When Li Su brought people to Guangzhou, the time had already entered the end of summer.

Li Zhi held a welcome banquet for them in the newly opened Jin King Pavilion.

The menu here is mainly seafood.

This made Li Su and others, who were used to eating food in Guanzhong, all couldn't help but feast on a meal.

On the second day after Li Su came to Guangzhou, he entered the state of work.

Li Zhi asked him to develop a waterproof paper containing cotton fiber and a small amount of wood pulp.

In addition, there are special inks that are compatible with the paper.

The work of the engravers was not easy.

The banknote design designed by Li Zhi is quite complex, and there are also watermark anti-counterfeiting requirements.

Not only did they have to carve the prototype in the shortest possible time, but they also had to match the new printing press designed by Li Zhi.

After more than a month, the mulberry branches that Li Zhi had cut in the clay pot finally saw results.

More than eighty percent of the branches began to grow roots.

When the officials of Sinong Temple told Li Zhi the good news, he finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

The success of pot seedlings means that a lot of manpower can be saved.

In this way, the prisoners of war, who have been guarding the saplings all day, can also join the cultivation team.

So Li Zhi hurriedly arranged for the officials of Sinong Temple to purchase a large number of clay pots.

In the future, all mulberry branches are required to develop roots in clay pots before transplanting them to the land.

The imperial court gave these prisoners of war a normal civilian identity, and Li Zhi was a little embarrassed to continue to ask for food from the imperial court.

However, the newly planted grain is not yet ripe.

So Li Zhi pondered for a few days and finally made a bold decision - to build a farm.

If the farm is successfully built, the prisoners will not only be able to support themselves in the future, but will also be able to earn some extra income.

So he asked the officials of Sinong Temple to buy some chickens, ducks and geese, as well as adult boars and sows.

He then built a large farm next to a developed woodland.

Li Zhi put a lot of effort into building several hatcheries.

He plans to try artificial incubation to speed up the incubation.

It's a tough process.

Because Li Zhi has only heard about this aspect, he does not understand the specific method at all.

He could only keep trying with the officials of Sinong Temple.

Lessons learned through repeated failures.

Thankfully, the officials at Sinong Monastery know how to identify eggs that can be used to hatch.

This provided Li Zhi with a steady stream of experimental materials.

When he was busy with the farm in Guangzhou, he didn't know that at this time, the entire Datang had already blown an anti-corruption storm.

More and more problematic accounts have been identified by the household department.

From less than 10 states at the beginning of the discovery, it has grown to more than 20 states.

Just when Wang Jue was shocked by this number, he didn't expect it.

When all the accounts were settled, there were more than 80 states that had problems with their accounts.

Li Daozong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, felt that he was about to collapse.

He'd sent everyone under his command out to arrest them, but it wasn't enough.

Li Shimin's mood these days is simply terrible.

First of all, Dai Guan's body has been determined to have some problems and needs to be recuperated for a long time.

Since then, we have been receiving daily updates on the progress of the corruption case.

Problems in the accounts of more than 80 states mean that two-and-a-half state officials need to clean up.

Li Shimin never thought that the Tang Dynasty had only been established for more than ten years, why so many people were corrupt.

Li Shimin called all his henchmen together.

"A few Aiqing, is the amount I give to officials really low?" Li Shimin asked this question in the first sentence of his mouth.

Wei Zheng was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, why did you say this? Compared with the previous dynasty, His Majesty gave only a lot more salary. ”

Li Shimin asked: "Then why are so many people secretly corrupting regardless of their own future and life?" ”

Fang Xuanling said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the reason why officials are corrupt is because of moral corruption, and it has nothing to do with salaries. ”

Li Shimin sighed and said: "I went to visit Xuanyin a few days ago, and found that his house can be described as a family with four walls, and there is not even a decent guest hall. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said: "Your Majesty, many relatives in Xuanyin's family need to rely on him for support, and the main reason for wanting to come here is to come. ”

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "There is no need to comfort me anymore, I have already sent someone to inquire about your situation in the past two days." ”

Speaking of this, he shook his head with a wry smile and said, "The family you are waiting for doesn't seem to be very rich!" ”

Wei Zheng opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty is too worried, and the salaries of the ministers are mostly used to subsidize their relatives, so they will treat themselves badly, and this fact has nothing to do with Your Majesty." ”

Li Shimin said: "A few Aiqing don't need to ease their cheeks for me, if I give you enough money, how can you not even have the ability to support your family?" ”

After Li Shimin said this, everyone was silent.

Several of them are the top officials, and their salaries are quite higher every year.

But many of these salaries were in kind such as fields and cloth.

The money that I actually got in my hands was not much.

The same is true for officials at other levels.

As a result, they often need to sell their belongings in exchange for some cash to buy other items.

And these officials have more contact with businessmen, and naturally they are contaminated with some bad habits.

That's why so many corrupt people have emerged in just a few years.

Li Shimin saw that everyone was no longer talking, so he continued to speak: "I want to raise the salaries of the officials, I don't know what you think?" ”

Wang Qi said: "Your Majesty's compassion for your subordinates is understandable, but now the treasury of the Tang Dynasty is not abundant, I am afraid it will be difficult to improve too much." ”

Wei Zheng said: "The minister thinks that what Xuan Ling said is reasonable, and the morality of officials should be improved." ”

Li Shimin sighed: "As the so-called cangli knows etiquette, these officials have no money in their hands, and how many of them can take care of their face and morality?" ”

After saying this, several people were silent for a while.

They all got a lot of benefits from the hands of the emperor and Li Zhi.

At this time, if you say some pretending to be high-minded, it is indeed a little inappropriate.

But at the moment, the court really doesn't have much money.

It is certainly impossible to get all officials to be paid satisfactory salaries.

When Li Shimin saw this situation, he knew that this problem was difficult to solve for a while.

So he changed the subject with interest.

I only heard him speak: "The government-run workshop in Datang still needs to speed up the construction, which is a magic weapon that can quickly enrich the national treasury." ”

Duan Lun, who had not spoken, spoke: "The Ministry of Industry has begun to integrate resources from all over the world, and the original workshop has also been transformed according to the craftsmanship of His Royal Highness King Jin. ”

Li Shimin said: "In this way, I can be regarded as having some hope. ”