Chapter 856: Help in the Snow
The oil lamp of Beizhenfusi Ranran.
It is said that the son of the Princess Chu was about to give birth. The prince's mansion was already in a hurry and someone had been sent in the palace. It is strange that when the princess was not giving birth, she happened to come to the day when Liu Chengfeng happened to return to Beijing. The King of Chu gave birth to a son touched the hearts of many people. It is said that when the Eastern Palace heard the news overnight, the Prince of the Crown Prince climbed over the wall from the Eastern Palace overnight.
Liu Chengfeng's relatives and friends were ready, and he did not dare to sleep all night. He just waited for a moment to give birth to him and immediately prepared a gift.
However, in the Beizhen Prefecture Department, Li Dongdong didn't have the heart to care about these things. It was a very fortunate thing for His Royal Highness to give birth to a child, but at this moment he was a little embarrassed.
It is actually easy to set up a stance in Lianzhou, but the key to the problem lies in the lack of manpower. If the military officials are said to be the case, they will catch a lot of people in the capital and go to the new army to yell. It is guaranteed that dozens or hundreds of people will jump out. Even if there are people who are specializing in the management of emotions, there are countless people looking forward to the Jinyiwei.
Li Dongdong’s headache is civil servants. It should be noted that most civil servants have passed the imperial examination and become officials. Who would rather go to Lianzhou? If a good court official does not serve as an official, isn’t this crazy?
Besides, Liu Chengfeng usually doesn’t come into contact with many civil servants, and many civil servants don’t like him, let alone follow him to make a living.
So Li Dongdong had formulated the charter. This matter was easy to deal with. According to the system of the Ming Dynasty, it was nothing more than a government to add six Caos and twelve temple prisons. In addition, Chu was divided into one capital, three prefectures and ten counties. Each assigned officials to take office. This was actually not difficult. The military position was nothing more than a navy and a land division, and recruiting at the discretion of the right to recruit was not a big deal.
But he had no one at hand. According to his prediction, so many institutions needed at least 300 officials, and some prominent civil servants were at least 20 to 30, and others could be lowered. However, the standards for these 20 to 30 people must not be loosened, especially the government, which was created by the vassal states to learn from the reform of the Ming system. To put it bluntly, it was actually a cabinet. However, the vassal states also set up cabinets to be obviously usurped by the foreign government, so they changed the name to discuss politics.
The minister who discusses the government is equivalent to the minister of the cabinet. If the people here make any mistakes, it is not a joke. According to Li Dongdong's idea, if you can be a minister of political affairs, the first thing is to have experience in participating in politics. It is best to have been a local official, and you must have superhuman knowledge. Of course, you must have the same mind as the King of Chu and be able to pass the character. Li Dongdong can't even find such a person with a lantern, let alone have to get two or three out.
Now Li Dongdong is a clever woman. Under the oil lamp, he was stunned and passed all the characters. He still couldn't find any of them. Finally, he had to smile bitterly and eat tea. Looking through the window, he couldn't help but sigh.
Hurry footsteps came from outside. Li Dongdong was very familiar with these footsteps. These were several night watchmen in Beizhen Prefecture Department. They were all wearing long boots. These boots were very thick, so they creaked when they stepped on the ground.
Li Dongdong couldn't help but think to himself, could it be that the royal palace was born, so he asked someone to report the good news?
He cheered up. No matter what, although this troubles made him helpless, the happy events in the palace could not be delayed. If he really came to report the good news, he would have to go and see the little prince no matter what.
The lieutenant who came in was indeed a vigilant. After the lieutenant came in, he bowed and said, "Mr. Li, someone else had handed him a famous scepter outside, saying that he wanted to meet Mr. Li."
There are guests...
Li Dongdong couldn't help laughing. He was still in the middle of the night and was still in the Beizhen Prefecture Department. At this time, I have never heard of any guests coming to such places. Who is full and has to come here to do what?
He said, "Have you brought the famous sect?"
The captain took the famous sect and was about to hand it over, and said, "The famous sect says it is the cabinet minister, the Minister of Rites Li Dongyang and Lord Li."
Li Dongdong was stunned. It turned out to be a clan brother. What did he do at this time? Could it be that he would not be on duty tomorrow morning? This is not right. Even if something happens, he just asks someone to summon himself to the mansion. Why come here in person?
Since he had known the result, Li Dongdong didn't go to see Mingtao anymore, and directly put Mingtao on his desk and said, "Come in, yes, let the tea in the tea room." Li Dongdong paused: "Just use the tea leaves that the prince usually eats to make it. I'll say hello to the prince tomorrow."
The captain nodded and went quickly.
After a while, Li Dongyang, wearing a regular suit, slowly walked in. He has indeed aged a lot in recent years. He is the youngest in the cabinet, but now he can finally escape this aging. Perhaps because of the excessive pressure recently, Li Dongyang's eyes were all black, but when his eyes fell on Li Dongdong, a hint of kindness flashed through Li Dongyang's eyes.
They are called clan brothers, but in fact their emotions are better than brothers. They are both brothers and teachers and students. Although they are their own masters and have their own revenge and ideas, this deep family affection cannot be destroyed.
Li Dongdong quickly stood up and said, "Brother."
Li Dongyang smiled slightly and said, "I just knew that you would definitely not sleep, and you would definitely have to stay up all night. Alas... You and my brother are both hard-working and busy with others all their lives."
Li Dongdong sat down and said, "Why did you say this, brother?"
Li Dongyang shook his head, unwilling to continue the topic. When someone poured tea in, Li Dongyang took a sip of the tea and nodded, "Good tea." After putting down the tea cup, Li Dongyang said casually: "When will you leave?"
"Let's go?" Li Dongdong was stunned for a moment. He was indeed ready to leave, and in just a few days, he would at least set off before the King of Chu. However, he did not tell others about this. At most, only King Liu Chengfeng of Chu knew how his clan brother knew that he was leaving.
Li Dongyang sighed and said, "Liu Chengfeng was granted the title of the vassal king. Although he had many talents on hand, he was not very good at writing. Since he became the vassal king, he would definitely put the airs of the small court. Dongdong, you are his most trusted person and the one he is most useful. Liu Chengfeng must hand over this matter to you. You go to Chu this time, I am afraid that you plan to be an official there. I don't know when Liu Chengfeng will leave, but I know that you have to leave. Now Chu is empty in terms of law and official system. You may have to work hard this time. But..." Li Dongyang said with relief: "No matter what, my Dongdong is going to be successful. Liu Chengfeng trusts you very much and obeys you. This time, if you are going to the vassal state, you can't escape the leadership of the Chu State..."
The so-called leadership of the government is actually an official position in the vassal state. The vassal states imitated the Ming Dynasty. When the Ming Dynasty set up a cabinet, they followed suit and established a government government. When the Ming Dynasty had the chief minister, they had leadership of the government. In layman's terms, leadership of the government was actually the chief minister of the cabinet, holding great power to discuss politics, decision-making and administration, and had high positions and power. They were the most important positions under the vassal kings.
Li Dongyang continued: "I remember when I was worried about your future, and I recommended you to go with Liu Chengfeng at that time, and sometimes I couldn't help but blame myself. You are a scholar, but you let you wander around with a warrior. I really don't know if it hurts you, but now, now you finally get what you want, and I finally breathed a sigh of relief."
Li Dongdong couldn't help but say, "Dongdong will always remember the feelings of his brother to take care of him."
Li Dongyang shook his hand and said, "You don't have to remember that you have gone to Chu State to govern the country in the future. If you don't understand, you can send me a letter to ask me for advice. After all, you are still young. Fortunately, Chu State is not the Ming Dynasty. The country has small benefits. Also, if you go there, although you are less than one person, you must be humble and not arrogant. Being powerful and showing off is not a long-term way. No matter who you meet, you must be humble and polite. Chu State is not a barbarian country, and that is also a place of education. Not to mention these things, you are too nagging for your brother. In fact, you know these principles and you know them too much. It's useless to say more."
Li Dongdong couldn't help but smile and said, "Dongdong hasn't heard his brother's teachings for a long time. I can hear them today, and I feel refreshed."
Li Dongyang had just taken a sip of tea and almost sprayed out the tea. He quickly swallowed the tea and said with a laugh: "You, what are you going to say? I have something serious to say when I come here, but you are still joking."
Li Dongdong quickly got up seriously and said, "I don't know what's wrong?"
Li Dongyang said: "The King of Chu is a vassal of the State of Chu. I believe there are not so many talents who govern the country. He is rich and powerful, but he just doesn't like scholars. I don't want to care about his affairs, but he has no one in his hands, so he should not use you like a donkey? So I have no choice but to help Dongdong for his sake."
Li Dongyang said, and took out a list of people, saying, "There are some people here, some of whom are quite talented but not very satisfactory, and some are old clerks in the cabinet and the six ministries. Although they have no fame, they have been in the officialdom for so many years and have the best ability to do things. They can handle things in the cabinet and the ministry without fame. However, in the Ming Dynasty, everything must be discussed. Without fame, even if they have the ability to be a great master, they have no official status. As long as they are on the vassal states, they are willing to give them an official status. It is not difficult to persuade them to go to Lianzhou. If you take this list and visit the people in the list one by one, there will always be many people who will be moved and make a decision at that time."
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Chapter 2 is delivered. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!