"Your Majesty, what I said is true. This Tian Meng is about forty years old and in good health. Moreover, I have met this man many times. Although I said I didn't have much communication with him, I actually think he is a talent." Fang Xuan Ling said simply.
"No, why is he just a talent? You said it yourself. You don't have much communication with him. Is this what makes him a talent? He just helps me deal with things around him. You want him to be an official?" Li Keren You're all stupid. You said yourself that you haven't seen him before, so you think he can be an official?
"Didn't Huo Shangshu do a good job?" Fang Xuanling said.
Li Ke: "..."
Isn't there some inevitable connection between the two? Oh, person A next to me does a good job, so you infer that person B next to me must also be a talented person? What kind of arbitrary inference are you making?
If this person was Cheng Yaojin, Li Ke would still understand. After all, Cheng always threw away his brains when he didn't want them.
The problem is Fang Xuanling!
Among the ministers of the entire Tang Dynasty so far, how many people dare to say that their brains are better than Fang Xuanling's?
"No, Lord Zheng, aren't you slandering him?" Li Ke looked at Wei Zheng, who was beside him, and was speechless.
"Uh? What does this have to do with me?" Wei Zheng looked at Li Ke with a confused look on his face.
"Do you need me to teach you? Isn't it child's play for you to impeach Fang Xuanling? How can you let someone become a third-grade official when you don't understand a person at all? Isn't this a delay in state affairs?" Li Ke looked at Wei Zheng He spoke directly.
If the place where Xue Yantuo is located is established as a state, he will definitely be regarded as a middle governor level, and a third-rank official in the Tang Dynasty.
It is even possible that he is a second-grade official. Of course, this depends on how the official positions will be adjusted in the future.
For example, in the Tang Dynasty, the pastors, governors, and guardians of the seven prefectures of Jingzhao, Henan, and Taiyuan are all second-level local officials with real power.
However, there is a high probability that this level will be reformed in the future. According to what is said so far, the highest local official position in the Tang Dynasty in the future should be the third grade.
"Oh, Your Majesty, I will impeach Duke Liang Guo." Wei Zheng turned around and bowed in salute.
"Okay, impeachment or whatever, Fang Qing should have a reason for speaking. Don't use the excuse just now. If you have any reason, just say it." Li Shimin waved his hand.
Li Ke: "..."
"Yes, I'll just say it directly. It's actually simple, because Tian Meng has always been His Highness's butler and has full authority to handle all the properties and things around His Highness. The Yuelai Trading Company founded by His Highness has an inn, a shopping mall, etc. Your Highness doesn’t have to hide the scale of the industry too much now.”
"Coupled with the large scale of these industries, as well as the previous Datang Industrial Zone, there were so many factories under His Highness's name, including the maintenance of Chang'an City, the construction of Datang Evernight City, etc. Tian Meng was almost all handling it, and he was able to He has handled so many things in an orderly manner and has always been with His Highness, so there is no doubt about his ability."
"To be honest, even if we ask a third-grade minister to handle the properties around His Highness, they may not be able to handle them properly."
"But Tian Meng has always been able to handle it perfectly, and has been with His Highness for so many years, and can perfectly understand His Highness's thoughts. If this is to deal with Xue Yantuo's matter, I think this is the most suitable candidate. In fact, His Highness's side There are still many talents." Fang Xuanling said seriously.
"Well, that makes sense." Li Shimin thought for a moment, then nodded.
"No, it makes sense. If he leaves, who will I use?" Li Ke was dumbfounded. Tian Meng must be capable. Without the ability, he can't handle this situation. The problem is that Tian Meng leaves. Okay, where can Li Ke find such a caring person?
"Your Highness, judging from what you said, it is impossible for Tian Meng to handle such a large amount of things by himself. He must have many assistants. Can't you just pick one of his deputies and re-appoint him as the housekeeper? ?" Fang Xuanling said directly.
Li Ke; "..."
"Li Ke, what do you think? Now you also know that things here in Xue Yantuo are very important. It is indeed not easy to transfer people from other places, and it is not easy to say whether it is easy or not. If you cannot achieve your goal, It may affect Datang’s next strategy.”
"Since Datang wants to reform, it is natural to select talents in an eclectic way, not to mention that he has also proved his ability." Li Shimin looked at Li Ke and said directly.
Li Ke: "..."
"Okay, what else can I say." Li Ke was a little speechless, but he really didn't have a good candidate, because those who go to Xue Yantuo must be practical.
And Tian Meng can indeed understand some of the arrangements made by Li Ke. In this case, Xue Yantuo can get into the state faster.
"Okay, Wei Zheng has made a plan to appoint Tian Meng, who is under Li Ke's command, as the governor of Hanhai Prefecture to be established. He will be fully responsible for all matters in Hanhai Prefecture." Li Shimin waved his hand directly.
"Yes." Wei Zheng agreed simply and didn't think it was outrageous at all.
"Okay, since Hanhai Prefecture is going to be established here, then Datang's Dao Prefecture reform will also be carried out by the way." Li Ke thought for a while.
"Preparations have been made in these aspects. It is nothing more than changing an administrative level and re-dividing local officials. In addition, we can abolish some Tao command structures." Fang Xuanling said immediately.
The roads were removed and prefectures were established, and the prefectures were the highest local administrative units. In fact, the prefectures were provinces in later generations.
The reason why places in later generations were called provinces was because provinces were the name given to provinces after the decentralization of the ancient three-province and six-ministry system. Later, the management agencies of local administrative divisions were gradually called provinces.
But now the three provinces of the Tang Dynasty are still in a very important position, so they are called states since ancient times. States are actually the same as provinces in later generations.
Strictly speaking, the Tao of the Tang Dynasty is not a complete administrative unit. A Tao of the Tang Dynasty belongs to the division of a supervisory area. The highest local administrative unit of the Tang Dynasty has always been a state.
Now that the restructuring of the three provinces and six ministries comes with the supervision committee belonging to the Shangshu Province, and having its own branches in local states, there is no need for the supervision area to exist, and its cancellation is natural.
As for the division of local states, this is quite simple. Li Ke could just copy the division of provinces in later generations and just change the provinces into states.
"Okay, I will hand over some divided administrative agencies to you when the time comes. You can discuss it before implementing it." Li Ke waved his hand.
The division of administrative divisions in the country is very interesting. It is not like the old American divisions of later generations, which are horizontal and vertical. The division of domestic provinces, even if they are divided by rivers and mountain peaks, you will find that there is me among you. There is your way of dividing it.
Taking the two provinces of Shaanxi and Shan in later generations as an example, you can find that part east of the Yellow River belongs to Shaanxi, and part west of the Yellow River belongs to Shan.
