Whatever he wanted to do, Liu De got up early the next morning, ate something hastily, went to Queen Bo's Shufang Palace, asked for Queen Bo's edict, and then went to the Shaofu's official residence.
Shaofu was a deformed monster in the Han Dynasty.
The chief officer of the Shaofu will be the Shaofu with a rank of two thousand stones, and will be ranked as the Ninth Minister.
But at the same time, the general who will be the Shaofu is not under the jurisdiction of the prime minister. He directly takes orders from the emperor.
There are many things that the young master can take care of.
Build palaces, mausoleums, repair roads, dig canals, and even have a hand in taxation!
Its powers are even greater.
The criminals and the common men serving as corvees all over the world were basically under the control of the Shaofu.
The output of the mountains and pools in the world and the taxes that merchants need to pay will eventually be handed over to the Shaofu.
Just how strong the Shaofu is can be explained by a famous incident in the last years of the Qin Dynasty.
At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled, causing great chaos in the world. The Qin Dynasty was on the verge of destruction. At this time, Zhang Han, the then Shaofu of the Qin Dynasty, stepped forward and sent out all the prisoners and slaves in the Shaofu, a total of 700,000, to form an army and quickly
After the counterattack, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's uprising were suppressed. If Xiang Yu hadn't defeated Zhang Han in the Battle of Julu, I'm afraid the name of the world would still be unknown.
The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system. Although the details were fine-tuned, the powers of the Shaofu itself were not reduced.
In the Han Dynasty, the weapons and equipment of the imperial army and the border army were produced by military workshops under the Shaofu.
These military workshops have exquisite skills and first-class craftsmanship. For example, the famous big yellow crossbow, horse-cutting sword, and even crossbow were all invented and manufactured by the workshops under the Shaofu.
At the same time, the Shaofu also controls a large number of other handicraft workshops.
This naturally includes the coin casting workshop.
Of course Liu De came to the Young Mansion to poach someone!
Basically, it is a tradition for members of the royal family and even their domestic servants to come to the Shaofu to poach them when something happens.
For example, Deng Tong, the former favorite of Emperor Xiaowen, was as rich as anyone in the country, but how did he do it?
The answer is to work hard to poach the Shaofu.
With Empress Bo's handwriting in hand, Liu De had an unimpeded journey and directly met the current Shaofu Superintendent Cheng Yi.
With Liu De's current status, he is still not qualified to directly issue orders to a two-thousand-stone-level general and the young master's office. Even if he even has a thousand-stone chief executive, he has to pull the skin of Queen Bo before he can directly see her.
When he met Cheng Yi, Liu De handed over the warrant written by Queen Bo and said: "Ming Gong, on the order of the Queen, I ask you to allocate a coin workshop that Deng Tong previously owned outside Chang'an City!"
It has to be said that Deng Tong was an unlucky man. The wealth, land, shops, and workshops he had accumulated through hard work all his life were confiscated once the emperor changed, and then returned to the original owner.
It was under the name of Shaofu.
If Liu De wanted to mint coins, he had to turn to the workshops left by Deng Tong.
You must know that the money-making workshop under Deng Tong's name was comparable to the huge money-making industry under the name of King Wu Liu Bi.
Some people even said at one time that half of the world's coins came from King Wu and half from Deng Tong.
Cheng Yi took the order from Liu De, compared it with the Queen's talisman in his hand, nodded and said: "Your Highness has the Queen's order, so I will naturally obey it!"
The reason why Cheng Yi was so obedient was not because of Liu De's status as a prince, but because, in fact, in addition to being responsible to the emperor, the young officials also had to take orders from the empress and the empress dowager.
Because the Shaofu is essentially the royal family's personal steward, managing the royal family's fields, residences and property on behalf of the royal family.
Although Queen Bo's position as queen is unstable, she is still a queen after all, and she is qualified to give orders to the officials of the young government, and even remove some officials she dislikes.
After Cheng Yi finished speaking, he wrote an official document, stamped it, handed it to Liu De, and asked with a smile: "I heard that His Highness seems to be interested in selecting talents?"
Liu De couldn't help but glance at him. This news spread really fast. In less than a day, even ministers at the level of Shaofujian had heard about it!
But he just smiled after taking the official document. How could something like this be discussed openly?
Besides, a young eunuch can make him give face, so if Prime Minister Shen Tujia opens his mouth, will he have to kneel down and lick him?
Cheng Yi seemed to have noticed Liu De's attitude. He smiled sheepishly and said, "Your Highness, I don't mean anything else. I just have a nephew who has good knowledge and character. He also has a clean family background and is in the local area."
He has always been famous, so I risk my life to recommend it to Your Highness. Please take a closer look!"
"What's his name?" Liu De asked noncommittally.
"Ji An!" Cheng Yi replied: "He was a famous minister of the Wei Dynasty during the Warring States Period. His father Ji Gong once served as a doctor. He was an upright man and was praised by both the government and the public!"
When Liu De heard the name, his pupils couldn't help but dilate.
"You can't find anything after wearing iron shoes!" Liu De sighed in his heart and said to Cheng Yi: "In this case, Cheng Shaojian, just order him to come see me as soon as possible..."
In the previous life, many of the ministers in Liu Che's court had various shortcomings in their personal ethics.
Like Gongsun Hong, his abilities are good, but he is a guy who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. If this kind of person is used well, it is naturally good. If he is not used well, it may backfire on him, so Liu De has been hesitating.
Should we recruit Gongsun Hong?
As for Master Fuyan, he is too greedy.
As for Zhang Tang, he looks good in all aspects, but as a Legalist, he has too many limitations. He is good at taking the blame, but it is not enough for him to be a frontman for the world.
And Ji An happened to be Liu Che's face.
In his previous life, Ji An was an upright minister with a reputation all over the world. Although he was a little pedantic, his faults were not hidden. He was one of the few ministers in Liu Che's court who was truly respected by the world.
Perhaps Ji An's ability is not as good as Gongsun Hong's, his wit is not as good as that of Master Fu Yan, and his skills are not as good as Zhang Tang's.
But his role in Liu Che's court was far greater than these three.
The reason is very simple. Although Ji An is a bit pedantic, he dares to remonstrate directly and is also good at doing so.
For those in power, such ministers are extremely precious.
It is no exaggeration to say that Ji An, who had no direct advice, how could he establish Liu Che's image as a talented and broad-minded person in front of the world?
Ji An was to Liu Che, just like Wei Zheng was to Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.
As Liu De aspires to be an emperor, he naturally needs such talents to set off his greatness and extraordinaryness!
But, if this happens...
"Am I just poaching Liu Che?" This thought only flashed through Liu De's mind, and was immediately thrown out of his mind.
Cheng Yi was overjoyed and said, "I promise, I will order him to come and see His Highness as soon as possible!"
Perhaps he felt that Liu De had given him a great favor, and it was unreasonable not to give him anything in return. He then said: "Your Highness, take this official document from me and go to Nanling outside Chang'an City. Where can I find Deng Tong who was just here two years ago?"
The completed workshop..."
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Well, that’s all for today. I have to get up early to pick up the car tomorrow, so I can’t go to bed too late~~~
SO, let's calculate the debt with everyone.
I owe you a total of 4 chapters this week, and I will try my best to pay it off next week~~~~~~~~~
