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Chapter 1 Talent Selection

Regarding Li Yuanai's appointment, it was soon reviewed, announced and implemented by the prime ministers of the three provinces.

Li Yuanai was renamed King of Wu from the Shang Dynasty, and was appointed as the governor of Suzhou and was promoted to the rank of the military commander of Su, Hu and Hangzhou. He led the administrative secrets of Jiangnan East Road and also served as the ambassador of the promotion and demotion of Jiangnan East Road.

This holy edict made the entire Tang Dynasty feel uproar.

This is understandable to be re-elected as King of Wu. This is not appropriate to be transferred to the vassal of Wu.

It is normal to be appointed as the governor of Suzhou to be transferred to the military commander of the three states. Compared with the previous governor of Yangzhou, the governor of Suzhou is still suspected of being demoted.

But later, he was in charge of the administrative secret of Jiangnan East Road and also served as the ambassador of the promotion and demotion of Jiangnan East Road, which was scary.

In order to govern the world, in the first year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin divided the Tang Dynasty into ten roads, namely Guannei Road, Henan Road, Hedong Road, Hebei Road, Shannan Road, Longyou Road, Huainan Road, Jiangnan Road, Jiannan Road, and Lingnan Road. The county was abolished as a prefecture, so each road had several prefectures.

Among them, Jiangnan Road is the largest of the ten roads in the Tang Dynasty. It is adjacent to the sea in the east, Shu in the west, Nanji Ridge, and Jiang in the north.

Even if Jiangnan Road is divided into two parts, east and west.

There are also lands in the east of Jiangnan. It can be seen at a glance from the ancient Wu and Yue lands, and also includes some places in southern Fujian, which can take over the government affairs of the sixteen states.

The real key is to promote and demote the ambassador.

The ambassador for promotion and demotion was an official position created by Li Shimin in order to govern officials and cooperate with the ten roads of the Tang Dynasty. "Demotion" means demotion and abolishment; "Zhi" means promotion. "Promotion and demotion" means promotion and promotion of officials.

The promotion and demotion of the ambassador of Jiangnan East Road means that the promotion and transfer of all officials from Jiangnan East Road are all decided by Li Yuanai.

In order to govern Jiangnan, Li Shimin can be said to have given Li Yuanai the greatest administrative power.

Don’t blame the civil and military officials in the dynasty for the uproar. This is the first time that the Tang Dynasty has given people such great power since its establishment.

But unexpectedly, although such appointments were contrary to common sense, none of the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty and officials of the six ministries opposed it, and even the censors lost their voices.

Although it was due to Li Shimin's prestige, many of them were impressed by Li Yuanai's plan to govern Jiangnan.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that in the early years, Wei Zheng wrote more than once to ask for the governance of Jiangnan, but it did not get Li Shimin's consent.

After all, compared with internal governance, Li Shimin was more eager to become Qin Emperor and Han Wu.

Now, as the pressure on grain taxes in Jiangnan is becoming increasingly corroded, and if it is not dealt with, disasters may occur.

Li Yuanai's plan to govern Jiangnan took a different approach, and had extraordinary vision and understanding of Jiangnan. His plan was full of more than 3,000 words, including all aspects, which shocked many civil officials in the temple to drop their chins.

Li Yuanai wrote down the future development trends of Jiangnan. This development that conforms to the times is a correct direction and irreversible trend formed by the ancients after hundreds of years of tempering.

Not only is it feasible, but it will definitely develop like this.

Li Yuanai just said it in advance.

Faced with this situation, Li Yuanai went south to take heavy responsibilities this time, so naturally he didn't come out to trouble him without any eyes.

Li Yuanai received the imperial edict and did not set a date for going south, but went straight into the palace.

Li Zhi was handling state secrets in the East Palace, but Li Yuanai didn't bother and blocked the door at the East Palace.

After a while, an eunuch rushed out and invited him to the inner study room to wait.

Li Yuanai found a book and read it to pass the time.

About half an hour, Li Zhi strode over without being angry, and as soon as he entered the door, he said, "You are now a veritable chief official, why are you like a scoundrel?"

Li Yuanai put the book in his hand and said, "Is this a tyrant to me? I'm not forced by your father and son? I'm a petty family? This time I went south, I, my wife, Shi Pantuo and a Mutai. Not only did the Qianniu guards arranged by the emperor's brother and some entourages who took care of daily life, there were only four people. Let me take charge of the government affairs of the Sixteen States? Do you really think I have three heads and six arms?"

This prince has the right to open a government office to recruit staff.

However, Li Yuanai was a prince without real power before, and Li Shimin was even more unlikely to allow Li Yuanai to open a prefecture in Chang'an and recruit talents at the feet of the emperor to establish a small court.

Therefore, Li Yuanai was dismissed from the prince's power to open the palace.

When he went to Jiangnan, Li Yuanai regained the power to open the mansion.

But this temporary urgent thing is where Li Yuanai can find talents to fill the shogunate?

Li Yuanai has a congenital advantage in talent, and he was not in a hurry before. According to his vision, there were officials and directors in Suhu area. As long as he was diligent, it would not be difficult to get started in the two states.

The most deficient thing in the Tang Dynasty was talents, and it was still time to recruit people when they arrived at the local government. He didn't need a talent like Zhuge Liang or Xiao He, as long as he could pass the ability and help.

But now Li Shimin directly thought he was stingy and gave him sixteen prefectures.

This made him manage it alone.

The overall restructuring of these sixteen states, not to mention the assistance of talents like Zhuge Liang and Xiao He, at least they must be people like Jian Yong, Mi Zhu and Sun Qian.

He doesn't want to be a bastard at a young age because of his hard work in state affairs.

Today I came to block the door and asked for a staff member.

"Anyway, if I don't give me a few decent talents today, I will live in the East Palace and will not leave."

Li Yuanai said everything.

Li Zhi was speechless for a while. After thinking about it carefully, he felt that Li Shimin was indeed a little embarrassed by Li Yuanai.

But who can blame this again?

He has personally read the governance plan of Jiangnan, and it is written in detail one by one.

According to Li Shimin, "A genius of the 16th day has kept his strength and still maintained his lowliness, but he has hidden his ambition to support the world. He has long seen the fatigue of Jiangnan and has studied it in depth for a long time. He must be the one who governs Jiangnan."

Can you blame your father for writing such a long plan?

"Let me do this, I'll pick up the promotion list of officials submitted by the Ministry of Personnel today, and you can choose it yourself. Is this satisfied?"

Li Zhi quickly came up with a solution.

Li Yuanai's eyes lit up and he hurriedly said, "Satisfied, please get it quickly."

Li Zhi smiled and shook his head, and asked the eunuch to take it.

Every few years, the imperial court would count the political achievements of officials in various prefectures and governments, and then promote and derogate officials from various places according to the situation.

The Ministry of Personnel will draw a list every year and report it to the Shangshu Province.

Li Zhi has the power to independently appoint officials below the third rank, so this list is naturally in his hands. As for officials above the third rank, it is impossible for him to condescend to be an aide to Li Yuanai.

The eunuch took the list.

Li Zhi signaled to give it to Li Yuanai directly.

Li Yuanai opened the list one by one, and saw an acquaintance on the first page, muttering to himself.

"Shangguan Yi, I have a good impression of him..."

As he looked at it, he suddenly saw a person's name and said, "Liu Rengui, this name is destined to be a talent..."

"Jiangdu County Wei Lou Shide, this name sounds pretty good, I like it..."
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