The issue of the shortage of officials is a cliché.

Since the pacification of the three prefectures last year, Lu Yuan has been plagued by this problem.

Now, more than a year later, this problem has still not been solved, and at this time, it has become a drag on his founding of the country.

But fortunately, now that the imperial court canonized him as the king of Changsha and officially opened the country, the original title problem has been solved, and this matter is easy to do.

Therefore, after hearing Sun Siwen's words, Lu Yuan said at this time: "The matter of the imperial examination, after I accept the canonization and the founding of the country, I will issue an edict." Within the borders of the country, Enke was widely opened to select officials.

As for the officials who are now lacking in the center of the imperial court, and the directors of various ministries and departments, they can select local capable officials to join the company, and first build the framework of each ministry and department.

After they left, the local government promoted the officials who were lacking.

First of all, the framework of the imperial court and the local prefectures and counties should be set up, and the chief officials of all ministries and departments and prefectures and counties should be arranged to maintain the operation up and down.

The remaining officials who are lacking at the grassroots level will wait for the imperial examination to be held, and then those new officials will fill them. ”

The selection of officials is the best thing for Lu Yuan to solve at this time.

As long as he opened a imperial examination, there would naturally be thousands of talented people, like fish returning to the sea, flocking to serve him.

However, after listening to Lu Yuan's words, Sun Siwen was not so optimistic, but said with a little sadness: "King, the new imperial examination can solve the shortage of officials." But now in my Dongting County, after years of war, the place is tired, and the people are lost.

It is still difficult for the people to survive hungry, let alone study.

These days, the minister has been checking the books and documents sent by the locality.

After the inventory, it was found that after four years of mourning, there are only more than 2,300 people in my Dongting County, the land of Jiufu in the south of the Yangtze River.

In the face of a shortage of more than 1,700 officials, it is simply not enough to do anything. ”

When Lu Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but feel a big headache, and then asked, "There are so few scholars in Dongting County, how can they maintain such a large number of officials in previous years?" ”

Sun Siwen replied: "I have a large Yue county, except for Linhai and Yuzhang counties, the other counties have always been not prosperous. In the past, the imperial court mostly selected scholars from Linhai and Yuzhang counties and assigned them to each county as officials.

Just like the minister, after he was promoted in the examination, he was assigned from Yuzhang County to Dongting County.

And the officials of Linhai and Yuzhang counties, such as Xiangchen, accounted for half of the officials of the counties of Dayue. The remaining half were filled by the scholars of the other six counties.

Now that the king has established a new country, many of the officials in the county who are from Linhai and Yuzhang counties have abandoned their official positions.

Such scholars, whose family files are in Linhai and Yuzhang counties, are made by the imperial court, and they are not credible.

Therefore, if the king chooses an official, unless he is willing to be a minister of Dayue in the future, he will not be able to get assistance from the imperial court.

But if there are no scholars from Linhai and Yuzhang counties, and there is a lack of officials in Dongting, there is no suitable person to fill the position.

The only way to decide is to leave it to the king. ”

Without enough officials, the Changsha State established by Lu Yuan could not function.

But if he only asks the court for officials, then he counts himself in Changsha or the imperial court?

This matter is too difficult to decide, Sun Siwen didn't dare to make a decision at all, so he could only ask Lu Yuan, the lord of the country, to choose by himself.

And Lu Yuan was also silent after hearing this.

In the past few years, Dongting County has lost its vitality too badly because of the war.

Not only has the number of hukou dropped from 600,000 households and 3 million people at its peak to 360,000 households and 1.8 million people now, a loss of nearly half.

Even the local literati were either killed by the rebels in the successive wars, or moved out and fled to other counties.

So now, when Lu Yuan opened the country and counted it, there were only more than 2,300 people left in the country, which was a cultural desert.

Faced with such a scene where all industries were withering, Lu Yuan could only sigh in his heart, and after thinking about it carefully, he finally said: "The scholars of the imperial court are not available, but the scholars who do not belong to the imperial court are always available."

Today, although the two countries have also suffered from war, several years have passed, and peace has long been restored.

In particular, the South China Sea Kingdom, which was not deeply affected when it was invaded by the Jinghai Kingdom before, has long since recovered its heritage.

I have formed an alliance with these two countries, and I can send envoys to the two countries, and I ask these two countries to allow the sons and daughters of the two countries to come to our country for the imperial examination and become officials.

In the present state of affairs in these two countries, it should have been agreed. ”

At the beginning, Lu Yuan formed an alliance with Yan Wangqiu and Su Xuange, and he had already made a covenant of mutual assistance.

The two countries even promised to vigorously support money and food and help Lu Yuan maintain the middle of the country to defend against the threat of the northern Zhou and Yue states.

Now that there is a shortage of officials in Lu Yuanguo, if he sends a message to ask for help, there is a high probability that these two people will not refuse.

Sun Siwen was slightly stunned when he heard Lu Yuan's compromise, and then nodded and smiled: "If you ask for help from the two countries of Nanhai and Ninghai, there should be no problem." ”

Cui Changqing next to him also smiled and quipped: "I heard that the two kingdoms of Nanhai and Ninghai were newly established, and those Jianghu warriors of the original Nanhai faction and Jiuchuan sword faction couldn't wait to jump out and seize important positions in the two countries one after another.

Not only did they occupy most of the official positions in the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, but even the local government offices were also installed with cronies and rooted in the party.

It is rumored that the two states have only been in the country for half a month, and more than half of the local officials in the original two counties have been dismissed and forced to leave.

Nowadays, countless literati in the two countries are disappointed by this.

If the king issued an order to seek merit, the scholars of these two kingdoms would rejoice when they heard it, and they would not avoid thousands of miles away, and they would go back and forth. ”

The reason why Sun Siwen and Cui Changqing laughed so much was mainly because the Nanhai Sect and the Jiuchuan Sword Sect had done something during this time, and they were too chaotic and ugly.

is different from Lu Yuan, who is poor and white, and the number one leader has established today's foundation, without too many constraints.

The Nanhai faction and the Jiuchuan sword faction were established for more than a thousand years.

After such a long time, the disciples of the two factions have exceeded 10,000, and there are many factions divided into interests entangled.

Now that the two factions have become a country, Yan Wangqiu and Su Xuange have eaten the biggest benefits and become the royal family.

Then those elders and disciples under them, and even the vassals of the sect, do they want to give enough benefits and benefits to appease?

Otherwise, the sect that originally belonged to everyone suddenly became a country that only belonged to the two of you, and you can't take all the benefits, right?

If that's the case, who else is willing to follow Su Xuange and Yan Wangqiu to do things?

So out of this consideration, Yan Wangqiu and Su Xuange had to take out most of the official positions in the country as a benefit cake and share them with those under them.

But Nanhai County and Yulin County are so big, they are only ten prefectures and one hundred counties, even if the country is founded now, how many positions can be allocated to his subordinates if there is one more central court?

Under each of them, there are thousands of people watching with their eyes, waiting to get an official position.

So in order to make up so many official positions, Yan Wangqiu and Su Xuange had to choose to dismiss the original local officials, and vacate most of the positions to settle their cronies.

And this kind of behavior, they also have a good reputation, clean up the influence of the imperial court, and share the benefits with all the people in the world.

As for who are the peoples?

Naturally, it was their old relatives, relatives and friends.

Such an act naturally disgusted the local literati of the two counties.

Originally, Nanhai and Ninghai opened the country, and the local scholars of the two counties did not resist much, and even had some faint expectations.

After all, after the establishment of the two countries, foreign princes naturally could not come to their own county to be officials. Then the two countries can only choose their own people when selecting officials.

And Sun Siwen has already mentioned it above.

Originally, half of the local officials were occupied by scholars from Linhai and Yuzhang counties.

Now that half of the quota is vacant, their own country's scholars can naturally compete for it.

This kind of great thing naturally rejoiced for those local literati.

But now Yan Wangqiu and Su Xuange are operating, not only occupying nearly half of the vacant places, but also taking up a lot of their original remaining half.

The benefits of statehood that he had hoped for were gone, but his own interests were damaged.

Tell me, the literati in the two counties will have ghosts if they can be happy.

I am afraid that in the literary world, those literati privately complained about both countries and secretly scolded the tyrant.

It is precisely under this trend of public opinion that a series of actions of the two countries of Nanhai and Ninghai have quickly spread to all counties in the world and have become known to the world.

And Sun Siwen and Cui Changqing, as traditional literati, naturally looked down on the martial arts of the two countries.

At this time, when he saw Lu Yuan mention it, he couldn't help but sneer.

While ridiculing, the two couldn't help but rejoice that they had met Lu Yuan, the lord of the country.

Otherwise, if you encounter a martial artist like Yan Wangqiu and Su Xuange, let alone become the prime minister and take charge of a country.

I'm afraid that I don't even have to be an official, so I can only pack up and go home and be a farmer.

Lu Yuan couldn't help but be speechless when he looked at the attitude of his two prime ministers, and then smiled helplessly: "The literary style of Nanhai and Ninghai is not as prosperous as my country. But the whole country shows up together, and there are still six or seven thousand people.

Of these six or seven thousand people, as long as more than half of them come to our country, plus our scholars, it should be enough.

Even if there is still a lack in the end, it can't affect the overall situation, so you can slowly fill it in in the future. ”

Sun Siwen nodded and said: "King Mingrui, ask for help from the two countries of Nanhai and Ninghai, so there will be no problem in selecting officials." ”

Lu Yuan smiled: "Since that's the case, then the two of you will go back and prepare." The founding ceremony, the choice of etiquette, the affairs of the envoy, the preparation for the imperial examination, these state affairs must be busy. Thank you very much. ”

Lu Yuan said the back, got up and saluted the two.

In terms of military affairs, he has no problems, but in terms of government affairs, without the help of this pair of Weng sons-in-law, it really can't be turned around.

If you force yourself to get it, the best case scenario is only the second in the South China Sea and Ninghai, and it may even be inferior to the other party.

So whether it's out of affection or out of need, this worship is sincere.

And Sun Siwen and Cui Changqing dared to accept this gift, so they hurriedly avoided it, and praised: "We are valued by the lord of the country, entrusted with state affairs, and dare to serve the king without worrying about it." I didn't dare to accept the king's gift. ”

In this way, in an atmosphere where kings and ministers get along with each other, the framework and tone for the founding of the country were set.

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With a general goal, with the efficiency of Sun Siwen and Cui Changqing, it was naturally and quickly implemented.

The major tailors and embroiderers in Changsha Mansion were called to requisition, and the fabrics of the major cloth shops were also purchased.

The new dynasty must have a new atmosphere.

Since Lu Yuan founded the country, he naturally had to prepare the official uniform and royal robe of the new country and determine his own dress and etiquette system.

Now there is still some time before the official opening of the country, although it is still in a hurry, it is still possible to make some simple court robes and use them temporarily.

At the very least, some important central officials of the new dynasty need to wear their own official uniforms.

If not, how can you show your orthodoxy, how can you show the difference between yourself and Da Yue?

Could it be that like the two countries of Nanhai and Ninghai, the lord of the country wears a yellow robe, and the ministers under him wear all kinds of robes with different shapes, like a grass thief, and the founding of the country and the enthronement?

If that's the case, then Sun Siwen and Cui Changqing should really find a piece of tofu to hit and die, after reading so many years of books, they should be the prime minister in vain.

In addition to preparing the new dynasty costumes, the altar built outside Changsha Mansion was also under the overtime of the recruited people, and preparations began in accordance with the regular form.

The two most important things for the founding of the country were slowly perfected with the efforts of the two prime ministers.

In addition to these two things, regarding the central officials, the chief officials of the three provinces, six departments, nine temples and five prisons were also promoted by Lu Yuan under their recommendation, and were promoted from the nine prefectures.

Within a month or so, more than 100 of these chief officials of various central ministries were transferred from local governments and counties.

And the vacancies after they left were also re-promoted to the local auxiliary officers to fill the vacancies.

Although there is still a lack of a large number of grassroots officials at the bottom, at least the framework has been put up, and it is barely enough to maintain the most basic daily operations.

Let's just wait for the difficult period of the founding of the country, and wait for the new imperial examination people to fill in, which will naturally alleviate the shortage of officials.

As for the toil of this time.

Lu Yuan founded the country, and there were nearly 1,000 officials under his rule, almost all of whom were promoted by one or two levels, and many were even promoted by four or five levels.

Moreover, the establishment of the new dynasty is celebrated by the whole world, and Lu Yuan is not short of money now, and he has a large number of rewards.

Under the promotion and wealth, how can these officials complain, they are all extremely happy and full of enthusiasm.

After all, there are vacancies everywhere in the country now, and if you do a little better, you can be promoted.

Who can miss such a good time for promotion, and who wants to miss it?

And under this busyness, a lot of preparations for Lu Yuan's founding of the country were gradually completed.

……

June 15 of the seventh year of Hongdao.

On Dongting Lake, thousands of warships came from the river, like a dark cloud, covering the entire lake.

The imperial army led by Yang Jing and Shangguan Ming, after a month, finally came according to the agreement, arrived in Yiyang County, and joined forces with Lu Yuan.

And Lu Yuan, who had already received the notice, had already asked the soldiers on the dock to pick up the soldiers on the battleships and take turns to get off the ship and go to the camp that had been established.

In the midst of the busyness, Yang Jing, Shangguan Ming, Jihui Holy Monk, and Qiao Kangquan finally met with Lu Yuan.

In the wharf, on a lakeside restaurant that was cleaned out, Lu Yuan took Lan Cai'er to greet these guests from afar.

"This time, we led 140,000 troops, and four grandmasters, at the invitation of the King of Changsha, came thousands of miles."

In the restaurant, Shangguan Ming sat in front of the eucalyptus, staring directly at Lu Yuan in front of him, looking at this person who he had dealt with for a long time, but had never met, and after looking at it for a long time, he asked: "Now that the first soldier has arrived, when will the king of Changsha open the country and build a state, and join forces with me to go north?" ”

Lu Yuan smiled slightly, shook his head and said: "The founding of the country has been decided, and it will be on the twentieth of this month, which is an auspicious day." On this day, I will worship the heavens outside the city of Changshafu.

Officially proclaimed to the world, the founding of the country, and the establishment of Changsha.

At that time, several generals and national teachers were invited to come to watch the ceremony. ”

Inviting Shangguan Ming, a member of the imperial court, to come to participate in the founding ceremony was planned by Lu Yuan a long time ago.

The founding of the country can have these people and have their platform, which will make the Changsha country he established even more famous in terms of reputation.

Because this represents the recognition of the Changsha State by the Dayue Imperial Court.

With this symbolic meaning, it can undoubtedly help Lu Yuan better unite the hearts of the people of Dongting County.

And for this request, Shangguan Ming will not be embarrassed, after all, the country has been sealed, and he doesn't care about this benefit, nodding slightly: "This is no problem." On that day, the four of us will be there in person. ”

Just after saying this, Shangguan Ming continued to ask: "The king of Changsha said before that after the founding of the country, we and the other two countries will work together to attack Yiyang County, except for the Zhou people in the city. Then he waved his army to the north and marched into Tianmen Mansion.

Now that we have waited for the 140,000 army to arrive, I wonder how the 100,000 army that the king of Changsha originally promised the court is preparing now? ”

In Jiangbei Tianmen Mansion, the Zhou State had an army of 300,000.

Among the 300,000 troops, there are 200,000, who are the elite soldiers of the Zhou State. The remaining 100,000 were composed of the Qiang soldiers under Li Xiong's command and the Yue soldiers who had gathered in Xichuan County.

The combat power of this army is not weak.

Now there are 140,000 soldiers on Shangguan Ming's side, and in the city of Tianmen Mansion in Jiangbei, Bai Mengyang also has 20,000 guards.

This adds up, it's only 160,000, but half of the Zhou people.

In terms of congenital grandmasters, counting Li Yanjing and others in Yiyang City, the Zhou people have five congenital grandmasters.

There are also five people on the court side, and they have just been drawn.

Therefore, with this strength, going north, the imperial court wants to repel the Zhou people and take back Xichuan County, which is simply wishful thinking.

Whether or not the Tianmen Mansion can be recovered is a question.

Therefore, Lu Yuan, Yan Wangqiu, and Su Xuange, the three of them, promised the 300,000 soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and became an important force in whether the imperial court could recover Xichuan County.

And among the three, Lu Yuan's 100,000 soldiers and horses are the most important.

Who let him have 100,000 elite soldiers in his hands?

It is precisely because of this that even if Shangguan Ming and them are unhappy in their hearts, they still give face at this time.

Everyone is so face-saving, Lu Yuan naturally will not have any refusal to this, and said at this time: "Now outside Yiyang City, I have 60,000 soldiers and horses stationed. Outside the city of Changsha, there were also 40,000 soldiers and horses.

These 100,000 people are all elites who can fight well.

Only after the founding of the country, the army marched out, broke through Yiyang City, and uprooted the Zhou people here.

Then my army of 100,000 will be able to go north on the same day. ”

Lu Yuan replied crisply.

And hearing him say this, Shangguan Ming finally smiled a little: "Good! Then I will wait for the king of Changsha to move his troops. ”

Yang Jing and the others next to him also smiled.