In order to let everyone have a good year, Bai Tu decided to decide on the governor of Danzhou before the end of the first year of Chu.
Regarding the matter of "opening up Ganzhou", on December 21, a large meeting of the six ministries and one academy was held - that is, the important members of the six ministries and one academy discussed the matter first.
The next day, December 22, Bai Tu personally presided over the court meeting to decide on the three governors.
That's right, three governors!
It just so happened that Chu State was also preparing for a two-level system of prefectures and counties. At that time, there would also be "roads" above the prefectures as supervisory units. The "roads" in the Song Dynasty and the "dao" in the Tang Dynasty were similar to the "states" in the Han Dynasty.
, but it should be more detailed and the area should be smaller.
During the previous internal meeting of the palace, Bai Tu and several bachelors agreed that when developing Danzhou this time, three roads should be divided first - Donghai Road, Danzhou West Road, and Danzhou East Road.
Among them, Donghai Road is the Kyushu Island that Gan Ning temporarily named "Donghai County", plus Shikoku Island in later generations, while Danzhou West Road and Danzhou East Road, as their names suggest, are the west and east of Honshu Island.
Normally, the "road" is just a supervisory unit, just like the Han governor's office before the abolition of Shili Mu. However, in order to smooth the development, the governor's office will be set up on each of the three Danzhou roads for the time being as the official office of real power!
In addition to development, the East China Sea Road is additionally responsible for the civilization of tribes such as the West Dog Kingdom, and the Danzhou West Road is responsible for the civilization of the Dongma Kingdom and other tribes.
In contrast, Danzhou East Road focuses more on land reclamation, and there are basically no Amato tribes within its area of responsibility. It only needs to pay attention to the exchanges with the Ezo people further north.
"Everyone is already aware of the matter of the Third Road in Ganzhou. This time, the candidate for the Governor of the Third Road will be decided from among the eleven candidates recommended by you... Before that, I would like to ask a general question.
The eleven people selected are indeed confident and confident in taking on the post of governor, right?" Bai Tu asked after sitting on the main seat and inviting everyone to take their seats.
Although everyone knows that after becoming the governor of Ganzhou Sanlu, it is likely that he will not be able to return to his homeland for several years, or even ten years, but none of the elected people have the intention to give up at this time.
"Then let's get started! Starting from Gong Yan, everyone will come forward one by one to read out their plans. After that, whether it is the ministers, the long history of each department, or the chief secretary, if there is anything unclear about it, you can ask. However,
I would like to remind you that the questions you want to ask should preferably be within your own scope of authority or areas that you are good at. Don’t say nothing.”
Bai Tu said, calling Jiang Wan forward. At this time, there was a white board on the side, and a waiter was helping Jiang Wan pull down the cover page of the plan before submitting it...
Jiang Wan only retired from the position of Shangshu Lang a year ago and was transferred to a local area to become a prefect. Now he was nominated to come back to report on the affairs of Danzhou.
If I can serve as governor this time...
I can only say that he is worthy of being a minister, as if he has been promoted. I don’t know if future ministers will receive this kind of treatment.
The form of selecting the governor this time was also proposed by Bai Tu. It changed the previous casual question and answer method and required all candidates to first make detailed plans from all aspects, and then make a speech at the court meeting, and then
Questions asked in front of the courtiers of the six ministries and one court.
This round is just a preliminary test, and is expected to last two days, followed by a three-day break, and another two days for the final test. The court will announce the decision just before the end of the year.
Jiang Wan was the youngest among the nominees, so he was called up first...
Let the older one come up first. Bai Tu was afraid that he wouldn't be able to bear the excitement.
A full month and a half passed before Jiang Wan finally stiffened his face and became hoarse. Jiang Wan spent half an hour briefly describing his thoughts on developing Ganzhou, and then spent an hour being "bombed indiscriminately."
Some problems did make Jiang Wan realize that he had not considered it well. He wrote down the problems in the plan and would try it again during the final test...
During the process of asking questions and doubts, Bai Tu never spoke out in a biased manner. He only opened his mouth to correct some questions that were generalized, or quoted from classics but had no comparative effect. He asked to proceed from reality.
With the relatively young Jiang Wan as the opener, everyone was familiar with the process and became more relaxed when facing the people behind. Even the older generation Bing Yuan came up and was stunned for an hour and a half.
Go down.
I had a simple lunch directly in the temple and continued in the afternoon...
It is true that facing this posture will put physical strength to a certain test, but Bai Tu did not "let anyone go" just because of his age. After all, he was going to Danzhou and taking on the important position of governor, so physical strength was also part of his ability.
In the end, he stayed up all night to fight, and only "tortured" five of them all day long. He then fought the remaining six the next day.
Later, it was said that it was a three-day rest, but in fact, it was time to sort out the plan again based on the problems of the preliminary test, combined with the advantages of others. After all the hard work, even the youngest Jiang Wan felt a little cold and was still doubting this year's results.
Jinling seems to be cooler than usual.
After another two days of final exams, Jiang Wan, who took advantage of the three days of "rest" to prepare better and be more familiar with various development projects, took on the role of governor of Danzhou East Road, where he needed to concentrate most on development.
Bingyuan, who is old and strong, and Yiji, who was born in Yanzhou and previously worked in Jingzhou Prefecture, are respectively responsible for the governor of Danzhou West Road and the governor of Donghai Road, who pay equal attention to civilization and land reclamation.
It can be said that Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Qingzhuang, and Gujiu have all been taken care of, and all three of them have very weak family imprints.
Jiang Wan left the clan with his mother when he was a child. Yi Ji left home to seek an official position. Bing Yuan also came from a poor family and did not have many interests involved.
As for the head coach of the first batch of "land pioneering corps", the Privy Council recommended Jiang Qin.
During the "Yangtze River Bandits" period, Jiang Qin was known for his chivalry. He had the style of an ancient chivalrous man who valued righteousness over profit. Not only was he one of the first generals to follow Bai Tu, but he also did not always strive for credit.
Not only do you not have to worry about it breeding ambitions, but its affinity can also drive grassroots warriors, which is very suitable for "opening up wasteland".
The first batch of land reclamation corps sent to Danzhou will gather 30,000 Ji Zao soldiers, and there will also be 30,000 family members of grassroots generals.
At that time, the military commander will be Jiang Qin, but at the same time, three areas will be assigned to obey the land reclamation orders of the governor-general's office in each place.
Later, there will also be special training for the land reclamation army. The Privy Council has issued a military order to import no less than 100,000 land reclamation troops into Danzhou within five years.
Bai Tu also hopes to develop a specially developed training process for the "land pioneer army". Normally, the training cost, equipment cost, and manpower required for the wasteland pioneer army should be much lower than those of the Chu State's regular army. It is mainly for mobilizing grassroots generals.
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At the same time, before June next year, people from Chu will be encouraged to immigrate to Danzhou, and the land reclamation agreement with the noble clans is also being negotiated. They are ranked behind the first batch of land reclamation troops...
It is planned to transport 500,000 people to Danzhou within five years, half of which are from the land reclamation army and family members of grassroots generals.