Of course, he is said to be a deputy, but the Minister of Selections is an official appointed by the central government and is in charge of officials all over the world. There is no way Sun Ce can create a Minister of Selections in Jiangdong. Does Sun Ce still want to interfere with the affairs of other princes? Official appointment? In other words, in Jiangdong, the Minister of Selection is already the largest selection official that can appear in name. Currently, there is no such official position in Jiangdong, and once Sun Quan is elected, he will be responsible for the appointment, removal, examination, promotion and transfer of all officials in Jiangdong!
Zhu Zhi's words made Sun Quan frown slightly. He was not complaining about Zhu Zhi and understood Zhu Zhi's concerns, but...
"Isn't it okay if I am only responsible for the appointment and dismissal of minor officials?"
Sun Quan couldn't help but said that this was also his purpose. With such a status as the Minister of Selection, Sun Quan could recruit the potential young people he liked at will. Otherwise, would you just give a blank check with just one mouth? What Sun Quan will face this time is basically a group of children from aristocratic families. They are not like Lu Meng and Zhou Tai. They are from poor backgrounds. Sun Quan only needs to give them a good life and they will be willing to follow Sun Quan.
These children of aristocratic families are different. They care more about fame and wealth than money. High-quality status cannot impress them, only official positions will!
Of course, Sun Quan knew that the ministerial minister had great power and was particularly prone to corruption. Once Sun Quan really took that position, people who came to him to give him gifts would probably have to queue up every day. But Sun Quan admits that he will not pretend to be a person for personal gain, and he does not care about those external things. What Sun Quan cares about most is talents. He is confident that there is no one more suitable for this position than him!
"All high officials started as small officials!" Zhu Zhi reminded Sun Quan.
This is the biggest key! It’s not that if you only care about small officials, your rights will be reduced, and those high-ranking officials will not think you are in their way, but that you have touched everyone’s cheese!
In this era, officials were monopolized by the gentry. Even if Sun Ce now occupied Jiangdong, he would only be in charge of the army and appoint some of the highest-level officials. Sun Ce had never bothered with those middle and low-level officials, so as mentioned earlier, before that , Jiangdong doesn’t have any election officials.
In the past, the Zhang family had a son and the Li family had a son. Everyone recommended each other to be filial and honest. When the competition was not too big, their own children became officials. After that, it depends on personal abilities, starting from a junior official and working your way up little by little. But now, any appointment of new officials must be approved by you, Sun Quan. Others don't believe that you, Sun Quan, just want to go through the motions. You want to hold the lifeblood of all the families in Jiangdong in your hands!
"So what! Huh! How dare they rebel!" Sun Ce snorted coldly. It would have been better if Zhu Zhi didn't say that. But once he said that, he wanted to do it even more. Sun Ce was always a very domineering person. He just didn't care about this problem before. Now, he holds the lifeblood of all families in Jiangdong in his palm. In the future, no matter which family's children want to be officials, they must first visit his Sun family. Everything must be approved by the Sun family. Only by centralizing power can we be more cohesive and control the overall situation, so as to prevent the people below from having the opportunity to cause trouble.
"Lord, with your current power, of course no one dares to say anything. But I am afraid that those people will be disobedient, lazy in government, or even deliberately resign to express their dissatisfaction." Zhu Zhi bitterly advised.
"If they want to resign, let them resign. Are they going to force me to resign whenever something happens in the future? I will listen to them?" Sun Ce said coldly, "In this world, people who want to be officials can't find anyone! As for Those who dare to be lazy and lazy will not only be appointed to the selected departments, but also exempted from them. Those who fail the exam will either be demoted or directly dismissed by me!"
"My lord, although there are many people who want to be officials, there are not many who can be officials. This is not just a matter of talent. There are deep-rooted relationships among the local nobles. If a decree is passed, it will be implemented very smoothly; but if If it were an outsider, the same government order would probably face obstacles at all levels. To manage the local area, what we need is not talents. Even if he is just a mediocre person, if he can make that party stable and stable, that is enough!" Zhu Zhi Continuing to persuade, this is Zhu Zhi. If it were anyone else, looking at Sun Ce's face, he would not dare to speak.
Seeing that Sun Ce wanted to say something else, Sun Quan quickly spoke,
"Brother, sir, you are right. I was impulsive before. We still need to discuss this matter in the long term. Even if we really want to do that, now is not the best time. You will soon prepare to expand to the west. The internal situation is still stable. A little is better." Sun Quan said.
"Tch, my Sun family is not strong enough." Sun Ce whispered. As he spoke, Sun Ce patted Sun Quan very regretfully, "Zhongmou, one day, I will let you be the Minister of Selection. No, it is Select the minister!"
As a result, Sun Quan smiled and replied,
"Who says I'm not ready to be the Minister of Elections?"
"ah?"
Zhu Zhi and Sun Ce were dumbfounded. After saying this, Sun Quan still insisted on being the one? Is Sun Quan such a person who doesn't care about the overall situation?
Obviously not.
"We can let the news out first, scare the nobles first, and make them be honest for a while, which can be regarded as a warning. When it is actually implemented, I will only be responsible for some official positions that have been vacated due to special reasons, such as Wang Lang, who When I escaped, I took so many people with me and vacated so many positions. I can't take advantage of all those nobles in vain, right? In addition, I will also start the assessment of officials. Those who fail to pass will still be dismissed, but we will not change ourselves. People, but replaced by children of another family. In this way, the conflict will not be brought to us. If there is a real problem, let them fight among themselves. At least those people will no longer dare to defy the public and take their salary. Don’t do anything!” Sun Quan explained.
"Okay! That's how it should be!"
Sun Ce decided immediately, and then turned his attention to Zhu Zhi, wanting to see if Zhu Zhi had any reason to object after this.
Zhu Zhi smiled bitterly and nodded,
"I think it works."
Sun Ce: "Then it's settled!"
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Sun Ce went to the imperial court and promoted Sun Quan as the minister of selection. Soon, he led his troops to leave Wu County and go west to continue to destroy the bandits who secretly combined with Chen Yu and tried to sabotage the alliance against Yuan Shu.
As a result, Cao Cao discovered to his embarrassment that his plan for Yuan Shu was basically broken. Chen Xi was destroyed and Sun Ce ran away. How could he still count on Lu Bu?
There is no other way, Cao Cao can only count on Lu Bu!
Of course, it is not only Cao Cao who is vying for Lu Bu. Yuan Shu is not stupid and is also vying for Lu Bu. After Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, he immediately sent Han Yin as envoy to Xuzhou to urge Lu Bu to marry his daughter. Yuan Shu knew very well that once he and Lu Bu became in-laws, they would definitely not become enemies in the future, but at least for a while. After a while, Lu Bu probably won't come to beat him.
Han Yin lived up to Yuan Shu's expectations and persuaded Lu Bu. Lu Bu already had a grudge against Cao Cao. Although he didn't like Yuan Shu very much, he still believed that he should join forces with Yuan Shu to deal with Cao Cao. As a result, just as Han Yin left with Lu Bu's daughter, something that no one expected, including probably Cao Cao, happened.
