Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 192 Recruiting Officials

The standard of Gao Ming's employment has always been that you should be more expensive than more expensive, and you should first look at character, followed by ability, because in his opinion, lack of ability can be cultivated later in life, but character is something deep in the bones, which is the most important of.

Hegan Chengji's ability is very strong, but because of his lack of character, until now, Gao Ming still only let him do errands, or collect protection fees and other chores, and did not entrust him with the really important things .

Although Li Goudan lacked ability, he had no problem with loyalty, and he was astute, so Gao Ming handed over Jinzhou to him, and let him go from a swindler in the market step by step to the governor who now controls a state.

Not to mention Zhang Sizheng and Zhou Zheng, one of them controls the Baiqiwei, Gaoming's private armed force, and the other controls Datang Royal Academy, the cradle of future talent in Datang, and they can be called Gaoming's right-hand man .

As for Wu Mei who stayed in Chang'an, Gao Ming was also very relieved. Ever since he asked Li Yin to teach the Wu brothers a lesson, Wu Mei looked at him with a tamed look. If Gao Ming had something to do, I'm afraid he "ate" her long ago.

"When I go back to Chang'an, I'll eat her again, hehehehe..."

Thinking of this, Gao Ming couldn't help humming a ditty immediately.

"Honghu Lake water, waves, waves, waves, waves, waves..."

After a night's rest in the Governor's Mansion, Gao Ming followed Li Goudan to the outside of Jinzhou City the next morning to inspect the Datang Royal Academy that was under construction.

After a month of construction, the academy has already taken a certain prototype. Just looking at its tens of hectares of land area, one knows that it must be very magnificent after completion.

Looking at the busy craftsmen in front of him, Gao Ming suddenly showed a smile.

"This academy is the future of my Great Tang, son of a bitch, you should pay more attention to it, don't make any mistakes!"

"Yes, Your Highness, don't worry!"

At this moment, the officials from the Ministry of Industry who were in charge of building the academy also came over, and bowed deeply to Gao Ming after arriving.

"Yu Chang, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, has met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Free gift!"

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness!"

Seeing that the construction of the academy was going well, Gao Ming was also in a good mood, and immediately started talking with Yu Chang.

"Your name is Yu Chang? Who are you, Mr. Yu Shinan, former Minister of Rites?"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Yu Chang immediately laughed.

"It's my father!"

Hearing his words, Gao Ming's eyes became a little strange.

Yu Shinan is a great calligrapher and writer, why did his son come to build a house?
Gao Ming is a person who is not good at hiding himself. His expression immediately revealed his inner thoughts. Yu Chang seemed to understand what Gao Ming wanted to express, and a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face.

"Uh... the humble minister is unfilial, humiliating the family, making His Royal Highness laugh."

"what?"

Seeing Yu Chang's embarrassing expression, Gao Ming immediately reacted and waved his hand quickly.

"No, no, I didn't laugh at you. In fact, the contractor is also very good, isn't it... I mean, no matter what you do, you are contributing to Datang. In fact, I look down on those guys who show off their literary talents the most. It is you I appreciate this kind of hard work!"

Having said that, Gao Ming immediately patted Yu Chang on the shoulder.

"Do well, I'm optimistic about you!"

When Gao Ming said this, Gao Ming felt that he couldn't pretend anymore, so he had to walk away with his hands behind his back. After Gao Ming left, Li Goudan also patted Yu Chang's shoulder just like him just now. .

"Do well, I'm optimistic about you!"

After finishing speaking, Li Goudan also left, leaving Yu Chang who was stunned in place.

After Gao Ming and Li Goudan had gone far away, Yu Chang shook his head helplessly, and then continued to work with the craftsmen.

Gao Ming was not idle either. After returning to Jinzhou City, he wrote a notice and asked Li Goudan to post it.

Li Goudan took the notice and looked at it, and was dumbfounded.

I saw two big black words on the top of the notice - Recruitment, and the following content made Li Goudan even more dumbfounded.

"Today, Jinzhou is recruiting three county magistrates, four county magistrates, four county lieutenants, four chief registrants, and a number of clerks to join the army. Those who are interested can directly apply at the Jinzhou governor's office. After passing the assessment, they can act as agents for the above positions. The probationary period is one year, and after one year, those who have achieved outstanding performance can directly become court officials."

"Requirements for registration: Anyone from Jinzhou between the ages of 20 and 35 can sign up for the assessment in the Governor's Mansion within three days. There is really no threshold. As long as you have confidence and ability, this is your chance to rise to the sky. You what are you waiting for?"

"Remarks: Each person is only allowed to participate in one assessment. Violators will not only be disqualified from the assessment, but will also be punished as fraud. The crown prince has the final right of interpretation."

After reading the notice, Li Goudan was shocked.

Although he couldn't understand many words in the notice, he still felt that it was too unreliable.

"His Royal Highness, is this notice really posted like this?"

Seeing Li Godan's surprised look, Gao Ming gave him a blank look.

"Of course, otherwise why would I write it, stop talking nonsense and post it quickly."

"Yes!"

Seeing Gao Ming's resolute attitude, Li Goudan had no choice but to post the notice. Less than three days after the recruitment notice was posted, the whole Jinzhou was boiling.

"What? You can become an official without passing the imperial examination? Could it be a fake?"

"It's true, the notice is posted outside the Governor's Mansion, and I heard that His Royal Highness is in Jinzhou Governor's Mansion!"

"Hiss...could it be His Highness the Crown Prince who wrote "The Humble Room Inscription" and "Ai Lian Shuo" and created the first couplets in the Tang Dynasty?"

"Great, I'm going to sign up for the assessment, from then on I will rise to the top and shine brightly, hahahaha..."

No matter which dynasty or generation, there are always many people who want to be officials. With such an opportunity, everyone is naturally unwilling to let it go, so when the day of the assessment comes, the entire Jinzhou Prefecture is already overcrowded. The stables of the inn were full of people.

Their purpose is only one - to pass the brilliant examination and become an official!

At noon on the day of the assessment, there was already a sea of ​​people outside Jinzhou Governor's Mansion. In order to maintain order, Gao Ming not only called in all the guards in Jinzhou, but also all the arresting yamen servants and city gate guards in the city. With so many people, it's still a bit powerless.

Looking at the noisy crowd in front of him, Gao Ming could only summon all the Hundred Knights and let them shout loudly together.

"Today only the county magistrate and county magistrate's assessment will be conducted, and the rest of you should disperse! Today only the county magistrate and county magistrate's assessment will be conducted..."

Gao Ming asked the hundred cavalry guards to shout several times, and with his shouts, many people began to disperse slowly, and in the end only more than 100 people dressed as scholars were left standing in place.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming smiled with satisfaction.

"These are the people who are going to participate in the county magistrate's assessment, right? Goudan, register their household registration, and then let them enter the governor's mansion to start the assessment!"

"Yes!"

Soon, those who had registered were brought to the courtyard of the governor's mansion. What surprised them was that no one gave them exam questions, and no one provided them with pens, inks, papers and inkstones. They stood in the courtyard and discussed.

"How is this going?"

"It's just..."

Just as some voices appeared from the crowd, they were immediately suppressed by a louder voice.

"Quiet, what's the proper way to whisper?"

Everyone looked up and saw Li Goudan, who was wearing a scarlet official uniform, walking over with his head held high, so everyone hurriedly bowed their hands to salute him.

"Students have met Master Li!"

Seeing them being so respectful, Li Goudan snorted coldly, and then took out a large stack of papers.

"These are your household registrations. Whoever's name I read next will follow me to the courtyard next to you to accept the assessment of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Zhao Dongming."

As soon as Li Goudan finished speaking, a scholar immediately stood up.

"The students are here!"

Looking at this scholar in his twenties, Li Goudan nodded immediately.

"follow me!"

"Yes!"

Li Goudan brought the scholar named Zhao Dongming to the courtyard next to him. After seeing Gao Ming sitting in the courtyard drinking tea, Li Goudan quickly saluted him.

"His Royal Highness, people have brought it!"

"Ok!"

Gao Ming nodded, and then looked at the person in front of him.

"What's your name? Why do you want to be a magistrate?"

After seeing Gao Ming, Zhao Dongming was obviously a little nervous. After hearing Gao Ming's words, he became even more nervous and stuttered.

"I... I am Zhao... Zhao..."

Seeing him so nervous, Gao Ming sighed suddenly, then shook his head.

Seeing Gao Ming's expression, Li Goudan immediately understood what he meant, and immediately took Zhao Dongming down.

When Zhao Dongming appeared in front of everyone dejectedly, a group of people were stunned.

"Looking at him like that, he seems to have failed. It's less than fifty breaths, right?"

"Sigh... It seems that His Royal Highness's assessment is really not easy."

"Yes, yes!"

Hearing what everyone said, Li Goudan suddenly sneered.

"Hmph, what do you know? This idiot can't even speak clearly after seeing His Highness the Crown Prince, so he still wants to be the county magistrate?"

As soon as Li Goudan finished speaking, Zhao Dongming immediately covered his face and began to cry. Now Li Goudan became even more impatient, and waved to the servants beside him, and the two servants immediately came over and took him out.

After the servant sent Zhao Dongming away, Li Goudan picked up the list again.

"Liu Linyu, come in with me!"

"Yes!"

With Zhao Dongming's lesson, although there are still some people who are so nervous that they tremble when speaking, there are no more people who can't even speak.

The only thing that made Gao Ming a little helpless was that the reasons these people gave for wanting to be the county magistrate were all surprisingly consistent—to honor their ancestors.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Can't they say something new?"

However, thinking of the limitations of this era, Gao Ming could only endure it, and then gave them a second question.

"If you become county magistrates, how will you manage the people under your rule?"

(End of this chapter)