Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 358 Internal Affairs and Diplomacy (please subscribe!)
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Seeing that Sun Jing and Jiang Jing disagreed with lending money to Zhao Ji, Li Yan looked at the others and asked, "Do you all agree?"

Zhao Ding said: "My humble opinion, the governor should agree to this matter."

Li Yan looked at Zhao Ding and asked, "Your reason."

Zhao Dingdao: "May I ask the governor if he wants to win the Central Plains?"

Li Yan said noncommittally: "What do you want, so what if you don't want to?"

Zhao Ding said: "If the governor doesn't want to win the Central Plains, he can't agree to this matter. If he wants to win the Central Plains, he'd better agree to this matter."

Li Yan didn't speak, he was waiting for Zhao Ding's next words.

Zhao Ding paused, then continued: "Lord Song loves face very much. Since he is willing to borrow money from you, the governor, and since his favorite minister Cai You is willing to stay in our city for more than two months and wait for you, the governor, then Explain that this money is very important to them, and you can take this opportunity to ask Song to ask for more things that are useful to you, Commander-in-Chief."

Li Yan said: "For example?"

Zhao Dingdao: "For example, your official position, Metropolitan Governor, your current official position is indeed a bit low. If you don't make changes, you may have trouble in the future."

Li Yan, the great guardian, was an official that did not exist in the Song Dynasty.

As for Li Yan's self-proclaimed Great Governor, there is no such thing.

In fact, Li Yan's power is equivalent to that of Jiedushi in the Song Dynasty.

But Li Yan's rank is from the second rank, which is half a rank lower than the second rank of Jiedushi.

Therefore, strictly speaking, Li Yan is a deputy Jiedushi.

It's no wonder that Li Yan's subordinates are worried about Li Yan's official position.

As for the official position of a soldier in the Song Dynasty, he could be a Jiedushi at the highest level, which is only half a rank higher than Li Yan's current rank.

Therefore, Li Yan said: "Even if you give me Jiedushi, it won't be much better than it is now, right?"

Zhao Ding said with a smile: "The governor only needs to make requests, and their rulers and ministers have to worry about this matter."

When Li Yan heard this, he patted himself on the forehead secretly, and said in his heart: "That's right, why should I worry about it? If he doesn't satisfy me, I just don't want to lend him money."

Li Yan nodded slightly, and said, "Is there anything else?"

Zhao Ding said: "Talent."

Li Yan repeated: "Talent?"

Zhao Dingdao: "Although the civil and military personnel under your command are enough, they are far from enough for you to compete for hegemony. Most of your territories are poor and poor, and there are few scholars. It's hard to solve this problem even if you study and train..."

This is indeed a big problem.

Li Yan's subjects are almost all composed of poor people.

The poor have no chance to study.

Li Yan ransacked almost all those rich households' homes, and most of them went to Koryo and Taepong.

Besides, it is impossible for Li Yan to conduct imperial examinations only for Koreans.

If this is the case, there will be endless troubles.

Then cultivate yourself?
In fact, Li Yan has already established a school, but the time is too short, within three to five years, those people can't use it at all.

And even after three to five years, they are just fresh graduates who have graduated from elementary school, and it is difficult for them to be alone.

Therefore, it is indeed a big problem for Li Yan to find talent difficult to sustain.

Zhao Ding continued: "Great Governor, you can take this opportunity to ask for another two thousand students from the Song Dynasty, and then select and train talents who can be used by you, the Great Governor. In this way, the Great Governor can even win Shandong and Hebei. land, and there are enough people to manage it.”

After being reminded by Zhao Ding, Li Yan suddenly thought: "Why don't I take this opportunity to invite famous generals like Han Shizhong, Liu Qi, Wu Jie, and Yang Cunzhong?"

This idea opened a new door for Li Yan.

"Han Shizhong should be just a small officer around the team now. It seems that he didn't get mixed up with a small military officer from the ninth rank until he captured Fang La."

Li Yan is sure that as long as he and Zhao Ji want Han Shizhong, he will definitely be able to get Han Shizhong who is not well-known now.

"Liu Qi is a bit difficult to deal with. His father, Liu Zhongwu, is the military governor of Luchuan Army, half a rank higher than me."

Although it was difficult, Li Yan also made up his mind to pursue Liu Kai, the top general in charge of the army.

"Wu Jie is also a descendant of the general family, who guarded Shu for three generations, but his family seems to have declined. Now his rank should not be much higher than Han Shizhong, and it is not difficult to come. By the way, Wu Jie also has a younger brother who is also a super famous general. One piece is coming."

Li Yan circled the names of Wu Jie and Wu Lin with a pen in his heart.

"Yang Cunzhong, he should be called Yang Yizhong now, and he was also born as a general, but his grandfather Yang Zongmin and his father Yang Zhen didn't seem to have high official positions...Yang Zongmin and Yang Zhen, one of them was guarding Yongxing with Tang Zhong, and the Jin army captured the city. , and died in battle against the enemy, and the other died in battle against the Jin army. Yang Cunzhong's family is full of loyalty. Then let them all come. By the way, Tang Zhong is also a loyalty, so let's come too by the way."

Li Yan circled Yang Cunzhong, Yang Zongmin, Yang Zhen, and Tang Zhong with a pen in his heart.

"Who do you want? This opportunity is once in a lifetime."

Li Yan began to search for famous officials and generals in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Seeing that Li Yan already intended to lend money to Zhao Ji, those who agreed to lend money to Zhao Ji spoke up one after another.

Guo Yongdao: "Although we can recruit many craftsmen and boatmen from Fang La's territory, Fang La's territory is limited after all. How can it be compared with Song State? The governor can take this opportunity to ask Song to ask for more craftsmen and boatmen."

Jin Fushi said: "Although the Song Dynasty has no money and silver, it has other things, such as iron bars, ox horns, cowhide, tendon, sheepskin, arrows (poles), and feathers. These strategic materials can be obtained by the governor."

Sun Jing hesitated for a moment, then said: "According to what I know, Lord Song has three keel bones that are more than fifteen feet long. If you can get them, the treasure ship that you have always wanted to build, Commander-in-Chief, is expected to be built. "

Zhu Wudao: "Governor, you can also use part of the glass and soap to pay off the loan. This way, our pressure will definitely not be small."

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Li Yan discussed with Wen Huanzhang and others for more than two hours, and then brought Wen Huanzhang and others to Fengtian Hall, and sat on that chair to meet other civil and military officials.

Li Yan sat on this chair, but because Li Yan pressed all his brains and brains, he stopped temporarily for persuading him to come in.

Li Yan first asked Wen Huanzhang and others to report on the development of Lelang and Zhenfan counties, including Jeju County, during his absence, and then let the civil and military officials speak freely.

Li Yan's power has a great characteristic-all civil and military officials are generally young.

There are not many people over fifty.

Those in their 40s are considered old people in Li Yan's case.

More around 30 years old.

However, most of them are in their 20s.

Therefore, the entire force is full of vigor, and these people dare to speak and act.

Therefore, Li Yan let them speak freely, and under the leadership of some bold people, they really dared to say anything.

And Li Yan also showed his open-minded side—even if they said something wrong, he didn't blame them.Moreover, Li Yan asked people to record what they said, go back and read it slowly, and then adopt the reasonable suggestions.In addition, Li Yan also ordered them to speak freely in the next three days.

Li Yan's open-mindedness and open-minded approach further won the hearts of civil and military officials.

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(End of this chapter)