"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Yulin is waiting to see you..." While Liu Che was still in a daze, Yan Yi came over and reported.
"Pass..." Liu Che quickly came to his senses and gave the order immediately.
Not long after, Chao Cuo appeared in front of Liu Che.
"I respectfully send my greetings to Your Majesty..." Chao Cuo bowed slightly and bowed. As the prime minister, he no longer needed to be as reserved as before.
"The Prime Minister is here..." Liu Che smiled slightly, waved his hand to Chao Cuo, and said, "The Prime Minister has been in office for more than a month. Has everything in the Prime Minister's Mansion been straightened out?"
Chao Cuo bowed slightly and replied: "Thanks to your Majesty Hong Fu, I have basically straightened things out..."
The Prime Minister's Office was one of the largest bureaucracies in the Han Dynasty!
Since Emperor Gao, there have been countless subordinate officials under the Prime Minister's Mansion.
It includes senior officials such as Si Zhi, Chang Shi, and Hui Shi who specialize in assisting the prime minister and sorting out all parties. There is also a huge team of civilian staff officials.
The standard configuration is 20 prime ministers and historians, 80 prime ministers and young historians, and several people each from the east and west.
And a bunch of various Cao Yilang.
During Zhang Cang's time, the Prime Minister's Palace was greatly expanded.
Dozens of planning officials who are good at arithmetic were added, as well as hundreds of various servants and officials ranging from 200 to 400 dan.
At the beginning of Liu Che's accession to the throne, due to the sudden death of the late emperor, the Han family briefly returned to the prime minister era.
At that time, Zhang Ou and Zhou Yafu each had a large number of various officials.
When Zhang Ou was driven home by Liu Che to farm, Zhou Yafu became the only prime minister. However, the arrogance left by Zhang Ou was not disbanded and was incorporated into Zhou Yafu's Prime Minister's Office.
This caused the establishment of the Prime Minister's Mansion to explode.
Later, in order to make my life more comfortable.
Liu Che allowed Zhou Yafu to double the number of planners, Cao Lang and Hui officials in the Prime Minister's Office.
Turned the Prime Minister's Office into the most powerful bureaucracy in history!
After several years of evolution and expansion, the Prime Minister's Office that Chao Cuo took over has now become an institution more complex and powerful than the bureaucracy of the Shaofu!
Moreover, specialization and functionalization began.
Naturally, this will cause anyone who takes over to have a difficult adaptation period.
Chao Cuo is not exempt from vulgarity.
In fact, the problems he faces may be much more complicated.
Because his predecessor Zhou Yafu was a politician who was relatively close to Confucianism.
Therefore, there are many Confucian scholars in the Prime Minister's House.
For example, among the extremely important Anhui officials in the Prime Minister's Office, more than a dozen of them were born in Confucianism.
When a Legalist prime minister faces a bunch of Confucian officials, what will be the result? You can imagine!
But Chao Cuo couldn't attack these Confucian officials. At most, he could only place his people in key positions.
Otherwise, Confucianism will definitely jump in and scold you!
Thinking of this, Chao Cuo took out a pamphlet from his arms, presented it to Liu Che, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, these are the officials of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the main Cao officials who have been adjusted by me..."
This is also the main thing for him to enter the palace this time - important personnel changes, he must communicate with Weiyang Palace, and must get Liu Che's endorsement.
Liu Che took the pamphlet, handed it to Yan Yi beside him, and said with a smile: "The Prime Minister can make the final decision on all matters of the Prime Minister's Mansion..."
He said with a smile: "The Prime Minister will punish all the people in the world, punish and seize gifts, big and small ministers, the Prime Minister can make his own decisions..."
"I will rule from the top of my head, and the Prime Minister will act according to the rules..."
This was also the practice in Zhou Yafu's era. Liu Che never interfered with the specific internal affairs of the Prime Minister's Office and the appointment and dismissal of personnel.
The Prime Minister can make up his own mind and make his own decisions.
He, the emperor, does not have so much time and energy to care about who is a certain Cao Cao Lingli under the Prime Minister's Mansion?
If the prime minister does his job well and carries out Liu Che's orders, he is a good prime minister.
Otherwise, go home and farm!
but……
Liu Che looked at Chao Cuo and said: "I just need Aiqing to introduce to me the director you have chosen, his long history and background..."
This is also the tradition of the old Liu family. The emperor generally will not interfere with the internal affairs and personnel appointments of the Sangong and Jiuqing Yousi.
However, the emperor will definitely control the main deputies and important bureaucrats.
Prime Minister Sizhi and Prime Minister Changshi were the two most important assistants under the Prime Minister of Han Dynasty.
Among them, Si Zhi is in charge of nuclear examinations, and Chang Shi is in charge of all the affairs of the prime minister's house.
In the system, both of them have the same position: omnipotent supervision.
It's just that one is responsible for the external promotion and review of county officials, while the other is internally responsible for the internal promotion, review and major and minor affairs of the Prime Minister's Office.
Figuratively speaking, Si Zhi is equivalent to the executive deputy prime minister, while Chang Shi is the secretary-general and director of the general office of the prime minister.
The status of the two is equivalent, both are worth two thousand stones. Among the Han Dynasty official levels that will be adjusted in the future, they will be the pinnacle of the prefecture and county levels, second only to the Sangong and Jiuqing.
In fact, they are also the real persons in charge of the Prime Minister's Office!
After all, what is the status of the Prime Minister? He doesn’t have much time to focus on the trivial matters below.
Specific matters are handled by these officials and staff, and at most they know the results.
"I'm about to ask your Majesty for instructions..." Chao Cuo was already prepared, and immediately said: "I have decided to appoint the Prime Minister to appoint the Secretary, and Dr. Guanglu Wenjin will be appointed..."
After hearing this, Liu Che twitched his eyebrows and agreed with Chao Cuo's choice: "Wen Qing... the prime minister has chosen well..."
Wenjin is a talent who has climbed up from the grassroots step by step based on ability!
Liu Che was quite impressed by this person.
Back then, when he was dealing with Yuan Ang, his performance was good. Later he was transferred to the post of Imperial Servant. He also did well in the Shaofu and other institutions. It can be said that he had considerable political achievements. Last year, he was appointed as Guanglu Doctor, responsible for reviewing the affairs of Da Nong and Shaofu.
In terms of internal affairs, he can be regarded as a quite capable and experienced official.
"As for the candidate for the post of chief historian..." Chao Cuo said hesitantly: "I originally wanted Yan Xiong, the governor of Hedong County, to be the post. However, I heard that Commander Yan was appointed by Your Majesty and is in charge of the embankment project of the river. I dare not
I am good at adjusting ministers, so I would like to ask Your Majesty: Is Commander Yan able to be transferred?"
Liu Che listened, pursed his lips, shook his head and said, "Yan Qing cannot be transferred for the time being..."
but……
Liu Che looked back at Chao Cuo and said to him, "Ai Qing has really good taste!"
Yan Xiong is a young official that Liu Che is cultivating with great concentration, and he is a standard engineer official who suits Liu Che's wishes.
He is an engineer himself!
He once presided over the preliminary projects of Longshou Canal and Kunming Pool. In a sense, the survey and project establishment of Longshou Canal project were carried out by Yan Xiong and Shang Rong.
Halfway through the Kunming Pool project, Liu Che asked him to go to Hedong County to take charge of the river sand control and flood control projects.
Maybe by the end of this year, Liu Che will establish a river administration office and let Yan Xiong serve as the commander-in-chief of the river flood and sand control projects.
Yan Xiong will spend the next ten years in this system.
It was not until ten years later that the violent period of Dahe came to an end.
Chao Cuo was very happy to be praised. He hurriedly paid homage and said, "Your Majesty has taught you all this from ear to ear. It is a labor of education. I dare not take the credit..."
"Haha..." Liu Che smiled. For the time being, Liu Che was very satisfied with Chao Cuo, the prime minister.
Legalist ministers are good at this, they are supreme in everything, and they are particularly good at guessing and executing orders from their superiors.
Look at others, they have only been in office for more than a month, and they have already started to adjust their pace automatically.
The candidates for important assistant officials such as Si Zhi and Chang Shi were all officials Liu Che liked and admired.
In comparison, although Zhou Yafu is good, he is sometimes too stubborn!
That stubborn donkey is too scary when it gets angry...
"Besides Yan Qing, are there any other candidates for prime minister?" Liu Che asked with a smile. He was now a little curious about who Chao Cuo would choose.
It should be noted that the Prime Minister Chang Shi is the Prime Minister's most important staff, the internal affairs manager of the Prime Minister's Office, and is equivalent to the shadow of the Prime Minister himself.
Historically, Zhang Tang was framed by Li Wen, the chief minister of Zhuang Qingzhai, who was then prime minister, and committed suicide. Later, because of Zhang Tang's suicide note, Emperor Wu was furious, and Li Wen, the instigator, was imprisoned and died, directly implicating Zhuang.
Qing Zhai and Zhuang Qing Zhai could only commit suicide to apologize.
From this story, you can see how closely the connection between the Prime Minister’s long history and the Prime Minister himself is.
When one is prosperous, both are prosperous; when one is lost, both are harmed.
Therefore, all the prime ministers and ministers of the Han Dynasty in the past dynasties will definitely appoint people they can absolutely trust.
Chao Cuozi will be no exception!
In fact, Liu Che felt that the so-called Yan Xiong was just a smoke bomb to please Liu Che.
If you really want to appoint Yan Xiong as the Chief Historian, I will ensure that Chao Chao comes with a smile and goes back crying!
After all, no matter what Yan Xiong said, he actually had nothing to do with Chao Cuo.
There may even be some nastiness - when Yan Xiong was in charge of the Longshou Canal project, he often criticized Chao Cuo!
"Since Governor Yan has the royal mandate, I can only retreat and do the next best thing, and let Nanyang County Wei Ning become the long history..." When Chao Cuo said this, he felt uneasy in his heart.
Ning Cheng!
This is the butler he chose for himself!
But he was not sure whether the emperor would approve it.
Because, Ning Cheng's reputation is not very good.
But he needs Ning Cheng, because he has to hold a knife in his hand to scare the officials.
In today's political arena, there is no more suitable knife than Ning Cheng.
Liu Che was stunned after hearing this. He never thought that it was Ning Cheng?
When did Ning Cheng hook up with Chao Cuo?
Although Ning Cheng has many faults, he still has abilities, and Chao Cuo can indeed tame him.
But the problem is...
Ning Cheng came to the central government and Nanyang County was appointed as the governor. Who would Liu Che choose to be?
This candidate is not easy to find!
but……
never mind……
At worst, by that time, the status of Nanyang County will be raised to the status of a county directly under the central government, like Henan County, and important ministers will be sent to take charge.
Therefore, Liu Che did not object and just said: "It will be fine as long as the Prime Minister decides..."
Putting the affairs of the Prime Minister's Palace on hold for the time being, Liu Che said to Chao Cuo: "Today, I summoned your beloved to the palace because I want to talk to you about things in Munan, Hejian, and Heli Mountain..."
He took Chao Cuo into a side hall of the Qingliang Hall that had been renovated.
This palace has been transformed into a huge sandbox to accommodate the palace.
A huge sand table, several feet long and two or three feet wide, was placed in the hall, leaving only a few passages for people to enter, exit and inspect.
On this sand table, there are winding rivers, towering mountains, vast Gobi Desert and blue lakes.
It is the most detailed sandbox that can be produced under current technical conditions.
It covers almost all the geography and landforms of Munan, Hejian, Heli Mountain and Hexi areas currently controlled by the Han family.
Looking at this huge sand table, Liu Che also felt proud.
With this sand table in hand, he could know the basic appearance of areas thousands of miles away without leaving home, staying in Weiyang Palace.
Chao Cuo was so frightened that he almost lost his mind.
In front of this sand table, Chao Cuo felt a supreme heroic spirit.
Since ancient times, the Chinese have been extremely sensitive to geography and regard it as an important military secret!
In the past, geographical knowledge was more monopolized and controlled knowledge than the art of war.
Even ordinary princes may not be able to read geography books.
Even senior civil servants and senior intellectuals like Chao Cuo had very few geography books and knowledge.
It is only in recent years that relevant books and knowledge have been lifted and widely disseminated.
However, most people are still ignorant of the situation in the world beyond the Great Wall.
But, in front of this sand table, all secrets are not secrets.
Standing in front of this sand table, the whole world is exposed before your eyes.
The mountains, rivers, lakes and roads formed by piles of sand intuitively present the foreign lands in the distance before your eyes.
Liu Che looked at Chao Cuo's shocked look, smiled in his heart, picked up a baton, pointed at the sand table and said: "Please take a look at this map of the situation in the south of the curtain and the river that I ordered the young master to make...
"
"After Gaoque, the king's army took the land between the rivers. I have ordered King Liu Fei of Meng to be king of Meng. Now this year, I have ordered the capital of Zhi to secure the entire territory south of the curtain. Now, the army of Zhidu and Chen Xu's army have been defeated.
All the tribes in the eastern and northern parts of Mu Nan have surrendered. Only some of them are disobedient and rebellious, and are still lurking on the edge of the vast sea..."
"Most of the land in Munan is not suitable for farming and can only be used as pasture..." Liu Che introduced slowly.
It’s not that farming can’t really be done on the grassland.
In fact, during the reign of Emperor Wu, large-scale reclamation was carried out in Shouxiang City, Luntai City and even Madam Fan City.
Don't look at what the history books say is extremely miserable. They say that farming is a waste of national power. Let's talk about the income.
But, that is actually a lie to children.
Because - during the Zhaoxuan period, the Han army launched many attacks on the Xiongnu, always starting from Shoujiang City and Luntai City. The results of the reclamation in these areas were also quite gratifying. At least, the results from the local reclamation could basically be achieved.
Meet the needs of the army.
The only problem is that in this era, farming has done too much damage to the soil and water.
Not to mention, the cultivated land in Luntai, Shuangjiang and Madame Fan City has been rapidly becoming salinized and then deserted in the past few decades.
Therefore, Liu Che does not intend to repeat the mistakes of history.
In the upper reaches of large rivers and environmental nodes, if possible, we will not damage the local environment.
However, this does not mean that there are no places suitable for farming in the entire grassland.
For example...
The Liaohe River Basin, the Raole River Basin, and the Juyan area are all very good farming areas.
As long as it is developed properly, the local land is not even worse than the sacred land in China!
