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Li Ye knew Li Heng well and was suspicious by nature. How could he leave such an important matter of monitoring himself to the Li family so easily? How could he trust the Li family?

The emperor must also be testing the Li family to see if the Li family can be won over by him.

If this hypothesis is true, then the emperor must have set up a surveillance point in Longyou so that he could check whether the Li family was lying.

Not long after, Li Chenghua hurried over, bowed and saluted, "See you, Your Highness!"

Li Ye said slowly: "Li Qiu came to me just now and said that the emperor wanted the Li family to be responsible for monitoring me, but what if I pulled the Li family over? Didn't the emperor think of this?

So I felt that the emperor was a bit superfluous, but it made me realize that he must also be monitoring me. This is his hobby. Even my father is being monitored, let alone me. "

"His Highness, did you ask your subordinate to find this surveillance point?"

Li Ye nodded, "Try to find it, but once you find it, don't alert the snake."

"I understand the humble position!"

Li Chenghua thought for a while and said: "In the past, Chief Shi Xie Jin was the monitor sent by the emperor. Later, Anxi Bi Sichen was also responsible for monitoring His Highness, so I doubt that the monitor this time is an official."

"That's not necessarily true. In the past, it was the monitor arranged by the Supreme Emperor. This time, it was the person arranged by the new emperor. To be precise, it was the person arranged by Li Fuguo. Eunuchs generally cannot command court officials, and Li Fuguo usually arranges small people to monitor court officials. So, Monitoring me should be a small person, not even in the government."

"If you were outside, I would be a little suspicious of the Yellow River Restaurant. There are a lot of officials there, and it is very easy to find out any information."

"Whose property is Yellow River Restaurant?"

"It turned out to be the property of the Liu family. It was later auctioned. I heard that it was bought by a big businessman for 30,000 yuan. I don't know who it is specifically."

Li Ye nodded, "Start your investigation from this Yellow River Restaurant!"

Li Ye was drinking tea while looking through the ultimatums on the table. After the Longyou Road was opened, a large number of ultimatums came one after another.

When dealing with localities, the imperial court's system was to set up capital provinces within the Shangshu Province. Officials from the Six Ministries and Twenty-Four Divisions would come to the capital province to sit in charge every day, and on the opposite side were officials from various parts of the emperor who entered the imperial court.

This is equivalent to the government affairs hall in later generations. Officials from the capital and provinces will hand over the approved documents to the Jinzouyuan of each state, and the officials from the Jinzouyuan will send people back to the states.

At the same time, the officials of Jinzouyuan will hand over the documents and ultimatums sent by the various states to the provincial officials.

Although the Tang Dynasty still had the local level of Dao, the world was divided into ten Dao in the early Tang Dynasty, and was further subdivided into fifteen Dao in the middle Tang Dynasty. For example, Li Ye served as the observer of Shannan East Dao.

But Dao is not an administrator, but an inspector. The observers visit the states, and the government affairs of the states are still directly connected to the Shangshu Province.

But the Jiedushi is different. The Jiedushi is in charge of both military and government affairs. Why would the Jiedushi be allowed to interfere in government affairs? Because the court cannot provide enough money, food and military stipends, and can only let the Jiedushi find ways to raise funds on his own. Then the court must delegate power. .

After Li Heng ascended the throne, the imperial court learned the lessons of An Lushan's rebellion and no longer allowed Jiedushi to interfere in politics.

But in fact it still can't be done. If you don't let Jiedu envoys interfere in politics, then they must provide enough money, food and military salaries. But the court cannot do it at all. Guanzhong itself does not have enough food, and the court officials themselves still owe salaries, where can they get more money? If financial resources cannot solve the problem of military salaries, power must be delegated.

Therefore, dozens of Jiedufang towns appeared in the late Tang Dynasty, and they basically had great autonomy.

Li Ye's Helong Jiedu Prefecture is very special. It was occupied by Tubo and the original bureaucracy was destroyed. After Li Ye recovered it, he had to rebuild the local bureaucracy.

So who will lead this reconstruction is crucial. This is the top priority of Xiangyang negotiations.

Originally the imperial court had a tough attitude and insisted on being led by the imperial court, but in the end it was destroyed by Li Ye's 140,000 taels of silver. In addition to the pressing situation, the emperor Li Heng gave in comprehensively and changed to the Jiedu Mansion to take the lead in reconstruction. All officials were replaced by Jiedu Mansion. Dufu appoints, except for the governor, who is recommended by Li Ye and appointed by the court.

Li Ye also made a concession, that is, he would handle the money, food and military salary by himself, and the court would not care about it. The burden on the court was greatly reduced, which of course also meant that he lost control.

At this time, Li Mi, Chen Huan and Wang Wei came to see Li Ye, and the three handed Li Ye a copy of the recruitment regulations for civil servants.

What is most lacking in Helong Jiedu Prefecture and other prefectures and counties now is not officials, but officials. Officials are the foundation of government offices. Without officials, government offices will cease to function.

"Four hundred people are needed!"

Li Ye was a little surprised, "Didn't you estimate there were about three hundred people before?"

Li Mi smiled and said: "Your Highness is about to attack Hexi and the remaining three states of Longyou. We have to consider it."

"A man from Longyou is willing to work as a civil servant in Hexi?"

Wang Wei smiled slightly and said: "Your Highness is unaware that there are a large number of scholars who have fled from Hexi in Longyou. You can choose from them."

Wang Wei had previously served as a pseudo-official in Anlushan, but later abandoned his official position and fled to Lantian, where he met Li Ye's army. He was afraid of being liquidated by the court, so he simply served for Li Ye and was appointed deputy Sima and official of Jiedu Prefecture. Si Dupan is the chief officer of the Department of Personnel. He is responsible for the specific affairs of recruiting civil servants this time.

Li Ye nodded and asked, "When will recruitment begin?"

Chen Huan said: "Because the road to Longyou has just been opened, many talents are starting to hit the road. After discussion, we decided to take the exam and recruit on the eighth day of March."

Li Ye frowned slightly, "Does this conflict with the imperial examination?"

"There are conflicts, but in fact the number of applicants has exceeded 10,000, and it is estimated that about 20,000 people will sign up in the end."

Li Ye was startled, "There are so many people?"

Chen Huan nodded, "It is indeed a bit unexpected. The main reason is that we have set up two registration points in Longzhou and Chang'an. More than half of the people registered from Longzhou and Chang'an, especially Chang'an point with the most registrations."

"In other words, many people from Guanzhong want to come here?"

"In fact, it's not just Guanzhong, there are also scholars from the Central Plains in Luoyang, Zhengzhou, and Bianzhou. Many of them originally went to take the imperial examination. They estimated that they would not pass the imperial examination, so they signed up to take the Helong Civil Service Examination instead."

Next to him, Wang Wei also said: "So we decided to set up a test center in Yong County, which will save candidates the hardship of traveling long distances to Longyou."

Li Ye smiled slightly and said, "Can the imperial court tolerate plucking hair from the imperial court's lips?"

Li Mi also smiled and said: "It's just recruiting civil servants. Is the court so stingy?"

The four of them laughed, and Li Ye immediately signed the draft, "The plan is OK, let's implement it as soon as possible!"

Chen Huan and Wang Wei left first, but Li Mi stayed.

He pondered for a moment and then slowly said to Li Ye: "This time I am recruiting civil servants. I suggest you write an explanation to the court for record. Otherwise, there will be some unnecessary misunderstandings. If these misunderstandings accumulate too much, they will affect your highness's reputation."

"The military advisor might as well tell you in detail!"

"For example, among the civil servants recruited by His Highness, there are quite a few with the position of magistrate. However, the magistrate is not a clerk, but an official, a ninth-grade official. This makes the court think that His Highness is playing tricks. Originally, His Highness recruited county magistrates and magistrates. There is nothing wrong with the state officials, but His Highness uses the method of recruiting civil servants to secretly give people the feeling of being a thief, which will make people disgusted.

In addition, His Highness did not report to the court in time on the appointment of the Governor of Liangzhou, which would also make the court think that His Highness was playing tricks.

The purpose of a humble minister is to tell the court openly and openly if you have any matters. If the court does not agree with the appointment, His Highness will insist. After a few rounds, the government and the public will still agree, but this makes people feel that His Highness is adhering to the principle, thus Create trust in His Highness.

On the contrary, being sneaky or playing tricks will make people think of Anlu Mountain. Over time, His Highness's reputation will become the second Anlu Mountain. "

Li Ye nodded, "The military advisor's persuasion makes sense. Many times, I actually don't want to explain to the court and think there is no need to explain to them."

Li Bi smiled slightly and said: "When a man wants to go out for fun when he is ten years old, he still needs to get permission from his parents. When he is twenty years old, he needs to leave a note to his parents. When he is thirty years old, he has a family and a career. I want to You no longer need to get your parents’ consent for anything you do. Your Highness is still twenty years old, so it is still necessary to write an explanation to the court and make a record. When you truly mature, it won’t matter if you ignore the court.”

Li Ye nodded slowly, "I completely understand the military advisor's persuasion!"