The grass in the factory should be plucked

Jiang Li blinked: "Just like Brother Chang'an, you led the Southern Expedition Army to achieve remarkable success and your reputation is at its peak."

“When the Southern Expedition Army returns to the capital, it will be disbanded on the spot. When the Northern Defense Army, the Western Ping Army, and the Annan Army return to their respective units, these soldiers will still remember how you led them to achieve great things and intimidate the southern border today.”

Xie Changan suddenly realized that these soldiers who returned with military merit were the "nails" he had planted in various armies, and were also the "foundation" for his future control of the three armies.

If war breaks out again someday, these three armies will obey his orders.

In this way, he would be able to replace the Duke of Zhenguo's position in the army as Nangong Qinghe wished and become the leader of the military generals!

He looked at Jiang Li, leaning against him with her hands on her chin, her long eyelashes fluttering, and couldn't help but find it funny again.

With such a cute look and such shrewd words, it is really...

He couldn't help but move closer and kiss those petal-like lips.

"Hmm..." Jiang Li pushed him away and said coquettishly, "Stop messing around. Have you finished writing?"

"Finished." He put down his pen, picked her up and walked towards the bedroom.

"You can't let Ji Feng go out in the dark at this time of night. Let's talk about it tomorrow."

The next morning, Xie Changan went out feeling refreshed.

He first arranged for Peregrine to deliver Jiang Li's secret letter, and then went to the Zhengnan military camp to select a team to help build the future Longmen Winery.

When the soldiers heard that a winery was going to be built and Zhu Gangyong and the Monkey King were going to make wine together, they were so greedy that they drooled.

The legendary monkey wine, who doesn’t want to taste it?

They immediately rubbed their hands and rushed to help, taking this opportunity to quickly establish good relationships with brothers Zhu and Qitian!

Jiang Li slept until noon again.

Aunt Lian couldn't help but said angrily, "Miss, how can you let your uncle act so recklessly? Be careful not to hurt the baby in your belly!"

Jiang Li blushed and whispered, "Brother Shen said that the two little babies are very healthy and there's nothing wrong with them."

She giggled, "Brother Chang'an heard that you asked him whether he wanted to take a concubine, and he was angry for half a day."

Aunt Lian's face also turned red, and she poked her forehead angrily: "Okay, auntie doesn't care, just keep it in mind."

She glared at her again, "How can you be a mother? You're already five months pregnant, and you don't even think about making some little clothes!"

Jiang Li was dumbfounded: "Do I have to do it myself? I don't know how to do it!"

Aunt Lian said angrily, "Which mother doesn't make clothes for her own child? Before you were born, the little clothes that Miss made for you were enough for you to wear until you were three years old!"

Jiang Li's eyes turned red when he heard that.

Aunt Lian hugged her and choked up, saying, "Now you are going to be a mother too. If the young lady knew about this, she would definitely be very happy."

"Aunt, please teach me how to make small clothes."

Jiang Li sniffed and decided to show her motherly love.

Unfortunately, after being pricked by needles countless times, her "maternal love" was thrown out of the window.

"I'm sleepy, I need to catch up on my sleep!"

Jiang Li threw away the needlework in her hands and ran away.

Aunt Lian: ...

In the capital, Nangong Qinghe received a secret letter from Jiang Li, and he was full of admiration and gritted his teeth.

The Longmen pie is getting bigger and bigger, and the girl is too lazy to take care of it, so she wants to pass it to the court!

He read the article carefully again and was convinced.

In this way, Longmen was legitimately transformed into a "government-run" company, and Prime Minister Liang and other court officials no longer had any reason to impeach Jiang Li.

On the contrary, we should praise her for her profound understanding!

But look at her arrangements for officials at all levels, from top to bottom, who is not her person?

This hands-off manager is really good and brilliant!

Even if Liang Shoufu and others wanted to interfere in Longmen's affairs, they could not, thus ensuring the absolute loyalty and obedience of the Longmen faction to Nangong Qinghe.

Especially the last point, dividing the various units of Longmen into various departments of the imperial court, thus replacing them step by step and completing the alternation of old and new forces without making any fuss. This tactic of "retreat to advance" is really amazing!

Nangong Qinghe was deeply moved. A'li had worked so hard for him and thought of everything so carefully. It was truly "If you treat me like a national hero, I will repay you like a national hero"!

He summoned Cui Jue and handed him Jiang Li's secret letter: "Take a look at Marquis Jing'an's proposal. Do you have anything to add?"

Cui Jue read it carefully and clapped his hands in admiration: "Marquis Jing'an is truly a genius!"

The emperor and his minister discussed the issues one by one, and finally decided to establish the General Administration of Commerce to manage Longmen, the Li family and the imperial merchants of the world.

As for the important position of director, the two men smiled at each other and decided that of course it would be Marquis Jing'an who would take the position!

Why do they work so hard while she is free and easy?

Especially Cui Jue. Ever since Jiang Li joined the Southern Expedition Army, all the important affairs of Longmen were thrown to him. He had to manage the Ministry of Revenue, Li's Business Company and Longmen Trading Company, and he was so busy that he could hardly breathe.

Yinjiu and Yuanbao were appointed as deputy directors, and under them was the Supervisory Department, whose director was Eunuch De.

The personnel arrangements for the next-level Longmen Commercial Bureau will be implemented according to Jiang Li's suggestions.

As for the issue of ownership, Nangong Qinghe and Cui Jue discussed it and decided that Longmen Commercial Bureau would be under the Ministry of Revenue, Longmen Medical Bureau would be under the Imperial Hospital, Longmen Tiangong would be under the Ministry of Works, Longmen Military Industry would be under the Ministry of War, Longmen Academy would be under the Imperial College, and Lotus Tower and Peony Tower would be under the management of the East Factory.

Although the various units of Longmen were ostensibly assigned to various ministries, their superior was the General Administration of Commerce, and the director, like the governor of the East Factory, was directly responsible to the emperor.

In other words, the six ministers have no administrative authority over Longmen!

In order to make the General Administration of Commerce surpass the six ministries, Nangong Qinghe appointed the director of the General Administration of Commerce as the second rank, the same level as the Shangshu, and the deputy director and the director of the Supervisory Department were both third rank.

If the various units in Longmen are to be assigned to different government offices, the official positions cannot be set too high.

Therefore, the director general of the Longmen Commercial Bureau was of the sixth rank, the deputy director general was of the seventh rank, the heads of local commercial bureaus were of the seventh rank, the deputy heads were of the eighth rank, and so on.

At the grand court meeting the next day, when Yuanbao read out the imperial edict, Longmen Trading Company was renamed "Longmen Trading Bureau" and became a government-run company. The various units of Longmen were split up and assigned to different departments of the court. The entire court was shocked.

Marquis Jing'an actually took the initiative to hand over Longmen Trading Company?

The heads of the Ministry of Works, Ministry of War, Imperial Medical Service, Imperial College and other departments were shocked to hear that those special units under Longmen were actually assigned to them!

Everyone was overjoyed and smiled from ear to ear. This was simply pie in the sky.

The Minister of Justice was very jealous, he also wanted the Lotus Tower and the Peony Tower!

These two organizations, which control the Beggars' Sect and other martial artists, are of great benefit to the Ministry of Justice, but he dare not compete with the East Factory for them.

Elder Shen stepped out and said, "Marquis Jing'an is a man of great righteousness, and is truly a role model for us all!"

All the ministers praised him unanimously, and compliments poured out like crazy.

Nangong Qinghe smiled and the emperor was very pleased when he heard this.

Only Liang Shoufu frowned secretly. No! This girl of Marquis Jing'an is used to taking one step and planning three steps. What on earth does she want to do?

There must be some foreshadowing!

Sure enough, when the ministers were ecstatic and secretly calculating how much benefit they could get from it, Nangong Qinghe continued to announce the establishment of the General Administration of Commerce, with Marquis Jing'an as the director, who would be in charge of Longmen, the Li family and the imperial merchants of the world, and would be directly responsible to the emperor.

Prime Minister Liang snorted, as expected!

The ministers were stunned for a while before they reacted.

So, on the surface, Longmen was split up and assigned to various departments, but in fact it was not under their jurisdiction. Their superior department was the General Administration of Commerce, and the director was directly responsible to the emperor!

There is also an Inspectorate watching you covetously!

Isn’t this just like drawing a pie for you, which you can only look at but not eat?

The ministers were dejected. That was right. Longmen was the emperor’s private treasury. How could they get a share of the profits?

Jing'an Hou, this cunning monster, just wants everyone to do work for her, for free!

Prime Minister Liang thought more deeply. Since the six ministers had no management authority over Longmen, why did she want to split Longmen and assign it to various departments?

Wouldn't it be enough to just register it under the General Administration of Commerce?

As expected of an old fox who had been in the political arena for many years, he quickly figured out the key. She was "retreating to advance"!

These Longmen units split into various departments are the "nails" she drove into the six departments. These "nails" will gradually infiltrate and erode the six departments and slowly replace them!

Prime Minister Liang figured out the key and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. What a perfect plan! Marquis Jing'an is really scheming!

If this plan is implemented, all six ministries will be under her control in the future.

If Jiang Liru knew what he was thinking, she would definitely cry out that she was wronged. She simply didn't want to work!