Li Yongchang is walking in style, but domestic affairs still have to be done by finding someone to do, especially the prime minister of the State Council, which is the top priority.

Because Li Yongji's rise is too fast, and the Li family is not a wealthy family, he is actually very weak in the accumulation of his own talents.

In other words, if it weren't for Li Yongji's space-time trading system, he would never have been able to do so many things in just over a year and conquer most of China. However, the golden finger can quickly bring Li Yongji abundant wealth and a strong army, but there is no way to do it in terms of talent, no matter how fast this thing is, there is a limit.

Therefore, after sending Li Yongchang away, Li Yongji and his parents caught up a little, and soon the Queen Mother Wang Xin avoided it and handed over the room to Li Yongji and Li Zhengxiang, father and son.

Because of Li Yongji's insistence, the two of them talked again about the choice of prime minister in private, regardless of the courtesy of the monarch and the courtesy, and regardless of the courtesy of the father and son.

According to Li Zhengxiang's meaning, it is to re-select a person from the Li family and the Wang family to be the prime minister, but it is difficult to find this candidate.

Li Zhengxiang himself is very suitable, he has experience, and he has the means, but he is Li Yongji's father, he is the emperor, let the emperor be the prime minister of the State Council, this is the situation of one country and two masters, not to mention what to do if there is a conflict in the future, this is also not in line with Chinese tradition, and everyone will not be satisfied, so it is absolutely not.

In addition to him, looking at the current Li family and the Wang family, there is really no qualified person to come.

In the end, Li Zhengxiang recommended Lin Guangyao, who is also Li Yongji's brother-in-law, to be the prime minister, saying that this person's ability is okay, at least in the Li family and the Wang family.

But Li Yongji did not agree to continue to find his family to be prime minister, which is not only a problem of ability, but also a problem of influence.

Li Yongchang is a good example, he is Li Yongji's own brother, and Li Yongji can't directly and objectively command the other party in many things. On the contrary, when Li Yongji faces Li Yongchang, he always considers the other party's feelings before speaking.

But even so, Li Yongchang still suddenly picked his son, although because of the grassroots political system and imperfection in all aspects, his willful resignation did not cause much hindrance to the Chinese Empire, but this matter gave Li Yongji a lesson, that is, the head of government. Or don't look for relatives.

Moreover, Lin Guangyao's person Li Yongji also knows a little, although others are not bad, but the level of his brother is also half a catty, and his IQ and EQ belong to the level of ordinary people. Such a person, with the help of Li Zhengxiang, maintains the family, settles accounts, and does the work of a secretary, but if he goes to do it, the authority is very heavy. The prime minister, who needs to make independent decisions on most things, is still somewhat unreliable, or unqualified.

If you don't say it, since ancient times, there have been relatives in the emperor's family who are not allowed to interfere in politics. Although the situation is different, it is more of a check and balance between the ministers and the emperor, but let relatives, especially close relatives, manage the affairs of a state. It's true that there's something wrong with it.

Because relatives have an extra layer of kinship aura, the relationship is more complex, not as simple as an employee.

For example, once an employee makes a mistake. The boss can directly scold or let you go, but if a relative makes a mistake and you do the same, everyone will say that you are unkind and mean to your family.

Moreover, relatives are often arrogant and lascivious because of the relationship, and do evil, Li Yongchang didn't do this, it was just Li Yongji's luck to meet a brother with a better personality, but things may happen in the future, after all, people will change.

It's like a family business, when you start a business, the scale is small, there are few things, relying on one or two products, relying on simple and efficient family management, it is indeed more efficient.

However, when the scale of the enterprise is getting bigger and bigger, there are more and more stalls, and the management is becoming more and more complex, and it begins to move towards a larger stage, the disadvantages of the lack of comprehensive management talents in family enterprises will be highlighted, and they will not adapt to the complex and changeable new environment, and the development of the enterprise will be difficult.

At this time, if you feel that your family does not have a suitable person at the helm, but you still want to continue to let the company continue to operate healthily, you must reorganize and then hire professional managers, otherwise the family business is likely to go to the abyss of corruption, or cause heavy losses to the company because of the wrong decision-making.

This is now the case with the Chinese Empire.

At the beginning, when Li Yongji had not yet ascended to the foundation of the country, he was a township enterprise, and he only needed to use the golden finger to make money and play with the army, and then pick the corners of the Qing Empire, so the disadvantages of the lack of political talents were not obvious, or it didn't matter, anyway, he didn't need to govern the country at that time.

But now that Li Yongji has become the emperor, the imperial shelf has been erected, and a new regime has been established, which means that Li Yongji has jumped from the opposition party to the ruling party, then he has to face more and more complicated things, and at this time, it is very important to find a good steward for the country.

So, what is this butler must have?

Li Yongji himself is actually not very clear, but he will compare.

Looking at the famous prime ministers of ancient and modern China and foreign countries, it seems that they all have a common characteristic, that is, the IQ does not have to be too high, but the emotional intelligence is very high, they have high experience, and they can handle complex interpersonal relationships.

Indeed, the prime minister of the State Council is actually the steward of the country, the secretary who assists the emperor in managing the country, so the most important characteristic of such a person is to reconcile yin and yang, that is, to be good at solving problems, reconciling contradictions, so that the entire organ of the country can run smoothly.

The prime minister of a country must have his own decisiveness and be able to make his own decisions on many things, so as not to happen again such a thing as a book on the bus.

But at the same time, this kind of impromptu decision cannot be synonymous with arbitrariness, and must be able to be good at observing words and feelings, be able to understand the emperor's meaning, be able to cooperate with the emperor's will, and try not to cause trouble to the emperor, simply put, not to conflict with the emperor.

In other words, what Li Yongji needs is to be both a capable minister and a courtesy, preferably like He Shen, it is the best.

In fact, in history, He Shen was a very powerful courtier, and as far as governing the country was concerned, he threw Liu Yong and Ji Xiaolan more than seven or eight streets.

Although he is a big embezzler, to be honest, He Shen's road to corruption was also slowly cultivated, and he was very honest at the beginning, but he met an emperor like Qianlong. In such a big environment at that time, if he wasn't corrupt, he wouldn't have that much power at all.

That is to say, He Shen is the one who blocks the gun and carries the black pot for the emperor, and he is a figure who attracts the public's attention and hatred, although he has a lot of corruption, but compared with Qianlong's extravagance and waste, it is really trivial, not only Emperor Qianlong knows this. He knows it himself.

Therefore, if there is a different emperor, an emperor who is honest and self-disciplined, and hates corruption, He Shen may not necessarily become a big embezzler, but a well-known powerful and capable minister.

Li Yongji doesn't plan to use his own relatives, and if he doesn't use his relatives, if he expands his own circle, it seems that he can only find it from businessmen who are attached to him. Who made the Li family born as a businessman, and the circle they used to associate with was mainly businessmen.

In the end, Shen Shiming came out of the air and was unanimously affirmed by Li Yongji and Li Zhengxiang.

Shen Shiming was born in Xiucai. At the same time, he is also the predecessor of CITIC Bank, the chief shopkeeper of CITIC Bank, and also served as the chief shopkeeper of Dai Mengde Jewelry earlier, and is one of the earliest people personally promoted by Li Yongji.

Although the qualifications are old. But this guy used to be inconspicuous and very low-key, except for people in the circle. Outsiders rarely know about such a person's existence, but the reason why Li Zhengxiang was able to take over the Li family's industry so quickly and without any problems was inseparable from Shen Shiming's means.

In short, Shen Shiming may not be a genius, and he didn't make any amazing reforms when he was in charge of CITIC Money and Dai Mengde Jewelry, but he is good at handling interpersonal relationships, knows when to fight, when to change, and can reasonably arrange the right people to the right positions, so he is suitable to be the helmsman of a large enterprise, but not a shopkeeper in a small business.

At present, Shen Shiming's identity is the second treasurer of CITIC Money Zhuang and the vice president of the Silver Horn Federation, second only to Li Zhengxiang, and is mainly responsible for managing the affairs of the Silver Horn of the Money Bank.

In addition, he is very sensitive to new technologies, such as wireless telegraphy, and has a thorough understanding, and thanks to his multi-faceted campaign, he can establish so quickly in the exchange of silver tickets for different banks and silver numbers of the Silver Trumpet Federation.

The only drawback, or his advantage, is that he is usually too low-key, except for doing things, he usually lives in a simple place and is not well known to the outside world.

But this is not a big deal, the Chinese Empire does not look at the shadow of the separation of powers, but in fact, it is still on the path of absolute monarchy, so as long as the emperor personally appoints it, even if it is a beggar from the street to be the prime minister, no one else can object.

"Then let him do it first." In the end, Li Yongji made a decision, "As for the matter of CITIC Qianzhuang, as well as the position of vice president of the Silver Horn Federation, I think Shen Shiming will designate a successor by himself, what do you think?" ”

"It's fine." Li Zhengxiang nodded, "The Qingpu Shen family has an in-law relationship with your eldest brother, so it is also related to our family, even if this Shen Shiming is a distant relative of the Shen family, but it is more or less a relative, I think it's okay." ”

Hearing that Li Zhengxiang was still entangled in the blood of his relatives, Li Yongji opened his mouth, but he didn't ask anything more, after all, this should be Li Zhengxiang's deep-rooted thinking, and it was in vain to ask.

"But speaking of which, you're not too small." Li Zhengxiang suddenly changed his words, "Your eldest brother is engaged, shouldn't you also solve the marriage matter as soon as possible and set a queen as soon as possible?" ”

"Huh?" Li Yongji said, "How old am I now, it's too early to talk about marriage now, right?" ”

"It's not early, it's not early, you're fourteen years old, it's still early." Li Zhengxiang said, "And you are the emperor, the emperor has no queen, and he can't give birth to an heir as soon as possible, and the country will be unstable, so this matter should be decided early." Why don't I help you find a suitable one? ”

"Don't, don't, I don't want to get married yet." Li Yongji hurriedly waved his hand, "Daddy, don't mess around, I'm very busy now, how can I think about this?" Don't mess around. ”

"It's okay, you don't have to worry about it, I'll have you and your mother." Li Zhengxiang thought that Li Yongji had a tender face, so he said with a smile, "You can rest assured that you will do your business, we will choose the queen here, and we promise to find you a virtuous and virtuous woman, who is enough to be a good woman in the world!" (To be continued......)