made in Damascus. ”

It turned out that Chang'an's caravan traveled thousands of miles to transport a batch of goods produced in the industrial city to Damascus, the capital of Arabia, to sell, but suddenly found that some of the goods they brought could not be sold, and the locals thought that the price was too high.

After their inquiry, they learned that some of the goods they brought with them could be produced in Damascus.

The products of the Tang Dynasty, coupled with the freight caused by such a long journey, were completely unacceptable to the locals, so they had to sell them at the local market price, losing their hearts and bleeding.

The office of the Foreign Trade Department of the Ministry of Commerce in Damascus has already written a report to the Ministry of Commerce and is on its way to Chang'an.

After the local personnel of the Overseas Intelligence Bureau got the news, they were more efficient in handling affairs, so they sent this information back to Chang'an.

"Your Majesty, the subordinates of the ministers have learned that the caravans sent by the Arabs to Chang'an and other places in the Tang Dynasty have mixed in a lot of spies to spy on intelligence.

Military, political, and commercial intelligence from the Tang Dynasty had been leaked to varying degrees. ”

Li Su frowned and did not speak.

"Your Majesty, there are a large number of foreign caravans coming and going to Chang'an, as well as foreigners doing business or engaging in other activities in Chang'an, and the minister's subordinates are understaffed, and some of them cannot be monitored.

Not to mention the whole country, it is only that Chang'an has a large number of military and commercial secrets, and it is difficult to guarantee the leakage. ”

Li Su really had a bit of a headache, he thought about it and said: "In this way, Chang'an is an open city, and other places in Datang can't avoid the flow of foreigners." It is indeed difficult to prevent it.

In my opinion, let the military departments strengthen their awareness of prevention.

The Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Commerce, and other departments shall draw up a list of contents that need to be kept secret, and hand them over to your Overseas Intelligence Bureau for key prevention.

In addition, I will allocate you another amount of money to increase the number of people. ”

He said, "I understand. ”

He left the Taiji Hall and first went to the Ministry of Industry to meet with Li Dan.

He handed over the goods he had bought in Damascus to Li Dan.

Li Dan said: "This matter is really difficult to do, some secrets cannot be kept, some projects themselves are very simple, students of industrial colleges and industrial schools, in the internship, will be exposed to some production technology."

However, the production process of these two commodities is not open to the public, so you may wish to investigate from this aspect. ”

"You say hello to the Industrial City, and I'll send someone in to investigate." ”

Li Dan said: "Okay, I will send someone to notify the Industrial City and ask them to cooperate with your people in the investigation." ”

Soon after, Chang'an Mitsuo came into the sight of the investigation team of the Overseas Intelligence Agency.

After receiving the report, I felt a little headache. This matter involves the younger brother of the imperial concubine.

He told the members of the investigation team: "This matter is kept secret for the time being, and their movements are closely monitored, no matter what the results of the investigation are, I will keep it strictly confidential and report to me in a timely manner." ”

Harold received a letter from the caliph telling him to try to find out the secrets of the artillery of the Don army.

On this day, he said to Huangfuxin: "Third brother, I heard that there is a weapon in the Tang Dynasty that breathes fire, I don't know if you have seen it?" ”

After speaking, he looked at Huangfu Xin with great anticipation.

Huangfu Xin said: "Big brother, you should ask the second brother about this matter, he has the most right to speak." ”