Lin Dong followed Li Shi Min to the Inner Palace.
Li Shi Min asked Lin Dong to sit down and began to complain to him.
"This time, Zhen has suffered greatly from these thieves. I'm not afraid of rebellions. I can suppress any rebellion. However, two million dan of grain in Hanjia Cang of Luoyang had been burned, and 110,000 Tang soldiers in the Central Plains were unable to advance due to lack of grain.。。。”
"I am willing to gather rations for Your Majesty.”
"You're here to collect rations?" Li Shimin was stunned. Where are we going to find food now?"
"Go borrow from those rich merchants." The grain they had hoarded would raise the prices of the goods and make a fortune from the national crisis. They could use the grain they had hoarded to solve their urgent needs.”
"What if they don't want to borrow it?"”
"That would be even simpler. We will directly treat them as spies. The Brocade Guard that I established for His Majesty is to do such a thing.”
Lin Dong clearly understood that many merchants were extremely despicable.
They profited from the country's crisis and raised prices too high. They even became traitors, selling weapons, salt, iron, and other materials to the Turks and Tubo.
Some extremely shameless merchants even sold intelligence on the Great Tang for their own benefit.
Many of them were wealthy and did not lack money.
He just had no shame.
Lin Dong passed the Embroidered Uniform Guard's constitution to Li Shi Min to take a look.
Li Shi Min ordered the eunuch to brew a pot of tea, before he began to read Lin Dong's memorial.
This time around, Lin Dong's memorial had many things to thank.
He made a more detailed analysis of the Tang army.
It especially introduced the Jinyiwei in detail.
To Li Shi Min, Lin Dong's modern understanding of the world could be said to be refreshing.
Li Shi Min looked at the memorial as he asked Lin Dong some detailed questions.
Lin Dong answered them one by one.
Unknowingly, Li Shi Min and Lin Dong chatted for an entire day and night.
As the ruler of the Great Tang, Li Shi Min was open-minded and accepted Lin Dong's knowledge. Finally, Li Shimin said excitedly,"Good, your memorial is extremely important!" Come, serve the wine. I'll drink to my heart's content with the Marquis of Zhennan."
Lin Dong's spirit was roused as the strong wine entered his throat.
"Your Majesty, the six towns of the Embroidered Uniform Guards must have the power to act first before reporting. Some loyal people held important positions. This way, they could deal more effectively with those corrupt officials and enemy spies.”
"Don't worry, Lord Zhennan. I will give the Embroidered Uniform Guards enough power." I'll let you weave power."
"Once the Embroidered Uniform Guards are introduced, even if they are relatives of the Emperor, they will be punished the same as civilians.”
"Sure."
"I hope that Your Majesty will not be instigated or alienated. Give me enough trust."
Li Shi Min let out a long sigh," To make the Great Tang prosper is my lifelong dream. As long as he could make Tang strong, he would die without regret. I promise that I will never let you down in my lifetime!”
Lin Dong raised his cup.”
"Cheers."
Lin Dong and Li Shi Min chatted for a long time.
Lin Dong even took out a world map from the shop and told Li Shi Min about the local customs of the entire world.
"Your Majesty, the Turks and Tubo aren't the end of the world.”
"To the south of Tubo is India.”
"To the west of India is the Arabian Empire, which is what we often call the Arabian Kingdom.”
"Further west, there are Egypt, the Persian Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Frank Empire, and so on.”
Li Shi Min's eyes lit up.
Lin Dong's rich and vivid narration opened up a vast world in front of him for the first time.
It gave him a general understanding of the world.
Li Shi Min praised,"Lord Zhennan is truly a strange person. I have you, it's like having a hundred thousand troops."”
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After three days and three nights of chatting, Li Shimin finally decided to establish the Jinyiwei.
Furthermore, he gave Lin Dong the authority to act first before reporting.
Three days later, during the Imperial Court meeting, Li Shi Min directly issued an edict to the ministers.
And in an empty space near the palace, they built the Jinyiwei base, the Zhenfu Department Yamen.
The Jinyiwei were directly responsible to the emperor and specialized in handling cases decided by the emperor. They had their own prison (imperial prison) and could arrest, torture, and execute themselves without going through the judicial institutions.
Lin Dong was appointed as the Embroidered Uniform Guard's viceroy.
It should have been called the Commander of the Discipline Department, but the Tangs were more sensitive to the term Viceroy.
They believed that only the Viceroy had the most power.
The Brocade Guard had six towns of soldiers and horses under them, and they could freely expand the army according to their needs.
Li Shi Min had given Lin Dong unlimited authority, which showed his trust in him.
Of course, Lin Dong would not casually expand the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
He didn't want trash, but the best of the best.
There were only two towns out of the six.
Hua Mulan was the governor of the First Town and was responsible for leading the way. The Dragon Division was upgraded to the Dragon Slaying Camp.
Ji Yaohua was the governor of Second Town, in charge of intelligence and criminal investigation. The pigeon group was upgraded to Evil Owl Camp.
At the same time, Lin Dong began to recruit troops from the Discipline Department.
The salary was three times higher than the other troops.
Soon, some strange people came over.
They were not here for the silver, they were here for Lin Dong's reputation.
One of them was the captain of the Tiger Group of the Supreme Court, Su Lie.
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