Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 237: Confirmation of Wu Shun and Wu Mei's identities, Wu's rise
In order to encourage the people to go out to sea and do business, he was originally planning to provide cargo ships capable of long-distance voyages for free, or to lease them to the people. However, after what has happened, he has given up the idea of ​​doing so.

Although going out to sea for business is extremely risky, as long as you are successful, take the goods out and return safely, the profits you get will also be very high.

He encouraged the people to go out to sea, simply to let the people participate in the process of exploring the sea. If any land was discovered and someone wanted to occupy it, he would not impose any restrictions.

Li Yuanji even hoped that these people would take the initiative to occupy overseas areas, such as the area west of India, or find places like Europe and America.

As long as it is not a place where energy and resources that he cares about are concentrated, he hopes that the people will spontaneously occupy overseas territories and be ruled by the Han people.

He had great grace towards the people who left his place. Maybe these people would take the initiative to help him expand his fiefdom, right?
But now, after going through so many things, Li Yuanji suddenly realized that there are some troublemakers among the people. Although he will not target them more because he cannot tell which ones are good and which ones are bad, and does not want to make a distinction because the base is too large, he can no longer pamper them unconditionally like before.

Cen Wenben listened quietly, and finally said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, in addition, there are not so many people to re-arrange the officials in various places. The lower-level officials are fine, but there are no suitable candidates for the governors of so many states, including the governors of Guangzhou Prefecture and Nanzhou Prefecture."

Cen Wenben was really worried. The governors of the two prefectures and the provincial governors could not temporarily use the people from the academy or select suitable people from the common people like the county magistrates and officials in the county government.

Although we now have indicators and can do things according to them, if we don't have the ability, we won't understand the arrangement of the indicators, how to complete them, and some of the overall coordination, then the indicators will only cause trouble.

Li Yuanji thought for a moment and said resolutely: "Select people from the existing people in the palace. The rest of the officials can be selected from the army or re-selected according to the previous method.

As long as you have a certain foundation, you can go and give it a try, but the burden on your shoulders will be heavier.

You just have to hold on a little longer. The college is currently undergoing a major overhaul and Kong Yingda is in charge. You can go to Kong Yingda and get this matter settled earlier so that you can start investing earlier.

In addition, there should be some talented people among the people who migrated here from the Tang Dynasty. You can select them after you go there.

However, when appointing people, their backgrounds must be thoroughly checked to see if they are innocent. These people should not be appointed at a higher level.”

He does lack talent, but even if he does, someone has to do these things. He just doesn't believe that a living person can be suffocated to death by urine.
If it really doesn't work, he will directly transfer part of the army to do this. The people in the army have extremely strong discipline. As long as they explain it clearly, the worst that can happen is that they can govern it in a formalized manner.

As long as there is experience, some people will naturally stand out. People are not born with talents, and many things must be learned gradually from practice. Li Yuanji has already prepared for the worst.

Cen Wenben agreed immediately and left after a while.

There are too many things that need to be dealt with now, including the matter with Aizhou Wubian, and the matter of finding Kong Yingda to connect with the college. Cen Wenben is extremely busy.

Li Yuanji pondered for a moment and then called Yang Jianhe.

"Send a message to Feng Ang, asking him to come here as soon as possible.

Also, how is the war going in Japan now? Pay attention to it as soon as possible. It was said before that Li Ji, Cheng Yaojin and others have landed in Japan, but there is no reply about the current situation of the war.

If the war with Japan is resolved, let Wei Ting come back as soon as possible and tell him directly that there are many things to do here and manpower is needed.

Also, where is Wang Gui now?

Li Er sent him here, but it's been so long and he still hasn't arrived. He's too slow. Send a team to pick him up and get him here as soon as possible."

Li Yuanji knew very well how busy Cen Wenben was. Now that things were piled up at once, he had to find someone to share the burden with Cen Wenben. Otherwise, if this continued, he would worry about Cen Wenben's health.

Yang Jianhe felt very upset when listening to Li Yuanji's words. He had just returned not long ago and had just taken over so many things. Li Yuanji had just asked him to form the Jinyiwei, and things there had not been settled yet, but now a lot of things had happened again.

Li Yuanji, the boss, said respectfully, "Your Majesty, the war has started in Japan, and the war may be fierce. The reply of military reports will be relatively slow. In addition, the vast ocean will naturally slow down the transmission speed.

The news about Wang Gui was from ten days ago. He had already arrived in Yuezhou and went to Hengzhou by water. Later, he would enter Guangzhou from Shaozhou and take a boat from Guangzhou.

Counting the days, I'm afraid it will take about two months to arrive."

Li Yuanji was overwhelmed after hearing this. Not to mention Japan, which was surrounded by the sea on all sides. Intelligence could only be transmitted by ship. Carrier pigeons could not cross the sea at all. It was normal that the transmission time was slower.

But what on earth was Wang Gui doing here? He wanted this man to come and do something for him, but this man seemed to be traveling on the road. His speed was probably not much faster than a snail, right?

Li Yuanji looked at Yang Jianhe viciously.

"Then what are you still standing here for? Send someone to pick up Wang Gui immediately. Leave someone to protect his family and come later. But Wang Gui must arrive as soon as possible.

Don't say two months. By the time the people you send arrive, Wang Gui must have already entered Hengzhou or even reached Chenzhou. I give you one month to bring him here quickly."

Yang Jianhe trembled suddenly and started running outside in a hurry.

"I will go right away, Your Majesty, please wait a moment."

Before he could finish his words, the person had already appeared outside the hall. Li Yuanji looked at him and smiled helplessly.

Li Yuanji was alone in the hall, frowning and thinking. After a while, he suddenly spoke.

"Someone, go and ask Wu Shigui to come over."

Li Yuanji was thinking about Japan this time. Although he didn't know what the war situation in Japan was like, no matter what, it was almost coming to an end.

As for why he was so sure, it was because Japan was surrounded by the sea, and it would be very difficult for Li Ji and his men to obtain supplies, because his navy was much stronger than the Tang Dynasty's navy.

As long as the sea is blocked, it is basically impossible for the Tang Dynasty to transport subsequent supplies to Li Ji. If there are only one or two ships, it may be possible to successfully smuggle, after all, Liu Rengui cannot monitor the entire sea.

But the transportation of supplies would never be just one or two ships. According to Li Ji's military strength, more than 50,000, the supply of supplies must be escorted by a large navy. Such a huge target would be very easy to monitor.

This is also the reason why he is certain that this war will not last too long. However, no matter in which direction the war develops, he is determined to win Japan. Even if Su Dingfang, Liu Rengui, Xue Wanche, Yu Minghe and others cannot defeat him, he is not going to give up.

At worst, he will lose his martial ethics. Tens of thousands of people cannot defeat Li Ji, right?

Then he can send 100,000 men next time, and this time he will win, right? As for Li Er's desire to increase his troops, the current reality of the Tang Dynasty does not allow Li Er to increase his troops again, and he has to cross the vast ocean, so forget it.

After a while, Wu Shigui arrived.

"See you, Your Majesty."

Looking at Wu Shigui, Li Yuanji smiled.

"Hurry up, this is not a formal occasion, no need to bow, sit down."

Wu Shigui, as a wealthy businessman and a famous Shanxi merchant, started his business through timber business and expanded it into a powerful one. Since he followed Li Yuan in the uprising, he had some abilities, but not much. However, Wu Shigui had one good point, that is, he was obedient and capable.

Wu Shigui looked at Li Yuanji with mixed feelings in his heart. He knew very well the reason why he came here. Li Yuan had told him all of it at the beginning. Wu Shigui himself had not expected that so many things had happened in Chang'an not long after he came to Lingnan.

In the end he had to stay in Lingnan. The change from obeying Li Yuanji's orders on the surface to actually obeying Li Yuanji's orders was quite big.

Now that both of his daughters have been sent to the palace, Wu Shigui is already in semi-retirement. In his eyes, with Wu Shun and Wu Mei in the palace, he has nothing to worry about after the Wu family.

At this moment, Li Yuanji's voice came again.

"Yuan Qing and Yuan Shuang, they should be here soon, right?"

Wu Shigui immediately stood up and said, "Your Majesty, my two sons arrived in Shaozhou half a month ago, just in time for General Xi to relocate the people to Lingnan. They also want to contribute, so they stay there and help relocate the people.

This is just a coincidence. I happened to be working for the king, so I agreed and have not yet arrived here."

Li Yuanji was slightly stunned. Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang were actually helping to relocate the people? What good could these two do?

He didn't know much about these two people, but they were well-known playboys who were idle all day long. Moreover, history had shown that these two people really couldn't accomplish anything.

Now that the two of them took the initiative to do this, Li Yuanji could guess that this was probably Wu Shigui's request. After all, they would be working under him. If they didn't perform well first, how would they be employed in the future?

Perhaps Wu Shigui knew that his two sons were incompetent, so he only arranged for them to do such easier tasks. After all, even if they did not achieve any credit, they could still be thanked for their hard work.

Li Yuanji stopped thinking about it. How to use these two people would ultimately depend on him. If these two people were still useless, then he would have no choice.

Then he smiled and said, "Not bad, you started helping as soon as you got here. That's a good intention."

After a brief chat, Li Yuanji started talking about other things.

"Shun'er and Mei'er will stay in the palace from now on. They get along well with the princess and can be a good companion for the sisters."

Wu Shigui's eyes lit up after hearing this. Li Yuanji's words undoubtedly gave him a positive answer. Wu Shun and Wu Mei entered the palace in the name of maids. If Li Yuanji did not change his words, then Wu Shun and Wu Mei could only be maids.

Now that Li Yuanji said in person that he would accompany Yang Qingwan as a sister, Wu Shigui knew very well what Li Yuanji meant, and he could only be happy about it.

As for the age difference, he didn't consider it at all. He thought it was good enough that Li Yuanji liked Wu Shun and Wu Mei. Why would he consider age? He hoped that Li Yuanji would confirm the status of the two women and keep them in the palace.

Wu Shigui's face was full of smiles.

"I will listen to your Majesty. It is a blessing for the two of them to be favored by the princess and become sisters. From now on, I will leave it to your Majesty."

Seeing Wu Shigui's excitement, Li Yuanji didn't want to say anything more. Li Yuanji could not deny that Wu Shigui was very successful as a businessman.

“Okay, that’s it.

There is one more thing. Your eldest brother Wu Shileng and your second brother Wu Shiyi will be here in about half a month. I plan to let them familiarize themselves with the place. I will let Wu Shileng be in charge of the affairs of Luzhou Prefecture and Songzhou Prefecture, and Wu Shiyi will be in charge of the affairs of Nanzhou Prefecture.

When they arrive, please tell them about this matter. Although they are not young anymore, they are still strong and healthy. You know that I am short of people here.

You should persuade them more and not let them waste the rest of their lives."

Wu Shiling has been in charge of farm and garden affairs since he followed Li Yuan in the uprising.

Wu Shiyi, formerly the left chancellor of the Yizhou Xingtai, although his work in Yizhou was not particularly outstanding, it was generally acceptable, and Li Yuan recognized him.

Li Yuanji was not familiar with these two people, but now that they had arrived, he didn't mind using them first. However, these two people were not young anymore, and Li Yuanji was worried that they would not agree, so he thought of asking Wu Shigui to persuade them.

Wu Shigui was different from those two. He had a much stronger desire for a career in politics. After all, he was a businessman before, and the Wu family was in the process of transforming from a merchant family to a noble family. How could Wu Shigui miss such an opportunity?

Wu Shigui immediately said solemnly: "Don't worry, my king, when the two brothers arrive, I will persuade them to work for you.

Now that the king can continue to use them, this is a grace, and we should do our best to serve the king."

Li Yuanji also smiled. With Wu Shigui's persuasion, he felt more confident.

"Haha, then I'll be waiting for your good news.

Now that you have had some rest, have you ever thought about going out to work?"

Li Yuanji looked at Wu Shigui. He was now ready to use this man. After all, he had some real skills. He happened to have a place suitable for Wu Shigui.

Wu Shigui stood up again, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I will do whatever you want me to do."

Li Yuanji motioned Wu Shigui to stand up with his empty hand, and said with a smile: "Now that I have established the Ministry of Commerce, it will be responsible for the commercial affairs within the fiefdom. You are a Shanxi merchant and are familiar with business. I want to appoint you as the Minister of Commerce. What do you think?"

(End of this chapter)