Shangshu of the Criminal Department was in charge of the country's justice and criminal prisons, and was the minister of the three products in the Tang Dynasty.

Wang Wei is now serving as a supervisor of the imperial history, only from the official position of the eighth grade.

Once this appointment is issued, he may be the fastest promoted person since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

"Weichen didn't dare to accept the order!"

Wang Wei is still self-aware and understands that he does not have enough prestige to lead the Criminal Department.

Even if he was lucky enough to serve as the secretary of the Criminal Department, he would not be able to carry out his work.

"You don't have to worry too much! Since I have promoted you to be the secretary of the Criminal Department, I naturally have other plans, and I don't require you to make achievements in a short time. ”

Li Mao smiled and gave Wang Wei a reassurance.

"Weichen doesn't understand what His Majesty means!"

After Wang Wei heard this, he had a guess in his heart, but he still wanted to get a positive promise from the emperor.

Li Mao smiled: "I'll tell you the truth, now the place I can control is only this small area, and you, the secretary of the Criminal Department, only need to manage the affairs of this small area." ”

"And now that it's wartime, Dongchang's power will be greater than that of the Criminal Department, you just need to cooperate with Dongchang without violating the law."

Wang Wei suddenly understood that the emperor was letting himself be like the Buddha statue in the temple, just listening.

There is also the possibility of being pulled out and carried out of the black pot.

Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out from Wang Wei's forehead.

There were only two options before him.

First, resolutely resign from the government and refuse to accept the order.

Second, he gladly accepted the order and took office directly.

If you choose the first option, you will most likely be driven back to your hometown by the emperor.

Now Hedong is a war zone again, and I'm afraid the road will not be easy to walk.

And he is the only representative of the Hedong Wang clan in the Chang'an court, if he is driven back to his hometown, the Hedong Wang clan will have one choice left, that is, hug the thigh of the Luoyang court.

This is not in the family's interest.

If you choose the second option, you will rise to prominence and become an important minister of the cabinet at the age of thirty-six.

Wang Wei believed that it was impossible for the emperor to keep the Criminal Department silent.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Long live my emperor, long live, long live! ”

Facing Wang Wei, who knelt down to thank him, Li Mao was not the slightest surprised.

After all, in the original history, this person had taken refuge in An Lushan's puppet court.

This shows that this person must be a person who loves his life and power.

It is impossible to remain indifferent in the face of the position of the secretary of the criminal department.

"Alas!"

Li Mao looked at Wang Wei's back in the moonlight and sighed deeply.

"Why does Your Majesty sigh? Servants can share the worries of His Majesty. Wei Zhongxian asked on the side.

Li Mao shook her head but did not speak.

First of all, the position of Shangshu of the Criminal Department is useless now, he just doesn't want the cabinet to continue to hold the position of the Sixth Ministry.

Secondly, the reason why he promoted Wang Wei was just to protect.

The cold light in Wei Zhongxian's eyes flashed before, but it was captured by Li Mao.

Eunuchs are almost all cautious people, Wang Wei has just impeached Wei Zhongxian, so Wei Zhongxian will definitely always keep it in mind and wait for an opportunity to protect it.

Li Mao is in charge of everything all day long, maybe he will forget Wang Wei one day, and he may not know that he will be killed by Wei Zhongxian when the time comes.

It would be different if Wang Wei was promoted to the secretary of the Criminal Department.

Wei Zhongxian definitely did not dare to kill the important ministers of the imperial court, so he could only retaliate through other methods.

Li Mao can also detect Wei Zhongxian's small movements in time.

Alas!

Thinking of the little Jiujiu in the hearts of his subordinates, Li Mao couldn't help but sigh again in his heart.

In his spare time in his previous life, he had read a lot of historical novels, and concluded that the biggest golden finger of those traversers was that their subordinates were loyal and pointed to wherever they wanted.

"The current situation should be more difficult than the mess that Emperor Chongzhen faced at the end of the Ming Dynasty, right?"

Li Mao thought to herself in her heart.

When the great man commented on the twenty-four histories, he wrote a sentence next to Chongzhen: If the problems are piled up, it will be difficult to deal with them.

Chongzhen also knew where the problems of the Ming Dynasty were, and he once had exam questions during the palace examination.

First, the scholars and officials are of bad character and rampant in corruption and bribery.

Second, the Jurchens are narrow and have few people, but why can't the three Koreas hold as long as they fight North Korea?

Third, the Guanningjin Defense Line, Tianjin, and Denglai are all heavily guarded, and the military expenses of the imperial court cannot be sustained, what is the solution to it?

Fourth, the spread of the rogue only knows that the court will reduce the money and grain, but they don't know that the court is also very difficult, and they can't even send it, what should they do?

Fifth, Tuntian is a solution to military spending, but why has it not been effective?

……

Thinking of these problems at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Mao summed up that there was only one way to solve them, and that was to make the ministers of the court obedient.

But this is not easy, Chongzhen has been in power for more than ten years, killed dozens of cabinet ministers, and still can't make officials obedient.

It can be seen that killing people alone will not solve the problem.

Thinking of this, Li Mao had an even more headache.

Now the DPRK and China can be sure that there is no one who is loyal, completely obedient, and capable.

Li Linfu wants to monopolize power every day, and he looks ahead and backwards in his work, and is extremely desperate for his life.

Xiao Song took refuge and chose to cut off with the Lanling Xiao family, but this person was extremely mediocre, completely lacking the courage that an auxiliary minister should have, and he was not capable of commanding hundreds of officials.

Lu Bu is a fierce general who only knows how to rush and kill, if he is allowed to enter the court, he may be played by Li Linfu and others in a few days.

Zhao Gao and Wei Zhongxian and others, Li Mao thought that he was not the second emperor of Qin and would not promote a eunuch prime minister, and the two of them did not have the pattern of prime ministers.

As for officials like Zhou Ziliang and Wang Wei who have just been promoted, they are not qualified to join the cabinet now.

Wei Zhongxian's heart moved when he saw the emperor's gloomy expression.

"Is Your Majesty tired? The slave heard that there is a female crown Taoist who is extraordinary, and she will definitely be able to contact His Majesty's lacklustre! ”

Li Mao glanced at him and said with a cold smile: "I don't believe in Yin Yang Dao Technique!" ”

Wei Zhongxian suddenly felt a chill in his back, and hurriedly explained: "It's not the Yin and Yang Technique of Xuan Zhi and Xuan, but the slave wants His Majesty to collect Yuan Yin Qi to relieve fatigue!" ”

"Yuan Yin Qi?" Li Mao sneered: "I'm afraid that a female crown Yuan Yin is not enough, right?" ”

To be honest, Li Mao, who has been a person in two lives, has seen everything, including flight attendants, teachers, white-collar workers, college students, and so on.

But he has never played with the temptation of the gire.

Now that he heard Wei Zhongxian mention it, Li Mao's heart also had the intention of going to take a look.

Now he urgently needs the sage's time to relieve the boredom in his heart.

"Who is that female Taoist priest you are talking about?" Li Mao asked as she walked.

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly followed, "Your Majesty, this person is the head of the Lotus Daoist Sect, the Dharma name is supreme, and he is very famous among Taoists, it is rumored that this humane law is very profound, and even those old men of the Maoshan Daoist Sect are not his opponents. ”

"Then this woman's eloquence must be very good!"

Li Mao has always believed that the competition between Taoist priests is the same as the competition between monks to test the Dharma.